Met Daphne's sparkling gaze, I laughed and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Daphne seemed to hesitate, possibly to gather the courage to speak, and she bit her lip hard, and her thin pink lips were bitten until they turned white.

I'm worried that if I continue to bite like this, she won't have time to speak, and her lip will be bitten first.

"Xiao Yi......" Daphne's voice was not much louder than the sound of mosquitoes.

"Hmm" I nodded, giving her an encouraging smile in response.

"That ......" she hesitated for a few more seconds, and was about to open her mouth when she heard Jin Siqi's shouting coming from the kitchen.

"Xiao Yi, come and serve the plate!"

"It's coming!" I answered, pressing Daphne's fragrant shoulder: "What's the matter, I'll talk about it after dinner." ”

The dinner was quite sumptuous, with more than a dozen plates full of various dishes alone, which was not quite a sight to behold, but for us with only four diners, this table of dishes still greatly satisfied our needs for dinner.

Kellan was the most delicious of us, nearly half of the dishes were swept into her stomach, and I couldn't believe that her flat belly could hold such a huge amount of food without the foodie phoenix as a precedent.

Jin Siqi and I ate very ordinary, and the food appearance was relatively gentle.

Daphne's appetite was surprisingly small, even less than at other times.

Naturally, the heartless Kailan would not notice Daphne's abnormality, but Kim and I did.

Jin Siqi glanced at me, I shook my head slightly, and motioned to her to be calm and not impatient, and I would talk about anything after dinner.

After the meal, Kailan went back to the room to rest, and Jin Siqi went to the study to review the unfinished documents.

In the empty hall, only Daphne and I were left.

I sat across from Daphne on the couch, sipping tea in my cup while waiting for the girl to talk.

After more than ten minutes of silence, Daphne finally spoke: "Xiao Yi, about the matter of connecting with the military mentioned by my father today......"

Seeing her hesitant look, I couldn't help but sigh and said, "Don't worry, since I promised to help Mr. Mavro contact the old duke, I will definitely do it." ”

"No, it's not, I mean to say...... ......Daphne began to hesitate again.

I sighed lightly and said, "If you feel embarrassed, don't say it yet, and when you can say it, then tell me." ”

Daphne's face tightened, and she scrambled to her feet, then bowed deeply to me.

She bowed so wide that I could even look over her open collar to see the whiteness.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Xiao Yi" Daphne's voice trembled, "I, I apologize to you for my father's irrationality!" ”

Frowning, I put down the teacup, reached out to help her up, looked through the crystal lenses, stared at her watery eyes, and said slowly: "That's your father's choice, you don't need to apologize." ”

Pressing her shoulder and letting her sit back on the sofa quietly, I continued: "Any shop, if you want to become bigger and stronger, you must either get involved with the royal family and nobles, or establish a relationship with a well-known guild, or catch up with the military, these three ways are already well-known unspoken rules in the business circle. ”

"The reason why Mr. Mavro did not choose the royal nobles and well-known guilds is probably because he does not have enough hole cards to meet the former, and he is not qualified to take the latter, if you don't choose me, but still remain single, presumably Mr. Mavro will definitely use you as a bargaining chip, and send you to the royal family as a concubine or maid, in order to achieve the purpose of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, I guess, you were selected into the magic airship base, and it is also likely to be the result of your father's up and down points, he hopes that you can be favored by the chief of the airship base, and marry into a wealthy family, It's just that he underestimated your stubbornness, and he didn't expect that you would rather choose to be a miscellaneous logistics staff than rely on physical relationships to get on top. ”

Looking at Daphne's somewhat pale little face, I was distressed, but there were some words, even if I felt distressed, I had to say them.

"After losing your hole card, but in exchange for a huge amount of liquidity and shops, Mr. Mavreau's ambition can finally be launched, so he can't wait to borrow my springboard and jump on the giant ship of the military."

"There's nothing wrong with that," I shook my head and said slowly, "It's a good thing to be ambitious, it's something that needs to be encouraged." ”

"The reason why I dissuade him today is only because I don't think it's time to get in touch with the military," I sighed lightly, and said, "Your father, who has been in business for so many years, probably doesn't understand this kind of truth—the more profitable it seems, the more complicated it is." ”

"You may not know, but I know very well that the military of Dasai City is not only the sword in the hands of the Orc King, they also involve countless large, medium and small adventurer guilds, as well as the interests of the vast majority of nobles, as well as the interests of some royal families, simply put, the military is to Dasai City, just as the nerve veins are important to the human body."

"Such an important national organization, once you get involved with them, the future business will definitely be much better, and those organizations that pick trouble and collect protection money will definitely not come to the door again, but at the same time, you will also carry a heavy burden, that is, any task assigned by the military, you must complete."

I sneered and said, "If the military only needs ordinary materials, it's better to say, if they want to forge special equipment and need extremely rare materials, you can't find them for a while, have you thought about the consequences?" ”

Daphne's little face turned whiter, her eyes flashed with horror, she opened her mouth, let out a trembling voice, and said, "Xiao Yi, can you please not go to the military high-level?" ”

After a few seconds of silence, I shook my head: "I have promised Mr. Mavreau." ”

"Then can you not go yet, give me a little time, I will try to persuade my father" She pleaded with me anxiously, her eyes quickly filled with mist: "I can't, I can't just watch my father fall into the mud!" ”

got up and sat down beside Daphne and gently wiped the corners of her eyes: "I promise you, don't contact the military top brass for the time being, you go to lobby Mr. Mavro first, if it doesn't work, it doesn't hurt for me to contact the military top brass again." ”

Daphne nodded with teary eyes.

The next day, Daphne woke up early, and while I was still practicing, she had already changed into her formal clothes and hurried out of the house.

I guess she probably went to Mr. Mavreau.

I didn't see her come back for a whole morning, Jin Siqi didn't say anything, but Kailan couldn't sit still, she said nervously: "My sister has always been a shy and well-behaved child, and she will never say goodbye without saying goodbye, she ...... Something must have happened to her, right? ”