Night, Wales, somewhere.

Phoebe sat in front of the fire, as if she was staring at the rising flames, while her entourage was preparing for tonight's rest - no one dared to say that the British wilderness was absolutely safe, not to mention that Phoebe could not use modern equipment for this trip, such as tents, raincoats, sleeping bags, etc., of course, lighters, magnesium rods, or camping lights and flashlights for electric lighting.

In fact, the seven Titan employees that Phoebe brought with her actually all had their own tasks in this "trip".

For example, sitting in front of another fire, sharpening with a knife or something, is a full-time "fire man", whose job is to secure the fire in a horse lamp, and to make and maintain a campfire while camping, and if necessary, to make a camp fire that is half a person high to a person high, and torches.

Another example is the "water man" who is responsible for ensuring drinking water during this trip, and in addition to meeting the drinking water needs of the team, he also needs bath water for Phoebe to bathe in certain situations - which is very different from the convenience of life in the city.

As for the food guarantee, it was relatively simple, and when I came out of the castle, the team brought a week's worth of food, all of which were jams and breads made according to the classical method, and of course, salted fish.

In fact, except for Barbara, the others in Phoebe's tour group did not exist to participate in the battle at all, but for the purpose of service.

But even so, life was still very difficult, after all, the taste of drinking water in the sheepskin bag was too unpleasant, not to mention the food that was really hard to swallow.

And for Geoffrey, who was taken on the road by Phoebe, he has completely lost the joy of experiencing the life of the classical aristocracy when he first went on the road yesterday, and after two days, he almost collapsed, which is too far from the imaginary aristocratic life - but what he didn't know was that Phoebe actually released the water and allowed everyone to bring tissues......

Jeffrey and Phoebe didn't actually have a very close relationship, and he didn't participate in the fight for Phoebe to go to a U.S.-related vehicle repair center back then, because when Phoebe went to Carlson's house, he was already fooling around in Europe, and he was the one who met Phoebe the least of the two families.

In the past few years in Europe, although he has encountered a lot of soft drugs, but those drugs that are harmful or the most harmful to the body, he has always stayed away, plus he is mixed in the art and fashion circles, so he still pays attention to physical exercise, so although the two-day trip is very torturous, he can persevere.

Well, to be honest, seeing that Barbara and Phoebe's two younger sisters are not complaining at all, even if Jeffrey is really tired, but he will still hold on - Phoebe believes that this is actually the reason why Jeffrey is also very responsible, he was profligate in Europe before, but because he didn't see the point of staying in the diplomatic circle and continuing to fight, and with the formation of a new group, it is clear that Jeffrey can find a way forward...... Well, even if Jeffrey can't find it himself, Phoebe will impose a certain direction into his life, and this is Phoebe's promise to the Carlson family.

Although Jeffrey was tired from the arduous schedule, his mouth had not stopped since yesterday afternoon, and he could talk about whatever he saw, sometimes like an artist, sometimes like a drug-addicted popper in the fashion circle, and sometimes like a rock star in a concert...... In short, he didn't stop along the way.

So, from a certain point of view, because of him along the way, everyone is not so boring, but most of his fatigue is also found by himself, who told him that as long as he has another opportunity, he must speak.

But he also understands that he is about to rest at night, and he still can't make any more trouble, not to mention Phoebe, even Barbara He is a little afraid, when Barbara was on the diplomatic battlefield in Eastern Europe, when he smuggled her informant's relatives a few times, he unceremoniously let Jeffrey be a connector, to be honest, if it wasn't for Barbara, Jeffrey wouldn't have helped, but because of this, Jeffrey always knew that Barbara was not a sweet little girl like when she was a child, but a Langley agent who knew how to manipulate people's hearts, so Jeffrey began to be frightened of Barbara from that time。

And Phoebe, who has been with Barbara for so long and has obviously a better and better relationship with Barbara, obviously knows what Barbara has done, plus Jeffrey has heard that her eldest brother and second brother have gone to South Korea to find someone to fight for Phoebe...... In any case, Geoffrey's feelings for Phoebe are not disgusted, but he has the idea of staying away.

From the time he was chosen by Phoebe to go with him, Jeffrey vaguely understood that Phoebe was going to control himself - although he escaped from the diplomatic circle early, it didn't mean that Cornelia didn't teach him what the children in the circle had to learn since he was a child, otherwise Barbara wouldn't have made a name for herself in Langley before she met Phoebe- Therefore, Jeffrey has the ability to see that the new diplomatic circle formed by the Burgleet family and the Carlson family is actually under the control of Phoebe, the real leader, and in Geoffrey's view, Phoebe not only controls it very successfully, but also hides herself well, and ordinary people would not think that a person who mixes in the entertainment industry in Asian countries will be the leader of the upper group.

It is precisely because of this that Jeffrey is even more unhappy, but just like Valerie, Bayer has also told Jeffrey that if he does not come back, all the friends and family he needs to survive outside will be in danger, because the new diplomatic group cannot risk leaving a weak position for an irrelevant outsider, in fact, the main work of the new diplomatic group in the past two months is actually to cut off all the ties between family members and the middle and lower classes who have left the circle- Of course, there are a few occasional ones who completely cut off the relationship with those family members who swore to die and never come back, and truly let them fend for themselves, and never give any form of funding again.

In fact, for the vast majority of the rebels who run out of the upper class, the financial support is not enough, but the support of connections and power is the most needed, which is why many people are dissatisfied, but they no longer dare to stay outside.

As for Jeffrey and Valerie, the two of them completely compromised after the family showed them a little bit of the origins of the people imprisoned in the Atlantic Floaters and how the Titan dealt with them, and they both understood that after reading this, even if Phoebe didn't mind, Titan and his family would not allow them to stay outside anymore - yes, they didn't feel how dehumanizing Iapetus's methods were......

Anyway, Geoffrey's behavior in the past day and a half is actually purposeful, because since he started to hurry, Phoebe hasn't told him anything, which makes Geoffrey feel very bad, you know, Phoebe has said a lot to the etiquette inspector sent by the royal family, in Geoffrey's opinion, Phoebe probably faintly regards herself as an entourage- In fact, Geoffrey, who understands that the two families are now completely controlled by Phoebe, is not dissatisfied with this, not that he can't accept being Phoebe's entourage, but what he is worried about is that Phoebe is giving him the position of a casual retinue, Jeffrey can't accept this, even if he is an entourage, he has to be like Barbara as the head maid, and a casual retinue can't beat him.

Seeing Phoebe in a daze at the fire, Geoffrey finally couldn't help it, and walked to Phoebe and sat down cross-legged - there was no stool in the wilderness, and Phoebe sat on the trunk of a tree that the "carpenter" in the team didn't know where to find it.

Jeffrey saw Phoebe with her elbows on her knees, her hands slightly bent as if she were holding a rugby ball, and the fingers of her hands were randomly bent or straightened, he saw Phoebe doing this yesterday, but he didn't care, after all, who could not have some habitual movements? What's more, Phoebe has been on the road for two days in full armor, even if she is resting, she has not removed her armor, at most she will hide behind a big tree or in the bushes with the only woman in the team, that is, her maid, Geoffrey guesses that the two are going to solve the physical problem - however, both of them are his sisters, so Jeffrey did not think nonsense, and took the initiative to take on the responsibility of spying on the other men in the team......

Well, to get back to business, Jeffrey stared at Phoebe's hands for a while, then looked up into Phoebe's eyes and saw her staring straight at the fire, which made Jeffrey smile wryly and said, "Hey, didn't you notice me coming?"

As soon as Jeffrey's words fell, Phoebe glanced at him and said, "See, what's wrong?"

Jeffrey was suppressed by Phoebe's momentum, in fact, anyone wearing full-body armor and looking like a monster can easily intimidate others when he speaks, and Phoebe is the best among them, after all, a few days ago, she smashed the skull of a bull alive.

"I ...... Belch...... I want to ask, why the hell did you call me along...... I feel like I'm the most useless ...... in the team."

Phoebe smiled and shook her head: "Jeffrey, it's best for you to figure this out by yourself, we still have a long way to go, don't worry, I'm sure you will figure it out." ”

"Can you stop talking like Connie...... To be honest, I used to run away from home because she was always like this......" Jeffrey was a little depressed.

Phoebe blinked, tilted her head slightly, and said, "So, did you always think that Connie caused you to leave the house?"

"......" Jeffrey looked at Phoebe dumbfounded, he hadn't seen anyone who liked to use strong words, but like Phoebe, the second sentence could be used to give people a hat...... Well, Jeffrey has seen it, but those guys are basically lawyers......

Phoebe shook her head, spread her hands, and said, "Okay, maybe what I said makes you uncomfortable, but Jeffrey, you must know that even Locke actually wants to help the family in essence, even though he took a woman outside the circle and gave birth to a child." And you, it seems, didn't like our circle very much from the beginning. ”

The topic was guided by Phoebe, and Jeffrey had nothing to say about it, in fact, he now regretted running to provoke Phoebe, after all, as mentioned earlier, Phoebe was actually the patriarch of the two families.

Phoebe continued: "It seems that I am right, you are indeed different from Valerie, she is just afraid of life in the circle when she sees Mira working so hard, and she has no aversion to the responsibility of traveling the family. ”

Jeffrey's mouth opened wide, he had heard many people say before that Phoebe saw people very accurately, he didn't know how Phoebe did it, and as far as he was concerned, in fact, he didn't realize what his essential thoughts were, but after hearing Phoebe's words, he suddenly felt that he really seemed to be such a person who was unwilling to take on family responsibilities.

Phoebe raised her chin slightly, looked at Jeffrey a little condescendingly, and said with a smile: "But in the past, family responsibilities should indeed be fulfilled in the circle, and now, ......" Phoebe didn't finish, just smiled and nodded to Jeffrey.

Jeffrey, on the other hand, clapped his hands violently as if he had been enlightened, and said, "Yes! Phoebe, you're right, family responsibilities don't have to be fulfilled when you're in the circle. ”

Phoebe smiled again and said, "Actually, I didn't stay in the circle at first, and if you think about it, I didn't follow Katyn back to the United States when he stepped down from the position of ambassador. It's just that then I had good luck and used "

Jeffrey nodded again and again, at this time he really felt that he was a little wrong to blame Phoebe in the past, it was because Phoebe was also a child who "longed for outside the circle" that he would have bad thoughts about her, it seems that this righteous sister is still quite cute - but what is her opinion on what she will be responsible for in the future?

Phoebe didn't wait for Geoffrey to ask, and said: "Jeffrey, in fact, you know, our small circle has just begun to form, and in many places we have to be careful not to let people outside the circle run in and interfere with some of our major decisions, in fact, I have discussed with Katyn and Bayer, and some people who are familiar to everyone, and they all feel that we must set up a position similar to a party whip, so that we can supervise the consistency of people in the circle on many issues. ”

After hearing Phoebe's words, Jeffrey was quite interested this time - in fact, Phoebe was right before, the reason why Geoffrey broke out of the circle was because Cornia saw that the Locke and Troy she had educated were a little unsuccessful, so she put more effort into Geoffrey's education, which naturally led to Geoffrey's boredom with the circle. But in essence, although Jeffrey is escaping from the circle and Cornia, Cornia's sternness and meticulousness are still deeply imprinted in Jeffrey's soul, so Jeffrey is very suitable for this position.

However, Phoebe immediately poured cold water on Jeffrey: "However, this position is obviously not suitable for the participation of people from our two families, so I personally prefer to set you up as a shadow whip, which means that the whip hiding behind the scenes, your task is mainly to supervise the whip...... How?"

If the work of the whip interests Jeffrey, the shadow whip who oversees the whip is even more interesting to him, after all, it is quite time-consuming and laborious to discipline a group of people, but it is too interesting to target a specific person......

Satisfied, Jeffrey ran back to bed, and Barbara leaned in, looked at Phoebe with burning eyes, and smiled and asked, "How's it going?"

Phoebe shrugged: "That's right, you won." ”

"Ha~ I knew he couldn't help but ask...... How's it going? you told him?" asked Barbara again.

Phoebe nodded and shook her head: "That's only half the story, wait until he can accept the identity of the bard and then really put him in charge." ”

"Cut...... Just say that it's not good to be a clown, don't forget that a country aristocrat of your level can't afford to raise a bard. ”

Phoebe shrugged her shoulders and said, "Shakespeare is just a famous bard in the eyes of the aristocracy." ”

Barbara laughed, "Don't forget, the Lorek family used to be just a butler...... Barbara didn't finish her words, and suddenly rolled her eyes, "Okay, I'll help you prove your point again, you're right, the clown can be upgraded to a bard...... Well, Shakespeare was essentially a clown...... That's what you mean, right?"

Phoebe looked at Barbara, didn't nod or shake her head, just shrugged her shoulders and said, "I'm going to sleep, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

“…… Cut ......"

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