Lord Duke

Chapter 40 True

Have you ever thought about it?

I am not a real person.

The world you live in is fake.What you see is false.The green trees, blue sky, white clouds, and flowers are all fake.

Even himself is fake.

So the pain you endured, the wealth you gained, and your power are all fake.

In the world of illusion, where is the truth?

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With a snap, the pages of the book were closed.The setting sun shone golden and red on the title page of the book.

Slant smiled, the light was a bit dazzling, he narrowed his eyes slightly, got up and said: "I never thought that there are people with such unique thinking nowadays."

Payne responded in a low voice, yes, he heard Slanter read these words one by one, "Is it unreal..." The ending disappeared into the air.

Slant has helped deal with a lot of things in the past few days, and he is really busy.He could see that Payne was not very interested in the previous news about the death of the queen, so he picked up more things, trying to give Payne enough room to think.

After dealing with the news from various fronts, as well as the various matters of making money that he had been busy with before, receiving letters from his parents, and so on, Slante was extremely busy.Payne wanted to help at first, but after thinking about it, he decided to accept Slanter's kindness. He really needed some time to adjust. The changes that happened to him were small but obvious.

He started having nightmares again.like a long time ago.I always have inexplicable dreams about the past, feeling falling into the boundless darkness, feeling my parents smiling vaguely, that immature voice: "Take care of Yisha."

His connection with the world seemed to be cut off at once. Fortunately, he still had the last person who could hold on to it, and he grabbed a beam of light.

But he always feels irritable, and always feels that it is difficult to show warmth at this time, as if he hesitated in the past.Speaking of which, I hated myself so much, but there was nothing I could do.He was afraid of venting this emotion to Slant, so he simply kept silent, but such repression only made him more imposing.

Sometimes when he walked around the manor, the servants would avoid him with some fear. They felt that the nearest Duke of Payne was more powerful.Payne was not in a good mood, his eyebrows were high, his brows were sharp, and he looked cold and sharp.Occasionally, I fold a red tulip, and I will be fascinated when I look at it, and then I suddenly realize that I have stood in the garden all afternoon.

His mental state seems a bit unstable.Penn himself discovered the problem first.

Payne's eyebrows and eyes were cold and indifferent, and a gust of wind gently fell on him with fragrance.He begins to feel that everything is unreal, and he struggles to hide his sense of disconnection from the world.

However, Slant could not be deceived by these, but Slant did not expect that Payne's mental problems were much more serious than he thought.Because he took over Payne's job by himself, and with his own share, it was like a day to day.Therefore, he could only spare time to accompany Payne during the evening. Therefore, it had been several days since he discovered that Payne had some mental problems.

Sometimes, Payne is lying on the grass slope, the sun is warm and the sky is blue. When he is lying down, he closes his eyes and can smell the faint fishy smell of the soil, the unique smell of green grass, and feel the sun falling on his body. , The warmth on the face, can feel the slight itching when the tip of the grass touches the cheek.Payne rested his arm on his pillow, a little lazy.He could see it, smell it, feel it, but he still felt—

These are illusory.

Sometimes looking at the fountain, playing with the water with his fingers, and sometimes looking at a red tulip carefully, Payne felt a little tired for no reason.

Payne was still lying on the grassy slope when Slanter found out.In the rare light gray clothes, Payne put his hands behind his head in a casual posture.It's just that the pair of blue eyes under the long eyelashes are a little gray, and they are indifferent, as if nothing has anything to do with him.

Standing in the afternoon sun and following the servant's instructions to find Payne, this was what he saw in his eyes.

Payne closed his eyes tiredly, and there was the sound of someone lying down beside him.He was suddenly very irritable and had an urge to destroy, but he held back, thinking almost calmly and restrained: something is wrong, this is not like him, there must be something wrong.

He could hardly maintain the calm and rationality he had maintained for many years, and he blurted out the words "Can you—" he stopped abruptly.He swallowed the words "Don't bother me", and his eyebrows became colder and sharper, as if there was an irritable factor staying between his eyebrows, and his eyebrows seemed to contain lightning for a moment.Fortunately, it was only for a moment.After a moment, everything disappeared, and he was still the handsome, sensible, arrogant and indifferent Duke Payne.

Payne knew very well in his heart that words have always been so sharp when hurting people, but a little weak when expressing love. He forced a smile, "Slant."

Although it was so fast in an instant, Slant could see clearly. He turned slightly to his side and gave him a comforting smile, looking at the blue sky with the same hands behind his head, and talking casually talking.

Payne responded from time to time, but didn't say much.His tone was extremely restrained, and Slant sighed in his heart.He has tried his best to subdivide the work at hand, and promoted three or four talented people to jointly complete some of his work.He also only makes a resolution and signs a signature on major events.Fortunately, there have been no urgent wars recently, and the situation has gradually become clear and started to change for the better.Who knows...

Who knows... Payne's side.Silan thought with some difficulty, and smiled bitterly in his heart. He had already checked something by instinct when he found something was wrong.

As a result, the black characters on the pages of white paper were clearly written, but the content on them was like fire, threatening to burn Slant's eyes.

Payne's family has a history of genetic disease.

It's another evening, and today's sunset is beautiful.The sunset clouds and the white clouds were set against each other, and a few white birds flew past with their wings fluttering.

Slanter closed the book.

After reading for a while, he heard Payne's low voice, and he accurately captured the word illusory. He suddenly said seriously: "So, do you think this is right? Or is everything illusory?"

His eyes were very shallow and light, but he had expectations that he didn't know.In the past few days, Slant thought of various ways to alleviate Payne's sense of disconnection from the world. They read books together, he even let Payne play the violin again, took walks together, and even wandered around Ward County.

He asked Penn to see the vivid expressions of the passers-by, their emotions, the beauty of a flower, and many, many things to see and hear.Slant became more and more stable, and the whole person seemed to have been precipitated, and the meticulous and steady part of his bones was found out, and then magnified to the extreme.

In this way, half a month has passed.

However, this time, after Slant asked, Payne laughed softly.

He saw the expectation in Slante's faint eyes, he is light, he is not just light.Payne's handsomeness is biased towards Yu Jun's.He is stern, with well-defined facial features, long eyebrows drawn into the temples, and he is very powerful at a glance. Just looking at this face, one can see the compelling handsomeness of sculpture-like sharp edges and clean lines.However, now, on his handsome face with eyebrows like blades and profound features, the most profound gentleness appeared.

He said, "Not unreal. Because—you're real. I know it."

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