Since the last time she left, Xia Wei has been haunted by the woman she saw in the courtyard, she was sure she did see a woman, but the whole manor was silent, a look of secrecy.
Today, Alan is not in Hounslow on business, so she took the opportunity to come and see what kind of woman lives in the villa, and what makes Alan so enchanted.
The snow is still falling.
Lucy Chambers gave the little orange put on gloves hat scarf, afraid that she froze, and then went out the door.
The lawn in the courtyard has been completely covered with thick snow, the maids are too late to clean it, and because of the cold, there is no one inside the courtyard at this time.
“Shhh …” Lucy Chambers made a silent gesture to the little orange, and the two crept through the backyard door and slipped out, sticking to the wall all the way.
“Mommy,” asked the little orange in a small voice, “why do we have to be so careful, like thieves.”
Lucy Chambers took her hand, “It’s to hide from the housekeeper, if the housekeeper finds out we can’t play, little orange don’t want to build a snowman?”
The little orange was busy covering her mouth and looked like she was obeying.
The two slipped against the wall all the way to the unoccupied courtyard, around Chambers is a dead end, as long as no movement, no one can find them.
“Has the little orange one ever built a snowman?”
“Mmm!” Little Orange nodded heavily, her face full of joy, “Every year when it snows, Daddy will build a snowman with me and my aunt, and grandparents.”
“Is it just my aunt and grandparents? I’m not with you guys?”
The little orange froze for a moment, seemingly unsure of how to answer.
“What’s wrong?” Lucy Chambers asked.
Seeing the little orange’s apprehensive face, she was a bit puzzled.
“No, it’s nothing,” Little Orange smiled reluctantly, “Mom, let’s build a snowman.”
“Good.”
Lucy Chambers didn’t think much of it, and pulled the little orange piece to start building a snowman.
Looking at the snowman a little bit of molding, she suddenly remembered some images inside her head, than every past memories to clean, as if only a thin layer of gauze, as long as the gauze is lifted, you can see who the man and girl inside that accompanied their snowman is the same.
The men are very tall, and the snowman’s movements are very sharp, they seem to be in a competition, than who piled up a better-looking snowman, the final result is that the men piled up a taller than human big snowman, but the nose and eyes are not.
“Little Orange,” Lucy Chambers asked, suddenly taking her hand, “we were building a snowman with Daddy earlier, and who won afterwards?”
Little Orange was bewildered, “Huh? What contest.”
Lucy Chambers was stunned, “Don’t you remember?”
Little orange shook his head, “There was no competition.”
“How come? When you were about this tall, Daddy built a snowman taller than him, don’t you remember?”
The image inside the head just now is too clear, Lucy Chambers is sure that it must be a scene that has happened, it can’t be imagined by himself.
But the little orange said it had no memory of anything at all.
“Little Orange, are you sure we haven’t raced to build a snowman with Daddy?”
The little orange shook his head, a small face that was frozen red was full of confusion.
“So what do we do every winter to build snowmen?”
“Dad, grandpa, grandma, we are together inside the yard, there is a big, big pine tree, dad build a snowman, grandpa and grandma stand at the door and watch, I am responsible for putting the nose and hands of the snowman …”
The more Lucy Chambers listened, the more she heard something wrong, and when she finally noticed the problem at the end, she hesitated for a few seconds and asked, “Little Orange, why do you keep talking about Daddy, Grandpa and Grandma, without me?”
The little orange seems to be a little frightened, subconsciously shook his head.
“Never had one?”
Faced with Lucy Chambers’ questioning, the little orange suddenly realized that she seemed to have said the wrong thing, and a bit of fear came into her eyes, “I didn’t say anything, I don’t know anything.”
“Little Orange …”
Lucy Chambers was afraid she would fall and tried to hold her, but the little orange, as if she had seen something terrible, suddenly shrieked and turned to run.
The snow was not good inside and she ran very stumbling.
“You run slowly, little orange, slow down …” Lucy Chambers hurried to catch up with her, afraid that something would happen to her.
Just ran not two steps, when turning the corner of the villa yard, saw the little orange being held in the arms of someone.
Lucy Chambers sighed in relief, “Little orange, what are you running for, you scared me to death, come here.”
At that moment, Xavier looked up and the moment she saw Lucy Chambers, her face changed.
This look, Lucy Chambers also froze, only to see the woman in front of him looked familiar, remembering that she seemed to have come a few days ago, “You are … little orange aunt?”
Xia Wei’s face went white, pulling the little orange straight behind her, protecting the calf as tightly as she did, “Who are you? Why are you here?”
Lucy Chambers wondered, “Don’t you know me?”
“I …” Xavier panicked for a moment, “No way, you can’t be her.”
Lucy Chambers died in that fire years ago, so how could she be here?
But the person in front of me looks exactly the same as in the photo.
What is going on?
“Madam!”
The housekeeper hurriedly came to see such a scene, is also frightened face pale.
“Butler Han,” Xia Wei asked with a condensed face as she continued to protect the little orange, “Who is this woman anyway?”
The housekeeper looked at Lucy Chambers and then at Xia Wei, his face was full of difficulties, “Madam, Second Miss, let’s go inside first, let’s talk inside.”
After entering the house, the housekeeper let the maid come to take the little orange back to the bedroom to rest, Lucy Chambers was served with medicine by the maid, while the housekeeper went into the study with Xia Wei, in a mysterious manner.
Everything is suspicious.
Lucy Chambers changed her clothes and stayed inside the bedroom for a while, thinking about what Little Orange had just said about the snowman pile at home, the more she felt something was wrong.
And since Xia Wei is the sister of Sun Huck, the aunt of the little orange, just saw himself why is that a reaction, obviously recognized her, but also a very strange look.
At this moment, inside the study, the butler poured a cup of hot tea for Xia Wei.
Butler Han said, “Second Miss, have a cup of tea to warm up your body.”
Xia Wei’s face is sullen and cold, the alarm just now has not been removed until now, straightforwardly asked, “Butler Han, no need to beat around the bush with me, tell me directly, who is this woman in the end, what is going on? What is her relationship with my brother?”
Butler Han had a difficult look on his face, “Second Miss, you can also see, Madam she and the young master has been thinking of the young lady looks exactly the same, the young master has been obsessed with these years, how can not forget that young lady.”
“So what?”
“It is also a coincidence that two months ago, I witnessed a car accident in the western suburbs, and the woman who was rescued at that time is the current madam, and it so happens that she looks exactly the same as that young lady.”
“…”