As soon as the sky was bright, Xiao Yao was dragged up from the bed by Shen Jie.

The girl was still wearing yesterday's shoes, socks and trousers, but she had changed into a yellow T-shirt.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao asked sleepily.

"Let's eat the pancakes." Shen Jie whispered close to Xiao Yao's ear.

"It's so early, people are still building stoves." Xiao Yao said.

The two of them called Yu Luying several times but did not respond, it is estimated that she deliberately stayed in bed, so she sent a text message saying that she would come back in a while, and then went out lightly.

Before leaving, Xiao Yao took the frozen orange juice drink that he had prepared yesterday in the refrigerator.

Got on the rickshaw at the gate of the party school, Shen Jie sat down and said, "It seems that the stupid sister is going to ignore you for a while." ”

"I'm used to it," Xiao Yao shrugged, "like a junior high school student, do." ”

"You're only about 100 days older than junior high school students, right? I sometimes feel that I'm too good to you," Shen Jie said meaningfully, "That's why you can't understand the mood of a girl so much." ”

Why is it only a hundred days?

"I can understand what is there." Xiao Yao hurriedly said: "I am indeed responsible for this last night, but I think that ignoring people at every turn is not a solution." ”

"Yesterday was someone's Assumption Day, a big festival, you see how much she attaches importance to it - as a result, you made such a show, people must not be able to accept it, and they must have self-doubt." Shen Jie said.

"I remembered it as soon as you said that," Xiao Yao half-jokingly accused, "You took the initiative to provoke it last night, right?" Crime boss. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, I repent, it's me who is not good, it's too upside down." Shen Jie said quietly.

"Well, I didn't mean that." Xiao Yao said.

"Brother Bo told me something that impressed me very much," Shen Jie said, "When God asked Adam why he ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Adam's first reaction was to shift the blame to Eve. ”

"Well, it's true that Adam's wife fooled him into eating, isn't it?" Xiao Yao cautiously confirmed.

"So shouldn't Adam hold himself accountable?" Shen Jie said: "You say every day that the Bible says that men should be the heads and wives should obey their husbands, but what about the responsibilities that the Bible gives to men? What about the exemplary role of men, the resistance of corrupt minds? Where is the father's broad shoulders? ”

"Well said!" Xiao Yao hurriedly said: "It is necessary to make a deep confession. ”

"The two of us are husband and wife," Shen Jie said, "and we deserve to be expelled from the Garden of Eden together, but it is our sin to be implicated in the little apple." ”

"Sparrow." Xiao Yao said.

"Last night, in front of me, you dared to be so presumptuous." Shen Jie narrowed her eyes and said in annoyance.

"Uh......" Xiao Yao had no choice but to say: "It's a little dog who is bold, and he deserves death." ”

"I just think it's too pitiful for both of us to be angry and ignore you." Shen Jie continued to say half-truths, the corners of her mouth curled up: "You know a little bit of physiognomy." ”

"Acquaintance, acquaintance." Xiao Yao got off the donkey and stroked Shen Jie's shoulders and neck.

While he was talking, the baked cake shop had arrived, and it was full of people. The temperature this morning was not very high, Xiao Yao helped Shen Jie find a throne in front of the electric fan, and took out the frozen drink that had been prepared a long time ago, and served diligently.

Shen Jie ate quite happily, but she didn't eat much cake, but she drank three or two bowls of local tofu brain, so Xiao Yao didn't take a few sips of the drink prepared in advance.

It turns out that the local baked cake shops all sell tofu brains in the morning and don't sell them in the afternoon.

Shen Jie told Xiao Yao that the baked cakes were delicious and she liked them very much, but Xiao Yao suspected that she was just coaxing him to be happy, but ......

But so be it.

Yu Luying called and said that it was not early, and she was afraid that she would be too late, so she had already gone to the long-distance bus station by herself and asked Shen Jie to go to the bus station to meet her.

"I'm grass, talking to myself, we still have luggage left at home." Xiao Yao said.

"Yu Luying said that she brought it all with her—forget it, don't worry about it," Shen Jie thought for a while and said, "Anyway, it's at home and it's not a hotel, so you can't lose it." Time is really tight, so let's hurry up and get over first. ”

When he arrived at the bus station and met Yu Luying again, Xiao Yao found that Little Apple's attitude towards him was not particularly cold, stronger than he imagined.

Although her eyes are dodgy, her expression seems to be smiling instead of smiling, but she is always glued to Shen Jie's back (it's a pity that she is taller than Shen Jie and can't hide it), and she doesn't make direct contact with Xiao Yao - but at least she talks to her herself, and she still takes care of it.

"Morning, Yingying."

"Woo-ah-ah! Early! ”

“…… Did you sleep well after last night? ”

“…… OK! …… Yes, average, ok. ”

"Ugh." Xiao Yao said.

Shen Jie gently slapped the back of Xiao Yao's hand.

Yu Luying wore a long skirt today, and the sneakers on her feet were still the same as yesterday's, and black short cotton socks - I don't know if it was yesterday's pair.

Should...... Unlikely, right?

On the bus to Dongqi, it was still Shen Jie and Yu Luying sitting together, and Xiao Yao was sent to the back row to find a seat and take a nap.

When she got off the bus, on the way to the Shengai Hotel, Shen Jie showed Xiao Yao the MMS message on her mobile phone with fish.

It was a photo of Daiyu, Chen Lu, Long Ge and others being baptized yesterday in the Sacred Heart Church opposite the school, but Bo Ge was not among them.

"That's nice." Xiao Yao said casually.

"Daiyu complained to me," Shen Jie told Xiao Yao, "saying that a few of us didn't go to the ceremony to observe, and we are not real brothers." ”

"It's not good, really." Xiao Yao nodded and said, "Hey, little apple......"

"Wow!" Yu Luying was like a frightened deer again, and subconsciously bounced away.

It's annoying, Xiao Yao thought to himself.

It's like what happened to me.

Isn't that a big deal for you? Xiao Yao heard Yu Luying think so.

No, I ...... Xiao Yao thought.

Yu Luying covered her ears with both hands, as if this would prevent Xiao Yao's heart from passing through.

When the three little ones arrived at the door of the Shengai Hotel, it was already more than half past nine.

Xiao Yao, who was more than forty minutes late, was ready to bear Brother Bo's reprimand, but Brother Bo didn't say anything, just beckoned the three little ones to get in the car.

The car is still the car where the second elder of the Yu family picked him up for dinner last time, and the people who came to pick them up were still those two black sunglasses and bald heads.

As soon as Xiao Yao got into the car, his bald head took out a black blindfold, handed it to them, and motioned for them to blindfold. A black cloth covered his and his little friend's faces, and all of a sudden, the whole world was left with darkness.

"Do you want that, Bogo." Xiao Yao said.

"Father Yu is not in the car now," Xiao Yao heard the bald voice: "Don't worry, it's going to be fine, it's just the rules." ”

Yu Luying didn't say anything, but Shen Jie was also quite complaining, and complained a few words, but no one paid attention to her anyway, so she stopped talking.

This blindfold made the eye sockets very tight, and Xiao Yao felt that his eyeballs were not too much compressed, not too comfortable. The car twists and turns, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, and it feels like it's deliberately going around in circles.

That's it...... Well, I don't know how much time, the car finally stopped slowly.

Feel like you've driven quite a bit downward? Xiao Yao thought.

"That's right." Yu Luying replied.

Sure enough, after the two bald heads politely helped the three little ones take off their blindfolds, Xiao Yao found himself in a ...... Private underground car parking?

"Please!" "Please!" The two bald heads respectfully opened the car door for the three little ones, invited them to get out of the car, and led the three of them to the elevator in the corner of the parking lot.

The parking lot is not very large, and the three little ones are walking around curiously turning their necks and looking around.

"I always feel like I came here when I was a child, and I ...... when I was very young," Yu Luying's voice sounded from the bottom of Xiao Yao's heart.

"Really? This can't be your Yu family's old mansion or something, right? Xiao Yao responded inwardly.

“…… I'm not talking to you. ”

"Hmph, I'm not talking to you either."

“……”

The five of them took the elevator to the third floor, and the three little ones walked into a large antique room under the leadership of two bald heads.

It doesn't seem right to say it's antique, this room is actually not too luxuriously decorated, and it can even be said to be quite simple and plain.

When Xiao Yao was a child, he went to the house of distant relatives at the level of "town" and "township" as a guest, and their home was almost this kind of style, which can also be called "old-school" in a sense.

When they saw Yu Bo standing on the side of the room with his hands down, the three little ones were all relieved, and their hearts relaxed a lot.

In the deepest part of the rectangular room, the tall man standing with his back in front of the bookshelf turned around.

"Welcome," the man said in broken Chinese, "I'm Karlsdelin, you must be Mr. Xiao Yao, right?" ”

"It's me, it's me, hello." Xiao Yao nodded and greeted politely.

The tall foreigner looked close to 1.9 meters, with a wide forehead, high cheekbones, and a well-defined jawline, making his face look as firm as steel. He wore a pair of glasses, his skin was pale, there were almost no wrinkles, and he looked to be in his forties.

The man's eyes were a deep blue, like two gems, and the thick black hair covered his skull, slightly curled, giving it a neat and thick appearance. The bridge of his nose was high, his lips were well-lined, and he had a smile of unknown meaning.

"Miss Yu Luying, when you were a little hairy head, I hugged you, you must not remember." Karl Stedling squeezed his eyes at Yu Luying: "It's grown so big, time flies so fast." ”

"Uh......" Yu Luying blushed, a little embarrassed for a while, and didn't know how to answer this sentence.

"You must be Miss Shen Jie." Karlsdelin turned to Shen Jie.

Karlsch ...... Hello Father Carl. Shen Jie bowed slightly.

"Priest? No, no, no, I'm not a priest. Karlsdelin was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and laughed.

It's no wonder that Shen Jie mistook him for a priest - the foreigner was dressed in pure black, hugging his tall figure, with wide cuffs that flowed like a black waterfall, and a delicate cross pendant hanging from his neck.

"Mr. Shi is a single member of our Light Industry Association and my superior liaison," Yu Bo said, "He just made a special trip from Makhay. ”

"Light Industry will ......," Xiao Yao silently read the name.

It's kind of weird.

"I still prefer the translation of the Catcher," Karlsdrin laughs, "and it has a special, oriental rhythmic beauty – however, a name is just a name, a symbol, and it doesn't matter at all." ”

Shen Jie nodded and said, "Karshi ...... Mr. Shi, you are German, right? ”

"Karl Stedlin, as I said, the name doesn't matter, just call me Mr. Shi." Karlsdelin laughed and said, "Ah yes, my ancestors are from Austria, but I was born in Portugal and have been working in horses for many years – why are we still standing?" You may be seated, you may be seated. ”

Yu Bo and the two bald heads were still standing, and the three little ones hesitantly sat down with Karlstlin.

Shen Jie muttered a string of Spanish to Karl Stedlin, who found it interesting and replied to her in Portuguese, and the two of them talked on the phone for a while.

"What do you say?" Xiao Yao asked Shen Jie in a low voice.

"As I just said," Karl Stedling ended the encrypted call with Shen Jie, changed back to Chinese, cocked Erlang's legs, and the smile slowly disappeared from his face: "The name is not important, for me, whether it is the name of the person, the name of the organization, or the name of the country and the nation, these are not very important, because we want to blend into the crowd naturally and quietly like light." ”

When Karlsdelin spoke, he would glance upwards with his eyes, and his voice was low and powerful, and the aura of non-anger and self-authority was so diffuse.

"Like light, silently?" Xiao Yao didn't quite understand.

"A lot of people think that only shadows can hide themselves, and that's an obvious mistake." Karl Stöderling explains: "Many times, light lurks around us, like air, but is ignored, commonplace, and ignored. Just like the light in this room, you don't pay attention to where it comes from, you only look for it when you lose it. ”

"A feeling of being hidden in the city?" Xiao Yao looked at Shen Jie, then at Yu Luying, and said.

"The Gospels say that you are the light of the world; A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. Let your light shine before men—that is the purpose of our Karma Watchmen, to be a light among the people. Karlsdelindo.

"So it's a Catholic organization?" Xiao Yao asked, "I thought you would even accept monks." ”

"Monk?" Karl Stedlin didn't understand the word, and glanced at Yu Bo.

“A monk.” Yu Bo explained: "One of my helpers offline. ”

"In fact, it is indeed a Catholic organization," Karl Stedling nodded, "but our helper can be of any religious background, and anyone who is willing to fight against the threat of the shadows and against the influence of Freemasonry can become our helper." ”

"Shadows, Freemasonry ......?" The more Xiao Yao listened, the more he felt, a little confused.

"Mr. Shi," Yu Bo said, "why don't you start with them from the beginning." ”

"I've always had a question," Xiao Yao raised his hand and asked, "Shadow World and Shadow, are they naturally or some kind of man-made...... Interference, magic? …… Is it the product of witchcraft that is manifested? ”

"You asked a very good question, and at once got to the heart of the matter," said Karlsdrin happily: "Where there is light, there is shadow, and as a reflection of our human mind, shadows and their worlds are, of course, themselves natural. ”

"But they're so close, so connected to our world, they've opened the way, and that's some kind of unnatural interference, right?" Xiao Yao guessed: "For example, what did you say...... Freemasonry? ”

(End of chapter)