Mycroft and Lestrade spent many Christmases together, and he still remembers each of their Christmases, the first being the year they met, Lestrade invited him, and that Christmas was in addition to the eight little Lestrades and his brother Sherlock, but that Christmas because Mycroft was on a mission and they only spent Christmas Eve together. And the second Christmas was a year after they met, and this time it was the little Reistrian and his brother Sherlock who spent Christmas together, and I have to say Sherlock Holmes, who actually stayed in Reistrade's house for a year, and didn't even have any intention of leaving.

The second Christmas wasn't perfect, and this time it wasn't because of McCroft, of course, but because of a shocking case in Lestrade.

The case took place on Christmas morning and came to be known as the Ogre Case.

Adjust the time forward for a while, on the eve of Christmas, Lestrade made an invitation to McCroft, probably the same as last year, anyway, he is not going home alone, so it is better to come to their house to be more lively together, and be able to enjoy the brothers, friends and brothers. Sherlock has objected to Mycroft's Christmas coming, but Lestrade says that if Mycroft doesn't come, he will obediently carry his luggage and spend Christmas with Mycroft.

This Christmas in the Lestrade family has McCroft and Sherlock, and without McCroft, there is no place for Sherlock.

Sherlock feels that his whole person is going to be bad, when did he bind up with the dead fat man, what is the Christmas without the dead fat man can't have him?! Shouldn't this sentence be that there is him without me?

Given that Sherlock still wants to spend Christmas with the bears, he can only turn a blind eye to Reistrade's invitation, and then privately use a text message to stop Mycroft from coming to spend Christmas with him, hoping that McCroft will have something to do or refuse Reistrade's invitation.

But unfortunately this is not possible, Lestrade and Mycroft have become very good friends, how can he refuse Lestrade's Christmas invitation, especially after seeing Sherlock's text message, Mycroft decides that no matter what happens, this Christmas must be spent together.

When he knew that Mycroft accepted the invitation, Sherlock was in mouth cannon mode for two days in a row, of course, this mouth cannon would not be aimed at the Laceyders, nor at Mycroft, because Mycroft was a little far away from Sherlock, and he didn't have time to run over and laugh at the dead fat man, so the poor object of Sherlock's mouth cannon became a person from Butts Hospital, and by the way, Sherlock was no longer an intern at Butts Hospital, he had officially become a member of this hospital.

However, because of McCroft's interference, Sherlock has always been free-range.

It's been a time since I've been crying at the doctors at Butz Hospital, and they're eager to see Sherlock hiding, and it's a nightmare for a week if he catches them.

However, there are still people who like this kind of Sherlock, for example, the girl named Jasmine Amber likes Sherlock very much.

The first time the two of them met was in the real room of the intern interview at Buts Hospital, Sherlock was standing next to Jasmine, Jasmine's first impression of Sherlock was a handsome and confident man, although his poisonous tongue was very annoying, but I have to say that Sherlock gave Jasmine Amber confidence in a large way, which is what made Jasmine stand out in the whole interview. Because Jasmine's abilities are also very good, she ended up staying and becoming a colleague with Sherlock.

She wanted to get close to Sherlock, and Jasmine was still able to withstand the blow, so Sherlock's poisonous tongue made her gradually get used to it.

In fact, Sherlock is a very understanding person, he has a high-functioning antisocial personality, and his emotional intelligence is relatively low, even if he often makes all kinds of poisonous tongues or interpretations of Jasmine, but in his heart, Jasmine has probably begun to occupy some place, and it is easier to use than those who are bored.

Jasmine wanted to try to invite Sherlock at Christmas, but before he could do so, Sherlock said, "I'm sorry, I'm going to spend this not a nice Christmas with my fat brother!" ”

Jasmine smiled awkwardly, she rubbed her hands on her clothes and said, "Brother, your family?" I don't think I've heard from you. ”

"Who wants to mention that dead fat man, if it weren't for the detective saying that without him there would be no me, I wouldn't want to spend Christmas with the dead fat man!"

Sherlock was complaining like a child, and I don't know why Jasmine thought he was so cute, like a child.

"yes, I think it's nice to spend Christmas with my family."

"Oh, please, that's Mycrof, Dead Fat, Sherlock Holmes, my worst enemy!"

Sherlock snorted coldly and turned away, the goldfish didn't understand the pain in his heart, and spending Christmas with Mycroft meant that he had to see the fat man's face and hear his voice on the most important day of the year, it was a nightmare.

Nightmare or not, it's a reality.

All schools are closed for Christmas, and Hannibal's patient, Jim Moriarty, sends his best wishes to the psychiatrist in advance.

I'm going to give you a gift for Christmas, doctor. ――Jim

Hannibal looked at the text on the computer and raised his eyebrows, it seems that his "patient" is ready to do something again, Hannibal has not broken off contact with Moriarty, but during this time Moriarti has not done anything interesting, he made Hannibal feel a little dull, and finally he wants to send a "gift", I have to say that Hannibal is still looking forward to it.

Christmas gifts, very nice idea my dear Jim. ――W

Hannibal didn't know what kind of case this Jim Moriah could come up with, but he finally brought back a little bit of Hannibal's interest, and it can only be said that there is only one small teacup in this world, and there is only one person who can attract Hannibal's attention forever, Will Graham.

"What are you looking at, Hannibal."

Hannibal closed his computer and looked at his roommate who appeared at the door, and he smiled and said, "Don't you know, dear Harold?" ”

Harold Lestrade, the quintessential computer genius, to be honest, hasn't seen Hannibal be hindered by any firewall since Harold demonstrated his ability in this area, only what he doesn't want to know, nothing he can't know.

Harold walked over and sat on Hannibal's bed, "Maybe I'm not keen on exploring other people's **. ”

Hannibal admires Harold's intelligence, and although Harold has a full sense of justice, he is not so completely good, Hannibal thinks that Harold is a person who walks in darkness and light, and can go to the real light at any time when he is dyed in black at any time.

"It's just a small patient."

"Patients? Jim Moriarty: I remember that is the name. ”

Harold smiled, the last time Hannibal met this named Jim Moriati, Harold helped him evade the hackers, and after the third time, Harold also installed a program on Hannibal's computer, a program that can automatically change the IP at any time, this program will make it impossible for hackers to track where Hannibal is.

Hannibal had no intention of deceiving Harold.

"I hope this Jim Moriarty doesn't threaten Greg's safety, don't you think?"

"Of course, Greg Lestrade is someone we all want to protect, isn't it?"

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, Harold would continue to help Hannibal keep the secret, but only if it didn't touch the lives of Lestrade or anyone in the family.

Hannibal has been speculating about this "gift" of Jim Moriarty, and even for this gift Hannibal rarely moved his brush, he sketched a picture of Jim Moriarty in his heart, a man who looks honest and smart, should be over thirty years old, and must not be a bad person at first glance, because only such a person is suitable to be a real bad person, such as Hannibal himself.

Before being discovered, no one could have imagined that this psychiatrist who was trusted by everyone was actually a famous Chesapeake ripper, or even a murderer who had committed many cases for decades, but it can only be said that Hannibal is very well disguised, and no one will have any suspicion about him.

Christmas Eve was a day that soon came, and Lestrade began to decorate their home with the bears, with new trees and decorations, and all the gifts were placed under the tree, the ones that Lestrade gave to the bears, Sherlock to the Lestrades, and the bears to Lestrade, Sherlock, and Mycroft.

At ten o'clock the doorbell rang at Lestrade's house, and there was no need to guess that it was Mycroft, who had a lot of things in his hand, because everyone was very familiar and not like the first Christmas, so McCroft came in and consciously put the gift under the Christmas tree.

He put the snacks he had brought for the little Lestrades and Greg Lestrade's favorite doughnuts on the table, and his little brother Sherlock was still messing around, leaning back on the couch and playing with his violin.

“Mydearbrother.”

Mycroft sincerely wanted to make Sherlock unhappy, so he said this to Sherlock. Sherlock glared at him and plucked his strings, saying that the fat man didn't want him to stop even at Christmas.

"I thought Mommy was going to let his dearest eldest son come home for Christmas."

"I think Mommy misses her little son even more who won't make a phone call to a letter for a month, right, do you say it's Xiali?"

The only person who can make Holmes obedient is probably Mrs. Holmes, who is the mother of both Holmes, and is respected by all three Holmes.

"The reason you don't want to go home, don't you think I'm not? Mike! ”

After hearing McCroft call his nickname, Sherlock did not hesitate to call out Mycroft's least favorite name, and Mycroft's face did not change and looked at Sherlock and said: "Little Charlie, I am just too busy, as a petty official in the last position of the government, I can't help myself." ”

"Oh forget it, it's not that you don't want to come home because Mommy is urging you to marry, 'My dearest Mike, when are you going to find a wife?' Mommy would love to see you settle down. ’”

Sherlock followed their mother's example and provoked Mycroft over there, and Mycroft looked at his little brother and shook his head, or Lestrade came over and slapped Sherlock on the head, he hadn't done it for a long time, and the Sherlock Holmes, who usually didn't pinch back, broke out on Christmas Day, or rather Sherlock broke out unilaterally.

"Sherlock, don't use your mouth cannon on Mycroft."

Sherlock turned his head and pouted, Reistrade liked to help Mycroft, and he was a regular resident of their house who would choose to help an outsider.

Sherlock positions his brother as an "outsider".

"Actually, I'm used to Sherlock's appearance, after all, little Charlie is like a lady, and there are a few days a month when she is unhappy."

Sherlock wanted to jump when he heard Mycroft's sarcasm, but he was stopped by a look from Lestrade, yes, yes, he couldn't quarrel with Mycroft in the third chapter, but apparently this article was no longer there after McCroft entered the door.

"Mycro-" Raven ran over and hugged Mycroft's thighs, in fact, they hadn't seen Mycrof for a long time, the last time they saw each other was a month ago, Mycroft was so busy that he had just secretly gone abroad to complete a small mission a few days ago. Mycroft bent down and picked Raven up, he weighed Raven's weight, and said that the little princess sapphire of the Lestrade family had been hit again.

"Mycro, I miss you so much!"

Raven rubbed her arms around Mycroft's neck and rubbed his face, and she didn't know what magic Holmes had in her anyway, Raven was very fond of both Sherlock Holmes, but given that Sherlock was a person who could be seen often, Raven was now more intimate with Mycroft. Not only Raven but also Reistrade was also conquered by Mycroft, Merlin also ran over and hugged Mycroft's waist, he had grown a lot taller recently, and the baby fat that he had before was now gradually disappearing.

"Mycrof."

Harry sat on the couch and looked at Mycroft who was entangled by his younger siblings, and he couldn't put it into words, but Harry's feelings for Mycroft were deep-rooted.

"I miss you, my little princess, and Merlin, too."

Merlin will be seven years old in a year, but it seems as if he has not grown up, Merlin's recent life is still very leisurely, and Lestrade can't wait to instill all his love into Merlin, so that he knows that growing up is not a terrible thing, and that the benefits of growing up are not all painful memories.

"Raven got off McCroft, didn't you say you wanted to show him your paintings?"

Raven has recently taken a fond of drawing, and her first drawing is a family portrait of Harry, Loki, Saul, Harold, Hannibal, Tony, Merlin, Lestrade, Sherlock, herself, and Mycroft, and it seems that Raven has taken both Sherlock Holmes as her own relatives. She was painting very seriously, but she barely laughed when Lestrade saw it, Hannibal was the best painter in the house, and his precious sister Raven had not learned the essence from the middle, and Raven could be called a soul painter.

"That's right, draw!"

Raven dragged Mycroft to Reistrade's bedroom, there was a framed painting on the wall, it could be seen that there were eleven people in total, three big and eight small, Mycroft could be sure that the one standing next to Reestrade was himself after looking for a long time, black hair and black suit, Mycroft looked at Raven's expectant eyes and squatted down and patted her head and said, "Raven's painting is really amazing!" It was perfect! ”

This is the parenting rule that Lestrade gave to McCroft: children need encouragement, which will keep them happy and confident.

In fact, when Lestrade taught Mycroft this, McCroft still blamed himself in his heart, because he didn't do anything to Sherlock when he was a child...... Encourage this, and all that can be fought is to fight to the end.

"Thanks, Mycro."

Raven heard Mycroft's praise of herself and curtled her knees, something she had learned that princesses on TV were thanking others like this. Mycroft picked the man up again, and the two of them looked at Raven's painting together, and he listened to Raven talk about who the people on it were, and then praised him without hesitation.

Mycroft and Raven had a good chat, Raven kept smiling every minute, she heard a lot of compliments from Mycroft, to be honest, Ancia would have been stunned if she knew that Mycroft could say her praise without hesitation, after all, as the chief secretary, it was difficult for her to hear Mycroft's praise, and the most she heard was probably scolded.

"It's time to eat."

In the afternoon, Mycroft taught Merlin and Tony to play chess, and in addition to Sherlock, the masters of chess now include Hannibal and Harold, Harold was interested in chess a month ago, but given that he is a genius and chess can't escape calculation, he quickly learned it.

When Merlin and Tony were tired of playing, Harold and McCroft had a small game, McCroft looked at the young man who was at ease on the opposite side and raised his eyebrows, Harold's every move was very in place, this game of chess he was both offensive and defensive, and he believed that there must be nearly ten steps in Harold's head Two people move, and various changes that would occur.

Mycroft folded his hands, it seemed that he had underestimated Harold before, he thought he was just a computer genius, who knew that chess had leaked his abilities in some way, this boy had a vision and brain that no one else had, and he was more suitable to be McCroft's replacement than Raven.

And according to his age, Harold will be a nine-year-old boy in a few days, and McCroft in this grade has already skipped a grade to start his school career, and he believes that Harold is also capable of this, but because the relationship between the brothers has been stuck in place. And he also heard that Harold had a relatively complete worldview and morality.

Harold is more mature and more thoughtful than Raven, and it only takes a decade for Harold to start taking his place and reinvent a new myth, though...... Given Harold's force value, perhaps he could have gone the other way.

"It's your turn, Mr. McCroft."

Harold looked at Mycroft with a smile on his chin with both hands and said, Mycroft looked at the chessboard, and sure enough, the best malleable thing for Lestrade was Harold Lestrade.