Chapter 628

Wendy's mother was also awakened by the knock. As a result, she saw Wendy standing in front of her window with the key in her hand.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.

But she didn't care to educate her daughter now. When she heard the knock on the door downstairs, she put on her clothes and ran down. She opened the door and saw the figure she was longing for.

Twenty one days after Matthew's disappearance, she had some bad thoughts in her heart. Now when she saw her husband's safe return, tears came out of her eyes.

She flew into Matthew's arms.

But just then a voice came out of her ear.

"Why don't you introduce us, Matthew?"

Wendy's mother looked up and saw an old man with a hunchback and three big, ferocious men standing behind Matthew. If the bar owner was here, she would probably recognize one of them as the driver who delivered his wine yesterday afternoon.

The old man took off his hat and saluted her. "Don't worry, madam. We are all friends of Matthew."

Wendy's mother looks at her husband.

The latter nodded. "Jane, this is cook. Cook, this is Jane, my wife."

Jane was relieved and held out her hand with a smile. "Forgive me for being a little nervous these days. Matthew hasn't come back from home for a long time. Wendy is running around with an oriental who doesn't know where to come from. Then there is a message outside that a gang of robbers are going to rob the town, and so on I remember the leader of the bandits was also called cook

"There's always a lot of coincidence in this world, ma'am." The old man gave her a kiss on the back of her hand. "I hope I didn't disturb you. Seeing you is like seeing my daughter. You are all so kind and pure. It's a pity that she doesn't have your blessing."

"It's very polite of you. Why do you say that?"

"Oh, something happened to her, something terrible, but it's all over. It's better not to mention it." The old man said to the three people behind him, "you stay here."

The three nodded.

Then the hunchback and Matthew went into the room together. He saw Wendy coming down the stairs and said with a smile, "look at this lovely little girl. She's your daughter. Matthew has mentioned it to me many times. Your name is Wendy, right?" The old man said while touching his pocket, and finally took out a gold bar from it, "sorry, I'm in a hurry all the way. I didn't have time to buy candy, so I'll use this instead."

"It's funny. The gifts are too expensive." Jane said quickly.

"Nothing. It's just my little consideration. Good people like you deserve such a gift. Just take it as a gift of fate."

When Wendy took the bar from the hunchback, Matthew said, "Jane, go get something to eat. Cook and I haven't had dinner yet."

"Well, I remember a little bit of cookie baked in the morning."

"Good. Make two more cups of tea." Matthew said and looked at Wendy again. "You too. Help your mother."

Wendy looks at her father, then looks at cook, and finally follows her mother.

When they left, the hunchback old man said, "the child's eyes are quite like you. When I first saw you, you are also like this. You are a little stubborn in your vigilance..."

"Don't beat around the Bush, cook. We agreed that we would just come to inquire about the town. Why did you come to my house?" Matthew interrupted him directly.

"Oh, I don't need you and me to worry about the real and the false. Morris had inquired about all the things he should have inquired about yesterday." The hunchback old man leisurely way, "Your dwelling place is also I let him inquire at that time."

"What do you want?"

"Nothing, just a little curious about your life all these years."

Cook leaned his foot over the table in front of him. "I've always thought of you as my son. I want to know how you've been since we separated."

"You can ask me directly." Matthew said grimly.

"Yes, but I prefer to see it with my own eyes." The hunchback old man said with a smile, "I'm sorry to disturb your life. Really, I hope we can start with daily greetings. I'll tell you what I've done over the years, and you'll tell me how your days are..."

"You don't have to tell me. I know what you've done all these years. There's never less news about you in the newspapers."

"Well I have to admit that I'm very popular with the press. As long as I'm here, they will never lose their jobs. " The hunchback shrugged.

"It's not funny what you do. You and your men are burning, killing and looting. You will not let go of the rich or the poor, the old or the children. You set fire to the church and kill the infant..." Matthew's cold way.

"Fear is a power that you have to learn and get used to. I am a robber and not a priest. Do I want to do good deeds and listen to the sufferings of all people? "The hunchback pauses. "Hell, I thought you would become a little more mature after that, but you are no different from the past. OK, that's all. We'd better get to the point earlier. I know you've heard a lot about me over the years, but the next thing I want to tell you is the news There's nothing on the road. No, it should be said that there are many people in the cook gang who don't know. "

"What else have you done to make people angry?"

"It's nothing to do with that," the hunchback looked into Matthew's eyes. "I'm going to die, Matthew."

"After you have done so many bad things, do you think you will get any good end?"

"No, it doesn't mean that." Cook waved his hand. "When I say I'm going to die, I mean my physical condition. There's not much time left for me. I can feel it. That's the real reason why I came back to you."

Matthew was silent. "How do you know you're going to die?"

"It's my body, and of course I know when that day will come." The hunchback said, "I have seen the face of death. He has a pair of blue eyes, just like Mary. I am not afraid of death, but I do have several things to do before I die. The most important one is to find a new master for cook."

"You want me to take over the cook gang and become the next you?"

"Why not? Believe me, you will like this feeling of freedom. You are just trapped by mundane trifles and those false happiness. I came to your home tonight to untie you, my child."

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