Tianjin people will never lose SAN

Chapter 147 Familiar Symbols

In the dim corridor at midnight, the lawyer walked quickly forward while adjusting his clothes.

His muscles were tense and he took big steps. This ancient monastery made him more and more uneasy. The strange image on Ava's face just now would not go away from his mind.

What happened to him? The lawyer felt that something was spying on him in the corridor, as if it was right behind him, but he didn't dare to look back. He could only swing his legs desperately to speed up.

Should I find an excuse to give up the case and go back to New Nuremberg tomorrow? The idea just popped into my mind and was killed by the lawyer.

This is a big deal. The country boy inherited a large inheritance. With this money, he can open his own law firm.

Although Barlow is now a well-known figure in New Newland, he is still affiliated with another law firm, and half of the money he earns hard for each case is taken away by him.

So he started saving money a few years ago to open his own law firm.

But this is not a small number. Renting a house on Helen Street costs a lot of money, and the salaries of assistants and other people must also be taken into account. It also requires a considerable signing fee to poach other partners.

The lawyer was calculating the future plans for the law firm in his mind, and his heart gradually calmed down.

His room was on the second floor, just like Ava's, but he didn't dare go back directly because he had to pass Vernon's room on the way.

This guy would bring a few bottles of wine to the barn every night to have a drink with the thugs he brought with him, and the lawyer was afraid of being caught by him.

So he could only go down to the first floor and then go upstairs from the stairs on the other side. This way, even if he met Vernon, he would have an excuse to explain.

But just as he reached the row of rooms on the west side of the first floor, close to the central courtyard, a door opened.

A short man walked out of the room. At first, the short man had his back to him. The lawyer vaguely remembered that it was Andrea's room, which was also the forbidden area that Vernon listed for himself.

He had seen Andrea before. She was tall, but who was this short person in front of him?
It was so late, and Andrea called the servant to tidy up the room?

In the dark corridor, in the shadows a few steps away, the short woman seemed to sense someone behind her. She turned around suddenly, revealing a pale face and twisting and winding tentacles!

"what!"

The lawyer screamed and no longer cared about anything else. He turned around and ran as fast as he could. However, because he was too scared, he did not tie his shoelaces after coming out of Ava's room, so he fell to the ground after running only two steps.

Ignoring his fallen shoes and hurt knee, he continued to run for his life using his hands and feet.

After turning a corner, he mustered up the courage to glance back. Fortunately, the deformed and twisted monster did not catch up with him, but he did not dare to stop. He held his breath and ran back to his room. He slammed the door, locked it with trembling hands, then pushed the sofa against the door. Then he collapsed on the ground and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

In the corridor where the lawyer was running away, the short woman with a face full of tentacles slowly walked to the leather shoes. She stared at the shoes and muttered:
"Is this person sick? Why is he running?"

This is not a monster, but Millie Tang wearing a phantom mask.

The mask now has Liu Yonglu's face covered with notes. The windows in the corridor were not closed, so the wind blew. In addition, the light was dim and the distance was far, so in the lawyer's eyes, the notes looked like tentacles.

So why did she put on the Phantom mask and why did she come out of Andrea's room? We have to start from the beginning.

As soon as we arrived at the monastery today, Liu Yonglu accompanied the whole family in acting in the morning. By noon he had finished the performance and everything was fine.

Since I have to wait for two weeks, I'll just wait. I'm here for a vacation and recuperation anyway, so when I get to the monastery, I'll just treat it as a resort.

At noon, he took Xiaohu and Mili downstairs to eat. In the afternoon, he asked Baba from the kitchen for a basket filled with various foods, and the four of them went to the woods behind the monastery for a picnic and hide-and-seek.

At dusk he was tired from playing, so he called up the team and went home. He had a big meal at Baba's before going back to his room to rest. However, he was too full from three meals a day, so Liu Yonglu wanted to take a walk to digest the food. Seeing that it was getting dark outside, he walked around in the monastery.

When he strolled to the door of the storage room on the first floor, he did not go in, but Millie Tang beside him noticed a sign engraved on the lower left corner of the storage room door.

It was a circular emblem with witch hazel and verbena around it and a cursive letter in the middle.

Hiss... Seeing this symbol, Millie Tang took a breath of cold air. Why? Because she also had this symbol, inherited from her family, but her family was not simple. Millie Tang's mother and grandmother were both witches. This was a witch's symbol!
Millie Tang later studied ancient books at the University of Michigan, and it was also mentioned that the symbol of a witch is often based on witch hazel and verbena, with the first letter of her surname in the middle.

And the symbol in front of me is undoubtedly from a witch.

This is really new. Witches have been extinct in Mosesad for hundreds of years, otherwise Millie Tang’s nickname would not be "the last witch".

So where did this thing come from? A relic from hundreds of years ago? It's possible, but even if it was a mark left by the witch at that time, why did it appear in the monastery?

Millie Tang thought about it while returning to the room with Liu Yonglu and Xiaohu.

Since their public identity is that of a family of three, they must live together. However, the housekeeper of the monastery also considered that it would be crowded for three people to live in one room, so he arranged a suite specifically for them.

The suite has a bedroom inside and a small living room outside, and a small single bed was carried in for Xiaohu.

So it was not a problem at night. Liu Yonglu and Xiaohu slept on the big bed in the bedroom, and Millie Tang put the small single bed in the living room and slept on the small bed.

Of course, Liu Yonglu was certainly polite at first, saying, "Mi Li'er, you and Xiao Hu can sleep in the big bed, and I can just sleep in the small bed outside." Mi Li Tang would never agree to that. "You want me to sleep with Xiao Hu? Are you trying to kill me?"

So she took the initiative to sleep outside. Fortunately, she was not tall and her legs could be wide open when sleeping in the small bed.

But as the three of them washed up and lay down on the bed to sleep, Millie Tang discovered a second problem:
She couldn't stand Liu Yonglu's talking in his sleep. It just so happened that today, Liu Yonglu was practicing the Liuhuo role, sometimes playing the Laosheng role, sometimes the Tongchuihualian role. In addition, the door between the bedroom and the living room in the suite was very thin and there was no sound insulation at all. He was singing inside, and the noise from Millie Tang outside made it impossible for her to sleep.

Millie Tang thought about it and decided, forget it, let’s not sleep. I’d better go downstairs and take a look. The witch’s mark has always been a concern for her and it aroused her curiosity.

But she was not as foolish as Liu Yonglu. She made sufficient preparations before going. First, Mili Tang put all the things she needed in a small bag and carried it with her. Then she found a piece of note paper and wrote on it:

"I'll go check downstairs. If I'm not back in two hours, I'll wake you up and come find me."

After finishing writing, he pushed the door and went into the inner room.

"Bring the assassin Cao Cao to the court!"

Liu Yonglu was playing the game of catching and releasing Cao Cao in his dream, and Xiaohu beside him was still in the same position, lying flat, listening to him telling him crosstalk.

As Xiaohu was lying there, he saw Millie Tang tiptoe up to him and wave a note in his hand. Xiaohu looked at Mili'er and said nothing.

When Millie Tang saw that the child ignored her, she pointed at the note. Xiaohu then nodded slightly and waved at her, meaning, if you want to leave, just leave quickly and don't keep me from listening.

Millie Tang was worried and left a note with Liu Yonglu, then left the room and prepared to visit the monastery at night!

It's Wednesday again. Actually, I always feel that Wednesday is hard to bear. There is no village or shop nearby. I hope everyone can hold on for a while, read some novels and have some fun. I also wish you all a happy mood today.

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