Please make money.

"...It's hard to find because there are so many people?"

"It's actually safer when there are more people, but it's also hard to find. I suggest focusing your search on this area."

Xiaojie circled an area and said, "The buses have stopped running. Unless she takes a taxi to leave this area, she will definitely wander around in this area. Taking a taxi is actually a false proposition because she ran away from home without a destination. This is the most favorable situation for us. She has nowhere to go and is confused and wandering around."

Xiao Jie spread out a city tourist map that he had just asked his mother to buy at the convenience store downstairs for 8 yuan. "I have already notified the group members, friends, poker friends and board game players who live nearby. There are about people who are distributed in this area. They have all agreed to walk around near their homes to see if she will stroll along the street...but I don't think the possibility is very high."

"Why?" An Lele narrowed her eyes and thought: "Could it be that she resists contact with people, so she has to hide in the alley?"

"Because it's raining outside, my sister!" Xiaojie rolled his eyes: "Your city has an orange rainstorm warning, and you are playing in the rain on the street?"

"What if she has an umbrella?"

"You have an umbrella, do you like to go in the rain?"

"Also ha..."

"So we're focusing on residential areas, large supermarkets, squares, and parks with open buildings that are still in operation and have lights on at night, and we're going to exclude other places for now." Xiao Jie bit the end of the marker pen and said, "We're checking the surveillance cameras at these intersections now. I hope the police can act quickly. The rain is falling at a really bad time, and the temperature has dropped by 15 degrees. I'm afraid she'll get hypothermic from the rain in the second half of the night. Even if she doesn't die, she'll be seriously ill..."

"I'll go help too. I've memorized the way." An Lele picked up the phone: "Wait at home and I'll contact you!"

"and many more!"

"You are not allowed to go! I just told Auntie that it will be useless if you go."

"What? I know I'll be a hindrance if I go, take this with you." Xiao Jie took out a flashlight, and then found a waterproof bag: "Put the phone here to avoid repeating the same mistake. I've already foreseen that Sister Ai's phone will need to be repaired after it got soaked... Hey, what do you think if I put a layer of waterproof glue inside the phone and raised its waterproof and dustproof rating to IP68, will there be a market for it?"

"Maybe." An Lele didn't care. He walked out of the door in a few steps, as agile as a running rabbit.

Xiaojie sighed, looking at the map and analysis on the whiteboard, crossing his arms over his chest and sighing like a little adult.

"Sister Xiaoyu, Sister Xiaoyu, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't always look at those unhappy people. Look at your family members far away..."

"Xiao Jie——" Xiao Jie's mother's voice came from outside the door.

"Hey - Mom, what's wrong?"

"You stay at home and look after the house. Your dad and I will drive Lele over there and we will help look for him too!"

"Okay, I have a clue here and I'll tell you - and you have to make it clear to dad! Even if he finds it, I won't give him the reward. Won't his future still be mine?"

"You little brat! That's for later! Keep my Ultimate Gem, the Rainbow Dragon!"

"..."

……

……

Alia stopped at the edge of a square, took out her phone and checked the messages.

After a while, Huangmao followed like a dead dog: "Miss... I... I can't do it anymore..."

"I see." Alia jumped off the bike. "You're hiding from the rain and waiting for me here. You've reached your limit. If you keep riding, you'll have rhabdomyolysis tomorrow."

"But...but the money..."

"I've put it on your account. Whether you can find it or not, I'll forgive you 5,000 of your debt. The remaining 10,000 will be counted separately."

"Thank... Thank you, Miss..." The yellow-haired man took a deep breath and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

Alia's ears twitched: "What activities are there here?"

"Ah? What event? I'm not going!"

Alia pondered for a while, picked up a dead branch from the roadside and threw it in front of her.

The tip of the branch pointed to the gymnasium in the park not far away. Alia looked in the direction of the branch and her eyes flashed.

"...Miss, are you - fortune-telling?"

"You're overthinking. There's no such thing as fortune telling. It's just difficult to make a choice."

Alia smoothed her wet hair and said, "This rain won't stop for a while. If I don't come back later, you can go back by yourself."

"What about the car?"

"This is the car return point, why else would I park here?"

"Oh……"

Alia picked up the black long-handled umbrella she had just bought from the front seat of the car, opened it in front of the rain, walked out of the bus stop and plunged into the rain.

The yellow-haired man looked at her back, then turned around to look at the road he had walked around in before, and continued to lie there waiting to die.

Let's put it this way, I have a sister who can ride a bike for nearly 20 kilometers in the middle of the night to look for someone. I lied to her sister before and she didn't beat me to death on the spot. It was really because she showed mercy...

But then again, with a sister who loves her so much, why does that little girl act like Lin Daiyu who has no one to complain about being bullied all day long?

If I had such a heroic and good sister when I was a child, I would have been able to at least make it to high school!

Forget it... Just keep waiting to die... Hmm? Why is there a dog barking?

Huangmao turned over and sat up, staring at the two skinny dog ​​figures in the rain for a while.

The latter crouched and curled up, staring at him with bared teeth, making his whole body hairy, and a creepy low growl came from his throat.

Then a car passed by in the rain with its fog lights on and honked its horn twice before passing by, which happened to startle them and they ran away in fear.

Huangmao finally breathed a sigh of relief - those two dogs really seemed to want to bite people...

But when he thought of the girl who could stuff a person's head into the sofa, he felt that it would be better for the two dogs to hide, because the human world was too dangerous.

"Forget it, there is no such coincidence..."

……

……

Sister Yu stood in the corner of the gymnasium for a while. There was a noisy concert inside and bitter wind and rain outside.

She pursed her lips and said nothing. No one came here, but fortunately, the public toilet here not only had paper towels, but also warm air hand dryers.

Sister Yu wants to go in and wipe her hair, if possible... Hmm? What's calling?

She could hear clearly that amid the crackling sound of the rain, there was a small, soft whimpering sound like that of a small animal.

Sister Yu squatted down, listened carefully for a while, and finally cast her eyes in the direction of a green box-type substation commonly seen on the roadside not far away.

She approached cautiously, and this time the sound was clearer. It came from the raised floor below, and it sounded like the meowing of kittens and puppies.

She bent down and looked inside, but it was so dark that she couldn't see anything clearly. Only the whimpering sounds became more and more panicked and urgent.

Is it a kitten? Or a puppy?

Sister Yu gritted her teeth and reached into the dark interior, trying to take out the things inside.

Not far away, two skinny stray dogs, like ghosts on a rainy night, moved silently along the corners of walls and under the shade of trees with their tails hanging down.

It seems that the girl who ran away from home is about to meet two stray dogs returning home.

At this moment, on the other side of the park, a girl holding a black umbrella stood on the edge of the empty grass.

The rain seemed to pause for a moment, and the girl slowly closed her eyes in this empty space...

117-One Vision

A car was weaving among the lights, and the air pressure inside the car was extremely low.

Ai Rulin looked at the scenery outside the window that was reversing like flowing light, supporting his chin with one hand. It was difficult to tell what emotion was reflected in his eyes.

My daughter ran away from home...

runaway?

What is running away from home - what is a daughter - after hearing the news, his busy and chaotic brain took a full minute to come back to its senses.

Then he fell into a long silence, like a suppressed volcano.

It's like someone is telling you that all the peace and refinement you've seen before, all the happy families, are suddenly cracked.

There is boiling magma in the cracks!

"Haven't you found it yet?" He turned and looked at the front row.

The assistant sitting in the passenger seat hurriedly checked the message after hearing this: "Not yet..."

"What did the police say?"

"We are checking the street surveillance, but the scope of the investigation is too large and it will take time."

“……” Then Ai Rulin fell silent again.

What can he do?

He never asked where the child's mother was, nor did he ask about the reasons for running away from home, as if he had already reached a conclusion.

After several seconds, the assistant turned around and handed over the phone: "Yes - it's Master Jing's call, video."

Ai Rulin took it expressionlessly: "It's me, Ajing. Thank you for your hard work."

"I would rather not have this happen." Jing Ershao sighed on the other end of the video: "Uncle San, has A Yu contacted you?"

"No."

"Then do you know where she might have gone?"

"……do not know."

"Is there a memorable place - a playground - or some place you went to together that your child remembers vividly?"

"..." Ai Rulin was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "No."

"Neither of them are in the city?"

"No, she hasn't been to any of them." Ai Rulin looked up at the heavy rain outside the window, and the car window became blurry. "There's no point in discussing this. Reality is not like a movie. The child is running around everywhere. It's impossible for her to go to some memorable place. It's very likely that she was just impulsive at the moment. Send more people. If the police are short of manpower, then find someone else. The security company, the people at the construction site, the taxi radio station, the TV station offer a reward... She can't get far."

Young Master Jing paused in front of the camera, as if there was something about his calm Uncle Third that made him dissatisfied, so that he was visibly annoyed.

"Okay, I understand. That's it."

"Wait a moment."

"What's up?"

"Is your third aunt on your side?"

"Yes, my eldest sister asked her to come over too. She can calm Yu down when necessary - provided she can be found."

As for how to appease her, that is the eldest sister's business. Young Master Jing completely believes that Alia is on Ayu's side.

Uncle San's eyes flickered. "Tell her to go home and wait, don't make trouble. We can talk about other things after we find A-Yu."

Young Master Jing hummed, "Then you can talk to the eldest sister. I'm going to be busy now. I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."

After saying that, he hung up the video directly. It can be seen that Young Master Jing is really impatient with his uncle and aunt.

"Tell me - why does Aya... care so much about these things?"

Ai Rulin held the phone in his hand and sat on the warm and comfortable sofa in the back row, pondering for many seconds. His voice was so erratic that his assistant broke out in a cold sweat.

"I am holding this now, but it was handed to me personally by my second brother..."

"..."

……

……

Everyone who travels through time has a golden finger, or at least the privilege of being reborn with foresight.

Alia has nothing but a family business worth hundreds of billions and a group of her father's old subordinates who weigh 130 kilograms and are rebellious.

The advantage of being with such an exterminator is that you will be more motivated when doing business, but the disadvantage is that Alia doesn't want to do business at all and just wants to slack off.

Now, when they encounter children running away from home in daily life, they are no longer able to do anything. Even business experts are of no use.

Fortunately, she had achieved some success before traveling through time, and had learned some tricks that were considered supermodel skills within the current story framework.

——That is to say, you should learn more life hacks. If you don’t even have these little tricks, how can you survive in the future?

Arya closed her eyes and began to listen, listening to the sounds of nature.

The sound of wind, rain, thunder...

The singing from the noisy speakers, the rustling of leaves, the rustling of wind and sand on the grass...