"Bang!"

This loud sound made Matilda seem to faint in an instant.

She watched Charles walk towards Charlotte, who was obviously about to lose her mind, as if she didn't know whether she was alive or dead, and Charlotte didn't choose to stop under pressure, and finally pulled the trigger!

"Ahh Seeing Charlotte shoot, a distraught Matilda screamed uncontrollably.

Her heart was filled with fear and regret for a moment, she never imagined that such a pleasant night would encounter such a terrible change.

Not having time to think about whether Charlotte would do the same to herself next, she ran towards Charles without hesitation.

At this moment she could only pray frantically to God in her heart, praying that the most terrible thing would not happen.

As if God had answered her prayers, when she hurried to Charles, her beloved was still standing there, ungrounded.

But it's not right if it's done well. Matilda noticed that Charles' clothes were torn and bleeding from his shoulder, but she didn't know if she had been shot or just bruised.

The sense of security for the rest of her life after the catastrophe made her feel a burst of collapse, and she only felt a little weak all over her body, and no matter what Charlotte looked at, she hugged her lover, unaware that her tears were constantly flowing, "Charles...... Charles, are you alright? Are you okay! ”

Charles's blood poured down on her, adding to the horror in her heart.

At this time, Charles still stood still looking at Charlotte, and did not answer Matilda's question.

True, he didn't die.

Although he felt a burning pain in his shoulder, his consciousness was still very clear.

After the shot, Charlotte did not make any other moves, but just stood there and looked at Charles, as if expecting that her robbery would not cause the most terrible consequences.

"Charlotte, I'm fine, don't be afraid." He held back the pain of the wound and tried to keep his tone calm so as not to make Charlotte have a nervous breakdown, "Alright, let's go home, it's okay." Thank you ......."

It may seem strange to say thank you after being shot by someone, but he really does mean it now.

By the time Charlotte fired, Charles had already walked within a few steps of her—so close that it was too easy to hit herself, and you didn't even need to take aim.

Maybe it was because of the relationship that she had been with for many years, and she was still reluctant to kill herself in the end, so she deflected the muzzle of the gun at the last moment.

Although Charlotte did shoot a little more than he expected, overall he did win the bet. However, he didn't feel any happiness in his heart, but felt a little more sorry.

Can there be anyone in the world who is better to me? He asked himself, but he couldn't think of an answer.

However, now is not the time to think about these things, how to deal with the aftermath is the most important thing.

Even if it's late at night, someone will definitely run after hearing the gunshots, and tomorrow it will be big news that will shake the whole city, and he himself is not afraid, but it will definitely be an unbearable blow for Matilda and Charlotte, so he must avoid this anyway.

With that, he let go of Matilda's hand and continued towards Charlotte.

Charlotte had been looking at Charles's wound all the time, the gun in her hand had been thrown to the ground after it had been fired, but tears were still flowing from her eyes.

She sobbed, her lips twitching slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything.

"I'm sorry, Charlotte, I'm really sorry......"

Charles finally walked up to Charlotte, and then gently put his arm around her shoulder, "Don't be afraid, I'm really fine...... Let's go home together, Lolot......"

However, his hopes were in vain, and the title of Lolotte did not spark Charlotte as usual, and she still stood as if she had lost her soul.

"Lolot, please, don't ...... like this" Because she was worried, Charles hurriedly leaned into her ear, "Let's go back first, take care of everything, and we will get married in a while!" ”

However, as if the word "married" touched something, Charlotte suddenly woke up, her eyes suddenly widened, and then she grabbed Charles's shoulders with both hands and gave her a heavy push.

"Hmm!" Charles couldn't help but let out a dull grunt of pain from the blow to the wound on his shoulder, and his hands were paralyzed by the pain, which made Charlotte break free.

"We don't have a marriage contract anymore! Without! Charlotte glared at Charles and shouted, "Now you don't have to worry about how to continue to lie to me!" You can go to whoever you like, I'll set you free! ”

"Don't do that, Charlotte!" Charles was in a hurry, and cried out over his wounds. "Listen to me!"

Charlotte, however, turned a deaf ear and turned and ran towards the back.

Charles wanted to chase, but felt that there was a weight under his feet, and in the end he didn't take any step forward, so he could only watch Charlotte run farther and farther.

Is that the end of it? Did she leave me like that?

No, absolutely not.

At this moment, a flame suddenly rose in his heart.

"Do you think you can run away?" He shouted as hard as he could, and whether she could hear it or not, "No! I'm not going to let you run away! Whether you want to or not, we will get married, and then I will give you everything I can get as I promised! You wait for me! ”

And at Charles's roar, Charlotte ran farther and farther, and finally disappeared into the dark shadows.

Charles stared fixedly at the place where Charlotte had disappeared, speechless for a long time.

"Sir...... Are you okay? It wasn't until a moment later that Matilda's hesitant voice brought him back to his senses.

Charles turned his head to look at Matilda, and saw that she was a bit wolf-like—tears still lingering in the corners of her eyes, and blood stained on her body.

I'm afraid I'm going to look even more wolf now...... He smiled wryly.

"Why didn't you run when you were told to run? Don't you know how dangerous you are? After calming down a little, he asked Matilda with some dissatisfaction.

"It started because of me...... How can I ...... How can I leave you alone and run away? Matilda replied in a low voice, "I'm sorry...... Sorry ......"

The sound of sorry was as if it were to say to Charles as it was to Charlotte.

Seeing Matilda's apology like this, Charles slowly relented. When she was almost shot just now, didn't she run to her side regardless of the danger? That's loyalty that's hard to repay......

"No, you shouldn't apologize to me, I'm the one who should apologize." He let out a long sigh.

Charlotte and Matilda, each of whom owes a lot. In order to chase a moment of pleasure, but instead put heavy obligations and shackles on his back, he couldn't figure out whether he was making money or losing money.

But even so, he never regretted it.

The two of them were silent in the cold wind, and they only felt extremely heavy in their hearts.

"Okay, it's not too early, let's stop talking here, let's go back early." After a few moments, Charles sighed again, "Since everything has already happened, there is no point in bothering us. ”

"Sir...... You ......" At this moment, Matilda suddenly looked up at Charles, "Miss Tréville seems to be very angry just now, I am afraid that your marriage to her will ......"

"No matter what, I'm going to let a qiē go on as usual." Charles replied flatly, "That will never change." ”

"Okay, that's fine." Matilda nodded.

Although this result had been expected, Matilda's heart still had a faint sourness.

However, she quickly put aside this sourness and regained her usual sanity and calm.

"In that case, you have been working hard lately, and I wish you a smooth experience. Let's try to see each other as little as possible lately, so that the situation does not get worse. ”

"Thanks, I understand." Charles nodded. "You don't have to worry about me, I'll figure it out myself."

Then, he carefully admonished, "Matilda, I think you know how important today's events are, right?" For my sake, and even for your own sake, please keep it a secret and don't let anyone know about tonight......"

"Of course I know that, Charles, don't worry, I won't say a word."

Just when the two of them were still discussing the aftermath, suddenly there was a commotion not far away.

Mademoiselle de Perriette ran with a group of servants with guns.

It was evident that they had assembled in a hurry, and many of them still had undisguised weariness on their faces—but still looked well-trained and vicious.

"Mr. Treville!" When she saw that it was Charles, Miss Perriette was amazed, "Why are you?" Did something just happen? We seem to hear gunshots? ”

The lady of the blue stockings, who usually put on a hospitable and courteous face, had completely abandoned her gentle appearance at this moment, her expression was very stern, and her eyes were also very cold and sinister, not only ran over with a group of heavily armed men, but also had a pistol in her own hand.

"Oh, nothing." Charles waved his hand, "We just had a little trouble going back to ......"

"A little trouble?" When she walked up to Charles and found the wound on his shoulder, she was even more surprised. "Was someone coming at you just now? Is it the one who stabbed you? ”

"I don't know if it's a bandit or something, but as soon as we got here, someone ran at us," in order to keep it a secret, Charles deliberately did not dispel her suspicions full of political connotations. "After a shot was fired at me, he ran away."

"Really?" Miss Perriette frowned, then looked around.

It's not easy for her to ask people to search around in the middle of the night.

"Well, I'll send a few men to take you back to the city." After thinking about it, she gave a suggestion, "So as not to have another accident." ”

"Okay, thank you." Charles did not refuse her kindness.

So, on the orders of Miss Perriette, a carriage belonging to her was pulled over, intending to escort Charles and Matilda away.

"Mr. Treville!" Just as Charles boarded the carriage and was about to leave, Miss Perriette suddenly stopped Charles.

"What's wrong?"

"Remember, now that you are an important person, it means not only that you are powerful, but also that you have many enemies inside and out......" Miss Perriette said softly, but always heard a certain reproach, "so you should be more conscious of your own safety...... I'm not against you having fun, but you should know how to protect yourself in addition to having fun, you know? If you really die here today, I'm going to be annoyed. ”

The embarrassment caused by the reproach made Charles's face slightly hot, and he had to nod.

"Okay, I understand, miss, thank you for the reminder."

"Goodbye."

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In the cold winter wind, Ezreal Walter leaned against a carriage and twitched restlessly.

It wasn't the cold of winter that made him feel uncomfortable, but the uncontrollable worry.

He wasn't worried about the man who was his brother by blood, but because of what he had done, he had lost all respect and respect in Ezreal's heart.

He's worried about Charlotte.

After learning that Charles would be bringing his lover to the party, he broke the news to Charlotte, and at her request, brought her over.

Sure enough, they really saw how despicable and shameless that person was in private.

The two of them waited outside for a long time, until the party began to end when Charlotte suddenly offered to meet the man.

Although she was a little worried about her dejected appearance, Charlotte was very persistent, so Ezreal had to agree.

And what would that person do with Charlotte? During the long wait, he couldn't help but get worried.

That man was a bastard like his father, and he could do anything.

Just as he was still worried, suddenly a gunshot was heard in the distance.

He was stunned because he didn't know that Charlotte was coming with a gun, and then when he came to his senses, he immediately ran to the place where the gunshots rang out.

After running a short distance, he noticed that Charlotte was running towards her.

"Miss, are you alright?" He hurriedly walked over to Charlotte and asked in a low voice.

Charlotte's face was still covered with tears, and she was constantly wheezing violently because of the vigorous exercise and excitement.

"Send me back, sir," she said, with tears in her voice, "and everything is settled." ”

"Okay." He replied, and then helped Charlotte back to the carriage.

As she walked, Charlotte cried, and the cry was heartbreaking, and it was uncomfortable to hear. Ezreal tried to keep himself silent so as not to hurt the other even more, but his heart was full of anger.

Charles de Treville, you really are a heinous monster!

The two men returned to the carriage in silence.

"Are you alright?" Only then did Ezreal whisper, "What was the gunshot?" That person ...... to you"

"No, I fired the gun." Charlotte replied in a low voice.

Ezreal's eyes widened in shock. "So...... So does he have ......"

"No, he's not dead...... He's not dead! I was so weak that I couldn't do it in the end, really...... What a damn ......" Charlotte hung her head and muttered to herself, "Let's go...... I don't want to see that bastard again. ”

Ezreal wanted to ask for more, but didn't even ask after thinking about it.

Forget it, that's fine.

It's better to get out of here early, the gunfire just now must have alarmed a lot of people.

As soon as he thought of this, he gave up asking the question and walked to Mite's position and urged the carriage.

And when he left the carriage, Charlotte's muffled sobs could be heard behind him.

The cry was so lonely and helpless that it made him feel uncomfortable.

He moved his mouth to tell her that she wasn't alone in being oppressed by that evil bastard, and that his sister was also living in great torment and in dire need of help.

However, when the words came to his lips, he remembered Fran's confession and finally decided to bury them in his heart.

At least I can help them, he thought. R1152