Flowers, Swords and France

"I think what you said does make sense. I will discuss it with my brother later... I also hope to be able to help him."

Although Fran's voice was low and contained an uncertain timidity, it was enough.

A corner of the levee has collapsed, and the final collapse is just around the corner. There is no need to worry.

"Isn't this good? There's no need to hesitate." Unknowingly, Laura's mood became more and more cheerful. With a smile, she raised her head and looked ahead, "Don't forget, you are Is there anything you need to feel sorry for when you are acting for yourself and others? In fact, I think your relatives should be happy to see you working so hard."

"I hope so." Fran lowered her gaze and looked at the ground, "Anyway, no matter what, I don't want to cause trouble to others..."

"Of course, why would there be trouble?" Laura replied with a smile. "Being clear-headed and planning for your future is a quality worthy of admiration from others. If you need to know anything, just come to me directly..."

"At least until Mr. Treville comes back, we'd better not take any action." Mary interrupted suddenly, with a very firm tone, "If he doesn't agree, forget it. If he agrees..." After a while After some ideological struggle, she finally felt that there was nothing wrong with Laura's proposal, so she no longer objected, but gave the final decision to her employer...if even he agreed. Then there's nothing to worry about.

"Oh, it's such a touching friendship." She didn't know whether she was really touched or sarcastic. Laura looked at Mary with something special, and then she slowly turned away, "Then it's settled. Look back. As long as you have made up your mind, I will prepare the information and let's work hard together, for the sake of our own future and for our respective families... Is there anything that can kill two birds with one stone?"

While she was still talking, Laura’s eyes suddenly focused forward. "Oh, what a surprise. Isn't there someone we know there?"

Following her line of sight, the other two people looked over and were stunned for a moment.

because. Among the looming figures in the forest, they did see someone they knew. A little different from others. He was not in civilian clothes, but in a self-defense uniform, which was made of fine materials and well-tailored. This made him look even more handsome and upright - but in Fran's opinion, he was not as good as his brother in uniform.

There is no doubt that in such good weather, Philip also ran out to have fun with others - but unfortunately, he was accidentally bumped into by these three girls.

After only looking at it for a moment, Mary secretly turned her gaze to Fran. But it turned out that Fran was unmoved, as if she didn't see anything. There was no change in his expression. Mary smacked her tongue secretly, and then looked away. Pretending not to see anything.

You really don’t take this cousin seriously at all. Has your heart become completely blind? She sighed inwardly.

"Why don't we go say hello?" Laura looked at Fran and suggested softly. "If I'm not mistaken, that's your cousin, right? Ha, he looks like he's having a lot of fun..."...

"No, no, there's no need to go." Fran shook her head gently, "Others are having so much fun, why should we bother them?"

"Oh? Since you said so, let's just take a detour, right?" Laura also followed suit.

"No, it's not too early anyway..." Fran looked up and looked at the sky that had turned into a dark golden color. "If there is nothing else, we will go back first. Do you have anything else?"

"Not today." Laura shook her head, "Well, goodbye, I'm waiting for your good news..."

Suddenly, her words stopped.

Following her line of sight, the other two people also discovered that Mr. Philippe de Treville seemed to have noticed them and was leaving the woman beside him and walking towards them.

"Ah, it seems we still have to say hello to him." She shrugged lightly.

Before anyone else could answer, Phillip had already ran over. There was a trace of nervousness on his face, as if he was worried about something.

"Fran, good afternoon." He forced a smile and greeted his cousin, "You look really beautiful today."

"Good afternoon, my cousin." Fran nodded slightly, with a very upright and polite expression, "Thank you for the compliment."

"Well, I didn't expect you to come over to play today... Ha, ha, it's such a nice weather!" Phillip wanted to find a topic, but didn't know what to say, so he became a little incoherent, " Uh...you don't have to misunderstand just now, actually...in fact, I...well, I just went out to have fun with a friend."

"I didn't misunderstand anything?" Fran replied calmly, "Of course you can hang out with any of your friends. This is your freedom."

"Oh...that's it." Phillip nodded angrily, suddenly feeling a little discouraged.

Although she had never planned to have anything to do with her cousin, she was so indifferent to her having fun with others and didn't take it seriously at all. This feeling of being completely ignored still made her feel uncomfortable. Philip was secretly frustrated. But because of this, he also strengthened his previous determination - never marry such a serious and boring person.

"Today...can you pretend that you don't know what happened when I was here today?" He lowered his voice deliberately, and then looked at Fran with some flattery, "...My father, he has not been in a particularly good mood recently. ...Well, actually I also have a task today, but I saw that I was a little free, so I just asked my friends to come over and play together, haha..."

"Don't worry about this, we will pretend that we didn't see anything." Fran understood in her heart that the other party must have sneaked out from the self-defense army's drills to play, so she quickly gave her assurance, "And he didn't gossip to anyone. bad habits.”

After all, the Self-Defense Force is just a militia, and the military discipline within it is not particularly strict. In addition, his father, Duke Treville Jr., is a senior officer in the Self-Defense Force, so even if he escapes secretly, Philip's superior officer will probably only know Just turn a blind eye - but if his father knew about it, the situation might be very different, especially when his father was supervising him recently.

"That's great, thank you." After receiving his cousin's assurance, Phillip also breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, as if he was afraid that his cousin would misunderstand, he quickly explained, "Actually, it's nothing. I'm just afraid that my father will misunderstand. As you know, his temper is not particularly good, hehe...hehe..."

He tried hard to hide it, but this embarrassing and happy look made Fran feel a little depressed at the same time.

Is this the kind of person Grandpa wanted to give to me to be my husband?

She couldn't help but feel bored and tired.

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Then, she remembered Laura’s tirade just now.

Maybe Laura was hiding some bad ideas secretly, but what she just said was right - a woman should find a way to control her own destiny, and not let others manipulate it at will, and leave it to someone who knows whether it is good or bad.

"Well, you can have fun with your friends. I also went out to play with my friends today." Her tone was very calm. "But it's getting late now. I have to go home..."

"Oh, no problem, just feel free to do it yourself." Seeing that his worries were over, Phillip was in a good mood. He wished he could send his cousin away as soon as possible and get back to being with the lover he had just fallen in love with recently.

Then, he also said hello to the two girls next to Fran.

Just as they were about to say goodbye, a greeting suddenly came from afar.

"Mr. de Treville, I finally found you!"

Phillip's expression suddenly changed. He looked back and found someone running towards him.

"Ah, this annoying guy came here anyway." He muttered quietly, then turned around and planned to leave.

At this moment, Fran and Mary also saw the person coming clearly, and then each felt a chill in their hearts.

A head of light blond hair, and a familiar face with a smile.

Although he was also wearing the uniform of the National Guard, Fran and Mary could clearly see that the person coming was the Ezreal Walter.

Why did you get entangled with this person again? A flash of disgust and irritation flashed in Mary's eyes, and the unpleasant experience from before resurfaced in her mind.

"Sir, who is he?" After trying to suppress the anger in her heart, Mary asked Philip in a low voice, intending to interrogate the other party's method to get close to the Treville family again.

"Oh, you don't know, right? I am a captain in the National Guard, and he is the deputy commander of my company," Philip sighed, "My father forced it on me, as if it was for the sake of his subordinates." He gave me orders to monitor me and supervise me, so I can’t get rid of him. It’s really annoying!”

"It's so annoying..." Mary repeated in a low voice.