Chapter 368: Promise
The Place de Vaduz is filled with folk entertainers, the clock rings at 12 noon under the Seine Bell Tower, the boats on the River Grasse and the sea breeze on the coastal beaches; Throughout the day, Adelina had a happy smile on her face until it was dark and evening fell, and she returned to the small grocery store in the alley with the company of Charrain.
"Mr. Xia Lan, thank you very much for spending such a happy day with me today."
The soft moonlight gently sprinkled under the eaves of the grocery store, reflecting Adrina's blushing face under her drooping little head, her hands clutching the hem of her skirt nervously, and her silver teeth biting her lip slightly, as if she had finally mustered up the great courage to look up at Xia Lan's deep dark eyes.
"You're welcome, you can take it as my apology for not coming to visit the little princess for a few days." Xia Lan reached out and gently stroked Adelinea's hanging hair, smiling gently.
"I... I...... I'm not a princess, I'm just ......," Adelina said shyly and panicked when she heard Xia Lan's sweet words.
"You are my princess in my eyes." Charan softly interrupted Adelina Ai's defense.
For a while, the atmosphere in front of the grocery store suddenly became **.
Adelina stared at the watery eyes, her mouth opened lightly, and her ruddy lips revealed an impulsive temptation, Xia Lan was stunned, and then kissed it without hesitation.
Aderina felt the wetness on her lips and her heart racing. Respiratory arrest. The instinct of her body made her subconsciously want to push Xia Lan away. But when her hand touched Xia Lan's body, she didn't push him away, but gently hugged the other party's straight back.
For a long time, for a long time.
Xia Lan left the seductive little mouth, and he held the little man in front of him tightly in his arms, and the charming eyes that had once made Adrina's heart flutter had an indescribable gray indifference.
"Mr. Charan, do you like me?" Adelina buried her little head in Charan's broad, sturdy chest and murmured.
"I like it." Xia Lan stroked her little head and said.
"Will you marry me?" Adelina suddenly raised her face and looked at him expectantly.
"If you're willing to wait for me." Xia Lan smiled and nodded.
“…… I almost forgot about it. Mr. Charan is a mercenary. A hint of loss suddenly appeared on Adelinea's face, but soon the lost love disappeared from her face, and she said innocently, "If I want to go on an adventure with you, will you take me with you?" ”
"Little fool, adventure is not as passionate and interesting as the bard's story, real adventure is full of danger, and the slightest mistake can cost your life." Xia Lan shook her head and sighed lightly: "I don't want you and me to live such a turbulent life, if something happens to you and me on the way to the adventure, I will feel guilty and blame myself for the rest of my life." ”
"What if... If I had the ability not to worry Mr. Charan, would you take me away? Adelina said.
"Of course." Xia Lan nodded in affirmation.
"Then we'll make an agreement." said. Adelina happily stretched out her little finger and said, "Pull the hook, the liar is a puppy." ”
Xia Lan stretched out her slender fingers. At this moment, the two fingers were tightly hooked together.
Adelina let go of her fingers with satisfaction, put her hands around Xia Lan again, and said, "Hasn't Mr. Xia Lan thought about giving up the risk and living a stable life all these years?" ”
"Maybe I'm used to this kind of life, but I know that one day there will be a right place and the right person waiting for me to settle down for the rest of my life." Charland Road.
"Mr. Xia Lan, if you don't mind, can you come to my house for a drink and rest?" Adelina buried her little head in the other's arms again and said shyly.
"Then I'm not welcome to disturb you." Xia Lan smiled.
Accompanied by Adelina to open the door of the grocery store, after a while, Xia Lan sat in the room behind the store, under the warm orange light, the decoration of the room can be seen clearly, in the delicate and small living room, the table, chairs and furniture are all available, and there is a portrait hanging on the white wall, the portrait depicts a couple holding a little girl, judging from the real appearance of the portrait characters, the little girl in it looks very much like Adelena.
At this time, Adrina had already walked in with the brewed tea, and when she saw Xia Lan staring at the portrait on the wall, she couldn't help but say, "This is what my parents specially asked the painter to paint when I left my hometown when I was seven years old." ”
"And where are your parents now?" Xia Lan asked knowingly.
"They were killed in an accident a few years ago on a long-distance business trip." Adelina suddenly said gloomily.
"I'm sorry." Xia Lan apologized.
"It's okay, I'm sure they'll be relieved if they know I'm happy after they die." Adrina shook her head.
Xia Lan didn't continue to talk disappointmently, but picked up the tea sent by Adrina and drank it slowly, perhaps because the atmosphere was a little silent due to the influence just now, and the two of them didn't have anything to say for a while.
"I was an abandoned orphan when I was a child, and I wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for my adoptive parents, who were not my biological parents, but I regarded them as real parents." Adrina looked at the portrait on the wall and said slowly: "Later, they planned to leave their hometown and go to Port Louis to develop, the reason is very simple, because when they picked me up, the fabric wrapped around me was from Port Louis, so they decided to take me to Port Louis to find my biological parents, but unfortunately, after so many years, my biological parents are still nowhere to be found, and the adoptive parents I regarded as biological parents are dead, if they didn't bring me to Port Louis, they may not die......"
Looking at Adelena's increasingly self-reproachful narration, Xia Lan shook her head and said softly: "Actually, my fate and you have something in common, my mother died early, my father was a soldier, he was responsible for defending the border town, he was killed in a certain war, and I was adopted by my father's friendship in arms, but in the year of the fog flower, the family that adopted me all died under the invasion of the barbarians......"
"And then?" Adelina looked at Xia Lan, and she noticed that Xia Lan's hand trembled slightly as she said these things.
"Later...... I've been running and I've been running until today, I've been here. Xia Lan sneered slightly.
Adelina slowly stepped forward to Charan's side and reached out to hug him.
"At least you're alive now, aren't you?"
"Yes, although I am still alive, all the qiē I once cherished have been ruined." Xia Lan lowered her head and said.
"Is it painful?" Adelina said softly.
"It's painful, it's painful, and people are numb." Charland Road.
"So this is the past that you haven't mentioned, Mr. Xialan, sorry, it reminds you of those unbearable memories." Adelina said guiltily.
"It's not a bad thing to confide in your depression once in a while." Xia Lan gently held Adelinea's hand. "In fact, so many things have come over, and life is everywhere a turning place, but fortunately, we can continue to move forward, in the scenery I pass by, with you by my side, I am not alone."
Under the soft light, the silhouettes of two quietly embracing are reflected, forgetting the surrounding qiē, discarding all kinds of pain and trouble.
"Mr. Charan, when are you going to leave Port Louis and venture outside?" Adelina snuggled up to Charanda.
"I don't know, it depends on the situation." Xia Lan said: "Maybe within the month or before the end of summer." ”
"I hope you don't forget our agreement." Adelina said softly.
"Of course, because I don't want to be a puppy." Xia Lan smiled.
"Hee-hee-hee......"
"I'm leaving." Xia Lan reached out and hooked Adrina's little nose and said suddenly.
"That'...... ......" Adelina suddenly became nervous, she wanted to say that she would stay tonight, but her reserve as a girl made her dare not say this.
In the end, she reluctantly said goodbye to Xia Lan outside the grocery store and agreed on the date of the next meeting.
Returning to the Gold Coast Hotel in the night, Xia Lan entered the door and saw Kathran's fierce face slamming towards him, his keen reflexes made him move slightly, and he raised his hand to slap the other party to the ground.
"You seem to have forgotten my warning to you."
Xia Lan said with a cold expression.
"It's all your fault! Hermia: They're gone......"
"What's going on?" Xia Lan put his foot on the back of the roaring and crazy Catheran, stopping the hysterical shouting of the other party, he glanced coldly at the attendants and guests in the lobby, and the people who saw him turned their heads, and some even hurriedly left their seats immediately.
"In the afternoon Hermia said she wanted something to eat, and I went to the attendant to arrange it, but when I came back I saw that Hermia and the others were gone, and I asked everyone in the inn, but they all said they hadn't seen Hermia and them......" Catheran screamed as he lay on the ground, his fists clenched, and his eyes cracked.
"So my judgment was right, did he finally hold back?" Xia Lan snorted coldly and muttered, the corners of her mouth unconsciously hooked up with a smile.
"Who are you talking about?" Katheran was keenly aware of one of the words in Charlan's own words.
"I think you need to calm down."
Charan kicked Katheran directly, then beckoned to the waiter who was cowering in the corner, and after the other party cautiously came over to ask, he asked the waiter to take Kathran back to the room, and he walked out of the hotel alone.
The bell is still tied to the bell, and it seems that he will meet Sir Hollebas again tonight. (To be continued......)