Chapter 116 Alliance Cooperation Begins
In fact, apart from Heidi, a graduate of Lanton Business School, few people in the Losa family understand what shares and shareholders are.
But it doesn’t matter. The workers at Mengyuan Restaurant only need to know that their immediate boss is cooperating with the Dresden family, and from now on one boss has become two bosses.
The new boss is Annina de Dresden, who is not only the high priestess of the Lunari Cult, but also a countess and a favorite of the king. Her husband is a general trusted by His Majesty the King, and her son is Viscount Andre, who has newly acquired territory... No matter from which angle you look at it, they are all people that the baron family of Lothar wants to curry favor with.
Baron Lothar's political stance tends to be neutral. Of course, political stances change with the interests of all parties. Initially, Baron Lothar was also pro-Delman clan faction, and he even wanted to marry his daughter to another noble from the Delman clan to consolidate the family's future.
This practice was very common in that era. Baron Lothar was a widower, and his deceased wife was his lifelong love. This meant that he would have no heirs other than Heidi. Therefore, in order to protect the interests and future of his only daughter, choosing a reliable husband for her who was on the same side was a very important matter.
The husband he chose for his daughter was Leslie, son of Baron Oakley, who held a neighboring estate. The two estates were adjacent, and their status and positions were similar. If the marriage was successful, Heidi's children would inherit the estates of both barons, potentially even earning a higher rank due to the expansion of their territories.
Everything was going smoothly until piracy became rampant on the borders. Baron Lothar and Baron Oakleigh had very different attitudes towards the pirates. Baron Lothar was a staunch advocate of war, vowing to annihilate the pirates who were burning, killing, and looting in the coastal villages. Baron Oakleigh, on the other hand, was more ambiguous. He didn't want to fight the pirates, but rather wanted to secretly strike deals with them, keeping these bloodthirsty villains well fed and well fed, cultivating a special force that would secretly serve him.
Thus, the brief alliance between Baron Lothar and Baron Oakley quickly fell apart. Leslie heaved a sigh of relief when he heard he could call off the engagement, and then he went out to have a good time with his friends. This behavior naturally attracted questions from his friends who had long known about his engagement.
Of course, he couldn't declare to his friends that the reason for the failure of the marriage between the two families was that his side was secretly colluding with the pirates, so naturally, Heidi's plump figure and her appearance became the target of their attack.
Baron Lothar doted on his only daughter, but like most fathers, he was completely oblivious to her mental health. Even when he realized something was amiss, he couldn't pinpoint the cause. He knew only that she was unhappy, but he couldn't fathom her inner feelings. Heidi used to share her troubles with his wife, but after his wife's death, she seemed to have grown stronger...
But this strength was just an illusion. Heidi, still in adolescence at the time, was not as calm as she pretended. She was just a little girl who had suddenly lost her mother. She was not so strong-willed. She just didn't want to pour out too much of her distress on her grieving father.
Moreover, being mocked for her looks and figure by her fiancé and 'friends' was not something Baron Lothar could resolve. Heidi felt that bringing this matter to her parents' attention would only make her father furious and rush to the doors of these families with a gun, provoking more disputes... Then this shameful matter in itself would spread throughout the principality with the gossip among the nobles, and Heidi's reputation would be completely ruined.
So Heidi chose to diet hard to lose weight, hoping to change the problem from the root, but ended up developing anorexia. Seeing his skinny daughter, Baron Lothar gradually distanced himself from the nobles of the German clan and became a neutral faction.
Until now, this lich, which is only a skeleton, has guided Heidi to look at a glorious road.
The so-called "beauty" is nothing but an illusory excuse. Everyone has different aesthetic tastes. Some people think that fair skin is beautiful, some think that a slim figure is beautiful, and some think that a plump figure is beautiful... But when it comes to slandering someone, any kind of "beauty" will become ugly and flawed in the eyes of the enemy.
Master You is right, only 'muscle' is the real beauty.
Of course, Heidi didn't think they were talking about aesthetic beauty. Muscles represented strength, and strength was the true beauty! As long as she was strong enough, she could land a punch and make those people cry for their parents. Then, if she asked them to define beauty, they would have to follow her words. If they didn't, she wouldn't mind giving them a few more beatings!
Heidi, who had an epiphany, stayed in the camp for a while longer, wrote down the whole story and her thoughts in a letter, and delivered it to Baron Lothar.
She didn't know the emotional rollercoaster her father went through at home after reading the letter, but the reply was brief and firm: "Go ahead and do it. All the family resources are at your disposal. The old nobles of the Delman clan have become incompetent and decadent in their indulgence in pleasure. If Viscount Andre and Miss Lich can restore your health, the Lothar family will stand firmly by the king's side."
With the confidence her father had given her, Heidi van Losa returned to Dream Garden Restaurant last night after signing the agreement and overhauled everything. Those who were disobedient, arrogant, or spies sent in by other companies were fired on the spot, leaving only her absolutely loyal subordinates.
"Our family will cooperate with the Dresden family," Heidi announced to them. "The Dresden family is highly respected, and we must not neglect the people they send!"
Therefore, as the "chef hired by the Dresden family at a high price", Jiang You was warmly welcomed by the restaurant.
The head waiter sneaked up to Heidi and reported in a low voice, "Miss, this lich and that viscount dined in the restaurant a few days ago."
As a restaurant supervisor, he has always had a photographic memory for people's appearances - although the skeleton's appearance is not easy to recognize, how many skeletons are there in the royal capital?
Honestly, the head waiter felt a bit uneasy, his mind racing with stories of those prominent figures who often disguised themselves for incognito visits. It wasn't hard to imagine that the Viscount and the Lich Lady had come to the restaurant specifically to investigate their partner's true strength before forming an alliance... He wondered what they had discovered, or whether they were satisfied with the restaurant.
Heidi didn't comment on this, but just smiled and nodded, indicating to the foreman not to worry about it.
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