"What?! No way! Lydia screamed at Ness's request. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"If you don't agree, I won't agree to what you just proposed." Ness stared at Lydia with a blank expression.

"Ness! You don't understand! I can't leave Nemo! In desperation, Lydia couldn't care if her words were wrong, "Nemo is not just a member of our family, he is also the subject of the FBI's witness protection program, I am his protector, and I can't let him out of my protective area." It's my job! ”

Ness didn't know such an inside story before, and when he heard Lydia say this, he was stunned. After a while, he asked, "Witness protection plan?" ”

"That's right!" Lydia nodded in the affirmative.

"That's how you protect yourself?!" Neston grimaced expression.

Lydia's face was slightly red, and she said, "It's complicated! You won't understand. But you know, I will never agree to your request. Doing so will ruin my job! ”

Ness was silent, he looked down at what Lydia had just said, and after a long moment, he added, "I work at NASA. I think your so-called witness protection program is similar to the FBI's special talent protection program at NASA, and it doesn't require you to be by Nemo's side 24 hours a day. Right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have left Nemo at Midwood the other day and gone to Chicago by yourself. ”

Lydia didn't know what Ness was up to, but he wasn't wrong, and she nodded hesitantly.

Seeing Lydia nodding, Ness breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, I won't embarrass you." How about we take a step back? ”

"What?" Lydia was stunned.

"I will never allow you to live with Nemo. But you can live next door to him. I don't think that's a violation of the Witness Protection Scheme. Isn't it? ”

"You let a minor live alone without a guardian?"

"He's not too small." Ness said leisurely, "Not to mention that I didn't say that Nemo should live alone. ”

"Then who are you going to let ......" Lydia stopped halfway through her words. She looked thoughtfully at Hannah to the side.

Seeing her react, Ness said with a little satisfaction, "That's right. I'm going to have Nemo live with Hannah. She's in Chicago with you anyway. You find another place to live next door to their house, and you are responsible for the protection of the neighborhood. ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Hannah and asked, "Hannah, I didn't discuss this matter with you, if you have a different opinion, you can tell me now." ”

To strengthen his persuasiveness, Ness continued, "As Lydia said, Nemo is already part of our family. We can't leave him alone. You can rest assured, in the years before Nemo became an adult, I will send you living expenses every month, and you will not suffer because of taking care of Nemo. ”

Where would Hannah refuse? She's begging for it! But the argument between Ness and Lydia made her feel something, and she was afraid that agreeing too quickly would arouse Ness's suspicions, so she had to forcibly suppress the excitement in her heart, pretending to be entangled, and said after a while: "No...... No problem. ”

How does Ness know what's going on in Hannah's mind? Seeing her hesitation, he was still a little nervous. Later, when he saw her agree, he immediately felt relieved and said, "This is the best!" Thank you! Hannah! What do you say, Hannah? ”

Lydia pursed her lips and didn't speak. But in her heart, she slandered Ness's wishful thinking to the extreme. She knew the real relationship between Hannah and Zongheng. Letting Hannah take care of Zongheng is probably even more risky than her taking care of it. Ness didn't know the inside story, and thought he had a plan. But she didn't say anything. What could she say? Exposing Hannah and Zongheng's secret in front of Ness? If he did, Ness would have to go crazy.

Lydia nodded in agreement.

……

Selling a house and moving a house is a systematic project. Hannah and Ness left Midwood early for their studies and work. Lydia, on the other hand, stayed in Midwood for more than a month.

Having lived here for nearly thirty years since childhood, this house retains the memories of Lydia Media. Almost every piece of floor, every inch of wallpaper, can bring back a memory of Lydia.

For more than a month, Lydia refound a place to live in Chicago for Hannah and herself, and rented a warehouse, packed the things that needed to be kept in the old mansion, and asked the moving company to send them to the warehouse for storage. Several weekend lawn auctions were organized, and things that were not needed but had some value were bought for the neighbors. was so busy that the whole person lost weight twice. If it weren't for James' old colleagues and students coming to help, and Dr. Woolf and Jack taking care of her, Lydia would have had to be tired.

The night before they finally left Midwood, the neighbors of the community, organized by Dr. Woolf and Jack, organized a farewell party on the lawn for Lydia and Zongheng. People brought ovens, beer, cups, plates, cutlery, and all kinds of ingredients from their homes, and started BBQ on the spot.

Jack drank too much and lost control of his emotions, and when he danced with Lydia, he jumped and cried.

He put his arm around Lydia and confided, "I've liked you since I was a teenager, but you're so good that I can't keep up with you." When I was in middle school, I knew you wanted to go to Johns Hopkins University, and I wanted to go to the same university as you as best I could. But with all my strength, the ivy was still as far away as the moon in the sky. Then I knew you wanted to be an FBI, so I went to work as a police officer. I thought I could get closer to you if I climbed high enough. But over the years, the distance between us has not only not shortened, but has become wider and wider. You went back to Midwood, and I thought I finally had a chance. Unexpectedly, a momentary negligence cost James and Marilyn their lives. Now you're leaving Midwood for good. Lydia, do you know how much pain I have? ”

In front of everyone, listening to Jack pour out her heart so bluntly, Lydia was both moved and embarrassed, and she didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, Dr. Woolf was also present, and immediately came up and dragged Jack home, half-persuasively, half-pulled, so that the party would not end halfway.

The people who attended the party were all neighbors in the neighborhood who were more or less aware of Lydia and Jack's entanglements over the years. They are deeply sympathetic to Jack's affection. But the emotional thing is like this, some people have been together for decades, but they are always in an ambiguous situation where they are above friends and not yet lovers. Some people are just meeting for the first time, and they can spark fierce sparks between the lightning and flint. Such a thing, no matter how reluctant it is, will not help.

For Jack, they could only smile and shrug their shoulders, pretending that they didn't see anything and didn't know anything.

……

Lydia is looking for an apartment located just south of Hyde Park in Chicago. One block west of the river is the University of Chicago, to the south is the 90-acre Midway Park, and to the east is the more expansive Jackson Park, which is connected to the Midway Park. Walk through Jackson Park and you'll reach the shores of Lake Michigan.

For more than 100 years, Hyde Park has been the most popular area for UChicago faculty and students to live in and for the wealthy to invest in real estate. To be able to find two adjoining and satisfying residences in this area, Lydia has asked a lot of people, and even used the connections of the bureau.

Hannah moved into her new home a few days before Lydia. By the time Lydia drove to Chicago with Zongheng, she had already packed up her house and helped Zongheng set up her room.

"And voila! Your bedroom is bigger than mine. What do you think? Satisfied? ”

As soon as Zongheng arrived at the residence, before he could take a breath, Hannah impatiently pulled him around the residence.

The vertical and horizontal room is about 20 square meters in size, in addition to the necessary desks and bookshelves, the largest home in the room is a large bed with a width of one meter and eight meters and a length of two meters.

Zongheng noticed that Hannah had placed two pillows on the bed. The implication is self-evident.

Lydia was with them, and her brow suddenly rose at the sight of such an arrangement.

"Hannah! I need to talk to you. Lydia grabbed Hannah next door and dragged her to her own room.

Compared to the vertical and horizontal rooms, Hannah's room is much smaller, at most 15 square meters in size. And her bed is only a single bed with a width of one meter two.

"Hannah! You can't do this! Lydia said, staring into Hannah's eyes. She tried her best to suppress her anger so that her voice would not be so stiff.

Hannah played with the ends of her hair nonchalantly and said, "Hey! Lydia! I appreciate that you helped me find such a good place to live. But my name was written on the lease contract and I paid the rent myself. So, how my house is arranged, please don't interfere. ”

"But I'm Nemo's guardian now. I know what you want to do, but I can't allow it. ”

"Huh!" Hannah laughed, "You don't allow it?" Why? Just because you're Nemo's guardian? Or is it because you and Nemo also have an illicit relationship? ”

"You're ......" Lydia froze. She thought it was Ness who revealed it to Hannah.

"You are asking, how do I know? I won't tell you. Hannah said mysteriously, "If you think about it, you should understand that my arrangement is not really bad for you. At least, we sisters don't have to argue about who Nemo slept with tonight, do we? For the foreseeable future, we will have to live here with Nemo for a long time, and it is better to avoid such a quarrel from the beginning. ”

was robbed by Hannah's white, and Lydia had nothing to say.