Chapter 229 - Smell 2

"I can only smell his hand cream on your right shoulder. Normally speaking, there should only be a faint scent on your shoulder if he stands face to face with you and pats your shoulder. However, the scent of his hand cream on your right shoulder is quite obvious. And I can also smell his perfume on your back. This only means that ... he has walked with you and put his arm around your shoulder for a while, perhaps from the entrance to the lawn?" Emily spoke while thing about it. She then stared at Sydnee and asked, "Did you run into Marquise at the entrance?"

Sydnee was dumbfounded.

Sydnee almost wanted knelt at Emily's feet. She said jokingly, "People say we should always look at others with new eyes. It has only been a month since I last saw you, and you've become so smart now! You can even work as a private detective."

"Don't you like my brother?" Emily asked, "He probably wanted to ask you to marry him last time." And if they had really got married, Marquise probably wouldn't have harassed Sydnee again.

Sydnee shook her head and said, "I don't want to get marry for now. After the thing happened between me and Marquise, I feel that all men were ... the same. Of course, Mr. Vincent was different. It was just ... How should I put it? It was just I haven't met anyone to whom I want to give him my whole life for the time being. And your brother doesn't really like me. If he asked me to marry him just because of that, then he would be overreacting. We're not living in the old days. I should just let it be."

Emily understood what Sydnee meant. She patted Sydnee's shoulder and said, "You will find a perfect man in the future, and he will definitely love you very much."

Sydnee smiled wryly, "Why is a girl like you saying those sophisticate things to me?"

Emily looked at the smile on Sydnee's face and suddenly remembered the withered woman she had met in the Tea Manor in her previous life. That woman's face was haggard and she had lost her hope of living. She was depressed as if she was on the verge of death.

"Sydnee, thank you." Emily said softly.

Thank you for being alive.

Sydnee thought that Emily was thanking her for bringing the gift. She waved her hand and said, "Don't say thank you to me. It's just a piece of cake."

Emily did not explain. She only smiled at Sydnee, turned around, and took the bag out. She wanted to deliver the gift to Vincent before Eliot took her home. She couldn't help but smile when she recalled how the guards had glared at her earlier.

However, as soon as she went out, she saw Eliot there. Eliot came here only because he saw Sydnee heading in this direction. He decided to wait and see if Emily was also here, and it turned out that he was right.

"What made you so happy?" He raised his head and saw nobody following Emily out, "Who did you meet inside?"

Emily shook her head.

Eliot didn't ask again. He brought her back to the banquet hall and said, "Follow me and don't run around." After he said that, he noticed that there was something in Emily's hand which looked very similar to what Sydnee was holding in her arms just now. He asked, "What is this?"

Emily regretted taking the gift out. She should have asked Sydnee to give it to Vincent for her. But Emily took it with her because she wanted to give it to Vincent by herself. But since Eliot had seen Sydnee just now, he would definitely remember what Sydnee was holding then.

"It belongs to Sister Sydnee." Emily put on a silly smile and said, "She asked me to take it for her."

Eliot nodded. As he turned around, he saw Elsie in the crowd. He immediately patted Emily's head and said, "Wait here. I'll go take Elsie here."

"Okay."

Just as Eliot went away, Emily immediately went to look for the hidden guard because she wanted to ask them to pass the gift to Vincent. Judging from Eliot's attitude, he would probably bring Elsie and her back home in a few minutes. She didn't have much time left.

However, Emily accidentally bumped into someone while turning around because she was in a hurry. And that person happened to be Irene.

Irene was holding two glasses of red wine in her hands. The wine was spilled on the clothes of the two of them. Fortunately, Irene didn't get angry when she saw that it was Emily. She only sighed, "The constellation program says it's not going to be a good day for Leos today. Seems like it's true." Irene lowered her head and looked at the wine stains on her knight costume, on Emily's pink coat and even on Emily's sweater. Irene smiled again and said, "What a tragedy."

Emily lowered her head and looked at the bag in her hand. Fortunately, the wine had not spilled inside.

"Find us a dressing room and bring us two sets of clothes," Irene said to a waiter. The waiter led the way respectfully as he said, "This way please."

Emily didn't really want to change her clothes. After all, she would go back home soon. But Irene was pulling her hand as she said, "Let's go. It's fine. Don't be afraid. I'm not angry at you."

"I'm sorry." Only then did Emily remember that she hadn't apologized yet. She looked at Irene's exquisite knight costume and said hesitantly, "I'll compensate you."

Irene shrugged indifferently, "Forget it. I don't want your money. Right! Why are you running around here? Have you found Mr. Vincent?"

Emily shook her head.

Irene nodded, "He must be very busy today. I heard that many important people came to celebrate his birthday for him. I don't think he has time to see you. I just spoke a few words to him."

Emily just listened as Irene spoke, and she nodded or shook her head occasionally to show that she was listening. Irene was very relaxed in front of her and was speaking freely, "I prepared my gift for him a month ago, but it's a pity I can't watch him open it. What about you? Did you give him your gift?"

Emily shook her head while holding the bag in her hand.

They followed the waiter into a dressing room. Not long after, the waiter brought them two sets of formal wear for women. One of them was a black and pink gauzy princess dress, and the other set included a black suit with a long skirt which was the color of the starry sky.

Irene liked the set with a suit very much, so she picked the clothes first and looked at them carefully. She said, "This suit and the skirt fit me well. What about you? Do you like the dress?"

Seeing Emily shaking her head, Irene immediately took off her clothes and said, "Alright, I'll take this set then. You can put on the dress."

Emily felt that Irene was similar to Christy in some respects. For example, she could take off her clothes in front of another woman without feeling shy....

Although the dressing room was large, Emily was still a little shy. Seeing that Irene had almost finished changing her clothes, Emily hesitated for a moment and took off her coat and sweater. The zipper of the princess dress was at the side, and Emily couldn't find it. Irene helped Emily unzip it after putting on her clothes. Irene didn't seem to remember that Emily was a retard until now, and she asked again with concern, "Do you want me to help you get changed?"

Emily shook her head.

Just as Irene was about to speak again, she saw Emily's necklace with a ring attached to it. There was nothing special about the necklace and the ring, but Irene had seen Vincent wearing the same things.

She suddenly remembered what Arabella had said just now.

"Mr. Vincent has found someone he really likes."

"You've met that girl before."