After finishing writing the letter, Charles didn't waste any more time and directly put some important documents and a few changes of clothes into the small suitcase, picked it up and walked outside.

When he reached the middle of the stairs, he suddenly heard a greeting from the corridor on the other side.

"Brother? Where are you going?"

Charles stopped, then looked in the direction of the sound, and found Fran, who was wearing pajamas, holding a small candlestick, looking at him with some doubts, the dim and flickering candlelight, for the girl. Her beautiful face adds a mysterious charm.

"Oh, Fran, why haven't you gone to bed yet?" Charles asked with a smile, "Children of your age should go to bed early."

"I heard a noise, so I ran out to take a look." There was a hint of weariness in Fran's tone, but she didn't forget to retort, "I'm not a child anymore!"

Fran's retort made Ciel couldn't help but laugh.

"Well, it's true that he is no longer a child."

"Where are you going? Why are you going out so late?" Fran still didn't forget the original question, "Is there something urgent?"

"Yes, something urgent happened." Charles answered directly, then looked up at his sister, "I didn't want to disturb you at first, but since you are here I will tell you directly. I am going out these days. You have to be obedient and take good care of grandpa, do you understand? "

"How many days will you be away?" Fran was very surprised. She hesitated and seemed to want to ask something, but in the end she didn't ask anything. She just nodded slightly, "I understand."

"Then I'll go first," Charles nodded to Fran, then turned around and walked down the stairs. "Remember, I will check your studies when I come back. Don't think that you can be lazy because I'm not here! If you don't obey, be careful when the time comes..." At this point, he realized that something seemed inappropriate and hurriedly He stopped talking.

Fran's face turned slightly red, probably thinking of what Charles said later.

Charles felt a little embarrassed, so he said nothing more and continued walking forward.

Seeing that her brother was about to leave, Fran quickly said what she had originally planned to say tomorrow.

"Brother, Ms. Adelaide sent someone to the studio today to inform her that tomorrow she is going to the countryside to relax. She wants me and a few other classmates to chat with her to relieve her boredom, and then paint her portrait..."

"Oh?" Charles was surprised at first, and then a little happy, "Congratulations to you, it seems that she really cultivated you. My sister is really excellent."

After receiving the long-awaited compliment, Fran smiled happily, as if this sentence made the whole night's waiting worthwhile. Then, she looked at Ciel and whispered.

"Brother, you must take care of yourself!"

"Thanks."

"I will pray to God every day and let him bless you!" she shouted softly.

Charles raised his head and looked at his sister above, with some helplessness in his eyes. To be honest, maybe it was because his atheistic thoughts in his previous life were too deep-rooted, so even after experiencing such a magical thing as time travel, coupled with the influence of the next twenty years, he could not develop much respect for the so-called God.

"God will not love you as much as I do. If you want to pray to it for me, I doubt its positive surname..."

His cold joke made Fran couldn't help laughing at first, and then she quickly scolded her with a straight face, "How could you say such a thing in front of the Holy Father! Brother, your words are blasphemous!"

Ciel shrugged and continued walking forward.

Fran had been standing in the corridor, watching her brother's retreating figure. After he disappeared, she slowly closed her eyes, put her hands together on her chest, and whispered softly.

"Almighty God, please forgive my brother for what he said just now, and bless him with your boundless mercy! Please!"

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Although he was a little apologetic, Charles woke up the servant and asked him to quickly prepare the carriage and take him out of the mansion. After driving to a square, he got out of the carriage, then sent the servant home, and then walked slowly on his own. Arrive at this dark hiding place.

Naturally, Charles knew the allusion of the Three Cunning Rabbits, so since he started this promising job, he had already managed several secret hiding places for himself in case of emergencies. Judging from today's experience, this kind of expenditure is indeed necessary and appropriate.

This is a small apartment building, deep and quiet. The plane trees cover most of the light, making people feel tired on the first day here. What is even more satisfying is that the residents here are more or less unusual. There are thieves, fraudsters, prostitutes, and other strange people. Therefore, everyone understands it tacitly, almost He never cares about other people's affairs - even if this person comes from outside late at night.

After tidying up the room, he lay gently on the bed, feeling exhausted and grateful that this hard and stressful day was finally over.

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That night, Charles had a dream, a somewhat absurd dream.

Charles de Treville, the grandson of the Marquis of Treville and the son of Mr. Edgar de Treville, contracted neonatal pneumonia due to careless care shortly after birth, and his condition deteriorated severely and died. Due to respiratory failure, Fran was born five years later and later grew up alone with her grandfather as an only daughter;

After her family lost a large sum of money due to her own mistakes, Charlotte never got her grandfather's trust again, and she had no chance to display her talents. In the end, she married a mediocre man who had a good pedigree but she didn't like at all. She aged prematurely in a dull and boring life, and then died.

After the Marquis de Treville went bankrupt, the old man soon couldn't bear the great psychological blow, and finally died under the double attack of poverty and illness. And his only granddaughter lived alone for a while, and finally entered the monastery and served God for the rest of her life.

The last scene of this dream is that the girl kneeled on the ground and prayed to the Holy Father, lamenting and weeping for her misfortune that lasted for a lifetime. "Oh God, what have I done wrong? Why have I suffered so many disasters... Please forgive my sins!"

"No! No! Fran! Fran! Don't be afraid! My brother is here!" As the dream continued, Charles shouted unconsciously, his heart aching, until he finally woke up, his head and body covered with cold sweat, and even his heartbeat was a few points faster than normal.

Is this a real fact, or is it just a ridiculous dream?

It doesn't matter anymore.

Because of my efforts, they have a better fate, and they must have a better fate. The God she believed in did not bless them, but I am here, that's enough.

He made up his mind, and then eliminated all the complicated thoughts, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

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The original text is in the six # 9 @book/bar!

On the next morning, Mr. Du Taai, who was beaten up by Charles, finally woke up under the care of the doctor. As soon as he regained consciousness, he roared and cursed the bastard young man who had beaten him, and then tried to get out of bed by force, but was stopped by the doctor and the servant next to him.

"That beast, that bastard! How dare you hit me! That uneducated bastard!" Because he had just been severely injured, Du Taai's continuous shouting and cursing were obviously a little weak, but the resentment in it was not reduced at all.

At this time, Baron Bowen, who had received the servant's notification, walked into the room and looked at his subordinates lying on the bed and cursing constantly. He did not have any emotional fluctuations. He waited until the other party's cursing became lower and lower before he spoke.

"You are very energetic. It seems that I don't have to worry."

Hearing the boss's voice, Du Taai hurriedly stopped his shouting and cursing, and then tried to sit up and talk to his boss respectfully, but it was still ruined by the doctor.

"Mr. Bovan, where is that man? Did he run away?" he asked hurriedly.

"He didn't run away, I just sent him away." The baron answered calmly.

"Ah!" Du-Taai felt the wound on his head twitching again, and the hatred in his heart increased a bit, "Hateful! You don't know, this grandson of the Duke of Treville is a rebel! Because of fundraising, I met him several times! Last night I wanted to tell you about this, but he..."

"You only said one thing wrong," Baron Bovan was still very calm, "He is not the grandson of the Duke of Treville."

He picked up the letter in his hand and gently read one of the sentences again.

"I am not the grandson of the Duke of Treville, but Miss Charlotte's lover. She and the Duke of Treville have no idea of ​​my true identity."

"What is this?" Du-Taai asked in surprise.

"A letter, I received this morning. It seems to be written by this young man." The baron threw the letter to Du-Taai, who quickly picked it up and read it again.

"Damn it!" After reading it quickly, he couldn't help cursing again. "This bastard!"

"He is indeed a bastard, and a bastard with no grace." Baron Bovan sighed slightly, and then said the following sentence, "Then, he is not a fool, on the contrary, he is very smart. Mr. Du-Taai, I have to say that in contrast to him, you acted like a fool last night and got beaten for nothing."

"Why did you let him go!" Du-Taai asked with some resentment.

"Why not?" The baron asked back, "especially when he can bring me a lot of money."

"A lot of money?" After hearing this word, Du-Taai instantly forgot his hatred and asked quickly - what a valuable professional quality!

"You'd better recover quickly, you have work to do again this time." The baron glanced at his men lying on the bed without any emotion, and then he walked out of the room.

At this moment, he felt that he had to re-evaluate the credit rating of the young man.

"Five million."

Finally, he whispered to himself.

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