Chapter 8 Chapter VII

Gray changed into the clothes she was going to wear to visit the museum and waited in the room. It was already eight o'clock, but no one came to tell her to go to dinner. She knew that the servants had already had dinner, and they did not invite her to go with her , so Gray had to wait in the room. At eight-fifteen a footman knocked at the door.Gray followed him around half of the maze-like house before arriving at the dining room.Abe, her father, Nikai, and Luo Hanming were all seated. As Grey had planned, Abe's neckline was almost down to her waist. Gray sat down beside Hamming. "Your boss won't eat until you come." Serving the first dish, Han Ming said softly, "Is it possible between you..."

"No! Of course not." Gray quickly replied, and looked up to see Niki looking towards her, so she moved closer to Luo Hanming, "Hanming, since my boss is very busy, maybe I can do it this weekend Set aside some time to help you, my father is a professor of medieval history, and I have done a lot of research for him." "Your surname is Meng." Luo Hanming said thoughtfully. "Meng...isn't Meng Adam the same Meng?" "He is my father." "So he is your father, maybe I really need your help!" Gray could almost read what was going on in his head?For the young Luo Hanming, being able to climb into the relationship with the professor Meng Adam is a great opportunity to make his way to the top. However, Gray doesn't care, as long as he can help Nikai find out the contents of the letter left by his mother, Luo Hanming can do whatever he wants. You can dream whatever you want.

"The box containing the documents is in my room." Han Ming said with a much more friendly expression than before. "After dinner, you might like to... uh. Come and sit down." "Okay! No problem." As she said, she raised her glass to Nikai who was looking at her. He looked away angrily, and she smiled and took a sip of the wine. After dinner, Gray went back to her room to get her notebook and some stationery, and she took her bag along with her. On the way to find Luo Hanming's room, she lost her way twice. In front of an open door, Gray heard something inside. Abe's charming and lazy voice said: "But, my dear, I'm so scared to be alone at night!"

"Honestly," Gray heard Nikki say, "you're a grown-up and shouldn't be afraid of the dark like a child." Gray couldn't help rolling her eyes, it was disgusting. "I'll pour you another glass," said Abe, "and then I'll show you something," her voice dropped suddenly, "in my room." Gray came up with a plan, and she walked into the hall with a relaxed expression, only to find that there was only one weak light in the hall, and Abe was pouring wine for Nikay, who was sitting on the sofa with his shirt front half opened. "Oh! Earl Dai." Gray said briskly, and then turned on all the electric lights around the field, "Here is the calculator you want, but unfortunately, I only have one solar battery, and I have to have enough light to operate it .”

Nicki stared curiously at the gadget in her hands, and when Gray began to show him how to use it, his eyes were fixed. "This thing can add?" He said in great surprise. "Of course! Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are all possible. For example, if you want to know how many years have passed between 1988 and 1564, just press these keys, and you see, the answer is four hundred and twenty-four years." "You—" Abe was so angry that he could hardly speak. "Get out of here immediately." "Oops!" she asked pretending to be innocent, "Did I bother you? I'm really sorry, I didn't mean it, I just wanted to be a dedicated secretary." She walked backwards towards the door. "Both, please continue."

She backed out of the door, walked up the aisle, and then tiptoed back to the door, only to see that the room suddenly became dark. "Turn on the light," Nikki said. "Otherwise the machine wouldn't work." "Nikai, come on, it's just a calculator! Put it aside, okay?" "This thing is very interesting, what kind of sign is this?" "That's a percentage, but, I don't think it matters right now." "Demonstrate it to me." She could hear Abe's sigh through the wall, and she was smiling with indescribable satisfaction in her heart.As a result of his mood improving, he quickly found Luo Hanming's room.

After sitting down, Dr. Luo poured a glass of martini for the two of them, and then poured out a string of compliments to her, she almost yawned, taking advantage of him turning around to serve her a second glass of wine, she He took out the tranquilizer in his purse, opened the capsule, and poured the powder into Dr. Luo's wine. "Cheers!" She took her glass and said to him with a smile. While waiting for the effect of the medicine to take effect, she showed Dr. Luo the note Nikai left her last time, "What's written on it?" she asked. He glanced at the note, and then wrote down the content of the note in modern characters, I think I am really a burden, not worthy of your enthusiasm to help me.

She guessed right at first. At this time, Dr. Luo rubbed his eyes and started yawning. He got up and went to the bed and lay down. "I'll just close my eyes for a moment," he said. However, soon after he fell asleep, she hurried to a wooden box by the fireplace. Not only were the papers in the box yellowed, but they were also quite fragile, and it was almost possible to break them with a little force. , the handwriting on it was very clear, picking up one of them, Gray's heart sank immediately - because she didn't recognize any of them. She bent down, trying to guess something from the lines, when suddenly, the door was pushed open forcefully.

"Ah-ha!" Nikai rushed into the house with a sword in hand. She was still in shock, and managed to squeeze out a smile. "Abe let you go?" Nika glanced at Dr. Luo who was sleeping on the bed, and then at her standing in front of the wooden box, with a look of embarrassment on his face. "She's gone to bed," Nikki said. "alone?" Nikay went to the box and picked up a letter. "This is my mother's handwriting." "I don't understand." "Oh?" He raised an eyebrow. "I can use the night time to teach you, I believe you will learn it well."

"What about him!" Ni Kai pointed at Dr. Luo with the tip of his sword. "Even if it thunders, it won't wake him up." When Nikai read the letter, she wondered, since he loved his wife so much, why did he seem to be quite interested in seeing other men staring at her?In addition, why he and Abe are so close to each other. "Nikai." Gray asked softly, "Have you ever thought about what will happen if you don't go back?" "I haven't thought about it." He was still looking at the letter. "Because, I must go back. I was called to modern times to find answers so that I can correct the mistakes of the past."

"Suppose you came to modern times for other reasons?" "What other reason?" "I don't know." But she said in her heart: for love! He looked at Gray, "For what you call 'love'?" He asked, "Maybe, in the eyes of God, women will always regard love as more important than honor." He deliberately joked. "Maybe you don't know, many people think that God is a woman!" Seeing the expression on Nikai's face, she quickly said seriously, "I was just thinking, what would you do if you weren't called back? ?” "Miss Meng, don't you fall in love with me again? Come on, why not take the letter to my room, so that we can have a chance to be intimate." "Stop dreaming!" She stood up, "Stay here and watch slowly, I don't care whether you stay in the 20th century or are called to the 16th century." After finishing speaking, she rushed out of the door and slammed the door hard . In the early morning of the next day, Grey woke up feeling extremely out of spirits, so she went to the kitchen to chat with Mrs. Ann, the cook, but found that the latter was staring at the table full of opened cans. a can. "What's going on?" Gray asked. "I don't know either," Mrs. Ann replied. "I opened a can of pineapple and came back after leaving here for a while and saw this." "Did anyone see you when you opened the can of pineapple?" "Hmm... What a lane... By the way, Earl Dai passed by here to go to the stables, and he even stopped to talk to me, he is so nice." Gray had a hard time not being able to hold back his laughter, it must be Nikai's masterpiece! At this moment, a maid rushed into the kitchen with a vacuum cleaner in hand. "Quickly think of a way." The maid almost cried. "Earl Dai said he wanted to try the function of the vacuum cleaner. Unexpectedly, he sucked all Miss Abe's jewelry into it. Once Miss Abe finds out, I will definitely be fired." Gray quietly exited the kitchen, feeling much better than when she first came in. She entered the dining room with brisk steps, and saw Dr. Luo come in as soon as she sat down. "Good morning!" He sat down in front of her, "Well...I'm really sorry last night." Dr. Luo said, "I probably fell asleep, have you read those letters?" "I've seen it, but I can't understand it." She said frankly, and then moved her upper body closer. "Have you found out who betrayed Deniche?" "Of course there is!" "Who is it?" Gray was so nervous that he didn't even dare to breathe. Dr. Luo was about to speak, but Nika just walked in at this moment, and the doctor immediately shut up. "Miss Meng." Nikai said blankly, "Come to the study." After speaking, he turned and left. Dr. Luo muttered, "What's wrong with him? Could it be that he got out of Abe's bed in the wrong direction?" Gray threw down the napkin, gave him a hard look, and hurried to the study, closing the door behind her. "Do you know what you did? He was about to tell me who betrayed you, but who knew you chose to walk into the restaurant at that time." Nikai has a faint shadow under his eyes, but it makes him appear more individual. "I've read all those letters one by one." He sat down in a high-back chair and looked out the window. "It doesn't mention who betrayed me." Gray felt his loneliness, so she stepped forward and pressed his shoulder, "What's the matter? Don't you like those letters?" "Those letters," he said slowly, "are talking about my mother's suffering after my death. She..." Nikai couldn't go on, and could only hold her hand tightly. Grey, distressed by the pain in his voice, went around and crouched in front of him, her hands on his lap. "We will definitely find out who framed you in front of the Queen." Gray said, "At that time, you can go back and change everything. Since you can come here, it means that God is willing to give you another chance." He stared at her for a long time, then cupped her face with both hands, "Have you always brought hope to people? You never believed that there is such a thing as 'despair' in the world?" She smiled. "I've always been optimistic, that's why I fall in love with bad guys again and again, and I even hope that some of them will become my golden armored warriors-oh! Colin." She suddenly wanted to get up and leave. But Niki pulled her up and hugged her, and lowered his head to kiss her. "Grey." He whispered, kissing her pink neck with his lips, for a moment, he had a feeling that he didn't want to leave, Nika was startled, and quickly pushed her away from his arms. "Let's go!" He forced out such a sentence. Gray stood up, anger burning in his chest. "I really don't understand you. As long as it's a woman, you'll always come to me, but it seems that I have some kind of infectious disease. Why? I have bad breath? My hair color is wrong Your appetite, or am I too short for you?" Nikai looked at her, his eyes clearly conveyed his love and desire for her. Gray took two steps back and covered her lips with her hands unconsciously. The two of them just looked at each other without speaking. Suddenly, the door of the study was pushed open, and Abe rushed in like a gust of wind.She was wearing an apparently designer English outing. "Nikai, where have you been?" Abe glanced at Gray and Nikai respectively, but seemed displeased with what he saw. Gray turned away, unable to bear his burning eyes any longer. "Nikai." Abe said emphatically, "We're waiting for you. The shotguns are loaded." "Gun?" Gray asked in surprise. "We're going duck hunting." Nikki didn't look at Gray. "Richard is going to teach us how to use a shotgun." "Very good." Gray said, "Go duck hunting!" After she finished speaking, she hurried out of the study and came to the aisle. A servant told her that Dr. Luo was doing research behind closed doors, and she didn't want anyone to disturb her. He, however, had left a book in his study, which he confessed to be for Grey.At this time, Ni Kai and others had set out to hunt, so Gray went back to the study. She found that the book left by Dr. Luo was the diary of Wei Zhongen back then, and it has now been published as a book. Gray sat down and began to read the diary attentively.However, Wei Zhongen is too obsessed with Qingcai, and has never written a bad word about her in the whole diary, but he does his best to slander Nikai. After reading the book, she stood up angrily, clenched her hands into fists, and thought to herself: Nikai was right, he really must go back, so that he can clarify right and wrong, so that future generations will no longer misunderstand him. Gray decided to give the house to Nikai, who could understand modern characters a little, and she believed that Nikai would be very interested in this book. When he came to Nikai's room, Gray stood there for a long time, with mixed feelings in his heart. Looking at his toothbrush, toothpaste and other things on the washstand, Gray inexplicably felt a burst of missing him.She walked to the window of the bedroom and recalled the situation with Nikay for a while. Gray and Robb had lived together for a year, but they didn't feel closer than when they were with Nikay, maybe because Nikay was more Easy to get along with!He never complained about Gray squeezing toothpaste through the middle, or her inability to do anything well.On the contrary, Nikai accepts her as a person who, despite all the burdens and pressures, is cheerful, optimistic, and even finds pleasure in such small things as opening a can. Gray's forehead was pressed against the window, and she was always thinking of Nikai over and over again, but she couldn't see him for a day, and Gray found herself suddenly feeling very uncomfortable. Once he went back, how would she endure the days without him forever? ?Gray prayed silently in her heart: Come back soon!The time we can have together is too limited. Maybe you will disappear in the twentieth century tomorrow. I don’t want to miss any time I can spend with you. Don’t use the rare time you and I have together in Aibei body. Gray closed her eyes, her muscles tensed, and she concentrated on praying for Nicki's return. "As long as you come back," she said softly, "I'll cook you an American-style lunch, with fried chicken, corn salad, fried eggs, and chocolate cake, and while I'm cooking, you can... She thought for a while. "You can look at the plastic wrap, tin foil, and microwave. Please, Nikki, come back!"
Nika raised his head suddenly. He was lying on a small clearing in the forest with Abe, whose breasts were half covered. Nika was not in the mood to fool around with women today, but Abe said that he had some new news to tell him. Of course, he had to pay the price. Abe reached out and pulled his head back to his eyes. "Did you hear that?" Nikki asked. "Honey, I didn't hear anything," Abe whispered, "Only you..." Nikki wrenched her hands away. "I have to go." Seeing sullenness in her eyes, Nikai knew that he could not offend her yet. "Someone came over, I don't want to share your charming appearance with others." Abe was a little satisfied.She started to put on her clothes. "You! What a gentleman, shall we see you tonight?" "Okay! See you tonight." Nikai got up and left. He turned over and rode on the best horse, and ran towards the main house. Once he entered the door, he rushed up the stairs in two steps to his bedroom. inside. "Why do you want me?" Nikki asked hoarsely. "I want you?" A burst of ignorance suddenly ignited in her heart. "It seems that it is someone else who wants you, not me." Nicky turned his head to see himself in the closet mirror and realized that his shirt was buttoned wrong. "That's a nice shotgun," he said, buttoning it up again. "With this kind of stuff, we won't have to worry about defeating the Spaniards." "Although there are no modern guns, Britain still dominates the world. Now that you are looking at gun juice, you are afraid that the next step is to bring the bomb back with you. Did the shotgun unbutton your shirt for you?" He looked at Gray in the mirror, "Your eyes are brightened by jealousy." "Oh!" She lost her temper. "You really never thought that you might make the same mistake again? It is recorded in the history books that you watched Ai Bei, but now you have to act it out again." "She knows something that I don't." "I believe," she said angrily, "and with more experience than you." Nika stepped forward and lifted her chin, "I can't see it, I'm so hungry, such a delicious smell, is it something to eat?" Gray smiled. "I promise to give you an American lunch, come, let's go to the kitchen." After obtaining permission from Mrs. Ann, the cook, Gray began to work. Since all the hunters went out with food, the kitchen became their world. Gray washed his hands and made soup, while Nikai practiced on the sidelines. He also peeled potatoes and chopped onions for Gray, using Northclean film and tinfoil. When everything was ready, Grey packed the delicious food into a picnic bamboo basket, and the two came to an elm tree in the garden, sat down and began to eat. "Did you help Qingcai cook before?" she asked. Nikai just smiled and continued to eat his fried chicken with his head down. Gray told him about Wei Zhongen's diary, and then asked about Qingcai. "You never talk about her, why?" "What do you want me to talk about?" he asked a little impatiently. "Is she as pretty as Abe?" Nikai thinks back to Qingcai, and feels that she is very far away from her. It seems that there are more than four hundred years. Abe is not smart. Anyone who talks to her for a few minutes will find it boring. Enthusiastic, but very intelligent - always know what is best for you. "No! She's not like Abe." "Like me?" Nikai looked at her and imagined Qingcai cooking in her heart. "No! She's not like you either. What's this?" "Tomato slices." She wanted to ask further, but Nikai didn't give her a chance. "You said you fell in love with that Robb guy, why?" "Pride is at work!" Gray shrugged his shoulders. "I always thought I was omnipotent. Robb said that no one had ever really loved him. I thought I could give him the love he needed. I tried to do everything." What he wants me to do, but..." She looked up at the sky, "I dream that one day he will be like the hero in the movie and say to me, 'You are the best woman in the world, you gave I have everything.' And yet Robb didn't do that, he kept telling me. 'You never gave.' So, I, the fool, tried even harder to give him more, but..." "But what?" Nikki asked softly. Gray forced a smile, "He gave his daughter a diamond bracelet, but gave me half of the bill." Gray was about to turn away, but saw him handing over a ring with exquisite emeralds on it. "What are you doing?" Gray asked in surprise. "If I were able to acquire my own property at this moment, I would send you boxes of jewels." She smiled. "You already gave me a brooch." She pinned the brooch inside her bra so it wouldn't stand out. "Nikai, you are so kind to me, I really hope you never have to go back." She suddenly covered her mouth. "That's not what I mean. Of course you should go back, return to your beautiful wife, and give birth to a group of heirs to inherit your career. However, have you ever thought that you are very likely to go back when Dr. Luo reveals the name of the person who framed you?" At the same time disappear from modern times?" "Everything will be revealed tomorrow, whether he wants to say it or not, I will try to find out." "Tomorrow." Gray murmured and repeated, leaning towards him gradually. "Nikai..." "What's this?" Nikai picked up a cake, just between their faces. "Chocolate cake." It was as if someone had poured cold water on her head. "Let's go! Abe will be back soon, I'm afraid he will come to you!" She was about to get up, but he grabbed her arm. "I'd rather spend a lifetime with you than an hour with her." Gray swallowed hard, wondering if he meant it, or was it just to make her feel better? "Sing to me," Nikki said. "I can't sing: how about a story?" "Yeah!" His mouth was already full of chocolate cake. Gray talked about the story of "Frankenstein". After listening to the story of "Frankenstein", Nikki said, "I have a cousin who is very similar to the guy you said." Unexpectedly, after eating the whole plate of cake , turned around and lay on her lap. "If you continue to eat like this, you will become unbearably fat." "Do you think I'm fat?" He looked up at Grey, and her cheeks burned unconsciously and her heart beat faster. "Shut your mouth, lie down obediently and don't move around." Gray stroked his black hair with her hands, and then told him stories one after another. When the sun was about to set, he opened his eyes again and stared at her for a long time, "We really have to go." "Yes!" she said softly, "Tonight, I will try to find out from Dr. Luo who framed you." As if a gust of wind had blown by, he suddenly squatted down in front of her, and Nikai put his hand on one side of her cheek, she was so nervous that she hardly dared to breathe. "After I go back." Nikai said, "I will definitely miss you." "Me too," she said, putting her hands on top of his. He took the emerald ring from the picnic basket and put it in the palm of her hand. "Nikai, I can't take it, you've given me too much, too much." He looked at her deeply, with indescribable sorrow and helplessness in his eyes. "I'm willing to pay more, as long as..." "Just what?" "As long as I can take you back with me." Gray gasped in shock. Nikai cursed himself in his head, why did he say such things?Why burn hope in her heart?Wouldn't this hurt her? "Yes!" He grinned. "Take you back to be my cook." "Cook?" Gray almost went mad with anger, "You poor fellow, it's unbearable! You think I'm going to a place with no running water and no doctor just to cook for you! " He leaned forward and licked her earlobe lightly with the tip of his tongue. "I allow you to come to my bed." "Okay!" Grey also wanted to give him a hard time, "I'll go back with you and cook for you every day. On Sunday afternoon, we'll spend it in bed, or on the table." Nikai's face changed drastically in an instant, and he threw the things into the basket one by one. Thinking of Grey's return to the past, he almost broke out in a cold sweat. If she became Nika's mistress, Qingcai might take her Chop into soft mud. "Nikai," Gray couldn't help feeling anxious. "I was just joking." Nicky still didn't look at her. "Okay, as long as it makes you happy, I promise to accept this ring." He stopped his hands and raised his eyes to look at her, "You don't even know what you're talking about? Before I was summoned here, I faced the crime of beheading. If you go back with me, you will only end up Living alone, alone, in those days, if I wasn't by my side to protect you, I'm afraid—" She put her hand on his shoulder. "I'm really just kidding, I'm not going back, you were called here to find out, not me, remember?" "Ok……" The two walked back to the main house without a word, and then returned to their respective rooms. After Gray entered the door, she found a large box on the bed with the name of a courier company printed on the lid. She opened it impatiently, and inside were her mother's two Evening gowns designed and sewn by famous artists. "Thank you, Lisa, thank you," Gray murmured, hugging the gown tightly to her chest, thinking that maybe tonight Nicki would see someone else besides Abe .