gentleman's servant

It turned out that I suddenly had a fever that day.

He developed a high fever that night and was unconscious all the time. He went to several doctors in succession but did not get better until Dr. Jacques was invited.

This doctor saved my life in the previous life, but I didn't expect that it would be thanks to him again this time.

"You should take a good rest. You can't get up right away. It will be bad if you have a fever again." Dr. Jacques said to me.

"Thank you, doctor, you saved my life." I said hoarsely, no matter the past life or this life.

"I want to thank myself. If it weren't for your good health, people would have been unable to bear such a high fever."

Dr. Jacques packed up his things, bowed to Oscar, and left the room.

Oscar just looked at me excitedly and forgot everything.

I hesitated for a moment, and reminded: "My lord, you should go see the doctor."

Oscar was stunned for a moment, wiped away his tears and said, "Yes, I will send him off right away, you...you wait for me..."

After he left in a hurry, I was left alone in the room.

This is not my bedroom, it should be a guest room.

The sky outside was gloomy, and it seemed that it was evening. It turned out that I had been in a coma for two days.

Thinking of the things I did in a flash of thought before, I feel a little unbearable to look back on.

After a while, the door creaked open.

Oscar walked in, he first glanced at me expectantly, then lowered his head.

He moved over step by step, lying on my pillow, but didn't say a word.

After a long time, he opened his mouth sullenly: "I have been thinking about Earl Harlock's land. The river there is very fast, the land is flat and fertile, and it is close to the royal capital. It is a good place to build a textile factory. Since two years ago I deliberately lent him the money, plus the money he borrowed after his failed investment, he had no other choice but to give up the land to me."

"Of course he is not reconciled. He wants to marry his daughter to me, thinking that as long as his beautiful daughter wins my heart, the account can be bought and sold. I don't want to tear myself apart with him, so I keep dealing with them. I don't Will marry her, I will not marry anyone, I will only stay with the one I love for the rest of my life..."

He calmly stated his feelings, then grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly.

"It's my fault. I'm always too greedy. I want to know everything about you. I already know that you love me, but I always feel that it's not enough. I know you have something to hide, but I must make you confess to me. "I'm sorry, Owen, I'm sorry..."

I hesitated for a moment, then withdrew my hand.

"You don't need to say sorry to me, I have already told you, you have everything I have now, I love you, so I surrender to you wholeheartedly, no matter how you want to treat me, I have no objection."

He became short of breath, unconsciously grasped the quilt with his fingers, and straightened up anxiously.

"You... Are you angry?" He grabbed my hand again: "Don't be like this, don't be so indifferent to me, do you know how anxious I have been these days when you were sick? I'm really scared, I'm scared of you Will sleep like this forever, if you leave me like this, what should I do? I will kill my lover because of my pride and cruelty, if this is the case, there is no difference between my life and my death .”

My heart ached, and I couldn't help looking at his face. He was really haggard, maybe he didn't rest at all.

"Don't say that, my lord. I just fell ill accidentally. How can you blame yourself? It has nothing to do with you."

He suddenly came over, leaned his head on my neck, and said sadly: "I know you are angry with me, and I am also angry with myself, you can blame me, blame me, but you can't leave me so clean , you can’t call me sir again. I love you Owen, I just never loved, I never even loved my parents, I’m just too selfish, so I don’t know how to tolerate, but you can’t just because of this Keep your heart away from me, and get rid of me. You said you love me, so you will tolerate my ignorance and selfishness, right?"

"Please don't blame yourself like this. If you say that, then I will feel ashamed. It's me... I always hurt you..."

Oscar didn't say anything more, he lay on the bed and hugged me tightly.

For a while, the room was extremely quiet.

But at this moment, there was a dispute outside the room.

"What is he doing in there, let me in!"

"Ma'am, you can't go in, can you please leave?"

With a burst of noise, the door was pushed open.

Mrs. Alice was standing at the door, and when she saw the situation in the room clearly, she stood there in a daze.

The expression on her face froze into an indescribable demeanor, but she quickly regained her composure and said flatly, "Oscar, how could you leave the guests behind? Come downstairs with me, everyone It's strange that the master suddenly disappeared, Miss Emily has been waiting for you."

"I'm very busy right now, so I don't have time to greet them, mother, you have to work hard." Oscar said.

"Stop joking, what are you up to!" She raised her chin, her stern eyes suddenly turned to me: "After the guests are sent away, you can be as ridiculous as you want, but don't let Miss Emily be treated coldly, After all, she loves you so much."

"Love me?" Oscar sneered, "Does she love me?"

"Of course she loves you! Everyone can see that. She'll be a good wife and bring you honor and decency and make you..."

"What do you want me to do!" Oscar suddenly raised his voice. He stood up from the bed and looked at his mother: "Do you want me, a hunchback, to gain honor and dignity because of a beautiful wife? She really has a big face. "

"Oscar, how can you say that!" Madam Alice shrieked, "It's for your own good, so I tried every means to arrange such a good girl for you, do you think that with you... who would fall in love with such a gloomy girl like you?" People, only I will care about you..."

"It's ridiculous, are you for me?" Oscar looked at her coldly: "How dare you swear it's for me?"

Mrs. Alice froze suddenly, her eyes flickered, and she forced herself to say: "It's not for you, who would worry about this..."

"Isn't it because of your private deal with Earl Harlock? You helped Miss Emily become my wife, and how much will she pay you every month after she becomes the mistress of the manor?" Oscar walked in front of her, whispering Say, "Don't think that I don't know anything until I expose you. Because you are my mother, I try not to argue with you no matter what you do wrong, but don't show you in front of me. The stupidity of it annoys me!"

Mrs. Alice seemed to have been punched hard. She staggered a step, as if she had been cruelly injured, and looked at Oscar sadly.

"You...how can you say that...I am your mother...I..."

"Shut up! It's a shame for me to have such a ridiculous mother like you. Don't say any more that you care about me, you only care about yourself. Don't think I don't know. You raise a young man who spends every day drinking and drinking. He takes you to gamble and drink Opium, that's why you are short of money and use everything you want."

"You! You!" Mrs. Alice was so angry that she couldn't speak. She suddenly glanced at me, and then said viciously: "Don't think that I can't do anything about you. If you treat me like this, you will regret it in the future!"

Oscar took a deep breath and suddenly smiled: "Oh? Let me guess what you have in your ridiculous head to make me regret it. Do you want to go to court to sue me and my servant for sodomy?"

Mrs. Alice pursed her lips and did not speak, but raised her chin high.

"No, no, you won't be so stupid as to sue me, because you understand that even if you sue me, as a viscount, I won't be touched by a hair, and I will never give you money again, So you are just threatening me at most, because it will make me lose face." Oscar shook his head with a smile, and then said coldly: "Then I also tell you, no matter who dares to report on us, or there is something wrong outside Good rumors, I put the responsibility on you, I will send you directly to the lunatic asylum, that kind of place does not need a court sentence, I only need to pay them a few tens of pounds a year, and you will be considered a lunatic, And then locked inside for the rest of my life!"

Mrs. Alice trembled all over, and even swallowed her saliva unconsciously, her face turned pale in an instant, she begged: "Oscar, my son, don't say that... I really care about you... You should find a good girl, marry and have children..."

Oscar opened the door and said to Mrs. Alice: "Remember what I said, as long as I don't cause trouble to me, I don't mind supporting you and your lovers."

He invited Mrs. Alice out, and then slammed on the door.

With his back to me, he took a few deep breaths, then turned around and said, "I'm sorry for showing you such a bad side of me. Every time I see her, I can't control my temper."

Then he came over, climbed onto the bed, buried his head in my chest like a child, and muttered in a low voice: "I know I should be more tolerant to her, she just likes luxury and fun, it's nothing, all noble women are like this , I just don't like her interrupting my life."

He raised his eyes and stared at me with those dark brown eyes: "Especially don't like her disturbing us now, I just snatched you back from God, I haven't closed my eyes for two days, but I don't want to sleep , I want to keep watching you, I'm afraid you will sneak away again while I'm not paying attention."

I stuck to him, hugged him, and hugged him tightly like the day he was suspected of having smallpox.

"Sleep, my lord, I will accompany you."

He leaned firmly in my arms and whispered, "Can you guarantee that when I open my eyes, you will be by my side?"

"I promise, I'll always be by your side," I said.

He arched in my arms, then let out a long breath, and soon his steady breathing came out.

I hugged him, and gradually, I also fell asleep.

This time I slept soundly, and the long-standing burden seemed to have disappeared, and my heart had never been so peaceful...