The two guards looked Henry up and down, "Sir, your joke is not funny."
Henry smiled and ignored them. He kept walking toward the gate of the castle.
The guards were just about to stop Henry, but two shadows held them from the back and covered their mouths. The guards were dragged into the woods nearby.
Henry straightened his trench coat and looked at the colorful lights over the castle.
"Some people live in their dreams, and some in hell. Those lights are way too bright."
There were more than a couple of guards at the gate. Before they could make a sound, they were dragged away before Henry reached the gate.
Inside the castle, the sound of music could be heard in every corner. The smell of champagne was filled in the air.
The temperature wasn't warm, but all the female guests were dressed in gowns, walking around the castle charmingly.
A woman in a purple gown ran out of one of the arched doors. Her beautiful face was slightly blushed. She was searching for something and then fixed her eyes on Henry, who just entered the gate.
Henry's simple black trench coat couldn't hide his strong presence. His eyes were sophisticated as if he could see through everything, and his footsteps were confident as if he was the center of the universe.
After seeing Henry, the woman in the purple dress smiled. She lifted the hem of her dress and ran toward Henry.
The woman reached out her arms to wrap around Henry's waist.
Henry slightly frowned and stepped back.
"Handsome, for the sake that we both are from Yan Xia, could you do me a favor?"
The woman spoke fluent Yan Xia language to Henry, "There is an annoying person who keeps bothering me."
"I'm busy. Find somebody else."
After refusing the woman's request, Henry walked past her and toward the castle.
The woman frowned. She was confident about every aspect of herself, including beauty, body figure, background, and education. Even though she admitted that the Middleton family was a little out of her reach at this moment, she believed that in time, she could marry herself into the family.
Her blind confidence had made her arrogant, and such an annoying personality was common among narrow-sighted people.
She had believed that every man would be more than happy to stand next to her and help her no matter what. But to her surprise, Henry refused her bluntly.
Watching Henry walking away from her, the woman felt defeated. She stomped her feet and yelled, "You, hold there!"
Henry heard the woman's yelling and knew it was meant for him. But he ignored her.
Seeing Henry didn't stop, the woman looked angry. She ran toward Henry and grabbed his coat, "Did you hear that? I asked you to hold!"
Henry stopped and glanced at the woman. He said two words.
"Get lost!"
The woman was stunned.
"Get lost?"
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