Dark Contractor

time, why have they come?

...It seems that there should be other reasons.

"Alec, what's wrong with you?" Lucius stared anxiously into Alexis' eyes.

"It's nothing... it looks like it's fun now."

"You, why are you so leisurely. He wanted to kill you just now!" Lucius clasped his hands tightly, not intending to hide his anger at all.It showed that he was very worried about Alexis.

"Just kidding. Thank you for saving me, Lucius." Alexis grinned, ruffling Lucius' blond hair.Reassured, Lucius gritted his teeth to hold back the tears, and immediately questioned Alexis about the fraying of his cuffs, his eyes hanging upward.

"Ah, is your sleeve torn again!? They just mended it for you!" Lucius said while hiding his shyness, which sounded quite cute.

"Help me fix it."

"Really..." Saying that the familiar is not a maid, Lucius glared at Alexis.

Ⅰ Eve

The morning was cloudless and fine. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the weather suddenly became unstable. In the evening, it began to rain lightly.As the ancients said: "London has no climate, only weather".If you go out in summer without an umbrella, you will usually be unable to move.Because the weather fusion in the morning and evening is nothing new in this city.

Hearing the faint sound of carriages coming and going on the avenue, Yue Sheng suddenly raised his head.It seemed that the passenger stretched out his hand to get off the carriage with the hand of the driver, and then there was the sound of an appointment for the return journey, followed by the sound of brisk footsteps, and the other party was a woman.

Jeremy, who was helping to look after the store, hadn't heard footsteps yet, and had been obsessed with magazines since just now.

After a while, the door opened, and Jeremy straightened his back as if he had sprung. "welcome."

Of course, when Yuesheng in the attic adjustment room moved his gaze downstairs, what he saw was the woman stepping into the store.On the glass window inlaid in the wooden door, "Chinese Herbal Medicine" is written in gold-plated letters."Cui's Traditional Chinese Medicine Store" is also written in crooked Chinese below. Not many people in this part of London can understand it, right?The building itself is an old stone house. In order to make the decoration appear oriental, it is decorated with small things collected by Yuesheng everywhere.Display trellises and screens are antiques from the Ming Dynasty in China, exuding just the right amount of gravitas.

The heavy door closed slowly, making a muffled sound behind the female customer.Hearing this sound, she seemed to be startled, straightened her body, but immediately pretended to be calm, and put away the umbrella.Her dark blonde curls were pulled up and combed neatly, and she wore a well-made hat.The dark green camouflage was made of fine fabric, and the shawl was of the finest quality.

Judging from her appearance as a noble lady, the visitor should be a distinguished guest, Yue Sheng quietly watched the situation downstairs, and breathed a sigh of relief.Although the customers in the Yuesheng store are all good, some people seem to have some strange misunderstandings about traditional Chinese medicine, and occasionally some strange people will come.

"Hi ma'am." Jeremy greeted again as he placed a chair by the counter and slowly swayed back to the counter.Because there were not many customers, he seemed very happy to receive customers, and his voice sounded cheerful.

The red-haired, freckled Jeremy is quite affable, and his trousers are worn and ripped at the knees, but instead of being scruffy, they come across as industrious and somehow endearing .

"Good afternoon." In her original imagination, this place should be a weirder shop.The woman looked relieved when she saw Jeremy, but she still didn't smile.

The wooden floor that Jeremy mopped every day creaked with every step she took.

"What advice do you have?"

"The Marquis of Anderson introduced me." Madam said in a stable tone unique to the upper class, lowering her eyes shyly and timidly.

"Master Anderson? Could you please wait a moment?"

Hearing the name of her big client, who was also Queen Victoria's favored nobleman, Yue Sheng stopped the hands that were mixing the medicine, and put the mortar on the workbench.His gaze happened to meet Jeremy's upward gaze, so Yue Sheng nodded.

"Welcome to come, ma'am." Except for the eyes, Yue Sheng's whole body was covered with the thin cloth used by Turkish women like Yohime, and the whole face was covered with tulle, and she deliberately wore a white wig. , he bent over and walked down the stairs with heavy steps.

"My surname is Cui, and I'm the owner of this shop. I won't have to see others like this in the future."

Originally, Yue Sheng also had an English name that didn't match his appearance——Chris Borch Simon. He would only give this name on special occasions.

"Uh... Excuse me..." Yue Sheng has to put on this weird costume every time, covering her face tightly, seeing him bowing her head to her seriously, the woman doesn't know how to answer.

"My face was severely burned in an accident, and I hope you don't take offense."

"...I see." In order to conceal the strength in her voice, Yue Sheng deliberately pronounced it in slow, old-fashioned English. After listening to his words, she seemed to feel very sympathetic.Finding his composure, he asked calmly.

"Excuse me, have you been in England for a long time?"

"Yes. Half a century has passed."

"You must have been through a lot of hardships, right?"

In the [-]th century, the British Empire bore the name of Queen Victoria, and although its territory was larger, China's population was not so large.

For the British Empire, China was an unopened region in the far east. Seeing that China was easily defeated in the Opium War about 30 years ago, it may only leave the impression of a ruined power.People also have a strong sense of difference towards Orientals.On the other hand, there are also many people who are full of longing for the mysterious and foreign land in the East, and seeing Yuesheng deliberately hiding his face, it arouses their curiosity instead.

As a brilliant old pharmacist, Yue Sheng is secretly well-known in the social circle, and people think that his appearance in this attire is due to his eccentric personality.In addition, Yue Sheng did not plan to attract customers widely, and he did not like his name to be spread, and was interpreted by people as just a weird old man who liked Chinese medicine.Maybe it's because Yuesheng is neither humble nor overbearing, and when he goes out occasionally, he won't attract strange looks.

"What do you need today? Except for the elixir of immortality and the elixir of rejuvenation, we have everything here." It seems that Yue Sheng's joke finally relieved her nervousness.

"I haven't been going very well for a while... Later, after Sharon and the Marchioness confessed, she introduced me to your shop."

"I see. You must be very uncomfortable, right?" She knew that the other party couldn't see her expression, but no matter whether it was covered with a cloth or not, women were always able to read people's hearts sharply.Yue Sheng nodded with an honest expression.

"So... I heard that you have medicine related to weight."

Hearing such a circuitous performance related to weight, Yue Sheng felt ridiculous, but it didn't show in his attitude at all.No matter in that era, wanting to lose weight is the wish of women.Especially the figure of the lady in front of her is about a little fuller than the standard.There is really no need to force yourself to lose weight so crazy, the psychology of women is really incredible.

The world generally believes that weight loss should only be done by men, and it is really rare for a woman like her to openly express her interest in weight loss.She even made a special trip to the pharmacy, it seems that she should be a rather avant-garde person.

"May I ask what medicines you have tried in the past?"

"Calista biscuits and Trellin pills."

"I see."

Calista biscuits have recently been hyped by love magazines. I heard that there is no added sugar and cream at all.There was nothing wrong with the biscuits per se, but the Trellin lozenges, which cost two and sixpence and touted to be excellent, had better be stopped before the side effects occurred.

"I'm not saying that Trellin is bad, but the slow effect is more important than harming the body. Would you like to start with tea?"

"Tea?"

"If you eat it, you will lose weight. It is usually a dangerous medicine. It is said that this Chinese tea has the effect of eliminating toxins in the body and can promote metabolism." Said, Yue Sheng handed over the tea pot.

"If you haven't tried Chinese medicine, you might as well try this Chinese tea for a week. What do you think?"

"It's amazing. Can drinking tea make you lose weight?"

"It's a little hard to understand just by looking at it...Jerome."

Jeremy, who had already seen everything, brought the cup of tea to the woman at the perfect timing. "Please use."

"Oh, what a magical scent." Perhaps the woman was no longer nervous, and her tone softened.She brought the plain-fired teacup to her mouth and whispered, "It's such an interesting taste."

"I've tried to get rid of the smell as much as I can, but it's still basically a herb."

"You're right. The purely delicious tea has no effect. Is this made in China?"

"Yes. Except for a very small number of herbs purchased in the UK, all the herbs are imported from China, and I will prescribe them." Maybe it was Yuesheng's steady tone that relieved her tension, and she nodded vigorously.

"Then, I will buy this tea this time."

"Okay. This tea is sold in pounds. How much do you want?"

"Then I'll buy a pound."

"Okay. The decoction method is written in the instruction manual here." Yue Sheng put the amount of tea leaves needed by the guests into paper bags.

"This is really a special and interesting store. The atmosphere is good, it's great