I have a cub that escapes the boss

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang-"

"Mr. Han, Mr. Han!!!"

"Ugh..."

The maid Anna covered her mouth by the window and let out a low sob.

Across the window, the person on the bed did not wake up for a long time.

Anna flinched and looked around.In the silent night, the tulips were blown by the wind, making a soft "rustling" sound.Farther away, there are lush forests.When the wind blows, the shadows of the trees dance.

Anna raised her hand and knocked on the window again.This time, her voice was much hoarse, and she called softly: "Mr. Han, Mr. Han..."

Ji Hanchuan was lying on his side with his back to her.With his eyes open, he looked at the vague shadows of people outside the window reflected by the bedside candlesticks by the dim moonlight.

Anna yelled for 1 minute, although her voice was lowered because of fear, but so far, she still looked like a living person.

Ji Hanchuan silently counted to sixty times in his heart, and was finally "woke up".He opened his eyes, as if he was still sleepy, struggling to distinguish the source of the sound, to confirm whether he was in a dream.It took a little more time, and finally got up from the bed, looking in the direction of the window in a daze.

The maid Anna was indeed the same face: a stocky village girl with a round, wheat-colored face.The mouth was slightly purple from fear.

With tears in her eyes, she looked at Han Chuan who finally sat up in surprise.Ji Hanchuan looked further away, only seeing tulip bushes under the moonlight.This evening, the visitor from last night seemed to be delayed by something.

He lifted the quilt and got out of bed, as if he was sleepwalking, his eyes were wandering, and he walked to the window.

Anna is a relatively short girl, two heads shorter than Ji Hanchuan, and she couldn't get in through the window.Ji Hanchuan was still wondering if this girl would give him a "surprise"—for example, the footprints that were half of sheep's hoofs in the morning.Although I feel that the footprints have something to do with Owen, there may be other possibilities.

But when he got closer, he glanced down and saw two normal legs under the maid's skirt.

Ji Hanchuan looked confused and asked, "Anna? I... am I dreaming?"

Anna leaned over and grabbed Ji Hanchuan's hand.She wiped the wet sweat on Ji Hanchuan's hand and told him: "Run away! Mr. Han, you are a good person, run away! If you stay here, you will..."

Halfway through the speech, she opened her eyes a little wider, watching the man in front of her look away.

Anna froze.She was trembling all over, and because he was holding Ji Hanchuan's hand, Ji Hanchuan could clearly feel that the girl's fingers, arms, and entire upper body were trembling abnormally.

The blood on her face faded quickly, and the under collar first swelled up and then shrunk again.The cuff closest to Ji Hanchuan rustled, as if something was about to rush out of it.

Ji Hanchuan turned his gaze back.He saw the slender and lonely figure standing at the door of the annex.But there happened to be clouds drifting over, covering the moonlight, and he actually "shouldn't" see such a picture.

He quietly commented on Anna, heard her scream suppressed in her throat, and saw her eyes were round and wide, and the veins on her cheeks burst out.Finally, Anna opened her mouth, and her tongue turned a maroon color, which matched her current complexion perfectly.An orange shadow flashed past, Ji Hanchuan blinked his eyes, showing a distressed expression.

He slowly released Anna from holding his hand, sighed, "Anna, you are a good girl."

At the same time, Ji Hanchuan saw from the corner of his eye that the shadow that was originally outside the annex was coming towards him.Every blink brought him closer.

Ji Hanchuan drew the sign of the cross on his chest, and prayed very casually: "Father, I have made up my mind to wash away my sins. Even in my dreams, I shouldn't see these things."

He said: "Anna was a fine girl, how could I... see her die like this?"

Anna's body began to recede.

She "walked" in a very, very unnatural way, almost like a puppet whose feet had been twisted mechanically.

At the same time, Ji Hanchuan yawned, squinted his eyes, and took a last look at the sea of ​​tulips swaying outside the window.

He fell headfirst on the bed, and then heard the window creak, and something approached, with the smell of mud and the smell of rotting animals.A corner of the bed caved in, and the visitor sat on the bed very rudely.Ji Hanchuan remembered something and thought: So, when I was writing my diary, it was actually Anna who stayed outside?As for the current "guest", he doesn't know that I am night blind?

This thought made Ji Hanchuan a little distressed.But soon, the visitor was attracted by the sheepskin book on the table, the smell left, and Ji Hanchuan heard the business of opening the book.

There is also the chewing sound of "click, click".Black and shiny beetles crawled out of the overly wide cuffs and clothes, landed on the ground, and moved quietly in the room.It's just a recipe restriction. These little things are not very interested in the living people lying on the bed. They prefer to climb up the wall to see the maids who have fallen on the ground and are being divided by their companions.

"Crack clap."

The visitor reads slowly the governess' diary.The young master is a smart boy, and the butler is a kind and good man.

"Crack clap."

The cover of the book was closed, and the shadow of the scene folded down and curled up again. "He" didn't leave the window, but walked to the door and pressed the doorknob.

"Crack clap."

"Crack clap..."

The sound faded away a little bit.

Before Ji Hanchuan fell asleep, he thought: So it is like this.

"He" will go around outside the castle every night.At this time, it should be the time when Ji Hanchuan can explore the castle.Just keep in mind that you have to go back to the room before "he" comes back.

After thinking about this, Ji Hanchuan really fell asleep.He still sleeps well, and he wakes up naturally at seven o'clock, and breakfast has been prepared outside.

When washing up, Ji Hanchuan was absent-minded and felt a little strange.The sound insulation effect of the castle is mediocre. When I was teaching Owen, I could occasionally hear the sound of the maid walking outside.But for two consecutive mornings, he didn't hear any movement, and breakfast was already prepared outside.Although there is a reason why he is sleeping, but still...

Not really.

He remained calm and ate breakfast the same as yesterday.Owen was still a chubby little fat man with flesh on every pinch of his cheek.At the dining table, Ji Hanchuan asked him when he would like to have class today.Owen thought for a while and said, "Father assigned me homework, and I have to finish it in the morning."

Well, that's why his cat didn't come out of his room yesterday morning.

Ji Hanchuan smiled and said, "Okay, then we'll have class in the afternoon." After a pause, he turned to Mr. Housekeeper, "Yesterday we looked around the castle, and today, I want to go for a walk in the woods next to it. Cook, how about this?" There won't be bears in the edge forest, will there?"

The butler looked embarrassed and said, "There are such rumors. A few years ago, when the husband didn't live here for a long time, only the servants were responsible for maintaining the manor. It seems that there was a report that a servant was eaten by a bear. "

Ji Hanchuan said, "Well, can you lend me a gun?"

"gun?"

"Yes," Ji Hanchuan said with a smile, "In the village where I live in the east, I once encountered a three-meter-tall giant bear. It went down the mountain to eat people, and I killed it with a long knife."

The butler listened with surprised eyes, and Owen also let out a "wow", looking at Ji Hanchuan with unexpected eyes.

Ji Hanchuan thought: The expression is very natural. Could it be that the "person" who reads my diary in the middle of the night is not Owen?

It's no wonder that Ji Hanchuan associates the two together.Judging from the existing clues, this seems to be a no-brainer answer.

Is it because Owen's acting skills are too good, or he doesn't know the shadow behind him that shakes from time to time?

Or, is there really another reason?

Ji Hanchuan calmly said, "However, on the way here by boat, the knife was lost in the sea. After arriving in Europa, I saw your muskets, which are indeed better than long knives."

Hearing this, the housekeeper bowed and said, "So that's how it is. Okay, Mr. Han is also a 'hunter'. There is no other entertainment here. I will prepare a gun for you—as it should be."

Ji Hanchuan showed a satisfied smile.

After breakfast, Owen went upstairs as usual.Ji Hanchuan looked at the little fat man's dinner plate, it was already empty.The maid who packed things changed, Ji Hanchuan struggled to match her face with her name, it seemed to be Vera.

Unlike Anna and Monica, Vera has red hair.Her complexion was halfway between Anna and Monica, pale and freckled.

Probably because Ji Hanchuan's gaze stayed on Vera for too long, the housekeeper asked, "Mr. Han?"

Ji Hanchuan withdrew his gaze, revealed a shameful look, and said, "If there is a church or a priest nearby, I would like to ask him to confess."

The butler blinked and looked interested, but still with a gentle and guiding attitude, he asked, "Mr. Han, what happened?"

Ji Hanchuan said vaguely, "I dreamed about something."

Pause: "Something bad. This is really inappropriate, how can I see something like that..."

It seems that I have lingering fears.

He said, with a vague pain in his expression.The housekeeper wanted to ask further questions, but after that, no matter what he said, he couldn't wait for Ji Hanchuan's reply.The tutor invited by the husband gritted his teeth, unwilling to tell the housekeeper what he saw in the "evil dream".

The butler stopped asking, and told Ji Hanchuan in a good-tempered manner that he was going to prepare the gun for him, and asked him to wait for a while.

This made Ji Hanchuan remember another thing.

Although he knew that this was an elevated manor, but judging by the level of technology it displayed, Ji Hanchuan originally thought that this place should happen to be in the period of theological development.

But he always mentioned "priest" and "church", but the butler didn't respond, and lightly dropped the topic.