The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

"Dong dong", a short knock on the door suddenly sounded.

Dunn suddenly opened his eyes, exited from the "nightmare" state, and gave Klein a solid and good dream.

He looked out the door and saw only a blurry figure, secretly wondering:

"Klein is sleeping, and Fry is taking care of the sealed object "3-0782". If something unexpected happens, he won't knock on the door slowly. Who could it be?"

He increased his vigilance, got out of bed silently, slowed down, opened the door, and unexpectedly found a very familiar face, but she definitely shouldn't be here at the moment...

"How did you come?"

"Psychic" Dai Li stared at Dunn for several seconds, smiled, and said:

"Can't I come to you? Is there someone else hiding in your room that you don't want me to find out?"

Dunn frowned slightly and said seriously: "Nighthawks are not allowed to leave their jurisdiction without permission."

Dai Li crossed her arms and emphasized: "After being transferred to Backlund, I have memorized the Nighthawk Regulations by heart, and don't forget that it was you who wrote the letter to me."

Dunn didn't know how to refute for a moment. He was not a person who was good with words, let alone facing Dai Li, so he had to silently step aside to make way.

Dai Li gave an inaudible "hum", stepped into the room, looked around, and said deliberately:

"I thought you were doing something shady in the room!"

Dunn knew she was joking, so he didn't refute. He closed the door gently and continued to care in his own way:

"As for the issue in my letter, you don't need to make a special trip. You can communicate through the messenger... Your promotion is very fast and you have the opportunity to become a high-level church official. There is no need to be affected by making a mistake on this small matter..."

Miss Daly just sat quietly on the stool, looking straight at Dunn with a warm smile on her face, until the latter's voice became lower and lower.

"Are you finished?" she asked with a slight smile.

Dunn licked his dry lips and replied, "That's it."

"Then come and sit down." Dai Li pointed to the chair next to her and said.

Dunn hesitated for a second, and then sat down obediently. The two faced each other, only one foot away from each other.

"As for the issues mentioned in your letter, the little guy named Klein will explain it to you."

Dai Li first answered Dunn's doubts: "I came to you because there are more important things."

Then, she mustered up the courage, looked at the man in front of her seriously, and asked softly:

"Dunn, do you know me? About my past."

Dunn's eyes paused, as if he was asked a question but completely forgotten about it. He lowered his head and answered softly:

"Know something."

Dai Li breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep tone:

"Maybe you don't know the details enough, but don't worry, I will tell you tonight..."

As the reminiscence-like words slowly flowed out of her mouth, she found herself becoming calmer and calmer, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her body, and as if her mask was being torn apart bit by bit, slowly revealing the truth hidden in her heart.

Self, and the pain that should have been heartbreaking was replaced by another kind of stable and sweet expectation.

We believe that we can always find time to do what we want to do and say what we want to say with others...and then suddenly one day, something unexpected happens, and we have to stand there with one word swirling in our minds: if.

Dai Li didn't want to hide in the middle of the night one day, thinking alone: ​​what if... So, she made up her mind to appear here and talk about the past that she had never mentioned to anyone.

In this room with only two people, silence prevailed and lasted for several minutes.

Finally, when the candlelight flickered and overlapped the two people's shadows, Dunn opened his mouth to break the silence.

"Why are you telling me all this?" he asked in a confused tone.

Dai Li suddenly smiled, not jokingly, not teasingly, just a sincere smile:

"Do you like me like this?"

Dunn was defeated by the stares between the two. He took the lead to look away and did not answer directly. Instead, he spoke after silence:

"I'm older than you, not as good as you, I always forget things, and my hairline has started to recede..."

"Puch"... Dai Li couldn't help laughing. She covered her mouth and said with a crooked eyebrow: "You continue."

Perhaps because the atmosphere was in place, or perhaps he was moved by Dai Li's sincerity, Dunn said a lot of things for the first time in a long time, without pausing, in one breath, as if he had thought about it countless times in his mind.

After the last sound of his last word disappeared into the air, Miss Daly said seriously:

"I like you very much."

Dunn raised his head in surprise and almost touched the tip of Dai Li's nose, who was just a short distance away. He subconsciously took a step back and blurted out:

"but……"

Dai Li pressed forward step by step, forcing him to the wall. She placed her hands on both sides of Dunn's body, trapping him in place, and said "aggressively":

"I don't want to hear it but, now I just want to know the answer."

Dunn's heart was trying to jump out of his throat. He looked panicked and looked around:

"Kleon is next door, don't wake him up."

"So, what's your answer?" Dai Li was unmoved and asked again.

Dunn was a little burned by her scorching gaze, and he stumbled slightly and said:

"I...like it, but..."

"But" Dunn did not say the next words, because his two lips were suddenly blocked by another softer and moister lips.

His eyes widened, and his hands clung to his sides helplessly. Then he was grabbed by a pair of delicate little hands and placed on the back of the person in front of him. Their bodies became hot at the same time, and the distance between them became closer and closer.

After a long time, their lips parted, and Dunn's face turned red as he said, "Fry... Fry is still waiting for me to take over..."

Dai Li licked her lips, her face turned slightly red, and said, "It doesn't matter, there is still a lot left in four hours."

"Woooo..."

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The next morning, the sun rose as usual.

The first thing Ince Zangwill did when he got up was to go to the desk in his bedroom in his pajamas. Then with an ugly face, he discovered that there were more than a dozen lines of writing in the blank space of his notebook.

He opened the wooden box next to him, and "0-08" was lying there quietly, as if silently laughing at himself.

After picking up the notebook and reading it, Ince Zangwill frowned, as if he didn't quite believe the content.

He picked up "0-08" and continued to write in the blank space:

"'Psychic' Dai Li doesn't dare to stay in Tingen for too long..."