When Rosen and Diana walked into the Smithsonian, Barbara Minerva was sitting at a table chatting with a group of staff.
Compared with the submissive she used to be, now she is sexy, charming and radiant, easily becoming the focus of everyone's attention, and naturally being sought after by a group of men.
Then she saw Diana and Rosen coming alongside her.
"Hi, good morning." Diana greeted everyone, then pointed at Rosen and said: "This is Rosen, he is my husband."
"Oh, husband?!"
Everyone nodded casually at first, and then they were all stunned.
Although they had long noticed the wedding ring on Diana's finger, and she had said more than once that she was a married woman.
But since no one had ever seen her husband, they took it for granted that this was just a lie she made up to drive away her suitors.
No one thought this was true.
And today, Diana’s legendary husband appeared in front of everyone without any warning.
"I'm Barbara, Diana's new friend." Barbara reached out to shake Rosen's hand, and then asked interestingly: "So, what do you do?"
"Walking around." Rosen smiled and said: "I will shovel wherever the road is uneven, and I will take care of any trouble."
"Wow. Barbara exclaimed and said, "Isn't this what the Chinese often call a hero?"
She still said the last two characters in Mandarin, with a very upright tone, and she seemed to be learning from it. The name Ba is really not just blown away.
"Barbara, I have something to tell you." Diana pulled her and motioned for her to come to the side to chat with her.
Then the three came to an empty room next door.
"I want to talk to you about that stone." Diana said straight to the point: "Topaz."
"Uh..." Barbara suddenly panicked. "You may not believe it. Just after the last party, the stone disappeared..."
"I believe it." Diana looked at her and said with concern: "I just want to ask you, What wish have you made for that stone?"
When Barbara heard this, she became even more panicked. She shook her head and denied it: "No, I don't believe it is true at all. "How can you make a wish?"
"It's best if you don't, because if you really make a wish, you may pay a price you can't afford." Diana said with a sigh of relief.
"What price?" Barbara asked quickly.
“I don’t know.” Diana shook her head.
"Life will not give anything for free. All gifts given by fate have already been marked with a price in secret." (Note) Rosen said calmly.
"This is what the Austrian writer Zweig said in his biography "The Broken Heart".Sentences written by "The Head Queen". Barbara said casually, then looked at Diana and said with a serious face: "I am not Marie Antoinette!" "
After saying that, he turned around and left.
" Rosen, this doesn't look like her. "Diana looked at Rosen helplessly.
"It seems like she chose it all by herself. Rosen walked up to her and said, "We are not her and have no right to help her decide what to do. As long as she does not endanger others, that is her freedom and no one can control it." ”
“But she is my friend. "Diana said in frustration.
"So we shouldn't dictate her own choices, and you probably don't want to do that either. Rosen advised: "But when she really runs into trouble, we can help her, how about that?" ”
“Yeah. "
The following period was quite peaceful, and Rosen and Diana lived a sweet life every day.
And Barbara did not encounter any trouble, On the contrary, the one who was in trouble was the homeless man who had offended her. She saw him while running at night and beat him up.
This also seemed to open a new door for her.
So as she became more and more sexy and powerful, her temper became more and more cold-blooded and violent, but she pretended to be very good, and no one was there for the time being. It can be seen.
Until Maxwell Lord, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared in front of her again.
“Yo! Isn't this the boss of the Black Gold Company, a famous oil tycoon? If you don't go to the Middle East to dig for oil, why are you here with us? "Barbara said sarcastically.
"Barbara, of course I'm here to find you, because I love you. Maxwell took her hand and said affectionately: "The reason why I haven't appeared these days is because I ran into some trouble and was imprisoned. But I have not forgotten you, so after I finally escaped, I I didn't bother to call the police and came straight to you. "
"What trouble did you encounter? Barbara looked at him with a smile and said, "How can I help you?" ”
“I knew you were the best. Maxwell was overjoyed and said: "I need to find a piece of citrine. It is very important to me. With it, I can solve all the problems. Then nothing can stop you and me from being together." "
"But have you ever thought that I no longer want to be with you? "Barbara said, grabbing Maxwell's neck, picking him up with one hand, staring at him with cold eyes, like a female leopard lying on the tree staring at its prey.
She said: "Now tell me why you deliberately wanted that piece of citrine and even deceived me for it. ”
When she said the last sentence, she squeezed her fingers hard, and Maxwell rolled his eyes in pain.
This also filled him with fear, as the secret about citrine was about to be revealed. All said.
"That wishing stone has infinite power, and as long as you make a wish to it, it will come true. "
"So what do you want to use it for? "Barbara said coldly.
"I want to become it. "
"You are so greedy. "Barbara sneered, and then said: "I originally thought you took the wishing stone, but now it seems not, so who took it? ”
As her mind raced, she suddenly thought of Diana and Rosen.
Especially when she recalled that Diana had talked to her about the citrine, and that Rosen Sen also talked about gifts from fate, which made her realize that they must know something.
"It seems that the gifts given to me by fate have been taken away by unrelated people. They also want to deceive me under the guise of being good for me, which is really ridiculous. Barbara looked at Maxwell and said coldly: "Give me a reason not to kill you." "
"I have money..." Maxwell noticed that Barbara's eyes were cold, and he smiled hurriedly: "Okay, I was wrong. In fact, I am about to go bankrupt, but I know who If you have money, you can easily solve a lot of troubles. ”
Note: This is an English sentence hewaillooyoungonowhalifenevergiveanyhgfornohg,andhaarieialwayeaedforwhafaebeow.
Different versions have different translations, and interested adoptive fathers can study it.
The original text is in German, if you want it you can find it