On the second day after moving into Lin Kee Base Camp, Isabella woke up to the sound of a steam whistle coming from the distant sea.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes with her left hand, and groped with her right hand to pull the rattle hanging on the wall to summon her butler. After groping for a long time, she remembered that she was no longer in the palace.
At this time, her brain gradually woke up from her deep sleep, and her blurred vision became clearer. The unfamiliar and empty bedroom made her feel a little lonely and sentimental out of thin air.
She patted her cheek hard, and then said to herself: "I'm not lonely. Even if I depend on others, I can survive. It's no problem for me, no problem..."
After lengthy self-suggestion, Isabella re-armed herself with a proud face, and then pressed the button on the bedside table.
There was no sound from the bell, but a few seconds later the bedroom door was pushed open. The moment the door opened, Isabella had a hallucination. She seemed to see the old maid she was familiar with and the person she had known since she was a child.
The old housekeeper who took care of her pushed the door open and smiled at her. Unfortunately, what came in was a group of young girls in maid uniforms. Their bright eyes and white teeth made people feel like spring breeze. The novel design of short-sleeved maid uniforms showed their youthful vitality. All of these were in harmony with the youthful vitality.
There is an essential difference between the old-school British aristocratic style.
"You're awake, miss." The leading maid wearing an armband smiled and said to Isabella in standard American English, "Good morning, I wish you a good mood today."
"Thank you." Isabella responded in a deliberately serious tone.
After the greetings, the armband maid made a gesture to the other girls, so they swarmed up and took off Isabella's clothes and began to put on a bra for her. At the same time, two young girls pushed a clothes rack to Isabella.
Sabella comes forward.
"These are the clothes Mr. Lin selected for you today. He specially asked you to open the clothing warehouse and choose them for you if you don't like them."
Isabella looked at the dress up and down. The color scheme of this dress was mainly black and red. To be honest, before seeing this dress, Isabella would definitely think that this color scheme was a stupid idea.
However, this dress uses exquisite design and a small amount of white lace to combine the two colors in a very harmonious way, which makes people admire the designer's ingenuity.
"This one is just fine," Isabella said to the armband maid, "there's no need to choose anything else, it's too troublesome."
"So today's hairstyle..."
"Just leave it like this."
"Does that mean you don't have to do your hair?"
Isabella was about to nod, but hesitated. She stared at herself in the dressing mirror for a while and sighed.
"No, please help me tie my hair into a braid like yesterday."
"learn."
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After finishing dressing, Isabella looked at herself in the mirror.
"You are still shining today." The armband maid said from the side, and the maid team she brought had packed up their things and quickly disappeared from the bedroom.
Isabella didn't say anything, but just asked the maid: "What do I need to do today?"
"Sorry, I don't know your schedule today. I'm only responsible for guiding you to the breakfast table."
"Then lead the way."
"Yes, please come this way."
Isabella left the bedroom under the guidance of the maid, walked along the long corridor, and finally turned into a hall with a long table. Someone was already sitting at the long table, but it was not Isabella.
The expected Lin Youde.
"Good morning, Bella (Isabella's nickname in French)," Josephine Lin saw Isabella coming in and immediately smiled, "How did you sleep last night?"
Isabella, on the other hand, was in a state of brain failure and it took her a long time to react.
"Well, it's not bad. But why..." Isabella and Josephine are old acquaintances, and they often competed in various "communication" situations back then. Sometimes they competed for charm at dances, and sometimes they competed in martial arts competitions.
to fight harder. So Isabella probably thought that Josephine's appearance here was another trap set by Lin Youde...
"Don't get me wrong." Josephine stood up and walked to Isabella. She made a retreat gesture to the maid, then took Isabella's hand and led her to the table while continuing, "
This is a rule set by Lin. All core staff of Lin Ji will gather together for breakfast unless there are special circumstances."
Isabella asked with a surprised look on her face: "You mean, every day?"
"certainly."
"Why?"
"Honestly, I don't know," Josephine shrugged, "but after so many years of experience, I think this idea is actually not a bad one. The staff sat together for breakfast and chatted like a family, and a certain bond was formed in the process.
Planting things is far more reliable than loyalty obtained by solemn oaths. Bella, living in this eastern country, you will have many new experiences."
"So," Isabella gently shook off Josephine's hand, "Lin Youde asked you to tell me this?"
Just as Josephine was about to express her helplessness, the door of the restaurant was violently pushed open.
Lin Shenhe broke in, followed by the maids who were running out of breath.
"Master, you can't run like this. If you fall..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Shenhe fell to the ground with a thud. Josephine quickly stood up, but before she could go to her son's side, the little guy got up on his own and looked like a child.
He patted the dust on his pants like a normal person.
The frightened maids rushed up and began to check whether the young master had been injured.
"Don't make such a fuss." Lin Shenhe pushed the maid's hand away and said with disdain, "Isn't it just a fall? A man is not afraid of bullets and bullets, so wrestling is nothing."
There is a hint of Lin Youde in his words.
Naturally, Isabella couldn't understand what Xiao Lin said in his immature Chinese, but she could more or less guess what the little boy said from his expression, so the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.
"Is this your son?"
"Yes, Lin's success in educating him shocked me." Josephine looked at her son with gentle eyes, her words full of pride.
At this time, Lin Shenhe pulled up the chair beside the table, climbed onto the chair that was a bit high for a child, and then climbed onto his small chair that was placed on top of the chair. After sitting firmly, he gave
He put a scarf around his neck and rolled his eyes, looking up and down at Isabella.
When he was done, he whistled.
Josephine immediately became upset: "I've told you so many times, don't imitate your uncle Chen Haihui."
But Isabella finally couldn't hold back her laughter.
Josephine shook her head repeatedly.
"I've tried my best not to let him get into his father's frivolous ways."
"Thank you for your hard work." Isabella patted her old acquaintance on the shoulder.
At this time, Xiao Lin spoke up: "Who is this sister? Is dad finally going to equip me with a personal guard? Well, I'm very satisfied."
Isabella was really surprised this time because Xiaolin spoke English.
"English was taught by his father, French was taught by me, and Japanese was taught by Ba. Lin believes that childhood is the golden period for learning languages, so..."
"I am learning German with sister Sissi." Xiao Lin proudly declared, "Dad said that I have the most language skills among my peers, no one else."
Isabella stared at the little boy with a proud face and said nothing for a long time.
However, Josephine next to her expressed her feelings at this moment: "A tiger father has no dog sons, right?"
Without waiting for Isabella to respond, the restaurant door opened again, and this time an oriental woman with gorgeous black hair came in.
"That's it for the time being." After seeing Isabella after entering the door, Lin Youde's second wife Ba waved to the entourage who followed her with pens and paper in their hands and looked serious, "You guys also go to have breakfast. If you have anything else to do in the morning,
I will notify you separately.”….
So a group of followers all closed the notebooks in their hands, bowed ninety degrees at the same time, and then walked respectfully backwards out of the room, leaving only the wet nurse holding Lin Shenye behind Ba.
Ba smiled at Isabella and nodded in greeting, but said nothing. He just took his daughter from the wet nurse's hand and placed her on the children's chair across the Lin Shen River.
Lin Shenhe was across the table, making faces at his sister.
At this time, Lin Youde finally opened the door and walked in.
"Good morning everyone."
After Lin Youde finished speaking, his son was the first to shout: "Good morning, daddy!"
The maids and wet nurses who were busy in the room also bowed to Lin Youde: "Good morning, Mr. Lin."
At this time, Lin Youde's eyes fell on Isabella.
"I'm going to go down for inspection later, so Isabella will be my escort."
"Why me?" Isabella asked with wide eyes.
"There is nothing we can do," Lin Youde spread his hands, "Xun is leaving to go back to her hometown to perform rituals today. Although she has been out for many years, she is still the shrine's shrine maiden."
"In that case, it will be over with you if Josephine stays with you."
"Indeed. But I'm not afraid that you will be bored if you stay alone."
"I'm not bored at all. I like the book you chose for me very much. I want to read in the study all day." Isabella glared at Lin Youde and added, "Who would sacrifice their life for you?"
!”
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it," Lin Youde looked at Josephine, who was suppressing a smile, "Then, please, Josephine, accompany me to inspect the new equipment of the troops."
After saying that, Lin Youde kept looking at Isabella.
How could Isabella not know what Lin Youde meant? Her whole lips curved into an inverted V, and her hair almost stood up in anger.
"Okay! I know!" After holding it in for a while, Isabella finally couldn't help but yelled in a self-defeating tone, "I'll go."
"No, why do I have the nerve to disturb you from reading..."
"you!"
"Dear." Josephine also spoke, "Enough is enough."
So Lin Youde, who originally planned to tease Isabella, shut up.
Isabella looked unhappy. She sat down on the chair next to Josephine, picked up a fork and poked the soup dumplings in the steamer that had just been placed on the table. As a result, she was burned by the hot soup that spurted out.