In Charles's office.
Because the following conversation would involve Suzanne's privacy, Hank left silently.
Only Charles and Suzanne were left in the office.
Charles smiled bitterly when he heard Suzanne say, "I thought … you would never want to talk to me about this."
"If possible, I would never want to talk to you about this."
Suzanne was dazed. "Then why are you …"
The professor didn't answer her question. Instead, he talked about something else.
"I always remember how you looked like when I first picked you up from the hospital." He gestured with his hand, and his blue cornflower eyes became exceptionally soft as he reminisced. "You were so small, warm and soft, like a little angel. So cute."
"You don't know how helpless I was when I saw you crying. I could only stand aside and didn't even dare to hug you. I was so afraid that I would hurt you if I reached out. "He smiled as if he recalled the scene.
"Huh? How could that be? " Suzanne was surprised. "I remember that I was almost out of breath from crying. You hugged me and comforted me, so I stopped crying." She said in disbelief, "At that time, your voice sounded so calm and … warm."
Charles had an embarrassed look on his face, and he said awkwardly, "… Actually, I was already standing at the door for a while."
Seeing him like this, the corners of Suzanna's mouth unconsciously curled upwards.
Sweeping away the solemn atmosphere from before, the two of them instantly relaxed a little.
The sun shone in through the floor-to-ceiling window and caressed their faces. It was comfortable and warm. The tiny dust particles were plated with a layer of golden sand in the sun and danced in the air like elves.
In such a quiet but not heavy atmosphere, the professor looked at Suzanne gently with his blue eyes. "I've always hoped that you can always be the little angel in my memory, living happily and carefree. Even when you grow up, the most annoying thing is your studies or boyfriends. "
"Even when I know that you remember everything and hatred has been deeply rooted in your heart, I still hope so." He smiled, and his eyes were full of love and gentleness that made Suzanne want to cry. "Just like all the elders in the world."
"I know. I've always known." Suzanne choked.
She could understand that not telling her about the enemy was Charles' way of loving her. Therefore, since the conversation when she was five years old, she had never asked Charles this question again, even though she sometimes tossed and turned in bed late at night and couldn't sleep.
"I thought I could sweep away all the darkness in your life and let you live in the sunshine. But I have to apologize to you, sweetheart. "Charles's golden brown hair dimmed a little. He looked at Suzanne guiltily and whispered," … for my incompetence. "
He stared deeply at Suzanna and waved his hand, stopping her from saying what she wanted to say.
"I originally said I would give you an explanation, but so many years have passed, and I still haven't been able to catch the murderer. I think I'm too conceited — I'm a derelict godfather. " As he said this, a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face, which was favored by God and still handsome even after the passage of time.
His disappointed expression was so dazzling that Suzanne rushed up, threw herself into his arms, and hugged him tightly.
"Charles, did you do a good job as a godfather? I thought that only I, the goddaughter, had the right to judge." She raised her head, looked at the professor without blinking, and said in a serious tone, "For me, you are the best godfather in the world. There is no doubt about it."
She wrinkled her nose and deliberately said with disgust, "Don't smile like that. It's so ugly that my eyes are going blind."
Looking down at her for a moment, Charles finally showed the same warm smile as usual. He rubbed Suzanne's black hair and said dotingly, "So, for the sake of the health of Tianxin's eyes, I decided not to smile like that in the future."
Suzanne strongly agreed. "That's right, Charles. Your face is one of the most important beauties I use to wash my eyes. If you keep that expression on your face, I will cry. I really will. "She nodded vigorously.
Charles didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Should I say that I'm honored?"
"Of course." Suzanne raised her chin proudly. "You know, I have high standards. It's not so easy to be recognized by me. What's more, those who are qualified to wash my eyes are all extremely beautiful. "
Her words made Charles's eyes full of helplessness, but he still smiled indulgently and said, "Then I should feel honored. Thank you very much, Tianxin, for taking a fancy to me and giving me this qualification."
"You're welcome." Suzanne raised her chin proudly. "Who asked my godfather to be so good-looking?" She said with an exaggerated expression, "Charles, looking at your face, my mind is full. I feel like I can't put anything else in it."
The professor was almost amused by her and pinched her face. "Then do you want to hear what I wanted to say?"
Suzanne stiffened and was silent for a moment. Then she said firmly, "… Yes."
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The children were in class. At this moment, the castle was unusually quiet.
Hank, who considerately withdrew from the office to give the two of them some privacy, was sitting on a white wooden bench by the fountain and playing with his mobile phone in boredom.
He was waiting for the two people inside to finish talking.
After waiting for a while, he saw the professor's door being pushed open, and the black-haired girl ran out in a hurry.
Seeing her in such a hurry, Hank was a little surprised and thought that something had happened between the two of them. He stood up abruptly and shouted at her, "Suzanne, what's the matter? What happened?"
Suzanne looked up and saw him. She strode over to him and unceremoniously reached out her hand. "Hank, lend me your car."
While taking out the car keys from his pocket, Hank looked at her expression and was puzzled. It didn't look like she had a quarrel with the professor. Why was she in such a hurry to leave as soon as she arrived?
With that in mind, he asked, "Where are you going? It's not easy to come here. Don't you want to see Qin, Qian Huan, and the others? They've been missing you. They'll be out of class in less than five minutes. "
Taking the car keys from him, Suzanne quickly explained, "Sorry, Hank, I suddenly have something to deal with. Please explain to Qin and the others. In two days, when I'm done with my business, I'll come to see them. Of course, I'll remember to bring an apology gift. "
When Hank finally reacted and wanted to ask something more, he saw that Suzanne had already opened the door and sat in the driver's seat. Then, after a roar of the engine, Durange left, leaving only the shadow of the car that was getting smaller and smaller.
Standing behind the car, Hank, who was sprayed with exhaust fumes: "…" QAQ.
Completely unaware of what kind of psychological damage she had caused to Hank, Suzanne had a cold face. While driving, she instructed in her mind, "Jessica, dig out all the information of the Hydra and summarize it. Don't let go of any clues."
Yes, that's right, she was looking for the Hydra that should have been wiped out a long time ago.
This time, Charles was finally willing to tell her what he had hidden.
According to him, before she was born, her father was a researcher in Stryker's research lab.
Stryker was a madman, and his strong fear and jealousy of mutants gave him the idea of exterminating all mutants. The so-called "Sentinel Project" was to invent a war machine that could detect and defeat all mutants in order to achieve his evil and ugly purpose.
Since college, her father, Frank. Hathaway, and Charles were very good friends. He knew that Charles was a mutant, and his cheerful personality and tolerant mind made him not care about this at all. Even if Charles' ability was mind-reading, he didn't care.
After graduating from college, Frank, who jumped to Stryker's laboratory, spent a few years and finally became an intermediate researcher. He was not responsible for the "Sentinel Project". As an intermediate researcher, he was only qualified to touch a little bit of this core research.
From the beginning, Frank felt that this secret research seemed to be a bit wrong, but because it had little to do with him, he didn't take it seriously. Researchers were relatively simple, and most of the time, they didn't avoid talking too much, especially in work settings.
So, from the few words revealed by several colleagues, Frank quickly figured out what the so-called "Sentinel Project" was. While he was shocked by Stryker's madness, he was also very worried.
Listening to the senior researchers, their research was about to come to an end, and there were only a few small problems that had not been solved. If this machine really succeeds, his good friend is a mutant!
Frank vaguely knew that his good friend's status among mutants was somewhat unusual. While making up his mind to resign from this terrible research institute, he invited Charles to dinner and revealed the news of the Sentinel Project to him.
At that time, Suzanne's mother was already pregnant. It was at that dinner that Charles became Suzanne's godfather.
Then, there was the car accident.
Suzanne's father, Frank. Hathaway, was just a researcher and had almost nothing to do with the world. Her mother, Fanny. Hathaway, was just a little famous actress. She shouldn't have been killed at all.
Therefore, Charles believed that their "accident" could only be related to this matter. This was Stryker's revenge.
But strangely, after a long time, Charles finally completely overthrew Stryker and his accomplices, he didn't find the murderer who killed the Hathaway couple. It was as if they didn't do it at all, and there was no trace at all.
It wasn't until recent years that a ghost assassin named Winter Soldier became more and more active, and he also found a secret document indicating that Stryker had cooperated with the Hydra that should have disappeared at that time, and everything finally surfaced.
Pulling out the mission that Winter Soldier had done, and comparing the time, Charles found that these two events were actually less than two days apart.
He was sure that this Winter Soldier should be the murderer who killed Suzanne's parents.
However, it was a pity that Winter Soldier was completely worthy of the ghost nickname given to him by others. Even if he had appeared countless times in the past ten years, Charles still couldn't find any trace of him.
It was as if he didn't live on earth at all.
As for the Hydra, it's not that Charles is incompetent, but they are very secretive. Even if he caught some clues, as the leader of the mutants' moderate faction, he couldn't just go straight to the door.
If he really did that, he was afraid that he would once again touch the sensitive nerves of the government, which would be extremely unfavorable for the mutants.
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