Whispering Verse

"Mr. Button, that means you were wandering around before you were an adult?"

Xia De even took out his notebook and pretended to record it. The "children" across the table nodded slightly:

"It can be said that it was an unforgettable experience. After the age of eighteen, my body officially entered the prime of life from old age, and my weak body became healthy, and I was able to support myself on my own. During this period, I encountered many things , Strange, weird, and even incredible things... don't talk about this, in short, my luck is not bad, and I met some scholars who are willing to help me."

Mr. Button paused and leaned back slightly on the back of the sofa. Xia De concentrated his energy, and the so-called "scholar" was most likely the [Truth Society].

"They taught me a lot, and let me look at this vast world from a new perspective. Although I don't agree with the beliefs and ideas of most of them, and sometimes even think they are crazy... .”

He raised his eyebrows, not knowing what he thought of:

"But those scholars are indeed my benefactors, there is no doubt about that."

Xia De nodded, pushed away the cat's outstretched paw with his left hand, and scratched the pen tip across the pages of the notebook:

"Since you are with scholars, why didn't you become a scholar? Oh, sorry, I don't mean anything else, it's just that the profession of a scholar is very respected."

Mr. Barton shook his head with a wry smile, this expression made his huge face even more terrifying:

"Being a scholar also requires qualifications. I can only be regarded as a non-staff at best."

He sighed:

"In short, with the help of those scholars, my condition has improved a lot. I met them when I was 25 years old, and the treatment started to be effective when I was 32 years old. My 'young speed' has obviously slowed down a lot During this period, when my body became five or six years older than you look, I met the love of my life."

Speaking of this, a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Oh? Can you elaborate on this paragraph?"

Shad said with a smile, and Mr. Barton also nodded:

"Mind if I smoke a cigar?"

Xia De looked at his cat, and nodded reluctantly:

"Please feel free."

Then he grabbed the cat and held it in his arms to provide him with the safest breathing environment.

Mr. Barton took out the cigar box from under the coffee table, cut off both ends with special drilled cigar scissors, lit the cigar, and took a deep breath. The brass-colored cigar clipper looked like a pocket watch, and it looked like it wasn't cheap.

"That happened in Artec City, the capital of art. I was asked by scholars to do some work in that city. Because of the idle work on weekdays, I would occasionally go to Lord's Casino. It was the summer of 1845, yes , I remember very clearly that the summer was so hot that year, I even thought that the metal pipes in the sun would be melted. That summer, I met a girl in a red dress in a casino.”

His tone was full of nostalgia for memories.

"The girl you met in the casino?"

Xia De asked, then shook his head:

"If it's in a love story, there's a high probability that the story won't be a comedy."

Mr. Barton smiled self-deprecatingly, holding the cigar between his thick fingers:

"Yeah, but at that time, I was attracted by her eyes at just one glance. I don't know if it was the restlessness of my body, or my lonely soul longing for love. In short, I knew that my heart was moved. It was an indescribable feeling, When I saw her in the crowd, I knew it was going to be the love of my life."

Shad would not comment on this.

"What's next for a romantic story?"

"Yes, very romantic story. The first time I met her, I didn't go to talk to her, and then I met her in the casino, and she was selling people... things that don't fit in your book. I mustered up the courage to invite her for a drink in a pub...a decent pub."

After puffing on the cigar and coughing, Mr. Barton seemed to have a problem with his lungs:

"Mr. Watson, I know what a gentleman of high society like you thinks—the girl who appears in one of those underground Lord's Casinos is not from a good family. But so what?"

He looked up at the ceiling:

"Pubs, restaurants, opera houses, small hotels, our respective apartments, the major art galleries in the city, the art clock tower in the middle of the city, the Gurus horse farm outside the city... there are so many memories, too There are so many memories, I still can’t forget the scene of her riding the bay red pony and laughing heartily on the grass in spring, and I can’t forget that we sat on the lawn and ate sandwiches together in autumn when the leaves fell Talk about life.

I don't care about her past, and she doesn't care about my identity. We spent three years together, and those were probably the happiest three years of my life. "

This middle-aged man who looked like a child had a sincere smile on his face.

"As usual, the story has come to a turning point?"

"Yes, and the twist is ridiculous."

Joey Barton put the cigar in his hand on the ashtray of the coffee table, and looked at Shad opposite:

"Mr. Watson, let's guess what happened next?"

"Well...the scholars transferred you from Artek, you have to leave your lover?"

"No, no, I'm just a non-staff idler, and I won't receive that kind of order... I mean request. And even if she is transferred, she can go with me."

Mr. Button shook his head.

"That is, that girl discovered the secret of your reverse life, and she can't accept this kind of thing?"

"No, it's just three years, and my appearance hasn't changed much. I even told her about it."

He looked at Xia De:

"She doesn't mind, yes, she doesn't mind at all, she is even willing to take care of me all the time, even if I become a baby without thought and consciousness, she is still willing to take care of me all the time."

Mr. Button closed his eyes and let out a long breath:

"There is no need to guess, yes, no one would have guessed that fate would play such a joke—death befalls her."

"die......"

Xia De stopped the pen in his hand:

"I'm sorry to hear about it, but the cause of death was..."

The corner of Mr. Button's mouth twitched:

"Going out in the summer rain, falling over in a puddle and breaking your neck... Destiny is always such a joke, isn't it?"

Xia De took a deep breath:

"If it's a story, the ending sucks."

"Yes, I sometimes think, I'd rather she was murdered, or died of disease, or some other conspiracy I don't know about. But it was an accident, a ridiculous accident... I can't even find Who should be resented, or whom should be revenged."

"So what happened after ~www.readwn.com~?"

Shad asked.

Mr. Button raised his hand to hold his chin, and there was no sadness in his eyes, but an incomprehensible sense of loss:

"She had no parents and family, so I was in charge of her funeral. Afterwards, I took her ashes and traveled around the Old World to achieve what we had hoped to accomplish.

Mr. Watson, just now you asked me about my attitude towards death. Although I gave a very optimistic view, it was only facing my own death. I can accept death befalling me, but until now, I still cannot accept her departure. "

He covered his mouth with his right hand and exhaled through his nose:

"Everyone is mortal. This world is really fair. Three years ago, in the autumn of 1850 in the common calendar, I returned to Miburg and decided to stay here. The art capital is really sad. For the rest of my life, I’m afraid I’ll never go there again.”