Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty

The dining room was empty when I went upstairs for breakfast. This has happened once before.When I came back from the Rialto Bridge at noon yesterday, there was no one here.But now it's breakfast time, it should be overcrowded - I glanced at the wall clock on the wall to confirm the time - although this hotel is not big, it has four floors and at least twenty rooms.Where have all the guests gone? I remember that when I and D checked in a few days ago, the rooms here were already full.Because when Xiao S and the others came later, there were only two double rooms left in the hotel.One is next door to us (Little S and Emily live there); there is another one that Heath and the Australian can only make do with.The Australian didn't move out until the Avatar Brothers checked out the next day.But then, he also checked out and left.

I suddenly realized that at yesterday's breakfast table, besides Xiao S and me, there was only the old couple from France.But I remember Heath saying that yesterday was their last night.That is, they will also check out and leave today like everyone else. This gave me a very bad feeling.This feeling deepened when I heard footsteps and talking downstairs, and then Emily and Xiao S appeared in the restaurant. It wasn't the check out itself that made me feel weird.Because this unfortunate hotel has no electricity so far.If I were just an ordinary tourist, I think I would have chosen to leave as well.Instead, I was worried about something else.

The French couple did not come up for breakfast.The table by the window where they used to sit was empty. Generally speaking, the check-out time of the hotel is always limited to twelve o'clock in the noon, and the earliest is eleven o'clock-I mean, I am afraid that there is no hotel in the world that forces guests to leave early in the morning before breakfast is served .Of course, it's not uncommon for guests to leave early if they're in a hurry.But it is not yet eight o'clock in the morning.I mean, it's been three days, the Avatar brothers, the Aussies, and the old couple, and on the day they check out, no one has come up to eat breakfast before leaving?Was every one of them in such a hurry to catch up on time?

I find the whole thing fishy, ​​but maybe they did all book early trains or planes in unison.Such a coincidence, yes, but not entirely impossible.Because if this is not a coincidence, then the facts in front of me are definitely no longer as simple as one or two masks.I was worried that the masks D had gone to such lengths to obtain were not enough to keep us safe. I don't know if D knew about it.Because we spent all the time last night explaining the relationship between space and dimensions, without even mentioning these strange things that are happening around us.Take, for example, the mysterious Hiss.

While I was thinking this, Heath appeared in due course. He appeared at the door of the restaurant, fully dressed, his hair pomaded and polished.Little S and Emily at the next table were yawning, but his face didn't have the trance and fatigue that belonged to the morning. He blinked his bright black eyes and gave me a familiar and comforting smile.As if to say: don't worry, everything is normal here. I know this must be abnormal.If Heath is not gay—he pays too much attention to his image as a boy—oh yes, I doubt D too, but he is already six hundred years old, men who have experienced the baroque and rococo era are different after all .I mean, there's absolutely no way this Heath in front of me, perfectly dressed from head to toe, has just woken up from any angle.

I gritted my teeth and greeted him, then turned and walked away.I deeply hope that all of this is just me being too sensitive.But the more I wanted to avoid him, the more he took the initiative to come up to me. "Audrey." Heath called me from behind, "What are your plans for today?" Sensing the eyes of Xiao S and Emily next to me, I said immediately before Emily could speak: "I'm not feeling well. I probably have a cold. I want to take a rest today." But as soon as Emily said it, I regretted it. "Actually, we've been running for several days, and we're quite tired." The girl said cheerfully, "I was talking to Siegfried just now, just ask the waiter for a deck of cards. We happen to be four of us. Today I won't go out anymore."

"Don't." I said quickly, and quickly tore up the beautiful blueprint that she had just constructed in her mind, "It's too wasteful to travel all the way." "But aren't you uncomfortable?" Emily frowned. "Yes, but I don't want to waste the beautiful scenery of Venice. I want to just walk around and buy tourist souvenirs today." When I say this, I really hope that Emily The lady could understand that my real intention was to be alone.But this rough girl couldn't understand anyway. "That's great, I'm thinking of buying some souvenirs before I leave, let's go together!"

A certain word in the other party's words suddenly grabbed me, and my heart tightened. "Are you leaving Venice?" I couldn't help but raise my voice, I just couldn't help it. "Yes, I will leave after staying one more night. Didn't I tell you before?" Emily replied defenselessly. I turned to look at Heath.I remember him saying he was going to check out at the same time as us.At the time I thought they hadn't settled, but the way Emily looked at me now told me that leaving tomorrow was clearly planned. "Are the three of you going together?" I asked hesitantly.

"Of course, we are classmates. The wonderful vacation is over, and we have to go back to class." Emily winked at Heath and made a grimace, and reached out to take a cup of coffee handed over by him. "What time do you leave tomorrow? Will you come up for breakfast?" I couldn't help but add. "No, it's an early flight." Emily sighed and expressed regret, "I can't even sleep, and I have to rush to the airport in the early morning." really.I say it from the bottom of my heart.But I still don't intend to let her go. "Why is everyone booking an early flight?" I stared at her, not wanting to let go of any suspicious details on her face.

"Early flights are cheaper." Emily blinked, "You are a rich man, and you don't understand the daily life of ordinary people like us. We have saved enough money for a year to barely take a trip , of course you have to save everywhere!" I choked.I thought about 10,000 ridiculous possibilities, but I didn't expect this to be her answer.I want to say that I am also ordinary, at least I used to be ordinary, but this is just to cover up.She knows I'm married.She also saw D.And D has never been a humble person.At least, never in his attire. For a few days, Little S and Emily wore cotton hoodies, round-neck T-shirts and jeans, as well as canvas shoes.And I never wear jeans (I did once because all my clothes were in the laundry. As a result, the whole school went viral and made me the headline of the day).I only wear black clothes.And black clothes, as long as the material is not too bad, always look more formal.

I glanced at Heath.He was holding his half-drunk cup of coffee, looking at me with a half-smile.I avoided his gaze, lowered my head and swallowed my juice, and stopped talking.