Chapter 101 - 101: Another Illusion

Sophia looked at the man sitting on the bench. He was a young man, not more than thirty years old, quite thin, with a delicate, pale face. He was looking somewhere and lost in thought.

An idea suddenly occurred to her. Mitch knew him. Was he the guy Diana was looking for?

"Excuse me, sir? Are you Mr. Henry?" Asked Sophia.

The man looked at her, fixed his eyes on her face for a moment, and then looked to Mitch.

His face changed slightly, paused, and said, "He's..."

He rubbed his eyes and smiled wryly, "I see her dog... Another illusion..."

Sophia didn't know what he was talking about and repeated her question, "Excuse me, sir. Are you Mr. Henry?"

The man raised his head and nodded slightly, "Yeah... Do you know me? I haven't seen you."

Sophia had more assurance in her heart. He was Henry. And Mitch knew him… Maybe he was the Henry Diana had been looking for.

She said, "Here is the thing. My friend Miss Garcia has been looking for you, but she can't find you. I didn't expect to meet you here… Would you like to meet her?"

Hearing "Garcia", Henry's facial muscles twitched slightly. He closed his eyes, after a while, he sighed, "I can't meet her. My girlfriend won't be happy. If she's unhappy, she'll leave me!" 

"Girl… Girlfriend?" Sophia was surprised. Sure enough, he already had a girlfriend.

It turned out that he was a bad man.

Before parting with him, Diana had specially told him that she would have an operation. It was only a few months before she was discharged from the hospital, but he had already had a new lover.

Was that why he was not waiting for Diana?

Suddenly, a very gentle look appeared on Henry's face. He got up and smiled towards the opposite side, "Here you come!"

Then he walked forward.

There were many people in the park. Several girls came towards them. Sophia didn't know which one was his girlfriend. She was a little curious. What kind of girl made Henry change his mind so soon? She wanted to take a look and at least give Diana an answer.

The girls walked past Henry, and no one paid attention to him. Henry didn't look at them either. After a few steps, he stopped and said softly to the air in front of him, "Slow down. Let's go home."

Then he reached out and took hold of the nothingness around him as if someone were there, and his movements were very gentle. Then, he moved forward slowly.

Sophia, who saw that scene, was completely stunned.

It turned out that Henry was a psychopath! He loved his girlfriend so much that he left Diana, but it turned out that this girl didn't exist!

That was a girlfriend he fantasized about!

She suddenly remembered what Diana said about the first time she met Henry.

At that time, she heard the "good morning" from Henry, and since no one responded, Diana thought he was talking to her and replied, "good morning."

If Henry already had an illusory girlfriend by then, was he talking to the illusory girlfriend?

Naturally, Diana could not see or hear the illusory girlfriend, so she mistook him for talking to her.

The fate between them began from that misunderstanding.

In such a situation, Sophia had no idea what to do and could only stay in a daze.

She didn't even know how to explain it to Diana.

Diana might not believe that she was dumped by Henry for someone who didn't exist. 

Suddenly, someone patted Sophia on the shoulder.

Sophia looked back and saw Benjamin smiling at her and shouting happily, "Hey, sister! Hello again!"

He still spoke English.

Sophia frowned and responded in English, "I'm not your sister!"

Benjamin was still smiling, "Aren't you just looking for your brother? I am also looking for my family. When the police have the result, maybe we will really be brother and sister! So, I'll just call you first!"

"No." Said Sophia.

She didn't want a brother like that... Ideally, the brother she wanted to be a tall, handsome, calm man, not an indescribable type like Benjamin.

When they were talking, Henry had gone far. She had hesitated to catch up with him. Since she was interrupted by Benjamin, she could not catch up with him at all.

However, she thought it was fine. Anyway, Diana couldn't be with a psychopath. She would explain it to her and tell her to forget about it.

"Why are you here?" Sophia asked. 

"There is a murder nearby. I am very interested and come to check. As soon as I got back from the scene, I met you here." Said, Benjamin.

Sophia didn't believe it at all. She lived around here. Why didn't she hear about the murder? Besides, would the police allow a foreigner like him to check the scene?

"By the way, can you speak Chinese or not?" asked Sophia. She had never heard him speak Chinese since she first met him, and they had always communicated in English.

He had said that he was kidnapped from his motherland. He might be able to speak the local language, did he?

"Yes." Benjamin said in Chinese, "But I'm used to speaking English. I don't speak Chinese a lot. Sister. If you like to listen to the Chinese, I will speak Chinese. It's more cordial!"

Sophia said nothing.

Benjamin suddenly took a few steps forward, stood a few steps away from Sophia. Then he stretched out his arm and pointed at Sophia.

Sophia was confused.

What was he doing?

Benjamin smiled, "Well, how about this look? Am I looking good?"

Sophia didn't pay attention to him before he said that. She took a good look at him and saw that he was wearing a blue suit and a white shirt, and a lot of wax on his hair, which made a few wisps of hair stretch forward. It was quite strange.

"What's wrong with your hair?" Sophia asked casually, though she didn't really care. 

Benjamin forked his waist, "Can't you see that? I'm dressed up as Shinichi Kudo today!"

Sophia didn't want to talk to this cosplay freak.

She silently pulled up Mitch's traction rope and turned to the park exit.

Benjamin followed up, "Don't go in a hurry. We don't meet often. Tell me your phone number, sister. How about taking me to our mom?"

Sophia really wanted to pretend she didn't know this guy.