69: Chapter 70: Underestimated Her (1)
69: Chapter 70: Underestimated Her (1)
After a ten-hour flight, the group arrived safely in Paris, where, due to the time difference, it was only the afternoon.
Before exiting the airport, staff from the local subsidiary had already prepared vehicles for their reception.
Surrounded by people, they left the airport.
Gan Yuan had thought they would go directly to the hotel, but to her surprise, the convoy left the city area.
Just as she wondered and was about to ask, the car turned a corner and drove up a sycamore-lined avenue to an old castle hidden at the end of the forest.
Squinting her eyes and gazing at the long-missed castle that appeared in her view, Gan Yuan straightened her back and took a deep breath.
She had not expected him to choose this place.
Sitting beside her, Gan Tang rested her hands on the window sill of the car, peering through the glass at the castle outside and softly exclaimed.
The heavy iron gates slowly parted, and security personnel in black suits respectfully stood on either side as the convoy slowly drove over the white stone pathway, circling the fountain to stop at the steps of the castle.
An English butler in black tailcoats, accompanied by servants, was already waiting to greet them and politely ushered everyone into the grand hall, while the young one excitedly asked,
“Uncle Huangfu, are there horses here?”
The young one’s eyes immediately lit up, “Then…
“Of course.” The man turned his face immediately and instructed the butler in English, “Take him to see the horses.”
The butler gestured, and a male servant came forward, respectfully approaching Gan Tang.
The youngster politely thanked the servant in English and promptly let go of Gan Yuan’s hand to follow.
“Be careful not to get too close to the horses,” Gan Yuan hurriedly reminded.
Without looking back, the youngster responded and ran down the steps.
The group continued upstairs, where Huangfu Jue headed straight for the third floor, and two servants brought Gan Yuan and her child’s luggage to a room on the second floor.
The butler had arranged for them a double suite with a private sitting area, which was larger than the two-bedroom apartment they had rented in B City, with separate bedrooms and bathrooms for mother and child.
After Gan Yuan declined their help with unpacking, a maid carefully inquired about any dietary restrictions and living habits and showed her the location of the service bell on the wall before leaving quietly on tiptoe.
Washing her face in the restroom and arranging her son’s luggage, she immediately left the room and hurried downstairs to the stables in the back.
The young one was new here and on his own to see the horses; she was naturally a bit concerned.
Downstairs, turning right, she confidently crossed the garden’s grape trellis…
Huangfu Jue stood on the main bedroom’s terrace, watching the sun-drenched garden below, while his mind was filled with images of a brightly-lit city at night, elegantly dressed men and women, a bustling scene…
Behind him, there was a soft tread of footsteps.
Will quietly stepped over the wool carpet, his gaze falling on the man in front of the terrace, and he sighed softly in his heart.
“Sir, should I prepare lunch?”
Huangfu Jue snapped back to reality.
“I don’t want to eat, prepare something for them, mother and child.”
Will acknowledged and stepped outside the door.
As he turned to leave the terrace, a glimpse of someone appeared in the garden from the corner of his eye.
He instinctively shifted his gaze and saw Gan Yuan briskly walking down the path, bending her body as she stepped through the lawn under the grape trellis.