Chapter 1346
Lorraine 34
Chapter 1346 Lorraine 34
As soon as I stepped out of the inner room, I saw Lorraine standing gracefully in the main hall. She was wearing a bright red dress, and her long golden hair was styled into an elegant bun, adorned with a delicate maple leaf-shaped hair accessory.
Her face was strikingly beautiful, with large, bold features that possessed an almost aggressive allure. Just her presence seemed to brighten up the otherwise somber hall.
Louis's smile faded considerably. If that guess was true, he might never be able to reconcile with Lorraine in his lifetime.
"Sister." Louis nodded slightly to Lorraine, having nothing more to say to her. "The family recruitment is still ongoing. I'll go check it out."
“Take Anton around to see the place and fulfill your duties as a host. He is the family’s new patron, so you must treat him well.”
Lorraine pondered for a moment before understanding what the host meant. She frowned: "You talk like an older sister; sometimes I don't understand you."
Louis loved hearing Lorraine say he resembled Tan You, and upon hearing this, his smile deepened: "It's all thanks to my elder sister's good teaching. I'll go ahead and get busy. Don't neglect our distinguished guest."
Lorraine understood perfectly well what he meant. So Tan You had her eye on Antonio, and now this little brat Louis had his eye on him too? What is it about him that's so appealing?
After watching Louis leave, Lorraine turned to Antonio. Although she wasn't particularly pleased with Antonio's appearance, she still knew the proper etiquette.
Lorraine slightly gathered her skirts and gave Antonio a ladylike curtsy: "Let me show you around. The family has its own magical beast garden and a spirit herb valley. Where would you like to go?"
Antonio raised an eyebrow slightly. She was quite composed; even when pretending in front of others, she could still maintain a ladylike demeanor. But he still found her more pleasing to the eye when she tore Williams apart that day; that was when she was her most authentic self.
"I'm fine with anything, whatever the host prefers." With these thoughts in mind, Antonio quickly answered Lorraine's question.
Lorraine thought for a moment: "There's a valley in Silent Hill that's currently in springtime, and the peach blossoms there are very beautiful. Let's go there."
Antonio followed Lorraine toward the valley. As they passed the family's outer square, Lorraine looked at the young men coming and going and suddenly whispered, "They all want to be the husband of the chosen one of the gods. Are you one of them?"
Antonio had long known that Lorraine was not the chosen one of God; the true chosen one was Tan You, the eldest sister.
He smiled and said, "I want to be the son-in-law of the Houston family, not the husband of a chosen one."
Lorraine paused slightly, glancing sideways at Antonio, scrutinizing him for the first time before turning back after a long pause: "I'm no longer a chosen one of the gods, nor am I the lord of the Free Territory, and even so, you still want..."
“Of course I would,” Antonio said, choosing his words carefully. “Could it be because I like you as a person?”
"You are beautiful, excellent, and persistent. You are devoted to your partner in relationships, which are very good qualities."
As they talked, they arrived at the valley, which, just as Lorraine had said, was incredibly beautiful in spring. Tens of thousands of peach trees were planted there, and now the blossoms were in full bloom, filling the air with their fragrance. As far as the eye could see, shades of pink, like clouds, covered the entire valley.
Lorraine sat down on a stone bench in the valley. She took out a teapot from her spatial ring, brewed a cup of tea for Antonio, and then said softly, "You seem to know a lot about me."
Tan You and Tartarus remained hidden in mid-air, watching the two talk.
Tartarus: "Do you think he has a chance?"
Tan You: "They will definitely make it. Someone like Lorraine needs to feel needed. She needs someone to hold her firmly, and Antonio happens to be just that kind of person."
"Let's go, there's no need to watch anymore. Love is just like that after you've seen too much of it."
Just as Tan You had predicted, Lorraine and Antonio decided to get married after dating for less than two months. Louis was both happy and regretful about this outcome. Privately, he complained to Tan You, "It's really unfair for Antonio to be with her."
Tan You couldn't help but chuckle: "He did it willingly. He knows Lorraine is a third-rate woman, but he likes her just the way she is. What can anyone else do?"
“Lorraine… even if she made a mistake in the past, she was still young at the time. How could a noble lady who hadn’t seen much of the world distinguish between a human and a ghost?”
"To be honest, the real culprits are the Dubot family. They seduced innocent girls, and they should have died long ago."
Louis's eyes turned cold: "Yes, they should have died long ago. I've been secretly suppressing the Dubot family all these years, and they certainly haven't had an easy time."
“Lorraine…maybe I’ll be able to let go of it in the future, but right now, I can’t.”
Tan You didn't try to persuade Louis to let it go, because no matter what, Lorraine was wrong.
Since Lorraine's marriage, time seemed to have sped up, and Tan You quickly returned to the virtual space. This time, the beauty system went out to attend a high-level meeting, and Tan You didn't have high hopes that it would be able to recover its intelligence points.
Tan You didn't expect that the beauty system would actually work this time, and it even gave her back 1 point of intelligence, raising her intelligence from 85 to 86 points.
The beauty system paced back and forth in front of Tan You, its little face stern: "Host, I guess you won't be able to get any more intelligence points from now on."
Tan You: "If I can't get it, I can't get it. At most, I'll earn more love points and try my best to win more prizes."
The beauty system's tail drooped: "Alright, we'll all do our best to open backdoors for the host."
Tan You smiled with satisfaction. If this little system gave her a backdoor, the love value lottery might be worth it.
"Host, do you want to rest or go out on a mission now?"
Tan You: "Let's go out and do a mission. There's no point in resting."
The beauty system was happy whenever Tan You went out on missions, its fluffy tail swishing like a fan: "Host, host, what mission are you doing this time? Beginner or intermediate?"
Tan You pondered, "Let's stick with the beginner level. I'll go out for a walk to clear my head."
"This beginner mission really took its toll on me, so I just want to relax completely."
Beauty System: "It was you, host, who voluntarily increased the difficulty. If you had only cared about Lorraine Houston, none of those things would have happened."
"But what you did in the Freedom Territory earned you a lot of merit."
Tan You waved her hand: "Let's not talk about the past. Let's draw a mission. I've discovered that not every beginner mission is easy."
She pressed the draw button on the beginner's task station, and a soul orb quickly jumped out of the pool. Tan You took the orb and soon disappeared into the virtual space.