Anlong asked: “Why not tonight? Isn’t the sooner the better?”
“Is it the boring family life that makes you lose your ability to think, or does your brain begin to become dull after spending a long time with dwarves?” Veronica sneered at him, “The day after tomorrow, the border merchants will On the day that Maiton departs for Maicheng to trade, we will go to Maiton tomorrow night and go with the caravan, otherwise the Norga border guards will immediately arrest us as spies. Although we are indeed spies, don’t make it clear Tell the enemy.”
As her childhood sweetheart, Anlong knew that she always spoke in this way, so he didn’t care, just said: “Nuo Jia’s situation in the past two years is really disturbing, the current king is getting more and more ill , the successor has not yet been decided. The ministers and the nobles are divided into several factions, and they are fighting fiercely. Although their infighting is good for us, it will be too bad if the final winner is Prince Mario. This guy Ambitious, always thinking of unifying the whole continent one day. If he becomes King Noga, we will never have peace.”
This matter is not a secret, so Veronica unceremoniously said: “Who doesn’t know this kind of thing? Do you need to tell me? The people we sent to Normonka, the capital city of Norga, have already begun. Secret activities, if Mario really wins…” A stern look flashed in her eyes, she aimed at An Long, and a mocking smile emerged from the corner of her mouth: “As the son of the founder of the National Security Agency, don’t you know that What role do we play?”
Anlong frowned slightly: “Okay, Veronica, you know I don’t like to mention him.” He quickly returned to the topic: “What happened to the people who were sent to Maicheng? Why? The news was cut off? Could it be that they were discovered? Didn’t the people from the intelligence station send a letter back?”
Veronica replied, “No, that’s why I’m going to find out what’s going on. But I can probably guess that it’s probably that dude from Garma who went on a tryst with some girl behind his back. , even the serious business is left behind. He is not the first time, the people at the intelligence station are probably still in the dark. I really hope someone will knock his little brother off one day, and see if he dares Provoking women everywhere.”
Anlong smiled bitterly: “Veronica, you are a lady, how can you say such a thing?” Before Veronica opened his mouth to spit poison at him, he changed the subject: “Then you What do you think we should be pretending to be? I’m not throwing cold water on you, Vinnie, you don’t look like a businessman at all, and people will be suspicious when you see it, or try dressing as a man…”
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Minna was frightened just now. After the door was closed, she walked back to the living room shaking and sobbing softly.
It wasn’t a joke, it was a real knife, right against her skin, as if it was cold and painful, maybe bleeding. That woman is really hateful, she didn’t do anything, why did she do this to her? !
The housekeeper Marshall soon found out that she was crying, and came over to hug her and asked, “Miss Minna, what’s wrong with you? Did someone bully you?”
Ming Na was just about to tell the story about that hateful woman, when she suddenly remembered her father’s instructions, she pouted and didn’t speak, she just hugged Marshall and cried. Seeing the dirty clothes on her body, Marshall thought that she was scolded by her mother because of this, so she comforted her: “It’s alright, Madam is only angry for a while, and it will disappear soon. Xiao Mingna stop crying, you are not Say, only children cry in front of others?”
“I’m not a child!” Minna sobbed and retorted, “Besides, there’s no one else here.”
Marshall paused, with a loving smile on his face: “Xiao Mingna is right, there are no outsiders here, only family members, even if you cry, it’s no big deal.” He comforted the little girl softly, looking up at The beautiful and melancholy woman in the portrait on the wall had a tenderness in her eyes.
By the time Minna finally held back her tears and smiled again, the guests in the garden had already left. Marshall immediately went to clean up all the tea sets, tables and chairs, while Minna cautiously approached the living room to find out if her mother was still angry.
Dora is scolding poor Brie with a cold face: “I don’t care what you wear on May Day, I made you shoes specially so that you would not be rude when entertaining guests. You actually said that because You don’t want to wear new shoes, so you just appear in front of the distinguished guests wearing your pair of broken straw sandals?! I’ve lost my face to you!”
Brie cried and begged her: “Madam, please, don’t drive me away, I don’t dare any more. Next time I will definitely put on new shoes to pour tea for the guests.” Although it is only a temporary maid, in The local is already a beautiful job. If the stepmother knew that she had lost her job, she would have been beaten to death.
Dora got even angrier when she heard this: “How many guests do you think our family deserves to be entertained in such a country place? Except for my dad, only one a year! You did this What’s wrong, it’s too late to say anything! This month’s wages will be deducted by half! Next time, you will leave immediately!”
Brie burst into tears and smiles: “Thank you madam, thank you madam, you are so kind, I will definitely do my best, and I will never make another mistake…” Dora waved her hand in disgust to let her down , Seeing her daughter who disappeared in a flash at the door, her anger rose again.
“Minna • Cardo! Come over here!” she snapped.
Ming Na bit her lip and slowly moved over, carefully peeking at her mother, and immediately lowered her head, making a pitiful look of “I know I’m wrong, mom, don’t scold me.”
Dora glared at her for a long time. After all, she didn’t say anything. She just pointed to the cardboard box on the table: “This is a gift from your Uncle Goodwin. Take good care of it and don’t break it.”
Minna looked over and saw a doll more than a foot tall lying in the box, wearing a gorgeous satin and ribbon dress, and a small pearl necklace hanging around her neck. She knew that this kind of doll called “Barbie” was sold in her grandfather’s business. She had seen one in a muslin skirt from the daughter of the captain of the knight. Obviously, it couldn’t compare with this high-end stuff. But she’s not interested in this kind of stuff: “I don’t like dolls, so I don’t want them.”
Dora was so angry that she said sharply: “Ming Na! What’s the matter with you today?! Why are you always disobedient? Mingming dressed you in clean and decent clothes early in the morning and told you to stay in the room. You were waiting for guests to come, but you ran into the woods and climbed trees, and you made yourself dirty. Uncle Goodwin gave you a gift, and you ran away without paying any attention?! Don’t you know that Is it disrespectful?!”
Minna said in disbelief: “But I hate him! Every time he comes, he looks like a good person, but every time he makes me get scolded by my mother. My mother only asks me to be obedient and do what I want to do. Good boy, always say I’m not doing well here, not doing enough there, and always take me to Beryl and Mandaby. What do they have to do with me? Why should I compare to them?!” Saying that, she couldn’t help but turn red.
Dora couldn’t help but reflect upon her words. It seems that every time she only asks her daughter to be the best possible, not to be compared by her husband’s two nieces, she always picks on her faults, but she never praises her daughter, which is indeed ignoring her child’s feelings.
However, she is also thinking of her husband and children. Their home is different from others. Anlong’s elder brother did not have to do anything to inherit the title and property of the Xiao family and Kado, but Anlong himself tried his best, but he was just a little knight, and he had to endure hardship in such a country. The future is already worse than others. If even his wife and children are to be laughed at, then An Long will be crushed on his head all his life.
She looked at her daughter’s aggrieved look, coughed lightly, and said, “Okay, Mom admits she was negligent. But! It’s wrong for you to be rude in front of the guests today! See Uncle Goodwin next time. , remember to apologize to him and thank him for the gift.”
Ming Na twisted for a long time, nodding reluctantly in the face of her mother’s stern gaze. She hugged her mother’s neck and said coquettishly: “Mom, I don’t like Uncle Goodwin. Next time I apologize, I won’t chat with him, okay? He smiles all day, so fake, just look at him. It’s scary.”
Dora glared at her daughter angrily: “You must have listened to your father, right? Don’t listen to him, that’s called aristocratic style. Besides, it’s too inconvenient for my father to be away from home, and only my mother to entertain guests. , with you present, at least I can accompany my mother.”
Minna flat-mouthed: “Who said Dad wasn’t at home? He was clearly there, and he was talking to Aunt Veronica in the study with the door closed just now, and that vicious woman even used a knife to scare me and drive me away. Let’s go.” As soon as she finished speaking, she remembered her father’s instructions and hurriedly covered her mouth: “Damn it! I said it! What should I do if my father said that it is not allowed to tell anyone?!”
Dora’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot, she squeezed out a sentence from her teeth: “It doesn’t matter, you are doing the right thing, you should tell mom about this kind of thing!”
Winnie, who was standing by the side, wanted to add fuel to the fire: “Why is that fierce woman here again? She has always been pestering her uncle since before. The uncle married the young lady, and she still comes every year to hang out. How many times, what’s the idea?”
“Naturally it’s a shameful idea!” Dora replied coldly, stood up and walked out the door, bumping into the housekeeper Marshall at the door, and without answering his question, she went straight to the study.
Marshall asked what was going on, and Minna whispered, “I told Mom that Dad was talking to Aunt Veronica behind the door in the study, and she got angry. I forgot, I promised Dad not to tell me. Someone else. Grandpa Marshall, will Mom and Dad start arguing again?”
Marshall sighed: “Miss Veronica has just left, but the master and his wife will probably have to quarrel.”
Winnie’s eyes widened: “Oh, my God, Mr. Butler, you know that woman is here?”
“I know everyone who comes to this house.” Marshall turned to Minna, “Little Miss, I think you did something wrong this time, and since you agreed, you shouldn’t say it.”
Minna grimaced and regretted her heart. Marshall patted her on the head lightly and followed Dora with Winnie, ready to save the scene.
When Dora came to the study angrily, Anlong had just turned back from the gate, and when he saw his wife, he asked, “I just saw a decent carriage with a strangely familiar family crest on it, is it ancient? Is that boy Devin here again?”
Dora said with a half-smile, “Just having a cup of tea in the garden and talking about Ito Castle. But I heard that your Miss Veronica is here again. I don’t know where you are. What are you doing in the study?”
An Long was stunned and raised a smile: “We didn’t do anything, we were just talking.”
“If you’re just talking, why shut the door? Tell your daughter not to tell anyone? I thought you were working.”
Seeing the unconcealed jealousy on his wife’s face, An Long carefully chose his words: “Originally yes, Veronica passed by Chidun and wanted to ask me to help her with a little thing, but the Cavaliers can’t speak. It’s convenient, so I’ll bring her back. She doesn’t want too many people to know about it, so I didn’t tell you.” As he spoke, he searched the surroundings with his eyes, found his daughter who was poking her head at the head of the stairs, and glared lightly.
Dora found out, but misunderstood what he meant. She suppressed her anger and said, “So, what does she want you to do for her? Can I, the wife, know?”
An Long paused for a while, then decided to avoid the important points: “Of course, she is actually going to Maiton to visit a friend and wants me to take her on a ride. You know, a young lady riding so far alone, This area is very remote, which is really worrying.”
Dora is not worried at all: “Is there no one but you?! And you said that her swordsmanship is as good as you? How can a few little thieves be her opponents?! Even if there are some robbers , the words that come out of her mouth will also poison people to death.”
Anlong frowned: “Dora, what you said is too much. Veronica’s father is an old friend of our family for decades, and he is the teacher who taught me swordsmanship. Veronica is Like my sister. Even if you have a problem with her, you shouldn’t say that!”
Dora raised her head: “Okay, I won’t say it, but you are not allowed to accompany her! If you really go with her, I will take the child back to Matt Harbor right away!”
“Dora!” Anlong is really angry this time. What he wants to do is serious, but he can’t tell his family, but how could his wife misunderstand him like this?
At this moment, there was a light knock on the window of the study, and the two turned their heads to see that Veronica was standing outside the window, looking at them with a half-smile: “I’m sorry, I I didn’t want to interrupt the negotiations between the two, but I seem to have left my gloves here.”
Anlong quickly found her glove on the desk, and hurriedly returned it to Veronica. He was about to say something, but heard his wife Dora stomping her foot, turned and rushed out of the door. At Veronica’s mocking smile, she suddenly felt a headache.
This feud between Dora and Anlong developed into a cold war ~IndoMTL.com~ and showed no sign of improvement by the end of the day, everyone in the family was wary. Ming Na regretted it a lot, she shouldn’t have been so careless and said things. Now, as soon as her father saw her, she used a reproachful look to teach her the principle of “doing what you have promised others”, and whenever she wanted to say something nice for her father in front of her mother, her mother Dora issued a statement Said that if she spoke again, she would leave her behind and go back to Matt alone.
Minna hid in the woods in frustration and climbed her secret base, the big tree where she could hide. She really didn’t mean it, why do parents blame her? It’s not right that she failed to obey her father’s words, but why is her mother so angry? Didn’t she say she did the right thing?
Will Mom really leave? Will she really leave her? A child without a mother will be very pitiful. Sister Brie has no mother, so she is beaten and scolded by her stepmother every day. If she has no mother, will she be beaten every day?
Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but feel scared. Through the thick branches, she stared at the home not far away, would someone come to her? As long as mom and dad called someone to find her, it meant they would still want her.
But she waited until it got dark and no one came. Why? Usually she only had to stay in the woods for half an hour and Winnie would show up. Does her mother really want her? What about dad? What about Grandpa Marshall?
Minna sobbed softly. At this time, a man’s voice came from the side: “Little girl, why are you crying?”
She was startled and looked back quickly, only to see a young man with black hair fluttering in the wind and a pair of black eyes with a kind smile, looking at her.
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