On the way, Catherine began to explain her behavior as if she remembered her previous behavior of not paying for the drive.

"Anne, don't think about it, it's really normal to charge for divination."

Yi Annie nodded, as a designer, she fully understood this.

Catherine continued: "Actually, there is still a special charge for divination, for the rich, we will charge a little more, and the poor will collect as little as possible, and this is all compensation for our soothsayer for revealing the fortune of the diviner. The soothsayer must not only be able to see the fate in the divination, but also be able to see the person, and then propose a reasonable divination fee. ”

This rule made Yi Annie stunned: "Then my 30 dollars, is it more or less?" …… And you asked me what kind of car I was driving? ”

Catherine chuckled: "Yes, asking you about the car is to see how much you earn." Although you are certainly not as much as me in terms of salary, it is said that Asians are rich and cannot be seen from the salary. ”

In fact, 30 dollars is really the price of a meal for Yi Annie, and at this point, Yi Annie can only say that Catherine can indeed see the price that a person can afford.

Catherine continued: "Of course, it cannot be said that divination must be paid, if the object of divination is about to die, or if there is a great difficulty with no solution at all, or if the other party's fortune is completely going downhill, in these cases, I will not charge. Because for these people, no matter how divination is, there is no point anymore. ”

Yi Annie nodded: "That means, I won't have an accident because of these things in the mysterious version of the investigation?" ”

"That's not necessarily, fortunes will change, if something happens to you, I'll give you back 30 dollars."

"Uh...... Is there such a thing as burning money at funerals abroad? ”

"We don't burn money, but I will give 30 dollars to your loved ones at your funeral."

Yi Annie was speechless: "It's still ...... forget it"

Steven's home was outside the city, but much farther than the outskirts of Anne's city. After about half an hour of driving, Catherine turned a small exit and drove for another ten minutes to reach Steven's house.

In remote areas of North America, these houses away from the city are large single-family villas, covering a huge area, and even the neighbors are more than ten minutes away by foot.

It was just after ten o'clock when he arrived, and Steven was cooking brunch in the yard on a barbecue grill with steaks, hot dogs, and some vegetables, as well as a small cast-iron pan omelette with a plump homemade white bread and a few potatoes and corn in the corner.

When Anne Yi was in the design department, she had met Steven, a fat old man who had just passed his sixtieth birthday, who was very kind and smiling, and she couldn't see that it had anything to do with the mysterious incident.

"Catherine, how do you have time to come to my house today?" Steven said hello and asked his wife, Grace, who was also chubby, to pour two more cups of coffee.

Catherine stepped forward and hugged Steven closely: "It's not me looking for you today, it's her...... What about people? ”

As she spoke, she pointed to Yi Annie, who was following her, but found that her finger was empty.

"Haha! Good dog! Anne's laughter rang out from the side.

When I turned my head, it was Yi Anne holding the neck of a German black back, and the black back kept sticking out her tongue to lick Yi Anne.

Anne had always wanted to raise a dog, but now that she has two cats at home, she stopped thinking about it. However, every time I see a big dog, I can't help but touch it, not to mention, this big dog in the Stevens family seems to be very affectionate.

"Hope, come back!" Steven laughed and recalled the big dog.

Anne Yi came out and shook hands with Steven: "Hello, I'm Anne, the new assistant editor of the weird version. ”

Steven shook hands with Iannie, his face a little stiff.

The two invited the visiting two to sit in the open-air café in the courtyard, and Grace brought coffee to the two of them, and helped Steven serve their brunch, and did not forget to serve one to Catherine and Anne.

"Steven, your yard is really nice." Catherine looked at the courtyard.

It is the early spring season when many shrubs and plants are starting to sprout, and the daffodils and hyacinths planted last winter are already in full bloom. Not far away, the squirrel ran over the knotted oak tree, causing the black-backed dog Hope to circle under the tree.

"Yes, I'm finally retired, and I can take care of this yard." Steven sank his full weight into his chair and let out a long sigh of relief, "So, it's best not to talk to me about business, I'm retired." ”

Anne was keenly aware of Steven's emphasis on the word "retirement" twice, and was a little helpless. She could understand what Steven meant, probably he really didn't want to care about the weird version of the weird event, but if he didn't care, what would Anne do herself?

Therefore, Anne still took out two pieces of paper from her bag and handed them to Steven, naturally, it was the mysterious incident of Noah and Ollie.

"Steven, I just want to ask, are these mysterious events true?"

Steven knew what was on the paper at a glance, and as soon as his palm tightened, the two pieces of paper were crumpled.

"Steven, what are you doing here?" Grace grabbed his wrist, "At that time, you just resigned directly, and now that a newcomer comes to you to study, can't you have a better attitude?" You weren't that kind of person before. ”

"Alas, Grace, you eat first." Steven tossed his fork to his plate, picked up his coffee, and said to Catherine and Iannie, "Come to my study." ”

Saying this, Grace looked at Steven with some concern.

Steven didn't have any intention of letting Iannie and them into his house before, and now that he said so, Catherine and Iannie also put down their food, brought coffee and followed Steven into the room.

Steven's study is next to the living room, and a wall full of bookshelves gives Anne a new understanding of Steven.

Judging from the average education level in North America, foreigners who can put so many books at home should at least have the education level of college graduates. But when I think about it, Steven has been in an editorial position for decades — even if it's a mystery edition editor — and it's a relief.

Steven gestured for the two guests to sit down on the couch in the study, while he began to rummage through the shelves.

"In fact, there are really mysterious events in the mysterious version of the article, of course not all of them." Steven pulled out a few newspaper clippings from the shelf, "I have worked in the news center for more than 30 years, at the beginning I was just a small clerk who screened the news, and I received hundreds of thousands of messages every day......