Chapter 10: Mrs. Ingrid
The housekeeper was very enthusiastic to take Xiao Ai back to the house after visiting the villa, this time there was still a period of time before lunch, and some people seemed to be planning to eat brunch, and the few people who met in the restaurant in the morning did not know where to go now, the main guests did not come until the afternoon, and the whole villa was the quietest at the moment.
Xiao Ai yawned, intending to lie on the bed and squint for a while. Not long after she lay down, she heard someone calling her: "Xiao Ai, Xiao Ai... She opened her eyes, a little confused, thought for a moment, and opened the door of the guest room, but there was no one outside the door.
Just as she was about to close the door, the voice came up again: "Xiao Ai, Xiao Ai. . . And this time the voice was clearer than before, it was a young female voice, coming from the doorway. So Xiao Ai also walked out and walked to the entrance, when she saw the figure of a young woman in a long dress, but it was very blurry and she couldn't see her appearance clearly.
"Come on, come on, I'll take you to see something interesting." The woman in the long skirt waved her hand at Xiao Ai and ran forward. The ghost made the gods worse, and Xiao Ai also ran after her. The two of them ran and ran to the church next to the villa. But the strange thing is that Xiao Ai can confirm that this church is the church she visited with the housekeeper just now, but unlike the church she just saw, the outer wall of the church is now also full of roses, and the crimson roses have vines like morning glories, which cover the entire church with the help of vines, leaving only a hollow door, looking inside the door from the outside, it is dark inside, and nothing can be seen. It's a sunny day with blue skies and white clouds, but there is an eerie feeling.
At this time, the woman in the long dress suddenly turned around, and Xiao Ai saw her face clearly—she had the face of Lady Ingrid when she was young.
"Hello!" Xiao Ai was a little embarrassed, but she didn't know what to do.
The woman in the long skirt did not respond, but stared at Xiao Ai for a while, just when Xiao Ai was waiting for her to respond, suddenly she stretched out her hand, grabbed Xiao Ai's arm, and then flung it, Xiao Ai Yin had no defense, so she was thrown to the wall of the church, she instinctively stretched out her hands and supported the wall with both palms, just when the palms touched the wall, the roses on the wall moved instantly, revealing only the rose branches full of thorns, or rose vines. Xiao Ai put his hands on the wall without warning, and without surprise, his hands were full of thorns, and blood quickly flowed.
"Ahh Xiao Ai screamed in pain, and then she heard the woman next to her say disappointedly, "No... ”
Immediately, Xiao Ai woke up from the bed, "It turned out to be a nightmare, a real strange nightmare." Now... It hurts. ”
Xiao Ai spread out his hands and looked, what, there was a scar? There were marks of laceration on both hands, and she looked at the sheets, and there were one or two drops of blood.
At this time, she was already a little scared, she always felt that this villa was strange, and she didn't want to sleep alone in the room anymore, so when she came to the hall, she happened to meet the beautiful sister she met in the restaurant in the morning. As soon as she saw Xiao Ai, she smiled and said, "Miss Lin, I was tired when I arrived here yesterday, and when I saw you calling you just now, you didn't agree." Now I look so much better on my face than I did before. “
"Oh, I just slept for a while and I do feel better." Xiao Ai smiled politely, she didn't want to tell anyone she didn't know about what happened just now.
When it was time for lunch, Xiao Ai saw Lori and Brother Ming, both of them were dull and listless, giving people the feeling that they were indeed tired, and Mr. Mel even kindly suggested that they rest for a while in the afternoon, anyway, the formal activities should be carried out in the evening.
While Mr. Mel was speaking, the butler suddenly rushed in and said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, Mrs. Ingrid has suddenly decided to come and say hello to you now. After saying that, everyone immediately put down the utensils in their hands and stood up. At this moment, Mrs. Ingrid, supported by a manservant, walked in.
To Xiao Ai's surprise, Mrs. Ingrid was neither as young and beautiful as she had seen in her dreams, nor as energetic as the old Ingrid in the portrait, and Mrs. Ingrid trembled when she walked in, because her old back had been obviously bent, and her silver hair was obviously a delicate wig, and the skin on her face was like the bark of a tree that was about to die, black and wrinkled, and lifeless.
"Thank you all for coming, my host has only come out now, and it is a loss of hospitality." Mrs. Ingrid said, her voice small.
"Where, it is our honor to be invited to Madame's seaside villa." Mr. Mel bowed slightly to Madame, and the others nodded in agreement.
Mrs. Ingrid soon left the dining room without any communication with the others.