42. The Goldfish of London 41
"You know him." Sherlock said in a declarative tone.
There was a moment when Irene's expression was very subtle, but she still told Sherlock the truth - after all, it was really unlikely that she would succeed in lying in front of Sherlock, and there was no need to lie: "Assuming they are really the same person, and I can't guarantee the objectivity of the relevant information that I know." β
Sherlock narrowed his eyes, "Tell me about it." β
"Now? Over here? "Erin finally had a chance to look at Sherlock, who disguised herself as a bum, his slim coat and suit were gone, but instead a wide jumper, his hair was even more messy, and he really didn't get a lot of attention if he was thrown into the crowd." You lookβ"
"How?"
"It's a vagabond."
Sherlock glared at his girlfriend and gave them a magnified smirk, "Do you need me to compliment you on your observations?" β
Erin: "...... No need. β
Sherlock snorted and poked his head out to observe the situation on the street, and Yu Guang noticed that Comrade Xiao Ai was wrinkling his nose and sniffing her sleeve - she only saw Sherlock's 'inner beauty' in her eyes just now, so she pounced without hesitation, and now she noticed her boyfriend's 'external appearance' - and snorted heavily.
Erin immediately lowered her sleeves, pinching her nose - literally - to praise her boyfriend, but she realized Sherlock's intention to disguise herself as a homeless man, and she just praised me or something, and, "You pretended to follow me like this, you wanted to see if you could lure the snake into the hole, right?" β
Unaware of the danger that might lie in his girlfriend's words, Sherlock not only admits it with confidence, but also analyzes it eloquently: "Didn't I say that? Since Mr. M, who still calls him that for the time being, has spent so much effort to test you, and a test has no results, he must have a second move. The key is when he's going to make a move, and in the last week, we haven't seen any suspicious people around us, it could be that he's patient, or maybe you're not alone. β
Erin made the following argument: "So you think if I were alone, Mr. M would probably be more likely to come to the door?" β
Sherlock had also finished observing the situation outside, and he turned back and said, "That's right! β
Erin stared at Sherlock's messy curls for a few seconds, then said in a calm tone like boiled water that no longer steamed, "Can I think you're using me as bait?" β
Sherlock finally sensed that something was wrong, and he swallowed back the "yes" he was on the verge of blurting out, and said dryly, "If you have to think so." β
"That's it." Comrade Xiao Ai didn't say whether she wanted to kiss him or beat him, she just said such an emotionless answer, and then paused for two seconds and said, "Let's go back to Baker Street, I have a lot to say to you, and I think we'd better sit down and talk." β
Sherlock habitually put his hand in the pocket of his coat, and the first time he copied it, he obviously forgot that he was not wearing his slim-fitting long coat, he angrily pulled down the front pocket of the jumper, and looked up to meet his girlfriend's smiling expression: "What about the clothes you wear?" β
Sherlock stiffened his neck, "They'll send it back to me, and I mean themβ"
Erin replied with a somewhat tangled expression: "You members of the homeless network, I know, I think I saw two of them. β
Sherlock turned abruptly, and the two homeless men on the other side of the alley suddenly became beasts. Sherlock gritted his teeth: "Ignore them, let's go." β
When they left, the two homeless men looked at each other behind their heads: "Did you see that?" β
"Well, hugging each other."
"It's not fair."
"It's not fair!" Even Sherlock' Kaolin's Holmes can have a girlfriend, how can it be fair!
Over there, Erin, who was dressed the same as when she went out, and Sherlock, who had changed someone, returned to 221B, and Mrs. Hudson was about to open the store when she was surprised to see them returning: "Didn't you go on a date?" Why did you come back so soon? Sherlock, you're ...... New clothes? "It's really hard for Mrs. Hudson to think about it.
Erin smiled at the landlady and did not speak.
Sherlock smiled at the landlady with a deliberately enlarged wrinkled smile, "Observation needs to be strengthened, Mrs. Hudson, you can go and open the shop, go slowly." β
Mrs. Hudson: "......" seems to be dating gone wrong.
It's not just that it's not going well, it's not dating at all, okay? And when their little couple sat down to talk, it wasn't so smooth-
Since Sherlock met Erin, Erin has opened several doors to new worlds, such as parallel universe theory, ghosts, spells, the ghost who ate Jack the Ripper, the painting of souls, and the resurrection of the dead. Now at the beginning of the conversation, she once again opened the door to a new world for Sherlock simply and rudely, Sherlock is a character in the film and television drama, Sherlock reacted very Sherlock: "Oh, it's kind of interesting but it's just as boring." β
- There was no psychological barrier to Erin, and not to Sherlock.
Then, his bright, perceptive eyes stared at Erin: "Your father sued you, but how did he do it?" I know you guys have a special contact information, but what is it? Speak. β
Erin said slowly, "I'm thinking about how to explain the unscientific communication I used with my dad in natural language, it-"
Sherlock waved his hand a little disappreciatively, "To use your 'jargon'." β
Erin sighed slightly: "Okay, [into a dream], while I was dreaming, my dad came to my dream, and we could communicate." We've been in contact twice since I've been here. β
Sherlock said firmly, "The first time was on the day you came here. β
Erin wasn't surprised that Sherlock deduced it, and she nodded, "Well, that time, I almost hit you with a talisman." When she woke up from her dream, Sherlock was squatting like a cat on the coffee table in front of her couch, and her pale eyes were green, and Irene was of course startled.
Sherlock directly ignored the second half of what Erin said, leaned forward and approached her: "The second time Mr. Ai sued you, you came to a parallel universe composed of the film and television dramas he watched, and sued you, oh, in professional terms, the plot, am I right?" β
Erin's expression became subtle: "I'm not sure. β
Sherlock glared at his girlfriend, "You're not sure?" β
"Because after I told my dad that I liked a consulting detective named Sherlock Holmes, my dad told me a bloody love triangle centered around him, and the other two protagonists were men, and a third of them was Jim Moriarty." Erin had followed her boyfriend's ears and had learned a little bit of his ability to stun people. It took less than ten seconds for her to say this, and the only consulting detective in the world took a full thirty seconds to digest what it contained, which was not the time it took him to resume his normal thinking.
At the center of the bloody love triangle love story, he looked at his girlfriend with a complicated expression after digesting: "Uh. β
Comrade Xiao Ai squeezed out a wry smile: "That's why I said I'm not sure, well, and sat down to talk." β
Sherlock's eyes drifted when he heard this, "So you're not breaking up with me, or whatever, I don't know." You seem to be mad at me for using you as bait to lure snakes into the hole, and you didn't say you were going to kiss me or beat me up - oh, it's okay now, let's talk about this bloody love story. β
Looking at Sherlock's awkward way of changing the subject, Erin's heart was suddenly in a state of war between heaven and man, on the one hand, she felt how could he be so cute, on the other hand, "You didn't remind me, I almost forgot about it, I was angry, but it's not just the reason you said, and are you sure you want to choose to talk to me about this bloody love story?" Maybe I didn't understand it enough, but in fact I made it clear that the protagonists of this love triangle are all men, Sherlock. β
Sherlock: "......"
Sherlock probably hadn't recovered yet, as he stepped on thunder again: "That's why you're texting Mycroft to test him about my sexuality?" Well, I looked at your phone, you should keep an eye on it. β
Erin: "...... This matter will be talked about after we finish the bloody love triangle love story, and then we will talk about it together with the incident that led the snake into the hole. β
Sherlock: "...... Mr. Ai must have said something else that would make you think that the little man you met in Chinatown was Jim Moriarty from the story. β
Erin poured herself a cup of tea, took two sips to calm her mixed feelings, and when she looked up, she saw that her boyfriend was taking back his teacup, apparently thinking that she would pour him a cup too. Comrade Xiao Ai really couldn't cry or laugh, she felt that she just couldn't do anything with Sherlock, raised her chin and motioned him to put the cup down, picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea.
When Sherlock was satisfied with the teacup and drank tea, Erin said slowly: "Jim Moriarty wants to take Sherlock Holmes by force, but he can't do it, so he tied a bomb to Sherlock Holmes's roommate and the other protagonist of the love story, John Watson. β
"Ahem." Tarzan's unchanging consultative detective succeeds in making a shocking coughing sound, and the 'culprit' has nothing to do with the love triangle, and Sherlock Holmes's girlfriend at the center of the story laughs particularly innocently. Not only that, but she also propped her forehead and said, "You know, this story is ridiculous, but I kind of believe it now." β
Comrade Xiao Ai looked at her boyfriend word by word and said, "High IQ is the new sexy." β
Sherlock: "......"
Sherlock's never-ending brain was now finally functioning normally, he sat up straight, put his hands together in front of his lips, stared at his girlfriend who seemed to be gloating, and fired a subwoofer outward: "I think the whole thing is boring from beginning to end, not to mention Mr. Ai, who doesn't play cards according to common sense, don't stare at me, you obviously know better than me what Mr. Ai's personality is." He will tell you such a boring story, it may be that he is misleading you, given that he will not be happy with you and anyone in love, or it may be that he understands things differently than ordinary people, or maybe both, I am more inclined to this inference. β
Erin actually felt speechless, the main thing, Ai Ye's character, Erin, who is a girl, is difficult to explain, but of course she can't just be so soft: "It's groundless." β
Sherlock frowned: "Huh? β
Erin put it another way: "A slap doesn't make a sound." β
This time Sherlock understood, glared at his girlfriend and said quickly, "You're going to have to ask me to come up with stronger evidence, right?" β
"Huh? Hmm-" Before Erin could ask what the evidence was, Sherlock, who was able to act and think, crossed the table and held her face...... Kissed. Originally, it was just a light kiss, but almost at the moment when the lip flap touched, it developed into a deep kiss between the lips, a kiss that made people extremely comfortable and nostalgic. After the lips parted, and Irene lost her mind slightly, Sherlock somehow crossed the table and leaned down - lingering on her lips, wondering why the tip of her tongue was not clear enough, at least not enough for him to clearly draw every tiny detail of Erin's rosy lips in his mind.
Sherlock also took Erin's hand and placed it on his left chest, "Can you hear me?" β
Erin said confusedly, "With my hands?" β
This time, it was the turn of Sherlock, who had finally gone online with emotional intelligence, to blackface: "Irene! β
Erin, who was still flushed, put her arms around Sherlock's waist and put her ear to his left chest, above his heart, and heard his thunderous heartbeat, she seemed to be addicted to Sherlock: "Well, I won't say that you are trying to cover it up." β
Sherlock's face darkened completely, but soon his face improved, even overpowered.
Because his girlfriend, who is good at playing straight balls, said sullenly, "Sherlock, I don't like that story at all, I want you to only keep it in my love story." β
Sherlock cleared his throat: "I have always been a cold spectator, unmoved by feelings, believing that all feelings are contrary to what I regard as the supreme reason, and love is a dangerous disadvantage, a physical defect of the loser, but now you see, my body betrayed me. β
Of course, Erin knew the theory that Sherlock had been promoting, but it was exactly like this, and now Sherlock had chosen something that was contrary to his reason, and now spread it out to her, making Erin feel like her heart was beating like it was jumping out of her chest in the next moment, and she fell into a bright light, and her mind was blank, a real blank.
In this case, people are always easy to do stupid things, Comrade Xiao Ai went to pull Sherlock's hand, wanted to exchange courtesies, let him feel her heartbeat, but forget that there is a difference between men and women!!
Sherlock, of course, knew what the softness of his palm was, and he took a half-step back as if he had been burned.
Erin slowly came to her senses, crouched down with her face covered, and tried to get under the table.
Sherlock put his hands behind his back and said dryly, "If you get in, you'll really prove what I said." β
Erin: "...... Can you delete that scene? Please, Sherlock. β
Sherlock didn't think about it and said, "Yes." β
Erin continued to cover her face: "Thank you." β
Sherlock quickly replied, "You're welcome. β
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The young couple unanimously decided to turn the page and refocus their attention on Jim Moriarty, or Mr. M.
"He's been keeping an eye on Baker Street," Sherlock didn't look out of the ordinary, if you ignore the fact that he was no longer sitting across from Erin, but lying back on the couch in the living room. β
Waiting for Erin in Chinatown, obviously knowing that Erin went to Chinatown, there are also his people in Chinatown.
"He made a mysterious appearance, but this time he actually appeared, obviously very confident in himself, and your actions and actions were unexpected to him, so that would explain that he showed his face, dramatized as an otaku, and retreated from Chinatown. Oh, and on that point, we can get conclusive confirmation based on the message back from my homeless squad. Sherlock shook the phone in his hand and gave Mr. M a temporary definition, "A dramatic narcissist!" β
Without a response from Erin, Sherlock sat up and looked at her, "What have you been tinkering with since then?" β
Erin put down the pencil in her hand and held up the paper in her hand to Sherlock, "This is what he looks like in my eyes. The black lines behind him are like cobwebs, and he is the center of the webs, no matter what his identity is, he is definitely a human being immersed in the darkness and above the darkness. β
Sherlock walked over and took the paper, casually commenting on his girlfriend's assessment, "You've already said it. β
Erin realizes that this is an extremely dangerous person, and now that he has his eyes on Baker Street, he immediately frowns, "My dad didn't tell me who he isβ"
Before she could finish her sentence, Sherlock cut off: "No spoilers!" β
Even if she wants to spoil her, she can't help it, she can't dream of Ai Ye now, she can only wait for Ai Ye to dream of her, Erin sighed slightly, her eyes were level with Sherlock: "Then do you have a clue to trace his identity now?" β
Sherlock: "...... No, but I have a hunch that the curtain will be lifted soon. Then, without any foreshadowing, he asked a question he had been wanting to ask before, "Then did your father tell you, when are you going back?" β