Hollywood Secret Garden

The train left King's Cross Railway Station and started to run forward. Angela, who was quite well-behaved, finally couldn't help jumping up and cheering after the train station left.

"Honey, why are you so excited?" Kate, who was sitting opposite, looked out the window, and the figures of the Masons had long since disappeared.

"No no no, Kate, you don't understand," the little girl wagged her fingers triumphantly, "This is the first time I've gone out alone, the first time I've slept out without my parents, God, the first time in 11 years, How can I not be excited that I can finally leave their arms and soar into the sky alone.”

Seeing Angela who was incoherent, Kate knocked on her head angrily and funny: "Angie, you didn't go out alone, I was with you, you have to understand, Mr. and Mrs. Mason are willing to let you travel , because I promised them that in addition to ensuring your safety, I will never let you do things that you can't do, you don't want to embarrass me, do you?"

"That's different, dear Kate. Even if my parents weren't around, there would always be relatives who took me with me, but we are different. We are good friends, good...sister, some little willfulness you should know Do you understand?" Looking at the smiling Angela, Kate felt like she was on a pirate ship, she shook her head helplessly, ignored her, and took out a book from her travel bag to read.

"Oh come on, Kate, talk to me, how about my movie or your movie?"

"If you don't want to talk about this, you can also talk about Edinburgh, how do we visit, the Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle or Holyrood Palace?"

"Well, if you don't want to talk about this, tell me about your life in Cambridge?"

But her mouth was dry, and Kate just didn't respond. Although the corners of her mouth were obviously curled up, Angela curled her lips and could only sit back in her seat depressedly. But from this angle, she looks really good. Compared with half a year ago, Kate's hair has grown a lot, and the tomboy feeling has basically disappeared, replaced by the softness that women should have, but there is still greenness between the eyebrows, wait, do you know what greenness is?So why is there such an inexplicable feeling?

The little girl shrugged, her heart suddenly moved, and then she took something out of her backpack and began to fiddle with it.Kate was originally paying attention to Angela's movements while reading a book, but after a long time, she was completely immersed in the world of the book, and then, a drawing paper the size of two palms suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.Kate was slightly stunned. This is a simple head portrait sketch. The woman in the painting props her face with one arm, and sits by the window with a book in the other hand watching quietly. Tranquility is fully sketched out.

"Your paintings are still so beautiful." Kate took the drawing paper and sighed.

"Oh, Kate, I'd be embarrassed if you praised me like that." Angela shrugged and said with a giggle, showing no modesty at all.

"This should be the fourth one, right?" Kate said suddenly, then searched in her travel bag, and took out a small book, which contained three portraits of her at different ages.

"This is the first one, I remember you drew it when I was 13 years old, well, you were only 6 years old at that time, it's amazing, you can draw so well at that time; then this one, It was when I was 15 years old; and this one is from Christmas the year before last; time flies so fast." Looking at the sketches in her hand, Kate sighed, then realized something was wrong, raised her head, the little girl He was looking at her without blinking.

"What's wrong?" Kate waved her hand in front of her and asked strangely.

"It's nothing," Angela sighed suddenly, "Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, you will be in college, and I will be in middle school soon, but..."

She stuck out her tongue mischievously: "It's so rare that you still keep all these paintings in your collection."

"Of course, if you become famous in the future, these things can be bought at a good price." Kate raised the paintings in her hand, but she still carefully put them away.

At this time, a male voice came: "Hi, ladies, hello."

Kate and Angela turned their heads together and saw a young white man in his 20s standing in the aisle. Although he had a smile on his face, he always gave off a pretentious look. The acne on both sides of his nose was clear. visible.

"If you don't mind, can I sit here." He pointed to the empty seat beside Kate.

Before Kate could answer, Angela had already said first: "Actually, we mind very much. My sister and I rarely travel together and want to talk privately. Please don't disturb us, please? And there are many vacancies here, not necessarily Sit here."

"Oh, well, I'm sorry." The young man left in embarrassment.

Kate looked at the little girl puzzled: "Angie, don't you think it's a little rude?"

"Don't tell me you can't tell, Kate, this guy is obviously here to strike up a conversation." Angela shrugged.

"Yes, I know he's here to strike up a conversation, but you're too rude."

"That's not okay, Kate, you are mine, and no one can take you away from me!" The little girl waved her fist in a serious manner, "So, you can't be polite to this kind of person, you have to reject him directly !"

After finishing speaking, the little girl was stunned. Why is it so easy to say no at this time?

Kate didn't notice the little girl's distraction, but rolled her eyes, remembering that the little guy came to care about her sex life last time, so she said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'm yours. "

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and continued to read the book, but Angela, who quickly came to her senses, sat up and took Kate's arm and shook it desperately: "Come on, Kate, dear, talk to me for a few minutes How about a sentence, aren’t we on a trip?!”

Kate, who was shaken so badly by her, had to put down the book again, and sighed: "Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

"What do you think of my movies? Oh, no, no, let's talk about your small roles in movies and stage plays. By the way, you said that there was a movie starring Catherine Zeta Jones last time. Little character, so have you seen Catherine? Is she pretty?"

……

At around 5:7 p.m., the train finally pulled into Edinburgh's Waverly Station. Although Angela talked with Kate enthusiastically along the way, after a long 200-hour train journey, she couldn't help it. I couldn't help but feel a little tired. Fortunately, the bus station was [-] meters away from the train station, and the two immediately took a car into the city.

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. It is in the lowlands of central Scotland and on the south bank of the Firth of Forth. It covers an area of ​​about 260 square kilometers. It is a cultural city with a long history and beautiful scenery. .Angela has been here before, but it was mostly when she was 4 or 5 years old. At that time, her parents would follow her wherever she went, and she never walked around freely.

Although she had been planning a solo trip—a trip without her family, to be precise—for a long time, the plan was far from perfect, and this time she was forced to do it, after the New Year's Palace dinner, according to tradition. The whole family is going to live in Bristol's Front House for two days. Although the environment there is beautiful and not worse than the manor, as the old house where the Albert family has lived for generations, it is too big, and many places They are all gloomy, especially the promenade full of portraits of ancestors. Every time the little girl walks there, she will feel that the people in those portraits are all staring at her, which makes the back of the neck feel chilly. In the dark night with lights, passing by with candles, a little sound can scare people half to death, if she can, she really doesn't want to go.

So she secretly called Kate and agreed to go on a trip. Of course, she was vague about whether her parents agreed or not. She first mentioned it to her uncle Frank in a roundabout way, and then Aunt Winnie, who has the closest relationship with her mother, said casually. , and used Gerald's housekeeper to reveal it to grandpa, and finally had a showdown with the parents. However, even after spending so much time, they still didn't allow it out of parents' concern. Angela pleaded repeatedly, and the destination was just Edinburgh is still within the UK, and everyone in the family knows that once the little girl's stubborn temper flares up, it is very troublesome. Think about it, this little guy dared to run away from home when he was 4 years old, so his parents The mother finally granted her request.

Next, of course, is to meet Kate, please tell me to wait, Kate and the Mason family have always had a good relationship—since they picked up the little girl who ran away from home—that’s why the Masons will safely hand over Angela to She said she was relieved, but Angela also knew that grandpa had definitely greeted people in Scotland Yard through relationships, and he definitely didn't want to have the chaos after she ran away from home again.It doesn't matter, since you choose to go to Edinburgh, you have to have this awareness. In fact, the little girl chose to go to Edinburgh to express the meaning of "look, I won't mess around".

Of course, there is still a little willfulness. I originally planned to go back and forth by plane, but I don’t know why Angela asked to go by train—even though the train would take 6 to 7 hours, and she also asked to start from King’s Cross Station, What a weird little guy.

At this time, Edinburgh already felt a little bit like the first lights, and the north in winter always gets late very quickly, so after getting on and off the bus on the Royal Mile, the two of them found a hotel early to rest.