After listening to Carter's report, Catherine stood up from the sofa, but she still pinched Adele again.
Lorraine sat opposite them and saw keenly that Adele softened as if she had been electrocuted, and curled up on the sofa. Her originally bright eyes were covered with a hazy mist, charming.
It was almost dripping with water, it was so enchanting and moving. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, he didn't know where Catherine pinched her to make her so sensitive.
Catherine straightened her messy hair briefly, then sat down on the sofa next to her and opened the case files.
At that moment, Catherine was like an ever-changing enchantress. Her temperament immediately changed from a beautiful young girl to a high-ranking, powerful, decisive and cold-hearted iron-fisted princess.
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She flipped through the two pages carefully, then nodded and said to Kalt: "Yeah~! I understand. We can start the meeting tomorrow and send a message to the deputy leader Heiklal so that they can also prepare."
Carter agreed, then turned to look at Lorraine's face, with a sympathetic and slightly joking expression in his eyes, and nodded to him again as a greeting before retreating.
Go down.
Lorraine couldn't help but smile bitterly and touched her cheek. She was a little doubtful. After so many days, could it be that the fingerprint was still on it?
At this time, Adele turned over and sat up.
She opened her pretty eyes and looked at Catherine angrily. Seeing that she was still looking down at the documents carefully, she knew that this was a serious matter, so she didn't want to disturb her.
.I turned around and saw Lorraine who was in a daze next to me. I couldn't help but turn my eyes and came up with a plan.
She didn't even get up. She twisted her slender waist slightly and swayed her plump buttocks, like a nimble cat, before crawling over. Then she put her pretty eyes in front of Lorraine and asked softly:
"Still thinking about that woman Hilmeria?"
Lorraine looked up and saw her bright starry eyes so close to her, she couldn't help being startled and said: "You...you..."
Adele's bright eyes flickered, she rolled her eyes at him angrily, and spat softly: "I, I, I...what am I?"
She rested her beautiful head on his lap, sighed comfortably, then blinked her beautiful eyes, and continued: "You are satisfied~! I heard that woman beat you
Later, when I was escaping, I almost hit a tree. It is too unethical of you to seduce a daughter of the gods who will dedicate her life to the gods and become so panic-stricken."
Lorraine couldn't help but feel dumbfounded. She wanted to explain, but when she lowered her head and saw her pretty face, her heart suddenly swayed, and she couldn't say those words.
At this moment, Adele slowly took out a silk handkerchief embroidered with flowers and birds, then took his left hand and put it in front of her, and wiped his hand with a serious look on her face.
Lorraine couldn't help but was startled and said: "You... what are you doing?"
Adele smiled sweetly and said softly: "You will know in a moment."
After saying that, she blinked her beautiful eyes and gave her a flirtatious look. She was so charming and charming, so charming that Lorraine couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Even a vixen who brings disaster to the country and the people is nothing more than that~!
But as soon as his mind became confused, the doubt disappeared without a trace.
Catherine was busy reading documents, and when she saw her actions from the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but feel curious. She involuntarily raised her head and looked this way.
Adele raised his hand and looked at it carefully under the sunlight, then opened her mouth and bit it down hard.
The heartbreaking pain went straight along her arms into her brain. Lorraine gritted her teeth immediately in pain, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead. However, because she bit her teeth so tightly, she did not dare to struggle, so she gritted her teeth and said:
"You...what are you doing?"
Adele bit her for a while, until she saw blood oozing out, then she let go of her mouth and said angrily: "What are you doing? I can't beat Catherine, so of course I took it out on her boyfriend. Let her see.
I feel so heartbroken~!"
Lorraine was startled and couldn't help looking at her with her mouth agape.
Catherine snorted coldly, looked down at the document in her hand, and while flipping through it gracefully, she said: "Dele, don't forget, you also have a share. Let me remind you, the one you just bitten was yours."
Half. So…”
She raised her head and glanced at Adele, then continued: "So you can bite it as you like, and I won't feel any heartache~!"
After saying that, he laughed proudly twice.
Adele was stunned for a moment, and then her teeth started to itch with anger.
She deliberately wanted to switch sides and bite again, but when she turned her head, she saw Lorraine sitting far away. She suddenly became furious, raised her delicate hand, and said in a sweet voice: "Come here~!"
Lorraine was not a fool. He immediately shook his head and said, "If you don't get through, you won't get through even if you beat me to death~!"
Adele was immediately furious, bared her teeth and claws like a cat, and pounced on him.
Lorraine hurriedly avoided it and said with a wry smile: "Dale, can't you just pretend that you bit her half?"
At this time, I heard Catherine say: "Okay, Del, stop making trouble. I have something serious to tell Lorraine."
Adele choked and glanced at her angrily, then sat down next to her and stared at the two of them eagerly. Seeing her like that, she made up her mind to take revenge.
Catherine ignored her and looked at Lorraine and said, "What do you think of our negotiation this time? Do you want me to add your name to the negotiating delegation?"
Lorraine was stunned, looked at her strangely, and said, "What do you mean?"
Catherine sighed, and then asked: "What do you think the chances of winning are when we negotiate with Almohad this time?"
Lorraine thought for a moment and said disdainfully: "Do you think I am a fool? They are in turmoil in the country and have too much time to take care of themselves. Of course we can take advantage and kill them however we want, why don't we just leave it to our own devices? What else do we need to talk about the odds of winning?
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Catherine smiled and said: "So, although Mr. Russell is very unlucky, may his soul rest in peace in heaven..."
Lorraine couldn't help but remind: "Nicole, although he was seriously injured, he is not dead yet."
Catherine frowned and said, "It would be better if he died."
She paused for a moment, and then continued: "So, this negotiation is a credit to Bai Zai. By adding your name to it, wouldn't you be able to get some credit by the way? Although we don't want those rewards.
,but……"
Having said this, she couldn't help but embarrassedly bit her delicate red lips, which were as red as pomegranates, and said: "But our old man is a rigid old man. With your achievements, it will be easier to talk to him when we meet him in the future."
Lorraine couldn't help being surprised: "Ah? Will... in the future?"
Catherine immediately raised her eyebrows, her pretty face was frosty, and she said in a cold voice: "What do you mean?"
Lorraine was startled and said quickly: "It's not interesting at all. I just thought about that old guy killing people like crazy, killing people with a glare, just like eating bean sprouts..."
Before he could finish his words, Catherine had already stared at her beautiful eyes and said: "What old thing is not old? He is my father. Please speak more politely."
"Yes, yes. I know." Lorraine agreed, but thought in her heart: Even if he is your father, he is still an old man who kills without blinking an eye. Then he said: "I'm not afraid of anything else, it's just that
I'm afraid that if the time comes, if he doesn't like me..."
Catherine slammed the table angrily and said in a hateful voice: "How dare he~! If he dares to touch you, I...I will fight him."
After finishing speaking, he felt that he didn't have much confidence, so he gritted his teeth and said, "No big deal, let's elope... elope~!"
Lorraine was suddenly choked with a series of coughs.
Adele also looked at the gray-eyed woman in surprise, stunned by her unparalleled courage.
For people like them, although they don't care about the so-called power and glory, they can throw it aside casually. But it takes courage to say these words so openly.
After Catherine finished speaking, looking at Lorraine's unseated figure, lying crookedly on the sofa, another wave of melancholy arose in her heart: Not to mention anything else, just looking at his formless appearance made her sad.
The old man in the family will lose a lot of points when he sees him.
She looked at Lorraine, then calmed down, and continued: "But Lorraine, you should also change. Don't sit or stand all day long. You're so sloppy, like a street gangster."
There's nothing aristocratic about him."
"I got it." Lorraine agreed lazily, and then said: "Aristocrats, what do they look like? They are already aristocrats. Everyone is not comfortable enough. I didn't chase chickens and dogs, tease girls, and bully people everywhere.
If a man dominates a woman and plays the bride-stealing game, he is already making a huge contribution to the prosperity of the empire."
"You...you..." Catherine stared angrily, but seeing Lorraine still looking lazy, unmoved at all, she couldn't help but sigh, lowered her head and whispered.
: "Then...I added your name?"
Lorraine couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He was very unaccustomed to her gentle attitude. He originally refused because he didn't want to make trouble, but when he saw Catherine's appearance, his heart suddenly softened and he agreed, saying: "Okay.
Okay. Anyway, it’s the public’s advantage, and if we don’t take advantage of it, it’s all in vain.”
Adele felt that Catherine suddenly changed into a different person, and looked at her with surprise. Although she lowered her head, the corners of her beautiful mouth were curved up, showing a trace of pride.
Smiling, I couldn't help but feel strange in my heart, and I was about to ask out loud.
At this moment, they heard the sound of footsteps. The three of them hurriedly turned their heads to look.
Leo was seen jumping in with a lollipop in his mouth like a cigar in his mouth.
As soon as he entered the door, he shouted excitedly: "Who wants to play the bride-grabbing game? Who wants to play the bride-grabbing game? Count me in."
Catherine looked at the dirt all over his body, with a thin layer of sweat still forming on his forehead. Then she washed away the dirt on his face and it became gaudy, and she suddenly felt angry in her heart.
She pinched his waist with her hands, stood up, pointed at his nose, and scolded him sternly: "I only know how to play all day long. I don't know how to do anything serious. Say~! Where did you go wild again?"
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Leo blinked his big black and white eyes, not quite understanding why he suddenly felt offended, then scratched the back of his head and said: "I...I accompanied the company's guests to inspect the construction site today. I said
It’s hard to believe, but those idiots still don’t believe that the thing can automatically turn and help with the work easily.”
Catherine didn't expect that this little ruffian would actually do serious things. She couldn't help but look at him in surprise and asked, "What happened next?"
Leo took the lollipop, smacked it hard twice, and then said: "It was nothing after that. After those guys ran to the construction site, they watched the thing move around and kept asking questions. I see
They looked like they were commercial spies who came to steal our secrets, so I asked the guards to beat the shit out of them and drive them away."
When he said this, he couldn't help but get angry, waved his little fist, and yelled viciously: "Grandma, does he really think that I am easy to deceive because I am young?"
Catherine couldn't help but suffocated, and then said with a wry smile: "That's not bad, at least he is very vigilant."
As she spoke, she took out her handkerchief and wiped it vigorously on Leo's face. The little ruffian kept screaming in pain and kept dodging with his face raised.
Finally, Catherine became impatient, raised her hand and slapped his little butt hard, which made him calm down and obediently let her wipe his face clean.
After Leo wiped his face, his pink and tender face turned red from being rubbed by the handkerchief. But he didn't care. He kept looking around and asked happily: "By the way, who said you want to play a bride-grabbing game?"
? Count me in too."
Catherine glared at him and said: "No one plays the bride-grabbing game, but there is a beheading game. Do you want to be one of them?"
Leo was immediately overjoyed and shouted loudly, "Okay, okay..."
He raised his head and looked at the anger flashing in Catherine's eyes. Only then did he understand the meaning of her words. He couldn't help but touch his head angrily and whispered: "Humph, you will bully me~!"
Then he flattened his mouth and turned to the side.
He looked at Catherine and then lowered his head to read the documents. Then he rolled his big black eyes and ran to Lorraine. Then he quietly took out an envelope and handed it over. He said: "Boss, this is the company's
I got your monthly salary for you."
Just as he was about to stuff the envelope, he suddenly felt something was wrong. After taking a closer look, he hurriedly retracted his hand, bared his white baby teeth and said with a smile: "I took it by mistake, this is mine."
This is yours."
After saying that, he took out another envelope from his arms and handed it over.
Lorraine glanced at it, then raised her head and looked around. Finding that no one was paying attention, she hurriedly reached out and took the envelope and stuffed it into her arms.
Leo looked at his appearance and couldn't help but wonder: It's a happy thing to receive a salary, why is he so sneaky?
He tilted his head and looked at it for a long time, but couldn't think of a reason. Then he turned around, took out his envelope, sat on the sofa, tore open the envelope in a big way, and took out the check inside.
, looked at the numbers on it with joy, and counted them again carefully with his little hands, his mouth was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
This is my first salary in my long life~! How should I spend it? Should I buy a cart of lollipops? Or buy a bundle of candied haws?
Alas~! The choice in life is really too difficult~!
Just as he was holding the check, frowning lightly, holding his pink and white cheeks in one hand, and beginning to think seriously about his bright future, he saw a slender hand stretching out to bully Shuang Saixue.
He came over and slowly and steadily took the check away from his little hand.
Leo couldn't help being stunned, raised his head, looked at the owner of the delicate hand, and asked in confusion: "Nicole, what are you doing?"
Catherine ignored it at all, looked down at the number on it, and said in shock: "Twenty gold coins? Leo, have you robbed a bank?"
Leo shouted angrily: "I would like to~! But I heard that there are magicians behind those banks. They can eat people without leaving any bones. It's amazing~! This is my salary for this month. Pay it back to me quickly.
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As he said that, he jumped on his feet and went to grab the check.
Catherine raised her hands high, then rolled her eyes and said: "Your salary? Have you paid taxes?"
Leo was stunned and said, "You still have to pay taxes?"
He looked back at Lorraine, suddenly came to his senses, and shouted angrily: "Pay a damn tax. Stop cheating people. Don't think I don't know. Our company went to Cairo to evade taxes."
If it's registered in the Seoul Islands, you don't have to pay tax at all. Please return it to me quickly."
Catherine sneered, stretched out her spring-green fingers and flicked the check, and said: "Well! The company doesn't have to pay taxes, but what about you personally? According to imperial law, you have to pay personal income tax.
As the future heir of the empire, you have the responsibility to take responsibility."
"Ah? You still say that?" Leo was stunned. He bit his finger and asked indifferently: "Then...how much do you have to pay?"
Catherine thought for a while and said: "As a member of the royal family, you cannot do business casually. But don't worry, the tax is not too much. It is about 80%."
Leo calculated carefully with his little finger and said: "Eighty percent? I earned a total of twenty gold coins, eighty percent..."
He immediately stuffed his chubby hands into his mouth angrily and shouted angrily: "You deducted ten at once. Isn't that too much?"
The three people next to them couldn't help but groaned with headaches.
Adele smiled and said seriously from the side: "Eighty percent of twenty is sixteen, not ten. Even this is not considered good, and he is still the chairman~!"
When Leo heard this, he was so angry that his big black and white eyes were full of crystal tears. He said: "Ten...sixteen? Does that mean I only have four gold coins?"
At this time, Catherine had already written another check and threw it over casually, saying: "What do you think? Do you want it? Don't forget it~!"
"You're cruel~! Let's see~!" Leo looked at the check, finally suppressed his anger, picked it up, turned around and left.
Catherine looked at his back, hesitated, and then shouted: "Wait a minute~!"
Leo clenched his little fist angrily and said, "What else is going on? Are you going to let people live?"
Catherine said: "The peace talks are going to start tomorrow, and you are going to participate. Do you know?"
Leo shouted angrily: "What does this have to do with me? I'm not going~!"
Catherine had a pretty face and said: "If you don't want to go, you have to go. Not only do you want to go, but you also want to dress me up better and look more majestic. Do you know? As the heir to the empire, these important things,
If you don't go, who will you let go? Do you want someone else to go and eat for you? If you keep being stubborn with me, believe it or not, you won't be allowed to eat tonight?"
Leo choked, then stamped his feet angrily, shouting: "Okay, I'll go. Can't I just go?"
After saying that, he turned around and ran away.
Lorraine watched his little figure disappear outside the door, and couldn't help but frown and said: "Nicole, are you too harsh on him? He is still just a child after all."
Catherine looked down at the check in her hand, smiled bitterly, and asked: "You think I don't know? But he is not only a child, but also the future heir of the empire. Those royal things..."
When she said this, she seemed to remember something and stopped. After a long time, she continued quietly: "When I was five years old, my grandpa had already started to train me. He deceived me.
On the roof of the house, a ladder was pulled out.
The wind was extremely strong at that time, and I was cold and hungry. But no matter how much I cried or begged him, he would not put up the ladder and forced me to stay there for most of the day.
After I came down, I ignored him for three full days. But then he told me that as a member of the royal family, no one can be trusted, not even my grandfather. The only one who can be trusted is myself~!
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As she spoke, she gently but decisively tore the check in half in half, and then continued to tear it apart.
Lorraine sighed and thought to himself: You really can't just watch the thief eating, but also watch the thief being beaten. Even though these royal families appear to be glorious on the surface, why are these royal educations so perverted? They have to teach people to be
Only then would a fool be willing to do so.
He looked at the sparkling tears in Catherine's eyes, then reached out and snatched the check from her hand. He asked, "So in order to educate Leo, you just can't make him live too comfortably, right?"
He paused and then said, "I would like to ask, did your grandfather ever become emperor?"
Catherine was stunned. "Huh?"
Lorraine sighed and said again: "If you ask someone who has never been an emperor to teach you how to be an emperor, aren't you afraid that he will trick you into the carrot field? Believe me. None of the so-called famous kings and holy emperors are
Those who rely on suspicion to become famous throughout the ages. They will not distrust others. On the contrary, it is precisely because they trust everyone that they can become wise monarchs."