Hidden Dead Ends

"Wu Ji Convenience Store? Never heard of it," the old man shook his head. "The bookstore used to be on Zhonglu Street. It moved several times back in the day, even before my grandfather’s time. My great-grandfather opened it there so my grandfather could attend school."

He paused, recalling.

"Dongliu… yes, Dongliu Experimental Elementary School, then Dongliu Experimental Middle School. My grandfather went to both. Dongliu was a prestigious school back then, famous throughout the area."

At the mention of "Dongliu," the group felt a surge of excitement.

This was it!

"So why are you asking about all this?" the old man asked, puzzled.

"You know Dongliu Experimental Elementary, so how come you don’t know about Wu Ji Convenience Store on Zhonglu Street?" Zhong Ying pressed, becoming slightly impatient. Their entire search for Bai Feipeng, the chubby kid, was to locate Wu Ji Convenience Store.

After all, that mysterious slot machine had been set up in front of Wu Ji Convenience Store.

If they found the store, they would surely find the machine!

But to their surprise, the old man claimed not to know anything about a Wu Ji Convenience Store.

"Oh, wait! Are you talking about Old Wu Kan's Grocery?" the old man suddenly slapped his forehead as if a light bulb had gone off.

"Old Wu Kan's Grocery?" The group was taken aback.@@novelbin@@