In the halls of the Duke of Treville's mansion, Charles and Albert laughed as if no one was around, ignoring the guests around them.

"Thanks to you coming back, I wouldn't have known who to talk to tonight." Charles withdrew his hand from Charlotte's side and walked over to Albert's side, "Thank you for your hard work, and you have to rush back at this time." ”

"Ouch, what are these words! I'm so happy that I finally took a vacation and can come back and have a look. "It seems that because he felt that he had caused a big accident while supervising the work, and that he had caused Charles a big problem, Albert always seemed to feel a little sorry for Charles, and his expression was not as free as before." Charles, sorry ......"

"What do you apologize for? You don't have anywhere to be sorry for me, huh? Charles smiled and patted Albert on the shoulder, "My friend, have fun, I'm having fun today, so I hope you can be happy too." ”

"Are you really happy, Charles?" Albert asked abruptly.

"Huh?"

"Well, I'll admit that Charlotte is really good-looking, but even so, I don't envy you." Albert looked at Charlotte, who was standing next to him, and muttered to Charles in a very soft tone, "Charles, don't you know yet?" Marriage can bury love, especially those of us who are too perceptive and too easy to see the shortcomings of those around us. Charlotte is beautiful now, but life is not just about beauty, and all kinds of trivialities will ruin the rose-colored future you dream of tonight, what will you do then? You can't help it even if you regret it. And me. I'd rather stand next to me, lonely and hopeless in love with someone, I'd stand far enough. So much so that you can never see the dust around her......"

"Why, my friend, how did you suddenly become a philosopher?" After listening to Albert's muttering, Chardon felt a little stunned. "This tirade is different from the theme of tonight, do you expect me to thank you for that?"

"It's because I'm a friend that I'm telling you this." Albert spread his hands, "But I also understand you, unlike me. You are the only seedling in the family, if you don't get married, you can't make a difference, you have to get married no matter what. Gotta have children. I'm just giving you some advice not to get married in the future because of the psychological gap......"

"However, I didn't marry for blind love, I just wanted to see Charlotte happy. Because I owe her so much - and that's what I can give her. Although some efforts need to be made. Looking at his friend's sincere expression, Charles couldn't help but lower his voice, "My friend, don't worry about me, we are all sensible enough to live our lives the way we like, and no one will fall off a galloping horse, but ride it straight forward." ”

"If so. That would be great. Albert nodded reassuringly, then took a closer look at Charles. Finally, he turned his attention to the medal that Charles was wearing on his chest, "But, then again, this dress is really good!" Charles, I knew ten years ago that you were going to have a great future. ”

"We're all going to have a great deal," Charles replied as a matter of course, "so keep following me, and sooner or later we'll turn the country upside down, as we said at the beginning!" ”

"Okay, Charles." Albert also patted Charles on the shoulder, "Okay, we've been talking long enough, Charlotte can't wait any longer." ”

"Then you play first." With that, Charles turned around and walked back to Charlotte's side.

"Charles, what were you two muttering about just now?" Charlotte looked at Charles curiously.

"Oh, nothing, Albert is just worried about us." Charles replied in a low voice, "Worried because I care." He advised me to cherish my marriage to you and not to take it as a spur of the moment. ”

"This man has the heart to worry about us! And don't look at what he is like himself! Charlotte pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, but there was a lot of smile in her eyes, "Anyway, Albert is a good friend of ours, let's help him find a suitable partner in the future, right?" He can't just be like this for the rest of his life. ”

"It's up to him, we can't make decisions for him." Charles sighed slightly.

Albert's words were not a blessing in any way, and he was worried about Charles, perhaps because he knew Charles so well.

In any case, because of his friend's muttering just now, Charles's spirits, which were not very high, were unexpectedly clouded, but he still covered it up well, accompanying Charlotte to chat with a few friends who attended the banquet.

Just when he felt a little depressed and bored, his eyes fell to a corner of the hall, and then suddenly reinvigorated.

Because he saw someone different.

It's Matilda.

At this time, she was rarely dressed up carefully. She wore a gray gauze dress, a brooch encrusted with diamonds that glittered in the candlelight, and her tan hair was carefully groomed and coiled into a bun at the back of her head. Perhaps for aesthetic reasons, she still doesn't wear glasses today, and she seems to have a lot of fat powder on her face, and she has her own style between Gu Pan.

Perhaps because she didn't wear glasses, she didn't feel Charles's gaze, but stood with her sister and brother-in-law and talked occasionally, as if she were cut off from the whole atmosphere.

"Charlotte, you go deal with your friends, I've got something to do." Without much hesitation, Charles immediately whispered to Charlotte next to him.

"What's wrong, Charles?" Charlotte was a little surprised.

"Oh, my friend Lucien is here, and I need to entertain him." Charles casually uttered an excuse and walked briskly around the corner.

Charles's footsteps were fast, and the people next to him greeted him, and he just nodded casually and walked towards Matilda.

As he got closer and closer. Matilda, who had been talking to her sister, finally noticed his arrival.

Then, she turned her head slightly to the side and met Charles' eyes. A slight smile suddenly appeared on his face.

There was concern and congratulations in this smile, but there was also a hint of melancholy, as if to say, "Sir, you can finally see me!" "Like.

Encouraged by the smile, Charles continued straight to the other side, his steps as fast as if he were trotting.

How rude is such an expression? He couldn't take care of it anymore.

However. Just as he was about to walk up to Matilda, Julie, who had already noticed his sister's anomaly, couldn't help but frown tightly.

"Are you going crazy?" She whispered reproach to her sister. Then he jerked her, pulling her behind him, and then looked at Charles awe-inspiringly, like a warrior facing an enemy army.

Under Julie's angry gaze. Charles couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. I couldn't help but slow down and stop in front of them.

Judging from Julie's expression, Charles knew in her heart that she already knew everything about Matilda.

Did she find out on her own, or did Matilda sue her on her own initiative? Charles had some doubts in his heart.

But, even so, he maintained a basic composure.

"Hello, Julie, Lucien. I'm sorry I just came to greet you now. He forced a smile and looked at the young couple in front of him. Then his gaze drifted behind Julie, "Matilda, are you okay?" ”

"Oh, Charles, congratulations." Lucien immediately greeted with a similar smile, "Thank you for the invitation, we had a good time." ”

Because of his background, he did not feel comfortable in such an occasion, and he did not have any friends to talk to, so he just stood with his wife and sister-in-law and chatted, but since the master came to say hello, he could not say that he was not happy to stay here, right?

Lucien's expression relieved Charles a little, as it seemed that the matter knew only the secret between the two Dilion sisters.

"Thank you, Mr. Treville, we are very good." At this moment, Julie also spoke, her expression and tone were full of coldness, as if she wanted to use this to drive Charles away, "You can go and say hello to the others first, let's be quiet here." ”

Julie's harsh attitude made Charles frown.

Then he walked up to Julie, and the two of them looked at each other like that.

After a moment, he sighed slightly.

"Julie, don't do that, I'm sorry for that incident too......"

"Just sorry, sir?!" Julie Yan was full of anger, "Do you know what you did? ”

"I definitely didn't force anything, I didn't trick her." Charles said to Julie in a very low voice.

"Yes, you didn't, but you didn't refuse either, you watched my sister make a fool, just for a moment of pleasure, you threw everything away." Julie looked at Charles coldly, "I'm grateful for how much you've helped us, but I can't forgive you for this, sir." ”

"Julie, I'm sorry......" Under Julie's angry gaze, Charles didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.

"What's the use of apologizing? Forget it...... Now that things have come to this point, there is no point in asking you to do anything more, I only have one request, you don't pester Matilda anymore, okay? You already have a fiancée and a bright future, then you should go your own way, Matilda has Matilda's way to go. ”

"So, may I have a few words with her?" Charles forcibly held back the unhappiness in his heart and asked Julie in a low voice. "Just a few words?"

"No, no, my sister doesn't want to listen to your rhetoric anymore." Julie rejected his request, "You go and entertain the other guests, please rest assured, we won't make any trouble for you, and when the time comes, we'll save you." ”

"If that's what Matilda meant, then why are you here? Wouldn't it be enough to just write me a note? But you're here anyway. Charles asked directly, "Now, let me talk to Matilda." ”

Such a sharp counterattack made Julie suddenly a little speechless.

"You people, I've seen it through, all of you are hard-hearted, and you always only think about yourself! In that case, why bother with those who are irrelevant? Julie looked at Charles hatefully, but there was unspeakable sadness in her eyes, as if she was not just blaming Charles, "You are always swaying on Saint-Germain and Saint-Pera's Day, but you always have to drag others to accompany you to the funeral!" ”

[Saint-Germain refers to a district where high-ranking officials and dignitaries lived in Paris at that time, and Saint-Perazhi was a prison, originally a prison dedicated to the detention of debtors, and from 1827 it was changed to a prison for political prisoners.

Julie is satirizing politicians and speculators like Charles, who are just swaying in the scenery and danger, even if they are very prosperous, they will face defeat if they are not careful]

While Julie was still cursing Charles in a low voice, someone suddenly grabbed her sleeve.

"Sister, don't do this, let me have a good talk with Charles." (To be continued......)