"Phoebe, would you like to pretend to be Charlotte for a day?"

"Why? Angelo, do you like Charlotte more than me? Phoebe couldn't hide her thoughts, she frowned slightly, and wrote her confusion and frustration on her face.

"No, no, no." Angelo hurriedly explained, "That's right, my mother is sick and she now thinks she's Mrs. Chelsea. ”

"What do you mean?"

"It's hard to explain. Probably because her mother had amnesia, she saw the relics of Mrs. Chelsea and mistook herself for Mrs. Chelsea...... Mrs. Chelsea's last wish was to see Charlotte again, and I hope to grant her that wish. ”

Angelo knew that such a request was unreasonable, but he had no choice but to do so in exchange for Lady Arsenne.

"Angelo, even if I pretend to be Charlotte, I'm not Charlotte and my mother isn't Mrs. Chelsea. Nor can the fact that Mrs. Chelsea's deathbed wish be unfulfilled. You should know the truth very well, right? ”

"Hmm." Angelo nodded, "I can't deny that I'm selfish. I blame myself for not being able to fulfill Mrs. Chelsea's wishes—"

"Angelo," Phoebe interrupted, looking Angelo in the eye, "tell me, are you hiding something from me?" ”

Phoebe couldn't be more familiar with Angelo, his demeanor, movements, behavior, Phoebe knows it by heart. Even Angelo has mastered the art of lying now.

"I'm sorry, Phoebe." Angelo bowed her head and confessed. This is the first time he has lied to Phoebe. From the very beginning of the conversation, he was filled with guilt. He was still hesitating, thinking about whether to tell Phoebe the truth. Phoebe is not as forbearant as he is, and once she knows the truth, she will run to question the Count without saying a word.

"Forget it," Phoebe sighed, her blue eyes flashing with disappointment, in fact, she was even more unhappy than Angelo had hidden it, Angelo actually lied to her.

"Angelo has something she doesn't want to tell me......" she gagged, her little hands clutching the hem of her skirt.

Angelo, who was seen through, was a little excited, he took a step forward, put his hands on Phoebe's shoulders, and hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, Phoebe, after a while, I will definitely tell everything I have hidden." ”

The sudden retraction made Phoebe nervous, she looked away, and whispered, "Okay, then I promise you, I'll go and pretend to be Charlotte for a day." Relieved, she looked Angelo in the eye gravely. But you have to promise me that you will never lie to me again, don't you hear? ”

"Well, I will never lie to you again."

I will always protect you, and I will never lie to you.

In England in May, in the rose garden of the earl's family, the young man solemnly said his vows, but he didn't expect that this moment would be a lifetime.

Suddenly there was news from the Viscount's family, saying that the Viscount was seriously ill and asked Angelo to go back quickly. Angelo was quite surprised, Jill had just come to look for him not long ago, and he had not heard him mention that the viscount was sick, so why did he send Xiao Si to tell him the news, as if he was deliberately supporting him.

"What is the illness of His Excellency the Viscount?"

Xiao Si said that he did not know the details, only that the Viscount suddenly fainted and was lying unconscious in bed.

It stands to reason that Angelo, as the adopted son of the earl's family, can completely dissociate himself from this family, but for many years, the two families have been on good terms, and since the other party has come to invite someone, Angelo can't refuse anymore, after all, he always has to get by on face.

Angelo tells Phoebe to take care of Lady Arsenie and tells her to keep an eye on the Count. Phoebe was puzzled, but she didn't have time to ask more. After Angelo took care of everything in the house, he changed his outfit and got into the carriage to go to the Viscount's house.

The road to the Viscount's house was not smooth, and the bumps were evident in the carriage, Angelo looked out the window at the slowly moving pastoral landscape, and began to think about Lady Athenie and Lady Chelsea again. He was still skeptical about the news that the viscount was seriously ill, and he couldn't worry about Phoebe at home.

Does the Earl resurrect Charlotte with Phoebe? Angelo still had a glimmer of hope for the Count. He and Phoebe were not the Count's biological children, but over the years, the Count had treated them as his own. Angelo remembered that Phoebe was only twelve years old, and the Count had already begun to prepare a rich dowry for Phoebe, and he said that Phoebe must not be wronged, and Phoebe's future husband should not be allowed to look down on her. Count: Is the word of the book sincere? It's not like a lie. After Phoebe turned fifteen, when the Count took Angelo to various social occasions, he was also very serious about looking for a partner for Phoebe. However, Charlotte's tomb was also stolen that year, and Charlotte's body must still be in the basement of the house, which shows that ten years ago, the Count had a plan to resurrect Charlotte as well. After all, Mrs. Chelsea who lost Charlotte couldn't survive.

What was the relationship between Madame Athenie and the Earl? What Phoebe and Angelo saw was that the two respected each other as guests, but at other times in private, Angelo didn't know, and Angelo didn't doubt the relationship between the two before knowing the truth. If the Earl had a love for Lady Atheni, he would not have thought of continuing the resurrection experiment. Perhaps, in fact, the Earl is still hesitant to exchange Mrs. Arsenie for Mrs. Chelsea.

Speaking of resurrection, what exactly is the identity of that witch? Angelo later asks Phoebe about the magic of resurrection, and Ed says that resurrection is absolutely impossible and forbidden among witches. Some witches who have strayed into evil ways and gone mad are also studying this kind of black magic, but they have not heard of successful cases so far. What is the origin of this witch, she can actually bring the dead back to life. Angelo was puzzled, this time he went to the Viscount's house, he must investigate clearly.

The carriage stopped, and the coachman opened the door for Angelo, who stepped out of the carriage and stepped into a shallow waterhole. Unlike when I got into the carriage, the air was humid and the temperature was a little cooler – there had just been a light rain.

Angelo looked at the mansion he once hated under the gray sky, took a deep breath, and walked straight away.

A long, long time ago, he overestimated the Viscount's affection, thinking that as long as he became excellent, he would get even a little bit of affection. Now, Angelo has once again repeated the mistake of overestimating the Count, who knows that this mistake directly pushed Angelo to the edge of the abyss.

Mrs. Athene, no, it should have been Mrs. Chelsea sitting on the balcony of her bedroom, she was too weak to go outside.

Phoebe knocked lightly on the door and pushed it in.

"Mother, I've come to see you."

"You're ......" Madame looked confused, but also a little apologetic.

"I'm ......" Phoebe paused and continued, "I'm Charlotte. ”

Charlotte...... Are you really Charlotte? ”

Madame was so excited that she stood up, but fell back into her seat because she could not support herself.

"Mother, are you alright?" Phoebe hurried to Madame's side, only to find that Madame was already in tears.

"Let me take a good look at you," she cupped Phoebe's face. "Angelo is right, you're getting prettier......"

"Angelo told you, I went to my grandmother's house...... I'm sorry, Mother, I haven't come to see you in a long time. ”

Although she is pretending to be Charlotte, Mrs. Miss Charlotte also infects Phoebe, and at this moment, she is willing to become Charlotte's stand-in. At the same time, she seemed to understand a little bit as to why Angelo would make this request.

"Charlotte, your father lied to me that you left us to go to heaven...... "Madame wiped tears from her eyes, "and I knew he was lying to me. ”

She pulled Phoebe and spoke for a long, long time.

The sky gathered small clouds and a light rain fell. The rain drifted onto the balcony and hit the decorated red roses.

Phoebe stopped talking. After a short period of emotion, she immediately felt discordant.

This is her mother, the mother who used to take her from town to town, always loving her.

Madame's appearance was indeed that of Madame Atheni, but it seemed that there was another person living in her body. This person is not in love with her, but with another girl who is somewhat similar to her.

Mother, mother, I'm Phoebe, not Charlotte.

Phoebe called silently in her heart.

Mother, are you really my mother?

"What's wrong with you? Charlotte. Madame asked.

Phoebe shook her head, "Not much. Then she lowered her head uncontrollably, tears creeping up in her eyes. But when she looked up, all she could see was a smiling face.

"Mother, are you hungry? I'll have someone bring you something to eat. ”

"No, your father won't let me eat anything else. By the way, Charlotte, did your father get you engaged? ”

"Father likes Young Master Gil of the Viscount family." Phoebe replied honestly.

Madame thoughtfully, "That child was a little naughty when he was a child, and I don't know how it is now...... So do you like him? ”

"I don't hate or like it, but Angelo seems to hate him."

"It's no wonder," Madame was not surprised, "that Angelo was bullied by Gil when she was at the Viscount's house before. ”

"Huh? Mother, how do you know? ”

No, there's something wrong with that, Phoebe thought, Angelo had never told her and her mother about life in the Viscount's house, and she was inseparable from Angelo, and she didn't know it, so how could her mother know? Maybe her father told her......

"Your father and I chose to adopt Angelo back then, largely because the Viscount's family didn't treat Angelo well......"

"Does Father also know that the Viscount is not good to Angelo?"

Of course, at that time, he was not used to the Viscount's personality...... However, now your father will like Master Jill, which means that Master Jill is not the same as before. ”

"I guess so." Phoebe replied perfunctorily, she became more and more puzzled, the Earl's family and the Viscount's family have been in frequent contact over the years, Phoebe thought that the Count and the Viscount had a good relationship, but this did not seem to be the case. There is a subtle deviation between the count in the mouth of the lady and the count that Phoebe knows.

Madame plucked the rose from the vase and carefully pinned it to Phoebe's hair.

"It's so pretty. I remember when you were a kid you loved to put roses in your hair, and you stupidly ran to the garden to pick roses, and your hand was punctured, leaving a lot of blood......"

No, you are not my mother.

Looking at the strange woman in front of her, Phoebe was strongly aware of this.