Chapter 188 - Ugly?

Eliot hadn't seen Emily for a long time. He came out this time to visit her at the Scavo's. If she wanted to go home, he would just take her back.

However, it took Eliot by great surprised that Emily was not at home.

The butler at the door smiled gently, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Eliot. Miss Emily went out with Mr. Vincent in the early morning."

'Out for fun?'

'They are so close now?'

Sincerely Eliot didn't think that Vincent would be fond of Emily, but on the other hand, it occurred to him that Emily was so naïve and adorable that someone cold and cruel as Mr. Vincent could probably delight in her company.

He stayed calm and collected, asking, "Do you know where they are?"

"No." The butler still smiled.

"Alright. Thank you."

Eliot got back into the car. He took out his phone and wondered whether to call Emily. This little girl had made few phone calls to him these past few days. She seemed to have almost forgotten about him.

After some hesitation, he didn't dial the phone. Since she was out, he could call in the evening for detail.

"Mr. Eliot, there's a car blocking up ahead." The driver suddenly said.

Eliot raised his head and looked forward. The car door was opened and a man slowly walked out. He tilted his head slightly, looked over and raised a kind smile.

It was Kamron.

He took a few steps to Eliot's car, knocked on the car window and asked, "Mr. Eliot, can I get on your car and have a word?"

Eliot lowered the window, motioned the driver to pull over the curb and leave some room beside him.

After Kamron came up, he closed his legs with hands on his crotch. He looked at Eliot with some reverence. He felt that Eliot was a gentleman and a gentleman shouldn't have played dirty, let alone hurt his balls ... right?

Of course, with the lesson drawn from Emily, Kamron still inclined to take this precaution. The car window was open, and his bodyguard was standing by it, vigilant at all times.

Eliot looked at him, a little confused, "May I know why Mr. Kamron's here?"

Kamron was stunned for a moment before realizing that Eliot had completely forgotten that Kamron saved him!

Holy shit! How ungrateful!

Kamron had to remind him, "Mr. Eliot, after you were beaten last time ... I saved you."

Indeed Eliot remembered that someone seemed to be pulling him to the car and even punched him. He looked at Kamron for a while and suddenly said, "Was it you I beat up back then?"

Kamron thought, '...'

'These two Britts are monsters!'

Why the hell did Eliot hit him the first time they meet? Was he really that ugly?!

Kamron took a deep breath and said, "It's me."

"Well, I should have thanked you."

"No need to thank me. My family is planning to do some tea business recently. I would like to ask if you have any familiar friends to introduce to me so that I can get some discounts?"

Eliot pondered for a moment before saying, "My family's business has changed from chain supermarket to EPC. We don't usually deal with customers in the tea industry, so we don't learn the ropes."

Kamron looked at Eliot's face carefully and smiled after a long while. "Alright, I'll disturb you again if I am in this sort of need in the future. Anyway, remember that you owe me a favor."

Eliot nodded, "Alright."

After Kamron got off the car, he stood there and watched as Eliot's car quickly disappeared from his sight. Some hesitation could be seen from his eyebrows. The bodyguard beside him asked, "Mr. Kamron, do you think he was telling the truth or lying?"

"Indeed, he is not lying." Kamron continued to stare into the distance. "It's just that ... Since he doesn't know about the Tea Manor, he probably doesn't know that the foolish Emily isn't foolish at all."

"What shall we do next?" The bodyguard asked.

"What else can I do?" Kamron didn't know what came to his mind. Cravenly he covered his balls and walked towards his car. "If it weren't for Mr. Vincent's support, I would have caught her over and tortured her. But now, with Mr. Vincent backing her up, even when she said I was ugly to my face, I couldn't get angry at her!"

The bodyguard scratched his head, "Mr. Kamron, it seems that you care about her calling you ugly instead of her hitting you..."

"Nonsense!" Kamron gritted his teeth hatefully, "I'd rather not know that's the reason! What the hell!" "Am I really that ugly?" He murmured to himself as if he was wronged.

Bodyguard: "..."

**

In middle to late November, it became colder and colder. The afternoon wind was also piercingly cold, causing the pedestrians to hurry on the road. However, on such a wide and quiet path, there was a man and a woman walking slowly, as if they were wandering around.

The man was dressed in inky black with a straight posture and a well-pressed suit. His well-featured face carried no emotions. Only when he looked at the girl beside him did his indifferent eyes reveal a trace of nearly imperceptible smile.

A few passers-by were all amazed, looking them up and down. It wasn't until they met the man's unpleasant cold gaze that they looked away in hurry. However, when they go far way, they couldn't help turning around and staring after the two. Someone even took out his phone and called his friend, "I just saw a man who is even more handsome than a star. There's no camera beside him. My goodness, his has such a reserved temperament. And, and the girl beside him is also exceptionally beautiful..."

Emily walked to the entrance of the park before she stretched out her hand to Mr. Vincent, "Let's go in and have a stroll."

She had something to say.

Vincent naturally obeyed and grabbed her small hand. He kneaded her thumb gently and slowly, as if he wanted to brand her temperature into his own palm.

As winter approached, more than half of the people in the park than usual were gone. Even on weekends, there were pitifully few.

The two of them walked along the cobblestone path. Though the wind blew all the way, their hands were still warm. Emily pulled Vincent along the way until they reached the man-made green lawn.

She didn't tell Vincent about the plan this morning, but he didn't ask anything and just did it.

That was never his style. He was the one to plan, to decide and to act. This morning, he swallowed his pride to publicize the paintings of this a little girl.

Emily was very uneasy.

Vincent had done too much for her right now, but she ... could not help him at all.

It was really like what she had planned at the beginning—using him again and again for her own ends.

She rubbed the tips of her shoes against the lawn, feeling somewhat embarrassed and not knowing how to start. She thought twice and approached to another topic, "Mr. Vincent, you didn't even ask me why I wanted to help them?"

Vincent looked at her composedly, "Why?"

"..."

Emily pouted with a touch of unhappiness, "Mr. Vincent, you are too indifferent."

Vincent's sharp eyebrows suddenly softened as he looked at her with a smile in his black eyes, "With my backup, you could do whatever you want. Don't worry about something else."

"What about using you? Don't you care?" Emily lowered her head and muttered.

Her voice was very soft, but Vincent heard it, 'Is it what has annoyed her along the way?'

He stretched out his hand to pinch her soft cheek and lowered his voice in purpose, "I may ask for a little reward at night."

Emily blushed and patted his hand away, muttering softly, "..."

Vincent missed it and moved closer to ask, "What did you say?"

Emily didn't dare to say it again. She covered her mouth and took a few steps forward, but her ears blushed extraordinary red.

The Guards in the shadows were freaked out:

Guard A, "Who heard that?"

Guard B, "I don't know. I didn't catch that either."

Guard C, "I think that answer must be very important! Look, the little Hulk's ears are red!"

Guard D, "Dare you report that to Mr. Vincent?"

Guard A, "Holy shit? Did you hear that?"

Guard B, " Tell us! Tell us!"

Guard D, "Nope, I won't."

Guards A,B and C, "..."

Guard C, "Buddies, beat him!"

Guard D, "... "

As Emily walked ahead, she felt four figures flash past behind her. She glanced at them and found that the guards seemed to be fighting?

"Hey—what are you guys doing?" She shouted.

The guards stood at attention in a flash with upright posture and solemn faces as if it wasn't them who had just fought.

"..."

Just as she was about to walk to a small bridge in the cold wind, Vincent wrapped her hands before they walked onto the bridge together. She turned around and found a stele by the bridge. It was far away, and she could not see it clearly. When she reached the other side, she discovered that there was also a stone tablet here. It was one of the matching pair, written "to grow old together".

She glanced at Vincent who put on a righteous face, as if he didn't know that he had just led her to a bridge that blessed a couple with longevity and felicity, the so-called "a bridge for love birds".

An elderly couple happened to come over from this side. They saw two groups of black-clothed men walking side by side and pair by pair down the bridge. When confronted with the men, the couple were shocked with their eyes wide open. Then, they shook their heads and with a "how very indecent", they left in hurry.

Seeing their peculiar expressions, the guards glanced at the stele only to find a note that read: This is a bridge that blessed a couple with longevity and felicity; Legend has it that as long as two people cross it together, they would be able to live together till old and grey.

"..."

The Guards looked at each other in dismay, simultaneously tilted their heads, ready to vomit, "Ugh—"