小明做这样一道题“计算|（﹣3）+…|”，其中“…”表示被墨水污染看不清的一个数，他翻开后面的答案知该题的计算结果是8，那么“…”表示的数是（    ）

Which of the following statements has adversative relations

A．My client says he doesn’t know this witness. Further, he denies ever having seen her.

B．He showed no pleasure at hearing the news. Instead, he looked even gloomier.

C．I didn’t know your phone number. Otherwise I should have called you.

D．There are two reasons for my failure. Firstly, I wasn’t well prepared; secondly, my assistant was sick at the time.