The orange-red sunset hung on the edge of the green hills in the distance, dyeing the landscape of the manor a golden yellow, and the remaining shadow of the sun slanted into the quaint castle, shattering the light in the distance.

The servants placed the plate in their hands on the table in an orderly manner, but as they stepped back, they couldn't help but look at the boy who was strangely quiet at the table, wondering why he didn't start eating without regard for etiquette as usual.

Jing Hao sat upright, elegantly holding the knife and fork and dismembering the food in front of him, ignoring the condemning gaze coming from the other side, forked a piece of well-roasted fish and put it in his mouth, feeling the sweet taste that spread on the tip of his tongue.

With such a clean and quiet dining table, it feels like it's been a long time.

When she had finished eating a whole fish, she looked at Albert, who had been staring at her, as if she remembered something, and saw that he was staring at her aggrievedly with his cheeks covered, from his dark eyes to his eyelashes, telling the accusation against her.

Although I still don't like to talk, my expression is really getting richer.

Jing Hao slowly wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, motioned to the servant who was waiting to the side to clean up all the things on the table, and asked the boy maliciously, "Albert, you don't want to eat tonight, do you?" ”

In response was a twisted black head.

Jing Hao was amused by his reaction, barely suppressed his smile, stroked the dust that did not exist on the hem of his skirt, stood up and looked out the window, "The weather is good, I want to go out for a walk." ”

She waved her hand to stop the servant who wanted to follow, and counted her steps silently, until she could feel the movement of the boy jumping off the stool behind her, and walked a few steps as quiet as the footsteps of a cat, and reached out and grabbed the hem of her skirt.

Jing Hao didn't move, and the boy twisted the hem of her skirt into a ball, and led him in the direction that he was extremely familiar with before.

The two figures, one large and one small, were linked, and they were originally shrunk behind them, but after turning an angle, they slipped in front of them, casting a shadow on the dark green grass.

Jing Hao stared at the small figure, it was indeed much taller than when they first met, and her face was finally fed with some flesh, but because the nutrition in the early stage had been insufficient, she was still a little thin compared to boys of the same age, and she couldn't even reach her shoulders.

Won't she grow to fourteen, and she won't be as tall as she is now, right?

Jing Hao, who had a rare feeding failure, turned around and twisted the cheeks that the boy had been holding, "I eat so much every day, why do I still only grow so little, and I won't be a little bit in the future, right?" ”

As she spoke, she made up the image of the little big demon king in her mind, but for some reason she was messed up by the seven dwarfs.

She sighed, bounced away the boy's hand that was still thinking about covering his cheeks, and twisted it a few more times on his delicate skin, while sighing that the function of instant healing was too good to leave even a little scar, and on the other hand, she was sad about the little face of Fuxiang, which was far from being "round".

"Okay, it's just that I lost two front teeth, so there's no need to cover it and not be able to see people."

As soon as this was mentioned, the accusation in Albert's eyes became more and more obvious, and he almost didn't write a clear "It's all your fault".

Jing Hao was a little weak by him, she really didn't expect that ten-year-old Albert would not change his teeth until now, let alone that the piece of candy she handed him again would cause him to knock both front teeth on it.

Thinking of the two millet teeth stuck to the black sugar, she was a little speechless.

"With your ability to recover, you should be able to grow well tonight, right?" She touched the furry head comfortingly, and said that she was a little uneasy, bent down slightly, and pressed one hand on the boy's beautiful curved chin, "Open your mouth, let me take a look, won't it grow now?" ”

Albert took away the hand she had placed on her chin, covered her mouth, and held back a slightly muffled voice, "Ugly, don't show it." ”

As he spoke, he turned his face away, completely proving his determination not to show it, the side face mixed with the blood of humans and demons was so beautiful under the embellishment of the setting sun that it was heartbreaking, and the long eyelashes were still jumping up and down a few times in an undulating manner, and the tips were dyed a faint gold.

Rao is used to seeing the beauty of Jinghao, and he is also a little shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of him.

I didn't take it seriously before, but it turned out that I grew up like this at a young age.

She was stunned and didn't speak, but the boy who refused her request turned back a little uneasily, and there was still a bit of begging in his dark black eyes, "It's going to look good, don't throw me away." ”

The transformation came so suddenly, and as soon as he understood why she would give him food, she saved him from the brink of death, and brought him to a paradise where he didn't have to worry about not having enough to eat or being beaten, so satisfied that he didn't even dare to think about it before.

Hope after despair, not many people can bear disappointment again.

He couldn't feel a sense of security at all in the huge manor, except for her and the endless supply of food, and he couldn't afford to lose her.

A thin layer of mist slowly covered her black eyes, and before she could say anything, her legs suddenly became heavy, and the boy rushed over and hugged her thighs fiercely, buried his head in the wide skirt, and repeated over and over again, "It's going to be good-looking, I'm going to be good-looking......"

Jing Hao moved his arm, but he still couldn't break his strength, so he could only reach out and touch his head in a somewhat weak posture, and replied a little helplessly, "I didn't save you because you were good-looking, what did you always promise that you would look good?" ”

The sun slowly set over the side of the mountain until it disappeared completely, and the two figures standing on the dark green grass were overlapping each other, as if there was only one person.

The head maid of Livia handed the invitation to Miss Cloris's desk for the eighteenth time, and after waiting for two days without receiving an answer, she finally couldn't help it, and questioned Miss Loris after breakfast.

“…… This is the twentieth banquet invitation you have declined, including the invitation from the imperial capital, and it doesn't look like a lady at all......"

"Livia," Jing Hao interrupted the head maid's constant lecture on such a subject, "I am not well, it is a fact that everyone knows, and no one will define me as rude because I have rejected their offer. ”

She glanced at the head maid who seemed to have what to say next, "Moreover, I have prepared an invitation to invite the masters who had not been able to make it to the Verinha Manor to celebrate the first harvest of the autumn garden, and the time is set for ten days, so you can prepare what you need." ”

The head maid, who had worked hard all her life, was finally somewhat satisfied with the little master's decision, "Oh, my dear and beautiful Miss Chlores, you have at last known that you have to think about your life's affairs, and you must know that in Madame's absence, these banquets where you can meet young people can only be organized by you or the Duke...... If you don't meet enough young people, how do you know who is better and who is your future husband? I am really looking forward to seeing such a young nobleman at this autumn banquet. ”

The satisfied maid finally summed up a few words, and left in a hurry, the banquet was less than ten days away, and there was still a lot of things to prepare.

Jing looked at the person who was still drinking the milk on the side, and felt that the glass of milk had not diminished at all since just now, "Albert," she called out to the person who was in a daze, and immediately met the dark eyes that looked at her, "Hurry up and finish the milk." ”

Almost as soon as she had finished speaking, the glass of milk, which had not yet been drunk, was immediately at the bottom, and the boy, who had grown much taller in the short months from midsummer to mid-autumn, stood up, politely moved his chair back softly, and stood aside quietly waiting for her.

The black knight's costume that had just been made became more and more erect on him, lining his thin and straight body and the increasingly dazzling face, standing in the relatively dimly lit castle, looking like a beautiful boy walking down from an oil painting.

Jing Hao stood up and walked towards the horse farm with him, and after thinking about it, she said, "Albert, wait for ten days, and many people in the manor will come," she thought about her words, trying to avoid some filthy things, "I will arrange them on the second floor and not let them go up, but you also have to remember that in those days, don't come downstairs, I will bring you food." ”

She looked at the boy's face that was beautiful enough to bewitch ordinary people, and the finely carved facial features were also mixed with the child's unique childishness and unspeakable bewitchment, conflict and harmony, which just matched the appetite of some people.

The worry in my heart has been raised to the next level.

Although she used her identity to kill chickens and make an example of her, after all, there were many people who had seen Albert bite people to death, and if someone secretly talked about it in private and was heard by someone, that person would go deeper and stab the matter to the top, even her identity could not protect him.

However, after she came back from going out before, she bumped into Albert and was almost alienated, and after she was so frightened that she didn't dare to go out casually for a banquet, even her duke's father in the imperial capital sent a suspicious letter, and asked whether the reason for the incident was related to the "person" she brought back, and even revealed the meaning of coming back to check in person, and she couldn't avoid seeing people anymore.

And looking at Albert's state, it is even more impossible for her to send him away and ask someone to teach him later.

Jing Hao frowned and tried to think of a more suitable method, but she didn't notice that she was already standing by the stable, and was pulled by the people behind her to avoid the horse that had come over to get close to her.

Albert looked up at the horse that had almost snorted her in the face, and his dark eyes made the sensitive horse move his front hooves anxiously and cowered into the stable.

"I don't come out," when he retracted his gaze and looked at the person in front of him, he subconsciously hid the remaining anger in his eyes, organized what he wanted to say, and said it word by word very sincerely, "I only eat your things, and I only show you." ”

Looking at her still frowning brow, the boy hesitated to stand on the low stone to the side and stood on tiptoe, learning the same movement she had used to comfort her before, and gently touched her head, "Promised, I won't lie to you." ”