Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Ai Pulu's Secret

The Noble Mountain Bar was smoky and pungent, and its regulars paid big bucks to enjoy it.At this time, Ai Pulu was leaning on the small octagonal table, her fair face was very close to Babi, her slightly hoarse voice was lowered, her eyes were narrowed, and she carefully observed Babi's painful and cautious expression, Weighing the weight of what she just said. Bobby's feeling is like drinking too much whiskey, his limbs are numb, his whole body is shaking, and his internal organs are churning; also like whiskey, he will feel better after a while.He breathed out heavily, and kept nodding his head, but he didn't dare, and he didn't want to say anything, for fear that Ai Pulu would continue her "confession".

Ai Pulu's complexion was also not very good, with a complicated expression, and she forced a smile to ease the atmosphere. "Let me tell you, my mother is not my father's first wife." She said to him slowly, "My mother is much younger than my father and can be his daughter. I know that my mother never really loved him." , but I never understood why my mother married him, such a difficult and unfeeling fellow who never had much money. One thing is certain, although my mother taught me how to live, she herself Not following the rules of life that were set for me."

Although Babi's interest is not in the emotional entanglement of Ai Pulu's parents, he doesn't want to interrupt her.Lest she realize her true intentions.He fumbled for a cigarette, needing something to do with his tense hands.He handed the worn-out cigarette case to Ai Pulu. Ai Pulu shook his head, declined, and continued to talk, "Mother has always loved another man, but she never told me about that man." Name, which might explain her marriage, and her general opinion of men. My father, who never tried to get his mother to love him, probably knew of another man's existence. I guess he also suspected that I was not his daughter. "

Babi listened, trying not to let his hands tremble, and slowly lit his cigarette. "Father was a very strict man," Ai Pulu went on, "a Puritan, really. But he never really converted to any sect, because he had too many moral differences with the church. At one point he used to Every Saturday he went to the market in the city to preach. As long as someone is free, he will talk about his religious views. He considers himself an extremely orthodox person who wants the whole world to be free from sin. .Actually, he is an extremely cruel and ruthless guy. "He was cruel to me."

Painful memories of the past showed on her pale face. "I was a very sensitive child, as you can probably tell, I could read and write at the age of three and understand people very well. For some reason, I could sense what was going to happen and what people were going to do. Father Not happy that I am smarter than my brothers and sisters, the children of his first wife, his own blood." She said with a faint smile. "I think I'm prettier, too, my mother used to say. It made me spoiled and vain, and I sometimes got into fights with my brothers and sisters. My mother was always on my side." Son, father sided with his kids. They're all much older than me, but I've got a way with them."

As she spoke, her face became paler. "I also figured out a way to punish my father." She kept her voice low, "I used to shake my red hair to him, oh, it was lighter than it is now, and my mother always liked to keep my hair long and curly. Coincidentally , both of my parents had black hair, so I must have inherited my red hair from that man. But all I knew at the time was that my father would fly into a rage just by shaking my hair. When I was five years old, my father first Call me 'Magic Child', snatch me from my mother's arms, and whip me." Her green eyes were cold and expressionless.To Babi, her eyes were like hard enamel, the unforgettable hatred of the past, which made them no longer express any emotion, and her face was as white as the one in the seat next to her, except for her bright red lips. She was as white as a wolf fur coat, so white that there was no blood at all. Her hoarse voice was sharp and ruthless. Perhaps the biting cold wind in Alashan was also so ruthless. Babi looked at it and thought wildly, "Father has always been so ruthless." hate me."

She said to Babi, "His children hate me too. I never believed that I was his child. My brothers and sisters hate me because I am prettier than my sisters and smarter than my brothers because I can do what they can't." doing things. Indeed, I am already a magician. " She said, nodding vigorously. "They were all against me except my mother. I had to learn to defend myself and fight back when I should. My father would always read a whole chapter of the Bible before each meal, and Singing hymns endlessly before everyone was allowed to eat, so I learned something about witchcraft from the Bible. I also asked my mother what a witch can do, and learned from a midwife She came to give birth to one of my married sisters, and I took the opportunity to ask her a lot about witches. She knew a lot. When I was seven years old, I began to try the witches I learned technique."

Babi was dubious, but listened with great interest. In the smoke, Ai Pulu was getting closer and closer to him. She seemed to be telling an inexplicable old pain, a long-buried resentment, but , Occasionally, there was a smug look between the words, and the tight lips had a special beauty. "I started out doing small things that kids could do," she continued softly. "I did something serious for the first time when I was nine years old. My half-brother had a dog named Tiger. For some reason, Tiger doesn't like me. Every time I try to pet him, he grins at me, just like the Monrique woman's dog did to me today. My father said that the dog is not friendly to me, no doubt another Signs that I am a devil child, God's curse on this family.

"One day, Tiger bit me, my brother Harry not only laughed happily, but also called me a damn little witch. He asked Saigo to chase and bite me, that's what he said, maybe he was teasing me on purpose, I don't know Yes. But I said I wanted him to know I was a witch, and I told him I was going to curse his dog and curse him to death. I do my best to work my so-called witchcraft," Speaking of this, her eyes narrowed, and her nostrils fluttered open and closed. "I recalled all the magic that the midwife had said, and made up a little spell myself, cursing Tiger to die. When the family prayed at night, I recited the spell silently. I collected some Tiger's hair and pointed it upwards. Spit a little and burn it in the kitchen stove. Then I wait for Tiger to die soon,"

Babi deliberately wanted to ease her agitation, and whispered, "You are just a child, play around as you please." "However, after a few days, Tiger went mad and my father had to shoot him." She calmly added that her calm was more frightening than screaming, and Babi writhed uneasily under his breath. "Coincidence," he said cautiously. "Maybe." Ai Pu showed a smug look on her face, as if she had known that Babi would say this, "However, I don't think so." The resentment just now reappeared on her face, "I believe in my magic power. Harry believed it, and after he told his father, his father believed it too.

I ran to my mother for help, and my mother was sewing. Before she had a chance to protect me, my father rushed in, dragged me outside, and beat me hard with the whip. " Ai Bolu raised the wine glass with trembling hands, but put it down again without drinking.She was completely absorbed in remembering the past. "Father beat me so hard, I thought it was so unfair. While I was being beaten, I was screaming and swearing that I would get justice. As soon as he stopped and let me go, I ran to the ranch, I picked three of the best cows and a bull that my father had just bought back. I plucked some of the cow's hair, spit on them, burned them with a match, and buried them in the open field behind the barn. I made another Another spell." Through the smoke, she looked at Babi with stern eyes. "A week later. The bull was dead." "Coincidence," muttered Bobby under his breath, "it's a coincidence." Ai Pulu bit her bright red lips and smiled contemptuously. "The vet said the bull had sepsis," she said softly. "The three cows died too, and a heifer and two steers. Father remembered my cursing, and Harry saw me digging holes behind the barn. .He told the story on purpose, and my father whipped me again until I confessed that I did curse to kill these cows." Suddenly, Ai Pulu drank the wine in the glass in one breath, moving as quickly as a cat, her green eyes stared directly at Babi for a long time, but she seemed to see nothing; she turned the glass with stiff fingers , the slender cup handle was folded in two, and the upper part of the cup slid to the ground and fell to pieces.Ai Pulu didn't seem to notice that the glass had been broken into pieces, and continued to say in a hoarse voice without even looking at the glass on the ground: "Babi, I had the most terrible night that night. Father sent the other children to the Married sister's house, to avoid the harm of witchcraft, to avoid the curse of God, he said so. Only he, mother and I were left in the house, and we prayed together, and the father said, let me taste the guilt of sin retribution." Her red nails turned the shards of glass nervously. "I will never forget that night as long as I live. I remember my mother kneeling on the rough wooden floor, facing my father as if he were a raging god, crying bitterly, exonerating me, begging my father to have mercy, forgive me Me. But my father ignored him. He paced up and down the dimly lit little room, yelling and asking questions, scolding me and my mother, and reading the Bible by a smelly oil lamp. He kept repeating A line from the Bible: You should not tolerate wizards living in the world." Babi saw her trembling hands keep turning the pieces of broken glass.Afraid that she would scratch her fingers, she gently lifted her fingers and removed the glass, but Ai Pulu didn't seem to feel it, "It lasted like this all night," She said softly, "Father wants us to kneel down and pray. He walks up and down the house for a while, curses my mother and me for a while, and my mother kneels at his feet to beg for mercy. He made my mother hide everywhere in the house. He loudly warned her not to protect the wicked devil child, then took me from her arms, continued to whip me until I was half dead, and then read the verses in the "Bible" That passage: You shouldn't tolerate wizards in the world." Ai Pulu paused, looking at Babi's hand with her long and big eyes.He looked down and saw a drop of bright red blood on his finger.He carefully picked up the shards of glass into the ashtray, wiped off the blood with a handkerchief, and then lit another cigarette. Ai Pulu continued in a hoarse voice full of hatred: "He almost tortured me to death. My mother resisted and asked him to let me go for the last time. She hit my father on the head with a chair. The chair broke, but My father didn't seem to be hurt. He threw me to the floor and ran towards the short gun he had hanging by the door. I knew he was going to kill my mother and me. With all my strength, I shouted a spell to stop him. " Her hoarse voice stopped abruptly, and she took a deep breath. "The moment he took the gun, the spell came into effect and he fell to the ground and remained motionless. The doctor later said that his father suffered a temporary cerebral hemorrhage and asked him to control his temper in the future.I don't think he changed his temper much, because after he was discharged from the hospital, I heard that my mother fled to California with me.In a rage, he died of anger. At some point, the hostess had swept away the shards of glass, brought back two daiquiris and placed them on the table.April Bell greedily picked up the glass and drank it down.Babi fished out a two-dollar tip from his pocket, handed it to the waiter, and then slowly sipped his own wine, secretly thinking about how much this dinner would cost, deliberately not interrupting Ai Pulu, "I have never Know what religion my mother is." She went on, and that was what Babi wanted to ask but never dared to ask. "She loved me. She was able to forgive me for any mistakes I made. After we left my father, she only asked me to stop making curses and vows. I kept that promise as long as she lived." She put back the empty wine glass, and the trembling hand had subsided. "Mother is a very nice person, you'll like her, Babi. You wouldn't even accuse her of not trusting men, she would do anything for me. As the years go by, I think she almost forgot the past, she Wanted to forget, never mentioned what happened in Clarendon, never said whether to come back to visit, and didn't want to socialize with old friends. If she knew what I did and what I was, she would be quite surprised. " At this time, the indifference in Ai Pulu's eyes disappeared, and her big green eyes were watery, revealing her attachment to her mother. "I keep my word, no more spells," she told him softly. "However, nothing can stop me from clearly realizing that the power within me is awakening and growing stronger. I can feel what people are thinking, and have a premonition that something is going to happen. There is nothing to stop me." "Well, I know." Babi nodded and said, "This is what we usually call news intuition." She shook her head, her bright red hair gleaming in the light, her expression serious. "Not just news instinct," she insisted. "And then something else happened that I never expected. I didn't cast any spells, at least, not consciously." Babi listened carefully, trying not to tremble as much as possible, lest Ai Pulu find out. "There is a girl in my class. I don't like her. Because she has a strong desire to show off, she often quotes from the "Bible", pretends to be serious, and like my half-sisters, likes to tell stories. Once, I wholeheartedly I invested in a journalism scholarship that I wanted to win, but she took it away. I was very dissatisfied, knowing that she had cheated to get it. In this way, I couldn’t help but hope that something bad happened to her.” "So, did it really come out?" Babi asked without daring to speak out, "Yes, it did come out." Ai Pulu told him in a very soft voice, "On the day when I should go to receive the scholarship Well, she fell ill early in the morning. The doctor said it was appendicitis, and she nearly died if—” Her large eyes stared at Babi bewilderedly, without their usual brilliance.On the contrary, it reveals the pain and torment evoked by memories, and the fair body trembles under the bold and free evening dress. "You could call it another coincidence, and I'd like to think so, Babi. If the doctor hadn't said she'd recover, I'd be mad with regret, because I didn't really hate that girl, and what happened next One so-called coincidence after another, the results are so serious. It makes me more and more afraid of myself." She spoke in a very low voice. "Babi, can't you see that I didn't consciously do any curses?" Her eyes were full of expectations, hoping that Babi could understand her, "But, the power in my body keeps releasing energy, Completely beyond conscious control, can't you see?" "I guess so." Babi couldn't tell, just nodded, and it took a long time to remember that he had been so nervous that he couldn't breathe for a long time. "Please stand on my side and think for me." Ai Pulu pleaded and continued, "I didn't ask anyone to turn me into a witch, I was born like this," Bobby tapped nervously on the table with his protruding fingers, and when he saw the waiter walking towards them, he waved impatiently to signal him to go away.Then he swallowed hard and said uneasily, "Hey, Ai Pulu—may I ask you a few more questions?" She didn't answer right away, Bai Run's shoulders shook wearily. "Please," Barbie demanded, "maybe I can help—I hope so." "Since I've already told you so much, how can I say more?" she whispered feebly. "Some things are very important to you and me." Her dark face was expressionless, and she didn't refuse when Babi reached out from across the table and took her hand.Babi asked eagerly, "Have you talked to anyone about this? Someone who can understand these problems, for example, a psychiatrist, I mean, someone who understands science like Monrique?" She nodded expressionlessly, her bright red hair bouncing up and down. "I have a friend who understands me very well, and he also knows my mother. I think he probably helped us a lot when we were in trouble in the past. Two years ago, he persuaded me to see Dr. Gran, little Dr. Sher Grant, this Dr. Grant at Clarendon, I think you may know him." Babi couldn't help being jealous of Ai Pulu's friend, but tried hard to control himself not to ask too much about her friend, but used his cold fingers to hold her arm tighter, "Know him. Interviewed him once, when his father was still alive and working with him," he said, "Knowing him. I'm going to write a piece about the Clarendon medical prescription for the Star." Special report. Glenhaven is considered the leading private psychiatric institution in the country. How--?" He was eager to know the doctor's opinion, so he stopped after speaking halfway. "What did Dr. Grann say?" There was a slight contemptuous smile on Ai Pulu's still expressionless face, "Dr. Grann doesn't believe in wizards or witchcraft." She murmured, "He gave me psychoanalysis. It's been almost a year. Time, I spent an hour a day, lying on the couch in the consulting room of the Glenhaven Mental Hospital, telling him all about me. I tried to cooperate with him--patients had to, and it cost forty dollars an hour. I Told him everything, and he still doesn't believe in witchcraft." She giggled softly. "Dr. Grann believes that everything in the universe can be explained by the basic pattern of two plus two equals four. He said that no matter what you curse at, if you wait long enough, there will be What happened by coincidence. He explained to me, in a lot of arcane medical terms, how I was deluding myself. He thought I was mildly insane—a paranoid. He didn't think I was a witch. .” Her bright red lips kept curling in disdain for the diagnosis. "Even when I demonstrated witchcraft to him, he refused to admit it." "Show him?" Babi repeated strangely. "How?" "Dogs don't like me, Glenhaven suburb, you know, there's a lot of dogs at the farm across from the hospital, and they chased and bit me as soon as I got out of the car, and they chased me into the hospital gate one day. Well, I got bored and I wanted Gran to know about my troubles with the dogs. So I bought playdough and mixed some dirt from the spot where the dogs used to stand and look at me. I went in After visiting Gran's clinic, I made five puppies out of plasticine and the soil, whispered a few spells, spit a few times, and crushed them on the ground. When it was all done, I asked Gran to look out the window. " Ai Pulu's long eyes flickered. "We waited for more than ten minutes. I pointed to the dogs to show him. After they chased me to the clinic, they hadn't moved away. They were still wandering around and barking towards the window. After a while, they followed a little bitch Running away from behind, the little bitch must be in heat. The dogs chased and ran to the highway together, just as a car was coming from the corner of the road, the driver had no time to brake or turn the steering wheel, and hit the dog all at once Flock, turned off the road. All the dogs were killed, luckily the driver is alive." Babi shook his head uneasily, and asked cautiously, "What did Gran say?" "He looks very happy." Ai Pulu smiled mysteriously and secretly, "It turns out that the bitch lived at a masseur's house not far away, and Gran said that he didn't like those dogs because they always come Digging, and didn't like the masseuse, but he still doesn't believe in witchcraft or wizards and sorcerers." She said, shaking her head vigorously. "He said that those dogs died because the bitch's collar was opened to trap other dogs, and it was not my spell that worked. He then said that if I did not sincerely abandon the original psychological barrier and change My attitude, our treatment will not make any progress. My supernatural powers are nothing but paranoid fantasies. For the next hour we continued with his analysis, and he charged me forty dollars as usual," Babi exhaled a puff of thick smoke vigorously, mixed with the smoke in the bar, and rolled around uncomfortably on the angular seats. The waiter motioned to ask if they wanted anything else, and Babi looked back at Ai Pulu hesitantly.The excitement just now disappeared on her face, and a painful and tired expression appeared on her face.She slowly withdrew her arm from Babi's cold fingers. "You think Gran is right." Babi grasped the corner of the table tightly, lowered his voice, and blurted out: "My God! Having gone through what you've said, it's nothing to be ashamed of, even if you're a little psychotic! An impulse of pity welled up in Babi, which turned into anger at her stern father, whose ignorance and cruel fantasies had caused Epurou so much torture, forcing her to accept that she was a witch. Obsessed with thoughts. Babi has an impulse, he wants to protect her and help her return to full normal rationality. He coughed loudly to cover up his true emotions-excessive exposure of his emotions will make her unhappy . At this time, Ai Pulu said very calmly: "I know that I am not mentally abnormal at all." Babi nodded: Yes, all psychopaths say that.He didn't know what to say next, he needed time to think and analyze this weird self-analysis of hers, these evasive plausibility, any clues that could connect Dr. Monrik's death.He looked at his watch, shook his head towards the table, and asked, "shall we have dinner?" Ai Pulu nodded quickly in agreement: "I've been starving for a long time, like a hungry wolf!" As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and picked up the white fur coat on the seat next to her with the agility of a pitiful feline.However, when he heard the word "hungry wolf", Babi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but think of Aunt Agatha's strange jade brooch.He hesitated for a moment, then sat down on the uncomfortable seat again. "Let's have another drink," he said, gesturing to the bartender, and ordered two more daiquiris without looking at Ai Pulu. "It's getting late, but there's one more question I have to ask you." He hesitated a little at the same time.I also saw the vigilance and hostility on Ai Pulu's pale face.However, he still bit the bullet and asked: "Did you really kill that kitten?" "yes." Babi grasped the corner of the table with all his strength, until the joints made a rattling sound. "And, your purpose of doing this is to cause the death of Dr. Monrique?" Through the smoke, Babi saw Ai Pulu nodded slightly. "Yes, he is dead." Ai Pulu's calm, undisguised tone made Babi shudder.Her watchful eyes were dimmed and blurred now, her pale face was like a lifeless wax mask, and he couldn't guess what she was thinking or how she was feeling.The trust that had just been established had vanished into thin air at this time, replaced by a deep ditch full of crises between the two of them. "Farewell, Ai Pulu—" His voice was trembling, with a bit of sympathy, he really wanted to reach out a helping hand eagerly, to comfort her, to comfort her unyielding and lonely heart. However, his inner impulse didn't work. Ai Pulu was full of vigilance and guarded his position closely.Babi imitated her indifferent, stern, and emotionless tone just now, and asked dryly, "Why do you want to kill the doctor?" "I'm afraid of him just because of me." Ai Pulu's voice was low and monotonous. Although she was sitting right across the table, her voice seemed to come from a distant watchtower. Babi raised his eyebrows puzzled. "Why are you afraid of him?" He asked, "You said you didn't know him at all, how could he hurt you? Of course, I have some grudges against him, because when the academic foundation was established, he excluded me from his Students are excluded. In fact, he will not cause any danger to others, he is just a scientist—a scholar who digs a few feet and pursues knowledge." "I know what he's doing." Her voice still sounded hard, cold and distant. "Baby, you may not know, I always want to understand myself, understand this energy within me. I didn't study psychology in college because the things the professors said are really ridiculous. But, I Read almost every treatise on anomalous cases like mine." Her eyes were cold, like polished malachite. "Did you know that Monrik is also an authority on witchcraft? He is an authority on it. He knows a lot. He is familiar with the whole history of the persecution of witches. He has studied the primitive beliefs of all tribes in barbaric times. And, he has a lot of knowledge about those people. Faith is taken very seriously, and is never heard as a fantastic fairy tale." "For example, you know Greek mythology, right. Those myths are full of illicit love stories between gods and human women, so the Greek gods, such as Hercules, Prometheus, etc., almost have non-gods. That is, human blood. They all have extraordinary powers and talents. Oh, many years ago, Monrik wrote a monograph, analyzing and discussing these myths and legends. The conflict between the two races, and the accompanying process of interbreeding between the two races. These two races may be tall Cro-Magnons and savage Neanderthals." "Babi, since you have worked under him, you should know the scope of his research interests. He dug up tombs, measured skulls, put together fragments of vessels, and deciphered ancient inscriptions to check the similarities and differences between primitive people and modern people. And then confirm it by means of blood test, behavior measurement and dream analysis, etc. He can not only understand and accept things that other scientists can't understand and accept due to lack of his unique kind of prophet, but also conduct in-depth research. He was an authority on extrasensory and psychic brakes, expressions of which no other scholar had even thought, and who was always thinking broadly and seeking what he wanted to find. " "That's true," said Barbie, "but what's the matter?" "Monrique always expresses his views very carefully." Ai Pulu continued in that indifferent, unfathomable tone, "He always uses neutral and harmless scientific words to cover up his true intentions. I Guess, this is to avoid too many people's attention until he has the evidence. He stopped writing treatises on this topic more than ten years ago, but he has written too much, and I already knew what he was doing. what." The waiter came slowly over to pay the bill, and Bobby handed him a twenty-dollar bill, and it took him a long time to get the change back.Ai Pulu mechanically sipped the daiquiri in the glass. This was already the third, no, the fourth glass, but she seemed to have a strong endurance for alcohol.She waited for the waiter to leave before she continued, the tone was still so flat and indifferent. "Monrique believes in witchcraft." "Nonsense!" Babi replied immediately. "He's a scientist," "But he also believed in witchcraft," she insisted. "That's why I'm freaked out today. Most so-called scientists, who don't bother to look at the evidence, completely deny the possibility of witchcraft. And Monray But Ke spent most of his life studying it. He tried to prove witchcraft from a scientific point of view. He went to Alashan to find new evidence. Judging from what happened today, people's fear, Monrick doubled Careful opening statement. Both show that he has found the evidence he needs," "But, that has nothing to do with witchcraft!" "Babby. I know you don't believe it." There was that contempt in her monotonous voice. "Most people don't believe it. People's suspicion of witchcraft is our protection, because we are regarded as people's enemies. Seeing Babi snigger suspiciously, Ai Pulu tightened her lips, and the bright red lip line was curved, "So you can understand why people always hate us, because we are different from them, because we are different from what we are born with. Greater human energy—however, our energy is not strong enough. " As she spoke, her eyes glowed with angry green light, showing strong hostility. That kind of naked ferocity made Babi never forget for a long time.He lowered his head, stopped looking at Ai Pulu, and deliberately drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. "Monrique is trying to expose us so people can wipe us out." She snapped, "That's what scares me today. Perhaps, he has invented a scientific empirical method for identifying sorcerers. I remember Monrique writing a paper many years ago on the relationship between blood types and The double relation of the introverted character. You see, he uses the seemingly neutral scientific word 'introverted' to mean witchcraft and sorcerers, don't you understand, Bobby?" Her deep and hoarse voice suddenly turned into a kind of pleading, and the intense expression in her eyes disappeared. It may be that alcohol finally relieved her of her usual vigilance.And her eyes, like her voice, became much gentler and more amiable. "Didn't you see that I was fighting for my life tonight? With my meager strength, I fought against the powerful and cunning old scholar Monrik, just to save my life. Can you blame me? He is my Enemy of the human race, like that stupid guy who ran the ranch and claimed to be my father, all humans are. Of course, humans in general are not to blame, and I can figure that out. But, I should Condemned?" As she spoke, her eyes filled with tears. "I can't help it, Babe. It hasn't stopped since the first sorcerer was hunted down and stoned to death. And it will go on until the last one is slain. Whatever Whenever and wherever, people will always follow the will of the Bible: You should not tolerate a wizard living in the world." She shrugged her bare shoulders helplessly. "Willie, this is who I am," she said softly but angrily. "You're so eager to smash the exterior I live by. You're not satisfied with just knowing me as a woman. Although, I'm very fond of my womanhood." Satisfied, but, you must look behind my female character." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand feebly to grab the white fur coat next to her. "Oh, this is me, a heretic who was slaughtered by all mankind. Old Monrik is the most ruthless human killer. He collected every possible scientific basis in a very cunning way to track down and Annihilate me and my companions. Can you blame me if I killed him with a wimpy little spell just to save my own life? Can you blame me if the spell actually worked? me?" Babi bowed and wanted to stand up, but Ai immediately sat down.He shook his whole body vigorously, as if to shake off Ai Pu's watery eyes, bright red hair and pleading voice. "Your companion?" he repeated sharply. "So you're not alone?" "I'm very lonely." The enthusiasm in Ai Pulu's eyes disappeared suddenly, and Chongyi's narrowed eyes showed vigilance, coldness and indifference, really like a desperate animal in being hunted down, her His face became paler and his voice was hoarse and flat. Babi leaned forward, grinning slightly, and asked with a smile, "Do you mean the wizards when Monrique said 'the enemy in the dark'?" "yes." "Do you know any other wizards?" Ai Pulu didn't answer right away, her eyes were dark and serious, her face was pale but not showing any signs of expression. "I don't know." At this moment, Ai Pulu's whole body trembled, and Babi immediately realized that she was holding back her tears.Still in a flat, lifeless tone, he asked back: "Do you have to torture me like this?" "I'm sorry." Babi said softly, "Since you have told me so much, you should tell me all the secrets, otherwise, how can I judge?" He subconsciously grasped his hands tightly on the table. On the side, "Monrik said that the dark leader 'Dark Son' is coming, do you know what it means?" As soon as the words fell, Babi seemed to see a faint smile on Ai Pulu's face, and before he could understand, she returned to her previous appearance, shrugged slightly and said, "How would I know?就问这个吗？” “还有一个问题，完了咱们就吃饭，”巴毕的灰眼睛紧紧盯住艾溥露，伺机冲破她的防备，“你知道蒙瑞克对什么蛋白过敏吗？” 艾溥露的戒备变成了一种疑惑不解。 “过敏？ 一般是由于花粉热或者消化不良引起的，不是吗？怎么？我当然不知道啦。真的不知道。我并不了解蒙瑞克本人，我只知道他的著作。今天晚上，我是第一次见他。” “感谢上帝！”威利·巴毕深深地出了口气。他站起身来，贪婪地吸进一大口洒吧里充满烟雾的空气，然后低下头看着艾溥露。“这样逼问你实在太残酷了点儿，请你一定原谅我，艾溥露我必须知道这一切。”艾溥露坐在座位上没动，一副疲倦不堪的样子。没有理会巴毕对地的微笑。 “原谅你了。”她仍疲惫地说，“我们不用吃什么了，你要想走，走就是了。” “走？”巴毕立即抗议道，“亲爱的女士，你答应了我整个晚上的。你说你已经饿得像饿狼一样了。别忘了，挪贝山庄的厨师最拿手的牛排。吃完了，我们还得跳舞呢。要不，就趁着月色，开车出去兜风。你不真想走吧？” 艾溥露的警觉和防备融化了，巴毕看清楚了她温柔的笑意。 “你是说，巴毕，当你知道了我隐藏着的怪异可怜的秘密，仍然……” “如果你是女巫，那么我完全降伏在你的咒法之下了。”巴毕咧嘴笑着，突然，放声大笑起来，笑声冲散了这一晚上的紧张空气。 艾溥露也微笑着，笑意慢慢地变得光彩动人了。 “威利，谢谢你。”她不经意地任巴毕去帮自己拿皮毛大衣，然后两人一起走向餐厅。“但是，别忘了。”她小声说，“只为今晚才谢你这次。你愿不愿帮我忘掉我的秘密？” 巴毕高兴地一个劲儿地点着头，说：“天使，让我试试吧。”