A single-family villa in the imperial capital must have a garden. However, due to the construction area, this garden is actually not very large. The view outside is blocked by the metal railings with climbing branches.

It is very dreamy, with flowering vines wrapped around the metal railings, green grass, and sparse trees, cleverly arranged to resemble the natural growth of trees, and dotted with various hardwoods including sugar maples and raspberries.

Vines climb up many of the tree trunks, and lower berry bushes dot the open areas between the trees.

A carefully maintained path runs through the garden, with the aforementioned berry bushes on both sides. Several benches placed on the roadside allow visitors to stop at any time, rest for a while, and even pick some berries to eat.

look.

It has to be said that these gardeners with skill levels are indeed very skilled in their craftsmanship. It is just a small garden covering an area of ​​several hundred square meters. With the emphasis on layering, it really feels like being in a forest.

Lu En and Kara were sitting on the bench, talking to each other about little things in life.

Sometimes, just passing time like this can make people feel calmer. There is no need to talk about those special things or think too much about anything else.

That's it.

But we didn't talk about these trivial matters for too long. After only about twenty minutes, Kara had nothing to say.

I really can't find a topic, and I can no longer chat about daily trivial matters. Now the communication between the two parties has completely turned into awkward chat. I can only talk awkwardly about any matter for a few words, and then the two parties look at each other and remain silent.

Then, they awkwardly changed the topic, starting from whether the food tasted good, how the quilt in the room looked like, whether the clothes looked good, to how they felt about their health and what the weather was like.

Each topic lasts only a few sentences, and most of them are similar to:

"The fabric of this dress... is the blue rainbow butterfly silk that I caught before."

"Really...it's quite beautiful."

"..."

"..."

The two of them couldn't talk about any topic for a long time, but they were still racking their brains to find new topics, especially Kara. The black dragon didn't even have the energy to maintain round pupils, and reverted to the vertical pupils of dragons, and these vertical pupils

It is constantly shrinking and enlarging, which means that she has been thinking and may even be using skills!

But even so, Kara also found that she seemed unable to find a suitable plan. Just now, she had switched back and forth between Coordination 3, Speaking Skill 3, Nobility 3, Observation 3, and even Negotiation 3, Negotiation 3, and Persuasion.

3, even Charm 3!

But these were of no use. She found that even though she was negotiating, negotiating, persuading, and increasing her speaking skills at the same time, she still couldn't say anything nutritious, and all her words became dry when she came to her mouth.

This made the dragon so angry that her tail did not tuck into her skirt, but swung on the ground.

She worked very hard to control her strength, otherwise the foundation would be dug out by her tail.

Lu En wasn't doing much better either. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have...never done anything like this before.

Doesn't he know the embarrassment of the current situation? It's obvious that he understands the current situation very well, but how to solve it?

Asked him, he could only spread his hands and close his eyes: "I don't know!"

I really don’t know, everything he said seemed to be pale, and any communication seemed useless. He didn’t know where to put his hands, but he couldn’t help but talk awkwardly.

If the awkward chat stops, the two of them will have no idea what to do when they sit together.

After a while, it seemed that even Kara couldn't find the topic. The two finally faced each other in silence, without saying a word, just looking at each other.

Then, they stood up in perfect harmony and got along as usual.

The breeze was blowing gently. It was rare that Lu En didn't go out and run around all morning. He took out some information and paperwork that he had accumulated recently and sat in the living room to process them. These included Ontario's population and policies, which he had brought up for free.

Various reports and matters require him to make decisions one by one, make up his mind, and then sort them out before handing them over to others.

Kara started doing housework, but passed by Lu En more than usual. Other than that, there were no big changes.

It's just that there are more eyes and more attention than before.

Because, just by staring, she felt that she suddenly lost the courage to reach out and could only look at the other person's back with moist eyes, even though he was busy processing paperwork.

Lu En will not have lunch here. He has a meeting in the afternoon and is going to the Hall of Radiance to make some necessary preliminary preparations for his caravan, including various business cooperation, cement authorization, and a

field negotiations.

Carla was preparing dinner at home, and he probably wouldn't be back until after dusk.

"I may not come back for dinner, you can take care of it yourself first," Lu En said before leaving.

Kara didn't reply, just nodded.

He quickly arrived at the manor of the person in charge of the Hall of Glow. This was considered a formal meeting. It should have been in the Business Building, but the Hall of Glow still had a manor in the imperial capital. There was no way. They were too rich. The Business Building

It's a manor, and one person in charge can own it, which means they have dozens of such manors.

Lavender is planted in the garden of Glow Hall Manor, exuding a burst of fragrance. The midday sun spreads its rays across the roof, making the white and red houses look more majestic, showing a gorgeous purple-red color.

Before entering the house, just out of the rich fragrance of lavender, you can smell something refreshing, it smells like the smell of dew on a spring morning.

Under the guidance of the waiter, we walked into the house. The wind chimes on the wall made a pleasant tinkling sound. The interior was very ordinary, not like a princess's house, but more like a country cabin.

Passing through a long corridor, there are some wooden photo frames hanging on the walls of the corridor, decorated with some gems. These photo frames seem to be just to display these gems that are already works of art, because there is nothing but gems inside. A photo frame

There is a gemstone inside, and there are about forty or fifty photo frames of various types.

As a scholar, Lu En is certainly well-informed. He glanced around and found that there were diamonds produced in the volcano, pearls from Port Lambton, emeralds from Starrag, and green agate from Mount Fengdu.

The crystal has an almost perfect geometric shape, and you can tell it is a treasure no matter how you look at it. It is worthy of the financial resources of the Hall of Glow.

This negotiation went smoothly without too many twists and turns. After all, it was a matter that was beneficial to both parties. It just required wrangling on some details of the distribution of benefits.

After the person in charge of the Hall of Glory finished the quarrel, he sincerely invited Lu En to have dinner with him.

This is natural. It is normal to have a meal after business talks, but refusing would seem unkind.

So Lu En agreed.

This meal was very luxurious, and all kinds of special ingredients made Lu En sigh at the thought that the people of the Empire put into enjoying it.

The guests and hosts enjoyed the meal, but Lu En didn't drink, so he didn't get drunk, he just took a few sips casually.

After the wine table was cleared and everyone else left, he also packed up his things and left, coming to the street.

After the dance ended, a group of ragged children were waiting on the dark street.

Scavengers... or beggars... they stayed at the end of the nobles' drinking party, and then appeared in large numbers to pawn the garbage that the nobles threw on the street in exchange for some food.

What is trash to the nobles is a treasure to them. After all, they have no ability to support themselves.

There are many things discarded, many of which are disposable items, such as wine bottles, some tinfoil or gold foil, broken tableware, meal decorations, etc. Just because the nobles put candles on the cake tree, it does not mean that they will

Eat these candles, so you have to throw them away eventually.

They waited eagerly for the servants to throw the garbage after the dance into the back streets, but the most valuable ones, such as gold foil or silverware with two corners missing, had long been picked up by the servants who were cleaning up the mess.

None of the half-lit candles were left.

But even so, the remaining ones are a huge amount of income for them.

Lu En looked at them without saying anything. He put on his coat, picked up his cane, and while waving his hand, he inadvertently dropped three or four silver coins into the garbage in the back street. He walked through the darkness and walked on

On the streets of the imperial capital,

The streets of the imperial capital are magnificent and beautiful.

There are villas one after another. The beautiful buildings and greenery make people unable to take their eyes away. The magic lights light up the entire avenue. Except for some back streets where no one goes, the existence of night is almost invisible.

Yes, when you step out of the darkness, you can no longer see the darkness.

Wandering on the streets of the imperial capital, he saw many beauties, many, many, from all races, including elves, monsters, and even demons. Of course, the most common ones were humans.

Their moving and luxurious clothes look as if they were woven from dream fabrics, with different postures and different temperaments.

The elves' milky white skin and pale pink lips look charming.

The monsters each have their own characteristics, some have cat ears and slender waists, some have big fox-like tails, are elegant and elegant, and some have wings and are agile and agile.

Human beings pay more attention to their own appearance. They wear different clothes, skirts, pants, tight and slimming, sexy, or big skirts that give people a pink feeling, or something else. It seems that the clothes are all the same.

Change, the whole person has changed.

The demons are even more wild. Many of them wear leather clothes, and they are all succubi or lust demons. They usually nestle next to a high-ranking demon who is completely non-human.

Yes, the Imperial Capital is an open, equal, and tolerant city.

It can tolerate everything, treat everyone equally, and those who are capable can live here. You can pursue a beautiful life here, feast and dance, and play music every night. Even the devil can walk struttingly on the street here. Who dares to be beautiful on the street?

Guaranteed that she is not a celestial apostle? Monsters can also gain high positions and make money.

Just like what the nobles preached, everyone here is equal.

equal.

equal.

Walking on the street with flickering lights, Lu En threw two coins into the bowl in front of a beggar. Amidst the beggar's thanks, Lu En left without looking back, and didn't even listen to what the man said.

The beggar thanked him and looked at the kind nobleman inexplicably. He didn't know why he was so depressed about what happened to him. He looked like...

It was like, the whole street was bright, only he was shrouded in darkness.

But he didn't think much about it. He got two more copper coins today, so he just said it! If you come to a place with many rich people, there will definitely be more people giving money! He will continue to come tomorrow!

As Lu En walked on the street, he felt that everything around him was so far away from him.
To be continued...