Chapter 2044

Gu Lu, Gu Lu.

The trivial sound of the tire rubbing against the sand and gravel on the ground is slightly ringing, and the carriage is in a short silence. It seems that time suddenly falls into a short pause.

Philip waited for a moment, but didn't wait for lanli's response. Instead of looking in the rearview mirror, he looked straight ahead and continued, "it's a deliberate decision. I'm old. I don't have many years to go on. It's time to retire and enjoy my old age."

Lanli still didn't speak, just listened quietly.

Philip can't help but grow up a little nervous, which is the ability of Langley. From small to large, Langley can always show his cool and wisdom beyond his age, and the invisible suppression of aura can always make people uneasy, even George and Elisabeth are no exception.

But Philip quickly stabilized his mind, and then said, "it's not an easy decision. I hope I can tell the young master and ladies in person. I told Miss ALF in London, then miss Edith in Istanbul, and then master Arthur in Los Angeles

Finally, he came to New Orleans and told Langley face to face.

There was silence in the carriage again. Lan Li turned to look out of the window and quietly watched the flowing city scenery. It was like a beautiful stream full of waves. He could see the wilderness and the river running through it. The whole city had a strong and wild force.

In New Orleans, a city that inherits the past, embraces changes but refuses to change its essence, a city that inherits aristocrats and embraces slaves but never really advances, and a city that awakens Langley's memory of London but is always out of place, Philip says goodbye to Langley and announces his decision to return home, I always feel that something is destined in the dark, and I shuttle back to London in a trance.

New Orleans, London; London, New Orleans. These two completely different cities, at this time, however, blurred the boundary in the sight of lanli.

"What's your plan after retirement?" Lanli finally spoke.

Philip was still focusing on the front and driving, but his reaction was not slow at all. "Originally, I wanted to go to the lake district to provide for the elderly, dig the soil for my garden, and then occasionally take a walk beside the lake, try to see what it would be like to relax and live. But this time I changed my mind a little bit. I left the European continent and felt different cultures and different landscapes. I thought maybe it's time to see how much the world has changed. "

"Well, you should at least learn how to use a smartphone." The atmosphere in the carriage seemed a little relaxed, said Langley jokingly.

Philip also followed with a gentle chin head, "maybe."

Langley took his eyes back, turned to Philip's side face in the driver's seat, and watched quietly for a long time. He said gently, "Philip, do you remember? Once I asked you, why do you like the job of housekeeper, just because the son inherits the father's business? "

"I still remember your answer." The corner of lanli's mouth outlined a shallow arc, and seemed to fall into the memory, "you said, you like things in order, everything has its own order, everyone also has their own persistence. Some rules are bound to disappear with the progress of the times, but they will not persist. Maybe they are stupid or decadent, but everyone should have their own beliefs. Even if it is eliminated by the times. "

That plain and simple words, not too much magnificent, not too much ups and downs, just quietly recalling those years.

But Philip could feel the weight on his shoulders piling up little by little. The hint hidden in the words made him uneasy. Philip was ready to speak again and make some excuses, but Langley took the lead, "Philip, do you know? After getting on the bus, you didn't look me in the eye once. "

Philip glanced in the rearview mirror subconsciously, then saw the clear and bright eyes of Langley, and his eyes collided.

The corner of blue Li's mouth gently raised a radian, as if to say: caught you.

It's kind of embarrassing for Philip.

Philip knows Raleigh well. He knows him very well. Raleigh has never been an aimless personality. His sensitivity and wisdom can always detect the details that others will not pay attention to; Therefore, in order to successfully deceive Lan Li, he made all preparations and practiced over and over again, hoping that he could cheat Lan Li with all his body, and that he would not arouse any splash or doubt.

He's almost there, just a little bit.

Looking in the rearview mirror, Philip opened his mouth and tried to make the last effort. "... master Langley, I'm just... I'm just tired. Denise Stevens has retired. Now, it's my turn to retire. Or you told me, life is still facing parting, the difference is that, earlier and later, but in any case, we can not be prepared, can only accept. That year, you were seven. "

Langley looked at Philip quietly and said nothing: he didn't believe it.

Philip once told him that if he could, he would like to be a housekeeper on standby forever. Until the day when he couldn't walk, it was like an actor who wanted to die on the stage. They all devoted their lives to their dreams of sticking to and striving to be the best.

Philip also once told him that housekeeper is not a job for him, but a kind of enjoyment. Whenever he sees everything go smoothly according to his own arrangement, he can feel an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, even more than any kind of joy and happiness.

He didn't believe that Philip would want to retire early, just like he didn't believe that he would be tired of stage and camera one day, which were the only source of happiness and enthusiasm in their lives. The moment they give up, they declare death, direct death on the soul level.

Maybe others can't understand it, but Langley can resonate.

Philip realized that he had failed, that he could not convince Langley, and that for the first time in history, his perfect housekeeper image had a gap.

"Who can make you choose to retire early?" Langley whispered, "only George."

"Jazz didn't push me. I'm voluntary. " Philip's words are very firm, without any flaws, because it is a fact.

But lanli caught another flaw: "you didn't say it wasn't him."

Philip was so stunned.

Philip just said that George didn't force him, but he didn't say it wasn't George. This is the flaw. Philip also tries to sophistry. He can respond in many ways. He is also prepared with all kinds of words. Even the backhand of the lie has thought about it, but he is not confident that he has cheated lenley.

Lanli knew that he was right.

Philip's story has no flaws, all the ups and downs can be said to make sense, can be called perfect, Langley is not Sherlock Holmes, he also has no way to iron out; However, lanli knows Philip. The reasons are so perfect that there are no flaws from the inside to the end. The only doubt is that they are not like Philip at all. The personality behind those stories can be someone else, but not Philip.

Lanli was just guessing. Unfortunately, he was right.

"George and Elizabeth, right?" The answer has been revealed, blue Li mouth revealed a smile, but full of bitterness and loss.

"Because of the ceremony? I refuse to accept the award, and they hurt me by hurting you? No, they won't be so stupid and low-level. Do they force you to hurt me, or persuade me? Obviously, they don't want to face this problem, or they don't want to lose face, so they put the problem on others. It's just their style. When I returned to London, they sent ALF. "

"But you refused, or you didn't want to talk to them at all, so you chose to retire? You don't agree with them, because they go against the real aristocratic spirit, even destroy the family honor for the sake of reputation and interests, and finally become selfish monsters, right? This kind of hall family is no longer the hall family you serve. So you choose to go home. "

There are still some deviations in the details, but the basic framework has been completely hit, and there are not too many deviations in the context and transition. Philip could not refute or defend.

Silence is the best answer. Langley knows that he guessed right, but in his heart, there is no joy or happiness. There is only a chill. That kind of anger begins to roll up as never before, even more than the humiliation at the Earl of Oxford party, because this time, what they hurt is not him, but Philip.

He could even imagine that the next step would be Edith or Arthur, or maybe even Matthew. In order to achieve the goal, they will not have scruples, even if they do not discount the means.

All this is how ridiculous and how ridiculous, but the reality is not funny, only a desolate, the anger is burning up.

At this moment, looking out of the window of New Orleans again, everything becomes ironic: the aristocratic barons are overthrown and disintegrated here, and the former aristocrats no longer exist. They are forced to live with the people peacefully, losing money and honor, status and class, but they still maintain the Creole tradition, Obstinately and radically adhere to the inheritance of history.

"I knew I didn't like New Orleans." Lan Li said calmly, a slight invisible shiver in his slow and plain voice.

Philip looked in the rearview mirror again, and then he saw the faint light of water in blue Li's bright eyes.