If you were a thief, it would obviously be impossible not to notice that "danger" was approaching, but the little girl who was sitting at a long table in the hidden part of the hall with her female companions seemed to have no notice, her back to him, and she was still whispering to her companions.

"The green ones, the green ones look more vibrant, I don't think the purple ones are good, some are too old, you see-"

She didn't "notice", but the three well-dressed female companions beside her couldn't have been "blindfolded" as well, so when she saw the black-haired boy approaching, one of them hurriedly poked her companion next to her, and then got up to salute.

"Lord Lanli."

The other two also stood up and saluted, their actions full of ladylike atmosphere, and as a last resort, a ten-year-old girl with a weak heart had no choice but to turn around and lift her skirt and salute.

"Good evening, Lord Lanli." Her voice was pleasant, but there was a hint of reluctance.

Glancing at the beautiful girl with smooth brown hair and lowered eyes that seemed to be shy, Lan Li didn't speak, but looked at the other three girls.

"What are you talking about?"

"We're talking about the color of the clothes, I like a purple dress, but Margaery says purple isn't so good." One of the quick-witted girls replied, and the other two nodded.

"You won't know until you wear it, so go wear it, and then ask everyone." Lan Li made her own suggestion.

Although he has something to ask, he can't just say it as soon as he comes up.

"I think so too, but I'm afraid of being ridiculed." The girl named Elo replied melancholy.

"No one will laugh at you, Elo." A fat companion beside her whispered, "And you can wear it to us in private." ”

"Lord Lan Li, have you had any free time lately? I'd like you to ask for advice on how to play the harp. The last girl of the trio ignored her companions' conversations, and asked a little shyly, "I've been practicing for a long time, but I don't feel as good as you play." ”

"You can come to me tomorrow after breakfast, Arran." Lan Li replied with a smile, then glanced at a girl who was supposed to be active, but had not spoken, clapped her hands, and said, "Okay little ladies, I have something to do with Margaery, can you give us a separate space to talk?" ”

The three girls nodded without hesitation.

"Of course, Lord Lanli."

"You can talk for as long as you want."

"Have a nice dinner."

……

Lan Li likes to get along with children very much, because they have not yet come into contact with the dark side of the world, and their hearts are innocent, beautiful and even interesting, and through the characteristics of their own perception of emotions, this beauty can be clearly felt by Lan Li, which makes him even more happy.

In contrast, in recent years, he has been reluctant to come into contact with adults, because no matter what their superficial attitude is, there are always dark thoughts of one kind or another in their hearts, which is simply unappetizing.

Of course, he didn't like to be in contact much before......

After the girls walked away in a playful manner, Lan Li looked at the only little girl present, and at this time, this person had changed from the shy appearance of bowing his head just now to raising his head and looking at Lan Li quietly, as if he had adjusted his mentality, and seemed to be wondering what Lan Li was doing alone.

"What, I can't talk anymore?" Lan Li said as he motioned to sit down and talk-

He has been in contact with this person for many years, and he is not a stranger, and he also knows that this little guy looks simple but is already very cunning at a young age.

"Mother Nastrika said that a lady never lets her stomach too full." The other party sat happily opposite Lan Li, wearing a well-fitting and elegant pale yellow dress, and his slightly baby fat little face was calm, but the pair of innocent eyes that were as bright and moist as a deer kept blinking, and the frequency seemed a little fast.

"What are you looking for from me, Lan Li? Hurry up, I'm busy. ”

Are you busy discussing the color of clothes with your children? Lan Li smiled when he heard this, then straightened his face and went straight to the point: "You entered my room again?" ”

He had to put on a straight face and even look very scary, or very intimidating, so that the girl sitting there panicked and subconsciously avoided her gaze, but then she turned her gaze back.

"As a lady, how can you casually run into someone else's room? That's rude. She glared back at Lan Li, and said with a pretended displeasure on her expression: "You are such a big person, don't believe it just by listening to a certain idiot's casual framing of two sentences!" ”

"A moving chest?" Lan Li reminded her.

"A moving chest?" The other party's eyes widened when he heard this.

"What's that? Do you have one in your room? ”

If this was a normal person, it was estimated that she would be blinded or scolded, but Lan Li could only disdain this, he could feel the other party's emotions.

"You always like to blink when you lie."

He said, seeing that the corners of the other party's eyes were unconsciously bent and seemed to be a little proud, he said again and again: "So in order to get rid of this problem, you always like to make your eyes big when you lie recently, which is not normal at all, like two small balls." ”

"What kind of ball?" The girl pursed her lips and said dissatisfiedly: "Is the gem or crystal good, will you praise people?" I remember your mother taught you how to cross girls. ”

There was indeed a teaching on aristocratic etiquette on how to get along with ladies and how to please them, but Lan Li knew about it, but never took those things seriously.

"Don't try to change the subject, what are you doing in my room?" He questioned, his serious face made the atmosphere quite solemn, and the little girl who was originally holding her head up couldn't help but shrink her neck, and the original quibble idea unconsciously turned into a cautious truth.

"No, I didn't do anything, I just wanted to help you clean your room...... Why do the boxes in your room move? ”

"I have a cat in a box, so it moves."

"Why didn't I see it?"

"You're open?" Lan Li's eyelids jumped when he heard this.

"As a lady, how could I—" The girl quibbled quietly, but she reluctantly told the truth under the serious gaze of the other man.

"Okay Lan Li, I'm curious, so I opened it and took a look, just a glance, absolutely not too much!"

"What do you see?"

"A bunch of toys."

As the girl spoke, as if she had suddenly found a way to "fight back", her face was carefully swept away, and she raised her head instead, her eyes slightly revealing a hint of disdain.

"You're so naïve, Lan Li, that such a big person still plays with children's toys?"

"You didn't move, did you?" Lan Li asked uneasily, ignoring the radical's method of deflecting the subject.

"I don't like boys' toys."

The girl pouted and replied, "Those wooden swords and armor are ugly, so I closed them at a glance - but I didn't see any cats, so why did the box move?" ”

"Some cats won't be seen." Lan Li replied, seeing that the other party was indeed not different, he was secretly relieved.

"What cat?"

"I'm too lazy to tell you." Lan Li, who got the answer he wanted, stood up and was about to go to the room to check one last time so as not to miss anything, but as soon as he turned around, his sleeve was pulled from behind.

"Lan Li, as a knight who has been anointed with holy oil, you should be patient with the lady." The girl's voice came from behind with a slight resentment.

"There should be farewell etiquette for farewell, why don't you have any politeness at all?"

"Then should you call me Uncle Lan Li?" Lan Li looked down sideways and asked the other party.

"Uncle Lan Li!" The girl looked up at him and grinned, a neat set of small white teeth that looked fine and delicate in the light of the banquet.

Lan Li was helpless when he heard this.

People change, he reaffirmed.

At first, this little girl was very polite to herself, and she regarded herself as an elder whenever she saw her, but the more she grew up, the more presumptuous the girl became, and it didn't matter if she didn't call her uncle, after all, people in this world have always been used to calling each other names, but her attitude has lost the honest appearance she once had, and she even began to like to lie, avoid the serious, act, and change the topic...... Who learned this, I can't learn it well.

Some sighed that the pure soul of the little girl in front of them was becoming more and more defiled, and on the surface, Lan Li stroked her chest and bowed slightly to her under the other party's "threatening" gaze.

"Good night, beautiful little lady of the court, see you tomorrow."

"Good night, Sir Breeze." The other party nodded implicitly, then lifted her skirt and saluted back, and then turned around and happily went to her group of friends, probably feeling that she had finally won.

This little girl, Lan Li shook her head, then looked at the still lively dinner party, ignored it, and walked towards the outside of the hall.

Going up the tower and back to the room, the process was useless for five minutes under Lan Li's rapid pace.

After closing the door, he crouched down and dragged out an ordinary-looking oak box from under the bed and opened it, his eyes glancing at the top of the box with bloody black and white eyes piled up at the top of the box's inner space, its pupils shrunk due to the change of light, and then stared closely at the black-haired boy in front of him.