Chapter 170: Pride

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Lucius woke up early in the morning.

With the help of his servants, the son of the governor dressed himself up and put on the latest hunting outfit.

He was going to invite Miss Jill from the Rollin family on an outing today.

With a hot heart, Lucius waited patiently until the sun was shining - he was at least somewhat sensible, knowing that if he went too early, he would be laughed at for being too frivolous and anxious.

In fact, although he has been rebellious since he was a child, Lucius is still very satisfied with the marriage arranged for him by his father, and even a little happy.

He and Jill have known each other since childhood.

At that time, the young lady of the Rollin family had not suffered from eye disease. With a prominent family background and a beautiful appearance, this qiē condition made Jill a proud daughter of heaven since she was a child. The Rollins are the natural closest allies of the Tulip family, with close blood ties and mutual allies in the imperial political arena.

It can be said that before the age of thirteen, Miss Jill was the most dazzling pearl in the entire imperial aristocratic circle!

In addition to the daughter-in-law of the Tulip family, Jill was once considered the most attractive flower in the circle of the imperial aristocracy.

Wherever she went, she was always surrounded by flowers, applause, and all kinds of doting, envious, or jealous eyes. When she attended the ball for the first time at the age of twelve, a noble boy almost fought a duel for her.

She receives countless love letters and gifts every month.

All the close friends around her are centered on her, and everyone envies her - a girl like her seems to be born to be added by countless halos.

At that time, she was a beautiful and noble swan. As for Lucius...... A teenager who can't even speak, and his temperament is so eccentric and unsociable. It's always been only for the part of the crowd to sneak into Jill.

At that time, when the Rollin family announced their marriage to the Governor of Fritz, I don't know how many aristocratic teenagers were heartbroken, and I don't know how many aristocratic girls who were secretly jealous of Gil burst into laughter.

Such a lady of the sky. Are you really going to marry that poor creature who can't even speak?!

Once. Jill hated his grandfather and his father. I hate why the family agreed to such a marriage. She had never liked that kid who couldn't even speak, the son of the governor? Hmph, although this kind of family background is already a great big man in the eyes of ordinary people, but for the Rollin family, a family of imperial martial artists, and for the Rollin family, which has once walked out of a legendary figure like Duke Du Wei of Tulip. What is a governor?

So, at that time, Jill had always ignored Lucius, and she even thought that this guy's existence had ruined the illusionary love in her girl's heart.

According to the life that Jill has planned for herself, she should marry a prominent family in the future, and she is amazing. Chic, uninhibited, handsome, and unrivaled young handsome!

Even with her status, even marrying the future crown prince is more than enough!

But his grandfather fell in love with Fritz's Governor's family!

Jill has always been indifferent to Lucius, but Jill has been well-educated since childhood. She knows how to hide her true thoughts, she knows very well that as a woman of the Luo Lin family, since she has been married by the patriarch, then this marriage represents the common interests of the two big families, and her grandfather and father will never tolerate her blatant resistance.

Therefore, Jill has always been very clever in restraining her feelings, and although she has always been distant and cold to Lucius, she has not shown much disdain and hostility.

Jill is smart, and she knows that the only way to escape this fate is to find another way. She had secretly expressed her attitude towards Lucius, and she hoped that her indifferent and distant attitude would make Lucius retreat and arouse the self-esteem of this young man - if Lucius took the initiative to repent of the marriage, then the elders of the family naturally could not blame themselves.

She even quietly provoked her friends, making other men in the aristocratic circle who loved her hostile to Lucius, and deliberately excluded Lucius.

She's been working so secretly, and the effect is quite good.

Lucius seemed to have retreated for a while, and this guy fell in love with magic like a demon, and after failing to study in the imperial capital, he returned to the East China Sea.

Jill even thought that after a long time, maybe things would take a turn for the better, and there would be changes.

However...... Things did change, but this change happened to Jill herself.

She suffered from an eye disease, an eye disease in her eyes.

The family hired the best doctors, and even magicians, but everyone was helpless from this disease.

Jill's eyesight began to deteriorate rapidly, and by the time she was fourteen years old, she was completely blind in both eyes.

A proud daughter of heaven who has a beautiful appearance, a prominent family background, and is admired and envied by countless people, has become a ...... Blind!

After blindness, Jill immediately felt a drastic change.

On the one hand, she suffers from the pain of blindness and resentment against fate, and on the other hand, she feels the attitude of those around her.

Most of the men who originally admired her retreated, and she was no longer the focus of the banquet, and she was no longer the object of envy of everyone. Her close friends around her regard her as a monster and a joke, and the aristocratic teenagers who have written affectionate love letters to her and flocked to her have avoided her like a plague.

Jill began to live in seclusion, and she became quieter, more and more silent, and more and more lonely.

Naturally, the people in the family sympathized with the poor girl, but no one knew what she really thought.

Jill herself gradually became numb after the initial sadness, anger and helplessness, and she even thought for a while: this is fine, at least that stuttering Fritz boy will also get out of marriage, right? Anyway, she never wanted to marry that monster.

However, just this year, my grandfather told me that he was going to fulfill the marriage contract with the Fritz family after his coming-of-age ceremony at the age of fifteen, and the Fritz family had already agreed......

That Fritz kid. It's really ghostly!

......

The arrival of Lucius yesterday kept Jill from sleeping well all night.

Before dawn, Jill got up. In the morning, a servant came and told Lucius that he had asked to see him.

Jill wanted to refuse. But I remembered my grandmother's previous persuasion and admonition to me. Jill nodded helplessly and agreed to Lucius's request.

When Lucius came to himself. When he stammered and invited himself to go out, Jill held back the impatience in his heart, and on the surface he still did enough of the gentleness and etiquette of a woman in the family, and listened to Lucius's chatter.

Then she smiled faintly. The godless eyes just stared silently into the distance.

Lucius was nervous, and despite knowing that Jill couldn't see him, Lucius blushed, a move that drew ridicule from Jill's personal maid on the sidelines.

"Do you mean you want to invite me out on a hike?" said Jill in a calm tone.

"Yes, yes. Lucius nodded hurriedly.

"But ......" Jill seemed to smile, and the smile on her face was still so cold and indifferent: "It's not convenient for me to walk." Even if I went to the suburbs, no matter how beautiful the scenery was, I couldn't see it. ”

Lucius was silent for a moment, then plucked up his courage and said, "Yes." But I think, I think, you're always always, always, always, always...... I, I'll listen to hear and hear......"

Jill listened patiently to Lucius, but for some reason, her heart suddenly became upset.

She was blind, and after losing her sight, most of her reactions to the world came from hearing, but listening to Lucius's stammering words full of nervousness and excitement, Jill Hurun's heart became inexplicably irritable.

This nameless fire surged up, and she suddenly lost the interest in holding on.

"Lucius, you mean, you've heard that I've always locked myself up in the castle and won't go out, right?" Jill smiled faintly, Lucius opened his mouth and nodded, "...... Be. ”

"You're trying to tell me that instead of always locking yourself up at home, it's better to go out for a walk, you're doing it for my good, you're caring for me, that's what you mean, right?" Jill's voice was cold.

“...... Well, yes. Lucius seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, he felt that Jill was really smart, and he didn't need to say everything to understand that such a smart girl made him feel more and more pity in his heart.

"......" Jill sighed, and she sat up straight.

She sat there, but straightened her back, a gesture that made her look more proud and graceful, and she even lifted her chin slightly in habit, and then Jill smiled.

The smile fell into Lucius's eyes, and suddenly a faint uneasiness arose in his heart.

"I think it's better for me to explain some things to you. There was a hint of disdain and mocking sneer on the corners of Jill's mouth, and her voice was still so light and tepid: "Lucius, maybe you already know, maybe you don't know—but I still have to tell you very frankly, I have never liked you, never." ”

This sentence made Lucius, who was standing there, shake his body, and the young man's fiery eyes instantly became cold.

"Ever since I was a child, I have always hated you very much when I learned that my family had set up a marriage for me and you. Jill's tone was still calm: "I hate this decision very much, I have always disliked you, in my opinion, you have no merit in you that can make me like or heartbreak, you and I have never been people of the same world." Although this is a bit rude and a little cruel, it is undeniable that it is true. ”

“...... I, I, I know......" Lucius' fingers trembled, and the boy hung his head, was silent for a long time, and then raised his head: "But,." But I'm me, I thought ......"

"What do you think?" Jill smiled lightly, although the girl's eyes were blank and empty, but the indifferent smile on her face pierced Lucius's heart like a knife.

Then Lucius heard Jill's cold words: "What do you think? You think that once we were not people of the same world, and that you could only look at me secretly from outside the crowd. But now, the situation is different? Do you think that now that I am blind, I am no longer the person who was envied and loved by everyone in the past? Do you think that since I am now blind, I have no capital to maintain my former pride? Do you think that since I have become a blind man who no one cares about, then you can transform yourself and appear in front of me in a lofty posture? and then make a gesture of pity or charity to me? Or do you think that since I have become a blind man, what right do I have to continue to be proud and critical? Do you think that I, a blind man who has no one to care about, should show great gratitude for your overtures and love, and then throw myself into your arms with gratitude and satisfaction?"

Speaking of this, Jill's voice finally revealed a slight hint of excitement:

"Do you think that when I become blind, I have been reduced to the point where you can come and fight me? Do you think that as long as you show that you do not dislike me, I should obediently sacrifice myself to you? Lucius! Who do you think you are! Who do you think I am Jill Rollin!"

Lucius couldn't say a word, and he looked at Jill with his mouth wide open.

"I, Jill, even if I'm blind, it's not something like you can deserve!" Jill stood up, she quietly faced Lucius: "Maybe I can't resist the family's marriage contract, maybe I can only marry you helplessly, but Lucius, please understand and remember one more thing: I won't fall in love with you, I won't like you, even if I marry you in the future, I will just submit to the pressure of the family, in my heart, I don't look down on you at all." ”

Lucius staggered back a few steps and stared at Jill with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry I told you the truth. Jill took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, word by word: "Although you can tell my grandmother these words of mine, and then let her punish me severely, I will still marry you in the end, but Lucius, please remember what I said today, your affection, your flattery, your pity, and your 'don't dislike me' face, all of which make me deeply disgusted and disgusted." ”

......

Lucius left Jill's lodgings in despair, stumbling on the steps as he left.

The sad boy ran all the way to the outside of the castle, and in his heart he was hesitant, and instinctively ran towards his teacher's quarters. In his heart, it seems that the omnipotent teacher can bring him a little comfort.

But when he ran to Chen Daolin's residence, before he could go upstairs, he saw Barossa and Xia Xia with anxious faces.

"Is the old teacher here?"

"Darling, he, he's gone!" Barossa looked a little nervous. (To be continued)