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Chapter 13 Porcelain Puppets

When Evan returned home, night had already fallen. As soon as he entered the living room, Evan heard Virginia scolding Dora.

"Dora, it's time to start dinner soon, no secret food is allowed!"

Dora ran out of the kitchen with a smile, probably because she succeeded.

"Wow! Evan, you're back!" Dora, who had a little red spot on the corner of her mouth, saw Evan, and immediately ran towards him and hid behind his butt. After a while, Virginia slapped her, wearing an apron, and obviously got permission from Nina to enter the kitchen again.

I fought repeatedly and had a firm heart. I am worthy of being my sister, but... I have to find out which dishes are her works first.

"Oh! Evan, I'm back. Is the movie good?" Virginia first greeted Evan, then raised her eyebrows and shouted at Dora: "Don't hide, Dora, I see you. I dare not listen to me, see how I deal with you!"

As he said that, Virginia looked like she wanted to remove Dora from the big one.

When Dora heard this, she was so scared that she hugged Evan's thigh and shouted, "Save me, Evan, Virginia is a witch, a witch, and the worst woman."

"What, I'm the worst woman?" Virginia was so angry that she smoked. She pulled Dora off Evan's thigh, took out the magical skills of the two-finger clamp, clamped her pink cheeks and said, "I won't say anything else, who took you to watch "Cat and Mouse" today, who bought you popcorn, um? um? um?"

"It's you, Virginia! Yes... no... rise!" Since it had fallen into his hands, Dora immediately changed her attitude and begged for mercy to Virginia in a speechless manner.

"Hmph! You know what you know!" Virginia's hand relaxed, and Dora immediately ran to the kitchen like a bird leaving the cage. Soon, Virginia and Evan, who were in the living room, heard Dora's aggrieved voice: "Nina, Virginia beats someone, look, my face turned red..."

The evil man complained first, and this is another trick!

Virginia held her forehead speechlessly, and Evan, who had not interfered from beginning to end, chuckled at this time, which attracted Virginia to glar. Evan said: "What are you doing when you glar at me? Virginia, I just smiled, but I didn't do anything."

"Also, before that, do you explain first, how did you know I went to watch a movie today?"

Virginia was stunned, and then she realized that she had missed her words before. Then she said to herself as if she hadn't heard Evan's question, and she walked towards the kitchen: "Oh, Nina seems to be calling me, I have to go back to the kitchen to help, otherwise Dora will definitely steal food again..."

Seeing that Virginia actually used the trick of pretending to be stupid and trying to get away with it, Evan was so amused that he shook his head, thinking that he would have to say to Audrey in advance at school tomorrow, otherwise Virginia would have been embarrassed.

After skipping the lively dinner at the governor’s house, time flies like a flash of time.

On October 31st, on Halloween Eve, ghosts and monsters are rampant.

Dora and Dorothy, who played the role of the Flower Fairy, had a lot of fun, and their pockets were filled with various candies. Although Robert, who was ashamed to speak, his "income" dropped sharply. Evan habitually spoke and mocked him. Robert blushed and explained in a duck voice: "Pranks are the patent of children, and I have grown up!"

After Halloween, the temperature became lower and lower.

On November 2, Carl, who had not shown up for ten days, finally appeared in front of Evan. As agreed, he brought a bag of cash and a whole stack of Franklins (note: the face value is $100).

Evan didn't count how many pictures he had. Looking at Carl, who was tired and excited, he asked directly: "How many?"

"Ten thousand!"

“Who is the buyer?”

“Samsonite”!”

"I haven't heard of it!"

"This is a professional and old luggage company with headquarters in Colorado. The boss, Mr. Schroeder, is very sensible and keeps his promises. I joined him at the Lianquan Carbon Party..."

"I'm not interested in listening to how you sold the goods."

"Well, anyway, Mr. Schroeder paid $10,000 to buy the patent plus signature rights. You can no longer claim ownership of the 'wheeled suitcase' in the future."

"Of course, well, he knows it's my idea?"

"Well...yes!" Carl hesitated, "So, Mr. Schroeder wants to invite you to dinner, and time will be yours."

Evan was not surprised that Carl sold himself, after all, this could not only raise the price but also increase the transaction rate. As for giving the buyer Schroeder an opportunity to make friends, Evan shook his head without hesitation and refused: "Turn it, I'm not suitable to come forward in person now."

When Carl heard this, he nodded indifferently. Evan had foreseeed his reply and had no expectations at all.

Afterwards, Evan sent him away without commenting on Carl's mission.

Evan was very happy to get the money successfully. If Carl failed, he could only borrow money from lawyer Albert with the company's shares. In this way, although he could get the money, it would inevitably affect his cooperation with Albert.

After asking the governor's assistant Joe about the governor's itinerary and confirming that he would rest at home on the weekend, the next day, Evan and Virginia went to visit the school on the excuse and wandered outside for a day and returned very late. They said they were going to Palo Alto (the location of Stanford University), but in fact they went to San Francisco.

On Sunday, November 4, Mr. Governor had a rare rest time at his residence. However, on this day, Mr. Governor did not get a real rest time.

After breakfast, the Dora sisters offered to perform piano for everyone, so that their family members could be judges to evaluate their progress over the past six months. As the head of the family, the Governor, who rarely participates in family activities, naturally cannot be absent.

After the musical feast, Virginia revealed her "shortness", officially announced her writer's ambitions, and took out a stack of manuscripts to the governor, hoping to get his guidance.

The governor was very surprised, but he was even more happy that Virginia could be honest in front of him and his family. After a few small criticisms and encouragement from Virginia, the governor took over his daughter's work with a serious and joyful look on his face.

Virginia took out her masterpiece, and others were also very interested, so she would not let Mr. Governor enjoy it alone, so this afternoon it became a discussion meeting for works by a group of enthusiastic readers.

Just like that, time has come to night without realizing it.

Aunt Susan "stopped" today, and Nina, who missed the time and didn't have time to make dinner, had to call to order the meal. Under Evan's sweet words, the dinner was very rich.

The food delivery staff who sent the catering staff away, and the family took their seats. Before the start, with Governor Earl as the center, everyone held their hands and began to pray with their eyes closed.

With the sound of "Amen", the prayer ended. Earl Warren closed his hand and opened his eyes, and then heard his wife Nina's scream. At the same time, a clear, translucent and beautiful melody echoed in the restaurant. Almost at the same time, Earl saw the source of the sound, which was a music box, placed on the dining table between him and Nina. On the music box were two dolls, one man and one woman, holding hands, slowly turning with the melody. The porcelain doll was lifelike. The doll's appearance and dress Earl was no longer familiar, it was what he and Nina looked like twenty years ago.

At this moment, Earl still doesn't understand what day it is today and who made the appearance in front of him, then he is not the governor.

Earl smiled and looked at Nina, looking at her affectionately. After a moment, the mastermind and the main implementers Evan and Virginia stood up. They each held a red ring box in their hands. The sister came to their father and the younger brother came to their mother.

The two opened the box together to reveal the platinum ring inside.

"Happy twenty years, Mr. Warren!"

"Happy 20th anniversary, Mrs. Warren!"

Earl and Nina ended their eyes and looked around. Robert looked excited. The twins' eyes shone with stars. The siblings acted as ceremonies and pretended to be serious, but the corners of their mouths were unconsciously raised.

"Thank you, kids! You are the pride of both of us!"
Chapter completed!
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