When she got up early in the morning, Layla was no longer around.
Derila thought that Layla had gone back to her room, so she didn't care, and was
changing her clothes when Anthony suddenly burst in in a hurry, "Derila, it's not
good."
His words stopped abruptly at the sight of the half-naked Derila, and she turned
around in a panic, so nervous that he was incoherent, "That, I, I didn't mean to."
"Next time, knock first." Derila pulled on her T-shirt and slowly slipped into her
jeans, "What happened, in such a hurry?"
"Auntie Layla and Uncle Lincoln are left." Anthony said anxiously, "I went to look for
Uncle Lincoln early in the morning and found that he was left, and neither was Auntie,
the two left."
"They were going to run an errand." Derila was unimpressed, "What's all the fuss
about."
"It's not." Anthony was anxious, "The door to the weapons store in Uncle Lincoln's room
was open."
Hearing these words, Derila was stunned for a moment and her face instantly
turned serious, "What did you say?"
As Derila spoke, she took big steps outside.
Anthony followed behind her and said anxiously, "I just feel that the two of them are not
right lately, Uncle Lincoln gives me a lesson every day, as if handing over the afterlife,
and auntie Layla doesn't scold me anymore, she even made me delicious food last
night."
"Get to the point." Derila barked lowly with impatience.
"I think they left because of other reasons and probably won't come back." Anthony
finally stated his speculation, "Otherwise, Uncle Lincoln wouldn't have opened the
weapons vault, they haven't moved guys for years."
As Anthony babbled on, Derila had already walked into Uncle Lincoln's room, the
door to the weapons vault was closed, but the rainbow mark on the combination lock
was indeed missing a colour.
When Lincoln had designed this armoury, he had said that he hoped that the door
would not be opened again in his lifetime, which meant that he and Layla could live out
their lives in peace and quiet.
If it had to be opened, Lincoln wanted it to be a number of times.
So Lincoln had set a rainbow seal on the lock of the door to the armoury, which could
only be opened a total of seven times, and for each time it was opened, the colour on
the rainbow seal would disappear by one. iously, when the family had just gained a foothold in the area, local land snakes
often came looking for trouble and injured the orphanage's caretakers and children.
In a fit of rage, Layla and Lincoln opened this door three times and took out their
weapons to level that gang.
And then, it was Chrono's revenge, and they also opened it once to take some weapons
for defence against Chrono and his associates.
So there should have been three colours left in the door, but now there were only two
left, which meant that last night, or this morning, they had opened it once more.
Looking at the disappearing rainbow marks and remembering what Layla had said
yesterday, Derila realized only then, as an afterthought, that Layla, who had always
been dry, had told her those truths over and over again yesterday and slept with her at
night, apparently in her parting words of advice.
Derila was actually unaware of it. She blamed herself very much and hurriedly
called Layla's phone, which was already switched off, she then called Lincoln's phone,
which was also switched off.
She was so anxious that she took a car key from Lincoln's desk and was ready to go
out after them, when Anthony shouted, "Wait a minute!"
"What is it again?" Derila bellowed impatiently.
"There's a letter here." Anthony pulled out an envelope from under the vase, and on it
was written, "To Derila!
Derila took the letter and opened it for a glance, the familiar handwriting, the gentle
instructions, just like last night's Layla's long-winded instructions.
Derila, by the time you read this letter, your Uncle
Lincoln and I will already be left.
Our identities have been exposed and now many enemies
are after us, we must leave before the war is drawn to
you.
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