love, don't bother

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When Yu Ci woke up again, it was already broad daylight.

He hugged the quilt and sat in the warm bed, staring at the blue sky outside the window with sleepy eyes, and it took a while to understand why he woke up so early today.

That little bastard didn't pull the curtains last night!

Yu Ci yawned again, rubbed his eyes, and between going back to sleep and wandering around the castle, he hesitated for a moment and chose the latter.

Although his whole body is sore now, the degree of discomfort is no less than that of running a marathon.Of course, Yu Ci has never run a marathon before, and the furthest distance he ran should be the side of his body when he was in school.

He yawned, slowly moved out of bed, and stretched himself.It's rare to wake up in the morning one day, so don't waste time on sleeping.

After Yu Ci tidied himself up, he drove his current special car, the electric wheelchair, into the restaurant and ran into Ludwig head-on.

The perfect butler's mask was slightly cracked, and he seemed very surprised to see Yu Ci so early.

Ludwig looked at Yu Ci with a little curiosity hidden in his eyes, of course, he hid this curiosity very well.

If it wasn't for Yu Ci's good observation skills, he wouldn't have discovered it.However, the butler has a good sense of proportion, even if Yu Ci finds out, he won't feel offended.

Ludwig saw a little bright red on the swan neck of Yu Cilu's round-neck sweater, and the curiosity in his eyes faded away, turning into the comfort of an old father. The meat is crossed out again.

"Mr. Yu, good morning, what do you want for breakfast?" He walked behind Yu Ci, and pushed Yu Ci to the dining table considerately.

"Thank you. Just give me a cup of hot milk." Yu Ci glanced at the vertical clock in the corner. At ten o'clock, shouldn't Ludwig and Adrian go to the company at this time?

Since Ludwig did not leave in the castle, [-]% of Adrian was also in the castle.

The corners of Yu Ci's mouth curled up behind the glass, thinking that it would be boring to be idle anyway, why not just play hide-and-seek, in such a big castle, who can find who first?

Yu Ci let it go after thinking about it, and didn't really intend to play such a childish game.But he really wandered around the castle aimlessly.

Most of the grounds of the castle are carpeted and not suitable for wheelchairs.

Ludwig was a thoughtful housekeeper. He was afraid that Yu Ci would fall alone, so he followed Yu Ci when he came out of the restaurant, helping him push the wheelchair.

And he acted as a temporary narrator, introducing Yu Ci the history of the Graff family and all the interesting legends about the castle along the way.

When encountering portraits of people hanging on the walls of the corridor, Ludwig would also introduce to Yu Ci that this is the so-and-so of the Graf family.

Of course, he knew better when to shut up and speed up to push Yu Ci to leave.

For example, now, Yu Ci obviously feels that Ludwig is pushing the wheelchair faster.

A little doubt appeared in Yu Ci's heart, and his eyes fell on the very ordinary carved mahogany door that was about to pass, and he paused for a second.

Blessed to the heart, he was keenly aware that Ludwig seemed to be hiding something.And that thing should be in this seemingly ordinary room.

"Ludwig, stop."

"Mr. Yu, here are some guest rooms that have been left unused for a long time. They are very dusty, which is not very good for the trachea and lungs. If you want to see them, I'll have them cleaned first."

Ludwig declined, and the reasons given were also very convincing.

Unfortunately, Yu Ci didn't buy it.

He heard the prevarication in Ludwig's words, and he became more interested in the door he was about to pass.He said coldly, "Ludwig, I said stop."

"..." Ludwig narrowed his eyes, tightened his hands holding the handle, and stopped.

He pursed his lips, and looked at Yu Ci's thin figure in a light blue sweater with complicated eyes.Of course, his mood now is also very complicated.

Although Ludwig is the steward of the Graf family, he actually holds a large share of the Graf Group and manages the Graf family's finances.

Coupled with Adrian's trust, the position of power is far beyond the comparison of the presidents of some medium-sized companies.

Ludwig has his inherent pride. He can be said to have sympathy and appreciation for the man his master Adrian loves, but he really doesn't have much respect and awe.

But it was the brief commands of this thin man with protruding spine and butterfly bones who could only sit in a wheelchair after being bullied, which made his heart constrict suddenly, and his hands and feet stopped as if he didn't obey his orders.

Let him involuntarily want to surrender.Ludwig lowered his head, his Western-style three-dimensional face was half-dark and half-bright, and he couldn't see his expression clearly.

Yu Ci looked at the carved wooden door in front of him, grabbed the cold copper handle, and twisted it hard, but the door didn't open.

"Open the door." Yu Ci then gave instructions.

"Mr. Yu." Ludwig questioned.

"Is it Adrian who won't let me in? I thought this castle was all open to me." Yu Ci laughed lightly, mockingly.

"You are joking, the master said that you are the other master of the castle." Ludwig put on the perfect butler mask again, smiled gracefully and decently, and directly raised his middle finger in his heart.

Please don't implicate the innocent old housekeeper in the little fun of the two of you!

Ludwig conjured a key out of nowhere and opened the lock in front of Yu Ci.

He opened the door and bowed, an elegant and decent British butler salute that seemed to be measured by a ruler.

"Mr. Yu, it's not convenient for me to enter this room, please go in by yourself."

"?" Yu Ci glanced at Ludwig, shook the armrest, and the wheelchair slowly swayed in.

But just after entering the door, Yu Ci stopped the wheelchair abruptly.His pupils tightened suddenly, his pale lips trembled, and he understood what Ludwig meant when he said it was inconvenient to enter.

It's really inconvenient to come in.Yu Ci snorted and laughed, feeling some indescribable strange feeling in her heart.

He sneered, it was like living with a perverted stalker.Seeing it, people who don't think it's weird are really weird.

The room is on the sunny side with good lighting.In winter, the bright and brilliant sunlight illuminates the room brightly through the white tulle curtains, and the filtered light is no longer glaring, soft and gentle.

The room was very empty, except for a round coffee table and a white sofa chair, there was no extra furniture.

But this room is very full, and the surrounding walls are criss-crossed with primary-colored hemp ropes, which are densely stacked together, forming an airtight net.

Each hemp rope of the net is covered with hundreds of photos held in wooden clips.

There are too many photos, many of them are stacked together, and only some corners can be seen, but most of them can still be seen as a whole.

Yu Ci raised her head, and the outermost photos were printed on her retina.

Her brown pupils had shrunk to the size of a pinprick, and a layer of ice had covered her pale face.

Yu Ci felt that his blood pressure had risen. He clenched the armrest of the wheelchair tightly, took a deep breath, and let the wheelchair walk slowly into the room.

Although the scenes in the photos are different, there are cold and windy offices, blurry dark car windows, hotels of different styles, etc., there is always only one man in the center of the photos.

Most of the time, his expression is pale, and the rare brown eyes rarely have clear emotions, either cold or indifferent.

There are only a few photos of him smiling faintly, or frowning with slight anger.

No one is more familiar with this dull-looking man than Yu Ci.That man is Yu Ci herself!

Whether Yu Ci is willing or not, he has to look at his own face several times a day, consciously or unconsciously.

There were so many photos that Yu Ci couldn't take a look at them all.

But from the limited photos that can be seen, Yu Ci already knows that these photos were taken over a long period of time, at least one to two years.

"Heh." Yu Ci lowered her head, looked at the shadow under her feet, and smiled sarcastically.

Above his head are densely packed photos hanging in mid-air, they seem to be a low ceiling, a silent oppression, a coldness that no amount of bright sunlight can dispel.

"Ah Ci."

Adrian's voice sounded behind Yu Ci, and Yu Ci was not surprised that he would find him.

Here is his castle, Ludwig is his butler, he always has a way to know everything he wants to know.

Yu Ci didn't turn around. He sat in the large shadows with his head down. His face was as indifferent as the man in the photo. He tapped the armrest lightly with his fingers, and his tone was also indifferent.

"How long?"