After meals

Looking at the table where there was basically no food left, Delia hummed an unknown song on the corner of her mouth, and packed up the dishes and headed to the kitchen with a happy face, because today she had conquered the stomach of her future employer with her superb cooking skills.

She shouldn't have experienced such a feeling again for a long time.

When passing by the living room again, looking at the figure who was playing with her daughter, Dai Lia was a little stupid for a while, and she found that in less than half a day, she had become inseparable from this warm 'home'.

However, it is such a home that does not belong to her, but it gives her the warmth of family, whether it is the mysterious and powerful Mr. Sean, or the majestic and kind Mrs. Anna, they all regard themselves as equals.

It was the first time in three years that Dalia felt the respect she deserved as a human being.

So suddenly, when she heard Mr. Sean beckoning her to the study to talk, her calm heart swelled again, like a drowning man who did not dare to give up any way to save himself.

This should be the time for the 'judgment' to be announced.

Dai Lia, who came to the study, sat on a hardwood chair at Sean's signal, looking so nervous that she didn't even dare to lean back on the chair, and sat precariously waiting for the back of her future employer who was brewing black tea, waiting for his inquiry or trial.

Holding a cup of steaming black tea in his hand, Sean looked at Dai Lia, who was tense and subconsciously grabbed the hem of her skirt with both hands, a smile appeared, and she said gently: "Don't be nervous, Ms. Dai Lia, you are a very good lady, and today's dinner is very delicious." ”

"Really?"

Hearing such a lack of confidence from Dai Lia, Sean didn't say too much, and directly handed her an employment contract and said, "Of course, Ms. Dai Lia, I hope we have a good cooperation. ”

Dai Lia, who took over the contract, suddenly appeared with tears in the corners of her eyes, and said with a whimper: "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Sean..."

Saying that, she seemed a little impatient to sign the contract, although she didn't watch the content carefully, but suddenly saw that Sean paid her labor remuneration to reach 3 gold eagle coins per week.

"Mr. Sean, I think you're paying too... Too much. ”

Hearing this, Sean took a sip of black tea and said to Dai Lia's black eyes: "This is just Ms. Dai Lia's most basic salary, which will increase every year, you must know that Anna is sometimes not in a good temper, which has to include a part of the emotional fee." ”

"And Ms. Delia, your cooking skills are worth the wages. ”

"Also, I like little Anne very much, and Anna likes her, and we can sponsor her schooling, but I think as a mother, Ms. Daria, you need to save a school fee for her, so please don't shirk it. ”

"Thank you. ”

Dai Lia, who got the answer, didn't continue to dwell on anything, as a maid, she knew that ordinary employers would do everything they could to deduct their salary, how could there be anything like Mr. Sean.

It's just to maintain her unimportant self-esteem.

Dai Liya, who understood it, didn't bother with the salary problem, picked up the ink on the table, and she couldn't write, and pressed the bright red handprint on the signature.

From this moment on, she was officially hired by Mr. Sean.

Looking at the young and handsome man who carefully packed up the contract, Dai Lia hid her inner secrets to the deepest depths, and did not dare to divulge a single thing, only her hard work was the most rewarding for Mr. Sean.

It's just that unexpectedly, after signing the contract, the young employer turned to himself and said the words that made the calm heart storm again.

"Lady Deria, may I take the liberty of asking about your family, such as Anne's father?"

Anne's father?

Why did he ask?

Wouldn't Mr. Sean be willing to hire someone like me?

Sean looked at Delia with a tangled, angry and sad expression, and didn't know how to speak for a while, after all, for a woman who originally had a happy family, what a blow her husband's sudden disappearance was.

Maybe she didn't know what her husband was doing, but at least she could read from the shadow now that Delia had a husband who cared about her before, and that her daughter had a father who loved her.

Although this topic may reopen the scar in Delia's heart, for the sake of that resentful spirit, for the sake of the innocent people who may be sacrificed in the future, Sean must and must open this wound with his own hands.

Is it cruel?

Maybe.

The two were silent for a long time, and Dai Lia, who secretly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Sean with a tough face, and said faintly: "My husband's name is Kane, he is a seafarer, but I don't know his specific job, I only know that he will go to sea once every six months, as short as a few months, as long as a year. ”

"Although he doesn't like to talk and occasionally seems a little withdrawn, he loves me very much, and every time he comes back from a trip to sea, he brings me all kinds of gifts, which I like very much. ”

"Especially after we had a daughter, I could clearly feel the joy in his heart, maybe he didn't even notice it, even his stiff face unconsciously smiled. ”

"Until that night three years ago, he suddenly said that he didn't want to go to sea to work, he wanted to live with me and my daughter, and I was very happy that night because I didn't have to worry about my husband's safety at the moment, so I slept with a smile on my face that night, and I thought we would be happy forever. ”

"Unexpectedly, the next day his companion knocked on the door again, and I hated the man because he would take my husband every time, and I vividly remember the day when the male-looking bald man and my husband had a heated argument at the door. ”

"Then, after the bald man left, my husband said to me with a very ugly face that he was going to sea again, but he promised me, he promised me that this was the last time he went to sea, but..."

Dai Lia didn't finish the last words, but Sean, as an audience, had already understood what had happened, the Wraith, no, it should be Kane who had been hiding his identity as a pirate from Daria, and would follow the people of the Dreadbook to go out to raid every year, although he was not a good person, but he could be regarded as a good husband and father.

Obviously, they were going to quit, but they didn't expect to die in the last action and turn into a resentful spirit.

The so-called fate?

Looking at Dai Lia, who couldn't hold back her tears, Sean sighed slightly, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it over, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I just feel the need to know about your family situation, please mourn." ”

"It's gone, at least now my daughter Anne is happy, and I'm happy when she's happy. With red eyes, Dalia did not take the handkerchief, got up and bent down, and left the study.

Sean, who was sitting in the chair, did not stay, and continued to taste black tea, and sometimes the pain of the wound could only be soothed by himself.

Little Anne is six years old this year, and his father Kane went to sea when she was three years old, and it has been three years since he became a resentful spirit who only knows revenge, and little Anne has no father in her heart.

As a result, in addition to investigating the identity of the resentful spirit, there is no clue about the way to eliminate it, not to mention that its strength should be at the third level, and it is very difficult to find its traces.

Filly must no longer be used as bait, it is not a brainless being like Mr. Terry, and it has shown great intelligence during the night hunt.

Little Annie?

Don't even think about it.

Or go to Black Shark and ask Boris if there is anyone with the Fear.

Wait a minute

It was a vicious, bald man who threatened Kane to go to sea, as did Boris.

And why Filly is so cowardly as a pirate first mate, you must know that the general first mate can be regarded as the second in command of the ship, and the person who will take over the command of the entire ship after the captain has an accident.

The captain of the Fear, as long as he is not an idiot, would not use such a first mate.

Filly was so afraid of Boris that he was still so frightened, and it was hard to imagine that a pirate's first mate could be so afraid of a gang leader.

Immediately Sean also thought that Black Shark had more than one crew member of the Fear, at least Kane had killed one before, and according to Harris, Boris suddenly joined Black Shark three years ago and took the position of leader in a short period of time.

There are not so many coincidences in the world, they are all established facts.

Thinking of this, Sean immediately stood up nervously, took out the whistle that Gollum handed to him, and with a poignant whistle, Gollum's square figure appeared in front of him.

Ignoring the enthusiastic Gollum, Sean immediately finished writing a letter, handed it to Gollum and said solemnly: "Gollum, please give this letter to Miss Eve immediately, let her come and save me, and if it's too late, just let her offer a bouquet of flowers in front of my tombstone." ”

As if sensing the heaviness of Sean's tone, Gollum stopped to lick Sean's tongue, and instead rolled the letterhead in his hand directly into his abdomen, then closed his mouth, and a metallic sound came from his body.

"I don't need a leather bag this time..."Sean, who originally thought that Gollum was afraid of wetting the letterhead, and originally wanted to urge Gollum to leave, suddenly found that a black glove rolled out of its tongue and placed it on the table.

"Is this for me?"

"Bang bang. ”

Gollum opened and closed his mouth and made two collision sounds, which was regarded as a response to Sean, and one turned around and disappeared into the spirit world wrapped in gray mist.

Looking at the black glove, Sean could clearly feel the magic emanating from it, and it was still a mysterious weapon that was very suitable for his own death path, and whispered to the place where Gollum disappeared, "Thank you." ”

Picking up the gloves and putting them on his customary right hand, Sean didn't stop either, walked out of the study, smiled at the three people who were still studying in the living room, and said, "I'm sorry, Anna, I need to go out for a while now, and I guess I can't attend tomorrow's banquet." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Hmm... Overtime. ”

Anna stared at Sean's pretended relaxed back, and a disturbing thought suddenly welled up in her heart, just like watching Bruce ten years ago, and never looked back.