Chapter 679: The Bet Between Lanqi and Talia

Three days passed.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon.

The residence of Count Baptiste in the 4th district of Paris, the capital of France.

Christina was leaning on the sofa in the living room a little bored, holding a book, and letting the wind turn two pages from time to time.

"Ugh."

She yawned somewhat regardless of the eldest lady's manners, and then shook her head sleepily.

This is better at home, where she can be casual and her family won't blame her. Anyway, she has been taught since she was a child that as the eldest daughter of Count Baptiste's family, she has to live a willful life.

In addition to going out to visit the shopping district on Crystal Orchid Avenue after lunch, now that I have cooled off after returning home, sleepiness has come to my mind.

"Why haven't you come yet?"

She looked at the clock and murmured.

Every day at 3:30 in the afternoon, it is the time for the house butler Rocky to give lessons to the Earl's son Kyle, and the get out of class will end at 4 o'clock.

It stands to reason that the butler with brown hair and green eyes should now walk through the corridors in a serious manner, and then there is a high probability that he will pass by the living room on the first floor that connects the stairs and the corridor.

Just thinking about it, Christina felt like her eyelids were about to close.

Why don't you take a nap first?

The afternoon sun in the courtyard of Count Baptiste's Mansion is now a slightly darker golden orange, accompanied by a wisp of floral fragrance, making the light and shadow in the reception hall on the first floor of the mansion a bit noisy and addictive.

At this moment, Christina noticed a figure walking through the living room.

"Rocky, come here."

She quickly sat up straight, cheered up and waved.

"Miss, what are you doing for me?"

The brown-haired, green-eyed butler holding a book in his hand noticed the eldest lady on the sofa, then changed his pace and walked towards the carpeted living room.

Lan Qi had just finished teaching Kyle a lesson and was about to check the work of other servants in the house.

Master Kyle's fashion design classes are half an hour each, four classes a week, which takes up exactly two hours of the housekeeper's working time.

The half-hour course not only helps students concentrate, but also allows students to better digest the knowledge points and facilitates the assignment of some homework for students to practice and think on their own.

"Wait for me here first, I'll be back soon."

Christina said, and then immediately ran away, headed for the stairs, and went to the second floor.

"Slow down."

Lan Qi didn't seem to be in a hurry, and was a little worried that the eldest lady had fallen.

But the eldest lady didn't seem to listen to him at all.

So he simply stood there, holding the book in one hand, and started reading briefly.

The Poissonian translation of "Genesis" he took was borrowed from Kyle.

No matter how time passes, only this book has been handed down across hundreds of thousands of years.

Each language translation has a unique interpretation of the divine text.

Although Lan Qi could not learn the magic in the Book of Genesis, since he saw the ancient version of the Book of Genesis in the Blood Moon Bad Times, he was very interested in reading the various versions of the Book of Genesis. Everyone will have different understandings every time.

It didn't take long.

Christina is really back.

But this time when she came back from the second floor, she came down with a red-haired maid.

It seemed that the maid was cleaning the room, and in the middle of her work, she was dragged over by the eldest lady.

"Look at how she's changed!"

Christina proudly puffed out her chest, put one hand on her waist, and asked the housekeeper to take a look at her personal maid.

I saw Inoan behind Christina.

Her long bangs covered her right eye, and her looming purple eyes observed the person in front of her. Even though she was tied into a pair of ponytails, her long red hair still fell down to her waist.

Although Christina said that she could cut Enoch's hair, Enoch seemed reluctant.

It's also possible that covering a little of her face makes her feel more secure.

The dress is a classic maid outfit from the Posen Kingdom. The black and white main body is dotted with meticulous bows, and the conspicuous ruby ​​on the chest is the finishing touch, which exactly sets off the crown-like cloth decoration on her head.

Ino'an's brows furrowed slightly, as if he was worried about something.

"Oh, are you finally willing to wear a tiara today?"

Lan Qi smiled at Inoan and said hello.

On the first day when she came to the Earl's Mansion, when Inoan saw this maid outfit, she put it on very reluctantly.

And the maid's tiara is not willing to wear it no matter what, it is like her last insistence.

When teaching Ino'an to work this morning, Lan Qi vaguely remembered that Ino'an was not wearing a headgear.

"I just don't want others to say that what Christina brought back was an inferior maid."

Inoan spoke those words with obvious dissatisfaction, and his voice was thick with impatience.

"How can such a statement be made?"

Lan Qi raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked.

This family is very nice and they should not slander Inoan.

Ino Andu was always stunned by their kindness.

Moreover, there is nothing wrong with Yi Nuoan’s working ability, but he has just started learning to work, and sometimes he may be a little rusty.

"It's not the same Viscount last time. After he saw that Inoan was a girl, he even more humiliated her."

Christina said particularly angrily.

The guy even mocked Christina for picking up a nice piece of trash.

"Viscount Hammond?"

Ranch asked.

"Yes, that's him!"

Christina nodded.

Their opponent that night was Viscount Charles Hammond, who was also Inoan's employer. He belonged to the Hammond Financial Group, which was engaged in international financial services in the Southern Continent and provided a wide range of financial services, including investment, in the Southern Continent. Banking, asset management and insurance businesses.

The wealthy Baptiste family has known the Hammond family for a long time. They occasionally cooperate with each other, but most of the time they don't deal with them.

Last week, it was Christina who caused him to lose an important commission competition, and it was also because Inoan lost it with her own hands. When Viscount Charles Hammond saw these two people walking together, he was filled with hatred.

"I'm really pissed off. If he talks nonsense again, I'm going to take action from Ino'an. The worst we can do is stay together for a few days."

Christina still felt a little angry when she thought about it, and she stamped her feet.

On the contrary, Inoan looked very calm.

"The few words I scolded him were considered light!"

Sometimes Christina's temper was not so good. She helped Inoan to retaliate on the spot, without giving Viscount Hammond, a noble of the older generation, any face.

Later, after returning home, Christina felt that Innoan had changed a little. When she looked carefully, she turned out to be wearing a headdress.

"Miss, it's certainly not possible to use violence to solve problems. You must not think about the possibility of spending a few days in jail."

Lan Qi looked at her seriously and advised.

"oh oh."

Christina did not expect that one day she would be educated like this by this housekeeper.

But no matter how you look at it, Butler Rocky is surprisingly a very law-abiding character.

"In this case, you can ask me to help you negotiate with Viscount Hammond and ask him to provide you with appropriate compensation, mental damages, reputational damage, public apology, etc. If that doesn't work, we will use some legal means. , Investigate and report his company's business one by one. Financial companies with highly leveraged businesses like theirs are actually prone to thunderstorms. If there is a problem, we can also acquire their company in good faith. "

Lanci told Christina what he thought was a more reasonable idea.

If she encounters this situation in the future, it may be able to give Christina some inspiration and help her learn to solve problems more harmoniously.

"God's damn friendly acquisition, please don't talk about the hostile acquisition in such a fresh and refined way."

Christina still knows a little bit about the management of their company. Hostile acquisitions are illegal, and the laws of the Poisson Kingdom clearly deny that hostile acquisitions are legal.

Sure enough, you shouldn't listen to Butler Lodge.

"Inoan is now good at cleaning the room. She also learned the maid etiquette very quickly. She has also remembered all the precautions you taught her."

Christina decided to change the subject and proudly boasted to Rocky.

"..."

Enoch stayed quietly behind Christina, without admitting or denying, as if she would not make any move until she received instructions.

"Look, you are completely a lady now."

Lan Qi looked at Inoan and commented with a smile.

Inoan looked away with some displeasure.

"Okay, Ino'an, if you want to ask Butler Lodge anything, just ask him."

Christina patted Inoan on the shoulder, motioned her to sit on the sofa, and said to her.

"How can I get my memory back?"

After Inoan sat down, he looked at Rocky, who was also sitting opposite, and asked.

"Why did you suddenly ask me this question today?"

Lan Qi calmly half-closed the book in his hand and looked at her.

"..."

Inoan didn't answer him.

"Of course she will panic if she has no memory. Inoan doesn't want to be a person without a past."

Christina sat next to her and said to Lan Qi.

"so."

Lan Qi opened the book again and murmured.

With monster-like physical fitness, Inoan quickly removed the bandage.

But the internal injuries have not recovered yet.

And although she seemed to have strong magic power, she didn't know any fighting skills. During the test in the earl's family yard, she was knocked down by Tata who was relying on Lan Qi in a few strokes.

Not only did her injuries not heal, she also forgot how to use her power.

So Christina, who was originally considering letting Ino'an play games and earn some money to share with Ino'an, now decided to let Ino'an do some ordinary work in the mansion.

"..."

Christina didn't know what the housekeeper was thinking at the moment, and whether he agreed or disagreed with what she said just now.

"To help you recover your memory, the doctor said that you must either give you extremely strong mental stimulation, or see some familiar things and scenes, which may trigger the recovery of the injured area of ​​your brain."

Lan Qi read Inoan's diagnosis report and also talked with the attending doctor.

"So if I want to get my memory back, do I have to suffer a little?"

Inoan frowned again.

She couldn't feel pain. Even if someone abused her, she wouldn't feel that much pain. She just didn't want to die.

"Theoretically, this is true, so your situation is very complicated and it may be difficult to retrieve your memory."

Lan Qi nodded and answered.

"Inoan, don't worry, I will take you to the best doctor."

Christina's words fell lightly, like a web of worry, entangled in the surrounding air.

Lan Qi knew that Christina liked her very much because this was the first Servant that Christina hired personally.

Moreover, Inoan looks very beautiful no matter what she wears. When she first came home, Christina took her to the room to change clothes for a long time. She also bought several new outfits for Inoan.

After Inoan heard that her salary would not be deducted, she hesitated and accepted it as if considering the pros and cons.

"If you can't remember, forget it."

Inoan said expressionlessly.

Anyway, it is quite safe in Earl Baptiste's Mansion now, and it seems that enemies will not come to visit him. It would be good if he could live like this.

"Who knows, fate is always unpredictable. When you want to find something, you may not be able to find it. And when you are afraid of finding it at first, it may follow."

Lan Qi looked through the translation of Genesis, and he happened to see the final chapter on fate and reincarnation, and read.

"Am I afraid?"

Inoan laughed subconsciously as if he heard a joke.

"First of all, you have to understand one thing. Fear is not a bad thing. Just like the pain I told you last time, although it is painful, it is very important."

After hearing this, Lan Qi formally closed the translation he had finished reading and said to the red-haired girl in front of him.

"Let me ask you, what is your most important emotion?"

He gently raised his index finger and pointed at the colorful flowers in the courtyard outside the French window, as if these flowers corresponded to every emotion.

"Pleasure?"

Inoan asked.

"This question depends on everyone's perspective, and any answer is correct."

Lan Qi clasped his hands on his knees and nodded solemnly.

“But the crisper the answer, the easier it is to miss the point that every emotion matters.”

"Why do you say that?"

Inoan lost her memory but not her basic knowledge, how to eat, how to walk, and she could still count.

Likewise, she felt that she had not heard what Rocky was saying now.

“When you roughly divide emotions into positive emotions and negative emotions, or more simply call them good emotions or bad emotions, you will ignore a lot because of our natural instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. meaning of something.”

Lan Qi's words were low, slow and worried.

"You will hate yourself when you are depressed, and you may cruelly force yourself to do things you shouldn't do when you should be accepting the depression, as if you are injured and should rest in peace and recuperate. It’s not about ignoring the wounds.”

Every word seems to be weighing whether these words are suitable for Inoan at this moment.

“On the contrary, if you clearly understand the meaning of each emotion, you will accept the laws of how this world works, and it will become easier to be kind to yourself and others, just like day and night, any of your physiological , psychological reactions are normal and are important signal lights.”

These days, Lan Qi gives Yi Nuoan psychological counseling classes every day.

Christina was a little worried, so she sat and listened.

After listening to it for two or three days, she felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and she also learned some skills in educating others.

Inoan was very resistant to listening to Butler Lodge's words at first. It seemed that this natural kindness made her very uncomfortable. She seemed to have seen something she had never seen before and was full of fear.

Later, perhaps because he gradually felt a little more at ease chatting with Butler Lodge, Inoan no longer resisted, but listened to him without saying a word most of the time.

…

After one hour.

It was almost time for the butler of their Earl's Mansion to get off work.

Lan Qi once again carried the briefcase and passed the reception hall.

Inoan has already gone to work.

And Christina was still lying lazily on the sofa.

After noticing Ranchi, Christina ran over.

"Thank you Rocky."

She patted Lan Qi on the back and sent him off to get off work.

Of course, more than anything else, she was grateful to Lan Qi for helping her clear up Inoan's heart.

In this house, Inoan still kept a certain distance from other people, but he still trusted them two, and even gradually began to be willing to let them stay very close.

"Miss Christina, I think she is obviously more dangerous than me. Why do you like her so much but still resist me?"

Lan Qi asked Christina in confusion.

"Your familiarity makes people scared. It always feels like no matter where you are thrown, you can quickly become familiar with the people around you."

Christina leaned back for half a minute warily and looked at Lan Qi up and down.

"But Inoan feels like that kind of injured wolf that was picked up... and now she has become a cub. Can we take this opportunity to raise her to maturity?"

Christina said with some uncertainty.

"It turns out that you prefer the ones that are cultivated, not the ones that come from the sky."

Lan Qi shook his head in frustration, as if no one liked him.

"Tsk, don't look at how much my family has become dependent on you."

Christina looked at the housekeeper's cowardly look and smacked her lips.

"By the way, if she gets her memory back, will she immediately disown me?"

Then Christina asked again.

She was a little afraid that what she was doing now was in vain, and one day suddenly Inoan would treat her as a stranger again and disappear from her face, and she would be very sad.

"No matter what kind of past she recalls, the memory of being with you will remain in her mind forever. Maybe this is a kind of pollution for her who originally had a violent personality, but happiness and joy cannot be faked, and she will also taste the sweetness."

Lan Qi explained with a smile, walked to the door, and bowed slightly to her.

During this period of time, he has discovered that Miss Christina seems to have few true friends.

Most people regard her as a villain daughter similar to Mr. Kyle before they get to know her.

And Yinuoan is like a blank sheet of paper. When she opened her eyes, she saw Christina, trusted Christina and relied on Christina.

With such a maid she saved, Christina has regarded Yinuoan as a treasure and wants to be good friends with her.

"I understand."

Christina smiled and waved to Lan Qi, wishing him a happy off work.

After hearing what the butler said, she was finally relieved.

…

After the sun began to set after passing through the zenith, it was already evening after a while.

Beside the streets of Pariel, which were dyed with sunset colors, there was a path leading to the Platinum Palace Spirit Hotel in the cultural district.

Lanqi and Talia were on their way to find a restaurant.

“We have to get up early again tomorrow, around seven o’clock. Can we go back early today?”

Lanqi looked at Talia beside him and asked while holding the cat.

It stands to reason that Talia waited for him to work for a day, and turned into a magic card without making any noise, much quieter than the Great Love Poet. Now that she is off work, she should want to go shopping in the Flower City Pariel.

The Platinum Card Creator Exam will start on the weekend.

Tomorrow, Friday, they don’t have to go to work at Count Baptiste’s house, but the two of them have to go to the South Continent Card Creator Association branch in the Flower City Pariel to report to Countess Rosalinda and learn about the invigilation matters.

“No problem, you can sleep well, I’ll call you when the time comes.”

Talia said indifferently.

Now she would wait for Lanqi to wake up every day after waking up.

If she left Lanqi too far away, it would increase the continuous consumption of mana, and she would not be able to figure out his status. If she made him run out of mana without knowing it, Lanqi would be in danger.

"You actually have an alarm clock function?"

Lanqi turned his head and looked at her.

"When Hyperion goes to school, I will make breakfast for her and then wake her up. She sometimes has low blood sugar, and it is difficult for her to get up in the morning."

Talia looked at the road ahead and answered.

"Then I won't set the alarm clock."

Lanqi muttered to himself as if he had lost something.

Talia can actually cook?

And he couldn't accept Talia's habit of looking like a good wife and mother!

"I always help Asna in the kitchen, so I know a little bit, but I don't cook very seriously when I'm alone. It's better to buy it than to do it perfunctorily. Unless I cook for others, I will be more serious."

Talia was too lazy to be angry with Lanqi, so she explained to him.

This level of damn, he would think about it many times a day without realizing it.

Talia said and ignored Lanqi.

Lanqi was still looking for the way as usual.

There, here——

He seemed to change his route without any direction, and his steps were not hesitant at all.

Talia looked up and stared at his profile, always curious about how much time this guy would spend to understand the map in advance.

If she were to lead the way, at least he would go wrong once or twice occasionally.

When the two finally stopped, they turned around several cultural districts and entered a traffic light on a particularly busy main road.

Waiting for the traffic light.

There was no change for a long time.

"By the way, is that guy really okay?"

Talia suddenly asked.

She felt that Yinoan was not right.

It was she who fought with Yinoan that day.

Lanqi, who was possessed by her, could not feel the inconsistent strength of Yinoan at all.

Although Lanqi and Christina did not find any criminal record of Yinoan.

But according to Talia's experience, the more such people there are, the more wrong they are.

"I think it's okay. Yinuoan seems to have serious mental trauma and personality defects. In fact, she is not dangerous now. I think she should be able to be taught how to treat others well and enter the society normally."

Lanqi looked at Talia in confusion and said.

"You trust yourself too much and trust others too much. This cognitive mode itself is your biggest flaw."

Talia has long wanted to talk to Lanqi about this.

After traveling with him, she found that Lanqi's problem was particularly serious.

She knew that Lanqi would not quickly classify Yinuoan as a certain type of person based on one-sided information, but only treat Yinuoan as a separate individual based on what he saw and his own feelings.

He was right to do so, but it did not mean that he could always be right.

"But do you think I should be hostile to Miss Lisanxi?"

Lanqi hesitated for half a second, stroked the little black cat, and said to Talia again.

"..."

Talia didn't know what to answer for a while.

They met Miss Lisansi on the floating castle airship when they first arrived in Huadu. Indeed, it was Ranchi's trust and impartiality that saved Lisansi. If it were someone else, it might not be so easy to choose to help Lisansi, a demon, or a cursed demon, so firmly under the approach of the executioner Nigel.

Now, the same is true for Yinuoan. Her identity is unknown and full of possibilities.

Ranchi still carried out his previous choice without hesitation.

Talia can understand Ranchi, but she doesn't agree with him.

"I finally know why we can't get along."

Talia said.

"Why?"

Ranchi asked curiously.

"You always have a mysterious self-confidence and pursue the most extreme optimal solution, but I like stability and certainty. The optimal solution for me is definitely not walking on a tightrope."

Talia raised her golden eyes and looked directly at him, and sent him a telepathic message,

"When I hesitate, you will be decisive, and when I am decisive, you will hesitate, so our pace is always out of sync."

The two of them have made little progress in their cooperative card making so far.

"So that's it."

Ranchi nodded a little hesitantly after listening, and he also felt that this was indeed the truth.

During this period, the two of them gradually figured out why they had such a poor cooperation with each other.

Technically speaking, they both know each other very well, and it stands to reason that they should be familiar with each other after practicing a few times.

The actual reason is that their thinking patterns are mutually exclusive, or they are born to be partners with a very low degree of fit.

If neither he nor Talia would accommodate the other, or if neither of them agreed with the other, then perfect cooperative card making would be impossible.

"Let's make a bet."

Lan Qi came back to his senses and simply said so.

He was referring to the matter of Yinuoan.

"Okay, let's see who is right."

Talia didn't need him to explain much, and naturally understood what he meant through her mind-

Whoever wins will listen to him at that time, and the loser will change his pace to accommodate the other party.

"Why is it so much like an angel and a devil betting meow?"

The cat boss lay on Lan Qi's hand, looked up and looked back and forth at the two, listening to Lan Qi and Talia's discussion.

"I believe that no matter what her past is, I have a way to save her, as long as she gives me this opportunity now."

Lan Qi firmly believed.

Or this opportunity is more like the goddess of fate gave him.

"Then I guess your idea will only lead to her destruction, or you can't save her from the beginning. You are not omnipotent, and you will eventually have people you can't save."

Talia added.

Although Talia had never seen Lanqi fail, she was looking forward to it.

She wanted to see Lanqi's calm confidence shattered like glass one day.