In this banquet, Caterina is the protagonist.

After meeting many celebrities in the collecting world at the banquet, she realized that she used to think too little about the collecting business.

In the past, in Su Xiaoqi's eyes, the antique store run by her father certainly looked very big! Now she can only sigh when she understands that it is really a drop in the bucket and not worth mentioning in front of powerful institutions, individuals and groups.

In addition to the Bellini family, the Butler family, the Thatch family, the Marg family, the Thyssen Boniazar family, the Wildenstein family, etc., including the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, have also invested in the collection for generations.

The ladies who came to this banquet must be dressed in very grand costumes, even if the protagonist belongs to Katarina, they will take away her grace.

Compared to their glamorous outfits, Katerina's gown is not gorgeous, but there is a kind of momentum that cannot be set off by jewelry.

Julio gave her a noble salute, and walked up to her and led her slowly past the guests, dignified and elegant, as if with a haughty and solemn beauty.

Stairwells.

Long steps.

Gorgeous medieval-style hall, flickering lights in the air, her back backlit on the steps. The guests watched the man and woman go upstairs and whispered:

"It turns out that this is Miss Caterina who is recognized by the Bellini family? ”

"I don't see much beauty," commented a noble lady arrogantly, "where is the natural nobility? ”

"There are more beautiful women!

"Speaking of which, you have to seize the opportunity. Several ladies discussed in private, just because this girl can be favored, it must also have some ability to mix in the upper circle.

After a while, Su Xiaoqi came down from the banquet and came to the corridor alone, a man in a suit followed her from the banquet to the corridor, she immediately became alert, turned around and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Miss Katarina, don't be nervous. His voice whispered.

"I'm a private investigator and have something to show you right now. As he spoke, the man took out a package from his bosom.

After reading the letter silently, Su Xiaoqi's hand covered her lips with a slight tremble.

I understand it!

Stairwells.

Long hallway.

Suddenly I felt that I had been here, passing through a long, long corridor, and there was endless darkness in that dream, long, endless coldness and darkness, and then bright red lips curled slightly, and a figure melted into the darkness, without a trace of heat, and the gaze was condescendingly cast at her!

A qiē is frozen in the blink of an eye.

Dream ......

The never-ending rain falls, a street with no people......

The helpless little girl who was abandoned.

The door opened slowly.

A room is dark.

The heavy curtains cover the sunlight densely, and it is as dark as a nightmare, a nightmare that has no air, no hope, and will never wake up.

The black crack in my heart was constantly tearing, and at this moment, something was deeply painful.

Her dark eyelashes trembled slightly.

Maybe......

That's the truth, right?

Suddenly the lights came on, and a young man sat on a fourteenth-century court chair.

"What happened to my father and mother is directly related to you?" Su Xiaoqi raised her head and asked.

"I didn't expect you to know. The young man stood up from his seat, the carpet of red lilies stretching at his feet, and the wallpaper behind him bloomed with intricate and gorgeous patterns, like the spread of power.

In this room, the pale golden water wave curtains and the complicated window flags once again show the complex elegance of court etiquette, which has the extremely harsh aesthetics behind the magnificent pattern and majestic momentum of the powerful culture that she can't understand.

"The ...... back then" Su Xiaoqi stepped back suddenly, her back against the wall. The scenes that appeared in the dream were real, and they were fragments of memories left by the little girl.

"Didn't you ask me about the Medici era?" he said to the window of the room.

Through the curtains, there was a faint light shining on the handsome side face, the facial features were strangely noble, and the deep eyes were hidden in the shadows, "It was not a peaceful and prosperous era where you could study knowledge, sculpture and painting, literature and art all day long, and you could sing and dance." ”

She heard the young man's voice whisper: "Countless alliances, betrayals and wars, political conspiracy, violent exiles between large and small city-states and nations—not to mention the endless bloodshed of revenge and murder against each other. ”

Those eyes seemed to pass through a long time, "This is how the descendants of the Medici came to pass, palace assassinations, political expulsions, violent expulsions, wars and political conspiracy." ”

So, the Bellini family can survive today, they are all good at trickery, aren't they?

The loss of a loved one, the death of his mother, and the abandonment of a little girl in the slum are all inextricably linked to the family.

She lowered her head, her body sliding slowly down the wall, yes, why? Famous family, top nobleman, the pride in him can be traced back to four hundred years ago. There is never love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason, no one will be good to you for no reason.

Su Xiaoqi suddenly opened her tearful eyes and looked at him, "Because of this, the people of the Bellini family are all good at political intrigue and trickery, is this your true face?

"I'm sorry, Caterina, my aunt's generation is the sole proponent of the portal, the family is sparse, and out of a radical and stubborn character, she has made irreparable mistakes against you. ”

She said in a detached tone: "The people of the Bellini family are all born political families! How can you trust you if you tell me to?"

"Caterina, I know that saying I'm sorry will never undo your grief, and as the master of the Bellini family, I will not deny what was wrong, please give me a chance that I can make amends to you. ”

Su Xiaoqi became a little excited: "Compensation? A human life! How do you compensate? My father has endured so many years of psychological trauma, how do you want to compensate? That woman killed my mother is not enough, and she also designed me to be separated from my father for so many years! Let her go? Who will let us go?"

She said word for word: "What happened to my father and mother is not something that can be erased by power, do you want to shelter that murderer?"

He sighed lowly: "Auntie's mental state has not been very good over the years, and now she lives in a manor in northern Italy, if you want to see her, I will take you there." ”

She asked coldly, "Are you telling the truth?" are you not afraid that I will ask for her life?"

"If that's the case," he said slowly, lowering his eyelids, "you'll decide after you see her." ”

A black elongated car slowly drove into a manor and stopped, and the moment she stepped out of the car, the sunlight was so dazzling - she closed her eyes and opened them again, so clear sky, is it the helplessness of fate, or is it ironic?

No matter what purpose Giulio brought her in, she just wanted to come to see this woman, even if it was Longtan Tiger's Den.

Su Xiaoqi walked into a room with a brown and red carpet, and silently raised her head to look at the old woman, her eyes were like torches: "When you asked people to design to abandon me in the slums, did you ever expect me to come back one day?"

The man in the suit walked up to the old woman, he turned his head, stared at her and said, "You don't have any proof that Madame did it." ”

"Yes? I have something in my hand to show her. Su Xiaoqi looked up and said, "However, only she can see it!"

"Ma'am?" asked the man in the suit beside her.

Anna turned her head, and she said to the man beside her, "You go down!" The man retreated to the door, but did not leave.

Su Xiaoqi walked over, took out the package, looked around, and suddenly pulled out a delicate knife and put it on Mrs. Anna's neck, "When you killed someone, did you ever think that there would be such a day?"

"Hate me?" asked Anna, raising her eyes, "little girl, then take your knife." She smiled at Su Xiaoqi and said, "Stab at your enemy!"

What is this? As victims, should we be grateful for their generosity and kindness?

"I said that I was willing to bear the responsibility of a qiē, and now my wish has been fulfilled. There was a real aristocratic smile on her face, even a smile that looked at death, a smile that seemed to be a return of the soul.

Su Xiaoqi looked at Anna and suddenly felt that it was really ridiculous! The villain in the story is here to tell justice and treat death as home.

The victim becomes a persecutor.

Why trust them? Both Anna and Giulio were born politicians.

Anna turned her head and said, "Stop!"

"Ma'am!" the man behind her stopped.

Su Xiaoqi glanced at them and put away the knife in his hand, and said, "Don't think that I forgive you, every day you live, you have to face the sins you committed." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the room.

Outside, as far as the eye could see, there was a large green vineyard. A young and graceful figure stood under the vine, stared at her, and said, "Katarina." ”

"No matter how much you hate me. "I hope you don't refuse the help I have given you," he said. ”

"No, I don't hate you!" she turned to look at the young man and said, "I know I shouldn't be angry, if you want me to forget about it completely, I can't do it!"

"When I see you, I will be reminded of what this family did to my parents. "So, I can't be calm, I'm sorry, please forgive me for not being able to accept the compensation I received for the tragedy of the previous generation." ”

"Katarina, I sincerely hope that you and Mr. John will forgive. ”

"It's not you who did the wrong thing, what forgiveness can you talk about?" looked at the feathery white cloud in the sky, and there was a look of melancholy on her face, "Why do you mention my father? ”

Julio lowered his eyes and said slowly: "The previous generation is the business of the previous generation, shouldn't you and I be closer to each other in this generation?"

The young man looked at her and said, "Katarina, you have half the blood of a nobleman in your veins, and the Asandya family is an ancient aristocracy that fell in decline in the eighteenth century. ”

He said: "You and I met because of the fate of blood that brought us together, I have always grown up alone, I have no brothers and sisters since I was a child, I will treat you as a sister." ”

Su Xiaoqi's eyes darkened, thinking of her mother's death and her father's pain for many years, she still couldn't let go after all, and sighed, "Mr. Julio, you are a great nobleman, I am a grass people, how dare you climb high?"

She said slowly, "Please let me leave!" After speaking, she turned around and left the manor without looking back.