Yet a few minutes later, when Catherine sat with Mycroft in the downstairs hall drinking tea, she couldn't help the feeling of time-dislocation.

Catherine thanked Mrs. Holmes for a cup of Earl Grey.The cups for making tea are fine bone china cups.Most of the flowers are printed on it, which looks pleasing to the eye.The tea cups and desserts on the table are a set. These are obviously not homemade, they look more like they were bought from a dessert shop.

Catherine took a sip from her teacup.The mellow and warm tea made Catherine couldn't help but let out a sigh—Mrs. Holmes would not have been ignorant when she was brought here in a coma. ···girlfriend.

Is this problem common?of course not!

As the British government known for its strictness, frequent changing of girlfriends obviously does not conform to his professional image.Think about how Irene Adler called Mycroft... Iceman, I don’t know what kind of superman of the new era I thought!

The gazes of Catherine and someone briefly met in the air, and they soon separated.However, Catherine didn't get any information, and she just watched Mrs. Holmes busy in a daze.

At this moment, Mrs. Holmes was preparing dinner herself, while Mr. Holmes beside him was reading an unknown book, wearing presbyopic glasses.

The scene looked rather mundane, as if all ordinary people would encounter it when they were at home.But this family is different from other families. There is an out-and-out powerful person sitting in this room. He may own real estate in dozens of countries around the world. One of his decisions can cause traffic accidents and even lead to a war.

But when he was at home, he was still just an ordinary son, waiting for his mother to prepare dinner, and occasionally saying a few words.

Catherine lowered her conspicuousness like an outsider.She lowered her eyes and lowered her head, focusing all her attention on the teacup in her hand.

It wasn't very difficult for Catherine to pass herself off as a famous lady once in a while.What's more, what Catherine is doing now is basically in line with the etiquette of being a guest. She doesn't join in the conversation, doesn't discuss any potato cooking methods with the three Holmes in the family, and doesn't make some gloating memories of Sherlock's childhood.

It's kind of sweet.Just listen to it too.

Catherine focused on looking at the water level immersed in the teacup.The tea reflected her eyes, which were very tired, and Catherine herself was surprised by the thick dark circles.

"Mom, is this dish again today? Your fish soup really needs to be improved, it always smells like fish."

"You can choose not to eat this dish if you eat too much in high-end restaurants." Mrs. Holmes continued to process the still fresh fish without raising her eyelids.One sentence dismissed Mycroft's... acting like a baby?

From the fishing tackle on the side, Catherine could easily see that Mr. Holmes had recently become interested in fishing—the fishing tackle was still new, but there were traces of use on the handle.A set of tools is complete. This fish should be caught nearby. This is the suburb of London. It is still possible to find a fishing place.

Catherine guessed in her heart the exact location of Holmes' ancestral home.The place wasn't too far off from the house of the Savior on Privet Drive. ——Both are well-known by insiders, and people who don't know are looking for them all over the world. They are obviously in the suburbs of London... But under Mycroft's strict control, people who know the location of Sherlock Holmes' ancestral house are also Very few.

"It's not like that... oh! Be careful of my computer, it's full of important secrets." Mycroft said so, but his buttocks sitting on the stool were as motionless as a mountain, and his tone was It also revealed obvious carelessness.

If Sherlock is here, it must be a disaster. I don't know how the brothers spend Christmas every year. It must be very lively.

Catherine's thinking was unconsciously distorted.

After waking up, she was not in a very good condition, and the initial completion of the revenge plan lost the integrity of the last link because of Mycroft's intervention.In a sense, revenge that does not kill everything is a failure.

But that wasn't what Catherine was struggling with.Some kind of dependence on her medication came up again.Another side effect of this newly developed drug, which is said to be relatively harmless to the body, is the ever-shortening onset time.

The trance was only the mildest of the side effects, Catherine restrained a little, and continued to focus back on the talking family.

"You put the computer here yourself. If this thing is really as important as you said, then you should protect it better, Mike."

"Don't call me Mike, you call me Mycroft!"

"Okay, Mike. Go get me the plate. By the way, don't ignore people after you bring your girlfriend home." Mrs. Holmes was the one at the top of the food chain.

"Your mother is right. Mike, I was not like this when I was your age." Mr. Holmes flattered his wife's words.

The topic returned to Catherine again after a few small turns.It took about three seconds for Catherine to realize slowly that she had been called.

damn it!She should have finished dealing with the last traitor, went home to get a good night's sleep, replenished some medicine, and then planned the next activities.

But now, she was forced to face the attention of Sherlock Holmes of this family.

"Er...it's okay, I think I'm used to it." Catherine just wanted to prevaricate the question.But she was used to leaving Holmes with little headaches.

"That's not good. I saved you today." Mycroft casually played with the pocket watch in his hand.While in this home, he seemed very casual.

In fact, Catherine could understand his relaxation.

The living room on the first floor is very warmly designed.Compared with someone's imperial luxury room upstairs, the decoration here is simple and pastoral, and the semi-open kitchen looks like it is often used.Even people without basic deductive skills can see the traces of smoke and fire inside, but this is very natural and well integrated into the overall decoration of the room.

The table and chair furniture in mahogany texture appropriately points out the financial strength of this family.These woods have been old for some years, and a layer of uniform and mellow patina has been evenly spread on the varnished wood, which feels very mellow to the touch.

Even when Mr. Holmes, who was sitting on the sofa, looked up, he couldn't see any wisdom.Through his presbyopic glasses, Catherine still saw a retired white-haired old British man.But traces of his education can be found in Mycroft.

The kind of characteristics that belong to the traditional British people, black, humorous, rigorous and old-fashioned and gentlemanly.

Many young people nowadays cannot master this skill well.Look at the people on the street rushing to work, the people queuing at the bank.Or those in school who are in class.They all belong to the United Kingdom and coordinate in London, but these people always lack a little precipitation.

They are full of drive and have the spirit to challenge everything.Some people are in the rebellious period, and some people are born rebellious. They are young British people, but they are not British gentlemen.

Everyone knows that when these people grow old, they too will be the traditional Englishmen they despise now.

——But Mycroft is different. He has these qualities now, as if skipping the rebellion and resistance in the middle out of thin air.

Under someone's unchanging expression, there is a kind of power to settle people's hearts.It's fascinating, and it all comes from Mr. Holmes.

Mrs. Holmes was undoubtedly of another type.If it is said that the Holmes brothers inherited their extraordinary intelligence from whom, then the mathematician Mrs. Holmes is the only possibility.

These few people are not easy to fool around, mathematician's rationality, gentleman's conversation skills, and Fatty Mai, who has both, Catherine has a headache and uses tea to cover up her thoughts.

"This is not good. Listen, Mike is not the kind of person who often takes girls home. At most, he works with Cynthia. I think you know Cynthia too." Mr. Holmes said with a smile.

"By the way, if Mike did something to bully you. You don't have to hide anything for him, you can tell me directly, and I can teach him a lesson for you." Mrs. Holmes cooperated more simply.

After taking a sip of tea, Catherine looked at the dead fish still under Mrs. Holmes' hand, and got a general understanding of the status of the brothers in the family.

"That's not the case. Mr. Holmes is a gentleman. Your son is quite good. The relationship between us is not what you think. By the way, I forgot to introduce my name. My name is Catherine Nolan , is still a student."

When Catherine said the name 'Nolan', the attitude of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes changed slightly.They all obviously knew that Mr. Nolan had once been Mycroft's superior.

Mrs. Holmes glanced at her Mike with a slightly complaining look, and then her tone was more like treating a child. "Mr. Nolan was a very good man, and we all regret his accidental death."

Catherine cheered up again. She didn't know that the two people in front of her knew her father, until Mycroft solved the mystery: "Mom used to be Mr. Nolan's university professor. Of course...she also taught Miss Victoria."

But she didn't know the truth about Nolan's death.

Catherine read the message from Mycroft's eyes.That's fine, a lot of secrets are buried in the ground under six feet. Obviously, Mr. Nolan has had very little contact with Holmes later, so that they are not so clear about the matter of Nolan's daughter.

Mycroft's sole purpose in bringing Catherine here is to give Catherine the opportunity to learn more about Mr. Nolan from others.For Catherine, she had gone down the wrong path, and the only thing that would lead her back was a fundamental change in her perception of the problem.

But that's where things get tricky too. Like many guys in the same industry, left will not be easily shaken in the things he decides. This is an advantage and a fatal flaw.

In any case, Catherine should have the opportunity to get to know Mr. Nolan more fully.At the same time... it can also make her feel like a family.

Mycroft took a somewhat risky approach.But Catherine's latent potential is astonishing. It's really a pity that such a good assistant in the future really died.

"So what was my... father like when he was in school?"

When Catherine said the word father, she couldn't help but pause.When she knew the way out that Mr. Nolan had prepared for her, she was actually very moved.The father in his memory who was never close to her was actually protecting her. Even though he was already unable to do what he wanted, he never forgot that he had a little daughter.

Being able to talk to others as Mr. Nolan's daughter, Catherine almost needs to control her emotions and suppress the joy in her heart before she can listen to Holmes.

"Nolan used to like to come to my house to eat. He also liked this dish very much, but at that time I sold fish in the supermarket to cook, not the fresh fish like now." Mrs. Holmes almost deviates from the theme The content of housekeeping went up, but fortunately she pulled it back: "As for the reason why Nolan often comes to my house... that's because Nolan's math has always been bad."

"It's not just bad, your father never got a grade above an A in mathematics. Some questions can clearly see the answer at a glance, and he has to struggle for a long time." Mycroft added a knife.

"Oh! Mike. It may not be very good for you to say that. I don't need to remind you, who was the person who asked Nolan to buy candy? Besides, you and Nolan are quite good at it!"

Catherine secretly calculated how old Mycroft and her father were when they met each other.Her father, who is a college student, and Fatty Mai, who is still a middle school student, quickly appeared in her mind.At that time, someone should be a fat man in the true sense... thinking about it is also drunk.

"The sugar is for Sherlock. I'm not interested in that." Mycroft struggled palely, Catherine and Mrs. Holmes were both amused by his words.

Although Mycroft's blame for Sherlock is relatively obvious now, but Sherlock probably was bullied when he was a child?Catherine felt that she seemed to have found the root cause of the great detective's rebellion.

The fish and ingredients gave off a tempting aroma. Catherine couldn't help but look forward to today's dinner when she heard the novelty about her father and someone.

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