When Anne went out early in the morning,
Shylock was still standing in the kitchen preparing breakfast for her. But everything was different between the opening and closing of the door.
Shellingford was built on an isolated island. Behind them,
The huge floor-to-ceiling window was the vast sea.
Anne turned her head,
She looked at the thick clouds where the water and the sky met. The huge black clouds were pressing down on the city.
In the computer surveillance screen, Dr. Watson was sitting on a small single bed, and Mcauliffe was leaning against the wall,
The Government of Great Britain's usual calm self-control seemed to be being challenged.
Sherlock was the only one who kept moving.
He was pacing slowly in the room,
Anne knew that every time he felt anxious, he would be like this, even though his pale cheeks were still expressionless.
Anne also felt anxious, and her body felt cold,
But a thin layer of sweat appeared on her back.
She regretted it very much. If only she hadn't gone out this morning,
She should have stayed in the apartment and waited to eat the breakfast Shylock prepared,
She should have sat in the chair,
Watching him prepare a breakfast with the scientific research attitude of doing experiments in a laboratory.
It was only a few hours, but Anne felt like she hadn't seen him for a long time.
"How do you feel when you look at him now?" Aulos asked.
They both knew who this "he" was referring to.
Anne turned her head,
She paused for two seconds.
"You said he's your brother."
"Yes, so?" Aulos asked back.
Anne didn't say anything. This was an unexpected answer.
There was a huge flash of light in the clouds, and then there was a muffled sound of thunder.
Aulos said, "Let's say hello first."
Her fingers pressed on the keyboard,
Anne soon knew what she had done.
In the room,
Shylock and the others all looked in one direction,
A video was playing on the television screen there.
In the video, Shylock was dragging Watson out of a fire with difficulty..
It was an accident on the night of the bonfire festival.
Then, the video changed to show Anne trapped in a bonfire …
In the monitor, Shylock's eyes trembled violently. Anne's heart also trembled violently.
The video was still playing. Anne could easily recall everything that had happened that day without watching it. She was pressed under the bonfire until she was awoken by the smoke. She wanted to call for help, but the rapid and heavy breathing after an asthma attack made her voice as weak as a kitten's. The cheering crowd around her couldn't hear her at all …
Anne thought she had shouted "help" at that time, but now she heard it. Her weak voice was actually shouting Shylock's name …
"… Shylock … Shylock …"
The weak and desperate voice echoed in the sealed room.
Shylock stared at the screen in front of him without blinking. Anne stared at him through the screen. She saw that his lips were trembling slightly. For a moment, Anne even thought that the bright tears in his eyes were about to flow out.
Anne felt sad.
Don't be like this, Shylock. It's okay. It's all in the past.
"Turn it off." Anne's voice was so soft that it sounded like she was talking to herself.
But Aulos still heard it.
Aulos turned her head and looked at her with burning eyes.
Anne didn't look at her. "Turn it off." Her voice was so soft that it almost disappeared. "Please."
Aulos looked at Anne for half a minute. Then, she finally raised her hand and cut off the screen.
Shylock still stared in the direction of the screen for a few seconds. Watson and Mcauliffe both looked at him. Anne also looked at him. After a while, he lowered his head. When he looked up again, the uncontrollable expression on his face had completely disappeared.
"You all like to play games …" Anne suddenly said softly. "Isn't it good to live a good life?"
"What is life?" Oulos looked at her indifferently. "I've never known what life is, and I've never had one. When I was young, I wanted Shylock to play with me. You told me that he was my brother and that I could tell him what I wanted. He would satisfy me. But you're just a liar. You made a promise, but you tore it up yourself! It was you who made me see the hypocrisy and cowardice of others! "
Anne looked at her quietly. "I don't know what happened, but if all of this is really because of me, then I'm very …"
"No need!" Aulos interrupted her rudely, as if she was afraid that she would really apologize. She said, "No need for you …"
No need for her? Or did she just not need her?
After throwing a tantrum, Aulos blinked, and her erratic sociopathic personality immediately calmed her down. She looked at Anne and smiled, but even her smile felt cold and emotionless.
"Don't be afraid," she said. "I will never hurt you."
After saying this, Aulos turned back to the surveillance equipment and tapped on the control keyboard again. Her smiling face appeared on the TV screen in Shylock and the others' room.
"Hello, brothers." Aulos greeted them briskly.
Shylock, Mcauliffe, and Watson all looked over.
"Where is Anne?" Shylock asked directly.
"This is so sad," Aulos said, but there was no sadness on her face. "This is the first time we meet after 24 years, my dear brother. I thought I would at least receive a greeting."
Shylock pursed his lips and didn't say anything.
"But it's okay, I don't mind. Come here, dear. "Aulos waved at Anne gently." Say hello to your Shylock. "
Anne took a step closer and appeared on the screen.
"Are you okay?" Shylock looked at her quietly and asked.
Anne smiled slightly and said softly, "I'm fine, Shylock."
Ou Los's fingernails suddenly scratched the back of her hand. The pain came. Annie did not make a sound, but she subconsciously frowned.
Shylock immediately noticed her expression.
"What happened?"
Anne looked sideways at Aulos. The latter raised her eyebrows and smiled like a troublemaker who had succeeded in a prank.
After a second or two, Anne looked away and withdrew her hand from the table. She looked at Shylock again and said softly, "Nothing."
"Okay, okay …" Aulos interrupted coldly. "If you don't mind, I want to start the game. After all, I've been waiting. Sorry, I need to calculate." She paused for a moment, and then suddenly realized something. She opened her eyes wide and said, "Oh, 24 years!"
No one spoke. Only Aulos's voice sounded inside and outside the surveillance screen. It sounded unusually hollow.
Aulos sat on a wide chair and controlled the small island. She reached out and picked up a remote control and pressed the button casually.
Three different images immediately lit up on the screen.
Anne looked up as Aulos moved and immediately felt cold hands and feet.
The people on the three images were Mrs. Hudson, Mary, and Jasmine. They didn't seem to know anything. Mrs. Hudson was happily cleaning the apartment in 221B. Mary, who was more than seven months pregnant, was reading a book on the sofa by the fireplace. Jasmine was leisurely making tea in her own residence.
All the people in the world who were extremely important to her and Shylock were here.
Anne took a breath and tried to calm herself down.
After going through so much, Anne would be lying if she said that she couldn't guess what Aulos wanted to do. However, no one could get used to this. Every time was as difficult as the first time she faced it.
Anne suddenly felt very sad for Shylock because for a long time, he had been the one who saved people. He had a strong and soft heart.
"Oh, dear," Aulos suddenly reached out and touched Anne's cheek. "Don't show such an expression. Sadness won't change anything. This is just a game."
Annie was silent. She was silent. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, but she knew that no words could affect the person in front of her.
Until a voice suddenly sounded in the room.
"Don't do this, Aulos."
This was Anne's voice, light and soft. But this sentence was not said by her, because the corner of her lips didn't move.
The floor-to-ceiling window behind her reflected half of the sky. Continuous lightning flashed through the thick black clouds, and a cold rain finally fell.
The guards around Aulos all raised their weapons in panic and aimed at the intruders who suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Oh, hello, everyone!"
This was … the doctor's voice.
Anne didn't move.
Aulos also seemed to be frozen in an instant. Her eyes were still fixed on Anne's face, but her eyes seemed to penetrate her and look somewhere else.
After a while, Aulos silently raised the corner of her lips, and some kind of excitement flashed in the depths of her eyes.
She said, "You finally showed up."
The swivel chair under her body turned in a direction with her movement. Aulos looked at the doctor with a smile — the person next to him. The light in the depths of her eyes brightened again.
"I knew you would come," Aulos called out a name in a light voice, "Anne."
The surroundings were so quiet that they could almost hear the sound of the huge raindrops being blown by the sea breeze and hitting the glass window.
Anne knew that Aulos was not calling her.
Finally, Anne slowly turned around and looked in that direction.
Even though she had a hunch in her heart, when she really saw it, her mind still went blank for a moment.
Doctor Who's blue police station was eye-catching not far away. In front of the police station stood two people, one was the Doctor Who, the other …
The other person was thin and weak, and her blond hair was longer than Anne's, but other than that, they were exactly the same, except that she looked more quiet and gentle. That kind of calmness could only be found after a long time, but she clearly looked like Anne when she was 21 years old.
In this not spacious office, just a few meters away, Anne and that person looked at each other quietly.
The person opposite him suddenly laughed softly. It was a faint and silent smile.
Miraculously, Anne was immediately comforted, and her tense emotions relaxed. It was as if she really heard the other person's voice, telling her not to be afraid, it was okay.
Then, Anne believed it.
Almost instantly, Anne was very sure that the person opposite her was her, another her.
Anne didn't know what she had done or experienced, but the moment she was sure, Anne suddenly felt a strong feeling of snot and tears, and a warm liquid slowly gathered in her eyes.
Because the "her" opposite her looked so quiet, so … tired, as if it was just a faint reflection of time and space on the surface of the water, and would disappear with a gentle touch …
"She" was very, very tired, but those unfinished business dragged "her", making it impossible for "her" to get a moment of rest.
Anne heard "her" sigh and say, "I'm sorry, Aulos, I'm late."
This apology was not interrupted, and Aulos quietly listened to her. Anne then knew that this was the apology that Aulos had been waiting for and needed.
After a minute of silence, the person on the swivel chair suddenly couldn't help but laugh.
She laughed and said, "You see how vividly the hypocrisy of human beings is displayed in you. People always like to do this, first do something wrong, and then say sorry lightly. As if everything can be reversed. "
Aulos looked at "her" with her bright eyes regretfully. "Since it can't be reversed, tell me, why should I forgive you?"
"But compared to this, I actually want to know another thing more." Aulos's body sank into the chair and spun gently. Her tone was light and casual. "I've been thinking, why did you appear 24 years ago? But the answer is actually very simple, isn't it? It's because of him — your Shylock, am I right? "
The swivel chair suddenly stopped, and Aulos slowly sat up straight. The light in her eyes turned silent little by little. In the end, her eyes seemed to be covered with dark clouds, as if there was a freezing rain in her eyes.
She asked coldly, "Your Shylock is dead, isn't he? And I killed him. That's why you went back 24 years ago. Everything you did was just to save him, right? "
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