Jill took a deep breath and stepped into Count Shakma's mansion again.

At this time, the Count accompanied Madame in Madame's room, so Phoebe came out to entertain her. This is also exactly what he wants, he has come to see Phoebe.

Phoebe sat across from him, and the maid brought tea and snacks and stepped back with a smile. All the subordinates of the Earl's Court and the Viscount's Court have acquiesced in the marriage of Young Master Gil and Miss Phoebe, believing that they are talented and beautiful, and they are a perfect couple. But Jill knew very well in his heart that it was impossible for him and Phoebe. Although Angelo verbally promised the Viscount that he would entrust Phoebe to him in the future, Jill also understood that Angelo's words were nothing more than a perfunctory lie to the Viscount. Angelo's goal is to take his family away, not just Phoebe, but also Arsenny.

Phoebe's face was a little pale, her eyes were heavily baggy, her blue eyes had lost their luster, and she was languishing. But in order not to be rude, she still smiled reluctantly.

"Mr. Jill, are you here to find your father today?"

"No, I'm looking for you."

Despite spending many times alone with Phoebe, he still gets nervous.

"Looking for me? Is there anything you want me to do? Phoebe's voice was like a warbler's cry.

Jill leaned forward slightly and whispered, "It's about Angelo, can you go outside and talk?" ”

Hearing Angelo's name, Phoebe couldn't help but tremble, she thought that Jill would avoid Angelo, so she didn't ask first.

"Okay." Phoebe remained silent, but her eyes were full of gratitude. "Then let's go to the garden, I've been grounded lately, and I can't get out."

"Okay."

It rained for half a month, and the sky finally cleared. The garden was still wet, with withered rose petals scattered all over the ground, stained with rain, and had a bit of bleak beauty.

"Mr. Jill, is Angelo okay?"

They walked side by side, and in the past, when Jill invited Phoebe out, he walked side by side with her, but Phoebe deliberately created a sense of distance, and her manners and words were also constrained by etiquette. It's the first time we've talked in such a relaxed situation.

"Angelo was nice. Miss Phoebe, do you know why Angelo went to my house and never came back? ”

"I heard that His Excellency the Viscount is sick and wants Angelo to accompany him. But I feel like there's something else......"

"You guessed right, something else was stumbling him up. It was the Count who asked my father to trap Angelo there......" Jill told Phoebe the whole story.

"Mr. Jill, I actually didn't know the truth two days earlier."

"Huh?" Jill was a little surprised, "So what are you going to do?" ”

"I overheard my father say to Mrs. Chelsea that he would go and ask Miss Su to get her mother back......"

"What you said is true?"

"I've heard it with my own ears." Phoebe crouched down and picked a flower.

No wonder, Jill thought, no wonder Phoebe didn't seem to be in good spirits. It should be a heavy feeling to be deceived by a loved one you believe in.

"Are you okay?" He asked softly, subconsciously reaching out to touch Phoebe's head, but retracted it the moment he got closer.

"It should be okay, after all, my father has promised to change my mother back......" she lowered her head and played with the flowers in her hand. Father should be bringing Angelo back soon, right? ”

"In that case, there's no reason to detain Angelo."

"That's good." Phoebe smiled slightly, as elegant as a daisy, and added a touch of color to her pale face.

Jill was happy and disappointed - he had lost to Angelo after all...... Just hearing Angelo's name made Phoebe's eyes sparkle. It is only when Angelo is by Angelo's side that Phoebe is the real Phoebe, the unrestrained girl who smiles happily.

Jill's first love came at Phoebe's fifteenth birthday party, when he was still a playboy who was seen as a debauchery and unprofessional playboy. In order to facilitate the marriage between the two families, the viscount forcibly took him to the earl's house. When he first met Phoebe, he thought that Phoebe was just a beautiful aristocratic lady, no different from other dull aristocratic ladies. But when he saw Phoebe sneaking out of the ball, he couldn't help but take some interest in her. At last he saw her outside the mansion, unrestrained under the moon, and he fell completely.

Phoebe is like a bird, flapping its wings, flying in the sky and singing in the woods. She is a spirit of the forest, mysterious and free. She is like the moon, exuding a soft and tranquil light. Such a girl is different from all the girls Jill has come into contact with before.

Jill is not a merry man, and he is not bad by nature. Jill's mother was the only daughter of the Duke's family, with the title of nobility, and married to the viscount. The Viscountess was pampered and her heart was higher than the sky, and she always looked down on the Viscount, and did not devote much energy and love to her and the Viscount's two children. Jill never knew what their mother thought of their brothers, and never asked, because Jill was afraid of getting an answer that he didn't want to get.

After all, there is no child in this world who does not expect his mother's love.

Later, Angelo was taken to the Viscount's house, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Viscountess hated Angelo. The viscountess, who thought she was noble, felt that she had wronged him very much when she got married, but she didn't expect her husband to have an illegitimate child, which was undoubtedly a shame for her. "Since my mother doesn't like Angelo, then I shouldn't like Angelo, Angelo is my enemy and my mother's enemy." Young Jill had such an idea. He began to bully Angelo, bullying this half-brother who had no support as the eldest son and heir to the title. By bullying Angelo, Jill gets a little more attention from the Viscountess.

Angelo is smart and learns everything quickly. In just a few years, he became elegant, noble, erudite, and accessible, like a true heir to the title. Angelo was appreciated by the viscount, although only a little appreciation, but this little bit was enough to make Jill feel unbalanced. Jill envied Angelo and envied his talent and learning. But then his envy did not swell and explode. What really made him explode was the words of the Viscountess, who scolded him for not being a good person, and he was not as good as an illegitimate child. So his envy slowly turned into jealousy. Later, Angelo was adopted by Count Shakma, much to Jill's rejoice.

The viscount doesn't value friendship, and marrying the viscountess only values the other party's family. The viscountess looked down on the viscount and married the viscount just to get a pampered life. After Angelo left, the conflict between the two finally broke out, and they eventually became strangers under the same roof. In front of outsiders, they acted in a harmonious and happy scene, closed the door, but couldn't even say a word. Jill and his brother were caught in the middle, and they were very embarrassed, they did not dare to disobey the Viscount, but they did not want to upset the Viscountess.

Two years later, Jill's younger brother died of the epidemic. But the Viscount was busy with the magnate, and the Viscountess was present as usual, and they did not show much concern for their sick son. On the contrary, Jill accompanies his brother every day, shushing the cold and asking for warmth. But the little young master eventually passed away, and his funeral was deserted, with only a few people. At that time, Jill suddenly realized that his parents did not love them at all. The father only loved wealth and power, and the mother was full of thoughts about how to maintain the life of the upper class.

Jill has changed, he no longer obeys his parents, he deliberately learns badly, makes some fox friends, and frequents the land of fireworks. Ironically, he attracted the attention of the viscount and the viscountess, but only to blame, blame him for tarnishing the family's reputation.

In a life of drunken dreams and death, Jill loses his way and no longer has hope in life.

Jill thought he would fall like this forever, but at this moment, he became infatuated with Phoebe. Phoebe is the purest existence in this turbid current, Phoebe's smile is so clean, it has nothing to do with the world, and it has nothing to do with interests. She laughs only because she's happy, and she doesn't have a hypocritical smile like those girls around Jill who just show a fake smile to please her.

"I like Phoebe Shakma." When Jill realizes this, a strong inferiority complex hangs over him. Because Phoebe is the young lady of the Count of Shakma's family, the sister of Angelo, whom he is jealous of. Jill took Phoebe's heart, and a small expectation ignited in his heart.

However, he loses to Angelo once again, and Phoebe only has such an innocent smile when she is with Angelo. When Jill accidentally breaks through the conspiracy of Earl Shakma and the Viscount, his first instinct is to save Phoebe.

Phoebe does not belong to high society, and here, she will become a lamb to the slaughter. Jill wants to take Phoebe away, but even if he takes her away, he can't give Phoebe the happiness she wants. So he thought of asking Angelo for help.

If Jill hadn't known Phoebe, he couldn't have imagined turning to Angelo for help. But for Phoebe's sake, he was willing to drop everything.

"I can't let go of everything for her, I can't let go of identity and status......"

This is a lie, a lie told to Angelo, and it is also a self-deception that Jill was making at the time - he didn't take Phoebe with him because he couldn't let go of everything, not because he knew that Phoebe liked Angelo.

"Thank you, Mr. Jill."

In the rose garden, Phoebe smiled faintly.

"It's just a gesture. I'll go back and tell Angelo. ”

Jill didn't look at Phoebe, he looked at the roses in the garden, even after the heavy rain, the remaining flowers were still bright and cute. But Phoebe is not a rose, she is a daisy that spends the mountains in the garden, and sooner or later loses her beauty.

"Phoebe, it's not too early, I'll go back first."

"yes, okay."

Phoebe watched Jill get into the carriage.

On the way back to the Viscount's mansion, the sun shines through the windows in the car, Gil closes the curtains, his world is closed again, it is his own choice, he will not regret it.

In the future, he will inherit the title and marry a boring but suitable woman as his wife, and live this boring and long life.