Leah insists that she must save people, making it very low to sneak out of the manor.

So Laura suggested that she simply make a big vote and encourage more people to join the escape, but she was still very cautious, and did not immediately tell the others the news, but only revealed it to a few trusted people at lunch the next day, so that they could get ready.

This will minimize the leakage of news, and on the other hand, Leah has an important business to do, she has to take the opportunity of sorting out Malcolm's study once a week, and bring out all the letters related to Normand and Raymond in the study.

Leah's biggest concern was that Malcolm would stay in the study when it was time to clean.

But the good news was that Malcolm seemed to have something to do that day, and left the manor early in the morning.

In the afternoon, Leah came to the outside of the study as usual, and greeted the guard at the door with a smile, and as the door closed behind her, Leah also breathed a sigh of relief, but the time to clean up the house after planing it was not left much time for her to act.

Leah walked quickly to a bookcase and pulled open the drawer below, but there was nothing inside, and Leah was shocked that the letters were still in it when she cleaned up the previous week.

Could it be because of the tense atmosphere recently, with the successive incidents of Nadia and Daisy, Malcolm asked people to move all the important things in the study?

But judging from the storage and placement of those letters, Malcolm didn't attach much importance to those things.

Leah forced herself to calm down from her panic, pondering the possibilities, and at the same time kept her hands on it, rummaging through the study, but never found any trace of the letters.

Leah's heart began to become more and more nervous, but at this time, she made a mistake in her busyness, and when she was backing back, she accidentally touched the lower cabinet on the other side, and the amphora on top of it fell down.

By the time Leah turned her head to pick it up, it was too late, and the vase fell to the ground, but fortunately there was still a carpet on the floor, and the vase was not completely broken, but one of its ears was still broken.

Leah's face turned pale, she knew that this was Malcolm's favorite porcelain vase, brought back by some adventurer from the distant and mysterious ancient country of the East, and it was worth a fortune, hundreds of times her price alone, and she used to be extra careful when cleaning it.

But this time, because of the distraction of those letters, Leah didn't notice behind her, which made a big mistake.

Before Leah could think of a remedy, she heard footsteps outside her study.

It was Malcolm's peculiar footsteps, a little faster than the average person, but each step was steady, and the interval between them was almost the same, as if he were himself, efficient and serious.

The guards outside the door pushed Malcolm open the door, who raised an eyebrow and saw Leah holding the vase with one hand and wiping the counter with the other.

Malcolm seemed to be in a good mood today, and said to Leah, "Don't clean up yet, go and let the kitchen bake some veal." ”

"Okay, haven't you had lunch yet?" Leah turned around and blocked the amphora with her body, trying to squeeze a smile out of her face.

"Well, I ate two bites of apple pie on the way, but the taste was average." Fortunately, Malcolm didn't look this way, picked up the wine bottle, Leah hurriedly walked over, poured half a glass of red wine for him, and Malcolm moistened his throat.

"I heard Wallace say you have a good relationship with Daisy."

Leah was shocked when she heard this, thinking that Malcolm was suspicious of her, but she heard the latter continue, "Do you know who she is walking around closely?" ”

"This ......," Leah hesitated.

"What's the matter, are you worried that you will be excluded by other people in the future? But aren't you being ostracized by others now? ”

Leah was a little surprised, she didn't expect Malcolm to even know about such a thing.

"Is it surprising, my preferential treatment will naturally cause other people to be dissatisfied, they dare not hate me, so they have to transfer this hatred to you, who is closest to me, but in this way, I can also know who the unstable elements in the manor are, rest assured, I will not let them hurt you, haven't you noticed that the people who have had the worst relationship with you all these years are gone?" Malcolm drank the red wine from his glass, "And I can rest assured that you will do things for me." ”

Leah was not only not happy when she heard this, but a piercing chill rose in her heart.

In fact, when Laeri asked her to peek at Malcolm's letters, she still felt a trace of guilt in her heart, no matter what the other black slaves in the manor thought of Malcolm, at least the latter has always been good to her, and after all these years of following Malcolm's side, although Leah still has black skin, but her thinking is actually closer to the white people on the island.

This makes her an outlier in the group, and Leah sometimes feels that Malcolm understands her better than her own people, who played a similar role as a father and mentor in her upbringing, and Leah does feel a little warmth in this.

However, it turned out to be just a hallucination, and Malcolm treated her differently, not really because of how special she was, but because she needed someone who seemed a little "special".

"Okay, I'm hungry, let's go and cook in the kitchen." Malcolm paused, "By the way, the weather has been quite humid lately, so before I leave in the morning, I will ask people to take out all the letters in the study to dry, and you can take them back when the sun sets." ”

"Okay." Leah nodded and exited the study.

…………

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

When the clock in the living room pointed to 12 o'clock, Laura woke up another maid on the next bed and told her that they were going to escape, while the same thing happened in another room, and more than twenty black maids ended up in Leah's room.

This is almost half of the black maids in the manor, except for the tribesmen of Laeri, the rest of the female blacks who are willing to escape are basically gathered together, and those who are worried about escaping and being caught and tortured are tied up and gagged by Lola and others, firstly, to prevent them from snitching, and secondly, it is also for their good, otherwise once Leah and the others escape, they will definitely be punished.

As for the male slaves, they didn't live here, and there were other people who organized and led them.

Leah's gaze swept over the faces in the room, and in their eyes saw apprehension, fear, and ...... The desire for freedom, so the next moment she no longer had any hesitation in her heart, and said, "Let's break the shackles around our necks together, sisters." ”8)