Chapter 526 - Anthony and Little Seven 7 (1/2)

Anthony carried Eleven back to the Kurt’s house and Mrs. Kurt was already waiting for them anxiously at the window. The sky was getting darker yet the small route in front of the door was empty. She was really worried that they would get lost.

She had done preparing dinner and did not see anyone at the door. She was about to go out and look for them when they appeared.

“Little Seven, did you fall down? Is it serious?” Mrs. Kurt saw Anthony carrying Little Seven and thought that she was injured. The snow had become ice and the floor was slippery. It was easy to fall down when one went out in such weather.

She had fell a few times even though she was used to it.

“No, my legs are frozen, but I’m fine now.” Eleven smiled and her ears had become red. She wanted to let Anthony put her down at the door so that Mr. and Mrs. Kurt would not see them.

Who knew that Anthony acted as if he did not hear her and insisted on carrying her inside? She did not want Mr. and Mrs. Kurt to think that they have an ambiguous relations.h.i.+p.

Anthony put her down carefully and Mrs. Kurt closed the door.

“The snow is getting heavier.”

Anthony was afraid that her frozen legs were still not well yet and asked Eleven if she was feeling better. He even kneeled down to check her legs and Eleven stopped him in a panic. Anthony did not feel that his action was weird and he looked up and asked what happened.

Eleven felt awkward and shook her head and said it was nothing. The indoor temperature was warm and she would be fine after a while. He was being too nervous.

Anthony saw that she felt more comfortable and decided to not help her check. Mr. Kurt kept praising that Anthony was a good man as he knew how to drink, had a good personality, was good-looking and treated ladies like a gentleman.

Eleven felt helpless, was a man that knew how to drink considered a good man? This was the first time she heard such a refres.h.i.+ng saying.

Mrs. Kurt agreed with him like a harmonious couple and this atmosphere made Eleven felt uneasy. It made Anthony and her seemed like they had some unclear relations.h.i.+p. It was like the couple was advertising the good in their house that could not be sold.

She felt a little cold and the attentive Anthony noticed that. He went to the kitchen to get a cup of hot water for her to drink and warm her body. It would be better if she could drink alcohol, but it was a pity that…

Eleven’s hands were frozen till it was a little purple. Luckily they were already back and she felt warmer.

She felt more comfortable after drinking the hot water.

After she rested for a while, they had dinner together and Mrs. Kurt asked about their day. Mrs. Kurt was curious after knowing that Eleven went to the little black house. “It is not far from here, why did you go there for the whole day?”

“I got lost.” Eleven said embarra.s.singly.

It was indeed easy for someone unfamiliar with the place to get lost in such weather. She only went around the place at night last time, and did not look at the surroundings carefully.

“Why did you go the little house?”

“Nothing, I just went there to have a look.” Eleven smiled and did not reveal much.

Talking about that house, Mrs. Kurt said, “It had been fixed for a few times, if not it would have been gone.”

“It had been fixed?” Eleven was puzzled.

The place was burnt when she went back there five years ago and the place was a mess. There was a forest near the little house and there were often animals around the area. The hunters would stay there overnight as it was more convenient for them. Therefore, they fixed the little house as it was a place for them to rest.

They called it fixed, but they simply returned it to the original state, therefore she felt that the place did not change much. The place had become more run down over the past year as there was a village near the area and the hunters no longer had to suffer in the little house. They could go to the village to rest instead, therefore the little house became more run down.

(Note: a reader raised the issue that the little house was burned into ashes but I have forgotten about it when I was writing today. Therefore, I am making amendments here, thank you.)

“Eat more, eat more, Little Seven is too skinny.” Mrs. Kurt cared a lot about her body and kept putting food into her bowl. “It’s good that the snow became bigger, the two of you can stay here longer to accompany the two old people.”

Eleven smiled and Anthony said. “We should thank you for letting us stay here.”

“Haha, it would be great if the two of you could accompany us till Christmas.” Mrs. Kurt could not help but got excited and prayed that the snow would be bigger in a cute manner…

Eleven did not know whether to laugh or cry, Christmas…

There were still many days to Christmas. The weather here was cold and would often have heavy snow. It was not impossible to snow for more than a month and it might really last till Christmas…

Then she…

“Little Seven, will you keep staying here if the snow does not stop?” Mrs. Kurt asked excitedly.

Eleven did not know how to reply and Anthony said. “Of course we will stay if the snow does not stop. We’re just afraid that Mrs. Kurt will shoo us out of the house for eating too much and we will be homeless.”