Bad days as neighbors with Sherlock Holmes

The earl's roar didn't scare the two of them, but it made him jump because the sound was too loud.

He tried hard to keep his face sullen, "Did you hear that, Elena? No way."

Although he thought it was normal to have a meal between lovers, but what if something happened to a meal with Holmes?

Even if the young detective in front of him is quite powerful, he is still a man who covets his daughter.

The Earl still remembered the failure to bribe Holmes before.

After breaking away from the purely money relationship, he didn't worry about Holmes going to dinner with Elena.

Not to mention that after admitting that the relationship between the two is normal and reasonable, he almost tacitly agrees that the two will get married in the future.

The count was not willing for Elena to get married so soon, and he also didn't want Elena to find someone to marry without even picking one.

Elena, he didn't even know what the two of them fell in love with each other!Are they working overtime together?

He didn't expect to send the secret recipe for hair growth to the two firms...

At first I thought that Elena was just playing around, and most of them had an attitude of understanding this feeling, so I thought to find a few more, so that she could experience it thoroughly. I didn't expect that she seemed to have a crush on Holmes. .

That would be hard to dismantle, and the earl had no doubt that Elena could come up with a hundred reasons to refute his theory of security threat—after all, Moriarty, who threatened them the most, was still in prison.

However, Holmes winked at Elena in front of him, is it plausible?

Of course it's inappropriate!So indecent!

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, the count just said in a deep voice, "You can't go alone."

Anyway, as long as he saw it, the two of them couldn't have dinner alone, nor could they go on a date.

This is the only stubbornness he left behind on the premise of not breaking up the two of them.

Elena froze for a moment.

"Then...Father, do you want to eat together?" She asked.

Elena's idea is very simple.

The Earl looked as if he was not happy with the two of them alone, and the three of them went together and it was settled.

Holmes nodded, and a look of confusion flashed across the Earl's face.

He hasn't eaten in a restaurant for a long time due to the backlog of affairs a while ago.

But he held his breath and asked, "Where are you going?"

If it's a particularly remote place, forget it, the restaurant must not be delicious, and then Elena might dislike the poor restaurant Holmes chose, and finally break up first...

Holmes announced the name of a restaurant, which was like a heavy blow to the Earl's heart.

He immediately tangled up.

It was a newly opened Italian restaurant, and the desserts were quite good. After eating it, Giles praised him vigorously, and even said that he would steal from someone else's back chef.

But the Earl had not been there.

... want to go.

From where Elena was standing, she happened to be able to see the count's right hand that was constantly clenched and relaxed.

She had no doubts that if there was a flower now, maybe her father would take the petals and tear them off, wondering whether to go or not.

Thinking of this scene, Elena couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.

Since that's the case, she'd better persuade her... Why did you act like a baby to Mrs. Hudson before?

"Let's go together, father," Elena recalled her previous way of being coquettish, stretched out her hand to hold the earl's arm, and softened her tone, "We haven't had dinner for a long time! Although I know you are not used to the food outside, But it’s okay to try it once in a while.”

The Count said nothing.

But there was an obvious look of "well said, let me say a few more words" on his face.

Elena patiently said a few more words before the earl nodded with airs.

"Okay then," he said reluctantly, "where is the carriage?"

Elena pointed, and the count started walking towards the carriage.

His footsteps were eager with a little joy, which completely exposed his true mood.

Elena couldn't help laughing, and looked back at Holmes.

He seemed a little helpless, but he seemed to be in a good mood.

"Let's go," Elena said, before realizing her hand was being held.

And the person who "hands-on" pressed his lips lightly, made a "shh" gesture to her, and quietly directed Elena to pay attention to the earl who had happily got into the carriage in front of him with his eyes.

Elena blinked.

The two held hands silently like this, and did not separate until they reached the side of the carriage.

After arriving at the restaurant, the earl didn't show any restraint, and ordered a bunch of dishes in one breath before handing the menu to Elena.

Among them are 50.00% desserts and some famous dishes.

"You're welcome," said the count, "whatever you want. We still have some money in the house."

He seemed to have tacitly agreed that this meal was his own treat, and it was rare for him to be a little more pleasant to Holmes, "Little Holmes, you can order as you like, and order more. If you can't finish eating, you can take it home with you."

Holmes nodded.

But he and Elena didn't add much food, because the count already ordered quite enough, and any more orders would definitely be wasted.

The waiters in the restaurant quickly took away the menu, and while waiting for the meal, a few of them ordered a game of chess and played it slowly.

Due to the Earl's strong will, Elena and Holmes sat apart, but the Earl sat opposite Holmes.

The two played chess while Elena watched from the sidelines.

She doesn't particularly like this kind of thing, and she doesn't really watch other people play it. In modern times, chess is really a bit far away for her.

This time when the Earl played chess with Holmes, Elena simply sat aside, staring out the window in a daze, occasionally coming back to see how the two of them were playing.

To her surprise, the earl's chess pieces were almost aggressive, occupying most of the country on the chessboard for a while, while Holmes was a little weak in his follow-up.

Shouldn't it?According to Sherlock Holmes' IQ, even if he gets off to a bad start, he can come back against the wind with his superhuman reasoning ability.

Elena seemed to have noticed something, she subconsciously looked at Holmes.

Holmes looked up at her between chess games and winked at her.

Elena probably understood.

She looked at the Earl, who was quite happy because she had won the block, and then at Holmes who made small gestures at her from time to time, and curled her lips helplessly.

The chess game ended quickly, and the count won quickly.

"Well, it seems that I haven't played it for so many years, and my skills are not rusty," the earl said with satisfaction, and patted Holmes on the shoulder. "Little Holmes, you still need to continue to work hard."

Holmes responded with a few words, and then praised the count's superb skills.

To be honest, due to Holmes' extraordinary mind, he usually maintains the reservedness and pride that geniuses usually have, but when he tries to please someone, he is not unsuccessful.

The earl was quickly coaxed by Holmes like a cat that has been shrunk down, only occasionally when he came into contact with Elena would he become vigilant again.

Soon, even this vigilance dissipated.

The dishes were served quickly, and Holmes was serving soup to Elena while chatting with the earl about the local customs and customs.

Speaking of the customs and customs of various places, the Earl was interested, but he didn't pay much attention to where the bowl in Holmes' hand ended up going.

He chatted with Holmes more and more speculatively, and finally felt that it would be good for Elena to marry him...?

When the meal was over, the earl almost patted Holmes on the shoulder and said he was a promising young man.

He even felt quite at ease with Holmes, and all his worries about the relationship dissipated.

After waving his hand, the earl left alone in a very relieved manner.

Sherlock Holmes and Elena looked at each other, and at the same time heaved a sigh of relief.

Seeing each other's visibly relaxed look, they laughed again.

"Shall we go for a walk?" Elena suggested.

Holmes nodded.

The two walked back slowly holding hands like this, without calling for a carriage.

There is no sunset today, and the wind is a bit cold.

The leaves swirled and fell on the somewhat empty street. The passers-by who were in a hurry were not in the mood to stay and observe the bleak autumn. Only Elena and Holmes walked slowly holding hands.

Feeling that her fingertips were a bit cold, Elena simply put her hand into Holmes's hand.

"It's a little cold," she said confidently.

Holmes smiled and wrapped her hand into his palm, "It will be fine in a while."

Elena nodded.

She lightly stepped on a leaf in front of her, making a crisp crackling sound.

"I wish I could be this happy forever," Elena said with emotion. "There is plenty of work, a full schedule, and..."

There are also people who are by your side when you are idle.

The rest of her words just dissipated into the air.

They exchanged a tender and lingering kiss, and Holmes rubbed the top of her head again.

"It will," said Holmes.

Three years passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was another autumn of the year.

Elena is currently working under the name of the School of Architecture and has become a visiting professor. Occasionally, she and Eric return to school in rotation to give lectures.

Most of the female students she sent with painstaking efforts at that time persisted, and now they have some influence in the construction industry.

At that time, because of Elena, the college made an exception and began to recruit female architecture students. Although it received some negative comments at the time, it has proved to be very worthwhile now.

These female students not only performed very well in the competition, but also returned to work in the firm after graduation, and collaborated with Elena to do a lot of design.

As Elena's fame continued to increase, Elena's office also expanded a bit.

After thinking about it, she simply bought the adjacent shops on both sides and transformed them into new offices for some new designers and apprentices.

The houses designed by the model housing company in cooperation with her have been built in sevens and eighties, and the supporting schools have basically been completed.

But for the recruits, Eileen specifically put forward a few requirements.

First of all, the school does not accept children who are too young, because it is difficult to discipline them, and there is not so much manpower to discipline young children.

Considering that older children will go out to help with work and subsidize the family, most parents are unwilling to lose such labor force, so they do not accept older children.

A moderate age group is conducive to cultivating the characters and habits of the children, and can also avoid some unfavorable conditions for enrollment.

As part of charitable education, these schools provide free lunches, and the money mainly comes from some surrounding factories and companies.

Elena understood that this would attract some parents to send their children here, so she added this passage when Model Housing began to advertise rental properties in the newspaper.

Of course, as part of the education, Elena contacted the head of the London girls' school, and also published in the newspaper to find some qualified ladies and gentlemen to teach these children the most basic things.

After they grow up a bit, Elena will send apprentices from the firm to take them to do basic painting exercises, and some apprentices from other companies will also come to lead classes, trying to instill more professional concepts.

Due to Eileen's lobbying in the past few years, and the glory she earned for Great Britain at the World's Fair in the past few years, His Royal Highness promised that the additional teaching subsidies for these apprentices will all be borne by the royal family.

In the plan, these children who graduate from charity schools are basically literate, and also understand basic calculations and practical operations.

The best of these children will be picked up by the company or factory first, and they will get a job directly as an assistant.

And some of the remaining children are not at a disadvantage.

They have basic reading and writing skills, and can do some small jobs such as copyists. Although they are not as good as company assistants, their income and status are much higher than working in factories.

If successful, the project could go on and on.

After sorting out these details again, Elena was relieved, and remembered the previous agreement with the count.

She has basically won all the awards in the architectural industry, and only the highest gold medal is left.

But it's coming soon, next month will be the final dinner.

What Elena reported this time was the opera house that was designed by her and Eric and took several years to build, and she was very confident about it.

She put down the things in her hands, and was about to chat with Eric for a while, but Little Brut pushed open the door and broke in.

Seeing his flustered look, Elena frowned.

"What's the matter?" she asked, "Don't worry, speak slowly."

"Something happened!" Little Brutt gasped, and said in a hurry, "In the alley next to the opera house, a girl's... girl's body was found!"

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