For ordinary people, the Forbes rich list is a window for them to understand how rich a person can be.And in this world, from the beginning of the birth of this ranking list, among the top names, there must be a person whose surname is Thoreau.

In the eyes of the Thoreau family, this kind of flimsy virtual data is really not on the table-in a more distant era, their ancestors, under the blessing of Poseidon, the lord of the seven seas, had enough sphere of influence to cover the world centered on the Mediterranean Sea. Half of the world, not only controls the commercial lifeline of the sea, but its family members have also left strong traces in political and religious history.The honors imposed on this family for thousands of years have long been beyond count, not to mention the huge wealth and extensive connections accumulated.

People in the industry once commented in a joking tone: Even if the entire Thoreau family turned into fat-headed dudes overnight, only sitting and eating, the wealth accumulated by their ancestors is enough for them to live in the most extravagant lifestyle. Wasted more than a hundred years.

Compared with such an aristocratic family that has developed since the age of mythology, the Kido consortium that has dominated the entire Asia can only admit aggrievedly that it is just a wealthy nouveau riche, and the previous generation of patriarchs Kido Mitsumasa's bad record in private life is really heinous. There are no less than [-] women who have been photographed by the paparazzi with conclusive evidence, and their residences are all over the world.When Saori Kido was appointed as the next head of the family as her granddaughter, due to the huge difference in appearance between the two, the outside world even rumored that Saori was actually one of Mitsumasa Kido's countless little lovers. I don't know By what means did he kill all his predecessors and take all the wealth behind the old man.

What's interesting is that Mitsumasa Kido, who has always been resigned to the pornographic news, when he learned that the outside world's speculation about Saori's identity has intensified, he held a press conference uncharacteristically dragging his body, and clarified Saori's identity with unprecedented harsh words. The legally adopted granddaughter does not have any relationship that violates ethics and morals. If some unscrupulous media continue to fabricate vicious lies to gain attention for profit, he will unceremoniously pursue their legal responsibilities.

In short, even if the Kido consortium may be able to compete with the Thoreau family in terms of net assets and business status, in the eyes of ordinary people, the difference between the two is like the royal family and the big capitalists. The former sits in the sky, noble and awe-inspiring Sacred and untouchable, no matter how much the latter tried to imitate the demeanor of the superior, he could not conceal the vulgarity and copper smell on his body.

According to the inevitability of history, no matter how powerful the empire is, there will be a day of decline. Over the past 500 years, with the development of productive forces, changes in social classes, and emancipation of the mind, the aristocratic class that insisted on the old-fashioned style has declined day by day. In the past, they looked down upon merchants and merchants.

However, in this world where money is in power, the Thoreau family still relies on capital control to maintain a strong influence in areas other than the business world.This can be seen from the personnel composition of the banquet tonight. Many institutions and organizations that could not be matched at first glance have also been invited. In the words of a generation, the host family wants to appear more lively and show off their family background, so they symbolically invite some outsiders to support the scene.

Examine your body carefully in front of the gilded floor-to-ceiling mirror, smooth out the folds of the lining collar and cuff waistline, reach out and adjust the bow tie of the gray tie to ensure that it is just below the Adam's apple, and then adjust the ironed Chenghu on the chest The brooch of the family emblem, and finally two bangs that were not so fluffy after being sprayed with styling gel, and the corners of the mouth turned up in front of myself in the mirror, revealing the sharp little canine teeth—well, this looks like a qualified bodyguard And the background board!

The guy who was in charge of styling me said that you have a good foundation anyway, so you can just pick it up casually, so he found me a silver-bottomed leopard-print suit. Originally, he wanted to use Mr. Tony’s creativity to give me a whole that is said to be full of "beast style". Under my desperate struggle, I could only put down the scissors and hair dryer regrettably, and thinned the long brown hair at the back of my head and braided it into a slender herringbone braid.

…Thank goodness, if he really gave me dreadlocks, I'd rather shave my head!

There were several female makeup artists around the other makeup table. Yingsheng Yanyu was so happy. Facing every muscle of Arudiba’s body, they were not stingy with their compliments, and then they were caught sporadic Portuguese The bass with the Chinese accent made his eyebrows dance with joy, and his heart was full of joy.

I coughed lightly, indicating that the time is almost up. Aludibah expressed his understanding with his eyes, then got up, held the hand of one of the Latina beauties and bowed, with a very reluctant tone: "Beautiful ladies, work The time has come, please forgive us for not being able to continue listening to your chats."

The lady blinked her eyes, climbed her arm like a snake on Arudiba's shoulder, whispered something in his ear, and then pushed him towards the door amidst the laughter of his female companion, just in time I also pushed out together.

Guided by the waiters who were on call everywhere, we quickly walked near the main entrance of the banquet hall, but according to the rules, we had to wait for Ms. Saori Kido to finish her dressing before going in with her as a male companion.Just taking advantage of this time, Cosmos contacted Aiolia who was hiding outside the banquet hall and confirmed that no suspicious person had appeared so far.

While waiting, I couldn't help gossiping: "What did that beauty tell you just now?"

Arudiba was a little embarrassed, and reached out his hand to hold a perfumed business card from his collar, and with a twist of his fingertips, he wiped out the corpse with a small universe: "Well... she said, see you at night."

I was silent for a moment, showing a teasing smirk.

In fact, I have already seen this little trick, but in my opinion, no matter how powerful her hidden identity is, it cannot exceed the scope of human beings, and it is not worth paying attention to.What can make Saints vigilant are threats from non-human beings. According to the plot of the manga, Saori was attacked by sea fighters during the banquet and when returning to the castle house to take care of the seriously injured and unconscious Bronze Saints.However, with the close protection of the golden saints, the previous few assassinations were unsuccessful until the sea witch Su Lante appeared.

But now due to the change of the plot, the bronzes are all alive and kicking, and they are basically receiving the fist education of their predecessors in the sanctuary. With Su Lante's IQ, he should not be able to send someone away, so he is very likely to appear at today's dinner On the way, inside and outside together kidnapped Julian to enthroned in the underwater temple.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, the yarn came in style. Out of respect for the nationality and identity of the host, she deliberately changed into an ancient Greek-style one-shoulder dress with gradient blue. Several pieces of pleated yarn follow the asymmetrical balance The design concept wraps around the whole body. When walking, the skirt is like the waves of the sea, and the beauty can be seen in the full pulse.

Her pretty face with light makeup was full of apology: "I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

I reached out to hold the back of Saori's hand, kissed it symbolically, and joked: "The princess will not be late, I can only blame the guests for coming too early."

Afterwards, the waiters with impeccable smiles guided us through the gate and into the banquet hall, where there was only a scene of feasting and feasting, and a feast for the eyes.

The banquet etiquette that I had learned before departure finally came in handy. With the most standard smile on my face, I sent away all the rich, young, noble, wealthy and wealthy who came to greet me with the most standard of words. On the occasion, he secretly drank a glass of low-concentration fruit wine, looked up at the valuable clock hanging in the hall, and almost collapsed—it was only half an hour, and it was only half an hour!As the key invitation object, it would be too disrespectful to the host if Saori didn't stay here for two hours, so Lao Tzu, who is the personal bodyguard, had to work hard for the time.

After the banquet officially started, I went through all the personnel in the entire banquet hall, and matched them one by one with the list photos I got in advance, and soon found the only suspicious person who did not match.

It was a girl who looked very young, even childish. She was wearing a bright red fishtail skirt. Her blond hair was as fluffy as a chick's feathers. Her rosy skin was not powdered. , filled with rich collagen at first glance, and the big lapis lazuli eyes with endless piety and joy, tightly stuck to Julian Thoreau who was circling among the crowd.

If this is a domineering CEO article, then the BGM of "Youaremydestiny~~" has already sounded at this moment, and then the background began to read the narration affectionately in Korean: "All the flatterers here only see him His beauty, wealth and power, only this pure and lovely girl looked at him with only pure love in his eyes—oh, my dear, why do you want to steal my heart but refuse to give me any Respond!"

But I am a real straight man, so when I saw that girl, there were only two thoughts in my mind:

At first glance - WOW~ big beauty!

Second look - huh?This beauty looks a little familiar.

After going through all the women with names and surnames that appeared in the sea world chapter in my mind, I immediately remembered who she was-the mermaid Didis.

As the secretary of Poseidon, the emperor of the sea, at the beginning of the sea world chapter, he was instructed by Garen to "invite" Saori to the underwater temple, and when Saori was stuffed into the pillar of life and soaked in sea water, he went to Wulaofeng to send a battle card , and then let the ghost chase Weiwei and lead Wu Xiaoqiang all the way to the underwater temple to start the violent demolition.His own fighting power was appalling, and even Sharna couldn't handle a move, but when the entire sea world lost its pillars and was about to collapse completely, he was grateful for Julian's life-saving grace more than ten years ago, and risked his life to send him back. In the end, he was seriously injured and died, and changed back to his original form—a beautiful crimson fish.

...Suddenly felt that this girl was a bit pitiful. She just wanted to repay her kindness, but she was involved in a war that was not suitable for her and lost her life.

Of course it's pitiful, if she plans to face Saori's disadvantages in front of many guests, I can only destroy her.

At this moment, Saori secretly tugged on my sleeve: "Are you hungry? I'll ask Arudiba to come over and stop me. You should eat a couple of bites quickly, or you'll definitely wake up hungry in the middle of the night."

I looked at the palm-sized babies on the carved porcelain plate, and I didn’t know if it was caviar or black truffle. A few packs of instant noodles and instant milk tea are here.Although I know in my heart that eating at this kind of banquet is not important at all, communication is the key point, but according to the habits of the people of the heaven/dynasties, you have to eat enough before beheading. Your Thoreau family has given such a big pomp to your young master Celebrating a birthday, are you willing to let the full house go back to sleep hungry? !

Arudiba's towering figure like an iron tower has blocked Saori and me, and now those who want to talk to Saori have completely given up. Dibake politely made a "sorry" gesture to him (her), and he could only walk away in despair. After all, there is a difference in body size, and putting on airs is also a good thing to look at who you are?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I huddled in the shadows and quickly stuffed something appetizing into my mouth, then pulled a napkin to wipe my mouth, and then wiped the corpse with a flick of my fingertips.Alas, the so-called top-notch meal looks okay on the outside, and you have to eat your own food when you go back at night.

At this moment, there was a slight commotion in the crowd, and then a man in a suit dressed as the master of ceremonies came to the stage to adjust the microphone. After trying a few sounds and making sure that there was no problem, he handed it to Julian.

For a moment, all eyes in the venue were firmly fixed on the young man who took over his father's business empire at the age of 16, with various desires rolling in his eyes.

Thanks to the kung fu of listening to lectures and playing with mobile phones since I was a child, I automatically blocked all the unnutritious speeches in his mouth, and then applauded along with the crowd expressionlessly, slapping, up to three times, and I didn’t bother to say more Give.

Then Julian put down the microphone and signaled for the band to start playing. I glanced at the band members again, but there was no change. It seems that my worries were unnecessary?

The crowd dispersed and formed two groups, but they did not start dancing immediately, because Julian had already walked off the stage, and the crowd automatically gave way to him. I watched him getting closer and closer to me in a daze, and suddenly reacted Come here—is he planning to ask Saori to dance with him for the opening dance?

Sure enough, Julian ignored me and went to Saori, and bowed to salute: "Ms. Kido Saori, the moment you walked into the venue, I was amazed by your celestial beauty and spotless temperament." I am deeply attracted, would you like to dance with me?"

Saori quietly said to Arudiba and me in the small universe: "It's okay, I'll be fine soon. After this dance, I will leave the stage under the pretext of being unwell." Then she took a step forward and put her hand in Julian's, With countless eyes of envy or jealousy, she stepped onto the dance floor with impeccable elegance.

The band immediately started playing the classic "Sleeping Beauty Waltz", and I couldn't help but twitch the corners of my mouth when I heard it. Isn't this the soundtrack to the episode where cat and mouse freeze the whole kitchen on ice skating? What a show...

At this time, I caught sight of Didis in the crowd again. She had no partner beside her, and her pale pink lips were slightly parted on her surprised face, obviously completely immersed in the dreamy atmosphere of a match made in heaven.

I pushed aside the crowd and walked behind her calmly, and found that she was really petite, her hair just reached my chest, and she didn't seem to notice that someone was looking at her behind her. That kind of cute expression is very easy to make people Have the urge to pinch your face.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but whispered to Didis in a joking tone: "Would you like to go down for a dance later? I happen to have no partner, so I can take you."

She turned around to look at me in surprise, then looked at the two people who were still spinning on the dance floor, and whispered, "Dance... just like them? But I can't dance..."

I stretched out my hand to her generously: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I don't know much about it." After thinking for a while, she put her arm in mine like other women, and let me lead her onto the dance floor, step on Following the street photography, she moved and spun carefully, and soon she got used to it, and the movements became more and more comfortable. I took her arm and raised it above her head, watching her smile like a flower and dance around her body, her flying skirt was like a blooming hibiscus flower.

At that moment, I suddenly felt that this banquet was actually not that boring.

The author has something to say:

The title of this chapter uses the title of the piano piece "Adrina by the Water". The allusion comes from ancient Greece, the story between Pygmalion and the girl sculpted by himself, and the famous "Pygmalion effect" is derived from it.

The subtitle is taken from Xin Qiji's "Sapphire Case·Yuanxi", a famous sentence through the ages, no need to explain it?

(Patting the blackboard) Come and do reading comprehension!

Please analyze the emotional development process of the hero and heroine in this article according to the title.

Tip: think more about both sides, because unscrupulous authors especially like to use allusions backwards in the second stage of middle school, the thief has a forceful style (shut up)

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