"Ha~"

Harvey stretched his waist and yawned, looking tired and put down the pen in his hand, the right hand used to write felt a burst of soreness, and the finger part of the pen holder could feel soreness when touched slightly. He shook his numb right hand, went to the window, lifted the curtains a little, and could see the dark street outside, the Victorian buildings elongated by the moonlight and the deep alleys, the buildings on both sides of the road were lit only by him.

"Even the street lights are off, which means it's past twelve o'clock." Harvey was surprised that he had been obsessed with writing novels for so long, and his smooth thoughts made him feel like he couldn't stop at all, and he touched his stomach, remembering that he hadn't eaten dinner yet, and his hunger became even stronger. He fetched an oil lamp from the cupboard, lit it, and opened the door of his room to go out to find something to eat, when he was a little surprised that the cold maid Shirley did not call him out for dinner.

When he came downstairs, he was stunned, and saw that the kitchen light was still on, and when he walked in, he found Shirley, who was wearing white pajamas, sitting on the side reading a book, and her temperament was much softer than usual under her usually long hair, and she saw Harvey come to the kitchen and closed the book in her hand and stood up and nodded to him: "Master, please wait a while, I will help you warm dinner." ”

"Why don't you sleep yet?"

"I just couldn't sleep a little, so I came over to read the book." She expertly picked up her white apron and tied it around herself, cleaning up the dinner on the table and preparing it to be warmed up.

Harvey nodded silently and didn't say anything, just now he passed through the hall and saw that the clock showed that the time was more than one o'clock in the morning, as far as he knew, Shirley generally used to go to bed at ten o'clock at night and get up at six o'clock in the morning to prepare breakfast for him.

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The next day, Harvey continued to the El Roy Library, this time looking for a history of the kingdom of Augustine, completing the historical background of The Count of Monte Cristo, and fixing the flaws in the outline of the novel. The library is very quiet, the flow of people in a morning is estimated to be less than 100, and there are few people who will stay in the library to read books like him, and it is a pleasure to read books in such an antique and elegant and quiet library.

He was immersed in the ocean of knowledge, until in the afternoon he felt a familiar gaze, not far away Diana was surrounded by several female classmates holding the moon, lively and beautiful female students chattered and whispered something, Diana was holding a few books with a flat attitude, found Harvey noticed him and nodded, calm eyes still make people feel contemptuous.

The two did not meet too much, Diana was a little surprised to see Harvey here the next day, Harvey saw that Diana was surrounded by a circle of young and beautiful schoolgirls and was not interested in asking for advice, and did not realize that he was not much older than Diana and them.

Harvey didn't act, and some female students followed Diana's gaze and found Harvey reading a book, and suddenly whispered excitedly: "Ah, Diana, is that your fiancé?" I remember the name was... He is the heir to the Adrian family. ”

"Ah, I also know, I heard my father say that the Adrian family is rarely active in the social world now, Diana, you are so good, just put down this marriage, there are many people in the school who are better than him in identity and talent, why did Diana marry that kind of person."

The female student glanced at Harvey and lowered her voice and said, "That's right, I also heard that he is still a playboy, and there are students in the school who are molested by him, and he only has the appearance to return to the past, without a little gentlemanly demeanor." ”

"No, it won't! It's really nasty, such a person is not worthy of Diana. ”

The chatter of the female students could be heard clearly in the quiet library, and Harvey, who was reading a book, smiled when he heard it, in other words, he would definitely feel pity for Diana and Harvey Adrian's marriage, but now he is the party and does not care very much, it is his blessing to be able to marry a smart and beautiful woman, and he will not force it.

Walking out of the library, Diana didn't echo them this time, and glanced at them with delicate eyes and whispered: "Don't say superfluous things." ”

For some reason, she didn't want Harvey to hear that.

The female students around her were stunned when they heard the unhappiness in her tone, and they stuck out their tongues mischievously to bring the topic vaguely, women in this era can't live without learning some social skills. Behind the scenes, the girls looked at each other with a slight surprise, was Diana angry that they were angry for saying bad things about their fiancés? Or is it simply to protect the reputation of the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce?

It is true that the Adrian family is no longer worthy of Diana's identity, three years ago the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce has squeezed into the social world in the name of the Adrian family, after three years of precipitation, the Adrian family has become obscure, on the contrary, the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce has gained a place in the social world, and the Adrian family has completely lost its use value to the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce.

Diana's father did not plan to do so, and tacitly agreed that the choice was left to Diana herself, and in any case, the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce still established its social status in the name of the Adrian family, and backtracking in the era of credit would stain the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce.

On the other hand, in this era when nobles can marry merchants for profit, this stain is not fatal, and the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce also gave the Adrian family a reward of one hundred Barron gold coins per year, and the choice is not very important to the current Cromwell Chamber of Commerce, so Diana has the right to choose.

Diana's own thoughts were quite complicated, yesterday was a few months away from seeing Harvey, the first time she saw Harvey, she was a little suspicious of her eyes, why that Harvey Adrian appeared in the library, and she vaguely felt that Harvey Adrian must have undergone a major change, she could not describe her feelings, as if standing in front of her was a stranger, another person with the appearance of Harvey Adrian.

She didn't push back this marriage mainly because she wanted to set herself free, Harvey Adrian was a playboy who didn't know how to learn in her heart, and she also knew that Harvey Adrian was not interested in her, if she pushed down this marriage, her father would definitely arrange another one for her, why not choose a safe ending.

Incredibly, she was still a little hesitant to marry Harvey Adrian before, but after meeting Harvey yesterday, this hesitation disappeared, and her disgust towards him was slightly reduced.

Yesterday's words and deeds were not as mature and steady as before, and it was no longer possible to read his thoughts through his face and eyes.

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In the evening, when the library closed, Harvey was reluctant to leave, and when he returned home, Shirley prepared hot water for him, and when he came out of the shower, he saw the dinner prepared on the kitchen table, and it was not difficult to prepare dinner for two.

"Master, what's wrong? Isn't dinner to your liking? Shirley looked strangely at Harvey, who had stopped taking a few bites and then stopped the knife and fork.

Harvey smiled forcefully: "It's not about dinner, let's eat." ”

It's just about dinner! Harvey is a little unaccustomed to eating the food of this world, basically bread, potatoes, beef, it's not that Shirley is not good, it's that the recipes of this country are the same as the British Empire on Earth, most of the food in Harvey's opinion is the existence that can enter the "dark culinary world", not to mention that spices in this world are luxury, to exaggerate the price of spices is equivalent to gold, and the upper nobles may not be able to enjoy meals.

He mentally complained that the high-end cuisine in this world is not as good as Shaxian snacks.

After "eating" dinner, Harvey went back to his room to continue writing the outline, yesterday he basically completed the plot outline of "The Count of Monte Cristo", today is just a complete work, the workload is not too much, he goes to bed early like Shirley, and tomorrow is the time for him to really fight.