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Chapter 810 The Eighty Percent Probability (Part Two)
"That's it. I can't go back to the imperial capital with you for the time being. Wendy is recuperating in thesouth region right now. I'm going there to pick her up and take her back to the imperial capital. Pleasego ahead and proceed to the capital without me so you can have time to prepare. As soon as we arrivein the imperial capital, we'll come to you for the treatment," Shawn said while he stood up, preparingright then to go out.
"There is no need to hurry—"
"Wendy doesn't have much time left, so if you said that there's a chance that we can extend her life, Idon't think I can wait. Thank you, Your Highness," Shawn said to Harper with a gentle smile.novelbin
After that, he jumped off the carriage, mounted his horse, and left the envoy team with his deputygeneral in a few heartbeats. They headed for the south as fast as they could. Harper lifted the curtainand looked at the direction that they went to. With gentle eyes, she watched Shawn's receding figureuntil she couldn't see him anymore. "Darling, it seems like Marquis Shawn is getting more and moredecisive," she said.
"He's always been decisive. You just didn't know it until now," Matthew said while he put down thecurtain. What Shawn said was true. There wasn't much time left for Wendy. If she could maintain acalm and peaceful state of mind, she could certainly live a few more years. Unfortunately, it seemedlike everybody in the Shen Clan had already given up on her. They even sent her to the south torecuperate in hopes that she could live for a few more years in there.
"Why do I always feel like you know some secrets that you don't tell me? Do you want this Wendy to bea member of your mansion?" Harper asked with a smile.
"Why not? After all, none of my personal guards are married yet. Speaking of which, when are yougoing to let Nina get married to Barry? This boy has been eagerly waiting for so long. He's too shy toask you about it. As the hostess of my mansion, you can't ignore his wish," Matthew plainly said.
There was a twinkle in Harper's eyes. "When we go back this time, I'm going to let Nina marry him. Tellthat man to prepare the betrothal presents first. If what he arranges doesn't satisfy me, I won't let Ninamarry him that easily."
"Barry, did you hear what Lady Harper just said?" Matthew called out.
"Your Highnesses, indeed, I've heard what you said. Actually, I've already prepared the betrothalpresents for Nina a long time ago. I had just been waiting for Your Highnesses' approval." Barry's voicesounded quite calm. But Jack, who was sitting next to him, could clearly see that his hands wereshaking and the calm facade on his face was about to collapse at any moment. Barry was just tryinghis best to keep a composed demeanor.
Taking the bridle from Barry's hands, Jack said, "It's obvious that you feel so happy, so why don't youlaugh real loud? Why are you restraining yourself? We won't mock you."
Barry smiled at that. However, it was hard to tell if he was really smiling because the smile on his facewas so faint. But Jack was well aware that Barry was very happy. Many people knew that Barry hadfallen in love with Nina, who was attentive and considerate. However, since Matthew and Harper hadnever expressed their opinion about their relationship, the lovers had never openly shown theiraffections to each other.
"Is Jack interested in anyone?" Harper asked all of a sudden. Upon hearing that, Jack instantlystraightened his back and froze on the spot. After a while, he giggled and said,
"Your Highness, I am not interested in any girl at the moment. Once I fall in love with someone, I'll tellyou right away and marry her as soon as possible. You can be sure that I won't be as indifferent asBarry who's like a piece of wood. If I act too late and the girl I love is taken away by someone else, theonly thing I can do is to regret," Jack dutifully exclaimed.
"You're so frivolous. You never take anything seriously. How can any girl like you? Girls will only thinkthat you're too funny and playful," Fred chimed in.
"Damn you, Fred! Are you making fun of me? Go to hell! You know what, I'm a very handsome man. Alot of girls will fight each other just to marry me," Jack furiously cursed him, trying to defend himself.
"Oh, really? Well, I haven't seen a girl show interest in you. I only heard that Anabel once told Angelicato stay away from you in a very disgusted tone," Fred responded indifferently.
Jack was instantly annoyed at that. "No way! Angelica is actually infatuated with me. Nothing but somesweet words can win her heart. She will fall so madly in love with me. Just you wait and she willbecome so determined to marry me once I say such words to her."
When she heard those claims, Harper shot Matthew a dangerous glare and said, "Is it so easy to winthe hearts of my maids? How can they be fooled by a few sweet words?"
"I didn't say that. If it were so easy to win a girl's heart, I wouldn't have bothered to make a lot of effortin the first place," Matthew firmly said right away, disassociating himself from the issue.
"When you reprimand a dog, you should take its owner into consideration. So when he tries to fool mymaids, does he respect me, their master?" Harper asked again. This time her voice was cold anddeafening. Upon hearing that, Jack instantly sunk into his seat, making himself as small as possible.His energy subsided as well.
"No, no, your humble servants were just fooling around. Please don't take it to heart, Your Highness. Itwas just a metaphor. I just wanted to say that everybody will love me as soon as they see me," Jackhastily explained.
"I think everybody will want to hit you as soon as they see you. How dare you use a metaphor with mymaids? Do you think it's easy to push them around?" Harper said, refusing to let it go.
"No, no, that's not what I meant. Of course, it's not easy to push them around," Jack explained. He feltlike weeping but no tears came out of his eyes. Instead, he cast a glare on Fred, who in his opinionwas to blame for their current predicament. Jack thought that if it weren't for him, he would not haveoffended Harper. Everyone in Matthew's mansion knew that they would rather offend Matthew thanHarper. If they offended Matthew, they would be tortured to half death at the worst, but if they offendedHarper, they would wish that they were dead instead.
"Your Highness, it was all my fault. Please forgive me. I won't do it again," Jack apologized with somuch conviction. He knew it was useless to reason with Harper, because she had never beenreasonable once she set her mind on something.