When Mel and Alice came out of the pantry, Alice's face returned to her usual cheerful smile, but there was a little more shyness in it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When they came out, Xiaoxiao was gone. Alice didn't fall in love with Mel because of the deep kiss she had just given, but immediately returned to the lounge and found a smile sitting in the corner in a daze.

Alice is not a fool, she knows whose credit is for this kiss from Mel. While feeling unwilling, she was also very grateful and smiled, and her sense of identity with her was stronger.

She really is a good sister to me!

Alice sat down next to Xiaoxiao, their shoulders pressed together. Xiaoxiao saw someone sitting next to him, so he turned his face and saw Alice's shy smile.

"Thank you."

Should I say "you're welcome" at this time?

smiled helplessly, and without waiting for her to speak, Alice took her hand affectionately and said shyly.

"Today...... Henceforth...... I'll leave it to you in the future. ”

Ha? Henceforth?

Xiaoxiao shrank her shoulders awkwardly.

You can't always ask me to help with this kind of thing, can you?

If I keep forcing Mel like this, Mel will be uncomfortable.

As Xiaoxiao secretly thought, after Maier kissed Alice at Xiaoxiao's request, he felt a little uncomfortable. It's not that he hates kissing Alice, he just thinks it's weird.

Mel didn't know why Alice was crying, and even if he did, he wouldn't necessarily understand. He felt that he had fulfilled his fiancé's obligations, and if Alice was not satisfied, he might think that Alice was too greedy and would stay away from her—of course, that was just Maier's thoughts now.

In fact, when Alice said this, she felt very embarrassed. As a regular wife, it would be too embarrassing for her to ask other fiancées to help her even have intimate contact with her fiancé. But the situation is stronger than people, Alice now clearly realizes the gap between herself and Xiaoxiao, in order to be closer to Meier, she can only put down her face and ask for a smile.

"I'll do my best......"

Everyone has already put down their faces to beg for themselves, of course Xiaoxiao can't refuse, so she can only make this ambiguous answer. But that was enough for Alice, who happily put her arms around Smiling and rested her head on her shoulder.

"Thank you!"

So should I say "you're welcome" to her?

He bit his lip in embarrassment, but finally didn't say it.

Rytin and Ista sat across from Alice and Smiley. When Maier chose the lounge, he avoided all the outer rooms and concentrated the lounge in the inner room, so that everyone did not have to deliberately avoid the windows when resting.

Mel sent men to patrol the corridors, which he didn't do at first, because he thought the glass of the windows could be used as alarms. As a result, on the second shift, the rebels outside shot arrows at the window glass or threw stones at the window glass in order to vent their anger, and smashed the glass. In desperation, Maier had no choice but to send people to patrol the corridors.

On the first shift, Maier chose a few brave men and went down with him to the food warehouse on the first floor to get some instant food and some water. The instant food in the dean's dormitory is limited, and most of it is meat, which is very greasy, and some girls are not used to eating it. One of the maids said that there seemed to be a little dried fruit left in the storehouse, so Maier went downstairs alone, found it, and brought it back to the second floor. Mel had the dried fruit given priority to the women, and the men had little problem with that.

It's been a long time since dinner, but Ista still has a piece of dried fruit in her hand. In fact, Mel did not bring back much dried fruit, even if it was only distributed to women, and each person was only given one piece, and there were three pieces less. The three maids took the initiative to say that they didn't need dried fruit, which was just enough points.

Rising knew why Ista didn't eat the dried fruit. Now that the first floor has been completely emptied, it is full of danger for the people on the second floor. The meat and dried fruit that the people ate were all retrieved by Maier at the risk of his life. If Maier had been ambushed by an enemy while he had gone downstairs alone to collect dried fruit, he would most likely have been wounded and would never have returned.

At the thought of this, Ista lost any appetite at all. She didn't eat meat, nor did she eat dried fruit, which she clutched tightly after it was handed out to her hand. Retining tried to persuade her several times, but she refused to listen, and insisted on refusing to eat or drink water.

In fact, the problem of water is more serious than food. Mel was now worried about the water, and he and the people who went downstairs with him had moved all the clean water from the first floor to the second floor. Although it looks like a lot of water for "all the clean water on the first floor", it is actually only a little more than a small bucket, and it is probably less than 20 liters in a standard unit.

Counting the servants in the dean's dormitory, there were now no less than thirty people on the second floor, and each of them could not even get half a liter of water. After dinner, the amount of water drops to between seven and eight liters. Since there are still people on duty at night, the water will continue to be consumed, and if this continues, this water will be consumed before dawn.

Why don't you take advantage of the night to get some water from the well in the yard?

Mel shook his head, he knew it was too risky. Rather than doing this, it is better to break through with everyone.

"Mr. Maier must be worried about the water right now."

Her mother's words made Ista turn her head in surprise, for she didn't know about the lack of water.

At the beginning of the third shift, Reding went out to relieve himself, and when he returned, he heard the manservant in charge of the drinking water being whispering to Mel in the hallway, as if to reduce the drinking water ration for the watchmen. Maier did not agree to his request and asked him to give them water to drink as needed by the watchmen.

After the two finished talking and left the place where they spoke, Rising hurried back to the lounge. However, she did not tell others what she had heard, but only now whispered about it to her daughter.

After learning about the lack of water, Ista looked a little flustered. She was not afraid of not having water to drink, but of Myer taking another risk for drinking water. Reading knew what she was thinking, so he whispered to her.

"If you are worried, go and persuade him, and he may listen to you."

"But...... But what am I...... How could he listen to me......"

Ista's tone was a little lost, with a slight sourness in it.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Rising touched Ista's head, "Women must be confident, otherwise the relationship will not begin, this sentence was taught to me by my mother." ”

"Huh? Romance or something......"

Ista blushed and buried her face between her knees.

"I didn't have ...... Between me and Exeter's classmates...... Nothing......"

"You may have deceived me, but have you deceived yourself? Mr. Meyer is a good man, and if you miss this opportunity, you will never find such a good man again. ”

"But...... But Mel already has four fiancées......"

When Ryting saw Ista call Maier's name, her eyes became doting when she looked at her daughter.

"He's a Letting man, what's wrong with having four fiancées? What's more, Miss Alice is behind you in this matter, and you can't waste someone's kindness. ”

"But he didn't have any interest in me......"

"You can make him interested in you, it's up to people."

Her mother's exhortation gave Ista a little more confidence. She looked up and looked cautiously at Alice, who was sitting opposite, because it was late, and Alice couldn't stay up anymore, so she fell asleep on Xiaoxiao's shoulder.

Alice wants me to marry Mel...... But if I marry Mel, I will take away the love that belongs to Alice......

Thinking of this, Ista became entangled again. Reading through her daughter's thoughts, Rytin said again.

"A man's love is not a dried fruit, even if he gives you a piece, Miss Alice's share will not be less."

"Really?"

"Of course."

Ridin replied with a smile. It was the first time she had lied to her daughter, but she didn't feel any guilt about it, and she didn't feel blushing and heartbeating. As a public lover, she couldn't know much more about men's love. It is true that a man's love is not a dried fruit, but it is like the wind, he can come when he wants, he can leave when he wants, and he will change when he says it.

However, Reettin knows that a man's love also varies from person to person. The men who were willing to go to the public Valentine's Street were not good birds in the first place, and Reading never cared about their love and never asked them for anything. Her woman's instincts told her that Maier was a dedicated and responsible man, and that her daughter would be happy if she married him.

At the same time, Rydin also knew that Ista's happiness was stolen from Myer's other four wives. But even so, she still wants her daughter to be happy. In her opinion, even if some of the love of the other four wives is snatched away, there will definitely be some left, which is always enough. But if Ista hadn't married Mary, she wouldn't have enjoyed even the slightest bit of love.

But in fact, it was impossible for Ista to snatch Mel's love from Alice from the start. Because Myer's love is basically focused on Xiaoxiao, Euris and Yishan can only barely get a little bit, and Alice can't even get a little bit, and Ista can't grab it if she wants to.

Esta, who had no experience in love, believed her mother's words, clutched the dried fruit tightly, buried her face between her knees again, and took several deep breaths in a row. She cheered herself on in her heart, but the thought of Mel made her cheeks heat and her limbs were a little disobedient.

“…… Wheat...... ...... Mel"

Ista tried to call Mel's name, but as soon as she spoke, her heart pounded wildly, as if a lively fawn was hidden in her chest.

No way! Completely unspeakable!

When Ryding heard her daughter's voice, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. When she saw that her daughter had made up her mind, she stopped talking and closed her eyes against the wall to rest.

Obviously, he used to call him Exeter's classmate, but now he suddenly calls him Meier, it must make him feel abrupt, right?

So what should I do? Do you continue to call him Exeter? Or try to call him Maier-san?

Or just call him Exeter?

Ista rubbed her face against her thighs and let out a hungry creature wail.

I haven't even found an excuse to talk, so what if I choose the right name?

Water...... The water thing is an excuse...... But...... But I'm a girl...... Not his fiancée...... Suddenly caring about him makes him feel abrupt, right?

That...... What about heart-to-heart talk? Heart-to-heart talk...... Not...... Heart-to-heart talk...... I'm not his fiancée...... Talking to him suddenly makes him feel abrupt, right?

That...... That, that, that...... Then I'...... Do you want...... Do you want to confess to him directly!?

Ahh!!h No, no, no, no!!!!

Ista shook her head shyly.

I've only known him for a few days, so if I confess so quickly, what should I do if I am treated as a casual girl by him? Even if you don't get misunderstood, what if you get rejected?

Ista, whose face had turned tomato-colored, had no idea what to do. (To be continued.) )