029

Suni and the Graveyard

When Libella arrived at the entrance of the Sunshine Community Welfare Institute, she looked at the time. It was already a quarter past two.

She was a quarter of an hour late. She hoped that Suni didn't wait too long.

In early spring, the sun wasn't so sincere, and the temperature was cold.

Libella followed the familiar corridor to the toy room on the first floor. Before she knocked on the door, she heard Suni's laughter from inside. Libella paused and opened the door.

Suni wasn't the only one in the room. There were other children, but only Suni was laughing happily. That was because there were two people beside her.

The kind Dr. Watson squatted in front of her. His eyes were gentle as he read her some stories. Not far away, a detective in a long trench coat was leaning against the wall, looking at the two of them with a sullen face. After Libella opened the door, everyone in the room looked at her.

Libella smiled and gave the fruits she brought to the children. Finally, she squatted in front of Suni and wrapped the scarf around her neck around her delicate neck.

"Did you miss me?" Libella smiled at her.

Suni gave a big smile. "Lily, you're here too!"

Libella rubbed her head and looked at Watson next to her thoughtfully. "Yesterday, I was worried that Mr. Sherlock Holmes didn't know Suni's address. I forgot about Dr. Watson."

No, she never knew that John Watson would come to visit Suni. Suni never mentioned it to her.

However, it wasn't impossible. That night, Hathaway and Watson were alone for a while. With Hathaway's way of doing things, she would definitely ask Watson to take care of Suni. Dr. Watson was a good person, so it wasn't a big deal for him to agree to Hathaway's request.

Watson seemed to know what she meant. He looked away uncomfortably. "Um … Yes, Sherlock asked me yesterday, so I came with him …"

Oh, yes, there was another person.

Libella turned to look at him.

Sherlock was too tall. Even if Libella stood up straight, she would still feel oppressed, not to mention squatting now. Since she had this thought, Suni next to her couldn't be any better.

Libella looked at Suni. Sure enough, she didn't dare to look at Sherlock.

Mr. Sherlock Holmes understood and squatted down. His long windbreaker fell to the ground. Libella moved to the side and got closer to Watson. Thus, the three of them squatted in front of Suni and stared at her.

Suni was a little overwhelmed by such a big scene. Her face turned red, and the hair of the doll in her arms circled around her fingers, revealing her nervousness.

Libella felt a little embarrassed …

Well, she didn't come here to bully a child. She might as well wait until she relaxed a little before asking about Hathaway.

Libella sat down. However, she had just relaxed and didn't notice Sherlock quickly glancing at the clock on the wall. He then went straight to the point.

"Suni, do you remember Hathaway?"

"Ahem."

Watson and Libella were stunned. The two of them looked at each other. Seeing that Suni was obviously more nervous, they didn't know how to respond.

Sherlock didn't intend to "let the poor little girl off the hook."

"Did she tell you …" Sherlock paused, as if he understood something from Libella's gaze. Then, he smiled and naturally took out an apple from Libella's bag. He handed it to her and interrupted Suni's nervousness. "Well … She actually likes to listen to you play —"

Sherlock glanced at the child's fingers. "Listen to you play the violin."

Suni seemed to immediately stop being nervous. She looked at him with wide eyes and said timidly, "Is, is that so?"

"Of course." Sherlock took the initiative to talk to the child.

Suni's face showed a few seconds of joy, and then she was disappointed. "But Hathaway hasn't come to see me for a long time."

"She's not in London." Sherlock lied concisely.

Libella then remembered that when Hathaway was taken away, Davis deliberately brought Suni back to Whitechapel and didn't let her see the scene. So, Suni didn't know that Hathaway was a … a vicious criminal.

Libella pursed her lips and asked gently, "Do you miss her?"

Suni's eyes quickly filled with tears, and she nodded vigorously.

The poor child had learned to hold back her tears at such a young age.

Libella stole a glance at the person on her left. Dr. Watson lowered his head, thinking about something. Perhaps he was also missing Hathaway.

"Is Hathaway a good person?" Libella asked her softly.

"Of course, she's a good person, like Lily." Suni added, "She's very good to me."

"In fact, I'm very good to everyone." Libella smiled. "Right?

Your friends also like me, don't they? "

Su Ni's attention was attracted by her words, and she began to talk about her friends with Libella. Watson also raised his head to look at her. The two of them listened to her gently, and from time to time, they would agree.

However, Sherlock became more and more annoyed. He looked at the two of them deeply, snorted, and sat on the ground. The hem of his windbreaker was raised, and it was placed on Libella's lap.

After about five minutes, Libella finally remembered about the surrogate mother.

She plucked up her courage and decided to delay Suni's happiness. "Well, Suni, in fact, I'm here today to ask you something."

Suni's chattering mouth immediately stopped. She looked a little disappointed and said in a muffled voice, "I see. What's the matter?"

Libella braced herself and asked her, "I want to ask you about Hathaway."

Suni blinked and said, "Hathaway … is very good."

Libella felt that it was difficult to get to the point. She couldn't directly ask Suni if Hathaway had mentioned her mother. That would be too rude.

But how could she ask otherwise?

Thus, just as the topic was about to die down, Sherlock interrupted and asked, "Is that so?

Then, did Hathaway take you to any fun places? "

Perhaps the memories were too beautiful, Suni was suddenly energized. She excitedly told them about the fun places in London, from the London Bridge and the British Museum to the strange alleys. She said a lot. It seemed that Hathaway had been taking care of her, even before Suni's "parents" were dismembered.

So, this also confirmed what Hathaway said that day. In the beginning, she did not intend to hurt Suni's family, but because Suni's "mother" was too neurotic, she took action.

Libella was distracted and thought of the natural born criminal theory. The book did not mention this classification of natural born criminal motives.

"Wait —"

Sherlock suddenly spoke, and Libella and Watson, who were distracted, immediately focused.