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

The receptionists at the door seemed to have locked their eyes on the two of them, to be precise, on the taxi they had just got off.Probably because they had never seen Sherlock and Aurora, let alone a taxi to the dance.

"I'm sorry," the receptionist standing at the door seemed to doubt the identities of the two of them, with a strange light shining in his eyes, probably because he was sure that the two of them intended to sneak into the ball, so he resolutely stopped them, first bowed Bow, and then asked, "I wonder who you two are?"

Sherlock immediately put on an expression that was 90.00% similar to Mycroft at nine point nine, raised his head proudly, and briefly introduced himself: "Sherlock Holmes."

Although the receptionist had never heard of "Sherlock Holmes", he knew about "Mycroft Holmes". He roughly understood the current situation in his heart, but he still had some doubts. After hesitating for a moment, he still said respectfully: "May I ask Mr. Holmes to show me the invitation letter?"

Sherlock still had that lofty attitude, took out the gorgeously decorated invitation letter in a leisurely manner, and explained: "My brother Mycroft was honored to be invited by Mr. Hamilton, but it is a pity that he has been ill recently. I’m not feeling well, so I can’t come in for a kiss. But it’s not appropriate to insult Mr. Hamilton, so I’m sent to this ball.”

These words not only praised Hamilton, the owner of the manor, but also explained why he came to the ball instead of Mycroft, which was very beautiful.

The receptionist verified the authenticity of the invitation letter, and after hearing these words, he no longer doubted the identities of Sherlock and Aurora, bowed again, and said with a grin: "I didn't know before As a person, please forgive me for not caring enough. Since it is Mr. Holmes and..."

The receptionist originally wanted to apologize to the two distinguished guests who had been neglected, but in the middle of the conversation, he realized that he didn't know Aurora's name, so he didn't know how to continue.

However, he can be the receptionist in this kind of hereditary aristocrat's family, so his reaction speed is not slow, and he quickly found a suitable statement, and then said: "...this lady..."

At the same time, seeing that the receptionist didn't know how to address him, Sherlock followed his words and said, "Ma'am."

The receptionist was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, and said, "Since it's Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, please come in."

The expression on Aurora's face remained unchanged, she smiled kindly, and nodded cordially to the receptionist, but secretly gave Sherlock a hard squeeze.

When they got far away, the receptionist couldn't hear them clearly. Finally, Aurora couldn't bear it anymore. She first looked around to see if anyone was around, and then asked in a low voice, "I'm just here as your female companion." Why do you need to pretend to be husband and wife when you go to the ball?"

"Then what do you want to be, or rather than my wife, you want to be my daughter, little Lola?" At this time, the showman Sherlock instantly removed the face that resembled Mike when he was dealing with the receptionist just now. Loft or other important government officials raised their eyebrows at Aurora, and his usual sarcasm was in his tone.

"I have no objection to this proposal, but I want to remind Mr. Holmes that my father has passed away. If Mr. Holmes doesn't mind, I would be happy to call you 'Father'." Aurora who was taken advantage of was obviously The title of "Little Lola" was so disgusting that goose bumps all over her body, and she frowned in disgust, and fought back viciously.

Before Sherlock came back, Aurora half-closed her eyes, struck out again, and said, "Actually, I prefer the setting of mother and child compared to father and daughter. Do you want to call Mommy, little Xiali?"

Sherlock was not annoyed, but his brows twitched in disgust at the "little Xiali" that Aurora deliberately said, but he still couldn't hide the so-called "satisfied" expression on his face, and said: "Oh, Come on, Aurora, you know it's best to pretend to be husband and wife."

Aurora curled her lips in disdain, and retorted reflexively: "There is a risk of being discovered if you pretend to be a husband and wife. It is most appropriate to say that you are a girlfriend. If someone is interested in checking, it is easy to find out that the 'government employee' Mike Sherlock Holmes, the younger brother of Roffett Holmes, is as yet unmarried."

After finishing speaking, Aurora still imitated Sherlock before, looking at him with the eyes of a mentally handicapped person, but found that he was also staring at herself.

"Could it be a girlfriend too?" Sherlock was standing beside her, held his arm by her, turned his head to look at her, his deliberately low voice rang in Aurora's ear, making her almost feel to his even breathing.

Aurora clearly felt the slight voice and flowing breath in her ears, and felt a little itchy, and her heart was even more itchy. She was extremely nervous for a moment, and she didn't know how to respond.

Sherlock obviously asked "Can I also (pretend to be) my (my) girlfriend", but his tone and the close distance between them always made Aurora feel that what he asked was "(you) ) can also be (my) girlfriend".

Aurora stopped looking at his bewildering and bewitching gray-blue eyes, settled down, and did not answer "yes" or "no", but gave an ambiguous answer: " maybe."

Sherlock looked at Aurora's body full of broken diamonds shining under the light, and those eyes that were brighter than broken diamonds, and finally retracted his gaze, and walked her into the front hall with his arm.

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After all, this ball is to prepare for the upcoming engagement ceremony of Congressman Anthony Hamilton's daughter Lucy, and the opening dance should be performed by Lucy Hamilton and the man who is about to become her fiancé.

After a lively, cheerful and elastic Gavotte dance, other guests also invited their female companions to dance on the stage, and the dance floor was a little crowded for a while.

Aurora originally thought that Sherlock, who was bored with everything else except solving the case, would find the dance very boring and would not join in the fun, so she had already quietly slipped to the long table where she visited the food and ate various kinds of food. Dim Sum, watching the people twirling and jumping on the dance floor, hoping to identify which is the JM they've been trying to find.

But this time Aurora made a mistake. Sherlock didn't give her the opportunity to complete the task while enjoying the food. Instead, she also moved to the long table, stood opposite her, and looked down at his own. Whether the clothes are tidy or not, he raised his hand to adjust his collar slightly, bowed slightly to Aurora who was opposite, and asked, "I don't know if I have such an honor to invite Miss Hopps to dance together? "

Aurora reluctantly glanced at the food on the table, stuffed the cupcake in her hand into her mouth, rolled her eyes unabashedly, and gritted her teeth vaguely and against her will He replied, "Of course, I'd be more than happy."

After speaking, he froze for a moment, as if recalling some of the past.She remembered that when she first met Sherlock, they investigated the Edward Rodriguez case together.When he invited herself to be his future opponent and share her insights on the case, she responded in the same way.

"So, would you be willing to tell a future opponent what you think about this case?"

"my pleasure."

Aurora closed her eyes helplessly, shook her head invisibly, and couldn't understand her thoughts more and more.Recently, she can always think of what happened with Sherlock before, such as the name of Inspector Lestrade last time, such as this time.The conversations between them have always been surging in her mind recently, without missing a single word, lingering.

Thinking of this, she shook her head again, forcing herself not to think about it.

But also because Aurora closed her eyes, she missed Sherlock's froze for a moment because of this conversation.

At this time, the previous Gavotte dance music in the hall has been replaced with a three-step waltz swaying with elegance and romance.Aurora put her hand on Sherlock's, was led into the somewhat crowded dance floor by him, and followed him into dance steps.

After a Condela exchange, Sherlock looked at Aurora with great interest, and said meaningfully: "I remember a certain lady surnamed Hopps just said that she only studied chemistry and biology in college. , learned fighting and shooting in MI[-], but never learned about etiquette."

Aurora turned her head away and ignored her.

"Then how come this lady is so familiar with waltz steps?" Seeing that she ignored him, Sherlock continued to ask.

"It's just dancing, it's just common sense." Aurora replied casually, followed by a long silence.

I still remember the first time Aurora notified Sherlock of a case by tapping the Morse code on the wall. He questioned her familiarity with the Morse code, and her answer was:

"(Just common sense.) Just common sense."

In fact, of course Aurora has learned to dance. Her elder brother Aubrey has been designated as the future heir of the Hopps family since he was a child, so he is naturally busy learning some necessary knowledge.Sometimes he is called by his stern father to the study to learn basic magic knowledge, and sometimes he is called by his gentle mother to learn to dance in the living room downstairs.

Basic magic knowledge is okay, just read books.And to learn to dance, you really need a partner.As a mother, Su Liushuang only taught him how to dance, but it would be inappropriate to dance with him, and the heights were not equal, so the task of learning how to dance with Aubrey fell on Aurora.

Su Liushuang, a mother who is gentle and gentle on weekdays, is rarely strict about learning to dance. If there is a small flaw in the game, she will start over again until she is satisfied with the practice.So Aurora has memorized all these dance steps since she was a child.

The author has something to say:

Sending candy makes me very happy, and my writing has become smoother recently, which shows that I still have a piece of chocolate in my heart, and my heart is full of sweetness.

There is a novel that I think is very good, and it is "Do You Know?Do you know?It should be green, fat, red and thin", the author Guan Da, I only watched it a few times when I mentioned it, and now it is nearing the end.I feel that the framework of the whole story is very complete, Guan Da has profound skills, and of course the writing style is also very good.It's just a bit long. It may have been two weeks since I read it, but I still haven't finished it. Of course, my reading speed itself is not ruled out.

Speaking of what’s going on recently, my dears don’t comment much on me anymore, crying~~