"Going to see a woman again?!"

This was General Garcia's reaction after hearing my father say that he was going to visit an engineer and his daughter.

The father was very embarrassed, but he could only bite the bullet and briefly tell the process of his acquaintance with this girl. He vaguely said that he and the girl named Xiaokui really met when they were soaking in the hot springs.

Garcia's face turned pale, and he added with a mocking voice: "It turns out that I met when I was taking a bath." ”

The father corrected Garcia, not to bathe, but to soak in the hot springs. He told Garcia that there were about a hundred people bathing together in that place, which was nothing.

Garcia snorted: "Don't lie to me, you kid, I used to take Adeline there to soak in the hot springs in previous winters, and if I'm not mistaken, the women's area is on the mountain." The middle is separated from the men's area by most of the mountainside, if you are so far away, you can still flirt with your eyebrows, I really obey you. You must have found a path to run up the hill to enjoy the flowers. ”

The father was anxious and looked at Wright, hoping that Wright would help him speak. Wright came over and told Garcia, "There was a big group of Kugit people there, and these people went to the women's section to spy on themselves, and then they came back and denounced us. It's a shameful thing, and I didn't want to mention it again. But now that you doubt Mr. Arcadio Jr., that's what I'm going to have to say. It really doesn't matter to him, Your Excellency. ”

Garcia was completely dazzled by his father's and Wright's words, and he shrugged his shoulders and looked at Adeline who was sitting on the side without saying a word. Adeline heard the conversation stop, and she keenly felt that everyone was now looking at her, waiting for her reaction.

For half a year, little Arcadio had been in correspondence with her, an experience she had never had before, and Garcia had acquiesced in the relationship, she had read some ancient love stories, and she felt that they were in a legitimate relationship. But this time, after little Arcadio came back, he visited various ladies one after another, which made her feel a little unhappy. At this time, although she kept saying that she didn't care on the surface, she cared in her heart.

She said, "Dad, it's all right." What lady is Mr. Arcadio Jr. going to visit has nothing to do with us, does it? Please arrange a vehicle to take him there. I'm going to take care of the Kwai Garden. The old gardener has already helped me turn over the soil yesterday, so I'll just go and break the clods today. I'm leaving, you guys talk slowly. We can't stop Mr. Arcadio Jr. from going wherever he goes. ”

Garcia praised his daughter in his heart for speaking softly and firmly, taking retreat as advance, and warned his father fiercely: "If you are going to provoke other girls, it has nothing to do with me."

Father chuckled in his heart, and Adeline understood what he meant by this. He looked at Wright, who looked like he didn't care about himself; Then he went to see Garcia again, and Garcia grinned with a look of "deserved".

As Adeline walked down the hall with the maid leading her. Garcia seemed to be deep in thought, as if there was something that made him particularly curious. He turned his head, "Hey, kid. Were you really carried all the way to the women's quarters? ”

"Yes, they ran all the way up the mountain road. As if they were not afraid of the cold, the Kujits carried me up the hill with a swish. ”

"Then", "Next time, I'll take you to a hot spring", "Do you remember the way up the mountain?" Garcia asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I remember it naturally, but "En?! Uncle Garcia, what are you going to do? Do you want to go?" The father was shocked.

"Where do you think of it! Am I that kind of person? I want to remind the owner to set up a fence there, otherwise it will be extremely dangerous for the female guests to bathe in the future. I'm kind, look what you want to be! Garcia argued for himself with a straight face. When he saw that Wright and my father were both 'unbelieving', he blushed and waved his hand to end the conversation.

Then Garcia suddenly became very serious, he looked at my father, and then asked word by word, "Listen to the goblin, you saw a little girl who looks like Adeline last night?" ”

"Yes. She's the one I'm going to visit. Father nodded.

"I know this, the goblin told me. Those words just now were for Adeline, and if I don't file you, I feel sorry for Adeline. By the way, how are they alike? Are you sure that no matter who they are, they will think they look alike? Garcia asked.

"Yes," said my father, "their hair color, their pupils, and their faces are exactly the same." ”

"She's younger than Adeline, isn't she?"

"Well, as far as I can see, about three to four years younger, a childish Adeline. By the way, she is not as beautiful as Miss Adeline, nor as gentle as Miss Adeline, she is simply useless''", and when his father was about to take the opportunity to vent his unhappiness and pat Garcia's horse by the way, Garcia interrupted him.

Garcia turned his head to look at Wright, "Mr. Wright, you should be busy, right?" ”

Wright was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted: "Yes, sir." I'm going to study the itinerary for a few days. I'll have to plan how I'm going to get to the Fedner Pass, I'm out of company," Wright said, stood up, took care of his clothes, and walked out.

Garcia smiled and nodded, thinking that this Wright was very sensible. My father thought for a while before he realized that the quiet conversation just now was an eviction order. Garcia frowned, thinking that this kid was really stupid sometimes.

"Listen, I'm going to tell you something, very few people know about it. It's about Adeline's background. Regarding Adeline's only possible relatives in this world, I want you to be cautious. And I hope you take care in the future and don't make my little Adeline sad, okay? ”

"Okay, Uncle Garcia, I know what to do." At this time, his father knew that Garcia had something important to tell him, so he became serious.

Garcia began to tell him a story that began after Garcia was separated from my grandfather. This is the equivalent of a continuation of the grandfather's story. In this story, it contains the burning fields of Garmic, the arrogant body of General Garmic, and the land ravaged by war. It also contains a sunflower field, including Adeline crying in the sunflower field, and Adeline's cry: "I have a sister! She's gone'''My sister is gone''''''

At this time, my father knew that Adeline was not born to Uncle Garcia, and she might have a younger sister, since Xiaokui looked so similar to her, then "Oh my God", my father couldn't help but call out.

Garcia stopped, "You know what I mean, don't you?" ”

"That girl named Aoi is probably Adeline's lost sister." His father's eyes widened, he never thought he would experience this kind of story in his own hands. "How could something so incredible?"

"Because of the war, a lot of seemingly incredible things have happened. You grew up in Swadia, and you don't know what it's like when a family of people drifts from place to place and is reunited more than a decade later. Little Adeline's fate is a scarlet scar from the war. It's something she hasn't forgotten in years, you know? She often woke up in dreams and said that she dreamed that her sister had been taken away. Little Adeline can't see, her world is foggy, and I think you should know the importance of this news you brought this time. ”

"Yes, General, I know," replied the father, and then with a look of determination, "I will ask Mr. Sabo Marion tomorrow if he picked it up." ”

Garcia looked at little Arcadio sadly, "You idiot, did you know that Adeline was adopted by me?" How can someone else tell you this kind of thing casually? The pain of abandonment of a child will stay with her for the rest of her life, and adoptive families are generally reluctant to talk about it, and if possible, they even want to never talk about it. If you ask like this, it's strange if someone doesn't beat you. ”

"That's what Uncle said. So what should I do? Father scratched his head.

"Then you may ask Mr. Marion about his early years, for men are generally fond of telling their own history. You focus on asking him where he was when the Salanders invaded more than a decade ago. Tell me word for word when you come back, do you know? ”

"Yes, uncle."

Garcia walked over to the window and looked at Adeline in the garden. She had changed into civilian clothes, a beige coarse linen garment. Adeline sat far away in a garden, a gray-haired gardener sorting out a pile of wooden boxes. Last autumn, when my father set out for Djerkhara, there was still a dense sea of sunflowers, but now there was nothing but Adeline's tiny body sitting on the ground, and with a small hoe she smashed clods of earth that had hardened in winter. The afternoon light shone on the ground, and Adeline's back looked like a lonely child playing with no one to accompany her, she was just contented to watch over what she liked, and tending to the land that warmed her.

"Don't take her down," Garcia said.

The father didn't answer, just silently watched Adeline's figure, looming in the soft light.

The next morning, Wright and Goblin were in Garcia's study arguing over the route. The father had jumped out of the carriage and walked to the house where Sabo Marion had told him the address.

The groom behind him had accepted his kindness the night before, so when I met my father, the groom was very welcoming. The butler told the groom, "Little Arcadio's trip is more important this time, and I don't know when I will be back." The master has already left him the money for the return trip, you don't have to wait for him, you can come back after sending him to him. ”

But the groom thought it was rude, and he insisted on asking my father if he wanted to wait for him. "It doesn't matter if you wait until tomorrow morning. There are other frames, and I won't delay things. ”

"No need", the father smiled and said, "You go back, I know how to get back to the General's Mansion." Thank you. ”

When the coachman finally shouted at the horses and walked away. The father took two steps back in front of the door and took a closer look at the very chic little house. A shelf of grapes had been planted in front of the house, and now some small leaves had been extracted. Some new tentacles of unknown vines are slowly climbing up the old vine poles. This little house is very secluded, like those quiet courtyards in the Valley of the White Dove. The father cleared his throat and coughed twice. He stepped forward, pulled up the knocker and buckled it twice, and immediately a dog barked inside. There was also a chattering voice: "Jacob, what's the matter, why are you pulling my legs, oh, there's a knock on the door."

After a long time, the door creaked open, and a puppy sprang out first. It sniffed at its father's boots, and then wandered around. Then an old man poked his head out.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, my name is Arcadio, and I have been asked to visit Mr. Sabomarion."

"Ahh

"It's Arcadio, old man"

By the time the old man finally got my father's name right, five or six minutes had passed. My father was completely unaware of this situation. He was thinking about how to open the conversation, how to get Sabo Marion's words out, but the main problem now was that he couldn't even get into the room.

He stood helplessly in the doorway.

"Young man, what are you doing? It's nothing' I'm closing. The old man said kindly.

"Don't, old man. As I have said several times, I have come to visit Mr. Mary. Visit! Mr. Marion! The last two words of my father were almost shouted.

The old man smiled and nodded at him: "Well, my husband is called Marion", and his expression was as if he really understood his father's words.

Father didn't know why the Marion family had hired such a confused old man to be the doorman. When he was at a loss for what to do, a faint voice came: "Who, screaming at the door early in the morning", and as he spoke, a loosely dressed girl yawned and lazily walked out, and when she saw my father standing at the door with a frustrated face, she screamed, turned and ran back. The old man poked his head out to look at my father, and then looked back at the young lady who had disappeared, and was at a loss for what to do.

After a while, Sabo Marion himself came out.

"Hello young man, we've been waiting for you for a long time." Marion laughed.

Xiao Kui, who had been dressed behind her back, stood behind Marion with a blushing face and bowed respectfully to her father.

"Please", Marion pointed into the courtyard, and led the way. The father followed, and Aoi walked behind.

Suddenly, there was a pain in his father's waist, Xiao Kui withdrew his fist, and said in a vicious low voice, "You bastard, see that I am not dressed up." It must have been deliberate! ”

Mary heard the voice and turned back, "What do you young people say?" ”

Xiao Kui immediately smiled slightly: "Little Mr. Arcadio said that he had dinner with that singer named Su Ge'er, and the meal was pleasant." It turned out that Miss Su Ge'er left us that day to find him. Right, oh? ”

Father didn't know how Xiaokui knew about this, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

Before his father could speak, Marion said, "Oh, it's nothing. I don't care. My colleagues were disappointed. ”

When they entered a doorway, they found that there was a hole in it, and a large garden suddenly opened up.

"Wow, what a big garden", the father felt a little embarrassed and wanted to adjust it.

"Well", Marion stopped and introduced: "This is for Xiao Kui to grow flowers, this is her hobby." ”

"Oh, that's right." The father admitted, "I don't know, what kind of flowers does the young lady like to plant, I heard that the Rhodok people like tulips very much." ”

"Haha, you guessed wrong", Marion corrected, "There are many little girls who like tulips, but my daughter is different. ”

"What does the young lady like to plant?"

"Sunflowers. I don't know why, she has loved sunflowers since she was a child. ”