His Excellency the Count of Grandet

Now, it would be good if you remembered that Annette; for surely you would also recall that she had some things that were not suitable for exposure, and those things are now in Michel's hands.

Given that she herself was the heroine of those affectionate letters, Annette obviously would not have offered to hand the letter over to a stranger.With the Parisian way of life, even if she really wanted to get revenge on Charles for dumping her, she would do what she said herself, and wait until Charles was powerless and powerless to step on her, instead of taking advantage of him. The risk of losing it by yourself will end up in the same place——

Although messy relationships between men and women are not uncommon in Paris, and it can even be said that everyone knows it well, but if it is really revealed, no one will look good!

Annette is very realistic.She has a husband and a daughter, and she has no desire to be stupid and ruin herself.When she and Charles were together, she was indeed full of love, but could love be eaten?

Therefore, after discovering that she could not resist Michel's unconventional means, Annette honestly handed over all the love letters between her and Charles, and then decisively took the fifty thousand francs that Michel sent her, and took She took her daughter overseas to join her husband.

joke!Michelle can find her, what about the others?

The reason why she kept those letters was to wait for them to come in handy one day, to slap Charles in the face or exchange some favors.Now that it has been taken away, the amulet is gone.

Then what if there are people who want to deal with Xia Er secretly and accidentally hurt her?

Or more likely, the day Michelle publishes those letters, she will live under people's eyes and contempt?

So of course she was going.Why did she continue to stay in Paris at great risk?

In this way, Annette flew away, leaving a mess.

There's also the fact that Michel did it when he got back to Paris after meeting Charles for the first time.It's just that he has always been patient, knowing that some chips will appreciate in value over time——

Think about it, it is also an extramarital affair, the hero is a commoner and the hero is a son-in-law, which kind of news is more sensational and more eye-catching?

Therefore, Victor's impression of Michelle has never been wrong.Michelle is a real careerist, even if he has always concealed it well, he can't change the essence.

And now, something that will seriously affect Shire's reputation is in the hands of such a person.

"Dear Annette..."

Victor couldn't suppress the irritability in his heart when he saw the beginning. The strokes of "Dear" caught fire and burned his eyes.

But even so, he had read it word by word, more than once.

He certainly has no penchant for self-torture.The point was that, as far as he could see, it wasn't Shire who would have written those words at all, at least not the Shire he knew—

That's right, this credit word is exquisite in rhyme, full of sentimentality, sour and literary. It can really be called a model of contemporary love letters, and it should be displayed in a museum for reference by men when coaxing their mistresses.

But how is this possible?He wanted to wait forever to hear Charles say "I love you"; how could Charles say those disgusting Bala love words to a married woman, even in writing?

Victor doesn't believe it at all, and he doesn't think he's deluding himself.He firmly believes that there is no one in this world who understands Charles better than him, and he has reached a place in the depths of Charles' body that no one can touch; even if this judgment is wrong, the unexpected person is definitely not Annette, but Probably Guillaume!

However, the facts are in front of us.He had one in his hand, and Michelle had more.They were invariably from Charles, and they began either "Dear Anna" or "Dear Annette"...

Victor wanted to flip the table the first time he thought about it.However, part of his rationality told him that the past had passed and would not repeat itself; another part of his rationality screamed to remind him not to fall for Michelle's plan to provoke—

That's right, he and Michelle have always been rivals, and Michelle will definitely spend a lot of energy collecting his actions.In this way, with Michel's sophisticated head, it is likely to guess the real relationship between him and Charles; as long as there is enough time.

There is no doubt that this gave Michelle a chance.Directly exposing him to have an affair with Charles will definitely not succeed, because there is no evidence.But if you add some other solid facts, Michelle can use it from the side——

Blackmail him with those love letters!

No matter how angry Victor is, he has to admit that this is really a good way.

Michel obviously didn't want to confront Charles head-on, because that would make the scene ugly.And Michel knew that there were some things that only Shire could do, and he didn't want to break up with Shire.

That can only start from him.

If he showed indifference, Michelle would sprinkle those murderous love letters all over the street, and then clean herself of the suspicion.Anyway, Annette had left France a long time ago, and there was no one to confront her.

It would be better if he showed he cared, because love is a weakness that can force people to agree to some unreasonable excessive demands, such as leaving Shire to protect Shire or something...

Undoubtedly, it was impossible for Michelle to fall in love with Charles all of a sudden, but she just wanted to separate him and Charles!

Viktor was convinced it irritated him more than those love letters that didn't look like they were written by Ciel at all.He never wanted to admit that he was controlled by others, but this time the situation was really not good——

Although he has some complaints about Shire's popularity, it does not mean that he wants to see Shire ruined!

When you love someone, you only want him to live better, yes; but he doesn't want to pay the price by breaking up, it's too stupid, there must be other ways...

So, what to do?

While walking among the grape fields with Ciel, Viktor's solution is to pretend.Pretending to be a mouse-terrorist, acting like he wants to explode but is worried about affecting Shire, making Michelle mistakenly think that the plan is going well.

It did delay a little, but only a little.If he didn't destroy those letters quickly, the hidden danger would still exist!

Victor straightened up, moved the iron basin usually used to burn waste documents to his feet, bent slightly, and lit the letter.The tongue of fire started to lick, and he waited until only one-third of the fire was left before letting go of his hand and watching it fall into the basin.The flame gradually diminished, the gray-black paper ash trembled slightly, and finally fell silent.

At the same time, Victor also strengthened his resolve.

Everyone has a bottom line, and now Michelle touched his.

Want to take his place next to Charles and replace him?Still think you have a winning ticket?Then come and see who is more skilled!

One deliberately didn't tell Shire, and the other didn't tell Shire temporarily, so Shire didn't know anything about it.If he had been given a little more free time with Victor, he would probably have noticed, but he was too busy—

Because apart from the problem of wine barrels, he is also preparing for the shipyard in La Rochelle, and wants to build his own international fleet across the Atlantic.Considering the possibility of harsh and extreme environmental climates, this is really a high-risk job; but at the same time, high risks are accompanied by high returns!

However, before realizing this ideal, the first thing to consider is technical issues.

Faraday and Ampere were among the scientists who arrived in Bordeaux with the Emily Grandet from Paris, along with several experts in mathematics and physics.A few people added up and held several meetings, almost set a development direction, and then asked Charles to take them on a field trip, preferably with a ready-made steamboat.

Charles felt that this was very necessary, so he left all the hospitality affairs in Bordeaux to Victor to take full responsibility, and took the people to set off for the central port.

"It does work," Faraday told Charles, after a week at La Rochelle, "give us time... I think, if the whole process is fast-tracked, the new steamboat will be launched in less than half a year." .”

At this time, the two of them were standing on the deck, enjoying a short rest time together after busy work.

Charles smiled. "Dear Michael, you are really a genius in all subjects!" In terms of the power of transforming scientific experiments into practical applications, no one is better than Faraday!

"You say that to remind me, who proposed the key improvement on the ship before?" Faraday, now immune to Shire's praise, raised the question again: "I'm not the only one who said that— —It's a pity that you want to be a simple businessman with a mind like yours!"

"I can't stay in the laboratory from morning to night, and you know that." Charles spread his hands, "So I still have to rely on you, and other scientists who are more calm."

Faraday was helplessly defeated. "I feel like you missed the chance to give the law a name," he grumbled, "more than once!"

Charles smiled. "If you feel aggrieved by this, then I must say that you are really worrying."

Faraday expressed his doubts with a raised brow.

"I already have a law, haven't you heard of it?" Charles blinked his right eye playfully, "The so-called Grandet's law, huh?"

... Grandet's law?What kind of thing is this, really never heard of it?Could it be that he is ignorant?

Faraday thought about it seriously, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that Shire had left the deck, and he felt cheated.Law or something, what he said is completely different from what Shire said!