Trafford’s Trading Club

Chapter 1388: Chapter 115: As a Traveling Merchant, It’s Only Natural to Have Some Gear on You

Upon hearing this, she was stunned for quite a while before suddenly having a big reaction—instinctively stepping back.

Ann, who had only stepped back two steps, accidentally stepped on something on the ground—it seemed to be a rolling pin… This was the storeroom, filled with various odds and ends.

Ann lost her balance because she stepped on the round stick, and her body tilted backward, hitting her waist, and finally fell to the ground.

At this moment, a basin dislodged by the cabinet was about to fall directly on Ann—she couldn’t help but instinctively protect her head with her hands… hoping it wouldn’t hurt too much.

It didn’t.

Slowly opening her eyes, Ann found that the old basin was now being held by the young man who had come out of the dark passage.

“Are you okay?”

“W-w-who are you?!” In a panic, Ann randomly grabbed the rolling pin that had tripped her and held it in both hands.

She had knocked out David, but that didn’t mean she was particularly skilled—she had just succeeded in a sneak attack!

Putting down the basin in his hand and seeing Ann on the ground, Boss Luo naturally extended a helping hand, “Can you stand up?”

It seemed… not like a bad person.

Oddly, there was a feeling of reassurance… Ann instinctively reached out to this strange young man and, with his help, stood up.

“Thank you…” She didn’t know why she said this… but quickly replaced it with a look of vigilance, “Who are you?”

Boss Luo smiled slightly and said, “I couldn’t sleep at night, so I wandered around. I didn’t expect to accidentally discover a passage at the place I was staying, and out of curiosity, I followed it all the way here. Additionally, something I had lost recently, thinking the thief might have left through this hidden passage… or something like that.”

“Oh… I see… huh?” Ann frowned—these words wouldn’t fool a ghost!

But why, does it feel so honest…

Anyway, as someone who has lived on the Farm for more than twenty years, Ann was very sure she had never seen this person in the Farm before.

This man… or rather a big boy, might be younger than herself.

A bloodsucker… instinctively doesn’t seem like it.

Ann cautiously scrutinized him, only to find that this young man was looking at David, whom she had knocked out and tied up.

“You… do you know him?” she asked cautiously.

Luo Qiu shook his head and said, “No, seeing him for the first time, just a bit curious, hmm… I mean the situation here.”

Ann quickly shook her head and said, “I also don’t know what happened here, when I got here, this guy was already like this… I don’t know who tied him up.”

“I see.” Boss Luo looked at the woman, then stepped aside and casually said, “Ma’am, you seemed to be leaving earlier, right?”

“Yes… yes, I was about to leave.” Ann nodded.

Her eyes still fixed on this mysterious young man, then step by step walking towards the entrance of the hidden passage—just as she lifted her skirt to jump down again, she suddenly remembered something and stopped, “Wait, you came from the other side of the passage?”

Boss Luo nodded.

Ann quickly asked, “You said you stay at the exit?”

Boss Luo smiled and said, “Just temporarily staying… to be precise, invited by a Mister Vampire.”

“Wasn’t that villa vacant for a long time!?” Ann’s expression suddenly became excited, and she widened her eyes.

Boss Luo said, “Vacant… I’m not sure. When I moved in during the day, it was quite clean and didn’t look vacant.”

Ann scrutinized him suspiciously… So far, he hadn’t shown any intention of attack and didn’t seem dangerous at all.

But… it felt peculiar that just when she was about to leave through the hidden passage, someone would suddenly emerge from it—such irregularities can’t help but make her fear the passage.

Why does he let me leave so easily? Normally, shouldn’t he ask what happened here?

In the end, I said I didn’t know what happened here—that explanation itself was full of holes, yet he seemed not to suspect it at all, which made Ann feel even more unbelievable!

Could it be… to lure me into the hidden passage?

Is he really with David and also a member of the Revolutionary Army?

David said he had companions who had also escaped and are now hiding on the Farm… As she thought about this, Ann’s heartbeat inevitably sped up.

“Weren’t you planning to leave?” Seeing that the lady hadn’t moved for a long time, Boss Luo casually asked.

Ann rolled her eyes and said, “I suddenly changed my mind, I don’t want to leave just yet.”

“I see…” Boss Luo nodded, then smiled and said, “No need to mind me, I’m just passing by and don’t intend to change what you originally wanted to do. My suggestion is, if you follow your heart, you probably won’t have any problems.”

Just as expected… he is trying to lure me into the hidden passage.

Ann’s expression quickly switched, pretending to be relaxed, and said, “You… shouldn’t be here just to casually wander around, right?”

Boss Luo said, “Didn’t I say, thinking if the thief had left through the passage, so I planned to take a look.”

Ann blinked and said, “You said something was stolen from you… What does the thief look like? I’ve worked here for some time, maybe I can help you with something.”

Boss Luo said, “If I could get help, I would be extremely grateful… Actually, I can’t be entirely sure of the thief’s identity. But… probably a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, named Mina.”

“Mina?” Ann was stunned and instinctively frowned.

“Do you know her?”

Ann shook her head, “The name sounds a bit familiar, like I’ve heard it, yet maybe I haven’t… But based on the age you mentioned, this girl should be living in Dormitory Number Seven.”

“Very useful information.” Boss Luo smiled and said, “Thank you so much… In return, I will provide you with a piece of information.”

“Go ahead!” Ann quickly said.

Boss Luo said, “If you plan to escape from the Farm right now, the chances of failure would be infinitely high. Because currently, all the entrances and exits of the Farm are being monitored by many vampires arranged by the Torrido Clan.”

“What!” Ann felt the world spinning, “How could this happen…”

Boss Luo said, “It seems that it’s because a killer appeared in the Farm. So far, dozens of bloodsuckers have been killed. However, it’s still safe inside the passageway… When I came, I saw a lot of supplies placed inside, so living there for some time shouldn’t be a problem.”

Ann was noncommittal… Those supplies were smuggled in by her little by little over the years, with the purpose of being able to use them someday.

“So, if we can patiently wait inside for a while until things calm down before leaving, the success rate should be quite high.”

Ann looked at Luo Qiu, then at the entrance of the passageway, hesitating in her heart… It was difficult to make a choice—her intuition told her that this mysterious young man’s words should be correct, even a very good suggestion.

But what if… These are just lies?

She was deep in thought when she saw this mysterious young man already opening the door of the utility room, seemingly about to leave… This made Ann anxious, she rushed out, and blocked Luo Qiu with a single step,

“Is there something else, miss?”

Ann coldly said, “Don’t you think you’re strange? You suddenly appeared, suddenly said all this. Why should I believe you… Watch out!”

Suddenly, a shadow appeared behind Luo Qiu.

Just then there was a bang—a certain thing at this moment slammed heavily on the door of the utility room. Luo Qiu had already sidestepped at the moment Ann gave the warning.

The attack did not touch Boss Luo in the slightest… Nor did it touch his defenses.

And the one who launched the attack was… David!

Ann hurried to dodge at the moment of the attack—now, she looked at David, whose face clearly bore signs of rage, and then looked at the loosened rope nearby, and couldn’t help but regret intensely!

At this moment, Ann had no time to think about how David managed to get free… What she needed to think about was how she should escape!

This David was undoubtedly an idealist with a head full of revolutionary ideals—such people were not uncommon, and their fanaticism was all the more traceable!

Just like when she came of age, after learning the truth about the Farm, she almost collapsed, ultimately becoming a Supervisor reserve in order to survive—using survival as a substitute for her original beliefs following their collapse, the Revolutionary Army people probably also took liberating all those in the Farm as their new belief to prevent themselves from collapsing.

She could understand David’s fervent brain—but understanding did not mean she needed to agree with the revolutionary’s ideology.

“This guy is dangerous! He’s with the Revolutionary Army!” Ann urgently said at this time, “Let’s work together to subdue him! Otherwise, he’ll cause us a great deal of trouble!”

It was no longer a time to carefully differentiate whether this mysterious young man was a friend or foe… Simply based on David’s indiscriminate attack just now, Ann could bet that there was no connection between this mysterious youth and David.

At this moment, David’s face still bore anger… He reached to touch the back of his head, which had been struck, breaking the scalp, and now still oozing a small amount of blood.

He scanned the scene.

The three of them now stood in a triangular standoff… Ann and David were both extremely tense at this time, their gazes scanning back and forth.

“It seems my appearance seems to have troubled the two of you,” Boss Luo sighed slowly at this time.

“Who are you?” David coldly asked at this time.

Boss Luo replied, “Probably a merchant tracking down a thief.”

“Merchant?” David instinctively furrowed his brows.

“Merchant…” Ann also opened her mouth slightly.

Boss Luo smiled slightly at this time, spreading his hands and said, “Isn’t it quite common? In ancient times, if a war broke out, traveling merchants would often appear on battlefields… Selling all kinds of items to those in need. Things like combat supplies, medicines, and even some everyday items.”

“Ha…” Ann blinked.

David, on the other hand, was on guard, slowly moving his steps.

Luo Qiu acted as if he didn’t see David’s movements, lifting a fallen table, brushing off the dust with a wave of his hand, and then drew a circle with both hands in front of the two of them.

A jumble of items suddenly tumbled out from this circle… dropping onto the tabletop, and in just the blink of an eye, filled the entire table!

From commonly seen firearms to modern made knives, to some seemingly valuable medicines… Even food and bizarre items… statues, feathers… mirrors?

“These…” Ann’s mouth opened wide in surprise.

Boss Luo smiled slightly at this time, saying, “As I said, I’m a traveling merchant. So it’s perfectly normal for me to carry these things, don’t you think?”

Saying this, the circle dropped even more items out again.

“Ha…” Ann subconsciously swallowed.

“If the two of you are interested, feel free to pick through and see if there’s anything suitable that you need.” Boss Luo looked at the two of them at this time, with a very enthusiastic attitude.

Almost like a sign would be mounted beside with the words “No haggling, come and see, everything on sale”.

David and Ann exchanged a glance at this time, both remaining silent—David moved first, slowly walking to the table, immediately grabbing a straight long blade from it.

The blade with exquisite blood grooves on a perfectly weighted body… but not overly heavy, yet giving off a sense of strength. David couldn’t help but be fond of it.

“This is a Tang Sword forged from carbon steel, very sharp,” Boss Luo briefly introduced at this time.

But no sooner had he finished speaking, than David coldly sneered, reaching out with the Tang Sword in his hand and swung it towards Boss Luo.

But Luo Qiu calmly raised a wooden stick—the rolling pin Ann had been holding!

God knows when her rolling pin ended up in his hand? Ann now looked at her empty hands with a face full of confusion.

The blade didn’t hit Luo Qiu; instead, it cleanly sliced through the rolling pin in the boss’s hand… easily.

When the momentum of the Tang Sword ran out of strength and stopped, a glint of shock flickered in David’s eyes, and at the same time, Boss Luo’s voice rang out, “So, is this blade sharp enough for you… it can even slice cleanly through a bloodsucker’s body.”

“It’s great.” David raised the Tang Sword in his hand, examining it closely, he really felt as if a kind of power was continuously flowing from the blade into his body, “I want this blade! Tell me, how much?”

At this time, Luo Qiu flipped his hand again, revealing a Crystal Ball in his palm.

He looked at David and slowly said, “In exchange, I need all your memories of living in the Farm before coming of age.”

David looked over in shock again.

To want, unexpectedly those… seeming like nightmares?

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