Chapter 1123: Chapter 1122: Observing You

It didn’t rain today, but the weather is rather gloomy. After having breakfast and coming out of the Eastern Castle, while walking and chatting outside the estate, apart from feeling a bit cold, everything else was fine.

Last night, the Gauthier couple didn’t have much to talk about with Louise. Now, while the three of them were chatting in the back, Ye Qiu, Zhou Wenting, Wang Leshan, and Wang Xiaoling were walking ahead.

After walking quite a distance and then returning to where the Eastern Castle is, Louise approached Ye Qiu and said, “Qiu, my parents are getting ready to leave.”

“So soon!”

Ye Qiu didn’t expect them to leave so quickly. Were they going back to work at the company?

“Are your parents going back to work? They’re not attending tomorrow evening’s banquet?”

“There’s something at the company, I guess! They won’t be attending. The wine, they’ve had some, and they think it’s quite good.”

“Then after lunch, we should drive them to the train station.”

The Gauthier couple went upstairs to rest, and when lunch was ready, they were called down to have hotpot together.

After lunch, with their things packed, the Gauthier couple and Louise got into the car, and Ye Qiu drove them to the train station in the town.

Upon arriving at the town’s train station, Ye Qiu parked the car, opened the trunk, took out the Gauthier couple’s things, and he and Louise escorted them inside the train station.

As Louise went to purchase train tickets with her parents’ documents, Ye Qiu chatted with the Gauthier couple for a while, and Jenny said, “Dr. Ye, if you have the time, come visit the Gauthier family with Louise.”

“Auntie, I will visit when I have time.”

The Gauthier family is in Marseille, which is quite far from here.

Of course, he wasn’t sure if this visit from Louise’s parents was akin to a son-in-law inspection.

But Ye Qiu felt it wasn’t quite that.

Moreover, the relationship level between him and Louise hadn’t reached that point yet.

When Louise returned with the tickets, she hugged her parents, and after saying their goodbyes, Ye Qiu and Louise left the station, got back in the car, and drove away towards the Eastern Castle.

“Louise, why did your parents come to see me this time?”

“Not for much, just to have a look at you. There’s never been an Asian son-in-law in my family, though there are a few mixed; the rest are all white, all French.”

“I see, I was worried they might have taken a liking to me.”

“What do you mean? Don’t you like me?”

…

Back at the Eastern Castle, after getting out of the car, not only did Housekeeper Eugene and the other servants feel much more at ease, but so did Wang Leshan and the others.

When people from different social classes are together, especially when the gaps are significant, it can feel quite uncomfortable.

This feeling, they deeply understood now.

As for the preparations for tomorrow’s evening banquet, because many distinguished guests are invited, preparations needed to begin now.

“Young Master Ye, is tomorrow night’s banquet planned to be a buffet?”

Typically, Western international banquets are primarily buffet-style, making it easier for guests to eat and chat simultaneously.

“That’s right. This time, around a hundred distinguished guests are invited, but with their families, it might be around two hundred people. So we need to prepare a buffet for at least two hundred people.”

Though originating from Fusang, buffets are also very popular in Europe.

Now, for a buffet for about two hundred people, preparations must include seafood, meat, fruits, desserts, etc.

Everything must be prepared in advance, and must be fresh.

However, since there are many servants here now, preparing meals for two hundred people is just about twenty tables of food, as it would be back home.

“Young Master Ye, I’ll discuss with them and get started with preparations.”

“I’ll leave these matters to you.”

For Housekeeper Eugene, this was the first time managing such an important task, so he took it very seriously.

While Housekeeper Eugene was discussing with the middle-aged couple, they decided to have the materials prepared, fearing there wouldn’t be enough time if left for tomorrow.

However, certain meat and vegetables could be fetched tomorrow.

Although the estate is large, they don’t have cattle and sheep here, which means they have to purchase in nearby towns.

…

When Ye Qiu went upstairs, Wang Leshan and Wang Xiaoling came over, and Wang Leshan asked, “Dr. Ye, can we attend tomorrow night’s banquet?”

“Of course you can. If not, do you plan on hiding in your room?”

Ye Qiu asked with a smile.

They knew that Ye Qiu’s status wasn’t simple, and many important figures would be present.

However, if they attended the banquet, what role would they adopt, and what would they wear?

Though the two women thought their clothes were already quite expensive from a white-collar perspective, they were far from comparable to Louise’s or Wenting’s.

“Then what role should I take when I attend?”

“A guest, of course!”

Wang Leshan realized she was overthinking; Ye Qiu merely regarded her as a guest.

After the two women left, Ye Qiu knew that whether Viscount Red Wine could gain overnight fame and spread throughout Europe’s upper class depended on tomorrow night’s wine-tasting banquet.

Of course, Ye Qiu was aware that there couldn’t be any errors.

Throughout the afternoon, the sky remained overcast with no sun, and a cold wind blew. According to the weather forecast, it was between 1 and 3 degrees Celsius, with no snow yet.

However, with this weather, Ye Qiu felt that it might snow after some time.

Ye Qiu spent two hours playing on the computer in his room and when descending the stairs, heading outside, he thought Louise and others were resting.

Unexpectedly, Wang Leshan came down wearing a thick coat after seeing him descending.

“Dr. Ye, where are you going?”

“Just going for a stroll, not anywhere in particular.”

When he whistled to the distant group of horses and a horse with a reddish hue galloped towards him, Ye Qiu asked, “Want to try horseback riding?”

“I want to, but I’m scared.”

“I can take you.”

Ye Qiu helped Wang Leshan onto the horse, then mounted himself. With a command of ‘hyah,’ the reddish horse galloped towards the seaside, and other horses followed along.

Wang Leshan did not expect that riding a horse would feel like this.

However, it was a bit chilly now, especially with the horse galloping quickly, with the cold wind hitting her face.

Strangely, she felt that Ye Qiu’s body was very warm, and when he held her, he felt like a furnace radiating heat.

After Ye Qiu made the reddish horse stop and helped Wang Leshan down, Ye Qiu asked, “Are you very cold?”

“Not really, my hometown is in the north too, and it snows in winter,”

Wang Leshan said.

However, the Atlantic sea breeze really was a bit unbearable now.