After the Legend Chapter 62: Sibilla’s Stratagem
Ming Na blinked in confusion: "Uncle Yotan, what's wrong?" Yotan hurriedly said, "It's nothing, go back to your room, it's none of your children's business." The deputy went into the study, and told the servant to notify a few capable subordinates.
Ming Na tilted her head and went back to her room in doubt, but she slept for a long time yesterday, but she was not sleepy. She closed her eyes and rested for a while, then got up and sat in front of the windowsill in a daze. Recalling Yutan's expression just now, she was still a little suspicious. If his family's boat was detained, would the consequences be serious? Why does he look at himself?
From the next room, Sibilla appears to be having an argument with the babysitter. Minna listened carefully for a while, and then she realized that it was Sibila who was going outside, but was stopped by the nanny and was making trouble. Ming Na pouted, she really didn't like this willful "little sister" in her heart.
"Bang!" The door was slammed open, Minna was startled, but saw Sybila walk in, and as she walked, she turned her head and said to the nanny who was following her, "You won't let me find Dad. , then I can always find Ming Na?!" She sat down on the bed beside Ming Na and nodded her chin at Ming Na: "I am bored, you can chat with me for a while."
Ming Na was reluctant, but Grandpa once said that it is polite to be a guest at other people's houses, so he acquiesced. The nanny followed the room and saw that there was nothing wrong with the two little girls staying together, so she stopped blocking her: "Then just stay here and play, I'll ask someone to make you snacks." Then she exited the room. , closed the door, but Ming Na could clearly hear her ordering two maids to guard the door.
Sybila said angrily: "I hate my wet nurse the most. She always points me at me because she fed me when I was a child, and doesn't let me do anything, but my father trusts her very much. , keep telling me to listen to her!"
So Sibylla's nanny is also her nanny? Minna thinks about her nanny. Although Winnie is not a nanny, she is always in charge of herself, but she is not only wordy, but also mad, and occasionally goes crazy (infuriated by Minna) and has flowers. Except for being crazy (when facing Xiao Tianjian), it's not annoying.
"What happened to Dad's fleet? Why was the ship and cargo detained?" Sibilla said to herself, "My dad is a famous sea trader in Cameron, who would do this? Dare to detain our family's boat? Tell the Presbyterians to arrest him!"
Is that so? Minna recalled the situation when she met Yuttan in Manado. If Uncle Yuttan was really so amazing, why should he be so respectful to the person from the Wood Auction House?
She had been just meditating and didn't talk to her at all. Sibilla was unhappy: "Hey! Why don't you talk? You're not happy to chat with me?"
Ming Na hurriedly said: "No, I just...don't know what to say, and I don't understand why your father's boat was seized."
Sibila glanced at her: "Of course you don't know, how can you understand such a thing as a child?"
Minna pouted: "You're not the same as a child." But she didn't say it. However, Sibilla seemed to suddenly become interested in her: "Hey, I heard someone say just now that your grandfather doesn't want you anymore? Leave you alone? Is it true?"
Ming Na blushed and argued, "That's not the case! My grandpa...my grandpa is going on an adventure, so it's inconvenient to take me with him! It's not like he doesn't want me!" He just cares more Just my own parents.
Thinking like this, Ming Na couldn't help but redden her eyes, but she didn't want to be looked down upon by Sibila, so she endured it.
"Really?" Sibila looked at her suspiciously, Minna turned her head hurriedly: "Why are you looking at me like this? My grandfather asked me to come back here because he believed in your father. ."
"Oh." Sibilla sat up straight again, "That's okay, my family is rich, it doesn't matter if you have an extra one, anyway, there are a lot of people in my family."
Minna got angry: "I don't want to live with your parents! I'm going home in a few days! My parents are still at home!"
"Huh? You still have mom and dad?" Sibylla looked surprised, "Then why are you with your grandpa? I never play with my grandpa, he is old and verbose, and hates him the most. ."
"Who doesn't have mom and dad?" Minna said angrily, "Of course I do. My mom lives in Matt Harbor! It only takes three days to get there by boat!"
"Your mom lives in Matt Harbor? What about your dad? Don't your mom and dad live together?"
Ming Na didn't know how to answer this. Mom and Dad quarreled and lived apart, and Mom still had a lover. How could you tell others about this kind of thing? She bit her lip, biting her head and said, "Your parents don't live together either. Also, your father is often away from home."
"My mother died when I was very young." Sybila's face showed no trace of sadness, "My dad is going out to earn money to buy me good food, nice clothes and fun. So he is often away from home. Does your father also make money from doing business outside?"
"No, he's a knight and he's very busy with work." Minna replied glumly, she hadn't seen her father for two and a half years.
Sibilla didn't notice Minna's depressed mood. She seemed to have found something interesting and was looking out the window: "Hey, come here! Look over there, the woman with the child."
Minna looked at her words and saw a woman in her thirties holding a little boy of four or five years old at the flower bed at the gate of Yotan's house, talking to the housekeeper. Both mother and son wore neat and beautiful white robes. The woman's skirt was also embroidered with a few colorful trims, and she held a shell necklace around her neck, which was quite beautiful.
"Who is that?" Minna asked curiously.
Sibila pouted: "A widow who lives nearby, obviously poor enough to hire two maids, and she dresses like a lady every day, and brings her son to my house, in fact, she wants to marry My father, so I can rob our family's property. I hate her the most! Her son also hates it!" After that, he turned and called the maid outside the door: "People outside, ask the housekeeper to drive the woman and her son out, and they will not be allowed. Come in!"
The maid responded from the door, and then the sound of footsteps left. Ming Na saw that a maid walked over to the housekeeper and whispered to him, and the housekeeper said a few words to the woman. The latter left with a disappointed face, and her son was still snorting. After wiping it off, I smeared it on my clothes.
Ming Na felt a little disgusted and quickly looked away, but she was a little hesitant, "Is this okay? Will Uncle Yotan be angry?"
"No way!" Sybila said proudly, "My dad loves me the most, what do I want, even if he doesn't want to, as long as I cry once, he will agree, and he will I don't like that woman. The last time my nanny brought a turquoise necklace with me out, she saw it, and she looked distressed, as if she was cutting her flesh. Dad also whispered to me that she was not rich at all. Anger...anger..." Sibilla thought for a while before remembering her father's words, "By the way, it's tolerance! So, as long as I don't agree, my father will never find me a stepmother!"
It turned out to be so, Minna nodded and couldn't help thinking of herself. She also doesn't want to have a stepfather, but will her mother agree? There is also Dad's side, although Grandpa said that Dad didn't really want to leave Mom, but he was so good to that Veronica...
She looked up at Sibilla and asked tentatively, "Sibilla, let me ask you, is it really true that as long as you cry, your father won't marry your stepmother? Do all parents do this? ?"
"I don't know what will happen to my mother, but my father will definitely." Sibilla raised her chin very confidently, "I am my father's only daughter, and of course he loves me the most, if he If I really refuse to agree, then I will go on a hunger strike! I won’t eat, I won’t talk to him, I will go to the rain and blow the wind! As long as I am sick, no matter what I ask, my father will immediately agree!”
Ming Na was a little stunned: "This... this is not good..."
Sibilla smiled slyly and whispered in her ear: "It doesn't have to be really sick, it's too painful, just pretend to be sick, as long as my dad believes it, he will be very worried, At that time, no matter what I asked, he would do it!"
Minna opened her mouth wide, then closed it again. Sibilla's words reminded her that when she was a child, she used to make a fuss in front of her parents. As long as she didn't ask too much, usually once there was a quarrel, most of her parents would agree. Especially my mother, although she is fierce every time, but at most she just scolds herself. Except when she had a big fight with her father and returned to Matt Harbor's family more than three years ago, once she cried, it seemed that her wish had been granted more often.
How could she forget about it? Grandpa always taught himself that children should be obedient and obedient, to be considerate to adults, and not to cause trouble for adults. As a result, he was used to being a good child, but he forgot the capricious privilege of children. Hmph, since I can go to the holy mountain with my grandpa against his will, why can't I make a noise in front of my parents and not allow them to separate? She is no longer the child who knew nothing back then!
After all, my parents still love and care about themselves very much. Although my father has not come to visit me for more than three years, he will receive letters every month and often bring exquisite toys; and my mother, when we met again in the magic city, she learned that she was sick and injured, But I cried a lot and almost fell ill. So, if they really pretend to be sick or cry, they won't ignore them, right?
Minna made up her mind, and when she looked at Sibila, she felt that the other party was more pleasing to the eye than before. This new friend, who is not very likable, has provided her with good advice.
Thinking of this, she smiled and said, "Thank you, Sibilla."
"Huh?" Sibylla was at a loss, "Why are you thanking me?"
Ming Na rolled her eyes and smiled, "It's nothing, I just want to thank you anyway."
Sibilla looked at her suspiciously: "Wacky."
At this time, the babysitter opened the door with a maid and walked in: "Two young ladies, snacks are here." Sibilla glanced at her: "What's for dinner today?"
"It's chestnut flour cake, made from the fruit that my master brought back from the mainland." The nanny replied, placing the dessert in front of the two little girls.
Ming Na smiled and thanked, and then asked, "Auntie, is Uncle Jutan's business finished?" She was anxious to know when she could go back to Matt Harbor, so that she could test the idea just now.
The nanny hesitated: "This...I saw that the study door was still closed just now. It should...haven't finished talking yet?"
Sibilla asked suspiciously, "Why are you asking this?"
"I want to ask your father, when can you take me back to Matt Harbor, I miss my mother." Minna went to ask the nanny again, "When Uncle Yotan finishes his business, you can ask someone to tell me. ?"
Sibilla rolled her eyes and jumped up: "Why wait? This is a very important matter, I'll take you to my dad now!"
The nanny hurriedly stopped her: "Miss, the master said that you are not allowed to go out." Sibilla glared at her: "Dad just told me not to go out to play, he didn't say I can't play at home, and now Mingna has I have to talk to my father about important matters, what if I am delayed by you?!" Before the nanny could react, she dragged Ming Na and ran out of the room.
Although Minna thought it was impolite, she wanted to know when she was returning, overwhelmed her etiquette concerns, and followed Sibylla to the direction of the study. When there were still two or three meters away from the door, Sibilla suddenly stopped, stretched out her index finger and gave Minna a "shush", signaling her to take her steps lightly.
Minna blinked, wondering if she was eavesdropping? But it's too close to the door, isn't it? If you change yourself, you will have to let go of your movements when you are twenty meters away. She put her footsteps so heavy when she ran over just now, I'm afraid the people in the room would have discovered it at this moment.
Sure enough, it was only before Sibilla touched the door panel that the door opened, sabotaging her plan. Minna followed behind her, very embarrassed.
The man who opened the door was an unfamiliar man, stout and short, with a pair of glasses on his nose, looking very gentle. Sibylla pouted and said to him, "Uncle accountant, why did you open the door suddenly? You almost made me fall."
Ming Na was even more embarrassed when she heard the words.
The accountant was also speechless and moved away to reveal Yotan in the study. The latter said: "Sibilla? What are you doing outside the door?"
Sibilla was not ashamed at all: "Dad, I'm not here to eavesdrop, because Minna is looking for you, so I brought her here."
Yutan's gaze turned to Ming Na, who had no choice but to say, "Uncle Youtane, I want to know when you can send me to my mother. I...I miss my mother very much."
Yutan's face flashed a bit of stiffness, but it returned to normal in a blink of an eye: "This matter... don't worry, I will arrange it as soon as possible, it won't take a few days."
Minna was overjoyed: "Thank you, Uncle Yotan." Sibilla next to him asked, "Is it really possible? Isn't our family's boat detained? Can we send another boat?" Minna After listening to her words, she became worried again.
Yotan smiled: "It's a little troublesome, but we'll fix it, you don't have to worry about anything."
"Really?" Sibilla raised a big smile, "I knew nothing could trouble my father! My father is the most famous sea merchant in Cameron!" worship.
Yutan smiled and hugged his daughter, and then sent her and Ming Na out: "Go play, what do you want to eat, whatever you want to play, even if you ask the housekeeper to do it." Pulled away.
On the way back to the room, Sybila walked briskly and did not forget to show off to Ming Na: "My dad is very good, right? Nothing can trouble him, only I will give him a headache." Ming Na She snickered to herself, but nodded in approval of her words, and Sibilla was even more proud.
When they were passing through a corridor, Ming Na suddenly saw Corbyn standing outside the door, nodding and bowing to the butler with a smile on his face, as if he was asking for something, but the butler frowned and listened for a while, before reluctantly He nodded and led him towards the study.
Minna wondered what Corbyn was doing in the study, and she slowed down unconsciously. Sybila noticed her abnormality, followed her eyes, and said with a look of disdain: "I thought you were looking at something. Well, it turned out to be the Bath slave."
Ming Na hurriedly said: "He is not a slave, but a crew member under your father."
"Anyway, he's going to be a slave soon." Sibylla pouted, "I heard people say that his father was a gambler and liked to drink. He fell into the sea and drowned when he got drunk. He owes a lot of money to others, and if he doesn’t pay it, the whole family will be sold to pay off the debt. He always asks people to borrow money, but he can’t pay it back. He hates it to death, and sooner or later he will become someone else’s slave.”
It was the first time Minna heard about Corbyn, and she couldn't help but be taken aback. Corbyn, who has always been kind to her, is in such a predicament even though he is always flattering to others? She bit her lip and thought to herself.
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In the study, Yottan sat upright, clasping his hands together, the tighter he clenched. The other two people in the room—a deputy and an accountant—wait for his decision with dignified expressions.
After a while~IndoMTL.com~ the two couldn't help it, looked at each other, and the deputy spoke first: "Boss, make up your mind quickly, you can make up your mind so that we can arrange the next one. things."
Yotan still frowned and said nothing.
Seeing this, the accountant glanced at his deputy: "Do you think this decision is so good? A whole ocean ship is full of goods, 80% of which are paid by others. If we delay the delivery time, We will lose double the money! The most important thing is, this is not the first time! Two ships have been involved in accidents, how can others find us to do business in the future?!" Although he said so, his subordinates secretly Made several gestures.
"Then what do you think we should do?!" The deputy understood, and pretended to be indignant to push back, "Who doesn't know it's troublesome? But the conditions of those people are too much! Not only do they have to send the ship and crew to them , what kind of magic crystal to pay! This is not something that can be solved by two or three thousand gold coins! If we promise them, we will not try to maintain the ship! That Wood is just a few nobles' lackeys, why should we promise? He is so demanding?!"
"Stop arguing!" Yutane was a little impatient, "Wood is really nothing, but we are Camegas, and if we want to do business in East, we can't offend the nobles. Especially now... Xiao No..." He sighed and fell silent again.
The accountant and his deputy looked at each other, the former approached Yutan and said, "Boss, money and other things are secondary, if it is really compelled to agree to the other party's conditions, we will take the rest. The ship, after a few years of hard work, can recover. It's just...the magic crystal requested by the other party, what should we do?"
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