"I don't understand what you're talking about." Anne repeated, her voice more flat and her face stiffer than the last time.

Mr. Stryff tilted his head, "I have a friend, a friend with decent connections, who works in a semi-official department, the name of which you may have heard of as you—Agency, Anne, Agency," he said, putting his fingertips to his lips, "a place that is not very flattering, but undeniably has information that covers almost a quarter of the world—and for his benefit, I have regular access to their non-public website, and see, that's where I got these names, and a few photos." It's a pity that I can't show it to you now, you must feel familiar, don't you? Fanta. Wharton? Ah, it doesn't matter, you don't have to be so quick to deny it, as I said before, I'm just a curious person, you have to hear about Fanta. Wharton's business? Listen to it, it doesn't hurt. ”

"Fanta. Wharton, she was only seven years old when she first appeared in the records of the institution, she was born into a lower-middle-income family, her father was a worker at an e-waste recycling station, her mother was a housewife, Fanta was their only child, she was beautiful, docile, intelligent, likable, teachers, neighbors, relatives all praised her, her parents were even more proud of her, she went to school at the age of six, and in the first year she got herself several prizes and medals, look, it can almost be said that she is a perfect little princess- Except for her overly ordinary family and parents, they took out all their savings and salaries, but it was still not enough to buy her expensive tutu and dancing shoes, piano, or violin, nor enough for her to go to international summer camps, tourist camps, let alone theater performances or private cram schools...... But fortunately, she had an old and wealthy old woman, Miss Wharton, who had no children and no husband, and who had an odd temper, and who had been living alone in another state. In Fanta. On Christmas Day, when Wharton was seven years old, she accepted the invitation of Fanta's parents for the first time, and she met the child and fell in love with it...... She hopes to be able to adopt Fanta. Wharton, and promised to give Fanta's parents a large sum of money...... But she was rejected mercilessly—these things were written in a letter, sent by one old woman to another, full of complaints—and she thought that the parents were really not uplifted.

But she had no need to be disappointed so early, for the Whartons were caught in a terrible fire at Easter, which was supposed to be April 22, and Mr. Wharton was seriously injured, Mrs. Wharton died, and their youngest daughter ...... She was safe and sound—because she wasn't at home at the time...... By the time her parents were admitted to the hospital, she had already boarded a bus to the state where her aunt lived. She knocked on the old woman's door the morning after Easter and left at noon, what happened to no one knows, and at nine o'clock in the evening a neighbor found the poor old woman lying down the stairs and her body was stiff - the police found Fanta on the fourth day. Wharton, who was temporarily living in a women's convent, said that she "didn't know", "didn't know" and "didn't understand" everything that had happened before, and even though it was pointed out that she had seen her walk out of Miss Wharton's house, she still did not change her original intention - she ignored the bad news of her parents, and no matter where she looked, she could not find a trace of fear and sadness, and later the welfare agency personnel found about 400 yuan in loose cash and the Whartons' credit card in her backpack. ”

At this point, Mr. Stryff paused.

Annie. Kent closed his mouth and said nothing.

"Things are man-made, and things are made in heaven." Streiff continued: "It's an oriental proverb, and I think it makes a lot of sense, Fanta. Wharton is not bad, but she is clearly inexperienced—humans are always gravitating towards what is out of reach, and what is delivered to the door is avoided, a bad, irremediable common disease. Alright, Fanta. Wharton achieved at least one goal, she got rid of her poor and unwise parents. After spending more than a month in a child welfare institution, her custody was transferred to a distant relative, where she changed her name to Angela. Cruise, the name she didn't use for long, because her adoptive parents' youngest child, a six-month-old baby, had a comminuted fracture of the skull, and hospitals and child welfare agencies suspected it was because of their neglect and even suspicion of child abuse — they examined other children, and the results were found in Angela. Crews and the other child were found with scars from the beating, although the latter insisted that it was from Angela's fight with him...... But Angela provided counter-evidence, which was accepted as the latter testimony, that the two surviving children of the Crews were sent to a child welfare institution and their parents were imprisoned...... Angela. Cruise was adopted again a few months later, the adopters were Mr. and Mrs. Rapp, they were old, childless, and wanted a little girl wholeheartedly, they had been preparing for a long time, and they had applied many times, and this time they finally got their wish, so Angela. Cruise became Lilly again. Rapp, who had been at Rapp's house for more than a year, and when everyone thought that all three of them were going to have their own happiness, the Rapps met with misfortune again, and for some reason, they overdosed on sleeping pills and couldn't wake up...... So Lilly. Rapp returned to the child welfare facility for the third time, where she was examined and treated by a child psychologist, and four months later, the latter announced that the former's emotional trauma from the sudden death of his adoptive parents had recovered and that he had become Lilly. Rapp's latest adoptive father, he gave the little girl a new name, Nina. G.P。 But before he could do it a month, he was stabbed by his new adopted daughter—it was a clean and neat one, and it looked like a veteran from Sicily. ”

"That beast is a pimp!" Annie. Kent blurted out, then bit his lip in frustration.

Mr. Stryff clapped his palms gracefully: "My dear Annie. Kent," he asked kindly, "do you still insist that you just want to have a harmless little adventure here?" ”

Anne twisted her lips for a mature sneer and lifted her chin: "I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just here to have fun, and you instructed your dog to attack me." ”

"Fanta. Wharton is expensive. The doctor's slender fingers drew the Arabic numeral "6" in Greek numerals, or the word "VI", in the air, and her reward was as high as six million yuan. $700,000 of that came from her distant relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Crews, who was released on parole a year later, tried to recover her children, one of whom had been taken to Canberra by adoptive parents and the other died in an accident in a child welfare institution...... They lost their children forever, and the Crews decided to sell their house, stocks, cars, and everything else that was worth a lot of money for a total of $700,000 to offer Fanta a bounty to the institution. Wharton, dead or alive; The other 300,000 was paid by the nephew of the Lapps, who inherited the Rapp's estate and insisted that their death was not accidental; Mr. G.P raised a million dollars if it was a live Fanta. Wharton, and can be handed into his hands, he is willing to add half a million. ”

Annie. Kent waited, but this time it was Mr. Strev's turn to shut up: "Who else?" "Anne. Kent asked: "You said that there are six million yuan, so who else has at least three and a half million yuan, then who is it?" Which bastard is it? ”

"Let's exchange," said Mr. Stryff, "let us satisfy each other's curiosity, and tell me, Anne. Kent, from Fanta. Wharton begins. ”

“…… The old pious woman wants to adopt Fanta. Wharton, "Annie. Wharton hesitated for a moment, then replied cheerfully, "That's a good thing, Fanta. Wharton could get better, and her parents could get a big sum of money, and they could have another child. But they just don't want to. ”

"Old Miss Wharton, she's a backsliding, untrustworthy old fellow, and she's the one who says, 'If you don't have parents, I can adopt you.'" , obviously she said it, but when it came, she had to call the police - she didn't want to adopt Fanta. Wharton also scolded her for being a demon-possessed bastard. ”

"And Cruise, Cruise, can you imagine, just a little income, a four-room apartment, a little horrible Japanese official car, and three kids, three kids! And just like that, they still want to adopt a fourth, and they can't even provide a separate room! ”

"Rapp...... And, of course, Rapp," the girl's face showed a look of disgust: "I have known for a long time that all old things are the same, nagging, stingy and rigid, full of sickness...... They can't take care of their children at all – they even count on them to take care of them. ”

“G.P…… I've already said that...... He's the criminal, he deserves to be punished, sent to an electric chair, or injected with potassium cyanide! ”

Stryff pressed his lips, his eyes glinting silver with interest.

"Tell me," he urged, "you haven't answered yet—first question, what is it about me and Sasha that makes you feel uncomfortable?" ”

Annie. Kent threw him a look of surprise: "It goes without saying," she wrinkled her face as if she had eaten something disgusting. Striff, he snatched what was supposed to be mine. ”

"So you work with Humbert." Mr. Steve's voice came from behind his fingers: "I thought you would hate pedophilia - it is said that Mr. G.P.'s private little party made a pretty big impression on you." ”

"Humbert played that trick on me in the beginning, too." Anne was a little annoyed, she curled her lips: "But he is very smart, he didn't dare to look for me a second time, as for whether he will go to someone else......"

She said calmly: "What does this have to do with me? ”

(To be continued)