I didn't know you were such a vampire

Qiao Ya lowered her head slightly, from her angle, she couldn't see Caius' face, only his pair of black boots, his right foot took a small step forward, but stopped quickly, like is in extreme hesitation,

She was about to raise her head, but she heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the footsteps stopped at her door, and Lisa came in through the door with a little anxiety: "Miss Qiaoya ,I heard something falling in your house, do you need help?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Qiao Ya saw Caius's hand hanging by her side clenched into a loose fist. She immediately recalled the appearance of this hand holding various weapons, Then he coughed twice and said with a smile, "It's okay, I accidentally kicked over Ma Ke's little stool."

"Okay, I'm fine." Lisa seemed relieved, and then said, "Miss Qiao Ya, lunch is almost ready, you can go downstairs now."

Qiao Ya replied: "Okay, I'll go down after I tidy up my desk, Lisa, go get busy first."

After receiving the message that Qiao Ya was safe, Lisa on the other side of the door responded and left Qiao Ya's room door. Qiao Ya didn't let go until she heard Lisa's footsteps going away until there was no sound outside the door. Taking a breath, she turned her head and looked at Caius who was standing not far from her.

Caius was facing her head-on, his hair was no longer dripping, and was in an embarrassing half-dried state, a lock of which slipped behind his ear and covered his right eye Right in the middle, his eyes had a murderous look for no reason.

And the hand that was originally clenched into a fist has been spread out, and it naturally hangs by his side.

It seems that the state of readiness has been lifted.

When Qiao Ya was about to say something, he spoke first: "Sorry."

Qiao Ya instantly forgot what she was going to say just now, and said casually: "Oh, it's okay." However, after she finished speaking, she realized what Caius just said, and stared at him with wide eyes.

Grumpy ancient Roman slave owner actually said "sorry"?

At this time, Caius had changed into his usual impatient look, frowning slightly: "What are you looking at me for?"

"No..." Qiao Ya took a step towards him, and before her steps fell, Caius took another step back calmly. Her mind was like a machine that had been rusted for a long time. He was running around, trying to find a word that would not make Caius fly into a rage, to remind the ancient Roman slave owner of what he had just said.

"You just..." She just started, Caius had already said in a deep voice: "You are very smart, you just saved your servant from the disaster of life, you saved her life."

Qiao Ya tried to turn the subject around again: "No, what I want to say is..."

"If she broke in at that time, I would kill her immediately, just like killing those werewolves and newborn vampires." Caius cut off her words again.

"Mr. Volturi, I..."

"Stop, Joya." Caius' expression became more serious, his eyes had turned completely red, as if they were about to bleed, and the words he said even had the meaning of gnashing his teeth, "Don't touch me, and don't ask me anything, unless you really want to die by my hands."

Qiao Ya was taken aback by his expression, and forgot to clarify that what she wanted to ask was another question.

The room fell into silence again, and Caius slowly adjusted his expression. He seemed to have returned to the human world from a state of madness, and those extreme and sinister expressions gradually dissipated, revealing a pair of slightly Dazed eyes, his eyes slowly regained their energy, and focused on Qiao Ya. After a while, he said hoarsely: "You are too young."

Qiao Ya came back to her senses, raised her head, and looked at him inexplicably.

But at this time, he had already turned sideways, opened the window, and the wind and rain suddenly poured into the room. At that moment, she vaguely heard a sentence, and after that, Caius' figure disappeared In front of the window, only a few water marks on the desk remained.

And it took Qiao Ya 2 minutes to put together the scattered language in the wind and rain into a complete sentence.

"You're too short."

Joya: "..."

What does this mean? ? ?

During the period from lunch to dinner, Joya compared her height with everyone in Totti's mansion except Martina, except Lisa, who was well-behaved and quiet, and stood upright without saying a word after receiving her request for height comparison. Besides, everyone else asked Qiao Ya with inexplicable faces what happened.

And when the family gathered at the dinner table, Ricardo hesitated to speak several times. When Qiao Ya was about to leave the table after eating, he made up his mind and said tactfully: " Qiao Ya, have you been wronged in Mr. Medici's society?"

Qiao Ya had already stood up, but when she heard Ricardo's question, she sat back down and said, "No, I had a very good time in Mr. Medici's club."

"Because you don't have any other friends in Florence, so..." Ricardo paused for a while, as if he was considering his words, "If there are any people or things in his club that make you unhappy, then you should stop Go ahead, don't worry about embarrassing me, Martina and I don't care about it."

Qiao Ya was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No, it's just..." She thought for a while and said, "It's time for growing pains."

Ricardo laughed and said, "Growing troubles? Qiao Ya is already a young adult. Many noble girls at your age have already made engagements, and they will be mothers in a year. Now Is it too late to grow up?"

When the marriage contract was mentioned, the smile on Qiao Ya's face froze.

Women in this era basically make a marriage contract at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Julia Farnese made a marriage contract with Orso at the age of 13, and put on her wedding dress at the age of 16.And her biological mother, Martina, was also forced to fulfill the marriage contract by the Sforza family at the age of 16. She only packed a few clothes in a hurry and fled from her hometown of Mantua to Rome.

Without exception, they are all arranged marriages. Free love in this era almost only exists in extramarital romantic talks between married men and women.

In winter, Qiao Ya will be 15 years old. In the eyes of people in this era, Qiao Ya is already an age at which she can get married and have children.

Vanosha can't interfere with the marriages of her children, so from Joya to the youngest Jeffrey, their marriages will undoubtedly be arranged by Rodrigo to the family he thinks is the most suitable, with a marriage, In exchange for political or financial interests between the two families.

Joya only felt a dull pain in her forehead, and she rubbed her forehead with her hand. At this time, Ricardo was still smiling and said, "If Martina sees her daughter married, she will be happy too."

Qiao Ya struggled to squeeze out a sentence: "If she sees that her daughter is also married to a marriage partner, I don't think she will be happy."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Ricardo who was sitting opposite was stunned, and the three young servants standing behind him also had stunned expressions on their faces.

Joya knew that marriage was most likely a fate that noble women could not escape. Adriana had already told her about various matters about marriage alone a year ago.

Rodrigo has high hopes for these children who are raised by his side, whether it is material life or education, he has given the best he can give, and Joya is the oldest of these children, so He had already made a perfect arrangement for this beautiful, smart and calm daughter.

Qiao Ya didn't know which famous nobleman this arrangement was for, and she didn't care at the time. She lived in the free and open twentieth century her whole life, and she didn't understand what love is, naturally. I have no illusions about such mysterious emotions.

She has been under the guidance of Cardinal Rodrigo all her life. She has the best food and clothing. She has mastered several languages ​​and studied several subjects in the age when 80.00% of them are illiterate. How should I say it? is content.

Adriana thought she would strongly object, but she just nodded and said, "I see."

After being briefly surprised, Adriana smiled and said: "As expected of Rodrigo's daughter, a daughter with great wishes should be like this."

But now, for some reason, she felt that she could somewhat understand Martina, who could be said to be shocking in this era.

She should have known.

It's just that in this era, after staying in the Vatican for a long time, I forgot that she was supposed to be a free person by nature.