In the early morning, there was a chill in the air.

After Xu Shuo was woken up by Angela, he quietly left the main house and went back to the dormitory to have breakfast.

The breakfast prepared in the cafeteria today was oatmeal, a large piece of bread, and some pickles. There are still quite a few people who come to eat, Xu Shuo looked around when he was eating, and he didn't see Anthony, so he couldn't help but wonder if this guy should be spending the night outside, right?

At this time, someone poked Xu Shuo's back with a finger.

"Hey, you guy, where did you go last night?"

Xu Shuo turned his head and found that it was a cat.

"I ......" Xu Shuo thought for a while, and said casually: "I was afraid of going back last night to wake you up, so I found a sofa in the main house to make do with it for one night." ”

"Really?" Maomao's eyes widened, and she said with some surprise: "You don't have to do it to this extent, even if I am woken up, I will fall asleep again quickly, so come back directly next time." ”

"Ahh Xu Shuo replied perfunctorily, and then continued to drink his oatmeal.

"It feels like you're sleep deprived." The cat looked at Xu Shuo's face and said, "The dark circles under the eyes are so heavy." ”

Xu Shuo shrugged, he was indeed sleep-deprived, when Angela woke him up in the morning, he couldn't open his eyes for a long time, and sleeping in a chair made him sore, and his brain was still groggy until now.

The cat went to get breakfast, and naturally sat down opposite Xu Shuo.

On the way to breakfast, the chatter of the maids and housekeepers around them gradually became noisy, and suddenly it seemed that everyone was discussing something with great excitement.

Xu Shuo tried to listen, but the voices of the servants were too chaotic, and they were all overlapping, so he couldn't make a general sound, but he noticed that the cat suddenly stopped his hand while eating, pricked up his ears, and looked grim.

"Did you hear anything?" Xu Shuo remembered that it seemed that cats had more than three times the hearing of humans, so he asked cats, "What are they talking about?" ”

"It seems to say that Master Adam's grave has been dug up!" The cat said with a frown.

"Oh." Xu Shuo nodded understandingly, it seems that the destruction of the cemetery has been discovered.

"Didn't you patrol last night? Did you find anything? The cat stared at Xu Shuo's eyes and asked.

"Well, that's it. No, I didn't notice anything unusual when I passed by last night, I guess it happened after I finished patrolling. Xu Shuo looked away a little weakly, pretending to look at others, but unexpectedly found that there were many eyes around him looking at him.

"Looks like you're going to be out of luck this time." The cat said with some sympathy.

Xu Shuo was stunned, "Why do you say that?" ”

"You don't need to ask, you were on duty last night, and now everyone is saying that you must have done it." Maomao said: "And even if you weren't on duty last night, if this kind of thing happens, everyone will definitely think it has something to do with you." ”

Is it because of the thief's vocation? Xu Shuo pursed his lips and had nothing to say.

"Be careful, Governor Mogg will talk to you." Cat said.

Xu Shuo raised his head and drank clean oatmeal.

"Eat slowly."

As Maomao said, it didn't take long for Xu Shuo to be called to the conference room to talk, but the conversation partner was not Mog, but Herschel.

In the huge conference room, only Xu Shuo and Herschel sat face to face around the conference round table.

"Come on, Mr. Xu Shuo, let's talk." Herschel said.

"If you want to ask me about the cemetery, first of all, I don't know anything." Xu Shuo leaned back in the chair, tilted Erlang, looking like he didn't eat oil and salt, he had already made up his mind to pretend to be stupid to the end.

"Ah, I wanted to ask you about that incident, but since you said you didn't know, then I won't ask. I called you this time to tell you something else. Herschel said.

Xu Shuo felt that Herschel's tone of speech seemed to be different from before, and he seemed to be a little more in awe and a little less disdainful for him.

(Is it because of last night?) )

Both Herschel and Bron looked at him in a panic as they left last night, as if they might have mistaken him for a "fearful" spellcaster.

Xu Shuo smiled and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Herschel didn't speak, first took out a palm-sized small brown bag from his arms, the bag contained something, and when Herschel pushed it in front of Xu Shuo, there was a slight metal collision sound inside

"For you." Herschel said.

Xu Shuo picked up the bag and checked it, it was quite heavy, opened the opening and looked inside, it was a bag of shining gold coins.

"Inside are ten gold coins." Herschel said.

"How?" Xu Shuo put the gold coin back on the table and said disdainfully, "Do you want to use this to tell me to leave?" ”

"Don't get me wrong, I heard that your weapon is damaged, as a bounty hunter, you can't do without it, right? Go buy some good gear. Herschel said.

"What is your purpose?" Xu Shuo asked, staring into Herschel's eyes.

"I'd like to talk to you about Lilian." Herschel picked up the hot tea on the table and took a sip slowly, "I want to ask you to take that kid outside to see more." ”

“…… I don't understand what you mean. Xu Shuo said.

Herschel lowered his gaze, and after a moment of silence, said:

“…… The child, who had been kept in this manor by my eldest brother since she was a child, was interested in everything, but she was ordered not to go anywhere, and her room was full of novels about adventurers, and she wished she could go around like an adventurer. Herschel said and sighed softly, "Mr. Xu Shuo, you must not have imagined what it was like to be locked up in this manor for so many years. ”

Xu Shuo was silent, he never expected Herschel to say these words.

"Although I am saddened by the death of my eldest brother, I am also glad for Lilian, because of the death of my eldest brother, she is free to do what she likes." Herschel closed her eyes and said slowly: "This is my request, take Lilian to the nearby maze when you have time, I can see that she likes you, if you take her, she will be very happy." ”

Xu Shuo opened his mouth and was speechless.

"Why don't you speak?" Herschel opened his eyes, looked at Xu Shuo and said with a smile: "Do you think that I want to grab the position of the head of the family in order to satisfy my own selfish desires?" I admit that I have selfish intentions, but I really don't want to see Liliam unhappy anymore, being the head of the house is a deeper constraint for her, this manor has taken away her childhood, I don't want her to live so painfully in the prime of life, can you understand? ”

"You ......"

Xu Shuo was stunned, Hershel said it so sincerely, and everything he said was not made up.

Actually, he's right.

Although Xu Shuo knew that he shouldn't use his own thoughts to expect others, but after knowing Lilian's inner struggle and pain, he couldn't help but think that maybe Lilian didn't inherit the family business, then she would live a happier life.

But he is not qualified to persuade Lilian to do this, what Lilian is carrying is by no means something that a mere friend can point fingers at, if he has to say it, the only person who is qualified to say these things is Heschel, who is Lilian's uncle and bears the family industrial capital.

But what was going on with Herschel, and was he really expecting that? Or is it that what he expects is only his own glory and wealth.

Xu Shuo knew in his heart that the answer was in front of him, as long as he confirmed it with the eyes of love, he could understand it, but at this time he hesitated, he was a little afraid to know the truth - the person who had the most right and qualification to care about Lilian finally said such a thing, but it was just a deception, it was too cruel and sad for Lilian.