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The ultimate punishment for Peter Pan is to let him serve as the warden and be imprisoned together with the prison for life-this is not only a redemption, but also a threat.Peter Pan is brutal, which also heightens the level of danger in people's minds about prisons.

So, Wendy was betrayed by adults again.

... Although Delphinium didn't know what exactly Wendy was thinking at the time.

But she thought that when Wendy learned that Peter Pan would not be sentenced to death, she might be so frightened that she couldn't sleep or woke up from a nightmare.

For Wendy, something even more cruel happened soon.

After the demon "Peter Pan" was mercifully forgiven by people, because of the huge traffic caused by the name "Peter Pan", his deeds as a fairy tale writer became known to people, so he became a prisoner instead. star.

This will not allow the fairy tales he wrote to be handed down, because the fairy tales he wrote are too profound and profound.While loved by experts, it's not liked by kids.

But as his deeds became known to people, the children who had been kidnapped by him and did evil together with him began to panic.

They also grew up slowly at this time.

In order to prevent them from being persecuted and to increase their conversation, they told a huge lie together—they beautified all the cruel, violent, and absurd acts of the Neverland Legion, so Peter Pan instead It is to become a children's dream, a "Kid King" who has a childlike innocence but has done bad things.Their behavior of being arrested by Peter Pan has become enviable to the students.

As a result, Wendy, as an "informer", suffered more persecution.

Peter Pan did not lie to him.

The innocent cruelty in children does not become compassionate when they become grown-ups—only the gentle become gentle.Cruel people are just as cruel when they grow up.

It's just that they once plucked the butterfly's wings, but now they choose to pluck the wings of their former brother.

The last report Delphinium found was that a certain high school student attempted suicide.The scene was also coded.

Although that doesn't prove it, a person who commits suicide is a "whistleblower".

However, Delphinium investigated the school's student source report in the same month and found that Wendy was "transferred" in name after that, but Delphinium checked the reports of other schools, and he was not transferred by any school.

In other words, he was essentially expelled from school.

In the end, he entered Tianen University after a year of self-examination.

Since then, he has changed his code name.

Delphinium found a freshman named "Wendy" from the student roster of Tianen University, and Wendy called herself "Sheath" at this time.

Yes, he was already "sheath" before touching Alice.

At that time, he already had a knife in his heart.

At that time, Wendy's appearance was completely different from that of "Informer"... His appearance became resolute and steady, no longer the neutral appearance that gave people the impression of cowardice, weakness and bullying in the past.

But in another school report, he was still called a "whistleblower" by some of his classmates.

Obviously his identity was exposed.However, unlike middle school, college students are more utilitarian and more sober...Because Shea has good grades and is also an active member of the swordsmanship club, his classmates recognized and accepted him instead.At this time, the "whistleblower" became the belittlement of those who hated him, and more people were willing to call him a "sheath"—for example, other students in the same club.

Delphinium, who has not obtained the authority issued by the Ministry of Network Security, cannot directly check his personal chip data.But she went to check the hospitals on Happy Island during the same period, and found the record that Wendy was hospitalized in one of them and underwent plastic surgery.

He had multiple fractures in his limbs and trauma to his face, which necessitated cosmetic surgery.

An unknown person paid for him, using a credit stick, at a 50% premium, without taking the account.

This is the reason why Delphinium is the best cyber detective on Happy Island even though her hacking skills are not strong.

In the past few years, she has been building her own social worker library by virtue of her position.As long as she needs it, she can slowly find information that can connect the clues from the reports of the past few decades and all internal records and reports of various units and agencies.

It is also thanks to these materials that ordinary people cannot hold at the same time that the delphinium is able to capture the traces of the former "informer" from the "sheath" that has changed its appearance.

"He must have awakened his psychic powers from the time he failed to commit suicide..."

Delphinium murmured.

That is the psychic power that rides the wind and flies freely... but cannot be captured by the "eyes" of the media.It was probably because of that psychic power that he didn't fall directly to his death.

The person with wings behind him jumped out from the top of the tall building.

At that time, he probably didn't want to die.

But this time, I couldn't fly like I did when I was a child.

Chapter 25 At Home

Delphinium sat on the spot for a while, then slowly got up and went to the kitchen.

She deep-linked all afternoon, which made her a little mentally exhausted.There is an urgent need to supplement nutrition through eating.

Fortunately, she already knew the layout of Russell's house like the back of her hand, and being in his house was the same as being in her own... But it was indeed the first time for her to open the refrigerator in Russell's house.

It’s not that delphiniums can’t cook—

Although she is usually too lazy to cook, whether Russell goes to her house or not, Delphinium always eats the food cooked by her mother, and if she is in the company, she always orders takeaway... But in fact, Delphinium's craftsmanship is quite good .She also actually cooked for Russell for a while.

Although it is not like a master chef in a high-end restaurant uses various ingredients, at least he can make meat dishes delicious and vegetarian dishes nutritious.

But maybe it was so nutritious that when she tried to feed Russell some vegetarian dishes, she couldn't feed them at all, and it was even less nutritious to just eat meat.

Delphinium's appetite is quite large, but after all, it is for two people, so she usually cooks three or four dishes - two of which are vegetarian and one is pure meat.Occasionally add a half-meat and half-vegetarian dish.

Her meat dishes are still quite good - delphinium can even make dishes that are difficult to cook at home, such as crispy pork knuckle, roast chicken, barbecued pork, and Shenjing roast goose.This is the dish her mother taught her when she was a child.

The delphinium’s vegetarian dishes are more extreme, such as boiled vegetables in olive oil, cabbage and egg salad, mashed potatoes, boiled broccoli, cold bitter gourd, carrot stewed onions... When she tried to feed Russell, Russell always The performance of shaking his head was very resistant.It's like feeding medicine to a pet cat at home, basically you have to force it to feed it.

The only thing I am willing to eat is winter melon with orange juice, but I mainly eat orange juice.He even licked off the orange juice once and spit out the winter melon, causing the delphinium to give him a gentle slap with its tail.

This also makes delphinium very helpless... Although she also likes to eat meat, delphinium has a strong self-discipline.She knows how much meat she eats every day, how much vegetarian food she needs to eat next, and how much exercise she needs after that.And delphinium is the type that eats less carbohydrates, which allows her to maintain a figure that can see the vest line even though her appetite is twice that of Russell.

And Russell is the type who doesn't move at all after eating.

No matter how the delphinium could be dragged, Russell would just spread it into a cat cake peacefully on the sofa.Combined with Russell's picky eating behavior of not eating vegetarian dishes, Delphinium was very worried about his health.Although it seems to be fine now, but looking at his uncle's body shape... Russell at least has a fat gene.After all, his main job is a hero, a public figure who looks at his image, and his side job is the deputy director of the executive department... If you don't control your diet now, and then lose weight violently when you get fat enough to affect your image, it will hurt your body.

So now, Delphinium will often take Russell out for dinner.After all, Russell does not completely avoid vegetarian dishes. If he cooks them particularly well, he will still eat a little. The reason he gave is that Russell's appetite is really too small, and he is very greedy.In order to prevent himself from getting full without two mouthfuls of delicious food, he will give priority to eating the dishes he likes, and he will be full before he finishes eating, so he will never eat the dishes he doesn't like.

And if you go out to eat, at least you can walk around the cat once.

Although Russell often coquettishly wants to take a taxi back or let Wuming drive to pick him up, but at this time, no matter if Delphinium is a little stricter or coaxes him nicely, Russell will still reluctantly leave home.

Some extra exercise—Russell's color is also a little orange.On a cat, it would be a disturbing color.

Over time, Delphinium stopped restocking the refrigerator at Russell's house.After all, I often don't bother to make up Russell, and it's quite wasteful to put things away.

Delphinium lived through poverty when she was a child, and the fear of that time is still seared in her heart.Although there is no shortage of money at all now, the good habit of thrift is still engraved on the bone.

...but that's what it said.

When Delphinium opened the refrigerator and saw the incomparably spectacular and densely packed four rows of iced cola with different flavors, I still felt my blood pressure suddenly rise.

Although she had thought of this scene before opening the refrigerator-after Russell gradually used up the normal food he put in the refrigerator, there must be something to make up for it.

She had expected a plethora of pre-cooked steaks, half-cooked dishes, instant soups, instant fried rice, and the like, with milk and eggs for added nutrition.In this case, if you mix it with some more storable vegetables such as carrots, you can be regarded as more comprehensively prepared.

As a result, she didn't come home for just over a week.

The food in the refrigerator immediately disappeared, and all the gaps were filled with Coke...

...Oh, that's not too strict.

There were also two cans of cold brew coffee in the freezer, and a can of powdered chocolate.

Delphinium searched for a long time before finding three steaks from the freezer on the bottom floor of the refrigerator—they were covered by the newly bought ice cream and ice cream. Can always be broken.

It's only December!

Why did Russell suddenly buy more than ten catties of ice cream and ice cream?

Delphinium rubbed her belly, stood in front of the refrigerator and hesitated for a while, but still didn't get the iced Coke.

She took out the powdered milk can and made herself a glass of milk with the hot water in the kitchen.After thinking about it again, I added two spoonfuls of cocoa powder to it as a reward for myself.

Although I told Russell before to ask him to bring food back...but she should have a meal first to pad her stomach.

It doesn't matter even if it becomes heavier afterward, anyway, she can still eat it if she works hard.

So Delphinium took out two more steaks—the reason why there was one left was because Russell was suddenly hungry and would have nothing to eat when he went through the refrigerator.If there are a few pieces left, he might think to wait until the next time it is not enough to restock... If there is only the last piece left, he will definitely make up for it after eating.

This perfect hero of Happy Island has saved so many people, punished so many demons, and helped so many people he knows or doesn't know... However, his ability to survive alone is really lacking.

...Of course, maybe it can't be regarded as lacking.After all, although Dunton takeaway is a bit more expensive, it can’t kill people; if you want to buy garbage, you can also buy a housekeeping robot that is a specialty of Sogo Island, and you can hand over clothes to the drones in the laundry, and they will be sent back after washing.

Russell's way of life may also be called "modern life with a more technological sense".

Delphinium doesn't think there's anything wrong with this way of life...

She just felt that it would be less humane.

It's fine if you're really tired from work... But since you still have the energy to spare, you still need to make your life more ritualistic.

Even if a person lives on an empty island controlled by the company, he is not a part of the company, let alone a slave to work.

Deliberately waste some time and do some "useless things" seriously.

Playing games is useless, neither is reading idle books;

It is useless to keep pets, and it is the same to grow flowers and vegetables;

If you want to say what benefits you can get from it, even if you earn money in a hurry, you will only give a ridiculous answer.Or fall into the trap given by liars or unscrupulous companies... If you want to find meaning in a meaningless life, you will feel the anxiety of being wasted by "meaninglessness" for a limited time.

But delphinium feels that this nonsense is what makes sense.

Watching the hot oil splatter in the pan, Delphinium places the synthetic mock steak into it.Although the fake meat that can be produced by just pressing a button, like her parts that can be replaced at any time, has never had any indelible meaning...

Just looking at the sunset in winter will give people a cold feeling.But if you lean against the stove, you will feel warm.

Because only in this way can she clearly realize that she is at home.

In the homes of those I love...in my own home.

Chapter 26 All Beings Are Suffering

Delphinium folded her hands, looking at the unglamorous and feeble sunset.

For a moment, she was a little confused.

What is life for?

I just want to live in such an ordinary way...why do I have to go all out to live?

Just investigating Russell's family made her think a lot.

His father had become a celebrity while other children were studying and attending classes.His childhood can already be called magnificent.Afterwards, he chose to commit suicide because of several years of intense bullying, and was rescued by someone for plastic surgery... At that time, it should be the Tower of Babel.

It can be said that Russell's parents have never been mediocre.And Russell himself is the same, they are all born extraordinary people.

But delphinium always felt...it seemed a bit pathetic.

This too wonderful and ups and downs of life always seems to have some force pushing them to act.

The legion of children who can fly freely, the traffic news that has been hyped by newspapers for several years, is valued and accepted by the criminal organization Babel wanted by the dragon, and takes the appointment of the elf director to be his daughter as a tutor—on the other side also the same.Impulsive to kill, Miss Heartthrob, rescued the Elf director from the assassins, obtained the initial model of psionic weapons, and went to teach another candidate for the Elf director, persuading him to choose the Tower of Babel against his own destiny... …

There are so many things that can be said.

But the disaster that delphinium encountered was so ordinary.Just using the word "no money" can fully sum it up, and there is nothing else that can be used as a talking point.

——But she felt that the Russell family was far less happy than her own family.

It’s weird.

In this world, the richer people should be, the happier they are.But the Russell family, richer, more powerful, talented and well-connected... In any case, they shouldn't encounter this kind of misfortune.

So, what is the root cause of their family's misfortune...

Delphinium thought a little confused.

She gently tossed the pan and deftly turned the steak on the pan without using a spatula.

Because of some distraction, one side of the steak was slightly burnt.But this level is better to say that it is just right, some crispy shells can just lock the delicious gravy, and the rich meaty aroma blows to the face.The delphinium's cheeks were warmed by the oil, and they turned slightly red.However, in the midst of winter, when her body was troubled by the curse called menstrual periods, the heat in front of the stove would actually make the parts that were not coaxed by the heat feel colder.

She held out her hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and rubbed her hands together slightly.Begin to remove the steaks to the plate.

Unlike Russell, who likes to sprinkle garlic powder and barbecue sauce, and then pour it with hot oil.

If the delphinium eats by itself, just sprinkle with a little fine salt.Let the steak wake up for a while, and when the difference between the surface temperature and the center temperature becomes smaller, the muscle fibers can lock more water.Even if the steak is cut open, the gravy will not flow out, and the taste of the meat will be further improved.

This is a small trick that can effectively increase happiness.

Although the price of synthetic meat is already very cheap in this era, there will always be people who cannot afford it.

When Delphinium was young, the chances of buying this kind of high-quality synthetic meat were very few.Every cooking must be carefully prepared, and it is necessary to carefully check the differences between different brands and models of synthetic meat.Every time cooking, there are several times the preparation time, but the happiness in the end always makes the young her smile.

And this sense of ritual is also a rare adjustment in the boring and ordinary life, and it is also a silent resistance to my busy and inactive repetitive life-even if I want to waste time, I have to invest them to satisfy myself. In blissful relaxation, not anxiety about work.