"Although I don't know why you seem to have a soft spot for Lite, I hope you won't spoil him. You are just his brother and you can't stay with him forever."
"He will eventually break away from your protection in the future. At that time, your doting on him now will turn into harm to him."
"I understand, father." Orson nodded.
Indeed, because of worry
Just like in the original novel, Leeteuk was bullied and ended up having a grudge against Orson. Orson's attitude toward Leeteuk in the past two days has been to hold it in his hand for fear of dropping it and to hold it in his mouth for fear of it melting.
Li Teuk's feelings must be considered in everything, and he has always been inexplicably afraid of Li Teuk.
This almost doting attitude is not suitable for Leeteuk's development, but will make Leeteuk spoiled.
One thing is for sure, if Leeteuk is spoiled, Orson will no longer be threatened.
But does Orson want this?
Because I know you are the protagonist, I nip your possibility in the cradle right from the beginning, preventing you from getting ahead for the rest of your life.
Is this fair to Lee Teuk?
Obviously unfair.
"Yeah." Lucius nodded and patted Orson on the shoulder. "To be honest, I'm glad to see you are willing to go out of your way for your brother."
"Tell me, Orson." So saying, he looked into Orson's eyes.
"What do you want?"
The two looked at each other for a long time, and then Orson said with a smile: "Father, although you may not believe it, I am really not interested in the position of Duke."
"Rather than end up in a position I don't like, it's better to raise Liteuk as a person who can succeed you, my father."
"Since you said you don't want to be a duke, then, as a father, I would like to ask, where is your ambition, Orson?" Lucius stared at Orson.
Chapter 19: I want you
"So, Miss, do you really want to go to the Duke's Mansion?" Outside the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, Lorenzo looked at Chelinina sitting in the carriage and asked.
"Yeah." Chelinina nodded. "There are some things that I have to talk about myself, Uncle Lorenzo. I know my father's purpose of arranging for you to be by my side. Please rest for a while today."
"..." Lorenzo's eyes widened when he heard this, and then he nodded silently.
"Okay, in that case, missy, please be safe on the road."
"Um."
The carriage then drove away, heading into the distance.
Orson sat in the room. Since his conversation with his father Lucius that night, he had been gradually strengthening Li Te's training in the past half month.
Leeteuk could not even hold the sword steady at the beginning, but gradually he was able to dance with the sword gracefully.
But this is not enough.
Lite still can't even reach the first level of strength, which gives Orson a headache.
Is there really nothing he can do to change the direction of the plot? Can Leeteuk really have no choice but to enroll in school through Lucius's recommendation?
He wanted to increase the amount of training, but Leeteuk's body obviously didn't allow it.
At this moment, the butler Albert walked in.
"Master Orson." He said this and bowed respectfully. "Agent Chelinina from the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce is looking for you."
Orson frowned when he heard the name.
"Why did she come to me? Didn't I tell her the detailed requirements for the construction of the new city in a letter before?"
"I don't know that."
"Okay, you can bring her to my room and ask Vivian to pour two cups of coffee."
"Okay." Albert nodded and then exited the room.
After a minute, the room door opened again.
Orson was already sitting at the coffee table and pointed to the sofa in front of him.
"Please take a seat, Miss Chelinina."
"Yes." Chelinina nodded and sat opposite Orson.
She stretched out her hand to look at the coffee table out of habit, and was stunned when she saw that there was nothing on it.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to come. I just asked my servant to pour coffee. It might take a while." Orson smiled sarcastically. "Miss Chelinina, why did you think of coming to see me today?"
"Master Orson, tell the truth." Chelinina sat opposite Orson.
In the past half month, every time Orson exchanged letters with Chelinina, he would add Li Te's name after his signature.
"There is absolutely no need for you to put pressure on me through Mr. Lee Teuk."
"Oh?" Orson frowned when he heard this. "When did I put pressure on you through Liteuk? If I remember correctly, I only met you once with Liteuk."
"Ha." Chelinina heard this and stared at Orson. "Although I don't know how you understand that I want to get involved in the inheritance of the Stranik family, I never like so many twists and turns in business."
"As long as the goal can be achieved..."
"As long as the goal can be achieved and there is a suitable price, then you will go back and do it, right?" Orson said the famous saying of Chelinina in the original work before Chelinina.
"How do you know..."
"As I said, we have common interests." Orson said.
At this moment, the door opened and Vivian walked in with two cups of coffee.
"This cup belongs to Master Orson, and this cup belongs to Miss Chelinina. Master Orson specifically asked to add sugar." After finishing speaking, Vivian put away the tray, bowed to the two of them and left the room. .
"You know all this?" Chelinina looked at Orson in disbelief.
"Of course." Orson nodded. "Coffee is bitter. It's good for refreshing when working, but if you like to drink coffee during your rest time, you need to add sugar. After adding sugar, although it still tastes bitter, the feeling of sweetness is very good, isn't it?"
"Master Orson is so elegant that he can taste so much from my simple love of sweetness." Chelinina said sarcastically.
"So, do you want to know why I know?" Orson took a sip of bitter coffee, looked at Chelinina, and smiled.
"..." Chelinina was stared at by Orson, and for some reason she felt a little uncomfortable, so she turned her eyes away and looked to the side.
"The reason is very simple." Orson said.
"As the eldest daughter of the Bonaventura family and the only female in the family, she was suddenly appointed as the head of the Antica region of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce half a year ago."
"Your two brothers, one in the Duchy of Prussia and the other in the Duchy of Aragon, these two regions are originally prosperous areas of the empire. Why is Miss Cherylina, the jewel in the Duke's hand, sent to the Duchy of Antica, which was newly established and economically depressed?"
"Can I understand this as an exile?"
"So, I have said it before, we have common interests." Orson said this and smiled. "The reason why you intervened in the inheritance crisis of our family is to use the power of our family to help you take the throne, or to achieve some other purpose and keep your position in the family, isn't it?"
"So I hate doing business with smart people like you." Hearing this, Cherylina bit her lower lip tightly, and then she made a huge concession in her heart. "Tell me, what do you want? I can only use the money from the Antica Chamber of Commerce now, and I can't give you more."
"I don't need money." Orson shook his head, and then looked at Chelinina. "I want you..."
"What!?" Chelinina blushed when she heard this, and then she stood up and stared at Orson angrily, her body trembling slightly because of the violent fluctuations of emotions.
"Mr. Orson, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. You are obviously already engaged, but you still want someone outside?"
"Don't be angry, Miss Chelinina, you can't be a good businessman like this." Orson smiled, and then signaled Chelinina to calm down.
Chelinina realized her loss of composure just now, and she also regained her composure and sat back.
"I want you to support Lit."
"Huh!?" Hearing this, Chelinina looked at Orson in disbelief. "Mr. Orson, what do you mean?"
"You wanted to support Lit, didn't you?" As Orson said this, Chelinina felt as if her heartbeat had stopped for a beat.
From knowing what he was going to say, knowing what kind of drinks he liked to drink, to his initial idea of supporting Lit.
Could it be that Orson could read minds?
"Don't look at me like that, I can't read minds, this is just a reasonable inference based on your past resume, Miss Cherylina. It's not hard to guess."
"Coincidentally, I also want to support Lit to take the position, so I said we have common interests, don't we?"
Chapter 20: Why are you blushing? What are you blushing about?
"Tsk..." Cherylina clicked her tongue unhappily, and then nodded. "Although it feels like trying to get the skin of a tiger, who made me have no way out."
"So, how do you want me to support Lit?"
"Marry him." Orson said simply.
"Huh?" Cherylina looked incredible again.
This proposal is even more outrageous than the previous one.
Even if Cherylina married Orson, a cunning fox, she would not marry Lit, a guy who looks like a sissy.
Of course, if she had to choose between Donnie and Lit, she would still choose Lit.
After all, the former really disgusted her.
"If you marry Lit, the heir to the Duke, won't you get the political support you dream of? Although the Duke of Antica is only the weakest duke in the empire, he is at least a duke, and his territory also has considerable development potential.
"By then, your position in the family will probably rise to the top, right?"
"But, let's not talk about whether I am willing to marry Lit." Cherylina said: "If you are not going to publicly declare that you will give up the competition for the position of heir, even if I really marry Lit, the benefits I will get will be far less than marrying you."
"So, you mean to marry me?" Orson asked back. "Sorry, I'm already engaged."
"No!" Cherylina stamped her feet in anger. "I don't like either of you two brothers, can't I find another way? "
"Hey, can't you say that? Feelings are like that. It's normal that you didn't like Lit before. When you get to know Lit more, you might fall in love with him." Orson began to matchmake for Lit.
In the original novel, Cherylina was also one of Lit's harem, and because she helped Lit a lot in the early stage, she was considered a harem character with a strong presence in the novel by Long Aotian.
Therefore, Orson was very sure that Cherylina would definitely like Lit, unless in the original novel she liked him because of Lit's strength.
"But if you really don't agree, I won't force you." Orson said, pointing to the door. "Go spend an hour with Lit first, chat with him, and see if he gets along with you."
"If you still reply to me with NO, I will give you another way so that you can defeat your father openly."
"Are you serious?" Chelinina asked seriously.
What Orson meant by openly was probably the income of the Chamber of Commerce branch.
Can he really make more money than his two brothers in this poor and remote place?
"Of course."
"Okay, since you said so, I will go to see Mr. Lit." Chelinina nodded, then stood up and walked out of the house.
...
In Lit's room, Lit and Chelinina sat opposite each other. She put her hands on her knees, sitting upright, but her eyes were dodging, not daring to look at Chelinina.
"I say... Mr. Lit." Chelinina suddenly spoke.
"Ah, here!" Lit replied loudly.
"I'm not an instructor, there's no need to reply to me like that." Chelinina couldn't help but complain. "I just want to ask you a question."
"Ah... OK, please, Miss Litina, please ask."
"What do you think of Mr. Orson?"
"I..." Lit heard this, lowered his head, and began to ponder.
Yes, what do I think of Orson?
"Brother Orson, he is a person who is very serious and responsible about everything, very gentle and considerate, and very reassuring!"
"Is the evaluation so high?" Chelinina raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
But indeed, even from her perspective as an observer, Orson's performance towards Lit was impeccable.
He may indeed be a good brother.
In order to allow his younger brother Lit to gain external support and be able to ascend to the position smoothly, he did not hesitate to make a deal with himself.
Although in fact, it was just a matter of each taking what he needed.
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