Is it true that giving such a signal at this time will not make people think wildly?
Could it be that--
I didn't expect you to be such a duke with ulterior motives!
"It's just to give him a final guarantee." Seeing Wayne's surprised expression, Elliot explained nonchalantly. "After all, Richard has been trained as a prince for so many years. Even if he is a king, it is impossible for him to give up just because he wants to."
Wayne probably understood what he meant.
To put it bluntly, it is to place a bet in advance and sell Richard a good deal.
"I also think it's better to be on Richard's side, but now facing this situation, how should we respond if the king exerts pressure?" Wayne pondered.
"Of course he says his thing and we do ours."
Elliot said matter-of-factly: "The more His Majesty the King needs our strength, the less he will have a stalemate with us. Although it is unlikely that he will find you two, if he does, you two will be Just throw the questions at me and say you don't understand the situation."
...It’s really a perfunctory way to deal with it.
It has to be said that what the king did this time was a big mistake. Although he successfully defeated Simon's conspiracy, it made many people see clearly the discord within the royal family.
This was undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow to his personal prestige.
If he could do it over again, he would never choose to attack in the presence of Richard.
But the key to why life is full of surprises is that what will happen in the future is unknown to everyone.
After spending more than an hour, Elliot told their family's next plan very frankly, and also comforted Chrissy, worrying that she would be scared because of what she saw tonight.
Chrissy just shook her head and said nothing.
After the conversation, Elliot seemed to still have many things to deal with. He told the children to go back to their rooms and have a rest early, but he continued to stay in the study.
After closing the door, Wayne looked back at Chris behind him.
Standing by the corridor window, she stared blankly at the soft moonlight outside the house, as if she had something on her mind.
Wayne sighed secretly, walked forward and gently touched her hair.
"Do you feel like you can't sleep again now?" He guessed her thoughts accurately.
After hearing what he said, Chris raised her eyes and glanced at him.
Her slightly frowned brow seemed to be filled with many unanswerable puzzles.
"It always feels like... Wayne, you don't seem to think what happened today is serious."
Has it been discovered?
Although Richard's actions also exceeded his expectations, what happened so far was still generally under control.
Wayne thought for a while and said, "Of course it's serious, but it's not to the point where I can't cope with it at all."
"No, I don't mean whether you should be able to cope with it or not."
Chris struggled for a while and then said in a low voice: "But... these things shouldn't have happened in the first place."
Wayne was stunned.
Have you finally started to have doubts?
"Indeed." He followed what Chris said, but deliberately turned the original intention of the words in another direction. "As family members, if the kings and the others treat each other more sincerely and don't be coerced by vain fame and fortune, things will not develop to this point."
Realizing that he didn't understand what she meant, Kris raised her eyebrows.
After a long moment of silence, she said softly: "Wayne..."
"Um?"
"Will you be like this in the future?" She stared at the boy's eyes, as if there was something special in them.
Wayne opened his mouth slightly in surprise.
"--Why do you ask?"
Do you usually behave like a greedy person?
"Because...father, hasn't he been deliberately cultivating you to be exposed to these things recently?" For some reason, her tone was a little sad.
"I always feel that maybe one day, you will become like an ordinary noble man outside, working hard all day long on those trivial things."
Wayne simply didn't know how to refute the future she imagined in a moment.
"Then you might as well imagine what it will look like when I get fatter in middle age, and then my hair is still sparse." He complained.
Chris suddenly showed a disgusted expression.
Observing the change in her expression very clearly, Wayne took a step closer angrily: "Wow Chris~ You have shown your true nature! Are you secretly thinking that one day when I am no longer handsome, you will kill me?" Kick him off?"
Being slapped down by him, Chris was angry and funny: "Hey! Stop talking nonsense over there. How could I mean this?"
"There's none?"
Wayne made a move to put his ears close. "I heard everything just now. Your heart says that's what you think."
"It didn't say it, you heard it wrong." Chris retorted seriously.
"My hearing is very good, it is absolutely impossible to hear wrongly!" Wayne insisted.
Seeing him acting unreasonably and insisting on cheating, Chrissy suddenly stretched out her hand and pressed his head, which was kept at a certain distance, directly to her chest.
"What about now?" she asked him, "do you hear me clearly?"
Wayne was staggered by her sudden pull, and he barely regained his balance by hugging her waist.
For a moment, Wayne almost focused his entire body on her, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.
The heartbeat thump-thump-could indeed be heard clearly.
It's just...it seems to be my own.
Subconsciously, he held her tighter with his backhand. Wayne closed his eyes, wanting to experience it carefully.
——Chris, she has grown up too.
However, before he was satisfied, the girl suddenly pushed him away like a prank.
"Forget it if you can't hear." She couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't expect that Wayne's ears would be hard to use at such a young age, but I won't dislike you. You don't have to feel inferior about this."
"..."
Wayne looked at her speechlessly, with a look of resentment on his face.
"Okay, okay~" Chris patted his shoulder carelessly, "Don't look like you were bullied by me. No matter how pitiful you are, I won't be soft-hearted."
She is obviously in a much better mood now than before.
Realizing this, Wayne didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.
What should I do? My girlfriend seems to be in a better mood whenever she sees me deflated.
…
After the two joked with each other for a while, Wayne followed Chris back to her room and waited for her to fall asleep before leaving quietly.
Although the plot in this world has changed a lot, as long as you are careful, it shouldn't be difficult to let Chris and yourself get the life you want, right?
