"Patricia?

Virginia played with Dorothy's hair as she looked at her eldest brother and was curious, "The princess you met at the banquet?"

Colin shook his head, "Just a few more words and a dance." ”

He looked at his mother and father, "Also, I'm a little curious, father, is Patricia to your liking?"

Earl and Nina looked at each other and said to Colin, "It's up to you whether it's agreeable or not, we don't have a problem." ”

Colin thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes!"

Then he said nothing more.

Virginia looked at her parents and eldest brother when she heard this, and stopped talking.

Evan too.

After that, Earl raised his hand to look at the time and said, "It's not early, let's rest." ”

Everyone was right, and then they went upstairs in turn.

At this moment, the children are all young, and there is no need to coax the children who do not go to bed in order to see Santa Claus deliver gifts in their socks like they did when they were children.

The thought of this made both Earl and Nina sigh with emotion.

I miss it even more.

On the third floor, in the room that originally belonged to Evan, there were two beds at this time.

One belongs to Evan and the other to Colin.

The extra bed was installed in the afternoon.

Evan didn't feel any embarrassment in arranging the room like this, anyway, at the end of the year, neither of them could live for a few days.

At this time, the house seemed a little empty, and many things belonging to Evan had been sent to Los Angeles one after another in the past few years, and the remaining miscellaneous items were also put away.

The reason why there are two beds in this room is simply because this room has the most space.

It was pitch black inside the room, and Evan couldn't sleep for a long time with his eyes open.

"Can't sleep?"

Colin's voice was low, but at this point, it was clear to Evan.

Evan turned his head sideways and let out a "hmm".

Colin asked, "Thinking of Audrey?"

"No!" Evan denied softly.

Colin asked again, "What are you thinking about?"

Evan didn't answer.

After a while, Colin said, "Evan, if it's for me, I'm happy." ”

"But...... You don't have to feel guilty, it's my responsibility. ”

"Earl told me that you don't want politics, so I'll have to pick it up. ”

"Who made me the eldest son of the Warren family?"

"In terms of wealth, our family can be said to be the best in California because of your existence, but in politics, there is only my father. If you want to continue to expand and stabilize your influence, marrying other families is the best and easiest way, but unfortunately...... You can't, Virginia can't, brothers and sisters, father and mother can't bear to ......"

"At this point, our family really doesn't look like a qualified political family. ”

"So, no matter how you look at it, I can only take it. ”

"Who made me still single?"

Colin said a lot to himself, and Evan finally sighed and swallowed the "sorry" that he had already said once.

……

The next day, the mansion woke up very early.

A group of siblings, led by Colin, got up early to share the presents under the Christmas tree.

This is the second time in five years that the Warren family has divided and opened gifts together.

A long-lost scene, a long-lost happiness.

After dividing the gifts, Virginia led her two younger sisters to help her mother in the kitchen, while the others did their own work.

Earl took reading the newspaper for leisure.

Robert came to Evan with a stack of Great Depression materials.

Colin was on the sidelines, and suddenly a phone call came, and he answered it, and then he looked weird.

Evan asked him what was wrong.

Colin replied, "Patricia asked me out." ”

Robert smiled and said, "Wow, and said it was just a dance, which is really fast." ”

Colin glared at him, threatening to fight, and said, "Don't talk nonsense. ”

Robert shrunk his neck, stunned by the threat, and kept silent, but still winked at Evan.

Evan shook his head at him, then said to Colin, "What is your impression of Patricia?"

"Not bad, at least not annoying......" Colin said generously about his feelings, "just ......"

At this point, Colin looked at Earl, who was in the same space but didn't interject, and asked, "Father, do you have anything to say about Patricia?"

Earl put away the newspaper, looked at his son, and asked, "What do you want to know?"

Colin thought for a moment and said, "What does she have to do with William Hirst?"

"It doesn't matter on the surface. ”

"Actual ......," Colin waited for Earl to answer.

Earl said, "Actually, she's William's daughter." ”

"Oh!" Colin wasn't too surprised by this answer, just raised an eyebrow and said, "Patricia looks about the same age as me." ”

"So, she's an old woman. ”

"That's right. Earl nodded, adding, "Actually, she's a little older than you, but I don't remember exactly how old she was." ”

Newspaper tycoon William Hearst is in his eighties.

Colin added, "Moreover, she is an illegitimate daughter. ”

Earl didn't talk.

However, there is no doubt about that, otherwise Patricia would not have been surnamed Davis instead of Hearst.

Hearing this, Evan frowned and said, "Hearst? Bastard? ”

The Hearst family is a well-known wealthy family in the United States, who made their fortunes in California and now has a lot of influence in New York, but after the Great Depression, the family's strength has been greatly reduced. Evan understands all of this. In his opinion, although the Hearst family is powerful in the media industry, it has a bad reputation, and it is the Democratic Party, so it seems that it is not a suitable marriage partner.

What's more, it's still an illegitimate daughter.

Colin looked at Evan when he heard this, "You don't agree. ”

"Whether I agree or not is not the point. Evan waved his hand, looked at his father, and saw that he was acting like he didn't care about himself, so he said, "It's up to you." ”

"I'm still the same thing, she doesn't hate it. Colin said, "As for whether it is suitable or not...... We'll talk about that then. ”

Evan didn't say anything more, but looked at his father with a puzzled face.

Earl didn't speak, but he had already made his attitude clear.

Silence is the same as consent.

But why?

Evan couldn't figure it out.

William Hearst has already entered the coffin with one leg, and he even dared to use public opinion to force the president to launch the Spanish-American War for the sake of interests, and now he is just a dead tiger. The second generation of the family has never heard of how good it is.

Is there any value in marriage in such a family?

Just as Evan was deep in thought, Virginia came over and called for breakfast.

Evan and Colin walked at the rear.

Seeing Evan's brows furrowed, Colin patted him on the shoulder and prompted, "It's not long before 1952." ”

Evan was stunned for a moment.