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說到新加索鎮最有錢的人,大家第一個想到的絕對是里奇 ‧ 小約翰 ‧ 奧朋先生。奧朋先生二十六年前帶著他的夫人到鎮上定居時,鎮民都覺得他瘋了。240Please respect copyright.PENANAMpLVrHshqc
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「怎麼會有富人想住這啊?」240Please respect copyright.PENANAoGa2i1TF3u
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「不會是通緝犯吧?」240Please respect copyright.PENANAdHlSRyQg3T
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「可能在躲債吧?」240Please respect copyright.PENANAUfsdJjLW8r
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流言蜚語一度鬧得很兇,但奧朋先生完全不當一回事,依舊自在的定居下來。240Please respect copyright.PENANAVcmR58NDEl
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之後他們有了小孩,小孩也在新加索鎮內的學校就學並且成長。240Please respect copyright.PENANAHGBCvQrX7p
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長子愛德華繼承家業,高中畢業後跟隨父親做生意;長女莉絲華則是在今年高中畢業後,順利考上「邁加皇舖設計大學」,未來將主攻紡織設計。240Please respect copyright.PENANAuB8w5GqbFO
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莉絲華在新加索鎮是小有名氣的美少女,跟珍碧兒同為鎮內的甜姊兒代表。只不過她從小在父母保護下成長,奧朋先生不讓她與異性有過多互動。240Please respect copyright.PENANAN67TwOUk8m
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今天鎮上的氣氛有些不一樣。莉絲華和哥哥到街上採買時,聽到鎮民們都在討論同一件事。240Please respect copyright.PENANA1oQSBzvgQw
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「他們要回來了!真不簡單啊!」240Please respect copyright.PENANARjt4ON9fPA
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「能夠順利畢業,代表真的有能力!」240Please respect copyright.PENANAFyHzRwsJsZ
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愛德華拋下莉絲華,擠到人群中打聽。240Please respect copyright.PENANAYWoFW2ntu8
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「愛德華!」莉絲華見哥哥像一隻鬥雞衝到人群裡,有時她真的懷疑愛德華是不是有過動症。240Please respect copyright.PENANAavPWeoNGe5
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「歡迎大家共襄盛舉!」原來之所以有人群,是因為梅特老爸「梅伯」在宣傳。240Please respect copyright.PENANAt56zqiXXeP
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「慶祝我們維爾科和珍碧兒從魔方培訓軍苑畢業!歡迎大家晚上到麵包店前參加餐會!」240Please respect copyright.PENANA86m0Cpb9A5
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莉絲華站在一旁,靜待哥哥回來。過了一會,愛德華從人群中衝回莉絲華前面。240Please respect copyright.PENANAb2eRCR8NrM
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「你可以不要這樣嗎?」莉絲華無奈:「可以慢慢走,沒人趕你。」240Please respect copyright.PENANAeXDW6SYe1K
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「妳管我!」愛德華從梅伯那裡拿到一張手寫傳單:「妳看,他們今天晚上有餐會耶!還有這字誰寫的啊?醜到爆!」240Please respect copyright.PENANA6E0ABPvCya
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「不干我們的事。」莉絲華往前走去:「走吧。」240Please respect copyright.PENANAKnRXazzAFa
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「我要去!」愛德華跳到莉絲華旁邊:「我超愛魔方,我要去看魔方!」240Please respect copyright.PENANA9sIqrKxZRA
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「你晚上不是要跟爸爸去找軒尼伯伯他們嗎?」莉絲華搶走愛德華手上傳單:「請做好你該做的事!」240Please respect copyright.PENANA0te2ARTm20
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「我要去!」愛德華重申:「然後妳要一起。因為那兩個回來的人,是妳的小學同學吧?」240Please respect copyright.PENANAm27szbo8Uu
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「維爾科和珍碧兒……」莉絲華側頭想了一下,對他們印象不是很深刻。只記得叫維爾科的很窮,常看他在吃垃圾;然後珍碧兒長得很漂亮,都會跟維爾科一起出入。240Please respect copyright.PENANAmIAjwLm9UT
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「我跟他們不熟。」莉絲華搖頭:「也不想去。」240Please respect copyright.PENANA0doZFc6610
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「妳要去,然後妳就用小學同窗的名義讓我接近他們。這樣我才可以看到魔方。」愛德華似乎一意孤行,莉絲華嘆了口氣。240Please respect copyright.PENANAD4bXRrKp6C
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「就算我去,他們不見得還記得我啊。」莉絲華道:「而且我絕對不會主動找他們。你堅持去可以,但是你自己跟他們講要看魔方。」240Please respect copyright.PENANArCBcIqMOa1
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「好啊,妳就跟在我旁邊,交涉我來。」愛德華點頭:「跟媽媽講,她會同意讓我帶妳去的。自從妳高中畢業後,整天待在家等大學開學。妳看妳,頭都長菌了!」240Please respect copyright.PENANAXwMbeygxR7
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「這不是菌,這是金粉。」莉絲華白了哥哥好大一眼。240Please respect copyright.PENANAaZGUUJ5EDr
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晚上,愛德華帶著莉絲華,兄妹倆來到平常根本不會來的「房價低廉區」,準備一睹魔方風采。240Please respect copyright.PENANAqkjVkj1NvI
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「好多人喔!」莉絲華看著熱鬧的餐會,吃驚道。240Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1UCZQrRMv
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這裡的氣氛跟住家那邊截然不同。大家感情似乎都很好,可以自由進入別人家。240Please respect copyright.PENANAaZYmkx83w3
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「欸!妳看!他們在那邊!」愛德華像發現寶藏一樣大叫。莉絲華往他所指的方向看去,只見兩位長得非常漂亮俊美的年輕女孩和男孩,正在接受大家祝賀。240Please respect copyright.PENANAIVPK2y1TT5
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「他們就是珍碧兒和維爾科吧?」愛德華興奮地問道,莉絲華側頭想了一下。240Please respect copyright.PENANA6U5MYuygUr
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女孩是珍碧兒沒錯。雖然已經長大,但五官依舊看得出是孩童時的珍碧兒。240Please respect copyright.PENANAV7m5lYUAYB
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然而男孩似乎不是維爾科。眼前跟珍碧兒挨在一起的男孩長得非常俊美,有一頭白金色頭髮和翠綠色雙瞳。240Please respect copyright.PENANAWFsUsabDcI
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莉絲華依稀記得小時候的維爾科髮色好像是深褐色的,五官也沒有這麼立體。240Please respect copyright.PENANASo4AH4hxLT
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「看起來是情侶欸!我怎麼都不知道這個鎮還有長這麼漂亮的居民啊?」愛德華白目的一席話,引起經過的鎮民白眼。240Please respect copyright.PENANAbzJszTJR7s
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「男生好像不是維爾科的樣子。」莉絲華道:「他應該不是長這樣。不過如果他不是維爾科,那他又是誰呢?」240Please respect copyright.PENANAweRwLrSb0p
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彷彿在幫莉絲華解答,有人喊道:「珍碧兒!這位帥哥是誰啊?」240Please respect copyright.PENANApvL2wjTnrs
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珍碧兒紅著臉看了男孩一眼:「他叫蘇威,是我的男朋友。」240Please respect copyright.PENANATYIASZwfea
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蘇威一手搭住珍碧兒肩膀,引起民眾一陣起鬨。240Please respect copyright.PENANAmFstKJ83VE
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「原來是珍碧兒的男朋友!一樣也是魔方軍欸!超酷的!」愛德華說完,立刻朝他們方向衝去。240Please respect copyright.PENANAbyt6qjoL9n
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自己的哥哥又像鬥雞衝走了,莉絲華很是無奈,只能來到人少的地方等哥哥回來。240Please respect copyright.PENANAw0iHzD20iz
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話說回來,維爾科到底是什麼樣子的人呢?莉絲華稍微用力的回憶了一下。240Please respect copyright.PENANAr5kl5q6QPp
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記得他的手指頭超級黑,身上總是飄著各種機油的味道。240Please respect copyright.PENANAitlAVae0EE
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功課好像還不錯,不是什麼讓老師頭痛的人物。莉絲華想了一會,發現自己對維爾科的印象僅只於此,便不再多想。240Please respect copyright.PENANAWiVwWdV5Gi
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就在這時,她看到正被梅特拿麵包夾敲頭的維爾科。240Please respect copyright.PENANAGlPs7Hy4Gl
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「你吃到我明天要給客人的麵包啦!你還吃!還吃!」梅特追在維爾科後面氣喊,後者嘴裡塞滿麵包,邊快速咀嚼邊跑進另一棟房子。240Please respect copyright.PENANAZrYap5II2E
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是小偷嗎?莉絲華抿嘴,這裡的治安果然很不好吶!240Please respect copyright.PENANA4T3xZUatXz
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餐會進行到一半,見愛德華終於要離開珍碧兒兩人,莉絲華連忙上前催促他快點。240Please respect copyright.PENANAdxkvpvWHnc
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「等一下啦!讓我再跟他們說幾句!」愛德華掙脫莉絲華的手,又朝珍碧兒兩人跑去:「可不可以再魔方一次給我看?」240Please respect copyright.PENANAdOqYBLbtGy
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莉絲華無奈地站在原地,這時她不經意地撇頭往後方看去,正好跟坐在不遠處和農森聊天的維爾科對到眼。240Please respect copyright.PENANAsmRRwsxwcF
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莉絲華愣了一下。維爾科看了她一眼,接著轉回視線繼續跟農森講話。240Please respect copyright.PENANAqKPrvnodDZ
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「我好了!我們去軒尼伯伯那裡吧!」愛德華一掌拍向莉絲華的背:「他們提供的麵包滿好吃的!我拿了好多!」 240Please respect copyright.PENANABxM95yU4f6
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「我想起來了,那個人好像就是維爾科、」莉絲華指向維爾科,但愛德華不感興趣,自顧自地往轎車走去。240Please respect copyright.PENANAnWgezcCgeu
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剛從邁加城採買完上大學所需物品的莉絲華和哥哥回到鎮上,熱愛魔方的愛德華恰巧看到戴著魔方的傑戈,於是主動纏上人家,吵著要看魔方。240Please respect copyright.PENANA2FsRQld3wb
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然而傑戈的魔方表演變相成無賴把妹,意外出現解圍的維爾科,讓莉絲華的思緒久久無法平復。240Please respect copyright.PENANAflNG7wRgOm
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當天晚上,莉絲華和父親一起去參加鎮長家派對的路上,她試探性的問父親是否知道維爾科背景。240Please respect copyright.PENANAAwrF1qVXbv
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「沒聽過,葉門這個姓氏聽起來就是住在牆壁邊的社會底層。」坐在莉絲華旁邊的奧朋先生悠閒地擦拭單眼眼鏡:「不過妳說的這個維爾科,我沒記錯的話就是那名剛畢業的魔方軍吧?我有聽愛德華提過。」240Please respect copyright.PENANAF4nSpjqX1r
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「媽媽會不會比較清楚呢?她常常跟不特定的阿姨們在咖啡廳聊天,說不定有跟維爾科的媽媽碰面過。」莉絲華邊說邊梳理頭髮,奧朋先生戴上眼鏡,一臉有趣地看著她。240Please respect copyright.PENANAAzzvpGRvtV
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「莉莉,是發生了什麼事讓妳對那名叫作維爾科的魔方軍這麼好奇?如果妳想的話,我可以親自去找他詢問。」240Please respect copyright.PENANASlOe5Mq21H
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「哦!沒有!我沒有很想知道,他也沒那麼特別。」莉絲華想起自己好意借維爾科手巾卻被打回票,於是賭氣否認。240Please respect copyright.PENANAv1nFvQeOnJ
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在派對上玩樂一陣子後,正在彈琴助興的莉絲華被突然闖入派對的髒亂維爾科嚇了一跳。240Please respect copyright.PENANAhWWOT1BND1
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只見維爾科渾身泥濘又狼狽不堪,不仔細看還以為是剛從水溝上來的流浪漢。正當眾人以為他是來乞食時,維爾科卻帶來恐怖又糟糕的訊息,異獸竟然破牆了! 240Please respect copyright.PENANA6lRpECHFSj
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接下來的事發生得又快又急,莉絲華只記得父親緊抓她的手跟著一群人擠進地下室避難!然而沒多久便聽到鐵門撞擊聲,門外的維爾科大聲嚷著要破壞鐵門跟大家同歸於盡,還威脅他們全滾出來坐他魔方的巴士逃難。240Please respect copyright.PENANAwi5mDs3jAv
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在場沒有人敢出聲。莉絲華害怕地看向父親,父親看了她一眼,接著高舉雙手,要大家聽他說。240Please respect copyright.PENANA646Vmm3I5j
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「他說得對,我們不能待在這裡。那隻異獸的攻擊範圍太大了,一兩次或許還行,但是第三次呢?這裡還頂得住嗎?」奧朋先生沉重道:「門外那傢伙現在是我們唯一的希望,雖然他口氣狂妄又目中無人,不曉得自己在跟誰說話,但現階段保命要緊,以後再慢慢跟他算帳。」 240Please respect copyright.PENANA3fy4d4RoHB
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「我不要出去!我們躲在這裡很安全,異獸看不到我們!出去無疑是送死!要去你自己去!」240Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hak24xOHz
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聽到反對聲浪,奧朋先生收起紳士表情,惡狠狠地瞪著聲音來源。240Please respect copyright.PENANA4ICu3MOaw0
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「看不到我們?怎麼?你們還妄想跟異獸求饒嗎?一群苟活在牆內的肥鼠,被安逸侵蝕掉大腦還沾沾自喜!」奧朋先生牽起莉絲華的手,拉著她走到鐵門前拉開鐵門:「莉莉別怕,跟好爸爸,別離開我的視線。」240Please respect copyright.PENANAiXtAbtQ9ZE
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或許是從眾效應,他們走出鐵門不久後,一群人也跟著他們後腳走,最後大家都坐上維爾科魔方好的巴士離開。240Please respect copyright.PENANAyXwW55BU5s
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「爸爸,你不該對他那麼兇的,他是在救我們。」撤離的路上,莉絲華握緊父親的手埋怨。240Please respect copyright.PENANATBvkXpnpHX
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「他如果能毫髮無傷地把我們所有人救出去,我就寫一張感謝狀給他。」奧朋先生說完轉頭看向後方,眉頭瞬間大皺:「大家快趴下!」他大喊。240Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1AAUnRjE2
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異獸射出的能量波宛如光刀橫切而來!巴士頂部隨即整片被削去!240Please respect copyright.PENANAhxA0gg4Acn
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「爸爸!」莉絲華尖叫,巴士魔方開始瓦解,直往一旁運河衝去!240Please respect copyright.PENANALgzyKbrFoX
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所幸巴士在墜河前,被及時趕來的第三守衛軍救下,眾人隨即被帶往市中心醫院檢查傷勢。240Please respect copyright.PENANAigWcxoJpPj
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由於只有輕微擦挫傷,奧朋父女包紮完準備離開醫院時,正巧撞見被帶出手術室的維爾科。240Please respect copyright.PENANAnU71Ld2nn3
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「那是維爾科!」莉絲華正想追過去看,立刻被父親攔下。240Please respect copyright.PENANApvuL1yNfHv
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「妳過去沒有任何幫助,這裡的外科醫生技術很好,交給他們處理吧!」奧朋先生道:「晚點我再送感謝狀到他服役的單位感謝他,也不追究他的言行了,讓他好好養傷。」240Please respect copyright.PENANAcd8WWu5NU3
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「除了寫感謝狀,我們不能再多做些什麼嗎?」莉絲華不捨地望著躺在床上,身上插著一堆導管被推進電梯的維爾科:「他為了救我們才變這樣……」240Please respect copyright.PENANAQsTj2IYgrE
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「嗯,關於這點我們回家後可以好好想想,我也可以調查維爾科 ‧ 葉門的背景。」奧朋先生挑眉:「我是該好好調查,就從他曾祖父母那一輩開始。」240Please respect copyright.PENANAKm5aLM7zlb
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