Hour Chase

At this time, Ellie was appearing in the coffee shop near Karen's house, waiting for Karen to come to meet her.

Just two hours ago, a phone call from Karen ruined Ellie's good rest time and came out alone in the cold weather.

The reason is that the book Ellie liked last time has been translated, and Karen hopes that he can hand it over to her.

Sure enough, after Ellie drank half a cup of coffee, Karen finally arrived.Of course, the blue paper bag she was carrying must have contained the book.

"Did you wait a long time?"

Karen was dressed very casually at this time, but the combination of a sweater and jeans seemed quite different from her usual formal attire.

Sitting opposite Ellie, I ordered a cup of coffee casually.

Originally, Ellie was very strange. Even though it was a working day, Karen still had time to ask her out.

However, after seeing her outfit, Ellie thought that she might not be at work today.

Ellie didn't answer, but took a sip of coffee quietly.

Today, the relationship between the two seems to be a little delicate.It's not that Karen and Ellie can't feel it, and one of them understands why.

"Although, now I'm still in a mess..."

Karen seemed to be laughing at herself, ignoring Ellie's helpless eyes and talking alone.

"I will not forget the book I promised to read to Ellie."

With that said, Karen handed the paper bag containing the book to Ellie.

Seeing that Ellie was about to take it, Karen handed her the bag without hesitation.

Just as the hands of the two touched, Ellie grabbed Karen's wrist firmly.

"Stop destroying other people's feelings! Could it be that you can get happiness!"

Ellie's voice was a little excited, but fortunately, there were not many customers in the store at this time, and no one else's attention was attracted.

It's a pity that even such a temper didn't make Karen feel any unpleasantness at all.

Karen's expression was half a smile, and she slowly withdrew her hand.

"Indeed, in this matter, my approach was thoughtless. So..."

"so?"

"I want you to ask Caroline out for me, and let me apologize for her in person. In this way, at least she won't be too suspicious of his fiance, right?"

"you…"

Ellie didn't expect Karen to make such a suggestion, so when she heard the proposal, Ellie didn't respond directly.

It's not that I don't help, but...

Karen's current appearance does not look like she is simply going to apologize.

I always feel that there is something wrong.

"No, I can't help you. I don't want to bother anyone else with your business."

Ellie looked into Karen's eyes and said words of rejection, insisting on her plan in her heart.

However, at the moment when the four eyes met, Ellie felt the faint hostility in Karen's eyes.

As if she would attack herself in the next moment, Karen showed an aura that was more serious than dissatisfaction in the few seconds after hearing her rejection.

A woman's words can be deceiving.However, her eyes could not deceive anyone.

"I can't really help you. I don't want to…"

"I see. I won't force you to do something you don't want to do. If I can, I will come to visit and apologize in person."

After speaking, Karen called the waiter to settle the bill.

"Then, I'm going back. I've asked for leave, and it's not suitable for me to show up in the company during this time. This book... It doesn't matter if you read it slowly."

Without waiting for Ellie to say anything, Karen left the cafe alone.

Visiting in person...Ellie doesn't think the two women have anything nice to say face to face.

Another thing that made me helpless.For my friends, no matter what I say, it is useless.Karen is such a stickler.

Soon, after Karen left, Ellie also left the coffee shop.

In the evening, Ellie returned to the company while David was cooking.

Although I didn't expect too much that David would make any dishes that would surprise me, his craftsmanship is still worthy of praise based on the aroma that can make my stomach growl.

Ellie sat at the dinner table early and took the book out of the paper bag.

There are a total of nearly one hundred pages of the book, and it only takes a few days to read it.

However, it was the page I turned by mistake last time that really caught my attention.

Start from one of the pages, and quickly turn the pages with your own memory.

Strangely enough, the text of this book is not dense on a page-by-page basis.There is enough space between lines to write comments.

It is precisely because of this typesetting that Karen can have space to write the translation in her native language.

When she turned to a certain page, Ellie stopped what she was doing.

"it's here!"

Right here on this page!That strange red mark!

Patterns made of circles and other figures that appear to have been drawn freehand.

Perhaps it was drawn with a red pen, making the already bizarre graphics even more bizarre.

"You're back? Ellie."

David came out of the kitchen with a pot of hot soup.Unfortunately, Ellie ignored him.

"What are you looking at?"

"what!"

David patted Ellie's shoulder lightly, but Ellie was shocked and threw the book to the ground.

"Are you all right? I can't use my strength..."

Of course, David didn't know that it was his sudden blow that frightened Ellie, who was immersed in her own world, so he had to stand still and reflect on his actions alone.

"It's all right! I'm back!"

Ellie quickly picked up the book, and secretly stuffed the folded page back into the bag, as if nothing had happened.

"Eat it while it's hot. I have something to go out and come back later."

"Oh…"

When she heard that David was going out, Ellie felt a lot easier.As soon as he left, he would be the only one left in the company, and no one would hinder him from reading as he did just now.

Dinner is mushroom chicken soup, simple.

After taking a few sips, Ellie caught a glimpse of David, who was about to go out, putting on his hat and carrying a document bag with him, not knowing where he was going.

"Then I'm going out, you go to bed early."

"Okay. By the way, where are you going so late?"

At this time, David was stunned, and joked: "Go to a friend's house to visit, and leave."

Ellie nodded silly and watched David leave.

"call…"

Flipping from a folded page, the weird figure jumped out of the paper.

And when Ellie's gaze turned to the bottom of the graphic, there was a line of text crossed out by messy lines.

There is no way to know what Karen wrote, so I can only give up interpretation.

Flip back again...no more.

Only the traces of the pages being torn off are left.

So Ellie gave up reading.Judging from Karen's actions, it was clear that she didn't want herself to know what happened next.

Close the book so that the cover is facing Ellie.

Open the book again, the first page is a large paragraph of opening text.

However, after Ellie read it carefully, she felt the book was different again.

Although a lot of words were erased from that passage, in fact... it was more like the feeling after doing something.

“….The promise cannot be eliminated, the black robe and sickle lead…based on ○, with × as the medium…from the past to…infinite

This is printed text, so it could never have been written by Karen.

The text she didn't let herself see, no matter what it was, didn't matter anymore.

One thing is certain, Karen has ghosts in her heart.

What surprised me was that the content of this book became more and more boring the further I read it.

Not only is it boring, Ellie, who has only read ten pages, is ready to put the book aside.

Too weird content, extreme thoughts, no matter what they are, they are not right for me.

If I read on, maybe I will go crazy.

Returning to the room with the book, he casually threw the book on the table.

Allie fell onto the bed with a bang.

My friend is already very wrong.And the person who gave her the book may be even more wrong.

Ellie really doesn't understand, doesn't Karen know the strangeness of this book?

Or, those scribbles were done after she finished reading...

I can't control it, I don't want to control it.How could someone with her own mind still need her own understanding...

After thinking about it, his eyelids couldn't beat the strong drowsiness and slowly closed.

At nine o'clock in the evening, David was standing in front of a building.

Unlike what he told Ellie, at this time, he was appearing at the gate of the London Police Station.

Here, he has no so-called friends.There are only people he needs to serve.

It didn't happen suddenly. In the morning, people from the London Police Department explained the situation to themselves by phone.

The reason was because of a batch of goods delivered by my company last month.

Unexpectedly, what happened was the shipment delivered by Ellie that time.

"According to the information obtained by the informant dispatched by the police station, the goods shipped by your company for the French business company last month contained a large amount of arms. Therefore, our police need you to provide that shipment contract."

This is the call David received from the police station in the morning.

Calculated, this is the first major commercial negligence encountered by the company since its inception.

And this negligence was not due to his own fault, but the deliberate act of the other company.

I still remember that when I asked to inspect the goods, the other party's strong refusal attitude is still vivid.

Sure enough, something really happened this time.

According to the police's instructions, David copied all the transaction records related to this company and brought the originals to the police station.

To his surprise, the person who entertained him was none other than Joseph, the chief of the London Police Department.

"Mr. Davey, I am very sorry to bother you about this Bureau's case."

"You are welcome. It is a great honor to be able to make a contribution to the law and order of London."

As he spoke, David placed a paper bag containing documents in front of him.

"The transportation company I run has been adhering to the principle of customer first for more than ten years. If the customer refuses our company's request to inspect the goods, we have the right to cooperate with the customer's needs."

After a pause, David smiled wryly,

"Perhaps, I also need to change this principle."

Joseph listened to David's words while checking the information.

In addition to the most important transportation contracts, the tax forms and company personnel forms of Fansite Company for more than ten years were also contained in the paper bag.

In order to prove that the company is not a black company that evades taxes, David also attached these.

"Can you tell me who delivered the goods that day? I think we need his assistance."

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