"despair."

The sound of a lighter firing sounded in the small room, and the orange-red flame danced, lighting a cigarette in his mouth.

The sparks burned the tobacco bit by bit, and the mouth holding the cigarette was covered with stubble. It took a deep breath, then slowly raised it and exhaled a puff of rich smoke.

The smoke is floating in the air, with some unique tobacco smell in the air.

In the room, the captain of the greenhouse guard held a cigarette between his two fingers, raised his eyes and looked at the person sitting opposite him.

The light in the room was dim, perhaps because of the angle of the light. He didn't fully see the other person's appearance at first glance, but only left a first impression.

This person is a woman, a rather sloppy woman.

Yanagi Yuan sat there quietly, with her hands in the pockets of her coat and her feet propped up on the table in front of her. She had already taken out her dagger and pistol and placed them in front of the display table aside.

Al sat next to Liuyuan, his head half-bowed.

She was not very used to the smell of cigarettes, so she would cough quietly from time to time.

A small room always makes people breathless.

Yanagi Yuan didn't care about the smell of smoke in the room. After all, she was considered a smoker.

After sizing up the greenhouse guard captain in front of her for a few times, she silently stopped and scanned her surroundings.

The atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn.

Yanagihara and Al did not enter the greenhouse directly because they still needed to be reviewed by the greenhouse guards before that.

Every team and person who wants to enter the greenhouse must be inspected. Of course, this inspection is only a routine inspection and is generally not very strict.

It's just that this time is a little different, because the people entering the greenhouse this time are different from those in the past.

In other words, the guardsmen in Greenhouse No. 4 have never seen such a person before.

The slain wolves still lay there under the greenhouse barrier, reminding every soldier of the danger to the people in front of them.

Even if the other party is a human with a child, no one dares to relax their guard.

The soldiers held rifles and stood on both sides of the door, but their eyes were fixed on Liuyuan.

I don’t know how long it took, but it was about half of the cigarette in the guard captain’s hand that he said his first words to Liuyuan.

"Hello madam, I am the captain of the guard team of Greenhouse No. 4 in the West. You can call me Wardson."

"Okay, Wardson." Yanagihara bowed his head slightly towards the guard captain who called himself Wardson.

She had been to many greenhouses during her wanderings in the ice field, and she was very familiar with the routine inspections of greenhouses. However, she rarely encountered situations where she was personally questioned by the guard captain.

"Yeah." Wardson nodded, took off his dark blue military cap, placed it on the table, and continued.

"I will ask you a few questions next. This is a routine review for entering the greenhouse. Please answer them truthfully."

"I understand, after all, this is your job, isn't it?" Liuyuan said casually, expressing his understanding while agreeing to Wardson's request.

Her cooperation made both Wardson and the soldiers behind him breathe a sigh of relief.

Because if Yanagihara does anything drastic, they will really be in trouble.

"So." Wardson organized his thoughts, put his hands in front of himself, and asked aloud.

"Please tell me your name first, ma'am."

"Yagihara." Without any extra pause, Yanagihara answered Wardson's question.

Hearing this name, Wardson raised his eyebrows and looked at Yanagi Yuan.

"This name is very special. I wonder where you are from?"

At least in his impression, some places nearby did not have such naming methods.

Where are you from?

It seems that so many people have asked this question that Yanagihara's answer has almost become a habit.

"I can't remember clearly. I just remember that it was a far away place. One day I left there and wandered all the way here."

This answer made Elle beside her confused for a moment, because she remembered that Yanagihara also told her the same thing at that time.

Wandering all the way from the ice sheet?

Wardson frowned. It was hard for him to imagine that a person or a team could wander so far on the ice sheet, so far that they forgot where they started.

But under the current situation, he could only choose to believe Liuyuan's answer first, even if he still had reservations in his heart.

"Okay, Ms. Nahara, is your purpose of going to Greenhouse No. 4 really just to deliver a letter?"

Wardson lowered his eyes and looked at the envelope on the table that Liuyuan had taken out before.

Obviously, he still can't accept the letter delivery staff appearing in that way.

He had seen with his own eyes the man in front of him jumping four to five meters in the air and slitting the throat of a giant wolf over two meters high.

Shouldn't a normal letter delivery person be the kind of guy next door who rides a bicycle, wears a light green hat, and has a gentle smile on his face...

"Yes."

Unfortunately, Yanagihara could not give Wardson any other answer. She looked at Al and said.

"I accepted her commission to send this letter to a person named Alice here. Of course, in fact, I also want to go further east to do something."

Commission?

Wardson followed Yanagihara's line of sight and looked at Al at the table, and his eyes paused again.

He couldn't imagine what kind of commission this little girl, who looked to be in her teens, could give.

After pondering for a moment, perhaps out of good intentions, he asked.

"With all due respect, do you two know the address of Ms. Alice?"

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There was silence in the room for a while.

Yanagihara looked at Al with blank eyes, Al looked at Wardson with blank eyes, and Wardson looked at Yanagihara with blank eyes.

For a long time, the corner of Wardson's eye twitched, and then he opened his mouth in confusion or helplessness.

It was obvious that neither of them knew where the person named Alice lived.

A girl commissioned a wanderer to deliver a letter across the ice to a person whose address he did not know.

As a greenhouse guard captain, Wardson has also seen many clients and employees.

But this can still be regarded as one of the most ridiculous commissions he has seen since taking office.

Fortunately, as a mature and reliable middle-aged man, even when faced with such a ridiculous commission, he still came up with a solution in a short time.

Looking at Liuyuan, Wardson suddenly had an idea.

Or it should be said that he had some ideas in this regard, but the current situation made him consider the feasibility of this idea again.

After a brief silence, Wardson coughed, as if he had made a decision.

"If you don't know where this Ms. Alice lives, maybe I can give you a suggestion." He said.

Liuyuan did not expect that Al would not know where his sister lived, but when he thought about it carefully.

Although she doesn't know why, her sister left Greenhouse No. 3 because of a commission.

But since the two have been separated for so long and have no contact with each other, it is understandable that Al does not know his sister's address.

Liuyuan slightly turned his eyes and looked at Al next to him with his peripheral vision. At this time, the girl's expression became nervous again.

This girl seems to be easily nervous, perhaps because she lacks a sense of security. She always lowers her head and avoids the sight of others.

Moving his eyes away from Al, Yanagihara looked again at Wardson sitting opposite, thought for a while, nodded and said.

"I'd like to hear it."

"Hmm." Wardson looked Liuyuan up and down with his eyes and touched his stubble-covered chin.

He saw everything Yanagi Yuan did, and he had to say that this homeless man's behavior was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Most people would not take a girl's ridiculous commission seriously, but this wanderer named Liuyuan seems to be surprisingly serious.

Are you the type who, after accepting a commission, will concentrate on completing it?

Wardson raised his eyebrows.

This is not bad, it can make people feel more at ease.

With this in mind, he put down his hand and made his own suggestion.

"As the guard captain of this greenhouse, I have the right to check the addresses and some information of the residents and people entering and exiting. If you are willing, I can help you find this lady named Alice."

At this point, he did not finish speaking directly, but paused for a moment, then looked at Liuyuan with his eyes, and continued.

"But Ms. Liuyuan, with this, I also hope to be able to propose a commission to you. Of course, we will pay you separately. I wonder if you are willing to accept it?"

Wardson's meaning is very simple. He wants to propose a commission to Yanagihara. This commission may be for himself or for Greenhouse No. 4.

But no matter which side it comes from, this commission means that Yanagihara needs to stay here for a while.
To be continued...