Chapter 2513 If you give me a ray of light (end of this volume)
"This cat has bright fur and a very docile personality. It doesn't look like a wild cat but a lost pet cat."
Xia De said suddenly, and then explained to the doctor who looked at him in surprise:
"The most common commission I handle is to find lost pet cats, and I am very familiar with this."
With that said, Shade waved to the blue cat who, although scared away by little Mia, still turned around every step of the way:
"Do you remember where you got lost?"
Then the doctor was even more surprised to find that the blue round-faced cat actually turned around and looked at Shade, and then heard the sound of "meow~meow~" from little Mia who was picked up by Shade again.
Walked back.
Afterwards, Shade and the doctor spent a lot of effort and found the middle-aged woman who had lost the cat further south on the street along the river. However, she did not look very kind, or perhaps she was worried that Shade and Dr. Schneider would attack her.
She asked for a favor fee, so after picking up the cat she called "Little Harry", she thanked her in a low voice and left quickly.
Shade was sure that he had found the wrong cat owner, and he didn't care much about the cat owner's attitude:
"Although her attitude was not very good, at least she said thank you."
"Yeah, it's good to be polite."
The doctor said, teasing Shade:
"Do you often do good deeds when you walk down the street?"
"Don't think of me as a kind person, I just have time now."
The two of them looked at the Yuewan Bridge, which was very close at hand, and the doctor sighed again:
"I noticed this bridge when I first arrived in the local area. It is a double-decker tower bridge. There is no such building even in Tobesk. I think it will be very grand when it is built."
"The river flowing through Tobesk is not as wide as the Taton River, so there is no need to build such a bridge."
"Detective, do you want to go up with me and take a look? Although there are workers, it should be okay to cover it up with illusions."
Now that the clouds and fog have dispersed, workers have returned to continue construction on the unfinished Yuewan Bridge.
Looking around, the huge bridge frame stands on the river, surrounded by scaffolding, like a metal forest.
Today, the bridge has not yet been closed, and construction on the east and west sides is going on at the same time. Between the dense scaffolding, there is only a safety rope to ensure the safety of the workers as they carry out their work hundreds of meters above the river.
Romantic people would probably describe this scene with sentences such as "They are dancing among the steel", but the doctor standing on the bridge looking up asked:
"What a big project. This will become a new landmark building in Moon Bay, and will even appear on stamps and postcards. Detective, are the wages of these workers high?"
"It's not particularly high. It is said that some of these workers have been owed wages for several months. The foreman said they would not be paid until they were completed to prevent them from quitting work halfway through. If it hadn't been for the heavy fog in Yuewan some time ago,
Maybe we'll see a strike now."
The two stepped onto the bridge deck which was under construction. The construction of the bridge head had actually been completed, but because construction materials had to be transported, there was a thick layer of dust on the ground.
As expected, no one paid attention to the two of them, so the two of them walked onto the elevator connecting the upper and lower bridge decks as if no one else was watching. The doctor marveled at this great project:
"But I heard from locals that the Yuewan City Hall has invested a lot of money in the Yuewan Bridge."
The elevator rumbled and took the two people upward. This steam engine-powered elevator was not as effective as the "occult elevators" like the ones in Count Darmanin's mansion and the mountain top sacrificial site:
"Doctor, it's not that a lot of money has been invested, but a considerable amount of money has been invested."
Shade corrected, stretched out his palm and made a number:
"The bridge has not yet been fully completed, and due to various reasons, the figures speculated in the newspapers are not very accurate. But when the bridge is finally completed, the total cost will not be lower than this figure."
The two men spoke in Delarian, so Dr. Schneider also knew that Shade was gesturing for gold pounds and not for Kassenrik's krona:
"1.4 million gold pounds?"
The doctor said in surprise, while Xia De looked at the distant scenery of Yuewan City that became clearer during the ascent:
"You know I have special information channels, so this number should be relatively accurate. Of course, this is the total cost, which includes corruption and misappropriation. In fact, the real cost should not be that much."
After saying that, he laughed again:
"Of course, for such a large project, corruption is one of the costs that everyone understands. After all, no one expects it, and no one will quietly lend a hand in this kind of project."
"Tsk tsk, 1.4 million gold pounds, I haven't even imagined this figure. Most of the real estate in Saint Teresa Square can be equivalent to the cost of this Tower Bridge."
The doctor marveled at this:
"I only heard that the local vampires are quite powerful, and it seems that other 'vampires' are equally powerful. 1.4 million, but considering the role and significance of the Yuewan Bridge, this money is actually well spent."
After a clang~, the elevator took the two people to the upper bridge deck. Because the construction progress of the upper bridge deck was slower, various engineering materials such as steel pipes, buckles, ropes, hanging baskets, etc. were placed on the bridge deck.
The densely packed scaffolding on both sides cast shadows like spider webs on the bridge.
Even a few hundred meters above the ground, it is not quiet. Not to mention the bustling banks of the Tatton River, even the sound of workers during construction is noisy enough.
But Shade and Doctor Schneider didn't hate such sounds. Compared with the whispers of those evil things, or the whispers of unexplainable existence, the sounds at this time were really soothing.
The sun is shining brightly, and citizens' lives are recovering from that catastrophe. Time will erase everything, and the stable days after the thrilling war are even more cherished.
"I heard"
Shade and the doctor walked around the workers squatting on the bridge to bundle steel parts. The latter was stooped and had black oil stains everywhere on his clothes. The oil used to maintain steel products has a strong smell.
"Yuewan City is planning to celebrate Yuewan's escape from this disaster with the completion of the Yuewan Bridge in the second half of the year. But that will happen this winter, and the city will be very different by then."
"Winter, another year has passed in the blink of an eye. I don't know if I'm getting older, but I always feel like time is passing faster and faster lately."
The doctor said with a smile, and Shade raised his feet to cross the rope on the bridge:
"You are in your prime now, the priest is in his old age."
Although the construction progress of the upper bridge deck is not as good as that of the lower deck, the extension distance of the upper bridge deck to the center of the river is almost the same as that of the lower deck. The two people soon arrived at the end of the bridge deck, standing on this high point and looking at the clear sky from a broad perspective.
City of wealth.
Although the height here is not as high as Belindle Big Ben, it is still high enough to overlook Little Half Moon Bay. The weather is very good, and the summer breeze blowing here makes people feel relaxed and happy. The temperature this summer is low, even the afternoon sun is not
Very vicious and dazzling.
They stood here and looked at the scenery together, and no one spoke immediately. Although the outsiders had been to this bridge several times, this was the first time they just stood here and looked at the scenery like this.
Under the bridge is a rushing river and passing cargo ships. In front of it is a dense but different urban building complex, three-story apartments, two-story shops facing the street, a grand bank at the corner of the street, or a block of residential buildings.
Temporary vendors at the alley.
Citizens walked through the street like ants. The more conspicuous carriage turned into another road at the corner and stopped towards the street to avoid the private carriage with the noble family crest coming from the other side.
The warm wind blows on the cheeks. Although the outsiders have been here for more than two months, they have never felt the vitality of this city so clearly.
Probably, he had been walking too fast before.
"City of Fortune"
He heard the doctor beside him sighing like this, so he asked:
"Doctor, do you want to hear my story? I have done a lot of great things locally in the past few months."
"Then let's talk about it. I guess most of the things in this city in the past two months have to do with you."
Although the position where they are standing is the farthest point of the bridge deck, two steel plates that are not in contact with each other and are not very wide extend forward from here.
Shade and the doctor continued to move forward. To ordinary people, this kind of behavior, which was like walking on a single-plank bridge at a height of 100 meters, might only be done by circus acrobats, but it was nothing to Shade and the doctor.
A heavy cable was tied under the steel plate. The two of them stopped at the end of the steel plate protruding from the bridge deck. The doctor held his hands on his chest and continued to look at the city. Shade sat down directly, letting his feet hang in the air and looking to the right.
Side of the dock area.
"The story begins when I came to Yuewan to look for a relic. Then I met old friends I hadn't seen for a long time, and also made new friends."
He omitted some sensitive events and did not disclose specific information about Mr. Albert and Mr. Bernhardt. It took him half an hour to briefly tell the story of 1854, which Mr. Bernhardt called the "Legend of Moon Bay."
Summer story.
The doctor stood on the edge of the steel plate and listened carefully. It was not until Shade finished speaking and sighed that he made his own comment:
"So, real stories are sometimes more exciting than those chivalry novels. Detective, most people in this city don't know you, but you did save most people in this city.
Dealing among the seven major families, mediating the conflicts between vampires and humans, tracking down dragons and lunatics in the dark, and helping those in need. I think there will always be someone who will remember what you have done."
Shade touched the cat on his lap with one hand to prevent it from falling, and supported the steel plate with one hand by his side. He smiled and shook his head in the sun:
"I don't do these things just to be remembered by others, but it's finally over. If I hadn't talked to you about this, I wouldn't have realized how busy I was this summer."
To be continued...