Some people say that people in love are often blind, and many times when lovers betray themselves, they are the last to know, but how many of them are because of self-deception and wanting to whitewash the peace. Not long ago, Sophia always thought that she was the happiest girl in the world, she had a father and brother who loved her, and a handsome fiancé who loved each other, but how happy she used to be and how bitter she is now, when did she find out, from when she shared her childhood story with Kreuz, he was always careless, or every time he asked him out, he always shirked it for various reasons...... Thinking of this, Sophia's beautiful face showed a bitter smile, love is like a thorny rose, looking extremely beautiful, only to find that she was pierced with blood, and the woman's intuition told her that her fiancé had betrayed her! From denial and doubt at the beginning, to accepting reality now, she found that she was even more resilient than she imagined!

Probably because of her innate pride, the first time she knew that her fiancé had betrayed her, she chose not to cry, but to resolutely want to give up this marriage, just like the governess taught her to recite an oriental poem many years ago: "Ask the king has two intentions, so they decide each other." "She is the proud pearl of Emerald Jade, how in her life did she allow herself to have a marriage destined for tragedy! However, it seems that the people around her have changed overnight, her father thinks she is making a big fuss and ignores the overall situation, and her brother thinks she is unreasonable and ridiculous and embarrassing, but how many people understand the pain in her heart.

Although she didn't really find the woman who took away her fiancé, but feelings have never deceived people, she has quarreled, distressed, and even cried regardless of her image, but after all, she has never been able to change their decision, she has never realized as clearly as this moment that the favor of her father and brother is only based on not conflicting with the interests of the family, and they value the prosperity of the family and the peace of the political situation more than the emotions and loyalty to the marriage that women value- Even in the father's opinion, it is not a bad thing for a man to be suave, and Kreuz did not do anything substantial, so the shrewd Grand Duke Fei Leng Cui did not even warn him, but hoped that Kreuz would tolerate his daughter's willfulness in his words.

"Sophia." She and her mother are not very close, under the influence of some broken mouths of maids when she was young, she even looked down on her mother for a while, always felt that her mother was a mean and sharp woman, only grasping the power of the Duke's palace and not letting go, full of eyes on how to make gold coins give birth to more gold coins, but in face still clinging to the pride of being an old nobleman, every word and deed is simply old-fashioned dogma, but when she was most sad, it was her mother who accompanied her, stood by her side, and fought for her husband who had always been obedient for her marriage," My child, get a good night's sleep. ”

"Mom, I don't understand...... the girl lay in her mother's arms, she looked at the woman in front of her who was not young with wide eyes, she gently hugged herself, her skin began to loosen her hand gently patted her back, at this moment Sophia felt very relieved, it seemed that the disputes in the day disappeared with the sun setting.

“…… I'm sorry Sophia, it's my mother who can't help you......" The Duchess lovingly held her daughter in her arms, tears fell down her pale cheeks drop by drop, from the little child who was only the length of her arm at the beginning, to the slim girl later, she watched her grow up step by step, even if the girl had rebelled and fought against her, but in her heart she was still the little girl who snuggled up to her back then, she would comb her hair lightly, comfort her to sleep, and would be angry and disappointed because of her disobedience, But seeing her hit her head and bleed, her heart ached beyond measure, and she hated herself even more for not being able to support her daughter's decision!

"It's okay, although Mom can't let you dismiss the wedding with him, but Mommy's little baby, I will sweep away a thorn ...... for you"

The moonlight shines through the balcony through the gaps in the thick velvet curtains, the jewels inlaid on the dresser, piano, wardrobe and other furniture glow faintly in the moonlight, and the all-black cat curls up quietly in a corner, listening to the conversation between mother and daughter with her ears pricked up.

The Duchess hummed a lullaby softly, caressed her daughter's forehead lovingly, and a tear flowed down the corner of her eye, she didn't think about letting her daughter run her own marriage and let her grow up quickly, but after all, she was reluctant, her daughter didn't investigate those clues, how could she not understand, whether it was the girl in the painting or the person who painted it, anyone who made Sophia sad, she would not let go, even if she couldn't clean up Croze now, but couldn't she clean up those little citizens!

But since the artist is now a little involved with Ian, maybe the first thing to do is to get Ian back to Rome!

"You're going to Rome, so fast?" On this day, Ah Zhai came back from sketching from the church with a sketchpad on his back, and when he looked up, he saw the young man standing at the side door of the church quietly waiting for him, still wearing a simple white robe, but he stood there as if thousands of brilliance were condensed, people would involuntarily cast their eyes on him, and his heart was full of joy, he couldn't help but jump forward, from when he saw this person he would always be involuntarily attracted to him, reincarnation of several worlds, Ah Zhai still didn't believe in the existence of the gods. But probably because this person is a clergyman, there is always a sense of peace from the inside out in him.

"I'm going to be a cardinal." Seeing the young man's bright eyes, he couldn't help but be happy, although he knew that there would be a day at the beginning, but he still thought of sharing it with the young man as soon as he received the news.

"That's really amazing! Ian, congratulations. Because he has a clerical friend, Ah Zhai still has some understanding of the basic functions of the Holy See, the so-called cardinal is the cardinal who appears as a villain in many places, but now his friend can be in this position only one step away from the Pope, he still feels very happy, especially when he discussed with Sherlock to wait until Sophia marries the Roman black cat is like a way to return to him, "So is your going to Rome to accept the promotion ceremony?" ”

"Yes." Ian naturally took the sketchpad from Ah Zhai's hand, and the two walked forward side by side, "We will leave early tomorrow morning, and I am here to say goodbye to you." ”

"And will you come back when you take over as cardinal?" Although he has experienced several worlds, Ah Zhai has become more and more independent, but he still has some very soft existence in his heart, so he seems more and more reluctant to part, he thinks that maybe he will always make it to wave his hand, Xiao Xiao Ban Ma Ming's chic.

"I can't answer you to that, but maybe I'll be waiting for you in Rome when you graduate from the Conti Academy and become a famous painter." Ian smiled, he looked at the young man in front of him intently, and there was more reluctance and expectation in his eyes, "I am waiting for you, no matter where you are, looking forward to the day when you will become famous on the entire continent." ”

Perhaps Ian's words before leaving had a good motivating effect, so in addition to paying some attention to Marcas and Sylvia, Otaku devoted almost all of his energy to studying and painting, and began to have a basic framework for the idea of the daily life picture of Fei Leng Cui, and he even began to explore the first draft.

"Are you Jin? Makasto, I'll give you the news, there's something wrong with his family! On this day, Ah Zhai was coloring in the studio, and a thin little boy burst in, anxiously grabbed Ah Zhai and walked out.

"What about Marcas?" Seeing the young man's anxious appearance, Ah Zhai didn't care about anything else and hurriedly followed.

"His father was an alcoholic...... By the way, he is now addicted to gambling again, and owes tens of thousands of gold coins to the gambling house, and he ran away, and the people in the gambling house chased Marcus for debts, and wanted to sell him to the quarry to pay off the debt. "I didn't notice the unnatural pause in the boy's words, Ah Zhai was full of his friend's safety at this moment," ...... Marcus stole gold from the bakery in order to pay off his debts, and now he has been caught by the boss. ”

"Let's let, let's go." Seeing from a distance that the bakery where Marcas usually worked was surrounded by a crowd, Ah Zhai anxiously shook off the boy and drilled inside, but he was limited to the fact that the Oriental people were far less tall than the others, and he was so crowded that he was covered in sweat before he broke in.

"I'm usually not good to you, you actually stole my mother's gold coins!" The glamorous proprietress of the bakery ordered the men to drag Marcus to the ground and whip him with a wooden stick.

"I ...... I didn't. The young man who was surrounded by everyone was covered in blood, but he still repeated his innocence over and over again.

"Stop fighting!" Ah Zhai was sad to see him like this, he believed that his friend was not such a person, but at this moment, the crowd was excited, he believed that the angry crowd would not listen to any explanation from him, "I will compensate you on his behalf!" I'll compensate you for him! ”

"He stole 30 gold coins from me, you have to pay me at least 50." The proprietress is not a lion with a big mouth, but with the prosperity of the Fei Leng Emerald trade in recent years, more and more foreigners want to come here to pan for gold, and then bring more fresh blood to the city, but at the same time, thieves and liars are hated by everyone.

“…… There's a total of 60 gold here, which is enough. Originally, Ah Zhai didn't have so many gold coins on him, but it happened that yesterday was the day when Luther gave him dividends every month, and because of this, the gold coins were brought by him.

"Let him go, you're lucky today!" The proprietress put the money bag in her hand and turned it upside down, snorted coldly and walked into the store, and everyone also scattered when they saw this, after all, if the owner didn't pursue them, there would be nothing to make up.