The Perfumer Who Wears the Book

Before dinner, Mrs. Holt sent someone to hand over the written recommendation letter and Mr. McKarnett's contact information to Su Xu.Su Xu called that night and made an appointment with the other party. The next morning, he said goodbye to Mrs. Holt and went to look for Mr. McCartney's son.

McCartnett's relics are kept by his third son Thomas McCartnett, who has always lived in the town, and Thomas also inherited his father's grocery store and expanded it into a large supermarket, which is almost responsible for the shopping of the entire town. need.

"There are not many people who come to borrow my father's perfume diary. Over the years, including you, I have only seen two." Thomas led Su Xu towards the house where Mr. McCartney used to live. It is said that the town has developed to the present, and it has expanded around the ancient town a hundred years ago and the castle of the earl who once managed the land. Most of the residents have moved to the more modern communities on the periphery, while the ancient town in the center of the town And the castle has become a tourist attraction.The same goes for the McCartneys, where the grocery store that once fed the family has been turned into a coffee shop, and most of Mr. McCartney Sr.'s belongings are still on the second floor of the grocery store, which was once the family's living quarters .

"My father doesn't want to move away." Thomas took Su Xu into the coffee shop, greeted the manager of the ordering counter, and walked through the hall, from the old wooden door that creaked when people stepped on it. Stairs lead to the second floor of the house, "He felt that the world outside the ancient town was too noisy and fast-paced, he was not used to it, and he didn't like it, and he insisted that living in a place he was familiar with was conducive to his creation. He He was a very traditional person, you know, until he died, when he saw Earl Holt's family, he would take off his hat and salute, avoid the side of the road, and insist on standing and talking, as if we were still living in 100 years ago."

"I heard that the old Countess Holt has some connections with your family." Su Xu asked hesitantly.

"Oh, I know, you're talking about old Mrs. Holt taking in my mother." Thomas unlocked the door on the second floor, and asked Su Xu to enter the room sideways, "Our family is very grateful to her and her family. Family, but..." He shrugged, "We just don't want to appear so humble, it has nothing to do with gratitude. But she and her family are indeed very good people, old Mrs. Holt is very charming, very reserved, Tolerant and enthusiastic, I think if I were from my father's generation, I'm afraid I would be willing to kneel on the ground and kiss her ring."

"Of course, I understand." Su Xu nodded clearly, "Mrs. Holt is a very kind and charming lady, she has a convincing temperament."

Although the entire second floor was no longer inhabited, it was spotless. It seemed that Thomas had hired someone to come and clean the dust frequently.He opened the door of one of the rooms, which was a study and laboratory. The huge bookshelf was full of various books, the shelf on the other side was full of various spices, and on the large desk in the middle by the window, There are also some experimental equipment.It appears that old Mr. McCartney did his perfume work here.

Thomas walked to the desk, opened the desk drawer, and took out a stack of thick cowhide notebooks.

"My father's fragrance experience is all here." Thomas put the notebook on the table, touched the cover of the notebook, and said with some emotion, "I have to say, in fact, if he wants, he can definitely become this One of the greatest perfumers of his time. But he only wanted to use fragrance as a hobby and interest. Perhaps a thing can only retain its greatest charm if it avoids becoming a tool for making a living.”

Su Xu nodded slowly, approached the desk, picked up one of the books and opened it.The old Mr. McCartney's handwriting is very clear, with some gorgeous styles, but it doesn't look too cumbersome. It just draws a beautiful arc at the end of a word.

"I agree with your point of view very much." He put down this book, picked up another one and flipped through a few pages, "I can't take these diaries with me."

Thomas nodded and said, "You can choose to watch it here, or in the coffee shop downstairs."

So in the next few days, Su Xu took root in the coffee shop on the first floor with the experience left by the old Mr. McCartney.

Old Mr. McCartney was a wild and unconstrained imaginer, and he had many wonderful ideas, but by the time he had time to experiment, many ideas had lost their appeal to him.Perhaps these ideas have no results, but for Su Xu, they still gave him a lot of inspiration. These are combinations that he had never thought of. Feel dizzy.This is what a true artist has to say.

Thomas expressed his willingness to invite him to rest in the guest room at home, but Su Xu refused.He opened a room in an old hotel in the ancient town. The hotel kept the most original features as much as possible, even the "signatures" left by previous guests on the wall were not wiped off, and the chubby proprietress was dressed in ancient styles. The skirt, with a white apron, looks like the standard attire of the proprietress of the tavern in the TV series.Su Xu is generous and willing to pay for consumption, so she will send Su Xu a bouquet of fresh roses and lavender every day.

In this ancient inn, Su Xu absorbed and sorted out the knowledge he had learned these days, recorded his fleeting inspirations, and spent a lot of time planting and harvesting in the space, exploring the different world plants rewarded by the space .He decided to use a new fragrance in the exhibition perfume, not too much, otherwise it would attract suspicion, so which plant to use became a problem.

He lived in this small town for nearly a month, and knew almost all the residents in the entire ancient town. Some people even thought that he was going to settle here, and enthusiastically introduced all the rented houses in the town to him.

Su Xu stayed here for so long that Shen Jiarui couldn't help but make more than a dozen phone calls a day, and every call would urge him to go home at the end.

"I thought you would only stay in Europe for one month." Shen Jiarui complained, "but it's almost two months now. I miss you very much."

Su Xu felt his ears were burning. He pretended not to hear Shen Jiarui's last sad confession, trying to change the subject: "It's not two months, it's only one and a half months."

"That's all?" Shen Jiarui's tone sounded a little irritated.

"It's not like you don't know what I'm doing." Su Xu whispered, "Those bodyguards, didn't they report my whereabouts to you every day?"

Shen Jiarui was a little flustered after hearing this: "Dad, I'm not..."

"I know, and I didn't blame you." Su Xu interrupted him, "I just want to tell you that I'm really busy with work now, and you know that too. Don't rush me anymore, okay? Wait for me I'll go back to my country naturally when I'm done with work, okay, I won't waste your time, hang up."

After hanging up the phone, Su Xu threw herself into the quilt as soft as a ball of cotton.European beds are always so soft, Su Xu feels that his back hurts when he sleeps, but when he wants to escape, this kind of softness makes him feel extra safe.

He knew in his heart that he insisted on staying here, not just for his perfume.He had read old Mr. McCartney's diary of his perfumery experience, and was allowed to keep a copy.To put it bluntly, he just didn't want to go back and face reality.

Ever since Shen Jiarui was sent away in Italy, Su Xu felt more and more regretful about the relationship between the two of them.He didn't know why he regretted it. Shen Jiarui had long been pressing him to straighten everything out. Whether it was sophistry or the fact that it should be true, Su Xu had begun to think that the relationship between the two had developed to the present level. As it should be.Shen Jiarui repeated over and over again how well they were a good match, and reiterated his love and his love for Shen Jiarui over and over again.But no matter how Su Xu's rationality was able to accept all of this without any grievances, psychologically, as time went by, he felt more and more withdrawn.

Of course, it is impossible for him to hide in the UK for the rest of his life, but if he can hide for a day, it is considered as a bid for probation.

However, the next morning, Su Xu was awakened by a strange feeling.

At first he felt hot and hot, and the hot tide was rampant in his body, but when he woke up moaning loudly, what he saw at a glance was the sky outside the window, the shirt and pants that did not belong to him hanging on the chair, and A pair of men's underwear that also did not belong to him and was obviously a few sizes larger was pressed on his shirt.Immediately afterwards, a tingling pleasure spread rapidly from below.

"Hmm..." Su Xu couldn't help moaning loudly, "Oh my god... Jia, Jia Rui, why are you..."

"Dad, I think you're going crazy..." Shen Jiarui was completely naked. He eagerly took off Su Xu's pajamas, separated his legs, and rubbed his back with his little Jiarui who was like a red-hot iron rod. point, "I want you...now!"

Two hours later...

Su Xu, who was sore all over, lay on the bed, staring blankly at the bright sky exposed between the curtains.The man behind him held him tightly in his arms, sliding his palms around, and wet kisses fell on his back, shoulders and neck continuously.

"Why are you here?" He asked weakly.

"Take you home." Shen Jiarui sucked his ear, biting his teeth lightly, "You...you will only know how to back away if no one pushes you. It's all come to this point, we can't let You accidentally ran away."

Su Xu was speechless.He could only silently let Shen Jiarui touch his whole body, and only when he was satisfied did he get up, get dressed, and go downstairs to eat.Shen Jiarui suggested that someone bring breakfast upstairs, but Su Xu desperately needed to escape.In that room full of ambiguous smells, take a breath.

When they went downstairs, all the guests who ate in the small restaurant on the first floor of the hotel paid their attention to them unabashedly.

Su Xu sat down in doubt, and ordered breakfast for the two of them.The proprietress wrote down the menu, winked her eyes at Su Xu, and exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Oh, dear Xiu, my dear Xiu!" The proprietress couldn't pronounce Xu well, so she kept calling Su Xu "Xiu" .

"Penny, what's the matter?" Su Xu watched with some vigilance as the proprietress performed exaggerated movements like a stage play.

"Oh, my dear, this must be your boyfriend." The proprietress winked her eyes playfully again, "He is a young man with good physical strength, but my dear, I should restrain myself a little, my hotel is made of wood after all. It’s been done, but it’s been a few years, it’s not as strong as a newly built house, and the sound insulation effect... ha... the whole house was shaking this morning, and everyone didn’t sleep well.”

Hearing the teasing from the proprietress, Su Xu slowly widened his eyes. When he heard the last sentence, his face flushed immediately, and before he had time to wait for breakfast, he pulled Shen Jiarui and turned around to escape everyone's good-natured laughter .