Chapter 57: Ferocious, Glaring (1/2)

TL: flarewk

I still wasn't able to see the sun even after stepping out of the house. Looks like it's going to be a cloudy weather today.

There weren't any clocks present in Xue Qing's home, hence I didn't know what was the current time.

Forget about having clocks already, I really don't get why there wouldn't be lights installed in the living room and bedroom. Rather than saying that the lights in the bathroom was being used for illuminating purposes, it's more of it being utilized for warming up body temperatures instead.

Although it was very strange at the inside, but looking from the exterior, this house looked completely like a luxurious mansion, which made me unresistingly ponder, whom exactly were Xue Qing's parents?

”Speaking of which, Xue Qing, where are your parents?”

”Don't know.”

”Don't know?”

”Mm, never seen before.”

Never seen before, huh..........had they passed away, or...........

I didn't continue asking onwards, but held her hands even more tighter a little.

After knowing about it, I can't just leave it as that. Although I didn't like to be a busybody, but if it's Xue Qing...........as a friend, I still must try my best to help her.

Not being able to see anything at all during midnight yesterday night, I was still thinking that this black street, which had caused me to search fruitlessly for an entire night, would be what kind of a place exactly, but with the result that it was just merely a normal stretch of shopping district.

The road was rather narrow. Cars would be having an uneasy time trying to pass through it, and I'm guessing whether if there would even be drivers who would be willing to drive their cars into such a narrow piece of street at all. Although it's said to be a road, but it's even alright for it to be described as a walking street as well. People were strolling about on the streets normally, some even chatting and laughing about as they did so. On the two sides of the street had a few street shops being opened ordinarily, with them selling all kinds of stuff...........it's really such a street with no unique traits at all.

Like other shopping districts for example, they would often be hosting similar shops for the entire street stretch, which for example, an entire street selling seeds, or an entire street hosting a variety of hotels, or entire streets swamped with hotpot shops. But for this street, there weren't anything unique already.

Black street...........heh, everyone residing in it slept at a rather early timing, with its nighttime being pitch-black. It can't be that this would be the specialty of this street, huh?

The shops that were open were also rather bizarre, with some of them just by glancing at the signboards alone actually not being able to be distinguished on what sort of shops it was. Like that place called ''Black-green inn”, just by looking at the name of the shop, who the hell would know exactly on what kind of business it operates? And why must it name itself onto this kind of naming which goes against the trend? Don't they know that for the current era, the more direct a name the better it'll be?

(TL: I think it's a neta to those long light novel names)

However, if I was to say out something truly bizarre...........

Scratching my face while looking at that group of talking and chuckling passerbys, I asked Xue Qing who was right beside me.

”Xue Qing, this street can't actually be some sort of an theater for somewhere, right?”

Xue Qing tilted her head as she questioned back.

”Theater?”

”Like those that are intentionally created, being used for movie filming or a temporary location for some television series.”

”Don't know.”

”Ahaha...........you have a point, sorry for asking such a strange question.”

”It's fine.”

Aaahh..........it's true as well. Just the same as me, Xue Qing similarly was that type who was disinterested with her surroundings. Even if she was living in this street, she probably wouldn't know about the stuff regarding onto this street too.

But, as expected, I still wasn't able to be not mindful of it...

What was strange wasn't this street itself, but the 'passerbys' that were on this street.

In my sight, the titles that were on everyone's head were all [Crowd Actors].

Uhh, heh? Crowd Actors?

It can't be that this street was concurrently filming a movie or recording some sort of television series?

But I also didn't seemingly see onto any sort of dramatic events occurring...........were they still in the process of preparing them?

I originally didn't like being entangled into things that were troublesome, so I had better try my best to avoid them then.

”Let's first leave this area, it doesn't seem to be that good to be disturbing onto other people filming their shows.”

I originally wanted to simply go to the nearest place to buy stuff, but since other people were recording shows, it's better to go to other places then.

”Mm, follow me.”

Xue Qing nodded her head, and started to pull me along.

Was she afraid that I'll be lost? Since I've arrived upon this place last night in the situation that I've wasn't able to see anything at all, hence being completely unfamiliar with this street as a result.

Just like that, Xue Qing was like when we had initially came here as she led me around for awhile later, heading towards the left from the entrance of a T-junction, and once again stepping into an alleyway.

Walking out of the alleyway thereafter, what I saw was the familiar DaJinHua Departmental Store, and not too far at the left side, there's the Subway Line 2 Mrt station, with the titles of the surrounding people becoming varied as well. I'm able to see the sun already, its position was centered and slightly leaning towards the west. So it's already afternoon hours.

Huh? We've actually arrived at such a faraway place? I recalled that this place should be quite far from Coastal Road, but we didn't seem to have walked for quite a long distance just now...........a five minute travel, being able to arrive at a location where one must take the train while needing to transfer unto two different lines?

Woah, isn't that too incredible already! Black Street, where exactly are you located at?

Uuu, forget it.........it's better that I not bother about this matter already. Looking back at my recent experiences, there were some things that would be better if I didn't know about it. Why be mindful of these minor details? It'll only herald a load of trouble upon myself.

”It's perfect that there's a departmental store nearby, so let's first go buy some clothes for you then.”

”Mm.”

Then again, what kind of clothes should I buy for Xue Qing...........with this frame of hers, don't tell me that I would need to get her some children outfits?

In any case, I'll first go in to take a look around.

I casually led Xue Qing inside a clothes store, it's that type of renowned clothing store that one would often be seeing onto.

Upon seeing us walking in, the shop employee jiejie walked over to us with a bright smile on her face.

However, upon seeing the title on the shop employee jiejie, my face stiffened once more. It's yet another [Crowd Actor]!

What the hell!

Seeing that the other party had already arrived right in front of us, I hastily kept my shocked expression.

”Good afternoon, sir, have you come to buy some clothes for your daughter?”

”Um, she's not my daughter...........”

In other people eyes, do we really look like father and daughter?

Perhaps it's because of our hair being relatively similar colored? But for me to be judged as a married man and whatnot, my feelings felt rather mixed...........

The shop employee jiejie awkwardly chuckled, hastily correcting her carefully-worded phrase as she said.

”Ah, I'm sorry. Then, are you here to buy some clothes for your younger sister?”

With the result that she still got it wrong, but rather than saying that it's 'A person which didn't know unintentionally getting it wrong', it's more of a 'A person who knew but intentionally acting as if that they had gotten it wrong'. Because I'm very good at differentiating out lies, hence I'm slightly able to see it out. To be frank, her acting skills were rather adept. I had relied on that tiny bit of unnatural feeling for me to be able to differentiate it out.

But, forget it, I'm also lazy to go bother about it already.

”Yup, I want to buy 2 sets of clothing for her, can you please help to select them?”

At this timing, it'll be fine to just task the shop employee jiejie with it, as I really don't have the eyesight onto selecting clothes at all.

It'll be way easier if Ke Ling was around at this sort of timing, but because my phone was out of battery, I wasn't able to give her a call.

”Sure, sure, this way please.”

”Let's go, Xue Qing.”

I let go of the hand holding onto Xue Qing's fingers, but she didn't let go of my hand, instead using both hands to pull onto my arm, leaning her body close to me, with her head raised whilst talking to me.

”Jun Cheng.”

”Mn? What's wrong?”

”I want, you choose.”

”Eeh, me? But my eyesight in clothing..........”

Xue Qing shook her head, using her unrelenting firm gaze to look at me whilst saying.

”It's fine if you choose.”