Geeky

"...but why are you helping me?"

"Did you forget? You won the game, and I agreed to your request."

"..."

Su Shi looked at Balan blankly.

"Otherwise, why do you think I came here..." Balan looked up at the study, "A place like a little mouse's box?"

—— Not necessarily every room in the Tulip Villa is bigger than Su Shi’s small villa, but it is at least twice as tall.

The little mouse Su Shi is still trying to remember: "..."

Balan said leisurely: "You forgot..."

Speaking of getting up.

"No! I remember! I remember very clearly!"

……

When it comes to meeting Atossa, the location becomes a problem.

In Crimson Belvedere, nobles and commoners are like two parallel lines, there is almost no intersection in the field of life and even work - not only the residential areas are planned separately, but also those entertainment places open to the nobles, Department stores are also not open to civilians (including civilians). Although there are no express regulations on which blocks "civilians" are not allowed to enter, if you accidentally break into it, the surprised eyes of people full of fancy clothes on the street will also make people daunting.

If Atossa visits the dwelling of a human male, it is so conspicuous that it is almost unsuspectingly considered a demeaning attempt to meet a "lover."Even Balan, who is a male, is actually not suitable to be a guest at Su Shi's house.

The second is the form of meeting——

Atossa has a marriage contract, so Su Shi needs to avoid suspicion so as not to attract rumors.For noble girls... or rather, for any girl, reputation is very important.It's just that after the modern society becomes more open, people won't openly discuss it.

"...You can come to my manor, I invite her, and then I invite you."

Su Shi refused: "No, I don't want that... It would be great if I could rent a suitable villa."

"It's simple," Balan curled his lower lip, "tell me your requirements, and I'll ask Freeman to collect suitable villa information."

You know, unlike small civilian houses that only need to consider water and electricity bills in the short term, whether it is a noble castle or a manor, in addition to daily cleaning, various maintenance issues must also be considered-for example, those neat shrubs and lawns, Is it necessary to find someone to trim regularly?If you raise horses, do you need someone to take care of the stables, and do you need professional horse trainers to take care of the horses?Take the Tulip Villa as an example. If you want to maintain the dignity of an aristocratic villa, you have to throw money like running water every day.

Even the idle castles of Xerxes cost at least 1000 gold coins a year, which is more than 100 million yuan in maintenance fees.

Modern aristocracy cannot collect taxes like in ancient times, and the entrusted land is not allowed to be bought and sold. It is very common for some aristocrats who are not good at management to leave their manor villas vacant.

"I need a little time...to liquidate the funds that can be turned around."

Balan said, "I can help you."

"No, Balan..." Su Shi shook his head.

Talking about feelings hurts money, and talking about money hurts feelings.What he needs now is Balan's affection, so he chooses to hurt money.

Friends should help each other. If you rely entirely on friends, it is a very taboo thing.

Villa Banon——

"My villa..."

"Can an area of ​​[-] square meters be called a villa?"

"A hundred acres around here are my private garden..."

Balan stood by the window, opened the curtains and looked out: "Garden? I only saw random weeds and trees. It's a random garden."

"These are Victorian furniture..."

Balan caressed a not-so-delicate seam on the vase cabinet: "Fake is inferior."

"Anyway, just one day's cleaning costs..."

"..."

Balaam raised his finger and blew on the soot, but did not speak.

"My authentic Bosch..."

"Coincidentally, I also have one at home."

"...you can make a price." The owner said dejectedly.

"..."

Brother Su kept his tail behind Balan the whole time, calm on the surface but confused in his heart.

He coughed lightly and glanced at Balaam.

The two walked to the window—

Su Shi said: "I hope to give him a price that meets the market price, without too much..."

"Okay." Balaam replied, turned around and raised his little finger and thumb to the house owner who was pricking up his ears and pretending not to listen out of the aristocratic style.

The owner's face turned pale: "6 gold coins?!"

Balan said, "60."

Su Shi took the owner to the garden: "I want to make some changes..."

Hurry up, and a week later, Villa Banon will be furnished according to Su Shi's idea.

"...Do I have to be blindfolded?"

Balan supported Su Shi's wrist and was led forward by him. His eyes were covered with a black ribbon, and a pair of wicked little yellow devil eyes were sewn on it.

Su Shi helped him down the steps and walked towards the garden:

"I need to use your instant reaction to judge the real effect."

Although Su Shi had planned it with great care, after seeing Balan's life, he was not sure whether he could bring surprises to Atossa.

Maybe the things that are exquisite enough in his eyes are just ordinary and ordinary objects to them.

"Okay, here it is."

Su Shi reminded Balan to stand still, and then stood beside him, pulling the bow tie behind his head like opening the ribbon of a gift——

He was watching Balaam, and Balaam was watching everything in front of him.

"...beautiful."

For a long time, Balaam said.

He walked to the garden woven with ice, snow and flowers, walked to the long table where the gift boxes were stacked as high as a hill, opened them casually, and looked through them.Balaam had known Atossa for a while, and he could tell that Atossa liked these gifts.

Su Shi watched him nervously, like a student waiting for the teacher to grade.

After a while, Balaam said:

"...you must have spent a long time collecting these."

It is not difficult to prepare a mountain of presents, but it is not easy if there are various small gifts collected from all directions.

These gifts are brand new, but many are no longer available in the market.

Su Shi smiled: "When I miss her, I will buy her a gift."

Actually it wasn't him, but the original Mino Fan.

When he is sad because of missing, he will buy a gift that she might like, imagine the surprise when she receives it, and he will be happy again.

Su Shi just continued to do what Mino had done after coming to Fei Seli.

Balan was silent for a while, then reached out to look at the small cardboard boxes in the big box:

"...What are these?"

He saw that it said "mini timed parachute".

Su Shi smiled slightly: "Secret."

Although Balan has no experience in flirting with girls, he has rich experience in flirting with girls.He had already seen through everything, but did not expose it.

In fact, it's kind of cheesy to drop a present on a little parachute...

Su Shi asked, "Is she really planning to come over during the day?"

Balan said: "Yes, there are some gatherings these two days, and I can't spare time in the evening. And she hopes you can take a good look at her."

Su tried to laugh.

After Balaam told him about the love history of Xerxes, Su Shi knew that Atossa was the most likely competitor. Apart from her, other "lover" or partner, in Xerxes The surroundings are changing like flowing water.Unless Xerxes has other people who are hiding in the golden house, even Balaam can't find out.

But he doesn't want to.

Even, he wants to forget this.

He said again: "...don't you feel uncomfortable in the sun?"

"Put on a cape, put on some sunscreen, and it'll be fine for two or three hours."

"Then I'm all set."

He turned to look at Balaam, a little anxiously.

Balaam didn't know why he was so angry, he deliberately waited for a while before saying:

"She's free tomorrow morning or the morning after tomorrow."

Su Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Then tomorrow morning."

It happened to be cloudy these two days.

"I'll ask Atossa to come here at six o'clock tomorrow morning. The sun won't be too hot until nine o'clock." Balan said, "I will send two servants over first, and then bring my female companion over."

"Okay, I'll stay here tonight."

After Balaam left, Sushi stayed in the garden strapping each present to a mini timed parachute.

There were more than 300 gifts in total, and it was enough to just unpack the boxes. Su Shi didn't finish all these things until after three o'clock in the morning.

He was woken by the sun, and before he knew it he fell asleep on a garden chair.

Su Shi raised his hand to block the sun for a while. Although the morning sun was not too strong, it was already summer after all, and it already made people feel sunburned.

Su Shi stood up, looked at the weather forecast, and found that yesterday it was still a "one cloud" weather forecast, but today it has been changed to "a small sun and a small cloud".

"..."

To make matters worse, he slept past the four o'clock alarm, and it was almost five o'clock now!

Su Shi rushed to the hall of the villa, the weather, the cardboard boxes in the garden... His mind was in a mess after staying up late.

When he walked through the corridor to the front hall to look for the servants, he saw Balaam leading a group of people in mightily.

Su Shi was a little stunned for a moment, because it was different from what he said, originally he only borrowed two servants from Balan, plus a cook.

Balaam grabbed his shoulders, looked at his messy appearance and said:

"...Why haven't you packed it yet?"

"Back garden...today..."

Su Shi was a little flustered.

Balaam snapped his fingers, and immediately a servant went to the back garden.

Balan said, "The weather forecast changed at three o'clock in the morning, so I brought someone to install the sunshade curtain."

"OK……"

Balaam reminded, "Have you prepared your clothes for today?"

Su Shi looked at him silently: "..."

Balaam rubbed his sweaty forehead, and looked at his palm with disgust:

"I guess you didn't even take a shower."

"..."

Su Shi felt that he was extremely weak and helpless.

However, Balaam did not bring a manservant who was in charge of dressing.

Balan said, "Go take a shower, and I'll pick out clothes for you."

He opened his pocket watch and looked: "There are still 55 minutes."

Su Shi rushed into the nearest suite, went to the bathroom and washed it from head to toe as quickly as possible.