At midnight, a manor house on the outskirts of Itali City was still brightly lit, and the lord of the manor, Mr. House, was holding his birthday party, and the banquet hall was bustling with the lords of the estates on the outskirts of Itali City, where the ladies and ladies dressed up in fancy flowers and competing in the brilliant lights.

Mr. House, the owner of the manor, walked past the guests, clinking glasses with the guests who came to congratulate them, his mustachioed face overflowing with joy, and his fat round head looked like a smiling pumpkin.

Suddenly, he noticed that on the sofa in the corner of the hall, a beautiful woman in a black bandeau dress was sitting alone, she did not talk to anyone else, she sat alone and watched the happy crowd, holding half a glass of champagne in her hand, and her expression showed a hint of loneliness.

Mr. House could not help but pause and take a closer look at the woman, her graceful manners, her pale skin, her red lips revealing a seductive sensuality, her bare shoulders and collarbones made the manor's heart tremble, and her long black hair hung down from her right shoulder, which together with the black gown made her pale face even more beautiful.

The intrigued Mr. House followed her gaze and searched the hall to see if there was anyone she knew, but the woman's gaze was aimless, and the people in the hall never made contact with her, and Mr. House did not know who had brought her to his banquet.

He settled down, walked to the woman's side, and said with a polite smile: "This young lady, can I sit down?"

"Of course. The woman looked a little flustered, she subconsciously shrank to the side, and glanced at House with a reserved face, the lord of the manor was fascinated by her glance, and smiled like a little boy who had never been in love: "My name is House, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"I'm also glad that I know you and you're the host here. The woman replied calmly with a smile on her face: "My name is Julia, and my father, Mr. Hoover, once worked with you, I don't know if you remember?"

"Hoover?" Mr. House quickly recalled the familiar partner in his mind, not remembering a man with the surname Hoover, but he didn't care, for the smile on Julia's face immediately made him forget about it.

"I'm sorry, I don't remember your father, but I don't think he minds, because I have so many business partners, I'm getting older, and sometimes I do forget some people, but if I see him, I will remember him. Mr. House stared at Julia with a smile.

"Of course, my father wanted to come to congratulate you on his birthday in person, but unfortunately he suddenly couldn't come over, so I had to let me convey his blessings on my behalf. Julia whispered apologetically.

"Ah, it's all right, it's all right, you're already in full bloom at my feast, haven't you noticed that you're the brightest star of the night?" said Mr. House, taking Julia's hand lightly.

"I'm so embarrassed to say that. Julia bowed her head in shame, but did not withdraw her hand.

Mr. House leaned over her, rubbing her delicate little hands and whispering sweet words in her ear, and Julia bowed her head shyly, leaning unconsciously on the manor's shoulder.

Mr. House, who was in a state of ecstasy, was about to reach out and put his arm around Julia's waist when the butler suddenly came over and whispered, "Sir, a guest is coming!"

"Why don't you go and greet you, don't you see that I'm talking to Miss Julia?" The disturbed manor lord glared back at the butler angrily, but the butler refused to leave, bowed down and whispered: "Master, it's not an ordinary guest, it's a representative of the Marquis of Thunder!"

"What?" Mr. House, thinking that he had misheard, turned his head in surprise and stared at the butler with wide eyes, and the butler nodded affirmatively and said, "That's right, it was sent by the Marquis's Palace, a young squire and his fiancée, who said they were here to celebrate his birthday on behalf of the Marquis of Thunder!"

"Oh my God!" Mr. House stood up in astonishment, and was about to go out with his clothes straightened, when he suddenly remembered Julia, and hurriedly turned back to her, "Miss Julia, I have some important business to do, please sit here for a while, and I will be back soon!"

"Please. Julia nodded understandingly and smiled.

The lord of the manor shook his fat body, followed the butler and hurried to the gate, and saw a handsome young man in a black tuxedo standing in front of the door, and a woman in a white lace bare-shouldered evening dress sat in the silver carriage behind him.

The lord of the manor hurriedly stepped forward to express his apologies for the late greeting, and the young man smiled and said to him: "Mr. House, I am the chamberlain of the Marquis of Thunder, my name is George, and this is my fiancée, Miss Catherine, and we have come here to congratulate you on behalf of the Marquis. ”

"Oh, I didn't expect the Marquis to know about me, and to send two of them to congratulate me on my birthday, what a flattering thing for me!" Mr. House trembled with excitement, and hurriedly welcomed the two into the house.

On the way, Mr. House praised Catherine in the presence of George, and the girl listened to his praise silently with a smile on her lips, and her beautiful little face was a pink red, which looked particularly moving.

The two followed Mr. House into the banquet hall, and Mr. House proudly introduced the two to the guests at the banquet, and the squires present were very surprised to hear that they were coming on behalf of the Marquis of Thunder, and then they all praised George and Catherine beautifully.

Suddenly, Catherine noticed Julia, who was sitting in the corner of the hall, staring at Catherine with a pair of blood-red eyes, from her beautiful face down over her towering breasts, over her slender waist and rounded back curve, along her slender legs to the ground, with a hint of jealousy in her eyes.

When she noticed Catherine staring at her with a cold gaze, Julia's mouth showed a subtle sneer of contempt, and she turned her gaze to the side casually.

Catherine secretly poked George with her elbow, George turned back to follow her gaze and fell on Julia, the two nodded to each other slightly, Catherine smiled and stretched out her hand to Mr. House and said, "Mr. House, I wonder if you would like to ask me to do a dance? I heard you danced very well!"

The lord of the manor was overjoyed at this request, and he looked back tentatively at George, beside him, and, after making sure that he had no objection, took Catherine's hand and came to the center of the hall, where the crowd gathered around them, watching the fat Mr. House clumsily follow Catherine's light steps.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him, George quietly walked over to Julia, who was sitting in the corner of the hall, took a glass of wine from the silver platter in the waiter's hand, sat down beside her, and smiled politely, "Hello, why are you sitting here alone?"

"Because I don't have a fiancé like you by my side. Julia looked up at him with resentment, as if he were a bad man who had abandoned her, George smiled when he heard this, gently clinked glasses with her, and said, "Don't you have it now?"

"Aren't you afraid that your fiancée will be upset by this?" asked Julia, taking a sip of champagne from her glass and looking at George with a teasing look.

"If she's going to be unhappy if I'm having a drink with you, what am I going to do if she's dancing with other men?" said George, glancing back at the cheering crowd and smiling as he toasted Julia.

"You men, you will always make excuses for your disloyalty. With a coquettish smile on her face, Julia and George gently clinked glasses, and the two of them drank the wine from the glasses.

"I'm not being unfaithful, after all, I haven't done anything with you. George put his glass on the coffee table in front of him and said to Julia with a smile.

"Listen to you, do you want to do something?" Julia leaned her face to him, stared into his eyes with a smile and asked, "Perhaps, would you like to go for a walk in the garden?"

Before George could reply, there was a sudden burst of cheers in the hall, and the two looked back in unison, only to see the crowd disperse, and Mr. House took Catherine's hand and walked out of the crowd with a smile on his face, and came to George and Julia.

"Ah, I didn't expect you two to know each other, and I'm going to introduce you to you!" Mr. House looked at the two happily and said to George, "But as the master, I should still introduce you, this is Julia, her father Hoover is my business partner, and this is George, the squire of the Marquis of Thunder." ”

"Hello, I didn't expect you to be in a high position at a young age, and you will definitely have great plans in the future. Julia stretched out her hand to George, who gently held her hand and kissed her on the back of her hand, and heard Julia laugh, "What a blessing your fiancée is!"

"Thank you, but I'm blessed to have her. George looked up and smiled and held out his hand to Catherine, and the girl smiled happily and took his hand, and inadvertently put a hint of arrogance at Julia out of the corner of her eye, and sat down between George and her.

Julia saw this, she smiled unhurriedly and said, "Since that's the case, I won't bother the two of you, I'll go out first to breathe, and a few of you will talk slowly." She stood up and smiled at House, and the lord of the manor graciously sent an attendant to accompany her away.

The rest of the people continued to change their glasses in the banquet hall, and George also joined the crowd with Catherine in his arms, and from time to time conversed with those who came up to her, and many men took the opportunity to gather around Catherine, and courteous to her like stars holding the moon, so that many of the ladies who came to the banquet were angry in their eyes.

"I wish the waiter had knocked over the plate on her white dress!" said a squire's daughter jealously to her best friend.

Before the words could be spoken, the waiter who had walked past Catherine suddenly fell to the ground, and the plate full of wine in his hand suddenly buckled on Catherine's skirt, staining the white skirt with a stain, and the people around were startled and hurriedly avoided all around.

"Haha, my prophecy has come true, do you see it?" The squire gloated and turned around and grabbed her best friend's arm and said, before she could finish speaking, the best friend standing beside her suddenly fell to the ground, and the squire was stunned for a moment, and she staggered to the ground.

All of a sudden, the whole hall was overturned, and the guests fell to the ground in all directions, one by one, unconscious, only to see countless black gases coming in through the cracks in the closed windows of the hall, turning into a group of well-dressed people in the hall.