[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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The warden put Renee on board.She was in a daze along the way, and she didn't recover a little until she got home and saw her little Valentine.

Perhaps it was because Mei Tess was too depressed after her disappearance, so her daughter Valentine was very weak from birth.Every winter, according to Dr. Avrini's instructions, she would take her daughter to Aix to recuperate in the hot springs, and then return to the warm Marseilles to live with her grandparents for a period of time in spring.

Valentine on the bed didn't seem to notice Renee's strangeness, she said coquettishly, "Mom, can you read me a story?"

"Of course", Renee gently stroked her daughter's hair, then reached out and opened the drawer.She found that the "Grimm's Fairy Tales" that she read to Valentine every day was missing, but she remembered another story, which was told by Mai Tess when she took her out to sea a few years ago, and she still remembers it vividly:

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful mermaid princess at the bottom of the sea. She accidentally rescued the handsome prince at sea and fell in love with him hopelessly.In order to pursue true love, she paid a huge price, she took off her fish tail in exchange for human legs, but the prince got engaged to the princess of a neighboring country.Seeing that the three-day deadline was coming, the sea witch gave her a dagger and told her that as long as she killed the prince, she could return to the sea...

"Mom, did the mermaid really kill the prince?" Little Valentine couldn't help interrupting the story.

"Don't worry, she won't," Renee shook her head lightly. "The mermaid princess is a kind girl. She would rather jump into the sea and turn into beautiful foam than hurt the prince."

"Why not? The prince betrayed her love." Valentine pouted her pink mouth in dissatisfaction, "I don't want the mermaid princess to die, so I don't want it..."

"That's because she loves the prince." Renee kissed little Valentine's forehead, "You will understand when you grow up."

Valentine also kissed Renee lightly.

"Okay, Valentine, go to sleep. Mom is going to Paris tomorrow, and you have to listen to your grandparents at home..." Renee said with a smile.

"Well, don't forget to buy me a present," said little Valentine, clapping her hands.

"Of course I won't forget," Renee blinked. "Good night, my daughter."

She closed the door softly, told the maid to take care of Valentine, and then returned to her room.Renee hardly slept that night, and early the next morning, she gently opened Valentine's door, walked quietly to the bedside, and gave her daughter a last kiss.

Little Valentine was sleeping soundly. Renee watched her quietly for a long time before leaving the room reluctantly.At that moment, a part of her heart surged with the urge to stay with her daughter, but she knew she couldn't. The second Edmondo was locked up in the Château d'If, her husband's crimes would increase by one point.

After packing up her things, Renee finally set off for Paris.

She thought a lot along the way.She will try her best to make up for Edmund, and beg him not to tell the deadly secret, so that Villefort can release him with confidence... That will be a happy ending, but remember Villefort's attitude , she wasn't sure if she could convince him.

However, when she suddenly returned to Villa Eoutre, she found that Villefort was not at home.It was getting late, maybe Villefort was still working?

Renee felt extremely tired, but she couldn't wait a moment.She ordered the family servants to drive the carriage to the court where Villefort worked, and she couldn't wait to question him.

For some reason, the servant kept averting his eyes, as if he was a little guilty.He also dawdled while driving and eventually broke the axle.

"Ma'am, let's go back," the servant begged.

Renee ignored him. She suppressed her anger and hired another carriage instead.After walking for a long time, she found that the carriage approaching her looked familiar.

The carriage turned a corner in front of them, and this time she saw it more clearly. It was the carriage that Villefort had bought at the auction house a few months ago. Although it was not raining, But the canopy was pulled tightly.

Renee resisted the urge to stop the carriage and ordered the driver to follow it cautiously.

The carriage stopped at a hotel in Saint-Germain, and a man stepped out of the carriage. Although he was wearing a big red scarf that the groom used on cold nights, Renee recognized Villefort at a glance.

Renee felt familiar with his back view and his movements.

But why did he come to such a hotel?

A bad premonition suddenly rose in Renee's heart.She waited outside the hotel door for a long time, but Villefort did not come down, so she went into the hotel by herself.

"Ma'am, do you need to book a room?" the porter asked politely.

Renee glanced up the stairs suspiciously, "Where is the gentleman who came in just now?"

"No gentleman has been here..." The porter became alert.

"No, I saw him come in." Renee looked straight into his eyes. "Please tell me where is Mr. Villefort?"

The concierge seemed to be frightened, and his face turned pale in an instant. "Mr. Prosecutor isn't here," he said incoherently. "No...I mean, I don't know."

"How do you know he's a prosecutor?" Renee quickly found out and asked in the same dignified tone as her mother, "Tell me, which room is he in?"

The clerk finally obediently handed over the key.

Renee grabbed the key and quickly found the room number.

Since being bumped into by Maize Tess, Villefort dared not meet his lover again at Villa Eoutre, so he rented this small suite here.

Renee was just about to insert the key into the lock, but found that the door was ajar.So she leaned sideways by the door and listened carefully to the movement inside.

"Do you love me?" It was a somewhat familiar female voice, but with a different coquettishness than usual.

"You women always ask that question," said Villefort frivolously. "Yes, I love you madly. It's obvious, otherwise why would I rent this room, and why would I risk seeing you? Woolen cloth?"

"What about Renee?" the woman said jealously.

"Renée is my wife, and now we have a daughter," Villefort said impatiently, "Of course I have to love her."

"No, you don't love her. I know that during the Hundred Days Dynasty, your father found several daughters of the establishment for you. You didn't refuse. You just wanted to wait and see for a while," the woman said with a sneer, " If Napoleon had been restored for a little longer, your wife probably wouldn't be her."

"Hermine, what are you trying to express?" said Villefort angrily.

"Oh, Villefort... Renee often goes back to Marseilles, and now that Nargona is dead, I thought there would be no obstacles between us... But my father found a rich businessman who opened a bank in Spain. Graal, insist on forcing me to marry him. That man is managing his property in Spain, and he will return to Paris in about a year..." The woman's voice was crying, "Villefort, please, Help me, I don't want to marry him."

"Hermine, are you crazy?" Villefort finally couldn't restrain his anger, "I'm a family man, and the relationship between us is just..."

"You said that you only love me," the woman continued to cry, "You said that you married Renee only for her status, and I can give you all of these."

"Look what I've done for our love? Think of that Catalan girl!" Villefort said through gritted teeth, "Ermini, isn't it good now? You can marry that Wealthy businessman Danglars, continue to enjoy the life of rich clothes and fine food, and we can continue to maintain the relationship. You have passed the age of fantasy, don't be stupid for the so-called love."

"But..." the woman choked up, "but... I'm pregnant with your child!"

There was a brief silence in the room.

Renee finally couldn't help it, she pushed open the door suddenly, and the panicked man and woman looked at her together.At this time Villefort was busy dressing, and there was a woman in the same disheveled clothes on the bed.And that woman is her close friend Ermini Salvio since childhood!

Every word they said just now was like a sharp sword piercing her heart, but seeing this scene, Renee only felt a whirlwind, as if her whole world collapsed in an instant.

"Villefort, did you really never love me..." Renee clutched the corner of her clothes tightly to suppress the tears that were about to collapse.

"Renee, listen to my explanation..." Villefort said hastily.

"No!" Renee hurried downstairs, just wanting to get out of this place quickly.Everything is a lie, everything is false, everything is deceit, everything is sin!She never wanted to hear even a single word from that man.She loved him so much, why did he treat her so cruelly?

When she ran out of the hotel in despair, tears had completely blurred her eyes.But Villefort followed closely behind, and she could not help quickening her steps.

Villefort suddenly yelled, but Renee was so absorbed in her own thoughts that she didn't listen to what he was yelling.It wasn't until she was in the middle of the road that she finally noticed a carriage heading straight for her.

But it was too late.

The last thing Renee saw was the raised hooves of the black horse.