Zach could clearly see the disappointment in Pixar's eyes
In the Church of the Holy Child, only the first three rows were occupied. Vertex 23S. Updated fastest. Everyone knows that one step in Grande's funeral preparation process is to publish an obituary in the newspaper, right? The purpose is to spread the word. Therefore, under normal circumstances, in addition to the guests invited by the funeral host, there may also be people who the host did not expect or who simply come to join in the fun. In short, it cannot be the result of only three rows of people today.
"Why." Zack wasn't going to indulge Pixar's unnecessary expectations. "It's better than burning it in Ford without saying anything as you originally planned."
Pixar frowned, not wanting to get involved with Zach. The farewell ceremony was in progress, and the atmosphere was relatively free. The priest came out to perform those spiritual blessings that had not yet begun. He couldn't bear to stay in the main hall and continue to coexist with his son's coffin. Space, "I'm going to talk to Father Dance, whom I haven't met yet."
"As you wish." Zach had nothing to stop him, so he just said smoothly, "It sounds like you know many priests."
"I am." Pixar was not prepared to elaborate. He had already moved away from Zach and walked to the lounge at the back. "And theoretically, I am too..." I don't know if he lowered his voice intentionally or what, but anyway, with Zach's Hearing, I actually didn’t hear what was behind it.
Zach frowned, but didn't pay much attention. There was something happening in the main hall of the church that attracted his attention.
"Alice." Zach's voice was not gentle, staring at the seats in the fifth row, "I see you."
As I just said, there are only people sitting in the first three rows, and they are all familiar faces, yes, those people from the West End, Patton, Quinn, Smith, Falcon, Fisher, Stone, Yuri, Bishop (Riley) …all here. Hearing Zach's voice, the group of people turned around and stared at the fifth row of seats where there was no one at all. Including the irritated Mrs. Button
This old lady knows very well who the 'you' in Zach's mouth are. Who can be the 'you' who can be linked to Alice? It's Laura's high school clique.
Sure enough, Kyle was the first to show his face. He glanced at his grandmother and wrinkled his face, "We're asking for leave."
Then, one after another, the heads of teenagers poked out from behind the chair.
With a girlish coquettishness, "This is Toby's funeral, we want to come!" Of course it was Laura. Only she would want to explain
Do you understand, in this small group: it is normal for Caesar to run away from school, and he will not find a reason; Sissi comes to attend a funeral scheduled for the dead in heaven, and does not need a reason; her boyfriend Chris does not need an explanation either , Hehe, given the 'friendly competition' relationship between Allen Funeral Home and Grande, no one would find it strange that he would secretly appear at every funeral hosted by Grande; Alice, there is nothing to say. Yes, she was originally an 'employee' of Grande; as for Kepler, look at the unflinching look between her and his father, Mr. Smith, it was 'I'm here, what do you do to me' Bar! I even brought my boyfriend with me! I'm so mad at you! 'Who is Kepler's boyfriend? That's right~ Smith hates the boy from the Uri family, Jimmy Uri~
Look, after being discovered, only Laura would not have the confidence to act coquettishly and explain to the elders in her family.
But this coquettishness only lasted for a moment, and the girl stared at Zach with undisguised resentment!
The people in this small group knew that it was not Zach they were hiding from. Zach is not human and cannot hide. I just hope Zach will be more conscious and not reveal it.
After all, there are black witches like Maya and saints like Sissi in this group. If they don't want to be discovered by a group of ordinary human elders, they will never be discovered! Unless those ordinary humans have a reminder from Zach!
Zach, Zach didn't pay attention to the resentment Laura glared at, just looked at Alice, waved, and signaled to come over.
Alice was very obedient, held Laura in her hands, comforted her in a low voice, and walked over with her head lowered.
Zach put his arm on Alice's shoulder and walked towards the space next to the altar. His eyes swept over the faces of the people in the West End. It should be said that now should be the time for each family to take away their children and educate them, but unexpectedly, except for Zach Except for taking Alice away, no one moved.
"You shouldn't have brought them here." Zack controlled his voice.
"I didn't." Alice felt a little aggrieved... no, she felt aggrieved. "I said you had something to discuss with the West Ender. The funeral was just a reason and we shouldn't get involved. But Laura and Kyle And Kepler..." Alice lowered her head and glanced in the direction of the fifth row, "They are friends with Toby. Toby came to Jackson's funeral. Now it is Toby's funeral. They have to come. They have to come. Come..." Alice was sincerely helpless, "Let's all come together."
Zach frowned. This reason was the hardest to refute because logic had obviously been thrown aside. Zach took the time to glance at the coffin under the altar. The person lying inside was of course Toby Pickles himself. At the same time, the real Toby Pickles, the Earthbinder Toby, was suspended above the coffin. During the entire farewell ceremony just now, , he looked at the people walking in front of him with a dull expression. Now I don’t know if it’s the angel feather in his body or the impending judgment of his faith, but his whole body is enveloped in a halo of radiation.
Zach shook his head and made a helpless decision, "If Laura and Kepler are here to say goodbye, I'll buy you some time, so hurry up." After saying that, he waved his hand, let Alice go back, and turned to look at Westsiders occupied three rows, including Quist. Zach pointed to the outside of the church, and his voice was neither loud nor quiet, enough for those who should listen to hear, "We all know that we are not here for the funeral, so it is rare for people to come for the funeral, why not give these children a little How about space to do what they want to do?”
The first person to respond to Zach was Smith. He looked away from Jimmy next to Kepler with disgust and immediately stood up.
Then came the seductress Riley, who came on behalf of Falcon, and Fiona Falcon, who had been whispering to Riley like sisters since they came here. Fiona took her arm smoothly when she stood up. Husband Mr. Falcon, and glanced at Mr. Fisher.
After Fisher got up, so did the Stone family. There is nothing to say about the timing chosen by the political family. Everyone can feel what happens next.
"What?! We're not here for a funeral?! What are we doing here?!"
Of course, the person who said this was Quest, who really didn’t want to be in this situation. The reason why he didn’t want to come was already explained very clearly by Pixar yesterday before the prayer in the Church of the Holy Child, so I won’t repeat it.
Zach had nothing to say to the guy who had been hand-picked by Pixar to invite him, "Don't make any noise here." He actually had the attitude of a funeral director, which was hard to argue with. He directed those who had already stood up to walk toward the side door, leaving the church to the high school students who didn't know whether they were really asking for leave.
The Yuri family left their seats silently during these short words, deliberately distancing themselves from the Smith family, and not being the last to appear negligent. After all, this is the group they need to integrate into. But of course, Maitreya opened the way.
In the end, it was Quinn and Mrs. Barton who fell last. Mrs. Quinn calmly put a metal wine bottle back into her handbag, slowly arranged her appearance and prepared to stand up... Before explaining Mrs. Quinn's actions, I need to explain something.
Compared with the previous families, which all acted in large numbers (except for the charming Falcon Riley), the two old ladies of the Quinn and Barton families were lonely. 'We know the situation of the Quinn family. Excluding Poch, Mrs. Quinn is the only one. As for the reason why Mrs. Barton is the only one from the Barton family, it will not surprise people: we have long known that the Barton family has deliberately retreated from the center of power in the city since the establishment of the city of Barton. Many things have happened to the Barton family. Always keep your distance, at least openly. Most of the time, Mrs. Barton's symbolic appearance is enough. Anyway, in the end, among the inner circle of West Enders, anything that will affect the course of the city will be renegotiated.
With a sullen face, Mrs. Barton pulled her gaze away from the group of high school students. She started to put powder on her wrinkled face to cover up her face that was red from alcohol, and said, "What on earth have you been doing lately?" What's going on?!" It's no longer a question of concern, but a question that is incomprehensible.
Mrs. Quinn did give a sideways smile, "Have you not drank yet? I sent you a box?"
A box of what?
"No! I don't like the smell!"
The two old ladies stood up together. Although they knew they were already lagging behind, they were not in a hurry. Anyway, Zach held the door and waited there without any complaints. As for the status of these two old ladies, they don't have to worry about their fellow West Enders waiting, so what's the rush? They can say whatever they need to say.
"I promise~ you will fall in love with it~" Mrs. Quinn encouraged her friend with her wrinkled face, "That is the taste of five kinds of grains after they have been baptized by time and transformed into eternal life~ How sweet~ Listen to its name ~ Grain Liquid ~ Time has peeled off the surface of the grains and left the eternal essence ~ How beautiful ~"
"Tsk!" Mrs. Button, "Beauty? Eternal? That thing smells like moldy bread!"
"Haha~ I can tell you very clearly that it's not mold~" It wasn't an illusion. Mrs. Quinn's squinting eyes paused on Zach for a moment, "Mold is **~ This wine~ is not **, it's eternal life ~Sweet eternity~”
"Hmph. You drank eternal life!" Mrs. Barton said in a mocking tone.
"Someone has to appreciate this immortality, right~" Mrs. Quinn took out the metal wine bottle from her handbag again, and judging from the trend, she was going to hand it to Mrs. Barton, "Really~ give it a try..."
Zach actually didn't fully understand this conversation, at least he didn't know what the wine called 'grain liquid' was. However, Zach heard 'Eternal Life' very clearly, so
"Everyone is waiting here." It was a very abrupt and rude move. Zach held Mrs. Quinn's arm that handed out the bottle and forced the handbag back.
Mrs. Quinn may have been under the influence of alcohol, but before she could react, Mrs. Barton slapped Zach away with her cane, "What are you doing! Where is your upbringing?!"
"Sorry." Zach backed away quickly, hoping that this reminder would make Mrs. Quinn realize herself.
Pity.
Mrs. Quinn reacted slowly and put down the wine bottle that had been stuffed back into her handbag. She was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zach and said words that were probably incomprehensible to Mrs. Barton's ears: "It's useless to stop me, I'll give it away." Give her a box, don't expect her to reject this Republic wine now. I guarantee that, just like the Republic's Dragon Beard Cake, she will fall in love with this wine. Her." Mrs. Queen is probably really drunk, Queen The 'she' in Mrs. Yin's mouth was Mrs. Barton beside her. At this time, Mrs. Quinn was looking at her with an incomprehensible look. Mrs. Quinn continued to say to Zach without realizing it, "She will find that this kind of thing will change in time." How beautiful is the eternal life left in her. And she is my friend. If I get that kind of beauty, she should also get it... "
If Zach had that biological need, he would take a deep breath.
Do you remember what Zach was most worried about when Grande and the West Enders first crossed paths? It was this group of old people who had accomplished the great task of building a city who began to pursue eternal life.
Zack begins to regret giving Mrs. Queen the choice to live forever...no. If Zach needed to take a deep breath, he would take a second one now, because giving Mrs. Queen the option of immortality is what must be done in order to suppress Porky! This was already explained clearly when Pochquin took over Boyson's position next to Papa Midnight, and there shouldn't be any doubts!
So, Zach could only frown at this time, "Mrs. Quinn, you are drunk, I don't understand what you are talking about."
Surprisingly, it was Mrs. Barton who echoed Zach, "Yes! You're drunk!" The cane she just waved at Zach was passed directly to Zach, freeing up two hands to support Mrs. Quinn, her face There is also a touch of embarrassment that I don’t know why. Perhaps for people who have reached their status, losing their composure in front of others is a very embarrassing thing. Mrs. Barton glanced at Zach and didn't know what she was thinking for a moment. She actually explained, "Last time you went to Quinn Manor, you also knew that she hired a republican cook." She seemed to be speechless and annoyed, "Since then After that, for some unknown reason, she began to indulge in Republican food and experience different things." At this point, she glared at Mrs. Quinn, who had lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking, and continued, " Two days ago, she didn't know where she got this wine that was said to be specially served at the Republic Banquet." Mrs. Barton's face turned grim, "Then now."
It's a bit surprising that Zach is already thinking about extensions. Zach is not sure why Mrs. Barton specifically explained it carefully.
Mrs. Barton supported Mrs. Quinn, who was bowing her head, and took two steps out. She suddenly turned around and said, "I heard that Poch did a good job in the nursing home. And the construction team you introduced was also the one who decorated his house, right?"
ah! I see!
Zach understood, "Just by the way."
The close connection between people in the West End who take care of each other once again reflects the reason Mrs. Barton specifically explained to Zach, it is for Mrs. Quinn! She is making sure that Zach does not regard the gaffeed Mrs. Quinn as a criterion for judging the future of the Quinn family! After Poch Quinn, who is clearly at the bottom of the West End crowd, moves in next to the Grand, Mrs. Barton makes sure the Zack Gray Career Center is still there with her friend: Mrs. Quinn! Not Pochquin who can stand in front of Zachary Grande in 3 minutes at any time!
Now, since the other party has extended his hand, it's time for Zach to take it
So he continued, "Did Pochi do a good job in the nursing home?" Zach put on a look of disgust, "He released Mokavi early, and the result was that my brother, my Benjamin, left without any discussion with me. Grande." For once, there was nothing pretentious about Zach's expression, "Humph, it's really good."
enough.
Mrs. Barton took in all Zach's expressions, nodded, helped Mrs. Quinn go away, and continued the exchange between the two old ladies, "You win, I will try this wine, hum, but you Don't expect me to be as addicted as you are. My doctor has banned me from all forms of alcohol now... "