Chapter 320: Viper's Holiday (1)
Della came to the Muggle world with him with the intention of making Maggie unhappy, but once the two of them, who were rarely alone together, started chatting, the incomparable sense of harmony made her almost forget her original purpose, and only a few mild sarcasm barely supported her attitude.
Maggie, on the other hand, acted like a rogue who was invulnerable to all kinds of attacks. She accepted all of Della's sarcastic remarks, cooperated fully with her occasional interests, and spared no effort to blend in with her bursts of happiness.
The attitude of the tough party had already quietly softened, with only the words still being tough; the weak party remained weak to the end, and although they did not apologize explicitly, they still made people happy.
As a result, the originally cold relationship between Della and Maggie actually heated up during this quarrel.
This warming up was actually inevitable. Maggie was very confident that he and Della had developed a good compatibility over the past decade, otherwise she wouldn't be so anxious about Della's coldness towards him, and would only feel a little jealous of Draco unnecessarily.
As for Della, she had never thought about the relationship between her and Maggie, but not worrying about it was a kind of confidence in itself. Moreover, her outspoken attitude, which showed that she was not afraid of Maggie's anger, also confirmed that inevitability all the time.
In between arranging meetings for their men and contacting Trevor, they wandered and played aimlessly in the Muggle world. The puppy that was sent out was picked by Della on a whim. Seeing that Della liked cute children like Beretta, Maggie invited the two sisters to buy pet supplies together, allowing Della to have a great time playing with the well-behaved child and the cute pet.
The only small episode was that Xina, who did not refuse the invitation, always thought she was secretly revealing some embarrassment in her happiness. Even though Maggie didn't touch her at all, and even had less eye contact with her afterwards, she was always suspicious and worried about Riddle suddenly joining their vacation.
Della, who also noticed Xina's conflicted emotions, didn't say anything, so Maggie didn't bother to care about her. He was just glad in his heart that the blue in those weak eyes was a little different from Ximena's. He would correct the doll later.
After Hina's sudden visit, Leah was naturally invited to come as well, but for courtesy's sake, they first went to the Piazza family's estate and attended the Italian gang's family dinner as close guests. Maggie showed off his learned Italian, which livened up the atmosphere at the table and also aroused Della's competitive spirit. She planned to learn another foreign language.
"My brother," Della said jokingly, looking at Mr. Piazza, who was sitting in the main seat and whose dignity had completely subsided and no longer showed his edge, "always likes to show his excellence in different ways."
"And he's got it!" Polona Piazza added animatedly, tossing her beautiful brown hair.
"Your brother is such an outstanding young man. I thought I would only meet this one in my lifetime." Old Piazza was old and fat. His round face was full of wrinkles when he smiled, but he looked kind in the family atmosphere. "I didn't expect that fate favored your family so much. Today, I have the honor of meeting a child as outstanding as you."
"Younger than Maggie, but looks no worse than him," Ernie Piazza said jokingly in a non-serious tone. He kept paying attention to Maggie's expression while speaking, and only continued to speak in a joking tone when he was sure that he really loved this sister. "She will do more in the future."
Facing their temptations under praise, Della kept smiling flawlessly and was not in a hurry to show off her magic that they were eager to verify. She cooperated with Maggie and slowly finished the dinner, and then inadvertently used a little magic in the next entertainment activity.
The entertaining reception ended with a little wonder of magic. The two people who came with a car full of gifts brought another car full of gifts back to Maggie's single apartment. The one-bedroom apartment that was bought for convenience showed its drawbacks at this moment. The only room was of course for Della, and Maggie had been making do in the study.
Considering that the study has temporarily become Maggie's private space, Della and Maggie spent their reading time in the living room for the past two nights. The warm light shone on the mellow wooden tables and chairs, and the quiet and warm atmosphere enveloped them. It felt quite good, and the reading time of both of them unconsciously became longer.
"Are there any changes on Trevor's side?" After finishing another chapter, Della twisted her neck and looked at Maggie.
"No," Maggie was reading a novel, trying to guess the lover's possible thoughts from the tendency of the text. He was a little confused reading the tug-of-war mentality and the couple who made repeated mistakes. He really didn't understand why good people seemed to have lost their minds after having a relationship. "His news today will arrive in three days."
"We'll visit Leah at noon tomorrow, and then we'll squeeze our dusty subordinates dry at night," Della counted the days. "There's still a free day in between. Do you have any plans?"
"Go play with the kids again? This time I can send a message in advance to let you know the time of the visit," Maggie smiled, not sure if it was helpless or sarcastic. He looked at the hypocritical words in his hand and made a small "tsk" sound. "How about spending some time to forge files? Ernie told me that the information you can find in the Muggle world now is about children who have dropped out of school."
“Out-of-school children?” Della put the book in her hand on the table.
"Snape is still unemployed. Ah, I have no right to laugh at you. I have no identity. The driver's license in my hand cannot match the information." Maggie also put down the book. "I am now an absolute illegal immigrant. Considering the assumption that I was born in Country D, you can also say that I am an illegal immigrant."
"Then where is this house hung?" Della asked curiously.
"It's a trust, and the house will be yours in the future," Maggie said. He added, "The trustee is Leah, but she doesn't know about this. I just put her name on it casually."
"......" Della's eyes rolled slowly, she tutted twice, and then shrugged, "Don't bother with our identities, it's better to just hide in the back. Anyway, we can get away with using a magic when we need to use the Muggle public system, and it also saves others from finding our whereabouts from it, that is -"
"The property needs to be dispersed," Maggie said Della's thoughts tacitly, "Don't worry, I will do it later. Since there is not much Muggle wealth right now, I just borrowed a name and registered it under Leah's."
"Very good," Della put her hand on the book again. Just as she was about to pick it up, she remembered that this topic deviated from the plan for the vacant day, so she put the book down again after taking half of it. "Then the vacant day..."
"Play kid," Maggie said, picking up the book, "Beretta is pretty fun."
"Something as fun as kittens and puppies?" Della had no objection to the suggestion and picked up the book as well.
"She's as fun as a kitten or puppy," Maggie repeated Della's question in a declarative tone, "She's the kind that we can get full cooperation from when we play with her as we want. If she's not interested, she can still play on her own. If she's interested, she can still cooperate with us. She's less troublesome than most kittens and puppies."
Della nodded in agreement, "For her age, Beretta's not-at-all-troubling personality is simply that of an angel."
Della actually doesn't like children very much, because she can remember things from an early age, and in her memory, the faces of the children in the same orphanage were either hideous or forbearing, so she has a stereotyped bad impression of young children.
To be honest, Della was a little shocked by the character of Beretta, a cheerful kid. However, her old impression of him was deeply rooted, so she classified Beretta into a category among children in her mind. In a sense, it was similar to Maggie's idea that Beretta was a little pet that was easy to worry about.
Maggie felt suddenly empty in her heart as she listened to Della's words, and she accidentally crumpled the page of the book that she was pressing with her fingers.
A character that doesn't bother people at all...
Maybe if Della had been exposed to more love in the past, she would have had a chance to become an innocent angel...
Maggie's thoughts drifted to this point. Normally, he should have imagined Della being carefree and willful to express his melancholy and regret. However, after he gave Della a cheerful smile in his mind and even added a warm soft light behind her, this fictional Della took up weapons with the demeanor and abilities of an angel to torture others.
Yes, even if he pretends to love Della, Della will still be most influenced by him.
But he can't cultivate an angel who brings joy to people.
Maggie's heartbeat returned to normal, and he became more relaxed as he read after figuring things out.