Siren on Grey Island

The next day, Arthur and Roderick went to the old craftsman Malcolm's shop again.I saw an open sign on it, but there was no one in the store.Arthur was hesitating whether to go in or not.

"You laymen, don't even think about getting news about Ellis Valley from me, get lost!"

"Who are you calling a layman, old man!" After a scolding, the young woman with short red hair was pushed out of the store by the owner, Malken.

When the red-haired woman continued to knock on the door, she was stopped by her twin sister, "Forget it, Leona, since you can't talk to him, it's because he doesn't have this luck, right?"

"Sister... I see." Arthur was surprised by the obedient deer-like expression on the face of such an irritable red-haired girl before, when he was suddenly glared at by the other party, "What are you looking at!" Then he changed again Xiangzi, who was a good little deer, followed his sister away.

"Arthur, go in by yourself." Roderick's voice rang in his ears.

"why?"

"He doesn't like me. If I brought you in, you will probably end up like that woman just now." Roderick shrugged helplessly, expressing that he was helpless.So Arthur had to go into the shop alone.

There are a variety of handmade crafts on the counter, most of which are made of pearl shells.Malcolm was carving a shell with a small carving knife, and had no intention of coming up to greet customers.

Suddenly Arthur saw a pink pearl. Its surface looked so rough and its luster was dull. Compared with the other shiny products around it, it looked like a briquette dropped into a pile of rice. ridiculous.Arthur put it in front of Malken, "Boss, how do you sell this?"

"Hmph, a layman and a defective product are a natural match, and you can see this kind of rubbish right." Malken said disdainfully.

"Then why do you sell such rubbish in your shop, boss?" Arthur asked back with a smile.

"You... If you don't want to buy anything, just get out, don't chatter here." Uncle Malcolm blushed angrily.

"But this is all I want."

"This is $10." After paying the money, Arthur took the pink pearl and left Uncle Malcolm's shop.

At noon, Arthur went back to Roderick's hotel and had lunch. He sat on the bed and played with the pearl in his hand. He touched the rough surface of the pearl and always felt strange. Like Lina's girl, it gave him a certain sense of disobedience, but he still doesn't know what this disobedience is.

Before he knew it, he fell asleep.After he woke up in the afternoon, he decided to go to the painter Dean again and tentatively ask Dean about the invitation letter.

Before Arthur went out, he was going to call Roderick. After all, Roderick was a talkative person, and he seemed to be very familiar with Lena last time. With him around, it should be much easier to get more information.

He took his cell phone and dialed Roderick's number. "Beep, beep, the number you dialed has been turned off, please try again later." Hey, why did Roderick turn off the phone at this time, it seems that he can only go to Dean's house to see for himself.

As a result, after going to Dean's house, Lena who came out to entertain her said, "I'm sorry, my father went out on business today, and he hasn't come back yet."

"It seems that I came here by accident." Arthur was helpless, and was about to say goodbye to Lena when the doorbell rang suddenly.

Lena opened the door, and there were two policemen standing at the door, "Is Mr. Dean there? We're going to ask him to go."

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Leona: There's something wrong with that smelly old man!

Diana: Don't be angry with him, my sister will help you out, be good~