Chapter One Thousand and Twenty-One
On the other hand, after seven or eight hours of flight, Alice successfully arrived in France, sat in the car arranged by her family, and drove quickly towards the hotel. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Château d'Escremont, in the past, it was the name, but now, this luxurious manor castle on the border of Paris and the Loire valley has been transformed into a world-famous castle hotel, miracle forest, as long as people come here, you will experience the life of the French aristocracy, surrounded by primeval forests, fresh air, pleasant scenery.
"It's still the same as when I was a child, it's so good~" Driving out of Paris, Alice looked at the large green forest outside, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled, lowered the window, put her head and hands on the car door, and quietly looked at the scene that she hadn't seen for seven or eight years.
There is an exclusive lane from Paris to the hotel, and there is no way for anyone to drive into this lane without the permission of the hotel, and if you want to leave the hotel, you have to take this road, not only that, but it is also the same in other cities, and this alone is enough to make guests feel the treatment of the aristocracy, which is one of the reasons why the hotel is so famous.
Li Meiyan is here for the first time, looking at the golden emblems hanging on the pillars at intervals outside, the more she looks, the more she feels magical, "Wow, Ellie, I just found out that your family is not ordinary rich, it is super rich, this, it's made of gold."
Alice heard Li Meiyan's voice, turned her head to look at the place she pointed, just in time to see her family's family emblem passing by, and smiled softly. The golden lion head is the family emblem of the Cohen family, the ginkgo biloba is the family emblem of my family, my grandfather loves my grandmother very much, so he changed the family emblem to a ginkgo biloba around the lion's head, which means that he will revolve around his grandmother all his life, the family emblem here at the headquarters, the leaves of the ginkgo biloba are all African emeralds, the branches are platinum, the lion's head is gold, and the forehead part has a diamond, if it is the regional hotel where other shareholders are located, it is another family emblem"
"Wow~" Li Meiyan was already speechless by this luxuriously dressed and affectionate family emblem, since the car drove into this lane, there were at least nearly a hundred family emblems passing by, it seems that this Mr. Xu, who has never met, is really generous, and has no place to spend money.
The car drove slowly into the main road of the castle, which also indicated that it officially entered the hotel grounds, but there were dense forests on both sides, and there were also small paths, and there were a few guests walking and laughing on the road.
It didn't take long for the driver to park the car in front of the manor, open the door on Alice's side, bend down respectfully, and help with the luggage, "Miss, Mr. Xu has a rule that cars can't enter the hotel within a kilometer, so this kilometer, the carriage will take you in."
"I know, the rules of iron~" Alice looked at the white foal that had stopped in front of her, stretched out her hand and stroked the horse's cheek with a smile, seeing that it was a little dazed because of the stranger, she moved her hand to the neck and softened it back and forth, which made it quiet.
The coachman who drove the carriage saw that the white horse was so easy to get close to people, and looked at the guests with curiosity, and when he saw that it was Alice, he quickly got out of the car and bent down to say hello, "Miss, you are back"
"Well, I'm back, let's go, it's not too early" Alice smiled softly at the coachman, pulled Li Meiyan and sat in the carriage, in fact, the way to tame the horse is very simple, touch its cheek, and then touch its neck, the horses in the hotel are not very recognizable, so it is so easy to get close.
On the way, Li Meiyan saw that there was a very large courtyard in front of the hotel, and there were many walking paths arranged in the forest, and in the middle of the courtyard, it was a very spectacular, beautiful and huge lake, and couldn't help but take a few more looks, "Aili, is this an artificial lake?"
Alice turned her head to look at the glittering huge lake with hotel staff paddling a dinghy to take guests around, and shook her head with a smile." No, it is said that in the ancient times of France, this lake was here, and ah, those very small roads have also been seen, in the past, there were often merchants in France who rode horses and traded here, so there were many post roads left, and our hotel, in the Middle Ages, was still a castle, at that time there were many people from various countries trading here, plus it was surrounded by forests, so it will be more famous"
"Oh~That's it~" Li Meiyan nodded understandingly, if Alice didn't say it, she really didn't know, and this, and continued to ask curiously, "Then, such a famous castle, did your grandfather buy it directly?"
"I don't know, I heard my grandfather say that he was born in a very poor mountain village when he was a child" Alice shook her head again, looking at the large and luxurious castle not far away, and chuckled and continued. It's just that when he was less than ten years old, the mountain village was flooded, so he was separated from his family, in order to survive, my grandfather began to do child labor for others, suffered for several years, followed a black ship to the United States, and then followed a small trader to do business, as a result of that time there was still some war, the small trader died, a lot of things, it became my grandfather's own, and then at that time, my grandfather had the idea of starting from scratch, slowly, just like that, suffered a lot, to have the current life"
Li Meiyan turned her head and looked at Alice sluggishly, and began to admire her grandfather from the bottom of her heart, looking at the scenery outside, there will be handsome adaptors smiling at herself on the road, if anyone lives here, they will really live like a nobleman every day.
The carriage drove for about 20 minutes before the driver turned his head and reminded him, "Miss, distinguished guest, the hotel has arrived."
"Hmm" After Alice got out of the car, she looked at this castle of several thousand square meters, and her thoughts went back to when she was a child, it seemed that at that time, she was in her teens, which was the age of fun, and she was bored with piano practice, so she would run around in the corridor here, and Dean was a lot older, and she had to run behind.
"Haha~" Thinking of this kind of thing, I couldn't help laughing, refused the handrail behavior of the waiter, knew that someone also took the luggage, and walked in quickly, the antique hall, the plants and flowers placed everywhere, the air was full of natural fragrance, and there were people in the hall who were talking in medieval clothes, and there were also people in suits and holding notebooks to type information, and people from various countries had them.
"Ah~ I like this environment, grandpa" Seeing Xu Jianlin coming out of the elevator, Alice immediately ran over with cheers, hugged her grandfather, and shook him coquettishly, "Grandpa, I miss you so much~"
Xu Jianlin just heard that Alice had arrived downstairs, so he hurried down, but he didn't expect to see his beloved granddaughter as soon as he opened the elevator door.
"Super happy! I haven't been here for a long time, it's a little different from before" Alice smiled happily and let go of her hand, seeing the guests coming out of the next round of elevators, she stepped aside awkwardly, and waited for people to leave, before she walked to Xu Jianlin's side, grabbed his arm affectionately, and whispered, "Grandpa, there seem to be a lot more people than before."
"Of course, you don't want to think about what kind of person your grandfather is" Xu Jianlin hooked the corners of his mouth, patted Alice's palm, took her and walked outside, and said softly, "Actually, there is a five-star hotel in the castle not far away, so those tourists have nowhere to go, so they come to us, although the price of our hotel is a little more expensive, but fortunately, the service and environment are good, so it is becoming more and more famous"
"Ang~ I understand, grandfather, you are pulling people to defeat, taking advantage of the collapse of others to grab business like this" Alice laughed and teased, and when she came, she also observed the scenery on the other side, it used to be quite lively, and the road was full of vehicles, but today it has become a one-way road to the Miracle Forest, plus my grandfather said this, I understood.
"What is the meaning of robbing business, business is a thing, it is hooked, using its own shining point to attract customers" Xu Jianlin said funny, saw a waiter in front of him, waved him away, took Alice to the garden at the back of the hotel, pointed to the forest in front of him and said" On the other side of the forest, there is a castle that is not very large, it has been built for hundreds of years, and it has always been surrounded by forests, and I arranged for someone to clean it before you came, and you lived there when you were in France."
"Really?" Alice's eyes lit up when she heard this, she turned her head and looked at her grandfather with a smile, and continued to start to be coquettish, "Grandpa~ Then, is it mine?"
Xu Jianlin knew what she was thinking when he looked at Alice's well-behaved appearance, stretched out his hand and nodded her head, and laughed helplessly, "When you were born, I gave you the territory and told me this"
"Really!!Thank you!!Grandpa, I love you so much!" Knowing that she suddenly had an old castle, Alice jumped up happily, let go of her hand and jumped in the direction of the castle, "I'll go and see it first! Grandpa, hurry up and keep up."
"Be careful of falling, it's really" Xu Jianlin looked at Alice's frizzy appearance, turned his head to look at the bodyguard behind him, saw him chasing after him to protect his granddaughter, and said to the assistant Li Meiyan who followed on the side, "Miss Li, hello, I'm Xu Jianlin, I'm Aili's grandfather, my granddaughter, you have worked hard to take care of it"
Li Meiyan, who saw the scene just now, now heard Xu Jianlin greet herself, an 'inferior person' so politely, and hurriedly shook her hand and smiled, "No, no, no, it's Aili who usually takes good care of us, I'll catch up with her, this girl is frizzy, it's not good if she gets hurt."
"Hmm" Xu Jianlin nodded lightly, heard Alice's happy whisper, lowered his head and smiled, and walked over slowly with his assistant and bodyguard.