"Dad!" Esther ran back quickly, holding a small medicine bottle in his hand.
"It's okay." Meng Nan patted Esther on the head and said with a smile.
"Well, that's good." Esther nodded: "I'll get you a glass of water."
After saying that, Esther turned and left.
Looking at Esther's back, Meng Nan felt warm in her heart.
This child is not his biological child, but adopted from an orphanage a few months ago.
She is very good, very sensible, and very talented in both music and painting.
Especially paintings, Esther's paintings deeply shocked Meng Nan.
Putting the medicine bottle aside, Meng Nan slowly stood up and was about to leave the piano.
However, at this moment, a book on the bookshelf next to the piano attracted Meng Nan's attention.
""Mr. Babadook"?" Meng Nan walked over, pulled out the red book, and frowned slightly as he looked at the name on it.
The title of this book is very familiar, but Meng Nan can't recall the content at all.
Opening the book, Meng Nan was surprised to find that except for the cover, there was not a single word in the book.
"Dad." At this moment, Esther's voice came from behind Meng Nan. Esther was holding a glass of water in his hand and seemed a little nervous.
"Esther, when did you buy this book? Why don't I seem to remember it?" Meng Nan looked at Esther.
"Hey, it's the new bedtime picture book I bought. What's wrong?" Esther looked at the red book in Meng Nan's hand and said with a smile.
"Picture book? But there's not a single word in it?" Meng Nan asked doubtfully.
"Really?" Esther handed the water in her hand to Meng Nan, then reached out and took "Mr. Babadook": "There are stories in the past."
"Oh." Meng Nan picked up the water glass and started to drink water.
However, at this moment, Meng Nan suddenly felt severe pain on the back of his hand. The water glass in his hand fell directly to the ground, and the water in the glass spilled all over the floor.
"This..." Meng Nan covered the back of her hand and squatted down involuntarily.
"Dad, are you okay?" Esther hurriedly came to Meng Nan's side and patted Meng Nan on the back.
"Yes." Meng Nan stood up and looked at Esther guiltily: "I don't know what happened just now, but my hand suddenly hurt."
"It's good that you're fine. You may be too tired." Esther smiled and said, "I'll get you a glass of water."
Then Esther hugged "Mr. Babadook" and left.
Meng Nan sighed and looked at the back of his hand. There was a thick scar on it.
Meng Nan couldn't remember when this scar was caused.
After arriving in the hall and sitting on the sofa, Meng Nan looked at the kettle on the coffee table and reached out to pour herself a glass of water.
When Meng Nan was about to drink water, Esther came out holding another cup.
"Dad." Esther walked over quickly, put the water glass in front of Meng Nan, and then took away the water that Meng Nan got: "You have been in poor health recently, so you can't drink cold water."
"Okay." Meng Nan said with a smile, picked up the water that Esther sent, and was about to drink the water, but his body felt numb.
"What's wrong? Dad?" Esther looked at Meng Nan.
"It's okay." Meng Nan said and put the water cup on the coffee table: "By the way, Esther, where is your mother?"
"She went to a meeting, you forgot." Esther sat next to Meng Nan and said with a smile.
"I have to go to a meeting so late." Meng Nan sighed and looked at the time. It was almost 19 o'clock, so she stood up and said, "I guess she should be back soon. I'll cook a bowl of noodles for her.
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After hearing Meng Nan's words, Esther also stood up: "I'll help you."
At the same time, Esther picked up the water glass on the coffee table and handed it to Meng Nan again: "Dad, drink some water first and then go."
"Okay." Meng Nan took the water glass and brought it to his mouth little by little.
However, at this moment, Meng Nan's hand suddenly shook, and the water in the water glass poured directly towards Esther.
Esther was caught off guard and was splashed all over.
But then, Esther understood in just a moment, and suddenly pulled out a sharp table knife from behind and stabbed Meng Nan in the lower abdomen.
But Meng Nan was prepared. When he saw Esther's posture, he already guessed that there might be a weapon hidden behind her.
So Meng Nan quickly retreated to avoid Esther's attack.
When Aster saw that Meng Nan was not stabbed, a look of anger appeared on his face: "Why?"
Meng Nan understood what Esther meant. She was asking why she could recover her memory.
That's right, Meng Nan's memory had already been tampered with by Esther when she entered this world.
So at first Meng Nan only thought that Esther was her adopted daughter.
Esther didn't have the confidence to kill Meng Nan head-on, so she actually kept trying to poison him.
Whether it was the medicine Esther brought or the two glasses of water brought one after another, Esther had already poisoned them.
"You're too anxious." Meng Nan looked at Esther warily, and the memories returned to his brain bit by bit, remembering who Esther was and what he was going to do this time.
"You did succeed in the beginning, but my memory was tampered with by you." Meng Nan backed away little by little. He remembered that Esther had a gun, but he didn't know if the gun was on the other person's body now.
"But you are too anxious. In just a short period of time, you have tried to attack me three times."
"You may not know that I was a killer in the past, and I have a keen intuition about poisons."
"That bottle of medicine, those two glasses of water, you poisoned me one after another. This method is undoubtedly telling me directly that there is something wrong with you."
"I can't help it. I already knew last time that you guys are indeed very powerful." Esther sighed: "If we don't do it as soon as possible, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it for long."
"That book." At the same time, Esther sighed: "That book "Mr. Babadook", your sense is so keen, you actually summoned that book immediately, and I didn't have time to cover it up."
live."
"Yes, that book is also a clue." Meng Nan said without hesitation.
You know, although Meng Nan is a top killer, he has a keen intuition about poisons.
But Esther's power has even suppressed this intuition. At least when it came to the first glass of water, Meng Nan was unprepared.
If "Mr. Babadook" hadn't caused the pain on the back of Meng Nan's hand, then Meng Nan might have drank that glass of water without warning.
While talking, Meng Nan had already arrived at the door of the kitchen.
Suddenly, Meng Nan swooped into the kitchen, and at the same time Esther also swooped onto the sofa and pulled out a black pistol from the gap in the sofa!
