Chapter 678: Ranch's Gamble with Taria

Three days passed.

One afternoon at four o'clock.

The 4th arrondissement of the Flora de Parrieu, the residence of the Counts of Baptiste.

Christina leaned back on the sofa in the drawing-room, somewhat bored, holding a book, and flipped through two pages from time to time.

"Wooh."

She yawned a little disregarding the eldest lady's manners, and then shook her head sleepily.

It's better to be at home, you can be very casual, and the family won't blame her much, anyway, she has been educated since she was a child, and as the eldest daughter of the Count Baptiste family, she has to live a willful life.

Except for going out after lunch to go to the business district of Crystal Orchid Avenue, now after returning home, it is cool, and sleepiness wells up in my heart.

"Why haven't you come yet?"

She looked at the bell and muttered.

Every day at half past three in the afternoon, it is the time for Rocky, the housekeeper of the house, to give lectures to Earl Kyle, and the class will be out at four o'clock.

It stands to reason that the brown-haired and green-eyed butler should have walked through the corridor in a serious manner, and then there is a high probability that he will pass through the living room on the first floor that connects the stairs and the corridor.

Just thinking about it, Christina felt her eyelids close close.

Why don't you get some sleep first?

The afternoon sun in the courtyard of the Count's Court of Baptiste is now a slightly deep golden orange, accompanied by a wisp of flowers, which makes the light and shadow of the reception hall on the first floor of this mansion a little noisy and indulgent.

Just then, Christina noticed a figure walking past the living room.

"Rocky, come here."

She quickly sat upright, lifted her spirits, and beckoned and shouted.

"Miss, what are you doing?"

The brown-haired, green-eyed butler, who was holding a book in his hand, noticed the eldest lady on the sofa, and turned his pace and walked in the direction of the carpet in the living room.

Ranch had just finished giving Kyle a lesson, and was about to check on the other servants' jobs.

Master Kyle's costume design class is half an hour long per class, four classes a week, which is exactly two hours of extra time for the housekeeper's work.

The half-hour class not only helps students concentrate, but also allows students to better digest the content of the knowledge points, and it is convenient for students to practice and think on their own.

"You wait here for me first, and I'll be back shortly."

Christina said, and immediately ran away, heading in the direction of the stairs to the second floor.

"Slow down."

Lan Qi didn't seem to be in a hurry, a little worried that the eldest lady had fallen.

But the eldest lady didn't seem to listen to him at all.

So he simply stood where he was, holding the book in one hand, and simply flipped through it.

The Genesis translation he had borrowed from Kyle.

No matter how the times have passed, only this book has survived over hundreds of thousands of years.

Each language has a unique interpretation of the scripts of the gods.

Although Lan Qi didn't know the magic on the Genesis, since he had seen the ancient version of the Genesis in the Blood Moon Bad World, he was very interested in looking at the various versions of the Genesis, and each time he would have a different understanding.

It didn't take long.

Christina is really back.

Only this time, when she came back from the second floor, she also led a red-haired maid down with her.

It seems that the maid is cleaning the room, and in the middle of work, she was dragged over by the eldest lady.

"Look what changes she has!"

Christina puffed up her chest triumphantly, crossed her waist with one hand, and let the butler look at her valet maid.

I saw Inuoan behind Christina.

Her right eye was covered by long bangs, and her faint purple eyes observed the person in front of her, and even though she was tied in a double ponytail, her long red hair still fell to her waist.

Although Christina said that she could cut her hair, she seemed reluctant to do so.

It's also possible that blocking her face a little bit will make her feel more secure.

The costume is a classic maid outfit from the Poson Kingdom, with a meticulous bow on the black and white body, and a conspicuous ruby on her chest as the finishing touch, which perfectly reflects the crown-like cloth on her head.

Inuoan frowned slightly, as if he was worried about something.

"Oh, are you finally willing to put on your headdress today?"

Ranch smiled at Enoan and greeted.

On the first day of his arrival at the Earl's Court, when Enoan saw this maid's outfit, he was very reluctant to put it on.

And the maid headdress was unwilling to wear it, like her last insistence.

When teaching Inuoan to work this morning, Ranchi vaguely remembered that Inuoan was not wearing a headdress.

"I just don't want to be told that Christina brought back an inferior maid."

Enoan poured out those words with obvious displeasure, his voice wrapped in a thick impatience.

"How can there be such a statement?"

Lanchi asked, raising an eyebrow in surprise.

The family is fine, and it shouldn't hurt Enoan.

Inuoan was always stunned by their kindness.

And there is nothing wrong with Enoan's ability to work, but it has just started to learn and work, and sometimes it may be a little rusty.

"It's not the Viscount last time, after he saw that Inuoan turned out to be a girl, he humiliated her even more."

Christina said indignantly.

The guy even teased Christina for picking up a nice piece of trash.

"Viscount Hammond?"

Lanch asked.

"Yes, that's him!"

Christina nodded.

Their rival that night, Viscount Charles Hammond, who was also Innoan's employer, belonged to the Hammond Financial Group, which was engaged in international financial services in the Southern Continent, providing a wide range of financial services throughout the Southern Continent, including investment banking, asset management and insurance business.

The wealthy Baptiste family has known the Hammond family for a long time, and occasionally cooperates a little, but most of the time they don't deal with each other.

Last week, it was both Christina who had caused him to lose an important commission match, and it was because Enoan had lost it himself, and Viscount Charles Hammond hated the two men walking together.

"I'm really angry, if he says a few more words, I'm going to do it with Nuo'an, it's a big deal that the two of us will go to squat together for a few days."

Christina still remembered it, and was still a little angry, and stamped her foot.

On the contrary, Enoan on the side looked calm.

"The few words I scolded him were light!"

Christina was not so good-tempered sometimes, and she helped Enoan to get back on the spot, not giving face to Viscount Hammond, an older generation of nobles.

Later, when she returned home, Christina felt that Enoan had changed a little, and when she looked closely, she was wearing a headdress.

"Miss, it's not okay to use violence to solve problems, you must stop thinking about going to prison for a few days."

Ranch looked at her earnestly and persuaded.

"Oh, oh."

Christina didn't expect that one day she would be educated like this by this butler.

But no matter how you look at it, Rocky's butler is unexpectedly a very law-abiding character.

"In this case, you can ask me to help you negotiate with Viscount Hammond, and let him give corresponding compensation, moral damages, reputation damage, public apology statements, etc., if it doesn't work, we will use some legal means to investigate and report his company's business one by one, their high-leverage financial company is actually easy to thunder, and we can also buy their company in good faith if something goes wrong."

Ranch spoke to Christina about what he thought was more reasonable.

If this happens in the future, it may give Christina some inspiration and help her learn to solve problems more harmoniously.

"God good intentions, don't talk about hostile takeovers so freshly and refinedly, okay?"

Christina still understands the operation of their business, hostile takeovers are illegal, and the law of the Kingdom of Poson clearly denies that hostile takeovers are legal.

Sure enough, you shouldn't have listened to Rocky's butler.

"Enoan can clean the room now, and the maid etiquette has been learned quickly, and she has memorized the precautions you taught her."

Christina decided to change the subject and triumphantly boasted to Rocky.

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Ino stayed quietly behind Christina, without admitting or denying it, as if she wouldn't do anything until she was instructed.

"You see, she's a complete lady now."

Ranch looked at Enoan and commented with a smile.

Enoan looked away with some displeasure.

"Alright, Enoan, if there's anything you want to ask Rocky's butler, just ask."

Christina tapped Enoan on the shoulder, motioned for her to sit on the couch, and said to her.

"How can I get my memories back?"

After Enoan sat down, he looked at Rocky, who was also sitting opposite, and asked.

"Why did you suddenly ask me this question today?"

Unhurriedly, Ranch half-closed the book in his hand and looked at her.

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

Inuoan did not answer him.

"Of course you'll panic if you don't have a memory, and she doesn't want to be a person who has no past."

Christina sat down beside her and said to Rankie.

"That's it."

Ranch opened the book again and muttered.

The monster-like physical fitness made Innovan quickly remove the bandage.

But the internal injuries have not yet recovered.

And although she seems to have a lot of magic, she doesn't know how to fight at all, and she was knocked down by the Tata of Ranchi in three or two hits during the test in the Earl's Family Yard.

Not only did the injuries on her body not heal, but she also forgot how to use her strength.

So Christina, who was still thinking about letting Inuoan play games and make some money and share the accounts with Inuoan, now decided that it would be better to let Inuoan do some ordinary work in the mansion with peace of mind.

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Christina didn't know what the butler was thinking at the moment, and whether she agreed or disagreed with what she had just said.

"If you want to help you recover your memory, the doctor said that you either have to give you strong mental stimulation, or see some familiar things and scenes, which may trigger the resuscitation of the injured area of your brain."

Ranch had read Enoan's diagnosis report and had talked to the attending doctor.

"So if I want to get my memories back, do I have to suffer a little?"

Enoan frowned again.

She didn't feel any pain, even if someone abused her, she wouldn't feel that hard, she just didn't want to die.

"Theoretically, it's true, so your situation is complicated, and it may be difficult to get your memories back."

Lanch nodded in reply.

"Don't worry, I'll take you to the best doctor."

Christina's voice fell softly, like a web woven by worry, tangling around the air around her.

Ranch knew that Christina liked her because it was the first time Christina had hired a servant herself.

And Inuoan is very beautiful in how she dresses, and when she first came home, she was taken to her room by Christina to change clothes for a long time, and she bought a few new outfits for Innovan.

After hearing that her salary would not be deducted, Enoan hesitated for a moment as if considering the pros and cons before accepting it.

"If you can't think of it, forget it."

Enoan said expressionlessly.

Anyway, it's safe to be in Earl Baptiste's Court now, and it seems that the enemy won't be looking for it, so it's good if you can live like this.

"Who knows, fate is always impermanent, when you want to get something back, you may not get it back, and when you start to fear finding it, it may follow."

Lan Qi looked at the translation of the Genesis, and he happened to see this final chapter of fate and reincarnation, and read.

"I'm going to be scared?"

Enoan laughed subconsciously as if he had heard a joke.

"First of all, you have to understand one thing, being scared is not a bad thing, like the pain I told you last time, although it can be painful, it is very important."

Hearing this, Lan Qi officially closed the translation he had finished reading, and said to the red-haired girl in front of him.

"Let me ask you, what do you think is the most important emotion?"

He gently raised his index finger and pointed to the colorful flowers in the courtyard outside the floor-to-ceiling window, as if these flowers corresponded to each mood.

"Pleasure?"

Enoan asked.

"This question is answered correctly according to everyone's opinion."

Lan Qi clasped his hands on his knees and nodded solemnly,

"But the more crisp the answer, the easier it is to overlook the fact that every emotion counts."

"Why do you say that?"

Enoan lost her memory but not her basic knowledge, how to eat, how to walk, and how to do arithmetic.

In the same way, she felt that she had not heard what Rocky was saying now.

"When you crudely divide emotions into positive and negative emotions, or more simply call them good emotions or bad emotions, you lose sight of the meaning of a lot of things because of our natural instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm."

Ranch's words were low, slow and worried,

"You're sick of being so depressed that you might brutally force yourself to do something you shouldn't be doing when you're supposed to be down, as if you're injured and you should be recuperating instead of ignoring the wound."

Each word seemed to weigh whether these words were suitable for Enoan at this moment,

"On the contrary, if you clearly understand the meaning of each emotion, you will accept the laws of how the world works, and it will become easier to be kind to yourself and others, just like day and night, and any of your physical and psychological reactions are normal and important signals."

These days, Ranch gives counseling classes to Enoan every day.

Christina was a little worried, so she sat down and listened.

As a result, after listening to it for two or three days, she felt that there was no problem, and she also learned some skills to enlighten others.

At first, Inuoan was reluctant to listen to Rocky's butler, as if this natural kindness made her very uncomfortable, as if she had seen something she had never seen before, and was full of fear of it.

Later, perhaps feeling a little relieved to chat with Rocky's butler, Inuoan did not resist anymore, but listened to him without saying a word most of the time.

……

An hour later.

It was almost time for the butler of their Earl's Court to get off work.

Ranch once again carried his briefcase and passed through the reception hall.

Inuoan has gone to work.

Christina was still lazily lying on the couch.

Noticing Ranchi, Christina ran over.

"Thank you, Rocky."

She patted Ranch on the back and sent him off work.

Of course, more of a thank you to Ranchi for helping her unblock the knot in Enoan's heart.

In this house, Inuoan still kept a little distance from the others, but he still trusted the two of them, and even gradually began to be willing to let them stay close to each other.

"Miss Christina, I think it's obvious that she's more dangerous than me, why do you like her so much and still resist me?"

Ranch asked Christina, puzzled.

"It's scary to know you so much, you always feel like you can get acquainted with the people around you quickly no matter where you are dropped."

Christina leaned back half a minute in vigilance, looking Ranch up and down,

"But Enoan felt like the kind of wounded wolf he picked up...... Now that she has become a cub again, can you take this opportunity to raise her? ”

Christina said with some uncertainty.

"It turns out that you prefer to cultivate, and you don't like to fall from the sky."

Ranch shook his head in disappointment, like no one likes him.

"Tsk, don't look at what my family has become of relying on you."

Christina looked at the butler's weak appearance and smacked the corners of her lips,

"By the way, if she regains her memory, will she immediately disown me?"

Christina then asked again.

She was a little afraid that what she was doing now was useless, and she would be very sad that one day Inuoan would suddenly treat her as a stranger again and disappear from her presence.

"No matter what kind of past she recalls, this memory of being with you will always remain in her mind, maybe this is a kind of pollution for her originally violent personality, but happiness and joy can't be faked, she will also eat the marrow."

Lanchi explained with a smile on his face, walked to the door, and bowed slightly.

During this time he had discovered that Miss Christina seemed to have very few true friends.

Most people thought of her as a slave like Kyle's son before they even knew her.

And Enoan is like a blank sheet of paper, he sees Christina when he opens his eyes, trusts Christina and relies on Christina.

With such a maid whom she saved, Christina has already regarded Enoan as a treasure and wants to be good friends with her.

"I see."

Christina smiled and waved to Ranchi, wishing him a nice day.

Hearing Mr. Butler say this, she was finally relieved.

……

After the sun began to sink through the zenith, it was already evening after some time.

Beside the sunset-coloured Parrieux Street, there is a path leading to the Platinumson Palace Spirit Hotel in the cultural district.

Ranchi and Talia walk on their way to find a restaurant.

"We have to get up early tomorrow, about seven o'clock, can we go back early today?"

Ranch asked, looking at Talia beside her, holding the cat.

It stands to reason that Talia waited for him to work for a day, and turned into a magic card that was neither noisy nor noisy, much quieter than the Great Love Poet, and now that she was off work, she should really want to visit the flower capital Parrieu.

The Platinum Card Maker exam will begin at the end of the week.

Tomorrow and Friday they don't have to go to Count Baptiste's house for work, but they will have to go to the Southern Continent Card Makers Association branch in the flower capital of Parieux to report to Countess Rosalinda and find out about the proctoring.

"No problem, you can sleep in peace, I'll call you when the time comes."

Talia said disapprerovingly.

Now every day she wakes up, she waits for Lanch to wake up.

If she moves too far away from Ranch, it will increase the continuous consumption of mana, and it is not clear about his state, in case he gets to the bottom of his mana and she doesn't know it, then Ranchi will be in danger.

"You even have an alarm clock?"

Ranch looked sideways at her.

"When Hubert was in school, I would make breakfast for her and wake her up, she was a little hypoglycemic, and it would be difficult to get out of bed in the morning."

Talia replied, looking ahead of the road.

"Then I won't have an alarm clock."

Ranch muttered to himself, frustrated.

Talia even knows how to cook?

And Talia's habit of looking like a good wife and mother, he can't accept it!

"I always help Asuna in the back kitchen, and I'm more or less good at it, but I don't cook very seriously when I'm alone, it's better to buy it directly if it's perfunctory, unless it's cooking for others, then I'll be more serious."

Talia didn't bother to be angry with Ranch and explained to him.

Damn to this extent, he has to think about it many times a day without thinking.

Talia ignored Ranch after saying that.

Ranch continued to find his way.

Over there, over thereβ€”

He changed his course seemingly without direction, and his steps did not hesitate at all.

Talia stared up at the side of his face, always wondering how much time the guy would have spent recognizing the map in advance.

If she were to lead the way, she would at least occasionally make a mistake once or twice.

When the two of them finally stopped, they turned several small roads in the cultural district and entered a particularly lively main road in front of the signal light.

Wait for the traffic lights.

It hasn't changed in a long time.

"Anyway, is that guy really okay?"

Talia asked suddenly.

She sensed something wasn't right with Enoan.

She was the one who fought with Enoan that day.

Lanchi, who was dependent on her, couldn't feel the intensity of Enoan's disobedience at all.

Although neither Ranchi nor Christina found out that Enoan had any criminal record.

But according to Taria's experience, the more people are like this, the more wrong they are.

"I think it's okay, Enoan seems to have serious mental trauma and character defects, but it's not dangerous now, I think it should teach her how to be kind to others and enter society normally."

Ranch said, looking at Talia in confusion.

"You believe in yourself and others too much, and this cognitive model itself is also your biggest flaw."

Talia had wanted to talk to Lanch about it for a long time.

After traveling with him, she found that Ranch had a particularly serious problem.

She knew that Ranch would not quickly classify Enoan as a certain person based on one-sided information, but would only treat Enoan as a separate person based on what he saw and how he felt.

He did the right thing, but that doesn't mean he can always be right.

"But do you think I ought to be hostile to Miss Lisanne?"

Ranch hesitated for half a second, stroked the little black cat, and said to Talia again.

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Talia didn't know what to answer for a moment.

The Miss Lisansi they met on the airship of the Floating Castle in Huadu, indeed, Lanch's trust and unbiasedness, saved Lisanne, and replaced by someone else, perhaps not so easily, under the approach of the executioner Nigel, so firmly chose to help Lisanne, the demon, or the cursed demon.

Now Inuoan is the same, her identity is unknown, and she is also full of possibilities.

Ranch didn't hesitate to go through with his previous choice.

Talia understands Ranchi, but she disagrees.

"I finally know why the two of us can't get along."

Talia spoke.

"Why?"

Lanch asked curiously.

"You always have a kind of self-confidence that you will go for the most extreme optimal solution, and I like stability and certainty, and the optimal solution is by no means a tightrope walk for me."

Talia's golden eyes lifted and looked straight at him, saying to him,

"When I hesitate, you are decisive, and when I am decisive, you hesitate, so we are always on the wrong track."

The two of them have not made much progress in making cards together.

"I see."

After hearing this, Lan Qi nodded a little sluggishly, and felt that this was indeed the reason.

During this time, the two of them gradually figured out why they cooperated with each other so poorly.

Technically speaking, they both know each other very well, and it stands to reason that they should be familiar with each other after practicing a few times.

The actual reason is that their mindset is mutually exclusive, or that they are inherently a very low compatibility.

If neither of him nor Talia accommodates anyone, or that neither agrees with anyone, then the perfect cooperative card making is impossible.

"Let's make a bet between the two of us."

Ranch came back to his senses and simply said so.

He was referring to the matter of Enoan.

"Okay, let's see who's right."

Talia didn't need him to explain much, she could naturally understand what he meant through her heart-

Whoever wins, when the time comes, will listen to whomever the time, and the loser will change his pace and accommodate the other side.

"Why is it so much like an angel and a demon betting on meow?"

Boss Cat lay on Lanchi's hand, looked up at the two of them back and forth, and listened to Lanchi and Talia's discussion.

"I believe that no matter what her past is, I can save her, as long as she gives me this chance now."

Ranch was convinced.

Or rather, this opportunity is more like the goddess of fate gave him.

"Then I guess your idea will only lead to her destruction, or that you can't save her from the beginning, you are not omnipotent, you have someone you can't save after all."

Talia added.

Although Talia had never seen Ranch fail, she was looking forward to it.

She wanted to see Lanchi's calm self-confidence, which one day shattered like glass.

(End of chapter)