Abyss of ignorance

Lu Yin stood outside the house. In front of the door was a hillside with wild vegetation. The only path was obscured between plants and vines.

He hesitated to go down the mountain. In this quiet place, except for seeing Hoshino once a day, there was no place to talk.He has come out of the novelty at the beginning, and now all he has is loneliness and an emptiness that has nowhere to be relieved.

He came here of his own free will, even though he came blindfolded.

But his freedom has never been restricted. If he wants to leave, the wet path in front of him can take him away.

However, he was used to being obedient, and this obedience was not just for Shen Pan, but for anyone.This may not even have been expected by Shen Pan himself.

What he didn't know was that there was someone standing there just over a hilltop, behind a few tulip trees that he hadn't paid attention to, and could see his every move.

He is always being watched.

"Sir, the people from the Rosa Hotel set off after getting your things, but at the last moment they seemed to have given up and did not take action." Hoshino said, standing behind the man on crutches.

"This is enough. It shows that the position Lao Yang gave me is accurate. Shen Pan realized that he was not asking for help." He said, and the Liriodendron tulipifera in front of him glowed with an attractive light green color, floating in the mountain breeze. Like a butterfly's wings flapping rapidly, it is beautiful. The light that passes through the gaps in the leaves shines on his thin face, and the light and shadow are mottled on his quiet eyes.

Xingye suddenly heard a faint sigh and couldn't help but asked with concern: "Are you worried about something, sir?"

"I just suddenly remembered a lot of things, and people have very few choices." He looked in the direction of Lu Yin, as if to say that he didn't seem to be the same.

……

In the Jiangnan Medical Building dozens of kilometers away, the pale sunlight turned golden as the sun set to the west, shining into Ye Shimi's office.

The cup of tea in front of Lin Xiaodong had already gone cold, and he had no intention of drinking it.

"Sandra told me that she came to China after seeing an advertisement for a high-paying nanny. I think you customized this job for her, right?" Lin Xiaodong looked at Ye Mi who was sitting opposite and said, "Because you know Shen Pan is coming back. But why did you send him to my house? "

In Ye Mihan's hand, there was still a glass of water that had remained unchanged for thousands of years. He was sipping it in small sips, not knowing whether he drank it or not.

She slowly put down the glass in her hand, looked at Lin Xiaodong and said, "Because the most dangerous place is the safest place. They failed to assassinate you last time, and they won't do it in the same place in a short time."

"Let me ask one more question, what do you want to do when you bring Sandra to Linzhou?" Lin Xiaodong continued to ask.

Ye Zhihi smiled and said, "The answer lies with Sandra."

As he spoke, he took out a small square box from the drawer and handed it to Lin Xiaodong.

Lin Xiaodong opened it and couldn't help but wonder: "Why are you giving me headphones?"

Ye Zhizhi smiled and said: "I think the communication between you and Sandra yesterday must have been difficult, right? This is the best simultaneous interpretation equipment currently on the market. You have one each, so you don't have to rely on translation software."

Lin Xiaodong had to admit that for him now, this device was like giving timely help, because now, he had too many questions to ask Sandra, this Mexican woman.

When Lin Xiaodong left, it was already dark.Linzhou at night shows its cyberpunk side, with flashing neon lights and surging crowds.

Ye Zhizhi was upstairs watching Lin Xiaodong riding a motorcycle, speeding along with the traffic on the road where the street lights suddenly turned on, until he disappeared from her sight.

When Lin Xiaodong opened the door to his home, the lights were on and there was no one in the living room. Lin Xiaodong was in a trance, as if Jiang Lin would come out of the bedroom the next second.

Instead, it was Sandra, the kind, older Mexican woman.

Lin Xiaodong looked at her in a daze. He didn't know why, but after the appearance of this woman from a distant country, his inner demons that were unknown to others seemed to be expelled.

For a long time, what he remembered about Jiang Lin was always the withered and skeleton-like appearance. However, for just a short moment, in the hallucination, she looked as smiling as an angel.

Sandra gestured with her hands while speaking Spanish that Lin Xiaodong could not understand.

This reminded him of the translation device Ye Mihi gave him, and he quickly took it out. After a simple adjustment, the two of them could finally communicate relatively smoothly.

Sandra told him that dinner had been prepared, and she was worried that Lin Xiaodong wouldn't be used to her cooking skills. She also said that she would work hard to learn Chinese and so on. In short, she seemed very satisfied with the job and planned to continue doing it for a long time.

But for Lin Xiaodong, the short and fat woman in front of him was far more than a nanny.

He motioned for Sandra to sit in front of him.

Seeing his serious look, Sandra couldn't help but feel anxious. She stared at Lin Xiaodong with her already big eyes, waiting for him to speak.

Lin Xiaodong thought about how to ask this question, and finally chose the most direct way: "More than 20 years ago, did you help others give birth to children?" He thought this would be an embarrassing question for Sandra, but he didn't expect it. After hearing this, Sandra immediately answered in the affirmative.

Lin Xiaodong wore a translator and understood her words. She said, "Yes, there is a poor person who lost her husband and son. I gave birth to a child for her."

Seeing Sandra's calm attitude, Lin Xiaodong was confused: "I heard that you only received a reward of [-] US dollars. Did she coerce you?"

Sandra shook her head, then clasped her hands and said, "I didn't do this for money. God asked me to help her. I did this not for myself or the poor wife, but for God."

When Lin Xiaodong heard what she said, his eyes unconsciously fell on the cross necklace around her neck. He roughly understood what she meant. It seemed that Sandra was a devout Catholic believer.

Of course, he didn't want to discuss matters of faith with her at the moment.

"Do you know who the lady who asked you to give birth to the child is?" In front of Sandra, Lin Xiaodong's topic seemed too realistic.

Sandra nodded: "She is a beautiful and elegant lady. Before she decided to let me be a surrogate mother, she came to see me. She said that she met many people and liked me very much when she saw her. She hoped that I could help her. Give birth to a healthy child.”

"I guess this beautiful and elegant lady is called Paula." Lin Xiaodong said.

Sandra looked surprised when she heard this.