Chile has few people who are proficient in Chinese, and Catherine and Arabela's mother recruited for several days on end, but there were few applicants.

Sometimes someone has made an appointment for an interview, but they miss the appointment at the appointed time, and they don't make an appointment, who doesn't have a hurry, and it is a minimum politeness for you to make a phone call to say it, but the problem is that these people don't even make a phone call, so they simply don't come...... This happened more than once, much to the annoyance of my mother.

She also set a bit high recruitment standards, first of all, excluding men, and secondly, although it is not explicitly written in the recruitment criteria, she actually does not want to hire local women, preferably from Europe, America or Asia, because she does not want her daughters to be negatively influenced by local people.

The only suitable candidate is Lilith.

Lilith claimed to be an Eastern European, young and beautiful, not frivolous in manners, and had traveled to many countries, had a broad eye, spoke fluent Mandarin, and was praised even by the farm's Asian business partners.

When her mother inquired in detail, Lilith said that she was traveling the world, living in each country for a period of time, during which she earned her travel and living expenses by being a tutor, teaching her children foreign languages, and at the same time learning the local language, she also took the opportunity to learn the local language, and when she had saved enough money and had fun, she set off for another country - this kind Chinese of life is very enviable.

The mother only has two concerns, one is worried about whether her husband will have a different heart, but this problem is mainly due to her sense of competition as a woman, because her husband will inevitably meet young and beautiful girls when he is doing business outside, and he will cheat on him a long time ago, so why do he have to cheat on the governess? The rabbit still doesn't eat the grass next to the nest; the second is that Catherine doesn't seem to like Lilith very much, she doesn't know why, and when she asks Catherine why, Catherine can't tell.

She didn't care too much, she felt that Catherine was used to being wild, she didn't want to be restrained, and found an excuse to refuse the tutor, so she decided to officially hire Lilith, many times she can't be too used to children, even if Catherine doesn't like it, at most it will take a few months, just lay a little foundation in Chinese.

From the second day, Lilith was officially hired as a tutor, mainly teaching Chinese and explaining the customs and customs of the East.

Her mother was not very confident about the quality of Lilith's teaching, and she sat on the side for the first few lessons, but she soon found that Lilith taught very well, the content of the lessons was from shallow to deep, and she was very patient with the customs and customs that she could listen to, and she was very patient, even if Arabella was slow to learn due to blindness.

Catherine still doesn't like this teacher very much, and she is unusually serious about learning, but she refuses to have further contact with Lilith, and pulls her sister upstairs after class every day.

Catherine herself didn't know why, anyway, she had a physical aversion to Lilith when she saw her, she didn't like this person for no reason, there was something in Lilith's body that scared her, was it too pale skin, or long nails, or bright red lips? she tried to analyze, but still couldn't figure it out.

"Arabella, do you like this new teacher?"

Lying in bed at night, she turned to her sister next to the bed and asked.

Arabella was always courteous and impeccable in class, and Catherine thought that her sister would like Lilith.

"I don't like it very much. ”

Arabella also turned over to her side.

"Eh, why?" said Catherine.

"Hmm...... Her voice seemed hollow. ”

"Hollow, what does hollow mean?"

Arabella thought for a moment, "It's just that there is no emotion in talking." ”

......Catherine didn't understand what it meant to be emotionless, because she wasn't as sensitive to other people's voices as Arabella, and her sister could hear more from other people's voices.

"Also, she always seems to be hungry. Arabella added.

"Hungry?"

Catherine thought for a moment, every time Lilith came to class, the maid at home would prepare refreshments, but each time they were almost untouched, and what was served was served as it was. If Lilith is hungry, why not have a snack?

"Well, a few times I've heard her swallow and her stomach will bark, like she is hungry. ”

"That's ......"

Catherine didn't suspect that her sister had misheard or was joking, what would make a hungry person not touch a free snack?

Don't...... Losing weight?

Lilith doesn't look fat at all, does she need to lose weight?

"Arabella, don't be alone with Lilith unless I'm here. Catherine rolled over and faced the sky, "I'll protect you, sleep." ”

"Hmm. ”

As the days passed, Lilith's teaching work went smoothly, and her relationship with her employer was also very harmonious, and her mother gradually relaxed her guard against her, because she was very well-behaved, never alone with the male owner, nor with any male employees on the farm, and only chatted with the hostess before and after class every day, and she seemed to like Catherine very much, and Catherine always treated her unabashedly, very indifferent, and the state between the two made the mother feel that Catherine was too impolite, and she had counted Catherine for this, but this child was stubborn, and she was still the same。

After nearly two months of teaching, Catherine and Arabella's Chinese level has changed by leaps and bounds, and they are already fluent in Chinese for daily conversations, after all, it is easier for children to learn languages than adults, and Lilith has been using immersive pure Chinese teaching since then, except for the first time in class.

Mother saw it in her eyes and was happy in her heart, so that Catherine would not face language barriers in her study and life in the East.

After the father recently inquired with a friend about the reputation of Momiji Academy, he also changed his previous attitude and greatly supported his daughters to go to the East.

Lilith was not happy at all, she had planned to have a full meal on the farm, but after an unexpected encounter with Catherine and Arabella, she changed her plans. Just as Catherine had strange feelings for her, she had strange feelings for Catherine, which had never happened before.

If she has enough time, she can be patient and wait for Catherine to grow, and it doesn't matter if she waits for a few years, she is curious to know what Catherine will metamorphose into, and she is willing to witness the process with her own eyes.

However, Catherine's mother had already made up her mind to send her daughter to the East, which meant that the dormancy she had done here was meaningless.

One sweltering afternoon, Lilith finished her class as usual, when lightning and thunder thundered outside, and it was raining heavily.

The rain was heavy and the day was like night, and it still didn't stop until evening.

Mother invited Lilith to stay for dinner, this was not the first time she had been invited, and Lilith had made excuses to decline before, but this time she gladly agreed.

The parents were very grateful to Lilith for her excellent teaching work, and the guests and hosts had a great conversation.

Catherine and Arabella sat at the bottom of the table, and the maid served a sumptuous meal.

For some reason, Catherine felt terrified tonight, and she couldn't help but tremble at every lightning bolt outside the window.

She stared worriedly out the window, the shape of the lightning was particularly hideous, like a devil with teeth and claws.

"Come, let's pray. ”

When all the food is arranged, my mother says that it is a family tradition for dinner every day.

"Oh, Lilith, if you're not religious, you don't have to pray. Mother said thoughtfully.

"Our Father in heaven: Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, and thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors. He will not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For all is yours for the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever...... Amen......"

The whole family shook the hands of the next seat, their eyes slightly closed, and the words in their mouths were repeated.

Lilith watched with a sneer.

Boom Boom –

At the moment when "Amen" spoke, a rainbow of lightning pierced the sky, as if splitting the night in half, and then a thunderclap sounded almost overhead, shaking everyone's ears.

The lightning and thunder were so amazing that the plates were shaken slightly, the crystal chandelier on the top of the dining table was shaken slightly, the dust was falling down, and the room was messy, and Catherine saw that Lilith's face was bright and dark, and because of her pale skin, she looked like a ghost.

Smack!

A strange voice rang out.

The whole family had not yet recovered from the thunder, and looked at the sound, thinking that the vase or other ornament had been shaken down.

However, it was not the vase that was shaken down, but the crucifix hanging on the wall directly opposite the main seat of the table.

The cross is carved from solid wood, about 80 centimeters in length, which is quite heavy and has been firmly nailed to the wall since the family moved into the estate.

It may have been the shock caused by the thunder just now, and three of the four nails that fastened the cross to the wall fell off, only the bottom nail did not fall off, but it was also loose.

Instead of falling, the cross hangs upside down top-heavy, turning into an anti-cross.

The parents were stunned because the anti-cross represented anti-Christ, a symbol of devil worship.

"Maybe the nails are rusty. Father Huo Ran pushed away the chair and stood up, "I'll go find a hammer and nail it again, you eat first." ”

Mother wanted to stop it, after all, there were guests, but it was really unlucky to let the cross hang upside down like this, and it suddenly became very evil from a symbol of holiness and mercy, and it was impossible to eat at all looking at this inverted cross.

Catherine didn't say a word, she bit her lip tightly, and from the time she prayed just now, she held her sister's hand without letting go, and her palms were already full of cold sweat.

She had a premonition that something terrible was about to happen.

"Lilith, let's eat first, you must eat more, you feel thinner than when you first came. Also, be sure to try our own wines, which have been cellared for more than 10 years. ”

After the father left the restaurant, the mother broke the silence.

Catherine glanced at Lilith, who seemed to be indeed thin, her cheekbones were a little prominent, and the outline of her arms could be faintly discerned.

"Okay, thanks. Lilith looked down at the knife and fork in front of her.

"Mom!"

Catherine jerked to her feet and pulled Arabella to her feet.

"What's wrong?" asked the mother with a frown, because it was rude for her daughter to yell at the hospitality table.

Catherine swallowed nervously, her heart gripped by an invisible hand, making it difficult for her to breathe. She wanted to speak, but she didn't know what to say, she just knew she couldn't go on like this.

"Mom, I want to go to the toilet. ”

Arabella helped her.

"Catherine, take your sister with you, go and come back quickly, don't keep the guests waiting. Mother nodded.

Under Lilith's watchful eye, Catherine silently pulled her sister upstairs.

At the top of the stairs, Catherine took one last look back and saw that Lilith had not moved her knife and fork.

Catherine dragged her sister up to the third floor, returned to their room, and closed the door.

"Arabella, listen to me, I feel like something is going to happen!" she was so nervous that her heart was pounding, "very evil, very terrible thing!"

"Catherine, I'm scared......" said Arabella, with tears in her voice.

"Don't be afraid, Arabella, I will protect you, I will definitely protect you!"

Catherine looked around the room, opened the closet door, pushed her sister in, pulled the hanging clothes over, blocked her, and closed the closet door.

"Arabella, don't make a noise when anyone but me comes in, do you hear?" she admonished.

"Mom can't do it either?"

"Mom...... Probably. She said vaguely.

"What are you going to do, Catherine?" asked Arabella, in the closet.

"I ...... I'm going to check on the situation, and if nothing happens, I'll be back right away. Catherine said.

Arabella sobbed: "Woo woo~ Don't go, I don't want to be alone, I'm afraid ......"

Catherine herself is a master of the six gods, and she is actually more scared than Arabella, but she can't leave her parents alone.

There was also a smaller wooden cross hanging in their room, and she took a stool to remove it, opened the closet door and slipped it into her sister's hand, and said, "Arabella, you are not alone, the Lord is with you, help me and my parents to pray, okay?"

Arabella took the cross.

Catherine did not let go immediately, but held the cross with her sister, closed her eyes and prayed silently, she did not know what her sister was praying for, she prayed: Lord, as long as I can survive this evening in peace, I am willing to spend my life following your glory.

She let go, touched the top of her sister's head, closed the closet door, and crept out of the room.

Walking to the stairs again, she suddenly sensed that something was not quite right.

Why is the ground floor so quiet?