Lan Li's short sentence is a bit informative, even Edith and Arthur, they need time to digest it.

Among them, there is a small detail difference in Lan Li's words: forget, when Lan Li addressed George and Elizabeth, he still used "father, mother", but in the conversation just now, he directly called his name, without deliberately emphasizing, but he can still deduce from the side the real reason for Lan Li's low mood today.

Sometimes, we all think that we don't care anymore, but when we really face it, we still can't help but care, because each of us is a mortal of flesh and blood, and those who are rooted in blood and soul still can't be 100% ignored after all. It's not sadness, it's not pain, it's just low. The only difference is that after the question arises, how life should continue, and the different choices made by different people will determine different lives.

But Arthur and Edith rarely paid attention to these small details, because Lan Li had just revealed a bombshell, which was definitely enough to change the tide of the battle!

The British royal family's decision to award the Blue Rite-Hall is definitely a rare special sight: because the Blue Rite is not a commoner, but a hereditary nobleman, so what medal should the royal family award to the Blue Rite

According to the regulations, the medals that Lan Li can be awarded are definitely not as simple as the Order of the Commander of the Knighthood, but the problem is that Lan Li is awarded for his contributions in the field of art rather than for his military achievements, etc., so the medals he can be awarded have certain limitations.

What's more, the award itself has special significance!

This also really means that after leaving the Hall family, Lan Li relied on his own ability to break out of the world and was recognized by the royal family

Isn't it ironic that George and Elizabeth spent their lives maintaining the dignity and dignity of the nobility, and doing everything in their power to keep the House name alive, but what they were not able to do, now being done by Lan Li, in the way they most disdainful?

No wonder!

If it was an invitation, then all the problems would be solved, because Elph's decision broke the deadlock, because of the opportunities presented by Sisyphus Pictures and Hall Ventures, and more importantly, because of the royal award.

Perhaps, George and Elizabeth want to attend the ceremony of the Blue Rites, perhaps, George and Elizabeth want to take the opportunity to repair their relationship and return to the attention of high society, perhaps, George and Elizabeth want to use the fame and reputation of the Blue Rites to open up their careers, and perhaps, George and Elizabeth are worried that the Blue Rites, also known as "Jazz", will be equal to them in the future......

There are so many possibilities, but none of them can be pleasant, because each one points to the same outcome.

Arthur lowered his eyes, he didn't want to speak and refused to speak, he couldn't even find an accurate word to describe how he was feeling now, there was only a thick loneliness and loneliness in his heart, and his mind couldn't help but recall the "God is with us" just played, how ironic, how pathetic.

Edith clenched her fists tightly, tightly, and patiently, but after all, she still couldn't hold back, and burst out with a foul word, "grass", she knew it was very out of place, and it wasn't ladylike at all, but she didn't care, she really didn't care at all, "They're crazy." ”

That was the only thought in Edith's mind, and she stood up suddenly, "They're crazy! Don't they know what they're doing? How can they...... God, how did they ...... Ahhhhh......h I thought they could at least hold on a little bit like Elph, but now it seems that they are even more shameless than they imagined......"

"Edith. Lan Li's voice rang out, a reminder before Edith's words were more outrageous and vulgar.

But Edith didn't care, "Lan Li, do you still have to defend them? When did you become so kind? Get angry, vent, fight back, let them know that you are definitely not so easy to provoke, let them know that you are not so easy to provoke, let them know that you have a hundred and a thousand ways to make them miserable, even ruined, they do not deserve your sympathy, they do not deserve your forgiveness!"

"Edith!" Arthur stopped Edith as well.

Edith turned her head and glared at Arthur fiercely, roaring like a beast, "What, are you going to defend them, or are you going to say that they have a hard time, too? If you want to defend them, you should get out of here! They're beasts! they're gnawing on Lan Li's flesh and drinking Lan Li's blood, and then they want Lan Li to be grateful in return? What is the reason?"

"Arthur, they are all rotting, rotting like garbage, Elph said, they are not to maintain the glory of the Hale family, but to protect their own dignity and interests! They are like leeches sticking to Lan Li's body, they can't shake it off, but they have forgotten the damage they have done to Lan Li! Do you see it? Arthur, do you see it now? Those wounds on Lan Li's body, they are all caused by them, they are the most cruel people, and they don't even have any sympathy! I hate them, yes, I said it, I hate them!"

Edie unreservedly vented her anger, not only for Lan Li, but also for herself.

The shackles attached to them by the "hereditary aristocracy" were really too heavy, and she once thought that she might not be able to get rid of them in her life, but now, because of Lan Li, she finally found freedom, but they were still unwilling to let go, and they were entangled like maggots attached to their bones.

That anger, suppressed for too long, is now all bursting out.

"Edith," Lan Li's voice didn't have too many waves, still with the warmth of a spring breeze, and he could even find a shallow smile in his eyes.

At this time, Edith was like a fried hedgehog, roaring by hitting the wall, "What?"

Arthur, who was sitting next to him, broke out in a cold sweat, Edith was really full of firepower, and he actually dared to roar at Lan Li, which was commendable, he felt, should he run for his life first to avoid the danger of being killed?

The smile on the corner of Lan Li's mouth still rose slightly, and he said quietly and firmly, "I'm not a victim. ”

In a word, his position is clear.

"I mean, we're all victims, but I'm not going to see myself as a victim. Because I'm going to fight back, because I'm going to hold myself up, because I'm not going to be held back by them. The real victims are always the weak, trapped in their own fears and fears, unable to move forward to tomorrow, but obviously, I am no longer weakling, they are. ”

Calm words have a powerful force.

Indeed, after receiving Elizabeth's blank postcard, Lan Li still felt disappointed and lost, and as for anger and grievance, there was not much. Even if there may be a little imperceptible place in the depths of the heart, it is completely vanished by the appearance of Arthur and Edith, and it is replaced by happiness. As he himself said, he will not see himself as a victim and hide in a corner to feel sorry for himself, he will fight back.

Gradually, Edith also calmed down in Lan Li's words, her chest was still rising and falling violently, staring at Lan Li in a daze, and then she realized her gaffe, her cheeks couldn't help but flush slightly, and her movements and posture were a little embarrassed, but she still widened her eyes, rubbed her short hair impatiently, and didn't look like a lady at all, "What, are you implying that I'm a coward, and I'm the victim?"

After saying that, Edith waved her fist fiercely at Lan Li, "Don't think that if you are sick, I won't dare to teach you a lesson." After expressing her position in a loud voice, Edith accepted it when she saw it, otherwise she would reveal the details, "What you said, you have to fight back, what are you going to do?"

Lan Li didn't poke at Edith either, but said with a smile, "I'm going to do nothing." ”

Edith's temper raced up again, and Lan Li always knew how to provoke her.

But this time, before Edith could speak, Arthur was the first to ask, "You're not going to accept the medal?"

Lan Li nodded in affirmation.

Edith opened her mouth in surprise, "Are you sure?"

If Lan Li refused to accept the award, then George and Elizabeth's faces might have collapsed directly, they carefully calculated so much, so they decided to take the initiative to send a blank postcard and take the lead in breaking the deadlock, but Lan Li put them together, directly cutting off all possibilities from the root, which was bound to put George and Elizabeth in a stalemate

Of course, this is just a blank postcard, George and Elizabeth did not express their position directly, they can still attack and retreat, but the balance between them is still broken, even if others don't know, the situation inside the Hall family has inevitably entered a new stage, and most importantly, Lan Li gave them another slap in the face, such a counterattack is really ...... It's really impressive.

If George and Elizabeth had been unable to resist their excitement and had taken the lead in making a few moves in London, the consequences would have been even more humiliating.

Arthur tried to open his mouth and say something: there is no need for Lan Li to refuse such a good opportunity for the sake of George and Elizabeth, this is more than worth the loss, but thinking about it seriously, Arthur thinks that Lan Li should not be such an impulsive personality, even in the face of George and Elizabeth, Lan Li will not lose his mind, so does this mean that Lan Li has his own plans?

"I never thought to accept something like that, I didn't know what it was about. Anyway, it was never what I was fighting for in life, otherwise I would have chosen to stay at Cambridge back then, and I could have had a completely different life now. Lan Li's voice still carried his characteristic calmness, but there was a powerful and tenacious force hidden in it.