[Comprehensive] Road to Trench

For Alex, the murder and the police station are just a small episode.

Although it was late when the two returned to their home in Stratford due to what happened that day, this did not prevent them from tidying up the house and placing the things they bought one by one in their proper place .

After everything was on the right track, Alex began his self-study life.

The British Library in London is indeed one of the largest academic libraries in the world, and Alex found a lot of supplementary basic knowledge she needed in it.

She began to think that she might have been a very book-loving person in the past, because she found that she had the urge to print the books of the entire British Library into her mind, no matter whether those books were the most advanced academic journals or ordinary family medicine. guide.

However, before she put this grand plan into action, a sentence from Uncle Bucky made her completely stunned.

"What?" She looked up dumbfounded, even ignoring that the slice of toast she was biting into her mouth fell back onto the dinner plate, "School?"

"Of course, you are still a child, of course you have to go to school." Greg said beside him.

Alex looked at the man who didn't think he was a customer consciously picking up slices of toast. Although she didn't speak, her expression clearly said, "Where did this person come from!".

"Hey! Girl, you can't do this!" Greg swallowed all the toast in his mouth, and said dissatisfiedly, "Did you just see me?"

The Winter Soldier ignored the hand that was groping for fried eggs again, but said to Alex: "Greg is right, at your age, you still have to go to school."

"What is going to school? Is it like Tom on the third floor who goes out in the morning with a bag on his back and comes back in the evening? I am the same!" Alex said. She also goes out to the library every morning with her sheep backpack on her back to read books. Come back when it's almost dark.

This time it was Greg's turn to be surprised. He turned to look at the Winter Soldier in disbelief: "Barnes, you didn't take her to school?"

No, this is no longer a question of whether to go to school, but a question of whether there is a concept of going to school!

He thought that the popularity of education in the UK was enough for every child to have the experience of going to school, even if it was just primary school!

"I don't know what school is, but I know it's time for you to go to work, Mr. Greg!" Alex said unhappy, "Today is Wednesday."

Greg choked for a moment, and then said confidently: "I'm going out for business!"

"Come to my house for business?" Alex expressed disbelief.

"Of course, I have something to ask your uncle." Greg's reason was very strong.

Since the murder, he found that this man named Buchanan Barnes was very unusual in some aspects, and out of the responsible attitude of a Scotland Yard official, he began to approach this man without any trace.

After many contacts, Greg lifted his guard against Buchanan Barnes. Judging from his performance, this man used to be a soldier, and he was a very good one, but now he is not anymore. He even Conflicts with neighboring neighbors will be avoided as much as possible.

Greg suspected that he was a spy agent or something, but after discovering that these two uncles and nephews who looked nothing alike were actually black households, and that the uncle often worked part-time jobs that did not require identification, Greg silently gave up the agent's speculation: Which agent can be so miserable...and is such a miserable agent necessary?

What information can be obtained?

He even had to hide from the police station!

Greg began to suspect that Barnes hugged his niece and wanted to leave the scene early that day, not only because he didn't want Alex to see the dead body, but also to avoid the police.

As for now...

Although Greg discovered that both of them were black households, he had no intention of reporting it, so he turned a blind eye to the matter.There are many illegal immigrants in London, especially in the small town of Stratford where they settled down. I saw ten people when I went out, and at least eight of them did not prove it.

And just when Greg was about to give up and continue the investigation, the Winter Soldier found Greg himself.

——Accompanies a wanted murderer who is tightly bound and has been on the run for many years.

"He wanted to attack a family, but I bumped into him when he stepped on the spot." The Winter Soldier calmly explained the origin of this man.

Although the United Kingdom does not have a bounty hunter system like the United States, there are certain rewards for such brave citizens. Even if he cannot receive the full amount as a black household of the Winter Soldier, under Greg's efforts, he is still rewarded. It can be described as rich.

Then, Greg and the Winter Soldier started another new life...

"...That's right!" After listening, Alex looked at the Winter Soldier seriously, "Does Uncle Bucky like it?"

"What?" The Winter Soldier put the washed dishes on the shelf at hand, and continued with the next one.There were already several plates still dripping on the shelf next to it. Alex took a piece of dry and soft white cloth, picked up a plate, wiped off the water droplets on it, and put it aside, waiting for it to dry and put it together Back in the cupboard.

After lunch, Greg had already left. He came to give the Winter Soldier some new arrest warrant information. There were still many things waiting for him in Scotland Yard, so he ate a few slices of toast, picked up a piece of fried egg and forked away. He left in a hurry after two sausages.

"Uncle Bucky likes this job very much, doesn't he?" Alex said while drying the dishes, "You looked very happy when you mentioned that you cooperated with Mr. Greg to capture fugitives."

The Winter Soldier said nothing.

After the dishes were cleaned up, the Winter Soldier took Alex out to the nearby elementary school to see what going to school was.After visiting the elementary school, Alex was tangled up for a while.

"I don't want to go to school." She said with a displeased face. "What they study is so boring, I know it!"

The Winter Soldier thought about it. According to Alex's age, she should go to middle school in the second half of the year. He made a request: "Middle school must go, you can skip a grade."

After comparing the learning content of elementary school and middle school, Alex just wanted to refute whether there is any difference. Seeing the serious face of the Winter Soldier, she flattened her mouth and answered dejectedly.

Thinking of wasting so much time in the future on the content that she has completely mastered—even if it is at least half a year in the future, Alex can't cheer up, which makes her sleepy until she goes to bed at night.

"What's the matter?" When the Winter Soldier walked in with the milk, he saw the little girl lying on the bed in large characters, with a look of lovelessness on her face.

"It's nothing..." Eric slowly got up from the bed, took the hot milk from the Winter Soldier's hand, "Uncle Bucky, is there any news from Hydra recently?"

She didn't forget the organization that hunted and killed half of them in Northern Europe.

The news he had investigated these days quickly flashed through the Winter Soldier's mind, and his voice was calm: "No. Go to sleep."

Alex bowed his head and hummed, finished drinking the milk, rinsed his mouth again, climbed into bed, said goodnight to the Winter Soldier, and then closed his eyes.

The Winter Soldier turned off the bedside lamp, looked at the long silver curly hair that still had a light luster on the pillow in the dim night, and stretched out his hand to gather them together.

He bent down and kissed the little girl's smooth forehead: "Good night."

Have a good dream.

When Alex fell asleep, the Winter Soldier got up and left, and went back to his room, but the person who should have fallen asleep opened his eyes.

Her purple eyes stared at the ceiling silently.

Uncle Bucky lied.

Even if she didn't use telepathy to perceive what others were thinking, the strong insight brought about by her huge mental power made her aware of the almost imperceptible stagnation of the Winter Soldier at that moment.

He must have found out something and kept it from her.

Alex rolled over, puffing his cheeks unhappily.

Uncle Bucky has gone bad, and it's all Mr. Greg's fault!

Greg, who was reading the file at home, sneezed.

A few days later, the Winter Soldier suddenly said that he was going on a long trip.

"Where are you going?"

"You are at home, wait for me to come back." The Winter Soldier held down Alex who was about to open the refrigerator—not the one moved from Hydra—and said, "It's just a fugitive, but it's a little bit far away. It will take about half a month to come back."

Alex stopped moving after hearing that: "Can't I go together?" She pursed her lips, "I won't hold back..."

Her voice became softer and softer, until it was almost silent.

The Winter Soldier was about to refuse, when he suddenly realized that Alex's voice was wrong, and he was looking down at his girl's face, only to realize that there were tears in her eyes.

The little girl instinctively didn't want to be seen crying, so she wanted to turn her head, but her nose felt sore, and the tears she had barely held back immediately fell down.

The originally clear child's voice mixed with sobs became dull and sobbing: "Don't leave me... woo..."

The Winter Soldier froze for a moment, realizing that he had missed the point.

Alex has always been terrified of being left behind, alone.

And he's only realizing it now.

"No, it's not a matter of slowing down." He squatted down, hugged the sobbing little girl, pressed her forehead, and said softly, "Alex, you are very good, and you are not slowing down. I will not abandon you either. "

He looked at the slightly flickering tears in those eyes that were more beautiful than the Sri Lankan cornflower sapphires, thought for a while, and said, "Do you want to listen to a story?"

He hesitated for a while before saying, "...the story of my friend."