The dinner was held as usual. Investors in the city of Otis and the pillars of the empire in upper class society all attended the dinner. Princess Felicia's visit made them feel very proud. In their opinion, the greatness of this city They also have a contribution to make, otherwise Dulin alone would not be able to build this city so quickly. Everyone feels proud of themselves.
Felicia and Vitor arrived late fifteen minutes after the dinner started. Of course, this might be some damn aristocratic etiquette or social rule, for example, unmarried women should arrive a little later. Harry still greeted him as he did during the day. When he looked at Dulin, Felicia and Vitor also looked at Dulin. They wanted to see if Dulin would become like Harry and use civilized social etiquette to treat the Fatimid princess.
Dulin would never disappoint. He smiled and strode towards Felicia. His actions were destined to surprise these people, because he extended his hand towards Felicia again, "The dinner is due to your arrival." More exciting and brilliant, welcome! ”
Harry looked at Dulin's outstretched hand in disbelief, and Vitor's eyes also showed a look of disbelief. Felicia hesitated for a moment, stretched out her hand and shook Dulin's hand briefly, and they were separated at the touch of a touch. There was no pause.
"Thank you very much for your hospitality, which made me feel the enthusiasm of Audis. I am very lucky to be here and see so many interesting things. Thank you for your hospitality!" Felicia took back her hand and nodded directly. She walked toward the middle of the hall, as if she came here not because she wanted to, but because the people in Odis invited her to come.
Harry tugged on Du Lin's sleeve and pulled him aside, "Damn it, have you forgotten what I told you this afternoon?" Harry was a little confused whether Du Lin had forgotten it or did it intentionally, " You cannot reach out to an unmarried young girl, and she is also a noble woman with a distinguished status. This is very rude!”
Du Lin smiled and extended his hand to the waitress who was placing tableware and supplies beside him. The waitress was a little surprised, but she still smiled and shook hands with Du Lin, "I'm taking the liberty to ask, Are you married?"
The waitress looked to be in her early twenties, and she shook her head shyly. Of course, she would not doubt whether Du Lin was attracted to her. This was simply impossible. The plots in knight novels would never be played out in reality. She had long passed the age of believing in fairy tales.
Dulin nodded and let go of his hand, then looked at Harry, who had his mouth slightly open, "Look, I don't think my behavior was rude, and I believe this lady didn't think she was being treated just because she shook hands with me. I'm humiliated, isn't that right?" At the end of his sentence, he looked at the waitress, who smiled, nodded, and left.
She was smart and knew that leaving at this time was the most correct choice. If she stayed, she would most likely offend someone. If it wasn't Dulin, it would be Governor Harry. No matter which person it is, it is not something that a little waiter like her can offend. Maybe they won't remember themselves, but someone will remember themselves and win their favor by hurting themselves.
He shrugged his shoulders, "There is no doubt that she was not angry, and maybe she felt respected through social etiquette like shaking hands. So how could I be rude when I shook hands with Ms. Felicia?"
"She is a noble and a princess!" Harry reacted immediately and blurted out, "You can't replace a noble princess with a waiter!"
Dulin shook his head and retorted, "Now is a new era. The class of nobility has been abolished at the insistence of great leaders such as Emmaus. We are all equal. Nobility and so on have become a thing of the past! In Until the cabinet makes a formal statement that the aristocracy should be preserved, I stand by my opinion.”
When he said this, he did not just want to "make trouble". Felicia's arrival did make him feel a little surprised. Similarly, when facing the most powerful family in the north, if he behaved differently than in the past, The same will make people wonder whether he is a person who "bullies the weak and fears the strong". The reason why he had been tough enough before was simply because the people and families he faced were not enough to make him feel fearful.
This is definitely a bad sign. Some people's extinguished thoughts will be ignited again. Desire only needs even a tiny bit of motivation to turn into a raging flame that burns the world. In order to prevent the flames from burning him, Dulin must have a unique style to let people know that no matter who he is, he can't change his persistence.
Harry shook his head and turned away. Dulin's statement made him feel that he was also humiliated. Aristocrats are always aristocrats. Even though the class of aristocrats no longer exists in the social classes of the empire, everyone knows it. They were nobles in the past, and they are still nobles now, but they are more low-key, more restrained, and have given up their past titles, that's all.
Dulin curled his lips as he watched Harry leave. As long as people like Harry existed, the issue of class would never be eliminated. The reason why the old party’s “social elite class theory” is attractive and can make some people stand in their camp is because some people hope to consolidate and improve their social status and stand out with an explicit class independence. Except ordinary people.
Du Lin stood in the distance and watched Felicia move around the venue and speak cordially to every local upper class person who came forward to communicate. Her graceful and cordial demeanor was really attractive - attracting those who had money in their hands. Idiots who have money but don't know how to improve their social class, many businessmen want to curry favor with one or two big nobles to improve their "status" and gain greater convenience in the shopping mall.
"Don't you go over?" Du Fu stood next to Du Lin holding a dinner plate. He pouted towards Felicia, "That's Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
"Don't you know, she is just the granddaughter of a duke, and His Highness can only call him the princess of the royal family!" Du Lin also learned and applied it now. He now took out some of the things Harry said at noon and told Dufo, and he suddenly felt a sense of intelligence. A sense of superiority arises spontaneously. No wonder people like to educate others!
Dufo shrugged indifferently and stuffed a piece of shell meat into his mouth. The soup flowed out from the corner of his mouth. "That has nothing to do with me. I'm just a civilian!" He said and Du Lin looked at each other and smiled.
A few years ago, they were hanging out on the streets of Tenel, but now they are able to live in the same room as a princess. This change makes them feel incredible.
"By the way, your brother is here, that Merlin!" Only then did Dufo remember that he should talk to Du Lin about this matter.
Merlin's girlfriend Suri heard that Princess Felicia was going to Odis for inspection, and immediately begged Merlin to come with her. After seeing Du Lin's "respectability" that day and knowing Du Lin's identity, she was completely obedient to Merlin. After finally catching his brother, a prince riding a white horse, he would never let go and let the upper class life slip away from him. Suri is a very realistic girl, and she never deceives herself on this point.
After being pestered for two days, and because Merlin really had something to tell Dulin, they came to Odis City together.
The reason why he didn't contact Du Lin was because he couldn't be contacted. At that time, he and Harry had just left the office. Dove answered the phone. Dove had other matters of her own, so she forwarded the information to Dove. After meeting Merlin outside just now, Dufo brought them in.
"Where are the others?"
Dufo pointed to Felicia, and Du Lin looked in the direction he pointed, and immediately saw Suri standing behind Felicia excitedly, and Merlin standing next to her expressionlessly.
Perhaps feeling that someone was looking at him, Merlin looked around, tilted his head and said something to Suri, then walked over from the crowd.
When the two of them walked towards the VIP room on one side, Felicia saw Dulin leaving from the corner of her eye. She frowned inadvertently, and then returned to a full smile, just like the scene where her expression changed just now. Didn't happen at all.
"What's the matter?" Sitting on the sofa in the VIP room, Du Lin handed Merlin a cigarette. After the two brothers smoked silently for a while, Merlin put out the few remaining cigarette butts in the ashtray.
He smacked his mouth, rubbed his hands together, and took a while to spit out what he wanted to say.
Suri is pregnant.
Merlin was a little frightened when he just learned about this situation. He was only twenty-two years old. Even though he should have children according to his age in Alfalfa Town, his life in the metropolis during this period made him realize that he was still a young man. , there should be some distance from the word family. He didn't want to get married so soon. He even thought of asking Suri to abort the child in his belly, but he has been unable to make the final decision.
No matter what, it was still a child. The Kosma family had never had the habit of aborting babies. There were a large group of brothers and sisters, and no one was killed in the belly. If he did, maybe Mr. Kesma would beat him to death.
Du Lin was just stunned for a moment. As a father who was about to become two children, he was already very calm. "Then give birth to them and then send them back."
"But she plans to marry me!" Merlin's tone was a little disgusting. He didn't really want to marry Suri.
There is a saying that is right, things delivered to your door are never valuable.
From Merlin's point of view, even if Suri was not worthless, he wouldn't be that expensive anyway.
(End of chapter)