Saturday happened to be the Raven family's monthly group day, and this time she seemed to be going to the city zoo with Aunt Alice's family, so Eric had to spend the weekend alone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Aegis asked him to help find the whereabouts of the missing Beta Armor, there was actually nothing he could do until he sensed any reaction from Amarjo or Aegis came to inform him, so he went to George's Bar to pass the time in the evening.

Just after the first drink, the woman I met last night reappeared.

"A cup of wild." After ordering a drink from the bartender, Ruth consciously sat down next to Eric and chuckled, "What a coincidence, we met again." ”

"yes, that's a coincidence. But then again, you're from out of town, right? Eric asked, "Is it really nice to drink like this every day?" ”

Ruth took the bartender and sighed, "Things are not going well." The water in New York looks a little deeper than I thought. ”

"Well, of course, this is New York, after all."

"Speaking of which, that's my question to ask, right?" Ruth raised an eyebrow at him, "You look so tender, I doubt you're old enough to drink." ”

"Well, guess what." Eric chuckled and took another sip of his cocktail.

"What a bad boy who doesn't listen." Ruth said, pausing, then chuckling, "But I'm the same if I want to talk about it." If I am not mistaken, I looked like I was just over ten years old when I first drank. ”

"Oh? Really? Eric raised an eyebrow, "That's a curious thing to say." ”

"Forget it." Ruth waved her hand, "It's better not to ask about me, you won't want to know...... And there's nothing to show off at all. ”

"Don't be so sure." Eric took another sip of his wine and said, "I'd be shocked if you knew my girlfriend's background." ”

"Oh? Do you have a girlfriend? Ruth asked with interest, "What kind of person is it?" ”

"Hmm, let me think about it...... Strange and withdrawn.,Seems to lack interest in everything.,It feels mysterious.、Not good at communicating with people.,All in all, it's a very difficult guy to get along with.。 ”

Ruth laughed: "Is it really good to evaluate your girlfriend like this?" ”

"I'm just telling the truth." Eric shrugged helplessly, then smiled, "But ah, although that guy is always cold on the surface, he is actually quite kind and gentle on the inside, and sometimes quite cute." ”

"Really?" Ruth picked up her glass and shook it in a daze, revealing a look of envy, "That's good." ”

"What?"

"Have a girlfriend and live peacefully."

Eric smiled: "If you knew a little bit about our lives, I'm afraid I wouldn't say that." ”

After a pause, he turned to ask, "Speaking of which, you didn't even mention yourself at all." You say your name is Ruth, but I don't even know your last name. ”

Ruth waved her hand: "Surname, don't mention it, I don't even want to think about it." ”

"What? Do you have a problem with your father? ”

Ruth pondered for a long time and said, "Almost." ”

"Is he still alive?"

"Yes." She took a sip of wine and said angrily, "It's a pity, he's still alive and well, but I haven't seen him for a while, and I don't want to see him again." ”

"Then it looks like we're all similarly failing on this side of the family." Eric also gave a look of remembrance, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen my father since I was three years old, and I recently learned that he seems to be dead. But even so, he has been interfering with my life for so many years, and it can even be said that his actions back then have brought me to where I am today......"

Speaking of this, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "Ah~, if you think about it like this, it's really a chaotic life." ”

"Really?" Ruth smiled and said, "Interested in sharing it?" ”

"Forget it." Eric also waved his hand, "It's the kind of thing that is useless to say and not suitable for people, so forget it." ”

After a pause, he thought for a moment and drank the rest of the cocktail from his glass.

"But even so," he said, staring at the empty glass, "deep down, I still want to believe him." It's a bit unbelievable, but I still always feel that my father, who left my life fifteen years ago, wasn't a bad person. ”

"Really?" Ruth's gaze also moved back to her wine glass, "So, we really have a lot of similarities." Sometimes, when I'm not working, I have a little bit of a fantasy -- maybe my father wasn't such a bad guy? Maybe he didn't deliberately abandon me and my brother? ”

"Your brother? You didn't mention that you have a younger brother. ”

"yes, I have a younger brother." Ruth also drank the rest of the wine in the glass in one gulp, "This guy is completely different from me or his father, just a complete soft egg, a standard good old man. But because of this, that guy lives very tired, and there will always be a bunch of troubles to find him, and he is anxious to look at. ”

"But you love him, don't you?"

"yes, my biological brother, my only relative, of course, not counting our bastard father." She shrugged, "Sisters and brothers should help each other." ”

At this point, she stopped her mouth, and a string of melodious mobile phone music interrupted their conversation.

"Sorry, I have to take this." Ruth said, got up and stepped aside, and answered the phone.

"Did you find something? Auction? Now? Good...... You keep an eye out there, and I'll be there in a moment. ”

With that, she hung up the phone and returned to Eric's side.

"I'm sorry, I'll be here today." She said, "I've got an eye on what I've entrusted someone to do, and I have to go." ”

"Okay. Good luck with that. ”

"It's incredible." Ruth smiled lightly, "I've rarely talked to people so much in my life, and for some reason, I just wanted to share this with you." ”

"Me too." Eric took a new glass from the bartender and said, "Maybe it's because we resemble each other in some places." ”

"Then I'm leaving." Ruth waved her hand, "Had a great chat tonight." ”

Not long after she said goodbye to Eric and went out, Eric's cell phone rang.

He pulled out his phone, which showed an unknown number, apparently from Aegis.

Sure enough, after connecting, Coulson's voice came from the other end: "Eric? Come here now, we've found traces of Beta armor...... It is being auctioned off behind closed doors by the New York gangsters. ”