The noble lady always has a little intuition

After taking Olivia for the first spin, Carl immediately said in a volume that only two people could hear: "I offended Miss Campbell a month ago, please forgive me A slip of the tongue at that time."

"It's a bit of a surprise." Compared to his serious face, Olivia still smiled. "Instead of apologizing, I thought Mr. Hockley would choose to question me. It seems that I haven't been with him since that night." Mr Hockley's personality is correctly observed in Mr Hockley's dialogue."

Hearing what she said, Karl felt very guilty. Indeed, the moment he knew that she was the younger sister of Earl Campbell, whom he had always wanted to get to know, he actually wanted to question her, but he quickly put aside such an impulse. It was pushed back, after all, the Hockley family could not miss the opportunity to cooperate with the Campbell family.

After smiling at her awkwardly, he tried to change the subject in a relaxed tone: "In Ms. Campbell's observation, what kind of person should I be?"

"Proud to be a little arrogant, thinking that there is nothing that money can't solve, holding grudges and being narrow-minded... etc." Seeing that every time she said the same thing, the other party's face became darker, Olivia couldn't help chuckling a few times "Of course, these are just what I observed during the conversation with Mr. Hockley at the ball. After seeing the business policy of the Hockley family and the growth of profits in recent years, I have a good understanding of Mr. Hockley's business. His vision and talent are highly appreciated.”

Although the last sentence was a compliment, Carl, who had already been hit by the derogatory adjectives she said at the beginning, could only simply reply: "Thank you..."

"Any other questions, Mr Hockley?"

When Olivia asked this question, the dance music had just ended. She had already danced several times in a row, and before waiting for Karl to answer, she secretly gestured to him, and then stepped back from the dance floor, while Karl was stunned. Immediately after a while, he left the dance floor with her, and went to the table first to get her a drink.

Before she could thank her, Carl asked, "I remember that Miss Campbell's hair was black that night."

"Well, one of my housemaids used to work at the Royal Theater and she got me that wig and put it on for me."

"Why did you wear a wig on purpose?"

"Of course I don't want my prom to be disturbed by strangers." Olivia replied in a natural tone, "except for the hair color and the jewelry that I often wear, I think few people can recognize the me in the mask."

"It's the same reason you didn't wear any jewelry that day?"

"Yes, although I also have some jewelry inlaid with other gemstones, I have worn them to participate in some balls. Originally, I also thought about buying some new jewelry, but the ladies and ladies are very well informed, probably They will know the next day after I buy new jewelry." Speaking of this, Olivia suddenly looked straight at Carl, "I didn't lie about other things except for my hair color and not wearing jewelry. Olivia Darlene Thompson Campbell, this is my full name, and I am indeed not one of those nobles whose families are on the verge of bankruptcy... I think this should be the question you want to ask the most this evening , Mr Hockley."

Hearing what she said, Karl, who was being told off his mind, didn't know how to react at all, and before he could figure out how to change the subject, she apologized to him and walked towards them not far behind with a drink. Audrey.

After talking a few words to Audrey, Olivia took turns dancing with the men introduced by Audrey. Carl had no chance to talk to her until the end of the ball, so he could only take turns with Henry and Edgar chatted.

During the period, Edgar also kindly introduced the Marquis of Bradford and Joseph to him. Just like Edgar and Olivia brothers and sisters, the Bradford family also treated him very friendly. Edgar and Joseph even asked their girlfriends if they could dance with him so he wouldn't be bored at the ball, but he said no.

He didn't have a chance to talk to Olivia until the end of the ball. After Edgar reminded him again that he remembered to be a guest at Campbell's house tomorrow, and he smiled and shook hands with Edgar to express his gratitude, he sat down on the table. Car, let Lai Fujie drive the car back to the hotel directly.

"You can stop looking for that Miss Thompson, Laforger," Carl said in a low voice while leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes on the way back, "I found him."

Hearing what he said, Lai Fujie quickly realized, and asked in a puzzled tone: "Is she working at the Duke of Bedford's house, or is it the maid of another lady who attended the ball?"

"Neither." After saying this, Carl was silent for a long time, and it was so long that Lai Fujie couldn't bear to ask again, and then he said, "She is the daughter of the Earl of Campbell, the Duke of Bedford. My niece, she concealed her identity at the ball a month ago..."

Such a turning point made Lai Fujie not know what to say, and Carl did not give him a chance to comment, and quickly continued: "Tomorrow afternoon I will go to Campbell's house to discuss business, and before that, help me prepare... get ready for London City All kinds of desserts from the patisserie in the center."

Recalling what Edgar said earlier that Olivia didn't like to receive gifts from people who weren't relatives or friends, Karl eventually replaced a set of blue diamond jewelry with various French desserts.

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In order to get rid of Olivia's bad impression of him, Carl was busy almost the whole morning. He read and read all the proposals and contracts that he wanted to show Olivia and Edgar. He put oil on his head again and again, combed his hair again and again, tried on all the suits he brought from the United States, but none of them satisfied him, and he even wanted to Immediately went to the street to buy a new set, but fortunately was stopped by Lai Fujie, after all, rich people like them only wear custom-made clothes instead of ready-made clothes, no matter how good the tailors in London are, it is absolutely impossible for him I got the clothes before today's afternoon tea party.

After seeing that his young master finally gave up the idea of ​​going shopping, Lai Fujie breathed a sigh of relief, but after seeing him pick and choose among those suits with slightly different colors and necklines again, Lai Fujie couldn't help but raise his eyebrows Jumped.

As far as he knows Carl, Carl's behavior is definitely because he has his heart on that Miss Campbell. Although the object of his pursuit has changed from Ruth's bankrupt but still arrogant and rude nobleman to Miss Campbell's capable The aristocratic lady who is capable of supporting many family businesses has improved her vision on behalf of Karl, but a lady from an earl's family will never look up to the Hockley family.

When Lai Fujie was planning in his mind how to report the news to Carl's father without being found out by him as a small report, Carl finally picked out his clothes and changed into them, and picked up the box of French desserts himself. Carton, and then the first step out of the hotel room.

After they arrived at Campbell's house, they were taken to the backyard by the maid. There was a white coffee table and some chairs in the center of the backyard. On the coffee table were tea sets and a three-tiered snack tower, and Olivia was sitting In front of the coffee table, he looked intently at the book in his hand.

Seeing that her daughter was still immersed in the world of the book, the maid could only bow and remind her aloud: "Miss Olivia, Mr. Hockley and Mr. Lai Fujie who accompanied him have arrived."

"Well, I see, Rita." After carefully clipping the bookmark and putting the book aside, Olivia raised her head, looked at Carl with a smile and gestured for the chair opposite her, "Good afternoon, Mr Hockley. Would you like black tea? Or would you like coffee?"

"The black tea will be fine, thank you." Unlike the previous prom, Carl seemed a little reserved this time, and he remembered the cardboard box he brought over and handed it to Olivia after Lai Fujie reminded him. "This is a dessert from that patisserie in London. I hope Miss Campbell likes it."

"Don't worry about Mr. Hockley." After telling Ellie, who had been standing behind her, to pour tea for him and take the carton to put on the plate, Olivia turned her head and said to Lai Fujie who was standing behind Carl: "Mr. Lai Fujie, my brother and I may discuss the contract with Mr. Hockley for a long time. Would you like to follow Rita to the living room to rest and have some refreshments?"

This suggestion made Lai Fujie feel good about her. After all, few people would pay attention to Carl while discussing business with him. To be honest, he would rather rest in a comfortable place than standing behind Carl. This matter was not up to him to make a decision, so he just looked at Karl, and because it was not good to disappoint the master, Karl quickly nodded and let him go.

After ordering Rita to remind Edgar, who was still working in the study, to come over after bringing Lai Fujie into the house, Olivia looked at Carl again, "Did Mr. Hockley bring the proposal?"

"Yes, I brought it here..."

As Carl said, he took out the plan that he had prepared earlier from his briefcase and handed it to her. Olivia couldn't laugh or cry when he looked a little nervous, "Then Mr. Hockley, please wait for me a moment. You can enjoy some refreshments during the period.”

After finishing speaking, Olivia lowered her head to look at the project proposal he gave her just now. After reading a page, she covered the paper on the table so that her brother who would come later could read it.

Since Ellie had already put the snacks on the dessert tower and brought them back and stayed behind Olivia again, in order to avoid staring at Olivia involuntarily, even though she had no appetite because of the tense relationship, Carl followed Olivia's suggestion and used tea.

After putting the second sandwich into his mouth, Carl noticed from the corner of his eye the book she had put aside earlier, saw the title of the book on the cover, and couldn't help but blurted out: ""Sherlock Holmes" "The Return"? A detective story?"

Although he has only read textbooks or reference books except for a few classics, and he has never read anything other than newspapers after graduating from university, he has heard the name Sherlock Holmes before. The characters created by the writer 20 years ago, and that series of novels are very famous in Europe and the United States, and the writer was knighted by the Queen of England a few years ago, but he doesn't know how much more.

"Yes," Olivia who just read a paragraph raised her head and smiled at him, "Although I can read all kinds of books, the one I am most interested in is detective novels .”

Hearing what she said, Carl frowned slightly, showing disapproval, "Girls are not suitable for reading books like detective novels."

"How come, I can learn a lot from it, for example..." Olivia's mouth slightly raised, "When I hear someone speaking standard Queen's English, I definitely don't think that People will be of commoner origin. And when I see a person wearing a seasonal gown embroidered with gold thread, I definitely don’t think that person is not financially well off.”

Facing her meaningful smile, Carl felt speechless, because he was the one she mentioned who heard someone speaking standard Queen's English and wearing a season's dress embroidered with golden thread, but still thought that the other party was It could be a commoner or the idiot of a down-and-out aristocrat.Maybe...it's time to read a few detective novels...

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