What to do if your crush is the Earl

"The two gentlemen will go to Northland for work first." Early the next morning, Martin bid farewell to the two judicial and financial commissioners downstairs in the hotel.

"Don't bother, it's our honor to serve you~" The two men in the carriage took off their top hats and saluted Martin.

The carriage rumbled away, taking away a coachman, a guard, and two troublemakers.

Martin bid them farewell with bright eyes, but it was almost written on his face: Finally, we can have fun!

Xiao Sheng was a little speechless, but thoughtful.In the Acropolis, it is rare to see such a naive and childish side of Mr. Wang.

Sure enough, it would be beneficial to go out for a walk more often.

The two hired a carriage again and came to the booth designated by the little boy on the seaside cliff. The little boy was already waiting with his hands tucked into his clothes.

"Sir! Here!!" The boy in a thick dark brown cotton coat waved to them excitedly.

Martin got off the carriage, and Xiao Sheng followed after paying the money.

The two noticed that there was a little carrot head behind the little boy.The boy shyly pushed out the little radish head and rubbed her messy curly hair: "This is my sister, she also wants to see Qinghua Island very much, can you come with us?"

The little girl was only four or five years old, with a few small freckles on her face, a slight blush, curly hair, and looked at them ignorantly and timidly.

"Yes, but you have to take good care of her, we don't care if she is lost." Martin replied.

"Okay, sir! You are such a good man!!" The little boy excitedly picked up his sister and shouted loudly, "Then let's go! The boat is about to leave~!"

Martin sent someone to book the upper cabin last night, so he boarded the ship and separated from the crowd, and went directly to the VIP cabin on the third floor.

The rooms here are separated one by one. Martin and the others have a spacious room, which is isolated from others and has good privacy.

Two kids were flying around outside with their arms outstretched in excitement.

"What are you thinking?" Martin asked Xiao Sheng in a daze.

"It's nothing, I just thought of my brother." Xiao Sheng said awkwardly.

"You have a younger brother?" Martin didn't know.Xiao Sheng signed a lifetime contract back then, and he thought he had no other relatives.

"Well," Xiao Sheng nodded, "It happened a long time ago." His expression was empty, and there was some mist in his black eyes. "He died when he was seven years old and fell ill."

Martin didn't know what to think of, and his expression calmed down.

"Sir! Can we go down and buy that ice cream?!"

The little boy ran over bouncingly and pointed at the crowd on the first floor deck. Little Carrot followed behind, a head shorter than her brother, and looked at him expectantly.

"Go." Martin didn't stop him.

The third floor returned to silence, only the sound of waves rising and falling.Martin walked to the edge of the deck and leaned against the railing.

"Want to hear my story?" he asked.

Xiao Sheng watched Martin quietly and nodded.

Martin took out a cigar from the cigar box in his pocket, struck a smokeless match with his beautiful fingers, and slowly lit the cigar by spinning the cigarette butt, and the curling smoke rose, but he just held the tobacco between his fingers, Slowly said:

"I lived in a small village called Kasai until I was 11 years old. My mother was a tailor in the village, and she took some simple odd jobs from the city or the village to make ends meet."

"When I was 11 years old, I went shopping in the city and met a young man, everyone called him Master. He was very kind to me, helped me drive away looters, and took me to good restaurants. Afterwards, I could see him every time I went to the city. He always showed up on the way I must pass with only a few entourages. Sometimes he brought me some strange snacks, and sometimes he took some A popular little toy among the aristocracy at that time, he could always make me laugh and forget all the hunger and poverty. At that time, I even thought that if I had an older brother, it should be like him.”

"I trusted him so much that he claimed to be my mother's friend, and I believed it completely. I never questioned him until one day, he showed up at my house with someone."

Martin paused and turned his head to look at it. Xiao Sheng was still listening quietly, but his black eyes showed deep worry, and he seemed to be immersed in the scene at that time.

There was a brief smile on the corner of his mouth, then he calmed down again, and continued:

"During that time, there was a strange disease in the village, and many people died. They insisted on taking me away, but they didn't allow my mother to be with me. When I left, my mother also fell ill. gone."

"He was sitting in the carriage at the time, watching those people grab me into the carriage, I cried and howled, but he didn't say a word, that's just... his expression was very calm and indifferent."

"That's when I knew I was wrong. This man was never what I thought, even though he really became my 'brother' in essence."

Martin paused again, the smoke between his white fingers curled up and melted into the air.

"They locked me up in the castle, hired teachers, taught manners, and--it's not wrong to say that--they never let me go out, and never let me see the visitors in the castle. Two men worked 24 hours a day Supervised me when I was young. That man would come to see me occasionally—probably he thought he was fulfilling his duty as a 'brother'—but he ignored my cries and pleas completely, and I finally recognized him He pretended to be obedient and earnestly studied, until half a year later, he got a chance to go out and sneaked back to the village."

Martin paused again, causing Xiao Sheng's curiosity to be aroused: "How is it?"

"Within a hundred miles, there is no one inhabited."

"The disease destroyed the village and it was buried, along with my mother."

Martin's hand hooked the cigar and put it on the white railing. A long ash had already formed on the cigar. He smiled and looked at Xiao Sheng: "How is it? Is the story good?"

Xiao Sheng came back to his senses and looked at Martin silently.

Martin sat in his current position, and no one mentioned his past, but Xiao Sheng could tell from the depths of those smiling eyes that this was definitely not made up.

It's the past revealed by that person's waning mood and coincidence.

Calm and sober, it looks like a joke, but in fact it is not easy at all.

At least Xiao Sheng didn't think it was easy.The aristocratic boy from Tsinghua University who I saw that year should not have had such a miserable and dishonorable childhood.

His heart trembled, he wanted to hug, comfort, and say something, but he couldn't say a word.

But he didn't expect that the other party had already pulled out of this emotion.

Martin's slightly surprised and gentle voice suddenly rang in his ears: "Look, what is that?"

When Xiao Sheng heard this, he turned around and looked over, a green strip appeared on the other side of the sea, near the horizon.

It is Love Island.

Xiao Sheng also showed surprise in his eyes.

"It looks like it will take a while to arrive. Don't be in a hurry. Let's go down and sit for a while."

A master and a servant came to the dining bar on the second floor.

The dining bar is located in the aft cabin area on the second floor.This floor is the business class, and there are a little more people, sitting in twos and threes around the round table and chatting.

Near the water bar inside, there is a price list posted on the wall, which shows the prices of various beverages: a cup of milk is 12 ron, a cup of black tea is 15 ron, and coffee is 25 ron, which is worth a round-trip ferry ticket.

"It turns out that all the money is earned here." Martin snorted softly, and found a seat by the window to sit down, where he could see the blue sea and blue sky outside.

"Sir, what do you want?" The decent waiter came over and asked.

"Bordeaux, thank you."

"Yes sir, just a moment."

"Sit down too," Martin said.

Xiao Sheng froze for a moment, but obediently went to the opposite side and sat down.

After saying those things just now, the atmosphere was a little erratic, and neither of them spoke for a while.

"Here's your red wine." The waiter came over and put down the red wine wrapped in a towel. "Do you need me to open it for you?"

Martin obliged.

The waiter took out a special tool and unscrewed the cork, poured the wine into the wide-bottomed decanter, shook it skillfully, and poured out the wine after a while, filling the bottom of a glass:

"Please use it slowly, I wish you two a happy life~"

Martin nodded, picked up the wine glass and looked at the opposite side: "Don't you want to drink a little?"

Xiao Sheng hesitated for a moment, then picked up the cup holder, and lightly touched Martin's outstretched hand.

The two drank quite a few glasses of wine with each other like this, and drained the red wine bottle brought by the waiter, but there was no need to say anything more.

When they returned to the VIP cabin again, both of them felt a little hot.

Xiao Sheng helped Martin change the white shirt that was slightly stained with wine.

The buttons were taken off one by one, revealing the clavicle and half of the smooth skin on the chest.Xiao Sheng's eyelashes trembled slightly, he stared at the fair and smooth skin, and turned around to get the new clothes in a concealed manner.

Martin followed him all the way, with a smile in the corner of his eye.

So when poor Xiao Sheng came back to dress Martin again, his hand was caught:

"It's still early, why don't we do something? Huh?"

The mellow aroma of the wine the two of them drank was wafting in the air.

Xiao Sheng's pale skin quickly turned red, and he lowered his head.

No matter how many times he came, he still couldn't get used to being so close to his husband, his skin was burning like a fever, he always passed out halfway, and woke up again and again, feeling that he was in a different world, and his soul and body were wandering.

The sun at noon was just right, shining harshly on the white bed, making people dizzy, ears ringing, and love surging.

The two of them half pushed and half lay down on the bed, and the door was suddenly slammed like an explosion:

"Sir, sir," the boy shouted anxiously with a crying sound, "Help! Are you in there?!"

The voice was flustered and bumpy, as if something was chasing after it.

Both of them stopped abruptly. Martin got up, fastened his collar again, and opened the door: "What's the matter?"

The little boy burst into tears as if he saw a savior. He rushed forward and hugged Martin's thigh: "Sir! My lord! My sister is gone! Huh~"