Flowers, Swords and France

"One of the people we have to watch out for is her."

This statement made Matilda even more puzzled.

"What...what do you mean?"

"To put it simply, we are helping Mr. hide his property from Charlotte." Fran replied without hesitation, "especially not letting her know the specific operating conditions of the Giverny factory. We have done a pretty good job before. , I hope you can do well after taking over from me."

"Why do you do this?" Matilda still didn't understand what the other party meant, "Why did you hide it from her?"

Can a couple actually reach this level? She still felt a little strange, nothing looked right.

"Because she had threatened to break up with my brother before, considering this risk, we had to take some preventive measures against her." Fran explained to her patiently, "The Giverny factory was founded and cultivated by my brother. It is the fruit of his hard work, and he will never allow anyone to get involved there..."

"But why would Madam threaten to break up with Sir? From my point of view, they are very loving. I really can't imagine that Charlotte would threaten Sir like this." Matilda was still a little unbelievable, considering her and Charlotte's dealings. Look, she didn't think Charlotte would be the one to do such a thing, "Is there some misunderstanding?"

"Yes, normally she won't fall out with her husband, but sometimes there are special circumstances." Fran replied with a sneer, with a hint of pride and joy in her smile.

Seeing this smile, Matilda suddenly understood.

"Is it because of you?"

"That's probably the reason. In short, she was very jealous of us and wanted to encourage her brother to break up with us, but they ended up having a falling out." Fran did not continue the topic. "In short, the two of them had a fight, and Charlotte Te finally threatened his brother with a breakup. This threat was indeed serious because he would not In any case, the factory in Giverny and a large amount of land are in her name. If there is a breakup, the husband will suffer heavy losses no matter what... Although the two reconciled after the quarrel, the husband felt that A precaution must be taken to avoid being blackmailed again in the future.”

"I see..." Matilda finally understood why Charles secretly made such an unreasonable move and actually hid his property with his wife. She also understood why Fran was so happy - because she saw The elder brother did not give in because of Charlotte's pressure on him. "So how did you do it?"

"Of course we can only do it in the most effective way - Charlotte sent someone she trusted to Go to Giverny to check out her property." Although she tried to appear calm, Fran couldn't help but bring out a trace of In a boastful tone, "She succeeded but also failed. We took action beforehand and notified the management of the factory over there. Then we spent a few days making a fake account. Although it was not perfect, it was enough to fool people and gave it to her. So now most of the assets have been hidden and are only in another account. Reflect, and I hope that after I leave, you and Mary can continue to operate this asset well as you did before. "

There is no doubt that this is a heavy blow to Charlotte. As long as she adopts this approach, even if she is the owner of the factory and the land, she will not be able to actually manage this huge asset. Most of the assets are still in the Shire. subordinates. However, this also brings a certain danger, because the hidden property has no trace in the sun, and it is difficult for someone not to be greedy and want to use various methods to get their own share of this asset. .

Therefore, it is necessary to hand over the management of the accounts to someone who is absolutely reliable - because of this, Matilda was selected to be her temporary trustee. Both Charles and Fran knew that she was loyal and devoted to individuals. Self-interest is not valued, and there is enough enthusiasm to take over the job.

However, to Fran's expectation, after she revealed the truth, Matilda did not seem happy, but rather hesitant.

"Isn't it bad for us to treat Madam like this?" she asked after thinking for a moment. "If she knew that we did this in private, how sad she would be!"

"I hope you don't think we are ruthless. In fact, I think my brother is too tolerant towards her." Fran shook her head, "Think about it, what is the reason for the rapid expansion of these properties over the years? ? Isn’t it because of the efforts of my brother and us, or because of my husband’s power? Apart from being obsessed with showing off her status in social circles, what has she done in it? Already...if it weren't for us, how could she have so many assets, and why could she be so aggressive? My brother has always been too sympathetic to her and let all these properties be placed in her name, but she ended up breaking up. She came to threaten us and wanted to use the money that her brother gave her to force her into submission! Since she did this, isn't it right for us to take some precautions? Matilda, did you do something wrong? "

Matilda frowned.

To be fair, she felt that what Fran said did make sense. From her observation, without Charles, Lady Charlotte would definitely not be able to have her current status, honor and wealth. It was indeed a little bit that she threatened Charles with a break. Too much.

However, she felt that it was not a good thing at all to carry out such a plan secretly and treat Charlotte with deception and such harsh methods.

"It's best to find a way to reconcile, otherwise it will only make things worse in the end." After a moment, Matilda said cautiously, "From my experience, if a family does not care about themselves, If you don't, it will be easy for outsiders to take advantage of you..."

"What can we do? She insisted on bringing things to this point." Fran gently spread her hands, "We are just acting in self-defense."

"I know, but this is not a question of who is more reasonable than who. Even if she has done some unpleasant things, she is still a member of this family and has the status she deserves. We have no reason to humiliate her. ." Matilda still disagreed.

Then, she lowered her head in embarrassment, "Besides, if we look into it more carefully, aren't we the ones who were the first to be unreasonable? I don't think she ever thought about breaking up with her husband, but... she just wanted to catch up. Just leaving us, from her point of view, she didn’t do anything wrong, right?”

"You...?" Fran was slightly surprised by Matilda's words. "You actually spoke for her?"

"Since we owe her something, then it's not too much to speak up for her, right?" Matilda asked, "She has already taken so many things away from us, do we have to take everything away? I … I don’t think we should do that.”

"You actually have such an idea...it's simply ridiculous." Fran was so angry that she laughed instead, "We don't owe her anything, it was her...she took away my things! Everything I cherished most was stolen. She took it away, but she still considered herself the master! Shouldn't she pay for this arrogance? "

She originally thought that being in Matilda's position, she should be jealous of Charlotte, but she didn't expect that the other party gave such an answer, as if she was actually sympathizing with Charlotte, which made her angry again. And irritable.

"Yeah, you hate her, right? I'm afraid part of the reason why things have reached this point is that you deliberately sow division and discord between the couple, right? You are happy to see the two of them break up, and you also Looking forward to this day coming soon." Although Fran was furious, Matilda was very calm, looking at the other party calmly with her eyes behind the lenses, "I want me to advise you. Now let's accept the reality. They are married and have two children. These children are your own nephews. Are you going to ruin their lives? If you can't, then why do it again? What's the point? I think since Mr. has agreed to your request, you should not continue to torture Charlotte because of your jealousy. She is already... pitiful enough."

"Matilda, your conscience is a little overflowing. Do you deserve to pity the person who has everything? She still looks down on you! Have you never seen Charlotte's arrogance? She used to stab her She takes pleasure in hurting other people's self-esteem, only feels that she is superior to us, looks down on us from the bottom of her heart, and then enjoys everything that others give her with peace of mind. Doesn't her strange arrogance deserve to be punished? ? "Perhaps because of the mention of Charlotte, Fran's mood became extremely angry. She no longer had the calmness and joy before. Her chest heaved violently, and her eyes suddenly appeared. Misty, "You pity her, have you pity me...? Everything I have cherished since I was a child was taken away by her, and she took it away with her luck! Can't I make any resistance? No, I Will definitely resist!"

"Okay, okay...don't do this."

Matilda stood up and held Fran's shoulders.

At this moment, Matilda finally saw the child side in her again.

However, what I saw this time was not innocence and cuteness, but willfulness, stubbornness, and no mercy. Perhaps this is her truest background.

"Don't do this."

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Fran finally calmed down under her repeated words of comfort.

"It's okay, thank you." She looked at Matilda with cold eyes, "Then, for the sake of conscience, you don't plan to help us anymore, right?"

"No, I will help, and I will also fulfill my obligation to keep secrets. I will never reveal it to Charlotte, so that all of your efforts will be in vain." Matilda gave Fran another surprise, "However, this is just to comply with Sir's entrustment. I reserve my opinion. I still think this approach is a bit excessive."

"Whatever you think, I don't care too much about what other people think of me." Fran sighed and broke away from Matilda's hand a little anxiously, "Then let's hand over the hand as soon as possible, I'm really too busy recently... …The telegram came from the front saying that grandpa’s health has been deteriorating, and I think I must get there as soon as possible to take care of him.”

Originally, Matilda's attitude of cooperation but disapproval made her very dissatisfied, but now her time is urgent and she has no time to find a suitable candidate, so she can only accept the reality helplessly.

"Okay, if possible, we'll start today." Matilda nodded, "I will try to take care of everything when you leave, and then return it to you intact when you come back."

"I hope so." Fran smiled bitterly.

The two fell into a long silence, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Maybe you are right. I am not qualified to sympathize with her. She has everything, but even so, I still sympathize with her." After a while, Matilda finally couldn't help it anymore. She raised her head and looked at The other person, then whispered. "I...I want to do something for her, because she is so pitiful. You don't know, the whole palace was making fun of her because of that child. Those vicious rumors can almost pierce everyone's heart. Heart, God knows what kind of pressure she was under! What supported her through this was nothing more than being right. It's just her husband's love for her children, but if she breaks up with her husband, I really don't know how she can survive! We have done such a shameful thing, do we have to make her collapse to be happy? ...I can't do it, I don't want to watch her wither in pain, it's too much..."

Fran frowned and looked at her, as if it was difficult to understand what the other party said.

"I am not an innocent child, and my father is equally romantic, but our family has at least maintained family harmony. My mother has taken care of us growing up, and my father has not lost our respect - at least he has not lost all respect, so I understand that some things can remain intact as long as we don’t do them...as long as we don’t do them!” Matilda emphasized her tone.

After a moment of silence, Matilda continued, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand or agree with what I said. Anyway, you have your own way of doing things. For the sake of my husband and myself, I am happy to safeguard his interests, but This does not mean that I want to be a devil, I am satisfied with what I get, and I don’t want to see an otherwise happy family ruined because of us.”

"What do you mean?" Fran heard the ominous meaning.

"But if you have made any secret plans and want to use tricks to break up the couple, then I will never stand idly by. I want to protect Charlotte and their family." Matilda said without giving in. Looking at the other party, "I hope you can understand that some things are already settled, and you should not destroy the existing stability."

"Huh." Fran sneered, noncommittal.

"Get more rest recently, don't hurt your body." Matilda hugged the other person lovingly. "Also, I wish you good luck over there..."