Xiaolan stared at the familiar cover for a long time.
"Lily," Xiaolan smiled stiffly, "You have already heard of this book."
"I want to hear it again." Lily put the thin fairy tale book into Xiaolan's hand, turned around and crawled into bed.
Xiaolan sat on the velvet armchair beside the bed.
"Once upon a time there was a man...
"He really wanted to find a wife...
"My wife finally saw the closed door in Blue Beard's house, and what was inside the door...
“My wife’s brothers had swords…
"Bluebeard died like this."
Xiaolan closed the book.
"You said..." Lily's pupils flickered in the candlelight, "Why did Bluebeard kill his wives?"
Same problem as last time.
The last conversation was still etched in Xiaolan's memory.
"Because..." Xiaolan laughed silently, "He loves his wife, but his wives don't love her."
Lily sat up and stared straight at Xiaolan.
Xiaolan responded to her eyes without fear.
"You know, does this story have another ending?" Lily asked.
Xiaolan was silent.
Lily grinned, revealing two white little tiger teeth. She moved her eyes away from Xiao Lan, looked at the white wall opposite, and slowly told another story in a sleepy voice.
"Blue Beard soon found his first wife. The girl was beautiful and kind, and she really fell in love with Blue Beard's sincerity and hard work. They lived happily. However, the good times did not last long. Before long, Blue Beard's
The first wife had an accident and left him forever..."
The smile on Lily's face disappeared, and her whole person seemed to have matured a lot.
"Soon, Blue Beard got a second wife. Blue Beard treated her sincerely, and the two lived peacefully for a while. Then, another accident came, and Blue Beard lost his wife for the second time, but this time
Not the end of misfortune, Blue Beard’s third, fourth, fifth and sixth wives also died violently..."
Xiaolan's scalp was a little numb.
Lily's voice gradually dropped, until she could no longer hear it. The little girl's eyes suddenly turned and focused on Xiaolan.
"After that, Bluebeard married his seventh wife," Lily paused for a long time, "and also his last wife."
Said, Lily closed her mouth.
"Then what?" Xiaolan couldn't hold it back and asked.
Lily lay back on the pillow, and the smile returned to her face, "Then? Then the story is over."
Xiaolan tucked Lily up and turned around to walk out of her room when Lily's voice sounded faintly, "I saw you last night."
By the way, there's this thing.
Xiaolan quickly turned around, "Why did Lily stay up so late last night?"
Lily glanced at the cuckoo clock on the wall, "Eleven o'clock, is it very late?"
"Eleven o'clock?" Xiaolan frowned, "But I..."
"I've seen it all," the little girl slowly buried her face in the quilt, "I've seen it all..."
Xiaolan closed the door of Lily's room timidly, picked up the key, and opened the door of her own room absentmindedly.
What do Lily's words mean?
Eleven o'clock? Twelve o'clock?
What did she see?
When the door lock clicked open, a hand suddenly appeared from behind Xiaolan and gently patted her shoulder.
Xiaolan trembled all over and quickly pressed against the door.
She gasped and stared at the slightly apologetic face.
"I'm sorry," Dr. Sovan said in a low voice, "I thought you saw me."
"Doctor?" Xiaolan looked towards the end of the corridor, "How do you..."
"It's a bit presumptuous, but...can I go in and talk?"
The doctor pointed to Xiaolan's room.
Xiaolan hesitated for a few minutes.
Forget it, my room doesn't seem to be a safe place anyway.
Xiaolan took out the key, opened the door, and let the doctor into the room.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," the doctor's voice became normal as soon as he entered the door, "You must be full of doubts."
This is true.
"First of all, you must be wondering why Miss Yrel did not arrange for me to live in the guest room upstairs, but on the second floor of the castle." Dr. Sauvan gestured, "This is because...Mr. Morvern
My wife is my sister, so I am also a relative of the Mowen family."
"Wife?" Xiaolan was stunned.
"To be precise, it's Mr. Mowen's late wife." Dr. Sovan frowned.
"I'm sorry..." Xiaolan waved her hands in panic, "I don't know..."
"It doesn't matter, you don't have to be like this. Sandora is my youngest sister, and she has not been with me since she was a child, so there is not such a deep relationship between us. Although Sandora's death has brought a lot of sadness to my family.
, but the deceased has passed away, and we have long since recovered from our grief."
Xiaolan nodded and responded, "Then Moses and Lily are yours..."
"You can think so," Dr. Sauvan smiled, "However, Moses and Lily were not born to my sister Sandora. They are the children of Mr. Morvern's first wife."
"What happened to your sister Sandora?"
Xiaolan felt that the reason why Dr. Suowan came to see her at this time was probably to let her ask this question.
Sure enough, the doctor who heard the question immediately puffed up his chest, took two steps towards the center of the room, and said, "Originally when you asked me, I thought I shouldn't tell you, but... about this matter,
I think you need to understand."
Xiaolan nodded cautiously.
"My sister Sandora," the doctor took a deep breath, "she also had her head chopped off like the poor maid."
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
Dr. Sovan clenched his hands and looked out the window.
The first word that came to her mind was serial murder.
"Just a year ago, bandits were rampant in nearby villages. Many families in the village lost their lives. Sandora was killed on a rainy night next to the back entrance of the castle. Later, the bandits
After being caught, the murder did not happen again, and Shandora's incident was regarded as one of the crimes of the gang of robbers."
Xiaolan understood what the doctor meant.
"But now, the murderer has appeared again..." Xiaolan said thoughtfully.
The doctor nodded heavily, "So I thought about my original idea again."
The doctor paused for a moment.
Xiaolan waited quietly for the doctor to finish speaking.
"Sandora's death may not have been caused by bandits," the doctor lowered his voice again, "but was related to the deaths of Mr. Morven's previous wives."