Chapter 26: Finding Objects
"Ms. Lu, is it just in front?" The driver turned around and asked Lu Qian respectfully.
Lu Qian looked out of the car window and saw the familiar harbor coast.
"Yes, yes, thank you for your help."
Lu Qian picked up his schoolbag and tightened the handle of his pocket.
She immediately saw the nightgown placed on the top layer in her pocket.
Lu Qian's eyelashes trembled twice, and he raised his hand and subconsciously touched her soft lower lip.
So many days have passed, but my lips still seem to have a slight burning pain from being crushed.
Thinking of this, Lu Qian's heart tightened.
The car speed gradually slowed down, which also extinguished Lu Qian's palpitating mood.
She didn't understand feelings very well, but she just felt vaguely that it was unforgettable.
It was just a chance encounter, and that's enough.
"Excuse me, uncle."
Lu Qian moved the things out of the car and bowed to the driver.
Watching the car drive away, Lu Qian took a deep breath.
Following the long breath, I wanted to let out all the surging emotions in my heart.
Lu Qian was walking on the street carrying a big bag. The weather was a bit gloomy today. Unfortunately, the cloudy day in midsummer did not bring any relief in temperature. Instead, it was indescribably hot and stuffy.
A thin layer of sweat broke out on Lu Qian's face. She raised her delicate white hand and rubbed it, but it was ineffective because sweat was also oozing from the back of her hand.
The sweat mixed with the sweat, making it sticky and slippery. Wiping it off did not bring any dryness.
“Woo—”
A ship went out to sea.
Beigang, the largest port, is always busy day and night, with ships coming and going, loading and unloading cargo, affecting the economic lifeline of countless cities and towns around it.
Lu Qian had also heard a little bit about it, and it seemed that her father was a sailor.
In the three years since Lu Qian was born, he hardly stayed at home for more than three months and was sailing on the sea day and night.
On Lu Qian's third birthday, Wang Wan received a transnational letter.
Lu Qian didn't know which country he was crossing to, because his father's affairs were never allowed to be mentioned at home.
Even the information about these stars was heard by Lu Qian from relatives and friends who stayed with him.
In the letter was an international marriage certificate, between my father and another woman.
Dad didn't even mention divorce, but directly gave Wang Wan a warning.
He has already married in another country, so whether Wang Wan wants to divorce or not has nothing to do with him.
Finally, Wang Wan went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register as a widow.
Lu Qian walked all the way to the place where he got on the bus a few days ago. There were still so many cars parked in this driver gathering area.
It seemed that the gun battle and chase were all fake, and everything Lu Qian experienced was also fake.
Everything is still so peaceful.
Lu Qian glanced at the shade of the tree at the corner. There was no black SUV parked there anymore, but instead a white Santana.
The driver of the Santana was smoking next to the car door, stopping customers coming and going and asking them where they were going.
Lu Qian composed himself and approached the car.
"Master, did you know there was a blue suitcase here a few days ago?" Lu Qian measured it against his waist and said, "It's about this height."
The Santana driver, cigarette in hand, said impatiently, "No, no, I don't know. If you don't want to take the car, stay away."
"...Okay, thank you."
Lu Qian was so choked by this unfriendly attitude that he was speechless and could only bow and say thank you.
So where can she find it?
Lu Qian looked down at the clothes bag in her hand. The clothes Sui Tang prepared for her were enough, even more than she had herself.
But the box still contained the books she had worked so hard to bring back.
Well, given her current homeless state, losing anything would be fatal.
"Hello, have you seen this blue suitcase here lately?"
"Hello, have you ever seen a suitcase this tall?"
…
Lu Qian walked along the corridor along the coast and asked everyone, including pedestrians and parked drivers.
Some people said they had an impression of it, but didn't know where it went.
Some people said they have been here all the time and have no impression of it.
He also pointed Lu Qian in a direction and asked her to look for it there.
Lu Qian finally had no choice but to go to the nearby police station to ask if anyone had lost or found anything.
Unfortunately, I returned empty-handed.
"Wow... How on earth am I supposed to find this?"
Lu Qian sat on the bench at the entrance of the police station in frustration, scratching his head left and right.
There's nothing valuable in the suitcase. Whoever found it wouldn't just rummage through it and throw it in the trash, right?
However, if someone picks it up and takes it home, and gives the clothes inside to their little daughter, it would also be considered a good deed.
Thinking of this, Lu Qian sighed helplessly. He could only simulate the best outcome based on the worst result.
"Boss, get a bottle of water, one dollar will do."
Lu Qian took out a coin from his pocket and placed it on the table in the store.
Taking the water with cool cream handed to him by the boss, Lu Qian put the bottle cap on one corner of his short-sleeved shirt, using the friction of the fabric to amplify his already weak hand strength.
The squeezed water wet the corners of his clothes, but Lu Qian didn't care. He raised his head and drank half the bottle in one breath.
After quenching his thirst, Lu Qian wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth and asked with a little hope.
"Boss, do you know if anyone has found a suitcase around here?"
When the skinny shop owner heard Lu Qian's question, he called out to a man with tattoos on his arms and a face full of flesh who was sitting downstairs. "Hey, Old Pei, I remember you picking up something a few days ago?"
Old Pei raised his eyelids and glanced at Lu Qian, "Blue suitcase?"
"Yes, yes," Lu Qian measured it against his waist, "this high."
After hearing this, Lao Pei continued to squint his eyes and said casually: "I picked it up."
A glimmer of hope flashed in Lu Qian's eyes, "Then, can you give it back to me?"
Lao Pei held the bottle of wine in his hand and said nothing.
Lu Qian was embarrassed for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and quickly said, "Well, I can reward you."
Lu Qian hesitated for a few seconds, "One hundred yuan...is that okay?"
She really couldn't afford to give more now, after all, she still had to think about the future.
When he heard this number, Lao Pei's eyes opened, a little wider than before.
He drank the last sip of wine from the bottle, wiped the foam from the corner of his mouth, stood up and stretched.
"It's thrown in the warehouse. Come with me to get it."
"this……"
Lu Qian was in a dilemma. Even though it was in broad daylight, it was too dangerous to go with such a scary man with tattoos.
Old Pei snorted coldly: "Do you still expect me to move it for you?"
"No..."
Lu Qian clutched the handle of his pocket tightly and began to explain.
"Hey, Lao Pei, why do you always scare little girls?"
The thin boss quickly spoke and turned a blind eye.
"Don't mind it, little girl. He's just like that." The boss opened the counter panel, stepped out, and smiled to comfort Lu Qian, "Wait here. I'll get it for you."
"Thank you..."
Lu Qian breathed a sigh of relief.
The boss smiled and walked towards the back door. A distant voice came from behind, "Old Pei, come and help me find it. Do you expect me to look for it myself?"
After hearing this, Old Pei rubbed his eyes lazily, pouted, brushed past Lu Qian, and walked towards the warehouse.
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