The meeting with Von Hall ended unhappily, Harvey did not care much about the result, Vone Hall is a representative of Norton's literary circle, and one of the highest authorities of the traditional school, all his views on literature are based on rotten ideas, as he himself said that literature is on the cusp, but Von Hall does not see clearly what these changes mean for literature and what kind of possibilities they bring.

At first glance, the current situation seems to be the advantage of Vaughn Hall, but in Harvey's eyes it is only the last cry of the traditional school.

After the second volume of "Dark Age" was written, Harvey began to think about what to do next, Harvey is a person who cannot be idle, at least in this world without computers, there is no concept of "idle" or "entertainment".

"City of Thorns?"

Harvey put his hands on the desk and propped his chin in contemplation, and with a strange smile in his eyes, he whispered the name of his next work, which is his favorite, and in my personal opinion, the best lily suspense, by the modern British writer Sarah Waters, who is known as one of the best modern writers.

If this kind of thing were to appear in such an era, it would certainly cause a higher sensation than classical love such as Pride and Prejudice, for no other reason, which from beginning to end provoked the asceticism that prevailed in this era. The most amazing thing in this book is not the plot, but the suspense technique used, if it is only written with ordinary vision, this one is likely to fall into mediocrity, let alone emerge in modern times when literary development is at its peak.

Harvey personally wanted to write this book, but the problem was that if this book appeared in this era, it would be too shocking and difficult to have readers.

"It's almost time for Count Henrietta to act, and there's nothing wrong with catching up with the tide of the times and writing about lilies, but you'll have to think of a new pen name." Harvey chuckled to himself, got up and came to the [Endless Library] of the Mage's Tower, the magic array that controlled the lifting platform with his consciousness, and the huge platform rose to store the British suspense classification bookshelf, Harvey looked around and quickly found the original book of "City of Thorns", first read the original book carefully, and confirmed that he had memorized these words and sentences in his mind.

Harvey has only watched the TV series version of "City of Thorns", which is also the only live-action lily-themed TV series he can accept, and the other lily adaptations of the same author somehow don't like it. For his favorite works, Harvey always spares no effort to make them shine brightest in this world, unlike the "translation form" of writing a dozen books in one night, Harvey has to think carefully about how to adapt this one.

The background in the Victorian era in England, the plot can be divided into three parts, the first part is based on the heroine Sue, she was born in a dirty and thieves-infested slum street, the attic where she lives is facing the gallows, every day you can see all kinds of prisoners being hanged, born in such an environment Su naturally can't be a lady, she is also a thief.

One day, a thief friend of hers, nicknamed "Gentleman", came to her door and promised her a huge sum of three thousand pounds to help her complete a plan, that is, Jean Sue would help him marry a lady from a wealthy family, and then he would send the eldest lady to the insane asylum to obtain all the fortune of the eldest lady.

Sue herself is a despicable thief, and besides, her conditions do not allow her to refuse, and she has to repay Aunt Saxby who raised her, so that other family members who are not related by blood but are relatives who live under the same roof can live a good life, at the cost of sending a stranger she doesn't know to the madhouse, isn't it a sure deal?

Sue's conscience was indeed a little uncomfortable, but there was no room for her to refuse.

The gentleman had placed Sue with the eldest lady Maude to take care of her, and Sue had carefully hidden her identity, especially the bad habits she had developed in the slums, and she still had mud between her fingernails, but now she had to take care of a young lady who wore white gloves when she read a book.

The plan went very well, Sue found out that Maude was not crazy, maybe the repressive life of the manor made her personality a little weird, Sue tried her best to take care of Maude in order to make up for her guilt, and the two soon became sisters, but in a few places it seemed quite ambiguous. Su couldn't understand her feelings, she was facing an innocent and well-educated lady, what feelings did she have besides those shames? She also needs to personally send her to the insane asylum, playing such a villain role, what qualifications does she have for Maude?

Sue still assists the gentleman in completing the plan, saying as good things as possible about him in front of Maude, creating more opportunities for them to get along, but the gloom in her heart is increasing day by day.

One day, Maude's caries grew a sharp and uncomfortable one. Sue grew up in the slums, but she didn't have Maude's eldest lady habits, she found a thimble to help Maude smooth out the caries, and when the two looked at each other, they could see something different from each other's eyes, Sue couldn't understand her mood at that time, she chose to turn her head sideways to avoid Maude's gaze.

At the end of the plan, the gentleman arrives at the manor to kidnap Maud to a ruined church to marry, so that he can do so without the consent of Maud's guardian uncle, who finds out that it is too late.

Maud agreed.

The day before she fled, Maud was as excited as a normal bride, not sure what she should do or how to cooperate with her husband on the day of her wedding. Maud used to ask Sue for advice, and the two fought in bed. Sue didn't know what she was thinking, maybe it was Maude's guilt, maybe it was to comfort Maude, or something.

When the two tried to kiss, everything went out of control, and the next day Maude woke up with kiss marks on her chest.

On the day of the escape, Maude kept asking Sue if her decision was correct, Sue's heart was very uneasy, as if something was choking on her throat and blocking her chest, she remembered Aunt Saxby, and finally chose to assist in the plan, saying some kind things about a gentleman.

The gentleman and Maud completed their wedding in the chapel, and the plan went as usual, and a few days later the gentleman invited the asylum, who told them that his wife was nervous, that she would often say inexplicable things, and that she would mistake herself for someone else.

With tears in her eyes, Sue finally asked the people of the insane asylum to treat Maude well, when the carriage came to the door of the asylum, the staff of the insane asylum asked the gentleman's wife to get out of the car, Sue looked at Maude, but Maude was expressionless, and his eyes did not blink to look at the other side, and his expression was unprecedentedly indifferent.

At this time, the gentleman looked at Sue and pushed Sue out of the carriage with a stunned face, and she became the gentleman's wife, the one who was planned to be sent to the insane asylum. Sue screamed, struggling to explain that she wasn't a gentleman's wife, and she asked Maud what the hell was going on, only to be met with cold ignorance.

Sue was caught in the asylum as a gentleman's wife, and it was then that she suddenly realized that all this was a conspiracy, a conspiracy planned by Maude and the gentleman······