Car, train, then car again—after all this exhausting travel, Li Lu, who still hadn't finished her postpartum confinement, felt utterly worn out.
In a motel that didn't require any ID for check-in, Tuba was busy complaining to Anna.
"Can't you let my mom rest for a while? She's still a new mother, and I'm just a kid, you know?"
Anna couldn't be bothered to answer him and simply bent over her suitcase. On top of a pile of odds and ends lay a men's suit and a clown mask. As she took out the clothes and the mask and flung them to the side, they instantly puffed up, forming the clown.
"People hold you all day long. What exactly are you tired of? Besides, we've arrived. You're coming with me later."
Hearing that, Tuba immediately sat up straight in his swaddling clothes, his eyes wide. "So soon!"
Anna slammed the suitcase shut. "The place where Charles lived was a coastal city, not far from here. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone out to sea and fallen into the water."
