Personality V: I will save everything

"Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!" A burst of wild laughter came from the room, shaking the windows slightly. Jack was seen kneeling beside the bed, his upper body lying on the soft bed, laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten his back at all.

The story began a few days ago. Jack noticed that Carl simply wore a shirt to sleep every night, which made him wonder: Is there no pajamas in such a huge suitcase? With this curiosity, Jack decided to find out.

Finally, the mystery was solved - when Jack saw Carl with a helpless look on his face and wearing the extremely cute clothes with big-eared dog pattern, he instantly understood everything. It turned out that the owner of the manor loved this set of clothes with big-eared dog pattern so much that he mercilessly replaced Carl's original pajamas with it.

At this moment, although Carl was very reluctant, he had to accept this reality and appeared in front of Jack wearing a big-eared dog costume.

"If I were still five or six years old, I would be very happy to wear this dress." Carl couldn't help but think so as he looked at the cute dress with a big furry hat and blue and white colors.

However, it is regrettable that time flies by and Carl is no longer the innocent child of five or six years old, but a teenager of fifteen or sixteen years old who is in puberty.

For him at this moment, wearing such childlike and cute clothes is simply a torture, and he does not feel any joy in his heart.

Seeing Carl's reluctant look, Jack on the side behaved in a completely different way.

Jack was seen circling around Carl with great interest, his eyes sparkling with excitement and his mouth bursting with laughter from time to time. It turned out that when Carl put on this lovely dress, Jack couldn't help but think of Carl's childhood appearance.

At that time, Karl's round face was as cute as a freshly baked bun, and his big eyes were clear and bright, like the bright stars in the night sky. He always followed the adults in a baby voice, striding hard with his short legs, for fear of being left behind.

Once he catches up, he will look up and shout sweetly in his childish voice: "Uncle, wait for me!" He looks so well-behaved and cute that anyone who sees him will want to hug him.

Thinking of this, Jack's smile became brighter, as if he was immersed in that beautiful memory. On the other hand, Carl was standing there with a stern face, looking like he didn't want anyone to approach him, which was in sharp contrast to his childhood image.

Jack sighed helplessly, secretly complaining in his heart: "Give me back the cute little guy from before!!! (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴"

Looking at Jack acting silly, Carl rolled his eyes at him.

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the other side,

We have mentioned this before: once people are at an extreme state of leisure, they often do a series of unexpected things. At this moment, this situation is happening to Norton.

Look! He was holding the rough diamonds of various shapes and shapes that had not been carved yet, and he was interested in stacking them one by one. However, it was regrettable that no matter how hard Norton tried, every time he finally stacked the fourth diamond, the whole "diamond tower" would collapse.

But even such a boring behavior, for Norton, is it better than just lying here stupidly and doing nothing? Therefore, he never tires and never tires of repeating this action, hoping to successfully stack all the rough diamonds.

But after another round of attempts, when the pile of diamonds he had just piled up collapsed mercilessly again, suddenly, a figure quietly appeared in front of him and sat down steadily on the chair in front of him.

"I think if our explorers saw you fiddling with these precious stones like you are doing now, they would be extremely shocked and disappointed, and might even collapse. Do you think I am right, Mr. Campbell?"

Norton still maintained his chin on one hand, but he slightly raised his deep eyes and slowly cast his gaze towards the uninvited guest sitting in front of him. He didn't have much impression of this strange woman who suddenly came over, but he vaguely remembered that someone seemed to call her... Entomologist.

At this moment, Norton couldn't help but wonder in his heart: What exactly does this woman called an entomologist want to do? Why did she suddenly come to talk to him about these precious stones?

It couldn't be possible that she came here just for these diamonds?

This is impossible.

Because this is in this terrible manor, not in the outside world, in this manor, food is more precious than diamonds and gold.

The value of an item often depends on the environment it is in. There is nothing to trade in this manor, so naturally there is no need for gold and diamonds. Here, except for some people who want to use them as decorations, in the eyes of most other people, they are no different from stones.

"What do you want to talk to me about, Miss Entomologist? I don't think there is anything that rocks and insects have in common, right?"

"Oh no, I think you might be wrong." The entomologist explained, "Caddisflies lay their eggs in the cracks of rocks, and their larvae live in water and use rocks to avoid predators and water impacts. Some ants also often build their nests in the cracks of rocks. Crickets in the summer also often hide in the cracks of rocks to avoid predators."

Now that things have come to this, I believe even the dumbest person can see that the entomologist came to Norton not just to chat with him or to learn about insects.

[Some insects may seek shelter in cracks between rocks]

It was obvious that the entomologist approached Norton to seek his help. To put it bluntly, she wanted to form an alliance with Norton.

First of all, the other party is a man, which is a natural advantage. He must be stronger than the entomologist in some aspects.

Secondly, the other person was from another world. Judging from the diamonds he carried with him and his attitude of not taking diamonds seriously, the other person at least had a good family background.

The most important thing is that the other party comes from another world and he knows nothing about what happens in this world.

In other words, very controllable.

But the entomologist was wrong about one thing. All his ideas about Norton were based on the idea of ​​him being an explorer in this world.

"Really? It seems that all of these things you mentioned seek shelter in rocks, but I know of an insect whose habits are just like their name."

Norton said this, glanced at the entomologist calmly, and then said their names.

"————Stone-eating insects. They dig holes in rocks, eat the organic matter inside the rocks, and excrete the undigested matter, forming a substance similar to sand."

Norton crossed his hands under his chin and smiled at the entomologist.

"Those stones are pitiful. They provide shelter for the larvae of stoneworms, but they become food for the grown-up adults."

The entomologist's pupils shrank slightly. She didn't expect that her plan could be seen through so easily by Norton.

"And there are indeed many such 'ungrateful' behaviors among insects. For example... the most common praying mantis. No matter how loving the couple was before, the female mantis will still eat the male mantis without mercy in the end."

Norton stood up and whispered in the entomologist's ear.

"Are you right, Lady Pliny?"

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Some people may be curious. In their world, Norton obviously has no much intersection with the entomologist, so how does Norton know what happened to the entomologist?

In fact, the reason is very simple. Don’t forget that the entomologist’s ex-husband was a well-known scholar, and he was also a nobleman.

The news of her ex-husband's sudden death was all over the news at the time.

Norton once stayed at Jose Baden's house for a while and happened to see this newspaper.

"I bet a penny that it was this woman who killed him," Norton said, pointing to the widow of the noble scholar featured in the newspaper.

"How do you know that?" Jose Badem was next to him at the time. He leaned over and asked Norton curiously how he came to such a conclusion.

After all, he had seen the news, so he just watched it for fun.

A guy who specialized in studying insects was stung to death by a rare bee while studying insects.

How should I put it? It was a worthy death.

And Jose Badem really didn't see anything wrong with this news.

After all, just as Jose Badem thought just now, a guy who specializes in studying this kind of thing may make a small mistake one day, such as failing to take proper protection, and be buried in his own profession. This is not impossible, and it can even be said to be a common occurrence.

But now, Norton not only pointed out that the other party was murdered, but also instantly recognized the murderer.

Why say "instantly"? Because Norton only picked up the newspaper and read it for five minutes.

Then Norton made his inference——

First of all, there was a huge black veil covering the face of the Yishuang, but if you look closely, you will find scars hidden under the veil.

And even though it was just briefly mentioned in the news or not even written about, if the other party was a noble woman, do you think her family information would not be published in the newspaper?

Since it was not mentioned in the newspaper, it proved that the other party did not have it, which meant that the other party was not a nobleman, and this couple was not the kind of marriage that was made up of equal status.

"Then why do you think a nobleman married a commoner woman with no background? Don't tell me it was for love. Do you believe that kind of illusory love?"

The answer is self-evident. It must be because the woman is extremely beautiful.

But this makes people feel very strange. How can a woman with scars on her face be equated with beauty?

Don't say anything. Some women are very beautiful even if they have scars on their faces. Please, the other party is a nobleman. Instead of finding a beautiful woman with scars on her face, it would be better for him to find a beautiful woman without scars on her face.

Therefore, the scars on the widow’s face must have been caused by her husband after marriage.

That proves that their marriage is not actually happy.

In this era, there are only two possible outcomes for an unhappy marriage: either continue to endure it, or... kill the other person.

Don't even mention that you can get a divorce. Let alone this era, this kind of law is extremely unfair to women. What's more, the other party is a nobleman. Can you marry whenever you want and divorce whenever you want?

It seems that there are only two options left: keep silent or explode.

It was obvious that the widow was unwilling to remain silent.

Besides, there are many benefits to killing her husband. She can legitimately inherit all of her husband's inheritance, including his money, reputation and status.

When Jose Badem heard this, he couldn't help but applaud Norton.

"That's amazing, Norton. You were able to deduce the truth based on just a few words in the newspaper. I really envy your clever brain."

"But unfortunately, no matter how smart a brain is, it will be insignificant in a dark mine."

Norton is very smart, yes, he is like a seed, give him some fertile soil, he can grow wildly, but unfortunately... there is no soil there.

There was only endless darkness, turbid air and hard stone.

That seed won't grow.

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But fortunately, now Norton has come to the manor, the paradise that belongs to them.

In the ivory tower, there were a large number of books for Norton to browse.

Even if it was just to pass the time, Norton read a lot of books.

This is also why Norton can use professional terms to hit back at the entomologist when speaking to her.

Because he just knows.