Throne Steps

When Li Chen returned to the Ainuma Temple, he received a message from a boy, and he knew everything he needed to know.

The boy was named Dominic, and his birthday was set on the day Lichen agreed to take him in. This was the day Dominic decided for himself.

Dominic is only six years old, but he has never cried out for being tired from the long run from the edge of Samuel to Zoya Tyumen.You can do everything by yourself, find food for yourself, and find a place to sleep for yourself.If it wasn't for Li Chen's order, he might still be on standby to help him with work at any time.

Even the thousands of steps at the foot of the temple mountain, he walked up step by step by himself, and he could grit his teeth so as not to slow down the speed of the team.

As the sun went down, the return of the black swan, especially Li Chen, caused the believers who were still staying in the temple to avoid it.

They didn't wear uniforms, they looked like ordinary people even after restraining their hostility, but many believers knew Li Chen's face.

He is the sponsor of the Ainuma Temple, and he has openly given the heads of the two pure whites, and he has inherited the gift of treasures. He also planted the tree at the foot of the mountain that is full of beautiful flowers. It is rumored that It is the watering of human blood that makes the flowers burn like fire.

Of course, most of the negative news is the fault of Black Swan as a whole, but as an important member of Black Swan, he has been affirmed by Zhenbao.This item can offset thousands of crimes, and even induce people to spontaneously find reasons for their terrorist acts.For example, they are only punishing evil and promoting good, for example, they are only expressing a strong sense of admiration for the pure white color.

People don't know what attitude to take to face these black swans who are resident in the Ainuma Temple.So people avoid them, but secretly pay attention to them.

This time, because there was a child in the team, especially a child who looked very much like the "adopted son" of the chief executive, people's eyes gathered more.

However, Dominic’s reaction to this was exactly the same as that of other Black Swan members—calmly, contentedly, and followed the team regardless of searching gazes. At most, he occasionally swept across the crowd with indifferent eyes, and then went straight through the front hall and corridors.

When they reached the atrium, the team automatically disbanded, and the black swans except Li Chen and Dominique walked away.A beautiful female officer with blond hair and red lips approached with a smile on her face. It was the first female officer of the Black Swan—Khorkina.

"Welcome back."

Li Chen also smiled at her, and first gave her a handful of lovely wild flowers: "I picked them on the way up, for you to play with." Then he pointed sideways to the child behind him, "This child will follow us, and his daily life is troublesome for you." Taken care of."

Khorkina took the flowers with a smile: "Understood, please come with me, young master."

Dominic glanced at Li Chen, and then obediently walked forward: "My name is Dominic, and Tang for short, you can call me that."

"Okay, Don. I'm Khorkina." The female officer held the boy, "Let's come this way."

However, before they took two steps, a man wearing a gold-rimmed priest's robe on a white background strode out from the circular corridor, blocking their way.

"what do you mean?"

As soon as this sentence came out, the nearby believers who were just quietly paying attention to this place stopped what they were doing and looked over silently.

Khorkina stopped with Dominic, stood sideways and saluted: "Master Chief."

Dominique glanced at Li Chen quietly, then just lowered his head without making a sound.

"What 'what do you mean'?" Li Chen stood face to face with the other party, hooking the corners of his mouth, "You are allowed to adopt a child, I can't bring one?"

Wiggins glanced down at Dominique's face: "A kid who looks exactly like Brown?"

His words were quite provocative, and his voice was not deliberately lowered, but the expressions of Li Chen, Khorkina and Dominique did not change at all, as if what they heard was just a daily conversation.

Li Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, the law strictly prohibits me from adopting a child with this appearance?"

Wiggins' face was cold: "What you have to do has already been done, so you can't let innocent people go!"

"Dear Director, I don't understand what you mean, and I don't want to understand." Li Chen gave him a meaningful look, and walked away, "If you have any negative guesses, please don't judge others by yourself. "

Khorkina immediately led Dominique to follow, and bowed her head politely as she walked past Wiggins.Even if Wiggins had a temper, he would not and could not speak to a female officer, he could only turn his face and nod in return.

Until their figures disappeared from the director's sight.

After dinner, Dominic left the table, and Khorkina ordered a red-haired waitress to take the boy away and place him there, and then went into the study with Lichen and Akye.

Fudexi was still dealing with business in other places and didn't come back, otherwise he would probably appear here together.

There were a lot of documents on the desk in the study, and Khorkina sorted them all out.Although the seats placed were basically conventional, Khorkina followed to the table and briefly explained.

Of course, the most important thing still comes from that One.

"This is a private letter from His Highness." Khorkina pointed to the envelope placed in the middle of the table, "It should be the ticket for this year's 'Melting Pot Performance'."

Li Chen picked up the letter, looked at the text on the front, and turned it over to look at the unopened sealant.After two seconds of silence, he held the letter and said, "Continue."

"...that is a routine document that I have already processed, and there is nothing unusual." Khorkina looked away from the white gold-edged envelope, and then gestured to the documents on the table, "These need to be decided by everyone, but they are not urgent. These are documents that need to be seen and known by everyone; these are business letters, but they are not routine, and I have not opened them; these are personal letters of friends..."

After she finished explaining one by one, Li Chen played with the letters in his hand, then turned his head and pouted at the cabinet next to him: "What are those?"

"We have read all the letters from the public. Most of them express their goodwill and curiosity about the black swan, and a small part are fierce criticism." Khorkina has also seen many people who "love" the black swan The attitude of the public has changed from surprise at the beginning to calm.When she said this, she paused for a while, and then said in a low voice: "There are still some... warm letters from certain ladies."

She spoke cryptically, but Li Chen understood everything.He raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "Who are you 'enthusiastic' to?"

"...all of them." Khorkina replied, "The main focus is on Lord Clement, Lord Fudesi and...you."

Although she didn't say it, Li Chen heard that she received the most "love letters".

Akye and Fordhi are responsible for the public disclosure of Black Swan.Akye is tall and dull, with a bit of ruthlessness; Fudexi is tall and slender, cold and has a bad temper.They have a strong appearance and distinctive personality, which is very normal to attract the attention of wives.

But it was Li Chen who attracted the most attention.He thought that his appearance and stature were average, so he made a splash twice in such terrible incidents as "giving away his head".It seems that the wives are also very fanatical when they become "bad boy obsessed" (Hybristophilia), at least the appearance is not the most important at this time.

Of course, the picture books about the black swan that have been circulated in the world have contributed a lot.

Li Chen slowly flipped through the white-backed gold-edged letter between his fingers: "You say...do I want to pick one and look around? After all, I'm also a normal man..."

Khorkina had already seen some clues from the relationship between the black swan and the pure white color. As soon as she said this, she secretly shuddered.

Ignoring the pure white friendship and "messing up" with the wives, if this happened, I really don't know how terrible the pure white reaction will be...

That person only needs to swipe and pull with his finger, so many people will suffer disaster!

"Don't look so stiff, I'm just joking." Li Chen shook the letter in front of Khorkina's eyes with a smile, "For the time being, I still have to go to 'go to the theater with the prince' every year. He will be caught in Kieran and sink directly into the pond."

Kieran is one of the port cities on the mainland, facing the island of Pesa, where the melting pot performance is held.Most people who want to go to Pesa Island need to arrive at Kiran first, and Li Chen, who has to meet with Pure White every year to watch the show, is no exception.

Khorkina dared not answer.

"Okay, burn all the ones that are given to me. One more thing is worse than one less thing. As for other people's..." Li Chen walked to the side of the cabinet, flipped through it casually, and saw "Claremont Collection" by accident. "If you have time, you can divide it up and send it to each of them. Everyone is free."

Li Chen never paid much attention to the private lives of the black swans.Everyone is a person who has come out of a mountain of swords and blood, and has his own way of handling personal relationships, as long as it does not affect the mission.

Akye said, "The ones given to me were also burned."

Li Chen raised his eyebrows, then shrugged and walked away: "Okay, okay, this is your decision." He leaned against the desk, and pointed in Akye's direction with the corner of the letter, "To be honest Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if you redeem the girl from the flower house someday."

Akye stopped talking.

Li Chen didn't tease him anymore, but just opened the letter in his hand while leaning against the table.A beautifully crafted invitation—actually a ticket to a performance—revealed, with a handwritten text message sandwiched between them.

Li Chen glanced over, pursed his lips, put the invitation back in the letter, and handed the entire letter to Khorkina.

"Remind me to go half a month before the furnace performance, and give me this at the same time."

Khorkina took the torn letter and said, "Okay."

This day of departure is not Li Chen's voluntary choice, but Saenz asked him to come earlier in the letter, and it is inconvenient for him to disobey.In the past few years, he has made excuses to rarely see Saenz, but the annual melting pot performance cannot be avoided—he can't completely avoid seeing His Highness, right?In order to avoid "finding faults" face to face with the Third Highness, Li Chen decided to be more obedient in these trivial matters.

He remained silent for a while while leaning against the table, then straightened up, turned to sit behind the desk, and motioned for Akye and Khorkina to sit down too.

"Let's get to work on this."

[The author has something to say]: Happy New Year 2017! ! !