Chapter 273

To be honest, at present, Orson still thinks that he looks more like a child of the nobility.

"Orson, your clothes from previous years are still in the closet, take Litt in later and change your clothes."

"We are going to attend the banquet, it is inappropriate to wear such clothes."

"Yes." Orson nodded respectfully.

Litt lowered his head after coming to Lucius and Mary.

"Dad, Mom." The voice was weak and sounded very weak.

"Yeah." Lucius nodded and touched Litt's head. There was still some kindness in his face when he looked at Litt.

After all, this is his own son.

But Mary was different. She frowned all the time.

The moment Litt approached, she could smell an unpleasant smell, and she didn't know whether it was firewood or livestock.

"By the way, Orson, take Litt to take a bath later. She smells so bad, what's the matter with her!" Mary said to Orson, ignoring the eyes of the people around her.

Orson naturally nodded.

In the original book, Mary also looked down on Litt very much, and planned with Orson to get rid of Litt, but unfortunately the plan was exposed in the end, and Orson was driven out of the house. She also failed in the struggle with Litt later.

After returning to her mother's house, she died of depression.

The moment Mary finished this sentence, Orson saw Litt's face change.

With a bit of self-blame and shame.

It seems that he still thinks that it is his problem that he can't integrate into this family. If so, it will be easy to deal with.

Orson thought so, walked past Mary and Lucius, came to Litt, took off his gloves, and gently held Litt's slightly cold little hand with one hand.

"Let's go, come into the house with me first." As he said this, he showed a sunny smile on his face.

"Well..." Litt didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod.

But when he walked to the door, Litt stopped again.

"What's wrong?" Orson asked in a gentle voice.

"I'm... dirty, I'll make the floor dirty." Litt said, looking at the smooth floor in the mansion.

"Is that so." Orson nodded.

Then, Litt felt a sense of weightlessness, and then he was held in Orson's arms.

"This way, the floor won't be dirty." Orson looked at Litt, who was panicking and blushing in his arms, and smiled, which he thought was quite kind.

Chapter 2: The real Litt?

"It seems that Orson doesn't dislike Litt." Lucius was relieved to see that the two brothers were so close and friendly. "Orson is such a good child."

"Yeah." Mary also nodded. Although she was Lucius's second wife after the death of the former Duchess Diana, and Orson and Litt were not her children, if she had to choose one of the two children, she would undoubtedly choose Orson.

"Having Orson is a blessing for the Stranik family." Mary said with a smile, "As for Lit, take good care of him first, and get rid of his rusticity before we see."

"Yeah." Lucius nodded, and then looked at the nobles behind him. "Thank you for your hard work, please go to the hall and rest first."

"It is a great joy that Master Lit is back. It's not a problem to just stand outside for a while." Several nobles waved their hands and smiled.

...

On the other side, Lit, who was held in a princess hug, buried his face in Orson's arms.

His small nose gently sniffed the smell of Orson.

The smell of incense was very good, and he couldn't help but smell it for a while.

Then, as if realizing that it was impolite to do so, he covered his face with his hands.

What was he doing? It was too rude to do this to his brother just after entering the house!

Orson was concentrating on looking ahead at the moment, and didn't notice Lit's little movements in his arms.

To be honest, his brother was really light.

Alas, after living in the countryside for so long, look how thin the child is.

No wonder he was bullied in the original book.

From temperament to figure, there is no place like aristocrats, but he was treated as aristocrats, how can others not be jealous.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear Litt whispering a few words in his arms, and hurriedly lowered his head to look at him.

"What's wrong, Litt, are you uncomfortable?"

Seeing Litt's slightly red cheeks, Orson thought he was sick.

"No, no..." Litt answered weakly, and then asked: "O... Brother Orson, if you hold me, my clothes will be dirty, and I don't smell good..."

Orson looked at Litt in surprise, then smiled and rubbed Litt's head.

"Just change your clothes if they are dirty, and Litt is not dirty at all."

It has to be said that Litt's current appearance is still easy to arouse people's desire to protect him. I don't know how Orson in the original book had the heart to attack such a cute brother.

Then, he carried Litt into his room.

"Your room is still being cleaned. If you want to change clothes, come to my room first." Orson said this, put Lit on his bed, opened the closet and looked for clothes from a few years ago.

Orson's height is not very tall, about 1.8 meters, but Lit is 1.6 meters tall, which is really short.

Lit was stunned by the furnishings in the room after entering it.

There were decorations everywhere that he had never seen in the countryside.

Especially the bed. When his body touched the bed for the first time, he could hardly believe that this was a place for people to sleep.

This is too soft!

And the whole room seemed to be Orson's preference. Ever since he entered, he could smell a light and elegant fragrance, which seemed to be some kind of flower, but Liteuk didn't know.

A few minutes later, Orson dug out a set of clothes from the closet that he owned three years ago. After comparing it with Lee Teuk, I decided to use this one.

"Okay, I've chosen my clothes, let's take a shower."

"Eh? Take a...bath?" Upon hearing this, Li Teuk's expression immediately became panicked.

"Well, after all, your hair is still a little messy." Orson said, pointing to the partition of the room. "Just use my bathroom, and I'll teach you how to use the things in it."

Saying this, Orson walked into the bathroom with Leeteuk, who was circling his eyes.

"Li Teuk, look carefully. This is a magic-sensitive showerhead. It is driven by magic stones. You can use it even if you don't know magic. Just press the button and hot water will come out."

"Then, this knob is for adjusting the temperature. Come on, try it." With that said, Orson held Li Te's hand and pressed the button.

Then, water sprayed from the shower head hanging on the wall, and the cold water hit Liteuk's hair, making it wet.

Of course, Orson, who was standing behind Li Teuk, was not immune. At this moment, the top of his dress was also stained with water.

Orson closed the button.

"How about it? Isn't it interesting?"

Lite turned around, saw Orson's soaked clothes, and apologized in panic: "Yes... I'm sorry, brother Orson, I, I didn't mean it, I..."

"It's okay." Orson shook his head, "I didn't ask you to try it."

With that said, Orson used a magic. In an instant, the water vapor evaporated from the clothes, and the newly wet dress was instantly dry again.

"Eh!?" Li Te looked at everything in front of him in surprise, unable to understand it for a long time.

"This is magic. Leeteuk can learn it one day."

With that said, Orson walked to the door.

"You don't need me to teach you the rest, right?"

"Yeah." Lit nodded, "Brother Orson, thank you..."

"It's okay, we will be a family from now on, you're welcome." Orson said, opened the bathroom door and walked out.

It should be considered that it left a relatively good impression on the protagonist.

Orson thought to himself.

…

On the other side, Leeteuk was soaking in the bathtub holding his legs and burying his face in the water.

His face was very red, and he looked like he was being steamed by water vapor, but only he himself understood what was going on.

The day they were contacted by Albert, their adoptive parents were also very happy.

The child will be taken to the city to live a good life, and he will also get a lot of wealth. It can be said to be the best of both worlds.

And then came the sadness.

After all, Liteuk was also his own child for eighteen years, and he was suddenly being taken to the city. It was impossible to say that he was not reluctant to part with him.

Leeteuk still remembers that on the day of separation, his adoptive mother took out the clothes she made and handed them to Leeteuk.

But even so, in the eyes of those nobles, the clothes were still despicable and they asked her to change them.

She would at least wear this dress to meet her biological parents.

After all, if he really joins the family, he may never be able to wear clothes made by his adoptive mother again.

Sure enough, after seeing Lucius and Mary's eyes changing from joy to slightly disappointed, Li Te knew that he had messed up.

Should I listen to Uncle Albert and change into more decent clothes to please my parents more?

Thinking this, Leeteuk looked at the clothes basket next to him.

On one side was Liteuk's own clothes, and on the other side was the outfit Orson had chosen.

Lite vaguely remembered the responses of his adoptive father and mother when Albert came to the house.

"Did you give birth to your own child?"

"No... we picked him up. He was born with a jade bracelet. We thought some nobleman didn't want it..."

"Well, indeed, but it's not that he doesn't want it, it's that the Duke lost it."

"Is this so..."

"We are willing to give you a thousand gold coins, and you can go to the city to buy a house and open a shop, as long as you are willing to return the child to the Duke."

"...We are willing." The adoptive father thought about it for a long time and then said.

"By the way, the boy's name is Li Te, right? He's a really nice boy."

"No, actually she is..." The adoptive father was about to speak, but was interrupted by the adoptive mother.

"Sir, you are really discerning."

On the night of her departure, her adoptive mother called her into a room alone.

Then, she took out a white cloth and pulled it from Li Te

His chest went through his armpits and wrapped up his chest.

"Li Teuk, when you get to the city, you must tell them that you are a boy, so that they will not bully you."

Raising Mother Tongue said it with great sincerity.

The tradition in rural areas is to favor boys over girls, so they also think that the same is true in cities.

In order to prevent their daughter from being bullied in a noble family, they came up with this strategy.

…

Leeteuk stood up from the bathtub, walked to the clothes basket, picked up the white cloth strips, and wrapped them around his chest layer by layer.

Fortunately, my current scale is not large, but what if I can’t cover it up in a few years?

Liteuk's heart couldn't help but beat when he thought of the gentle look in Orson's eyes when he looked at him outside the door.

……