In the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Du Ruoying and William were walking in the mall with big bags and small bags.

"I still haven't bought drinks and fireworks." While thinking, Du Ruoying counted, her eyes accidentally fell on the door of a jewelry store, she picked up a rabbit ear headdress, its fur color was just similar to William's hair color, It's a nice light gold color.

She quietly jumped behind him and put it on his head.

William stopped in his tracks if he felt something, and blinked his crimson eyes at her innocently. He looked like a harmless golden rabbit, which made her almost unable to move her eyes away.

"So cute~" she couldn't help blurting out.

He raised his hand to take off the rabbit ears, and put them lightly on Du Ruoying's head: "Student Xiaoying wears them cuter."

Du Ruoying blushed suddenly: "Stupid... idiot, don't say stupid things!"

"It's really cute, why don't you buy one?" The clerk popped up at the right time.

Seeing Du Ruoying's flustered and cautious appearance, William couldn't help but miss a beat. He handed over the bank card to the waiter, and tried to keep his tone as natural as possible, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Walking out of the jewelry store, Du Ruoying stuffed all the things she bought into William's hands, so that he would never be able to free his hands again. Then, she put the rabbit ears on the top of his head again: "Hey, it's still more suitable for you!"

Just as the two were making a fuss in the street, the mobile phone in their pocket suddenly rang at the same time. Du Ruoying took out her mobile phone and saw that it was a system message.

[System Message]: Your New Year's benefit "Victorian London Ten-Day Tour" has arrived, please confirm to check!

After clicking [Rule Description] at the bottom, Du Ruoying saw that the right to use this benefit is only in the hands of the player, and the player's assistant needs to hold hands with the player to realize the shuttle transmission together, and the effective use time is limited to tonight until early morning.

"A ten-day tour in Victorian London...is it the same as last time?" Du Ruoying asked.

William nodded: "I'm afraid so."

Du Ruoying remembered that there was a rare lantern festival to visit tonight, and there was a New Year's Eve fireworks show in the early morning.After three years, the city finally regained the atmosphere of the New Year, and she really couldn't bear to miss it.

"Let's stay here for the New Year. There is more atmosphere here." William patted her head reassuringly.

"But—" She looked up and saw his gentle gaze, and couldn't help but look away guiltily.

On the side, three little boys are discussing to buy fireworks together. They look less than ten years old. Not only do they look alike, but their clothes are also very similar. They are probably three brothers, right?

Three Brothers……

She suddenly remembered William's life experience—she remembered that he also had an older brother and a younger brother, and the three brothers hadn't seen each other for many years.Although he is a cold-blooded and ruthless criminal king, he is still a human being after all, and he must want to be reunited with his family deep down in his heart, right?For him, this may be the only chance.

Thinking of this, she immediately made up her mind, and took William's hand without any explanation: "Let's go!"

"Where?"

"Back to London."

"Varied--"

The moment the [Confirm Use] button was pressed, the two of them were engulfed by a bright light, and they arrived in London in a blink of an eye.

The streets of London are calm as usual. From time to time, carriages pass by leisurely with the sound of horseshoes. Occasionally, one or two temporarily closed shops can be seen. Needless to say, the owner of the shop is most likely a florist.

Du Ruoying looked around curiously, and suddenly noticed that Li Mo and Sherlock were standing opposite them.

"Yo, Lian!" Sherlock flicked the cigarette in his hand, "These bunny ears are very suitable for you."

"Sherlock, Junior Li Mo!" Du Ruoying was stunned. "What junior? Brother Mo." Li Mo said angrily.

"But I'm older than you..." Du Ruoying was speechless.

Li Mo smiled at her: "Brother Mo will give you Sherlock's autograph, and I can also lend you Sherlock."

Du Ruoying: "Brother Mo!"

"So cute." Li Mo suddenly felt a little proud.

Sherlock couldn't help but rolled his eyes at the two childish brats: "Idiot apprentice, don't bully my fans, do you hear me?"

"I didn't bully her, she called it that voluntarily."

"I still don't know your trick?" Sherlock gave him a head hammer unceremoniously, "Don't get any ideas about my personal belongings!"

"Then, let me guess." William glanced at the two people in front of him happily, "The reason why Xia Li came here is actually because he bullied Li Mo, didn't he?"

"What bullying, we made a legitimate bet." Sherlock said disdainfully.

Li Mo held his head in pain, and protested loudly: "It's just bullying! Betting on murder cases or something, you know I'm not good at this!"

"But didn't you agree very readily at that time?" Sherlock squinted at him and said, "You also said that you had already seen who the murderer was and what, but in the end you caught someone who couldn't be beaten..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking!" Li Mo quickly covered his vicious mouth, lest he pour out all his dark history.

"Okay, we can celebrate the New Year with Sherlock again!" Du Ruoying was so happy that pink bubbles popped up, completely unaware that William's red eyes flashed a dark emotion.

After a brief greeting, they returned to William's home together. At that time, Louis and others were having a meeting with Mycroft to discuss plans.

The moment the door was pushed open, everyone's eyes gathered in horror.

"Brother William!"

"Mr William!"

Only Mycroft remained calm.

"Xia Li, you're back."

Sherlock noticed that his hand holding the tea trembled for a moment, spilling two drops of black tea. Although such an inadvertent small mistake, for Mycroft, the "incarnation of the British government", it was rare in life.

Sherlock's heart couldn't help but feel a throbbing pain: "Sorry, brother."

"It's nothing..." Mycroft stepped forward and patted Sherlock's shoulder, the real touch made him feel relieved, "You're still alive, just knowing that makes me happy." [1]

"By the way, Q," William waved to a tall, thin man who was blindfolded, "I want to ask you a favor, can I take a step to talk?"

"When... of course." This person called Q, his voice was shaking out of control due to excessive excitement and joy, he stumbled and followed William away, faltering, like a dying desert tourist chasing A mirage that may be shattered at any time, "No matter what, I am willing to do it for you."

Du Ruoying felt a little uneasy, so she followed her up, and saw the two of them enter a room, and then closed the door. The thick solid wood door has good sound insulation, which made her unable to hear the conversation inside clearly.

"The armory in the basement... How much ammunition is left in it?" She vaguely heard William ask. "No, I just need gunpowder... Well, it seems to be enough."

Du Ruoying was horrified.

Could it be that the first thing he did after he came back was not to reunite his brothers, but to regain his ruling power and cause more killings?

On such a special day...

Sure enough, she shouldn't have excessive sympathy for him.

She would never forgive herself if it caused any casualties in London.

He must be stopped!

"I want you to help make something," William continued. "This thing may not have been used in our country. As far as I know, its structure should be like this... It was roughly like this when it was used in the end... ...It would be best to make it before tonight, how about it, can it be done?"

"No problem, just leave it to me, Mr. William." Q patted his chest heavily.

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In the afternoon, William took her to meet everyone one by one. She noticed that his elder brother who "killed relatives righteously" was not among them. Looking back at the original book, she remembered that the eldest son of the Moriarty family was a colonel. He probably had a high status and heavy responsibilities. Are you busy with business trip or work right now?

While she was in a trance, William handed her and Li Mo some dessert for the afternoon tea: "After dinner, do you want to visit Limehouse?"

"What house?" Li Mo looked blank.

"Limehouse, London's Chinatown." Du Ruoying explained to him.

"Chinatown?" Li Mo's eyes lit up, "Will there be fireworks there?"

Du Ruoying was silent for a moment, and then said, "It's hard to say. In this era, which corresponds to the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society of flower planters, the so-called Chinatown, more precisely, is the gathering place of slums and opium dens, just because there Many laborers of the flower growers, so it will become a prosperous Chinatown later.”

"Is that so..." Li Mo lowered his head in frustration.

"But you might as well go and have a look." Du Ruoying cheered up.

"I also suggest you go and have a look," William said softly. "The New Year's customs there are the same as yours. Although it is not prosperous enough now, you may encounter some surprises."

Du Ruoying tilted her head and looked at his kind face, vaguely feeling that there seemed to be a hint of conspiracy behind this "surprise".

"You might as well make the plan like this first..."

she thought to herself.

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