Chapter 635

That's not right.

Something must be wrong. Master Cullen's watch was cold, the reason why Elizabeth called her over was definitely not because she wanted to talk about the kick.

Alice raised her head and looked at the direction of the study, at the tightly closed door. Questions lingered in her mind.

What was going on?

Alice walked down the stairs, but she couldn't help but look at the study.

She really wanted to understand the world inside the door, wanted to know what exactly was inside, especially after Elizabeth's strange reaction.

She accompanied the twins for a while as William was not around. Both of them were told by their teacher to meditate, so Alice had no choice but to leave by herself.

She couldn't shake off that thought.

Alice made some cake and biscuits and invited the two maids who were willing to talk about the Cullen Family to have a afternoon tea.

The three sat under the sun. The environment was quiet and comfortable. Alice drank a mouthful of black tea and looked at them with a smile.

"Young Madam wants to hear about the Master?" The young maid bit her cake and said, "I'm not too sure about the Master either. I only know that a long, long time ago, Cullen Family, no, it was more accurate to say that the master's mother went up a level. When the family was very honored, it slowly declined, and because she married a Chinese, she was despised."

"Yes, I heard from my grandma that Master was severely rejected when he was still a teenager. It was said that he finally had the opportunity to go to the royal family for a banquet, but was ridiculed by those noble sons and daughters at that time, making him look like a mess. When he returns, he immediately calls everyone in front of him and swears that one day, he will make everyone in England know his surname 'Cullen'!"

Another maid said what she heard.

The inspiring story of a young master after being ostracized was about the same as every king in the world who started his life from scratch.

"What else?"

Alice asked.

"Else? It's nothing. Maybe Master was bullied too much when he was a teenager, right? Even after he got married, he refused to marry a Western woman and chose Madam. Of course, Madam's family background is also very good, and at that time, she was very helpful to Master." The maid said.

"Look at you, it seems like master married his wife for the sake of benefits." Another maid scolded her.

"Heh heh."

Alice smiled. She felt that she wouldn't get anything out of this question, so she started to guide them, "Father sounds like a hero, but it's a pity that I haven't had the chance to meet him."

"Young Madam, have you never met the master?"

The two maids looked at Alice in shock.

"Yeah." Alice pretended to smile bitterly, "It's probably because father doesn't like this commoner daughter-in-law, and my family is very poor."

"Young Madam, don't say that. Second Young Master must have chosen you for something. Besides, Young Madam is the most amiable person amongst the masters of Cullen Family." The maid comforted her.

The other one touched her face, "Speaking of which, I've also not seen the master for a long time."

"You too?" The two maids were shocked to realize that they had not seen Master Cullen for a long time.

Alice quietly sat there and watched their discussion. Her heart sank, "How long has it been since you last saw father?"

"How long?" The young maid began to count on her fingers, and the more she counted the more frightened she became. "Oh, God, I don't think I've seen master for more than a year."

"No, no," said the other, "I think it's been years since the master himself gave us a present on Christmas Day."

"That's because they weren't personally distributed. Last year, I sent tea to the master's study, and I saw him. He was standing by the window and talking on the phone."

"Is that so?"

The two maids discussed intensely, competing with each other to see how long the master had been gone. If not for Alice's suggestion, none of them would have thought about it.

"What about the stewards and servants who have been serving father all this time?"

Alice interrupted and asked. Didn't they say that every master of the Cullen Family would have a butler?

"Master has never liked being served by too many people, unless he goes out, the butler probably resigned a few years ago. I also did not hear that he wanted to hire a new servant, so he let Butler Charles take over temporarily." The maid replied in detail.

Charles?

Charles was too busy of taking care of Elizabeth and her, he also had the task of becoming Master Cullen's butler.

Just as they were talking, footsteps came over, Alice turned her head and saw that Charles was walking over, with two servants behind him carrying a painting in their hands.

"Young Madam, I've already found the painting you told me to look for. Where should I hang it?" Charles walked to her side and said.

His efficiency was really great.

"Let's hang it in William's study room." Alice stood up from the table and left with Charles and the others. Charles did his utmost to fulfill his responsibilities and followed behind her, "Young Madam and maids are on good terms with each other." "Yeah, I made some cake for everyone to taste and also left a share for you, Charles." Alice smiled and said, acting as if it was normal.

"Thank you, Young Madam." Charles followed her into the ancient castle.

Alice walked in, there were many people who carried their luggage downstairs, and upon seeing Alice, all of them lowered their heads, "Young Madam."

"Hello everyone." Alice lowered her head and asked puzzledly, "Where are you guys taking the luggage to?"

The servants' and bodyguards' accommodations were not here, so there should not be any luggage here.

"Master has an urgent matter to attend to in Switzerland. They are here to help Master with the packing." Charles said.

"Father is leaving?" Alice looked at Charles in astonishment, "But mother is still sick."

Leaving his wife, who was depressed and had not recovered, to go out?

"There's an emergency in Switzerland." Charles said.

"Oh. Shall I send you off?

"

Alice asked. Since William was not at home and Elizabeth was sick, she should send him off.

"It's alright. Let's go, Young Madam. I'll hang the painting for you."

Charles said.

Alice did not know what to say, she nodded, walked forward, went up the stairs, and could not help but raise her head to look at Master Cullen's study.

Wait a moment.

Yesterday, she went to see Master Cullen, but today, Elizabeth's manner of calling her into her room was a little weird. Now that Master Cullen was going to leave, as if he was trying to escape from something.

Did she think too much?

The bodyguards carried their things and walked down the stairs. Alice absent- mindedly told Charles and the others to hang the painting.

Charles and the others were hanging the painting when Alice walked out of William's study. A bodyguard quickly ran in the direction of Master Cullen's study.

"What's wrong?"

Alice asked.

"I just found out that Master didn't bring the watch case that he loved the most. If Master knew that we were so careless, he would definitely scold us. I have to go find it." The bodyguard said anxiously, running until his forehead was covered in sweat, "There are still a few boxes that we haven't moved."

Hearing that, Alice rolled her eyes and said: "I'll help you look for it, is it in the study room?"

"Yes, it should be on the desk in the study. Master likes to wipe the watch, it should be there." The bodyguard said, "Thank you very much, Young Madam. I'll go and move the things first."

"Mm, go ahead."

Alice nodded, then walked to the study room and stood at the door to Master Cullen's study. She couldn't help but take a deep breath, gritting her teeth as she reached out her hand to push open the door.

As soon as she opened the door, the strong scent of incense assaulted her nostrils.

She covered her nose as she looked around. This study room was too big. There were bookshelves everywhere, and the bookshelves were densely packed with books.

Alice raised her head, only to see the ceiling designed in a circular arch, with patterns on it.

Actually, if one looked carefully, there was nothing special about this study.

Alice walked towards the desk and easily found the case. She opened the case and found all the tools needed to clean the watch, so she closed the case and prepared to leave.

She glanced at a corner of the room and saw a bronze box lying on the ground. It was rotating like a lantern, and hot air was slowly rising from it.

Alice walked over, the closer she got, the more acrid it got.

She squatted down and lifted the lid of the box. There was water in the copper box. The water was not clean. Grass and leaves were still floating on the surface, and some sort of granules were on it.

It looks like Chinese medicine.

Alice thought, she almost wanted to fish out the item to study it, but gave up after thinking.

Alice, oh Alice, curiosity killed the cat. This is the Cullen Family, don't move recklessly.

No matter how curious she was, she still had to stay put.

After warning herself for a bit, Alice decided to close the lid again. She decided to forget all the questions about this place, she stood up and left.

Master Cullen's book collection was truly abundant.

She didn't know if there were any books that were out of print like drawing.

Alice thought wild and unrestrained, forcing herself not to be curious and explore the place. In the end, when her mind was in a mess, she would easily make mistakes, and her feet became unsteady. Her body bumped into a bookshelf. With a "bam" sound, several books fell.

She quickly put down the watch box and picked up the book to put it back. Suddenly, she saw that there were some strange patterns on the bookshelf and Alice took out a few books.

A safe in a bookshelf?

This method wasn't that mysterious, Alice didn't think too much about it. She returned the books in her hands one by one and started flipping through the pages of the book.

When her finger touched the turning lock, with a "ka" sound, the ancient bookshelf began to move in front of her eyes.