Chapter 16: The Lawson Family

Ethan stayed at Lili's house until dawn before leaving.

During this period, Lili kept inviting Ethan to her room on the grounds that if she didn’t provide services, she wouldn’t feel comfortable taking the money.

Ethan declined. However, before leaving, he went to Lili's room.

Of course it was not for that matter, but to wake Lili up and give her instructions again.

After confirming that everything was correct, he returned to his hotel.

When he returned to the hotel, he found a carriage parked at the door, with the Lawson family's giant bear emblem hanging on it.

The person who came to pick him up was the Angus knight whom he had met last night.

Knight Angus looked at Ethan returning from outside and frowned, but immediately let go and said with a smile:

"I was just curious about why you weren't in the hotel. It turns out you went out. Are you going to do something unfaithful to the lady?"

"If I said that I was chased by a killer all night, would you believe it?" Ethan replied with a smile.

"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not!" Knight Angus opened the car door for Ethan: "Please get in the car! The lady is waiting for you!"

"Thank you! You are such a gentleman!" With that, Ethan got into the carriage.

Angus followed suit and sat directly opposite Ethan. After letting the groom set off, Angus looked at Ethan carefully.

"There is no injury or fatigue, but there is a smell of blood on him. It seems that you have solved the killer!"

Ethan knew he couldn't hide it from Angus, but he didn't want to say more, so he said vaguely: "I almost got a slash on the back!" He wanted to end the topic as soon as possible.

"Oh! Is that really true?" Knight Angus smiled, making it impossible to tell what he was really thinking: "It takes a whole night to draw a sword?"

These words completely aroused Ethan's alert, and his intuition told him that there was something wrong with Angus!

Otherwise, there is no reason to inquire so deeply and think in such detail.

"Actually, I went shopping with him all night. He was very patient, but my patience is no worse than him." Ethan still answered vaguely, without revealing any specific details.

"Oh! That's so interesting. Two grown men actually go shopping together at night!" Angus said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ethan also laughed and thought to himself: There is definitely something wrong with Angus. He did not say whether the killer was a man or a woman. How could he dare to say for sure that they were two grown men?

Either they were working together, or Angus already knew about the killer.

However, Ethan did not clarify it and did not want to talk to Angus about the killer. Instead, he said: "Knight Angus, you smell of my fiancée's perfume, and although you take good care of your hair, you still have some..." Clutter.

I think you must have been very busy last night.

Of course, I'm not jealous, I just want to remind you that the wedding ring on your finger is beautiful!

If you dye your wedding ring, trust me, from what I know about aristocrats, you will also have a green hat on your head.

Because I can find it, it proves that your wife can also find it.

Instead of caring about my affairs, you should care more about your wife! "

After hearing this, Angus's smile suddenly froze, and he turned into a serious face without saying a word.

Ethan was satisfied that Angus had shut up, so he leaned against the carriage and squinted for a while.

I don’t know how long the carriage traveled, maybe a day, maybe a year, maybe a minute. When Ethan woke up, he found that he had arrived at the Lawson family’s manor in Marlow City.

This is a huge stone building with five floors, all blue, with thousands of square meters of grass and even a fountain, showing elegance and luxury.

When Ethan got off the carriage, he saw Angelina dressed up and waiting for him at the door.

Along with her, there were dozens of men and women dressed as nobles, probably members of the Lawson family.

Ethan was a little confused when he saw so many people at once.

"What is this for?"

Seeing Ethan standing stupidly, Angelina stepped forward and took Ethan's arm.

"You're finally here! The dress has been prepared for you. Today is our engagement party."

"So urgent? Didn't you say I just came to see your sister today?" Ethan was really surprised.

"Are there any conflicts between these two things?" Angelina smiled: "This is how our Lawson family behaves. Once we make a decision, we act quickly and never delay. Once you get familiar with it, you will get used to it!"

"Haha!" Ethan smiled: "Indeed, just seeing you coming to see me in person, I should have guessed that this would be the case.

But this is good, I like it very much. Where is the dress? I'll change it myself! "

"Let's go! Follow me!"

…

Under the service of several maids, Ethan took a nice bath and put on the noble's loose robes.

After cleaning up and looking decent, he attended the engagement party with Angelina.

The engagement banquet in this world is also very simple. An old priest will bless the two people and it's over.

Then comes the banquet, where everyone can get to know each other.

Ethan kept smiling and followed Angelina along the way to meet people.

Every time someone is introduced, they have to stop for a while to chat and compliment each other. By the end of the circle, it is almost dark.

But after this round, Ethan saw some clues.

That is, although there were many nobles attending the banquet, most of them were local nobles from Maro City, and there were not many members of the Lawson family.

Even the few people who came were all unimportant people from the side branches, and the real core of the Lawson family was not seen.

Even Angelina's parents did not show up.

And, I don't know if it was an illusion, Angelina was obviously the eldest daughter of the viscount, but Ethan felt that she seemed to have a miserable life, and even the maids dared to order her to do this and that.

Ethan still remembered that after taking a bath, Angelina said that there was a belt missing from her dress.

This was originally just a small matter, and she could just go and get another one.

But the maid didn't do her job well, and blamed Angelina for being too talkative, and like the master, she ordered Angelina to go upstairs to get one.

The key point is that Angelina was not angry, and she really went.

This was far beyond Ethan's expectations. He couldn't help but think of his status at home when he was also not as good as a dog, and he felt a sense of sympathy.

So, he called Angelina, then walked out of the bath naked, slapped the maid hard, and knocked out several of her teeth.

Now the maid was obedient and knew what to do immediately.

After a while, she brought a belt with a swollen face, and the matter finally came to an end.

During the banquet, Ethan and Angelina walked to a deserted place and said with a wry smile:

"Does the family look down on you or me? Based on today's situation, it is hard for me to believe your promise to me!"

Although Angelina looked indifferent, her tone of voice could not hide her disappointment.

"I guess it's both! So you have to do your best! Manage the territory well, and then give them a slap in the face, and let me vent my anger and make them look down on me! Humph!

Of course, you don't have to worry. What I promised you will not go wrong, because this is led by my sister, and she is the most popular person in the family!"

"It's rare that you get angry." Ethan smiled. For some reason, when Angelina asked him to do his best, he thought she was still quite cute: "It's okay for you to do my best, but can you agree to one condition of mine?"

"You say!"

"I beg you, if you like strong men, just find one or two, and keep them fixed, don't cast your net everywhere." For the sake of his future reputation, Ethan still spoke his mind.

Angelina opened her innocent eyes wide: "What's the difference?"

"Of course there is!" Ethan said helplessly: "If you have only one or two people, people will at most say that you are not behaving properly.

This is also very common in the aristocratic circle. Everyone does this, and it's not surprising. I guess no one will gossip about it.

But if you want to cast a net everywhere, the nature is different.

After all, I am your nominal husband. It's okay for you to wear this green hat on me. When I come back, every man will see me with a smirk and call me a comrade-in-arms. My little heart can't stand it."

"Haha!" Angelina laughed: "Okay! If you help me slap those old men in the face, I will not touch any other man except you in the future!"

"No, no, no!" Ethan quickly stopped the oath: "It's still the old rules. You play yours and I play mine. We are just nominal husbands. As long as you don't embarrass me too much!"

"Deal!" Angelina smiled and said: "I'll take you to see my sister now. She has been waiting for you upstairs for a long time."