Chapter 1811 Invitation
When the handsome guy Lan San helped little Lolita deliver gifts back to Plum Village, Le’s father Zhou Qiufeng did not tell him about the news that her natal brother was getting married, nor did he mention it to Little Cotton Jacket during the phone call.
Therefore, Little Le’s classmate didn’t know that Grandma Zhou’s family was holding a happy event on New Year’s Day. She, her brother Meiren, and sister Fu took a direct flight to Country F.
The time difference between country F and China is also 7 hours in winter. The plane of the three brothers and sisters took off in the morning of China, and it was still noon on the 3rd when they arrived at the capital of country F.
After entering the country, the three Chao brothers and sisters took a bus from the airport to the city and checked into the Clion Hotel where the World Ladies Ball was held not long ago.
The brother and sister from the East checked in, and the waiter informed the Howard family as promised. Winston was so happy when he received the call from the hotel that he immediately sent his youngest son Alex to pick him up at the hotel. The doctor and her brother and sister.
Half an hour later, Alex took the family bodyguards to the hotel to pick up the three Chao brothers and sisters to the Howard family's private residence.
The Howard family came to invite them sincerely. Little Le’s classmate did not show any pretense. He went to Howard’s house with his brother and sister and did not check out the hotel room. After attending the banquet, they planned to spend a day or two in the capital of country F.
The Howard family sent two classic Bugattis to the hotel to pick them up. They were both two-seater cars. Alex and the doctor were riding in one car, and the beautiful boy and Miss Chao Er were riding in the same car.
It takes about fifteen minutes by car to arrive at the Howard family’s private castle.
The Howard family has a private castle in the capital of country F, and a large manor outside the city. The family will hold a birthday party for the little princess Laura at the private castle. Winston and family members Also spent New Year's Day at the castle.
In order to celebrate the recovery of the little princess Laura, the Howard family attached great importance to the birthday party and decorated the castle. Every place where flowers could be placed was filled with precious flowers and plants.
The castle of the Howard family is very old, somewhat similar to a monastery. It is composed of several buildings, with a huge courtyard in the middle, and one building facing the river.
Its location is not far from the Iron Tower in the capital of country F. The iron tower can be seen from the upper floors of every building.
Bugatti passed through the arched door of a building, entered the inner garden, and then stopped along the road until he reached the most exquisite white marble building.
A large group of people stood in front of the marble palace-style building. The men were all wearing tuxedos, bow ties, and bowler hats. The women were all wearing formal dresses, fur shawls, and Feathered hat.
The head of the Howard family, Winston’s eldest brother Valls, and HowardJulian, the quasi-heir of the De family and the eldest son of Vals, held the little baby Laura and stood in the center of the front row. On both sides of them stood Winston, Frank and other important personnel.
The bodyguards and domestic servants of the Howard family lined up in two long lines, greeting the distinguished guests like guards.
The Bugatti stopped in front of two rows of people. The bodyguards stepped forward to help open the door. When they saw Master Alex inviting out the doctor and her brothers and sisters, the bodyguards and domestic servants bent down and moved. Uniform.
Alex guided the three distinguished guests through two groups of guard-like personnel and towards the family members who were waiting for the guests.
The beautiful boy and Miss Chao Er were wearing modern clothes, wearing a rabbit fur cloak with a fur collar. Le Xiaoxiao was wearing a narrow-sleeved Hanfu, a white fox fur cloak, and her hair was combed into a bun. , only a plum blossom hairpin with a single string of hanging beads was inserted.
The satin fabrics of the three brother and sister's cloaks are all bright red, with different patterns embroidered on them.
Members of the Howard family looked at the doctor and her brothers and sisters approaching with bright eyes. The cloaks of the doctor and her family were very beautiful!
The doctor lady has the cutest hairstyle!
Everyone watched the three brothers and sisters approaching with smiles.
Before anyone arrived, little Laura let go of her grandfather and great-grandfather’s hands, lifted up her skirt and ran to the doctor.
Little Laura wore a blue winter princess dress, a white cloak, and a gold collar button set with diamonds and rubies. Her hair also grew out, about He is two and a half inches long and has naturally curly blond hair.
The little girl with natural curly blond hair is as cute as an elf.
Little Laura ran forward a few meters, bowed to the three guests, then happily rushed forward and hugged the doctor’s legs, chirping like a little sparrow: “ Miss Doctor, you are finally here. Laura is so happy. Laura dreamed of Miss Doctor yesterday..."
The Howard family, men, women and children were a little dumbfounded.
Beautiful young girl Chao Er smiled and rolled her eyes when she saw foreign girls embracing others’ laps.
Being hugged by the thigh, Leyun bent down and picked up the little girl and lifted her up high. The little girl was not afraid at all, she giggled happily and opened her arms like flying.
The Howard family’s little baby was clingy. Leyun held her up and walked. She walked in front of Howard and others before putting the little girl down.
When his little baby ran over, Alex was afraid that the doctor lady wouldn’t like his baby’s instability, so he felt relieved when he saw the doctor lady smiling and holding the baby up to play with. When the doctor lady put the baby down, He quickly took the baby's hand.
Without Alex’s introduction, Vals himself took a step forward and bowed down like a gentleman: “Beautiful and lovely doctor lady, Miss Chao, Mr. Chao, the Howard family welcomes you. Come, I am Vals William Howard, and I would like to extend my warmest welcome to the distinguished ladies and gentlemen!"
"Hello, Mr. Howard, nice to meet you." In the spirit of On the principle of ladies first, Leyun extended her hand.
Vals took the doctor’s hand, bent down, and kissed the back of the hand.
He kissed the back of the doctor's hand, said hello to the doctor's sister, then said hello to the young gentleman, said hello to each other, and then introduced several important members of his family to the guests.
Julian and the main members of the family stepped forward and shook hands with the doctor, her sisters and brother one by one.
After a brief meeting, Valls personally stood beside the doctor and accompanied the three guests through the arched door with family members, entered a hall with several fireplaces, and sat at a long table. We’ll talk about that later.
The bodyguards and domestic servants of the Howard family dispersed after the distinguished guests were invited to the living room, each performing their duties.
The guest of honor met for twenty minutes. Alex and his wife took their children, together with a brother and sister-in-law and several young bodyguards to pick up the guests' luggage and send the doctor and her brother to Guest room placement.
The guest room is on the third floor of a building facing the river. You can see the river from the window of the room, and you can see the Iron Tower from the viewing attic facing the courtyard.
The three brothers and sisters of the Chao family put their luggage in the guest room, tidied up their appearance, and then went downstairs with the master who was waiting in the attic room with a view, and went to the living room of the building where the master lived to have afternoon tea.
This time, when they met Vals, Winston and other personnel again, the three brothers and sisters also gave Laura their birthday gifts first.
The young and old of the Howard family were very happy and helped the little baby open the gifts together. The beautiful boy and Miss Chao Er gave the birthday boy a red panda doll, and Mr. Le gave a gold-encrusted coral hairpin.
The coral hairpin is inlaid with sapphires, with lavender flowers on the tip and a string of white pearls hanging down.
The hairpin is antique and combines the three colors of the French flag.
When little Laura saw that the gift given by the doctor was similar to the jewelry she wore on her head, little Laura jumped up with joy, ran to the doctor and gave her a series of kisses.
The gemstone hairpin was exquisitely made, and the ladies of the Howard family took turns admiring the little baby’s gift and were full of admiration.
Little Laura looked at the gift, kept the hairpin, and kept holding the little panda in her arms.
Looking at the gifts and having afternoon tea.
After taking a break for afternoon tea, Winston and Vals accompanied the guests to visit the castle. Except for the bedrooms of the owners and current residents, other places opened their doors to guests, including some that were originally only allowed to the Howard family. The collection rooms and cellars are accessible only to persons.
It was already evening after visiting the castle.
In the evening, the Howard family held a dinner to entertain three distinguished guests. The whole family was present and gathered together, which was very lively.
The guests of honor enjoyed the dinner.
The three Chao brothers and sisters also lived very comfortably in the castle, and had another delicious breakfast the next morning.
After breakfast, the young generation of the Howard family entertained the beautiful boy and Miss Chao Er. Vals, Winston, Frank and others had a brief meeting with the doctor.
The main purpose of Vals is to order vaccines from the doctor on behalf of the family. Last time, Frank and Winston ordered five vaccines, two of which were purchased privately by the two of them, and three were purchased by the family.
Three vaccines are too few for the Howard family. They hope to store more, not just a hundred, but twenty or thirty.
In addition to vaccines, I also hope to order some health medicines that can strengthen the body and special medicines that treat common diseases.
Vals is the heir to the Howard family. He represents the entire family and is more effective and authoritative than Frank and Winston's personal dealings with the doctor.
Of course, they also know that it is impossible for the doctor to sell the inventory in her hand. They just want to have priority. If the doctor makes vaccines or various special medicines one day, they can give priority to selling them to Howard family.
The Howard family was sincere in discussing business, and Le Xiao's classmates were easy to talk to. They handed over three vaccines to the Howard family for collection, and promised to reserve a priority spot for them when vaccines are sold outside.
The two parties communicated happily. Winston, Vals and others talked about another matter. In a few days, there will be an informal auction in New York, Country M. The Howard family received quite an entry permit. They want to invite the doctor lady to go with them.
A certain auction is a private auction, run by the Rothschild family with the deepest and most mysterious heritage in M country. Normally, it is only held once every year in January of the new calendar year. Insiders It is customary to call it Luo's New Year's Auction.
The items auctioned at Law's New Year's Auction are rich in content, which is no less than the world-renowned Sotheby's auction, and can even be said to be more luxurious.
The owners who can send things to Roche Auction are all super rich and top aristocratic families from all over the world, and those who are qualified to receive invitations are all giants in a certain industry.
European families such as the Russell family, the Howard family, the Edward family, and the Aligne family are all regular visitors to Roche's New Year's auctions. Roberto, Alessandro, and Lister are also insiders at Roche's auctions.
Mr. Le Xiao planned to attend little Laura’s birthday party, play with his handsome brother and Sister Fu for a few days, and then go to Cambridge University to read a few days.
She was originally not interested in the auction. She heard that it was a private auction that was not open to the public. She also heard that no Chinese had ever been to an auction before, so she decided to accept the invitation to see the magic of Luo's auction. place.
Vals and Winston were having a pleasant meeting with the doctor. Outside, personal friends of each member of the Winston or Howard family arrived one after another. Alex and his brother They warmly receive visitors.
Guests came one after another. After more than a dozen groups, Alessandro arrived with his son Amedeo, and Roberto arrived with his godson Milo and adopted son Oscar.
Alex hurriedly sent the Ferraris, Roberto, Milo, and Oscar to meet the family patriarch and the doctor.
When Milo saw the child, he rubbed her head happily. Forget about Oscar, he was studying in country M and hadn’t seen his little sweetheart for a long time.
Amedeo heard that his little sweetheart went to Cambridge a few days ago, but he didn't see her. He was always sad. When he saw someone, there was no reason not to rush over.
When the three brothers saw the little sweetheart, they occupied her, sat with her, diligently helped her get fruits, poured tea, and took care of her in every possible way.
Alejandro and Roberto exchanged pleasantries with Vals and Winston, and also extended an invitation to the doctor to go to the Roche New Year Auction.
"Oh, old friends, you are late, the doctor has accepted our invitation." Vals laughed. They were smart and mentioned it early, such as letting Roberto and the others be one step ahead of them. He proposed to invite the doctor to the auction, and there was nothing wrong with the Howard family.
When Roberto and Alessandro saw the doctor, they also guessed that the Howard family would not miss the opportunity, so they were not surprised. No matter whose invitation the doctor accepted, anyway, Just go with them.
A group of people chatted happily for a while. Mr. Smith from country M also arrived. After that, members of the Aligne family also arrived.
About an hour later, representatives of little Laura’s maternal grandfather’s family, the Edward family, and representatives of the Russell family also arrived at the castle. Valls, Winston and others had to Go and receive the guests first.
After that, important members of the Howard family were busy receiving visitors and no longer had time to accompany the doctor and the doctor.Old friends talk.
At noon, the Howard family held a luncheon for personal friends to gather together.
After dinner, there was free time, and the Howard family members went to prepare for the evening party and let friends get to know each other.
Members of the Howard family have good personal friends with wealthy families from all walks of life. Some people have seen the Oriental girl at Alessandro’s birthday party and the Cleon Ladies’ Ball, and seeing her again, They all came forward to greet her.
Love Ujiwu, and the brothers and sisters of oriental girls are naturally favored.
As a result, the three brothers and sisters were "dragged" and couldn't run away even if they wanted to.
It wasn’t until late in the evening that everyone let the three oriental girls, brother and sister, go dress up.
The birthday party for the little princess of the Howard family was held in a building with only an independent music hall. The hall was very wide. It used to be a place for watching dramas and drama performances, and could accommodate nearly a thousand people.
The ball hall was decorated with blooming flowers everywhere.
The dance was scheduled to start at 6:30 in the evening. Guests entered the venue one after another after 5:00 and all arrived before 6:20.
At 6:30, members of the Howard family appeared, followed by relatives and friends who had arrived in the morning.
Valls personally led the little angel of his family to the front. When he entered the hall, the guests gave him warm applause.
Vals took the little baby’s hand into the hall and went to the podium. He first delivered a speech to thank the guests for coming, and then Winston gave a speech of thanks. Finally, he picked up the little baby. The baby talks.
Laura only said a few words and thanked the doctor and the guests who came to the party.
After little Laura finished speaking, Vals sent the little baby to the dance floor. Little Laura’s grandfather sent a real little prince of the Edward family and Laura’s little cousin to the dance floor. The two adults exited again.
Little Laura is too young and her brothers are too tall to be her dance partners. Only a cousin from the Edwardian tribe who is two years older than her meets the requirements.
The little prince of the Edward family gentlemanly invited his little cousin to dance. After little Laura accepted, the two danced to the beat of the waltz.
The guests gave warm applause.
When the dance was halfway through, Milo took the children, Amedeo took Miss Chao Er, and the beautiful boy and Oscar each went to the dance floor with a girl from the Howard family to dance with the birthday boy.
The first dance ended with thunderous applause. Valls once again delivered a speech of thanks, and the waiters came up.vegetable.
Halfway through dinner, the second dance started.
Little classmate Le didn’t even try to hide, but was invited to dance by a young gentleman from Laura’s maternal grandfather’s Edward family.
After the dinner, it was the climax of the party, and the dance party officially opened the curtain of dancing.
The beautiful boy and Miss Chao Er were invited to dance by waves of guests. Little classmate Le didn’t even have time to breathe. After dancing with the twenty-second gentleman, she took a chance. , fled away.
The little dumpling can run away, but the handsome boy and Miss Chao Er are too embarrassed to escape in the middle, so they can only risk their lives to accompany the gentleman.
When Valls and others discovered that the doctor was missing, they tacitly pretended not to know.
The birthday party of the little princess of the Howard family was a great success. The guests enjoyed the dance party until after one o'clock in the morning, and dispersed happily.
The beautiful boy and Chao Yufu hurried to find Xiaotuanzi after the dance, and found that her feet were swollen into pig's trotters. It was heartbreaking and funny at the same time.
The brother and sister were applying medicine to Xiaotuanzi, while Milo, Amedeo, Winston and others teamed up to visit the doctor’s sweetheart.
Stayed one night at Howard's Castle. The next day, Le Xiaotong and his beautiful brother Fu returned to the hotel, and were accompanied by Miss Chao Er's "local escort" who had half a bucket of water to visit Country F. Attractions of the capital.
Winston and others did not disturb the family time of the Chao brothers and sisters. They enjoyed the holiday happily with their friends who were guests in the castle.
The three brothers and sisters of the Chao family spent two days enjoying themselves. On the 7th, the beautiful boy took a flight to Country Y, and Miss Chao Er went directly back to school.
Mr. Le stayed one more night in the hotel and went to the airport on the 8th to meet up with Miro, Alessandro, Roberto, Liszt, and several members of the Howard family. Take a flight to country M.
Amedeo is studying in Cambridge. He did not go to Country M. Oscar was lucky enough to go with his father and his little sweetheart. Of course, they only flew to New York with him, and he changed the plane to Boston. Go back to Harvard.