It had to be said that this was a big thing, and it was something that they could not solve immediately.
After a long time, Gideon Leith finally said, "Alright. Let me think about it first, I'll give you an answer later."
It seemed that Gregory had not thought that Gideon would be able to make a decision right now.
Thus, he nodded and said, "I've arranged a room for the two of you upstairs, so you can go and rest after dinner. Let me know if you need anything."
After a pause, he added, "Although we had many grudges in the past, please think about all the times I’ve saved Nelly's life, and please consider it well this time."
Gideon glanced at him.
This glance contained too much of the two men’s secret rivalry.
In the end, they finally looked away. Gideon then said in a soft voice, "Alright."
The couple went upstairs together.
Needless to say, the dinner that evening was also at the chateau.
Gregory had ordered someone to cook a feast for them and also opened two bottles of fine wine.
At the dinner table, he also did his best as a host and carried jovial conversations with them.
However, Nell could still tell that he was very unhappy, or even, to put it another way, very depressed.
She did not know what the reason was. This time when he had called her and Gideon over to deal with the Chinese Association, she felt a little wary.
After all, such a thing was not that imminent, but his tone on the phone seemed to be very urgent when he had called earlier.
He had to be hiding something from her.
As soon as this thought popped into her mind, she could not stop thinking about it.
Therefore, after dinner, Nell declined his invitation to take a walk with the couple and turned around to go back to the room to rest with Gideon.
As soon as she entered the room, Nell said, "I don't feel right."
Gideon looked at her. His posture was rather leisurely and said, "What do you mean?"
Nell frowned and said in a flat voice, "He's hiding something from us."
Gideon immediately smiled at the words.
He reached out and lovingly gathered her slightly messy hair for her as he said, "Tell me."
Nell did not notice his eyes and frowned.
"I somehow feel that he's not being entirely honest with us. Think about it, the Chinese Association started the war between the Dragon Regiment and the Vermilion Bird Organization. It's been four years since this happened, and that time, although the Chinese Association had made many moves, he may not be so eager to get back at them right away.
“The two organizations have been fighting back and forth for so many years, there would always be a score to settle since they kept on fighting.
"But now, he's so eager to get a result. It's not like he wants to get rid of the Chinese Association right away, but there's some other reason."
Gideon listened and laughed lightly.
"You just missed one point."
"What?"
Nell was a bit confused.
Gideon said, "He mentioned that Vickie Thomas had been captured."
Nell looked at him and blinked her eyes.
She did not know Vickie Thomas. Back then, even when she was still in the Dragon Regiment, she had never seen or heard of this person around Gregory.
Therefore, when he mentioned it just now, she had only assumed that she was some random person.
After all, apart from mentioning her that one time, Gregory had never mentioned it after.
When she listened to Gideon's words, the two had some kind of untold relationship?
Gideon looked at her perplexed expression and laughed again.
“Vickie Thomas is a woman who grew up with Gregory. They’re childhood sweethearts."
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