[Zhongying] Rebirth meets a wizard

The conversation between Lydia and Mrs. Smith that night was very crucial. It was a point of separation of time and a point of separation of the two people's respective moods.

Next, Mrs. Smith left early and returned late to prepare for her biggest wish.

In addition to accompanying Sherlock to investigate the case, Lydia accompanied Mrs. Holmes.

Holmes and his wife love to travel and love the countryside. After Mycroft became an adult, they went out all the year round, either traveling in other countries or living in a country house.

But recently when they stayed in London, most of the time they just listened to the opera and went shopping. Lydia and Sherlock accompanied the Holmes couple when they listened to the opera, and Mrs. Holmes and Lydia went shopping together.

In this regard, Mycroft felt that it was worthwhile to be busy with Lydia for the past six months. With Lydia by his side, he and Sherlock saved a lot of trouble.

Although this idea is a little unfilial, the eldest son who was bullied by Mrs. Holmes is always grateful for his relief.

Therefore, after seeing Lydia, McCoff was much more polite, which made Lydia a little uncomfortable.

It was already winter in London, and only Lydia and the married Mary were in London in the Bennet family.

Mary was married in early autumn, while Jane and Elizabeth, already engaged, planned to marry the following spring.

Regarding the wedding date of Lydia and Sherlock, Mrs. Holmes also asked cryptically. Fortunately, she was very open-minded. Seeing that the two children hadn't set a date, she didn't say anything.

But judging from their actions, the Holmes couple planned to continue their previous life after Sherlock got married. Otherwise, according to what Lydia heard from Sherlock, the Holmes couple should have left London long ago.

In London's interior with a fireplace, Lydia is staying at 221b Baker Street. Sherlock is doing her own experiments. She is sitting at the desk by the window, reading books and looking at the snow. She can't help but think of Mrs. Jones' house The poisoning incident still has no results.

Although Mrs. Jones has ended her commission with Sherlock, she has also clearly stated to Detective Lestrade that the Jones family does not intend to pursue it.

But neither the Inspector nor Sherlock had apparently given up on the case.

According to Lydia's analysis, she felt that it was too cold this winter, and the criminals in London were also hibernating. Both the detective and the detective had nothing to do and kept staring at the only case.

Of course, Lydia would not say this kind of thought, and she believed that even if she said it, the two gentlemen would not approve it.

Both gentlemen had their own high-sounding reasons.

The inspector once said that he was worried about another accident at the Jones family, and that not finding out the real culprit would make his soul restless.

Sherlock took Lydia as an excuse, saying that after all, Lydia was acquainted with the family, and he would not let the murderer go.

Not to mention that Lydia didn't trust the old and cunning detective, she also had reservations about what Sherlock said.

As the son of the Jones family who had decided to pursue her for a short time, Sherlock didn't like her. Now Sherlock said that he was unwilling to let the murderer who killed his former rival...

Lydia felt that if it was herself, most of her would applaud. Of course, Sherlock had to dare to let others pursue him.

The lady courtesan who appeared before does not count, it was entrusted by Mr. Hurt.

Thinking about it this way, Sherlock's market is really not good.

Lydia looked at Sherlock, who was concentrating on the experiment, and groaned.

But handsome is not enough, IQ comes in. Lydia herself likes Sherlock very much.

On this day, it was rare that Lydia was reading a book by the fireplace in 221b, "quietly" accompanying a certain big detective doing research, and Inspector Lestrade came to visit unexpectedly.

In the meantime, the inspector rushed in panting, covered in snowflakes.

"Sherlock, something happened to Mrs. Jones's house again!"

For this news, Sherlock's reaction was no reaction, he did not interrupt his actions.

And Lydia didn't raise her head to welcome the visitor. She was thinking about Mrs. Jones's house before, and now she popped up, which only made Lydia think it was a coincidence.

When the inspector took a breath, seeing that the two people in front of him should experiment and read books (Lydia was obviously in a daze), he suddenly felt that he was so insignificant and superfluous.

It's a pity that a senior detective like Lestrade would not feel embarrassed. He would only find a way to increase the wattage of his light bulb, and it would be best to wake up the unmarried couple.

"I said two, Mrs. Jones's house has happened again! Something has happened! Do you want to be so calm!"

Just as Sherlock's experiment came to an end, he raised his head to give the inspector a little reaction.

"You are not welcome to the Jones family. How did you know the news?"

Hearing what Sherlock said, Lydia also came back to her senses, and she looked at the inspector with the same doubts.

Now the inspector finally got the attention he wanted, but where did the attention go?

"I said two, isn't the point about what happened to the Jones family?"

Sherlock smiled, just this smile...

Sherlock looked at people except Lydia with a smile of disdain, which is a typical smile now.

"Mrs. Jones is very strict in managing the servants in the house. If you think about it, you just found out that there is movement in Jones' house. I don't believe you will know the details."

Lydia bit her lower lip and suppressed a smile, not rubbing salt in the Inspector's wounds.

The inspector, who had already recovered his breath, was short of breath again, this time he was angry.

Inspector Lestrade took a deep breath, suppressing the anger that was about to explode.

"Then are you going?"

Sherlock looked at the restrained detective, and turned his head to Lydia who was still holding the book.

"Lydia, the inspector still wants to go and take a look in the name of you, a friend of the Jones family, what do you plan to do?"

Lydia didn't understand what the inspector meant, she really hesitated.

In fact, Lydia is not so concerned about this case anymore. Since Mrs. Jones wants to suppress this case, it means that she has her own ideas in it. She believes that Mrs. Jones, who is on guard, will not easily get into trouble.

Now the inspector obviously found clues and wanted to go to Jones' house to confirm the situation.

"Inspector, since Mrs. Jones doesn't want you to participate, it's better not to take the initiative to come to the door."

In the end, Lydia still rejected the inspector's proposal, not because she was afraid of offending the Jones family, but because Lydia still had some respect for Mrs. Jones, and she didn't want to deliberately confront Mrs. Jones.

It was one thing for Sherlock and Inspector Lestrade to investigate on their own, but quite another to do so in her name.

And Lydia always felt that Mrs. Jones must have noticed something, just like Lydia suspected Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones probably thought so too.

Mrs. Jones was afraid that the crime of murdering her brother and mother would fall on her second son.

Seeing that Lydia was unwilling to go after thinking about it, the inspector couldn't help frowning.

"My people saw that the Jones family had called for a doctor, and they were in a hurry. Now something happened again. It's not a trivial matter! If we wait for the Jones family to come, we're afraid that things will become serious."

Sherlock looked at her in surprise when she saw Lydia's refusal. After all, Lydia was with him during the investigation some time ago, and she didn't mean to reject or stop her.

Lydia didn't explain either, she just didn't want to bother Mrs. Jones rashly.

And the last time Mrs. Jones had an accident, the housekeeper came to Sherlock immediately, but this time, no one came. It seems that even if there was an accident, it should not be as serious as last time.

Since Lydia was unwilling, the matter was finally settled.

Not achieving his goal, the inspector sighed, seeing that Sherlock did not object to Lydia's decision, he had no choice but to leave.

"Now that he's gone, you can tell me, don't you want to take care of the Jones family's affairs?"

Sherlock went to the window, stood behind Lydia, who was sitting there, and put his arm on Lydia's shoulders.

"If Mrs. Jones is unwilling, I don't want to meddle in her family's affairs. That's not kindness, but meddling."

Lydia closed the book in her hand and turned to look at Sherlock.

Sherlock rubbed Lydia's head.

"You discussed it with me after the last dance, and said that the one who attacked the Jones family might be the Jones family's own servant."

Lydia patted Sherlock's hand that was always touching her, turned her head and got up, and turned to face Sherlock leaning against the desk.

"It's me, but it's two different things."

"It's strange to respect the dividing line!"

Sherlock moved closer to Lydia, as if trying to see through her thoughts.

Lydia pressed her forehead against Sherlock's, and pushed Sherlock away who was too close.

"Don't get so close, you can't see through me, what if you see through and don't like me!"

"If I see through you, will you dislike me?"

Instead of rubbing his own head, Sherlock leaned over and rubbed Lydia's forehead.

Lydia watched with bright eyes as Sherlock reached out to caress her forehead.

"I won't change my mind!"

"I won't!"

Sherlock placed a kiss on Sherlock's reddish forehead, gently, with pity.

..............................

At that ball, Lydia's attention was on Mrs. Holmes, so she didn't pay attention to the Duchess of Norfolk.

Lydia first met Mrs. Smith's enemy at another ball.

Winter in London is a time of high social activity.

The new nobles were active in various balls, and the old nobles also became active.

This time without the Holmes couple, there would be no Sherlock. Lydia and Mrs. Smith met the Duchess of Norfolk face to face.

When we met for the first time this time, the Duchess was very warm to Lydia, and on the contrary, she was also very polite to Mrs. Smith.

Lydia could feel the forbearance under Mrs. Smith's calm surface, and the clenched fist under the sleeve was trembling slightly.

Fortunately, Mrs. Smith was still stable. She stayed by Lydia's side like a qualified housekeeper without saying a word.

After this time, Lydia became a guest of the Duchess of Norfolk's house, and was often invited by the Duchess to have afternoon tea.

For Mrs. Smith's sake, Lydia must go whenever she is invited, which naturally took up a lot of time.

For this reason, the time Lydia can spend with Sherlock is compressed.

"Dear fiancee, although you don't have time to accompany me recently. But it's time to discuss our wedding date after you're done, right?"

This was Sherlock's question after Lydia finally found time and Sherlock was able to have a dinner with her.