Mr. Consultant

Man has a flesh, and this flesh is at the same time his burden and temptation.Man drags it and is governed by it. --"Les Miserables"

Giuseppe sat in his office in the brownstone, the sun streaming through the shutters behind him and onto his broad, thin shoulders.He was still wearing the same cream-coloured silk nightgown with lace and a loose neckline that showed a section of his ivory chest.Those slender collarbones, that elegant neck, and the hair as brilliant as gold and silver, trembled with his steady breathing under the shadow of the backlight.

The weather is getting warmer, and the spring in Chicago is like a cat in an alley, quietly approaching, and then jumping on the thick brown branches, jumping on people's eyebrows and eyes.And even the air flowing around seems to be lighter, the cold appearance has faded away, revealing a little gentle heart.

The New Year's holiday is coming to an end, and Luca, the baby-faced youth assistant, returns to his post in the Brownstone Building first.He spent New Years in church, sponsored the homeless and orphaned Buzzy, and sponsored welfare facilities on behalf of the Barone family.

Luca is doing these things almost with a pious attitude, because he himself is one of the fruits of this kind of charity.He admires Don Barone's kindness, and is grateful for his kindness from the bottom of his heart. He also hopes that this kindness can benefit more suffering and make more people feel grateful for it.He couldn't imagine, without Don Barone's help, which dark corner he would be working in now, and he might even have unfortunately died early.

However, another result of this unhesitating loyalty is not necessarily all good.Luca submitted dozens of pages of reports to Giuseppe, in which he elaborated on what he had seen and heard in the church, and praised Barone's good deeds in an extremely nasty way.As the actual appropriator, Giuseppe saw this with shivers down his spine, but he was reluctant to transfer this kind of praise to Xavier who had nothing to do with it.So he had no choice but to wear a pair of gold-rimmed glasses with a gloomy face, and while accumulating guilt, he brushed through the content with a pen.

But fortunately, the atmosphere in the brownstone building was surprisingly calm.Maybe it was because of Sandra's matter, maybe it was because of his own ulterior motives, in short, the young master rarely stopped, and never made any weird challenges to Giuseppe.Xavier took out some personnel records stored in the Brownstone Building, as well as the books of those bookkeeping points under the name of Albert in the past.He carefully analyzed the whereabouts of the money, trying to provide Giuseppe with the slightest help.

Moreover, after the rose incident, Xavier did not express more to Giuseppe.He attributed this matter to his own inexperience, thinking that roses are the only choice for sending flowers in the world.Giuseppe felt that Xavier was a little stupid, but he believed his story anyway, dispelling the worries that would make him suffer from a nervous breakdown.

Xavier also behaved quite calmly about this, which was a bit abnormal.He still maintains the bed relationship with Giuseppe, and still hugs the consultant to sleep at night, but he will never disobey Giuseppe's wishes, and even shrink back because of his frowning expression.At the same time, he will no longer make some silly jokes and play some annoying tricks.He seems to have seen the relationship with Giuseppe clearly, and no longer has any confusion or hope about it.

This is undeniably good.

However, at this very moment, Giuseppe's inner base bone began to itch for no reason.He felt that things were unreasonable, and suspected that there might be some kind of conspiracy.He didn't believe that Xavier would give up and fight against him so easily, and he didn't believe that the little bastard would willingly work for him.However, he couldn't think of any other reason at once, and finally he could only attribute this anomaly to Xavier's obsession and his own ignorance.

Thankfully, Giuseppe remains unaware of Xavier's feelings.

If the consultant, knew about Xavier's obsession with himself, even his pathetic, inextricable love.He'd jump out of the window on the spot and swear he'd never want to see that little bastard again.

That may be an exaggeration, but don't underestimate Giuseppe's stubbornness.Because in some ways, everything he has achieved today stems from a single-mindedness and paranoia.Moreover, the shrewdness of that consultant is quite limited, and most of his wisdom and thoughts are concentrated on the aspects related to work.As for private life, unfortunately, he is usually terribly dull.

And this Mr. Workaholic, who is extremely slow in personal aspects, after reading the report submitted by Luka, saw the baby-faced young assistant appearing in front of the office door with a frightened expression.

This poor young man was wearing a light gray wool suit with a section of white cotton shirt peeking out from the collar of the suit, and a silk tie with a dull pattern.He seemed to be running, because his cheeks were still flushed, because his chest was still heaving.

Giuseppe raised his eyes to look at him, and put down the pen in his hand. His steady and deep gaze made the young man in front of the door feel awkward.Luca straightened his tie and straightened his wrinkled suit, then swallowed, and stammered a report to Giuseppe:

"Gu, consultant, that...the woman in the upstairs kitchen..."

After hearing this, Giuseppe suddenly remembered the fact that he hadn't introduced Sandra's background to Luca.But he thought the appearance of this baby-faced young assistant was quite amusing, so he couldn't help feeling a little vicious.The consultant, pretending to be ignorant of this, opened his eyes and asked:

"So, that woman, what happened to her?"

"Christ, she was wearing a super-short low-cut suspender dress in the winter, and she seemed to be taking care of something." Luka said this, feeling a little hot on his face, and he quickly added, "I Make sure you're not seeing something you shouldn't be seeing."

After hearing his words, Giuseppe really wanted to put on a compassionate expression for his experience, but in the end, he still couldn't help but gloated and laughed out loud.Almost at the same time, Luca realized that he had fallen into the trap of the consultant. He somewhat complained about Giuseppe's untimely cleverness, and heaved a long sigh.

"Okay, okay, Luca, that's Sandra, not someone suspicious." Giuseppe was still smiling softly, and the cream silk nightgown slipped off his trembling shoulders, revealing half of her The sight of the arm.He went on to explain to the baby-faced youth assistant,

"She was cornered by a woman-beating bastard and had to come to the Brownstone for help. And Xavier, your wise and wise leader, a good man who claims to be omnipotent, insisted on keeping her here. Of course , I don't think it's too much, given how she took me in during Total War. It's just that...she's taking over Xavier's room, and going to the kitchen every now and then to make something to eat."

Of course Luca could hear the sarcasm in Giuseppe's words, and was extremely impressed by his precise words.However, he still had some doubts hidden in his heart, and he didn't even dare to explain it to Giuseppe anyway.Because according to Luca's understanding of Xavier, there is a high probability that the women that the young master came into contact with are all his lovers or former lovers.And Luca has stayed in the brownstone building long enough, and has had enough friendship with Giuseppe, knowing the ulterior relationship between the consultant and Xavier.Therefore, he was quite uncertain whether there was any subtle jealousy and jealousy in the harsh tone of the consultant.

However, he would rather deal with a hundred complaints from the "big garden" than bring it up with Giuseppe.Fortunately, Giuseppe's comments on Xavier only ended here, and he didn't point out Luca's other problems with the young master.He calmly pulled up the skirt of the silk nightgown, pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then immediately changed the topic to the arrangements for the next year.

Giuseppe carefully reviewed the report sent by Cesare before the holiday, which clearly explained the life of Erwin Turner.Giuseppe verified the truth of his experience with several friends who were in contact with him, and indirectly asked some opinions about him.The consultant, after fully weighing the pros and cons, made a very brief decision:

He thought Erwin could be trusted.

This decision, within a few seconds of speaking, actually changed a person's fate.From then on, all the capital owned by the Barone family and Giuseppe in the political world will revolve around him and operate continuously with him as the core.He will easily obtain everything that others dream of, and in a short period of time, he does not need to pay any real price.

Giuseppe's decision on Erwin is also full of his unique thinking logic.Because of his own humble origins, the consultant is all the more convinced of the struggles of the underprivileged.He believes that in some people, there must be the same kind of desperate courage as him.He also deeply understood that the precarious rope descending from the bottom of the quagmire was better than all the dazzling gold on the glorious throne.

In the final analysis, what Maldini used to buy him back then was nothing more than a trivial hug.In this way, Giuseppe sold his body for two years for a cheap hug.It wasn't until the magic of the hug failed and its owner went to hell that he was finally freed from that spell-like false fairy tale.Giuseppe knew better than most about bad luck, the ridiculously short-lived decisions that people can make when life and death are on the line.He'd fallen into that trap before, and now, rather cruelly, he was ready to appreciate the stupid reactions of others.

"Luka, go and say hello to those gentlemen in the parliament. Say hello to the hotel in Barone next Tuesday, and hope they will come to the New Year's party."

The baby-faced young assistant didn't know what conclusion Giuseppe had reached in the short silence, but he knew very well that he must faithfully fulfill the order of the consultant.So he nodded, and stood there silently, seeing Giuseppe pick up a pen from a corner of the desk, and quickly listed the people who were lucky enough to attend the banquet on the note paper.

After Giuseppe finished writing the list, he found Erwin's information from the folders stacked like a fan, and handed it to Luca along with the note.He said:

"According to the contact information above, inform this poor Yankee to meet the world, and tell him that this is my invitation, and I hope he will show some face."

When Luca heard the word "Yankee", he thought of the Congressman sitting in the brownstone building.He met Erwin once, and although he didn't know who he was, he always felt that he was a poor unlucky guy.Hey, Holy Mary, if a person is not driven to a desperate situation, how can he deal with the consultant and beg for help in fear?

Of course, he would never dare to say these words to Giuseppe.

Fortunately, Giuseppe didn't know what he was thinking. After he sent Luca away, he continued to fight with those boring documents until midnight.And just before twelve o'clock, the young master finally crawled out from the pile of ledgers. He was a little haggard, and Giuseppe gloated over his misfortune.

Sandra kindly made them some supper as compensation for staying overnight.But when Giuseppe saw the ultra-short low-cut suspender dress that Luca had mentioned, he silently found her a Xavier shirt.He didn't care about it himself, and he had no interest in women, but he was afraid that if Luca's blood pressure continued to rise like this, he would send the poor assistant to the hospital sooner or later.

By the time everything was dealt with, it was already late at night, and Xavier took a shower, watching Giuseppe biting a cigar, while reading the news in the "Chicago Sun" with a sneer.He leaned over and snatched the cigarette from the consultant's lips, and the water droplets from the tip of his hair fell all over the smooth, ivory-colored chest.

"Don't smoke in bed." Xavier warned like a mother.

Giuseppe stared at him strangely for a long time, thinking that he might be contaminated with his own faults, and suddenly felt a little guilty.But he was good at putting on a show, and he would never show his thoughts on his face, so he lightly exhaled a cloud of white smoke, and then kissed Xavier's lips in the hazy light and shadow.

"Xavier, my little sweetheart, it's up to you to solve this addiction."

The author has something to say:

Chapters 18-20 have been rewritten. If you don’t know how Sister Sandra appeared, you must go back and read it again, MUA! ! !