Chapter 803: Xia De's Big Plan

Miss Danister and Xia De talked about many things, so it was 10:30 PM when Xia De ended the projection and returned to the guest room of Miss Jia Lin Na's manor.

The small orange cat lying on the soft bed had been waiting impatiently for a long time and meowed as it jumped onto the carpet. Xia De bent down to pick up the cat, originally thinking that Mia wanted to play with him for a while, but then realized that this cat was very likely wanting a midnight snack.

Outsiders in their hometown and this world have heard of the terrifying rumors about the weight of orange cats, so they have always been very measured when feeding cats. But since this cat was taken in by him in the summer, not to mention weight, even the changes in body shape were almost unobservable. Sometimes Xia De envied Mia's constitution of not getting fat no matter what she ate, but later he thought that he, who couldn't even be affected by 【Gluttony】, also didn't get fat no matter what he ate.

Pushing the door to leave the room, wanting to get some midnight snacks and check if Lei Qianya and Miss Jia Lin Na had finished talking. Just as he walked past the corridor corner with the maid, he saw Lei Qianya walking over with a team of maids, with Difa leading the way in front.

The night was already a bit deep, and Miss Jia Lin Na still had to go into the city to listen to reports at the Council tomorrow morning, and for the sake of her skin, it was time to rest. The witch was now taking a bath, and Difa led Lei Qianya to see Xia De.

Lei Qianya only then knew that the so-called guest room where Xia De lived was next to the witch's large bedroom.

She stared at the detective holding the cat for a long time, then hummed and said nothing.

Afterward, she went to the dining room with Xia De. The Princess, of course, would not eat again so late. This was not only because of good habits but also to maintain her figure.

Difa still had to be by Miss Jia Lin Na's side, so she soon said goodbye and left, but left the manor's old butler behind.

Lei Qianya sat beside Xia De, watching him eat and feed the cat, while asking what happened in Midhillburg on Wednesday night. But Xia De didn't tell his own experience, but asked:

"I have two stories here, one about love between life and death, one about family affection spanning two eras, do you want to hear stories, Lei Qianya?"

Lei Qianya asked with a smile:

"Are they true stories?"

"Of course true, perhaps I will also appear in the story, but I am just a passerby in the story, providing insignificant help to those protagonists."

Lei Qianya nodded, gently lifted the hair hanging by her ear and tucked it behind her ear, then rested her right arm on the table and supported her cheek with her hand:

"You can start telling."

Holding the teacup, Xia De first told the life of Joey Barton and the story that happened in death. He hid many unimportant details, especially the details of the battle. The focus of the story was Joey Barton's love and crazy obsession.

Hearing that Barton wanted to resurrect the dead and break the balance of life and death, Lei Qianya shook her head repeatedly; hearing that Barton abandoned his body and stepped into the water of death with his soul, Lei Qianya was moved, but still felt he did something wrong; and hearing that the defeated Barton curled up on the water surface and cried loudly, then looked up and saw his beloved, Lei Qianya suddenly turned to look at the window, not letting Xia De see her expression:

"Don't mind me, continue this story, this story is very interesting, Dorothy will like it very much."

Even Xia De knew that this sentence should be understood as "I like it very much". Although she and Dorothy hated tragedies, moving love stories were still exceptionally attractive.

What happened after Marilyn Handel appeared was impressive. The departing souls wanted to take that curse away, only letting the living stay with the longing and memories that time could not take away. But the living voluntarily offered their bones, flesh, and souls, finally letting the two walk out of death together, carrying the curse of death, to repay that sin.

The life of the person who reverses life is a flashback, but when he finally reached the end of his life, he got the opportunity to rely on his beloved and walk the path of life again. All things have an end, but at least he really changed the process of life.

Even though this was a story he experienced as a bystander, telling the story again, Xia De also had unspeakable melancholy in his heart:

"So people are very complicated, it is difficult to define a purely good person and a purely bad person. Joey Barton is a good example. Lei Qianya, Barton's approach is undoubtedly wrong, but just in terms of the story, do you think this ending is a tragedy or a comedy?"

Lei Qianya was still looking at the starry sky outside the window. The air in the suburbs was very good, and the starry sky was overhead in the late autumn night:

"It's hard to evaluate, but... it's indeed a good story. After Dorothy knows this story, she can write it into the "Hamilton Detective Story Collection" as a long series, or just write it in the published book as a special feature, as a means to attract book purchases... Then what about the second story?"

Her voice was very light, and she was also affected by the story.

"The second story is related to the red butterfly I mentioned before. Remember the wine party in the Fifth Era? That is the origin of the red butterfly nursery rhyme. I once told the first half of this story, but please forgive me, this time I have to start from that wine party..."

Grace and Helen's story, although the time span is longer, the complexity is far less than the previous story.

Xia De told while eating midnight snacks, and Lei Qianya's expression remained consistent. Even when Xia De introduced the maze of 【Sleeping Princess】 at the end, praising that their courses were really useful, and that the characteristics of 【Sleeping Princess】 were very similar to the summoning strange arts of writers and princesses, Lei Qianya's expression still didn't change.

Finally, the story came to the cliff on the top of the mountain under the hanging galaxy. Xia De looked at the girls, looked at the illusory red butterflies flying out of their bodies, following the light path leading to the night sky, flying toward the silent waters in the starry sea with countless souls:

"It's a pity I'm not good at painting, otherwise I must paint that scene. That was truly beautiful, I will remember it for many, many years."

Xia De said regretfully, and Lei Qianya opened her mouth at this time, her voice very light:

"So, you really saved them on Wednesday night, and you were even at the center of the story... Audience, the audience of these scenes... Your emotions are very high, I think, you finally saved them, right? Because of a kiss?"

This topic is a bit embarrassing, but Xia De nodded. Although he didn't mention the gods, Lei Qianya should have guessed that the appearance of the gods was related to the red butterfly twins. However, Lei Qianya would not ask for more details; she knew there were some things she shouldn't know.

"It should be that unknown Old God who saved them, and I just did very small work to let them stay."

He raised his right thumb and index finger together, leaving only a very small gap:

"It's about like this."

"So early Thursday morning, you risked huge danger to return to Mount Sihu, just to save them?"

Lei Qianya turned her head, moving her gaze from outside the window to Xia De's face.

"That's just one of the reasons."

Xia De showed an excited expression:

"There is a more important reason, Lei Qianya, this is a surprise for you, I specifically left it to the end to say. Although I didn't expect to meet you here, I have always carried it with me."

Xia De placed the heavy red metal pendant he had in his pocket on the table. This is the combined red butterfly pendant. Although there were no traces of rust, the kind of simplicity and traces of being washed by the years could not be covered up.

"This is..."

The red-haired Princess was a bit hesitant, guessed the truth but couldn't believe it at all.

"Grace and Helen can help you, this is also the reason why I was persistent in going up the mountain that night... Of course, not wanting to watch them die is also an important reason."

Xia De said, pushing the pendant to Lei Qianya. Mia glanced at the pendant and was not interested.

"This is the gift the twins received at the end of the wine party in the Fifth Era. They used this as a voucher to get the help of the Twin Gods. Later, this pendant was always held in the hands of Grace and Helen, accompanying them through countless reincarnations, from the Fifth Era to the Sixth Era."

This is the complete story of the red butterflies. Accompanied by Xia De's narration, the whisper elements on the pendant actually seemed to affect reality. Xia De immediately stopped the story:

"Now, this belongs to you and Dorothy. I named it the Sage-level relic - 【True Red Butterfly】. Holding it, you and Dorothy can be in complete normal contact for a whole day every 21 days, and you don't have to pay any price."

Xia De had a smile on his face:

"Besides this, there should be other effects, but this requires you to explore it yourself. I participated in the red butterfly story, not to get a reward, but finally got this gift. Just compared to me, this gift is more suitable in your and Dorothy's hands."

Xia De was really happy. Although this didn't completely solve the problem between Dorothy and Lei Qianya, at least it was a good start:

"Look, I said I would help you, and I really did it."

Lei Qianya looked down at the relic in front of her, then looked up at Xia De:

"You come over."

She said to Xia De, so Xia De stretched his head over, and Lei Qianya hugged Xia De, hugging him tightly.

Xia De was quite embarrassed:

"No need for this, this is what I should do."

"Xia De..."

Xia De felt his shoulder was wet, and he knew without saying that Lei Qianya was crying.

"However, I suggest, don't go directly to Dorothy, you can give her a surprise. A dramatic ritual can not waste the effort I took to bring this relic here, this is a story spanning two eras."

Xia De said again, and the red-haired girl hugged him tightly, even making Xia De a bit breathless.

"Spanning two eras, just for..."

"Lei Qianya, I thought of a good plan, very dramatic, but this requires your cooperation. Tomorrow is Saturday, after leaving Dr. Schneider's tomorrow afternoon, I will temporarily hold her, you come... Oh, I really can't breathe."

Lei Qianya loosened her arms slightly, and then kissed Xia De. A kiss with the taste of tears, although it was not the first time Xia De tasted it, the feeling was different every time.

"Cough cough!"

Lei Qianya really kissed very seriously, even if Miss Jia Lin Na, who was wearing a bathrobe, stood at the dining room door and coughed softly, she seemed not to hear it at all.

"Look, Hamilton of Rejied is really amazing. You only left for less than half an hour, and he has already deceived the silly little Lei Qianya."

The witch shook her head and said to Difa who was smiling. ===== CHAPTER 804 =====