In front of the door of the wooden house by the sea, after knocking on the door several times, Xing Yue finally heard the sound of footsteps coming from inside the house.

With a light cough, the door was pushed open.

"Camille, I've come to see you." Xingyue shook the fruit and red wine in her hand. [Note: In order to facilitate the progress of the story, I will transform the gesture language and simple English vocabulary communication between the characters into normal dialogue to describe it.] 】

Camille was pleasantly surprised to see Xingyue coming, gave Xingyue a big hug, and took the things from Xingyue's hand.

"I really have to thank you for yesterday's events, otherwise we are afraid that we will be drenched in the rain for two or three hours, be careful." Xingyue smiled.

"Why is it only you, where is the other girl Xue?" Camille asked.

Because the name is difficult to translate, Xingyue and the others asked Camille to call them only Star and Snow.

"My friend was a little uncomfortable after going back yesterday, so I was the only one who came today." Xingyue explained to Camille.

Camille immediately asked, "Is she sick?" Is it serious? ”

"It's okay, I've already taken the medicine, just sleep a little longer."

After getting Xingyue's answer, Camille was relieved.

Xingyue's gaze unconsciously fell on the newspaper clippings hanging behind the sofa.

Like, too much like that.

After thinking about it for a long time in the room yesterday, Xingyue decided why she was familiar with the portrait hanging on the wall of the castle.

Because the man in the portrait is so much like the man in this newspaper clipping.

However, when he mentioned this matter to Yang Xueqi, Yang Xueqi also carefully looked at the portraits in the castle: "Maybe it's because Europeans look alike in our eyes." ”

"Star, would you like some dessert?" Camille said, returning to his kitchen.

Xingyue can only make very simple cakes and other desserts, and she learned them all from Zhang's mother at home.

So when I saw Camille making desserts, I immediately felt very excited to get closer.

It's an authentic French dessert.

The dessert thing, the portrait thing, squeezed out of Xingyue's brain.

Camille's kitchen is small, but it is fully equipped, and the placement of all kinds of tools has been remembered in Camille's mind.

Eggs, sugar, milk, and various seasonings are prepared in proportion, and are made and shaped in Camille's step-by-step skillful movements.

In the end, he selected a few fruits brought by Xingyue, cut them and put them on top of the dessert.

Immediately, an assorted fruitcake tart that looks tempting from any angle is ready.

With this lovely dessert, Xingyue took a few photos as a souvenir before eating it with satisfaction.

In order to take care of Xingyue's taste, Camille reduced the amount of sugar in the dessert a lot, so it tasted sweet but not greasy.

The fruit is fresh and sweet, and the dessert is sweet.

The two sweets are mixed, making Xingyue feel full of happiness.

Sometimes the feeling of happiness is so simple.

"Time flies, it's time to make lunch again. Star, do you want to come with me? ”

Putting down the dessert fork, Camille was back to busy.

What the?

Can you learn French meals again?

Xingyue immediately began to nod her head repeatedly.

"Looks like you'd like to learn French cuisine, do you have any goals?" Camille asked with a smile.

After thinking about it, I unconsciously recalled yesterday's onion soup.

"Onion bisque." Xingyue suggested.

“ok！ It's very simple, come on, let's do it together. ”

I don't know if it's Xingyue's delusion, but she always feels that Camille is very happy that someone came to visit her.

Probably because the elderly all over the world are very eager for companionship.

Chat with Camille while cooking.

When Camille learned that Xingyue lived in the castle on the other side of the forest, the hand holding the knife to cut the onion paused, and after only a second or two, it returned to normal.

Xingyue learned that Camille had lived here for decades, and she had no family, so on weekdays, except for going to the supermarket in the village not far away to buy some ingredients, she was alone in the house or at the beach, reading books and newspapers.

A person, living a plain and unpretentious life.

Xingyue imagined a young woman, living alone and living like this for decades, and some unbearable feelings welled up in her heart.

The imaginary French woman became her own appearance, and Xingyue immediately felt a chill welling up in her heart.

Hurry up and get this thought out of your mind.

"I still have Mu Lingyan, Yang Xueqi, and my father; If I were to live like this alone, I would not die alone. Xingyue thought silently in her heart, but then, a question arose.

What is the reason why Camille has lived alone by the sea for so many years?

Living such a largely isolated life?

By the time I said goodbye to Camille again, it was already early afternoon.

Under Camille's guidance, Xingyue made her first onion soup.

And was also praised by Camille for doing a good job.

It wasn't until after walking out of the hut for some distance that Xingyue looked back and saw Camille standing alone in front of the door, looking in the direction Xingyue had left.

The old woman wore a washed and discolored blue shawl over her shoulders, and she raised her hand to cover her mouth.

Xingyue knew she was coughing.

"Next time I come, I'll send her some medicine." Xingyue thought to herself.

However, the next morning, the lumiu company came and began negotiations with the RK Group and the Ato Group.

"Young lady, where are you going with the medicine?" Ted, who is going up the stairs, meets Xingyue who is going down the stairs.

"The old man who took us in on a rainy day before was sick, so I sent her some medicine." Xingyue replied.

"That's right, but we're going to start negotiations today, and you still need to take notes and sort them out at the meeting." Ted scratched his head. "I'm afraid it's only Yang Xueqi alone, and I'm really busy."

"So fast?" Xingyue was slightly surprised.

But after thinking about it, it has been almost a week since their group came to send it, and the negotiation really can't be delayed any longer.

But what about Camille's cough?

Thinking that she was going to the beach to pick herself and Yang Xueqi up, she suffered from the cold and rain, Xingyue felt that she couldn't go.

"Ted, when will the negotiations begin?" Xingyue asked urgently.

"There is about an hour, young lady, it will definitely be too late for you to go now, and it will take at least two hours to come and go." Teddy Road.

Xingyue didn't know what to do for a while.

Such a negotiation meeting has an accurate start time, but it is difficult to have an accurate end time.

So waiting until the meeting is over to deliver the medicine is simply not there.

But if he waits until tomorrow, he is afraid that Camille's condition will worsen.

Seeing that Xingyue was so embarrassed, Ted thought for a while and said, "Why don't you let the maid here run this trip for the young lady?" ”

"Will they know the way?" Xingyue hesitated.

It's a good idea, but I'm afraid they won't know the way.

Teddy smiled: "These servants live here, and I am afraid that they know better than the young lady who lives around them." ”

Ted was right, and Xingyue also laughed at her confusion: "Also, it's that I'm thinking too much." ”

The medicine was given to Ted, who immediately went to the castle's servants.

Hopefully, these medicines will help Camille recover sooner.

Xingyue turned back to her room and began to prepare for the meeting.

At the negotiating table, the atmosphere was very tense.

When Cheng Nansheng's people put forward the advantages of the Chaoto Group, Xing Yue found that the original Chaoto Group had changed from what it used to be in just half a year.

Whether it is funding, publicity channels, or the professionalism of the team members, they are not lost to RK Group.

It's no wonder that if it weren't for such an advantage, Lumiu wouldn't have hesitated between the two groups.

Xingyue and Yang Xueqi were also very busy at the meeting, and the content of the meeting sent by the negotiators needed to be archived by them, and they also had to accurately record the various benefits and promises given to Lumiu by the Chaoto Group, and at the same time quickly find out the accurate data of their company's advantages in this regard, and then feed back to the negotiators.

Before I knew it, the time of the day passed quietly in the meeting.

Such meetings lasted for several days.

In the past few days, Xingyue has not had the opportunity to go to the seaside cabin and visit Camille in person.

That night, Xingyue rubbed her stiff neck and fell on the soft bed.

"Ahh Her voice was muffled in the pillow.

Mu Lingyan couldn't help but smile when he saw her appearance on the side.

"It's been a hard few days." He leaned over to Xingyue's side, and his arm naturally rested on Xingyue's back as she lay on the bed.

"Oops, it's so heavy."

Xingyue twisted her body, trying to avoid the weight on her body, even if it was Mu Lingyan's arm, even if Mu Lingyan was not willing to exert force at all.

But Mu Lingyan didn't move a bit, and seeing that Xingyue didn't cooperate like this, he pressed one of his legs again.

Xingyue, who buried her head in the pillow, suddenly exclaimed: "Alas! ~”

"What's wrong?" Mu Lingyan didn't move, and he also asked in a lazy tone just now.

"You just took it, it hurts so much." Xingyue's tone was a little coquettish.

"Does it hurt? Where does it hurt? Mu Lingyan asked, but he secretly increased his strength in the place he had suppressed just now.

"Ahh

Xingyue wanted to cry without tears.

How can there be such a person, knowing that it will hurt, but still have to exert himself.

Knowing that Mu Xingyue was actually exaggerating, Mu Lingyan's head also arched on the pillow, forcing Mu Xingyue to turn his head to look at himself.

"Why, does it really hurt?"

Xingyue pursed her mouth: "I'll also smash you to see if it hurts." ”

Mu Lingyan showed a wicked smile on his face: "We didn't do anything, why did you suddenly have a backache?" ”