"But I... never mind. Anyway, the kind of situation I'm talking about is... the type where they quarrel over their future at work, but remain loving in private life... But I've never seen anyone who can tell the difference so clearly, eh?"
"So you think Elena might be the troublesome type?"
Watching the increasingly heated debate between the two people at the conference table, Theresa wondered if this was not right...
Even now, the argument has become so heated, and Elena has not shown any concern for Yang Hao...
According to Theresa's idea, after this meeting, these two people would probably groan when they left the house to express their contempt for each other... They have already quarreled to this extent, do you think Elena still has feelings for Yang Hao
Is this impossible
Theresa relaxed.
Fen was still feeling uneasy.
And Naluga, who was dragged over to fill the position.
He had already chosen to doze off on the table in this gathering surrounded by friends.
Finally, at noon, Yang Hao and Elena had almost finished negotiating all the current contracts.
Under the contract, the United Nations and the Kingdom of Eden reached a variety of mutually beneficial conditions.
What made Yang Hao feel the most painful was that every time the Kingdom of Eden built an "artificial magic reactor" in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom would have to provide Eden with tens of thousands of tons of conventional minerals for trade...
He couldn't help but feel the pain. If he were to trade with Isugard, he would definitely make Isugard provide him with services for free, and at the same time, he would make the other party pay him!
But now, he has become the one who has to pay... How can Yang Hao not feel painful
He sighed, signed his name on the contract, and stamped it with the purple royal seal. The work was finally done.
It was when Yang Hao finished his work and was about to invite Elena to have lunch together to experience the customs and culture of Constantinople.
"Relax... Work is over. So Mr. Yang Hao, can we start the personal request I told you about earlier?"
The little synthetic doll's words made Theresa's face change drastically, made Finn have a weird expression of "I should have known this", and also suddenly woke up Naluga who was dozing off.
"Explanation: I hope you can accompany me to explore the current situation of the United Nations. This will be of great help to our work of integrating Eden into the modern world... At the same time, I also have some personal matters that I want to ask you alone."
She blinked. After putting down her work, she naturally destroyed the emotions that had just accumulated at the conference table - after all, work is work, life is life, and curiosity is curiosity.
The synthetic doll has always kept these things separate. She will not let her personal emotions affect the cause of the country, nor will she let the cause of the country affect her personal life.
Maybe this is hard for ordinary people to understand...
But Elena believed that Yang Hao was someone who was willing to understand her.
Faced with Elena's confidence, Yang Hao could only smile bitterly and nodded after thinking for a long time.
…
The simple food and drink in Constantinople did not affect the magic puppets' enthusiasm for this place.
They are polite to others, showing curiosity about the surface world, but they will not poke at the scars hidden under people's happiness.
Each of them is a kind gentleman or lady. It is hard to imagine that they are the strong men that His Majesty Yang Hao mentioned who had fought bloody battles with demons for hundreds of years...
Court President Natalia was sighing with emotion. After holding Anna's hand and walking through the bustling and magnificent banquet hall, they slowly walked towards their restaurant.
In the Purple Palace, the place where the president of the court and little Anna had their lunch was the royal dining room that was fixed for Yang Hao and others.
As they were part of the family, they naturally had the right to eat with the honorable Basilisa and Caesar.
The presiding judge enjoyed this very much. After all, this was a recognition of her hard work.
But then again, now that the Edenites are visiting, there should be a distinguished guest having lunch with Your Majesties in the royal dining room, right
Is it really okay for me to take little Anna with me at this time
Just as Natalia was daydreaming, she unexpectedly ran into Miss Naluga, who looked a little uneasy, in the corridor.
"Good afternoon, Miss Naruga."
The president of the court greeted her, and little Anna happily called out "Sister Naluga", then she broke free from Natalia's grasp, pounced on the bewildered Naluga's legs, grabbed her clothes and acted coquettishly.
Anna likes Naluga very much - on the one hand, it's because Naluga exudes an aura that is as harmless as a small animal, and on the other hand, it's because Naluga really behaves like an older sister, unlike Aunt Theresa who scares Anna and exudes a weird sense of holiness...
Facing Anna's sudden action, Naluga simply touched her head in a panic, then reluctantly picked Anna up from her lap and handed her to Natalia:
"Good afternoon, Miss Natalia, little Anna... Um, are you guys coming to eat?"
"Is it inconvenient?" Natalia expressed her understanding. "If we are entertaining important guests, it's okay for us to eat in the side hall... But, did the previous meeting go smoothly?"
"It's actually quite convenient to go out for dinner... The meeting went well, didn't it? It's just..."
"only?"
Naluga looked around for a long time, and after confirming that only the guards and maids trusted by the Purple Palace were walking in this corridor, she whispered quietly in Natalia's ear:
"Her Majesty Elena of Eden said... that she wants to go on a date with Yang Hao after dinner?"
"ha?"
At first, Natalia didn't realize what was going on.
After all, everyone has heard about Nalujia's natural beauty. She would doze off on the table while eating, get lost in some garden to bask in the sun if no one is watching her when she goes out, and fall asleep in the hot water without anyone watching her while she is bathing!
So Natalia initially thought that the "date" that Naruga mentioned was actually just a normal visit between royal families...
There's nothing strange about this, since when the Roman Empire was founded, His Majesty Yang Hao, who was still the Regent, had to go on many similar business trips... so this is really no big deal.
But looking at Naluga's serious expression, for some reason, the hope in Natalia's eyes began to disappear without a trace.
She swallowed hard and subconsciously hugged Anna's petite body tightly. She looked at the seriousness in Naluga's eyes, and finally she could only lower her head and laugh dryly and said:
"Naluga... did you misunderstand something? After all, Her Majesty Theresa and Her Majesty Finn are here too. That Elena couldn't possibly... couldn't possibly make such a shameless request in front of them, right?"
Nalujia nodded blankly: "But, that's what she said? What about "walking around privately", "previous request", and she even said directly [I hope to talk to you alone, Mr. Yang Hao]... Is this really a normal visit according to royal etiquette
Although I don’t really understand these things… but I have been going around in private… It’s impossible that normal communication between the royal family has to be carried out in secret between two people…”
"Well… "
“Besides, Theresa and Finn’s expressions weren’t very good at the time… Especially Theresa… She almost looked like she wanted to eat someone, huh
After all, it was right after the heated discussion that Elena made the request directly... and Yang Hao seemed to have agreed..."
"Your Majesty actually agreed directly?!"
Natalia subconsciously raised her voice to a higher pitch, causing the maids and guards in the distance to look at her in awe. Facing Natalia's scream, Naluga just nodded in distress:
"Yang Hao seems to have his own ideas... But to be honest, I don't really understand what the benefit of doing this is... I feel a little distressed, so I ran out of the restaurant first... I plan to wait until the food is delivered..."
"Uh..." Unexpected situation.
Natalia originally thought that under the guardianship of Her Majesty Theresa and Her Majesty Fen, no matter what, His Majesty Yang Hao would not be targeted by other women... After all, he is the husband of two queens? Although he still owes one of them a wedding, he is indeed the lover of the two queens, right
In this situation, there was actually another country's queen who was stupid... I don't know whether to say stupid or bold enough to directly invite His Majesty Yang Hao to a "date" in front of the two queens...
This is really... too... too enviable... too incomprehensible, huh?!
Natalia was inwardly denouncing Elena's audacity. She even suspected that now that Elena had entered the Royal Restaurant, she might not be able to leave the restaurant completely, where only the Bayerjans and elves lived...
But on second thought, Natalia was filled with envy for Elena's boldness.
If I had been bolder at that time and expressed my feelings to His Majesty Yang Hao, instead of waiting for him to announce "polygamy" before regaining hope...
Perhaps, besides the two Majesties, there is also a seat for me who is qualified to sit in that occasion
I can only say that... "courage" is a kind of talent in a sense... and "boldness" is a quality that Natalia hates and admires at the same time...
She sighed heavily, thinking that she and Naluga would not be able to intervene in that situation, and could only lick each other's wounds in the corner in a miserable state, right
At this time, little Anna said curiously: She hasn't gone out to play with her dad for a long time! If she lets her dad take her and her "two sisters" there later, there should be no problem, right
…
Both of them were stunned.
They all looked at little Anna's cunning eyes at the same time.
Suddenly realized... they seemed to still have a chance
Chapter 9: Elena: I just want to be friends? —8K
"… "
Why is this happening
Afternoon of April 15th.
When Yang Hao, holding Anna's little hand, walked around the commercial street of Constantinople with Elena, Naluga and Natalia in a daze.
The poor man kept wondering in confusion: Why is this happening
He was confused. This was clearly his and Elena's job, but Naluga and Natalia joined in under Anna's coquetry...
Although he knew that Elena might have other ideas about him, he thought about it and realized that he was a man with self-control!
Neither Theresa nor Finn thought they would do anything mean. Why would their daughter, their beloved...
Would his own patriarch, his own chief judge, think that he would definitely do something terrible when he was alone with Elena
This is impossible, right? Am I that kind of person? Theresa and Finn didn't think that, did they
The man sighed softly. I really feel that I need to communicate with Natalia and Naluga for a few days to help them resolve their misunderstandings about me...
"Hey... Anna? Walk slowly... I know you want to go out for a walk, but can you at least consider dad's work?"
His Majesty the Regent sighed, and while letting Anna drag him around, he apologized to Elena in his heart.
Following closely behind Yang Hao and Anna, Elena was confused by the hostility from Natalia and Naluga - but to be honest, why was this
(I didn’t do anything, obviously?) The little synthetic doll muttered, looking down at the red dress she was wearing.
(I just wanted to invite Mr. Yang Hao to walk around and ask some questions that I am very curious about... Why do you have to target me like this
Then again… If the two of you behind me have romantic feelings for Mr. Yang Hao, why can't you just say it out loud? Isn't this country a polygamous country? Why? )
Synthetic dolls don't understand human hearts, so they naturally don't know what kind of courage and strength it takes for these two girls to "take the initiative to confess."
This is especially true after realizing that the two women around Yang Hao have actually given a lot to him and hold an indispensable position.
Especially for Natalia, she naturally has a feeling of inferiority when facing Finn and Theresa.
In terms of her origin, she was at most an ordinary noble. Compared with the last princess and the queen of elves, she was nothing.
Compared to her efforts, the elves and nuns were also more hardworking than her. Compared to the pressure, they shouldered the life and death of the country, while Natalia was at most responsible for the morality and order of a country.
Not to mention the results... Although Natalia made it possible for His Majesty Yang Hao to continue living, Theresa saved Yang Hao's soul, and Finn gave Yang Hao the foundation to get to this point... Although in a sense Natalia is the premise for them to do what they can do, it is only a premise;
This was also true in terms of the time she spent with Yang Hao... Natalia was inferior to everyone in every aspect, including Naluga.
Apart from the recognition of little Anna, she actually has nothing.
Moreover, she didn't want to become a bad woman who had to rely on Anna to be with Yang Hao...
She hopes that she can work hard to make a name for herself, and then hold her head high and obtain the happiness she wants with everyone's recognition and blessings.
Because of this, Natalia didn't have the courage to consider confessing to Yang Hao before she had achieved complete results...
What about Naluga
Although Naluga is relatively natural, it does not mean that she does not understand what the concept of love is like in the world.
The reason why she didn't have the courage to confess was probably because she enjoyed this kind of life - if she rashly broke the current peace, it might not be a good thing for her.
After all, if we do nothing now, at worst we can maintain the current relationship.
Naluga could still appear around him like a pet, and then show her presence at the right time.
But after the confession? Nalujia could no longer look at Yang Hao normally...
Naturally, Yang Hao couldn't ignore this member of the Ling tribe who had been following him secretly.
Their situation becomes particularly awkward, especially when no definite answer is given or a clear refusal is made.
Nalujia was not afraid of delaying time, but she was afraid of Yang Hao's rejection and vague wavering... If it weren't for Elena's stimulation, she didn't seem like the type to take the initiative to put forward her demands.
But after Elena showed up and directly invited Yang Hao to go out for a walk together... everything changed for Nalujia.
To put it in perspective, as an outsider, Yang Hao had known Elena and fought alongside her for even less time than Naluga - in this case, if Yang Hao could accept Elena, then why couldn't he accept Naluga
Going on, Elena's rash confession has destroyed Nalujia's peaceful life... Since life is no longer peaceful, it is reasonable for her to take action, right
They all felt threatened by what Elena did and chose to take action when they had no choice... But for Elena.