"If you don't like me, why are you so nice to me......"

Qiao Heng didn't immediately explain anything for himself.

He looked at Cinderella quietly for a moment. There was no displeasure in his silver-gray eyes that was resisted, nor the embarrassment of being questioned, but they were not pretending to be profound or mysterious.

What these eyes show is nothing more than the look that the most perfect listener should have, silent and quiet.

In addition, perhaps this earl, who was deeply trusted and favored by His Majesty the King, also thought about this question for a few seconds after listening to it, seriously and deeply.

Cinderella stared into the eyes almost with a little fascination, almost forgetting that it was herself who had played a little tantrum before.

Since his mother's death, he was the first person willing to listen to himself with such a focused and patient expression, and he was also the first to care about her wishes.

She knew very well that the Count was not a man of gentle character, not even the indifference that he had created on his face, but a kind of arrogance that was deeply hidden.

is such an arrogant and extreme person, but he always inadvertently mixes the most gentle side with his demeanor. So much so that she blurred her perception of him, and sometimes she really thought that he was indeed so kind, but she preferred to deceive herself.

Because Cinderella couldn't think of how she could impress such a proud person, maybe she didn't have the capital to touch his heart at all. Every time this realization came to her mind, she became more and more unable to suppress her emotions.

She also wondered more and more about her original self, the almost good-for-nothing self, what had taken a fancy to him that had made him decide to take her away from the icy Manifik Manor.

She looked forward to it from the bottom of her heart, maybe she also had something excellent that she didn't know.

――What is so good about Cinderella?

In fact, Qiao Heng wouldn't care about the answer.

To put it bluntly, what he did was essentially nothing more than a person who regarded himself as an outsider, showing mercy to an insider in prison, and charity from above.

It was as if he had done so to prove that he was happier than the future darling of the world and the pride of the sky.

If you want to ask how much of this is from the heart, he can answer very honestly, probably not even a tenth, and the only half of it is also full of obscurity.

Qiao Heng lowered his eyelashes and looked at his right hand that was subconsciously broken away by Sindrei just now, and finally he just said, "Let's wipe my tears first." ”

The ballroom was filled with melodious music, mixed with the sound of ladies and gentlemen chatting at just the right volume.

Even with the distractions of many voices, the young man's words were still the only voice that Cinderella could hear, and he was the only one she could see.

However, for Qiao Heng, this murmur from all directions brought him a certain amount of trouble. Obviously, these noises are not enough to be called noise, but he is already a little unbearable.

It is as if countless extremely slender wires drill into the mind, shuttling and stirring in the brain.

Even though he was already a little accustomed to this always sudden headache, Qiao Heng couldn't help but turn pale in an instant. His vision darkened for a moment because of the sudden pain.

The young man remained silent, and no one noticed that he was momentarily blind for a second.

Qiao Heng could barely suppress the irritability that surged from the bottom of his heart.

In every world, after he succeeded in replacing the original owner of the body, the strange ailments that often appeared to him - that the original owner of the body did not have - were nothing more than the normal rejection reaction of the flesh and body to strange souls, but it was these "normal" phenomena that reminded him that he was only a foreign visitor, and that he was the real heretic.

Since a long time ago, Cinderella has been accustomed to chasing Qiao Heng's figure with her gaze and looking at his gaze. No one knew better than she meant the change in his expression.

She looked at him a little flusteredly, and then asked worriedly, "Do you want to go and rest first?" The previous awkwardness and questioning were all left behind by her.

Qiao Heng rejected Cinderella's offer.

He looked at the young people in the ballroom, who were gathered in pairs or threes, and said, "Why don't you go over and talk to them? I can rest here alone for a while, and don't pay much attention to me." ”

Cinderella was relieved a little, but another wave of loneliness followed.

She looked at the young man opposite with those bright and clear eyes, and said, "...... You've always been like that. No matter what happens, you are always reluctant to explain a single sentence, and people are completely confused about your mind. Maybe you think you can handle everything by yourself, or maybe you don't think it's worth it and don't bother to mention it to others. Like now, I can't even tell if you're no longer having a headache or if you're just pretending to be nothing. ”

She wanted to ask the young man, wasn't he tired like this?

Won't you get tired?

You're going to get tired.

This kind of life of not being able to communicate with others, which she had experienced in Manifik Manor, was definitely not a wonderful experience worthy of praise. In the past, she had to do this, and he took the initiative to make this choice for his own behavior.

And she didn't know anything about the past experiences that would allow him to do this kind of life mage.

"Not really. Qiao Heng's eyes were reflected in the fine candlelight on the crystal chandelier, hiding the love in the depths of his eyes. He repeated, "Not really." ”

The volume is the same, but the tone is completely different. The tone of the first time is a bit of melancholy remembrance, while the second side becomes a statement with a hidden meaning.

No one except the young man himself knew whether he was saying that he hadn't always been like this, or rejecting Cinderella's two speculations about why he did it.

It was as if no one knew what the young earl had thought and remembered when he had uttered these two identical words......

Cinderella is undoubtedly the most dazzling pearl of the ball, which not only provokes the frequent attention of many gentlemen, but also provokes many ladies to look at this strange young lady up and down.

The Countess of Manifik, when she saw the brightly dressed lady, felt a little familiar, but for a moment she did not remember that she had seen her there, perhaps at some lady's tea party.

Immediately afterward, she noticed the handsome young man standing beside the young lady.

The countess came to Qiao Heng's side with a somewhat cordial smile on her face.

"My Brian, I'm so glad to see you at the ball, it's been a long time. ”

It's not like it's been a long time! She invited him to Manifik Manor, and he always had an excuse to shirk it! Thinking of this, the countess's tone had a hint of gunpowder.

Qiao Heng felt Cinderella carefully tugging at his sleeve, and she subconsciously let his figure block herself.

Cinderella's heart was tense, and her throat was a little dry. She even thought with some pessimism that she didn't know if she had annoyed the Earl just now, and if so, whether she would be sent directly back to Manifik Manor by the Earl.

"It's true that we haven't seen each other in a while. Qiao Heng seemed to have completely failed to hear the dissatisfaction in the countess's words. To be more accurate, it should be said that he completely ignored the little affection of the countess.

Under that polite and calm attitude, there is a little impatience that is almost undetectable. He is really not enthusiastic about the marriage of close relatives at all.

The Countess knew that it was not appropriate for her and Brian to talk more about what she had done in private, so she simply said: "My two daughters have been longing for you to come back every day, and the letters you have sent have always disappointed them, and of course, so have I. After the ball, you must come to Manifik Manor, not only me, but also the Earl is looking forward to your arrival. ”

Qiao Heng only replied vaguely: "If I had time, I would definitely visit Count Manifik again, and I bothered my sister to say hello to him on my behalf." ”

The Countess, who had not received the exact answer she expected, frowned, "Of course I will. ”

She glanced at her, turning her attention to the girl standing behind Brian.

Under her scrutiny, Cinderella stepped forward, lifted the corner of her skirt and bent her knee slightly. "Good night, Countess. The fingers clutching the corners of her skirt trembled a little.

That's the best girl at tonight's ball. The Countess put away her eagerness when facing Qiao Heng before, and nodded at her indifferently and arrogantly, which was considered to be a curtsy in response to her.

With such a stranger following him, neither she nor Brian could speak properly, and she said, "Miss, you can go and dance with your peers, there are many young gentlemen waiting for your invitation." "She's driving people away.

Her hair was curled up high, and delicate jewel-encrusted hair ornaments were inserted between her hair. When his head shook, the light of the candle lamp hit the gemstone facet of the hair ornament, and the reflected light just shone into Qiao Heng's eyes.

Qiao Heng subconsciously squinted his eyes, and at the same time, there was a tingling pain in his mind without warning.

The words that came out of the count's mouth, as they reached his ears, seemed to be infinitely lengthened, and then suddenly increased towards the end, and the pitch became strangely noisy, like a broken cassette tape being played.