Xia Yibing closed her eyes, shook her head and curled her lips. She hugged Hitzfeld tightly for the last time and then let her go.
"Don't talk so much." She first lifted her own hair, and then helped the girl comb her hair at the temples.
"Keep watching."
"By the way, teach me what so-called climate change is all about."
Oh... that's too troublesome.
Hitzfeld pulled the corners of his mouth together in embarrassment.
Climate change... To explain this in detail, should I use the Earth as an example again, from the Triassic period to the Ice Age, and then to the Little Ice Age that we were experiencing before I left?
But her understanding of this aspect is not very deep.
I hope there are specific instructions in the information Robbo gave me.
……
With a "bang", the bathroom door was closed by the cold wind.
The two teenagers who had just sneaked in were startled by the noise. They waited carefully for a long time to make sure that they had not alarmed anyone else, and then looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Esther." Vera raised her eyebrows. "Can you tell me now what's going on with the professor?"
He had noticed during their conversation at the dinner table that Esther and Rob seemed to have some kind of disagreement...or conflict.
Those topics, in theory, are family matters and are not suitable to be discussed in that kind of occasion.
But Rob said it anyway, as if he was deliberately taking the opportunity to let Esther know.
And Esther's reaction was also suspicious.
Vera felt that she couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
"Ah, this is a very complicated matter..." Esther shook her head, "My mother and the professor have known each other for a long time. I mean, they have known each other since they were very young."
"Like us?"
"That's about right... Anyway, it was the professor who pursued my mother in the beginning. My mother... at that time, she actually planned to inherit my grandfather's work. She was extremely talented in literature and history, especially ancient theology. My grandfather once said that she could even read and understand those relics and books. If she were hundreds of years ago, she would definitely be able to perform divine arts smoothly."
"Then why didn't she inherit it?"
"She...she fell in love with someone else."
Esther looked a little unnatural when she talked about this.
"Is that person a science major?"
Vera had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he felt that he roughly knew what was going on.
"He's a mathematician." Esther nodded. "He's my biological father, but he... To be honest, he's sorry for my mother and for me. My mother gave up all her previous accumulation and turned to study mathematics for him. He didn't help at all. At one point, she even had to rely on her to make money to support the family... The worst thing is that he died of an illness before I was born. I don't even know his name."
"Your mother never told me."
"Every time I asked her, she was unhappy."
That's pretty much it.
Vera looked a little strange.
Obviously, although Esther's mother has remarried with Rob, she may still be thinking about her previous man because she has not given up mathematics.
How can Rob be happy then?
It is no wonder that he is so stubborn and excited about theology and faith. He must be hoping to prove something and then change his wife's mind by doing so.
"Boom boom boom!"
There was a sound of banging on the door outside.
The two were frightened again, but luckily they heard Grande's loud voice soon: "Who's in there? Why are you locking the door? Don't you know there are only two bathrooms in the dining car?"
"Grande——"
Vera cleared her throat and spoke louder: "It's me... I feel sick in my stomach, please wait a moment."
"Hurry up, brother..."
Grande immediately flinched when he heard it was him, but he was indeed in urgent need: "The other bathrooms are occupied...you must be quick...or else I'll be out..."
Vera was stunned for a moment, and when she figured out what this "come out" meant, her face suddenly turned dark.
"Are you guys always like this?"
Esther looked at him in amusement.
"But how am I going to get out? How are you going to explain me to him?"
The boy and the girl... Although they are not at that level yet, she is not afraid even if they are discovered, but it will still have some bad effects.
"I'll take him to the front." Vera gritted her teeth and decided to fight.
"Carriage number four? You can't go there!"
"I'll take him to number three... it's okay to just walk through there..."
Vera did not allow any refusal, opened the door and immediately slipped out, followed by Grande's shrill scream.
"Brother - what are you doing brother -"
"Don't pull me, don't pull me! I can walk by myself—I can walk by myself!"
huh~~~
Esther was eavesdropping inside and breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be best if we could avoid being discovered.
To be honest, she was not mentally prepared for this kind of thing.
【The train is about to arrive at the station. 】
Suddenly, a broadcast came from the pipe overhead.
[Repeat again, the train is about to arrive at the station, and Drilred will meet us in thirty minutes.]
Arriving so soon?
Esther was stunned.
Faster than expected... Is this speeding up? Some of the small stations in the middle are not stopped?
Come to think of it, if something like this happened on the train, everyone would want to get to the terminal as quickly as possible. Other passengers would not have any objections.
That's just right.
To facilitate their settlement and supplies.
Chapter 16: Bing Lanluo (Three-in-one, fake)
The train pulled into the station with the whistle and the roar of steam. Hitzfeld stood up and opened the curtains, forced to squint his eyes to block out the overly bright light.
"The weather is nice." Xia Yibing came to stand beside her, "I hope they spend more time on supplies, so that we can stay in Trierred for a while longer."
What she said was not without reason, because indeed, the temperature rose a lot once they arrived at the territory of Trierred.
Hitzfeld also gave her a popular science explanation, saying... this is because the Caccia Mountains just turn a corner around Trierred, and the ridge line on this bend just blocks the cold air from blowing outside, causing the average temperature of Trierred to be about 10° higher than other northern towns.
Is that why they gave this place to Naris to manage? Although Trierred is not near the sea and cannot enjoy the convenience of sea transportation, Amiren is too cold. It is so cold during the ice month that you don't even want to go out, so the economy naturally can't grow.
"Do you need me to talk to Mr. House?" Hitzfeld turned to look at her.
"Since he knows who I am, if I give him a hint, he won't dare disobey me."
But wouldn’t that be meaningless…
The woman's expression suddenly fell. She once again felt that Hitzfeld was a little too straightforward and honest in many cases.
What I want is a "surprise" without any interference, which is the joy and touch that a normal girl wants most. What's the point of you arranging it deliberately?
"Let's go, get off first."
Seeing that the carriage had almost stopped, Hitzfeld packed up his things, took Lily by the hand, and walked out with the thick file book.
"Are you not taking the box... the box?" Xia Yibing seemed a little hesitant, "And the bed... the sheets... the quilt cover... the pillow..."
There are also two small iron basins!
"It's not like we won't be back." Hitzfeld waved his hand. "It's okay as there are instructors helping to watch over us inside."
Having said that, Xia Yibing still doubted whether Yusirian could serve as a sentry. When leaving, she took out a brand new door lock and locked the door of room 5-3.
"...No one else can go in and clean it if you do this."
"Who cares! I don't want anyone else to go in there!"
"..." Hitzfeld couldn't do anything to her about this matter, so he just let her do it.
After all, we were the ones who killed the nightmare monster, so this level of willful behavior shouldn't be taken seriously, right?
After getting off the train, the first thing Xia Yibing did was to jump onto the platform and stretch as if no one was around.
The sleeper car is a four-person room, so it's not crowded for two people, but there's still a sense of oppression psychologically, which can only be relieved by leaving the confined space.
"Where are we going next?" She looked back excitedly. "Shall we go buy the tickets first? I remember that if you want to buy the tickets first, you need to wait for the flight attendant... If you don't want to wait, then go out and take a walk. They will come to check on the remaining passengers every hour."
She seemed excited.
It's more like being overly excited.
Holding the dog leash tightly in his hand to prevent Lily, who was also very excited, from jumping out, Hitzfeld suddenly had an illusion at this moment, that is, he was actually taking two "Shellies" out for a trip.
"Oh! They still have to deal with carriage No. 4, and the remaining bloodstains..." Xia Yibing looked to the left, "I don't think they can finish it in a whole day. If the local sheriff is the kind of person who knows how to deal with things, this train may be detained for a few days..."
"Then we should be able to stay out for one night. It's almost noon now. We can eat something first and then go shopping in the local market. If you need, we can buy some more books... After all, books can be used as firewood after reading."
"Wait Aisuen, where are you going?"
Xia Yibing was thinking for a long time alone, and when she turned around, she saw the girl walking in the opposite direction. She hurriedly chased after her, bypassed Lily and came to the left side of the girl.
"Of course I'm going to return the book first..." Hitzfeld stretched out his tone and weighed the document in his hand. "I didn't see Robb and the others when I came out. They couldn't have gone to carriage number three, so they must have gone to the back."
“It doesn’t matter if they don’t come now, right?” the woman murmured softly. “They have to go to Curse Ice Lake anyway, so we still have a long way to go together.”
Hitzfeld glanced at her and smiled slightly: "...I like Xia now."
"Ok?"
Xia Yibing was stunned by what was said.
"Xia is actually... not very mature, right?" Hitzfeld tried his best to choose his words. "I have wondered when you can put down all your burdens and live a peaceful life. I have wondered what it would be like for you then."
"What is that like?"
"Just like now." Hitzfeld nodded seriously, "It may not be noticeable at first glance, but people who know you can tell that you are lively. I hope you never forget this feeling."
Did she think that my childhood was too miserable and hoped that I could experience more of this so-called "liveliness", or did she remember that I almost corrupted and turned into a monster?
But it doesn't matter now.
He naturally put his arm around the girl's waist and placed his hand on the right side of her waist. Xia Yibing looked left and right, and for the first time she felt that the act of "going out" and "walking" was so comfortable.
Should I say freedom?
You don't need to care about other people's gazes, you don't need to worry about heavy tasks, you don't need to worry about what kind of disaster is happening somewhere and always think about putting out the fire. All you need is this simple - simply take a left foot and then a right foot, and you can be so leisurely.
"..." Hitzfeld glanced at her face slightly, caught a glimpse of her comfortable expression, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
After thinking about it, she moved a little to the left.
The left half of her body was pressed against the woman's arms, with her head slightly tilted on her shoulder. Feeling the bumps and frictions, and looking at the train, platform, passengers and the sunlight leaking from the roof in the distance, she was a little dazed at the moment.
"B-I mean, Miss Hitzfeld!"
Suddenly hearing someone calling, Hitzfeld immediately came back to his senses and turned around to see the black-haired boy named Dante Vera standing on the inner right platform, surrounded by a group of girls.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Vera."
Adjusting her posture slightly, she took the woman's left arm in a friendly manner, walked along with the dog in her right hand, and turned her head left and right to look around.
"Just you? Where's Professor Robb?"
"The professor was taken away by a group of men in black!"
"That's right! They look really fierce!"
