Since Alwin was going to start dealing with this side of the matter so that he could set off as soon as possible, Emma would not have stayed long. "I'll go back first. ”

Alvin got up and grabbed his coat, "I'll give it to you." ”

Sophia immediately said, "I'll go too." ”

Although Alvin roughly believed Sophia's words, he still had some doubts about Sophia's identity. "I'll have a manservant take you to the inn, and he'll find a maid to take care of you. "It's surveillance and it's protection.

Sophia frowned, but Alwin's tone was unmistakable, and she knew that it would be useless to refuse, so she acquiesced. "I'll go back and pack my bags first. ”

Sophia tried to escape after the death of her master, she didn't know where Alvin was, but she knew that Alvin would definitely come to London in July and August, so she came to live in London early and became a female worker in order to make ends meet. She lived in a very humble ghetto. The servant took Sophia back in a rental carriage as Alwyn had ordered, but soon the carriage could not move forward, the road was too narrow and in poor condition. The servant had no choice but to take Sophia out of the car and walk. Although he was a servant and had been working in a nobleman's house, he had not seen such a dirty scene for a long time, so he had to carefully bypass the cross-flowing sewage and feces for the orders of his master.

A door suddenly opened, and a woman screamed, "Disgusting bugs, fuck off!" A man was shoved out and hit the servant, and the two of them fell to the ground with an unsteady center of gravity. Sophia's eyes lit up, and she turned and ran.

The servant cursed and pushed the guy away from him and went after Sophia. The criss-crossed alleys were like a labyrinth, and Sophia had been familiar with them for months, navigating them nimbly and in a few moments shaking off the servants.

Sophia looked behind her to make sure she had shaken off the servant, and then quickly opened the door. Suddenly, a hand reached out and dragged her in.

"Ahh Then a slap hit her in the face. "Stinky bitch, dare you lie to me!"

Sophia suddenly chuckled in her heart when she heard this, oh no, she forgot something very important. "I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hide it from you, but the reward I promised at the beginning would never be less than a penny. ”

The lieutenant colonel sneered. "You said that you were deceived by the youngest son of a nobleman, and you heard that he had a fiancée and came to him with the child, but you did not say that you were a maid and wanted to avenge your deceived master. Fifty pounds, if I hadn't stopped them from snatching that necklace and letting you take the job every day, and waiting for that little girl to take the job for a few years, it would have been no worse than fifty pounds. With that, the colonel slapped Sophia again. "Slut!"

Sophia's ears were buzzing when she was beaten, and she looked at everything in front of her and apologized vaguely: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Sophia didn't come to London alone, she also brought Grace's child, a three-year-old girl, Alice. This is also the reason why she wants to get rid of the servant. When she is not sure if Alvin is innocent, she fears that Alvin will hurt the child. London is so big that Sophia can't find Elwin, and her identity can't enter the noble ghetto. One day, several men stumbled upon the necklace she was wearing and wanted to snatch it. The man in front of him happened to pass by, Sophia didn't know what his name was, maybe he was a veteran, everyone in this area called him a lieutenant colonel, and it was said that he was a capable person. Sophia asked for help and promised him fifty pounds in return. The lieutenant colonel stopped the men and helped Sophia find Alwin's residence and find out Alwin's whereabouts. The lieutenant colonel has always been kind in front of Sophia, and Sophia doesn't know whether to trust Alvin or not, so she is upset, so she forgets about the lieutenant colonel. As it turned out, this was a terrible mistake.

The lieutenant colonel paced irritably in the cabin. "Bastard, fiancée, what a money-making opportunity, you'd better tell me the real story now, or else," he grabbed Sophia's hair.

Sophia couldn't help but scream. "I say, I say!" Under the threat of the lieutenant colonel, she explained the ins and outs, but made up a paragraph in the middle, saying that Alwin and Grace had a tryst, and that Alice was Elwin's child, but she was afraid that Alwin would choose to get rid of the stain and did not dare to tell Alvin the news. According to the lieutenant colonel's words just now, he probably wanted to blackmail Alvin with the news of his lover and illegitimate child, otherwise he would tell Sù Elwin's fiancée about this secret. Now that the lover has come to naught, if Alice is no longer Alvin's illegitimate child, she fears that Alice, who has lost her use value, will be sold by the lieutenant colonel.

The lieutenant colonel's eyes narrowed, as if to distinguish between the truth and the falsehood of her words. Sophia looked at the lieutenant colonel with the most sincere gaze she could give.

The lieutenant colonel's hand holding Sophia's hair gradually loosened, and just when Sophia breathed a sigh of relief, her hand suddenly tightened, and she said coldly to Sophia, whose face was distorted in pain: "You'd better not lie to me." Write at once to the colonel, and if he cannot come up with three thousand pounds in three days, I will tell him of his illegitimate son, his rich and noble fiancée. ”

Sophia had to agree, and wrote the letter under the watchful eye of the lieutenant colonel, who was illiterate, just in case she found a literate subordinate to check the letter, and repeatedly confirmed that there was no problem before taking it out, and preparing to stuff it into the crack of the door of Elwin's house at night.

The lieutenant colonel tied both Sophia and Alice to a chair and found two more people to watch.

Alice was very uncomfortable being tied up, but growing up in such a family for a long time gave her a small animal instinct. She could sense that these people in front of her were dangerous, so she obediently didn't say anything.

Sophia really regretted it. I would have known that I wouldn't have gotten rid of that servant, and with that servant here, the lieutenant colonel at least wouldn't dare to do it so blatantly.

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside.

The two guards looked at each other and asked vigilantly, "Who?"

A male voice came from outside. "Alas, please make it convenient, I took my son to pass by here, he was so naughty that he ran into the alley and disappeared. Have you ever seen a six-year-old boy with blond hair, wearing a white shirt and a plain black bow tie?"

The two guards relaxed. "Nope. ”

"Okay, open the door and let me take a look. ”

One of the guards spoke impatiently and was stopped by another. "Open the door. If he can't find his son, he will definitely bring the police to search all the homes of those who didn't open the door for him. ”

The two guards agreed to release Sophia and Alice, holding their knives against their backs and opening them for the men outside. The dilapidated and small house has an unobstructed view. When the man saw Sophia and Alice, his eyes changed slightly, but he didn't say anything, thanked the two guards and hurriedly turned to leave.

"They're in captivity?"

"Yes. The servant said respectfully. "I spent some money and found the approximate range. A few men came out of a house in a rage, I hid to the side, and when they were gone I knocked on the doors around me, but it was not Sophia's house, I had to use the excuse that my son was gone and knocked on the door of the house, there were four people inside, two tall and strong men, Sophia and a little girl. Sophia's face was swollen and she winked at me. ”

Alvin frowned. To be honest, he thought it was too coincidental, like a trap, but he couldn't leave Sophia and a little girl alone. After hesitating for a moment, Alvin finally chose to call the police, and it was better to use official power than to go with his friends and servants in person, only to step into a trap.

If it were a civilian who called the police, the officer would not choose to tear his face with the local forces for the sake of a female worker and a little girl. Alvin also knew this and went to the police himself. The police officer came quickly, and a servant led the way in less than an hour to Sophia's house. A police officer kicked the door open. The two guards in the house were a little confused, although they didn't react, they looked at the dozen or so police officers outside the house and surrendered obediently.

The matter went so smoothly that Alvin asked the servant who led the way to take Sophia and Alice to an inn.

Sophia took the anxious Alice hand and got out of the carriage, and tried to pretend to be confident, and lowered her hat as she walked into the inn with her head held high. "The bad guys have been taken away, let's move to another place. ”

Arriving at the door of the room, the servant who had completed his mission bowed and retreated. When Alice saw that he was far away, she asked softly, "Mother, is it my father who saved us?"

The door opened, revealing Elwin's expressionless face, which he had clearly heard.

Sophia's face flushed in embarrassment.

Mr. Darcy seldom came to the inn, and even when he went to an unfamiliar place, he would choose to rent a better apartment or garden. Today he made an exception to a hotel in order to pick up the governess who had taught him for a while, the gentleman who had come to London for a tour. Mr. Darcy followed a woman leading the little girl upstairs, and was shocked to find that they had come to find Elwin! Mr. Darcy looked at it three times to make sure that the face in the door belonged to Elwin. And Alvin didn't see him.

Alwyn stepped aside and motioned for them to come in.

Mr. Darcy was even more shocked to find that they had entered the room.

Closing the door, Sophia immediately admonished Alice sternly: "I'm not your mother Alice, now that we have changed places, you can call me Sophia." ”

Alice's eyes widened in confusion. "Why?"

Sophia couldn't explain to a three-year-old that she had lied to the lieutenant colonel for their safety and to find Alvin, and she had Alice call her mother in order to be more realistic. She couldn't explain that she was trying to comfort Alice by saying that she could find a better new father for Alice. "I, Alice, good boys listen to adults. ”

Alvin looked at Alice carefully. "What's her child's name?"

"That's right, her name is Alice. ”

Alwyn shook his head at Sophia. "I need time. ”

Sophia was in a complicated mood. She did want Alvin to adopt Alice, but only after Alvin proved his innocence, and the order must not be reversed. And judging from the interaction between Alwin and Emma just now, Alwin loves his current fiancée very much, and what young lady wants her fiancé to adopt the daughter of her former sweetheart before she is married? Would Alvin risk losing his fiancée and adopt a little girl who is not related by blood?

Elwin's words didn't mean that Sophia wanted to refuse, in fact, Alvin really needed time. Because this matter is not only involving him, but also Emma who is more affected. Alvin intends to ask Emma for advice when he returns from the investigation, and if Emma disagrees, he will find a new pair of good parents for the poor child.

Alvin just wanted to see the child Grace had left behind, and now that he had seen it, it was time for him to go. Alvin comforted Alice a little awkwardly. "You're cute, the bad guys aren't coming. Then he turned and pushed the door open.

"Father!" Alice chased after her short legs, grabbing the hem of Alwin's clothes. "Will you come to see me and my mother?"

Alvin didn't answer, and gently stroked Alice's soft curls. If he could, he wanted to adopt the child, but he was not alone, and he had to take into account Emma's feelings.

Mr. Darcy's face sank when he saw that Alwyn did not refute.