2163年9月24日,下午一點,政治中心A區,桃花林443Please respect copyright.PENANAABeUtEKHF9
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仙境大樓最近在施工。443Please respect copyright.PENANA2WYxXppWjM
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新加入的成員、神與畜第十三幹部──赫菲斯托斯(Hephaestus),本名羅俊,來自Platinum的機械神童。因不願交出A級機器人的技術,羅俊被Platinum追殺,最後摔倒在農業I區的懸崖,被尼可拉斯撿回神與畜。443Please respect copyright.PENANA1YrUrzLIfk
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據尼可拉斯的說法,羅俊的雙腿全廢,血液含有蜘蛛糖,現場沒發現他的A級機器人。經過休養及赫密士的「治療」,羅俊終於恢復精神,給自己做了對義肢,正式加入神與畜。443Please respect copyright.PENANA5n9TXDxUtd
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羅俊表示,他可以將仙境大樓徹底改造,不只避免外人入侵,還能做出媲美Platinum的後台終端。高宇維接受提議,也讓小約翰──賴梓綾加入工程行列。無論羅俊需要什麼,賴梓綾的身體都能長出來,非常方便。443Please respect copyright.PENANA8ASoHhZNuT
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「宇維少爺。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAbr4veLqzBr
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「宇維少爺,下午一點,您該起來了。」443Please respect copyright.PENANASfKLaaLnJK
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施工期間沒地方住,里奧提議全員搬去高宇維家。拜損友所賜,高宇維原先安靜的生活,因此多了一堆聲音。443Please respect copyright.PENANACMGaQj1Cnh
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「派翠克,不要吵我。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAAxbQBEBvYe
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高宇維縮回棉被,有氣無力地哀號:「我好睏……」443Please respect copyright.PENANAXl2HKMqEhb
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「里奧大哥說了,您只能睡十二個小時。」派翠克掀開棉被,「快起來吧,我幫您換衣服。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAaGszFOVviY
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說著,高宇維被派翠克抓起來。雖然被強制叫醒很不開心,但他只有一隻手,一個人換衣服很不方便,像這樣有人幫忙,其實挺好的。443Please respect copyright.PENANArmFuDJMsF5
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平常在家,高宇維不會戴他的帽子,也沒有披風,只有白色的襯衫和吊帶短褲。派翠克陪他下樓,尼可拉斯坐在一樓的大沙發,看超困難的醫學書。443Please respect copyright.PENANAb059SW7vbN
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「宇維少爺。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAnQqTsQiMTY
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對象是高宇維,尼可拉斯當然不會罵人,禮貌的聲音說:「牛奶我幫您熱好了。記得,剛睡醒不要喝紅茶,會傷胃。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAGpDWy4NvJy
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「……嗯。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAJJCdSexFvG
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回答完,高宇維發現沙發的顏色不太對,問尼可拉斯:「怎麼變成黑色?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAJbIufbVTgg
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「昨天江云格打翻赫密士的可樂,趁您睡覺時換新的。」尼可拉斯環顧四週,「宇維少爺,不是我要說──您這裡很像醫院,跟李博洋的白色空間沒兩樣。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAjTiTjMoCsK
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高宇維的家只有兩層,每層都超過百坪,無論牆壁、天花板、地板、家具……都是白色。一個將近五十坪的超大客廳,放眼望去全是白的,毫無生活氣息。443Please respect copyright.PENANAWZU9xIfk2C
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「MIO覺得這裡太白,一大早和博洋去傢俱店,說要給您買裝飾。」派翠克用不確定的聲音問:「您不會生氣吧?宇維少爺。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAeHFnFPin7e
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高宇維搖頭,「打掃乾淨就好,我無所謂。」443Please respect copyright.PENANA3TekyzC4nL
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說著,高宇維走去廚房,一邊喝尼克拉斯的熱牛奶,一邊檢查他的庫存。443Please respect copyright.PENANAUF5ptHadUl
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紅茶還有,配茶的餅乾沒了。他回想,好像是上禮拜……不,上個月……他忘了,很久以前就被他吃完,高宇維一次又一次倒回餅乾罐的時間。餅乾一直有,味道卻一樣,久了像在嚼蠟。443Please respect copyright.PENANAGBwLRFYeSL
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「啊,宇維少爺!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAW9W6Pivt4A
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此時,謝綠剛好來廚房,看見高宇維坐在白色的吧檯椅上,用白色的杯子喝白色的牛奶。443Please respect copyright.PENANASy98x1xLSe
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「宇維少爺,您是要泡茶嗎?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAhl7p9VAb55
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高宇維點頭。443Please respect copyright.PENANAZeoq8te52W
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「今天早上,大家一起做了餅乾喔。」443Please respect copyright.PENANA5j0X7TEf7X
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謝綠微笑,打開另一個白色櫃子,透明的玻璃罐裝滿剛出爐的手工餅乾。謝綠拿一片給他嚐嚐,高宇維的生活終於有別的味道。443Please respect copyright.PENANA1QHabyMAGE
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「宇維少爺,我幫您泡紅茶吧。」謝綠提議。443Please respect copyright.PENANA8zt8uUac3Z
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「妳會泡嗎?」高宇維有點擔心。443Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3KLSUO6sK
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「呃,和綠茶差不多?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAGZ33GVOUxA
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「……我教妳,妳來幫我。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAF9XbA1kOuw
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說著,一個指令一個動作。裝多少水、溫度幾度、泡幾分鐘……高宇維一步一步教,謝綠也一點一點學。當謝綠認真觀察茶葉,高宇維凝視她的側臉,竟然看到出神。443Please respect copyright.PENANATBStVQlLfy
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──好像。443Please respect copyright.PENANAISf5xdIHH7
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真的,太像了。443Please respect copyright.PENANAiQraeiqD80
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令人懷念,也令人不安。443Please respect copyright.PENANA2TimVasPNb
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「宇維少爺?」443Please respect copyright.PENANA8WYAv2o48Y
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發現高宇維在發呆,謝綠揮了揮手,「還沒睡醒嗎?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAmvDHqVgyKK
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「……嗯,或許吧。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAwQcQt5WMky
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高宇維停止亂想,轉移話題問:「晴煬呢?」443Please respect copyright.PENANArRM9kDNRzq
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「又去墓園了。」謝綠表示:「他最近一直去,我覺得很奇怪。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAd4CiqODACK
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兩年前,黑教堂的事件結束,李晴煬變得異常安靜,常把自己關在房間,外出也只去A區的墓園,理由是「想跟小叔說話」。443Please respect copyright.PENANAXDU4WzEEDD
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跟謝綠吵架、拿吹風機嚇江云格、和尼可拉斯鬥嘴、毆打李博洋……以前會做的事,李晴煬這兩年都沒有做。雖然外表相同,但謝綠總感覺,李晴煬變成了「另一個人」。443Please respect copyright.PENANAuSXo0IYH7s
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「宇維少爺,這是被吞噬的前兆嗎?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAoN5IX3FvTQ
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犧牲李晴煬、喚醒李仲翔,在神與畜已經不是秘密,李晴煬本人也知道。謝綠反對歸反對,人還是留在神與畜,因為她絕不回謝氏。443Please respect copyright.PENANAxmjFGA798S
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「……我不知道。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAzni11X5Pof
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秘密不再是秘密,這些人還願意留在自己身邊,高宇維其實很高興。他終於學會和部下相處,君臣關係不再疏遠。443Please respect copyright.PENANAOn0A3uLd2L
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「水果塔這東西,本來就存在很多未知,就像我的能力。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAOoxMMCfg1A
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高宇維看向自己的手──一條空空的袖子,用他平平的聲音說:「有時要代價、有時又不用,我現在也摸不清『時間』的標準,只能靠經驗累積。」443Please respect copyright.PENANA5igIbDIdnM
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「真正了解水果塔的,只有羅琳娜吧。」謝綠感慨地說。443Please respect copyright.PENANA9eCVaTC8Xn
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「也許是。」高宇維想了想,「……也可能不是。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAGhCqfp8yu0
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「咦?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAFPZBMNQtt8
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「夏家的人造人實驗,最初是白絃提議的;Platinum也在研究水果塔,權限只對金允道和白石墨開放。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAGeM0bVKMXI
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高宇維看著泡好的紅茶,美麗的磚紅色,成品他很滿意。443Please respect copyright.PENANAjZFk6aryx9
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「阿道夫教授的實驗報告,明確表示水果塔存在許多未知。」高宇維推測:「因為害怕『未知』影響『現狀』,白絃才沒有停止研究。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAGnu0LhIypP
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「『現狀』?」謝綠覺得這個詞很怪,「什麼現狀?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAgVTQeftdVD
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「仙境。」高宇維回答:「白絃最擔心她的仙境。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAg0XBkZl5ep
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「……?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAB0cC8eKVg8
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「有機會再解釋,這很複雜。」高宇維嘆氣,「總之,我和白絃自以為掌控晴煬,事實卻相反;晴煬究竟發生什麼,只有他自己知道。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAFOOS0XeLkK
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泡好紅茶,高宇維打算去外面。屋外有一張──又是白色的──長桌,高宇維喜歡在那裡喝茶、耗上一整天。謝綠正要幫忙端東西,江云格突然跑來廚房,表情很著急。443Please respect copyright.PENANAR3DJ40PI8b
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「宇維少爺。」江云格向他報告:「赫密士他們回來了。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAQInmesnSmj
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高宇維歪頭,「回來就回來,怎麼慌張成這樣?」443Please respect copyright.PENANA9bDqLOUZQ7
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「因為……!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAKevhBLw6bF
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江云格還沒說,屋外傳來陌生的聲音,似乎是一個女孩在哀號:443Please respect copyright.PENANAqha0hFwC6e
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「放開我……啊啊!好痛!好痛啊!!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAZJwjsUTgnT
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高宇維看向窗外。桃花林裡,尼可拉斯將一名少女的手抓在後方。少女死命掙扎,邊喊邊罵:443Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9yfWH3gtf
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「臭流氓!誰准你這樣對本小姐,給我放手!」443Please respect copyright.PENANA4coYf3TycL
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「吵死了。」443Please respect copyright.PENANANxlBXbw2IF
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尼可拉斯一手抓人,一手還抽著菸。他問一旁的里奧:「這小鬼是誰?」443Please respect copyright.PENANA1XpBmLTN4a
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里奧聳肩,指了指赫密士,「你自己問他。」443Please respect copyright.PENANARNt8fO5JRy
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「……。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAec28MDnxBO
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赫密士的表情很難看。雖然他平常臉色就不好,但今天除了不爽,還有擔憂、慌張、不知所措……非常複雜。高宇維走出來時,赫密士竟然露出求救的眼神,看著高宇維。443Please respect copyright.PENANAhNOI6qzm3u
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「唔!好痛,放手啦!!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAEQdFk5tffc
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少女的表情不假,尼可拉斯真的抓很大力。高宇維命令將人放開,尼可拉斯這才鬆手。少女直起身子,抬頭看他們。443Please respect copyright.PENANAZCcB63NoSA
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「妳……!」443Please respect copyright.PENANA7hJGNsDTcv
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謝綠嚇了一跳,因為少女的眼睛是紫色,和白絃一模一樣。443Please respect copyright.PENANAlGcNwrs9Wd
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「終於找到你了,高宇維!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAgqjPzCLHDg
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少女的頭髮是明亮的棕色,紫色的絲帶綁著雙馬尾,一身華麗的、羅莉塔風格的白色洋裝,洋裝上有可愛的裝飾品,都是紫色的水母。她撐著白色的花邊陽傘,紫色的鞋跟有Platinum的飛行器,整個人飄浮在空中,五官和白絃很像。443Please respect copyright.PENANAsOhpmh4V0n
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「白欣濛?」443Please respect copyright.PENANA3LQQJDo7E7
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高宇維認得她,忍不住挑眉,「Platinum的公主,怎麼不在陪審團?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAqScQBxIA2c
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「你以為我想來嗎!?真是的,地表的天氣是怎麼回事……溫度和濕度都不及格,一直流汗煩死了……!」443Please respect copyright.PENANA45WehwAftq
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名叫白欣濛的少女一直抱怨。同是十大家族出生,派翠克聽過她的名字,不可置信地說:443Please respect copyright.PENANAdZh2HoaUQo
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「白欣濛……Platinum司令的女兒?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAZaurqg0v6N
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聽到派翠克的話,尼可拉斯覺得奇怪,「Platinum兄弟都沒結婚,哪來的女兒?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAPVuvgnxh9W
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「具體我不清楚,但『Platinum的司令有對雙胞胎女兒』,我曾聽家人提過。」派翠克解釋:「聽說姊妹倆在陪審團長大,沒有來過地表,給人不食人間煙火的印象,外界都稱她們公主。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAFHGscqOYyR
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白欣濛的打扮,確實很符合「公主」的人設;但她為什麼出現在這,還對高宇維說「找到你了!」,案情似乎不單純。443Please respect copyright.PENANA2VsKch1A5b
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「我和哥哥回來的路上,赫密士突然聯絡我們,問我們人在哪。」443Please respect copyright.PENANA55gFamkrED
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葛蕾絲知道大家很困惑,連忙解釋:「我們碰面時,白欣濛已經在赫密士旁邊。她說自己前幾天從陪審團逃出來,Platinum出事了。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAnNKbvJz8Qp
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「豈止出事!爸爸他們根本瘋了!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAX0GjxYRDl6
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白欣濛大叫,用告狀的口氣說:「他們和蜘蛛合作,還抓了白絃,要把她關於水果塔的記憶刪掉!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAFcrXGF7hXJ
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「……!」高宇維瞪大眼睛,「什麼?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5wXK5m0pN
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「聽不懂嗎!?他們想讓白絃『忘記』,藉此消滅羅琳娜!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAL3nTmJCG31
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白欣濛說:「她如果就這麼忘記,世上就不存在能跟郭凝羽抗衡的人,到時候你……好痛!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAQWm8AAPAwq
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這次不是尼可拉斯,而是里奧。他竟然揪住白欣濛的頭髮,兩眼矇上一層陰影,用恐怖又冰冷的聲音警告:443Please respect copyright.PENANA0aEBzkUILd
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「管好妳的嘴。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAwGcjMwELwg
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「誰准妳說那個名字?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAxikrsSLjc0
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「……!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAn6x0bDbgOY
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白欣濛僵在原地,聲音都不敢發出來。高宇維走上前,用拐杖敲了敲里奧的手。443Please respect copyright.PENANAkKOmvTx41C
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「好了好了。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAmCJaGIGYEj
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高宇維一說,里奧才把人放開。白欣濛躲到赫密士身後,赫密士沒有反應,表情也沒變。443Please respect copyright.PENANAmh57VacnzL
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「如果真是這樣,事情就麻煩了。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6TmQBXl6a
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高宇維意外冷靜。比起白絃,他想先釐清一件事。443Please respect copyright.PENANAB3tMr6CXZ3
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「你和她為什麼認識?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAiyxqGpbWuR
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高宇維問赫密士:「你不是討厭Platinum?」443Please respect copyright.PENANArdzg20RNBG
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「……。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAsDyQeQwhB7
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白欣濛想幫忙回答,赫密士卻攔住她,並將白欣濛拉到背後,獨自面對高宇維。443Please respect copyright.PENANAQFu2EpaosU
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「……因為允希。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAGJCDyfP8e4
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赫密士終於說話。高宇維瞇眼,口氣像在確認。443Please respect copyright.PENANAZT8AITVFh1
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「金允希,她的雙胞胎姊姊?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAImhBpXBkik
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「……嗯。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAqG0kvualAs
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赫密士抬頭。仔細想,這好像是他第一次,跟高宇維提這方面的事。443Please respect copyright.PENANAj4PRDSdetF
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「我們正在交往。」443Please respect copyright.PENANApmcsalPBtf
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「允希是我女友。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAEdmDRR1bNv