Leon, who was in a nervous mood, tentatively chatted with Stephen for a while, but nothing useful.

Leon decided to meet the boss before asking about the situation, so he said goodbye to Stephen and walked out of the tavern with a runny yellow bread and a small cake.

By the time I left Charles's Tavern, it was almost 16:45, and the sun seemed to have set early in Abratam, and it was already setting in the west, and the clouds on the horizon were dyed with a color of flames.

Lyon, who had come along the river, returned to the neighborhood of Sonswo, and the road began to get muddy, and the carriages slowed them down here.

There was a clamor of hawkers from the roadside stalls unique to the Sonswo neighborhood, and the buyers and vendors were bargaining, and the two sides were fighting each other as if they were arguing.

The crowd of people who came and went was almost all men in simple clothes, and the children who were laughing and playing on the road were almost gone, and they should have all been taken home by the adults, not only the children, but also a few women in sight.

It is not surprising that there have been so many murders in the town of Huolin in recent days, and the deceased are all women, and they are certainly not willing to go out on the streets casually.

It stands to reason that there should be more rangers in the streets than usual when there were so many bloody incidents in a row, but along the way Leon saw only two rangers, who were not as diligent as they were in the daytime, driving away the homeless as they did, and chatting in the corners with cigarettes without filters.

Without the ramp to drive them, there are more and more homeless people on the path, each rummaging through the debris discarded by others, hoping to fill their stomachs for the day.

Leon tightened his bag strap in both hands, quickened his pace, and according to his memory, Leon came to 8 Daffodil Road, located in the northern part of the Sunswo neighborhood.

At the foot of a three-story apartment building, Leon stopped, and this was his home.

The door was pushed open from the inside out, and a graying old woman wearing a retro reading lens walked out with a basin of water and splashed it on the wall next to the door.

Leon knew the old woman, and her name was Kaixi. Linda, a resident on the first floor of this apartment building and an old neighbor of the Lyons, is full of enthusiasm for life despite her husband's early death, and always has a kind smile on her face.

Since her parents left, Kai Xi. Ms. Linda has always taken care of Leon and Swan, and her cooking skills are very good, and Leon will come to her house every time he comes back from school to eat and drink.

Lyon still has a lot of affection for this kind grandmother who lives an optimistic life, and Ms. Kaixi can be said to be the only family member between him and Swan.

"Grandma Kaixi." Seeing that Ms. Kaixi was about to go back to the house, Leon hurriedly called.

Ms. Kaixi turned her head and looked at the young man who called her name and pushed her reading glasses, and immediately raised a smile on her expressionless face after recognizing the visitor: "Leon? You're back? I asked your brother the other day, come, come, go back to the house. ”

"Your brother said that you went far away, it's been more than a month, look, you've lost weight, it just so happens that your brother hasn't come home yet, go to me, grandma will give you this little gluttonous cat to eat!" Lady Kaixi smiled and welcomed Leon into the room.

"Okay, okay." Leon, who had already left his hometown, was inexplicably moved by this family-like concern, and hurriedly followed Ms. Kaixi into the apartment.

It's an old apartment building, the old brown takes up half of the space, and behind the door is Ms. Kaixi's house, and there is a staircase on the right-hand side of Ms. Kaixi's house that leads to the second floor.

Ms. Kaixi pushed open the door of her house, put the basin of water, and came to Leon, and said a little naughtily while helping Leon take off his backpack: "Little guy, where have you been, the smell on your body is the same as rolling in the stinky gutter, go to the bathroom and take a hot bath, do you say it's a coincidence, grandma, I just boiled water." ”

"Okay, okay!" Leon was a little restrained, and hurriedly found a vacant place to put the backpack down, "Grandma Kaixi, the backpack is a little heavy, I'll come by myself." ”

Leon then remembered that he still had a runny yellow bread and a small cake in his hand, but when he thought of the things he had experienced during this time, he forgot to give Ms. Kaixi for a while, so he brought one less, and hurriedly said: "There are also runny bread and small cakes bought for you and your brother." ”

"Charles's Bistro with runny yellow bread and petit fours? That's 5 Sha Van coins! Ms. Kaixi took the gift box in Leon's hand and continued: "You said that you have just started working, how much money can you have?" Grandma knows you're kind, but you have to save money, you know? ”

"Know...... Got it! Leon grinned and rubbed his nose, a little embarrassed.

"What? I haven't seen my grandmother for a month? Okay, go wash it, I'll put the clean clothes at the door, and you'll put it inside, and grandma will wash it for you tomorrow. Kaixi smiled as she walked towards the room with the closet.

Leon sniffed at his body, if it weren't for Ms. Kaixi's reminder, he would not have noticed this strange smell for a while, maybe he would have been used to staying on the landlubber.

Leon laughed at himself and walked to the bathroom at Ms. Kaixi's house as he remembered.

……

The shower was pleasant, and the nerves that had been tense were best relieved in Ms. Kaixi's home.

Changing into clean linen clothes, the whole person was much more refreshed, and Leon walked out of the bathroom.

Ms. Kaixi's home was as clean and tidy as ever, every piece of furniture was wiped clean, even the corners were not dusty, the fire in the fireplace was raised, and on the cabinet by the fireplace were a row of portraits, each of which was almost two people, a beautiful woman and a man dressed in the military uniform of the Kingdom of Shavat.

This man is none other than the late husband of Lady Kaixi, who is said to have been a high-ranking official in the Kingdom's Guards, and after her death in the line of duty, Lady Kaixi came to Holin alone and became neighbors with the Lyons by chance.

"Leon, are you done? If you wash it, come and help the handle. Lady Kaixi's voice interrupted Leon's thoughts.

"Here we are." Leon responded.

Leon, who came to the kitchen, happened to see Ms. Kaixi putting the pieces of meat in the pot, and the pieces of meat were churning in the boiling hot water.

Ms. Kaixi shook the spice into the pot and pointed to the carrots in the sink, "Help grandma wash the carrots and mushrooms, slice the onions by the way, and make you beef stew and cream mushroom soup today!" ”

Leon obediently did as he was told.

As the minutes ticked by, the busy scene in the kitchen continued.

As the bell rang at home, the time came to 18 o'clock, and a pot of beef stew was out of the pot, Ms. Kaixi picked up a piece and tasted it, and nodded with satisfaction.

At the same time, orderly footsteps sounded outside the door, and the footsteps disappeared in front of Ms. Kaixi's house, and then a strange but familiar voice sounded outside the door.

"Grandma Kaixi, I'm Swan, is Leon back?"

Ms. Kaixi opened the door, and there was a tall, thin man standing outside the door. Alberly, Leon's own brother, Swan has short sunny hair, good facial features, a righteous body, and a slim black suit makes his figure more upright, and he looks like a proper public servant.

"As soon as you come back, you will go to Ms. Kaixi's house to eat and drink?" Swann greeted Miss Kaixi and walked over to Leon.

Before Leon could reply, Swam took him into his arms and whispered in his ear, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”

Swan's thick chest is warm and reliable.

Is this a blood relative?