When Thomas Langley, Nora Scott, and Pedro Langley ca downstairs, Butler Loxley was entertaining Daniela Esteves.
Daniela was dressed in a sweater and trousers, both well-known brands. Her makeup and hairstyle were impeccable, although her posture was slightly lacking, affecting her overall look.
Seeing the three of them co down together, Daniela was a bit surprised. She stood up, and sowhat politely greeted them, as if all the previous confrontations and slander behind Nora Scott’s back never existed.
"I called them down since they were just around," Thomas Langley said, taking out the chanical Bird that Nora had gifted him. "This is one of Master Sliver’s pieces from my sister-in-law’s collection."
— Just around?
— This is?
Detecting sothing off, Nora Scott and Pedro Langley exchanged glances.
From Thomas Langley’s tone, it seed he wanted to show off his collection, which was why he brought Daniela over. Yet, under the guise of "getting the collection," he called both Nora Scott and Pedro Langley down.
Tsk.
"Is it?"
Daniela’s gaze swept over Nora Scott with a hint of aning.
Nora Scott and Pedro Langley simultaneously looked at Thomas Langley.
Thomas Langley ignored their gaze, maintaining a humble and gentle smile, walked over, and handed the chanical Bird to Daniela, saying, "Check if it’s genuine."
"Hmm."
Daniela took the chanical Bird in her hand.
As soon as it touched her hand, she noticed the exquisite craftsmanship, with hardly any seams to be found, and internally she thought it was trouble.
Over ninety percent genuine...
And it’s one of the top pieces from Master Sliver’s works, not sothing she could easily figure out in a short ti.
"We don’t really know much about this field, and we haven’t even opened it," Thomas Langley laughed breezily, glancing at Pedro Langley and Nora Scott, then added, "My sister-in-law always thought she was deceived."
Nora Scott: "..." Deceived my ass.
However, through Thomas Langley’s affected behavior, the two noticed his intention.
— He was testing Daniela.
This chanical Bird, Thomas Langley played with for three days, called several like-minded friends over and none could open it. In the end, he asked Nora Scott for the tutorial. Now, Thomas Langley had thoroughly explored every chanism of the chanical Bird and played with it effortlessly. There was no "never opened" phenonon.
Daniela studied it in her palm for a mont.
She confird she couldn’t open it.
"This should be a fake." Her slightly cupped palm was sweating, and a flash of panic crossed Daniela’s face, but she quickly feigned calm, telling Thomas Langley, "I don’t rember making such a piece."
"Oh, is that so."
Thomas Langley smiled even more brightly, taking the chanical Bird back.
"How is Miss Scott’s blueprint coming along?" Daniela’s gaze fell on Nora Scott, swiftly changing the subject.
She didn’t want to linger on this matter.
Because it was genuine, the more she comnted, the easier it would be to expose flaws. Fortunately, these three knew nothing about chanical Techniques.
Especially Nora Scott...
With no skill whatsoever, yet daring to show off.
People like this who can blindly be confident and proclaim themselves as the best in the world make her being "Master Sliver" feel even less guilt-ridden.
"Almost finished."
Nora Scott raised an eyebrow, full of confidence.
Daniela: "..." Unable to even open a chanical Bird, yet so confident; in contrast, she’s really too modest.
"Take a seat." Surprisingly, Nora Scott didn’t rush her away, being quite courteous.
Daniela suppressed her emotions.
— Seems like she talks the talk but is uncertain inside, wanting to keep her around for assistance.
Just as well.
After all, no one doubts her identity as Master Sliver, and she possesses skills exceeding Nora Scott. Apart from a few genuine chanical toys posing a challenge, she doesn’t show any other flaws, so she remained without psychological pressure.
Thomas Langley was originally quite courteous to Daniela, and now seeing Daniela "show a skill," he beca even more attentive, inviting her to sit and consult with her on questions.
Nora Scott and Pedro Langley were quite cooperative.
Daniela grew increasingly complacent in the conversation.
Butler Loxley, preparing snacks in the kitchen, received a call from Jack Carter, who casually asked what Master Pedro was doing. Butler Loxley glanced at the living room and laughed, saying, "Entertaining a monkey, very interesting."
Jack Carter: "?"
*
It was only at dusk that Daniela Esteves left.
Under normal circumstances, Thomas Langley would personally escort Daniela back, but this ti he arranged a driver to take her, showing no intention of accompanying her.
Daniela, although a bit surprised, didn’t dwell on it.
"See you next ti,"
Daniela bid farewell at the door.
Thomas Langley smiled enigmatically, "Hmm, see you next ti."
The car drove away, and Thomas Langley turned back inside, suppressing his anger. He drank a glass of water in one gulp before confronting Pedro Langley and Nora Scott, "Did you two know she was a fake from the start?"
Pedro Langley replied indifferently, "Yes."
"Then why didn’t you tell ?" Thomas was furious.
"You traveled all the way here to see her. Telling you would have spoiled the fun," Pedro said reasonably.
"You were worried about spoiling my fun, so you watched make a fool of myself?" Thomas was shocked.
"I thought with your intelligence, you’d never figure it out in a lifeti," Pedro said nonchalantly, then glanced at Thomas steadily and slowly added, "You’d never know you’re a fool in your whole life."
Thomas: "..."
Enough! Stop talking!
Our friendship ends today!
No, imdiately, right now!
"Second Brother," Nora Scott interjected just in ti, "How did you figure it out?"
"Hmm?" Called upon by the Heavenly Immortal sister-in-law, Thomas regained so composure and explained, "Too many flaws—vain personality, likes to show off. Not like Master Sliver, who could stay low-key for so long; lacks the skill, even so basic chanical techniques knowledge was wrong, worse than you; and poor connections, never even been to the northwest—where you know Master Sliver is soone all the bigshots in the northwest tried to find but couldn’t get a trace of information on..."
Thomas waved his hand, annoyed, "Anyway, there’s a lot. Too much to say."
From the first day, sothing felt off.
Daniela Esteves initially didn’t take him seriously but proactively asked for his WeChat after learning his identity. ——That wasn’t sothing they believed Master Sliver would do.
Later, he thought to test her and paid attention during interactions, and as a result, she was full of loopholes.
He approached her trying to find things that didn’t match Master Sliver, but in the end, it beca about finding things that did match her.
Soon, his doubts grew, so he simply brought Daniela over to test her with Master Sliver’s works and, unexpectedly, just a slight test revealed the truth.
——So naive.
Nora Scott chuckled, "Second Brother."
"What?"
"If that’s the case, I have a few little videos here I could share with you."
Thomas instantly misunderstood, imdiately glanced at Pedro Langley and stamred, "N-no, that’s not right..."
Pedro Langley looked up, earnestly at Thomas, "You owe yourself a look."
Thomas: ?
...
As soon as Frank Ford returned, he slled the aroma of food, enough to make his stomach growl.
He imdiately ran inside eagerly.
"Loxley, is dinner ready—"
Frank Ford’s mind was full of thoughts about dinner. As soon as he spoke, he was cut off, blinking as he saw the usually good-tempered Thomas Langley staring at a phone with a chilling smile.
Even Frank’s head trembled.
——What the heck, mama, Thomas Langley has gone mad. He doesn’t want to sleep next to Thomas tonight.
...
In short, that night Thomas decided to block Daniela Esteves.
However, after Nora Scott’s persuasion, Thomas decided to keep Daniela in his list for a few more days. ——Nora said there would be a good show in a couple of days and not to let Daniela find out any flaws.
Thomas began to endure in silence.
But that very night, Nora almost couldn’t hold back from bashing in Daniela’s head.
The catalyst was a call from Shaw.
"Damn, grandma, why is that lunatic Daniela Esteves running around saying you’re her fan as soon as she gets back?" Shaw was simply shocked, cursing a couple of tis before continuing, "She says you secretly collected her works and even bought fakes. This afternoon she asked you a whole bunch of blah blah blah..."
Shaw recounted a slew of Daniela’s shaless antics.
It all boiled down to three points:
1. Nora Scott is her fan.
2. Nora Scott’s chanical techniques are really lacking.
3. She’s truly super capable and super popular.
In summary: This person is just unbelievably shaless.
Fortunately, before Nora could even start cursing, Shaw, to protect her image as a fairy, had already scolded Daniela thoroughly, not holding back at all.
Nora was left without any anger after Shaw’s rant.
After hanging up Shaw’s call, Nora played with a small knife in her hand, casting a sidelong glance at Pedro Langley, and sincerely said, "I think even if you looked at her one more ti, she could imagine in her head that you’ve loved her for eight lifetis."
"Did I offend you again?" Pedro Langley looked up.
"Huh?"
Pedro Langley frowned, "Finding new ways to disgust ."
"..."
Nora thought about it and couldn’t hold back, laughing.
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