Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

"Hasn't Her Majesty Lyudmila already said that Grandpa is a cunning businessman? She's right."

"I just didn't expect that even this engagement itself was a fraud." Bai Yu sighed, "Although I don't have to worry about it, I still feel a little uncomfortable."

"The Laurentine family needs this name, so grandpa gave it to them, and there is nothing to complain about. Ilsa Laurent also enjoys praise in the aristocratic circle in Midwinter, and her reputation is far and wide. You may not like her. ." Melusina said with relief.

Bai Yu is not unhappy at all, but he feels that the calculations are very tiring, there are too many tricks, and the urban routine is too deep, and he wants to go back to the countryside.

He asked: "Does my sister also want me to marry this Laurence?"

"As long as you are willing, I will support you in whatever you do." Melusina was as doting as ever.

Bai Yu held her hand, put it in front of her lips and kissed her: "What if I want to propose to my sister?"

Melusina showed a trace of surprise and pause at this question, as if a lifetime of running lights was swirling in her mind. Then she lowered her eyes, with a charming smile, and said with certainty: "At that time, I Will gladly accept it.”

She took out her hand and gently smoothed the folds of Bai Yu's collar: "But now, we are still brother and sister... You should pack your clothes, show your best side, and go see your fiancée. It’s for Donghuang’s initial capital investment.”

Listening to this coaxing tone, Bai Yu sighed helplessly.

Melusina smiled and let go, turned around and said she was going to the bathroom.

She went to the bathroom and locked the door.

Holding the hand that was kissed just now, his lips were close to the kissed spot.

Her breathing was short and her whole body was hot. At that moment, she almost lost control.

He is not as calm, calm, intellectual and elegant as he appears on the surface.

She wanted to hold him down on the table until he begged for mercy, twice in a row.

In the bathroom, there was the sound of water dripping.

Her fingers were stained with water from unknown sources, and Melusina took out a tissue and wiped her fingers.

Her self-control is getting worse day by day.

"Bad brother..."

She licked her lips: "So, how can my sister bear it?"

Melusina suppressed the dark desire tumbling in her heart, thinking silently, if you really propose, then I will definitely give you ten children; if you don't dare, then don't blame me for giving birth to a hundred secretly.

……

In the middle of winter, all nobles have large houses. It is not only their residence, but also a place for banquets. It is said that in the middle of winter, there are at least five places where dinners between nobles are held every day, and the food and clothing expenses are Blood, sweat and money.

Noble manor, Laurent family.

There will be no banquet or entertainment today.

There was a tense situation at the family meeting table.

Blood feuds among nobles were not uncommon, because there was only one position for the heir and only one position for the head of the family.

Laurent is not a family with a sparse population. On the contrary, it has everything that a noble family should have.

The patriarchal faction and the Presbyterian Church constitute the power duality of the Laurentian family.

Originally, with the support of Bai Potian, the Lorenning family developed rapidly, but accordingly, due to the strength of one faction of the family heads, the power of the other faction gradually decreased. In order to make up for this lack, some family elders chose to cooperate with Other nobles join forces.

Bai Potian represents the Donghuang family and Roman power, but some big nobles are not happy to see him support the Laurentian family through marriage, and then march into Midwinter to break the nobles' monopoly on the Midwinter market.

If they just maintain a balance, it won't lead to a tit-for-tat scene at the family meeting.

The starting point of the conflict was... Laurent Ning's head disappeared not long ago.

The only legitimate daughter left by the head of the family is Ilsa Laurenin.

So a meeting began around the issue of inheritance.

To inherit the position of head of the family means to hold power.

Some people support Ilsa to succeed the family head, and naturally there are opponents... The opposition supports the family head's younger brother, Ilsa's biological uncle, to come to power.

A fierce quarrel broke out between the two sides, and even today they have not been able to come to a standard conclusion.

At today's family meeting, the backbone of the two factions' elders were so furious that they almost took action directly.

Until one of the elders said angrily: "Ilsa will get married sooner or later. She has made a marriage contract with the young master of the Bai family. How can she inherit the position of head of the family!"

Originally this marriage contract was the strongest bond between the two parties, but now it has become a weapon used by the other party to attack difficulties.

The elders of the Patriarch Faction also had to cease their activities.

They couldn't make up their minds about this either.

The reason for supporting the family leader is because Bai Potian and Donghuang Group are behind the family leader faction, but this does not mean that they are willing to hand over the family to Donghuang.

"Then cancel the engagement."

Ilsa, who was sitting in the position of the head of the family and acting as the acting head of the family, spoke up.

In front of all the elders, she repeated loudly: "When the other party comes, I will personally explain that this engagement is abandoned!"

Chapter 775: Who said the engagement was going to be broken off?

Deep in the manor, under a banyan tree, there is a swing hanging.

This is the deepest part of the manor, with almost no one approaching.

The swing was swinging, and a woman in a long skirt sat on the wooden frame, her body swaying, ups and downs.

The elders waiting on the side looked at this scene and thought that the eldest lady was still a child at heart.

It's quiet here late at night, and watching the eldest lady swinging alone, she doesn't look very beautiful, but looks desolate and lonely, which arouses a bit of sympathy for him, an old man in the family.

After a while, the elder spoke.

"Miss..."

"Huh?" He cast a glance from the swing, with a hint of scrutiny in his dark red eyes.

"On behalf of the head of the family." The elder changed his words.

The swing stopped shaking a lot and slowed down a lot. Ilsa said calmly: "Speak directly and don't beat around the bush. I know that as you have just inherited the position of head of the family, it is inevitable that some people will find trouble in secret."

"I support you in inheriting the position of head of the family, but what was said at the meeting was too absolute." The elder asked tentatively: "Do you really want to break off the engagement?"

"The engagement was in name only."

"Donghuang seeks fame, Laurent seeks truth... If you lose this status, the assistance from Donghuang will be cut off in the future, and the biggest support behind you will be cut off. Those family elders will reconsider. The elder analyzed seriously: "Furthermore, once the engagement is cancelled, the nobles behind them will no longer be afraid... They have invested so much before and will never stop until Laurent is wiped out."

"I understand everything you said." Ilsa tilted her head: "But there is no best way to solve this matter. If I cannot inherit the position of the head of the family and let my uncle take the position of the head of the family, the result will be the same. , or even worse.”

"He will send me to Rome as quickly as possible, using the excuse of completing the engagement, and he will not care whether my father is dead or alive after his disappearance...if he leaves it in my hands, at least it can last for some time, Laurent It may decay, but it won’t be swallowed up in one bite.”

The elder suggested: "You can be conceited. After inheriting the position of acting head of the family, you can delay the completion of the engagement... ten or eight years is not too short."

"It could have been like this." Ilsa suddenly stopped swinging on the swing: "But the problem is that the young master from Donghuang is really here..."

"What?" the elder said in surprise, "When did it happen?"

"I guess it will be the middle of winter in the next two days." Ilsa took out a letter and threw it to the elder: "President Melusina of Donghuang had already sent a letter to the family, which mentioned this matter. If he comes to Midwinter, he will definitely come to the Laurentian family. By then, the engagement will no longer be a verbal agreement and will be confirmed... If the engagement is not cancelled, this incident will become an excuse for my uncle's group to attack me. "

After the elder read it, he felt that it was an unlucky thing to come, but he also felt that the other party's coming was reasonable.

The two parties have a cooperative relationship, there is no need to avoid suspicion, and the Queen's birthday is coming, so it is normal to come here.

But to cancel the engagement so directly, or to cancel it when the other party came to see his fiancée... It was a slap in Dong Huang's face.

Bai Potian is a businessman, and although he doesn't care much about his face, he is a saint, and he is the kind of saint who is particularly good at fighting.

More importantly, he protects the calf.

His love of finding wives for his grandsons was well known in Rome, even in the dead of winter.

Although few people in Rome have seen Bai Yu, they all know that Bai Potian only has one grandson. The Bai family is such a single grandson, so it is impossible not to love him very much.

If Ilsa breaks off the engagement, even if Bai Potian doesn't mind, how will the young master of Donghuang feel? He can't be slapped like the Dragon Prince but say he has to endure it, right?

Even if the Dragon Prince chooses to endure it, it would still be a slap to his wife... But you haven't gone through with it yet.

The more the elder thought about it, the more he felt that this could not be done. He advised, "If we get Donghuang's support, we may not be able to suppress other objections."

Ilsa said calmly: "It's the middle of winter here. I can leave, but what about my missing father?"

"Donghuang's deterrent power is useless in the middle of winter. The real deterrent power is canonization."

"But Mr. Bai is not here, otherwise uncle and the others would not dare to be so presumptuous."

"What they are fighting for is the time difference..."

The elder still wanted to struggle and asked, "Is there really no way?"

"If that young master from Donghuang had Grandpa Bai's ability, maybe it would be possible, but unfortunately..."

Ilsa shook her head and sighed. As far as she knew, the young master from Donghuang was less than twenty years old. She could not expect him to have the prestige and ability to conquer the entire family.

At this time, a maid walked into the courtyard.

"Miss, elder... guests have arrived."

"Where did the guest come from?" The elder waved his hand: "If he is not a distinguished guest, let him go back."

"They are the president of Donghuang from Rome, and... the young master of the Bai family."

The elder was stunned, and immediately looked at Ilsa, thinking that this must have happened too soon.

The woman jumped off the swing and said calmly: "Let's go, we can't keep the guests waiting."

The elder sighed silently, wondering how a good marriage could end up like this.

Ilsa didn't mind this at all.

It turns out that Laurent borrowed a name, and the engagement was originally in name only.

When her father comes back, she will bear the consequences of breaking off the engagement.

There are always people who have to make sacrifices for the family, and I owe the family so much that I can't even repay it in five hundred years.

……

"Is this the Laurentian family?"

"That's right." Melusina noticed Bai Yu's strange eyes and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"No." Bai Yu looked at the family emblem on the steel gate: "I always feel that this emblem looks quite familiar."

He thought he had seen something similar somewhere, and the similarity was about 50% to 60%.

For a moment, I couldn't remember exactly where I saw it.

But soon it was too late to dwell on this issue.

People from the Laurent family came to greet them. They all had foreign faces, and Bai Yu couldn't really tell them apart.

When distinguished guests come to visit, they must also show enough sincerity to entertain them, at least they must have pomp and ceremony.

While Bai Yu was listening to Melusina chatting with the elders of the Lorenning family with a cold business expression on her face, a dinner party was already arranged.

At the banquet, Bai Yu was forced to stand and shake hands with a group of complete strangers.

"This is the young master of the Donghuang family. He is really a talented person."

"Hello, Mr. Bai. Mr. Bai Potian and I are old friends. You and I need to get close to each other."

"Master Bai, I have a niece who can sing, dance, and play the piano. She admires Daxia very much. If you are interested, take her with you when you return..."

Everyone who said good things had a smile on their face, and looked very satisfied and valued Bai Yu.

Bai Yu complained in his heart, even though he was a fat man weighing 280 pounds, panting when walking, with a face full of flesh, they were still able to say what they just said without changing their expression or heartbeat, as if they were sincere.

This is the charming moment of power and status.

It doesn't matter what kind of person Bai Yu is, all you need to know is that he is Donghuang's successor. Even if he crosses the ocean and crosses the country, there are still many people who are eager to please him.

Bai Yu felt more and more that it was the right thing for him to never participate in banquets of any nature when he was in Rome, and never show up in public.

Melusina is very adaptable to this kind of banquet performance, which also means that she has experienced this kind of flattery and approach with ulterior motives countless times.

clap clap clap...

The sudden applause changed the atmosphere of the banquet.

A middle-aged man entered the banquet living room, and then approached very enthusiastically: "The president and young master of Donghuang Group are here to welcome us. It's hard to welcome us from afar."