The sound of slippers shuffling could be heard, and Talina, with her hair in a mess, walked down the stairs slowly, holding the handrail.

The originally smooth and silky hair became fluffy and messy, looking like a blown-up fur ball. Even the feathers mixed in it lost their luster due to the owner's depressed mood.

Sitting down at the table, Talina squinted her eyes and looked straight ahead, blocking out all the sounds around her. She didn't react until Viviana patted her shoulder.

"Feel sorry."

With a pout, Talina began to eat the food in front of her.

Her fingers held the chopsticks weakly, and the dark circles under Talina's eyes were so thick that they could be seen with the naked eye, and even makeup couldn't cover them up.

This decadent look made the other two people present look at each other, and they saw helplessness and heartache in each other's eyes.

More than a month had passed since they left Ursus, and after learning that the guerrillas had lost their trace, they no longer wanted to continue searching.

But Talina has been in this state since she came back, which makes Lavishini and Viviana very uncomfortable.

The whole person seems to have lost his soul, living a numb life, eating and sleeping just to meet the most basic survival needs.

Apart from that, Talina basically locked herself in her room.

As for what it does, it is unknown.

Anyway, Viviana and Lavishini don't know.

After dinner, after saying hello to the two people present, Talina returned to her room.

"So, what should we do now? Just watch her decline?"

It was not until the sound of the door closing was heard that Ravshini broke the silence.

"We've tried everything. She can only get out of this situation on her own. Any external forces will do nothing but irritate her."

As someone who had experienced this, Viviana advised Lavshini not to do unnecessary things.

When encountering such a thing, anyone's words will be infinitely magnified, whether they are well-intentioned or sarcastic, they will be ignored.

Or magnify it.

"That's not necessarily true. You're already this old, how can you make mistakes in judging even these basic things? Finish this thing later. I want to grade it tonight."

Russell pushed the door open and came in. While criticizing Viviana, he stuffed something that looked like a test paper into Viviana's hand.

"I haven't studied it either. What is this? An adult education exam? Or a B paper? Where did you get this?"

Looking at the test paper in her hand, which was about the width of her arms when opened, a look of despair gradually appeared on Viviana's face.

why?

Why does she still need to take exams after graduating?

"Do you think being a parent doesn't mean you don't have to take exams? Just do it after dinner and stop trying to be clever!"

Scolding, Russell criticized Viviana directly without caring about Lavishini sitting next to him.

"How do you think you got so big? I've already done the A paper. Do you think you can get away with this?"

Russell said with a serious expression.

She had never given birth to a child, but she still managed to raise them both, didn't she?

Although the effectiveness of these so-called test papers remains to be seen, they can at least help Viviana correct her thinking.

"Well, what Aunt Russell meant just now was...is there any way?"

Watching the interaction between mother and daughter, Ravshini discovered some clues from Russell's words.

"Well, I've found some clues."

Nodding, Russell did not deny what Ravshini said.

"Since the person you care about has left, then use something else to divert her attention and let time slowly smooth out all this."

It can only be said that Russell is worthy of being a veteran in the workplace. With just one sentence, he attracted the attention of Viviana and Lavishini.

Not caring about the suffering she would soon endure, Viviana put the paper aside and looked at Russell expectantly, even Lavishini, who was not good at speaking, did the same.

"Just start when she's a child. I remember Percy said that before, right?"

Russell raised his eyebrows and looked at Viviana, with obvious dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Ever since Talina and Viviana came back, she has accepted the fact that she is going to be a grandmother. Besides being happy, she wants to take good care of Viviana.

Before, Talina's life or death was unknown, so she couldn't take action. But now that Talina is back, it seems that this matter can be put on the agenda.

"Yes, yes?"

Viviana shrank her head, feeling inexplicably that there was a malicious intent directed at her.

"Of course, Talina has a childhood friend named Narcissa, who is a native of Colombia. Here is her information."

Rummaging a neatly organized folder from his bag, Russell placed it on the table and pushed it in front of the two men.

The two people who had unknowingly been on the same front looked at each other and then opened the folder.

As soon as the folder was opened, what caught my eye was a close-up photo of a little film girl with white hair, white eyebrows, and emerald green eyes. She looked very cute.

After a quick glance at Narcissa's information, Viviana quickly discovered something wrong.

"Isn't it marked as dead here? How can we find her? Are you sure this won't only excite her more?"

Viviana asked in confusion as she turned the folder over to Russell.

Talina was just feeling depressed because of this kind of thing, and right after that she was told an even more shocking piece of news. It seemed that he thought her life wasn't miserable enough.

"It's just a cover-up. When the experimental building at the Rocken Tank collapsed, the Colombian military, in an effort to distance themselves from the incident, sent in a group of scavengers to dispose of the children. Strangely, even after digging through the ground, they couldn't find the experimental subject named Narcissa."

"A corpse can't just disappear for no reason. Only living people can move around. I've also gotten a little glimpse of the subject from that experiment. Given that child's status, it would be very difficult for her to die even if she wanted to."

"So she's probably still alive now?"

Ravshini continued Russell's words.

"Yes, I heard some news from one of my collaborators. The collapse of the experimental building at the Rocken water tank was probably related to this kid."

"Let's eat first, I'll take care of the rest. Oh, and you're not allowed to come with me this time!"

Taking the initiative to end the topic, Russell pointed at Viviana and spoke seriously.

"Huh? Why..."

Lavishini was secretly delighted with Russell's decision.

Vivian is grounded, so the person who will accompany Tarina is already decided. She...

"And you, stay here obediently. You failed your last assignment too!"

Before Lavishini could be happy for long, Russell, after teaching Viviana a lesson, turned his gaze to Lavishini.

"Just pass the exam first!"

"Eh!"

Volume 4: Chapter 87: Ferdinand

"Hey! Travel?"

Looking at the ticket in her hand, Talina shook it in confusion.

Why did you suddenly start traveling?

"Hmm~ What? Wouldn't it be nice to go out and see the world?"

"It's not that it's bad, it's just..."

I just don’t have that thought at all now.

Responding silently in her heart, Talina still didn't have the courage to tell Russell her reasons.

From Talina's perspective, the only two people who know about her situation are Viviana and Lavishne. As for Russell...

She didn't want Russell to know these things. She didn't want this family member who had worked hard for her for half his life to be sad because of her again.

So she didn't tell Russell about Tallulah and the others.

Russell looked down at Talina: "Just what? Is there something you can't say?"

"Not really, I just want to have a good rest and take care of the kids, after all..."

"Don't worry about that. Viviana will take care of her. If things don't work out, I'm here. Nothing will happen to her here."

Anticipating Talina's excuse, Russell directly blocked Talina's way out.

There was no other way. The current situation forced her to do this. If she let Talina continue to hold it in like this, she was worried that something might happen.

Russell had already arranged everything so that Talina could go find her old friends and relax at the same time.

"OK then."

Talina had no choice but to agree to Russell and accepted the ticket.

"Then it's decided! The train leaves tomorrow at 10:00 AM. You'd better clean yourself up. Although you look cute right now, it's damaging to your image."

Seeing that Talina agreed, Russell stopped pestering her, walked past Talina and returned to his room.

She is extremely busy every day and has limited rest time. It would be a shame if she didn't seize it.

"Okay, okay~ Travel, um, Tremont? Where is this?"

Suddenly, a place name she didn't recognize appeared, and Talina's mind suddenly started to itch.

After thinking about it for a long time and still unable to come up with any idea, Talina simply gave up the search. Now she was too lazy to look through her phone, so she just went with whatever she was doing.

She actually roughly knew what Russell was thinking. He just saw that she was unhappy recently, so he wanted her to go out and relax.

Sighing, Talina felt as if there was another wrinkle on her face.

She had too many worries recently and didn't want to pay attention to anything else, but Russell was an exception.

.........

After a good night's rest, Talina got up early the next day. In order to make her appearance look the same as usual, she spent most of her time putting on makeup.

After doing all this, she went to the living room, took the luggage that Russell had prepared for her, and went out alone.

She had already known last night that she would be traveling alone. Viviana was busy at home, and as for Lavishini...

Talina still remembers the look of despair on the other person's face when she knocked on the door last night.

One has to take care of the children at home, and the other has to study at home. Their schedules clash directly with each other, and no one is free.

Talina didn't believe this was just a coincidence.

Most of what's on my mind has been seen through.

"Then... let's go!"

Taking a deep breath, Tarina took the first step.

I'm alone, and this isn't my first time. What's there to be afraid of?

With this thought in mind, Talina headed straight for the station.

However, when she arrived at the station, she encountered her first problem.

"Please pick up the ticket! Thank you!"

Standing on tiptoe, Talina leaned against the window, fixing herself in this ticket window full of discrimination.

She was only a little over 1.5 meters tall, which was still a little too short compared to the window that was nearly 1.6 meters tall.

She didn't notice it when she was traveling with Lavishini before, but now when she went out alone, she realized how inconvenient it was.

It wasn't just Talina who was troubled. Miss Kuranta, who was sitting in the window, had the same doubts.

After searching for a long time, she finally found Talina and thoughtfully handed the ticket directly to Talina.

"Here you go. If you lose it, please show your ID and buy a new ticket."

"Um, thank you."

After going through great pains to get the ticket, Talina stood obediently at the platform waiting for the train to arrive.

Talina didn't care where the train came from or where it was going. She treated this trip as a mission assigned to her by Russell.

Therefore, she now cares more about how to complete this task rather than how to regulate her mood.

This was not the first time she had experienced separation and she was no longer the innocent child she used to be. She was not as fragile as others imagined. The reason she was depressed was that she just couldn't react for a while.

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