Chapter 10 Go
A few months have passed in a blink of an eye, because Yan Shao has already told Eleno about going back to China, so she did not mention the matter of buying a house again, but ran over every day after class or holidays, translated the manuscript written by Yan Shao from English to French, and by the way, she was cleaning up the house for Yan Shao or something.
And during this time, due to the frequent door-to-door harassment of Taris, Yan Shao also had to retreat and fill the pits, and strive to fill in the pits he dugββββββ this is really digging the pits and filling them by himself...
However, while trying to fill the pit, he opened a new one...
The Legend of Sword and Fairy
Yan Shao has been in France for more than a year, whether it is his original science fiction novels or the works of later gods, almost all of them are related to Europe and the United States, but none of them have anything to do with China.
Elaline had also told him about it, and was a little curious about what he had never written about China.
It is this sentence that will wake Yan Shao up, because of the relationship between those novels, now Yan Shao is also a well-known figure in Marseille, and people who usually go out to ask him for autographs can meet more than a dozen casually, which makes him a little afraid to go out, in this case, isn't it suitable to promote Chinese culture?
It was precisely for this reason that he had the idea of writing a book and a novel about China.
And "Fairy Sword" is the most suitable one in Yan Shao's opinion.
After all, for the people of Yan Shao's era, the impact of the "Fairy Sword" series was too great, so big that even in the era when stand-alone games had declined, many people still remembered the plot in the game...
Especially some of these favorite plots, ahem, and of course those damn mazes...
Although it is really difficult for a group of French people to understand Chinese culture, but thanks to the opening of the previous novels, the sales of "Fairy Sword" are also good, and even a classmate of Eleno came to ask Yan Shao about the follow-up plot, but all of them were rejected by Yan Shao on the grounds of trade secrets.
On the other hand, due to the fact that those novels are really classic, after an American publishing house came to the door, publishers from Spain, Russia and several neighboring countries soon came to the door and bought the copyrights of their respective national languages, which also made Yan Shao make a lot of money.
At the moment he has a net worth of almost 130,000 or 40,000 francs, and will earn at least tens of thousands of francs a year, and this number will continue to grow.
If he just wants to be a rich man, even if he doesn't do anything, he can live comfortably with a steady stream of manuscript fees.
"Yan, what do you mean by the descendants of Nuwa here..."
Holding the manuscript that had just been translated, Elanon, who was dressed in a long skirt, walked to Yan Shao's side.
Although many novels have been translated for Yan Shao, the difficulty this time is undoubtedly much higher for Eleno, after all, the thinking of Europeans and Chinese is still very different, not to mention that the story in "Fairy Sword" is still written by Yan Shao in broken English, and it is also very difficult for Yan Shao to convert some of the words in it into English.
So every time he encounters something difficult to understand, Elaline will come to Yan Shao's side to ask, after all, this kind of communication is always more accurate and efficient than Elaline himself translating there alone, anyway, Yan Shao has already bought a typewriter for Eleno.
"You said that the descendants of Nuwa..." motioned for Elano to sit on his lap, and after holding him in his arms, Yan Shao explained. In Chinese mythology, there was originally no human being, and then one day a person was headed by a snake and the goddess named Nuwa..."
Just snuggled in Yan Shao's arms, Elino listened quietly to his explanation, maybe for her, coming to ask was just an excuse...
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"Marseille, I haven't been back for a long time..."
Stepping out of the carriage, a middle-aged man in military uniform sighed as he looked at Tharis who was standing beside him.
"Speaking of which, I heard that your publishing house seems to have found a very good writer, who is said to be a demon-like fellow, I heard about it when I was in Madagascar..."
"yes," Taris nodded with a stiff expression. It's my luck, otherwise, I'm afraid my publishing house would have closed down..."
"Well, your luck is really good," said the middle-aged man with a hearty smile. By the way, what about my daughter? How's that girl Illanon? I haven't seen her in a long time since I went to Madagascar...", and the middle-aged man's face showed a hint of nostalgia.
"This..."Hearing the middle-aged man talk about Elinor, Taris suddenly became a little weak-hearted, and he began to speak. You also know that Elinor is almost 19 years old, and she is a big girl, and it is her freedom to go wherever she goes, and I don't want to interfere too much..."
Hearing Tharis say this, the middle-aged man's face sank for a moment.
"So, even you don't know where she is now..."
"Ahem, normally, she should be at school, but today is Sunday, so I guess I went somewhere to play with my classmates..."
Hearing Tharis say this, the middle-aged man's face was a little ugly, but it was obviously much more relaxed.
"It's hard for you, I've been in Madagascar since Eleno's mother died, and that child can only be entrusted to you to take care of..."
Hearing the middle-aged man say this, Tharis smiled.
"That's as it should be, after all, I'm also her uncle anyway..."
For Elaine's niece, Tharis has a genuine affection. In particular, Elano's mother died of illness a few years ago, but her father, the middle-aged man in front of her, was serving in Madagascar at the time, and the most middle-aged man could only entrust Elaline to Mr. and Mrs. Tarris, who had no children themselves, almost treated her as their own daughter.
It was precisely because he regarded Elano as his own daughter, so although he was a little weak-hearted, Tharis still asked tentatively.
"By the way, you're not just here to visit Elaline, are you..."
It's no wonder that Tharis would ask that, after all, he knows very well that the situation in Madagascar has never been calm.
The situation has not subsided since the French occupation of Madagascar in 1895, making it another French colony, and the exile of the former King of Madagascar, Sonavalona III, to Algiers, Algeria. Historically, the Madagascar revolt was fought only in 1905 when it was put down by Joseph Simon Galieni.
Elano's father, the middle-aged man in front of him, had gone to Madagascar with the army in 1898.
In the first two years, because of his position, middle-aged people could occasionally return to China, but after the death of Elano's mother, due to the frequent recurrence of the situation in Madagascar, the middle-aged man rarely returned to France, so it was natural that his daughter, who was only a teenager at the time, could only be entrusted to his own care.
This care is more than 3 years...
Although he sensed that there was something wrong with Tarys's expression, Bertrand didn't care, and just replied with a smile.
"Didn't you also say that that girl is already a big girl who is about to be 19 years old, I took the opportunity to go back to Marseille this time, just to introduce a few young men in our army to that girl, which can be regarded as letting me do my father's duty..."
Hearing this, Taris's face suddenly became quite ugly.
"Is this to see Elano's own opinion? After all, she's already in college, maybe she has a sweetheart..."
Bertrand waved his hand. "Of course, but I'm going to introduce you to some great guys, absolutely no problem."
In fact, he wanted to introduce not only the soldiers in his own army, but also some young officers who were also stationed in Madagascar at that time.
Although the fighting in Madagascar was nothing compared to the war that would take place ten years later, the young man who had experienced the smoke of gunpowder was already a man in some sense, and in Bertrand's opinion, it was by no means comparable to the 'boys' who had not even smelled gunpowder in Marseille, so he was confident in the young men he was about to introduce.
Looking at Bertrand's expression, Tarys didn't say much, but he regretted it a little in his heart, why did he introduce Elaline to Yan Shao as a translator in the first place.
Tarys's reaction was not slow, he was not unaware of what happened between Elaline and Yan Shao, but at that time, because the publishing house needed Yan Shao, and he himself did not have much discriminatory relationship against Yan Shao's identity, so he always had a natural attitude towards the two of themββββββ because Bertrand was a professional soldier, Elaline also learned some fighting skills with him when he was young, don't look at Eleno is almost 10 cm shorter than Yan Shao, It would be easy for her to clean up Yan Shao, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't dare to send a mature girl to a man as an assistant, you must know that in several universities in Marseille, Elaline is called the 'flower of Marseille'...
But now, trouble is on the way...
Although he does not have any discriminatory attitude towards people of color, he is a rare old stubbornness, and coupled with the fact that he has been fighting in various colonies for many years, it is almost impossible for him to agree with those two people.
"We have to stabilize him first, and then find a way to tell those two people the news..."
With that in mind, Taris put on a smiling face and invited Bertrand to his publishing house for a seat.
He didn't think it was too early for Elaline to arrange a marriage partner for her when she was only 18 years old, because this is actually a very common thing in this era. Like Goebbels' Goebbels' wife, Magda Goebbels became acquainted with her first husband, a German industrial magnate who owned large stakes in BMW and Daimler-Benz and was twice her age, when Magda Goebbels was 17 years old.
According to the grapevine, when Magda and her husband went on a car trip in the United States for half a year, they also met the nephew of then US President Hoover.
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In front of the typewriter, the manuscript that had not yet been translated had already been thrown aside, and while kissing Elanon, Yan Shao's hands had already explored the other party's chest.
Since establishing their relationship a few months ago, such actions have become commonplace for the two. But further, it hasn't happened yet, because Eleno has always refused, which also makes Yan Shao very depressed.
Of course, he had heard the theory that 'women say NO, in fact, it is YES', and he used some strength for this, but unfortunately he soon understood that there is only one meaning of NO in Elaline's mouth, that is, NO...
At the same time, he was also very painful to find that he, a 1.85-meter-old man, couldn't beat a woman who was 10 centimeters shorter than him, which also made him understand why Tharis was so relieved to put such a beauty by his sideββββββ because he couldn't beat people at all.
Just when Yan Shao and Elano were still making love there, there was a sudden rush knock outside the door, and in the face of the quick knock, although they were a little reluctant, the two still let go of each other.
"Let's take a look..."
After tidying up the clothes on his body, Elano said to Yan Shao with a red face.
"Oh..."
Full of resentment, Yan Shao walked to the door with heavy steps and opened the door.
"Why are you here?"
Seeing that it was actually Taris who knocked on the door, Yan Shao was a little surprised.
Yan Shao still has a good impression of Tarys, not only because he is Elaine's uncle. Although this guy is more annoying when urging the draft, he rarely comes here to disturb Yan Shao and Elaino, especially at this time, so when he saw that it was actually Tharis outside the door, Yan Shao was indeed a little surprised in his heart.
"Don't talk about that, is Elaline there..."
Tharis didn't answer Yan Shao's question, but walked directly towards the house.
At this time, Elaline also packed her clothes and walked out, and she looked a little surprised when she saw that it was Taris.
"Uncle Tarys, why are you here?"
"How did I get here? If I don't come again, it'll be too late..."Taris is also a relatively shrewd person, noticing some messy creases on Elaine's clothes and a much more rosy pretty face than usual, coupled with Yan Shao's resentful look when he opened the door, he naturally guessed what the two of them were probably doing before he came, but it was precisely because of this relationship that he was even more worried.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Yan Shao was nothing, but Elano was keenly aware that Tharis was not the same as usual, so he put aside the coffee he was about to brew, and hurriedly walked over and asked. "Is there something wrong with the publishing house again?"
In Elaine's mind, it seems that the only thing that can make Tharis so worried is the matter of the publishing house.
"If only the publishing house was done," sighed, Taris didn't sell off. It's your father back! β
"My father?" Hearing this, a look of surprise appeared on Elaline's face, after all, Bertrand had been away from home for many years, and it was impossible to say that she didn't want to miss it. But before the joy on Elino's face could unfold, a panicked look took the place of surprise.
Seeing Elaine's appearance, Tharis sighed again. "Now you know why I'm here..."
Hearing Tharis say this, Elano didn't say anything, but just grieve with him.
Looking at the appearance of the two people, Yan Shao was a little confused, he couldn't figure out why Elino's father came back, but the expressions of the two people would become like this.
"What the hell is going on?"
Unable to stand the dull atmosphere in the room, Yan Shao was the first to speak.
"I'll tell you that," Taris said bluntly, scratching his head. A few years ago, after the end of the Second Madagascar War, my brother, Eleno's father's unit, was ordered to eliminate Madagascar's resistance, but not long after, Eleno's mother died of illness, because Eleno's father could not return to China, and finally he entrusted Ileno, who was only 15 years old at the time..."
"Recently, because Madagascar's resistance has almost been wiped out, Bertrand can finally apply to return to China, and he has brought back a few young men from the army, as if he wants to introduce him to Elanon..."
Hearing this, Yan Shao and Elainor's expressions became strange, but soon Yan Shao smiled.
"It's simple, I'll just go to Elinor's father and ask for a kiss!"
As he spoke, he looked at Elinor and wanted to make a marriage proposal and ask her if she would like to marry her.
In his opinion, Eleanor's father should have no reason to reject him, after all, he is not a poor boy now, even if he is placed in the whole world, he can be called a celebrity, and he asks himself if he is still worthy of Eleanor.
However, before he could speak, Tharis shook his head with a wry smile.
"If only it were that simple, what should I say, my brother, well, although not the kind of person you usually want to meet, but also an old stubborn, I am afraid that it will be more difficult for him to agree to the two of you than a human on the moon, so if you really ask for a kiss, I'm afraid things will become complicated..."
Hearing this, Yan Shao frowned, needless to say, the people he didn't want to see the most were naturally those guys who discriminated against people of color. Especially in this day and age, it is not uncommon for people to have such an attitude, and the point is that it is not unreasonable for Europeans of this era to have such an attitude.
"I've been informedβ" Grabbing a green apple from the table, Taris walked to the door. Now you'd better think of a solution, I'll go back and hold Bertrand first, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow..."
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"What now..."
Elaline had a sad look on her face, and even though she hadn't seen each other in years, she knew her father well. She knew very well that Bertrand would not agree to it at all.
Yan Shao simply sat on the chair and said after half a sound.
"Is it really that bad?"
"It's worse than you think," Elaline said with a wry smile.
"If that's the case..."Yan Shao touched his slightly stubble chin. Why don't we just elope..."
"Elopement?"
Elano seemed to be a little frightened, but at this time, Yan Shao stood in front of her.
"That's right, elopement, since your father won't agree to us being together at all, then let's just go to another country, I promise you, one day we can return to this country in the open..."
"How long will that day take?"
"This..."Yan Shao was embarrassed for a moment, he couldn't say that it would take almost 10 years, but it was this incident that made him make a decision in the original hesitant choice.
It's better to do it alone, than to fund those revolutionary parties who don't know if they can succeed, it's better for him to do it alone, even if he fails in the end, with these pits he has opened now, he will definitely be able to live the next life with Elanon...
I didn't know these thoughts in Yan Shao's heart, and seeing Yan Shao's embarrassed appearance, Elaline suddenly smiled lightly.
"Forget it, I don't want you to lie to me, since Uncle Tharis can only delay until tomorrow, then, let's leave tonight..."
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