[Shen Xia + HP] In the name of a detective

When Sherlock returned to 221B Baker Street, he saw such a scene.

The landlady, Mrs. Hudson, was lying on the window on the second floor and looking around, her eyes seemed to be looking towards the door of the neighbor, with a silly smile on her face.There are two bone china cups with coffee on the small tea table.One of the cups has been drained, and the few drops of coffee left at the bottom of the cup are not yet dry.The other cup was still full, and the steaming white smoke slowly rose. When Sherlock touched the wall of the outer cup, he found that there was still residual heat.

"Is there a guest?" Sherlock had already guessed the general situation in his heart, glanced sideways at Mrs. Hudson who was still standing by the window, and said something casually, as if it was just a casual question as an opening remark.

Mrs. Hudson obviously didn't expect that the first sentence Sherlock spoke would be something other than "boring, are all the criminals in London dead?" or "Mrs. Hudson, you're playing scratch again". After a few seconds, her intuition told her that this question could not be answered truthfully.So she hesitated for a long time, and decided to hide Aurora's affairs first, and then tell Sherlock the bad news at a suitable time.

"No." This was the result of Mrs. Hudson's deliberation.

Sherlock turned his head to look at the two cups on the small coffee table, then shifted his gaze to Mrs. Hudson again, and debunked this really low-tech lie without saying a word.

Mrs. Hudson also looked back at the two cups on the coffee table, regretting why she hadn't cleaned them up before Sherlock came back, and said instead: "When I was out to throw out the trash just now, I happened to meet Mrs. Turner next door. The couple at home, invite them to come up and sit down."

"The pupils looked down, bit the lower lip before speaking, and the facial muscles were tense, the expression that people often have when they are lying." Sherlock described Mrs. Hudson's expression characteristics at this time calmly, mercilessly Uncovering her lie again, she paused, and added, "The direction you were looking at just now was not Mrs. Turner's side, but..."

It's the neighbor on the other side.

Not knowing what kind of psychology it was, Sherlock suddenly stopped here to avoid mentioning Aurora who also lived next door to him.

Mrs. Hudson knew that she couldn't hide the truth from the Sherlock Holmes lie detector in front of her, so she confessed straightforwardly: "Actually, I ran into Aurora and her little boyfriend while taking out the trash, and we chatted for a while. The young man is very polite and handsome, and Aurora has a good eye."

Sherlock frowned when he heard this.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Hudson quickly said something contrary to her will: "Sherlock, you are no worse than him. They have only been together for a short time, and you still have a chance."

But at this moment Mrs. Hudson's heart: give up, Sherlock.Aurora's boyfriend is not only handsome, but also considerate and gentle to her.You are a creature that feels uncomfortable without saying a few words to others, even if you chase it by plane, you will not be able to catch up.You never want to be with Aurora in your life, there is no chance at all.

However, Sherlock's mood does not seem to be improving.

So Mrs. Hudson continued to add fire: "In fact, there are many good girls like Aurora..."

Sherlock remained indifferent, with a dark face, and said nothing.

"And the young man." Mrs. Hudson thought of the couple of Mrs. Turner's who used to make up the lie just now, and suddenly she was blessed, and added such a clever stroke.

After Sherlock heard it, his face darkened even more.

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It was already late in the sky, the light was not bright, and against the background of the pure black wallpaper, the stairs leading to the second floor looked particularly cold and long.The hidden compartment on the wall next to the stairs has long been sealed up. Ordinary people can't see any traces with the naked eye. They only wait for the owner to open it again when facing sudden danger.

The small wooden door opened quietly, the huge living room was empty, and the whole house was buried in a black gray silence.The floor is full of shadows cast by clothes hangers, bookshelves and other furniture, making people here feel creepy.

There is a thin layer of dust on the smooth black marble bar, which seems to highlight the fact that the owner of the room has not been here for a while.On the ebony hangers, a few dark-toned coats hung here and there, like dead men hanging from the beams of the house.

Perhaps because of the eerie atmosphere, Aurora felt that her thoughts had turned into a dead end.A nightmare that she often had when she was a child began to replay in her mind.

Aurora still remembers that time, when she was only six years old, she would always have the same nightmare in the middle of the night, and sometimes she would even be so scared that she would slip into her brother Aubrey's room and share the bed with him.But she never told her parents about this. The specific reason is not clear. It may be because she feels ashamed, or she may have noticed her parents' strange attitude towards her at that time.

Until one morning, when she woke up in Aubrey's bed, the first person she saw when she opened her eyes was her mother.When her mother asked why she was here, she told them about her constant nightmares.Strangely, she hasn't had that nightmare since then.Gradually, she also forgot the content of the nightmare, completely and completely.

Even once, when Aurora tried to recall that nightmare, all she could think of was the endless darkness, and she couldn't remember anything else.And now, inexplicably, she recalled all of them.

Surrounded by an endless darkness, the inexhaustible fire has been spreading from the front to the distance.The tall building in front of him was devastated by the flames and collapsed inadvertently.Suddenly, several dazzling green lights flashed at the same time, accompanied by the roar of the man, the scream of the woman and the cry of the baby.

Aurora was immersed in this hallucinatory memory, and couldn't get out of it. She staggered and almost fell to the ground without standing still.

A warm and strong palm embraced her shoulders, supporting her to stabilize her shaking body, which also gave her a little peace of mind.

With a "snap", the light switch in the living room was turned on by Aubrey who was following her.

"What's the matter with you?" Aubrey decisively dropped the wooden cane representing the long history and supreme glory of the Hopps family, hugged Aurora with both hands, and gently placed her on the bed in the bedroom. The quilt covered her body.

"I remembered the nightmare I had when I was a child." Aurora stared blankly at Aubrey standing in front of her, her eyes were empty and dull, with an impatient look, and she couldn't wait to tell him The scene I remembered just now, "Aubrey, I saw endless darkness, and there was fire, a big fire. A house collapsed in front of me, as if it was destroyed by fire. There was also a sound... ..."

"Okay, stop talking." Aubrey interrupted Aurora's somewhat incoherent description, deeply doubting whether she could withstand the discomfort caused by the "apparition" spell in her current state, after all, she Without magic power, the ability to withstand spells is much smaller than that of ordinary wizards.

Aurora pulled her hair, distraught.She still wanted to tell Aubrey the terrible scene, her lips moved a few times, and finally she closed her mouth obediently.

Aubrey took her hands that were pulling her hair, tucked her under the quilt, and raised her hands to straighten Aurora's hair, which was already a bit messy and messed up by her, and said, "Close your eyes and rest for a while, Tell me the other details when you wake up."

"If I fall asleep, will I still have the same nightmare as I did when I was a child?" Aurora, who was unstable, was a little restless. Like the child who was afraid of nightmares when she was a child, she opened her eyes hard, as if she was afraid If you accidentally get too tired and fall asleep, you will have nightmares.

"No." Aubrey looked at Aurora's uncooperative eyes that were trying to get bigger, and raised his right hand to cover her eyes.

"If I close my eyes, will I still see that picture?" In less than a second, Aurora pulled away Aubrey's right hand covering her eyes, and tightly grabbed his cuff, asked worriedly.

"No." Aubrey repeated what he had said just now, his voice became softer, urging people to fall asleep, and raised his hand again to cover Aurora's eyes, and said, "Go to sleep."

Hearing this reassuring voice, Aurora finally stopped talking. Feeling the warmth from the palm of Aubrey's right hand, she felt that he seemed to be back to the comforting one who read "The Tales of Beedle the Poet" helplessly. Her brother didn't express any dissatisfaction with her behavior of running into his room without a sound in the middle of the night and getting into his bed.

Aubrey stared at Aurora, whose breathing gradually became even, as if seeing her shadow when she was a child again.

As a child, Aurora was timid, but unusually strong, and never cried easily.Every time she was wronged by her parents, or was choked by a veteran house elf like Xianchen, or had a nightmare at night, Aurora would not be able to hold back her tears, and would shiver in the quilt alone. trembling.

At this time, Aubrey would cover her eyes to persuade her to sleep, and read some fairy tales to make her fall asleep quickly.It is also for this reason that Aurora has been familiar with all the stories in "The Tales of Beedle the Poet" since she was a child.Such things as "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot", "Babbitty and the Stump" and "The Wizard's Hairy Heart", especially "The Tale of the Three Brothers", Aurora has already memorized them by heart.

Later, Aurora grew up and was no longer suitable for sleeping with Aubrey, so he gave her his "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" as a substitute for him to accompany her to sleep.Unlike girls who like to hug dolls, Aurora has to hug this cold book every night to sleep well.

The author has something to say:

Seeing that many friends in the comment area are particularly curious about the mystery of Miss Lola's life experience, this will be slowly revealed!

First of all, I would like to say hello to everyone, Sherlock, as the male protagonist who everyone shouts to beat (I saw someone said they want to beat him), may disappear for a short time, don't think about him~~

In fact, I said at the beginning of this article that in addition to the main line of Shenxia, ​​the secondary line will be HP (Harry Potter).Therefore, in addition to the usual detective work and the emotional line with Sherlock, the mystery of Miss Lola's life experience and her brother are also a relatively important part.Because I wanted a brother since I was a child, and I wanted my mother to give me a brother when I was a child, but obviously this is unrealistic, so I really want to show the brother-sister relationship between Lola and Aubrey~~

But I swear, the next time Sherlock comes out, I will give you at least three chapters, no, at least five chapters of candy, I guarantee you will eat it all!

Continue to follow the high-cold route, don't talk much, but it seems that I have written a lot~~

I love you~~