After signing the name, the contract paper gave off a faint shimmer, and then delicate light-colored patterns appeared on the entire paper. These patterns blocked the writing, but did not affect reading. However, it also meant that it could no longer be changed or added.
and scratching out will destroy these delicate patterns.
After that, Angus started to explain some things while he was still awake, including who could be trusted in the Chamber of Commerce, who had the ability but lack of character, etc.
After the explanation, his symptoms of coughing up blood became more and more serious, and he was about to die.
"Can I ask you a final question?" Lorraine Hill looked at the dying father.
"You tell me."
"Why do you trust me so much? We have only met once before. What if I am an assassin?" Lorraine Hill expressed the question in his heart.
"Haha...cough cough..." He spat out blood and then raised his head.
"I think it would be foolish to trust others after being together for a long time."
"Rather than trusting friendship and family ties, I believe in long-term and reliable interests."
"People's hearts can change. Maybe he swears by you today, but will leave you tomorrow."
"I am a businessman and I value profits. My opponents are also businessmen and they value profits more than me."
"It's not that I look down on them. If they can afford an assassin like you, then I'm totally convinced. I have nothing to say."
"But, will that group of people hire an assassin like you? No, I've traveled all over the country, and I haven't seen any kind of person. People like you, both in appearance and knowledge, are rare. I have never encountered them in my life.
"Excuse me. This is like two gangsters fighting. Would one of them hire the king's daughter to be a thug? If he could afford it, would he still fight with each other?"
"So, I believe that you have nothing to do with them, and I also believe that you will keep your promise and protect my remaining children."
The girl still felt a little unbelievable. Does he really believe in his own vision of others? I don't even believe that I am so powerful.
"Okay, after this crisis is over, when your child grows up, I will transfer the property of the Chamber of Commerce to him."
"Thank you, but it doesn't have to be this way." Surprisingly, Angus didn't care whether the property would be returned to his descendants.
"My child is only 10 years old, and I don't know how he will grow up in the future. If he is not successful, giving him such a large fortune will only harm him. This will make him be targeted, and it will be very difficult for him to have insufficient abilities.
It's easy to fall into other people's traps and ruin your life. I just want him to grow up, live a stable life, marry a wife and have children, and stop being like me."
"What if he grows up to be a very capable person?" the girl asked curiously.
"Then there is no need to worry. He will achieve everything by relying on his own strength. Although it is a bit troublesome in the early stage, the satisfaction, pride and sense of accomplishment after success are irreplaceable and will accompany him throughout his life."
"So you only need to protect him until he gets married. As for the property in my name, you can do whatever you want."
"Serres, Chelsea, I have worked hard for you all these years, and I will also trouble you two to assist this respected young lady in front of you."
"We will do it, please don't worry, sir." The butler and head maid next to him looked at Angus, who was taking in less air and letting out more air, with sad acceptance.
"I still have several properties in Hopeland. Can I give each of these two loyal servants one property?" Angus raised his head and looked at Lorraine Hill and asked.
"No problem, after all, it was originally yours." The girl didn't care at all. In her opinion, she could even give more.
"Thank you." Angus handed the tokens, suicide notes and other valuables to Lorraine Hill, and then asked the two servants to stay away from each other. He had something to say to Lorraine Hill alone.
After the butler and the head maid left, Lorraine Hill walked to a stone beside Angus and sat down, looking at the man who was about to die.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
Angus leaned on the boulder and stared at the clouds in the sky. "I never expected that I would end my life here."
"Can you hear my loser story?"
"Um."
"A long time ago, I grew up in the Kingdom of West Wind. Because my father was a baron, I made trouble everywhere and was a bastard boy." He said.
"Until one day I met Elaine's mother. She was a young lady from a declining aristocratic family. Her family's territory was gone, and the family could only live in poverty."
"At that time, I laughed at her parents for making a fool of themselves just to show their respect. I thought she would be very angry, but she ignored me."
Angus's eyes were a little dazed. "So I teased her, called her ugly, and used bugs to scare her."
"But she remained unmoved and continued to sit under the tree and read a book. Her demure look suddenly moved my heart."
"I'm curious as to why she's not angry and whether she has anything to be proud of."
"I inquired about people around me and learned that their family is actually very poor. Her mother is a vain person. She often loses her temper because she is not satisfied, and she often throws heat on her at home."
"Under normal circumstances, most such children will become timid, withdrawn, and have weird temperaments."
"But she didn't. I was very surprised, so I finally ran over and asked her one day."
"She answered me that my mother was the unpopular fourth lady in the family in her early years, so she was particularly concerned about face, because it hurt her heart and left a gap, so she was eager to fill the wound."
"But won't your heart be hurt if your mother beats and scolds you like this? I asked curiously."
"Yes, I will be sad and want to cry, but I don't want to be that person. At that time, she was sitting under the window sill, and it seemed as if light was shining on her."
"From that moment on, I fell in love with her."
"I pursued her feverishly, confessed to her, and wanted her to accept me, but she didn't agree to it."
"I didn't understand and asked why. She said she didn't want to marry a playboy. I told her that I loved her more than anything else."
"But she still rejected me. Why, I asked again. She said that even if I really love her, it won't work, because people will change, especially a noble child like me who relies on my family."
"Everything I have comes from my family, and I don't have much ability. If I forcefully get married, my elders and relatives will make irresponsible remarks and interfere constantly. I can't refute it and won't be affected by it, because I have to rely on my family for my life. This kind of
If the relationship cannot be severed, there will be no right to speak."
"Even if you get married, your life will be very tiring. Sooner or later, both of you will get tired and change your mind."
"I couldn't refute her at that time, so I tried my best to find ways to make money."
"A person with no experience suddenly wanted to make a lot of money. As a result, I failed completely and was imprisoned by my father for a month."
"After I came out, I tried to make some small money again, the kind that didn't rely on my family and only relied on myself."
"I was good at arithmetic, so I helped those merchants prepare reports. Until one day I heard that her parents were planning to marry her off in exchange for money."
"I couldn't help it anymore, so I ran to her house, met secretly, and proposed to her again. At that time, I was no longer favored by my family, I was left out, and I had no expectations."
"But what I didn't expect was that she agreed to me this time. She said that at least I am now a person who can live independently."
"So she married me without hesitation, a brat in the eyes of outsiders, and lied that she was pregnant, so that her parents had to agree, because if she is not a virgin, other nobles will not marry her."
"After she gave birth to a daughter for me, her health was severely damaged and she passed away within a few years. Later, I was framed because of my brothers fighting over the family property, so I had to move away from home and temporarily fostered Elaine at that time.
At a friend’s house.”
"What happened after that was nothing. This bastard got some bad luck, made money, and was ready to pick up his daughter to live with him again. Then the farce ended abruptly on the way home."