39. XXXIX

>> Love is destined, we can't find the true meaning of life alone, we need to be with the people we love.

Liu Fanxu shook his head, "No, Emma, in fact, I will find a suitable opportunity to tell him the truth, I will not let you disappear in front of me forever, and I want to find you another companion." Emma was even more frightened, she rubbed her fingers, very uneasy, "Doesn't the master need Emma?" Or do you think Emma alone is not up to the job of taking care of her master? Liu Fanxu shook his head again and denied, "Emma, you are my house-elf, and the companion I found you, I hope he belongs to Span Seraide, and I want to use him to protect my husband." Emma looked very hesitant, she looked at Liu Fanxu cautiously, and was about to speak, but there was a sound of the key unlocking the door from the door, and then the door was pushed open from the outside.

Emma's quick reaction to the phantom shift, and Liu Fanxu, who hastily forgot to cast a mute spell on the surroundings, got up from the sofa with a worried face after hearing the subsequent piercing sound of air blasting. She looked at the door and saw Red standing in the door with a frown and a puzzled expression, looking around at the environment inside the house, "Aga, what happened?" I just heard a sound, well, something like a balloon popping, did you hear that? Liu Fanxu hurriedly walked over and welcomed him into the house. He took the messenger's bag from his hand and hung it on the hanger, then helped him take off his coat, and said with careful wording, "It's nothing, I just made a simple real yàn, similar to a rocket launcher." Rhett suddenly relaxed his eyebrows, he reached out to hug Liu Fanxu, buried his face in her neck socket, and rubbed the tip of his nose against her neck, "I thought you wouldn't want to play that anymore, last time you almost hit your nose with a bottle cap." I just bothered you, didn't I? You should have rested earlier. ”

Liu Fanxu stretched out his hand and patted his back, smiling and shaking his head, "That was a mistake, Spencer, are you going to laugh at me for the rest of my life with that failure?" She closed her eyes and leaned on his shoulder, "When you called me, I was reading, probably because I slept too much the other day, and I was in good spirits, so I will find some fun to spend time." However, I didn't expect you to call me about the case, and I'm really, really glad you were able to think of me when you needed to. Did I help you? Oh well, I know that even without me, you'd think of those clues sooner or later, and they're all in your head, and you just didn't notice them for a while. Red hugged Liu Fanxu, the two tacitly danced slowly, he closed his eyes, took a breath gently, the breath belonging to her entered his chest, and the smile on his lips was even stronger, "I didn't expect to make fun of you for the rest of my life, Aga, because we still have a lot of time to do more practical things together, and you are likely to have other jokes for me to entertain" She angrily tapped his shoulder, and Rhett chuckled lightly, "Aga, chatting with you can make my thoughts clearer." You did help me. ”

"Like Watson helped Sherlock Holmes?" She joked, and laughter overflowed her lips, "Spencer, my great detective, can you tell your poor assistant, do you have to go to work tomorrow at eight o'clock?" Red cleared his throat and replied solemnly, "Today, to be exact, my dearest assistant, Mr. Hodge, wants us to rest at home in the morning and go to work in the afternoon." "He's such a nice guy, Spencer." Liu Fanxu said with great gratitude, "Then, you hurry up and clean yourself up and go to bed immediately, dear, you must know that it is already four o'clock in the morning, you are very right, this morning's sleep time has begun." "Okay." Red reluctantly let go of Liu Fanxu, he kissed her on the center of the eyebrow, and walked into the bathroom with a tired body.

Red squinted his eyes, climbed into bed and lay down beside Liu Fanxu with a sleepy face, he naturally reached out to hug her, his chin against the top of her hair, his eyes closed and drowsy, but his mouth muttered, "Aga, I want to listen to your reading." Liu Fanxu pillowed his arm, the tip of his nose rubbed against the skin of his chest, hearing his words, she almost laughed, she cleared her throat and asked seriously, "Is it like Mommy reading a bedtime story to Baby?" Red tightened her arms in dissatisfaction, and she was smiling and begging for mercy in his arms. She kissed his Adam's apple, and her smile faded, although she was joking, she had already made a decision in her heart, she shook her eyelashes and spoke softly, and her low and comfortable voice poured out, "Orchid. White is a magical girl, her parents left one after another when she was born. She and Emma live in the castle of Notda, Emma is Orchid.White's exclusive house-elf, she is gentle, shy but also has a hint of house-elf hysteria, she takes care of Orchid.White, takes care of the castle where they live, and takes care of the white orchids in the garden outside the castle. ”

"House-elves?" Red closed his eyes and asked, "Is it the kind of race that was considered slaves mentioned in the last book of magical creatures?" Serving the ancient and wealthy wizard family for generations, he undertook a household chore, obeyed any orders given by his master, and must not disobey in the slightest, otherwise he must punish himself. What I don't understand is that the books say that they have great magical powers, that they are born with magic, but that they are willing to be enslaved, and that they even regard freedom and expulsion as a shame. Has this race, which has infiltrated servility into its blood, really existed? "Yes, they do exist, but that's not necessarily what the book says, because in Orchid.White's mind, Emma is not a slave, she is her family. But the feelings are complicated, she has to hide her kindness, and she can't show her concern for Emma in front of the portrait. Because if the portraits knew that she regarded Emma as family, Emma would most likely be punished or even executed. Liu Fanxu spoke slowly, and Red moved his lips and asked again, "So what is the portrait?" I mean, why can portraits punish or even execute a magical house-elf, even if she's just a slave to the family. ”

Liu Fanxu pressed his forehead to his collarbone, "because those portraits are Orchid.White's direct elders, from the first ancestors, generations to the present, and finally her parents." Emma can't disobey their orders of punishment, even though she obeys Orchid.White first. Red muttered, "That's pretty bad." She nodded, "Yes, that's terrible, until Orchid.White's eleventh birthday she received an offer from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the best school for witchcraft and wizardry in the UK. Many children with magical talents are registered at birth until they are eleven years old, and the school sends them a letter of acceptance to the guò owl, who will find them wherever they are, and then open the door to a new world for them. ”

"Hi Aga, you said they were registered as soon as they were born, I mean, how does this school tell that they have the qualifications to get in? Also, owl messengers? How does it identify the right address, you said they would be found wherever they were. It's incredible. Red frowned, sleepy retorted, Liu Fanxu stretched out his finger to poke his chest, and said dissatisfiedly, "Hey, Spencer, I know what you actually want to say is: this is not scientific, but this is magic, do you want to use your non-magical theory to argue with me about the logic of the wizarding world?" Red pouted and compromised, "Okay, okay, it's magic, you go on." ”

"I still remember the scent of magnolia flowers wafting through the air that day, and the smell of whole wheat bread on the table" Liu Fanxu paused suddenly, aware of her gaffe, she was silent and waited for Red to speak. He opened his eyes slightly, the sleepiness in his eyes was replaced by surprise, he lowered his head and kissed the top of her hair, as if he didn't notice it, and said vaguely, "Telling the story in the first person is more immersive, and it seems that I can smell the aroma of magnolia flowers and whole wheat bread." Liu Fanxu's tense body loosened, and the eyelashes that held her trembled, which confirmed his guess even more, she was nervous, and the change in the way a story was told was not enough to make her so nervous, then, if the impossible factor was thrown away, the rest would only be the truth even if it was impossible. And this truth that he deduced by deduction made the mystery in his heart bigger and bigger, his wife and his Aga were actually telling her own story, but why did she have to do with magic every time? He was pretty sure she wasn't joking with him this time.

"Spencer, are you hungry that you smell whole wheat bread?" Liu Fanxu's eyes were a little flustered, she had a hunch, Red had begun to suspect that even if he didn't directly expose it now, he just wanted to wait for her to take the initiative to explain. She let out a breath, finally determined, and she looked up, and Red bowed his head in her movements, and the two of them tangled in the gray dawn light. She moved her lips, her voice suddenly becoming dry, "Spencer, I haven't told you this because I don't know how to speak, and I'm afraid you're going to leave me because of this, so I-" Red suddenly tightened his arms, and he lowered his head to take her lips. The tip of her nose was sore from Red's cheekbones, her eyelashes rubbing against the skin of Red's face, and her lips tingling from Rhett's gnawing and kissing. Liu Fanxu's breathing became more and more rapid, the oxygen in her chest seemed to be withdrawn along with the intertwined lips and tongue, and the air became thinner, she subconsciously raised her hand to wrap her arms around the back of his neck, wanting to push him away but hugging him tighter.