The Real Daughter With A Buddha-like Mindset Chapter 649

   Chapter 649 Please

  There is a beautiful island 1,500 nautical miles south of Nanxi Island. It is backed by the mysterious Kingdom of God and enjoys a secluded paradise at the southernmost tip of the earth.

The name of this island is Pilgrimage Island. The residents here have a common belief. Every morning, before the sun rises, they will get up and go to the temple in the center of the island, worshiping devoutly and enjoying the cold weather. The coming and going, the wind and the rain have not slowed them down to worship.

   Rumor has it that only truly devout believers can be chosen to go to the Kingdom of God and worship the Holy Maiden.

   Therefore, in the hearts of pilgrim islanders, the Kingdom of God is the holy land they really yearn for.

   At ten in the morning, a wet man climbed to the shore like a water ghost, and the guards guarding the shore immediately lit up their spears vigilantly.

   "It's me..." The man said weakly, "I want to see Lord Waka."

The    guard walked over and squatted down. Seeing the man's face, he was startled: "Lize? Why are you so embarrassed?"

  Lize's difficulties and obstacles along the way need not be said, "Take me to see Lord Waka, something big has happened."

   The guard saw that the matter was of great importance, and immediately ordered his subordinates to carry him to the central temple.

  The temple is guarded by heavy troops, and the captain of the guards here naturally recognized Li Ze, went in and notified him, and carried him in.

   After a while, a man in a golden robe came out, and looking at the unfinished spring on his face, he knew what he had just experienced.

  The man has a high nose and deep eyes, and a beard around his mouth, which looks quite majestic.

   Being called from Wenrou Township in the middle of the night, the man naturally had no good temper, "Lize, if it's not an important matter and disturbs my sleep, you know the consequences."

   "Sir, something is bad, something happened to Nanxi Island?"

  Waka snorted coldly: "It's you guys fighting infighting again, don't bother me with those trivial things, get out of here." After he finished speaking, he rolled his sleeves impatiently, and turned to leave.

   "Sir." Li Ze hurriedly stepped forward and said eagerly: "There is a woman from Huaguo. She is very powerful. She colluded with Akinoro and turned all those pirates back, and all our secrets were exposed."

   "What?" Waka turned around in disbelief and grabbed Li Ze's collar suddenly: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Sir, if your subordinate has a false statement, I will be struck by lightning. Akinoro left the island before, and Heisei said that he went to Huaguo to take revenge, but the more I think about it, the more wrong it is. Half a month ago, he Suddenly I came back with a girl. He played a play with that girl and deceived me. They are clearly coming for you. Maybe there is a bigger conspiracy behind him and that girl. If I want my life, I finally found an opportunity to escape, and I came back after untold hardships, just to let you know."

  Waka frowned and let go of Li Ze with a cold snort. Li Ze, who was already weak, fell to the ground, and he immediately got up and knelt down.

   "Chinese people? Why are Chinese people involved?" Waka was very irritable.

   "But forgive them, they can't turn any waves, just a bunch of rabble." Waka didn't take it to heart.

   "Sir, the Chinese people are cunning and must be guarded against. Besides, the secrets on the island are of great importance and must not be leaked out. It is better to have your subordinates lead troops and kill them."

  Waka nodded: "Okay, I'll transfer you a troop."

   "My lord, please also give me the power to deploy troops on Nanxi Island. I have full authority to deploy them. If they attack from both inside and outside, they will definitely be unable to escape."

  Waka agreed.

  Lize left the room, and the captain of the guard led a man in a black robe over. As the black robe walked, a silver lintel was exposed, shining in the moonlight.

  Lize narrowed his eyes, and when someone passed by, he couldn't help but turn his head to look.

   Silver Armor.

   That is the personal **** of the Holy Lord. They are the symbols of warriors. Everyone has supreme force. All men are proud to enter the Silver Armor.

   Even he was not surprised, but unfortunately he was too naive to be qualified at all.

  Lize thought, he has worked so hard to get to where he is now, as long as he works hard, he will definitely be able to enter the Holy Temple, where the center of power is.

   He took the token and walked out, thinking about why the Silver Armor came to see Waka at this time.

   Could it be that the monarch is dead?

   At this time, the Sect Master will definitely take action, and what will the Holy Master do?

  Although the suzerain has a historical status, it is clear that he is no longer the opponent of the holy master.

  The Lord not only wins the hearts and minds of the people, but she also has the support of the generals, which is very important.

   As long as this battle is fought well, Lizer thought, he will have the capital to climb up, and he must move in that direction.

   dispatched the army, and Li Ze began to rush to Nanxi in a majestic manner. At a distance of a hundred nautical miles from Nanxi Island, he caught a group of pirates who came out to let the wind out.

  From these people's mouths, Lizer learned that after he escaped, great changes had taken place on the island.

   The medicine developed by that woman could not completely solve the disease, and it seemed that it became more serious. A large number of people fell among the pirates, and even Akinoro and the woman contracted the disease.

   This fellow pirate sneaked out and was about to go to a land country for medical treatment, but luckily ran into Liz.

  Lize narrowed his eyes, the woman was very cunning, and he didn't dare to completely believe what these people said.

  Under his repeated threats, these people still did not revise their confessions, and they did indeed have large and increasingly serious sores on their bodies.

   It seems that he still thinks highly of that woman.

   Even so, he did not dare to take it lightly, contacted the squadron commander stationed on the island, and learned from his mouth that the pirates on the island were indeed sick a lot, and they were full of smog.

   So Li Ze was completely relieved. He wanted to grab the woman with his own hands. He heard that the general liked oriental faces.

  Thinking of this, Li Ze became more energetic, and ordered the crew to speed up their progress.

   In the evening, the boat docked, and the whole island was quiet, without a trace of the fresh air of the past.

  Lize sent a team to explore the road first, and arrested a few people to come back. These people's rhetoric was similar to the rhetoric of the group they had caught earlier.

  Lize has nothing to doubt now. The group is divided into two, and one group goes to catch Akino, while he takes the rest of the group to grab Mingjing.

  The ship was very quiet. Several rooms were opened, and there were dying people lying on the bed. He recognized that these people were the guards of Der Spiegel.

  Lize frowned, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and looked disgusted.

   When he came to the door of the innermost room, Li Ze had lingering fears. He held the gun in his hand, and then touched the gun hidden on his waist.

   Six men with submachine guns stepped forward and violently demolished the door.

  The iron door slammed to the ground, and under the cover of six chargemen, Li Ze walked into the room vigilantly.

   A girl was lying on the big bed. She seemed to be asleep, so peaceful and quiet.

  Lize narrowed his eyes, "You, go up and see, she is dead or alive."

   The person who was called daringly stepped forward, and Li Ze's appearance as if he was facing a big enemy made him very nervous.

   When he saw the girl's face clearly, he couldn't help holding his breath, for fear of disturbing the girl.

   Such a delicate and beautiful girl, how could she be a terrifying killer like a devil in Li Ze's mouth.

   He didn't believe it.

   He carefully stretched out his hand, placed it under the girl's breath, felt a faint breath, and he was relieved.

   "Alive."

  Lize gritted his teeth, "Tie her up to me immediately, with both hands and feet tied."

   The subordinate thought to himself, treating this girl violently like this is really inappropriate.

   But he didn't dare to disobey the boss's order, so he could only move a little bit to make the girl suffer less pain.

  Lize made sure she couldn't resist, so he pushed aside the crowd and walked out. He stepped forward and pinched the girl's cheek. The tenderness of the hand made his heart tremble.

   Such a superb product, the general will definitely like it.

It's just that this girl is too dangerous, Li Ze squinted her eyes, there is a witchcraft in the state of Shendu, which cuts people's tendons and hamstrings, but it doesn't affect the person's normal walking, but from then on, he can no longer run and jump, and even more. Unable to exert force, every time you take a step, you will endure inhuman pain. It was originally used to punish prisoners in ancient times. It has been passed down to the present, and only the most mysterious witch doctor has this technique.

   He felt that this criminal law seemed to be specially designed for her.

  A beautiful person should be fragile, so as to attract the love of men.

  A woman who is too strong will not please men.

  Lize caressed this face a little bit, but when the other party opened his eyes suddenly, Li Ze still didn't respond.

   When his throat was locked by those weak and boneless hands again, Li Ze had only one thought in his mind.

   How can a person capsize twice in the same gutter?

   Everything happened too fast. When Li Ze's subordinates reacted and aimed the submachine gun, they aimed at Li Ze's head, and Li Ze's figure completely covered the girl.

   They can't lock on to the target.

   "You once again lost to your self-righteousness." The girl's smiling voice fell in her ears.

  Lize gritted his teeth: "You cunning woman, you actually set me up."

   "Soldiers never tire of deceit."

   At this time, Liz understood everything, including that the escaped bandits he met at sea were also the hooks to lure him on purpose.

   He's really stupid, and he's tricked again.

   "Those people are not sick at all. You deliberately let them pretend to be sick to let me relax my vigilance."

   "No, they did get sick, but I developed medicine, gave them to eat, and cured them."

  Lize suddenly thought that he also had symptoms when he was on the island, but after he escaped, he seemed to have suddenly recovered, the spots on his body disappeared, and now I want to come...

The other party seemed to know what he was thinking, and pointed out his confusion: "If you are sick, how can you go back and spread the news to your master, so when you are knocked unconscious, I will have someone serve you. medicine."

Li Ze sneered: "You really have no last resort. If I lose in your hands, I am convinced, but I remind you that the power behind me is definitely something you can't afford to offend. You can quit now, and it's still too late. "

Mingjing took out a token from him, put it in his hand, and said lightly: "I never intend to be an enemy of anyone, I just want to rescue those innocent people, forget it, people like you may never be able to understand. ."

  In the eyes of those in high positions, these ordinary people are just as humble as ants, living and killing to take and ask for anything.

   "You...you're a lunatic, aren't you afraid of death?"

   "It seems that you still didn't understand what I said that day." Ming Jing shook his head: "Xia Zong can't speak ice."

  Der Spiegel held up the token, "All exit the room, or I'll pinch his throat now."

   All the people in the room withdrew.

  Der Spiegel released his hand and took a step back.

  Lize subconsciously touched the lower back, and behind him came the girl's laughing voice: "Are you looking for it?"

  Lize suddenly turned his head, only to see Der Spiegel's fingers holding the wrench hole of the pistol, with a relaxed and calm expression on his face.

  Lize wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said with a pale face, "What on earth are you trying to do?"

   "It's very simple, let you listen to me."

  Lize sneered: "You might as well just kill me."

   "No hurry." The girl smiled, the pistol hooked on her fingers swayed, swayed, and swayed, Li Ze was unknowingly sucked into a black hole and completely lost consciousness.

   The door of the room opened again, and Liz's men found Liz coming out. He didn't seem to have any signs of trauma, and he looked very normal.

He put his hands behind his back and said to everyone: "This woman has been surrendered by me, a clown jumping on the beam, nothing to worry about, it's just the dying struggle of this group, you go back now and report to Lord Waka, just say that the island All the pirates have been subdued by me, let him not worry, Gu Zhe, you stay."

   Although the subordinates had a lot of questions in their hearts, they didn't dare to say anything at this time, and left with orders.

  Gu Zhe is the stormtrooper who tied the rope to Mingjing just now. He was confused.

   "You come in with me."

Ten minutes later, the door of the room opened again, and next to Li Ze was a soldier dressed as a stormtrooper. If there were outsiders, you would find that this soldier was much thinner than the one who had just entered. Under the helmet, the face was smeared The color of camouflage, at first glance, it almost merged with the color of his clothes. At this time, few people paid attention to his appearance.

   He had a submachine gun hanging on his body, and the way he walked with the submachine gun was very imposing.

  Lize was riding a green three-wheeled three-wheeled motorcycle, and the stormtroopers sat on the seat beside him.

   Not long after, he encountered a roadblock and was stopped by the guards. Lizer showed the token and the guards let him go.

   all the way unobstructed.

  This place is heavily guarded. If you don't have a token, you will be shot by random guns before you get close.

   Along the way, Ming Jing carefully observed the surrounding defenses.

  Finally, after ten roadblocks, we came to a large green tent.

   A line of guards with guns stood at the door of the tent.

  Lize walked in with someone and saw an officer wearing a beret, who was the Squadron Captain Kuha of the Tiger Mighty Army.

  Der Spiegel's gaze quickly swept across the man's epaulette, then lowered his head and stared at the ground.

Li Ze explained his intention, and Kuha nodded: "Lord Waka contacted me before, saying that those pirates had betrayed and asked you to bring troops to destroy them. When necessary, you and I will join forces. Now it seems that those people are self-inflicted. "

"Yes, after destroying the pirates, Lord Waka has more important tasks for me. The date of the next transaction is coming soon. Lord Waka is worried, lest the delivery date be delayed, so he sent me to watch Let's go." Liezer's attitude was very friendly.

   Kuha looked at him carefully, as if judging his words.

  Lize said again: "When I came back, I seemed to see a silver armor guard from the Holy City in the temple. Presumably something must have happened in the Holy City. Presumably Your Excellency doesn't want to spend the rest of his life on this deserted island, right?"

   Kuha narrowed his eyes, the other party was reminding him that if you want to leave this isolated island to seek better development, don't doubt him.

   Kuha smiled quickly: "Since it's what Lord Waka meant, I'm relieved, come and take them down."

   got out of the tent, and gave each of them a protective mask. After they put it on, they were sent to an off-road vehicle. After driving for ten kilometers north, the car stopped.

This is the northernmost cliff, and the mining area is on the cliff. The workers who mine the ore do not do any protection, they only walk on the simple shelf built on the cliff. Under the cliff are the rolling waves and firewood. Shi, if you accidentally fall, you will be shattered.

   There are people walking around with guns to supervise, and if they are lazy, they will sound a warning.

These workers are divided into two types. One is the local indigenous people with very dark skin. They have no clothes and only cover their lower bodies with bark, which is similar to the savages. The other is the yellow-skinned people. They wear normal clothes. The clothes, but those clothes have been worn out a lot of holes.

   Mingjing knew at a glance that it was the uniform uniform of the crew of the Ran family.

   Although they have different skins, in this place, they have no difference, carrying stones numbly, selling their dignity in exchange for the chance to live.

  These people have sores in many places, which are exactly the same as those people have.

  When it was time to eat, they would climb up the wooden ladder, someone would give them rice, no one spoke, and they would bow their heads and eat the tasteless curry rice.

   There was a yellow-skinned man who suddenly vomited while eating, lying on the ground and retching, supervising their soldiers to walk up, murmured and scolded him, and then punched and kicked him.

  No one went up to help him, and everyone's eyes were low in indifference and sadness.

   Seeing that this person was about to be beaten to death, someone suddenly said, "Wait."

   This is the first time someone has spoken to stop it, so countless eyes are looking at the source of the sound.

   It was an extraordinarily thin stormtrooper. He followed a big man who came to inspect. Because he wore a mask on his face, everyone couldn't see her face.

   The beating soldier saw her and stretched out his **** to compare, which was a very insulting gesture.

  The stormtrooper came out, and he spoke very fluently, "Are you just bullying the weak? It's too embarrassing for the mighty army. I feel ashamed for having colleagues like you."

  God's language is the most difficult language in the world. None of these workers can understand it, but it is not difficult for them to understand that this person is speaking for them.

   The beating soldier sneered: "What kind of thing are you, you can also represent the Tiger Mighty Army?"

   The assault soldier dropped the submachine gun hanging on his body and walked forward: "Then I will have a duel with you in the Tiger Might Army. If you lose, you must apologize to the person who was beaten."

   The soldier who beat the man laughed, this man is really courting death.

   Don't blame him for being complacent, because this man is really too thin, the waist locked by the belt is thinner than his thighs, so thin is he worthy of joining the Tiger Mighty Army?

   He can kill him with the slightest movement of his little finger.

  The workers looked at the emaciated stormtrooper worriedly. After a long absence, they felt a little warmth. It turns out that there are good people in the den of tigers and wolves in a foreign country.

  The soldiers onlookers were booing. After all, in this place where birds don't shit, who wouldn't be excited if there was a lot of fun.

The    stormtroopers took the initiative to attack, and their moves were powerful and neat.

   However, his anger did not change anything. He was almost hanged and beaten, and he lost horribly.

  Everyone clapped and applauded. Although it was his colleague who lost, this young man played really beautifully.

   "Kacha" The man let out a painful roar in his throat, and his face instantly paled.

   The opponent easily broke his hand bones, and his right hand could no longer lift the gun.

   "You should be worthy of your clothes, and you should learn how to respect life. They are people, not tools for you to beat and scold, bastards."

   "Kacha." The bone was successfully connected. This time the pain was more turbulent than the last time. He almost fainted. This was definitely the limit that his body could not bear.

   Even if the bone is successfully set, his hand will be abolished.

   But people who are far away did not find this, even if the follow-up doctor's examination, nothing can be found.

  Der Spiegel followed Lizzie away, "Wait."

   Ding Jing turned around, and the person who was beaten stumbled over. He said in a stumbling and divine voice, "Thank you."

  Der Spiegel patted him on the shoulder, "It's nothing, this is what I should do."

   The man's eyes widened in shock, "You...you..."

   This person actually speaks Chinese, and looking at the eyes behind the goggles, it is a pair of dark eyes with oriental characteristics.

   He almost cried with joy, so he said, the one who can save him must be his countryman.

   Those two sticks don't have such a good heart.

   After the man left, Qi Shun wiped away his tears, then turned around and returned to the team.

   "Shunzi, you are lucky today. Someone came to rescue you. Do you know that I was scared to death at the time, for fear that you would be beaten to death. We brothers came out together and must go back together."

   Qi Shun replied absentmindedly.

"I don't know when it will be a head in such a day. Sometimes I just want to jump off like this, and I'm relieved. But thinking about my wife and children, I'm not reconciled. I don't even have bones when I die. They can spend the rest of their lives. how?"

   "We will definitely go back." Qi Shun said decisively.

When    found an opportunity, he quickly opened the note in his palm and read the words on it at a glance. He immediately put the note into his mouth and chewed it down.

   Qi Shun stared at the sea in the distance, his eyes gradually firmed.

  Lize returned to the tent again. Cooha obviously knew about the beating incident, and his exploratory eyes fell on the thin soldier.

   "You're a good soldier, how about staying as a bodyguard for me?"

Li Ze said with a smile: "I'm afraid it won't work. He was specially given to me by Lord Waka. If I gave it to Your Excellency, wouldn't I betray Lord Waka's will? There are many talented people around Your Excellency, and there must be no shortage of one. Guard."

  Just like that, Li Ze left the tent smoothly and rode his motorcycle away again.

   Three days later in the evening, a sudden torrential rain hit the island.

   The strong wind blew the branches almost to the ground, and the visibility was very low, and the guards on duty in the north also relaxed their vigilance.

   In the big tent, Kuha drank the wine in anguish. The days here almost killed his fighting spirit. The extremely bad weather amplified the melancholy in his heart, and he could only vent through the wine.

  It was originally forbidden to drink alcohol, but in this place where birds don't shit, who can control him?

   "Bang" with a thunderous explosion, Kuha was startled, his hand shook, the wine glass fell to the ground, and the wine flowed all over the floor.

   "Someone..." he shouted, but no one answered.

   "Even you guys don't listen to me? Damn it." Kuha stumbled to his feet and walked out of the tent.

   As soon as he opened the curtain of the tent, the wind and rain hit his face, blowing away his alcoholism by five or six points.

   He murmured: "It's amazing, this is the heaviest rain I've encountered since I came to Nanxi Island."

   He stared at it for a while, and then realized that the guard at the door was gone.

   Kuha frowned and shouted again: "Someone."

  In the stormy night, the visibility was extremely low. He narrowed his eyes and saw a figure walking towards him.

   "Who?" The professional vigilance made him subconsciously touch the gun in his lower back.

  The man was wearing a green raincoat and his hat completely covered him. In the storm, he walked slowly and calmly.

   Kuha didn't think that someone would come at this time, his subordinates must be lazy.

   The unusualness of this man made alarm bells ring in his heart.

   "I'll shoot if you come here again." He shot the man at the foot as a warning.

  The sound of gunshots was perfectly masked by the sound of wind and rain.

   The man didn't stop because of the bullet under his feet. The other party didn't seem to flinch and fear. Just as Kuha's brain was analyzing quickly, this man had already walked in front of him.

   Kuha was taken aback, why so fast.

   He stepped back quickly, forced the opponent with a gun, and looked at him vigilantly: "Who the **** are you?"

  The person took off his hat, revealing a young and beautiful face.

   Kuha's hand holding the gun trembled, and there was a greedy light in his eyes.

   He reacted quickly and pointed the gun at the other person's head again: "Are you the girl from China?"

   "General Kuhkun, this is the second time we meet."

   Kuha was stunned for a while, staring at the other party's eyes, a flash of light flashed in his mind: "Is it you?"

   The stormtrooper who was with Liz the other day.

   At this time, there is still something he doesn't understand. Liz colluded with these people and betrayed them. It's just damn.

   "Put down your gun, how about we have a negotiation?"

   The girl's smile made the dim tent seem to light up.

   "Hmph, you guys are young, and you want to make trouble at this time, it's just **** it, what qualifications do you have to negotiate with me."

   "Is the general still expecting your soldiers to rescue you? That may disappoint you, they will never come again." The girl shook her head regretfully.

   "You killed them?"

   "No, I just let them sleep peacefully. After all, in such bad weather, they should hide under the covers and enjoy their sweet dreams."

  Kuha was in a hurry: "You are so bold."

   "Compared to what you've done, I'm just a drop in the bucket."

   "What the **** do you want to do?"

"Did you know? Among the workers you forced, the yellow-skinned people are crew members hired by my family. They were supposed to be reunited with their families, but they endured inhuman torture here. I'm here to save them from here. ."

   Kuha really never thought that one day he would face such failure and shame because of those yellow people.

   "Do you think that's possible? I won't let you take anyone out of here."

   Kuha pulled the trigger and the bullet was fired instantly.

  However, what surprised Cooha was that there were people in this world that were faster than bullets.

   Kuha 噔噔 stepped back, unable to believe: "This is impossible, are you a human or a ghost?"

  Der Spiegel did not answer his boring question, and set out a condition for him that Coha had no other way but to surrender.

   In the rainstorm, a series of footsteps sounded eagerly.

  The next moment, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Han Shu Hepingcheng walked in with Qi Shun and others.

  These people were trembling with fear of the unknown in their eyes. At this time, they still couldn't believe that they were saved.

   Qi Shun was the most calm person. He saw the girl in the raincoat in the tent and rushed over excitedly: "Miss, it's really you."

   These Ran's crew consisted of forty-eight people, wearing tattered clothes, with yellow faces and thin skin. When they saw the mirror, they were first at a loss, then in disbelief, and finally excited.

How could Ran's employees not know their eldest lady? They couldn't forget this face in their dreams, and then they cried even worse than Qi Shun, and mourned the eldest lady in their mouths. Those who don't know this scene are still regarded as the eldest in their mouths. What's the matter, miss.

  I didn't expect that the Ran family really didn't forget them. The eldest lady came to rescue them personally. Although they suffered miserably, they were so lucky.

   gave them hope at the most desperate time. From then on, this girl is the savior in their hearts.

Mingjing helped Qi Shun up: "You are doing things for the Ran family and you suffered an unwarranted disaster. This is what the Ran family owes you. I save you, and that's what I should do. When the rainstorm passes, you should leave immediately. Han Shu, you **** you. When they return to Jiangzhou, they must be settled well and give them some psychological counseling when necessary."

   The experience here will probably become a nightmare for a lifetime. Without psychological counseling, these people will be useless.

  Han Shu looked at Mingjing: "Miss, aren't you going back?"

   Ding Jing glanced at Kuha on the ground with a smile: "Do you think I can go?"

   "How can this be done? If the eldest miss doesn't leave, neither will we." Qi Shun said immediately.

   Mingjing shook his head: "I'll be fine, but I'm just staying to contain them, otherwise you will be caught up before you reach Jiangzhou, and you can't make any more murders."

   "But Miss..."

   Mingjing stopped his words: "Han Shu, take them back, remember to let them take medicine first."

  Han Shu took the people away.

   Heisei, who shrank to one side, came over and said unnaturally, "What about those savages?"

  Der Spiegel thought for a while: "Send them back to reunite with their families first."

  Heisei walked out.

   Ming Jing sat in the tent, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead.

   After days of running around, she finally couldn't hold on anymore.

   She stared at Kuha lying on the ground, thinking about what to do next.

Are you scared?

  Der Spiegel laughed at himself, and was alone, so why not be afraid.

   At the very least, it has saved countless families that are about to be broken.

   should be happy, right?

As soon as the    people left, the tent was particularly cold and quiet, and the wind kept coming in through the window.

  The door curtain was rolled up again, and there were footsteps.

   Without raising the camera, he said, "What else is there?"

   No one answered her, just a series of very light footsteps.

   The next moment, a thermos cup was handed in front of her, and the mirror stared at the hand. The phalanges were slender, and the nails were trimmed very cleanly. In the dim light, they shone like beautiful jade.

   "Drink some hot tea to warm up."

   (end of this chapter)

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