[Comprehensive British and American] Super Mario

After Mary entered the house, she threw the key into a small bamboo flower basket hanging in the entrance and walked towards the bathroom.

Steven followed her slowly into the log cabin. In fact, it is not appropriate to say that it is a log cabin. From the outside, it is indeed a log cabin, but the interior is very delicately decorated. There are faint silver flowers on the milky white wallpaper. In the living room with a European-style fireplace, there are black and white sofas, tables and chairs in a modern minimalist style, and a large piece of Asian-style colorful carpet is laid on the floor, almost occupying the entire area of ​​the living room. In the half position, these furniture decorations that seem to have different styles are placed in the living room, but there is no abruptness. On the contrary, the styles of the two are put together to form a very harmonious relationship.After looking around, he retracted his gaze, and then looked in the direction Mary had just walked in.

Mary walked into the bathroom, opened the cabinet on the sink, took out a glass to catch the water, rinsed her mouth a few times, and put it on the sink, raised her eyes, and saw the water in the mirror. With a pale face and messy hair, she took a towel and wiped her wet self, just hung up the towel and turned around, suddenly stopped, thinking of Steven who was soaked in the rain like her, she slightly Pursing her lips, she came out of the bathroom and entered her room.

Steven walked to the only window in the living room. Outside the window was the mountain next to the wooden house. The depths of the forest were surrounded by thin mist due to the rain. He frowned slightly, which obviously had a lot to do with Bucky's escape. With great help, he stretched out his hand to rest on the window lattice, with a look of deep thought in his eyes.

When Mary returned to the living room, she saw Steven's tall body standing in front of the window with his back facing her. Looking at his back, she felt a little bleak for no reason, so she slightly raised the glasses on the bridge of her nose with her hand Carrying it up, he walked over and said, "There is nothing worth seeing outside this window. When Mark designed it, it was just to keep the room fresh."

Steven turned around upon hearing this and saw her handing him a clean white towel. He smiled, took the towel from her hand, and said, "No, I'm not admiring the scenery."

Mary glanced out the gray window and said, "So, you're looking at the terrain?"

Steven wiped his wet hair with a towel, nodded and said, "That's right!"

"Come on, I'll show you around here." Mary said and turned around, "The structure here is very simple, and you can finish it in 3 minutes."

Steven held the towel she gave and followed silently.

The two walked out of the living room and entered a small corridor. This corridor divided the bedroom and the kitchen and bathroom area. On the side facing the lake, there were four rooms side by side. The direction facing the forest was the kitchen, dining room, and bathroom. .

Mary pushed away from Mark's room and didn't go in. She just stood by the door and said, "This is Mark and Ashley's room."

Steven took a look and nodded slightly.

"Aren't you going in to have a look?" Steven smiled and said, "I just need to know whose room this is!"

Mary shrugged, closed the door of their room, turned around and walked to the next door, and said, "This is my room. Since you said you only need to know, then I won't open it for you to see." ,You do not mind right?"

Steven glanced at Mary, nodded, and said, "Of course."

The corners of Mary's mouth were bent, and she turned her head towards another room with a half-smile. Steven glanced at "Mary's room", curiosity flashed through his eyes, and then he followed to the door where she was standing. , Mary looked at Steven, pointed to the door and said, "This is Mark's study." After finishing speaking, she was about to go forward.

"Wait!" Steven said, "I think I need to take a look at this room."

Mary raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you sure? I thought you just needed to know?"

Steven stared at Mary and asked, "Is it okay?"

Mary remained silent, reached out and opened the door of the room, raised her eyes, and looked at Steven.

Steven walked into Mark's study room slowly. The style of furniture used here is the same as that used in the living room. Obviously Mark prefers this minimalist modernist design style, so he used it in his living area as much as possible, especially It is the study room with higher usage time and frequency.There is a floor-to-ceiling window on the wall of the study facing the lake, and the lake can be seen through the slightly opened curtains.

Mary watched quietly as Steven walked slowly towards Mark's desk. It was a white table supported by metal supports. On the table was an all-in-one computer and keyboard of the same color. nothing.

Steven put his hand on the table and looked up at the wall opposite the desk. The wall was evenly nailed with long black wooden boards from the floor to the ceiling. These boards constituted a simple bookshelf. , which were filled with all kinds of books. After his eyes passed over those books one by one, he turned around, looked around the whole study room, strode to the French windows, stretched out his hand and opened half of the French windows, and a gust of cold wind followed. The opening of the window rushed into the study, and the curtains kept swaying in the wind.

Mary looked at Steven suspiciously. He stood there after opening the French windows and didn't move for a long time. What happened to him?She thought for a while, walked into the study slowly, and asked, "Is there any question?"

When Steven heard this, he turned his head and looked over, smiled faintly, and said, "This study is not an easy place to defend."

Mary walked up to him, looked out through the half of the French window that was not open, and said, "Defense? Are you going to put that bait here?"

Steven nodded and said, "Maybe! But..." He looked down at Mary.

Mary looked up at him and asked, "You're trying to say there's not much room to hide in Mark's room, are you?"

Steven didn't speak, acquiescing to her question, which was indeed one of the questions he was thinking about.

"Why did you hide it?" Mary looked at him thoughtfully, and said strangely: "Didn't you plan to use it as a bait, as long as Bucky shows up, you can show him, isn't that all right? Do you still plan to snatch it from him after he finds it?"

Steven smiled, nodded slightly, and said, "You're right, I seem to have overcomplicated my consideration." He reached out and patted her shoulder lightly, "Thank you, Mary."

There was a look of surprise in Mary's eyes. It seemed that this was the first time he called his name seriously. It was probably because of this that he seemed to be in a better mood. Of course, this did not offset the fault of this guy for making him dizzy!She reached out to close the French windows, shrugged, and said, "It doesn't deserve your thanks."

Steven smiled, and watched Mary walk towards the door. He looked around the study again, and then walked out of Mark's study, which was so simple that he could see all his belongings at a glance. This is the four rooms facing the lake. The third room in the room was next to this study, that is, there was another room at the end of the corridor. He looked at Mary and asked, "Whose room is this?"

Unexpectedly, when Mary heard this, her complexion suddenly sank. She reached out and touched the door lightly, and said softly, "Julie."

"What?" Steven didn't hear clearly, and asked apologetically, "What did you just say?"

Mary was silent for a while, then said, "Julie, my sister Julie Winston's room."

"Julie Winston?" Steven repeated the name softly, looking at her and asking, "Is that the other girl in that picture? Your twin sister?"

"Yes." Mary raised her eyes, looked at him with a gloomy face and said, "You should just need to know, right?"

Steven nodded and said, "That's right, that's true."

After hearing what he said, Mary immediately turned around and walked towards the kitchen and bathroom.

Steven frowned slightly, and after glancing at the door of that room, he turned around and caught up with Mary's footsteps. He briefly looked at the kitchen and bathroom behind her. , the mood quickly sank to the point that she looked like a different Mary, showing a thoughtful expression.

"Now that you've been around my vacation home, I think you should know the terrain. So, let's go!" After Mary finished speaking, she took the lead and walked towards the living room. As soon as the two entered the living room, they heard From Mary's coat pocket came the music ringing from her cell phone.

Mary took out her mobile phone, took a quick look at Steven, answered the phone and said, "Dad, what's the matter?"

Mark happily said on the other end of the phone: "Oh, Mary, have you and Steven arrived at our vacation cottage yet?"

"Yes, we've arrived and he's leaving," Mary said.

Steven raised his eyebrows at Mary upon hearing this.

"Oh, there's no need for him to leave. Ashley is discharging me from the hospital. We're leaving for the cottage soon." Mark said, "You let him wait for me in the cottage. There's no need for him to go back to the hospital. Go find me, and I'll bring the props he needs."

Steven didn't know what Mark was talking about, he looked at Mary questioningly.

As if she didn't see Steven's questioning eyes, Mary turned her head and said in surprise, "You guys? Ashley is coming too?"

"Of course!" Mark said as a matter of course, "Oh, you should know that I haven't lied to your mother once in all these years, so..."

"So she knows everything!" Mary took the rest of his words, and when she thought of Ashley coming to the cottage, she felt a little dizzy. Although she had Steven's guarantee, she was still very worried. Well, she smiled helplessly and said, "You can obviously choose not to say anything!"

"Yes, I can choose not to say it, but I can't let Ashley go home alone, can I? If something happens to the plan, that Bucky makes a mistake in the information and goes to our house instead?" Mark said, " So, she knows everything."

Mary was speechless, silent for a while, and said, "Okay, that's it! Steven and I will wait for you here."

Steven watched her hang up the phone and said, “Mark left from the hospital?”

"Yes." Mary held the phone, lowered her eyes, and endured it, but she still couldn't hold back the uneasiness in her heart. She walked quickly towards the kitchen.

"Mary?" Steven exclaimed in surprise, watching her almost trot toward the kitchen, followed in confusion.