The sun slanting to the east is constantly teasing the earth, and the warm sunshine is dispelling the chill accumulated over the winter from the earth. The temperature is getting warmer, and the 'people' of the Grand House are going about their daily lives. Nothing seems to have changed. No, it has changed a lot.
"What is he doing now?" Laura and Alice were lying on the hammock on the side of the warehouse. The girl kept her head tilted and looked into the distance.
Alice's new friend came to visit Alice early in the morning, but of course this was just an excuse.
About a hundred meters away from the hammock, in the cleared space, the frame of a new warehouse had been erected, and two men were knocking around with tools.
Benjamin is building a new warehouse for the stone hauled in for free from the Ford Funeral Home. And I am just an innocent coolie. The reason for my innocence is the girl who keeps staring at this girl—Lola!
Alice tilted her head and looked this way. Because she is in the Grande House, which Banshee is familiar with, and has adapted to Laura's temperament, Alice is very relaxed now, without her usual anxiety. Contact with peers has certainly been good for Alice. But now, Alice looked helpless as she answered Laura: "He raised the hammer and hit the nail. After the nail was nailed, he walked to the other side, took out a new nail, and fixed it on …”
In this warm and calm morning, Laura's eyes were shining with stars. She let go of the lower lip she was biting under the raised corners of her mouth: "He is so good-looking, with a broad back and strong arms..." Laura adjusted posture, eyes still staring at Benjamin's every move: "I really hope it's summer..."
The spring of a sixteen-year-old girl... I hope you can understand what I am about. (Summer is the season to take off your clothes...)
"Oh!" Laura realized that she had revealed her mental activities like this. She turned her head with some embarrassment and looked at Alice who was already blushing: "I'm sorry! I forgot that he is your brother!"
What's rare is that this girl still retains a trace of reason and considers Alice's feelings.
"It's okay." Alice played with her head awkwardly.
"Tell me more about your brother!" Laura reluctantly looked away from Benjamin and faced Alice, "Of course, not your other brother. I want to hear about Benjamin!"
As for Benjamin in the distance, the moment he noticed that his gaze had disappeared, his skin was covered with fluff and turned into a brown shadow. In the blink of an eye, three beams were nailed!
Now you know why I am an innocent coolie. The work that could have been easily accomplished by Benjamin alone using 'Alpha's Skin' had to be slowed down because the girl refused to leave Benjamin's sight!
Alice reluctantly began to tell Laura the story of Benjamin in the army. This is not a lie. Benjamin did join the army, and then met Zach and Anthony. Then he settled in Barton City with Anthony and met the banshee living on the street...
Of course, Alice would not tell the rest of the story. She searched through her memories and recalled what she had heard about Benjamin still being in the army.
"What are you doing?" Benjamin had returned to his normal appearance, except that the cuffs were torn, revealing his strong arms. He walked towards the two girls and asked casually, apparently wanting to change clothes.
"Alice is telling me your story in the army!" Laura sat up from the hammock quickly, "Have you participated in the war? I was in the war ten years ago?"
Benjamin frowned, but he immediately realized that maybe this was an opportunity—an opportunity for Laura to realize the age gap between them and retreat voluntarily! Although, age means nothing to a werewolf.
"I have participated." Benjamin walked.
"Cool!" seemed to have the exact opposite effect. Laura excitedly ran to Benjamin and followed him like a koala: "Then you must be a hero!"
Benjamin opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.
"Benjamin." Louise pushed open the back door of the Grand House. She was barefoot and only had a blanket around her body! The still cold temperature made this woman, who was still beautiful even without any makeup, hug her shoulders tightly and asked Benjamin, who was walking to the warehouse, "Have you seen Zach? There's a call coming."
"Isn't he in the office?" Benjamin seized the opportunity to escape and said to Laura and Alice, "You stay here, I'll go to the office."
Laura watched Benjamin and Louise disappear. She pulled Alice's clothes warily and asked, "Who is that woman?"
Alice sighed, "Don't worry, Laura, she is interested in my other brother."
Laura let out a long sigh of relief.
Zach's office. Benjamin answered the phone. It was from the city hall. Anthony's angry voice burst out of the receiver: "Where is that guy?! I need an explanation! Who the hell is Madison!"
Benjamin sighed, it was another troublesome thing, "I'll go find Zach, just wait."
"Hey! Hey! Benjamin! Ben..."
Benjamin ignored Anthony who was roaring on the other end of the receiver and took a deep breath. The various smells in the air were eliminated one by one by the werewolf's sense of smell. Benjamin captured a trace of decay that only werewolves were particularly sensitive to - the smell of vampires. Benjamin raised his eyebrows, left the office, and walked to the basement of the Grand House.
"What are you doing?" Benjamin frowned. If Grande's old warehouse is the werewolf's 'den', then the basement is where the vampire really rests. As for the bedroom on the second floor where Louise woke up in the morning, before Louise showed up, it was just a decoration...
Werewolves rarely come to this place where the smell of vampires is too strong. If Benjamin enters here three days before the full moon, he may not be able to stop the temptation and completely transform into a wolf.
Zach's living room was very clean, but when he walked through it and entered the storage room, he saw a mess.
Zach frowned and stood among a pile of opened old newspapers, "I remember that it was in the report of this month. But I can't find it now!"
"Are you looking for a report about Leipte High School?" Benjamin picked up a newspaper and looked at the date. It was from this time three years ago.
"Of course! You remember, right, the report about the 'Report Beavers player's sudden death from drug use'." Zach looked at a pile of scattered newspapers in front of him and said seriously: "Am I too old? I feel like I have memory problems.”
Benjamin slapped Zach on the shoulder. He didn't want to listen to the vampire's nonsense here. "Anthony called and asked about Madison. You go and explain, and I'll report it."
Zach shook his head helplessly: "Why is it my turn to always be in trouble like this?"
Benjamin raised the corners of his mouth slightly with a smile, "You are my brother."
It's time to tell everyone why in Grand House, the vampire is the older brother and the werewolf is the younger brother. This has nothing to do with the real ages of the two, but a few years ago, during the discussion to determine who was the real eldest son of Old Man Grande and who was qualified to receive the inheritance, the vampire was 'lucky' and guessed correctly that Alice threw coins.