Chapter 70 Sixty-nine

Vincent goes to Las Vegas (3) "Where's the dwarf?" Vincent asked. "Are you asking about my husband? He never stays at home. He travels between your city and mine without rest. Grandpa, are you used to earthquakes here?" "I didn't feel the earthquake, it was just a lot of smoke." "That's an earthquake. You must be very anxious, right? An earthquake makes people anxious. I'm sitting here, thinking about your affairs, and then I'm thinking about my sister's situation. The more I think about it, the more pessimistic I become."

She looked like she wasn't from this world. "Grandpa, you know, my sister and I both work as street sweepers, and that's all we can do. But we love what we do! Why? Just because standing on the street, nothing escapes our eyes. Let's say you, you get off the train and walk over there, who do you meet? It can only be me. I took you to my hotel and you stayed. Your idea of ​​travel is completely different Right? But now that's all you can do - live under the ground. You can also go up there, but that won't get you anywhere, you already know it's a ghost town. Look, that's the job of a city cleaner. right!"

Vincent saw that she was lively again, and while speaking, he gestured with his hands, as if about to jump up from the sofa.He thought, this girl is too lonely. Someone called her name in the corridor, and she stood up excitedly and said as she walked, "It must be the old Buicks. They can't arrange their lives without me!" Vincent stood in the room for a while, then decided to go to the ground by himself. His eyes were blinded by the smoke as he climbed the stairs, and on every floor he heard tenants arguing behind doors.He was finally out on the street again, feeling like he had seen the light of day again.He recalled that Joyner kept calling him "Grandpa", and he was very puzzled, did he grow up like this?

It was almost noon, and there was still no one in the town. The stone mountains in the distance were illuminated by the sun, giving off an indescribably desolate smell.Vincent felt that this trip completely negated his previous assumptions. Not only did he not find the answer, but his thinking became narrower.He also wondered if he came to the wrong place, maybe this is not the Las Vegas where Lisa was born, but a smaller town next to the Las Vegas?But the place was clearly marked on the family map, and Lisa had told him so for decades, and there was no way he could be wrong.What's more, when he got out of the platform, didn't he see the bronze rooster beside the railway?That's the most important symbol, Lisa said, the rooster symbolizes the cherishment of time in Las Vegas.

Vincent walked back and forth on the street, and finally heard a little noise.It was a gray two-story building whose window panes were broken, and a thick puff of smoke came out.He remembered the earthquake warning and felt a little nervous.But no one in the house ran out.But here comes Georgina, disheveled and vicious. "See, the people inside are slowly dying! How can you be so indifferent?" A gust of wind blew, and there was thick smoke in the wind, and Vincent felt that something was going to happen. "Joyner, what do you think I should do? Should I go home? I can't understand everything here. I don't know the history of Las Vegas. It's all Lisa's fault..."

He became incoherent.But Joyner gave a sneer that made his hair stand on end. "Joyner, I'm leaving." "No, you can't go!" She stared angrily. "Why? I'm going to catch the train. I know where the station is." "You can't go." She said again, her tone softened, "because, because of the earthquake." "But I can go, and you see, it won't make a difference." "Well, you go, but you're going to die, once you get there." "How do you know?" "You're right, I don't know, it's just a feeling."

Joyner sighed, sat down on the stone bench by the side of the road, and stared blankly at the broken window that was emitting thick smoke.As a result, Vincent felt that he couldn't leave for a while.He said in his heart: "Lisa, Lisa, why can't I understand what's going on in your heart at all?" Lisa, who was as beautiful as a flower when she was young, grew up in such a dead place, maybe she still lives in this place. Born deep underground!Was this city like this from the beginning, or was it transformed into this by the people here?If it was transformed into this way, what did it look like originally?

"Georgina, why are you the only one up above ground? Is everyone in the city underground?" "Because of the earthquake, Grandpa, don't you understand?" "Since earthquakes can't threaten people as long as you come to the ground, why are you still hiding below?" "Ah, you don't understand, you really don't understand anything, didn't Lisa tell you? This is the principle of the casino, and it will never change. Listen, they are crying because of fear." Joyner pulled herself together and said she was going to work.In fact, the road is clean, and no one has dirty it at all.She took the broom and started sweeping again.Vincent understood that she wasn't out to keep it clean, but to wait for guests to come to the place.Look at the way she looks forward, like waiting for a lover to appear.