Chapter 9: The Ai Family Meeting
Morning is coming soon, and the unrest and beauty of last night seem to be still in front of you, and time is like a white horse passing by, and it is too late to savor it and quickly flicker. Xing Ling was still reminiscing about the night when he and Erica walked alone in the garden of the Ai family, he saw the prosperity he had never seen in his previous life, and saw how big the gap between the life of the rich and noble family was and his own. He loves to be with Erica very much, and he is happy in whatever he does, even his favorite thing is to sit and drink tea and chat, and he sat with Erica in the garden for a full 2 hours last night.
They chatted all over the country, and Xingling listened to Erica introduce many histories and anecdotes on the mainland. Xing Zero was very interested, and his favorite thing was to listen to other people's stories. He listened to the interesting things on the continent like reading Journey to the West, he knew about the race war in ancient legends, the handsome three holy sons, and the existence of the seven holy weapons in the world.
In the small forest in the early morning, the warm sun sprinkled the earth, and Xingling and Erica walked in the small forest filled with the faint fragrance of flowers. He wanted to take Erica's hand more than once, but whenever he thought that he was so poor, had no strength, and was not particularly handsome, she would definitely look down on him. Star Zero sighed at the thought of this and looked at the sky. Erica asked, "Star Zero, what's wrong?" Star Zero looked at Erica's innocent eyes and replied, "It's okay, maybe the breakfast is too strong, haha, keep walking, it's almost time to catch up with the council" Erica replied with a smile: "That's good, let's go, let's go here, it's close here" After speaking, he took Star Zero's hand and walked down the path.
In the meeting, the huge conference table was full of the top of the family, and the second leader I met yesterday was also there, sitting on the seat next to the center of the conference table. Sitting in the center is a middle-aged man dressed in a black monotone outfit, sipping tea. After Star Zero and Erica arrived, they found a place closer to him and sat down. Star Zero was able to sit in this position because of Erica's blessing.
The crowd was quickly packed, and no one was late or absent, showing the strict style of the Ai family and the excellent command transmission.
The middle-aged man in the center said: "Everyone is here, now we will start holding the family meeting of the first quarter of the Ai family." There are three main contents of today's meeting, the first of which is to report on the family's income in the first quarter. The second is about Erica's attendance at the School of Magic and Erica's engagement to the Third Prince."
Hearing this, Erica frowned, as if very reluctant. Xing Ling saw Erica's expression, at this moment, Xing Ling's heart is also mixed, it is very unpleasant, the person he likes is about to be snatched away, Erica belongs to himself. What's the point of living in this world without Erica, thinking of this, he once again longs for power, for power, he wants to protect his beloved, he wants to protect her to live freely and happily.
He figured out why Erica said that she was happy against her will yesterday, and no one would be happy if this kind of thing fell on anyone.
The middle-aged man continued: "The third item of the conference is to discuss the whereabouts of the Seven Great Sacred Weapons. This is a very important item, and the level of secrecy is also relatively high, and I hope that the people present here today will not spread it everywhere and cause chaos in society. ”
"Let's start the first item of the conference!" the heads of each territory will start to report on the financial situation of the quarter," the middle-aged man took another sip of tea.
The second master first stood up and said: "In the first quarter of this year, the financial income of Stormwind City and the relevant territories radiated around Stormwind City has increased to a certain extent compared with the first quarter of last year, and the main income growth is in medical drugs, and it is said that there are epidemic infectious diseases of varying degrees in the vicinity. ”
The third master stood up and said: "After the sustained downturn in the Northern Territory, today's revenue in the first quarter has grown steadily, but there is still a significant gap compared with the year before. The reason for the investigation is that the pace of invasion of the orcs in the north has increased significantly this year, and it seems to be related to the new king of the orcs, who seems to be more interested in the invasion. I wonder if we should use the ministers of the court to make suggestions to the emperor to strengthen the northern garrison and stabilize the local economy. ”
The third master took a sip of tea and said: "According to the secret agent, the elves and dragons in the south are also different from previous years, this situation seems to have never happened in history, we must be cautious about this matter."
The middle-aged man said: "I will face the saint directly in this matter, don't worry." The three major races have been peeking into the rich land of my Holy Empire for a long time, and their cultivation has been silent for tens of thousands of years, and this time the Holy Son and the Holy Weapon are about to appear. It's time for them to fight back. The second item of the conference begins"
The big boss said, "Erica, you're going to school in a few days." Eat and sleep well at school, study hard, don't be lazy, the future of the family still depends on the young people of your generation" After speaking, he looked at the young generation of the Ai family on the table, many of whom were young talents.
Then, the big boss finally threw out the thing that Star Zero was most concerned about, Erica's marriage. The big boss said: "Erica is also an adult, and it is time to make a suitable marriage. I think the third prince is good, and his strength is also one of the best among the young talents in the empire, and I am very optimistic about this young man. ”
Erica stood up directly: "No, father, I don't want to marry him." Is there anyone in the Empire who doesn't know he's a playboy?"
The big boss slapped the table in anger and bang! "Presumptuous! Sit down!". Erica sat down aggrieved, tears streaming down her eyes.
The big boss said angrily: "Which young talent doesn't pay a little attention, what if a man has three wives and four concubines? ”
The hall was silent, and no one rose up to cheer for Erica. The eldest lady of the big family can't escape the victim of the family's interests, and relies on marriage in exchange for the greater interests and long-term development of the family.
Erica was sobbing sadly, and the more than 100 people present usually took good care of her, and no one was willing to stand up and speak for her at this moment. Erica was so sad, as if she hated the look God gave her, and she hated everyone in this world. Everyone in the family said that they went to the magic academy to learn magic, but who in the upper echelons of the family didn't know that this was just to create an opportunity for the third prince to meet Erica? Who didn't know that this was a marriage of pure interests, and who didn't know that the third prince on the mainland was notorious and had killed many young girls. often does some things to rob beautiful women, and forces many married women to do some undesirable things.
This kind of person is simply scum anymore, and now the Erica family is destined to make him that person's plaything, playing with her body and twitching on her.
Xing Zero thought a lot, thought of his roommate in his previous life, thought of his beloved she would marry a scumbag, he couldn't watch his beloved Erica suffer and be tortured by the third prince. Erica is the only person he feels warm to when he comes to another world, and it is also a belief that he lives in another world.
As Erica fell into deep grief and despair, a powerful voice reached her ears. "I don't agree! The big boss of this matter should consider Erica's wishes!" Star Zero stood up bravely after all the struggles in his heart.
The big boss looked at Xing Ling interestingly and said, "Which person in the family are you, how can you talk regardless of the occasion?" Get out!"
"I'm not from the Ai family, I'm a friend of Erica. Erica is reluctant to marry the third prince, and hopes that the head of the family will not embarrass her, "Xing Ling's heart is iron, even if he dies today, he will say what he wants to say most in this life."
The big boss slapped the table very angrily, and a deep handprint appeared on the table, and the strength was visible. The big boss said: "Erica, why don't you always learn well, and make some messy fox friends and dog friends." ”
Xing Ling was unhappy, this time he was really angry, and said loudly: "Big boss, why did Erica make fox friends and dogs? Am I not human?"
The big boss said contemptuously: "You are only an ant in my eyes." Xing Ling smiled coldly: "I didn't expect that there are people like you in any world, hahaha, one day I will step on the plaque of the Ai family and marry Erica openly." Before you dare to let her do something against her will, I will not let you go!Hmph!". After saying that, Xing Ling glanced at Erica affectionately, meaning that I will definitely come back and take you away, and then pushed away the chair and strode towards the gate of the Ai family.
Xing Zero did not regret today's face, let alone rejected all the hypocrisy of the Ai family, he knew that today's incident was the last thing he would regret in his life, and he seemed to be really in love with Erica. After Xing Zero walked out of the council hall of the Ai family, Erica looked deeply at Xing Ling's back, and saw that she disappeared from the sight of her eyes, and closed her eyes, leaving tears of emotion.
The clouds continued to drift in the sky, the birds frolicked happily in the woods, and the streets were still filled with the sound of vendors. Under the comfort of the weak morning sun, the lonely star zero walked on the bustling streets of the imperial capital, gradually moving away.