13 Mink Street

Chapter 4 The Identity Crisis

"Brother, what are you thinking?"

Mina, who had just helped Karen fix her nose, saw her cousin looking out the window in a daze, and asked curiously.

In the past, her cousin may have been withdrawn due to the death of his parents. After finishing junior high school, he would not go to high school, so he stayed at home and didn't communicate much with others;

After the recent serious illness, although her brother may appear to be a little "out of his mind", he is much more cheerful than before, and she is willing to talk to him.

"Oh, I'm thinking about continuing to go to school."

Karen rubbed the tip of his nose lightly. The pain was not as strong as before. The cotton ball was stuffed in his nose, and it shouldn't take long to remove it.

Previously, he was actually thinking about what just happened in the basement and the scene in the dream. Is it an accident related to his "body" and "spirit", or did he really encounter a "spiritual event"?

After all, for the latter, the previous basement already contained most of the triggering conditions.

But, after all, it was just a dream. No matter how terrifying the nightmare was, after waking up, the palpitations would immediately dissipate.

After that, Karen was still thinking more about his future path.

He doesn't think that as a "traveler", he can make money and start a successful life casually;

But in my previous life, as a self-made "struggle\

,"He has enough confidence to rely on his own ability and quality to make a decent appearance in this "new world".

After all, no matter what, what the identity of "Karen" brings to me, let alone help, anyway, there is nothing to bear.

that's enough.

"My brother used to be the one who didn't like going to school the most." Mina said with a smile.

In the past, Karen was a bit biased towards autistic patients, so naturally she didn't like crowded places like schools.

"Going to school is very important, especially when you are young." Karen said seriously, "Most people, when they grow up and become adults, will regret why they can't use it when they are young. Gong will suffer a little more."

"My brother said this in the same tone as my mother."

"Hehe." Karen shrugged, "Mina, pour me a glass of water."

"Okay, brother."

The younger sister obediently went to help pour the water.

Karen opened the window in the room, and the fresh air rushed in. He took a deep breath, and then Karen closed the window again. The wind was very cold.

Looking back, Karen saw the black cat Pall appearing on his bedside at some point, crawling there, staring at him with the cat's eyes, turning his neck slightly from time to time, as if looking up and down.

"Pall, tsk tsk tsk..."

Karen tried to tease the black cat with the "pronunciation language" that is commonly used to tease cats and dogs.

Pall tilted his head, not taking the bait.

When Karen stepped forward, the black cat was not afraid, no matter what, Karen was also a member of the family. Karen reached out and touched the cat's head.

"Meow……"

Pall turned his head away, as if he didn't like the caress.

"Why did grandpa give you such an awkward name." Karen said to himself, "Pall...Pall, huh, it's better to be called Pu'er, it's much fresher all of a sudden."

The black cat moved its body. Obviously, it was not happy with this "new name" that sounded very similar.

Mina brought over a glass of water and said:

"Mom is on the phone looking for Dad."

"Um?"

In this era, "mobile phones" have not yet appeared. If you call someone from a landline, the efficiency is actually very low.

Besides, if nothing else happened, Uncle Mason should be "drifting" on which street he was driving his hearse.

After delivering the water to Karen, Mina picked up the rag and wiped the window sill very familiarly. Originally, there were two maids in the Inmeles family, one was in charge of cleaning and doing housework and the other was in charge of cooking, but in Mason After the uncle's family and Aunt Winnie's mother and daughter came back one after another, the two maids were also fired by the grandfather.

On weekdays, Mina took her younger brother Lunt and her aunt's daughter Chrissy to do the housework, and Aunt Mary and Aunt Winnie alternately did the three meals.

Everyone in the family has a "job", so Karen is the one with the most leisure.

It can also be seen from the side that the grandpa Diss, who has always been majestic, really treats this eldest grandson differently from others.

At this time, grandpa walked upstairs.

Mina stood up right away, and Karen, who was holding a glass of water, also stood up;

In many cases, whether there are rules in the family does not depend on the so-called "family education" and "tradition", but on whether there is a person in the family who makes you awe and fear.

Diss glanced at the grandson and granddaughter, stayed on the grandson for a while, said nothing, pushed open the door of his room, and walked in.

The stagnant atmosphere in the air regained its "circulation" only after the sound of closing the door.

Karen breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at Mina, and found that Mina was doing the same thing.

"Grandpa, it seems to be busy every day." Karen asked.

"Yes, there are many things going on in the church, and grandpa often travels on business." Mina replied.

While speaking, grandpa's door was pushed open from the inside, and grandpa, who had changed into "priest" clothes, came out again, carrying a black box in his hand.

"I'm not coming back for lunch," Dees said.

"Oh, yes, grandpa." Mina responded immediately.

Diss went downstairs.

After a while, Karen saw grandpa walking downstairs into the yard through the window sill.

The suit worn by Diss obviously has the meaning of religious clothing, but it seems to be a little different, giving him a very specific feeling.

It may be seen by outsiders that Diss being a "priest" is helpful for the expansion of the family's business. After all, his identity can easily gain the trust of the believers in the church, and he can... take more orders for the family;

But Karen didn't think the matter was really that simple, and it wasn't until Grandpa opened the courtyard door and walked out that Karen suddenly found the source of that "meaning".

"Our grandpa is a bit like Uncle Nine."

"Brother, who is Uncle Jiu?"

"A priest who specializes in catching vampires."

"Oh, is that so, in the drama?"

"Well, yes. Mina, do we have to drag it all over here?"

"Well, there are stairs."

"Let me help you."

"But brother, your body?"

"no problem."

Karen started to help Mina mop the floor, and after mopping the floor, she went to mop the stairs. When changing the bucket, Karen came to the yard, where there was a big faucet, and the water was filled faster.

At this time, Uncle Mason came back in his modified "Nutshell" car. Ron and Paul pushed out a stretcher car with an old man lying on it. Karen saw the white hair covered by the white cloth.

Uncle Mason ran to the yard first. He didn't notice Karen who was fetching water in the corner, but went straight to Aunt Mary.

"Father is looking for you," said Aunt Mary.

"Where's father?" Uncle Mason's eyes were a little erratic.

This seems to be an expression of guilty conscience for fear of being blamed by the elders for doing something wrong. Karen will pay attention to these details out of her professional habits in her previous life.

"Father just went out," said Aunt Mary.

"This..." Uncle Mason seemed to heave a sigh of relief, and then said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm going out to find my father, maybe he's in the church."

"Well, then you go."

Uncle Mason ran out immediately, and the car stopped.

Aunt Mary didn't notice the strangeness of her husband,

Because her attention was on the old man who had just been sent from the nursing home at this time,

soon,

Aunt Mary screamed:

"God, why is there shit on him!"

...

Paul and Ron, who failed to complete the order, were asked by Aunt Mary to be responsible for cleaning the body. Facing the angry Ms. Mary, they dared not resist at all.

Paul first transported the stretcher to the basement, and Ron walked up to Karen:

"Master Cullen, I need to borrow a bucket and a mop."

"Let me lift it up for you."

"No, no." Ron twisted his neck. He was tall and fat. Although he was not very old, his beer belly was already obvious. "Let's deal with it."

Karen asked with a smile, "So why didn't the nurse clean up that person's body?"

This is supposed to be the job of the nurses in the nursing home, to clean up the remains of the deceased clients, otherwise it will not look good when the family members come over and see that the remains of their relatives are still dirty.

"I made you laugh, young master." Ron scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I made an appointment with the nurse in charge of Mr. Mosang to go to the movies in two days."

I see……

Ron's face flushed slightly, and he continued:

"She said that she likes to watch movies and eat popcorn, and she can feed it to me with her own hands when watching movies, so...so I don't think about the hand that feeds me popcorn when the time comes, just wiped that thing on the body.

Master, do you know that feeding popcorn to each other while watching a movie is a very sweet thing. Under the dim light, when she puts popcorn in your mouth, you can still lick her fingers with your tongue ;

Oh my gosh, this is so wonderful! "

"Dream you."

Paul's voice came, he had already transported Mr. Mosang into the basement, and now he came up to get plastic gloves and washing powder.

"Paul, I know, you are just jealous of me!"

"Jealous of you? Come on, Ron, except for Mrs. Hughes, the proprietress of the Hughes Crematorium, who would like you, I guess no other woman would like you."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Ron pointed Paul angrily.

"Mrs. Hughes?" Karen asked curiously.

It sounds like the proprietress of the cremation agency should be a rich woman, so why is Ron so excited?

"Haha." Paul laughed first, and then explained, "Master Karen, you probably don't know that before the body is pushed into the furnace for incineration, gasoline needs to be sprayed on the body to support the combustion, and thin people often need more. Gasoline, otherwise the bones cannot be boiled. But for fat people, the oil in their body can help to support the combustion.

Therefore, Mrs. Hughes of the crematorium liked the figure of Ron the most, because he was fuel-efficient. "

"So that's how it is."

"Damn it, Paul, how dare you arrange me like this in front of Master Karen!"

"Let's go, let's go down and do things first, or Madam Mary will lose her temper soon."

Ron and Paul walked to the basement carrying things while arguing.

In the hall, Aunt Mary lit a cigarette, and she was not in such a bad mood.

Because Paul told her the good news that this old man named Mosang has children, and the children will come over later.

If it is not a welfare bill, it means that there is oil and water, and even the lowest-level package is profitable.

And Aunt Mary's "salary" also has to be supported by the "performance" of the family, and the remaining profits after deducting expenses and leaving the company will be distributed to the family as an allowance;

Aunt Winnie is in charge of the bill.

This is why everyone in the family is afraid of grandpa but no one speaks ill of him behind his back. He is very serious, but he is by no means a stingy old man who is greedy for money.

Karen went back to the second floor to help her cousin Mina clean the furniture.

When the wiping was almost finished, I heard Ron and Paul coming up from the basement below. They had already cleaned up the remains, and Aunt Mary had to do it next.

Because family members may come to arrange the mourning meeting in the afternoon, it is necessary to treat the elderly well at this time.

However, there seemed to be guests at home, and Karen heard Aunt Mary calling to herself from downstairs:

"Karen, come down and entertain Mr. Hoffin."

Karen, who put down the rag, first searched for "Mr. Hoffin" in his mind:

This is an old man, a retired teacher of the philosophy department of the university, with a good pension, a decent life, and a good friend of his grandfather, who often comes to drink tea and chat with his grandfather.

In addition, he is also very interested in divination. He once gave Karen a pair of exquisite poker cards, not tarot cards...the kind that can be played against landlords.

Karen went to the kitchen on the second floor first, made a cup of tea, then made some simple refreshments, and carried them to the living room on the first floor.

Mr. Hoffen was tall and thin;

Thin people tend to have more three-dimensional facial features and more intuitive emotional expressions.

When Karen saw him,

He found that Mr. Huofen's eyes were directly locked on himself.

Even the big golden retriever, the pet dog lying beside Mr. Huofen, seemed to have sensed the mood swings of the owner, and stood up slowly, but it was a little dazed, not knowing what went wrong.

Until it saw Pu'er crawling on the stairs, it seemed to instinctively found a point of interest, and wanted to get up and go there.

But Pu'er just glanced at it with the cat's eyes, and the big golden retriever immediately withered, and lay down again.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hoffin, my grandpa is out, but I think grandpa should come back soon, and uncle has already gone to find him."

Karen put down the tea and said something polite.

Who knows,

at this time,

Mr. Hoffin stretched out his hand suddenly, grabbed Karen's wrist, and put his whole face close in an instant, and the sound of breathing became extremely rapid at this time.

He spoke in a subdued yet irrepressible excited tone,

asked:

"You're not Karen... who the hell are you...?"

In an instant, a sense of crisis hit Karen's mind. This crisis came from the fact that the other party directly tore up his identity in a single meeting, which made Karen, who had already prepared his mental health for half a month, a little at a loss.

Karen subconsciously took two steps back, trying to distance himself from Mr. Hoffin.

Coincidentally, Mr. Hoffin, who was holding onto Karen's wrist, lost his balance and staggered unexpectedly. He used his hands to support the table, but unfortunately, he was empty again, and his body followed. He fell forward and knocked his forehead directly on the edge of the table.

"boom!"

muffled sound,

Immediately afterwards,

Mr. Hoffen fell backwards, and the back of his head fell heavily and unrestrained on the tiles;

"Snapped!"

Karen looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment,

The old man who just directly pointed out his "identity problem" is now venting more than taking in;

and,

On the living room tiles under his head, a large pool of blood began to spill.

At this time, Mina, who was still busy on the second floor, seemed to hear the voice, and stood at the stairs and shouted:

"Brother, what happened downstairs?"

Karen licked her lips,