Unknown Intrusion

Chapter 60 Private Post Office
"Dunn District"

When the city was first established, the Dunne district was a long-established affluent area, but the city has now forgotten about Dunne.

One of the city’s oldest neighborhoods still has some shops that are still standing, but most of them are on the street. Some of the houses further in look relatively large and may have been the residences of the wealthy in the past, but now most of them are vacant.

Furthermore, perhaps due to some unpleasant rumors circulating about this place in previous years, the residents gradually moved away, making it appear even more desolate.

Even though there are people walking around normally on this street, very few people go further in.

The place Qiaoqiao was taking him to was obviously in this residential area.

If someone else had brought him to this place, Su Yu, having experienced what happened before his awakening, would certainly have been wary.

Su Yu was slightly surprised that the person who brought him here was Qiaoqiao. Where exactly was Qiaoqiao taking him?
A gentle breeze rustled through the surrounding trees, making the leaves whisper in the wind.

Following a path that had clearly not been repaired for a long time, we soon came to a courtyard.

Although the area is relatively desolate, this house looks particularly dilapidated from the outside, even exuding an aura of a haunted house.

Given the prevailing mystique, ordinary people generally wouldn't easily venture into such a place.

Qiaoqiao had the key to the place with her, and she quickly opened the door, gesturing for Su Yu to come in.

"here……"

The gate behind them closed gently, and Qiaoqiao continued walking inside. The empty courtyard felt completely different from the outside.

A fragrant scent of flowers wafted over on the breeze.

The courtyard was filled with roses.

Su Yu glanced around and saw that the roses planted here were not of a single variety, but rather of many varieties. It seemed that they were all rose varieties that he had given to Qiaoqiao before his awakening.

Knowing that Qiaoqiao liked roses, Su Yu would try to get her any new varieties he saw and give them to her.

I thought she only used it for flower arranging, but judging from the garden full of flowers, if all the roses here were planted by Qiaoqiao, then when I gave her the flowers in the first place, she must have planted all the roses through cuttings.

Many of them were actually ordinary plants, but Qiaoqiao still planted them and cultivated them carefully.

Seeing Su Yu staring at the roses in the courtyard, Qiaoqiao shyly looked away.

When Su Yu first gave her roses, she planted them here.

That was a gift from him to her, and she couldn't bear to watch them slowly wither away.

As more and more roses were given to her, the roses she planted here grew better and better.

The once-empty rose garden is now filled with flowers.

These were all gifts from Su Yu. Just standing here and looking at these flowers was enough to lift her spirits.

This is her private fortress, a place where she can endlessly regenerate health.

“The flowers here…” Su Yu turned his gaze away and looked at her.

Qiaoqiao lowered her eyes, looked at her toes, and whispered, "Xu Duo were the flowers you gave me before."

Su Yu's expression softened further.

Whether before or after his awakening, his heart always softened in front of this little girl.

Thinking of how such a good girl had ended up like that, Su Yu's expression changed for a moment, but he suppressed it again when she looked up at him.

He should bear that hatred alone.

After Qiaoqiao finished speaking, she did not hear Su Yu's voice, which made her feel uneasy.

She wasn't worried that Su Yu would laugh at her, but a young girl can't help but overthink things. When she secretly looked up, she met his eyes. The moment their gazes collided, she felt as if she had been burned and quickly looked away again.

Perhaps realizing that what he was doing was somewhat of a cover-up, he decided to do something else entirely.

She quickly turned her gaze back and changed the subject.

“You know what?” she tried to drift into other memories, “This is the private post office my mother left me.”

"A private post office?"

Su Yu was indeed drawn to her words, no longer dwelling on his unforgettable memories, and followed the girl's light steps, strolling through the rose-filled courtyard, listening to her recount the past.

Unlike Su Yu, who still has a family of three, Qiao Qiao's mother was said to have fallen ill and gone to a sanatorium, and passed away a long time ago.

However, because Su Yu had little contact with Qiaoqiao's mother, and he was too young when he met her in the past, still in a state of unconsciousness and a genuine child, the image of that lady in his past memories was somewhat vague.

If Qiaoqiao hadn't mentioned that lady, he probably wouldn't have remembered that she seemed to be a woman with considerable talent.

Since that woman is a professional, it is indeed possible that she owns her own private property.

This courtyard looks quite large, and it's a real shame that it's been left empty.

However, since most of the houses in this area are vacant, it's probably not because of personal reasons that they abandoned this place, but for other reasons.

Su Yu's expression became more solemn.

"It's alright. Someone summoned an evil spirit here back then, which created a blowout."

"Many people have moved away as a result."

"But the blowout was contained long ago and has healed naturally. There's nothing to worry about; it's perfectly safe!"

“But many people still refuse to move back!” Qiaoqiao noticed his expression and explained, her expression showing a hint of regret.

"Is it?"

Su Yu was somewhat relieved. In this world, summoning is no small matter, especially summoning in private, which is a serious crime.

To put it bluntly, the summoning of spirits or Ouija boards that often appear in horror movies is just kids "courting death" in those films, but it's not like that here.

Once someone is found to be doing this, even a brat, the punishment will be at least ten years, or even hanging or execution.

The charge is endangering public safety!

After all, if a malevolent spirit is summoned, it will endanger the nearby neighbors and the entire community; it's not just a personal matter.

The fact that the lady left this house to Qiaoqiao before she left suggests that the crisis in this place had indeed been resolved, making it a safe haven.

The people who used to live in this area didn't move back, probably because they had already settled elsewhere and didn't want to come back and cause trouble.

However, none of this mattered to Su Yu; he was only concerned with what Qiaoqiao was talking about.

"...In the past, many wealthy people lived here. It is said that many owls would come and go here every day. You know what an owl is, right?"

“My mother said that in the past, many mail delivery methods used owls, but now there are far fewer owls than before, and even mail delivery is rarely done by owls anymore.”

"Since that time... this place has been vacant until I received a letter from my mother, and I realized that this place was not only a garden where flowers could be planted, but also a private post office."

It turns out that this place really was a private post office in the past; this is not a metaphor, but a true description.

A private post office.

Most post offices are no longer privately owned. To have owned a private post office in the past meant that Qiaoqiao's mother was more capable than he had guessed.

(End of this chapter)