mtlumby2d Chapter 161 Cobra
Chapter 161 Cobra
In the fire station, there is a luxurious courtyard that is out of place with the rest of the town.
On the occasion of Hanukkah, there were no colorful flags hung on its door, and the black door was still tightly closed. Next to the mottled and rusty door panel, there were withered vines crawling all over, like the tentacles of the devil, dancing wildly in the fierce cold wind, making rustling sounds.
A strange figure picked up a huge broom with great effort and cleared the newly fallen snow on the stone path in the yard last night.
"Bang!" A solid snowball suddenly smashed in and landed at the feet of the owner of the house, and a burst of happy laughter was heard.
"Wow, your aim is really bad, it's my turn!" A few naughty boys had nothing to do during the holidays, so they came to the wall of the Adams' house and played a game of courage, taking turns throwing snowballs at the monster in the yard.
Adams was stunned for a moment. He lowered his head and quickened the pace of clearing the snow. By the time he entered the house, the kids would find it boring and leave.
"Bang!" Another snowball flew in, this time hitting his back accurately.
"Hahahahahahahahahaha——!" The children laughed as if they had won the first prize.
"Hey! What are you doing? I'm going to tell your parents!" Bobby shouted angrily, rolling up his sleeves and running towards the group of kids.
The children were frightened. Their parents never allowed them to come here, so they immediately jumped off the wall and scattered in different directions.
"...It's you." Adams blinked his small black eyes, walked over and opened the door. "I thought you had left."
"I said I would give you a serious apology." Lilith looked at Adams, who was covered in snow, with a look of pity in her eyes. She reached out to help Adams brush the snow off his back. "I also brought you a Hanukkah gift to express our apologies."
"No, no, you're too polite." Adams waved his hands hurriedly to refuse.
"Are those kids always like this?" Bobby came back after scaring the kids, looking a little angry.
"It's just the holidays, their parents don't have time to take care of them...it will be fine once school starts." Adams said in a gentle voice, leading them into the house, "Besides, my carapace is very thick, so I won't feel anything at all."
"We brought you some pecans and some snacks we bought in Goletia." Lilith took out the gifts she had brought and placed them on the table in the living room. She took the opportunity to look at the jar of nuts that Mr. Adams had put down, which was almost half empty.
"It seems that you really love nuts." Lilith sighed. Not only did his appearance become like an armadillo, but his habits also seemed to be...
"Yes, my wife and I like it very much." Adams grinned.
While Lilith was chatting with Mr. Adams, several boys had already picked up brooms and took the initiative to help Mr. Adams clear the snow in the yard. Bobby even nimbly climbed onto the roof and knocked off the thick layer of snow with a shovel to prevent the snow from damaging the roof.
A large piece of snow slid down from the roof, startling the people working below. They looked up and cursed at the reckless Bobby. Bobby was sitting on the triangular eaves and laughing. When he turned his head, he suddenly saw a pair of eyes at the curtains on the second floor, looking at him curiously.
It turned out to be an incredibly beautiful face, and Bobby was stunned.
The owner of the beautiful face seemed to have not expected Bobby to turn around suddenly. With panic in her eyes, she quickly closed the curtains and disappeared from Bobby's sight.
"Oh my God, could it be that what Lulu said is the truth..." Bobby sighed absentmindedly, secretly ashamed of his previous speculation that Adams' wife was ugly.
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"Then we won't bother you any more. We're leaving town today. It's nice to meet you, Mr. Adams."
Looking through the window, seeing that the work in the yard was almost done, Lilith stood up and said goodbye to the gentle young man.
As soon as he walked out of the yard, Adams was shocked. Not only the small stone path in the middle, but they also helped to clean up the other snow on the roof and lawn. Small snow mountains piled up in the yard, and the vegetation underneath was exposed.
"Thank you, thank you..." Adams murmured. He had never felt such kindness before. He didn't know what to say for a moment and looked dazed.
"You're welcome. It just happened." Bobby waved with a smile. As he walked, he couldn't help but look at the house behind him. Why didn't his wife come out to see him off? He just told everyone about it, but no one believed him.
"Ah, it's the cobra lily!" When she was about to walk out of the yard, Jaina saw a few clumps of green plants on the ground near the wall. They were previously covered by snow, with only their heads showing. Now they have finally broken free from the shackles and are stretching their bodies freely in the wind.
"Do you like them, miss?" Adams was finally able to give back to these kind children. He quickly picked up the gardening shovel and walked over to quickly dig up some. "Please be careful, they are still frozen now. If they get to a warm place, they may bite you."
"Thank you so much! This is exactly what I'm looking for!" Jaina took the plant handed to her by Adams and was very surprised. Now all the plants she was looking for were complete.
"It's my pleasure to help you, miss." Adams saluted awkwardly and watched them leave the yard.
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"Bobby, look at how dumb you are." Even though they had walked a long way, Bobby still looked dazed. Sean disdainfully removed the feather tubes and fluff on his partner's head. "Why are there so many feathers?"
"Maybe it was from cleaning the roof, there's a lot of it..." Bobby responded randomly and sighed, "Ah, they don't believe me." Mr. Adams really has a beautiful wife...
"Jaina, is this valuable?" Lucas was too lazy to listen to these gossips. Seeing Jaina holding a bunch of green strange plants and unwilling to let go, he couldn't help but move closer.
"Of course!" Jaina nodded. "Cobra lily, like grave flower, is a magical plant that is extremely difficult to cultivate artificially. It is an important material for advanced antidotes and is very rare."
Lucas rolled his eyes and said, "Well, I was busy working just now and didn't have time to say goodbye to Mr. Adams. I'll go back again." He remembered that there were still a few left to pick.
"It's really like plucking feathers from a passing goose..." Lilith and the others were speechless as they watched Lucas running away.
The group could only walk slowly on the street, waiting for Lucas who had fallen behind to catch up, but they saw a sudden increase in the flow of people, gathering in one place.
Catherine stopped and looked, with a bad feeling...
"Witch! The witch is harming people again!" A person suddenly ran against the flow of people, shouting as he walked, his voice shrill.