A circle of light emitting electric sparks appeared out of thin air in Sherrel's dormitory. After Sherron came out of it, his eyes immediately fell on Sherrel, who was sleeping at the desk.
She was pillowed on his arm, and the screen of the laptop in front of her was still on. It was obvious that she was tired from surfing the Internet, so she fell asleep unknowingly. However, looking at Sherrel's shoulders that twitched from time to time and her frowning eyebrows, it could be seen that her sleep quality was definitely not very good.
Xie Lun reached out and put his hand on Sherel's shoulder. He was about to enter her dream, but unexpectedly, as soon as his fingers fell on Sherel's clothes, Sherel suddenly opened her eyes.
"Brother?"
Sherrel looked at Xie Lun with confused eyes. After a while, she realized what she was doing, and suddenly jumped up and threw herself into Xie Lun's arms.
"Brother, it's really you. Oh my god, you're finally back." Sherrel hugged Sherron tightly, her voice choked with sobs. "You don't know, I'm so scared, I'm really scared..."
Xie Lun stroked Sherrel's hair and comforted softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here. No matter what happens, I will solve it, brother."
Sherrel nodded vigorously, still hugging Sherron tightly and not letting go.
But Sherron felt a little embarrassed, because Sherelle was only wearing a thin pair of pajamas, and she hugged her so tightly that she could feel that she was not wearing underwear under her pajamas.
"Unknowingly, that little girl who only followed behind and cried has now grown up."
Sherron sighed while carefully pushing Sherrel away. Only then did Xie Lun realize that within a short time, Sherrel had fallen asleep again. He hurriedly sensed it for a moment, and then he felt relieved after confirming that there was nothing wrong with Sherrel's dream.
It seemed that Sherrel hadn't had a good rest in the past few days. Now that she suddenly saw Sherron, she felt relaxed and quickly fell asleep.
Sherron hugged Sherrel and gently put her on the bed, trying to pull the quilt over and cover her. Unexpectedly, Sherrel's little hand grabbed his sleeve and murmured: "Brother, don't leave me again...Brother, I'm so scared..."
Sherron sighed, leaned down, and said softly: "Sleep peacefully, Sherrel, I'm by your side, and I'm not going anywhere."
Perhaps hearing Sherron's words, a smile appeared on the corner of Sherrel's mouth. After a moment, she actually snored slightly, but the hand holding his sleeve still did not let go.
"This girl..."
Xie Lun shook his head helplessly, and could only stretch out his hand that was not held by Sherel, pulled the quilt over, and covered Sherel. After he finished, he sat down on the bedside, letting Sherrel pull his sleeves, and turned his head left and right to look around.
Soon Xie Lun's attention was attracted by the laptop. He waved casually, and the laptop flew up out of thin air and landed in front of him.
"The churches that have been built in Washington over the years?"
Sherron frowned.
He knew very well that although Sherrel also went to church with Hollis, it was more of a daily task for her, so she was not a believer at all.
But why did Sherrel, who had never taken the initiative to go to church, search for churches
Sherron slid the window and looked carefully at the search results. But in the end, he didn't see any problem. Before the founding of the United States, there were churches in Washington, D.C., and as the city developed, thousands of churches of various sizes were built. Among them, more than 100 churches have been destroyed or demolished due to war, natural disasters or other accidents alone.
"I don't see any problem. What is she looking for?"
Sherron frowned and looked back at Sherrel. Seeing that she was still sleeping with a smile on her face, she decided to wait until she woke up before asking.
He was just about to put the notebook back on the table when suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and he grabbed the notebook again with his backhand. Browsing quickly, Xie Lun opened his eyes slightly.
There are thousands of churches, but not one of them is in the upscale community where James and his wife live.
Logically speaking, this situation is impossible to happen.
In the United States, which seems to pursue freedom, in fact, most white people are very religious, and going to church every week has even become an unspoken rule. Many immigrants also have to change their beliefs in order to integrate into American society as soon as possible.
In order to express one's piety, in addition to donating money to the Holy See, the most important thing is to raise funds to build a church. What's more, the high-end community where James and his wife live has the size of the church, luxurious decoration, and priest level, which are all related to their face.
However, according to the information searched on the Internet, not only is there no church there, it has never even been built before.
"Something's wrong." Sherron looked back at Sherrel again, "Did you also notice this abnormality, so you searched online? But why did you notice this? Could it be... related to your nightmare?"
He thought for a while, took out his mobile phone, and called James directly regardless of the fact that it was already two o'clock in the morning. After more than ten seconds, the call was connected. James said a little tiredly: "You brat, although you successfully sent the three Ethan back, that's not the reason for you to call me at this time."/
“Why is there no church in the neighborhood where you live?”
Sherron asked bluntly.
There was silence on the other side of the phone. After a while, James hesitated and said, "Is this why you called me so late to ask?"
Xie Lun said coldly: "Something happened to Sherrel. I suspect that the two things are related."
"Sherel?"
A woman screamed from the other side, very young, obviously not Aunt Hollis. Then there was a burst of noise, and then the sound of the door closing, and James was a little breathless and said: "What happened to her?"
Sherron was too lazy to care about James' private life and said in a deep voice: "She is now trembling with nightmares. I am trying to find out the reason. James, let me ask you again. There is no church in the community where you live. Does it have anything to do with this matter? ?”
"Damn, this shouldn't be, she is already eighteen years old..." James' tone was a little panicked, "Are you with Sherrel now? When did you return to China? Where are you now?"
Sherron frowned and said coldly: "James, are you hiding something from me? If it's something else, forget it, but this matter concerns Sherrel, you'd better tell me the truth, otherwise... you know me temper."
"Calm down, Sherron, calm down." James took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, "It's not that I won't tell you, it's that I have no way to tell you."
"Involving state secrets?"
"That's not true."
"That means being threatened?"
"In a sense... yes."
"If you tell, will you be threatened, or Sheryl?"
"Sherelle!" James said in a serious tone, "The reason why we sealed this secret is to protect children like her."
"You?" Xie Lun narrowed his eyes, "Don't you ever say that all the adults in the community know this secret?"
James sighed: "Except for our group of people back then, no one who moved here after that knew about it."
"It has something to do with Ward's disappearance for eleven years, right?"
Sherron suddenly remembered this.
James's heavy breathing came from the phone: "Anyway, I will handle this matter. Sharon, your task now is to keep an eye on Sheryl and never let her fall asleep again."