deformed bone

He couldn't help but take another look at Reed, but from his angle, he could only see Reed's side face, the corners of the latter's mouth were slightly raised, outlining a smile that could even be described as "sweet". Described, the kind of softness and love that a 16-year-old girl can't hide when she sees her lover diffuses along the arc of her lips... Calvin couldn't help shivering again.

Probably noticing Calvin's gaze, Reed blinked at him when Lil wasn't paying attention.

Lil was clearly overwhelmed by Reed's performance.

"I can feel your piety, this is a very lucky thing, my dear, when you love the Son of Light, the Son of Light will also throw the same love on you..." the cigarette in the cigarette The marijuana is working, and Lil lisps a little, "Like me—look at me—"

Lil stuck out her thumb and poked hard at her flat chest, a dreamy expression of pride and ecstasy on her face.

"When I prayed with my soul like the 'Children of Light', I also got the response I should have... Guess why a woman like me can get this invitation?"

She points to a sticker on the windshield, her eyes gleaming behind the lenses.

"Do you see the difference? That golden cross - that's a cross that only special invites have, and I'm different from everyone else in the way, 'Special invitation', I'm Those who were 'specially invited'...hehehe..."

Reed's gaze stayed on the upper right corner of the windshield for a moment, and the cross that Lil was proud of could not be seen on this side of the glass, but this did not prevent him from showing that exaggerated expression of admiration.

"Omg...I can't believe how lucky I am, I really didn't expect to meet someone who would be specially invited to the parade!"

Lier was greatly encouraged by Reed's praise, and a particularly bright smile appeared on her face: "It was the Adventists who found me, shhh, you should keep this matter a secret, they said I'd better not tell someone..."

"Oh, look at the gift of the Son of Light—it just so happens that the thing I'm best at is keeping secrets."

"That's good..." Lil started, in fact, she couldn't wait, "Listen, you won't believe it—I'm going to sing for the Son of Light! You'll see me at the opening, You can hear me singing, you know? They only recruited twenty people to participate in the singing of the hymn, selected from all over the country, God, I still can't believe that I was selected-"

Lier was completely immersed in her own luck, and she kept repeating this passage.

And Calvin and Reed couldn't help but exchanged another look.

The traffic flow slowly started to move forward, Lier followed the rear of the car in front and drove forward somewhat roughly.

Several priests in black robes appeared on the side of the road, just like the one Calvin and Reed had encountered before, and they were doing the final inventory of the vehicles entering Angel Town.

Calvin's breathing suddenly became slow and slight, and all the muscles in his body tensed up instantly.

Reed glanced over at him.

(don’t worry.)

He mouth-shaped with his lips and spoke silently.

Calvin slowly relaxed his body. For some reason, Reed's assurance always gave him an inexplicable sense of relief.

But today is obviously a lucky day for the three passengers in the yellow Beetle - the pastor quickly let them go after seeing the invitation sticker with a small golden cross on Lil's windshield, and the car drove slowly. When passing the man in black robe, the devout priest even bowed slightly, saluting Lil's car.

"Hey, did you see that?! You did! He's bowing to me—"

Lier was so excited that she couldn't stop yelling, until she was far away from the pastor, she kept peeping at the black figure in the rearview mirror.

Calvin listened to her constantly praising the Adventists and the Son of Light, and the blood vessels in his temples throbbed -- he simply didn't know how Reed had disguised that handsome, suave and gentle appearance in front of Lier.The terrible things Isa encountered left sticky and filthy shadows in his body. When the vehicle slowly approached the gate of Angel Town, he looked at the glorious church at the end of the road as if the kingdom of heaven had descended. Suddenly spewed out a fury that made him about to explode.

The car stopped again, and this time there was a knock on Lil's window.

"Ms. Carmelita Crankshaw?"

The pastor who conducted the inspection had a shrewd face. He glanced at the license plate of the Beetle, then quickly flipped through a small book in his palm, and then he read out Lil's full name accurately.

"Yes, it's me!"

Lier couldn't hold back her excitement.

The pastor had no expression on his face. He looked at the number of passengers in the car and frowned: "The registration form says you are coming alone..."

"I'm her boyfriend."

Reed interrupted the priest.

"Children of Light blessed us, we met not long after she sent the registration form, the love for the angel made us a match made in heaven, the moment we saw Lil... we couldn't help it fell in love..."

Perhaps to increase the atmosphere, Reed stretched out his fingers and waved in front of the priest while saying this.

The priest's body froze for a moment, but he recovered quickly...at least it seemed so.

"May the Son of Light bless you."

He took out a pen and ticked off the number of participants at the back of the book, and then changed the number "1" to "3".Then he took a seal from his pocket, and he made Lil hold out her hand, and stamped a small cross in the back of her hand, and then Reed, and Calvin.They all had stamps on their hands.

"The ink pads have been waterproofed, but please also pay attention to the badges on your hands, they will be your fellowship certificates in Angel Town."

After finishing speaking, the pastor staggered back a few steps to make room for the car.

Everything looks so smooth...

Calvin couldn't help but look at Reed's fingers more.

The gesture of wagging his fingers just now—he couldn’t help thinking about the scene just now—for some reason, he always felt that Reed’s gesture just now was so inconsistent. In fact, the priest’s performance also made him feel Very wrong.He always felt that the pastor shouldn't let him go so easily...at least from his previous attitude, but...

The car drove into the parking lot under the guidance of several Adventists. The huge parking lot reminded Calvin of the bustling Outlets outside the city. A parking lot the size of four or five football fields was already packed. It was so full that Lier managed to squeeze the car into a gap in the corner of the parking lot.

Calvin's thoughts were interrupted by the slight inertia after the brakes. After getting out of the car, Reed reached out to Calvin and pulled him out of the narrow back seat.Probably because he kept the same posture for too long, Calvin almost fell directly into Reed's arms the moment he stepped on the ground.Fortunately, Reed held Calvin's arm firmly before that.

"Are you OK?"

he asked with concern.

Calvin raised his head and glanced at him, the latter's eyes were clear and his attitude was so natural...

"Just a little stiff."

Calvin whispered.

Probably just mental hypersensitivity—he said to himself, repressing his suspicions about Reed.

Reed stretched out his hand to straighten Calvin's collar, and he skillfully blocked Lil's sight of Calvin with his shoulder, then he took out a pair of black-framed glasses from his coat pocket as if nothing had happened, which means that Superman will The ugly glasses that the Planet newspaper used to cover his face, Reed spread the legs of the frames and put them on Calvin's face.

"..."

Calvin raised his head and silently raised his eyebrows at Reed, who gave a small wry smile.

"I hope you don't mind my grandpa's glasses," he said quickly, lowering his voice, "I just thought you might need these, so I put them on."

"Should I commend you for your vision?"

Calvin spoke to Reed in the same faint voice, and he adjusted the angles of his heavy glasses (the lenses had been replaced with comfortable flat glass), acquiescing to the presence of them on his face.He still remembered the way Lier stared at him in a daze before - the last thing he needed in this ghost place was attention.Thankfully, to some extent, the old-fashioned glasses did help to conceal Calvin's appearance - he looked younger, immature and soft, with a youthful student air.

Reed's fingertips trembled slightly.

Lil's voice came over.

"Hey, you two..."

She walked towards Reed and Calvin impatiently. When she saw Calvin behind Reed, a dazed look appeared on her face, but soon, she returned to that crazy look.

"...What are you two dawdling about? I know a good hotel, a hotel where only people like us who are specially invited can stay. I think if I ask, the receptionist of that hotel will find a way to make more people in the room. Make room for a bed."

Her eyes flicked vacantly across Calvin's face without stopping, and then she fixed on Reed.

"I think you will like it there. You know, at this time, there is no good place to rest in Angel Town."

She giggled, licking her lips with her tongue, speaking with a hint of suggestion.

Calvin lowered his eyes, and he clearly felt that Reed beside him was a little stiff at that moment. He had to admit that seeing Reed's embarrassed posture made him feel a little funny.Reed also seemed to feel Calvin's schadenfreude at this moment, he glanced at Calvin, his emerald green eyes were full of helplessness and love, then he turned to Lil, his face regained that performative look ecstatic.

"Oh, this is so delightful!"

He said kindly to Lier, and he accepted Lier's invitation like an unsuspecting enthusiastic young man.

No need for any communication, he and Calvin have already reached a consensus - Lier's special status is undoubtedly very beneficial to what they are going to do in the future, even if Lier didn't ask, Reed would probably try to post it , this can be seen from the fact that he showed great hospitality to Lier when he was in the car.

But even so...