Deep Sea Embers Chapter 81: Memory bias

The arrival of a scholar who for some unknown reason went to teach history in a "common school", a teacher who is familiar with ancient history knowledge and seems to have a good relationship with Nina, his arrival was an unexpected situation for Duncan-- But it's also an opportunity.

That old Mr. Morris's expertise in the professional field can certainly help Duncan solve many problems, and if he can establish a good relationship with such professionals, there may be unexpected conveniences in the future - a more prestigious Old scholars must have a certain status in the city-state.

Nina didn't know why her Uncle Duncan suddenly agreed to visit the house. She didn't think about it, she just felt very happy.

This trance even gave her an illusion - as if her life was really changing in a good direction, gradually... returning to the past.

The night outside the window is getting deeper, and the pale and cold light of the creation of the world reflects on the window sill on the second floor of the antique shop. Under the quiet night, the whole city is gradually becoming quieter.

In this world full of strange things, most people have no nightlife to speak of.

"Come for dinner," Duncan greeted the "niece" who was in a daze by the window. He brought the stewed fish soup to the table, as well as the bread that Nina bought in the afternoon and the onion rings that she just fried. , In his opinion, this dinner is not actually a sumptuous meal, but considering the speciality of "fish", this meal may be regarded as a feast in this place in Xiacheng District. "We have to get up early for school tomorrow."

"Oh, good Uncle Duncan."

Nina agreed and came to the table obediently. The aroma of the fish soup had already drifted away. She shrugged her nose in surprise and looked at Duncan in disbelief: "It's so fragrant... Uncle, your When did the craft become so good?"

"This can be considered good craftsmanship?" Duncan couldn't help laughing, thinking that his cooking skills were probably limited to Alice's, and there were times when he was judged as a good craftsman, "Did I have a good craftsmanship before? bad?"

"That can't be described as bad anymore. You used to cook according to the standard that you can't eat, and even though your craftsmanship is so bad, you always have to be ambitious to study new dishes. I'll try the poison with you..." Nina muttered, and she recalled the old days, and she was a little elated, "One time you made something so bad that you couldn't eat it yourself, so you had to put it away. Throwing things in the trash, then took me to the family restaurant on the next street to solve the lunch problem. When I came back, I saw the neighbor's dog vomited on the ground in front of the trash can at the door. Since then, the dog will run around you when it sees you. ..."

As Nina spoke, her voice suddenly dropped slowly again.

"Forget it, it was several years ago, and you never like to hear me mention this..."

Duncan is silent.

In this body's residual memory, none of the things that Nina remembered remain - these are almost the only good memories for Nina when she was with her uncle, but they have gone astray. The person's last breath dissipated cleanly.

Nina silently broke open the hard and dry bread and soaked the bread a little bit with the delicious soup.

Duncan suddenly reached out and stroked the boy's hair.

Nina raised her head in surprise: "Uncle?"

"Uncle's new menu research has been successful." Duncan said solemnly.

Nina stared at Duncan for a while, her expression changed several times, and she didn't know how many thoughts circling in her mind, but finally all her expressions turned into an uncontrollable smile: "Uncle, you are serious. It's so funny!"

"Don't make fun of adults," Duncan glanced at Nina, then inadvertently mentioned as if he had suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I'm going to sort out the situation in the store these days, if you If you see something strange and unfamiliar on the first floor, don't touch it."

He is preparing for the next shuttle between the two places and the distribution and turnover of "materials".

As Aye's abilities are developed, he will inevitably have to frequently send goods between the Homeless and the antique shop, and this is difficult to completely hide from Nina's eyes - so it is better to get a shot in advance.

Nina had no doubts at all, she nodded quickly, and Duncan then said: "In addition, I also plan to add more staff to the store, so that if I go out during the day, someone can stay to take care of it-- Of course, this is just an initial plan, and it may not be realized, just let you know in advance, lest one day you will suddenly feel strange when you see a stranger in the store."

This time, he's paving the way for Alice's arrival—and just paving the way.

There are still many things to consider before letting Miss Doll enter the city-state, and sending her over is only the most inconspicuous part. He also has to think about how to avoid the truth of Alice's "doll" being discovered. ——Alice's appearance is almost the same as a real person. As long as she wears long gloves to cover the joints of her hands, there will be no big problem. At most, she wears a veil to cover her face that is even more delicate than the real person. It's the little problem, the really big problem... it's the guy's head.

He brought Alice here to help himself, and that guy can't do it all day in front of people.

Nina gave Duncan a surprised look: "Uncle, you still have to hire a clerk for the store?! This is a big deal... Have you chosen someone? What kind of person are you?"

Duncan thought for a moment, and tried to filter out a long list of not-so-good adjectives from his mind, and then he said with a straight face: "There is a preliminary goal, which is a ... hard-working young lady."

He thought about it carefully, and Alice seemed to have only "hardworking" as a compliment.

Then he saw the expression on Nina's face suddenly become subtle.

The girl looked up and down her uncle several times, and finally couldn't hold back: "Young lady? Uncle, are you..."

Duncan is an experienced person. Seeing Nina's appearance, she knows what she is thinking, and immediately taps the table with her fingers: "Eat well! What are you thinking about!"

Nina immediately held back her laughter and made a sound of "kahahahah", and continued to eat with her head down. After tasting the fish, she opened her eyes in amazement: "It's delicious!"

Duncan laughed, broke some bread and threw it to the pigeons who were pacing beside him and said, "Then eat more, there's more in the kitchen."

On the second floor of the antique store, Nina and her Uncle Duncan ended a simple and long-lost dinner.

And after dinner was over and everything was sorted, Duncan stopped Nina, who was about to go back to her room to rest.

He wants to confirm something.

"Nina," he looked at the girl who had just packed up the cups and plates and came out of the kitchen, "I have something to ask you."

"Huh?" Nina was a little curious, "What's the matter?"

"Do you remember... when you were a kid?" Duncan pondered the point of entry, recalling the information he heard at that cult party ~IndoMTL.com~ was when you were six years old. "

Nina frowned. She didn't know why her uncle suddenly brought up the old things from eleven years ago, but she still thought about it.

Eleven years have passed, and she was only six years old at the time, so when she recalled the past, she couldn't actually feel too much sadness in her heart.

"I was young at that time, and I can't remember many things, but I remember that day was a mess... There were messy adults everywhere. Some people said that there was a leak from a factory near the Cross Street, and some people said that it happened on Lower Third Street. There was a collective frenzy, and some people even said that something went wrong in Shangcheng... I didn't remember many things at the time, but I only got the number after listening to the adults..."

Duncan thought for a while and looked into Nina's eyes: "Then do you remember there was a fire? I took you to escape from the fire, and your parents... were in that fire..."

He just mentioned it tentatively, but he didn't expect Nina to open her eyes suddenly: "The fire? Uncle, do you really remember there was a fire at that time?!"

"...Of course I remember," Duncan knew that something was wrong when he saw Nina's reaction, "I remember what's wrong with the fire?"

"I also remember that there was a fire at that time, a big, big fire," Nina said quickly, a little excited, "but then I told the adults around, but no one remembered it, they They all said that I was scared and stupid, and there was no place for the fire... Later, when I grew up, I even went to the original newspaper..."

Speaking of this, she stopped and shook her head slowly with a strange expression: "But even the newspapers didn't mention any fire... All records only say that there was a leak in a factory at that time, chemical substances caused widespread hallucinations..."