Chapter 1011

"Teacher He Xi, this way, please!"

Outside the castle, Meng Huo met Annie, who had been waiting for a long time. Under her guidance, they went to the castle.

"Miss Anne, we are the only three guests this time, are we?"

"Of course, this is your private dinner." Annie's mouth is smiling. She didn't introduce herself, but after so many years, He Xi still remembers her: "Teacher He Xi, your memory is very good... Miss Shen Jie is also good."

Shen Jie also recognized her, but Annie almost couldn't recognize the two young people - no wonder, He Xi and Shen Jie were both in their youth, but now they have changed greatly and become adults.

"Miss Anne, I have a question." Then Alice said, "why do people here seem to know me?"

When she got out of the car, she felt something was wrong. As she walked along the road, the servants and guards around her looked at her strangely, just like they saw familiar people, with a more respectful attitude - but Alice had never been here. Why did those people look at her with such eyes?

But Meng Huo and Shen Jie have no such feeling at all. As soon as Alice says it, Meng Huo also realizes that it's wrong. Just as she wants to ask, Annie has already said the answer: "maybe they misunderstood... Miss Alice, you look a bit like a Royal Princess. She comes here occasionally!"

Shen Jie laughed: "Alice, your mother won't have anything to do with the royal family here, will she?"

"It's impossible. It should be an accident." Alice shook her head. "My mother told me about her life. She has nothing to do with royal life."

It should be just an accident. Alice knows her mother's identity. Her mother is just a commoner and has lived in a small city for generations - and it's even more impossible for her father's side. If he has a relationship with the royal family, how can he end up cheating in the extreme east.

"What's the name of the princess?" Meng Huo asked curiously.

"Princess sonana." Annie never blinks an eye when she tells a lie: "her father is a duke. She says that he is royal. In fact, he only has a small part of royal blood. She can't say that he is a real princess. There are hundreds of such princesses in our country."

"Hundreds of people!" On hearing this number, Meng Huo said, "you have so many princesses."

He and Alice immediately lost their interest in exploring the princess. It was just an episode. They didn't doubt anything - even if Alice's mother was present, she couldn't guess that the man would add a half sister to Alice.

And even if it were possible, Alice's sister would not have been known by the Duchess. Lisa's story is full of contingency, not in which people will never believe that there will be a girl so lucky.

Antony's duchy has a banquet hall, but this time it's only for three guests. Annie places the banquet in the restaurant where the host usually eats.

"After all these years, the Duchess still looks so good." Meng Huo saw Duke Anthony outside the dining room. He hasn't seen him for several years. His look hasn't changed at all. We can see his usual care and maintenance.

He and Alice, Shen Jie and Duke Anthony said hello one after another, the old prince with a smile.

"This little guy is very lucky." He thought that everyone in China thought he Xi had gone out to travel to collect wind. Who thought he would go out to travel in his arms - and the three of them still lived in the same room.

Young men and women are so close together that Anthony would not be naive to believe that they have nothing to do with each other. However, everyone has his youth. He was not as clean as He Xi when he was young. There were many girls around him. Although he had no choice but one Annie, Anthony was not qualified to speak ill of He Xi.

Perhaps because he was in a foreign country, Meng Huo did not deny his relationship with Shen Jie in front of Anthony.

"I'm back at Meng's house." He said faintly: "they are my women."

With these words, Anthony immediately understood that the Meng family is a big family in China. Having two daughters-in-law is not a big deal. He was not surprised. As early as he came back from Ninghai a few years ago, Anthony knew that Meng Huo would return to the Meng family sooner or later.

"I know what you mean." Anthony looked at Meng Huo with a smile: "don't worry, I won't do meaningless things."

It is meaningless to make public the fact that Meng Huo is in two boats. With the Meng family there to protect them, they can quickly extinguish the situation even if they make it public - on the contrary, Anthony's side will cause the anger of the Meng family.Of course, he does not want to form such a big enemy, and He Xi is so young that no one can see how far he can go in the future - he may lead the Meng family to create a larger economic empire, and Anthony does not want to stand opposite him.

He took Meng Huo into the restaurant. After the four sat down, the servants immediately set up delicious food at the round table.

"Won't Miss Anne sit down?" Shen Jie looks at Annie curiously. She is standing behind Antony without any sign of sitting down.

"I am a servant." Annie replied, "a servant cannot sit with his master."

Shen Jie frowns slightly. Although Antony and Annie are masters and servants, they are more intimate than ordinary servants. She couldn't see them many years ago, but now her eyes are bright.

Moistened by Meng Huo, she can see that Anne's eyes to Anthony are not only the master and servant, but also different from other servants. They seem to be a family at the same time of master servant relationship.

"These two must have an affair." Shen Jie was gossiping. Suddenly, Alice gave her a little twist. Shen Jie looked at her and Alice gave her a "don't worry" look.

Alice and Meng Huo can see what Shen Jie can see, but no matter what the relationship between Anthony and Annie is, it has nothing to do with them, and it's not suitable to speak in front of them.

"I see." Shen Jie reassured Alice with her eyes and put her mind away.

At this time, Annie poured red wine on Anthony and Meng Huo respectively. Anthony said with a smile, "this bottle of wine was brought by me when I went to Ninghai a few years ago. Unfortunately, you were too young to have a drink with you at that time."

"Now we can." Meng Huo gently shakes the red wine in his glass and sniffs it: "this wine has a certain age."

The old Baron looked at Annie who was pouring wine for Alice and said, "Annie saved this wine for me twenty years ago. She planned to keep it for another ten years. After ten years, it's all a question whether I'm still here."

Meng Huo was stunned, but Annie, who finished pouring the wine, said, "Your Excellency * is healthy. As long as you don't stay up late to read comic books like a child, 20 years is not a problem."

Shen Jie and Alice immediately pursed their mouths and laughed. Anthony was speechless and raised his glass slightly: "don't say that, Mr. He Xi, and two lucky girls. Welcome to London!"

"Thank you After Annie put the wine away, Meng Huo asked Anthony, "Your Highness, is English comic weekly your business?"

"England comics weekly", "Roland junior comics", "Charlie new comics"... "Anthony said the names of more than a dozen comics magazines:" I have investments in these magazines, but they do not belong to me, they are all operated by themselves. "

He didn't tell the truth. In fact, he controlled the most popular comic magazines, but Anthony didn't want to tell Meng Huo. He guessed what Meng Huo would ask this time.

"... there is a very good cartoonist in England comics weekly, who is known as the king of European comics. She seems to have been serialized in other magazines." Sure enough, Meng Huo pondered for a while and immediately asked, "does the Duke know the identity of that cartoonist?"

"I know." Anthony nodded. If he didn't know, Meng Huo would not believe it.

"I also know why Mr. He Xi asked about her." His eyes flashed a smile, said: "her painting style and a Chinese cartoonist is very similar, right?"

Meng Huo nodded: "a wonderful new cartoonist."

"Jingyue is a contract cartoonist of Zhongxia company, right?" Anthony smile more than: "I think you guessed right, these two people are together... Mirror month in Europe for five years, she is now our best-selling cartoonist here, but does not belong to any cartoon company."

Alice looks surprised. Meng Huo has already told her and Shen Jie about Jingyue in detail on the way. She is not surprised at his inquiry to Anthony, but what does Anthony mean when he says that he doesn't belong to any cartoon company?

"What does the Duke mean? Is this cartoonist free

"Yes." Anthony made a look at Annie around her. Annie nodded and stood up and said, "what Jingyue signed with the comics company are all works contracts. She likes to contribute different works to different companies because of the high quality of the works. All the comics companies are scrambling for them."

Meng Huo frowned slightly: "will the cartoon company agree to her request?"

These things don't sound true. No matter how high the quality of the works is, these cartoon companies are not willing to accept only the contract. They will certainly try to find Jingyue, and then let her sign an exclusive agreement - this is the case with Chinese cartoonists."I can't help it." Annie continued: "someone has investigated Jingyue's identity, but no one knows who she is."

"No one knows who she is?" Alice was shocked. Isn't it the same as Huaxia? No one in China knows who Jingyue is - she used to suspect that she was her own father, only to find that it was a cover, mostly a substitute.

"Every time she contributed, she was very cautious and would not leave any clues. Even reporters could not find her." "She doesn't have an editor, and even the bank card that collects the contribution is anonymous... The comic company doesn't know her identity," Anthony said

Meng Huo looked at Anthony and said, "has your highness ever investigated her?"

"Of course."

"You don't know?"

"... no line..."

Anthony is trying to answer no clues, a look at Meng Huo face doubt, immediately know that this answer is not. Since he can lock in Meng Huo before he enters London, it's impossible that he can't even find a cartoonist - it may be counterproductive to say so.

"... I found her three, almost four years ago." He changed the answer and surprised Annie around him. But after all, it was the person who had seen the storm. Annie's surprise didn't show on her face.

Meng Huo's suspicions disappeared: "do you know her identity?"

"I know." Anthony sighed from the bottom of his heart, but didn't change his smile on his face: "but I know, I can't tell you her identity now."

"Why?"

"If I told you that she knew, wouldn't she not contribute to my magazines?" Anthony put out his hand and said, "I don't want to make that lady angry. She's our first cartoonist."

Meng Huo was a little unconvinced: "do you care about a cartoonist?"

"If she's just a cartoonist, no one can miss her."

"What do you mean?"

"It means her identity is very sensitive." Alice looked at Anthony and said, "sensitive enough to keep the Duke's secret for her."

This is her guess. Since that cartoonist can maintain such a mysterious identity in China, Zhongxia company is not willing to disclose it. It can be seen that she may have some great background, so it is not impossible for Anthony to keep secret.

"Miss Alice is really clever." Antony praised, but she was a little cold. Alice's words were vague. She didn't say that the identity of the cartoonist was beyond Antony's control. She just said that her identity was very sensitive.

"Is she aware of something?" He thought so. What Alice said just now was that she found out that the cartoonist was an important person for Anthony. But with so few clues, could she find so many things?

Anthony is in a bit of a dilemma, but he can't try. Once he tries, it will be easier to find out.

Meng Huo seems to have given up. In fact, he was just curious, not necessarily to know the identity of the other party - even Anthony was not willing to tell him the answer. On the contrary, he made Meng Huo more curious and looked forward to seeing the cartoonist one day.

At the end of the dinner, when he left, Meng Huo gave Anthony a letter.

"This is..."

"This is for Jingyue. You should give it to her?" Meng Huo said with a smile, "I've read some of her comics. Here are my feelings and opinions on them. Please tell her that they are the suggestions of an ordinary reader."

Anthony's eyes brighten, and He Xi looks at Meng Huo a little surprised. He Xi gives Lisa some advice, but he doesn't worry that she will become more serious and threaten him