It was past nine in the evening, and the voices in the room were looming. Alan was very fond of Cathy now.

The main reason is that the emotional value feedback she gave to Allen was so strong and positive.

In the past, Alan liked to play with older girls.

People who are older and have more experience can enhance their potential through constant verbal encouragement.

Although their language may be limited, men will buy into any words of encouragement, no matter how cliché or fake they are.

But after listening to it more often, Alan's immunity became stronger and he felt a little fed up with it.

Over time, he wouldn't say he disliked it, but he had heard these words so many times, or gotten used to them. Whenever the older sisters used these words to praise and encourage Alan, he would feel a little indifferent, and sometimes even feel that it was a bit fake.

…

But Cathy was different.

She didn't know anything before.

Besides, she is different from Kate. Although Kate Winslet didn't understand it before, she started out early. Although she hasn't eaten pork, she has seen pigs run. Besides, that girl is more cheerful. When Alan was with her, they had a lot of fun. He didn't regard her as an innocent girl at all. At most, he regarded her as a little gangster.

But Cathy is different, she is a real naive type.

Alan had to teach her everything personally, but even with Alan's teaching, there were some things she still couldn't learn... However, there was one good thing about Cathy, although she couldn't learn, she was obedient.

Just like now, Alan put his arm around her shoulders and coaxed her into putting on the collar, and then put on a small headband with furry cat ears.

In this way, the image of the orc girl becomes quite interesting.

It's just that at this moment, Cathy's condition was a little bit off... there were tears in the corners of her eyes... but she wasn't sad, well... she was crying because she was happy and excited.

…

"Hmm... this ear isn't perfect. It would be better if it had an elf's ear."

Cathy's skin was very white, but not rough. It was not like some white people's, which looked very white from a distance but, up close, had skin that was like sandpaper, except that it was hairy and looked like pig skin.

Hers is different. Maybe it’s because she never worked since she was a child. Her skin is very delicate and she has very little hair…

This image of her, without even wearing colored contact lenses, gave Alan the impression that he had looted the orc tribe and captured a cat girl.

The visual impact is extremely strong.

Cathy wiped her tears, pouted and gave Alan a blank look, then stretched out her hands for a hug...

"Hug me..."

…

Maybe it's because of their personality. Some girls... their personality will change drastically when they are studying. For example, they may look very quiet at ordinary times, but when they are studying, they will be very relaxed. When they ask questions to the teacher, their voices are loud and they ask questions continuously.

Ajani is a bit of a leader in this area.

Sometimes, older sisters are not good in every way, and young girls still have their shining points.

Cathy is different. The more times like this happen, the more she holds back. Her voice becomes gentler and her personality becomes softer, even a little pretentious.

…

Alan didn't have time to hug Cathy, that was too hypocritical, so he patted her hands gently and prepared to start the second game, but halfway through, there was a gentle knock on the bedroom door.

At first, the sound was very light, and Alan was so focused on the class that he didn't hear it, but the knocking on the door never stopped, and the sound of Xiao Shitou also came intermittently from outside.

"Master?! Are you busy? It's a call from home. His Highness has something urgent and needs you to return quickly. Butler Capel just called from overseas..."

"Master? Did you hear that?"

"Master?"

“…”

Alan took a deep breath.

When he was studying and communicating, he hated being interrupted the most...

When talking about the key point of learning, if you stop at this critical moment or are interrupted, you will feel very annoyed.

Even Casey, who had always been very gentle, leaned back with some dissatisfaction and turned her head to look at Alan.

“Bang!”

Alan slapped her hard on her buttocks.

"What are you yelling for? Wait until I'm done."

…

"Wait a minute, you take a rest first, I'll go see what's going on."

After explaining things to Casey, Alan took a breath and then opened the bedroom door. Seeing that Xiao Shitou was still standing outside, Alan stood outside the door and slightly closed the door to block Xiao Shitou's sight.

…

"What's wrong?"

"Master, Butler Capel just received an order from His Highness and called you to go back. I think the news has been published in the newspaper."

Of course, Butler Capel did not say anything crucial on the phone. He only said that Earl Allen should come back quickly because His Highness had something urgent to discuss with him. As for the rest... Given the current external situation, America is so fond of eavesdropping, and Britain, which knows their nature very well, would certainly not make such a mistake.

"What time is it now?"

Alan felt that this time was a little different from what he had planned. He had originally planned for the second half of the night, but now... it had only been a short time since dinner, and he and Casey had just started their second class.

"It's past ten o'clock, Master!"

Little Stone raised his wrist and let Alan look at his watch.

"Okay... Go and get ready. Book the earliest flight tomorrow morning. Also..."

Alan touched his chin. Although there was a slight discrepancy in time, the impact was not too great and it could still be operated.

"You go to Wei Dewei in person later, around 12 o'clock... um..."

"Forget it, go and arrange the plane first, and then come see me when you come back."

Alan was just about to arrange for Xiao Shitou to notify Wei Dewei after booking the plane, but then he changed his mind and thought that if he notified him too early, it would be bad for him if he was exposed. So he decided to take advantage of the time when Xiao Shitou was arranging the plane to think about it carefully.

"Yes, Master. I'll go now."

"Well, go ahead!"

…

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Alan coming back, sitting on the bed and lighting a cigarette without saying a word, looking a little melancholy, Casey put her arms around Alan's neck from behind and asked curiously.

"Um……"

Although he had anticipated all of this, Alan couldn't act too impatient to leave.

After all…Kathy still has to act out a play with her.

It can't be considered as taking advantage of her. Alan and she still have a little bit of feelings for each other. The main reason is that the girl is simple and innocent. Even a black-hearted man like Alan can't bear to lie to her. It's all due to the situation. This is called... having no choice.

"I just received a call from home. His Highness urgently summoned me back. It must be something urgent. I have to go."

"ah?"

When Cathy heard Alan say he was leaving, her hands shook violently. The two of them had just started to develop a relationship and were getting used to it, but now the man in front of her was leaving so suddenly. She couldn't accept it for a moment.

"What's the emergency? Do I have to ask you to go back?"

Cathy tightened her arms around Alan's neck and asked anxiously.

"How would I know? The phone call has already come, how can I disobey? It was His Highness who asked me to go back, do you think it's a small matter..."

What Alan was talking about, His Royal Highness or not, was beyond Cathy's understanding. She was just an ordinary rich girl from a politician's family. As for those at the higher level, she had never seen them.

Now that Alan said this, Cathy's eyes turned red again.

He just hugged Alan without saying a word.

…

Alan waited for a long time and suddenly felt that something was wrong with Cathy. He turned his head slightly and found that the girl was crying again.

She cried so tenderly and beautifully that Alan could hardly bear it.

Suppressing the urge to continue lecturing, Alan reached out and took Casey to sit on his lap, coaxing her in a low voice for a long time.

"Don't worry, it's nothing serious. If it's handled quickly, I'll be back in a few days. Things here haven't been resolved yet, eh? By the way... Tsk, I have to accompany your father to a meeting tomorrow morning, and something like this suddenly happened, eh..."

Alan was coaxing her, and as if he suddenly remembered something, he patted his head in annoyance and muttered to himself.

"It's already late, don't worry about my father's affairs, go and do your own thing first... If you come back late, will His Highness cause trouble for you?"

"I don't know either. Maybe I've missed something important and will be punished when I go back."

Alan jumped up and down and scared Cathy.

He had already said what he was about to say.

The goal was achieved. Allen just wanted Cathy to feel like she was participating in the whole process.

Late in the evening, the housekeeper informed Alan that there was a call from home, so he had to arrange tomorrow's schedule overnight. Boss Cha urgently called him back, so... he could not attend the meeting tomorrow morning!

…

This was what Allen wanted Cathy to experience the whole process. Compared to sending a servant to explain to Patten later, Allen judged himself by his own standards. Judging from Patten's personality and character, if he knew that Cathy was with Allen that night, he would definitely try to trick her into telling him something. But Cathy was not a scheming person, so she just had to tell the truth about what happened tonight.

Alan wanted to give Patten the feeling that he didn't mean to get into trouble, but that he had no choice but to leave early because of something urgent. Everything else... was all accidents!

Plus, with his daughter as a witness, with such a double insurance, are you still afraid that Patten won't believe it?

As for whether Allen will come back by then?

The money is in hand, the people have left, why come back?

At the very least, Allen is not planning to come back in the short term. Boss Jia has said that he will "return home next week", so it is reasonable for Allen to come back in a few days, right?

On the surface, he would definitely say that he would be back in a few days after finishing his domestic affairs.

But he didn’t say how many days it would take…

Anyway, if nothing unexpected happens, it is now 1992. In another five years, which is about 1,800 days later, Alan will always accompany Boss Cha back.

More than 1,800 days, does that count as a few days?

This doesn't count as breaking a promise, does it?

…

The reason why it became so troublesome is that Allen has a bit of "idol baggage" and is worried about his reputation.

You can't just do a one-time deal, if you can disguise it, try to disguise it.

Theoretically speaking, no matter which country you are in, it is a taboo to just take money and not do anything.

Now... he has already accepted Patten's money. If he takes the money and does not do the job, and runs away with other excuses, then Alan's reputation will be affected to some extent. If he encounters such a thing again in the future, it will be difficult for him to deal with it.

But now it was different... On the eve of the meeting, Boss Cha had something urgent to ask him back, this...

Allen was "helpless", so if he wanted to blame someone, he could only blame his boss Cha who asked him to go back. But would he, Chris Patten, dare to blame his boss Cha?

Even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to do it. He could only blame himself for his bad luck.

…

As long as Alan goes back, he has plenty of ways to go because he is delayed by other trivial matters and cannot make it.

He couldn't get away and wouldn't be able to come back in a short time.

As long as this meeting is delayed, let alone ten days or half a month, as long as he cannot attend the meeting tomorrow morning, this meeting, according to Allen's estimation, will most likely turn into a farce!

No one is supporting Patten, and he himself cannot keep the situation stable. There will definitely be no shortage of opponents at the scene, and these people will be enough to make this old guy suffer.

As for postponing the meeting and waiting for Alan to come back, that's simply impossible!

Chris Patten came to visit Alan a few days ago. Why did they make an appointment in advance?

Even though Patten was already impatient, he still set aside a few days?

These few days are reserved for various media to promote the product.

Although the scale of the meeting in Hong Kong is only regional, there are many media and people paying attention to it, and the influence is not small. The local media in Hong Kong have been promoting this matter these days and are waiting for the meeting to start tomorrow morning!

The new governor has been very quiet since taking office, which is extremely strange. It has been so many days and a legislative meeting is finally going to be held. Locals, media, and even foreign media are all paying attention to this meeting.

After warming up for a few days in advance, the meeting is now postponed?

…

If this meeting cannot start on time, no matter what the reason, the governor's credibility and prestige will suffer a blow.

And if Patten gritted his teeth and went ahead, then... it would most likely turn into a farce. Old guy Wei Dewei has been enduring for some time, and Allen doesn't believe that he is not prepared. The best time to deal with Patten is definitely at this kind of highly anticipated meeting.

There are wolves in front and tigers behind, and the promised backer has to leave "unavoidably".

This is the dead end that Allen left for Patten. Let's see how the new governor, who is known for his cunning negotiation, will resolve it. If he fails to handle it well, he will be embarrassed internationally.

Now with Casey, the "specific insider", participating in the whole process, even if Patten questioned him, he could not find any fault with Allen.

In this way, Allen completely removed himself from the matter.

As for what to do afterwards.

Do whatever you want!

Anyway, Alan has been talking nonsense here enough. He has racked his brains to achieve the current situation. He can already foresee what a farce Hong Kong will become after tomorrow. Let Patten deal with the rest.