At 3:30 in the afternoon, Josephine Joffre arrived at Lin's new residence where a dinner was being prepared.
"What on earth are you thinking about, you guy?" As soon as she saw Lin Youde, Josephine asked with all her face.
Lin Youde pretended to be stupid with an innocent face: "What are you thinking about?"
"Lightning." Josephine did not follow Lin Youde in circles and pointed it out straightforwardly, "Your twenty-one lightning bolts made the reporters crowded in the telegraph office. Tomorrow, newspapers all over the world will issue warnings. I can already
You can guess the shocking headlines reporters will use.”
"Haha, aren't all reporters like this?" Lin Youde continued to talk about him, "It's just a little fireworks, it's nothing worth making a fuss about."
Josephine stared at Lin Youde, as if she wanted to see something from Lin Youde's face, while Lin Youde admired her beautiful eyes very happily.
Finally, Josephine's attitude softened, she sighed and shrugged helplessly.
"Forget it," she said, "it's not the first day I've met you. If you have arranged any surprises at the banquet later, you'd better say hello to me first, otherwise the hostess will be rude by then.
It will tarnish your face."
"Acting mistress." Lin Youde corrected with a smirk, "Or do you actually really hope to become a real mistress?"
"Hey, this suggestion seems to be a good one." If someone thinks that Josephine is a rigid and unsmiling girl, they are totally wrong. Most of the time, she does act as meticulous as the embodiment of the word "serious", but
She has both French and Spanish blood running through her veins.
She is a girl who can dance wildly in Latin dance at a ball held by British gentlemen.
So now she took over Lin Youde's teasing smoothly.
"It's just that Northern Luzon seems to be a little too small as a bride price for marrying me. You have to work harder and conquer more land."
"Can I use the lightning weapon shown today instead?"
"Is that really a weapon?"
"Of course." Lin Youde replied decisively.
"Then why not fire directly at the British fleet? Wouldn't annihilating the British Imperial Navy show the power of the Nanyang Army better than a 21-gun salute?" Josephine also asked unceremoniously.
Lin Youde remained calm: "It's very simple. That weapon has problems with aiming, and its real power is not as powerful as its momentum. So I chose a display method that is more suitable for it. Let's not talk about it anymore.
Let’s go back to the previous question. According to Miss Xiafei, as long as the bride price I give is sufficient, the marriage proposal may be accepted?"
Josephine didn't seem to expect that Lin Youde would bring the topic back, and she couldn't answer the question immediately. Then she showed a smile of "I really lost to you", shook her head and said: "Are you serious?
"
"Of course, I have always been serious and serious about relationships."
Lin Youde patted his chest shamelessly, not caring at all about his reputation as a flower-picking thief.
Josephine could only continue to shake her head.
"I personally don't hate it if you come to propose marriage... No, I personally will be very happy. To be honest, I don't think there is any French nobleman who can be a better and more qualified husband than you." This time it was Lin Youde's turn.
Lu was surprised. This girl actually said the lines so frankly that even Lin Youde couldn't hold on. She was of Spanish origin and so on. She was really powerful.
According to Lin Youde's memory, he could indeed clearly feel that the girl had a certain degree of affection for him in Josephine, but he believed that the kind of affection that Josephine had was more inclined to mutual appreciation between close friends, and
It was not a relationship between a man and a woman - unlike Lin Youde, the desire to possess Josephine's body that was as beautiful as a human being was tugging at his heartstrings from beginning to end.
But thinking about it, Lin Youde acted like a gentleman most of the time he spent with the girl Josephine, and would only eat some tofu appropriately when he had the opportunity. Most of the time the two of them got along, they talked about the world situation.
Topics such as politics, economics, and military affairs that have nothing to do with love are neither romantic nor ambiguous.
Therefore, what the girl said was probably a joke between friends and confidants. But men are very easy to misunderstand. At this time, Lin Youde was beating a drum in his heart, and there was a voice that was constantly trying to confuse him and overturn his rationality.
The conclusion given: Maybe this girl really likes him, Lin Youde?….
Seeing Lin Youde standing there, not knowing what to say, Josephine burst into laughter.
"Miss Xiafei, it's easy for people to misunderstand you." Lin Youde pretended to be annoyed - but it wasn't really a fake. He did have some regrets in his heart.
"No, no, Mr. Lin, these are indeed my true thoughts," Josephine replied with a smile. "Unfortunately, as a descendant of the Joffre family and a high-ranking concubine of the French Republic, my marriage
It doesn't belong to me, and I don't have the slightest say in this aspect. The reason why I haven't been engaged even after I turned twenty is precisely because of this: the family hasn't decided what benefits they want to exchange for me."
Saying this, the smile on Josephine's face gradually showed a hint of loneliness.
"Uh..." Looking at Josephine's resigned smile, Lin Youde felt vaguely sympathetic, "I think I'd better ask Du Qifeng to write a formal document and propose marriage to the Xiafei family. In Ms.
It would be humiliating for the lady to do nothing even though she has made it clear that she welcomes the proposal of marriage."
"Please," Josephine smiled, "please use the most sincere language."
So Lin Youde really called Du Qifeng and conveyed this joking order.
Du Qifeng looked puzzled: "Brother Lin, let alone the Xiafei family, I don't think France will allow its high-level goddess to marry to China."
Lin Youde's answer to this was: "The important thing is participation. You just write."
After Johnnie To took the order and left, the topic of Lin Youde and Josephine turned to the dance party in the evening.
"Let me confirm again, there are no 'extra' arrangements?"
"No, no, don't worry...Ah, but," Lin Youde's turn made Josephine look suspicious, but he pretended not to notice, "In order to highlight the existence of the host, we do not plan to completely follow Western rules for this dance.
Come."
"...Tell me more specifically." Josephine said with an "I knew it" expression.
"Just some costume changes."
"clothing?"
Lin Youde nodded: "Yes, clothing. The waiters at the ball will wear traditional Chinese short shirts, and the host and hostess will appear in formal Tang suits."
"...Wearing a Tang suit and drinking cocktails and eating cake?"
"Chinese snacks will be provided, but as for wine... Westerners are not used to rice wine?"
In response to Lin Youde's question, Josephine fell into deep thought very seriously, and answered after a moment: "If you are a Russian, you will probably like it very much, but it is hard to say for people from other countries, at least I am not used to it. However, Chinese style
The dim sum is a good suggestion, will the water chestnut cake be provided then?”
Josephine seemed to have a special liking for Cantonese water chestnut cakes. Lin Youde couldn't help but think of the last week when she lived in Holanggabo, when she had a big plate of water chestnut cakes almost every morning.
Lin Youde laughed: "There is an old saying in China: To conquer a woman, you must first conquer her stomach. It seems that this is true."
In fact, this is a common saying that Lin Youde borrowed casually from later generations, but Josephine obviously didn't know it. This girl who could say such words as "I will be happy if you come to propose marriage" without changing her face, at this moment, her cheeks actually
She turned slightly red and tried to hide her embarrassment with a smile.
This was the first time that Lin Youde saw Josephine's shy expression. The unimaginable cuteness was like a heavy punch to his heart. Such a beautiful, capable, and lovable girl who will never grow old.
, if I could get him back as my wife, Lin Youde would definitely laugh until all his teeth fell out.
By this time, Josephine had already adjusted the expression on her face.
"Since you are going to wear Chinese clothes, you should have told me earlier. I have brought clothes for a dozen people and two carriages."
Lin Youde already knew that Josephine had brought a considerable number of entourages, but he did not expect that there were two carriages used to carry clothes. However, his slight surprise did not prevent him from responding calmly: "Don't worry, we will welcome guests with them."
Please use the etiquette to entertain Miss Joffre's servants. Now please move to the dressing room, my maid team is already waiting."
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