I didn't see An Ning again. After she knew that Grandpa An and An Xuan had lost contact with us on the front line, she went crazy. As I thought, Henry didn't tell her where they were.
I never saw her again after that.
I heard the servant Anna said that she had been hiding in her room and didn't even eat three meals a day, so I couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Chris still comes to my room every day, looking for me to report the reliable news he has got.
I mentioned An Ning casually, just to see his reaction. To my surprise, he looked completely unworried, as if he didn't know the girl who was on a hunger strike.
When I was absent-minded, Chris pushed a piece of paper in front of me and said calmly: "This is Catherine's home landline number and mobile phone number. She has changed her name to Smith and has been living in State F. "
I took the paper and looked at him incomprehensibly.
Now that I've found her phone number, why don't you just call her and give me the number instead
Chris smiled and glanced at the numbered paper.
"Since Catherine has been able to live quietly until now without causing any disturbances, she must have concealed herself very well. She may not answer unknown calls. Even if she answers, she must have raised her vigilance by 120,000 points. "
He propped his head on one hand, looked at me with a sideways smile, and continued before I could answer.
"You don't need to worry about An Ning's matter. She is no longer a three-year-old child. She will understand why we do this. It is actually to protect her. Sometimes, impulsiveness can't solve things, and it will cause unnecessary trouble. Trouble, more innocent people are involved, and it becomes out of control in the end."
It turned out that Chris understood everything, and he didn't really ignore An Ning, he actually saw it clearly and thoroughly than anyone else!
He pointed to the paper in my hand and changed the subject: "You said you knew him, and I also learned about the mental hospital from Yang Yi. I think you have a way to persuade Catherine to let her see him for a while." Meet us."
Chris's words were like a big stone weighing on my heart, and the paper in my hand seemed to become heavy.
I swallowed my saliva, thinking that Grandpa An and An Xuan are still in danger, I can't sit still, now they need me, both the underworld and the underworld here need the Nether Crystal.
I borrowed Chris's phone and dialed Catherine's landline number.
The handset rang for a long time before it was picked up by the person opposite, and my body trembled as she picked up the receiver.
"Hello?" A familiar woman's voice came from the receiver. For a moment, my mind went blank. Only then did I realize that it was a mistake to call Catherine without any preparation.
So, after hearing her voice, I was frozen and overwhelmed.
"Hello?" Catherine asked again. The vigilance and doubts in her voice had obviously increased. I didn't know if my brain was in a twitch or something, and a name popped out of my mouth.
"Catherine..."
Before I could react, the woman on the opposite side immediately hung up the phone with a "click", leaving me standing there alone, with Chris's helpless laughter coming from behind.
I blushed and put down the handset. Chris seemed to know exactly what happened and was not angry. He looked at me with a smile and shrugged his shoulders: "You scared her."
"I... I don't know how to start. Who knew her reaction would be so big. I just called her name."
Chris laughed outright, and I blushed even more when I saw this, and turned into anger from embarrassment, and glared at him: "What's so funny, I'm just not ready."
"No hurry." He waved his hand, looking completely calm, my sense of embarrassment became less and less, I slowed down my heartbeat, and looked at the tall and handsome man on the seat.
He is really as An Ning said, he is very kind to everyone, polite and kind.
No wonder An Ning is worried about him. Such a man looks very likable, handsome, educated and polite, but often such a man is the one who hides his true nature the most.
No one knows what kind of person he is, so many people say, don't bully honest people, often many honest people are not really "honest", and how many of them are pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, who knows.
Just as I was staring at the phone and worrying about the paper in my hand, the phone rang again.
"Dinglingling—" The crisp phone ringing suddenly rang, shaking my eardrums.
"Oh, here we come." Chris said in a very relaxed tone as if he had expected it a long time ago, "Quickly answer."
I quickly picked up the receiver.
"How do you know my real name?"
Her voice was a bit sharp and piercing, like a roar, and I felt the vigilance contained in it immediately.
Obviously, Catherine didn't want the original incident to be brought up again, and she didn't want to expose what happened in the mental hospital, so she chose to remain anonymous. Isn't this a way to escape the past
The appearance of Emily before her death is still deeply imprinted in my mind. I took a deep breath and said, "I want to meet you, Ms. Catherine."
The other party fell into silence and did not respond to me.
"I know Emily, and I know you. I came to see you this time mainly to solve your doubts. Don't you think it's strange that you haven't grown old after so many years?"
Catherine was moved by what I said, she just hesitated for a moment, then said: "We can meet, but I have a request."
Require
"Please say."
"When we meet, please come alone."
I go alone
I turned my head and glanced at Chris sitting on the seat, hesitated for a few seconds before making up my mind: "Okay, I'll see you alone."
When Chris heard my words, he looked at me in surprise and was about to say something. I immediately raised my index finger and pressed it against my lips, signaling him to keep quiet.
Catherine told me the time and place of the meeting, and I quickly took notes on paper, and then hung up the phone.
"You want to go alone?" Chris disapproved. "Even if you know her well, even if she is a woman, you can't go alone. I won't allow you to take risks."
"It seems that now is not the time to look forward and backward." I handed him the paper in my hand, "If you are really worried, you can send someone to follow you secretly, as long as she doesn't find out."
When Chris saw the appointment location on the paper, surprise appeared in his eyes again. "What's wrong?" I wondered.
"This restaurant is not far from our home..." He frowned and whispered to himself, "Is she in this city now?"
…
After getting the exact meeting place and time, I made preparations for the meeting at that time. Catherine is a smart woman, especially after she has lived for so many years, she has much more experience and knowledge than us. If there is any means or scheming, I am definitely not her opponent.
It is essential to be defensive, people will change, even if I know that when Emily was still there, Catherine was an upright, kind, and brave woman, decades have passed, it is hard to guarantee that she will not change.
The day before the meeting, the pervert appeared, and he took care of the business affairs of the past few days and set aside time.
When he knew I was going to see Catherine alone, he behaved exactly like Chris.
"No, I won't allow it, unless I'm allowed to follow you." The pervert grabbed my hand domineeringly, pulled me into his arms, touched the back of my head, and hugged me.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine, she's a reconciled lady, she won't do anything to me."
The pervert pulled my hair and tapped my forehead: "Hua'er, don't forget, she is the host of the Nether Crystal."
"You have also seen the ability of the Ghost Suppressing Order. When I don't know what abilities the Nether Crystal will have, I will not let you take risks alone. What if she uses the ability of the Nether Crystal?"
His concerns are really something I have never considered, so I have to leave it to the coloring ghost.
"Okay, but you don't show up, you know?"
The day came very quickly. When I arrived at the restaurant, there were not many customers in the restaurant. It was afternoon, and it was neither a meal nor a weekend. The whole restaurant seemed deserted.
A woman with golden brown hair is sitting by the window, her two hands are playing with the coffee cup on the table, and checking the time displayed on the mobile phone from time to time.
She is still the same as I saw when I looked back at my memory, not much has changed, she is still so young and beautiful, but there is a sense of vicissitudes and maturity gushing out from between her eyebrows and her whole body.
The pervert followed behind me without making a sound, wearing a mask. At the beginning, I was worried whether Catherine, who had the ghost crystal, would see the pervert, but the next development made me breathe a sigh of relief.
When Catherine saw me for the first time, doubts immediately appeared in her eyes.
"Hi, Ms. Catherine, my name is Ronghua."
She stood up and shook my outstretched hand. The moment our two hands touched, I obviously felt the little guy in my stomach move. Afterwards, he seemed to have encountered something exciting. , moving constantly in my stomach.
And Catherine's body also stiffened, she looked at me in surprise, pointed at me with trembling fingers: "You too..."
It seems that the Nether Crystal is 100% on her body. The little guy has such a big reaction, plus Catherine's current expression, it seems that the Nether Crystal and the Ghost Suppressing Order have resonated.
I obviously noticed that her vigilance had dropped, and there was an expression in her eyes that I couldn't understand, relieved, relaxed, moved
The pervert nodded at me, I smiled at Catherine, and stretched out my hand to signal her to sit down: "Since they are all of the same kind, I don't think you need to be too hostile to me, do you?"