[Zhongyingmei] The clown is actually me

into the night.

Isabella is sitting at the table, handing in today's breeding log.According to the order issued by the superior, Isabella was a little caught off guard. Originally,? According to the age of the three, it was Lei who was the first to be shipped, and Norman was the most successful in this orphanage. Good boy,? As the most delicious brains, he should live in an orphanage until he is 12 years old.Didn't expect it to be shipped tomorrow morning.

Suddenly, there were footsteps in the corridor and someone knocked on the door.Isabella pressed her temples and said, "Please come in."

Jack opened the door, and walked in: "Aren't you up so late?"

"You didn't have to knock."

"It's already rude to enter a lady's room at such a late night,? If you don't knock on the door again, it seems like you are going to do something beastly." Jack shrugged. It was so late,? He was still wearing a neat black dress.

"What are you doing here?"

Jack smiled and waved his hands, his eyes narrowed slightly, his golden pupils were like will-o'-the-wisps: "I heard something interesting, I came here to ask you—is Lei your biological son?"

Isabella was stunned for a while, then finally lowered her head, her purple eyes were covered by thick eyelashes.As if a heavy burden has been unloaded,? She used to be as strong as an iron wall, but now she shows the weakness of a mother,? Like a lily covered with morning dew: "This deadly secret,? Or has it been exposed... …I have long guessed that today,? Eating children is the only fate,? No matter how high you climb, how smart you are, or how well you do, you can’t escape being eaten by ghosts in the end.”

"Interested in telling your story?"

"I don't have a story, but there was once a boy I liked, he shipped out, I thought he was still alive, blamed him why he didn't write to me, then I wanted to go outside to find him, climbed the high wall and found the other side It's a cliff, we are caged birds." Isabella said while mending clothes, "I have no choice but to go back to the farm and continue to live in Neverland. In order to survive, I became a breeder. Prison, gave birth to Ray. That's it."

"You love them, don't you?"

"In this kind of place, what's the difference between loving and not loving?"

It's all over.thought Isabella.

According to the regulations of the farm, in order to eliminate hidden dangers, once the food children find out the truth, no matter how good their quality is, the breeding supervisor must ship them immediately.Isabella failed to follow the rules, she was a tainted breeder, and her fate was to be shipped out with her children.

Isabella saw very clearly that in this hellish place, there was never a so-called "breeding prison", only "ghosts" and "edible children".Breeders are in the extension line of eating humans, which is just another name for food.In a class of more than 40 breeder candidates, nearly half of them will collapse under high pressure, lose consciousness and try to commit suicide. Most of the rest violate the rules and are eliminated. Only one person can become a "sister". From the age of 12 to 32, she has seen many colleagues who were served on the table, and she never thought that she could escape this fate.The end will come sooner or later, but sooner or later, even if you try your best, you will only live an extra year, a few months, or even a few days.

But, now, that's all over.

Closing her eyes, what Isabella thought of was Emma's words not long ago. She said that it is impossible for a mother to watch her beloved child being eaten without being angry.Yes, she was angry, she was angry every time she gave the child to the ghost, but anger was useless.This is the difference between adults and children. Children still have love and dreams in their hearts. The world of adults is only a dog.

Jack straightened his top hat, still smiling: "Do you want to save your child?"

"Ok?"

"Don't get me wrong, I mean Norman, not Ray. Do you want to save Norman? Don't let him be eaten by ghosts, at least grow up quietly and healthy on the farm until he is 12 years old?"

"I don't think it matters whether I don't want to or not. I can't control Norman's life or death."

"I'm just asking if you want to or not?"

Isabella was silent for a moment: "Yes."

"That's all right." Jack gestured, "Give me the notice from above."

Isabella hesitated for a while, but finally took out the folded notice from her pocket and handed it to Jack.Jack wasn't even interested in unfolding it for a closer look. He tore the paper casually, tore the paper in half, folded it up again, and tore it again.Finally, he threw the four ragged pieces of paper to Isabella and said to her: "Tomorrow, go and tell the ghost, 'Mr. Sacrifice is the cornerstone of peace'. They will understand."

Holding the pile of waste papers, Isabella froze for a while before murmuring, "Who are you..."

It is impossible for the Latori family to have the ability to command ghosts.

"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is, Isabella, you gave birth to a good son, he saved all of you. Even if you are an unqualified mother, he wants to save you." Jack turned his back to her , the straight black dress made him look like a swallow, "Don't be afraid, you won't live in the shadow of ghosts in the future, and the only one who will be shipped from Grace Field Farm is Lei."

Two months passed in a blink of an eye.

"It will be shipped soon, how do you feel?" Jack sat at the end of the long table, holding a cup of scented tea, dangling his two slender legs.

According to regulations, the day when Lei was shipped should be his birthday, but he filed an application report with the headquarters and shipped the product one day in advance.It is early in the morning, at 12:[-] in the morning, the children are sleeping in the warm beds, and there are few birdsong in the orphanage.Ray, who turns [-] another day, looked like a young aristocrat in his neat little dress and bowler hat.Seeing that he didn't answer, Jack shook his head uninterestedly: "Aren't you saying goodbye to your companions?"

"If you think about it, you won't have to leave a day earlier." Lei said, lifting the suitcase in the corner.

"Would you like me to carry the suitcase for you?"

"No, there's nothing valuable in it. I can't take anything out anyway."

"Your friends, who still think our deal is terminated, are desperately trying to get out. A month ago, I saw them climb the high wall. Then, Dong and Gilda were storing food and making rope. They so Work hard, is this really good?" Jack said as he jumped off the chair and took Lei's hand.In the past two months, Lei stayed with him longer and longer, even exceeding his companions. He isolated himself from the crowd, and did not even tell Isabella the news of the shipment one day in advance. , so no one came to see him off.

"There is a cliff outside the wall. No matter how hard you train, there is a risk of failure. I still can't agree with the idea of ​​taking all the children away, but if I really want to do it, the only way is to follow you." Lei Yao She shook his hand, "As long as you keep your promise."

Jack smiled, took his hand and walked out the door of the orphanage.It was already late autumn, amidst the swaying dead leaves and the breeze carrying the fragrance of flowers, Lei raised his head, his eyes reflected Jack's shadow: "Jack, you... are you a ghost?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Is there any need to deny it at a time like this?" Lei asked back, "Your English pronunciation was only used a hundred years ago, and some vocabulary has been discarded in the pile of old papers. The letter Norman found in your room was written by someone else. For you, not for your report. You eat ancient dishes, dresses are Victorian, and if you didn't come across by accident, you are an antique that has lived for hundreds of years. You imitate centuries Humans before, and never improved. We can't have such a long lifespan, so you are a ghost - and a ghost of the princely and noble class! That's why you have the power to fight back Norman's shipment order, even the queen I dare not refute your face."

Jack smiled and lit a cigarette, sighed: "Smart boy, you guessed it right, I am indeed a ghost."

Under Lei's gaze, he opened his mouth slightly, and his body seemed to have turned into plasticine, which could be deformed and elongated at will. He spit out his entire lower jaw like a snake. It's like the teeth of a merman.But in the next instant, the shape of the jaw changed back, and he became a human again. No one could see that there was a ghost hidden under that peaceful and normal British face.

"I come to the farm occasionally, just to see you. I asked them the same multiple-choice questions as you, and it's not like no one saw through my identity, but almost without exception, these children chose to sacrifice Myself. Their expressions are the same as yours, sad, guilty, unwilling, and very proud. I like their expressions. Human beings will trample others to death in order to survive, and sacrifice themselves for others to live. Despicable, Those who are greedy and shameless, those who are noble and strong... are all human beings."

Ray didn't answer him, and Jack didn't speak anymore. The two of them walked into the delivery gate side by side. The iron fence had been raised high, and a delivery vehicle was parked in the passage, and the green canvas was hanging down. Do not clear the cleanliness of the cargo box.The surrounding was extremely quiet, without any human voices, only the howling cold wind, Jack looked around suspiciously: "Where are people?"

He let go of Lei's hand, lifted the canvas covering the trunk of the truck, a damp smell mixed with a faint smell of blood came towards him, and he saw a face in the pale morning light that leaked from above his head.A fair, womanly face.Isabella was sitting on the carriage, and once the canvas was raised, the two of them were almost face to face, and their breathing was entangled.

Why is Isabella here? !

Before Jack could speak, Isabella stretched out her arms and grabbed Jack's neck.Even in his sleep, he would never have imagined that this seemingly weak woman had such great strength.If he took off his clothes, Jack would find that under the black and white apron, Isabella's arm muscles were thick and scary.This is his negligence. Gymnastics and physical exercise are one of the courses of the breeder, and they can even beat professional wrestlers after extensive training.

Isabella tightly clamped his neck and pressed the blood vessels under his skin with all her strength. He felt dizzy for a while, and had the illusion that he was being swallowed by a python. The python dragged him to the carriage. Man, Emma, ​​and Dong all rushed forward, holding the prepared ropes in their hands, and tightly bound his hands and feet.The arm around his neck was loose, and in his extremely limited field of vision due to the blackness, Ray opened the suitcase and took out what looked like a tin can. He unscrewed the lid and doused Jack from head to foot as he The gorgeous and complicated dress became a heavy burden, and Lei also carefully poured several cans of water on him to ensure that all the expensive fabrics were fully washed with liquid.

Jack shook his wet hair, and he was tied up and thrown on the trunk of the train, like a steak topped with salad: "You guys are beyond my expectations."

The nostrils are full of the iconic gasoline smell, and a burning candle is drawn on the packaging of the can thrown at his feet. There is no doubt that it is kerosene.Lei has secretly accumulated a wide variety of things over the past 12 years, and a lot of them.

"Mr. Jack, you still underestimate us. In two months, we can do far more than you imagined. The fire oil on your body, even a ghost can't hold the fire? What's more, this car There are more than 75 liters of gasoline in the SUV fuel tank of the car, which is enough to cremate you with one click, and burnt to the bone." Lei lit the lighter in his hand to him, "But you are indeed right , sacrificing oneself for others is a noble spirit, but no matter what, even if I die, I don’t want to be eaten by ghosts on a plate. So I’m sorry. We have to use you to threaten those ghosts, maybe I've been wronging you for a while."