gray manor

Speaking of the encounter with Xue Ming and Qiu Jie, Xin Xi counted carefully with his fingers, and before he knew it, four or five years had passed.It is rare for her to look back at the past, but now she clearly finds that time really never stops for anyone.

For Xiao Xin, these past few years seem to be nothing more than drinking a cup of Coke, except for the refreshing carbonated bubbles left behind, nothing has changed, but the two ten-year-old children have quietly grown into teenagers, and they still have to leave home. The kind that is suspected of running away.

Raven and Tim went out after discussing the basic information, but Eli did not return.

The abandoned houses of the Blu-ray team were still free after eating, and cleared up the leftovers on the table. Xin Xi and Siren occupied a sofa and lay on standby like salted fish. An ex-love story of adult siblings.

"Where do I start? Let me think about it..." Xin is not good at recalling, her eyebrows gradually tightened because of thinking, and the word Chuan between her eyebrows became more and more obvious.

"In 2034, Colorado, Vail Ski Resort." Siren suddenly reminded.

"Huh——you remember it very clearly! Is it because you said you hate troublesome children, so you are impressed with them? Siren, you really know how to remember this kind of inexplicable hatred—" Xianyu Xin complained unexpectedly The siren who had gone through the previous mission would remember it so clearly, and suddenly became strangely interested, and wanted to continue teasing him with an exaggerated expression, but was stared back by a stare.

Threatened by the malevolent siren's eyes, Xin Xi swallowed the words angrily, turned around and pretended nothing had happened, and told Zhao Zhao the story of Xue Ming and Qiu Jie.

Relying on the occasional reminders from the siren and her own clever mind, she talked about how the siblings changed from a happy child with both parents to an orphan, and then was adopted by the blue bird. .The adjectives she used were unusually rich, and an unhappy human event was described by her enough to be sympathetic, and even someone like Zhao Xi, who was hard to empathize with, frowned.

Of course, Xin Xi intentionally put aside the sad accident that she and the Siren suffered frostbite due to an avalanche and were buried in snowdrifts. Mission accomplished."

Xin Xi's understated tone was really well disguised, it sounded as plain as "I just went to pour a glass of water and put some honey in it", even Zhao Xi, who was delicate and knew her very well, didn't notice anything. Something is wrong.

Zhaoxi listened intently, and didn't notice the slightly raised eyebrows and the inexplicably drooped corners of the siren's mouth—these two contained the essence of his typical impatient expression.

But even though he felt that it was inappropriate for Xin Xi to hide the details of the story without blushing, he still didn't say anything, the Siren is a sensible person.What's more, if he dared to talk so much, with Xin Xi's heaven-defying action power, he would definitely jump on him without hesitation and choke his throat to kill him, so he didn't want to take this risk.

After posting for a while, I listened to her again. The story progressed until Xue Ming and Qiu Jie were sent to the Jade Bird organization to take care of them. Their participation in this matter only went so far.

Blu-ray's duty is only to cross the river, and does not include guiding the ferrymen after they disembark.Tim, a member of the Blue Bird who was in charge of the aftermath, would occasionally hear news that Xiao Xin and he were much more familiar with the two children than the Sirens because they exchanged some emails.

However, most of her stories were based on hearsay, and her speech was not vivid, so she stuttered and ended sloppily.

"The current situation is probably that Xueming and Qiujie have been able to control their abilities well after years of reconciliation training. They are also living a good life. The kind and gentle adoptive parents treat them very well, and they have excellent grades in school. And! And! I heard that Raven intends to recruit Hongguang after they grow up and finish their studies."

"Who did you hear?"

When it came to gossip, the Siren couldn't help but interjected.

"Hmm...maybe it's Eli? Or Tim?" Xin Xi thought carefully about the source of the gossip, folded her hands on her chest, and touched her upper arm with her palms, as if this would help her concentrate on thinking.But obviously to no avail, Xiao Xin quickly gave up, waved his hands and said: "Whoever said it, that's not the point! The point of what I said was clearly that Raven wants Xueming and Qiujie to become popular, okay?" Okay?! This is obviously stealing people!"

That's not the point, is it? !The horoscope has not been written yet, who is it to grab? !

"There are not many capable people who can enter the eyes of the raven, and the red light is not so easy to enter. You are just gossip, and you are scaremongering." The siren's tone was loose, obviously not serious.

Xin Xi was dissatisfied, and his mouth unconsciously pouted at Lao Gao, with a displeased expression on his face.

After hearing what Siren said, Zhaoxi felt a little puzzled, and weakly raised her hand to ask: "Then why... I mean... the job title written on the letter of appointment Raven gave me is red light."

"There is no threshold for volunteers with him, the more the better. Plus you are Xin's good friend, it will be more convenient for you to stay under his direct department." Siren patiently explained, after all, he had also worked in Hongguang A group of professionals spoke clearly and clearly.

When Siren was explaining the problem to Zhaoxi, Xin Xi, the team leader of the Blu-ray A2S team, suddenly thought of something, changed the subject, slapped his head and sat up in shock, and said in a high-pitched voice: "Your words reminded me, Is Hill's one-year probationary period over? Has she discussed her decision to stay or stay with you? I'm going to forget about it! Didn't ask the last time we met! Damn it!"

Hill is the younger sister of Professor Heath of the Aurora Research Institute, and also one of the very curious and potential doctoral students of the Aurora Research Institute. Before awakening the power of healing, she was in the transcendental medical research team under her brother Professor Heath Be the first assistant.

After awakening, he suddenly became interested in the physical application of superpowers, and asked to be transferred to other departments that pay more attention to the utilization of superhuman abilities.Although his brother strongly objected, Hill was not as weak as she appeared, and no one but herself could change the decision she made.

During the time when Hill temporarily joined Xin Xi and Siren's team and hung out with them, Xin Xi and Siren's chic but unreliable behavior obviously left a deep impression on her, and it can even be said that Take her into the world of another kind of people.Hill, who has gone through this year, doesn't think she has perfectly digested this state of life, but Xin Xi and Siren have become very good teachers and friends for her.

Hill's probationary period ended when Xin Xi was forced to suspend her job. At that time, Raven discussed with her to ask questions in the past, but she did not give a clear answer. Instead, she suggested Xin Xi and Siren to work together with her Professor Heath is working part-time and waiting for the result of the preliminary examination.

At that time, the anxiety of ruining her career lingered in Xin Xi's heart. Although she was the captain, she had no time to take care of other problems. In addition, things became more and more hopeless later on. As time passed, she forgot that there was such a legacy incident.

I suddenly remembered it today, it was a sudden realization at the level of a flat-bottomed thunder.

The Siren glanced at her calmly and said, "I was afraid that you would never remember to ask this question in your life, but now it seems that there is still Hill in a small corner of your heart that is bigger than the stars." The location. She talked to me about it, and if she doesn’t stay, she plans to go back to Aurora to continue doing scientific research. Didn’t you find that during the time when we were suspended to do odd jobs at the Aurora Research Institute, Hill’s level of familiarity and enthusiasm for it was obviously the same as ours? Not on the same tune? That's ok, ok...don't rush to be sad. Hill said that we taught her a lot, and she didn't stay because after so many incidents, she obviously felt that scientific research was more suitable for her, and, if we If you encounter any troubles in the future, you can always find her."

"But we haven't said goodbye yet..."

"We all work in the same organization, what is there to be reluctant to part with, and it's not like we won't be able to see each other in the future."

Siren's tone was always flat, although it was comforting, but there were not many emotional ups and downs.He thinks that even if there is a big difference between staying together day and night and reuniting after a long distance, the Hill people are there, and if they want to see each other, they can meet each other anyway, and it is not a troublesome thing.

There was no reason for Xin Xi's sudden and deep loss. He wasn't used to it, and he just responded instinctively, without thinking about what he said.

But... In fact, it is difficult for Xin Xi to face any difference in any sense. Her attitude towards life is full of color, love and farewell must be enthusiastic. For her, the words "there is no banquet that lasts forever" are too high-sounding as consolation .

She lowered her eyelids and stared at the small triangle between the bends of her thighs and thighs. After quieting for a while, she sighed and said, "Oh...you don't understand."

The sentence "You don't understand" instantly aroused the irritable mood of the originally quiet Siren, and he also sat up at once, raised his chin arrogantly at Xin Xi, tried his best to restrain his impatience and said: "You come to see Tell me, why do I not understand. Do you understand the reluctance to part with her in your heart? Or do you see me as a weird person who doesn't care about others' departure? "

Occasionally, the siren would have such an over-stressed reaction, Xin Xi is not surprised, she likes the rare stubbornness and oppressive feeling of this handsome and alienated man, which inexplicably makes her feel closer to him.Taking a step back, Siren has always known well, and this level of questioning is just to scare her.

"If you bid farewell, you can move forward! I really regard Hill as one of us, as my good friend. So if she decides to leave, then I must solemnly say to her: 'Goodbye, I wish you a happy future. Lu Shunfeng, even if it’s hard to see each other in the future, we must be good friends!’ This kind of words. It’s not that I’m reluctant, I just want to make sure that she can know that I like her very much! After all...friends don’t meet often It doesn't matter, people who can be good friends won't be obsessed with this issue, I just think that a serious and formal farewell is very important." When the whole car was rolled out of the wheel, Xin Xi took a breath and glanced at Zhao Zhao from the corner of his eye. I was snickering, and followed her up, and continued to the siren: "As for what you just asked, my answer is: no and no. I have never seen someone who is more emotional than you in my life." Man, please set your position right, you are too important to me. Siren, ten hills can't replace one of you!"

The straightforwardness of the words is comparable to that of confession, Xin is a good way to coax people!

"The guide of death—the siren of the blue light, is the most wonderful existence in this world!" She held back this sentence, she was afraid that if she said it, it would speed up the process of the siren breaking his cold face, and let him It was a terrible thing not to go down the steps, and this man would definitely grab her face again and force her to apologize.

It hurts to be pulled in the face, even if the face is round and has a lot of flesh, the face will become bigger. She doesn't say such things that the gain outweighs the loss.

The nasty people speak nasty words, and the people who listen to the nasty words are very useful.Siren's cold face melted at a speed visible to the naked eye under someone's sweet words, so he pursed the corners of his mouth and lay down as if nothing had happened.

Although Siren was embarrassed to reply to Xin's nasty words, everyone could tell that he was quite satisfied.

The topic they were talking about had been completely thrown into the sky by them, and no one remembered to pick it up and talk about it after all this nonsense.What is the status of Xue Ming and Qiu Jie, who are still missing, in Raven's heart, and whether the robbing war that Xiao Xin is worried about will happen, it will probably take five or six years to know the result.

Of course, the premise - the two children can be found.

Los Angeles is a bit cooler at night, and the area where Raven lives is almost as quiet as Gray Manor in the outskirts. After dark, the only thing that can be heard is the wind, except for human breathing.Or, to be precise, it is the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves. The tones of large leaves and small leaves are different. Some of them seem to make a sound of "哗啦—哗啦——" as if A4-sized paper is gently shaken , some are like torn pieces of paper "rustle - rustle -", it sounds very whirling.

Xin Xi's routine is like that of a child, exhausted from playing in the water during the day, lying on the sofa for a while without making a sound, he is so tired that he falls asleep.Zhao Zhao lightly turned off all the lights around the living room, leaving only two light yellow table lamps.She brought a towel blanket to cover Xiao Xin. When she was sleeping, she liked to curl her body into a ball. Her already small body seemed even smaller. There was still room for an ordinary-sized blanket to cover her body. Plug another her.

The siren was lying on another sofa without making a sound, Zhaoxi thought he was asleep too, and was holding a blanket to cover him too, but he suddenly turned his head, and Zhaoxi was stared at her peach blossoms intently. His eyes were so scared that his heart skipped a beat.

The wind outside did not stop, and the cool wind came in from the half-open French windows, carrying the residual smell of golden sunlight.

"Why do you..." Zhao Xi wanted to say: why you didn't move at all, and you didn't sleep at all, which shocked me.But as soon as he started talking, he realized that his tone would be inexplicably coquettish, so he shut up immediately.

"There must be someone awake. This is a habit that Xin and I have developed during our missions." Siren's voice was as soft as a gossamer. He had already sat up quietly, and there was only one breath between Zhaoxi who was leaning over to cover him with a blanket. The distance between them is so close that they are like whispers.

"Then you can sleep now, I will wake you up for you."

Zhao Zhao's earlobe was blown red by the siren's breath, and it even tended to spread to her cheeks. Fortunately, there was not enough light, so others could not see her shy appearance clearly.

Zhaoxi only replied briefly, then forced the blanket into the siren's hands, turning around at a speed that could be considered to be running away.She knew what she was panicking about, and also realized why she couldn't feel the coolness that she should have had when the wind blew by. The heat enveloped her wantonly, and her heartbeat couldn't be restrained.

Not knowing whether it was because of a ghost in his heart or because he was sneaking deliberately because he didn't want to disturb the sleeping people, Siren got up lightly in the dark, followed Zhao Xi into the yard, and closed the half-open French windows smoothly.His night vision is very good, much better than the prairie lions who are good at hunting at night. Xin Xi knows this, and his colleagues know it, but Zhao Xi doesn't know it.

Originally, Zhaoxi walked out of the house just to take a breather, but she didn't expect that a certain person who blocked her heart followed her everywhere, without any insight.

She pretended not to see it, and found a chair by the pool to sit down, letting the cool breeze blow by and dissipate the heat on her face.

Seeing that she ignored him, the Siren was not frustrated, and sat straight to the seat next to her, the corner of his mouth couldn't stop turning up, and said deliberately: "You look a little unhappy?"

Zhao Xi didn't make a sound, just shook her head.

"Want to chat?"

Talk about your size.Zhao Xi still ignored him.

"Well, I just can't sleep, and I didn't mean to scare you on purpose." The siren restrained her aggressive tone, but her eyes were still shining brightly. There was a playful look on his delicate face. After a pause, she continued. Said: "But today's wind blows very timely."

The wind is blowing in time today?What does it mean when the wind blows in time?Siren, a "banana man" who grew up in the United States (generally refers to a person who is yellow in appearance but has received a Western-style cultural education. In 2038, this is already a neutral term that only represents description but has no appraising nature). Where did it come from? You have learned such an oriental sentence, but you are still using it so proficiently?

The siren's behavior of not speaking human language finally got a clear look back. She looked at the man through the dim moonlight and the sparse floor lamp. She didn't know if it was because of the lack of light. The facial features and expressions of the siren were hazy. Looks very affectionate.

Coupled with the familiar unsettling expression on the face of disaster, Zhao Xi's heart tightened, and he immediately entered the tenth level of security.

She used to say that he had a good face out of thin air and would not be useful. It was the prejudice left by her when she first met. Of course, the Siren knew what benefits the beautiful skin of one in a million would bring him. The painted skin of the Imperius Curse.

"Just say what you want to say, don't learn from us Chinese." Zhao Xi's face rarely has obvious expressions, and there are fewer frowns. This is the first time Siren sees impatience on her face, and feels that Very novel.

He did not adjust his speaking style according to the clear and clear warning, but continued to speak vaguely, as if deliberately provoking: "My grandma and mother are both Chinese, so I have at least five-eighths of Chinese blood , By the way, the other three-eighths of me are of Japanese descent. So I don’t count as imitating you, I already have complete oriental genes in my body.”

"I just want you to speak straight, and I didn't ask you to report your family name." Zhaoxi shook her head lightly, smiled helplessly and said, "I don't want to continue talking about bloodline and culture with you, that's meaningless. You're in' Your acting skills in pretending to be fully influenced by oriental culture' are simply horrible. Of course, I admit that you are very deceptive in other ways, and every time you use a 'beauty trick' it makes me sway. But Siren, Please don't continue, because no matter what, in the end you will find that you are the only one who loses."

The straight ball hit by Zhaoxi, who is not in the oil and salt, caught Siren off guard. The gags and confusing conversation immediately failed, and the "banana man" gave up struggling and returned to himself.

"Okay. I give up." The Siren, who has always been victorious, was always frustrated when he met Zhao Xi. He put his hands on both sides of his head to express his surrender, raised his left eyebrow slightly, and said in a depressed tone: "I just want to Adjust the atmosphere first..."

"In order to ask the question you want to know in your heart? You can ask directly, without adjusting the atmosphere. But first let me say that if it is still the one in Gray Manor, I will not be able to answer it."

Zhaoxi still looked impatient, and even his eyes became cold, looking increasingly unapproachable.Seeing this, the Siren was a little hesitant to speak. He didn't know women very well, or to be precise, he didn't understand what it meant for women to show resistance to him.

After all, with his good face, he has almost never encountered a wall in the process of interacting with people, and the chance of dealing with situations that are not what he expected is very small.

What kind of impact will Zhaoxi have on what he wants to say?Will it hurt her?Would it make her feel offended?The Sirens don't know.

"Quick—say—" Zhaoxi frowned, and her tone elongated accordingly.She was still full of selfishness and unbalanced, and she had no confidence in facing the Siren, so she only cared about cutting the mess quickly, pretending to be calm and serious.

"...Okay." The man's sculpted face unexpectedly showed a strangely embarrassed expression. He seemed to be making an embarrassing decision. After careful consideration, he finally said: "Although Raven helped you apply for volunteers In order to facilitate your activities with our team, but I still want to confirm with you. You know, in fact, you don’t need to spend so much energy staying with us, you have your own life and work. Xin is a There is a lack of strings in her mind. She may not realize that if an accident occurs, it is very difficult to protect you and retreat when you are in a hurry, but it may be too late when her brain turns around and thinks about it. In short... I'm just trying to say that it's not worth risking your leisure time with us."

"Is this what you've been doing for a long time? You've been hesitating for a long time just to persuade me to go home now?" All thoughts related to romance disappeared in Zhaoxi's mind in an instant, and she was inexplicably relieved, but her face remained cold Face replied: "It doesn't bother you to worry about it, since I decided to spend this 'holiday time' with Xiao Xin, I have already made perfect mental preparations. Besides, I am an adult anyway, and I will The basic self-protection ability is still there, you don't have to worry about it."

Her answer this time was not unexpected at all, and the Siren took a long breath, eliciting follow-up words: "Then you have to promise me a few things."

Zhaoxi didn't respond to him, but just looked at his expression calmly, as if trying to see some drama in his heart.

"It must be promised, there is no room for maneuver."

"Say."

"No matter what happens in the future, you must be calm and not try to be brave. If you feel that danger is approaching, don't stand stupidly if you can run. If necessary, leave us alone."

This is very cryptic, but it always gives people a subtle sense of insecurity. Has the Siren deduced something that she doesn't know?Or is this just his unfounded premonition?

"..." Zhaoxi frowned again.

"I said you must agree." The siren's unquestionable expression made people panic even more.

"Do you know something?"

Perhaps to dispel her doubts, the Siren denied it decisively: "No. I just hope that you can maintain a sense of crisis at all times. Maybe Xin hasn't told you about it, but our job has never been an absolutely safe job. You have to understand ..."

His patience hadn't run out yet, and he wanted to be seductive but was interrupted by other discoveries—his keen hearing sensed the sound of the outermost door lock turning for him.The siren stood up immediately, and appeared outside the door in the blink of an eye, leaving only Zhaoxi stubbornly thinking about his words with hints and metaphors.

The restlessness gradually dissipated with the cool wind, and it seemed that it would not stop for a while.