With so many people in the BAU team, Huo Qi was the only one with a family. Since he had a day off tomorrow, he didn't stop his colleagues from playing at night. But he had to go home to be with his wife and children, so he went back alone.
At night, Winnie saw two unexpected people at the bar she had arranged to meet. One is Garcia, who got the news early and drove all the way over. This was the first time Winnie met her. And there's Sarah, who was invited by Gideon.
Sarah seemed very happy to be introduced to Gideon's colleagues for the first time. She didn't even drive the car, Gideon drove her over.
The dynamic music was playing, and Morgan was invited to the dance floor by the sexy girl as soon as he had some wine on his lips. He twisted his strong body skillfully. This dark-skinned handsome boy looked particularly masculine. After a while, several sexy girls surrounded him.
"Is this your first time here?" It was so noisy here that Emily had to raise her voice.
Winnie smiled and responded excitedly: "Yes!"
When I was in school, how could I have time to visit entertainment venues? The monthly living expenses are so much, and I have to worry about ordering a takeaway dessert for a long time. Later, when I went to Infinite Games, I had no chance. So, this was Winnie's first time coming to a place like this. She was just pretending to be excited, but she also found it quite interesting.
"Hi, I'm Penelope Garcia, we finally meet." Garcia, who looked particularly kind, stretched out his hand to Winnie.
Winnie also stretched out her hand to shake her hand: "I am Winnie Green, nice to meet you!"
These big sisters in the workplace are surprisingly easy to get along with, and I don’t know if it’s because of Rhett that they are particularly friendly to Winnie.
"Hey, are you the neighbor of Gideon's girlfriend?" Garcia came over with a gossipy look, and JJ and Emily had the same look on their faces after hearing this.
They all turned their heads and looked towards a certain corner, and saw Sarah and Gideon sitting together. The distance and look between the two seemed very close.
"I asked." Winnie wrinkled her nose and said strangely: "But Sarah said they were just old classmates."
Garcia bit the straw, squinted at the two people over there, and commented with two "tsk-tsk" sounds: "Old classmates? I don't see it."
It really doesn't look like it.
Emily guessed: "Maybe it's because Gideon hasn't confessed yet? You know, they are not like young people at this age, just confess when it feels right. They have too many things to consider." People who have been divorced will naturally be more cautious about their second marriage.
"Oh~" Garcia sighed affectionately: "Now Gideon is a volcano about to erupt! When his love can no longer be suppressed, we can go to the wedding."
Rhett choked on the "volcano about to erupt" and kept coughing.
The four women were attracted by the sound of coughing and turned to look at Red. Seeing that his face was red from coughing, Garcia looked at him pitifully and said, "Oh, poor Red, are you still not used to drinking?"
After hearing this, Winnie looked at the low-alcohol fruit wine in her hand with a surprised expression.
When Rhett met, he explained: "Alcohol can cause damage to brain cells. I don't drink unless necessary."
"It's good not to drink," said Winnie.
There are very few boys who don’t smoke or drink.
Rhett seems to be one of them.
JJ raised an eyebrow and asked deliberately: "Why are you sitting here today and not doing magic tricks?"
In the past, when they came to the bar, everyone else was either drinking or dancing. Only Red would find a seat and perform magic tricks surrounded by women.
Not knowing how they came to the bar to have fun before, Winnie asked curiously: "What magic?"
Looking at her curious gaze, the other three women picked up their wine glasses and took a sip of wine with straws in their mouths, with smiles in their eyes.
Seeing that they didn't say anything, Winnie looked at Rhett.
Rhett looked back at Winnie with some embarrassment. He stuttered for a long time but was too embarrassed to say that he used to use magic to attract girls' attention. What if Winnie misunderstands that he is flirtatious?
Seeing that Red was in trouble, Garcia slowly stood up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom." After that, he exchanged glances with the other two people and left.
JJ and Emily stood up while holding back their laughter: "Let's go to the dance floor to relax." After that, they left together.
Winnie looked at their leaving figures, and her eyes on Red were a little suspicious.
Winnie: Stare——
Rhett: ...
He reached into his pocket helplessly and said, "It's just a little magic trick."
As he spoke, he took out a coin from his pocket and showed it in front of Winnie. Then he held it in front of Winnie and said nervously: "Blow on it."
Winnie probably knew what he was going to perform. It was a very common magic trick after all, but she still blew lightly on the coin in cooperation.
Rhett stared at her pink lips. When the warm air blew on his fingers, he almost dropped the coin without holding it firmly. He had performed this magic many times, but he had never felt this way before. His heart was pounding and his face was slightly hot.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat, then continued his hand movements, took the coin back into his hand and snapped his fingers. When he opened his hand again, the coin was gone.
"You can look for it."
In fact, Winnie had already felt it, but she still pretended not to know and rummaged around.
Seeing that she couldn't find it, Rhett smiled smugly. He reached out to Winnie and took out a small flower behind her ear.
Winnie took the little flower and raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you often perform magic tricks for other people in bars?"
This magic can't be shown to men, so the guy in front of her is not as innocent and innocent as she thought.
Rhett froze when he heard Winnie's words, but he couldn't lie, so he nodded with some anxiety.
"I'm just performing, nothing else." Rhett hurriedly explained.
Seeing that he was so nervous, Winnie became interested in bullying him. She deliberately folded her arms in a questioning manner and asked, "Don't you want to collect your contact information?"
Rhett became even more nervous when he saw her like this. If the lights here were brighter, the little agent could find that there was no anger at all in Winnie's eyes.
"I've never contacted him once!" Rhett assured.
At this point, he remembered that in the drawer under the desk, there were items with the lip print of a popular female star, and the gossip magazine about kissing was also lying in it.
Oh my God!
Red decided to throw them all away when he got back to work!
She felt a little panicked, but after Rhett promised, she still felt a little aggrieved: "There are more people asking for your number." There were many boys surrounding her.
Winnie picked up the wine glass, shook it, and said cheerfully: "This is the privilege of a beautiful woman."
As soon as she finished speaking, a man came over with a wine glass to chat with Winnie.
…
Not long after, the three people who had finished dancing came back breathlessly. Garcia stretched out her hand and fanned her cheeks: "Aren't you going to dance?" She then looked at Morgan who was still on the dance floor and said: " Look at Chocolate Boy, he has endless energy! He has all the women fascinated!"
JJ and Emily drank wine, their eyes lingering on the faces of Winnie and Red. In fact, when they went to dance, they also paid attention to what was going on here, and saw Rhett performing magic tricks and being talked to by Winnie.
Winnie blinked: "I can't dance."
"It's very simple, I can teach you." Garcia winked at Winnie, then stood up and pulled Winnie towards the dance floor.
Seeing that Winnie was gone, Emily leaned over and asked Rhett: "How was your chat? Have you agreed on a Christmas date? Have you asked about her preferences?"
But judging from his expression, I'm afraid not a single task has been completed yet.
Facing the hateful looks of the two female colleagues, Rhett forced himself to make an excuse: "I just planned to ask on the phone." In fact, he had been thinking about it for a long time, but in the end he still didn't ask.
He's not a fun guy and what if dating him is boring and awkward?
He could only think of going to the cinema for a date, but actually he wanted to take Winnie to the library, share his favorite books with her, and then find a place to read together. But Rhett could tell that Winnie was not the kind of girl who liked reading.
Therefore, under all kinds of scruples, Rhett could not speak out yet.
Emily: "..."
JJ: "..."
The two looked at each other and turned around silently holding the cups.
Rhett frowned and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"
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It's nothing, I'm just suddenly tired and don't know what to say.
Fortunately, they were afraid that he would be shy and deliberately hid and danced for a long time, but in the end they were all in vain.
…
They can't go back to Quantico tonight.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Gideon was about to send Sarah back and called Winnie who lived opposite.
The group of people put on their coats and walked outside, but they couldn't help but shiver when the cold wind blew.
"Where are you going to stay at night? Are you leaving tomorrow?" Winnie asked them.
"We have already booked a hotel." Garcia said, taking out the key card from his bag and shaking it. "We will go back to Quantico tomorrow morning and wait until you can come and play with us during the holidays."
Gideon was very fast and had already driven the car over. Sarah opened the passenger door and sat in. While fastening her seat belt, she said to Winnie outside: "You go and drive too, and we'll walk together on the road."
"Okay." Winnie said goodbye to the rest of the BAU: "Then I'm going back."
JJ smiled: "Be careful on the road." He glanced at Red.
Morgan: "Good night, girl." After saying that, he looked at Red and vaguely raised his chin in Winnie's direction.
Emily walked over from Rhett and gave him a gentle push.
She gave him a look and said, "See you next time."
Rhett, who was pushed two steps forward, met Winnie's questioning eyes. He looked back at Emily helplessly. While Morgan and the others were watching the show, they stuttered for a moment before inviting Winnie: "I will be taking leave for Christmas. Can I invite you to watch a movie with me that day?"
Gideon and Sarah, who were sitting in the car, both heard the sound and looked over. Sarah stared silently and asked Gideon: Is your teammate chasing Winnie? !
Gideon pursed his lips to suppress a smile and shrugged his shoulders: "Young man."
Under everyone's gaze, Winnie nodded slightly as if a little embarrassed: "Okay."
Rhett immediately forgot about Morgan and the others, and said happily: "I will prepare gifts carefully!"
Emily and the others stood together, and Garcia covered her heart and sighed emotionally: "Love is so beautiful."
JJ gave Emily a thumbs up, and Emily smiled and raised her eyebrows.
…
Today was the day Kate was discharged from the hospital. John got up early in the morning, cleaned up his haggard and unshaven face, and drove to the hospital.
Since Kate's car was damaged, he would pick it up today. On the way, John originally wanted to buy a bouquet of red roses, but after seeing the white roses in the pot next to him, he guiltily asked the clerk to pack a bouquet to celebrate his discharge.
As he was paying, he noticed a newspaper on the counter, with Esther's face clearly visible. Thinking of the pornographic portraits on the studio wall, John turned his head with an ugly expression.
Kate's arm was still in a plaster. Due to TV news and print media reports, the doctors, nurses and even the patients' families in the hospital knew what the Coleman family was going through. While they sympathized with the mother and daughter, they also helped with some things, such as packing their luggage. .
The door to the ward was pushed open, and John came in with a smile on his face and a bouquet of flowers in his arms. After exchanging a kiss with the little daughter who rushed over, he walked towards Kate and wanted to give her a hug, but Kate avoided him.
John's expression froze and he whispered: "I'm sorry Kate, I apologize for my previous mistakes."
Kate looked at the man indifferently: "Not everything deserves to be forgiven. If there was no FBI investigation, you wouldn't be here to pick us up from the hospital, but send me to a mental hospital, right?"
John took a deep breath, looked back at the busybody standing at the door of the ward, looking in, and whispered: "Let's go home." He was about to carry his luggage, but was blocked by Kate again.
"Don't make trouble with Kate in the ward." John put on a begging expression, as if he felt guilty and blamed Kate for being unreasonable.
If it weren't for the inconvenience of her hands, Kate really wanted to give this man a big slap: "Didn't you speak loudly here before?" Kate looked at him mockingly: "I thought we had reached an agreement, John, don't let me I look down upon you even more.”
"That's all a misunderstanding!" John put the bouquet next to him and paced back and forth angrily: "She seems to be a well-behaved child! How do I know she is a murderer?!"
"You accepted the fact that your wife is a 'madman' quite quickly." The voice of an elderly man came from outside the ward. Kate's father walked in with a straight face, picked up his granddaughter, and then picked up their luggage.
Kate's mother touched her daughter's cheek distressedly and said with tears in her eyes: "Why didn't you tell us? If we hadn't seen the news, your father and I wouldn't have known."
Kate looks
After meeting her parents, her nose became sore uncontrollably. Even though she was already a mother, in front of them, she still wanted to cry for the injustice she had suffered.
John was left on the spot in embarrassment, and no one paid attention to him when he tried to interrupt several times.
Kate looked back at him before leaving. When hope appeared in the man's eyes, she said calmly: "I hope you have found a lawyer. We have two children. I hope the divorce will not be too ugly."
…
It was holiday in a blink of an eye, and after all the schools here were closed, Kate and John finally divided their property and got divorced.
According to the wishes of the children, the boy Daniel chose to follow his father, while Max chose to follow his mother. Although Kate was a little sad, she still chose to respect her child's choice.
When Esther's true identity was exposed and John saw the painting with his own eyes, he already realized that he had wronged his wife. But his distrust has broken Kate's heart, and Kate insists on divorcing him no matter how much he apologizes.
There is a rift between them, and there is a gap in each other's hearts. Now the rift is even bigger and cannot be repaired. And he himself knew that even if they didn't get divorced, they wouldn't know how to face each other in the future.
Their original house will also be sold, as Esther's news was detailed. Esther was obsessed with her adoptive father, and as a result, it was naturally revealed that the adoptive father, his wife and daughter almost died tragically. I don’t know how it spread, but the fluorescent paintings all over the wall.
John was also ashamed of the fact that Esther provoked him into quarreling with his wife and leading to divorce. In this case, neither John nor Kate want to live here anymore.
Kate and Max came to see Winnie with gifts before moving out.
"Are you going to move away?" Winnie entertained Kate and her daughter at home.
Max sat obediently next to his mother, holding the yogurt cup and eating it in small sips, looking at Winnie with bright eyes.
Kate touched the top of her daughter's hair and said, "I decided to find a house near the elementary school. It will be more convenient for Max to go to elementary school in the future."
"I still have to thank you. Without your help, I would have been a crazy woman locked up in a mental hospital." Kate took Winnie's hand and thanked her sincerely.
Winnie did not take credit, "I just contacted the BAU, and they proved your innocence."
"But you know how important it is to me to be innocent." Kate leaned forward to hug Winnie, with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, you were the only one who wanted to help me when no one believed me."
Winnie said nothing and patted Kate's back comfortingly.
In fact, if I hadn't happened to see Esther's iconic dress that day, I wouldn't have realized that they were the protagonists in "Orphans" just by hearing the name Winnie. Fortunately, she saw it that day. Now Kate will have a new life and may meet a better man in the future.
And that perverted woman was already choked to death by the water. This was of course Ding Qing's masterpiece. She even mocked the other person before killing her.
The "suicide" technique of being choked to death by water has also become a new hot topic of discussion. Everyone says that he is indeed a pervert, his brain circuit is just different from ordinary people.
The Coleman family moved away quietly, and the topic of their family was forgotten by the town residents as Christmas gradually approached.
Because there was going to be a date, Winnie and Rhett talked a lot, so naturally they wanted to give gifts to suit their liking. Rhett simply said that he likes books and what books he wants to buy recently.
Winnie, on the other hand, has a lot of money and doesn't lack anything. She just said that she likes to eat a certain kind of candy recently and asked him to give him this brand of candy.
Rhett bought a pack and tasted it first, and found that the candies inside were made into small balls of different colors. The sugar balls were also covered with a very fine layer of frosting. Each color represented a different taste.
[Which flavor do you like? Are all these candies mixed? ]——Red
[I like the orange flavor, but it’s a pity that they are all mixed. ]——Winnie
So for the next few days, Red and his colleagues ate sweets every day.
Morgan, who was holding the packaging bag, discovered that the only orange flavor was missing from the candies Red distributed to them. !
