[Famous Books] Desire for control and arrogance

The two separated after another conversation, and Alice was bored at home, calming down her mood by painting.

It doesn't matter what to draw, anyway, she just wants a peaceful atmosphere, but when the time passed bit by bit, and the picture gradually filled up, she found that what she painted was Aldrich, and the expression on Aldrich's face and clothes It was the first Aldrich she saw.

In the painting, he is as distant and restrained as she first saw him, gentle and gentle.The pictures he brought gradually merged into the peaceful state of mind she wanted to have.

Even though she didn't express the slightest bit of satisfaction with him back then, it was undeniable that he was like a gust of fresh wind, subtly cleaning her heart for several seconds.

It's a pity that people's hearts are not consistent, and everything is false.

Alice took a cold shower, fell into a deep sleep, and let the painting lie alone on the table.

The next day, she thought she would see Aldrich, after all, he had been chasing her so hard that he should come to her today, but he didn't come for a whole day.

Alice was puzzled while continuing to do what she should do.

She still doesn't know what to do in the future, but doing anything requires money, and she must firmly hold the money that Aldrich promised to give.

So, paint, paint Aldrich.

He has never appeared in real life, but he has always appeared in paintings.

Alice still likes to draw characters with her own aesthetic preferences. She draws a lot, and unconsciously, she still draws Aldridge, who she likes the first time she sees.

Maybe because he didn't need to hear Aldridge's voice, the dumb man with a good-looking expression looked extremely temperamental.

So... this kind of life is not bad.

She viciously prayed that the real Aldrich would become a dumb king who could only show this kind of temperament, while painting leisurely.

After drawing for a day, and another day, at dusk, someone finally interrupted her, but it was not Aldrich, but a man dressed as a palace servant. His name is George.

Alice looked him up and down quickly, and asked without anger, "What's the matter?"

The first time George confronted Alice, he was instantly unrequited.

He was reluctant to come here, thinking about a princess who even King Campbell couldn't handle, how could a servant like him with little experience and weak spirit be able to handle it.

But the king must have him come...

George bite the bullet and said, "I'm here to take the paintings His Highness drew and dress them up in the palace, and... I'll also explain to Your Highness why the king hasn't come."

He was about to pave the way for Aldrich, but he didn't expect Alice to turn around to get the painting without caring about the king at all, so George's voice froze all of a sudden, and when Alice came back with the painting, he I lost the courage to speak again.

But this is not acceptable. He must be strong, for his own future, and for his beloved family.

George forced himself to speak: "Thank you Your Highness, Your Highness, let me explain to you why the king has not come. He has you in his heart, but he has a cold and his condition is very serious. Now it is the second day of fever, and the voice is completely I lost my dumbness, and I got a headache and coughed when the wind blows."

Alice's expression finally changed. She frowned and asked, "Have you had a fever for two days?"

George had already opened his mouth, so he wanted to finish in one breath: "Yes, I have a fever. I have had a fever on and off for two days. At first, he didn't want your Highness to know about it. He thought it would be fine soon, but now it's hard to look good. , let me tell you."

"Hmm." She said casually, which meant that she had listened carefully.

She wanted to laugh a little, she kept cursing, but she didn't expect the curse to come true, and Aldrich was really dumb.

It was a pleasure to hear the news, but it was a pity that it was only a little bit of a pleasure, but even so, she would not say anything and take the initiative to come and have a look.

Alice and Aldrich were already incompatible, so how could they gloat so much that they lost their minds because of the enemy's illness?She is living a pretty good life now, and it is impossible to find someone to make herself unhappy.

"Then I hope he recovers soon, please help me with this sentence." Alice said simply.

"Aren't you going to see His Majesty the King?" George was anxious.

"Did he say he wanted me to see it?" Alice tilted her head and asked directly with a cold smile.

This made it difficult for George.Of course, it is impossible for Aldrich to directly say that Alice needs to go there. Aldrich is implying that George will let Alice take the initiative.

Otherwise, if the disease becomes like this, and people don't take the initiative to care about it, wouldn't the relationship between strangers be inferior?Passers-by will more or less take the initiative to care when they see another person's face is obviously wrong.

George knew that the relationship between Aldridge and Alice was not good, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

This relationship is too difficult to save.

George was very desperate.

But the task still had to be completed. George felt that since Aldridge couldn't attract Alice, there was nothing he could do in a short time. He had to change things that Alice was interested in to attract Alice.

But what was she interested in?

Looking around from the corner of his eye, George found that there were many beautiful exotic backgrounds in the paintings in his hand, which did not belong to the landscape of Campbell Palace. George knew without guessing that it should be the environment in which this exotic princess grew up.

Is she missing her homeland?

This is also very normal. This princess has not been an adult for a long time. She grew up in the court since she was a child. It is absolutely unacceptable for her to suddenly become a commoner in a foreign country.

Maybe she doesn't want to fall in love because the reality is already enough to make people anxious and sad, so she doesn't have that mood.

George felt that this discovery could at least give him a little explanation in front of Aldrich, he felt a little more at ease, and he spoke a lot more freely: "Your Majesty didn't say it clearly, but you should know His Majesty's wishes, Your Majesty. He came to see you every day before, but now I can't see you anymore, and my body is still so weak, of course I must be looking forward to seeing you more."

He still restrained his speech a bit, not daring to be too presumptuous, but his expression was extraordinarily presumptuous, the expectation in his eyes was as bright as the sun, and the prayer on his face seemed to be the most devout believer, as if if Alice did not agree to him, he would as if he could die immediately.

If Alice hadn't been degraded to a commoner and experienced the hardships of a job, she would definitely be indifferent, but she has experienced it, and she has experienced the kind of work collapse that almost loses herself after repeated failures, so she can't I think George's expression is flattering or excessive, but I think he is a bit pitiful.

The rare sympathy at this moment made her seldom slow down her tone: "I'll go see him again when he recovers. After all, I've known him for so long."

"Can't we go now?" George was puzzled. Since he thought he could go and see it, it would be a while.

Alice didn't hide her taboo: "You said that he was seriously ill. Fever and cold are easily contagious. Uh... I don't think I'm in good health. Except for my mother, I hardly had contact with patients since I was a child. I'll wait until he's healthy."

It's a euphemistic avoidance, but it's actually disgusting.

But so what, she has always lived like this, as a princess, as long as someone is sick, they can't get close to her.She also cherishes life the most, and must firmly implement this isolation measure.

So no matter how poor and pitiful the enemy is, if she is sick, no matter how tempted she is to see him, she will never approach him.Therefore, although the poor little servant is pitiful, she will not agree.

Having said that, George had no choice but to go back to Aldrich empty-handed.

Aldridge, who was already dying of illness, was a little bit shocked by the fact that George did not bring back Alice. Coughing violently, he put on a thick cloak and got up to write a note to George: [You first state your observation, and repeat it again conversations you've had. 】

George couldn't hide it, so he had to try his best to lay out his conjecture: "...the princess misses her hometown and her old life. It may be because the living environment has changed too much that she has no idea of ​​being with anyone at all. It's impossible to tell you..."

Aldrich was a little disappointed after hearing this. He could guess what George could observe, and he felt that George had not observed enough. He felt that the most fundamental reason why Alice didn't like him was completely impossible because of the change in the environment.

But it's normal for George not to guess. It may be that George didn't witness him getting along with Alice, so he didn't know that Alice really disliked him.

Disappointed, Aldridge immediately pointed to the second half of the sentence he wrote, "Replay the conversation you had," and asked George to repeat it immediately.

George's heart was so full that he didn't dare to hide it, so he had to repeat all the conversations exactly, and he didn't dare to embellish them.

After finishing speaking, Aldrich was silent for a long time.

He didn't have the energy to talk anymore, and he told George to leave, leaving him alone, savoring the complexity of his heart.

He was so tired. When he was sick on the first day, he was afraid that his poor condition would affect his image in Alice's heart, so he held back from seeing her, and only asked someone to look for her the next day when he was very sick and longed for Alice. In the end, she was dismissed as having an infectious disease...

She really doesn't love him.

Being hated like this, shouldn't he take the initiative, let Alice go back to the country, he will send something to compensate, and then stop pestering her again?

But let's not talk about whether he is willing to give up like this, Alice's father is absolutely impossible to allow this kind of thing to happen, and Alice should not be willing to go home.

Because she really had a miserable life back then, unless she had to tell her the truth.

However, can she accept this truth?

Through this period of getting along, Aldridge has discovered that her character has become more stubborn, and the curse has made her arrogant character more tormenting.

He always had a premonition that once she found out the truth, she would definitely turn into a lunatic and turn the world upside down.

But if you don't say it, how can this desperate situation change?