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Lord Eustace looked at the girl in the gorgeous dress in front of him, and asked patiently and very gentlemanly: "My dear lady... who are you?"

"What? Ralph, don't you even recognize me? You were the one who escorted me on board when I went to Paris!" Ajani turned around slightly with her skirt in her hands, and stood in Eustace like a show off. In front of Lord Si is a doll on a music box that has just been opened from the gift box.

Lord Eustace looked at her with a slight frown, and the expression on his face quickly changed from doubt to joy. It seemed that the two were old acquaintances.

"Um...you are Adjani? Is that you? Adjani?" Lord Eustace exclaimed and looked at Adjani in disbelief. He raised his hand and stretched it slightly to his chest Said: "You were only so tall when you left, why now...wow! If you hadn't come so close, I would never dare to recognize you!"

"Father said that you will definitely come today. I haven't had time to dance until now, but I've been looking for you for a long time!"

"This is your first ball after returning to London. Of course I want to come and see you! When I sent you away, you were still a little girl who could only cry while holding Mrs. Pembasa! In a blink of an eye... now Already the best My Fair Lady! I can't believe it!"

After Lord Eustace finished speaking, Ajani hurried to him and took his hand, then she looked at Athena and said with a smile on her face: "My dear, I'm really sorry, this is Ralph and My promise! After I returned to China, I agreed to give him the first dance, Athena, you won't mind, right? You know, we are the best sisters in Paris!"

Uh... learn now and sell what you did to Mrs. Pembasa just now, right?

Athena tilted her head, and said with a polite smile on her face, "Of course! Of course! Please!"

Lord Eustace only nodded slightly, and said very sorry: "Miss Holmes is really sorry, if Adjani hadn't reminded me that I almost forgot this promise, it would be all my fault! You must never mind..."

Before Lord Eustace finished speaking, he took his arm and said coquettishly: "Ralph, what are you talking about? Athena won't mind, she is so generous! Besides, she is an Athena!" Xena Holmes! Which gentlemen here would not want to have a dance with her? If I say one dance is not enough, two dances would be proper!

There are so many guests here today, I am afraid that the gentlemen who will invite Athena later will have to line up!Athena will definitely be overwhelmed by the meeting, I'm afraid her feet will be sore, how can I still think of you? "

Speaking of which, Adjani directly dragged Lord Eustace to the dance floor with her hands. Although there were some ladies and ladies beside her who had some discussions, they just regarded it as an episode and let it go.

After all, no one here knows that the Earl of Dullet has a very good friendship with Lord Eustace's father, the Duke of Balmoral. It is reasonable for the Earl of Dullet to want his youngest daughter to marry Lord Eustace!

The only pitiful one was Athena, who was abandoned in the middle of the invitation. Now she has become a joke in everyone's conversation, but Athena is more bored than angry.

All she cared about was wanting to dance, and it didn't make much difference to her whether it was this lord or that earl.

Of course, it would be better if he was a handsome guy, but Cheng Yaojin, who was killed halfway by Adjani, interrupted the invitation, and the dance failed to take place, so she could only continue to be stuck on the sofa waiting to be invited, which is the only way for her is the biggest worry.

It is the most miserable thing to come to the ball and not dance, but to watch others dance instead!

Adjani on the dance floor was concentrating on joking with Lord Eustace, and she had already thrown the annoying Athena into the sky. What else can be compared with her Ralph?

"Oh..." Athena sighed slightly, she just sat on the sofa and looked up at Vettel and said, "This is really boring, remember to convey it to Mike when he comes back——I hate him! He should have told Vettel earlier. I said about these men who came to discuss my marriage with him, if I had known this earlier, I would not have taken the blame for myself!"

Vettel pursed his lips and said perfunctorily, "Good lady!"

Athena raised her head to imitate his appearance and said "Okay Miss" in a weird way, but Vettel didn't care and still just looked into the distance with an ice face, but Athena was even more depressed and said: " Please help me get a glass of red wine, stop standing here like a Zhong Kui!"

"Ch... clock what? What?" Vettel frowned and asked curiously, but what he got was Athena's perfunctory smirk, and re-read: "Vettel, thank you for a glass of red wine!"

"Yes miss!"

Seeing that Athena was not ready to answer him at all, Vettel just turned and walked away to the place where the drinks were placed in the distance, and carefully selected a glass of good red wine for Athena.

However, even though Athena looked at the back of Vettel leaving at this time, she still whispered: "What a log!"

"My dear lady, can a man who is not a piece of wood invite you to dance two songs?" The voice from behind disrupted Athena's relaxed state, and she immediately turned around and stood up.

The strange man in front of him seemed to be about the same age as Mycroft, with two slightly upturned mustaches between his lips, but he was very handsome.He has a pair of mysterious green eyes. If there is an aurora, it may be the color in his eyes!

He bent slightly and stretched out his hand, directly making Athena find no reason to refuse.But Athena changed her mind and thought that it was a dance, all she wanted was to dance, since someone came to invite her, why not?

For this reason, she didn't even wait for Vettel to come back, and directly stretched out her hand: "Of course, it's not a wooden gentleman..."

"Leslie! Professor Leslie James!" The man took her hand and answered her name before leading her to the dance floor.

"Athena! Athena Holmes!" Athena bowed her head slightly and smiled, her provocative eyes could not be changed, but this Professor Leslie James was not like an ordinary man, he seemed completely Unaffected by Athena's teasing, neither blushed nor excited.

He just bent slightly to return the proper etiquette, and then embraced Athena's slender waist. After the two of them adapted to a few dance steps with the melodious violin, Athena slid into the room led by Leslie. dance floor.

"Wow! Your waltz is really good!" Athena exclaimed almost instantly, and Leslie danced and completely mastered all the initiative, which was so easy for a lady. Leslie needs to give all dance steps and trust completely, and under his leadership, a dance can be completed extremely well.

Hearing such a compliment, Leslie didn't look very proud. He still smiled very politely: "It's my honor to be praised by Miss. To be honest, I'm very glad to see you today!"

"Huh? Do you know me?" Athena was puzzled.

Leslie laughed softly: "Of course miss, it's just that you are not so young and beautiful in my imagination!"

"Imagine?"

"Haha..." Leslie laughed heartily twice, and said again: "Just seeing the painting you drew for Prince Albert, I can already imagine what kind of artist should be That kind of accomplishment. Today there are many gentlemen and ladies who love art and want to meet you, but they all focus on the gray-haired old people in their seventies and eighties, completely ignoring you who were invited by Miss Mary. .”

After Leslie said this, Athena suddenly realized that the group of people didn't know that the painting was painted by themselves!No wonder there are so many admirers, but no one came forward to say hello. It turns out that I am still a "mysterious person"!

Leslie gently pinched the back of her hand very gentlemanly, and his skillful dance steps led Athena to spin gracefully on the dance floor, and Athena's interest in him also quickly increased due to the waltz.

She smiled and asked, "So you are also one of my admirers? Professor James?"

"Leslie! Please call me Leslie, Miss." Leslie smiled slightly. For a gentleman, Leslie is like the most outstanding reference standard among them. Social etiquette and waltzing skills are like being born and taught at court.

If Sherlock had been around, he would have said that a man as rigid and boring as Leslie must have been an Eton top student who went straight to Cambridge like Mycroft.

But compared to Mycroft, Leslie is obviously more able to show his advantages and charms. He looked at Athena and only smiled slightly: "Of course! Your paintings are worthy of the admiration of thousands of artists, I hope I can see your painting exhibition as soon as possible! Just a standard portrait of the royal family, you can complete it lifelike, and the use of color is more advanced than thousands of old-fashioned court painters.

If it's your personal painting, I don't know where to go!We must know that the most unique feature of an artist is not his technique and painting skills but his imagination. Imagination is always the most personal and unique place of a person.Drawing skills may improve with practice, but imagination is a gift! "

Mature men always have a wealth of knowledge as standard equipment. If it were any other seventeen-year-old girl, she would have admired her deeply, but Athena, a female hooligan who has been with men for 30 years, has long been impressed by this The set has lost its immunity.

She only smiled and praised and replied: "Just listening to your words, I know that you are very proficient in painting. Professor James, are you a professor who teaches painting?"

Leslie smiled and shook his head and said, "No! I teach classical literature, Shakespeare, Cervantes and so on! I know this must be very boring to you young ladies!"

"How could it be?" Athena quickly retorted: "I like Shakespeare's plays very much, but the Globe Theater has not been opened for a long time since it was closed by the Puritans, and I don't know when I can see the true face."

"Oh really?" Leslie obviously didn't expect that Athena would be very interested in classical literature, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Miss Holmes, you are so different from what I imagined, painting, classical literature, etc. , what about music? I know Mr. Sherlock Holmes is very good at the violin, what about you?"

"You know Sherlock?" Athena was a little surprised, but Leslie just nodded and replied: "Yes! In fact, I also know Dr. John Watson. I once waited at the door of Baker Street. Mr Sherlock do me a favor."

Athena suddenly said: "So you are one of his clients!"

"It can be said like this! When I went there, Mr. Sherlock Holmes was standing alone in front of the window playing the violin. Although he played a tune that I had never heard of before, it was not from a famous artist, but it was still very beautiful.

I think Mr. Sherlock Holmes is not the only one who enjoys such artistic talent, right?and you?My dear lady, I think you must be more Mr. Sherlock Holmes, right? "

"I..." Athena was about to start a conversation, when she suddenly remembered that Athena was not very good at the violin or the piano in her original body. In fact, all music was her forbidden area.

At a concert in Paris, the original Athena once pretended to understand because she didn’t understand, and made a mistake to say that Paganini’s repertoire was Mendelssohn’s dark history. ridicule.

But in fact, Bai Fumei and Xin Yun from the 21st century live in a Chinese family that expects her son to become a dragon. Although the family cooks, how can the parents not let her learn some specialties?

specialty!or dance!Either an instrument!Or paint!

Xin Yun is willing to learn painting, but Xin Yun's father thinks that this art is not inconvenient for showing off or displaying talents.During the Chinese New Year, she couldn't ask her to draw pictures on the spot in front of the second uncle and third mother, right?

Even if she is willing to spend, the second uncle and the third mother are still more interested in eating and drinking.Watching her paint is not as comfortable as watching Legend of Phoenix sing a song called Moonlight in the Lotus Pond.

In addition, Xin Yun's father felt that learning to dance and having to go on a diet would not be conducive to her cooking skills, so she chose musical instruments for her.

At that time, compared with folk music, rich people always admired western musical instruments, and Xin Daddy was no exception, he practiced piano and violin all over again.It’s okay to ask a famous foreign teacher for one-on-one guidance for Xin Yun, and even send Xin Yun to the Berklee Conservatory of Music for further studies.

Special skills can be regarded as special skills now, when she grows up, father Wu Xin desperately follows her behind, but practicing the piano has naturally become a habit.

It’s just that the original body, Athena, is not talented in the violin. Usually, when Sherlock is at home, if she practices the piano, she can only saw wood and make some noise. That's all.

For her abnormal behavior, Sherlock just thought that Athena was upset and wanted to take revenge on him personally. After all, that kind of noise was really unbearable in Sherlock's ears.

Fortunately, Sherlock and Mycroft are not in London recently, so she dared to practice the violin seriously, from Bach's "Sonata No. [-] in G Minor: Presto" to Ravel's "Gypsy" The score can be regarded as a comfortable practice.

But now, she still can only say modestly: "Oh! I really don't have any attainments in music. After all, God won't make me perfect, right?"

Leslie just smiled and didn't take Athena's words to heart, but his lack of music was a plus for him.After all, if he is also very good at music, besides being ashamed of being a man, he has almost no other emotions.There are so few regrets, but it makes Leslie straighten his back.

He said: "A few days later, there will be an orchestra from Vienna, Austria, in London, who will come to perform Paganini's special performance. I still want to invite you... Now it seems that it is really..."

"Which day? I want to go?" Before Leslie could finish speaking, Athena replied, "I haven't been to a concert for a long time. Of course I would like to go if a handsome man like you invites me." !"

In fact, Athena had known the news about this concert, but she didn't buy a ticket.This kind of thing is really bad for Mycroft, after all, for Mycroft, his dear sister would never go to such an extremely boring thing as a concert.

Originally, Athena already wanted to give up, but she just happened to meet such a gentleman today and invited her!Of course, this kind of opportunity cannot be missed, not to mention that Leslie in front of him already has a good impression of her.

Leslie was thinking about finding an opportunity to ask her out, but who expected Athena to agree so straightforwardly, so he was very happy and said: "Number two, miss. You live... I will come when the time comes pick you up?"

"Baker Street, the house you went to, I hope you remember it!"

"Of course!" Leslie nodded slightly, and the time for the two dances was coming to an end.There was a burst of applause from the audience, and the sound of silver tableware hitting the glass was clearly heard in the crowd.

Everyone followed the sound and looked towards the center. It turned out to be Mrs. Pembasa. She looked at everyone with a beautiful red wine glass and smiled: "Gentlemen and ladies, please allow me to introduce you to this dance today." A wonderful little lady, my dear sister Adjani! Welcome back to London!"

There was another burst of warm applause from the audience, but Athena saw the ladies and ladies beside her gathered together in groups of three or four, and they didn't know what to say.But the disdain and contempt in her eyes are extremely obvious. Even if she is dull, Athena can see that Mrs. Pembasa is not respected in the social circle. Perhaps these people are only able to come because of the face of the Earl of Dulle. !

In the Victorian era, people all took the Queen and the Prince as their criterion. Monogamy was abstinent and respectful, and the word marriage was advocated. It might not be enough for men to have three or five mistresses, but women... never had sex with each other. Men are placed on the same level of comparison, not to mention such an extremely dissolute woman as Mrs. Pembasar.

It is really normal to be looked down upon by women and treated as an object of ridicule by men.It's just that Mrs. Pembasa didn't seem to mind at all, her eyes were still full of spirits, and she didn't care about the contempt, covet, disgust, or disdain from the audience.

She only led Adjani to the center of the social stage, and now Adjani, who is dressed in gorgeous clothes, is now attracting everyone's attention like a princess, only standing in the center of the light to show her beauty and elegance.

Leslie on the side hugged his chest and said: "Are you familiar with Miss Adjani? I heard from Mrs. Peng Jiasha that you are classmates? Although the ages are similar, I clearly feel that you and Miss Adjani are really close. So dissimilar!"

Athena looked at the wine glass on the stage, and the eloquent Adjani just said lightly: "That's hard to say, I and Adjani are really similar in some aspects, we like to show off, we like to have fun, and we are the same. Love draws the eye and becomes the center and focus."

"Really? Then why are you so low-key today?" Leslie laughed jokingly, but Athena only replied: "I promised my brother, I have to be a good little girl before he comes back, and if I make any trouble I am a pauper without a penny!"

Yes, that's right!What Mycroft used to control Sherlock also applied to himself.

Leslie looked at her shaking his head and chuckled, and said, "You are such a beautiful and lovely lady, and you even have the best sense of humor!"

"Leslie, you're really doing me a favor!" Athena looked at him with a smile and winked, her delicate face was full of the playfulness of a young girl, which has always been the most irresistible killing move for all men.

Leslie just smiled slightly, his gray-green eyes were full of mystery when he looked at Athena, Athena couldn't see what he was thinking at all.

But the only thing that was certain was that this man was not a simple-minded man. Even if Mycroft and Sherlock met, he would definitely not call him "fool" or "goldfish head".

Just as the two looked at each other and thought about each other, Adjani not far away suddenly shouted: "Athena! Dear! Gentlemen and ladies, this is my friend Athena Holmes in Paris. , and it was she who painted that impossibly beautiful painting of Prince Albert.

Although I am a classmate with Athena, my talent for painting is not as good as hers. I know that many of you here are admirers of that painting. I am honored to introduce Athena to you! "

After Adjani finished speaking, the surroundings turned from whispers at the beginning to extremely crazy applause at the end.But Athena felt very uneasy. It was a ghost that her deadly enemy Adjani would treat her so kindly!There must be some kind of conspiracy behind this!

This is the only way to do it now other than sticking to the scalp.After all, she was placed on top of a supreme rating like this, so it's possible that she can't run away if she can be a jerk.

Leslie beside him just smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy to keep a low profile! My dear lady, enjoy all the glory you deserve! Such moments will always be the most precious memories! After all, There are not many opportunities like this!"

Athena wore a signature smile, completely in the mood to enjoy it, and as she expected, Ajani did set her up.

All the boasting in the first half is just foreshadowing, and the turning point is almost oncoming!

You just can't let yourself go, can you?Athena let out a long sigh.

The author has something to say: I'm a little late, and the second update will be here!

A new character appears in this chapter, Professor James!Will appear frequently in the future!

What trap did Ajani set for Athena?See you tomorrow night!

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