Although they had only worked together for less than half a day, both of them began to have doubts about each other. Wendy suspected that she had bought a fake product, and Zhang Heng began to think about how effective the promise of a girl who was left behind was, and whether he could get his wish. to the final reward.
But for Wendy, she has no other choice. Since she chose Zhang Heng, she can only go to the end with her eyes closed. Since Zhang Heng can learn new knowledge and skills, she has no objections to converting it into a part of the reward for the time being.
In order not to sleep outdoors, the two of them speeded up in the afternoon. In fact, Zhang Heng couldn’t speed up at all. After all, he came to Lincoln County by himself, but it would make it more difficult for the carrot to run, and it would also increase the encounter. Unexpected risks, and the taste of traveling is not good.
But these are nothing compared to sleeping on the grass.
In the end, the two arrived in Glen Town at about seven o'clock in the evening.
"Here." Wendy pointed to a bar in the middle of the town. "My father always mentioned this place to me, saying that their apple pie is delicious. Every time he passed by here, he would ask for a piece, and sometimes he would give it to me. We and mom also take one."
Zhang Heng nodded, "According to what we said before, you go inside and ask when your father last appeared, and if you passed by here on the way back. I will go to the hotel in town to book two rooms."
It's not that Zhang Heng doesn't want to ask himself, but considering what happened to him after he entered the bar last time, he decided to keep a low profile as much as possible and leave the communication part to Wendy. Although the latter is only twelve years old, Judging from the short time they spent together, the rancher's daughter was very organized in her work and speech, revealing a maturity far beyond her age.
The environment plays a big role in this.
Every time her father went out to sell cattle, she had to leave for a long time. At this time, she had to take care of the remaining horses and cattle on the ranch, and also take care of her mother. Coupled with the hostility of the townspeople, she was born at a young age. Can stand alone.
"Okay." Wendy nodded, "Don't worry, just leave it to me."
"Then we'll see you at the hotel." Zhang Heng said.
In fact, the hotel and the bar in Glenn Town are very close. After the two separated, Zhang Heng paid the accommodation fee and asked Lightning and Carrot to take care of him. After that, he went up to his room and drew his revolver. A simple maintenance.
However, a quarter of an hour passed, and he did not see Wendy go upstairs. Zhang Heng waited for another five minutes, got up and walked downstairs.
...
Wendy carefully avoided the horse manure and what seemed to be vomit under her feet, and pushed open the door of the tavern.
A woman wearing a flowery skirt near the door saw her and said, "This is not a place for children."
"I'm not a child anymore, ma'am." Wendy said.
"I'm not a lady either." The woman smiled.
"Oh, you are that... what." Wendy suddenly realized, "Sorry, I didn't mean to discriminate against you."
"It's okay, your dress is terrible, are your parents abusing you? Fortunately, your foundation is not bad, maybe when you are older, if you want to escape the boring life of husband and child, you can come to me here .”
"Thank you, but I don't think there is such a possibility." After Wendy finished speaking, she paused and continued, "Actually, I came here to inquire about something."
"Many people come to the bar to inquire about something. At this time, they usually buy me a glass of wine first, but for the sake of being a woman, your glass of wine will be waived." A woman with a flowery skirt Nodded at Wendy, "Do you have any questions?"
"I would like to inquire about a man named Matthew Robbins, a rancher, who should have passed here fourteen days ago, wearing a gray shirt, old-looking boots, about thirty-five years old , with firm eyes, and a scar on the left abdomen, you may have passed by here in the past few days, I don’t know if you still have the impression.”
"I can only say that there must be no guy named Matthew among the men I have ever slept with." The woman with a little skirt said, "Sorry, I don't stay in the bar every minute, I go to the second floor when I have work Well, fourteen days ago... Let me think about it, my business seemed to be doing well that day, maybe he came in while I was working."
The woman in a little skirt pouted at the bar counter, "Maybe you can ask the bartender over there, he's been staying here all the time."
"Thank you, hubby... oh, sorry."
Wendy forced a smile on her face, but before she had time to move, she felt someone slap on a certain part of her back.
"Why, is this the newcomer you told me about two days ago? He's younger than you thought. Is he really 16?"
The person who came was a man who smelled of tobacco and behaved frivolously.
"Ah, there are some misunderstandings, Bacchus, this lady is not the Maggie I told you about earlier." The woman in the flower skirt saw Wendy's face change suddenly, and realized that something was wrong, so she quickly stood up to smooth things over.
Bacchus shrugged when he heard this, "It doesn't matter, she can do it too, although she looks a bit ugly, she is better than being young..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw his hand-picked client suddenly took out a small knife from his pocket and stabbed at him. Fortunately, Bacchus reacted quickly and blocked it with his hand at the critical moment, so he avoided the attack. He was disemboweled, but the knife pierced into his hand, and it was pierced quite deep, almost piercing his palm.
Bacchus swears in pain.
The woman in the flowery skirt covered her mouth when she saw this scene, and hurried up and said, "Oh, Mr. Bacchus, are you okay, I said it was a misunderstanding."
However, she was roughly pushed away by Bacchus, and her waist hit a table next to her, and even spilled the wine glasses of the other two drinkers.
"Royce, what the hell is wrong with your people!" Bacchus said furiously, he pulled out the knife in his hand, blood gushed out from the wound immediately, and dripped onto the floor, tick-tock , are almost converging into a stream.
"Mr. Bacchus, you need to see a doctor in the town for treatment of your injury." Royce quickly persuaded, ignoring the pain in his waist. Although she met Wendy for the first time, her impression of this girl Not bad, but she didn't expect the latter's reaction to be so strong.
In her opinion, this was just a small misunderstanding. Originally, as long as the explanation was clear, it would be fine. Now the situation has been escalated infinitely with that knife. She even saw a murderous intent in Bacchus' eyes, and now she can think about how to change it. It's meaningless to accomplish this scene, the most urgent thing is to ensure Wendy's safety first, and don't let Bacchus, who is angry, do anything stupid.
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