gray manor

The wind and rain outside seemed to be a lot less, and the severe weather that starts with thunder and then rain usually doesn't last long.During this period of waiting, Gray and his good friend Nash played chess by the fire in the living room. Both of them were dressed in formal attire, and their postures were comfortable and upright sitting on the high-back sofa.

Nash played chess and then looked at Gray. The face of his friend on the opposite side was calm and stable, and his pale face was much more lively under the reflection of the fire, even a little lively and jumpy.

"You look happy." It's not a question, it's an affirmative statement.

"It's okay." Gray knew that he would tease himself whenever he got the chance, so he pretended to be normal.

"I met the person I want to see upstairs? Clara? Hill? Or...Kevin?" Seeing that he didn't deny it, Nash began to make bold and gossipy guesses, and even the braids tied behind the short black hair became excited.

Gray was a little speechless, looked up at him and said, "Pin."

...Cut, who would believe it?

Nash disdained his answer, and based on his understanding of his friends, he made up a heart-pounding romantic drama. Who made him a passionate and flirtatious Italian? He was born with no need for mutations. talent.He has been with Gray for many years, and he has witnessed all the love relationships of this friend that ended without a problem. Can he still not know what emotion is expressed by his expression?

"I said, you..." Gray knew that he was thinking about something messy again, so he couldn't help reminding him aloud.

"what?"

"...don't say it."

Nash saw a hint of acquiescence from his helpless eyes, and he didn't ask any more inappropriate questions.After all, you have to give him some space, maybe he will only admit it on the day when he can clear the clouds and mists.

"What are you talking about?"

Pin's slender figure appeared in the center of the hall. As he walked, he felt that the first floor was a bit unusual today. Thinking carefully, it might be because of its bright lights.The owner doesn't live here very often, so the first floor of Gray Manor isn't much used, and it's no wonder Pin can't get used to it.

"Talk about your little uncle's love history~" Despite Nash's unrestrained appearance as an artist, he is actually an overly enthusiastic neighborhood representative in essence.

Pin's immobile face finally showed some expression. He looked at Gray curiously, only to see the gossiping soul who quietly covered half of his face with his hands, completely ignoring the two people's longing.

"Oh! Lovely Pin, long time no see." The Italian man put down the chess game, stood up quickly, and prepared to have an intimate kiss with the boy in front of him.

The blue-haired boy flashed, and easily avoided Nash's hug and approaching face, and said with some resistance: "Nash, you'd better not touch me, you know I don't like this."

It is true that such a problem will occur when a social expert and a patient with social phobia are in the same room. Nash is not annoyed after hearing his words, but obediently puts down his hands and soul that want to get in touch with him, and said without hesitation: "Okay, but Pin, no one will really love you after you're like this. You have to know that a person's soul and penis depend on each other to produce a unique relationship."

Pin glanced at him lightly, and said calmly, "I don't need meaningless emotional dependence."

Being blocked so coldly by Pin, Nash didn't know what to say, so he turned to Gray for help.In the end, I saw someone's little uncle waving his hand at him, with a look of "Look, I told you not to mess with Pin, you deserve it".

The two people before and after were so unfriendly, and Nash didn't want to be boring. He pouted and sat down to roast the fire in boredom. The burning wood occasionally made a crackling sound, which made people feel at ease.

Because of the climate characteristics of Los Angeles, the temperature difference between day and night is huge, and it rained in the evening, which made it too cold. Pin has a thin body and is afraid of the cold, so he squatted silently in front of the closet adding firewood to make the fire even hotter, while Gray and Nash continued the chess game just now.

The three of them didn't say anything, just waited.

Towards the end, the three members of Blu-ray and Zhaoxi finally came late talking and laughing.

Pin has been living with them for almost three months, and he has never seen these people look serious, perhaps because they are utopian in nature, and they have always been very casual about food and clothing.Relatively well dressed tonight, at least not so much as a bum who can say at least five thanks to you for a hamburger.

Team leader Xin Xi took the lead and walked in the front. She changed into a skirt that she seldom wears on weekdays. Because it was rare, she received unanimous glances from several men present.

The skirt is a retro slim dress style, with finely arranged silver vertical stripes on the moon white light blue background, and the wide skirt is embellished with delicious strawberries and roses accompanied by clusters of thorns, her brown color Her hair is combed randomly, fluffy and soft, and she looks like a delicate and energetic doll at first glance. Everything about her is lovely and natural.

Xin Xi held Zhao Xi's arm, and his whole body exuded an unconcealable joy.

After all, this new dress was given to her by Zhao Xi from the back of her back!beforehand!new!birthday present!Putting on the meaning-giving new clothes, she was naturally happy, and her excitement was palpable.

"Xin—long time no see!"

Nash didn't want to play that game of chess that he would lose without any suspense. After seeing today's protagonist, he immediately stood up, showing the enthusiasm of racial superiority, and opened his arms to hug her.He is a leader among the new modern artists, and one of the favorite young painters of Papa Xin who loves oil painting. The two are very close friends who have forgotten the years. With this relationship, Xin Xi and him are naturally familiar.

"Long time no see, Nash, how are you?" Xin Tiantian was in a particularly good mood today, looking silly to everyone, she put down her arm holding Zhaoxi, and responded generously to Nash's hugs and kisses.

The man from Italy smiled and kissed her on the cheek three times to show his affection.

Gray, who was standing behind him, silently clenched his right hand in his pocket. These are the traditional etiquettes of their nation. Gray knows, but he really doesn't like Nash's intentional or unintentional interactions with Xin in front of him. intimate contact.

An eyesore.

"Zhao! Long time no see!" After kissing Xin Xi, Nash went on to say hello to Zhaoxi. He knew that Zhaoxi didn't like his way of doing things, so he only gave her a light hug as a sign of friendship.

Naturally, the reputation of a good communicator is well-deserved, and an indifferent oriental beauty like Zhaoxi also has a relationship with him-Nash was very interested in Suzhou embroidery for a while, and he had learned from Zhaomu as a teacher for more than a year because of Xin's father, and she The home is a neighborhood with upstairs and downstairs.After all, he was a student of his mother who once bowed his head but did not look up. Zhaoxi would not refute his face, and smiled and cooperated with Nash, who was still acquainted, to complete the physical contact required for social interaction.

The front greeted warmly, but the siren at the back wanted to show all the contempt on his face. He didn't like Gray very much, so "love the house and the crow" naturally didn't like Gray's good friend.

According to the file, this friend is a B-level [Mirage]. After awakening, the right eye was deformed, and a circle of white Ouroboros totem was engraved on the outer edge of the iris.So every time Siren looked at his image, he felt that the artist's image looked like the shocking boss behind a mysterious organization.

The gentle Hill and Nash are not familiar with each other just because they have met before, and they only cooperated with his face-to-face gift out of politeness, while Siren's whole face was full of embarrassment and polite smile, only with the short height His little Italian man shook his hand meaningfully.

As the master, Gray was very self-restraining. After making eye contact with Xin Xi, he nodded to each other as a greeting. He turned and went into another room, and the others immediately followed.

No one knows his rich and self-consistent inner activities under his pale and distanced appearance, except for Pin who stands on the edge of the fire and observes his whole small movements, but Pin who does not have emotional dependence with others will not speak out, of course He had nothing to say.

The dining room of Gray Manor is the third room after the drawing room. You need to pass through a tea room and a hall filled with precious flowers. Mr. Butler, dressed as a standard gentleman, appears by the door of the tea room.He led Mr. Gray and his guests all the way through this extravagant room that cannot be described with magnificence, stopped in front of the dining room, then gently pushed open the door of the restaurant, stepped aside, and made an invitation. Gestures are no longer followed.

This manor is very quiet because Pin is very socially phobic. If there is no accident, he may live here for several months without seeing anyone.The servants of the manor strictly abide by the principle of "don't appear in front of them unless the master takes special care". Evan Gray also told him to work according to Pin's method no matter whether he is here or not, and there is no need to pay special attention to his habits. .So Mr. Butler's point of leading the way has become abrupt and a little cute, probably because he doesn't want the employer to think that he is working here every day.

Gray walked straight in as if nothing happened, and Nash and Pin continued to follow Gray with normal expressions, but Xin Xi and the siren behind him looked at each other, and found that the other party's eyes were filled with the same civilian sighs as his own. A kind of fluke called "it's a good thing we dressed up carefully, otherwise we would have made a joke."

The long table was half the size of the common room upstairs. When eating on a table of this size, the people sitting at the two ends of the table probably needed loudspeakers to communicate with each other to hear what the other was saying.Fortunately, there is no hostess in Gray Manor, so this kind of funny and embarrassing scene in the imagination can only exist in the siren's mind.

Sitting at a long table has basic seating requirements, and there are usually waiters who will take the seats, but considering the special style of Gray Manor, this seat is entirely up to you.

Pin, who is alone and has no social character, has consciously sat on the second left seat where he should sit. Nash gentlemanly opened the third left seat for Hill and then turned around and sat on the second right seat.Seeing the two of them this time, the siren was disdainful but understood in his heart, and guided Zhaoxi to sit in the first seat from the right, while he took the opportunity to sit in the third from the right, leaving their team to be beautiful alone.

Xin Xi was a little helpless, when his eyes met Gray, the other party naturally understood, and the corner of his mouth was raised to take the initiative to open the seat on the left for her. The helpless team leader bit the bullet and took the most important seat, showing a decent but Written with a deliberate smile.

Gray, who was very satisfied with this ranking arrangement, glanced at Nash, the instigator. The knowing teasing in the eyes of the other party made him at a loss. It seems that this person really knows him too well, so he has already guessed signs.

The rain outside seemed to have stopped, and the rain mixed with the smell of earth penetrated into the house through the cracks in the windows, bringing a sense of vitality.The candles on the long table are also lingering, and the heart of the fire is like a heart that is beating with fists.

It's a pity that Xin Xi is not on the same channel as some people. She sat back on the entire chair uncomfortably, leaning her back on the back of the chair, and secretly cheered herself up: Come on, Xin Xi!You are the captain of Blu-ray A2S team!There is nothing you can't handle!No!

It is true that, under the insurmountable class differences, she seriously ate this meal as a grand feast.

The siren who was diagonally opposite glanced at Xin Xi intentionally or unintentionally, seeing her appearance, he couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart.Such a dull person in their team probably hasn't discovered Gray's interesting little thoughts.

Oh, no, if you haven't found it, it can't be called quite interesting, it can only be called that you haven't hit the point yet.

He regarded himself as a bystander, only slandered in his heart, and never opened his mouth to make any assists.

There was a subtle tense atmosphere at the dinner table. Siren and Xin Xi were good at adjusting the atmosphere, but now they all kept silent, only focusing on their own too rich inner activities.

The waiter began to serve dishes and wine in turn. The main dish was grilled lamb chops. The rich and delicious aroma accompanied by the faint aroma of Cabernet Sauvignon from the tip of the nose made people fascinated.At the moment when Xin Xi, who was more interested in food than anything else, was on the plate, he decisively left behind a bunch of troubles that he was obsessed with, and his eyes were full of close-ups of the food in front of him.

Nash beside her was talking, but she didn't listen at all. Her mind was full of imagining the rich sauce and the pleasure of tender meat fat melting in her mouth. It can be regarded as a new baptism for human taste.

Xin Xi, who had imagined this, leaned forward, and couldn't help dangling his legs that hadn't touched the ground. Gray, who was sitting in the main seat, smiled when he saw her reaction, and his voice was as gentle as a feather blowing in the breeze. He said: "I know you like to eat mutton, so I specially asked the kitchen to prepare this. It should be good. You can try it."

Xin Xi's eyes were shining, and he happily picked up the knife and fork to eat. As soon as the long-awaited dish was served, Xin Xi felt the food crit, and thought: This is really too much!good!eat!up!ah!It is exactly the same delicious as her Naobu, even the meat is more tender and juicy!So is the chef in Gray Manor so good? !They have lived in the manor for more than two months and have not been able to taste the taste here, really!of!too!deficit!up!

She just wants to bury her head and eat hard now, and no one should try to stop her.

Xin Xi shed tears for this lamb chop, but Siren wanted to sprinkle it with cumin.When he was on a mission in Xinjiang more than a year ago, he enjoyed eating mutton skewers so much that he felt that all mutton in the world had to add some cumin and spices to be regarded as proper mutton.The lamb chops were delicious, but he always felt that something was missing.

After all, Siren is a patient deeply poisoned by Chinese cuisine, and this poison is too difficult to understand.

"Xin——I said, did you listen to me just now?" Nash muttered to himself for a long time, and finally found that there was no echo from the ball he hit, so he turned his face to Xin Xi who was bowing his head to eat helplessly.

"what?"

Look at this innocent little look, is it saying: Sorry, I didn't listen.

"Well, I just said that my gallery will open a new exhibition next Monday. Would you like to come and see it if you have time?" Nash and Xin Xi's faces got closer and closer as he spoke, and he showed a typical frivolous sensuality , looking lazy.

"No problem." It just so happens that there is no work to do next, and if you go to the exhibition, you can take Zhaozhao for a stroll around the city, Xin Xi agreed without thinking.

"That's great! But..." After Nash's eyes drifted around, he sighed: "There may be someone you don't like very much. I don't know if you care."

The tone of Nash's voice was very strange, as if he was holding his throat deliberately, and he didn't know that he was trying to arouse the interest of someone other than the Xin family.

Xin Xi felt that he was going into a routine, and asked with a slight frown, "Who?"

"Fan Che."

In just two words, Nash spoke loudly, and Xin Xi was a little stunned, but the harsh sound of silver tableware scratching on porcelain plates in at least three different tones echoed in the empty sky above the restaurant.

"Why? It seems that everyone is familiar with him?"

Nash looked around with great interest, watching the astonished expressions pasted and copied by the insiders on the table like watching a play.Of course, he had never imagined that this short two-character name could cause such a big reaction——Zhaoxi, Siren, and Gray, who should know Fan Che the least, all treated him badly, only pitiful. The client, Xin Xi, was still in a daze, unable to recover.

First, it was Gray who spoke. He restrained and restrained, and said to Nash, suppressing his anger, "Nash, I didn't expect that you specifically asked me to come to Gray Manor with you today to talk about this matter."

If he knew that this was the case, Gray would never agree to him coming to disturb Xin Xi's daily life.

Nash, who was named, immediately raised his hands as a gesture of innocence, and hurriedly explained: "Hey-hey-brother, calm down. I just said it here because I knew about it."

Next came the Siren, whose face was so black that he couldn't help but threaten, "I advise you to speak clearly now, what does that scum want to do?"

The siren, who couldn't stand the name "Fan Che" appearing in his ears, lowered the corners of his eyes, and his beautiful peach eyes instantly became fierce. If you look closely at the objects around him, you will find that they are trembling uncontrollably, which is very strange. A precursor to apparent siren-driven abilities.The hand holding the table knife turned white with patience, but it was still difficult to hide the terrifying aura that was on the verge of anger.

What's it like to be stared at by death?Probably because of Nash's current situation, he couldn't fight and hide, so he had no choice but to accept that he might have heart palpitations at any time.He forced his uncontrollable palpitations, glanced at the third insider, Zhao Xi, from the corner of his eye, only to find that she was only looking at Xin Xi with concern and concentration, and ignored the rest of the people and affairs.

Zhaoxi was afraid of missing any of her subtle expressions, and even more afraid that she would collapse in silence.She knows that usually silent people cannot cause an outbreak, and most people will only gradually collapse and die in silence.The Xin Tiantian that Zhaoxi knew was a soft-spoken person who almost had no temper, a Squib who could express generosity and kindness even if she was hurt, and then hid in bed alone to digest it by herself.Zhaoxi was afraid that she would be stimulated by bringing up the old things again, and even more afraid that she would get into the horns of the dead because of this, and tortured herself to death until she was bloody and bloody.

If Fan Che's misdeeds can be traced back, it almost ran through Xin's entire university period and the early days of joining Blu-ray. For five full years, this period of time is already considered a long time compared to a life in her 20s, and the injuries she suffered are unforgettable enough. .It took Fan Che five years to make Xin Xi's closest friend, Zhao Xi, hate him, and make her partner and Sirens who treat her as their family hate him.The resentment that Zhao Xi and Siren felt towards Fan Che was so strong that as long as someone mentioned this name, no matter what the reason, whether it was intentional or unintentional, it would immediately intensify all conflicts, and without hesitation, it would arouse the deep-seated anger. Overstressed.

Fan Che is without a doubt a general being targeted by everyone.

Those present here who know the ins and outs of Fan Che and Xin Xi's past can't help but jump now.

Before Nash came to the manor, he imagined the reaction of the two Xin's best friends after they knew about the incident, but he didn't expect that even Gray would denounce him with such indignation. It seems that he underestimated the young master's desire to protect Xin.

"I want to make a statement first, I am on Xin's side, and Fan Che is indeed an abominable scum," Nash, who accidentally provoked the public's anger, hurriedly began to explain, before the situation deteriorated further Expressed his attitude, in order to prevent the siren from really throwing knives at him, "Since everyone is impatient at the moment, let me make a long story short - without my knowledge, he was added to the list of artists for this exhibition by my assistant Li, when I found out, the promotion had been sent out for more than a month and it was too late to take it back. So I had no choice but to invite him to LA as a guest to participate in this exhibition. After he met me, he immediately confirmed that Xin Xi’s father and I were good friends. Knowing that Xin is living in LA, ask me about her whereabouts."

After Nash finished speaking, he looked at Xin Xi who was still stunned aside. He put down his signature frivolous tone and unrestrained attitude, and said to her cautiously: "Oh, my dear Xin, sweetheart——"

"Did he ask you to bring me a message? What did he say?"

The only person involved, Xin Xi, was very calm when she came back to her senses. Maybe she has finally made some progress in dealing with her feelings in the past few years.Fan Che was cold and calm on the surface, but he was insecure and perverse in his heart. Based on Xin's understanding of this ex-boyfriend, since he could find Nash, he naturally had to make a lot of publicity in advance to be satisfied.

Nash deliberately turned his head away, unable to restrain Xin Xi's big watery eyes, only dared to face the dinner plate in front of him, and whispered softly: "He said, he misses you very much, and looks forward to meeting you."

"Oh." Xin Xi replied very perfunctorily, and then said in a formal and formal manner: "I will go, let him wait."

The siren, who was silently waiting for her answer, had a look of disbelief after listening. His beautiful eyebrows were condensed into a ball, and a long series of phrases starting with F circled around his mouth before swallowing them.He only thought that Xin Xi was probably crazy, otherwise why would he rush to see that trash man.The upright Siren thought about it and couldn't understand her intentions, so he had to look to the right, Zhao Xi, who knew the same thing and should empathize with him, looking for approval, but found that she had expected such a calm expression on his face, He also nodded to Xin Xi who was on the opposite side.

...? ? ?

What's the matter with these two women, don't they know how to write the words "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages?"Sirens began to feel that the world was magical.But fortunately, he turned his eyes to the right later, just in time to see the facial expression of Gray forcibly restraining himself in the main seat, but he still showed a vague displeasure. Although his expression was fleeting, nothing could escape the siren's eyes .Only then was he satisfied, feeling that after Pin and Hill, who knew nothing about everything, were removed from the table, there was finally someone who held a normal view.

A dinner that should have been memorable because of its deliciousness was disrupted by the news from Nash, so that at the end, everyone felt that it was too chewy, and no one was interested in continuing to taste the dishes. It was a waste of Gray and The chef's heart in the manor.

After the banquet, Nash was going back to the city, and Gray stayed in the manor tonight, so the other unhappy guests scattered away, leaving only the host to send him to the gate.

The air that has been rained is full of the fresh smell of nature after washing the dust. The moonlight is coming slowly, and it is scattered in every corner of the exquisite and rich manor, which is especially quiet.

Tonight was supposed to be like night, but it wasn't.

Gray did not get angry with Nash too much. He was tall and tall, standing gracefully in front of the quaint gate, waiting for the bus with Nash.After all, the two have been friends for many years, so there will not be any estrangement because of this matter.They stood sideways in opposing positions, but the atmosphere seemed a little awkward because no one took the initiative to speak.

Gray wanted to wait for Nash to consciously explain what happened just now, but in the end he couldn't hold back and opened his mouth first.

Under the silver moonlight, his iris-colored eyes were even more deep and coquettish, and he said in a low voice, "You should at least talk to me in advance, she seems to have been frightened by you."

The two looked at each other, and Nash only saw his concern for Xin Xi in his eyes. He was speechless for a while, thinking: Well, when he was threatened by the most threatening superpower Siren so far this century, why did Gray just I didn't see that he was actually frightened.

Alas, men are essentially just forgetting friends after seeing sex.

Nash was overwhelmed, and instead of putting these things on his face, he just raised his eyebrows and teased him: "You scared me too, I know you have a good impression of Xin, but I didn't expect it to have fermented to such a degree. My My friend, if you are serious, then I must give you some advice - she is more likable than you think, but you may not be the right person for her."

Judging from the tone of these words, Nash seems to be a woman's parent who is on the side of Xin Xi. What about "my friend"?Gray really wanted to complain about his ambiguous and rebellious behavior, but in the end he held back because of his demeanor.

A certain empathetic artist continued to be unpredictable: "Fan Che has hurt her a lot. Even if I am just a spectator, I still feel sorry for her. I don't know how many stories you know about them. But at least you also saw the statements of other insiders at the dinner table just now. Whether it is Zhaoxi or Siren, as long as they are people who have been close to Xin Xi for many years, they don't look good towards him. This kind of hatred is extreme. They The desire to protect the Xin family is so strong that you can't believe it. Ivan, I hope your love can be as deep and precious as your family. Treasures are usually given value, but the depth of emotion cannot be measured. Oops...don't pull your face It’s been so long, I’m not badmouthing you, I just want to tell you that as a suitor, you still have a lot to do, and if you need me, please feel free to ask, I’m always at your service.”

The Italian Nash, who has a romantic talent and full marks for provocative skills, patted Gray on the shoulder coolly after speaking. You can learn it overnight. Although you still have a long way to go, I am very optimistic about your potential.

Gray didn't speak, but nodded his head gently, Shu Lang's elegant face was full of determination.

The relationship between him and Xin Xi started from the savior, the startled face at the moment of life and death, and from the time when he was pulled out of the abyss of pain by both hands, it took root in his heart.In the past, Gray didn't believe in love at first sight, but after meeting Xin Xi, he became suspicious.Gray cautiously and intentionally had many touches with her without pain, ruled out the oolong caused by the drawbridge effect, and finally confirmed that the jump of joy that would linger in his heart every time he saw her was indeed a kind called "" like" emotion.

No one would have imagined, not even Evan Gray himself, that the only legal heir of the Gray family who has always been surrounded by beauties, who has never lacked pillow friends since the beginning of love, would be at the age of 30. This year, I took a cute girl who looked underage in appearance and had a somewhat off-line personality as my sweetheart.

So, once a creature like a human being falls into love, it has nothing to do with reason.

The topic of love should end here, and the two friends agreed to stop here, without mentioning another word.

Five minutes later, the car to take Nash back to the city slowly drove to the door, and Gray signaled him to get on the car.

Nash opened the car door, and before he could step in, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly turned to him and said, "Oh, by the way, I forgot to say something—Ivan, no matter what you will experience in the future , you must remember that Xin’s feelings will never be less than yours.”

This sentence has no beginning and no end, but combined with Nash's sly smile and the white Ouroboros ring in his left eye that obviously rotated around itself, it is a bit like an agreement or prophecy has been reached, adding another A mysterious color that is too much to talk about.

Then, as soon as the gossip "magic stick" who was good at surprises and quick glances finished speaking, he stepped into the car and drove away without waiting for Gray's reaction, leaving him alone by the roadside to recollect.

The night is dark, and everything has fallen into a dreamlike dream.This just-right tranquility set off the soft farewell whispers deafeningly. In a trance, Gray looked up at the sky, only feeling that the rare rainstorm tonight and the moonlight after the rare rainstorm were hard-won.

Jiyue is rare.

The elegant manor was breathing evenly in a deep sleep. After looking at the moon that was throwing hoarfrost on his house, Gray lowered his head and showed a gentle look, and unconsciously walked back with dancing steps.

Tonight he wants to have a good dream.