At this moment, there was still more than an hour left before dawn.
The old man looked at the time and returned to the villa anxiously. He knocked gently outside the door of the study room on the first floor and said respectfully, “Miss.”
A very young, even childish girl’s voice came from inside. “Come in.”
The old man said respectfully, “Yes, Miss!”
He opened the door gently after speaking.
Although this villa looked like a western detached house as a whole, the interior was in ancient Oskian style.
A young girl with a very beautiful and fragile appearance in the study room was sitting in front of a top-grade Lexington desk. She was reading an ancient yellowing book with fascination.
The young girl looked incomparably exquisite, and her facial features were simply faultless. Even her long and curved eyelashes were unbelievably perfect.
She was wearing an Oskian-style skirt with embroidery paired with a blouse that was embroidered with auspicious clouds in all directions, which was full of classical charm. She was obviously an avid fan of Oskian ancient clothing.
As the old man entered, the girl put down the book in her hand, looked at the old man, and asked, “Is everything packed?”
“Not yet, Miss.” The old man said, “Your collection of blue and white porcelain is too much. The servants are still packing them one by one, but we should be able to leave before dawn.”
The girl had a gloomy and depressed expression as she sighed and said, “Why don’t we forget about those blue and white porcelain collections, then? I’m ashamed. If I wasn’t obsessed with these things, we wouldn’t have been in danger of exposing ourselves, then...”
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