Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven

Daily life in the sixteenth century kept Gray busy, but not stressful.The only thing that made her feel unbearable was the problem of taking a bath.Because preparing hot water is quite time-consuming, people in this era seldom take a bath.Grey bathes three times a week, but Hongna thinks it is too frequent. Gray finally found the answer to this very headache question.One day, Hongna took her to visit a garden surrounded by grid-shaped wooden strips as walls.The walls are covered with bright flowers of various colors, and surrounded by the flower walls on all sides is a small pool with a fountain in the pool.The switch of spring water can be controlled manually.

"It's great," Gray said. "It's like a waterfall, and it's like..." Her eyes lit up suddenly, "It's like a shower too." At this time, an idea had formed in her mind.The little boy she had privately brought to tend the garden, who knew how to turn on and off the fountain, was asked by Gray to meet her here at four o'clock the next morning, and she would pay him a penny. The little boy came to the appointment sleepily, but with childish joy on his face, and Gray walked back to the main house refreshed and cheerful after a good bath.It was not yet dawn, she might have been overjoyed, and bumped into someone while walking.

"Gerry!" Gray yelled, and then realized that the other party was the rich French girl.Gray didn't see her very often, but when she did, she was always accompanied by the tall lady who was the guardian and nurse. "Where's the lioness?" Gray blurted out, then realized his recklessness, "I didn't mean to—" The rich girl strutted past Gray, not listening to what she said, "I'm capable of taking care of myself." Looking at the little girl's bloated back, Gray couldn't help smiling.Children of this age think that they have the ability to reach the sky.

"Sneaked out, didn't you?" Gray asked with a smile. The girl turned around suddenly, her face was full of anger. After a while, her face softened a little. "She will snore." What?" Gray found out that the small sink was full of soap scum, and she was horrified.In her eyes, this is nothing more than environmental pollution, but the little girl hastily picked up a palm of foam and played with it. "I just took a shower," Gray said. "Do you want to take a shower?" The little girl trembled slightly, "No, I'm not in good health."

"Having a bath doesn't hurt—" Gray broke off in the middle of the sentence.She once reminded herself that this trip is not to be a teacher who persuades the world.Gray walked up to the girl and looked at her carefully in the light of dawn, "Who said you're not in good health?" "Miss Lei said it." The little girl looked at Gray, "it's the lioness." Two lovely dimples appeared on his cheeks. "Miss Lei said this to make you obediently obey her instructions, don't you think it's right?" The girl opened her mouth wide, then straightened her face, "Miss Lei is here to protect me from being disturbed by lowly villains." She glanced at Gray from head to toe.

Gray didn't think it was disobedient, instead she smiled at Mimi and asked, "Do you like Chick?" The little girl looked down at her hands, and Gray felt that she seemed to be blushing. "Is it that bad?" Gray asked softly. "He doesn't see me at all." The little girl's voice was so soft, and it could be heard that there must be tears in her eyes at this moment.Looking up, she cast Gray a resentful glance.With this appearance, she is simply a copy of Ge Li. "He just stares at you." "Me?" Gray was surprised. "Chick wouldn't be interested in me."

"Every man likes you." The little girl said aggrievedly. Gray couldn't help but feel a little distressed, "What's your name?" "Miss Aguera Lucida Nicolet," she said with dignity. "What do your friends call you?" The girl was a little dazed at first, and then smiled happily, "My first nurse called me 'Lucy'." "Lucy," Gray repeated the name with a smile, then looked up at the sky, "let's go back quickly, or someone will look for me... us." Lucy was startled, lifted her skirt, turned and ran, obviously afraid of being found sneaking out.

"Tomorrow morning," Gray said loudly behind her, "it's still this time." After breakfast, Gray avoids the crowd and finds Nikai in what looks like an office.He was sitting at the table, seeming to be calculating some numbers, when seeing Gray come in, he only looked up, and buried his head in the pile of papers again. "Nikai, we have to talk." "I'm very busy, so I don't have time to listen to the nonsense of your three aunts and six wives." "Three aunts and six wives! Nonsense!" Gray unconsciously raised her voice. He gave her a blank look, motioned her to stop making noise, then lowered his head again and got busy with the work at hand.Gray had no idea of ​​the numbers on the paper because they were all in Roman.She opened a small kit bag at her waist, took out the solar calculator inside and put it by Nikai's hand.

"Did Chick tell you about the secret door in Belwood Castle?" she asked. "You should call him 'Earl Ke'" Nikai said emphatically, "What's more, anything about him, me, and our family has nothing to do with you. Miss, you are not welcome here." Gray stood in front of him, looking at him without saying a word.In anger, Nika picked up the calculator and pressed the number and operation keys on it without thinking.While talking, he added and subtracted, and wrote the numbers on paper. "And—" He started to add up the numbers in the second column as he spoke.

"Nikai!" Gray said in an uncanny tone, "You still remember." She took a deep breath, and then said a little louder, "You haven't." "I don't remember anything," Nikki said angrily.However, his gaze has moved to the calculator in his hand.For a second, as if the calculator were an evil thing, he threw it down. Seeing him use the calculator without difficulty was such an encouragement to Grey, she didn't ask why, because there was no common sense to explain it all.Since Nikay remembered how to use a calculator, he must also remember her.Gray walked over and squatted in front of him, grabbing his arms with both hands, "Nikai, you really remember."

Nicki tried to push her away, but couldn't.What is the magic of this woman?She was good-looking, but Nikay had seen prettier women.However, this woman... her figure is always lingering in his mind. "Please," Gray said softly, "don't refuse me, as long as you give yourself a chance, you may remember more things." "I don't remember anything," he said affirmatively, looking down at her. "Of course you remember, otherwise why would you use this calculator?" "I don't—" Nicky glanced at the comment on the table.Although he refused to admit it, he knew in his heart that he really knew how to use that thing.Nika shook off her hand forcefully, "Don't bother me." "Nikai, please listen to me." She begged, "You must tell me whether Chick has shown you the secret door. Only in this way will we know how long it will be before he comes back." Accidental drowning, maybe weeks, or months. But if it's only a few days, you can't hide it from me. Please, Nikki, it's a big deal." "I don't know about the secret door." Nikai refused to tell the truth. Gray let out a sigh of relief, "That's good." She said softly, "That's good." "Are you so happy with my brother?" Nikki asked, keeping her eyes fixed on her. Gray smiled, "He seems like a good guy, but he'll never be able to..." She didn't say the following: He can't be the love of my life.Gray looked into Nika's blue eyes, and the night they went to the cloud and rain together floated in his mind.She thought of his laughter, and his dreamy curiosity about the modern world.Gray unconsciously reached out to him, and Nika held her hand to his lips. "Kelin." She whispered dreamily. "My lord," said a voice from the door, "I'm sorry to disturb you." Nika let go of her hand quickly.Knowing that the moment was over, Gray got up and smoothed her skirt. "You'll tell me about that door, won't you? We've got to keep Chick safe at all times." Nikai ignored her at all, he thought: This woman talks about Chick all the time.Nikai's heart and mind are full of her shadow.And she didn't seem to take Nikai seriously at all. "You go." He first murmured in a low voice, and then raised his voice slightly, "Go and sing your song to others, if you want to charm me, you can't do it with just one or two songs. Also, take that opinion away." He glanced at the calculator. "You can keep it and take it out when you need it." He gave her a white look, "I don't need it." Gray sighed.Grab your calculator and step out.She has tried various methods to convince Nikai to believe her words, but every attempt has failed. Today, she managed to use the calculator to evoke some memories of him, but was interrupted at the last critical moment.What better way can bring out more and deeper memories of Nikai? Suddenly, an idea flashed into Gray's mind: Food: She had heard that the stings on the sense of smell and taste are the most evocative of people's memories.Gray thought of the American picnic she had cooked for Nikay: fried chicken, potato salad, fried eggs, and chocolate cake. Yes, why not try this trick? After obtaining Mrs. Marge's permission, Gray began to prepare meals.On the one hand, due to the large number of entrances in Fuchu, on the other hand, the food forms of this era are quite primitive.Gray had to process it to some degree to qualify for her cooking.In this way, what she prepared could almost feed an army. Dinner didn't start until six o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone in the house loved Gray's food and ate it with gusto.She sat across from Nikai, paying particular attention to whether it had any signs of being recalled, but unfortunately, nothing happened.The meal was coming to an end, and the servants brought out exquisite chocolate cakes. Nicki took a bite of the cake and chewed it in his mouth.Then, slowly, he looked up at Grey, and her heart jumped in her throat. Nika put down the cake, involuntarily took off the ring on his left hand and handed it to Grey. She took the ring with a trembling hand—it was the emerald finger Nikai gave her in the twentieth century.At this moment, she could see that Nikai's expression was full of confusion and incomprehension. "You gave me this ring before." Gray said softly, "The first time I made this kind of meal for you, you gave me this ring as a thank you." Nika looked at her, but could not utter a word.He was about to ask Gray to speak more clearly, but Chick smiled and said at this moment, "I won't blame you, these cakes are as precious as gold. Here, this is for you." Chick took off one The gold ring was handed to Gray. Gray took the ring with a smile. "Thank you," she said softly, and looked at Niki, but he was looking elsewhere.Gray knew that he had lost another chance. "Brother, you're too quiet." Chick said to Nikai with a sudden smile. "Grey's going to teach us a game called poker tonight. You should come over like us." Nikai looked away, all kinds of questions filled his mind.There were so many things that he didn't understand tonight, and he just took a bite of the delicious chocolate cake, and many strange words flashed through his mind: he saw her with her hair loose on a ride with two On the wheel, he saw water splashing down her naked body, and he saw Gray hold the ring to her chest and gaze at him lovingly. "Nikai?" Chick said. "Are you all right?" "Oh," Nikki replied absently, "I'm fine." "Do you want to come with me?" "No." Nikai said to himself first, and then he collected himself and said to Chick, "No, I'm not going. I have something to do tonight." "Work?" Chick looked at him with an amused expression. "Could it be a woman again? I just remembered one thing, have you ever slept with a woman since Miss Grey came?" " "She doesn't deserve to be called—" Nikai was about to argue when another image suddenly flashed in his mind.He saw Gray with shawl hair, smiling and looking down at him. Chick smiled and said in a very understanding tone, "I'm not wrong, am I? I don't blame you, brother. She is really beautiful. Do you have the heart to take her as a mistress after marriage?" "No!" Nikai said loudly, "I don't want her, I don't want to see her again, and I don't want to hear her voice again. She is yours if you like it, and I hope I never see her in my life." Chick took a step back, with a smile still on his face, "So, you did get an electric shock." He seemed to be trying to tease his brother. Nikai jumped up from the chair, intending to fight with his brother.But Chick had already retreated to the door, and when Nikai rushed forward, he had already closed the door and walked away. At four o'clock in the morning, Gray came to the fountain pool again.Yesterday, several ladies talked about the bubbles in the pool. After hearing this, Mrs. Marge just looked at Gray with a knowing look, but she didn't express any disapproval. Seeing that Lucy was already waiting by the pool, Gray greeted her with a smile, "Is that so?" Lucy laughed instinctively, but then scowled, "Good morning," she said very formally, "Are you going to do it again?" She saw Gray take off her dressing gown, so she asked road. "Once a day." Gray stepped into him and whistled for the little boy to turn on the fountain. After bathing, Gray walked out of him, dried his body with a towel, and then turned to face Lucy, "This morning we are going to play charades, maybe you can come and play together." "Will Earl Kefer also participate?" Lucy asked immediately. "Oh," said Gray, "I'm afraid not." Lucy fell down on the bench all of a sudden, "Then, I won't go either." Gray wiped her wet hair with a towel and gazed at Lucy thoughtfully. "He talks about you a lot," said Lucy in a sour tone. Gray sat down beside her. "Chick talks about me? You see him a lot?" "He comes to see me almost every day." Yes, Chick is caring and kind, and he does. "Chick told you about me, and what did you say to him?" Lucy wrung her hands. "I didn't say anything." "No! He comes to see you every day, but you are as silent as a log?" "Miss Ray said I shouldn't—" "Miss Ray! That old monster? She's so ugly that the back of her head could shatter a mirror." Lucy chuckled: "One time, an eagle didn't return to the trainer, but flew towards her. I guess the eagle mistook her for another female eagle." Gray laughed. "I can feel it." Lucy smiled wider, and put her hands over her lips. "I wish I could be like you, too, if I could make Chick laugh." "Maybe we can figure out a way to make him happy. I'm thinking about juggling with Hongna, maybe you and I can work together." "Acrobatics? Miss Ray will never—" "Lucy." Gray took the little girl's hands, "If you want to get him, you have to work hard to get him. What you want now is to get Chick's attention, and what you need is, A little bit of confidence and learning to trust your own judgment — not someone else's. Together we put together a show where Cheek can see that you're not a little girl. What do you think?" "I... I don't know... I..." "You can absolutely do it," Gray said, "and you'll do it very well. Now, let's use our heads, when do we start rehearsing? Don't worry, you're the master, and Miss Ray is just working for you." When Gray returned to the main house, it was already daylight, and she knew it well. Most people in the house knew what she did every morning, but they were very polite and did not ask her face to face.Usually, Mrs. Marge is very busy all morning, so Gray came to the garden to teach the children to recognize the English alphabet.In a blink of an eye, it was already lunch time. Chick and Nikai were nowhere to be seen at the dinner table.Gray swore secretly that after dinner, she must go to Nikai and try to persuade him.Back in the room, Hongna tried to teach her how to make lace from linen.Hongna's craftsmanship is very good. She embroidered the word "Grey" on the finished product, and the pattern design is quite delicate.Gray lowered his head, concentrating on the girl.At this moment, she felt so calm and serene, because not only was she about to start helping Lucy, but she also awakened Nikai's memories bit by bit.Take your time, and this time she'll be able to do what she blew up in the twentieth century. Nikai had trouble falling asleep last night, and the figure of that woman appeared frequently in his mind.Her voice kept ringing in my ears.At this moment, his head hurts, and his walking is not steady.However, in terms of mood, Nikai has an inexplicable anger, so when practicing swords.Then he behaved more aggressively than usual, surprising his opponents. "My lord?" the warrior who practiced sword with Nikai called out in astonishment. . "Do you want to practice sword with me?" Nikai said impatiently, raising his sword and stabbing again.He thought to himself that if he could exhaust himself from the practice, he might never hear or see that woman again. Nikai repelled three warriors in a row, and after the fourth opponent entered the battle, Nikai's sword that should have been stabbed to the left somehow stabbed to the right.The opponent's sword had broken Nikai's left arm, and the wound was deep enough to see the bone.Nikai stood there looking at the bleeding arm. For a moment, he felt as if he was in a dream. He was walking beside the red-haired woman. The two stopped in front of a building with glass windows. pace.Nikai was not at all interested in the many strange things around her, and only wanted to chat with her wholeheartedly.He told her about the scar on his arm, that Chick had drowned the day his arm was wounded. In a blink of an eye, Nikai woke up and found himself lying on the ground with all his men anxiously surrounding him, one of them trying to stop the bleeding. Nikai didn't have time to worry about his arm injury. "Prepare the horses!" he said calmly. "Two horses, one of which is fitted with a lady's saddle." "Riding?" asked one of the men. "You're riding with a lady? Your arm—" Nika looked at the man with cold eyes, "That horse is for a woman surnamed Meng, she—" Nika stood up, "tie my arms tightly so that the blood won't stop. Then prepare two horses. Horses—two horses for the gentlemen. Do it now," Nikai said. "Don't waste any time." "Do you want me to bring her here?" Another subordinate asked. Nikai glanced up at the windows of the main house. "She'll come herself," he said confidently. Concentrating on her embroidery, Gray listened to a young lady talking about a certain lady's affair.Suddenly, a piercing pain hit her left upper arm.Gray screamed in pain and fell from the chair to the ground. "My hand, someone hurt my arm." She clutched her left arm tightly, and tears finally came out of her eyes instantly. Hongna rushed to her side and squatted down, "Rub her hands quickly, don't let her faint." Hongna quickly took off Grey's sleeves, but found that her arms were completely normal, even Not even any redness. "It's nothing." Hong Na said. Gray was in unbearable pain. "It feels like someone has cut me," she said in a low voice.Then suddenly she heard Nikay's voice: they were lying on the bed, and Gray was touching the scar on his left upper arm where Nikay had been injured the day Chick drowned. Gray jumped up immediately. "Where do the men practice their swords?" she asked. Hongna replied, "Behind the maze, go out through the door in the northeast corner." Gray nodded, and immediately grabbed the hem of the skirt and ran out.Along the way, knock over a valet in the hall, knock over a row of shelves in the kitchen, and jump over five barrels.Outside the maze, she passed Mrs. Marge without saying hello.The door at the back of the maze was stuck, and she kicked it open with a kick.Out of the garden, she ran even more desperately. Nikai's arm was bandaged, and he was sitting on the horse, looking down at her. "Chick!" Gray yelled as he ran, "We've got to get Chick." A samurai stepped forward, picked up Gray neatly, and put her on the horse.Gray grabbed the spoke rope and turned to look at Nikai. "Let's go!" He roared, and galloped forward on his horse. The three warriors followed closely behind them, and the speed of the five horses could be described as "flying like lightning".Gray didn't ask how Nickay knew where Chick was, because she was pretty sure Nikay knew, just as he knew Gray would come when his arm was hurt. Through fields, fields, and forests, the group came to a lake surrounded by trees.Nikai's horse hadn't come to a stop before he dismounted, and Gray followed suit. She ran towards the lake, and what she saw made her feel chills.Three men were lifting Cheek's naked and unresponsive body ashore. Nikai stood still, staring at his brother, "No!" he yelled, "No!" Gray pushed Nikai away and said to the three, "Put him here, face down." Her tone was commanding. Chick's men hesitated. "Do as she says!" Nikai growled, almost in a growl. Gray straddled Chick's back and forced the fluid out of his lungs with modern techniques.She squeezed Chick's lungs hard, then raised his arms to get the air into his chest. She tried once, twice, three times, but she couldn't see Chick respond. "Pray quickly," she said to the person closest to her, "I need all the help I can get. Pray quickly and a miracle will happen." The three warriors knelt down at the same time. They put their hands together, bowed their heads and began to pray. Nikai knelt beside Chick's cold body and put his hands on Chick's head.He closed his eyes and hung his head. Gray did not lose heart and continued to work hard. "Chick, please," she whispered, "please come alive." Just as she was about to give up, Chick coughed. Nikai immediately raised her head to look at Grey, and she continued what she had just done.Chick let out a series of violent coughs, and then spat out a pool of fluid from his lungs.Gray slid off his back and put her face in her hands, crying uncontrollably. Nikai supported his brother's shoulders, one warrior wrapped his cloak around Chick's lower body, and the others stared at Grey dumbfounded.Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were disheveled, one foot was bare, Nikai's blood was stained on one sleeve, and the other sleeve was not visible. Chick finally stopped coughing and leaned weakly against his brother's chest.He looked up and saw Nikai clutching his arm, blood streaming from Chick's chest.He looked up and saw that the six warriors were all staring at Menglei dumbfounded.As for her, she was covering her face and crying as if she was very sad. "Is this the kind of scene you're going to welcome someone who just came back from hell?" Chick managed to force his voice out. "My brother poured blood on me, and a beautiful girl wept. Is there no one for me?" Happy to be alive?" Nika held Chick's arm even harder.Gray looked up, wiping away tears with the back of her hand.A samurai handed him the handkerchief. "Thank you." Gray said softly. "She saved you," said a warrior.There was awe and fear in the voice, "It's a miracle." "It's just witchcraft," said another. Nikai looked up at the speaker, "If you dare to call her a witch again, I will make you unable to see the sun tomorrow." The man immediately pursed his lips. Gray looked at Nikai and knew that his hatred for her was over: maybe now he would listen to what she had to say.She tried to stand up, and a warrior immediately stepped forward to help her.The warriors looked at her as if she were both an angel and a devil. "Jesus:" Gray said, "don't look at me that way. There are lakes in my country, and drownings happen a lot. It's not a miracle that first aid is so common." She She looked down, and said, "Don't just stand there, help. Poor Chick must be freezing! Nikai, your arm is a mess." She turned to the warriors and said "You two go to help Chick, and the rest to see if there is a clean bandage on Nikai's wound; meanwhile, check that the horse is all right. Be quick!" Back at the Earl's Mansion, Gray was warmly welcomed and thanked by Mrs. Marge. The old lady even agreed to let Gray heal Nikai. Silk thread, and the tiniest embroidery needles. When she and Nikay were alone in the room, she soaked Nikay's bandaged arm in a steel pan filled with clean water. Nikai never left her eyes, "Tell me about our past, okay?" Gray put the kettle on the fire, "You have been to the end—that is, my time." She walked back to Nikai, and found that the blood that had clotted on the bandage had gradually melted away, so she carefully cut it with small scissors. Cut open and twist about bandage. "We were once lovers?" Nikki asked softly. Grey took a deep breath, "If you are so miserable, don't move around, I won't be able to work." "I didn't move, you moved." Niki stared at her for a long time, "Have we been together for a long time? We love each other very much?". "Oh, Nika." Disappointing tears flooded into her eyes again, "It's not like that. You came to my time for a certain reason. You were accused of treason, and you were for Mrs. Marge The letter went to the future. The two of us tried our best to find out who framed you." "Did we make it?" "No." She replied softly, "We didn't. However, I found out later, it was after you went back, after..." She looked up at Nikai, "After you were executed." Nika leaned back on the pillow, "What else do you know?" "I'll tell you later," Gray said, "Now, I have to see the injury on your arm." Gray didn't have anesthesia at hand, so she had to let Nikay take two sedatives that she carried with her to suppress stomach pains during stress.Thank God, he soon fell into a deep sleep.Gray washed his arm, and then instructed Hongna to sew up his wound with delicate female red kung fu.After everything was settled, she got rid of the crowd and sat alone in a chair in front of the fireplace, watching Nikai. Grey was dozing off when the door opened and she woke up, only to see Hongna entering with a dark purple velvet dress. "Madame Marge asked me to bring this to you." Hong Na said softly, she was afraid of waking Nikai who was sleeping soundly. Gray took the gown. "How's Chick?" she asked in a low voice. "Still sleeping. He said that someone wanted to kill him... Well, someone pulled his feet down in the water." Hongna glanced at Grey, "You should also take a rest and change clothes by the way." Gray looked at Nikai who was sleeping, "I have to stay here with him. When he wakes up, I hope I'm by his side, in case he has a fever and I don't know it. You think Mrs. Marge will mind me stay here?" Hongna smiled slightly, "Now, even if you ask for half of Dai's family property, I guess the old lady will not refuse." Gray said with a smile, "I just want Nikai to be safe." "I'll bring you a nightgown." After Hongna finished speaking, she walked out of the room. An hour later Gray was sitting by the fire in a red nightgown.Every few minutes, she tested the temperature of Nikai's forehead with her hand.