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When I last saw Mary, she was more beautiful than ever. However, after I left the fighting club for a few hours, everything had changed.
That woman might not have understood the significance of a military officer of the Norman Empire in a place that had just been occupied by the Norman Empire.
Although the young master of Gregory family didn't understand it a few hours ago, he might have understood it at that time.
That night, it was already very late. There were almost no pedestrians on the street while the night wind was chilly.
Dressed like a princess who was going to attend a cocktail party or a gift wrapped in a crystal evening dress, Mary was shivering and waiting in front of my apartment. Together with her was Pavano, the steward of Gregory family. He was an elegant and meticulous old man in a black swallowtail coat.
In the hearts of commoners in Blackhot City, the identity of the steward of Gregory family was unattainable and could crush a commoner's life and family.
Pavanaugh had come on behalf of the Gregory family to apologize for what had happened a few hours before, and Marie was the Gregory family's gift to me.
Under the dignified gaze of the old steward, Mary quivered and uttered the words that I had longed to hear, which were shameful for a woman.
Previously, I thought that I would be very happy and complacent at this moment. However, when this woman entered my apartment and shed tears like a lamb entering the slaughterhouse, I found that I was not hard-hearted enough and could not gain any sense of achievement and pleasure from the sadness and despair of others.
Actually, when I saw this woman being escorted to the gate of my apartment by Gregory family, I had already forgiven her, completely forgiven her. Speaking of which, the conflict between us was a little ridiculous. A woman who used her youth and beauty as her capital and wanted to sell herself in a beautiful counter for a good price was suddenly asked for a price by a poor boy who couldn't afford her. That woman was afraid that she would lower her status, so it was easy to imagine how annoyed she was. Her response to me at that time, when completely translated, was actually just a simple sentence — You can't afford it! This sentence wasn't polite, it was just direct. Just like you can't get into a fancy restaurant in rags.
This had nothing to do with pride. It was just a rule and a habit.
I felt relieved as I poured her a glass of wine to warm her body. Under her unbelievable look, I even apologized for my rudeness to her in the fighting club. I thought we were even and didn't owe each other anything.
That night, I let her spend the night in the guest room of my apartment while I slept in my own bedroom.
When I woke up the next day, she had already left. She left a message on the glass of my living room with lipstick — Thank you, I hate you!
At that time, I knew that women were strange creatures. Sometimes, if you wanted to sleep with her, she would think it was an insult. Sometimes, if you didn't want to sleep with her, she would think it was an insult.
I think women are sick.
The more beautiful the woman, the more ill she was.
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Later on, I didn't see her again until Blackhot City and the Norman Empire became ruins in the demonized puppets disaster and I left Waii Sub-continent.
To be honest, I should appreciate her. Because of her, I was motivated to climb upward for the first time.
Later on, I learned a truth from another woman whom I wanted to get but finally lost — —
What you got would make you happy; what you lost would make you grow up. No matter what you got or lost, it would always be a blessing in your life.
Mary was a blessing in my life.
Therefore, no matter whether she saw it or not, I also wished her to meet a person who would treat her as a treasure and buy her away with happiness.
Not until I came to Taixia Country did I understand another truth — — not all the things that you lost were blessings.
When you regard loss as a blessing, you have already let down your guard. Some people will dig this blessing into a death trap that is enough to bury you.
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When I fought demons in Selnes Theater of Operations in Waii Sub-continent and finally fought demons in the north region of Kalay Mountain Range after the defense line of Selnes Theater of Operations collapsed, my family members arrived at Yingzhou Province, Taixia Country safe and sound and settled down in Fuhai City for the time being.
I had 3 kids.
The marriage between me and Fan family was fixed by our parents at that time.
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On March 2nd, the 900th year of Black Iron Calendar, my family members saw me off in the manor of Golden Light City and told me to marry the daughter of Director Fan in Fuhai City, Yingzhou Province.
After my great performance in the competition for the provincial governor of Youzhou Province, the name of Zhang Mushen, the dean of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province spread to other places outside Youzhou Province for the first time. My mother said that Fan family was urging me to marry Zhang Mushen.
The male family should not feel sorry for the female family. Additionally, the female had been waiting for me for so many years. Therefore, it was fixed.
At that time, I was full of ambition. I didn't fall down in the fight against the Gobbling Party or demons.
I regarded this trip to Yingzhou Province as a travel and a chance to relax myself.
I didn't know how the daughter of Fan family looked like; however, as long as she was not ugly and virtuous, it would be fine.
In the last few years in Waii Sub-continent, the all-purpose medicament produced by our family played a great role in the holy war. It was even used as a strategic reserve and hard currency by many countries in Waii Sub-continent. Therefore, I could expand the business of Jinwu Business Group in our family by the way. As the old saying goes, keep the goodies in one's own field. Now that we are family, Fan family would be the ideal agent for our family to sell all-purpose medicament in Yingzhou Province. I also went there with the 200,000 vials of all-purpose medicament which were newly developed by my elder brother as a gift for our first meeting.
As it's my private affair, I didn't hide my trace; neither did I think about any secret work. Therefore, the moment I left Youzhou Province, those who know me would know it.
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The moment I arrived at Fuhai City, I'd been told that the Gobbling Party had a great influence in Yingzhou Province.
On the first day in Fuhai City, I lived in the No. 7 suite of Skyview Lake Hotel in Fuhai City. Almost the moment I landed, the head of the Morality Association in Fuhai City, a person called Yang Yushan had arrived at the hotel and said that he wanted to pay a visit to me.
It was a show of power. I felt so disgusted inside.
After ignoring Yang Yushan for a few hours, I finally went to see him.
Until now, even though that guy had been dead, I could still tell him frankly that I didn't like him.
The first sentence that Yang Yushan said to me was that I didn't know etiquette.
I was a knight; however, Yang Yushan was not even a LV 9 fighter. The first sentence that a person who was not even a LV 9 fighter told the knight about etiquette and etiquette — — this was the etiquette and morality advocated by the Gobbling Party. How dare he do that? How could a person who was not even qualified to carry the shoes of a knight on the battlefield criticize a knight in a domineering way with the banner of the Gobbling Party on his back?
Besides in Taixia Country, how could a small head of a folk association, a person who was not even a LV 9 fighter, teach a knight a lesson?
If such a member of the Gobbling Party could represent the universal law, the universal law would be sh * t in my eyes.
Yang Yushan brought me a reconciliation plan — — let me join the Gobbling Party and be responsible for reestablishing the Morality Association in Youzhou Province as the head of the Morality Association of the Gobbling Party in Youzhou Province.
As a descendant of Lord Huaiyuan, I gave Yang Yushan my reconciliation plan — — let the leaders of the Gobbling Party kowtow three times in front of the memorial tablet of Lord Huaiyuan and admit that they were wrong. After that, they would disband the Gobbling Party!
Was it a sky-high offer? Or a competition to see who was better at boasting?
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It was not a reconciliation; instead, it was just a plan to slap my face by the power of the Gobbling Party in Yingzhou Province.
If you were me, would you agree with it?
This meeting ended in a bad mood.
Soon after Yang Yushan left, I received a message from the Director's Mansion that Director Fan didn't feel well and would not see me for the time being.
At that moment, I had already predicted that this marriage might fail.
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Two days later, I went to the Director's Mansion and met Director Fan.
The marriage was indeed failed.
Under the stress of the Gobbling Party, Fan Clan in Yingzhou Province chose to break off the marriage. I'm not shocked by such a result. As an elder of Huaiyuan Palace, I know what kind of choice a clan would make at this moment — — for the marriage of a young female, the entire clan would fight against the Gobbling Party. As long as they're not out of their minds, none of the clan's moguls would agree with such a marriage.
I could understand Fan Clan's choice.
However, it didn't mean that I should be happy about it.
At that moment, I was very furious; however, I didn't feel uncomfortable. I was furious because I was slapped by the Gobbling Party in Fuhai City; I didn't feel uncomfortable because I had not seen that daughter of Fan Clan since the beginning. That woman was just a strange symbol in my heart. I didn't have any emotional investment in her at all. To be honest, after experiencing so many things, even though it was a bit shameless and exaggerated to say that I had experienced so many women, I was no longer that pure and innocent teenager who would feel gloomy because of a few words of a woman when he entered the fighting club for the first time.
This gave me the feeling that my business was messed up. Naturally, I had to find the person who messed up my business to settle the score.
After staying in Fan's Mansion for a few minutes, I explained it to Director Fan before leaving. After leaving Fan's Mansion, I directly went to the residence of Morality Association in Fuhai City. I wanted to slap them on my face.
As the old saying went, it's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge; however, if the target was right in front of me, I would take revenge from morning to night; otherwise, I would not fall asleep.
The slap on the face of the Morality Society was very satisfying. Outside the building of the Morality Society, I stomped on the ground three times in front of Yang Yushan and other backbones of the Morality Society, causing the attic of the Morality Society to collapse. At that time, two members of the Qin family were in the Morality Society, one was Qin Wu, and the other was the young master of the Qin family.
When the members of Morality Association fled like wolves and rats with bleeding heads, I burst out into laughter and left Fuhai City. After letting out a sigh, I felt a bit pleasant inside.
It was not a big deal for me to break off my engagement with a woman whom I had not seen in Fuhai City.
Only lovers were rare in the world.
Rivers and mountains were like dung, which was not worthy of being ridiculed by overlords.
The rest of us were in a hurry, which was why we didn't return in autumn and spring.
If I had a lover, I would like to be a farmer.
Grazing cattle in the morning and picking wildflowers in the evening.
Holding flowers in my hair, I would watch the colorful clouds turn grey. (What a good activity! Cool mobile phones are waiting for you! Pay attention ~ click on the official account of the Chinese website (add friends in WeChat - add official account - enter qdread), join it right now! Everyone will have prizes, pay attention to the official account of qdread right now!) (To be continued.)
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