Under the influence of that inexplicable guilt, Charles hugged Charlotte tightly in his arms and kissed her. However, even with this guilt in his heart, he still did not regret the impulse of that night.

After a long while, his lips left Charlotte, and looking at Charlotte, whose face was slightly red and even breathing a little fast, Charles suddenly felt a sigh of emotion in his heart.

Even if you spend your whole life with her, there's nothing wrong with it, right? At least he didn't see anything wrong.

"Charles, stop making trouble!" After a moment of silence, Charlotte, who was still blushing, waved his hand, "I'm looking for you today, and there are other things to do!" ”

"Didn't you just say you were just coming to see me? What's the matter? "There's something strange about Charles.

"It's nothing, it's just a little thing......" Charlotte smiled slightly, but Charles always felt as if there was something else in it, "Charles, aren't we going to have a big party at my house?" Then just call your sister over, she's at this age anyway, so it's not bad to have fun with everyone and get to know more people......"

Although she deliberately pretended to be careless, Charles, who had been with her for so many years, still found something strange about it.

Charlotte and Fran have not had a very good relationship all the time, and generally speaking, Charlotte would never invite Fran if she could not invite her, but today she is so proactive, it is a little strange to look at it.

"Your grandfather, isn't he dead yet? Still thinking about that day? That's what they mentioned, right? That's a lot to do...... Make us happy and make them happy. ”

Because there is some displeasure. So Charles couldn't help but keep a straight face.

Charlotte was embarrassed at first, then regained her composure. "Charles, don't say it so ugly, okay? What does it mean to not be dead? Is my grandfather planning something bad against you? It's not a bad thing in the first place. It's okay if you don't, but don't put on that attitude either, okay?

Besides, Fran is so old, what's wrong with you letting her go to the social world more? Grandpa just wants to give everyone a chance to get to know each other and get to know each other, and he doesn't really want to force you to do anything...... What my grandfather meant was that even if there was no second marriage, at least everyone should be treated as relatives......"

"That's weird, isn't it?" Charles was a little confused.

"Of course it's not strange!" Charlotte nodded. "Did you notice that Fran never went to our house? Even if you don't usually interact with each other, it's weird. Although we didn't have much contact with each other in the previous years. But you've been here many times, except for ...... Except for those two years. But what about her? She never went to our house, let alone my father or grandfather. Simply. It's like we're strangers......"

Charles's expression froze suddenly.

That's right, since Fran was a child, he couldn't remember when she visited Charlotte's house. Although the elders of the two families basically did not interact with each other in order to avoid suspicion, the juniors came and went very frequently, and there was no taboo, Charles and Charlotte had been to each other's house many times.

"There's a point to that......"

Charlotte's defense made the anger that Charles had just ignited gradually subside.

"So, that's what Grandpa meant. Show that Fran came to my house to see if it was appropriate for her to come and see if it was appropriate or not. It would be best if his mention could become a reality. It doesn't matter if you can't make it, at least you can meet Fran, after all, I haven't seen this niece and granddaughter for so many years, and it's not a special conspiracy to be close to my niece, right......? ”

Charlotte said as she glanced at Charles.

Charles gradually calmed down.

Whatever his other motives, at least he was right, and there was no need for him to restrict his sister's social life. Besides, let Fran meet her cousin and say hello, what's wrong? That's how it should be.

"Okay, then you can go and tell her yourself, it's your idea anyway." After thinking about it for a moment, Charles shrugged.

His attitude made Charlotte frown again.

After staring at Charles for a moment, she sighed again.

"Charles, it's not my business alone......"

"But after all, it's your family's treat?" Charles replied.

"No, it's a banquet for the two of us anyway, and you have to go and tell her." Charlotte continued to insist, and then directly reached out and grabbed Charles's hand, "Or, you don't dare?" ”

"Don't dare to ......? What would I not dare. ”

"yes, I wonder too, what would you not dare?" Charlotte sneered and looked at Charles, "Then come with me?" There's nothing hard to say about this kind of thing, right? ”

Charlotte's gaze made Charles a little uncomfortable, and he didn't like the feeling of being led away.

Even if his fiancée did this, he still didn't like it.

"Well, since you insist on me doing this, I'll go tell her, I'll go alone." After a moment of silence, he replied calmly, "Wait for me, she should be at home now, I'll go find her right away." ”

Charlotte's lips moved slightly, but seeing Charles's expression, she didn't say anything in the end.

"Okay, then you can go, I'll be waiting for you here." Finally, she smiled as well, "As long as you can be happy anyway." ”

"Thank you, I'm very happy, Mademoiselle de Treville." Charles stood up, then bowed slightly to the other man as if respectfully, before turning to leave.

Soon, Charles was in front of Fran's room.

Then, he knocked softly on the door.

"Is it there? Fran? ”

There was no response from inside, but soon the door opened, and Fran and Charles looked at each other.

"What's the matter? Mr? Fran asked in a low voice.

Probably due to the recent lack of sleep, Fran's face was a little pale. Even his voice was much softer, and he sounded a little listless, because he was at home. Her hair was not combed, and the back of her white dress swayed slightly, as if she had just been woken up from her sleep.

However, Charles can also understand his sister's current state - since learning about her parents, Fran's mental state is obviously much worse than before, and she even locks herself in her room many times, and her whole person has lost a lot of weight.

See her current state. As his brother, Charles was of course very distressed, but he still didn't interfere too much, because Charles thought that she would have to come out of this shadow on her own after all.

That's why. Charles didn't want to bring Charlotte over just now, so as not to give her new excitement.

"Can't you let me sit down? Miss? To lighten the mood a bit, Charles said in a relaxed tone.

"Of course, please come in." Fran quickly replied. Then get out of the way. Turn around and walk back.

Charles followed suit, and sat down in the chair next to her desk, while Fran sat on her bed.

There was an unfinished painting on the desk, apparently while Fran had been working on it before Charles came to bother.

It's also good to use this way to get out of the mood.

Charles didn't look closely at the painting on the table, but looked directly at his sister.

"I have something I want to sue you."

"Did something bad happen again?" Fran replied sullenly. "Just say it, I can stand it......"

This reaction of hers. Charles was so stunned that he didn't speak for a while. But. I don't blame her, but I've been telling her some bad news lately, so much so that she has become a frightened bird......

"Don't be like that, Fran, don't be so pessimistic...... This time it's good news. Charles tried to keep his tone cheerful, "I'm here to invite you to play." Kamen party, it's fun......"

"Kamen ball?" Fran was a little weird.

"Well, yes, I'm going to have a prom."

"Why?"

"It's nothing, I've been transferred, this can be some kind of celebration." In front of Fran, who is so unhappy now, of course Charles doesn't dare to joke like he did with Charlotte just now, "This time, in order to have fun, I plan to invite a lot of people to play, and it will definitely be quite grand, so I think you should also come and participate......"

"That's right...... All right. Fran suddenly laughed, "Are you going to be transferred?" Looks like a promotion, congratulations, sir, I'll be participating. ”

"Don't be busy congratulating, this hasn't been done yet." Charles smiled and waved his hand.

"When, then?"

"The date hasn't been decided yet, but we'll be ready for the next few days, after all, we're going to invite a lot of people." Charles replied, and then added as casually as possible, "By the way, because there are probably a lot of people scheduled to attend, I'm going to do it at Charlotte's house." ”

"At Charlotte's house?" Fran was stunned. "You'd like to host with Charlotte?"

"Yes, her house is big enough to fit everyone in, and you don't know it." Although he felt his sister's resistance for a moment, Charles still smiled, "Then again, you haven't been to her house for so many years, so you should go and see it, right?" Her grandfather is that age, and now he is not in good health, you should always ask, okay? ”

I don't know what kind of psychology it is, but Charles didn't tell Sù Fran about the Duke of Treville's intentions. Perhaps he himself thought that the idea was too absurd to be worth telling her.

After Charles' explanation, Fran didn't answer at first, but kept looking at Charles.

This gaze made Charles feel a little uncomfortable, but just as Charles was about to ask, Fran nodded slightly.

"Okay, I'll go...... If that makes you happy. ”

"Not for me or anyone, I just want to invite you to have fun." Charles wasn't quite happy with Fran's answer, "If this invitation of mine makes you feel embarrassed......"

"No, I'm not embarrassed, I really want to go." Fran immediately changed her tune, "It's been boring at home for a long time, it's good to be able to play......"

"Thank you, then, for the view, beautiful Miss Treville, and of course I will be happy." After receiving a satisfactory answer, Charles was very happy, "But what I want most is for you to be happy too...... Well, in that case, you can pick a dress these days, don't worry about the money, I'll pay the bill. Then, he reached out and pinched his sister's face, "When the time comes, you will definitely overshadow the other girls!" ”

Feeling the temperature coming from the palm of her hand, and Charles's concerned gaze, Fran couldn't help but close her eyes slightly, intoxicated by the warmth of this moment.

"I'll be happy, don't worry......"

If you need it.

"Well, in that case, then I won't bother you, you can continue to paint." In this way, Fran was invited, which made Charles a lot happier.

Just as he stood up and was about to leave, he read the painting on the table.

"By the way, what are you?"

Despite the question, it is clear what this painting is depicting - it is just a figure painting.

Charles leaned down and took a closer look.

This is indeed a portrait of him, the man in the painting is standing proudly under the blue sky, looking into the distance with a gun, and next to him is a small lake, a sparkling wave, and the figure of this person looms in the background.

"I'm painting your portrait."

"That's a good drawing." Charles nodded approvingly, "But...... I don't think I'm that handsome, am I? ”

"Yes." Fran replied. (To be continued......)

PS: I haven't written it for a few days, and I'm really a little rusty...... I almost couldn't lift my pen, it was terrible.