Early in the morning, the House of Grande was busy. A long wooden table was set up in the backyard, and Alice shuttled between the courtyard and the kitchen, and in addition to Benjamin, Matthew, and Old Hank, seven or eight strange men sat at the table enjoying a free breakfast. It's not a stranger, but a nearby farmer, so to speak, a neighbor who is relatively far away. Accepting employment from the House of Grande usually leads to a day's worth of food.

Zach wasn't in the Grande, but in the church to the west, watching a few nuns sweep the church, holding a list in their hands, checking the list of decorations that had been delivered.

"And then shall we wait for Benjamin to bring the coffin?" Louise asked in a whisper, standing behind Zach.

Zach nodded, "Yes." The vampire looked at the woman behind her, and Louise looked at the church with a hint of curiosity on her face, "Haven't you been to the church?"

Louise glanced at Zach and shook her head, "No, I just rarely see churches with the theme of 'Atonement for the Son'. I grew up in a correctional college, and I am very familiar with the gospel church. ”

Something twinkled in Zack's pale green eyes as he watched as Louise performed a standard blessing to a few of the sweeping nuns, bowing her head and making a cross in front of her forehead and chest. The nuns smiled and stopped what they were doing and returned the salute. This is a ritual of mutual prayer and blessing, and of course, it has no practical effect.

"This reminds me. The look in Zack's eyes retracted, and he put his arm around Louise's shoulder, a smile on the corner of his eye, "We've never talked about our lives in the past, and I'm a very good listener if you want someone to talk to." ”

Louise has been cold to everyone for a week, and today she suddenly asks to help Grande with his work. Zach was a little surprised, but apparently couldn't let Louise do the coolies Benjamin and the others did, so let Louise follow.

The vampire took this as a sign of the cold past, and now that Louise suddenly brought up her past, it was an opportunity to strengthen the relationship, how could the vampire let it slip away.

Louise was choked in, her blue eyes under her eyelashes looked at the vampire, and after a brief moment, she also bent the corners of her eyes, and her cheeks bulged slightly from the raised corners of her mouth, like ripe apples.

"You're not. Louise pushed Zach away and said with a smile, "Kim is." ”

Zach remembered Kim's expression at all times, and nodded with a smile, "You're right, would you prefer to chat with him?"

Louise stretched out a finger and dangled it in the air, her rosy lips pursed slightly, and her eyes seemed to be a little wandering, "It's not a chat with him, it's a talk to the wood." ”

The corners of Zack's raised mouth slowly retracted, and he didn't know where his gaze had drifted, and after thinking for a while, when his eyes returned to Louise, he found that Louise's smile had also disappeared, and he looked at himself quietly.

"We can talk, I can tell you everything, as long as I remember. Zach had no extra expression on his face and looked at Louise.

Louise's eyelashes fluttered, her slender eyebrows were slightly raised at the end, and the tiny ups and downs were caught by the vampire. But immediately, Louise's eyes left Zack, and there was a hint of a woman's complaining tone, "This is too cunning, if I ask 'How many women were there before me?' you just have to answer and forget about it, and you can be fooled by." ”

Zach pondered the true meaning of Louise's words, whether it was the 'past' caused by the disparity in age between vampires and humans, or what 'woman' referred to, or the true meaning of 'forgetfulness', Zach didn't want to touch.

Louise looked at Zach again, with a hint of comfort in her eyes, "I don't ask, you don't have to answer, it doesn't matter." ”

Zach raised his eyes and looked at Louise, as if he understood some of his recent relationship with her, and why Louise suddenly asked for work, and with a hint of mixed feelings, he extended his hand to Louise.

Louise pulled, breathed slightly, and changed the subject, "When does the funeral start?"

"Nine o'clock. Zach adjusted his breathing to raise the temperature of Louise's hand, "The ceremony will take about an hour, and then free time, and the burial ceremony will take place after the guests have dispersed." ”

"Oh. Louise nodded, looking at the people being delivered, the flowers and incense that lay out on the wall. These are things that can only be arranged after the coffin is delivered. The nuns checked all the facilities one last time, nodded at the two of them, and stepped back into the church.

Louise took the checklist handed by Zack, and at Zack's suggestion, she settled with the person who delivered the goods. Zach walked out of the church and looked at the hearse coming from the east, and Benjamin, who could not have been seen with normal human eyes, waved his hand behind the window.

Moments later, Zach and Benjamin stood at the back of the church, connected to the backyard where the clergy were staying, where the hearse was parked, and Matthew and a few hired farmers carried the coffin out of the hearse and headed for the church.

Matthew looked at his two bosses, probing.

"Louise is inside. Zach waved his hand, and Matthew nodded, carrying the coffin into the church.

Benjamin glanced at Zach with a playful look, "What did Louise say?"

At dawn today, Louie said without warning that she was going to work with Zach, which really surprised everyone.

Zach glanced at Benjamin with a 'grudge', "Everybody can see jokes, you can't." ”

"Why?" said Benjamin, a puzzled frown.

"Because you gave Matthew a job. Zach sighed and continued to use the 'grudge' tone.

Benjamin scratched his neck hidden under his beard, "What does it matter? Does she need money? You can just give it to her." ”

Zach glanced at Benjamin, who was watching the play, "Why don't you just give Matthew money and keep him around?"

Benjamin stretched his arm, avoiding his weakness, "She's too sensitive. If Ian is here, he can also not work. ”

The vampire's spirit languished, "Why do you want to mention Ian?" ”

The Grande brothers' dialogue is one of complementing each other.

Benjamin smiled and patted Zach on the back, "I'm just giving an example, otherwise do you have any other 'offspring' that I don't know about?"

"No more. Zach shook his head, a flash of love in his eyes that was not noticed by the werewolf, "But you really make it difficult for me, and now, she's trying to find her place in the Grande House." ”

"She has one. Benjamin pouted, "Your girlfriend." What more could she want?"

Louise's foothold in Grande is just feelings, what are feelings? The relationship between humans and vampires seems to be a tragedy.

Benjamin gets to the point.

"That's the problem. Zach frowned, "Now she's caught in an ambiguous blur, unlike you and Matthew, who can't see where she is." ”

"Then transform her. Benjamin didn't want to talk about the vampire's affair and said impatiently.

Zach was silent.

It took Benjamin a while to react, and Zach didn't move, "Hey, your face looks like shit." ”

Zach raised his head and shook in pain, "I shouldn't have given her a choice, and if I propose it now, she will definitely refuse." ”

Benjamin looked at Zach as if he was really worried, no longer with a mindset that it didn't matter to him, frowned and thought seriously for a while, shook his head, and sighed, "You're right." Benjamin chuckled, "Ian is a very, very bad role model, and you're a very, very bad father." ”

Do you remember when Zach explained the vampire legacy to Louise?

There is no ethical conflict, no loss of personality, no physical and mental suffering, on the contrary, it seems more like the beginning of an entanglement of fate.

So let's take a look at what happened to Ian and Zach with intertwined fates. As Benjamin put it, 'a very, very bad example'.

Louise was so smart that she watched, she waited, she thought, she came to conclusions. This conclusion is not rosy.

"And what are you going to do?" asked Benjamin Zach.

Zach thought for a moment, stretched out his hand, and pushed forward without a goal, 'Just live like this,' and that's the message Benjamin received.

"Mr. Grande. Father Constantine's voice came from behind him.

The two of them turned their heads and saw that the priest was already dressed for the ceremony, a black robe, a long white collar directly on his chest, and a pale silver cross mark on both sides.

Konstantin nodded slightly, "The inside of the church has been prepared, and the back hall has been arranged, and in a while, the master of the ceremony will come, so let's go to the back hall to rest and wait." ”

Zach smiled back, followed the priest, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Father, has anything happened in the church lately?"

The people of Constantine and Casa Grande are very familiar and the two have been working together for almost a decade. At first, it was just the prisoners sent from the prison, and in the past two months, there have been more real funerals. The two families usually talk when they meet, so Zack's question is not too abrupt.

Konstantin smiled and said, "Except for yesterday's offer?" he thought for a moment, "as if nothing special had happened. ”

"Oh. Zach laughed and responded, "I'm curious." The priest must have heard about the accidents in other churches, too. ”

Konstantin put away his smile, drew a cross on his chest, and nodded, "I heard that the second floor of Mary's Church is said to have collapsed, and it is the strictest. But fortunately, there were no casualties, God forbid. ”

Zach also drew the cross, with a hint of 'sincere' grief, "Does the priest think it's a coincidence?"

Konstantin smiled helplessly, "There is no other reason to explain it than coincidence." The church is already making arrangements, and it seems that our church in Barton is going to be renovated. Konstantin said this with a hint of apology.

Zach was stunned, smiled, and understood what the priest meant, if the renovation was to be closed, the funeral would be postponed again.

"Is the time set?" Zach asked.

"That's not yet. Konstantin said, "I'll let you know if I have news." ”

Zach nodded, "Then it's going to be a trouble for the priest." ”