In the past, Boss Cha was not very cool and dashing, but at least when he appeared in public, his image management was still very good, and he was able to maintain his expression without showing his emotions.
It is very different from the current expression which obviously reveals something.
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"Your Highness!"
Alan greeted Boss Cha.
Boss Cha raised his head and hummed, then waved to Butler Capel who was accompanying Allen, signaling him to close the door and leave. After Butler Capel left, Boss Cha said softly, "Sit down first, and let me finish reading this construction sheet."
"Okay, Your Highness, you go ahead."
Alan put his hands behind his back and was not in a hurry to sit down. He walked around the small study room which was only a dozen square meters.
There is a whole row of bookcases against the wall. Judging from the style, they are just very ordinary designs. The material is hard to tell. They are all in natural wood color, probably oak or something like that.
There is also a small certificate on the third row of the bookcase, and the writing on it has faded a little.
Hill House Preparatory School Diploma - 1955
This so-called preparatory school can be understood as China's Yuhong class, which is the school before formally entering primary school. The school system is only one year. It can also be understood as the kindergarten class Pro MAX.
Unexpectedly, Boss Cha still kept the graduation certificate of the Yuhong class. Alan leaned on the glass and stared at it for a long time, then moved to the side. In the compartment next to the small certificate, there was a primary school graduation photo.
"Graduation photo of the class of 1955 at Shim School - taken in 1960"
In the photo, the left half is very clear, while the right half looks like it has been rubbed and flattened. Even... Alan can see some graffiti and stains on the back of the photo.
this……
When Alan saw this photo, he suddenly remembered something. It was said that Boss Cha was chubby and very funny when he was a child.
But because of the way he was educated since childhood, more than 300 maids surrounded him...
He is also like a prince who grew up in the deep palace in ancient times. He is too feminine. To put it bluntly, he is sissy, cowardly, and cries at the slightest provocation.
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When he was in the "Yuhong Class", he was picked up and dropped off every day in a Rolls-Royce specially provided by the royal family. Every day when he went to school, the principal of the Yuhong Class had to run to the school gate to greet him in person and salute him.
A year later, after graduating from the Yuhong class and starting elementary school, Boss Cha had a hard time during the five years...
Their Shim School is not so particular. All the students are children of powerful and wealthy people. Their family titles are too low and they are not even qualified to come in.
To put it bluntly... the teachers who teach the children here don't dare to speak too loudly.
They can't afford to offend any of the young masters here!
The only thing left before class started was for the teacher to greet each of the young masters before starting the class.
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At that time, Boss Cha went to school without an attendant, and no one had one...
As a result, those naughty kids were not so polite to Boss Cha. They were all eight or nine years old, scheming... but not very cunning. They all knew that he was the eldest prince, and they all wanted to bully him.
Boss Cha is a timid and cowardly person, and he doesn't dare go home to complain when he is bullied.
As a result, the classmates who bullied him became even more aggressive.
Now looking at this graduation photo...could the stains on it be because they were snatched away by the naughty kids who bullied him when he was posting the photo?
Alan was very gossipy and thought about all this.
I never thought that Boss Cha, who is so majestic outside, was so incompetent when he was a child.
It is said that... Prince Philip was later very dissatisfied with Mr. Cha, thinking that he lacked masculinity. He had good manners but lacked bearing and masculinity.
When Prince Philip was young... he was a heartthrob. With his handsome looks and masculinity, the women who pursued him lined up from Greece to London. In the end, he married the Queen. Although a man like him was "married into the wife's family", he did not seem to be so weak in front of the Queen. He was the type who lived off the Queen.
Now his son's personality is nothing like his, which makes him very annoyed.
Later... Boss Cha was sent to a famous boys' school in Scotland that was well-known for cultivating masculinity. It was said that on the day of the report, Boss Cha was personally dragged there by Prince Philip's hand. Tsk tsk tsk...
That school... Alan had heard of it. Rather than being a place to cultivate masculinity, it was more like a juvenile detention center... The students there were all troubled teenagers. Boss Cha had just escaped from the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den...
When Allen was at his peak, he changed so many schools, and his father did not send him to a boys' school. Allen was a trouble back then because of his appearance, not like Boss Cha who was in trouble because of his personality.
Alan secretly estimated that if he were Boss Cha and had been sent to this kind of "juvenile detention center" when he was a child, he would have been able to kill a few classmates by relying on his family's status. Unlike Boss Cha, going in would be like sending his head.
When Alan thought about how Boss Cha had this kind of personality when he was a child, but was very indulgent towards him, he suddenly thought, could it be that...what he lacked in his childhood made him like it more and more when he grew up?
Could it be that Boss Cha just likes people with reckless and tough personalities?
Tsk...ok,ok...
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"What are you looking at? Come here!"
Just as he was about to continue reading some gossip, he suddenly heard Boss Cha's voice calling him. Alan turned around with a playful smile and sat down in front of Boss Cha's desk.
There is a small wooden sword covered with patina on the desk.
Alan subconsciously picked it up and took a look at it.
Men... have no resistance to this stuff.
Although this wooden sword is old, its appearance is beautifully carved and it is a standard knight's double-edged sword.
Alan didn't think much about it. He played with it for a while, and then...stuffed the small wooden sword into his trouser pocket.
“…”
Boss Cha looked at Allen expressionlessly. Right under his nose, Allen took his childhood toy away. He grinned and sighed, "This is my childhood toy. It has been on this desk for so many years. I can still see it when I come here from time to time... Well, I'll just give it to you. When you have children in the future, you can give them a toy."
"Haha, thank you for the reward, Your Highness."
I didn’t expect that a small wooden sword was actually Boss Cha’s childhood toy. This was a pleasant surprise.
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"I've been busy lately and can't take care of some things. How's the plan I told you about going?"
Boss Cha pushed a cup of tea to Alan, adjusted his glasses, picked up a new document, and asked as he looked at it.
"Your Highness! I am ready and waiting for your order..."
Alan licked his face with the look of a loyal lackey, and glanced at Boss Cha's desk.
“Eh…”
On Boss Cha's desk was a newspaper from a few days ago. On the cover was a photo of him and Diana taken in South Korea, and the headline was a British thriller.
"Is the undisguised disagreement irreparable?"
This is... speculated by the media again?
Everyone knows that Boss Cha has separated from Diana, but... many people outside still hope that the two of them can calm down and think carefully, and then reconcile or something.
But this time when the two of them went to South Korea for a visit, probably during the entire trip... there was no communication between the two of them.
In the various photos taken by various media outlets from all angles, the two did not even make eye contact during the week-long trip. They were like strangers.
As a result, the media, which has been silent for a while, has news about the royal family again!
Now many people are speculating what will happen to them in the end.
Should we divorce? Or should we continue to make do with each other?
Anyway, it is said that there are handicaps out there now, and the odds of them getting divorced are the lowest.
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Allen told Boss Cha all the news about monsters and the news about luring the US military over, which made Boss Cha frown.
Boss Cha couldn't comment on whether these news were good or bad, but... he always felt that these actions were lacking something, not exciting enough, not powerful enough, and not enough to relieve him of enough pressure.
But... because of the limited time, Allen has done his best to come up with these "serial" news, and he can't say much...
This feeling of being neither up nor down is really painful.
The two looked at each other for a long time. Boss Cha frowned and wanted to say something, but he clicked his tongue and swallowed his words back.
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"Your Highness...are you not satisfied with my arrangement?"
Alan was quite sensible. He could say a few more words at a time like this. After all, this was the limit of his ability. Besides, the schedule was so tight, there was nothing he could do.
"Hmm... it still feels a little off."
Boss Cha was a little hesitant. Now that the interview was over, all that was left was to make the official announcement. But at this point, his own character weaknesses began to show up again.
Timid and cowardly!
He had already pretended to subconsciously hint some of the circumstances to Karami, and now he was just waiting for her to act on impulse and cause trouble for Diana, but at this point, Boss Cha was a little hesitant.
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Alan was somewhat speechless. If Boss Cha really announced that he was getting divorced, such news would spread all over the world in an instant...
In this situation, even if aliens came, they couldn't suppress it. He could only share the burden and couldn't overshadow Boss Cha...
Seeing the difficulty on Allen's face, Boss Cha sighed and changed the subject, "Let's talk about it in a few days. The Queen has been unwell these days, and I can't bring up my matter with her at this juncture."
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Alan raised his eyebrows. Has the Queen been unwell these days?
The old lady is not young anymore...
Seeing that Boss Cha didn't dare to talk to the Queen about divorce because of this reason...
A rather bold plan suddenly appeared in Allen's mind.
But this plan...he didn't know how to put it.
This thing, the scoring occasion, the scoring situation, if you don't handle it well, you will get burned, but if you operate it well...
That would be a huge reward!
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Allen pretended to be concerned and asked, "Your Highness... Is the Queen okay? This year... oh... there have been so many disasters. Your Majesty is so old, and you still have to worry about the empire..."
As we all know, the Queen is actually a strong woman with a strong career ambition. Her lifelong wish is to protect the British Empire that she inherited from her father, George VI, to ensure the integrity of the empire, etc.
But in recent years, the external situation... has really been getting worse year by year. Although the Queen usually doesn't show it, this year...
As several children’s marriages turned into farces, the daughter got divorced, the second son got divorced, the eldest son is about to get divorced, and the youngest son is still unmarried.
From the perspective of a middle-aged woman, all the shit going on in their family is enough to upset her. If at this time... Boss Cha doesn't back down, but instead takes advantage of the Queen's poor health to push the situation further, then who knows what the consequences will be?
Anyway, when he thought about this, the troublemaker in Alan's body couldn't help but stir.
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"Oh... it's not serious..."
Boss Cha stared at the study door behind Alan in a daze.
“Your Highness…”
"Um?"
Allen leaned forward slightly and said in a very low voice: "Since Her Majesty the Queen is so busy and she is old, has she never thought about letting you share some of the work with her earlier?"
"???"
When Boss Cha heard what Allen said, his eyes widened instantly, and he even... took a breath.
He didn't think this was just a joke that Alan said casually.
But... since Alan can see this problem, how can he not see it?
He just didn't want to look or think about it, he was just... simply scared!
Now, being pointed out in person by his trusted minister, Boss Cha felt as if his fig leaf had been peeled off. At this moment, he felt helpless, and then filled with endless anger!
He doesn't want to be looked down upon by Alan!
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Alan carefully watched Boss Cha's face, which suddenly turned pale and then began to turn red, as if he was constipated.
Damn it… Just thinking about it… That’s not a big deal.
"Asshole! Fuck!"
A soft slap on the table startled both of them.
Alan was distracted, and Boss Cha suddenly reacted and started swearing!
“…”
"The Queen will naturally make her own arrangements. Why should I worry about it? Besides, don't I have enough affairs to manage now?"
Boss Cha explained with a guilty conscience.
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Alan lowered his head slightly and looked at the construction schedule on the table.
These matters...can't anyone do it?
As for using the crown prince to do this?
Even though it's his own home, he hasn't really cared about Alan's new castle since it began construction.
"Your Highness... I am only thinking about you. You... have been neglected for too long, Your Highness. This is an opportunity..."
Alan pretended to be extremely unwilling, and gave another gentle exhortation from the bottom of his heart.
"That's enough! Stop talking!"
Boss Cha stood up suddenly, took two steps on the spot, and walked to the window in annoyance. He neither chased Alan away nor continued talking. He just stood quietly by the window looking out.
He doesn't like Windsor Castle because... everything here belongs to the Queen. When he was here, he was just a child. It was like this forty years ago, thirty years ago, twenty years ago, ten years ago, and until now, it has been like this!
When he is here, when he is in front of the Queen, he is always a child!
He is always being taught to set a good example and pay attention to his image. He represents countless groups and individuals, but he cannot represent himself!
So... Boss Cha hated this place so much that he had been trying to move away since he became an adult. Later...
There was Highgrove Manor, which he designed himself.
But Highgrove Manor did not represent everything. It was just the place where he curled up. It was a manor, not a palace. It was just a manor, a country manor in a remote area!