Chapter 70 : Girls with complicated emotions

“That girl is Leticia, right? And the person she’s kissing… that’s Hall, right?”

“Ah… I think that’s the Young Master.”

“How could it be… brother.”

“How could it be… him…”

“Huh?”

At this very moment, the five young ladies who had come from the Faxtius residence in search of Hall were all frozen on the path below the castle of Childland.

They watched the scene under the fireworks from afar.

They were somewhat unable to comprehend it.

At this distance, they couldn’t see very clearly.

But for Himan and Lov, who had been in long-term contact with Hall, the silhouette was instantly recognizable as him. As for Leticia, her rose-colored long hair was also highly recognizable throughout Saint Louis.

They… they were kissing?

How could this be possible?

They couldn’t understand.

In any case, Hall and Leticia were definitely very, very close at this second, and they were together at the top of the castle, the most frequent spot for couples in all of Saint Louis to take photos.

How could such a situation not make them imagine things?

‘Did he… did he really just pretend to run away from the engagement? Has he already fallen for Leticia?’

A hundred emotions welled up in Himan’s heart.

For a moment, she found it completely unacceptable, as if something had violently struck her in the chest.

It was a feeling she had never experienced before.

‘No, how could he be so, so reckless? Even if he really likes Leticia, he should have waited until the engagement was broken off. Only after the engagement is broken off. Now it’s clear, this was his real goal…’

Himan muttered to herself.

In an instant, countless thoughts invaded her mind.

After briefly coming to her senses, she looked at Ye Wangxue.

She thought that Ye Wangxue and Hall had never met, so she probably wouldn’t recognize him.

But seeing Ye Wangxue’s slightly changed and somewhat downcast expression, it was probably…

‘She recognizes him?’

But why was it disappointment, and not anger or rage?

She didn’t understand. Himan wondered if Ye Wangxue had really fallen for her cousin, whom she had never even met.

Hall did seem very capable now, but did he have that much charisma?

If Ye Wangxue had fallen for Hall after just one meeting and couldn’t live without him.

Then Hall was practically a male succubus!

Himan continued to stare at Ye Wangxue’s expression.

Although she was very angry about Hall and Leticia’s current state, she didn’t rush to say that it was Hall.

How awkward would that be?

She chose silence.

Lov also chose silence. Although in the past, she would have used some little tricks to let Ye Wangxue know that it was Hall and then directly dissuade her.

But now, she clearly felt that Leticia was more dangerous than Ye Wangxue.

They had already reached this stage with the Young Master. Moreover, if she let Ye Wangxue know that it was the Young Master right now.

It would be a complete meltdown.

An irredeemable meltdown.

On the day of the engagement, the fiancé abandons his fiancée to be with another woman, and even kisses her under the fireworks at the most romantic spot in Saint Louis.

Not even a god could spin this in their favor.

Lorraine also…

She didn’t say much. She simply didn’t believe it was Hall.

She couldn’t accept it, couldn’t accept her brother being with another woman.

And even kissing.

Her brother’s first kiss could only be, could only be hers!

So she subconsciously resisted, only thinking that it was some unknown couple who had come to Childland today.

As for Ye Wangxue…

Ye Wangxue’s eyesight was naturally excellent, and her dynamic vision was very sharp. After all, her master was the Sword Ghost, and she did intelligence work, so she would capture the slightest change in her field of vision. The moment the fireworks lit up the night sky.

She saw the man and woman, saw the woman lean in to kiss the man.

At first, she saw the woman’s face. Describing it as beautiful was not quite appropriate; it was more like exquisite, as exquisite as a doll. In the past, when she was forced to learn Western etiquette for this marriage contract.

Her teacher had taught her that Western girls were particularly exquisite, especially noble girls. Their cosmetics were varied. In comparison, the rouge, eyebrow pencils, and red paper used by Easterners to adorn their faces were somewhat backward.

Her teacher was also a beauty. Although she was in her thirties, she still looked like a woman in her early twenties. Only the few fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes that could not be smoothed out told of the passage of time.

At that time, Ye Wangxue was quite unconvinced, because she was beautiful.

She didn’t need many cosmetics to be beautiful; she was naturally beautiful.

Her skin was flawless, tender and translucent, her figure was perfect, and the shape of her feet and legs was also perfect.

Why did she need to be so exquisite?

Exquisiteness couldn’t be eaten.

But now, seeing Leticia, she didn’t feel inadequate, but rather sensed the unique beauty of a Western noble girl, different from that of an Eastern girl.

She wasn’t admitting that she was inferior to Leticia, but she believed that.

In the interpretation of the word “beauty,” there was indeed another answer.

But that was all. She was just curious how such a beautiful girl could like her infamous fiancé.

Could it be that Hall was outrageously handsome?

Then, the next moment.

She froze.

The moment she saw the man’s face.

Ye Wangxue froze, and her mind immediately exploded.

She even wondered if there was something wrong with her eyes, if she had seen incorrectly.

She wondered, how could it be him?

That young man who had been fleeing with her in the Sixth District Underground Street just over a month ago, the one who claimed to be a big shot in the Salvation Church.

How could it be him?

How could there be two people in the world who looked so much alike?

Ye Wangxue didn’t believe it.

But she couldn’t accept it, and she wasn’t stupid.

With Leticia, it was this guy who had saved her.

And Leticia almost unconditionally believed in this young man.

Oh, so that’s how it is?

So that’s how it is!

Ye Wangxue understood. Then, what was originally just some annoyance turned into pure anger.

She had been completely deceived.

And at that time, he acted like he recognized her, and even said things like he was a high-ranking member of the Salvation Church, telling her to break off the engagement…

Anyway, regardless of Hall’s purpose, if Hall even knew secrets like the seven sages of the Salvation Church, and even knew her identity at that time.

He definitely couldn’t be the profligate son of the rumors.

“Could this person not be Hall, but just… someone who looks very much like him?”

Ye Wangxue thought for a full circle and then wanted to go back.

The amount of information was too large. Even if she understood.

She was unwilling to admit and believe it for a moment.

She stood there in a daze, her expression complicated.

She didn’t say much and fell silent as well.

And Xiao Lu was the most bewildered of all. She wasn’t bewildered because Leticia and Hall were kissing; she didn’t even know who the two people on top of the castle were.

She only knew that Himan, Lov, Lorraine, and her own princess had all become strangely silent.

And they weren’t moving.

Weren’t they here to find Hall Faxtius, to find that fiancé who had run off today?

What on earth was going on?

“Princess, didn’t we hear that your fiancé and Duchess Leticia are in this amusement park right now? Let’s continue further inside.”

Xiao Lu reminded in a low voice.

But Ye Wangxue did not answer her.

Only countless fireworks continued to bloom in the night sky.

Although it was night, and although it was raining heavily, it was as bright as day at this moment.

And the man and woman on the castle had left the edge.

It was unknown what they went to do.

Leaving only five dazed young ladies, each with their own thoughts.

At the top of the castle, the rain was heavy, and the wind was strong.

Hall came to his senses from the touch of those firm words and soft lips.

He looked again at the rose-colored girl in front of him.

At this moment, Leticia was not under his umbrella.

She stood in the rain, her dress already soaked, and the water flowed down her slender, fair calves.

Everything was so clear in the light of the fireworks.

Her face was also so clear.

Now, this girl who was supposed to be meek was exuding an unimaginable aura.

The sense of pressure was coming on.

But this kind of pressure usually only existed in the late-game routes of the other heroines.

Leticia had always been very gentle.

“Hall, I will take you from her side. Your marriage contract will not proceed smoothly.”

She repeated, word by word.

The black-haired young man thought to himself, ‘Of course. How could the marriage contract proceed smoothly?’

‘What on earth had provoked Leticia to this extent?’

‘Those actions just now, and the attitude she showed…’

It was hard not to want to check on Leticia’s mental state.

Could it be that she had already turned dark?

“Hall.”

Leticia looked at the fireworks. She continued to ask, “Since you don’t like her, why don’t you break off the engagement?”

“I do plan to break off the engagement, but there are political considerations, aren’t there? If I break it off right from the start, public opinion will inevitably lean towards the East. As the son of a Western admiral… you understand, right?”

“I understand.”

“So you don’t need to say these things, Leticia. It’s not about taking me. I have never belonged to anyone.”

Hall said in a deep voice.

Maintaining the maximum possible distance from this heroine.

If something really happened between him and Leticia tonight, on such an important day.

Even if the Child family found out, it would be very dangerous.

“Mmm…”

Leticia’s turbulent emotions gradually stabilized. She just wanted to declare her claim to Hall.

But she also knew that just declaring it to Hall alone was not enough.

She just wanted to try, to rehearse in advance, to see if she could bravely say these words in front of others in the future.

As for the succubus blood, she had originally wanted to use it, but after considering it for a long time in the afternoon, she gave up on the idea after thinking that there was no direct possibility with Ye Wangxue.

It was not necessary for now.

She, the great Leticia Child, did not need to use such an item unless it was absolutely necessary.

She wanted to be the legitimate Mrs. Faxtius.

Otherwise, her mother had also regretted it deeply.

Her mother had given birth to her for her father, their only child.

But her mother had never had the title of Mrs. Child from beginning to end.

In the place where she was born, people thought they were a mother and daughter abandoned by a man. There were also many women who were jealous of her mother’s beauty and said that her mother was a prostitute who had been played with and discarded by a nobleman in the city.

The rose-colored girl suddenly clasped her hands together, holding them to her chest as if in prayer.

Hall didn’t quite understand Leticia’s current mental state, but he could be sure that her emotions had somewhat stabilized.

So he planned to find an excuse to urge Leticia to go home, while he would stay at a hotel in the Twelfth District.

But, before he could say anything.

The sound of running already appeared in his ears.

Someone was running up quickly.

And more than one.

This made Hall involuntarily look towards the entrance of the castle’s rooftop.

And then his eyes met with Himan, who was the first to appear.