The crisp and beautiful sound of the piano sounded again, light and empty, without a trace of fireworks, as if nothing had happened.

Until nightfall, the beautiful melody still echoes over the city.

This was a time before the invention of electric light, so after dark, almost no one was still outdoors.

Finally, after the sobbing wind sent the bell tower to beat ten times in a row, Luna stopped pressing her hands on the keys.

It seems that Spring-Legged Jack won't be coming tonight.

Luna couldn't help but wonder: as a demon known for attacking passers-by in the middle of the night, what meaningful targets can he find when he wanders around at this time?

So this image of murder for the sake of murder is just a vest used to divert attention and conceal responsibility.

At that moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, which was particularly loud in the cold night sky.

"Come in, I'm not shutting the door. ”

But after saying this, no one walked in.

Luna thought for a moment and went outside the door, only to see a stiff figure collapsed in front of the door.

After a quarter of an hour, the frozen man gradually regained consciousness, and found himself in the house, still wearing a thick fur coat, and his whole body was warm, as if a current of heat was circulating.

In the dim glow of a kerosene lamp, she saw a figure with an indistinct face standing upright, looking at her.

"Thank you......" finally squeezed a word out of his teeth.

"Linda, what's happened to you. Why did you come here so late?"

"I'm sorry, I heard the piano. I know there's someone else here......" The woman named Linda suddenly reacted, "Huh." Do you know me?"

"Yes, I was once accused by you of stealing my master's belongings and was arrested by the police. ”

"Y-You're Luna?" Linda's heart jumped, and after careful identification, she cried out in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Luna smiled, "I've met a lot of people like me since I was framed, and none of us want the same thing to happen to us again. So we set up an interconnected association, both to keep warm and to help more unfortunate people. ”

Linda fell silent suddenly.

"You haven't answered my question yet. ”

"What's the use of saying that?" Linda was depressed, "Will you help me?"

"This is the place to accept the maid's request for help, and if you have any difficulties, you can tell them. ”

After waiting for a moment, Luna saw that she didn't mean to answer, so she said. "Didn't you really come here for help, so you didn't have a problem with Professor Clare?"

Linda looked hesitant and gritted her teeth, "Mr. Claire has kicked me out. ”

Now that the other party has directly talked about this point. She wasn't going to hide it either.

"Why?" asked Luna, "haven't you served him for many years, and you should be indispensable to him, right?"

"Actually...... I stole the gold watch. Linda said with a slurrel. "Today it was found out by Mr. Claire and he was very angry. Chase me away at once. ”

"Why did he find out?" Luna wondered, "Haven't you disposed of that gold watch yet?"

"I didn't want Mr. Claire to suffer. I just want you to be kicked out. Linda lowered her head and said embarrassedly, "So that gold watch, I wanted to find an opportunity for Mr. Claire to inadvertently rediscover it, to make him think that he had forgotten somewhere." ”

"But your plan failed?" Luna continued, "Mr. Claire found the gold watch, but instead of thinking that he had forgotten, he deduced the right result, and you were kicked out?"

“...... Yes. ”

The professor really belongs to the high-IQ people, and he is not so easily fooled by the maid.

"And then I came here. Linda finally said to herself, "I've heard that there are all kinds of help for maids here, not only to defend their rights, but also to help them find jobs. ”

"yes, that's a good point. Luna nodded, "How do you want me to help you, do you want to get revenge for the injustice, or do you want to get another job?"

"Injustice?" said Linda, stunned, "I deserved to be kicked out, right?"

Luna sighed, "It's such a cold weather, it's so late, Mr. Claire said that if you chase people, you will drive people, has he considered that you will be frozen to death outside, has he considered the risk of you being attacked by a lone woman in the middle of the night?"

"This ......"

"And you'd rather risk freezing to death and rush to our association for help because you have three children who will all starve to death if you don't have a job, so you can't wait to get the hope of going back to work. Luna continued, "Mr. Claire is bound to give you a negative job evaluation, so you're too scared to lose your job, and you need to know right away if our association can help you." ”

"Wait, how do you know I have three children?"

"That's what I've heard people talk about. Luna replied, "As for the maids in London, our association does our best to collect and record information. By the time you come to your door, we will already know the basics so that we can minister better and make you feel that this is your home. ”

Linda muttered, "Is this our home?"

"Yes, no matter what happens, we will definitely help you. Luna asked softly, "Tell me the truth, if you can't find a job, how many days will you be able to survive?"

Linda hesitated for a moment, then said with difficulty, "I'm already penniless, and I haven't been paid for last month and this month, before Mr. Clare drove me away. ”

"What, you don't even have any money to live on?" said Luna, surprised, "and he abruptly terminated his contract. If you don't pay liquidated damages, severance pay or something, why do you have to deduct your due wages?"

"For Mr. Clare. He was already magnanimous. ”

"I'll go, what kind of magnanimity is this?"

"Mr. Claire could have handed me over to the police in the name of theft. And he just kicked me out. Linda said bitterly, "So even though he didn't give me a month's salary for a month and a half, I can't ask him, right?"

"It's two different things!" Luna said angrily, "the professor hasn't suffered a loss, he's got his gold watch back. And even if you do something wrong, no matter what, you have followed Mr. Claire for so many years, it is impossible for him not to know your family, it is impossible not to know your current situation. Isn't it chilling that he doesn't even think about your situation?"

"Professor Claire was very angry and felt that I had been fooled. Linda whispered, "And he thinks I'm a sinner, and whatever happens to me is self-inflicted." ”

"yes. Luna smiled, "For him, it's because it's about his pride and his sense of justice, so he'll let you down anyway." You can feel at ease, and you can feel that it's not too much. As for the life and death of your little maid after he vented, your three children are waiting to be fed. It's all insignificant dust, trivial things that don't have to be considered. ”

"Then what's the solution?" said Linda, helplessly, "our maid." Originally, everything depended on the employer and lived on the nose of others. ”

"It's with your mentality. We will always be at the mercy of others. Luna grimaced, "I don't have the courage to fight my employer." Then they will always be oppressed. ”

Linda muttered, "How are we going to fight?"

"For example, we could go and sue Professor Clare and charge him with premeditated murder. ”

"What!" Linda was taken aback, "he's guilty of murder?"

"You're despising your own life too much. Luna looked at her pityingly, "Driving people into the streets late at night in the cold winter and deducting their wages is not forcing people to their deaths?"

"I ......"

"Claire is so grateful that she didn't hand you over to the police for your theft?" said Luna sternly, "You're so stupid, he just spared you for theft, and you spared him for murder! ”

In Luna's opinion, Linda is much inferior to the migrant workers of the Celestial Empire, and she was forced to a dead end, and she didn't even dare to ask for a salary, and she didn't blame the other party at all.

"Then what should I do?" Linda cried, "let me go to court with Mr. Claire, I don't even have money for food, and I don't know anything about the law, how can I go to court?"

"yes. Luna nodded, "It's a difficult and hopeless path for a single maid to defend her rights. But we now have associations!"

Linda perked up, "You mean that the association is willing to help me and Mr. Clare in the lawsuit?"

"Of course, the association can help you, but the most important thing is yourself. Luna sighed, "If you don't feel oppressed, if you don't feel wronged, then we can't help you, even if we want to." ”

"I have, I have ......," Linda sobbed, crying as she said, "I have served Mr. Claire conscientiously for so many years, why didn't I even give me a way to live in the end, I am really, very uncomfortable, very, very wronged!"

"Yes, you have served him for so long, there is no merit and hard work, and there is no hard work and fatigue. Luna nodded, "Since you already want to get revenge for the unfair treatment, our legal team will prepare accordingly, and you will have to cooperate in court when the time comes." ”

"Oh. Linda came back to her senses and said pitifully, "Miss Luna, I'm not only here to defend my rights, but also to find another job, will you help me?"

"Why don't I help you? You don't have to look at me so nervously. ”

Luna paused for a moment and said, "Because Claire must have a very bad track record of evaluating you, and there is no way to get you a job for the time being." ”

"This ......," Linda felt her heart beat stop all at once.

"So I'll give you a hundred pounds for relief first, and you can go home and take care of your children. ”

Linda was overjoyed, the money was more than enough for a year, but it wasn't a long-term solution, "So, when will I be able to work again?"

"It depends on the course of the court proceedings, and when Mr. Claire loses the case, you can turn around. ”

"Seems a little wrong?" said Linda, hesitatingly, "Mr. Claire's mistake was to kick me out, so there should be no mistake in the evaluation of me, right? ”

"You're so solid-eyed. Luna sighed, "We're in a tight lawsuit with Claire, and he's tired of coping with it before he's willing to settle out of court with us." When the time comes, we will drop the charges against him, and he will withdraw the evaluation of your work and compensate you for your wages, won't it be enough for both sides to take what they need?"

"It turns out that the purpose of the lawsuit is to reach an out-of-court settlement?"

"Suing is not necessarily about winning, it's about getting them into trouble. Let them realize that they can't just manipulate us. "Only then will they restrain their willfulness and rudeness towards the maids." ”

"I get it all. Linda nodded, "Luna, you're such a great person. ”

"You don't have to say that. ”

"I'm telling the truth. Linda's face was full of gratitude, "I did something so sorry for you before, and you actually helped me so enthusiastically, regardless of old grudges." In my eyes, you are exactly like the Virgin Mary!"

"Don't!" Luna shouted, "Don't say I'm the Virgin, I have nothing to do with the word!"

"How can it not matter?"

"I'm only helping you out of duty. Luna said solemnly, "I'm the president of the Maid Guild, which was founded to help all the maids in the world. And you, as a maid with an unfortunate experience, have come to our association for help, I must help you wholeheartedly, so that you can be worthy of the responsibilities and goals of our association, and constantly improve our cohesion and unity. Therefore, I will never take revenge on you because of some of our past grievances, which will affect the overall situation of the association's work and damage my personal image as a leader, which is really a very worthwhile deal. ”

Linda was stunned, "You actually said it so bluntly......"

"It's not that I'm straightforward, but there are no saints in the world. "Sometimes you feel that some people are at a high level, but it's just that their interests are already on different levels, so they manifest themselves differently. ”

"You say that, but I don't understand. Linda said, "President Luna, please tell me, how should I pay my respects to you?"

"Oh. ”

Luna thought for a moment and held out a finger to the sky, "If you really want to respect me, then call me Will, Chief, Great, Human!" (To be continued......