"In that case, I have an idea......

Philip muttered quietly, and hope suddenly ignited in Charles's heart.

"What's the idea?" He hurriedly asked.

"This ......" Philip's eyes suddenly flickered a little, as if he was hesitating something.

"Hey! Why are you still coming with me at this time? Charles couldn't help but urge. Tell me ......"

"She's my sister after all, and it's not good for me to deal with her with you......" Philip still hesitated, and glanced at Charles uneasily.

If it were an ordinary person, he might have been deceived by his behavior, but Charles would not. He knew this cousin too well.

"Okay, Philip, I'll tell you......" Charles sighed, then looked at his cousin seriously, "as long as you can help me coax Charlotte to change her mind, then I owe you a great favor, and I will always remember it." ”

Charles's statement finally brought a smile to Philip's face.

"Okay, brother, since you've said this point, I'll tell you about it......"

He was very happy now, as long as he got this promise from Charles, his future, which seemed to be a little precarious, would be even more secure - besides, if he really broke the marriage contract, where should his sister find a more ~ and suitable marriage partner?

Then, he clung to Charles' ear and spoke softly.

…………………………

After finishing today's summons and scaring a group of Self-Defense Force officers into submission, Charles finally finished his day's schedule. Back in his own home.

Then, when he found Mary, he called her to his study.

"Good evening. Mr. Mary saluted Charles with a smile.

After this period of recuperation, the red marks on her face had disappeared. On the contrary, the skin has become fairer because of the simplicity of living in the depths, and it looks much more beautiful than before.

Maybe it was an illusion, but Charles always felt that the half-exposed whiteness on her chest seemed to be a little taller than before.

Looking at Mary, who was obviously already well-dressed, Charles couldn't help but be stunned, but quickly came back to his senses.

"Good evening, Mary. I can't bear to ask you to run errands when I see you so beautiful now......" he complimented half-truthfully.

"Please support me as much as you like, sir." Mary looked up. The smile was full of respect, "I've been so bored lately, I've wanted to do something for a long time." Besides, I've got to give you a place to use it, or you won't have time to remember me. ”

"Ah, that's too much, how can I forget your hard work and service?" Charles hurriedly shook his head, "Mary, don't worry. After so much going through, you are my absolute trust, just like Albert......"

In fact, Charles's trust in Mary is of course completely impossible to compare with his trust in Albert, but anyway, good words don't cost money. Of course, he is not stingy and tries to say more compliments to others.

Sure enough, after hearing Charles's praise, Mary's face flashed with excitement. She bowed to Charles again.

"Thank you, sir...... I assure you. As long as you entrust me with important responsibilities, then I will never fail to live up to your trust. ”

"Oh. I believe in you. Charles nodded.

After motivating his subordinates with these few polite words that were not insincere, Charles finally got to the point, "Mary, since you have already talked about this, I am not completely out of things to ask you ......"

"Please feel free to say it!" Mary replied aloud.

"That's right...... Charles deliberately lowered his voice, "Recently I wanted to sell all the railroad bonds in my hand, but I'm too busy to do it myself, I hope you can help me...... Try to get cash back from the market as smoothly as possible. ”

Although the task was sudden, after a moment of surprise, Mary immediately nodded, not too surprised. "Okay, I see, I'll help you deal with it."

After several years of uninterrupted issuance, the sale of railway bonds is no longer as hot as it was at the beginning, and the market has entered a relatively stable stage, so it is unlikely that it will continue to appreciate too much, and what needs to be done now is to sell the bonds in their hands and replace them with free cash.

And because Charles has too many bonds in his hands, in order to avoid panic in the market, this sell-off must be gradually dumped in a planned way, so as to extract as much cash as possible from the market. And Charles has absolutely no energy to deal with this kind of thing because of too many public facts, so he can only ask his assistant to do it.

"You have to keep it a secret because I don't want to cause too much unnecessary shock to the market." Charles told again, "However, if there is anything you need help with, just tell me, and I can have someone help you." ”

In other words, if I dare to do something wrong, will someone come and deal with me at any time? Mary could certainly understand Charles's subtext.

She wasn't offended, though. It would be strange if the other party didn't have a little precaution when entrusted with such an important task, but now it is a kind of trust to be able to pick out and say it.

"I'll do what you want, sir." Mary reassured Charles.

Then, she frowned slightly, "But...... If you say help, I need a little bit of ......."

"Huh? Please feel free to say it. Charles nodded. As long as I can do it, I will help. ”

"Actually, you don't need to put too much effort into it, you just need to allow me to approach someone." Mary laughed mysteriously, "That's right, I mean Matilda......"

"Matilda?" Charles looked at Mary quizzically, "She? Why? ”

He was really surprised.

Leaving aside whether he could support Matilda at will, it was a bit strange even from other perspectives. Since that day, Mary told Matilda and Pan about seducing herself, according to Charles's thoughts, the relationship between the two should have become bad even if it did not break down, why did Mary suddenly make such a request to herself?

"It's simple." Mary looked up and looked at Charles with a smile, "Matilda is the daughter of the Minister of Railways, and my frequent contact with her will be very beneficial to the execution of my mission. ”

Seeing that Charles was still looking at her suspiciously, she sighed again.

"Besides, sir, despite all the regrettable things that have happened, I still want to mend my relationship with her......"

This reason blocked all the words that Charles originally wanted to say.

After all, he has a share of 'all kinds of regrettable things'.

I don't know why Mary suddenly made this request, but it seems like a good idea. If the two of them can mend their relationship, it will indeed be a kind of compensation for him.

"Well, as long as you can complete the task I have given you, you have complete freedom of action." After a moment, Charles nodded and agreed with Mary's suggestion, "I'll write a letter to Matilda and ask her to help you." ”

"As you wish, sir." Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Mary saluted Charles again with an indifferent smile.

She had a reason to be so happy.

Because of Charles's arrangement, she could keep a large sum of money in her own hands at her disposal at any time - although the ownership of the money belonged to Charles, she could make a lot of profit from it, even in a way that did not anger Charr at all.

At the same time, and more importantly, she has the right opportunity to associate with Matilda as Charles's representative, on an equal footing, and to plan what follows safely.

This joy even made her break the usual indifference a little, and looked at Charles with some curiosity.

"Sir, I still don't quite understand, what are you going to do with so much cash? Although there is not much room for railway bonds to appreciate now, after all, they can still be regarded as a source of profit, and if they are held for a long time, then the future income will definitely be very considerable......

"I know," Charles sighed, "but I have more important things to do now. ”

"Is it Miss Treyville's business?" With a strange acuity, Mary asked Charles.

This sudden speculation made Charles a little overwhelmed for a moment, but in the end he calmed down and nodded. "Hmm...... Sort of. ”

Seeing Charles say this, Mary slowly figured out in her heart, and stopped asking any more.

Although Charles kept the news of Charlotte's collapse secret, Mary's channels through Guò Matilda had already been well understood. However, even so, she didn't feel that she had any chance, after all, the status gap between the two was too big, not to mention that her employer was not very infatuated with her in the first place, even his grandfather, the new field marshal, would not agree to their marriage anyway.

Since she didn't expect such an impractical thing at all, Mary was very open-minded, she just wanted to take advantage of the vacancy of her employer's presence to further expand her influence in his heart, so as to become an assistant who could not leave him.

However...... Even so, she still had an indelible jealousy of Charlotte in her heart, and this jealousy even took a lot of effort to not show it.

"Okay, sir, I see, I wish you a good luck." (To be continued......) R1292