Quick Wear: Host, are you playing here?

During the two days, there were many "guests" coming in and out of the manor. Most of them were busy during the day, and every time they came to visit, it was already late at night.

Hua Xia didn't mind. As the most "hospitable" Earl, even if the guests didn't have visiting cards, she would open the door of the villa wide, and the "guests" would be carried out if they stood out.

Basilis was very keen on entertaining the "guests", but Hua Xia would stop him every time. She said, "No, it's hard to clean."

Butler: “.......” Should he thank the Earl for his understanding?

After all, he is the one who cleans up every time...

To clean a complete one, you just need to carry it out, but to clean a mess, that would be troublesome.

Anyway, the old housekeeper never wants to recall the mental state he was in when he cleaned up those things.

Anyway, not very healthy.

After a few days, the 'guests' stopped coming.

There was a guest who knew how to be polite. He sent a visiting card and came by car during the day.

A handsome man got out of the car. He was neat and tidy. This time he was not wearing the attire of an auction waiter, but a suit that looked very expensive.

With appropriate attire and elegant temperament, from a distance it seemed as if the person coming was not a wanted poster, but a nobleman of distinguished status.

Led by the butler, Collide walked through the manor and entered the villa.

In the hall, the person he was going to visit was already waiting on the sofa.

"Lord Charlotte, long time no see."

Hua Xia raised her eyelids slightly and glanced at him with a half-smile: "Not long ago, didn't we meet at the auction?"

"That day was not a very good meeting for me." Collide smiled. He felt a toothache when he thought about how he was cheated out of so many Norton coins that day. "I think I shouldn't have let the flower start without a reserve price."

Collide looked meaningfully at the blue flower hanging on the wall on the second floor of the villa's corridor, which was embedded in a frame.

At least, with a higher starting price, he can still get some of his money back.

Hua Xia shrugged nonchalantly: "Then I probably won't take a picture of it."

If it wasn’t for Baselès, Hua Xia wouldn’t have bought it.

Collider smiled and said, "If I had known that the Earl liked it, I would not have sent it to the auction house. I think I would have sent it directly to your manor."

This guy is no less ridiculous than Hua Xia when it comes to talking nonsense.

Hua Xia said without hesitation: "Okay, then return the money to me."

Coliide: “….”

"????"

My Lord, are you so poor?

Colide looked over and saw seriousness in Hua Xia's eyes.

"......"

His voice was hoarse: "Okay, I'll have someone bring it over later."

When the items are sent to the auction house, the auction house will charge a certain percentage of the transaction price as commission.

Therefore, Collide lost more than he gained and even lost money.

He said this.

Hua Xia raised her eyes, looked at him calmly, and smiled: "Isn't Truman Auction House under your control?"

"What are you talking about, Mr. Pirate?"

This sentence instantly made Collide's smile disappear, and his eyes turned cold: "It seems that the Earl knows more than I thought."

Hua Xia was so angry that she wanted to kill herself: "Ah? I was just guessing, did I guess it right?"

Coliide: “….”

Collide could barely maintain his polite mask, his mind was in a mess, and the alarm bells in his brain were ringing: "My Lord Earl, I came here today to make some deals with you."

"Yes, the Truman family is indeed under my control."

The Truman family, like the Charlotte family, is an old aristocratic family.

However, the Charlotte family had already begun to decline before the old earl's death, and after the old earl's death, it fell into a slump.

Truman, however, remained firmly at the head of the nobility.

As if to show his sincerity, Collider asked tentatively: "I heard that a lot of things happened in the manor these days. Is the Earl not injured?"

Hua Xia blinked: "They are just guests, how could they get hurt? Isn't Mr. Pirate also a guest?"

Coliide: “….”

Thinking of the news of the dead, Collider didn't want to be the guest: "How can it be the same?"

"You and I are friends."

Hua Xia smiled: "Well, my friend, remember to send the money this afternoon."

Coliide: “….”

He took a deep breath and calmed himself down: "My Lord Earl..."

Just as he was about to say something, he heard a sound behind Colide. He subconsciously turned his head and looked in the direction of the kitchen. The kitchen door was half-open and the sound came from inside. Logically speaking, although it was almost noon, a skilled kitchen servant would not make such a loud noise when there were guests in the master's house.

Immediately, there were two more bangs on the chopping board.

Coliide looked at Hua Xia with a puzzled expression.

Hua Xia is used to it: "The chef at home is cooking, Mr. Pirate, please continue."

Collider had no choice but to look away and said bluntly: "I want to meet with the power behind you, Lord Earl, and hope to have an exchange. I believe that there will be a good cooperation during this voyage."

Hua Xia raised her eyebrows slightly: "What force?"

She looked behind her curiously. Behind her was the back of a sofa. Hua Xia blinked: "There is no power behind me? It's just a back cushion."

"Haha, Your Excellency the Earl is really humorous." Collide sneered twice.

He thought Hua Xia didn't believe him, so she kept it a secret.

With a woman in charge of the family, the Charlotte family became like an iron wall in a short period of time. No news came out, but the Charlotte family's share of the asset quota in the main city of Norton continued to grow.

Collider didn't believe that all this was the work of one woman.

In recent days, he has observed for a long time that various forces have poured into this manor, but no one has come out.

These forces of Norton are not as simple as they seem. Under the attraction of huge wealth, and knowing that there is a possibility of a complete treasure map route in Charlotte Manor, they will definitely not send some trash to seize it.

But no one force gained anything.

Not only that, all forces strangely calmed down at the same time.

After thinking about it, Collide showed his sincerity: "My Lord Earl, I am willing to exchange information with you. Of course, I will tell you what I know first."

At this moment, a sound came from behind again, interrupting what Colide said.

Obviously, Colide was not a good-tempered person. He frowned and looked towards the kitchen. The kitchen door, which was already half open, was pulled open from the inside by a hand.

Randomly, a tall figure walked out from inside.

The man was wearing an odd pink apron that looked particularly small against his tall stature.

"........"

The man was holding a tray with a bowl and a plate on it.

Colide paused, remembering what Hua Xia had just said, "the chef at home".

chef.......

Collider looked at the mermaid, the one he had personally fished out of the Pullman Sea.