48 Hours a Day

Wendy's mother was also woken by this knock and saw Wendy standing in front of her window holding the key.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

However, she couldn't care less about educating her daughter at this time. When she heard the knocking downstairs, she immediately put on her clothes, ran down, opened the door, and actually saw the figure she was thinking about.

Twenty-one days after Matthew had disappeared, some bad thoughts had arisen in her heart, and now that she had seen her husband return safely, tears burst out of her eyes.

She jumped into Matthew's arms.

But that's when a voice rang from her ear.

“Won't you introduce us, Matthew? ”

Wendy's mother looked up and saw an elderly man with some hunchbacks and three fierce-looking men standing behind Matthew, and if the bar owner was here, he would probably recognize one of the drivers who gave him the wine yesterday afternoon.

The old man took off his cap and gave her a gift, "Don't worry, ma'am, we're all friends of Matthew's. ”

Wendy's mother looked at her husband.

The latter nodded, “Jane, this is Cook, Cook, this is Jane, my wife. ”

Jane was relieved and reached out her hand with a smile, “Forgive me for being a little nervous for a while, Matthew hasn't been home for a long time, Wendy followed an Orientalist who doesn't know where he's coming from, then left a message outside saying that a bunch of bandits were going to come and loot the town, etc... I remember the bandit's leader appeared to be called Cook too. ”

“There's always a lot of coincidence in the world, ma'am.” The old man kissed her back of the hand, "hoping I hadn't bothered you, seeing you like seeing my daughter, you were all so kind and pure, but she didn't have your blessings. ”

“You're so polite, why say that? ”

“Oh, something terrible happened to her, something terrible, but it's over, and it's not good to mention it.” The old man said to the three behind him, "You stay here. ”

The three nodded.

And then Old Hunchback and Matthew walked into the house, and he saw Wendy walking down the stairs, and he laughed, "Look at this lovely little girl, she's your daughter, right? Matthew told me a lot about it. You're Wendy, right?” The old man touched his pockets as he said, and eventually took a gold bar out of it. "I'm sorry I was in a hurry on my way, but I didn't have time to buy candy, so replace it with this. ”

“How embarrassing, the gift is too expensive.” Jane hastily pushed out.

“Nothing, just a little caution. A good man like you deserves a gift like this as a gift of destiny. ”

When Wendy picked up the gold bars from the old man on his hunchback, Matthew said, "Jane, go get something to eat, Cook and I haven't had dinner yet. ”

“Okay, I remember a little morning baked cookies. ”

“Very well, make two more teas.” Matthew finished, looked at Wendy again, "you go too, help your mom. ”

Wendy looked at her father, and some foxes looked at Cook beside her and followed her.

When the two of them left, the old man on his hunchback said, "The child's eyes are quite similar to yours. When I first saw you, you were also like this, with a bit of stubbornness in your vigilance...”

“Stop fooling around, Cook. We agreed we'd just come and check on the town. Why did you come to my house?” Matthew interrupted his words directly.

“Oh, you don't have to worry about the truth, Maurice already asked about everything yesterday.” The old man with the hunchback laid low, "I asked him to inquire about your place at that time. ”

“What exactly do you want? ”

“Nothing, just curious about your life all these years. ”

Cook put his foot on the table in front of him, "I've always considered you my son, and I want to know how you've been since we split up. ”

“You can ask me directly.” Matthew bandaged his face.

“Yeah, but I prefer to see it with my own eyes.” Guan 'er, the old man with the hunchback, "I'm sorry to disturb your life. Really, I hope we can start with a little greeting. I'll tell you what I've done all these years. Tell me about your day...”

“You don't have to tell me, and I know what you've been doing all these years, but there's never been too much news in the papers about you. ”

“Well... it has to be acknowledged that I am very popular with the press and that I will never be unemployed as long as I am with them.” The old man with the hunchback shrugged his shoulders.

“Those things you do are not funny, you and your men pour out the burning and looting, rich and poor, old and children, you will not let go, you set fire to the church, you slaughter the babies that are still swamped..." Matthew Cold Road.

“Fear is a force, and you must learn and get used to using him. I'm a bandit, not a priest. ”

The old man on the hunchback paused, “Damn, I thought you'd mature a little over the years after going through that, but you didn't make a difference from the past. Okay, that's it. It's better if we get to the point earlier. I know you've heard a lot about me over the years, but the next thing I'm going to tell you is what's not in those news stories, no, even the Cooks don't know a lot. ”

“Did you do anything else that was angry? ”

“It has nothing to do with that,” the old man with the hunchback looked into Matthew's eyes, "I'm dying, Matthew. ”

“After all the bad things you've done, what else do you think you'll get? ”

“No, that's not what I meant.” Cook waved, "I said I was going to die, referring to my physical condition, leaving me not much time, and I could feel it, which is the real reason I came back to you. ”

Matthew was silent, “How do you know you're dying? ”

“This is my body, and of course I know when that day will come.” Old man on the hunchback, "I've seen Death's face, and he's got blue eyes, like Mary, and I'm not afraid of death, but I do have a few things to do before I die, the most important of which is to find a new owner for the Cooks. ”

“You want me to take over the Cooks and be next for you? ”

“Why not? Believe me, you'll love this feeling of freedom. You're just stuck in all the commonplace stuff, all the false happiness. I came to your house tonight to untie you, untie your miserable turn, my child. ”