31 Small groups vs. old groups
Zach could see the disappointment in Pixar's eyes very clearly-
In the Church of the Holy Son, only the first three rows were seated. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Info You all know that one of the steps in Grande's funeral preparation process is to publish an obituary in the newspaper, right? Therefore, under normal circumstances, in addition to the guests invited by the funeral host, there may also be some people who the host did not expect, or simply came to join in the fun. In short, it can't be the result of only three rows of people like today.
"How. Zach wasn't prepared to get used to Pixar's senseless expectations, "It's better than the silent burning at Ford that you were originally going to be." ”
Pixar frowned, he didn't want to entangle himself with Zack, the farewell ceremony was in progress, the atmosphere was relatively free, the priest appeared to pray for those spirits before it began, he couldn't bear to stay in the main hall, and continued to be in the same space with his son's coffin, "I'm going to talk to Father Dans who I haven't seen before." ”
"Whatever you want. Zach didn't have much to stop, just said, "Sounds like you know a lot of priests." ”
"I am. Pixar wasn't ready to elaborate, he was already away from Zack and walked to the lounge in the back, "And theoretically, I'm ...... too" I don't know if I deliberately lowered my voice or what, anyway, with Zack's hearing, I didn't hear what was behind.
Zach frowned, but didn't pay much attention to it, and now in the main hall of the church where he was, there was something going on that that caught his attention.
"Alice. Zach's voice wasn't gentle, staring at the seats in the fifth row, "I see you." ”
As I just said, there are only people sitting in the first three rows, and they are all familiar faces, yes, those people in the West End, Barton, Quinn, Smith, Falken, Fisher, Stone, Yuri, Bishop (Riley), ...... It's all there. Hearing Zach's voice, the group turned back and stared at the fifth-row seats, where there was no one at all. Including Mrs. Patton, who looked agitated-
This old lady knows all too well who Zack's 'you' are. Who can be connected to Alice's 'you', Lola's high school group.
Sure enough, it was Kyle who was the first to show his head, and he glanced at his grandmother and wrinkled his face, "We're on leave." ”
Then, one by one, the heads of teenagers poked out from behind their chairs.
With a girlish coquettishness, "This is Toby's funeral, we want to come!" "Of course it's Lola." Only she would want to explain-
Can you understand, in this small group: Caesar's running away from school is the norm and he won't find a reason, Sissi doesn't need a reason to come to a funeral scheduled for the heavenly dead, her boyfriend Chris doesn't need to explain, heh, no one will be surprised that he sneaks up at every funeral hosted by Grande because of this 'friendly competition' relationship between Allen's funeral home and Grande; Alice, there's nothing to say, it's Grande's As for Kepler, look at the look on her face with his father, Mr. Smith, who doesn't shy away from each other, it's 'I'm coming, what are you doing to me!'I'm here with my boyfriend!' Kepler's boyfriend is dying~Smith's hate, Yuri's boy, Jimmy Yuri~
Look, after being discovered, only Lola would explain to the elders in her family without confidence to use coquettishness.
It's just that this coquettishness only lasted for a moment, and the girl's undisguised resentment glared at Zack!
The people in this small group knew that it wasn't Zach who they were hiding. Zach is not human and can't hide. I just hope that Zach will be conscious and not exposed.
After all, there are black witches like Maya and saints like Sissi in this group, and if they don't want to be discovered by a bunch of ordinary humans, their own elders, then they will definitely not be discovered! Unless, those ordinary humans have Zack's reminder!
Zack, Zach didn't pay attention to Lola's resentment at her, just looked at Alice, beckoned, and signaled to come over.
Alice was very obedient, held Lola and whispered comfort, and walked over with her head down.
Zach put his arm around Alice's shoulders and walked to the space next to the altar, his gaze swept over the faces of the people of the West Side - it was supposed to be the time for each family to take away their children and educate them well, but unexpectedly, no one moved except for Zack who took Alice.
"You shouldn't have brought them here. "Zach has control over the volume.
"I didn't. "Alice is a little ...... No, it's a feeling of grievance, "I said that you have something to talk about with the people of the West District, and the funeral is just a reason, and we shouldn't go to the peace." But Lola, Kyle, and Kepler......" Alice looked down and glanced in the direction of the fifth row, "they're friends with Toby, Jackson's funeral Toby is here, it's Toby's funeral now, and they can't help but come." They're coming...... "Alice was genuinely helpless," and everyone came together. ”
Zach frowned, this kind of reason is the most difficult to refute, because the logic has obviously been put aside. Zach took the time to glance at the coffin under the altar, lying inside was of course Toby Pixar himself, and at the same time, the real Toby Pixar, that is, Toby the Earth Bound Spirit, was suspended above the coffin, and during the entire farewell ceremony just now, he looked at the people who walked in front of him with a blank expression. Now I don't know if it's the reason for the angelic feather in his body, or if the judgment of faith is approaching, and his whole body is shrouded in a halo of radiation.
Zach shook his head and made a reluctant decision, "If Lola and Kepler are here to say goodbye, I'll buy you time, hurry up." With that, he waved his hand and let Alice go back, turning to look at the West Siders who occupied the third row, including Quest. Zach pointed out of the church, loud enough to be heard, "We all know that we're not here for the funeral, so it's rare to have people who come for the funeral, so why don't you give these kids a little space and do what they want to do?"
The first to respond to Zach was Smith, who immediately got up after retracting his gaze from Jimmy beside Kepler in disgust.
Then there was Riley, who came on behalf of Falcen, and Fiona Falcon, who had been whispering to Riley like a sister since she had been here, and Fiona picked up her husband Mr. Falcon very smoothly when she got up, and gave Mr. Fisher a look.
When Fisher got up, so did the people of the Stones. There is nothing to say about the timing of the political family's choice, everyone feels for themselves what follows-
"What?!We're not here for the funeral?!So what are we doing here?!"
Of course, it was Quest who really didn't want to be on this occasion, and the reason why he didn't want to come was explained very clearly yesterday when Pixar was here, before the prayer in the church of the Holy Son, and it will not be repeated.
Zach didn't have much to say to the guy Pixar had handpicked to invite, "Don't make a fuss here. "It's the attitude of a funeral host, but it's impossible to refute. Guide the people who have already stood up to walk through the side door, and hand over the church to the high school students who know if they really took leave.
The Yuri family silently left their seats in these short words, deliberately distancing themselves from the Smith family, and not falling behind in the end, after all, this is the collective they need to integrate into. But of course, Maitreya opened the way.
It turned out that it was Quinn and Mrs. Barton who fell in the end. Mrs. Quinn calmly put a metal wine bottle back into her handbag, and slowly arranged her appearance to get to her feet...... Before explaining Mrs. Quininn's movements, let me explain—
Compared to the previous family, which was all in large numbers (except for the Falken of Riley), the two old ladies of the Quin and Barton families were 'lonely'. 'We know the situation of the Quinn family, and if Pochi is eliminated, Mrs. Quinn will be the only one. As for the reason why Mrs. Patton is the only one who comes, it is not surprising to say it: we have known for a long time that the Patton family has deliberately retreated from the power center of the city since the establishment of the city of Patton, and the Patton family has always kept their distance from many things, at least on the surface. Most of the time, Mrs. Barton's symbolic presence was sufficient, and in the end, in the inner circle of the West Enders, anything that would affect the course of the city would be re-agreed.
Mrs. Patton pulled her gaze away from the group of high school students with a tense face, skimming the wrinkled face that had begun to powder to hide the alcohol-red face, and said, "What the hell is going on with you?!" is no longer a question of concern, it is an incomprehensible question.
Mrs. Quinn did give a smile to the sideways, "Haven't you drunk it yet?"
What's in a box??
"No! I don't like the smell!"
The two old ladies got up together, although they knew that they were lagging behind, and they were not in a hurry, anyway, Zack held on to the door and waited there without complaint. And the status of these two old ladies doesn't care about their fellow people in the West Side waiting at all, so what's the hurry, what should I say.
"I promise~you'll fall in love~" Mrs. Quinn encouraged her friend with that wrinkled face, "That's the taste of five kinds of grains that have been baptized by time and turned into immortality~ How luscious~ Listen to its name~Five grains liquid~ The essence of eternity left by time to strip the surface of those grains~How beautiful~"
"Tsk!" Mrs. Patton, "Beauty, forever, that thing smells like moldy bread!"
"Hehe~ I can tell you very clearly, it's not moldy~" It's not an illusion, Mrs. Quinn's smiling eyes stopped on Zach for a moment, "Moldy is corruption~ This wine~ It's not corruption, it's eternal life~ Luscious eternal life~"
"Hmph. Eternal life will be drunk by you!" Mrs. Barton said in a mocking tone.
"Someone has to appreciate this eternal life, doesn't it~" Mrs. Quin took out the metal wine bottle from her handbag again, and looked at the trend to hand it to Mrs. Barton, "Really~ try it......"
Zach didn't fully understand the conversation, at least not what the wine was called 'grain liquid'. But Zach heard 'Eternal Life' very clearly, so—
"Everybody's waiting. In a very abrupt and rude gesture, Zach grabbed Mrs. Quinn's arm as she handed out the bottle and forced it back into her handbag.
Mrs. Quinn, probably under the influence of alcohol, didn't have time to react anything, but Mrs. Barton directly picked up her cane and slapped Zach away, "What are you doing!
"I'm sorry. Zach was quick to pull away, hoping that such a reminder would make Mrs. Quinn come to her senses.
It's a pity.
Mrs. Quinn unresponsively put down the bottle that had been stuffed back into her handbag, stunned for a moment, then looked at Zach and said something that was probably inexplicable to Mrs. Barton's ears - "It's useless for you to stop it, I sent her a crate, don't expect her to reject this republican wine now." I promise, just like the republic's dragon whisker cake, she will fall in love with this wine. She. "Mrs. Quinn is probably really drunk, and the 'she' in Mrs. Quinne's mouth is Mrs. Barton beside her—who is looking at her with an inexplicable look at herself, and Mrs. Quinn continues to Zack without realizing it, "She will find how beautiful this immortality is that has been preserved in time." And she's my friend, and if I get that beauty, she deserves ...... too."
If Zach had that biological need, he would take a deep breath.
I remember when Grande and the West End first intersected, what was Zack's biggest concern?
Zach begins to regret and gives Lady Quinn the right to choose eternal life...... No. If Zach needed to take a deep breath, he would do it a second time now, because giving Mrs. Quinn the option of immortality was something that had to be done in order to suppress Poch!
So, Zach could only frown at this time, "Mrs. Quinn, you're drunk, I don't understand what you're talking about." ”
Surprisingly, it was actually Mrs. Barton who echoed Zack, "Yes! You're drunk!" he just waved Zack's cane and handed it directly to Zack, and he freed up two hands to support Mrs. Quinn, with a look of embarrassment on his face for some reason. Maybe it's a person who has reached their status, and it's a very embarrassing thing to lose their temper in front of others. Mrs. Barton glanced at Zack, not knowing what was in her mind for a moment, and opened her mouth to explain, "The last time you went to Quinn Manor, you also knew that she hired a republican cook. "After that, I don't know what happened, she began to indulge in republican food and experience different things." At this point, she glared at Mrs. Quinn, who had lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking, and continued, "Two days ago, she didn't know where she got this wine, which is said to be a special offer at the banquet of the Republic. Mrs. Barton's face turned bad, "And then now." ”
Zach was already thinking about something extensive—a bit of a surprise, and Zach wasn't sure why Mrs. Patton had deliberately explained it so seriously.
Mrs. Patton took two steps out of the house with Mrs. Quinn bowed, and suddenly turned back, "I heard that Poch is doing a good job in the sanatorium. And then the renovation of his house is also the construction team you introduced, right? ”
I see!
Zach understood, "By the way. ”
Once again, the close ties of the West End are on display—the reason Mrs. Patton specifically explained to Zack is for Mrs. Quinn! She's making sure that Zach doesn't use the gaffe Mrs. Quinn as a standard for judging the future of the Quinns! After Poch Quinn, who is clearly at the bottom of the West End, moves next to Grande, Mrs. Barton wants to make sure that Zack's gray career center is still with her friend: Mrs. Quinn! instead of Poch Quinn, who can stand in front of Zachary Grande in 3 minutes at any time!
Now, now that the other party has reached out, it's time for Zach to pick up—
So he continued, "Is Pochi doing a good job in the sanatorium?" Zach put on a look of disgust, "He released Mokawi early, and it turned out that my brother, my Benjamin, left Grande without consulting me a single thing." Only this time, Zach put on a look that didn't have any pretenses, "Hmph, it's really good." ”
That's enough.
Mrs. Patton took Zack's look in her eyes, nodded, and helped Mrs. Quin away, continuing the communication between the two old ladies, "You win, I'll try this wine, huh, but don't expect me to be as addicted as you." My doctor has now forbidden me to touch all kinds of alcohol ......"