Bizarre Detective Agency

  woo—

  The Avitannis sounded its whistle and merged into the current to prepare to dock.

  The passengers in the cabins gathered on the deck, waving hats or handkerchiefs to the crowd on the shore.

   "Welcome to Queen's Port" - Banners are held in the air in the bustling port.

   "Sister Mary! We're here!"

  Jojo grabbed the guardrail and shouted while waving to someone she didn't know on the shore. After more than half a month of sailing, they finally arrived at their destination: the Lennon Islands.

   "Child, you want to call me Aunt Mary." Mary reluctantly corrected.

   "Sister Mary doesn't look that old again."

  Jojo followed Aunt Mary off the side of the ship, crowded the passengers and walked to the cabin. Suddenly grabbed a dirty hand reaching out to Aunt Mary.

   "We are all people who came to the Lennon Islands to start a new life, you actually want to steal from us?"

  Jojo looked at the owner of that hand, a thin and frail young man, let go of his hand and whispered, "There won't be another time."

  The pickpockets without a word squeezed into the crowd, Jojo followed Aunt Mary, returned to the cabin to pick up the packed luggage, put on a coat and a wide-brimmed hat, and joined the disembarking team.

  Aunt Mary was standing in the bustling port with her wide-brimmed hat, and Jojo followed behind with her suitcase. They squeezed across the bustling port and stepped on the bridge to the coastal streets where people came and went.

  The prosperity of the Lennon Islands is completely different from that of Belfast. Belfast is full of hurried passers-by. People are either on the way to make money or looking for a way to make money.

   In the Lennon Islands, the hustle and bustle of the hustle and bustle is present: passengers who disembark into the city bring the customs of different regions.

   There’s also a laid-back vibe: people in stylish, expensive clothes lie in front of the guardrail, admiring the soft sands where children play, the sky tangled by seagulls, and the bustling port.

   and passionate salespeople.

   This sight is not seen in Belfast.

   Anyway, Jojo likes it here, and she thinks Oliver will like it too.

  The young man with the poster followed Aunt Mary and Jojo step by step, chatting and saying, "Where are the guests from? I don't smell the sand in the barren land, you must be from the main continent."

   "Do you have any idea of ​​buying real estate in the Lennon Islands? Shoal Island, Suiyang Island, Golden Beach Town? Or Plankal Town? Or do you need a place to live temporarily..."

  Aunt Mary declined the young man's promotion, and the subsequent salesman was blocked by Jojo and followed Aunt Mary into the carriage.

   "14 Shanin Street."

   The slightly bumpy carriage moved slowly and carried them to Shanin Street on the outskirts of Tambul.

  It is not as prosperous and crowded as the city where Her Majesty the Queen is located. The courtyard of the independent house makes it quiet and comfortable, and you need to go through a forest to get to the beach.

  Jojo jumped out of the carriage first, turned to help Aunt Mary down, then took off her luggage and followed her into the yard.

  Winter Dongdong—

   After a short wait, an old woman opened the door.

   "Dear Mary, you are finally here..."

  The old woman on the porch happily veneers with Mary.

   "It's been delayed for a while because of some things, Aunt Roseanne." Mary said with a smile.

  Aunt Roseanne looked at Jojo behind Mary and stepped out of the room: "Oh, is this Anna? It's much healthier than when I was a child."

  Jojo of healthy wheat complexion smiles unnaturally.

   "She is Jojo, Anna's friend. Jojo, Aunt Roseanne is my elder." Aunt Mary helped her out.

   "Aunt Roseanne."

  Jojo greets you honestly.

   "Hello Jojo, come in quickly, you must be tired after sitting on the boat for so long..."

   Aunt Roshan greeted them quickly.

   Walking into the warm and dim living room, the kitchen is cooking food, and the aroma of pumpkin wafts out.

   "The food will take a while, so I'll take you to your room first."

  Aunt Roseanne came upstairs with the gauntlet and let Mary and Jojo live in two adjoining guest rooms. Looking out the window towards the woods, it seems that the vast ocean can be vaguely seen through the dead branches. And the whistling sound of the wind is not known whether the wind is blowing through the treetops or from the coast.

  Jojo put away her luggage and wanted to help downstairs, but Aunt Mary refused her: "You have been busy on the boat, go back to your room to rest first, I will call you when the food is ready."

   "Thank you Sister Mary."

   "Call me Auntie."

   Helpless Mary went back downstairs. Jojo closed the door and opened the suitcase to take out the contents. Toys with sealed memories, awards from the academy, books for recreation, and some men's clothes.

   Occasionally Jojo would sway, as if underfoot were the swaying board.

   Put the clothes on the empty hanger, put the toys on the bed, put the awards and books on the desk by the window, open the drawer, put the diary in it, and sit in the wooden chair.

  The dead branches outside the window are like strange claws, and the wooden chair and floor below him seem to be shaking slightly, as if they are still in the second-class suite of the cruise ship.

   knock knock—

   The unclosed door was knocked open. Jojo sat in the chair and turned around, and saw Aunt Roseanne standing outside the door: "Jojo, what do you want to eat later?"

  Qiaoqiao quickly stood up: "It's fine, thank you Aunt Luo Shan."

   "Little Qiao Qiao, when this is your own home."

   "Then... let's have some porridge."

   "How about pumpkin porridge?"

"OK."

   Aunt Roshan's slow footsteps returned downstairs, and Aunt Mary came out of the room after a while: "I'm going to write to Anna and Lu Li later, do you have anything to tell them?"

   "Um...let me think about it."

   "No hurry, it will take dozens of days from here to Belfast, you can tell me after you think about it."

"Um."

  Jojo pushed open the window, sat back on the wooden chair, opened the drawer and took out the diary, turned to the latest page in the breeze, then unscrewed the ink bottle, filled up the ink tank of the pen, and wrote on the blank page:

  【September 19th】

   After the twenty-one-day voyage, we finally arrived at Tambul City.

   I heard that the Queen is in the palace, we haven't had time to see it.

  Mary...Auntie took us to 14 Shanning Street, where an aunt named Roshan took us in. The environment here is very good, quiet, away from the hustle and bustle.

  Aunt Roseanne is very good. We may live here next time. The neighbors should not be bad people. After the rest tomorrow, Aunt Mary should take me to visit the neighbors.

   Just like the rumors, the people here have faces that have not been bullied by weird people, and people are full of smiles.

   I wonder how Lu Li and Anna are doing? Aunt Mary is going to write back, but I don't know what to say yet, um... how about inviting them over too? We all got together, except my brother...

  Brother, I miss you so much...

  The stagnant nib smeared on the pages until a weird breeze blew into the room, turning the pages of the book on the corner of the desk automatically.

   "The History of Humphreys", Oliver's favorite book.

  Jojo woke up from the memory:

   "Brother, is that you?"