"There's a question I haven't figured out yet."
Lilia took out a pack of cigarettes from the purse at hand, deftly took one out and put it into her mouth, polished a match, and lit the cigarette with the flickering light. She took a strong puff, her eyes a little dazed.
She has been like this for three years.
Zhou Jinru looked at the woman without saying a word.
"Mr. Four, why do you want to help me and Luisa?"
Kelsey pursed her lips, and the pointed ears on her head twitched twice unnoticeably.
Zhou Jinru was surprised. He thought Lilia only wanted revenge, but he never imagined that she would be so confused.
"Louisa is a good child, I like her very much, and I promised you and your wife to take good care of her, and I will definitely do it. As for why I want to help you..."
Zhou Jinru turned his head and glanced at Kelsey, who was as stiff as a wooden figure next to him, and said softly: "Actually, I am helping Kelsey. She is my... good friend, a good friend for many years."
"Just good friends?"
A somewhat sickly blush appeared on Lilia's face, she coughed twice slightly, her voice was hoarse, and her entire face was looming in the swirling smoke.
She whispered: "But I don't think you two are good friends."
"Lilia, what did you smoke?"
Kelsey raised her head and questioned the smell of cigarettes.
Lilia shook her right hand and said vaguely: "Nothing, just an ordinary cigarette."
"I am your teacher and a doctor. You used hallucinogens?"
"It's not a hallucinogen, it's a kind of sugar from Victoria. It has some side effects, but it's not a big problem. Haha, at least it can help me sleep well. This is the last one, I promise."
Kelsey said nothing and watched Lilia stand up and stagger back to the room. When the sound of the door closing was heard, she slowly closed her eyes.
"I'm not qualified to question her."
Zhou Jinru's words were brief: "I know."
He asked again: "Do you think you did something wrong?"
"Maybe, I did something wrong."
Kelxi would also admit her mistake. Zhou Jinru felt mixed emotions for a while. It was probably only after the incident happened that he felt that he was wrong.
"Lilia and Ilya were both my students. I watched them grow up, and Sergey. They were both good children, but in the end Sergei killed Ilya and Lilia's husband. , and many of his colleagues, even wanted to kill me."
For them, the truth of the sarcophagus incident is no longer important.
Zhou Jinru felt that Kelxi also had anger in her heart, and she hid her emotions very well. When Lilia proposed to kill Duke Vanya, she agreed without hesitation, and even roped in herself as a helper.
I don't know why, but Zhou Jinru's condition improved a lot after Kelsey appeared.
For the past forty years, he has only relied on his legs to walk the earth. No matter how critical the situation is, he does not dare to use the black rose. Riding a motorcycle will cause his condition to deteriorate sharply and completely lose himself.
Maybe Kelsey is the only one who not only remembers him, but also has a close relationship with him.
"I want to discuss more about how to get close to Duke Vanya. I remember saying that Pine Heart Mountain Sanatorium is a place where only nobles and high-ranking officers go. It is a gift from the emperor, so its defense measures must be Very strict.”
Kelsey let out a long breath and said in a relaxed tone: "I'm glad you can still stand by my side."
"Of course, you are my good friend..."
Zhou Jinru deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "good friend".
The big lynx lifted a strand of hair from her ear with her right hand and tucked it behind her ear, with a faint look in her eyes: "A good friend?"
Her eyes were like those of a cat in the dark.
Zhou Jinru spread his hands: "Isn't it? Then what do you hope for?"
"We can't be considered good friends yet."
"Well, that's not it."
Zhou Jinru leaned back and continued to read the documents, as if he had returned to the time in Rhode Island.
Kelsey stood up and opened the window. The cold air dispersed the smell of smoke in the room. She poured another glass of hot water for the man sitting in the chair.
"Thanks."
"You sleep in my room tonight."
"Um...what did you say?!"
Zhou Jinru moved his eyes away from the document and looked at her in disbelief.
"You sleep in my room and I sleep in the living room. Is there a problem?"
"Yes, the problem is big. Your room is very small, can it only sleep one person?"
"Then you want to sleep in the living room?"
Zhou Jinru narrowed his eyes: "We can get up together and welcome a new day."
Kelsey sneered: "You'd better use these sweet words to deceive the little girl."
"I think these words are just right for you, Kelsey. You will always be young and beautiful in my heart, and you will always be so charming."
The big lynx was unmoved, with an indifferent expression, as if those words just now were meant for Shitou.
"To be honest, if I didn't know what you looked like in 1081, I would really feel that the you in front of me is the real you, Zhou, this is the wrong time. If I have promised something, you should wait until the corresponding time. Tell me again."
It sounds like Kelxi rejected Zhou Jinru, but after thinking about it carefully, she clearly meant to wait until a normal time.
"I'm looking forward to it. What kind of surprise will you bring me?"
"Okay, you should go rest and recuperate your energy. We still have a lot of work to do after picking up Len. I don't have much time. Theresa is still waiting for me to go back."
Zhou Jinru was just about to stand up when he suddenly heard a name that was both unfamiliar and familiar. He took a deep look at Kelxi and left without saying a word.
…
Kelsey's room maintains a simple style as always. An old-looking wooden wardrobe is placed on one side of the wall, the bed is in the middle of the room, a desk and a chair are on the other side, and there is a suitcase in the corner.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Zhou Jinru patted the mattress gently with his hand. It was a bit thin. He remembered that Kelxi was a little afraid of the cold. It might not be that comfortable to sleep on a mountain without heating.
That woman wouldn't be aimless. Did she mention Theresia's name at the end to let her find the princess?
Nearly fifty years later, do those wandering Sakaz people still call themselves demons? Have they found Kazdaele?
Zhou Jinru couldn't think of an answer. Many accidents would happen over a long period of time, and he couldn't accurately predict it.
"Kelsey, you should sleep in the room, and I'll sleep in the living room."
"No, I want to sleep in the living room?"
"Why, are you hiding some treasure in the living room?"
"you……"
Bang!
Lilia's room door was violently pushed open. She pointed angrily at the two people in the living room and roared: "Have you had enough trouble?! If that doesn't work, just sleep together!!!"
