Chapter 187: Ladies Should Not Wear Underpants Under Their Skirts
When the word "father" came out of Hevinia's mouth, even the extremely cunning Haddock couldn't help but show a look of astonishment at that moment.
Of course, that shock did not last long. After realizing this, he immediately returned to normal, and then looked at Mandy sitting in the main seat very cautiously.
Fortunately, Mandy didn't notice anything. She was still leisurely admiring her body and didn't even pay attention to this side.
Fortunately, it was this idiot.
Haddock's anxious heart was suddenly relieved.
If her husband was here, the "flaw" that Haddock just revealed would be too dangerous.
But what happened just now?
Haddock looked at Hevinia again. After all, Hevinia's word "father" contained too much information.
Since he was determined to take action against the Golden Notes, how could Haddock not learn about the Golden Notes in advance? So he naturally knew that the Golden Notes had the ability to transform into the appearance of swallowed notes. The guy who came out of the seed area was able to survive as Hevinia because of this trait.
And when Helvinia called him "father" just now, was she telling him that she was not Helvinia, but his daughter Daphne?
At least that's what the word means.
But why did it become like this?
What happened last night? Why did Daphne return to Hero's house in the guise of Helvinia? What happened to the four players he sent out? Why didn't he receive any news?
A series of questions flooded Haddock's mind.
Of course there is the most important one.
Is she...really Daphne?
Haddock stared at Helvinia, his eyes narrowed slightly.
As the head of the Trail family, Haddock has experienced too many things. Naturally, he would not believe such a speculation with so many doubts based on the unspoken word "father".
At least confirm her identity first.
Thinking of this, Haddock leaned forward slightly, getting closer to Hevinia little by little.
At that moment, Hevinia felt tremendous pressure. She saw Haddock's lips slightly opened, wanting to say something, but she took action first and "inadvertently" lifted up her skirt.
Sure enough, Mandy's scream rang out at the right time.
"Helvetia! Look at what you are doing?!"
Mandy's sudden outburst startled Haddock, and Helvinia also panicked like a frightened rabbit, "What, what happened?"
"What else? Look at what you're wearing!" Mandy no longer cared about pretending to be a noble lady. She immediately stood up from the main seat and walked angrily to Hevinia. She grabbed her skirt without any grace and pointed at the black pants under her skirt and said, "How many times have I told you?! How many times have I told you! You are not allowed to wear pants under your skirt! Black pants at that!"
"You are my daughter! You are from the Hailuo family! You are Jinyin! Why would you do such a vulgar thing?!"
Mandy's words made Haddock and Hevinia look stunned.
Of course, Helvinia's expression was naturally fake.
A long time ago, Hevinia knew Mandy's two weaknesses.
One is black, and the other is leggings under a skirt. Of course, to be more precise, they should be cheap "underwear" under expensive clothes.
This is also related to Mandy's past experiences. Before marrying into the Hai Luo family, Mandy's family was only slightly better than those at the bottom of the seed area, but only to a limited extent.
In order to change her life, Mandy had to go to various parties among the nobles when she was young. But she couldn't afford the dresses needed for the parties, so she had to borrow them. In order not to dirty the borrowed dresses, and in order to be able to return to her home in the ordinary city more safely after the party or rush to the next one, she had to wear more convenient "pants" under the dress.
This is also the experience that Mandy is most reluctant to look back on. Just like the color black that civilians particularly like because it is resistant to getting dirty, she also hates it very much.
So after giving birth to Hevinia and becoming the mistress of the Hero family, black and pants under the skirt became an absolute taboo for Mandy. She would not allow anyone in the family to wear such clothes. If a servant wore such clothes, she would immediately fire him.
And if the person dressed like this is Hevinia, who appears to be a daughter but is in her heart the continuation of Mandy's own values, then she will become even more angry. Once she finds out, no matter what the occasion, she will fall into an irrational rage.
Just like now, she didn't care whether there were any guests watching at home, and immediately grabbed Hevinia and walked out: "Go back and change it! Change it!"
"Mother, this is just my school uniform. I forgot to change." Helvinia tried to explain.
"School uniform?! Not even school uniform!" Mandy was still screaming, "How many times have I told you? Even if you have nothing on under your skirt, you can't wear pants like this! And why are you calling me mother?! Call me mom, call me mom!"
"Why are you like this today? You don't look like my biological child! You look more like I picked you up!"
Under Mandy's unreasonable dragging, Hevinia had no choice but to be dragged away by her in panic and helplessly. She could only give her "father" a complicated look before leaving.
So Haddock watched helplessly as Helvinia was pushed away by Mandy, and shouted at the maid to take off her pants. Then he walked back with an indignant look on his face, but he was still muttering as he walked: "This child, I don't know where she got this bad habit from. She was a lady just like me when she was a child...ah, she must have brought it back from school. Really, I've always said that the school should raise the admission requirements a little, and those guys of low status should..."
Mandy muttered to herself, while Haddock listened attentively, which was rare for him.
Ignoring the meaningless complaints, Haddock still extracted key information from them.
Hevinia was indeed not quite normal today.
It seems...
Haddock glanced at the door of the reception room again, and seemed to have another thought in mind.
After listening to Mandy's complaints for a few more minutes, Haddock echoed her a few more words before he stood up and said goodbye.
Mandy seemed exhausted after complaining. She nodded lazily and asked the servant to send Haddock away.
After Haddock was escorted out of the manor by the servants, his butler who was waiting outside immediately came up to greet him.
"master."
Haddock raised his hand, signaling the other party not to speak, and waited until the servant returned to the manor and they had walked a considerable distance before stopping.
"Any news?" asked Haddock.
The butler shook his head: "We dare not get too close."
Haddock nodded slightly. "It's right to be cautious. If something really happens, the three colleges will definitely investigate it strictly. Getting close at this time will only increase the risk, and..."
He turned around and looked back at the manor he had just walked out of, with a serious expression.
"What's wrong, Master?" the housekeeper asked, "Could it be that golden score..."
"Well, she's back." Before the housekeeper's eyes widened but he could ask, Haddock said the next sentence first, "But she might be Daphne."
"Miss?" The butler was even more surprised.
Haddock told all that had happened at the manor.
After hearing this, the butler immediately showed a surprised expression: "If it is really the young lady, then our loss is completely acceptable. The gold score is more important than anything else."
Haddock glanced at the butler: "That's if she really is."
The butler's smile gradually disappeared: "...Do you think she is pretending?"
"We can't rule out this possibility. After all, we don't know what's under that face." Haddock whispered, "So, we have to stay here for a few more days. If she is really Daphne, then we have to find a way to take her away."
"What if she's not?"
Haddock narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his pupils.
"Then I'll make her pay."
…
Helvinia stood on the second-floor balcony, watching Haddock's conversation with the butler outside the manor.
Normally, this was beyond the normal person's field of vision, but now Hevinia could see it clearly.
The only regret is that I can’t hear their voices.
But from Haddock's expression, we can guess roughly.
It is clear that Haddock does not believe that Helvinia is Daphne, at least not completely.
However, Hevinia was not surprised. If Haddock determined that Hevinia was Daphne based on her previous actions, then he was not worthy of raising a daughter like Daphne.
Originally, Hevinia was very cautious and careful towards these nobles.
But last night's experience made Hevinia realize that that was still not enough. She had to treat everyone as an enemy who knew everything.
The reason why Hevinia borrowed Daphne's identity was not to make Haddock believe her, but to delay time and think of countermeasures.
After all, Haddock is extremely dangerous now.
After the failure of the operation against her last night, the Terrell family lost four elite players plus Daphne, which was definitely an unbearable price to pay.
To put it in a broader sense, the Terrell family, with no successor, may even lose their noble status.
So the current Haddock is actually not much different from Hevinia, and both of them are essentially "barefoot".
It wouldn't be surprising if he did something crazy.
For example, trying to snatch Hevinia at all costs, directly revealing Hevinia's identity and exposing her, or taking her information to join another noble. No matter which one, Hevinia could not accept it.
That's why Hevinia used Daphne's identity to stabilize Haddock first.
She knew very well that such a big incident happened last night, and the three colleges would definitely investigate. And Haddock, who was only a third-class noble, would definitely not dare to rashly send someone to test at this time, so he would definitely not get any specific information in a short time.
During this period, even if he had enough doubts, in the absence of solid evidence, he would be willing to believe that his daughter had succeeded, both emotionally and rationally. Of course, a more accurate description should be... a fluke mentality.
And these days, it's Hevinia's time.
She wanted to send Haddock to see her daughter before Haddock discovered the truth.
Helvinia's eyes narrowed dangerously.
Only the dead can keep secrets best.
However, she couldn't act recklessly, at least she couldn't let the Hai Luo family notice anything unusual.
It was obviously not an easy task to get rid of the head of the Trell family in the territory of the Hero family without being noticed by the Hero family. If it was before, Hevinia didn't think she could do it. She would definitely find ways to leave the Hero family and try to use the characteristics of the gold book to change her face and live.
But things are different now.
Helvinia tapped her fingers on the railing.
Although this was not her original intention, she is indeed not alone now.
To put it bluntly and bluntly.
She is now Visas' "running dog".
Although Visas himself was a great danger, his danger made previous dangers less dangerous.
After last night's experience, Hevinia figured out one thing in a very short time.
Being Visas' lackey is not a bad thing.
If she was too weak before and did not have the qualifications to fight for her life at the table even if she tried her best, now she seems to have it.
At the high-end poker table of Taichu, Lawrence, and various forces, Hevinia can already join in through the identity of Visas.
Only when you can sit at the table can you gamble.
Helvinia figured it out.
Just at this moment, her left eye felt a sharp pain again, causing her to gasp.
She knew this was the price that came with power.
At this moment, Hevinia also felt Bai Wei return to her body, and then the familiar lazy tone sounded in her mind again: "Do you think my eyes are a new toy that you opened them so quickly? You are really not afraid of death. Let me see what you are looking at... Hmm? Two old men?"
The extraordinary vision receded like the tide along with the stinging pain.
Hevinia knew that it was Bai Wei who helped her turn off the "faucet".
She took a deep breath, blocked out the previous thoughts, and made a straightforward request to Bai Wei in her heart: "I want to take care of a few people."
"Go ahead."
"Use your power."
"Can."
Hevinia was a little surprised by Bai Wei's straightforwardness. She was silent for a while and added, "Maybe you will have to take over at that time, just like last night."
"Of course." Bai Wei replied with a smile, "No problem, all my powers are open to you."
(End of this chapter)
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