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Chapter 104 The Coveted Lizzie

As Angel predicted, the next afternoon, Earl Balotelli entered the Balotelli family's mansion in an inconspicuous four-wheeled carriage, accompanied by only the coachman and two warrior guards.

The one who was most pleased with Earl Balotelli's arrival was Hill's cousin Lennie. He is not even qualified to go out to socialize, and it is impossible to find a reason to go out, so he can only live a prison life without freedom.

But Earl Balotelli was not in the mood to appease Lennie at all at the moment, and sent him back to the room after a few perfunctory words. Then, without taking a break, he directly called Hill to his side, and in front of Angel's Asked about Li Qi.

Hill guessed that his grandfather had already found out about Li Qi's background, so he didn't try to hide it, and directly revealed the relationship between her and Ki Qi's siblings, and frankly admitted that she was now living in his own mansion.

"I heard that you have a close relationship with her, and you even have plans to talk about marriage?" Earl Balotelli raised his eyebrows and asked.

"It's just a plan at the moment, my lord grandfather." Hill replied indifferently.

Angleton frowned, and was about to interrupt, but Earl Balotelli's next sentence made him slightly startled, and he couldn't help but shut his mouth.

"In that case, why don't you bring her to me and introduce her to me?" Earl Balotelli said meaningfully.

"Grandfather, that's just my personal plan." Hill emphasized calmly, "I haven't fully confirmed Miss Lizzy's intentions yet, nor have I received Father's approval."

"Angel, do you disagree with this marriage?" Count Balotelli looked at Angel beside him.

"Yes, Father, I still have doubts about that young lady's background." Angel replied bluntly.

"It's just the sister of two magicians. This kind of background is really not good enough, but..." Earl Balotelli pondered for a moment, then changed his voice and continued, "Anyway, show me this lady first. See, it's up to me to see if she's qualified to be Hill's partner."

"It's inappropriate to invite her over suddenly, isn't it? After all, she's just a guest, not your granddaughter-in-law." Before Hill could respond, Angel had already answered, "Anyway, it's almost time for dinner. Wouldn't it be more appropriate for you to rest for a while and then meet her directly at dinner?"

"That's true." Earl Balotelli also realized that he was too eager to avoid suspicion, so he nodded immediately and accepted Angel's proposal.

But before Earl Balotelli got up, the butler in the mansion hurriedly knocked on the door and walked in, glanced hesitantly at his real master Angel, and finally said directly to the three generations of Balotelli members: "Count My lord, Master Angel, Master Hill, the Lucifer family sent someone to pick up Miss Lizzy."

Hearing this sentence, the three of them couldn't help being stunned.

—Has Moriarty returned to the imperial capital?It seems that no one has heard of it!

Hill was puzzled, but his face remained calm, he glanced at his father and grandfather, and after getting their signal, he turned to the housekeeper and asked, "Which one of the Lucifer family sent someone here?" ?”

"They claim to be the servants of His Excellency the Marquis Lucifer." The butler replied.

Hill immediately remembered the two maids who brought him to Moriarty, so he ordered: "Let Lucy go and entertain them first, and I will personally report this matter to Miss Lizzy."

"Obey, master." Seeing that Count Balotelli and Angel had no doubts, the butler bowed to accept the order and left the room.

As soon as he left, Count Balotelli immediately frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"The Marquis Lucifer seems to want to take Miss Lizzy as his adopted daughter, and it should be for this reason that he picked her up." Hill replied.

"Why didn't you tell me just now?" Earl Balotelli asked unhappily.

"This matter is still being kept secret, and Miss Lizzy only shared it with me out of trust." Hill replied lightly.

"You should let her refuse." Count Balotelli said in a deep voice.

"My lord grandfather, who can reject that Marquis Lucifer, who dares to reject that Marquis Lucifer?" Hill shrugged meaningfully, "I'm very sorry, my lord grandfather, my lord father, I Now go to Miss Li Qi, tell her about this matter, please allow me to leave."

After finishing speaking, Hill ignored the anger on Count Balotelli's face, and left the room.

Li Qi was currently reading documents in the library of the mansion.Since coming to Yasha, Hill didn't take her out again, but opened the library at home to her, allowed her to read the books and documents in it, and arranged for a versatile female tutor who specialized in art cultivation. Guide her together.

Li Qi is also very aware of her flaws. Although she has almost perfect marks in behavior, she is far from the true background that a noble girl should have. It is easy to reveal her shallowness and emptiness when she speaks.When she was in Yani City, she had been ridiculed openly or secretly because of her lack of culture. Now that Hill gave her a chance to learn, she would naturally not let it go.

Hill had to admit that Lizzy was smart. Although she often used it in the wrong place, as long as her interest was aroused, she would display her outstanding talent, absorbing knowledge into her body like a sponge absorbing water.

"Miss Lizzie." Hill coughed lightly.When he pushed the door, Li Qi glanced at him, but immediately turned her gaze away pretending to be focused.

"Mr. Hill?" Lizzie put down the document, and smiled pleasantly as if she had just discovered Hill came in.

Hill smiled slightly, and didn't expose Li Qi's innocuous affectation. He walked up to her and chatted with her about the documents in her hand in a calm manner.

But Li Qi was far less patient than Hill, and soon couldn't hold back and asked, "Is there a guest? I saw that the servants in the mansion seemed to have gone to greet someone."

"It's not a guest, it's my grandfather." Hill said with a faint smile.

"Ah!" Lizzie sighed in feigned surprise, but Hill could see that she didn't realize that her grandfather's arrival had any special meaning to her.

"I was going to introduce you to him at dinner, but..." Hill stopped deliberately as he spoke.

"What happened?" Li Qi suddenly became nervous.

"Marquis Lucifer sent someone here, it seems that he wants to pick you up." Hill replied with a little helplessness.

"Ah!" Li Qi suddenly showed a look of surprise, as if she didn't expect that Moriarty would send someone to pick her up at this time.

"I've asked Lucy to confirm the identity of the visitor. If it's really from the Marquis Lucifer... Do you want to go with them?" Hill asked tentatively.

Li Qi hesitated for a moment, and quickly said apologetically, "I've already made an appointment with His Excellency the Marquis, but I didn't expect it to be so soon... I'm sorry, Mr. Hill, I'm going over."

"It's okay, I understand, I will personally send you there." Hill nodded understandingly, "Our affairs also need His Excellency the Marquis' approval and...help."

Saying that, Hill stretched out his hand and took Lizzy's hand in his.

Lizzie immediately lowered her head shyly, but didn't take her hand away from Hill's.

——This shy expression is getting more and more proficient.

While Hill secretly cursed, he resisted the urge to shake Lizzy's hand from his own.

Although Li Qi's appearance is similar to Kee Qi's, the details are far from perfect.As the eldest daughter of a commoner family, no matter how much she is favored, she will inevitably do some rough work. Lizzy does not have supernatural powers like Keech. Although she is well maintained, there are still some marks on her body that are inevitable—— For example, although the hands look fair and delicate, they are not slender enough, and the knuckles are obviously thick.

Hill was patiently flirting with Lizzy, when a maid knocked on the door and came in, bringing Lucy's confirmation—it was the two maids beside Moriarty who came to pick up Lizzy.

Hill stopped procrastinating immediately and took Li Qi to the front hall.

Moriarty's two maids stood in the front hall of Balotelli's house in an orderly manner, adhering to their duties as servants, and did not sit on the sofa chair like ordinary guests.Seeing Hill and Lizzy appear, the two maids immediately curtseyed and greeted Hill and Lizzy with perfect smiles.

"You two are welcome." Hill stepped forward and said with a smile, "You two are the envoys of His Excellency the Marquis, and are naturally our distinguished guests of the Balotelli family—by the way, Your Excellency the Marquis has returned to Assia yet?"

"Yes, it's been a long time since I came back." The tall maid replied with a smile, and the one who didn't speak also smiled.

For some reason, Hill always felt that these two women looked at him rather strangely, but it didn't seem like the normal obsession of a young girl with a handsome man, but rather the kind of ambiguity that often occurs when noble ladies pass on gossip. pretentious gesture.

Thinking of the owners of these two people, Hill couldn't help but gasped, calmed down quickly, and continued to ask why they came as if he didn't feel it, "Are you two here to pick up Miss Lizzie?"

"Yes, Mr. Hill, I think we have made our intention very clear." The slightly shorter maid replied.

"Of course, but, isn't it too urgent to leave today? Can't Miss Lizzie prepare for a few more days?" Hill asked tentatively.He didn't care when Li Qi left, and he asked this question only as a gesture of retention, and by the way, to find out Moriarty's real intentions.

"It seems that there is nothing to prepare, right? Anyway, Miss Lizzy's most important things are on her body, so it doesn't matter if you leave with us right away?" The slightly shorter maid turned her head and asked her companion.

The tall maid nodded immediately, "Yes, anyway, the master has everything there, so she doesn't need to prepare it herself."

"Yes, yes." The slightly shorter maid turned her head and said to Hill with a smile, "Look, can we leave now?"

"Do you really need to be in such a hurry?" Hill laughed, "At least let Miss Lizzy go back and change her clothes!"

"Of course, we must take Miss Lizzy away as soon as possible." The tall maid said solemnly, "If we delay, Miss Lizzy will turn from the first wife to the second wife!"

Hill was taken aback when he heard this, and before he could think deeply, the slightly shorter maid nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, it's disgusting to be coveted by an old man of that age! Your Excellency the Marquis doesn't want his adopted daughter to suffer that badly." thing!"

——What does this mean, are they implying that Grandpa has something wrong with Li Qi?

After being stunned for a moment, Hill immediately had a thought that even made him feel sick, and his expression changed immediately.

"Two, please be careful." Hill lowered his face and warned the two maids.

Moriarty's two maids shrugged noncommittally, but did not continue talking.It's just that their voices are not low at all, and there are other servants of the Balotelli family in the living room. I believe it will not take long before it will spread and reach the ears of Angel and Count Balotelli himself.

In order to prevent the two maids from continuing to talk nonsense, Hill didn't dare to talk to them anymore, and immediately asked them to wait in the living room, while he brought Lucy and accompanied Lizzy back to the room to pack his luggage.

As Moriarty's two maids said, there wasn't much luggage in Lizzie's room that had to be taken away, but it wasn't easy for Hill to watch by her side, so she only let Lucy follow Lizzie to work, Sitting on a chair in the living room, he pondered the hidden meaning behind the words of the two maids.

Although neither of them named them, but on the territory of Balotelli's family, who else could covet Li Qi's old man besides his grandfather?What's more, those two people also pointed out the word stepmother.

Hill didn't think that his mother, who couldn't be healthier, would have an accident in vain recently. Even if it was really so unfortunate, his father would never easily marry his stepmother, let alone Lizzy.Only the grandfather, who became a widower more than ten years ago, has always been full of longing for the power of the Chimera family.Although my grandfather definitely doesn't know how the power of the Chimera family is passed on, this unknown will not reduce his greed, on the contrary, it will only make him have more unrealistic expectations.

——Power, of course, is best if you hold it in your own hands!

Hill secretly sneered.

Although what Moriarty's two maids said sounded completely groundless and more like sowing discord, but thinking of Moriarty's mysterious power and the consistent behavior of his grandfather Count Balotelli, Hill Involuntarily, the balance of trust is tilted towards the former.

——He really shouldn't have the slightest expectation of his grandfather.

Hill played with the magic ring that Kiki gave him on his finger, and calculated quietly.

Soon, Lucy helped Li Qi pack her luggage and followed her out of the bedroom.

Hill also put away his thoughts, showed a gentle chuckle again, stood up, and stretched out his right hand to Li Qi.

"I'll see you off, Miss Lizzie." Hill said with a smile.