After going downstairs, the sky was still bright, and An Nu was ready to kill the afternoon.

She knocked on the bar table, threw the thirty copper Connor to Jack, and said skillfully, "A cup of sweet grass, choose the sweetest strawberry for me, and make more milk foam." ”

"Understood. Jack took the money and went about his work.

While waiting for the drink to be made, An Nu sat by the window, looking at the bustling crowd passing by, bored, and about to pick up the morning newspaper on the shelf, when a child's cry interrupted her plans.

An Nu looked out the window, there were two children standing in front of the door, a boy about ten years old, leading a young girl, the girl kept wiping her tears, and the boy was at a loss to explain something.

"What's the matter?" Annu got tired of hearing the cry and went out to ask.

"My brother won't buy me a bear... Whining... My brother is so stingy...", the girl gasped and cried intermittently.

"It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that the fifteen copper connors that bought Little Bear are enough for our family for a week..."The boy lowered his head, "I'm sorry, I can't do it like before anymore." ”

An Nu was a little speechless, three copper connors can't even afford a piece of baked bread, but it is the food and drink expenses of a difficult family, she doesn't need to ask the child about the changes in the family, she has already understood, she rummaged through her pockets, took out a copper connor with a face value of fifty and handed it to the boy: "Don't let her cry, we still have to do business." ”

The boy shook his head, a little reluctant to accept the alms, but he thought of his situation and had to accept it.

"Thank you, ma'am. The boy took the money and bowed to Annu.

"No thanks, this money will be spent quickly, while there is still food to eat, let's plan more for the future~" An Nu said, turning back to Blue Rose.

Looking at the sweet grass that Jack had made on the table, the thick milk foam and the sweet fragrance of strawberries were sweet, but she was in no mood to enjoy it, and drank it expressionlessly like drinking water, not knowing what she was thinking.

When night fell, the starry curtain of the blue rose fell, and with the sound of music, An Nu returned to her former state: "It's really stupid, I'm not a poor ghost now, I worry about this and that every day, who cares about me." ”

Saying this, she took a bite of the strawberry on the mouth of the cup that she was reluctant to eat: "Now is the time to enjoy, the wonderful night belonging to An Nu has arrived!"

Annu stroked her forehead and slipped into the dance floor, she was like a stimulant, boiling all the guests of the Blue Rose, and the men who had chased after Passas had forgotten the losses they had suffered at the gambling table, and ran to Jack for a chance to dance with her.

But the reply they got was that Jack shook his head and apologized: "The places to dance with Ann Nu have been bought, why don't you see the other dancers?"

The guests looked at Ann's empty side, very dazed.

And the same is true of An Nu herself, who was wondering why no one was invited tonight, when someone stepped forward to greet her.

"Miss An, I wonder if I can dance with you?"

She looked up at Lori, "Sorry sir, dancing with me requires a dance ticket." ”

I saw Lori laugh and take out a long list of dance tickets in his arms, all of which had An's name written on them.

"Is it enough?"

"That's enough, sir. ”

An Nu took the dance ticket, turned around with a light footstep, and came to his arms, and the music at this moment also turned into a soothing slow song, the light shone on her slowly flowing eyes, she smiled coquettishly, and the brilliance also turned into a crescent moon in the river.

"I didn't expect my wife to have such a side, with the word desire written all over her body. ”596

"Desire is too vague, the higher desire is the absolute temptation of a work of art, and the lower desire—" She licked her lips, and before he could say anything, she left his arms.

I saw her twisting her waist and jumping and shaking slowly: "Is there anything wrong with Mr. coming here?" are you still worried that I will ruin your reputation outside~"

"What is there to be afraid of in a broken house, but I haven't seen my wife for a long time, I miss it very much, I don't know if I have time these days, I want to take you out to play. Lori didn't know how to dance like that, so he ordered a glass of wine and sat on the side to watch her performance.

Hearing the words, An Nu suddenly became interested: "Where are you going?"

"Tomori. ”

She stopped dancing and sat down next to Lori, not in a hurry to reply, but ordered: "A cup of sweet grass, the old rule." ”

Lori was not in a hurry, and waited patiently for her, and when the cup of sweet grass was brought to her, An Nu shook her head: "I have never left Kanglai." ”

"I won't lose you, don't worry. He said, glancing at the sweet grass she was holding, "You like this very much? Even the bartender knows your preferences." ”

"Hmm... Speaking of which, I drank a glass of this when I was younger, but I don't know if I over-embellished my memory, and drinking it again always feels less sweet than it was at the beginning. ”

At that time, her family was already in tatters, and her parents finally had a clear conscience and used their last savings to send her somewhere else.

It was a beautiful place, far from the mundane, with the scent of roses and a faint mist, and the family that had taken her in for her pitiful, and the first thing she had eaten there was a cheese muffin, with a drink like sweet grass, and she had not eaten anything good for a long time, so that she now loved both of them, but when she had the money to buy them, she felt that it was not the taste she wanted.

Speaking of which, An Nu has not lived there for long, the family is very rich and treats her very well, and the children in the family are not at all as domineering as the eldest young master and eldest lady.

But her own experiences from childhood to adulthood continue to haunt her mind, and she hopes that Conrad will have a gambling ban like the other two countries and can save families who are going through the same situation as her.

She asked the family to borrow a sum of money and explained her thoughts, and she asked for the home address, saying that she would return it later.

The family gave her three times the amount she had asked for, as well as the address, and sent her back to the place she knew.

After that, An Nu apprenticed to a person known as the "God of Gambling", and after a few years, she saved a large amount of savings, but she also became addicted to gambling.

But fortunately, she was conscious, didn't fall too deep, and knew to stop at the right time.

She packed the money in a box and wanted to send it back to the family through the post office, but the post office told her that the address was fake.

"Miss Ann?" she was caught up in her memory, and Lori called out to her a few times before dragging her out of the past.

"Ah, I'm sorry sir, I'm distracted. She hurriedly apologized, and put behind her promise to worry about the red: "That, I'll go with you." ”

"Good. He did not reproach her, but waited for her to finish the cup of sweet grass and sent her home.

He didn't enter the house, but stood outside the door and said, "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning and rest early." ”

"Good night, Mr. Lowry. She politely said goodbye.

And Lori is just like her.

"Good night, Miss Ann. ”