Chapter 2 Chapter One

Mengley sat in the back of the car, while Robb and his daughter Grey sat in the front.Ge Li was thirteen years old, with a short and fat body like a winter melon, and she was eating snacks non-stop at the moment.Gray moved her thin legs a little so that she could sit more comfortably among Grey's pile of luggage.During this trip, Ge Li brought six suitcases with the same style and expensive prices.They couldn't fit in the trunk of the car, so they had to squeeze in the back seat with Gray. "Daddy," Gerry complained in a voice that sounded like a four-year-old idiot, "she's messing with those beautiful boxes you bought me again."

Gray was so angry that he clenched his fist secretly, and with all his strength, even his nails dug into his palm.Geli never called her by any name or title, just a simple "she" every time. Robb looked back at her, only seeing the fringes of her red hair, "Please, can't you be more careful!" "I didn't scratch anything, okay? There's limited space in the back seat, and I'm not comfortable sitting here." Robb sighed with apparent exhaustion. "Grey, do you have to complain about everything? Why can't we all have a nice vacation?" Grey swallowed with displeasure, and then rubbed her stomach. The stomach pain happened again, but she didn't dare to ask Lobo to stop and let her buy some drinks and take medicine to suppress the stomach discomfort.Looking up, I saw Ge Li smiling triumphantly at her from the vanity mirror on the sun visor.Gray turned her face away and tried to turn her attention to the beautiful scenery of the English countryside, but she remembered the words that Robb had said countless times in her mind. "She's just a child. Her parents are divorced. She rarely sees her father. You should at least show some sympathy. She is really a kind and lovely child."

cute?Kind?At the age of thirteen, she wears more makeup than the twenty-six-year-old Grey.Gerry sat in the front seat because Papa said: She's a baby; besides, it's her first time in England.Robb assigns Grey with the task of studying the map and identifying road signs; however, Grey's sight is completely blocked by Grey's head, but Robb doesn't think that has anything to do with it? Lobb had said that Gray was jealous of Grey and would not share him with anyone; if only she could relax a little, the three of them could enjoy a happy family life.Gray tried to like Ge Li; she and Robb lived together for more than a year, and often took Ge Li to the street shopping.Almost all of Grey's meager salary in elementary school is spent on Ge Li, but she is reluctant to buy any clothes for herself.Night after night, Geli and Robb both go out to enjoy a big meal, while Gray stays alone at Robb's house. Robb's explanation is: there will be time for you two to get to know each other, why rush it?

There are times when Gray really thinks that she and Grey get along; especially when it's just the two of them, Grey can be quite friendly, but as soon as Robb shows up, she turns into a whiner and a liar. The nasty guy who drafts.Geli is five feet two inches tall and weighs one hundred and forty pounds, but she can sit on Robb's lap like a milk baby, crying to him about "her" all kinds of problems.At first, Gray defended herself vigorously. She said that she loved children so much that she chose teaching as a career.However, Robb only believed in Grey; he said that Grey was an innocent and simple child, and it was impossible for him to do the things Grey accused her of, and he even said that he couldn't believe that Grey, as an adult, would so wickedly slander a child.

While silently accepting these reprimands from Robb, Gray was always struggling with two completely different emotions of guilt and anger. All the schoolchildren in her class admired her, but Geli seemed to hate her to the bone.Could it be that Grey is really jealous of Ge Li?Did she really not want to share Robb with her subconsciously? Every time Grey thought about it, she vowed to work harder to make Ge Li like her, so she bought another expensive gift for Ge Li . Paradoxically, she also has angry emotions, so why can't Robb listen to her?Even just once is fine.Couldn't he tell her that her comfort was more important than his daughter's bastard suitcases?Or, he should have told Grey that Grey had a name and a surname, and that Grey couldn't always be called "she" or "hers."So far, though, Robb never seemed to want to be on her side.

Gray didn't dare to offend Robb, because she couldn't get from him what she was looking forward to—a marriage proposal. Her greatest hope in life is to get married, marry a good husband, raise a well-behaved child, and have a happy family.Maybe one day, she'll write a few books about kids, but she doesn't have any desire to be a strong woman. She had bet eighteen months on Robb, because he was such an ideal husband.He was tall, good-looking, well-dressed, and an excellent plastic surgeon.He likes to be tidy, and the clothes he takes off are always hung up. He is not a flirt, and always comes home on time; he is trustworthy, and most importantly, he needs Gray very much.

Robb told her: When he was a child, he didn't enjoy much love; his ex-wife, who divorced him four years ago, was a cold woman who didn't know what love was; He said that he wanted to have a "permanent relationship" with Gray - Gray took it for granted that this meant the two married together - but then, having experienced the pain of the first marriage, he must first Make sure the two can really live together.In other words, he hopes to "trial marriage" first - that is, cohabitation. So Gray moved into his magnificent and expensive big house, and she has been doing all the housework, doing everything to prove to Robb that she is kind, gentle, considerate, and fully capable of being a good wife and mother all conditions.

Living with Robb was almost flawless—except for the nerve-wracking dealings with Gerry, Robb was so energetic that they went out dancing, walking, and biking outings. banquet. Compared with Gray's past dating partners, Robb is really good, so Gray is willing to forgive some of his little eccentricities-mostly related to money, he always "forgot" to bring a Checkbook; buying movie tickets, or paying the bill at a restaurant, he found himself leaving his wallet at home almost every time.If Gray has any complaints, he will bring up the general principles of women in the new era, which means that modern women are rushing to implement "each pays for himself".Then he would kiss Gray very passionately.

Grey knew she could put up with Robb's and that kind of ailment, but Grey was the one who would drive her crazy.According to Lobo, this obese, overbearing, unreasonable, and always open-eyed and nonsense little bastard is the most perfect product on earth.Luo Lei didn't think so, so Luo Bo saw her as an enemy.As long as the three of them were together, it was always Robb and Grey who stood together and Gray who was alone—without exception. Last September, she and Robb officially moved in together.Robb once said: "We're traveling to England in a year's time, and we should know by then." Know whether each other will marry.

For a whole year, Gray spent all his time planning the trip, booking hotels, researching itineraries, learning about local cultural relics and famous scenic spots.Three months before departure, Robb told her that the trip would be a very special surprise for her.As a result, Gray prepared for the trip with extra care, and at the same time mentally looked forward to the upcoming marriage proposal.Three weeks before departure, while she was sorting out Robb's household accounts, she found a bill of five thousand dollars.Payment is made against a jewelry store's paid check. "It must be the engagement ring," she told herself, tears welling up in her eyes.From the expensiveness of this piece of jewelry, it can be seen that even though Luo Bo is usually stingy, he is still very willing when it comes to important events.

For the next few weeks, Gray lived in a cloud.She cooks delicious food for Luobo, works extra hard in bed, and tries her best to please Luobo. Two days before going out, Luo Bo gently bumped the balloon full of happiness in her heart-although it would not break it, it made him a little discouraged.He tallied up Gray's list of expenses for the trip and handed her a torn slip of paper from a calculator. "This is half of you." "Mine?" she asked stupidly. "I'm very aware that modern women see paying their own bills as a priority and don't want to end up being called a southern chauvinistic pig," he laughs. "Oh! Of course!" Gray quickly replied. "It's just that I don't have any money at hand!" "Come on, Gray! Have you spent all the money you make? You should learn to live within your means." Then, in a softer tone, "You'll have money in your family." Gray's stomach suddenly started to hurt.Six months ago, the doctor said that she had symptoms of stomach ulcers, so she was prescribed some medicines to neutralize stomach acid. Gray had told Robb a hundred times about her family.Yes, she was well off—quite rich, in fact—but her father believed that children should be self-reliant.Gray had to support herself until she was thirty-five before she was eligible to inherit the estate.Of course, if there was an emergency, she knew her father would never stand by.It's just that a sightseeing trip to England can hardly be classified as an "emergency". "Grey." Robb's tone was very unhappy. "You've always had a lot of love and support in your family, can't they help you now?" Before Gray could answer, Lobo's attitude changed. He held Gray's hand and raised it to his lips, "Honey, find a way to raise money, okay? I really hope you can go, have a point A very, very special surprise awaits you!" She couldn't muster up the courage to ask her father for help, which would be tantamount to admitting that she was defeated.So she called a relative who lived in Colorado to borrow money.The other party was very straightforward, and immediately remitted the money without interest, but a lecture was inevitable. "He's a surgeon, and you're a poorly paid elementary school teacher. You two have lived together for more than a year, and he wants you to pay half of the travel expenses?" Gray was at a loss for words, how could she say that what she was looking forward to with all her heart was Robb's proposal? In the taxi to the airport, Robb was courteous to her.He patted Gray's neck repeatedly, and finally, Gray had to push him away rather embarrassed, lest the taxi driver keep looking at them strangely. "Did you guess what that surprise was?" Robb asked. "You won the lottery ticket." "Better than that." "You buy a castle, and we will live happily in it for the rest of our lives." "It's so much better than that," he said. "I bet you can't guess what kind of surprise it is." Gray stared at him affectionately, thinking to himself: Will their child have Lobo's blue eyes, or her green eyes?What about the hair?Is it his brown hair or her red hair? "I really can't guess at all!" Gray said sweetly. Robb leaned back in his chair, smiled happily and said, "You'll find out soon." After arriving at the airport, Gray was busy counting the luggage unloaded from the car, while Luo Bo looked around anxiously. When she tipped the porter, Luo Boyan waved his hand at someone vigorously. She hadn't realized what happened . "Daddy!" Gray raised his head upon hearing the sound, and saw Ge Li rushing from the other end, followed by a porter carrying six brand new suitcases. What a coincidence, Gray thought, to meet Ge Li at the airport. "Hi! Ge Li." After the father and daughter hugged each other affectionately, Gray just said, "Are you going out?" Geli and her father almost smiled. "You haven't told her, have you?" said Golly. Luobo finally held back his laughter, and said with a serious expression: "This is my 'surprise' for you." He said while pushing Geli towards Grey. "Isn't it great?" Robb embraces Gray. "My two 'little women' are going to be with me," he said. "Two?" Gray repeated unconsciously. "That's right. Gerry was the surprise. She's coming to England with us." Gray wanted to scream, yell, and say she wasn't going.However, she did nothing. "But we can only book a hotel for two people." These were the words she managed to squeeze out. "No problem, we can ask for an extra bed in the hotel. As long as you have love with you, everything will be easy." He moved his hand away from Grey's shoulder, "Grey, let's get down to business, our father and daughter want to talk about our divorce, please help me Gerry check-in please?" Gray can only nod.She walked up to the counter like a robot; for Ge Li's six large suitcases, she had to pay an overweight fee of two hundred and eighty yuan, and she had to pay the workers a tip. When boarding the plane, Lobo asked Ge Li to sit in the middle, but Ge Li had to sit in the seat near the aisle. He handed Ge Li her ticket. "Please add the cost of this air ticket to the common expenses. In addition, the records in the accounts must be very detailed. My accountant said that the cost of the entire trip can be deducted from the income." "However, this trip is not for business." Robb frowned. "You don't want to nag me again, do you? You just keep the accounts. When you get home, you and I will share all the expenses equally." Gray looked at Geli's plane ticket. "You mean three, right? You, me, and Gerry." Robb gave her a disgusted look, then put his arms around Golly in a protective gesture. "I mean 'you and I share equally'. Ge Li can come, and it's good for you! She can bring you a lot of endless joy." Gray turned her head away and didn't speak anymore. During the long flight time, she buried herself in her book, while Ge Li and Robb played poker happily. In their eyes, she seemed to be no one at all. Now left in the car, Gray couldn't help rubbing her sore stomach again. It had been four days since she came to England, and she tried every means to make herself enjoy the trip happily. On the first night, Grey complained that the extra bed in the hotel was too hard and she slept very uncomfortable, so Robb hugged Grey into their bed and "asked" Grey to sleep on the too hard bed , Gray did not issue any complaints. In fancy restaurants, Geli orders three starters at once so that she can taste each dish, Loper says. "Don't be so stingy, I always thought you were very generous!" Then handed her the bill. Gray had been fighting back all kinds of displeasure because she knew that Robb had an engagement ring worth five thousand dollars in his luggage. After last night, however, Gray's feelings began to change.At the $150 dinner yesterday, Robb gave Geli a long blue velvet brocade box, watching Geli open the brocade box, Grey's heart sank. Ge Li's eyes lit up. "Daddy, it's not my birthday yet." She said softly. "I know, sweetheart." Robb said in a tone of infinite doting: "I just use it to say 'I love you'." Ge Li took out a bracelet inlaid with diamonds and emeralds from the box. Gray made an involuntary whimper; she knew her engagement ring was on Grey's plump wrist. Ge Li raised her hand in a proud gesture. "Did you see it?" "I saw it." She said lightly. Later, in the hallway outside their room, Robb had a fit of rage. "Ge Li showed you her love in order to take this opportunity to narrow the distance between you. But you are cold and indifferent. You hurt her self-esteem." "The five thousand yuan you spent was to buy this bracelet, right? She is still a child, so you gave her a diamond bracelet?" "Ge Li is young, beautiful, and of course qualified to wear beautiful jewelry. Besides, it is my money. We are not married yet, and you have no rights to 'my' money." "Will we get married? Will there be a day?" Gray asked, pressing his arm. Luobo shook off her hand, "Unless you behave generously, there is little hope. I always thought you were different, but only now did I know that you are an emotionless person just like my mother. How do you use that?" If I treat my daughter with such an attitude, I’m afraid she’s already crying to death, and I have to comfort her.” After he finished speaking, he walked into the room angrily. Gray leaned against the wall limply. "Jade will dry her tears," she whispered. Sitting in the back seat, she was surrounded by piles of Geli's luggage, without a romantic proposal, and without a dazzling engagement ring. What's more sad, in the next month, she had to act as Robb and his wife. The domineering secretary and maid, at this moment, she really doesn't know what to do?However, the idea of ​​buying a plane ticket to go home is quite attractive to her. However, looking at Luobo's back, she couldn't help but feel a throbbing pain in her heart. If she left Luobo, would he feel betrayed—just like when his mother and ex-wife left him back then? "Grey!" Robb yelled, "Where is the church? You should look at the map and tell me the direction. I can't be the driver and the navigator at the same time!" Gray flipped through the map in his hand, trying to see the road signs clearly from the side of Ge Li's big head. "Right here!" she said. "Turn right." Robb turned the car onto a narrow English country road with overgrown vines.The road leads to a remote village - called Ehipoldet.From the looks of it, Ash Bolton appears to have remained unchanged for hundreds of years. "There is a church built in the thirteenth century, and an Elizabethan earl is buried in it." Gray found such information in his notebook. "The earl's name was Denika, and he died in 1564 in Nishihara." "Are we going to visit the church again?" Ge Li said dejectedly, "I'm tired of seeing one broken church after another, why can't I go and see some other places?" "I was told I wanted to visit historical sites," Gray said in a sour tone. Lobo parked the car in front of the church, then looked back at Grey, "Grey's words are very reasonable, you don't need to lose your temper. I really regret bringing you here." "Bring me?" Grey said; but he had turned his head and put his arms around Grey. "I paid for everything myself," she said softly, as if talking to herself. Gray did not follow their father and daughter into the church.She stayed outside, lingering in front of the collapsed tombstones. "Hi." Gray, who was in deep thought, was suddenly startled by the sound.Turning around, she found that Ge Li was standing behind her, the diamond-encrusted bracelet on her wrist sparkling in the sun. "What are you going to do?" Gray asked suspiciously. "You hate me, don't you?" Golly chewed. Gray sighed. "I don't hate you, why don't you visit the church?" "I think it's so boring to be in there! This coat of yours is so beautiful and looks quite expensive. Did your rich family buy it for you?" Gray looked at her for a few seconds, then turned away without a word. "Wait a minute," Geli called out loudly. Grey turned around and saw Ge Li fell to the ground. She let out a long sigh and went over to help Ge Li up. Who knew that she burst into tears, and Grey had to pat her on the shoulder lightly.Seeing the bruise on her arm, Gray could only pat her on the shoulder lightly.Seeing the scrape on her arm, Gray said: "It shouldn't hurt too much. Put the novice exercise on the injured hand, and the pain will disappear." "You hate me!" Ge Li said, "Daddy said, you thought he used the five thousand dollars to buy you an engagement ring." Gray withdrew his hand, and at the same time his whole body was shocked. "Why does he have such an idea?" Ge Li leaned on her sideways. "Nothing can be hidden from Daddy, he knows that you thought that surprise was that he was going to propose to you; he also knows that you thought that the check was for buying an engagement ring. For this matter, Daddy and my belly It hurts from laughing." Gray began to tremble all over. Ge Li smiled maliciously, "Daddy said, you are a nuisance, you are always beside him and peeping at him with those bull eyes. He also said, if it weren't for your good performance in bed, He dumped you long ago." Finally, Grey couldn't help it, and stretched out her hand to slap Ge Li hard. Just then Robb came out of the church.Ge Li shouted all the way and ran to her father's arms. "She hit me!" cried Geli, "and grabbed my arm." "God! Grey!" Robb looked shocked. "I can't believe you'd do something like that and beat a child, you!" "Son! I've had enough of that 'child' you called! I've also had enough of your arrogance and doting on her! I've had enough of the torture you two have given me!" Robb glared at her, "You are narrow-minded and have no capacity to speak of; however, along the way, we still tolerate you in every possible way, and everything is based on making you happy." "That's not the case at all! Everything you do is for Ge Li." Tears welled into Grey's eyes. "You father and daughter even laughed at me behind my back." "It's all caused by your own imagination. Since you are so unhappy with us, you might as well go your own way." After finishing speaking, he turned around and took Ge Li's hand, and both of them walked towards each other. The car in front of the church. "That's right! I'm planning to go home." Gray said as she bent down to pick up the purse that had just been dropped.Who knows, it disappeared.Gray looked around, but still couldn't see it. When she looked up, she heard the sound of the engine starting. Robb was about to drive away—leave her alone! She ran towards the gate, but the car was already driving away.What surprised Grey the most was that Ge Li stretched out her hand from the car window—it was actually Grey's purse dangling in her hand! Gray ran wildly, but couldn't keep up with the four-wheeled car after all. She was in a daze, her body was stiff and weak, and she walked back to the church.Now alone in a foreign country with no money, no credit cards, no passport, and especially sad because the man she loved also left her minutes ago. The two oak doors of the church were wide open, and Gray walked in slowly, the face was cold, damp, and a little dark.With tears in her eyes, she walked forward step by step.The sun shines through the old window lattice, shining on her hair, and on the white marble tomb on the left.Gray walked towards the stone tomb while thinking about what to do next. On the white tomb pedestal lay a life-size stone sculpture. It was a man wearing a piece of armor on his upper body and a pair of strange-looking shorts on his lower body. in the armpits. "Denikai." Gray read out the words engraved on the marble aloud. "Lord Savick." All of a sudden, Gray felt a wave of weakness all over her body, and her knees no longer had the strength to support her body weight. She fell to the ground, her hands resting weakly on the stone tomb, and her forehead rested on the cold marble. Gray's tears rolled down his cheeks, and sobs kept coming from the depths of his throat.She felt like a loser, a total loser.Since she was a child, she has never tasted the taste of so-called success, and her father has reached out to save her several times. At the age of sixteen, she had a first love.In the end, it was discovered that the other party was not only nine years older than her, but had also been in prison.They broke up when he was in prison on aggravated theft charges.Then, when she was twenty, she fell in love with a pastor, who then embezzled the donation and went to Las Vegas to gamble.Later, she met again... Sigh!These failed romances are really confusing.Robb, however, seemed to be different; he had a good character and a respectable job, but Gray couldn't keep him. "What's wrong with me?" she cried. With tears in her eyes, she looked at the male statue lying on the stone tomb, recalling the love affair at the age of twenty-two.The man, a securities broker, was later arrested for insider trading.Grey, sadly lying on her father's lap, begged him to arrange a marriage partner for her. At that time, Meng Adam smiled and said to her daughter: "Honey, your problem is that the men you fall in love with need you too much. You should find someone who doesn't need you, but misses you and cherishes you." "You sound good. I should wait for a day when a golden armored warrior on a white horse will come to me, and he will fall in love with me at first sight, so he will take me back to the castle to live happily ever after. " "It's not far, but it's not far. Full body armor is fine, but, Gray, if he's wearing a black jacket, riding a two-wheeled motorcycle, and receiving a mysterious phone call in the middle of the night, you'd better kill him right away." Broken love, understand?" Thinking of this, Gray cried even more sadly.Among the many sisters in the family, she is the least up-to-date. Every time after getting into trouble, someone else picks up the mess for her, and this time seems to be no exception. "Help me," she sobbed, laying her hand on the carved stone's. "Help me find my golden warrior, help me find a suitable man." She sat on her heels and covered her face with her hands and wept bitterly.