"And we are here, and we haven't found that kind of person coming," Koizumi Hongzi took over, "Then Sophia should be the same as you, just sick, right?"
"Do you think I'm sick?" Chi Feichi asked coldly.
What is his condition and why he is regarded as a snake spirit disease? Does Koizumi Hongzi still not know?
"Uh, sorry, sorry, I'm too worried about Sophia," Koizumi Hongzi sweated, but she still slandered the child of nature as having a split personality. "Elizabeth can bring her back to take care of her. We can help look after her...
"
Elizabeth ran between the herbal shop and Sophia's house, and soon became haggard. She tried to take her daughter and grandson back to the herbal shop to take care of them.
Koizumi Anko almost collapsed emotionally after seeing Sophia.
Sophia, who originally inherited her mother's beauty and had blond hair, actually became skinny, wore tattered clothes, and her hair was messy. Her beautiful face had also become much older, and her straight nose had turned into a hook.
No wonder her face was gloomy and dull. No wonder those people said that Sophia was as scary as a real witch.
Moreover, Sophia still resisted contact with others. Elizabeth tried to help her tidy up, but as soon as she touched Sophia, Sophia suddenly yelled emotionally, knocking the tables and chairs around, and scared the baby who was placed on the bed to cry.
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Chi Feichi looked at Elizabeth's dejected expression and made the bone jade make a sound.
"cracking……"
After the bone jade screamed, the baby was still crying loudly, but fortunately Sophia suddenly calmed down and turned her head blankly to look at the box containing the bone jade.
Elizabeth quickly took the box off the shelf, opened it, and put it in Sophia's hand...
Koizumi Anko breathed a sigh of relief, watching Sophia quietly letting Elizabeth wash herself, and sighed with a smile, "You still have a way, you are worthy of being the patron saint who has protected the Montgomery family for hundreds of years, and the children are willing to listen to you.
oh."
Chi Feichi let Gu Yu play a melodious melody, "It was said outside that she started to act abnormally because her husband left, but her condition deteriorated so quickly. I suspect she had been strongly stimulated, maybe because her husband left.
I had said something excessive to her before, or it might have been because I heard the news of people dying in battle one after another, and I was always worried and under too much psychological pressure. Then her husband passed away again, and she completely collapsed, so she was like this. So, she
She will have a mentality of escaping from the present. When she sees the bone jade and hears the sound of the bone jade, she will think of herself in her childhood and allow herself to temporarily escape to that space that makes her comfortable."
"I see," Koizumi Hongzi paused, "but I don't think her husband would do that kind of thing. Although I don't like that guy, he loves Sophia very much and is very considerate and will not make Sophia sad.
Sofia must be too worried about him."
"Um."
Chi Fei responded late and said nothing more.
Sophia was very worried about her husband's death, but when she brought her children to see Elizabeth at first, she had no negative emotions. Even though she was worried about her children, she was still full of hope for the future. Moreover, Sophia was very resistant to being touched by others.
If he touches it, he will lose his mind as if he was attacked, giving him a bad guess.
During the war, orphans and widowed mothers lived alone. The remaining relatives were their mother, who was tolerant and nearly fifty years old. She was easily bullied, especially Sophia, who inherited her mother's beauty. Her beautiful appearance was amazing.
, when I was walking on the street, my every frown and smile would attract a lot of people's attention.
However, there was no need to tell Koizumi Anko about this, otherwise he would worry that Koizumi Anko would go crazy first.
…
Elizabeth helped Sophia clean up. Seeing that her daughter was still sitting obediently holding the box, she looked at the bone jade with complicated and grateful eyes, and then turned to comfort the child.
With the help of bone jade, Elizabeth felt a lot more relaxed.
Sophia often held the box and sat in a dark corner in a daze. She sat there for a whole day. Although she still did not take care of her children, her mood became much more stable. Occasionally, when Chi Feichi thought of a cheerful melody, she listened to the sound of bone jade.
Noise, and a sudden smile.
While running the herbal shop, Elizabeth took care of her grandson. After Sophia fell asleep at night, she took the box out of Sophia's hands and put it aside to prevent it from falling to the ground.
Occasionally, Sophia would run out suddenly when she was sick, regardless of whether the bone jade was ringing or not, but the frequency was becoming less and less.
During a meal, Sophia put down the box for the first time and found Elizabeth looking at her in a daze. She also raised her head and smiled at Elizabeth sheepishly, which made Elizabeth's eyes red instantly.
It's a pity that fate still refuses to let Elizabeth go.
Not long after that, a boy with disabled legs and feet disappeared. The children, who were originally frightened by Sophia's "witch" appearance, unanimously believed that it was Sophia who had done it, and that the witch-like Sophia had kidnapped the child.
The adults thought that no one in Jiangshenyuan would harm a seven or eight-year-old child, but what was suspicious was that the crazy Sophia, regardless of Elizabeth's many years of treating illnesses and saving lives, rushed to the herbal medicine shop.
At first, the adults were relatively restrained, and just went to the herbal shop to negotiate with Elizabeth, hoping that Elizabeth would let Sophia return the child. Elizabeth also said that the child was not with her, and even took people to see Sophia's residence.
谷/span> But the child’s parents and relatives were too excited. Even after seeing it, they insisted on going to the medical store to search. Seeing many people gathered outside the herbal store and making noises, Elizabeth also wanted to prove Sophia’s innocence.
Let a group of people come in and take a look.
A group of people suddenly swarmed into the house and searched everywhere, making Fisoya feel uneasy and frightened. Even the sound of bone jade could not comfort her. She put down the box and screamed loudly in the house, scaring everyone outside almost to death.
Dare to search for it.
Elizabeth didn't care about other people, stopped her daughter who was about to rush out the door, patiently coaxed and comforted her, and finally made Sophia calm down.
Of course, it was impossible to find the child in the herbal medicine shop, but this did not dispel the suspicion of Sophia.
No matter what Elizabeth said, the child's relatives angrily shouted at Sofia to hand over the child. Others looked at Sofia as if they were looking at a demon who would attack them at some point.
"Our young detective team will definitely find evidence!"
Amid the commotion, the three boys followed the shouting with firm expressions.
Chi Feichi keenly caught the words "Youth Detective Team" and looked over. However, among the crowd, these three children were far less excited than the relatives of the missing children.
"Elizabeth, you should stop protecting this witch!"
"She must have done it! Return the child to me quickly, wuwuwu..."
Amid the noise, Sophia was held in Elizabeth's arms, leaning against her mother with her head tilted. Under the hair that had been frantically messed up just now, the expression on her face was calm and dull, and her eyes were staring blankly at the crowd.
"Elizabeth, if you can't find the child, please take Sophia and move away from here," an older man stood up and said seriously, but thinking of Elizabeth's help to everyone over the years, and Sophia's childhood
Despite her shy and cute appearance, she softened her expression and said softly, "I know that this matter may not have been done by Sophia, but in order for everyone to live in peace of mind, I can only make this decision. I hope you can understand...
…”
Sofia's lowered eyelashes trembled, she raised her eyes to look at the crowd, and then quickly lowered her head to look at the ground with lowered eyebrows.
The old man paused, "Just think of it as me begging to think about it for everyone and the children, please!"
"No, it was this witch who kidnapped my child!" The child's mother still broke down and shouted, "I won't let them leave like this if they don't return my child to me!"
The crowd started talking and making noise again.
This time, Elizabeth and her daughter were silent together, nodded to the old man, and did not speak.
The crowd dispersed again, and Sophia quietly returned to the room, picked up the box again and sat back in the corner.
Elizabeth sighed, stepped forward and stretched out her hand. After hesitating for a moment, she tried to touch her daughter's hair gently, "Sofia, it's okay. Just stay here and you'll be ready to eat soon."
Sophia did not resist Elizabeth's touch, but nodded, suddenly put down the box, stood up and whispered, "I, I'll help."
When Elizabeth was overjoyed, Chi Feichi gently reminded Koizumi Hongzi, "Hongzi, help keep an eye on Sophia when Elizabeth is busy in the future."
Koizumi Hongzi heard the seriousness and solemnity in Chi Feichi's tone, and was stunned for a moment, "Keep an eye on Sophia?"
"Fisoya loses control of her emotions and cannot control herself when she reacts violently, but she is sober most of the time. She just wants to escape from the outside world and hide in her own spiritual world, rejecting everything in the outside world, wandering in the forest or
Soaking in sea water is an obvious tendency to self-harm," Chi Feichi explained. "When she was escaping, she would subconsciously ignore everything around her, but she found that she would drag her mother away from the place where generations of people were born and grew up.
, and now is the war period, there is some chaos everywhere. Jiang Shenyuan is considered a very stable place. If they move to other places, they may easily encounter danger. This kind of stimulation may make her suddenly wake up and think of the hard work of taking care of herself.
The mother will have a strong sense of guilt, and in a pessimistic mood, this may be the straw that breaks the camel's back."
He remembered that in the Detective Conan series, there seemed to be a special episode called "Egamihara Witch", but he did not read all the special episodes. He could only guess that the case decades later would be related to these, but he could not predict the relationship between Sophia and
What will happen to Elizabeth?
"You mean..." Koizumi Hongzi asked uncertainly, "Is it possible that Fisoya will commit suicide?"
"It's very possible." Chi Feichi affirmed.
In the following time, people in Jiangshenyuan were still searching for the missing boy, and some were also looking for evidence that Sophia had kidnapped the child.
No one came to the herbal shop for medical treatment anymore, and the boy's relatives came to visit from time to time. Elizabeth simply closed down her business and concentrated on taking care of her grandson and daughter. She also contacted people she knew outside and prepared to move out.