The girl in the white skirt smiled, then said, "You believe in fairy tales? How could people not grow old? If you want to hear the original stories of Fairytale City, you'll have to find an elderly person. But the old people in Fairytale City either died of illness or moved to other cities. The rest stay home to enjoy their retirement and don't like going out."
"The owners of Building Block Bun Shop and Long Nose Nut Pie are both elderly people who've lived in Fairytale City for a long time, but if you go looking for them, they might not be there."
"I was just asking." Xu Huo bought two umbrellas and handed one to her. "Let's have dinner together."
The girl in the white skirt smiled shyly.
After dinner, they went their separate ways. The girl in the white skirt walked away from the noisy Main Street under her umbrella and entered a maze of narrow lanes. She had barely stepped inside when a man and a woman stopped her. The woman pressed a dagger to her throat. "What did that man ask you just now?"
The girl in the white skirt looked frightened and pulled out the money Xu Huo had paid her for guiding him. "All my money is here..."
"Who wants your money!" the man snapped, but the woman snatched it first and glared at him. "Why not take it? It's our money anyway!"
The man grabbed the girl in the white skirt by the shoulder and said menacingly, "Tell me the truth, and I promise I won't hurt you."
The girl in the white skirt swallowed. "That man was just a tourist. He only asked where he could find the elderly people in Building Block Fairy Tale Town."
"Tell me! Where?"
"Building Block