Chapter 66: meet old friends
Evan rode in Duke Wilson's carriage and drove towards Cornwall Manor. The goodbye this time made them both a little cautious. After all, it has been two weeks since they saw each other. .
Duke Wilson was very dissatisfied with this situation. He looked at Evan's expression from the corner of his eye and thought about how to talk to Evan.
But Evan kept his eyes closed all the time, so Duke Wilson couldn't find a chance to talk to Evan until the carriage arrived at Cornwall Manor. Duke Wilson couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Although Evan squinted his eyes halfway, Duke Wilson's movements were in full view. A secret smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Although he made up his mind to let Duke Wilson speak first, he still had to Throw some bait down.
So just when Duke Wilson was about to get out of the car in frustration, Evan suddenly said, "Lord Duke, thank you very much for this time."
Duke Wilson was overjoyed, turned his head to look at Evan, but his face showed restraint, pursed his lips tightly and said: "You are too polite, you originally correct."
Evan suddenly smiled, suddenly leaned forward and grabbed Duke Wilson's hand, the Duke couldn't help but shudder, but Evan seemed to be unaware, still Looking at Duke Wilson very sincerely, he said softly: "But without you, even if I am innocent today, I'm afraid I can't escape being framed."
Duke Wilson no longer reacted at this time, he couldn't help trembling all over, he never thought... did not think...
"Your Majesty!" Butler Chris's sudden voice freed the two of them from their current predicament.
Duke Wilson reacted immediately, he suddenly took his hand out of Evan's hand, lowered his head and whispered: "You are too kind, let's get out of the car." Turned over and got out of the carriage.
Evan looked at his empty palm with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth. The Duke is really innocent in this regard.
Evan got off the carriage, Duke Wilson was nowhere to be seen, butler Chris stood at the door and smiled awkwardly at Evan: "Mr. Pastor, the Duke has gone to the living room, Robert The pastor is waiting there."
Evan nodded nonchalantly and followed Butler Chris towards the living room.
As soon as Evan entered the living room, he saw the duke sitting beside Pastor Robert, and when he saw him come in, he avoided his eyes unnaturally.
Evan did not deliberately embarrass him, but walked towards Pastor Robert with a smile on his face.
"Pastor Robert, long time no see." Evan smiled very friendly and polite.
Pastor Robert also stood up with a smile, with a happy smile on his kind face: "Oh, little Evan, I didn't expect you to be a pastor here, it's great, a few days ago Your father mentioned you to me when he came to London."
"My father?" Evan's heart sank suddenly.
The original owner's father is an old-fashioned gentleman with very old ideas, the owner of a small manor, but because of the system of primogeniture, he was completely eliminated from the list of heirs, and he excluded him In addition to part of his mother's dowry, he could not get a single child. In order to make up his mind, he even sent the original owner to an aristocratic boarding school from an early age. Although Evan has been in this world for two or three years, this father Except for a letter when I came to Delan Lier, I have never contacted him, let alone seen it.
"Yeah, old Peter also asked me about your current situation. Now that everything is fine with you, he should be relieved." Pastor Robert smiled very kindly.
But Evan couldn't laugh at all. He didn't think his father was a person who cared about his current situation. He developed quite well in the church in London back then. , but because his brother would come to London to do business in the future, his father was afraid that he would affect his brother's status, so he transferred him to Delan Lier far away. He couldn't think of any reason why he would not care about such a person. he.
"Yes, is my father in good health? I may not have seen him for a long time." Although Evan was puzzled, he still did his best.
Robert nodded: "You can rest assured, old Peter is in good health, by the way, according to your father, your brother William seems to be getting married soon."
Married? Evan didn't even know what his father looked like, let alone the titular brother.
"Oh? Really? This is new news." Evan said with a very calm expression.
It was only at this time that Pastor Robert realized that he had said something wrong, and he was a little embarrassed for a while. He had heard about the Bruce family before, but he did not expect to be so ruthless.
Duke Wilson, who was sitting on the side with a stiff expression, frowned after hearing Evan's words. He had never paid attention to Evan's family. such a problem.
"Pastor Robert." As if he noticed the difference in the surrounding atmosphere, Evan laughed again, he helped Reverend Robert to sit down again, and said with a smile, "You are here this time. Did the Duke invite you?"
Evan changed the subject at the right time, it would be a bit disappointing to say this at this time.
"Oh, of course." Pastor Robert was also very smart not to mention the embarrassment just now, and continued with a smile: "The Duke invited me to Delane, but I didn't expect to encounter this place. It's a horrible thing."
Evan pursed his lips and did not speak, but Pastor Robert continued to ramble: "Speaking of Irina was a good child before, it is amazing how she has become like this now, fortunately this Next time you are fine, otherwise I really don't know what serious consequences will be caused."
Evan still smiles, but his heart is as cold as ice, what could be the consequences? The moral quality of a gentleman on the table is still very important, especially if he is a church pastor. If it is really like what Ferde designed, I am afraid that the church will have no place to rest long ago.
Robert was getting older, and people became nagging, he dragged Evan back from the days in London to recall his youth, these stories Evan had not heard a thousand times before Eight hundred times, but at this time, in the face of such a pastor Robert, he still listened patiently. After all, this nagging old man has just saved himself.
Bar."
Pastor Robert was a little confused at first, so when the Duke said that, he did feel a little stiff in his back, so he didn't care about etiquette and followed Butler Chris went upstairs.
The departure of Reverend Robert caused an awkward silence in the living room. The duke had just been arrogant, but now he is a little overwhelmed, the back of his hand seems to be still before the survivors The warmth in Evan's palm, which seemed to be contagious, rushed straight from the back of his hand through his blood vessels to his heart, making him restless for a while.
Evan is very aware of the duke's tangled mood at this time, and he couldn't help but laugh a little, but in the end he opened his mouth very understandingly: "Lord Duke, thank you for your arrangement today, to be able to communicate with you. Meeting with Pastor Robert, I felt a lot."
Duke Wilson breathed a sigh of relief the moment Evan spoke, but he couldn't help frowning: "Speaking of this, I want to ask you, what is your relationship with your father? Is the relationship very bad?"
Evan smiled bitterly: "It's not bad, but I haven't had much contact with it."
"Have no contact?" The duke looked at Evan in surprise: "He's your father, haven't you had much contact with him?"
Evan paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "My father sent me to a boarding school after I was eight years old, until I became an assistant pastor at the age of twenty-two, We've met less than twenty times, and he's given me either a letter or a check, so I don't really know my father."
Duke Wilson was really surprised at this time. He was the only son of the old Duke Wilson, and was basically brought up by the old Duke Wilson. He never knew that there are still people in this world. Such a strange father-son relationship.
"Is this true? It's so unfortunate!" Duke Wilson looked at Evan with some sympathy.
Evan couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to sympathize with me, no matter what, I have grown so big, although my father has not fulfilled his father's responsibilities, but he also treats me It’s helped a lot, and it’s because of my father that I was able to transfer Delan Lier this time, but I didn’t expect that when my brother got married, no one told me…”
Speaking of this, Evan's expression couldn't help but get a little gloomy.
Duke Wilson felt a little uncomfortable when he saw it. He kept looking at the gentle and kind Evan, but he never thought that he would have so many sad things.
"You... don't be sad, maybe the letter was blocked, so I couldn't tell you in time. After all, it's your own brother who will tell you anyway." Duke Wilson could only say so. Inappropriate comfort, but in my heart I was very dissatisfied with the other two men in the Bruce family.
Evan smiled reluctantly: "Maybe."
Seeing Evan's expression so gloomy, Duke Wilson's mood is not very good, but this kind of thing is not the domain that the Duke is good at, so he can only shut up.
The two had lunch together at the manor. After lunch, Evan was going to go back, but the Duke suddenly proposed to go fishing with Evan. Had to go with the Duke.
The place they went to was a lake under the Cornwall Manor. The fish was very rich. Evan was very unfamiliar with this kind of thing, so he had to follow the example of Duke Wilson.
All sparkling.
Sitting in such a place, Evan relaxed and did not think about those insidious schemes, but was completely immersed in such a beautiful world.
Only when he finally woke up from such a relaxed situation, he found that the sun had gone down.
He turned to look at Duke Wilson's slightly smiling face, and an elegant tone came out between his beautifully shaped lips: "Pastor Bruce, it's getting late today, Why don't you just stay."
Evan suddenly found that his estimate of Duke Wilson was still somewhat wrong. This man is obviously a good player.