After I became a real young master, I became famous for my bad behavior

Arthur gently picked up the family tree and glanced through it.

After making sure that the family tree was not damaged, he took the book cover off the table and rewrapped it, but still held it in his hand.

Arthur did not forget to remind Sheen of the seriousness of such a matter:

"As a member of the Haines family, you know. If you look through the family tree behind Atole's back in the Duke's Mansion, you have to copy the Haines family rules at least ten times. If you spend the day like this, your hands will be crippled."

It can be heard that Arthur did this when he was a child.

Xien's forehead was covered with sweat, and he was completely scared:

"I was wrong, I was really wrong."

Seeing Sheen's cowardly look, Arthur couldn't help but laugh:

"Hahaha!

"This isn't the Duke's Mansion. There's no need for you to be so scared."

...

Sean suddenly realized that Arthur was teasing him and could only smile awkwardly:

"Uncle, you are here again..."

Sheen noticed that Arthur still held the family tree in his hand and even repackaged it neatly.

He saw how important family tree was to Arthur.

"But uncle, the family tree is so important, why do you put it in such a place where you can get it at any time, and how come you also have a Haines family tree..."

As soon as Sheen finished speaking, he suddenly realized that Arthur was looking at him with a strange gaze.

I guess you are thinking, "How do you know that Atole also has a family tree? Have you read it?"

Xien shook his head and tried to explain:

"I lived in the same building with the Duke for a while. Sometimes I saw him reading a book with the same cover as his family tree in his room for a long time. Of course, I didn't know it was actually a family tree!"

This excuse seems reasonable.

Arthur had nothing to say about this.

He closed his eyes and sighed:

"Ugh!

"It's important to Haynes, but not to me,"

Arthur saw Sean's hasty look and smiled dumbly.

"The family tree is something that only the heir recognized by the Duke can obtain (so it is very important), but I am not the Duke now (so it is not important)."

Sheen nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Arthur looked around to make sure Sheen was doing nothing more than looking at the family tree.

He stood in the middle of the study and sighed again:

"After reading some of the content, you must be wondering why the real family tree is in my hands?"

At this moment, Sheen suddenly heard a ding-dong sound, and he looked up slightly.

The semi-transparent system held the display screen and waved in front of him, signaling Sheen——

"The mission was successful, the plot will be revealed soon!"

Is this all right? ?

Xien swallowed, clenched his fists and raised them slightly in front of his chest.

He decided to play this scene well:

"I have seen the family tree in the Duke's hand from a distance. When the Duke flipped through it, he could hear the sound of paper tearing, indicating that it was made very roughly...

“That family tree is fake, right?

"And the family tree I see now is beautifully crafted, and even mentions things like fake male and female. This means that what my uncle has is real..."

Sheen tells the truth he wants to explore:

"Zalman Haines, aka Old Duke, my grandfather.

"You were the original heir, right? Arthur Haines, my uncle?"

Sheen specifically mentioned Arthur's real last name, emphasizing that Arthur was Haines's bloodline.

This made it hard for Arthur not to sympathize.

Arthur knew that Sean had guessed the answer, so he closed his eyes and sighed:

"Yes,"

"From the time I was born until my death, I was always my father's favorite child."

Otherwise, he would not have given the real family tree to Arthur before his death.

In fact, the old duke always knew that Arthur was still alive.

Unfortunately, the situation was hopeless and he couldn't bring his beloved child back to Haines.

“I’m very aware of that.

"It is precisely because of this favoritism that the three of us brothers are at odds. Atole and Alex tried every means to get rid of me."

The old duke's preference turned out to be Arthur's poison.

This made Sheen feel unfair:

"But, the former Second Master Haines is dead, so you don't have to worry about being hunted down, right?"

Arthur fell silent again.

The window of the study was not closed, and the wind outside blew up the gauze curtains slightly, forming a shadow in the sunlight.

Such a shadow casts on Arthur's shadow, as if Arthur's shadow is carrying a lot of pressure.

Xien looked at the shadow and fell silent.

Coincidences can really bring emotions to a head.

"I don't have any hatred, they wanted to kill me, and I let them...

"But I have been holding my breath and living."

(Sound of book cover being opened)

Click.

Arthur finally opened the wrapped book cover, pulled out a letter from the interlayer of the plain blue cover, and handed it to Sheen.

"Why didn't I touch it just now?"

Sheen realized that there was a lot of information in the letter, so he took it and read it slowly:

His eyes widened!

"To my favorite child, Arthur Haines:

By the time you read this letter, my health has been completely destroyed by the chronic poison put in the food sent by Alex.

They left me here to die so that I could be forced to give up the title.

Now I am in Fossa Hills, nominally to spend my retirement life here, but in fact I am spending my last days.

I admit that from the perspective of the country, I am a very good duke.

But relative to my family, I am a good husband but not a very good father.

Because of my partiality and poor expression, I let Atole and Alex mistakenly regard my love for you as a bargaining chip for partiality.

Even at the end, I witnessed with my own eyes "you were burned to death by Atole."

Of course, the light of the guardian stone is still there, so I know you are still alive.

At the same time you hate me.

But there's nothing I can do, sorry.

I don’t know when we will meet again, and I don’t know whether you have forgiven me for being a negligent father.

This may be the last letter I write to you...

Fortunately, I have a loyal subordinate who will deliver my letter, the real family tree, and the real inheritance document to you (I don't know how many years it will take).

As for Atole and Alex, I have forged the succession documents and decided to pass the title to Atole.

I want to let the world give him the best blow. Please don't be afraid.

Maybe by the time you see this letter, I will have turned into dust.

But I don't regret it.

"I have always hoped that the person sitting on the throne would be you."

You hold the real family tree in your hand. You are the real heir, the next Duke.

Love you, Arthur...

"Loving you most, my father, Zalman Haines's last words"

After reading these distorted fonts, Sheen fell into deep thought:

"Zalman is an excellent and orthodox Haines, a duke who died with the halo of 'Duke Haines'..."

Sheen evaluated this seriously in his heart.

At the same time, Sheen also understood——

This is the reason why Arthur hesitated for a long time and finally made up his mind to cooperate with Sheen after Sheen proposed the idea of ​​forming an alliance with him:

Arthur wants to become the Duke of Haines and fulfill the old duke's last wish.