[Comprehensive British and American] After the Raiders

Chapter 36

In this building that might turn into ruins at any moment, the dropped ring lay quietly in the dark escape passageway due to the disaster.

It wasn't until the end of the war in the outside world that the chaotic crowd was gradually appeased, and finally one person stopped in front of the ring hidden in the darkness.

It was a slender and fair female hand, and on the ring finger of that hand, there was a female ring of the same style.

...

Will parked the car outside the gate of the cemetery in the small town, glanced sideways at the men and women in black suits outside the car window, and then extended his gaze towards the cemetery.

He looked in that direction quietly, his eyes were empty, as if nothing could be reflected in his eyes.

After a long time, he retracted his wandering thoughts, pursed his lips, and finally got out of the car with two white bouquets placed on the passenger seat.

He slowly walked into the scattered strangers heading towards the cemetery, and with every step he took, his heart became more and more quiet. Many pictures seemed to appear in his mind, and his heart seemed to be full of unbearable feelings. The complex emotions of speech, until he merged into the crowd gathered around the tombstone, he seemed to be awakened, but when he tried to catch them at this time, he couldn't catch anything.

He never really imagined such a day, even though it has been two years since the man disappeared, almost everyone did not think that there would be a day when he disappeared in such a war, but he came to the man's funeral in person, When facing a certain fact that he is unwilling to face, the feeling in his heart will not be easy.

Will's sight quickly found Daisy's parents in the crowd, the figures of the old Brown couple, they leaned on each other, their faces looked older than their age, facing those who appeared frequently at funerals Condolence words, and all kinds of gazes cast on them, only Mrs. Brown responded to them vigorously, while Mr. Brown remained expressionless.

All the town residents who came here knew that this was a somewhat different funeral. In their opinion, the Browns were strong enough to come here.

A sigh from beside him drew Will's attention away a bit.

"This is not the first time the Browns have experienced a tragedy like this."

"This kind of funeral is the second time."

Will looked sideways at the man talking beside him, and saw him turn his head and smile politely at Will,

"I'm Andrew," he glanced at the hollowed-out cemetery in front of him, "their former neighbor."

Will didn't react for a while, subconsciously responded to Andrew's words and read his name.

Andrew looked sideways at Will for a while, then let out a cry,

"I remember you, at their wedding, the one who broke in with a distraught face."

This made Will's face, which had just come alive because of the accident, go silent again.

Andrew looked at Will and shook his head. He didn't say anything more about the wedding. His gaze returned to the Brown couple in front of him.

"They don't believe that they have lost their child again. After two years, they always believe that a miracle will happen again."

"Although I also hope to see them again one day, but..." Andrew couldn't help sighing again, "It's been so many years..."

Will silently shifted his gaze back to the old couple, feeling complicated.

He thought that even without him, the person in charge of the case about Daisy would have discovered those information photos about Daisy two years ago. After all, it was not difficult to find those clues, but it took him a long time to find out that in James All the photo materials related to Daisy in the pastor's case were sealed and could never be found again.

The Browns never got a chance to know that their daughter never came back after disappearing more than a decade ago.

Will was a little dazed, and Andrew's voice seemed to be separated by a thin film, becoming more and more blurred.

"...the living will always go on..."

As the ceremony progressed, Will gradually discovered that in this funeral, apart from him, there were no more outsiders from the small town who came to say goodbye to Neil, no relatives, not even a friend.

This made Will suddenly have an inexplicable strange feeling.

Those memories he had of Neil were like a dream, a broken dream that Neal had abandoned and only he retained.

An empty coffin was placed in the hollowed-out cemetery, and people came forward one after another to bid farewell to the young couple with bouquets of flowers.

As the two white flowers in his hand fell, Will suddenly recalled Andrew's words just now.

"The living always keep going."

This made him feel a little dazed and a little uncomfortable.

He returned to the crowd, but it became more and more difficult to focus on the funeral in front of him. Before that, his thoughts were always pulled by memories, but now, he felt that his brain had gone blank, and it was difficult to recall Or think about something.

His gaze couldn't help looking into the distance, empty and without focus.

So after a while, he realized that the figure standing alone in the distance and looking here seemed familiar.

That's Tony Stark.

Who is he here for?

The thought flashed through Will's mind that he and Tony had never crossed paths, nor would they in the foreseeable future.

So he just turned his eyes a little bit, letting his gaze flicker past Tony, and then suddenly, the figure standing farther behind Tony entered his field of vision, making his body Instantly stiffened.

His eyes widened slightly, and he was stunned for a moment, his body moved faster than his thoughts, and before he could think about more things, he had already run out of the crowd.

But when he was getting closer and closer to that person, in just a blink of an eye, that figure suddenly disappeared.

It's like all this is an illusion produced by his excessive immersion in the past.

When he came to Tony, his impatience was almost written on his face,

"Did you see anyone just now?"

He hoped that Tony, who had just briefly looked back at his unusual behavior, would have a different answer, proving to him that his brain was still clear.

But Tony just looked at Will and raised his eyebrows,

"If you mean something magical that only you can see..."

Before his uncomfortable words fell, Will's next words made the somewhat frivolous expression on his face disappear instantly.

"I mean, master of the funeral, Daisy."

...

After leaving the cemetery, Tony asked Jarvis to search and compare Daisy's photos to the nearby surveillance cameras.

He clearly knew how absurd Will's words were. After all, Neil and Daisy had been missing for many years, and in such a battlefield, disappearance usually meant death.

When Will's voice fell, he almost looked at the other person with the eyes of a lunatic, but he clearly knew how crazy it was, but he still couldn't help looking forward to or proving something.

Then everything was like a light dream. He saw Daisy's figure from the nearby surveillance camera, and by extension, from Daisy's recent traffic records, he found a place that she often visited in the past two years , and there, he found Neil.

They are separated from each other, and it seems that they have been separated for quite some time. Judging from Daisy's itinerary, it seems that they still have contact, but the frequency is very small.

A strong sense of unreality hung over him.

He still remembered how he tried to find any possibility of them surviving from the terrible ruins, and how he tried his best to find any news they might have, but after many years, he had nothing at all.

Then all of a sudden, he found them, and everything was as simple as it was two years ago.

Even if it feels a little strange, it is different from the situation when they broke up. Even if there was no contact at that time, he didn't know the other party's whereabouts, but at least he didn't receive bad news about Neil. Now, Neil is there Years have passed since the disaster.

It's hard to say how Tony feels in his heart at this time, and it's also hard for him to distinguish what kind of feelings he has for Neil now, but no matter what, he just wants to see Neil with his own eyes to confirm that everything is fine with him. Only then can I rest assured.

...

Tony sat in the car and quietly watched the man who came out of the two-storey house across the street. He didn't look much changed, but there seemed to be something different.

He was talking to the middle-aged man who sent him out. Although the smile on his face was faint, Tony somehow felt that he was more relaxed than ever.

He looked in that direction silently until a blond girl came out of the house.

The girl looks to be in her early twenties, with a gentle smile on her youthful and beautiful face, she is undoubtedly a very stunning girl, with a personality that attracts immediate attention even in the crowd to her special charm.

However, Tony couldn't help frowning the moment he saw the girl.

He seemed to see the shadow of Daisy in the girl.

This made his expression of looking at Neil's back suddenly complicated.

The three of them parted ways after a short exchange of words. Neil got into the car parked in front of the nearby garage, and then drove towards Tony.

He seemed to have noticed Tony's gaze a long time ago, so he stopped when passing by Tony, and behind the lowered car window, there was no surprise on the man's face.

He just raised his eyebrows,

"Find me?"

Tony was inexplicably awkward, subconsciously raised that frivolous and not very friendly smile on his face,

"Just passing by."

"What a coincidence."

Neil knew that this was a lie, but he didn't say any more. He just looked back indifferently and passed by Tony's car.

This attitude inexplicably made Tony very unhappy.

Now that he has seen that everything is fine with that guy, there is no need to stay any longer.

That's what he told himself, but his hand holding the steering wheel was tight and tight, and he didn't move for a long time.

Tony couldn't help sighing at the end, the frustration he felt when facing Neil returned.

He had no way to just leave like this, nor could he accept that in the imaginable future, he would be a stranger with no connection with Neil.

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