Lei Zhe strode into the castle, and when he brushed past Garcia, he said in a cold tone: "Don't be sentimental, this show is not for you. Your smile that requires others to spend countless gold coins to buy, in I'm worthless in my eyes!"
Garcia shrugged, completely unharmed by those words.
"Honey, you're so naive!" she shot back.
Lei Zhe sneered and continued to walk in.
After returning to the banquet hall, the butler presented the cloth bag left by Prince Andrew and the ring with the Grande emblem on a tray.
Lei Zhe took back the ring, waved his hand and said, "Take this pile of gold coins to reward those dwarfs. I am very satisfied with their performance."
The butler bowed.
Lei Zhe put the ring on his ring finger, leaned back on the sofa, and slowly turned the lion head ring that Jane Qiao gave him on his thumb. His brain was still reminiscing about the parting scene before, and the dizziness and turbulent emotions washed over his heart like an ocean wave.
He lowered his head, and with a happy smile, kissed the blood diamond embedded in the lion's mouth.
At this moment, the female dwarf named Zoe shrank her head and walked up tremblingly, her voice trembling: "Sir, we have just received your reward, so I am here to thank you on behalf of everyone. You Your generosity is unparalleled, thank you!"
Lei Zhe lowered his eyes and stroked the blood diamond, and replied casually, his two overly long legs were casually placed on the round table, with a very lazy posture.
It can be seen that today's performance really pleases him. Now he is like a full lion, comfortable and idle all over his body.
Zooey carefully observed his mood, so she became a little bolder, knelt down, and whispered: "Sir, after the performance, we received invitations from many nobles. They hope that we can also go to their mansion to perform, and also Said they would give us a lot of gold coins. Sir, do you allow me? We can give you all the gold coins we got from the show, just ask you to give us a few white breads every day."
They were raised as livestock, and they naturally ate things that were difficult to swallow, such as rice bran, wheat husks, and rotten vegetable leaves.
They didn't even know what it was like to sleep in a bed until they were sold into the ducal house. A rudimentary, overgrown stable is often the habitat of people like them.
Such a huge bag of gold coins was something they had never seen before. Just now, a few companions fainted after getting the gold coins.
Ecstasy and happiness lingered in everyone's heart, and Zooey, who was extraordinarily courageous, suddenly realized that he had met a very kind master and found a very good livelihood.
So here she comes. She wanted to see if she could win a better life for her companions, like a normal person, who could eat normal food and live in a normal house.
In the past, Lei Zhe would definitely kick this greedy female dwarf out. In the name of the duke's mansion, each family is going to perform a drama, what is this for? Convert the ducal palace into a circus
The plays written by him can only be performed in his house for the guests he invites to watch, and people outside don't even think about it.
All great nobles did this. They will only take the best things for themselves, and even snatch the good things from others, and then use these good things as symbols of their own identity and status.
However, when Lei Zhe raised his head and showed an angry look, he suddenly thought of Jian Qiao. He thought of his submission and compromise, but also of his tenderness and kindness.
So he tightened his cheeks for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Yes, but you can only accept invitations from nobles whose status is equal to or higher than that of the Duke's Palace. When you go out, you must also obtain the butler's approval. Otherwise, you must not leave without authorization.”
It was the biggest concession he could make. If any cat or dog can invite the dwarf in the duke's palace to perform, then what is he as the master? Circus leader
Zoe was overjoyed and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you master! Thank you master! You are so kind! God will definitely bless you!"
It is such a happy life to be able to eat several sweet and soft white breads every day! God will envy them when they see it, right
Zooey's tears of joy were about to flow out.
Lei Zhe was impatient to listen to these flattering words, and waved his hands to send Zooey back. Hearing the ecstatic screams of the dwarfs coming from outside the door, he couldn't help but smile.
He didn't realize that his hard heart had collapsed to a corner, revealing the softness inside.
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At the same moment, Jane Qiao was sitting in the carriage, recalling the performance just now with her eyes closed. Of course, what he paid attention to was not the noise on the stage, but every little move of Lei Zhe who was sitting beside him.
The man frequently peeked at his profile, his eyes full of tension. The man went from excited anticipation to depressed depression. The man put himself on the carriage, like a child who had done something wrong, avoiding looking at him.
This scene, every frame, can make Jian Qiao laugh from the bottom of his heart.
So he raised the corners of his lips and smiled quietly.
Opening his eyes, he lowered his head and saw the sapphire ring on his ring finger. He naturally remembered Lei Zhe's blue eyes, so he smiled again.
When he returned to the hotel and took off the cloak belonging to Lei Zhe, he stroked the soft fabric and smiled again.
Jian Qiao kept laughing. Every fragment about Lei Zhe that flashed in his mind, and every item from Lei Zhe that he kept around, could make him smile knowingly.
No one has ever cared about his feelings as much as Lei Zhe.
He still remembered the phone call with his father in his previous life, when he was in deep depression and was about to collapse from exhaustion. He called for help on the phone. He had to find a psychiatrist for himself, but he couldn't pay hundreds of dollars an hour for diagnosis and treatment as a minor.
He thought that when he was about to die, his father would at least soften a little.
But the man was on the other end of the phone, and said in a very indifferent voice: "You really are your mother's kind, and you love to use these subordinate methods! Depression will kill you, then you should die. I won't Wasting a penny on you."
Hanging up the call, Jane Qiao fell into an even more hopeless darkness. At that time, he thought that his whole life would be like this, with no hope, no warmth, and no light.
But now, the hope, warmth and light that he thought he would never get, someone tried his best to try to put it into his hands.
Thinking of this, Jian Qiao smiled again, but there were slight tears in her eyes.
That night, after waking up from a nightmare, he didn't seem to be so scared anymore.
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Time passed by, and Jane Joe and several big lords around Desolate finally signed a contract to buy food.
When he put down the quill and shook hands with several great lords, one of them suddenly said with great interest: "Let's go hunting. Now the venison is at its most tender."
Jian Qiao, who fainted at the sight of blood: "..."
He had no room for refusal at all, because several great lords immediately changed into their hunting outfits, took their weapons, brought hounds and knights, and were ready to set off.
The servant also brought a well-fitting hunting suit for Jane Qiao. If he ruined the happiness of these people, there might be something wrong with the contract just signed.
With nowhere to go, Jian Qiao took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, then forced a smile: "Can I invite another friend?"
So Rachel came.
With a huge longbow on his back, he led a group of wildly barking hounds, followed by a few iron tower-like knights left and right, and rushed to the hunting ground at the fastest speed.
He rolled over and dismounted, strode towards Jian Qiao, and hugged him with strong arms, and whispered while laughing: "Don't worry, I have everything. I won't let you see blood and then faint in front of everyone. Come down. Your dignity will be guarded by me."
Jian Qiao's pale cheeks finally got a tinge of blush again, and the cold hands and feet also recovered a little temperature. With his throat dry and nervous, he said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you, Ray. It's great to have you here."
He looked up at his only friend, pursed his thin lips, and revealed a very faint smile.
Lei Zhe rubbed the pear vortex beside his cheek with his fingertips, his eyes filled with tenderness.
"Don't worry, just follow me." He urged again.
After going up the mountain, Lei Zhe took Jane Qiao away from the hunting team in the name of a split operation.
"We are waiting here. After dark, they will blow the horn at the meeting point, and then we will be able to go back." Lei Zhe rolled over and dismounted on the edge of a mountain stream.
The scenery here is the most beautiful in his opinion. He liked the sound of rushing water against the rocks, and the haze that filled the valley with the pervasive water vapor.
Jane Qiao jumped off the horse and asked worriedly, "You will be laughed at by them if you didn't hit the prey?"
He knew that what these big nobles like to do on weekdays is to compare. Comparing wealth, status, power, women, achievements... Comparing everything, and Lei Zhe is so competitive.
"It doesn't matter. For your sake, it doesn't matter if you are laughed at by them." Lei Zhe walked towards the mountain stream with a very casual tone.
Hearing this, Jian Qiao couldn't help but smile. He caught up with Razer, and inevitably saw the meandering river. Above the water surface, there are waves rolling with white foam, and under the water surface there is a swirling undercurrent, and the rumbling sound of water can be heard everywhere.
Such a scene brought Jane Qiao back to the original nightmare in an instant.
Only now did he realize that in addition to being afraid of blood, he was also afraid of water. The fear deep in his subconscious made him avoid all rivers and lakes in his life. So he never found this weakness.
Having already reached the mountain stream, his face turned pale, and then he hurriedly retreated.
But the wet stone with moss was so slippery that he fell headlong in a panic.
With a plop, he fell into the water, but it seemed like he had fallen into lava, causing a burning pain like a flame. The water flooded his nose and mouth, taking his breath away, and fear like a monster emerged from the undercurrent of rapids and attacked him.
"Help me!" He opened his mouth and tried to shout these two words, but choked in more icy water.
The rushing water rushed him downstream, slamming against the rocks at the bottom of the river along the way, the pain getting worse and worse, and one time it would kill him.
Just when Death grabbed his neck and wanted to drag him to hell, a pair of strong arms wrapped around his waist and took him to the bright water.
It's Razer.
Jane Qiao immediately clings to the other person, like a vine clinging to a big tree that can give herself more living space.