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Dolores gradually fell asleep under the influence of the drug, and after lying beside her for a while, Ellie lifted the quilt secretly and got up.

She looked worriedly at the sleeping girl, her light blonde hair was scattered on the soft goose feather pillow, her face was flushed, perhaps because of a cold, her pale lips were slightly parted, and her breathing was a little heavy, but she was sleeping. Very sweet.

Ellie stood up anxiously, pacing silently in the room with her bare feet.

Van Gogh noticed the movement, moved his eyes from the TV to her, raised his neck and let out a meow.

She immediately put her fingers to her lips and hissed softly.Ellie walked quickly to the living room, turned down the volume of the TV, and looked back, Dolores was still lying on the bed motionless.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down next to Van Gogh, with a sad face that could not be ignored.So Van Gogh looked at her, his beautiful dark green pupils looked like a lake, and she could see his doubts and other human-like emotions. I have to say, this is really amazing.

"Hello, New Van Gogh." At this time, the corners of her mouth were raised instead, but her brows were still slightly frowned.

She seemed to be muttering to herself, but in fact Ellie somehow unknowingly regarded Van Gogh as a confidant.

The thought made her laugh again: "It feels so weird."

Van Gogh's short tail swayed behind him, he lay down and whispered: "Meow--"

"Mutant." Ellie retracted into the sofa, looked up at the ceiling and read the word.

"Do you know how many mutants go to jail every year? For petty crimes like theft, the ratio is several times that of humans." This is a heart-sinking fact.

She raised her hand to cover her eyes, and her lips squirmed: "It's a curse...if she is really..." Ellie rolled this guess in her throat a few times with difficulty, but she never said it out.

"Then her life is over, I can't... can't imagine."

She lowered her head and stared at Van Gogh tensely: "Is she? Are you??" There was almost a sense of persecution in that look.

But Van Gogh just blinked his eyes and meowed softly, Ellie couldn't distinguish any information at all.

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Dolores' cold improved a little the next day, and she decided to go back to school tomorrow.

"Are you sure? In fact, if I were you, I would take the opportunity to skip a few days of class." Ellie said deliberately.

Dolores was lying on the bed wearing the pajamas Ellie brought her, she pouted dissatisfiedly: "I don't want it, being sick is not fun at all, I've been lying in bed for too long, I don't want to rest." , she coughed violently.

Ellie handed her warm water: "Look at you now, you are sick like a chicken, at least the day after tomorrow, do you want to infect your classmates with the virus?"

Dolores gulped down half a glass and cleared her throat unnaturally: "I can wear a mask... oh, my throat hurts a bit."

"This is what it feels like to have a cold. You are a mortal now." Ellie joked, putting the cup aside casually, her eyebrows raised: "Oh, I remembered something."

"what?"

"The day you were at S.H.I.E.L.D., Mr. Tolan called me to ask about your whereabouts." She said angrily, "But I actually forgot."

"What?!" Dolores was shocked, her eyes widened.

"Uncle Mars??" She immediately fell into panic.

"You should give him a call." Ellie said this with a guilty conscience: "For such a big matter, he might come in person."

Dolores rejected the proposal with her whole body: "No no no no no I don't want it!"

"He might come in person, Dolly," Ellie emphasized again.

She bit her lips nervously, her face was full of panic, her fingers were twisted together, and she said to Ellie in a begging tone: "But I don't want... Ellie, please help me."

Ellie could hardly bear it, but she still shook her head: "You know it's impossible, sweetheart, no one can help you."

Dolly's expression immediately became as if she was about to go to the guillotine, full of despair.

She reluctantly took the phone out from under the pillow.

"When did you get a new phone?" Ellie immediately caught this keenly.

The silver cell phone turned over and over in Dolores' fingers, as if she had forgotten how to use it.

This phone doesn’t look like Dolores’ style. It’s pure bare metal. There are no trademarks or fancy places on the bare silver back panel. It feels very business-like. It’s the same as her original Rainbow Pony phone that she bought online from China. The shell is completely two styles.

Dolores replied absent-mindedly: "Oh, it was given to me by the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. They told me to contact you if you have any questions in the future."

Ellie clicked her tongue: "It must be a listening and locating device." She kind of wanted to encourage Dolly to throw it away.

The screen was finally turned on, and she clicked on the contacts, and was surprised and desperate to find that all the numbers in the phone had been moved here, and now she tried to use the excuse that she couldn't remember Mr. Tolan's phone number, which was useless.

The few seconds waiting for the answer were the most difficult. Dolores anxiously pinched the corner of the quilt and kneaded it repeatedly.

After a few beeps, the phone was connected.

"Hello?"

What brought her a little comfort was that the person who answered the phone was a woman.

"Uh, hi? Joyce? I'm Dolly," she stammered.

"Dolly?!! God! Thank you for being alright! Mr. Tolan and I saw the news a few days ago before we knew you had encountered such a dangerous situation." Joyce, Tolan's personal assistant, was excited, and she cared for a while After Loris' body said, "I'll call Mr. Tolland right away."

"Okay, okay, of course." Dolores listened nervously to the sound on the other end of the phone. After the sound of Joyce's high heels hitting the floor quickly and crisply, there was a brief rustling silence, and then A familiar, slightly indifferent low-key male voice sounded.

"Dolores?"

Mars Tolland was her guardian, and in fact, he was also the husband of the sister of the mother whom Dolores had never met, that is to say, he was Dolores' uncle by blood.

He is an unsmiling and indifferent man. He is over 50 years old. His face is slightly vicissitudes but still handsome. He is also the chairman of the Toland hotel chain company. It stands to reason that he should be very popular, but Mars is still single so far. a widower.

"Yes, yes, I am."

"I'm in Norway. Joyce saw the news a few days ago and told me that your apartment was destroyed by Iron Man. Where are you now?"

"Mr. Tony Stark reserved a suite for me in the hotel until the apartment is fixed. I'm with Ellie now." Seeing Ellie winking at her from the opposite side, she immediately added: "She let me Greetings for her."

After finishing speaking, she immediately added softly: "I'm fine, I just have a cold."

But the voice on the other end of the phone is still calm: "Take care of yourself, call Joyce if you need anything, is there enough money in the bank card? I will let her buy you another apartment, you don't need to stay Waiting for them to fix it for you at the hotel."

"No... the hotel is fine." She said dryly.

What's the difference between a cold new apartment and a hotel?

There was silence for a few seconds, as if she didn't expect her to refuse.When Dolores began to regret, Tolland finally said softly, "It's up to you."

I knew it, Dolores was silent, with a burst of disappointment in her heart.

"I'm glad you're okay. Joyce will transfer you $[-] in a moment to buy anything you want. In the morning I asked Ruby to send you a package from Boston. This is your birthday present this year. Happy birthday, Dolores."

Dolly lowered her head and gave a low acknowledgment. She understood Tolan's meaning and said meekly, "Thank you, Uncle Mars, goodbye."

"Say hello to Mrs. Lin and Ellie for me, goodbye."

The phone was hung up quickly. Dolores blinked away her tears, then raised her head and leaned listlessly on the pillow: "He asked me to say hello to your parents and you."

Ellie heard everything, and she fully understood why Dolores was sad, so she leaned forward and touched her head with pity: "It's okay."

Dolly didn't know if it was illness that made her more vulnerable than usual, and the tears she had just suppressed welled up again, and she muttered softly: "He didn't even notice that I had a cold... He also said happy birthday, but my This year's birthday has passed!"

She threw the phone aside angrily: "This is his way of expressing his concern - asking Joyce to deposit money into my account, and then even if he doesn't see me for a year, he won't ask me a word, because this is He can do everything. Even Ruby cares about me more than him.” Ruby is the old housekeeper of Tolland Manor. Although she has been in boarding school since she was a child and stays in the manor for less than a few months a year, Ruby is The only character most similar to her father or grandpa in her childhood memory.

"I very much agree with the second part." Ellie continued: "But I wish my parents could learn this. Stop complaining, I'm going to start jealous of you."

This made Dolores burst into tears, she sniffed under the bed, "Well, I am richer than you." She blinked deliberately: "Since I was eight years old, I The account is already in the six figures - just to say it."

"What?!" Ellie, who has always spent so much, was startled, and then rushed forward with gritted teeth: "You little rich woman!!"

Dolores screamed and writhed in the quilt to avoid her tickling hands, her blond hair was messy sticking to her cheeks, and she was out of breath laughing: "It's not my fault, Uncle Mars never cared How do I spend the money, he is just responsible for constantly asking Joyce to put money into my account, I am afraid they have never paid attention to the numbers in my account."

"Shut up, jealousy is going to drive me crazy." Ellie pinched her cheek fiercely: "I want a Hermès bag, in order to compensate for the shock I have suffered since yesterday."

Dolores deliberately imitated Tolan's tone and expression, and said with a cold and serious face: "Yes, this is a good deal."

The two girls paused at the same time, looked at each other for a few seconds, and then threw themselves into the quilt and laughed wildly.