I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 336: Being Seen

There was no light in the attic, only the fire from the fireplace, which made it feel warm. The darkness filled the room, and people in it seemed to be the center of the world.

The cold wind was blowing outside, and the flames were dancing slowly inside. Occasionally, the barking of dogs broke the silence of the night.

"That's weird, is it our dog barking?"

"Not really," Owen said, "My hounds don't like to bark. They sound like stray dogs that have been exiled, and their barking sounds like the wailing of a bereaved family."

Xia Qingdai didn't know much about dogs, so she said, "You raise hunting dogs well, so I guess what you said is right."

Owen lowered his head and took a sip of water, his cheeks suspiciously red.

Xia Qingdai thought to herself, men in ancient times were really interesting. They would get shy if someone simply complimented them. They were very different from the ordinary men of today.

The two of them looked at the snow, drank tea, and chatted casually. The firelight from the fireplace danced on their faces and bodies, casting mottled shadows, and even time seemed to slow down.

"Owen, if it snows all night, do you think we can have a snowball fight tomorrow?" Xia Qingdai asked expectantly.

"Yes," Owen replied affirmatively, "The snow won't stop any time soon."

Xia Qingdai just asked casually, but she didn't expect Owen to be so sure: "How do you know? Based on experience?"

Owen smiled faintly and replied, "I once served on a ship and learned a little astronomy from an old lieutenant. I know a little bit about it."

Gentlemen and ladies of this era are required to learn astronomy and geography, but most of them only know how to do it on paper, and very few of them really know how to apply it.

Owen actually knew this, which made Xia Qingdai look at him with new eyes. He is really a treasure boy.

"How did you know that? Teach me." Xia Qingdai took geography classes in high school and also studied astronomy with Miss Bai.

To be honest, she is just like most people, she is only good at talking. She can answer the question of how long it takes for the moon to orbit the earth, but she cannot answer whether it will rain tomorrow.

Seeing that she was interested in this, Owen naturally taught her. You can't see the stars on a snowy night, but you can still see a lot of dark clouds.

Owen pointed outside the window, gestured the shape of the clouds, and talked freely. Xia Qingdai was just listening to the story.

I don't know how much time had passed, but Owen noticed that the person next to him hadn't responded for a long time. He turned his head and saw that she had fallen asleep leaning on the pillow.

"Heh~" Owen chuckled, looked around, saw a thin blanket on the sofa, got up to take it, and gently covered Xia Qingdai with it.

Three hours later, Xia Qingdai woke up on time.

She opened her eyes and found that her whole body was a little sore, her arms and legs were very stiff. Just as she was about to turn over and find a comfortable angle, she suddenly found that she was not in bed.

"Are you awake?" Owen said softly, "Why don't you go back to your room and have a good rest?"

Owen's voice seemed to come from far away, yet strangely close to his ears.

Xia Qingdai was stunned for a moment, and then she finally remembered that she had climbed up to the attic to watch the snow late last night. Owen then brought her some black tea and went up to watch the snow together. As they chatted, she fell asleep.

This time, Xia Qingdai was away from the castle for too long, and she was in a playful mood. She let herself go and didn't sleep for more than 20 hours. In the quiet night, she talked about difficult astronomical topics. It would be strange if she didn't fall asleep.

"Owen, have you been sitting here all night?" Xia Qingdai rubbed her eyes and saw that Owen's eyes were red, as if he had stayed up too late.

Not everyone has the power of faith like her and can stay up all night. "Yeah." Owen replied calmly.

He might be a little sleepy physically, but mentally he didn't feel tired at all.

The goddess was sleeping beside him. How could he bear to close his eyes to such a beautiful scene?

"Ah~ah~" Xia Qingdai stretched her body and stood up, saying, "It's not even dawn yet, let's go back to sleep for a while."

"Okay." Owen responded readily and stood up with Xia Qingdai.

The two opened the attic door, walked down the stairs side by side, smiled at each other in the corridor, and each opened the door of their own suite.

It was about 4:30 in the morning, and the fire girl in the castle had already gotten up and was ready to start working.

It's snowing, and the fireplaces in all the rooms in the castle that the owner will visit should be lit.

Lim, the housekeeper who mainly manages the maids, fully exercises her power and requires that all fireplaces that need to be lit must be lit before the master gets up.

Because she always stayed behind the stove and always felt covered in dust, the housekeeper didn't want him to appear in front of her master and be an eyesore.

But today, what did the fire-burning girl who just climbed up the stairs see? ?

She stopped abruptly, her heart pounding.

Mr. Owen and Miss Xia, why would they come at this time...

The fire girl couldn't be sure which room the two people came from. The only thing she was sure of was that the two masters must have been together last night.

Because she saw that the two of them had just walked back to their rooms, the fire-making girl stopped where she was and did not dare to move forward.

"Wait a minute, wait five more minutes, then I'll go in." She said quietly to herself.

Then he glanced at the two closed doors and murmured, "I knew that Mr. Owen and Miss Cousin must be more than just cousins."

After the initial shock, the fire-stoking girl started to support the couple and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.

"It would be great if Mr. Owen could marry Miss Cousin." The fire-burning girl said to herself. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to have a mistress again if Miss Cousin left.

Although my cousin has not been in the castle every day in the past two months, whenever she is there, she will show the aura of a hostess.

No one in the castle treated Xia Qingdai as a guest, and they always subconsciously treated her as the hostess.

When Xia Qingdai returned to her room, she was no longer sleepy and simply started reading a book.

She actually heard some noise coming from the stairs just now. But when she turned around, she didn't see anyone, but she was sure there was movement just now.

She didn't go over to check or anything, because it wouldn't matter if someone saw her.

Another person who was not sleepy like Xia Qingdai was Owen in the next room.

But Owen had already gone to bed. He was covered with a soft duvet, his eyes fixed on the ceiling, recalling the little beauty of last night. The smile on the corner of his mouth unconsciously flew up as if it had wings.

Although snow and wind are not a pleasant thing, if the goddess likes it, he can also like it.