It is usually said that there is no filial son in front of the bed of a long illness.

It refers to taking care of a patient who cannot take care of himself for a long time without interruption, and a normal person will feel tired, tired and painful, which has nothing to do with kindness or filial piety, it is purely a negative emotion that will naturally arise when a person is too burdened.

Of course, it doesn't mean that you will really leave it alone, but depression, complaints, and tantrums will still happen from time to time.

The biological children are still like this, let alone the wife of the continuation of the string with a huge age difference?

But Ella now has a gentle smile on her face, holding Jamie's father Arnold's back with one hand and a soup spoon in the other, patiently and meticulously feeding him the soup slowly and one bite at a time.

Edward took a sip of the soup, his eyes fixed on Arnold and Ella across the table.

The dining room in Arsen's house was large, with a classical fireplace at one end, a long table with a fine tablecloth, and all the cutlery and candlesticks were beautiful silverware. The old servant who had spoken to Edward at the door was now neatly dressed and with him.

Jamie and his father look seven points alike, but Arnold is more rich and magnificent, with meticulous combing of silver hair, and the clothes, bow ties, and pocket towels on his body are slim and fit, and every detail is perfect. It may be that after a long period of illness, the blood on the face is insufficient, and it looks a little pale, and the facial muscles are relatively stiff because of the stroke, and there is no expression when talking or eating.

"Excuse me, how did you and Mr. Arsen meet?" Edward was affected by everyone's meal, and even changed his bad habit of drinking soup before, and asked politely.

"Arnold and I met on a romantic trip last year, after which I fell in love with his maturity and gentleness, and after a period of time together, we got married. It's a pity that only about half a year after getting married, he fell ill. Ella asked, a look of happiness flashing in the corner of her eye.

From the moment he entered the door, Jamie, who had been eating without saying a word, looked up and sarcastically said, "Hmph! It could be that he was sick too quickly and didn't have time to show his true face. ”

Arnold didn't speak, he pursed his lips and glanced at his son, there was no joy or sorrow.

"Alas, Jamie. I don't know what your father was like, but if that's what you say, then Arnold has changed so much, and I'm not lying to you, so why don't you try to get to know him again? Ella sighed softly, as if she was helpless about their father-son grievances, "We were all discussing having a child, but at that time Arnold suffered a stroke and was paralyzed, due to his age, his health is not very good on weekdays, so the effect of rehabilitation is minimal, and now only his left hand and left foot can move slightly." ”

After finishing speaking, he scooped up a mouthful of thick soup, pouted his red lips and blew on it, and then fed it to Arnold's mouth.

Edward was afraid that Jamie would be stiff because of his anger, so he hurriedly spoke: "That's right, Ms. Ella, I am now investigating the murder of Emily, that is, Jamie's wife, and found that this case is related to a series of murders in the town of Ravensfield decades ago, so I want to ask Mr. Arsen some questions, can he bear it now?" ”

Jamie pursed his lips and said no more, and began to take the plate and compete with the steak in front of him.

Ella didn't answer this time, but glanced at Arnold inquiringly.

Arnold coughed lightly twice, paused for a moment before saying, "It's okay, I'm just getting tired now, so I rarely speak." But the tongue is actually still there. ”

Ella gently patted Arnold on the back and rolled her eyes at his not-so-funny quips.

"It's like asking the Arsen family and Mary. What kind of grudge does Xiao have, let Henry say as if she wants our whole family to die. Jamie couldn't stand Edward's sudden start to pretend to be Sven's style, and interjected bluntly.

Seeing that Jamie had already asked, Edward didn't say anything more, and waited seriously for an answer.

Arnold was silent for a while before he asked in a hoarse voice, "What did Henry tell you?" What did he say? ”

"That's all that needs to be said, Marie. The truth about Shaw's death, the origin of that nursery rhyme, the tragic events that happened in town...... "Jamie never had a good tone for his father.

Arnold did not hide it, and immediately admitted: "These ...... It's all true, but I was a kid and didn't see it with my own eyes, and all the people who were involved were dead. ”

Edward's eyes froze, he had always been skeptical of these things, and he didn't expect that he could get cross-corroboration from Arnold.

He took the opportunity to ask, "What about Arsen and Marie. What's going on between Xiao? ”

"Since Henry told you about Mary. How did Xiao die, then he must have said why, because the townspeople suspected that she had killed a missing boy. ”

"Yes, it is said that the boy once offended her during a performance and then disappeared."

Arnold turned his head slowly and said lightly to Jamie: "This missing boy is your second uncle, Mike. Arsen. So, at that time, he led the team to catch Marie. Xiao's is our Arsen family. ”

"You mean, Mary. Xiao killed my uncle first? And then our family lynched her? Jamie had a vague guess before, and this meeting was not surprising.

"No, it's true that our family brutally killed Marie Shaw, but it wasn't because of Marie. Xiao and missing. Arnold coughed again as he spoke, and Ella kept stroking her right hand behind his back, "At least in Marie. Before Xiao died, Mike was fine, because he found out that he had caused a big accident and slipped home that night. ”

Edward and Jamie looked at each other, neither of them expecting such a situation.

Arnold continued: "He was just naughty and ran away from home for two days, but it was because he had only been with Marie the week before. Xiao had a contradiction, so everyone pointed the finger at her. What's more, a notebook was found in her room at the time, with detailed drawings of human anatomy drawn and notes that it would be the perfect puppet. All kinds of suspicious things caused her final tragic death. ”

"However, for as long as I can remember, I have never heard of an uncle." Jamie wondered.

"It's not just your uncle Mike, the Arsen family was prosperous back then, and with many servants, this house was full. But then, like the rest of the town's participants, in Mary. In retaliation, Xiao's tongue was plucked out and he bled to death. In the end, I was the only one left in the house, and the servants left out of fear, so Richard was the only one who insisted on staying. ”

Richard was the old servant who was on the side, and Jamie nodded to him when he heard this.

"Marie. Xiao is a puppeteer, and she likes to manipulate people's feelings the most, which is why she makes the rule that only screamers will die. Because under her play, no one could hold back the screams. Arnold paused to take a few breaths before finally speaking.

"My son, you must be careful. Because since she appeared and didn't kill you, maybe because you were her new puppet. ”