Julie, who was glaring at Charles, was slightly stunned after hearing her sister's words. Then, she slowly turned her head back, as if to reprimand Matilda, but seeing Matilda's calm appearance, she finally reluctantly looked away.

"Forget it, if you want to do this, it's up to you!" She sighed helplessly, as if she had nothing to do with her sister at all.

Then, she walked towards her husband, and as she passed by Charles, she spoke coldly in Charles' ear.

"I thought you were a little different, but I didn't expect you to be just the same thing as them, or even more so...... I'm so disappointed that you're no longer my friend, Mr. Treville. ”

"I'm sorry." Charles replied in a low voice.

But Julie didn't look at him again, and walked straight to her husband.

As a result, only Charles and Matilda were left. Although there was still a lot of noise around them, Charles ignored them as if they were in the middle of the wilderness. Matilda did not speak, and the two men fell into an unusual silence.

After a few moments, Charles opened his mouth, trying to start with a few compliments, but couldn't say anything.

Fortunately, Matilda finally spoke first.

"I'm sorry, Charles, my sister may have gone too far, please don't take it personally."

Her tone was calm, and it made Charles settle down.

"No, I was the one who should apologize, and she didn't scold me for anything." Charles made a gesture. Motioning for both of them to sit down on the couch.

Although the organizer of the banquet didn't care about other guests, but got tired of being with a girl, it must have looked strange. Maybe it might even cause some gossip, but Charles didn't care that much.

"Now only my sister knows about this matter, speaking of which, this is my mistake, I thought it was easy to hide beforehand! I didn't expect to be discovered by my sister all of a sudden......" After taking her seat, Matilda smiled apologetically at the thoughtful Charles. "But don't worry, my sister has already been taken care of by me. I won't tell anyone else, and my parents don't know yet. ”

"No, I'm not worried about that." Charles shook his head slightly. "Matilda, are you feeling better now?"

"It's been so long, it's going to be fine." Matilda smiled, "You're the one." You okay? ”

"I'm fine. I'm sure you've heard about it. I've been transferred by the president. Charles picked up the glass on the coffee table and took a sip, "It's not as smooth as I imagined, but I've done your job, Matilda." ”

"I've heard my dad say it." Matilda nodded, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "I was quite worried at first, for fear that I guessed wrong." Or maybe something went wrong...... Fortunately, you didn't disappoint, and even you weren't snubbed by Mr. President. It's great. ”

"So you don't have the bottom either? So why was you so confident that day? Charles looked at Matilda with some confusion.

"Of course, if I look unconfident, how can I scare you?" Matilda looked right, "I thought about it at the time, if things went wrong, that thing would ...... That should be considered as an atonement to you, maybe it will make you a little less angry with me. Then Matilda's gaze became a little hesitant, "Am I taking myself too seriously?" ”

Listening to Matilda's answer, Charles's expression also became strange.

Finally, he couldn't help but laugh.

"No, don't worry, you're just that valuable."

Ignoring the gaze coming from the side, Charles kept laughing, Matilda was a little confused at first, but then smiled slightly. The slightly awkward atmosphere between the two of them slowly disappeared in this laughter.

"Okay, since all the qiē has passed, then let's not talk about this." After laughing for a while, Matilda looked at Charles cautiously again, "You don't seem to be particularly happy tonight?" ”

"It's not that I'm not happy, it's just that I don't particularly like this kind of occasion." Charles smiled and replied, "It's too noisy, I personally like to do things quietly." ”

"I'm like that too, so I've never liked to be in this kind of place, no wonder my sister always talks about me." Matilda smiled bitterly, then continued to look at Charles, "By the way, can I have another question for you?" ”

"Of course, just ask." Charles hurriedly agreed.

"Did you marry your cousin, Miss Trevier, on a temporary basis, or did the family prepare for it a long time ago?" Matilda asked in a low voice.

"It's been arranged for a long time......" Although I didn't know Matilda's intention to ask, Charles still answered truthfully, "Charlotte and I have been playing since we were children, and we have a very good relationship. ”

"Well, I can see that, although you may not really love her, you certainly don't want to break her heart—which is rare for a man of your character and manners." Matilda nodded in confusion, and then seemed to fall into deep thought, "No wonder, I ...... so"

"What's wrong?" Charles hurriedly asked.

"My grandfather, when he was alive, was very fond of the Duke of Treville, calling him one of the few brains among the old nobles who had returned from exile, and I was very strange before, apparently he looked such a dead brain. Now that I think about it, I can figure it out......" Matilda whispered, "so the 'feud' between the Duke of Treville and your grandfather and the two brothers is just an illusion for others to see, right?" So, the Duke of Treville's family, haven't they only recently become enlightened, and the reality is that your family has always been one? Have been secretly helping each other all the time? ”

Although he was very surprised in his heart, Charles nodded with a little admiration.

"That's right, that's it, that's it, Matilda."

"I've only discovered this now, what can be called powerful?" Matilda smiled and shook her head, "It's good that our family has never had a grudge against yours. After a pause, she spoke again, "Don't worry, I won't in the future, I will watch my father and let him continue to listen to your arrangement, after this turmoil, he attaches more importance to my opinion than before......"

"That's great." Charles took another sip of wine. "Also, I must say that I have a lot of respect for you, you are so admirable."

"There's no need to talk about that, right? Grandpa's last wish before he passed away was for me to take care of the family, and I was just fulfilling my obligations......" Matilda shook her head with a wry smile, "Also, please don't take what my sister said to heart, it's just her momentary words, I'll let her be angry." I ask you to continue to regard her and Monsieur de Lefrere as friends, and now that Grandpa has passed away, they need your help all the more......"

Matilda stared at Charles, her brown eyes seemed to be able to see through Charles's thoughts, "Of course, I'm not blindly asking for your help, I guess it's not entirely unhelpful to you, is it?" Monsieur de Leflair is an honest man, and if you give him a favor, he will surely give you something in return. If you want to do big things in the future, you definitely need help, right? As long as I am here, our family and my sister's family will definitely be able to be your helper. I don't think you'd reject such a prospect, would you? ”

Charles didn't answer, but looked at the girl in front of him quietly.

For the first time since he crossed into this world, he was explicitly told to be his collaborator and helper. The girl had already given her a strange surprise before, and today he found that an even bigger surprise was yet to come.

Has she seen through this kind of Cheng dù?

In addition to the surprise, Charles's heart was filled with great excitement, just as it had been that night.

"It's not impossible." He immediately nodded in agreement, "However, I also want to ask you to promise me one thing. ”

"What's the matter?" Matilda looked at Charles with some confusion.

Charles pulled a business card out of his pocket and handed it to her.

"It's a fake identity I'm using." When Matilda took it, Charles explained in a low voice. "Of course, that address is the real address, it's the house I bought. Tomorrow afternoon, if you can, can you find an excuse to get out of the house and go there, okay? ”

Matilda was a little confused at first, but soon understood what he meant.

In an instant, her eyes widened, and her face quickly turned red.

"That night...... That night was just ...... It's just that...... I didn't ...... I didn't make a deal with you", she said in a trembling voice.

"This is definitely not coercion, if you don't think it's necessary, then it's okay not to come." Charles interrupted her directly, staring at her all the time, "No matter what, my promise just now will not be nullified." I was just...... I just want to have a good talk with you again......"

Before Charles's scorching gaze, Matilda rarely avoided his gaze.

"But, but today, today you are not ......"

"Those are two different things." Charles interrupted her again.

However, in fact, he is not as careless as he appears on his face.

In the place where he and Charlotte are about to announce their engagement, he directly agrees to have fun with others, he knows how scumbag he is, but ...... The passion in his chest made him unable to give up this idea.

Fortunately, before he could back down, Matilda finally nodded.

An indescribable sensation instantly made Charles's mouth a little dry, and he didn't really get excited until now tonight.

Matilda still kept her head down, as if she didn't dare to look at Charles.

"Where's your sister? Long time no see, I want to talk to her about ......" (to be continued......