"Are we friends?" A sneer appeared on Anne's face, and then she became colder. She looked directly at Claire and said, "No, we are not friends. We members of the Pangbo family don't have friends.
Each of you regards our Pangbo family as a cancer in St. Louis City, a cruel ruler, and a greedy profit grabber. In fact, we are exactly the same. How can we have friends like this? There are just enemies and... potential enemies. "
As she spoke, Anne stood up, approached Claire step by step, looked directly at her and asked, "I want to ask you now, are you going to be a potential enemy of our Pangbo family, or are you going to be a direct enemy?"
Claire's eyes widened and she was a little frightened by Anne's momentum. She stood up with a slightly pale face and stepped back toward the door step by step: "Annie, you misunderstood me. I just want you to do a favor, not to provoke." Yours. You... don't be angry, just eat slowly, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, Claire quickly slipped out the door and disappeared.
There was silence in the room.
"boom!"
A few seconds after Claire left, Annie walked back to her seat and sat down heavily, her expression a little uneasy, like a powder keg about to explode.
Brando originally wanted to say something to please him, but looking at Richard who had been as unresponsive as a piece of wood, he opened his mouth and took back what he wanted to say.
Who knows, Anne took the initiative to speak out at this time.
It seemed like he was talking to Richard and Brando, but also like he was talking to himself.
Looking at the mass of air in front of her, Anne said slowly: "I've known for a long time that the Pangbo family has a bad reputation in St. Louis, and they look like evil characters in some knight novels.
However, in order to ensure continued survival, the Pangbo family must do this. Because once we feel weak or retreat, someone will pounce on us and try to challenge us. They will try to defeat us and get the wealth accumulated by our family. "
"The weak eat the strong." Richard suddenly said.
"Huh?" Anne was obviously surprised when she heard Richard speak, and took a deep look at Richard, "I thought you were mute, but what you said... the jungle of the jungle makes sense. Yes, it's the jungle of the jungle.
The world is like this, the weak are destined to be swallowed up by the strong. If you don't want to annex, you have to annex others. It's cruel, but it's also true. That's why our Pangbo family treats other forces in St. Louis City so harshly and continues to strengthen itself.
But the problem is that the further down this road goes, the more powerful it becomes, the more people will covet it and the more enemies it will provoke. In order to prevent everyone from uniting against us, we must use enough majesty to scare a group of cowards, and we must be evil.
I think that one day, our Pangbo family will definitely be retaliated for our actions, just like I was assassinated yesterday. But there is only this way to go..."
At the end of the sentence, Anne's voice became quieter and quieter, and she was almost the only one who could hear it.
After a few minutes of silence, Anne took a long breath, her expression became calm, and returned to the cold look of Miss Anne. She looked at Brando and curled her lips and said: "Hey, go tell the people in the restaurant and let them do it again." The food on the table is served.”
"Ah?" Brando was stunned and looked at the dishes on the dining table in the room. After the delay of the man in purple, Claire, it was indeed a bit cold, but it was not inedible. The most important thing is that these dishes are very expensive. Yes.
"What to do with these meals?" Brando swallowed his saliva and asked, looking directly at the plates on the table.
"What do you want to do?" Annie asked.
"I'm not hungry." Brando replied almost without thinking. Then he realized it and said hesitantly, "What I mean is, I don't know what to do."
During the conversation, Brando's stomach made a rumble in confusion.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
"Well, I'm going to tell the people in the restaurant and ask them to make another table and deliver it." Brando said and quickly left the room.
Anne watched Brando leave, blinked her eyes, and said nothing.
Although she occasionally feels emotional, she is definitely not weak, nor is she kind.
She is she - Anne Pangbo, the cold eldest daughter of the Pangbo family.
…
In a blink of an eye, an hour later.
It was already dark. Anne, Brando and Richard appeared on a four-wheel carriage and drove outside St. Louis, heading in an unknown direction.
Anne sat on the cushions in the innermost carriage, with a food box at hand. The food box has five layers, more than half a meter high, with elegant shape and excellent thermal insulation performance. Inside is the new meal that Anne asked Brando to order for the restaurant. After the meal was ready, Anne did not choose to eat it by herself. I put the restaurant in the food box, put it on the carriage, and got here all the way.
Brando asked a lot about why he did this, but he received a very "mild" answer from Anne.
"It's none of your business, shut up!"
Brando: “…”
"Gululu..."
The carriage kept moving forward under the driving of the groom, and finally stopped in front of a manor.
Richard looked around and saw in the blurry night that the entire manor was somewhat dilapidated, with only a few stone buildings standing. But the area is huge, almost four or five times the size of his Blue Lake Manor. There is a real lake inside, as well as a large lush forest. Occasionally, you can see hares coming in and out, just like an enclosed wildlife park.
This is
While Richard was wondering, Annie got off the carriage with the food box. As soon as her feet touched the ground, a bright red light suddenly flashed in the distant night, followed by a huge explosion.
"boom!"
There seemed to be an explosion.
The groom looked panicked.
Brando immediately jumped out of the car, guarding Anne very competently, and looked warily towards the place where the red light and explosion came from.
Richard also jumped out of the car and looked in the same direction, squinting slightly.
Annie's expression was calm. She glanced at Brando, Richard and the groom and said, "Don't panic, we are not enemies."
"What's that?" Brando asked.
"It's a magic knight camp where our family is stationed on the side of the manor. The sound just now should have come from their training." Anne explained.
"Is that so?" Brando nodded, suddenly enlightened.
Richard was thinking more: a camp of magic knights stationed outside the city? It's okay to be stationed outside the city, but it's a bit problematic to be stationed near an almost deserted manor. After all, this manor does not provide much supplies at first glance, and transporting it from elsewhere would not be very convenient, which would be a bit weird.
With this thought in mind, Annie walked towards the manor with the food box in hand.
Brando and Richard were about to follow, and the next moment they heard Annie say: "You two and the groom, just wait here and watch the carriage. I can go in alone and come out in a while."
"Huh?" Brando and Richard were confused.
Anne did not give an explanation and stepped into the gate of the manor.
…