Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 170

[Chapter 170 Stepping into the Curtain]

“Are you ready? French fries are just like this, it’s very simple – just be careful not to burn them and don’t sandwich them raw. Go and taste something salty, remember?”

On the morning of the Lost Home, Duncan pointed to the tense Alice in the kitchen with a serious face, but in the oil pan in front of the two, there was still some whiteness. The French fries are rolling up and down in the hot oil, making a continuous sizzling sound.

“Remember…remember!” Alice looked at the hot oil pan without blinking, one hand was still holding a kitchen knife tightly, and there was a chopping board beside her that had been cut into bad shape. Potato Cubes – These potato wedges will be the base for other dishes.

Duncan looked at the frying pan, then at the puppet next to him, and nodded slightly, thinking that such a simple matter, this idiot would never mess up again, then he noticed the kitchen knife in Alice’s hand, and couldn’t help feeling It’s a bit awkward: “…can you put down the kitchen knife first, and don’t always carry it after cutting things.”

A cursing puppet standing in the kitchen with a kitchen knife and looking murderous (for potatoes), this picture is unlucky no matter how you look at it.

It seems that the next second will change to a thrilling and exciting BGM, and then a blood bar will appear on Alice’s head that can pierce the screen.

“Oh…oh!” Alice came to her senses, quickly put the kitchen knife aside, and then confidently waved to the captain, “Go back, Captain! I’ve already learned this, you and Ai just need to worry about it.” Just wait and eat!”

Duncan stared at Alice for a long time, confirming that there would be no more problems with the doll, and then he was slightly relieved, and then he felt a kind of emotion in his heart—it was over

. After so long, his homeless ship can finally produce french fries steadily!

…

On the second floor of the antique store, beside the dining table, Nina with a medicinal cloth on her head suddenly raised her head curiously, and glanced at her uncle: “Uncle, I wanted to ask you a while ago, why are you frowning all this morning?” Ah…and why did you breathe out as if you were suddenly relaxed just now…”

“Is there? I didn’t notice…” Duncan was stunned for a moment, and his attention fell across the distant space in an instant to this small antique shop. Then he shook his head with a smile, “It’s nothing, I just remembered some items in the accounts. The matter was calculated in my head just now, and now it is resolved.”

“Oh,” Nina nodded, “I mean, I feel like your nerves were tense just now.”

Duncan didn’t say anything, but kept a calm smile, but he couldn’t help but feel He muttered – this girl is quite observant.

At this time, Nina glanced at the small window facing the street at the end of the corridor on the second floor, and after hesitating for a moment, she whispered, “Xue Li didn’t come today.” “…She has her own residence,” Duncan said

. Dumbfoundingly looking at the lonely girl on the opposite side, “Besides, you have to go to school today, how can you have time to go out and play with her.” “

I should find out where she lives,” Nina said again, “In this way she When I don’t have time to come to me, I can go to her.”

Duncan didn’t speak for a while, and after two or three seconds of silence, he asked softly: “Do you like this new friend very much? Obviously you don’t actually spend much time together. Not long.”

“Shirley is very nice, she saved my life in the museum,” Nina said immediately, “and…and…” “

And what?”

“And when she lived here , I chatted with her and Agou at night, and inquired about her situation, and learned that she and Agou lived together in a small alley in a slum, where there were not even street lights at night, and the house leaked rain and wind. …”

“Nina,” Duncan suddenly interrupted the girl in front of him, with a serious expression on his face, “Friendship cannot be based on sympathy, especially for a child like Shirley.” Nina was

stunned For a moment, he raised his head to meet Duncan’s gaze, and after a while, he slowly scratched the hair on his sideburns: “Uncle, you suddenly said something very philosophical…”

Duncan: “…”

“But Uncle, you did remind me, maybe I have a little sympathy,” Nina continued, “But… I just want her to live a better life, I can feel it, even though she lives here I’m always inexplicably nervous when I’m with you, but actually I’m very happy, I… am I a little presumptuous when I make judgments for her?” Duncan didn’t answer, he seemed to have fallen into short-term thinking, and after a

while Smiling and shaking her head: “Don’t think about it so much, the next time we see Shirley, ask her where she lives. As for now… Hurry up and finish your meal, it’s almost time for school.” “Okay!

” Na immediately nodded obediently, and then she seemed to think of something, with an excited look on her face, “By the way, can I… ride that new bicycle to school today?” “

No ” Duncan raised his eyelids and rejected the other party without hesitation, “Have you forgotten how badly you fell last night?”

As he spoke, what happened after Nina came home yesterday appeared in his mind—— The girl saw the brand new bicycle parked on the first floor for the first time, and she almost jumped up on the spot excitedly, and then excitedly wanted to get on the bicycle to try it out. It took about 30 seconds before it fell down with a bang At the door…

Now she still has a medicinal cloth on her forehead.

“I… I thought riding a bicycle would be easy,” Nina lowered her head in embarrassment. “I think all the students can do it…”

Duncan sighed.

He should have thought about it a long time ago, if there is no bicycle in this antique shop, and Nina has no friends in these years, how could she have the opportunity to learn to ride a bicycle——I completely ignored this point when I bought the bicycle.

“Take the bus to school today, don’t run away, our family is not short of the fare now,” Duncan took out a few coins and put them in front of Nina, “I’ll teach you how to ride a bicycle when you come back—it’s really not difficult , with your cleverness, you will learn it in a few days.”

Nina was a little frustrated at first, but soon became happy again, and nodded happily: “Oh!”

After a while, Nina happily ran out of the antique store’s gate, while Duncan stood at the small window on the second floor of the antique store, watching the girl’s figure cross the street in the morning light and run to the bus stop not far away. .

The sound of more and more cars, horses and people flowing in the market is echoing in the streets and alleys. The city is waking up in the sunlight. The golden-red sunlight is permeating along the distant roof ridges. It looks like a layer of illusory rising splendor. curtain.

Formed by flames, the curtain swept across the entire city-state.

Duncan’s expression froze suddenly, frowning as he stared at the row upon row of houses in the distance.

The magnificent picture of the curtain of flames sweeping across the city-state disappeared from the rays of light, as if the impression that came into his mind at that moment just now was just a momentary unfounded fantasy.

However, Duncan’s frown did not relax at all, he just continued to stare at the distance, as if he wanted to find another layer of reality that overlapped with it from the magnificent morning glow – after several minutes, he slowly Look away.

He contemplated for a while, and waved to the air next to him: “Ai Yi.”

The next second, a group of dark green flames exploded in the air, and the undead bird circled and appeared from the flames, and Ai flapped his wings and landed. On Duncan’s shoulder, while belching loudly, he yelled: “Hi…who is calling…Hi…the fleet?”

Duncan’s emotions were suddenly incoherent. The pigeons in the circle: “…how much did you eat on the boat?”

Ai flapped his wings and stretched his neck vigorously: “It’s time to eat a lot of food… Hiccup!”

Duncan looked at the bird expressionlessly. , After a while, he sighed: “No wonder Alice has been tinkering for a long time, and in the end there are so few things brought to the cabin, and you have to cut them off…Forget it, let’s not waste it. It can still be done.” Are you flying? The sixth block.”

The pigeon immediately blew loudly: “The mission must be accomplished! The mission must be accomplished!”

The next second, a fire flashed in the small window on the second floor of the antique shop, and a fat pigeon that swelled up Then he jumped out of the window and wobbled towards the direction of the sixth street.

At the same time, in the depths of the sixth block, two dark gray steam cars were driving in the empty and deserted streets.

The tall and tall Fan Na was sitting in the back seat of one of the cars, with her huge sword in her hand, while she herself was quietly watching the scene on the street outside.

Because she was not sure about the situation of the small church, Fan Na did not directly enter the block with the too eye-catching steam walker, but chose to lead some elites to enter in a low-key way first, and the support team was on standby in the nearby block.

And after entering the sixth block, she really noticed the “atmosphere” here for the first time… something was very wrong.

A community that is too lacking in vitality, residents who are sporadic and lazy, and unresponsive to external stimuli, and those old facilities that have been in disrepair and even exceeded the bottom line of tolerance in the lower city.

There is an aura lingering everywhere here, and the whole block gives her the feeling… as if time is frozen in a forgotten crack.

(end of this chapter)