blues paradox

"You are back, Master Lance." The old butler of Cowell Manor bowed slightly to Lance, and took Lance's coat and hat.The weather in early spring is still a bit cold.

"Where is Brother Luo Yi?"

"The Earl is in the study, young master, you can go there after dinner."

"No, please ask someone to put the food in my room, I'll use it later." After saying this, Lance walked quickly to the study.Generally speaking, his words to the old housekeeper were gentle and polite, after all, he still remembered his current situation of being dependent on others.

Roy Covey's study was on the second floor, and Lance only visited it once, but it was enough to ensure that he would not get lost.

"My lord, you are causing trouble like this. That child escaped from Linyuan. This matter will soon reach the ears of those adults in the imperial capital." The voice of a young man.Lans took a light step, walked slowly to the door, carefully observed through the crack of the door, Luo Yi sat in front of the desk and corrected the documents without raising his head, and beside the fireplace far away, there was the talking middle-aged man kneeling.Lance recognized him, he seemed to be Luo Yi's subordinate, and had seen him several times in the manor.

There was silence in the room, no one spoke, only the sound of the quill pen scratching on the paper could be heard.

After hesitating for a while, Laners knocked on the door, "Brother Luo Yi, can I come in?"

"It's Lan, hurry up and get outside to cool off." Luo Yi put down his pen, and turned to look at the boy who had just entered.

Laners closed the door carefully, and the room was indeed much warmer. In the small fireplace, the orange flame was dancing happily, and the warm firelight reflected the thick carpet red.

"I heard that you went to Kelvin Church again today, what's the matter, is it interesting?" Luo Yi stood up and pulled Lance to the sofa, while gesturing the kneeling middle-aged man to leave.

"Yes, it's very interesting." Lance kept staring at the man until he left, then turned to look at Luo Yi who was sitting next to him, "Brother Luo Yi, do you know May Bouillier?"

"I think so." Luo Yi reached out to rub Laners' hair, but the other party quickly avoided him.Luo Yi coughed dryly in embarrassment, and said, "He is the most famous priest in the imperial capital. I met him once. He is a very elegant person. Where did you hear about him?"

"The priest in the church told me. I'm very curious." Lance looked up, with a faint light flashing in his green eyes.

"Hehe..." Luo Yi looked at such a lovely Lans with a smile, and wanted to caress his beautiful blond hair, but thinking of what happened just now, he withdrew his hand, "We can drop by to visit him when we go to the imperial capital this time. "He said: "I hope the time will not be too hasty, maybe we should start in a few days."

"Okay." Lance lowered his eyes and responded meekly.

Although this sounds silly, Lance still chooses to persist.He didn't want to doubt anyone, neither Luo Yi...or Mei.

Laners opened his eyes, the emerald green eyes were clear and clean, as clean as the sky that had just been washed, reflecting the traces of white birds scratching the sky.

"Lan, what are you thinking?" Luo Yi asked.

"I'm thinking, I hope there won't be any trouble at this spring banquet."

The carriage was driving slowly on the path leading to the imperial capital, and Laners looked out the window quietly. In March, when the grass was growing and warblers were flying, colorful butterflies were dancing around. On the green field beside the path, several children were chasing and playing with each other. Can't help but smile slightly.

"No, it will end in peace and come back in peace. This is the end."

Well, this is the ending, the best ending, Lance nodded in agreement, his smile gradually widening.

Suddenly, accompanied by a tremor, the carriage stopped abruptly, and Lance accidentally rolled down from the seat, and caught him in his arms in time with both hands.

"How, are you injured?" Luo Yi's voice was still cold, but it was not difficult to hear the tension and concern mixed in it.

"No." Lance got out of Luo Yi's arms as soon as his feet touched the ground.It doesn't mean anything else, it's just that he is not used to and doesn't like other people's touch.

"You... hey!" Luo Yi frowned slightly, as if he was quite dissatisfied with Laners's behavior of being so outrageous. After a long while, he finally sighed and said, "I'll go and see what's going on, don't stay here move."

"Yeah." Seeing that Lance nodded obediently, Luo Yi stepped out of the carriage with confidence.

Laners was sitting quietly in the car, a little idle, when he suddenly heard the rustling of clothes, and looked down, it turned out that a little girl in her teens had crawled while Luo Yi didn't close the car door. come up.

The girl was dressed in thin and tattered clothes, with a dirty little face, and a pair of bright eyes were round and round, faintly gleaming with water, quite like some kind of poor little animal.

"Young master... Please take pity on me. My brother and I haven't eaten for many days... Mom is seriously ill again. Young master... Please do me a favor!" Her older boy immediately grabbed Lans's sleeve, shook pitifully, and sobbed softly.

Lans frowned, and said coldly, "Why should I save you?"

The girl probably didn't expect Lans to say that, and was stunned for a moment.In her memory, as long as she begged pitifully, the ladies would sympathetically help her up and give her some change for food. , A few insults, no one has ever asked her "why" in such a cold and puzzled tone.

Laners poked his head out and looked, a ragged teenager about his age was clutching his injured leg, sitting on the ground arguing with Luo Yi and the coachman, then thinking of the girl's words, he suddenly said: " You actually came up to steal something, right? The injured boy who led Luo Yi away is your brother?"

"What, my brother was injured?" The girl seemed a little surprised and at a loss, "How could it be, my brother clearly promised me that I wouldn't get hurt again this time, how could this be?"

"This time? Let him lure the people out of the car first, and then you take the opportunity to steal things. Isn't this the first time?"

"Ah?" The girl instinctively wanted to shake her head, but when she raised her eyes and met Lance's emerald green eyes, which seemed to be the dawn of hope, she nodded involuntarily, "Yes."

"You just said that your mother is seriously ill, but is it true?"

"Yeah." The girl nodded vigorously, her tears streaming down the floor, and she couldn't say anything because she was stuck in her throat.

"Theft is a crime, and people should not get something for nothing." Lans took out some coins and handed them to the girl. He thought for a while, and then said, "I'm not giving you alms." He emphasized the word giving, "these You have to pay it back, take me/come back to you two brothers and sisters to get it back when you need it in the future.”

The girl nodded half-understood, but did not run away, just lying on the ground without moving.

"Hurry up, that person will be back later." Lance signaled the girl to look at Luo Yi, and sighed in his heart, he had never seen such a stupid person.

"Oh." The girl finally came to her senses, jumped out of the carriage in a flash, and ran into the grass by the roadside in the blink of an eye.Lance smiled, this action is quite skillful.