Deep in the Living

Chapter 95 Mask
The next day,

Anna was so excited to see her best friend again last night that she lay on the bed looking through old photos and videos of her and Wu Wen, and didn't fall asleep until very late.

When she woke up, it was already nine o'clock.

Sleeping in is a very sin for young people at this stage.

Although he still felt sleepy, he sat up after struggling for a while and quickly put on his largest size summer clothes that even needed to be professionally made.

She walked out of the bedroom with messy blonde hair, and as soon as she opened the door, she smelled a fragrance and heard sounds coming from the kitchen.

When I got closer, I saw that Rody was busy in the kitchen.

"Go wash up quickly, we'll have noodles later."

"Oh……"

When she came out of the bathroom, a big bowl of fragrant beef noodles was already on the table. She took a bite and instantly felt sober.

"Delicious! Do you usually cook here yourself?"

"No, I bought some on the spur of the moment when I went out for a morning run this morning. I didn't know how long you would sleep, and if I packed the noodles directly they would get mushy, so I bought some ingredients on the spur of the moment."

"Thank you. Wenwen should have eaten it too, right?"

"Well, the monitor likes it very much."

"That's good~"

Anna glanced at the backpack on the sofa, then buried her head in eating.

"Anna."

"Hmm?" Anna, who still had a large bundle of noodles in her mouth, raised her head from the bowl.

"Come with me to the commercial street later."

Anna chewed hard and swallowed the noodles in her mouth and nodded quickly, "Okay, there's no rush to accept the event mission. It's okay for us to rest for a few more days."

"No need to rest, just go to the Investigation Bureau after I go and order something."

"Clothes?"

"mask."

……

Although it is summer, the city in the north is not very hot, with the outdoor temperature remaining at 25℃.

A relatively ordinary young man like Luo Di would hardly get any attention when walking on the street, but with the addition of Anna, the rate of people turning their heads to look at him increased directly to about 90%.

Central pedestrian street,
Most of the shops here are opened by Italians, including some custom-made clothing stores.

When asked whether masks could be customized, the bosses basically chose to refuse, either because they did not have such customized services or because they could not meet Roddy's requirements.

I looked in at least twenty clothing stores but couldn't find what I wanted. It was already past one in the afternoon.

Just as the two were about to solve the lunch problem first, a shop hidden at the end of the street attracted Rody's attention.

【Cabros's Room of Curiosities】

The doors, windows and shelves are filled with all kinds of weird handicrafts. An old man wearing mechanical glasses is gluing dolls behind the counter.

welcome!

When the door is opened,

The mechanism on the door is connected to a birdcage next to it, where a clockwork bird similar to a parrot simulates human speech.

The boss did not greet the two people immediately, but waited until he finished the work in his hands before looking at them.

"Pick it yourself, the price is negotiable."

"Can you customize masks here?"

"What kind of mask?"

Luo Di handed the design he had copied last night to the other party, "Make it as hard as possible."

The old man turned the mechanical glasses with his fingers and looked carefully at the mask on the drawing paper, even noting the weight of each line.

Then the old man's eyes turned from the mask to Rody's face.

“You have a face, but you still need a mask.

You don't use it to hide, but to show your true self, am I right? I can help you do it, but the price may be a little expensive. "

"How many."

The boss spread out all the fingers of his right hand.

"Fifty thousand rubles?"

"No... five hundred thousand."

"Why is it so expensive?" Although Luo Di received a considerable amount of compensation for the No. 4 Middle School incident and could afford the price, it was still too expensive.

The boss glanced at Rody and quickly looked away.

“I never like to do things perfunctorily. Your mask painting contains too much information and is too dense. I can even see your emotions from the brushstrokes.

If you want to put all the details in the painting into real objects, the effort you need will probably be higher than the rough quotation I just gave.

I will naturally use the best and most suitable materials for you.

If you think it's expensive, please leave." "How much is the deposit?"

"30%."

Just as Luo Di opened the bracelet and prepared to pay, Anna beside him also stepped forward and wanted to help pay, but was stopped by the boss.

"This is entirely the property of this gentleman, and he will have to pay for it himself."

Luo Di also nodded, confirming what his boss said.

"Okay! I'll pour you a facial mask first. Leave your phone number and I'll let you know when it's ready."

"how long will it takes?"

"Ten days."

Rody wanted to say that it would take a while, but seeing that his boss looked very serious, he didn't say much. Anyway, he and Anna would have to stay in Pluto City for a while.

The mold pouring is completed.

The two left the store, and Anna also brought up a topic: "You like slasher movies, right?"

"Ah."

"I've seen some of it before, but not much... If you're free later, we can watch it together."

"Ok."

Luo Di readily accepted the suggestion. It seemed that from a certain point on, watching a movie with others was much better than watching it alone.

Just as the two were talking about movies and walking out of the alley where the store was, a voice suddenly came from the side, and it was a not very standard Mandarin mixed with dialect.

"Fortune telling, guaranteed to be accurate! I won't charge a penny."

Turning my head, I saw a young Chinese man wearing round-frame sunglasses and a bun hairstyle setting up a stall at the intersection.

In front of him was a newly bought folding square table with the label still stuck on it that had not been torn off in time.

On the table was a large, freshly printed Bagua drawing, and it wasn’t even a color print.

Next to it was a [Morning Star Notebook (for elementary school use)] and a black ballpoint pen, also with a retail price tag attached.

Even the clothes he wore were not a formal Taoist robe, but a black cloth shirt that had been cut and modified to look like that of a trendy brand.

At first glance, the thing that most resembles this young man like a fortune teller is the cloth shoes on his feet.

Seeing the two people looking over, the young Taoist continued:

"This Pluto City is vast and sparsely populated, with land and water intersecting, it's actually a swamp.

If you are in such a hurry, one wrong step will easily lead you into trouble. It is better to stop and take a rest~ Let Xiaodao tell you a fortune."

This fortune-telling stall that suddenly appeared seemed a little suspicious to Luo Di.

"Someone from the Bureau of Investigation?"

The young Taoist priest pushed up his sunglasses and said, "Do you think I look like you? Come and sit down. My fortune-telling service is very cost-effective. It is much cheaper than what you spend on this street, and it is also very useful."

Luo Di had no intention of continuing the conversation and turned to leave. He never believed in these things, he only believed in himself.

Seeing that the customer who had waited so long was about to leave, the Taoist priest quickly took out a wooden business card from the dressing room and stuffed it into the customer's hand.

"This is my business card. If you need any fortune-telling, you can contact me at any time. After all, we are from the same hometown."

Rody looked at this rather special wooden business card, on which were only perfunctorily engraved the words "Yu Ze" and a fortune-telling phone number: YUZE-██████.

In order to convince the other party, Yu Ze began to touch himself all over and even shook his clothes, causing a large number of wooden business cards to fall onto the fortune-telling table.

“My fellow countryman, I really didn’t lie to you, I am really a fortune teller.

I used to hang out in Chinatown a lot, but a while ago young people of our age started to disappear one after another, causing panic among the people, so I had no choice but to move out.

The housing prices outside are much more expensive than in Chinatown, so I can only try to set up a stall here and earn whatever I can.

It's rare to meet a fellow villager on this street, and we're almost the same age, so I wanted to meet him. I really have no ill intentions.

Besides, your girlfriend is too eye-catching. I'd have to be blind not to notice you two.

No offense, Xiaodao's body probably won't allow him to have a girlfriend like this in his lifetime, my fellow countryman is awesome, I'm really envious. "

Anna, who was standing by, could also understand Mandarin. When she heard the word "girlfriend", she subconsciously moved her body and shook her head.

Luo Di responded doubtfully: "No need for fortune-telling. The matter in Chinatown has been resolved. You can move back anytime."

"Really? That's great. If you need a fortune-teller, remember to call me."

Luo Di waved his hand and turned to leave. He didn't take his business card with him at all. He seemed to have no interest in fortune-telling and threw it into the pile of business cards on the table.

Yu Ze could only shrug and continue to stay here.

However, this stall did not last. After waiting for about ten minutes, he began to sort out the business cards on the table and selected the one that Rody had touched.

Bring it close to your lips and blow gently.

Suddenly,
The entire business card began to burn. It was a flameless burning that gave off a pungent odor, the odor of sulfur.

"Sigh~"

Yu Ze quickly threw away the business card in his hand that was about to burn, looked at the ashes of hell floating in the air, and narrowed his eyes behind his sunglasses.

"This trip was not in vain."

(End of this chapter)