Chapter 72 seventy one

Vincent goes to Las Vegas (5) Vincent raised his head and looked into the distance. The stone mountains surrounding this place were breathing out thick smoke as if they were alive, and the gray smoke slowly floated over the town.But no volcanic eruption occurred, and no earthquake was felt.Look at these houses around, some smoke, some don't smoke, and the people in the house don't go out.Vincent recalled the scene when he climbed up from Joyner's basement, and thought to himself, people here have long been used to breathing in thick smoke.If he doesn't leave, will the thick smoke occupy every inch of space?Anyway, he couldn't get used to it anyway.

Joyner was standing on the side of the road holding a broom calmly. She also saw the smoke. She had clear eyes and a pretty face. Probably every tourist who came here would be deeply attracted by her. Vincent said silently: "Joyner, Joyner, I love you." But he felt that this love was not physical love.Why is she young and full of vigor, but he can't have a sexual impulse for her?There must be something between them.He looked at the girl adoringly, thinking about this question over and over in his mind: How did he and Lisa fall in love at first sight 28 years ago? Georgina came up to him, shook his hand firmly, and said, "I'm going, I mean I'm going down again soon. But Grandpa, what are you going to do? Look at the smoke." Even the trains have stopped. As soon as I go, there will be no tourists here, whether by car or on foot. Lisa's parents love you so much, why don't you go to their house?"

"Really? They love me? Why can't I feel it?" "Because you have become insensitive. Tell you, no one here with us will let a stranger into his house, because it is too dangerous. You are a family member, and they let you stay at home. It has been several years." For years, they've been nagging that if you come, they're going to save your life. You go to their house now." Joyner disappeared into the gray house.In Vincent's eyes, the town has become a real desolate place again, and the smoke, which has slowly gathered, is now falling.Perhaps he could only do what Georgina told him to do.Perhaps in the home of his wife's parents he would not be in danger.

Although he was reluctant, Vincent stepped into the door of this big house again. "This is not a hotel. If you want to come, you can come, if you want, you can go." The servant said.He still stood where he was. Smoke was still rising from the landing, but instead of rushing toward him, the smoke turned a corner and went out through an open window, as if something was directing them.Vincent was horrified to see that there was already thick smoke billowing everywhere outside the house, and the visibility was less than two or three meters. However, the place where he and his servants were standing, because the doors and windows were tightly closed, there was no smoke for the time being.The servant's words rang in his ears again: "Earthquakes can only be enjoyed by those who desire it to the extreme."

So, Lisa's parents were "enjoying" the underground, and so were Joyner and her tenants.In that place where the sun is dark and the air is thin, there is thick smoke that suffocates people... He lay back in the chaise longue, looking at the magnificent chandelier stretching from the ceiling.Someone in his ear was laughing at him, calling him a "stinger".Vincent sat up and looked around, who was talking? "It's me, I'm Lisa's old uncle!" The voice came from the open fireplace. The parrot stuck its head out, and it kept spitting out bad words, making Vincent useless.Vincent felt puzzled: why didn't it fly out?Even if it has lost the ability to fly, it can run away without anyone stopping it.At this moment, the servant didn't look this way at all. He was plucking the beard on his cheeks with iron clips in front of the mirror!But it just doesn't come out, it just curses like a gossip.

"If you are Lisa's old uncle, we are relatives, why do you scold me?" Vincent said sincerely, he would like to see it come out of the fireplace. But it scolded even more while curled up inside, and the ashes in the hearth were blown out of the furnace door with its wings.For some reason, the phrase it swears the most is "exploiting usurers". Just as Vincent went to the furnace door to ask what it meant, he saw the servant running quickly, throwing a large piece of firewood that was burning in his hand into the furnace, and then closed the furnace door.Through the glass oven door, the parrot could be seen extinguishing the flames with its wings, and the smoke inside obscured everything except the plopping.The baby's screams can also be vaguely discerned.

Goosebumps appeared on Vincent's body, and he turned to face the smirking servant. "Is it dead?" "He can't die. He's a long-lived parrot. He was here a long time ago, when slot machines were big in town." "Where are all the slot machines now?" "They're all buried in the basement walls. There's no need for those props now. I won't play around with you anymore, let me tell you everything: I'm your rival in love." "Lisa?" "Yeah. What a wonderful woman, burning between your legs."