Her Majesty Was Too Angry to Speak

Kent glanced at the students gradually leaving and lowered his hat brim, saying:

"Mr. Li Mo, it's a waste of your talent to stay in Mondel Town. There's a special train back to the capital tomorrow evening, and at the latest, a postal steam train will depart at 8 a. m. the day after tomorrow. I've already spoken to the committee. If you'd like, you can pack your bags tonight and come with me to the capital tomorrow morning or the day after tomorrow."

Li Mo was slightly taken aback. "Tomorrow or the day after? Is it that urgent?"

"The sooner the better. The capital city has the most advanced laboratories and the safest environment. Mendel Port has recently suffered a dye contamination leak, and the waves at the seaside could rise at any time. This place... is really not suitable for you to stay and continue your research."

Mr. Harrison, standing beside him, nodded in agreement. "Yes, Li Mo, don't worry about Professor Bryce. You can still maintain correspondence with him once you get to the capital. As for the procedures at the academy, I'll go to the principal tonight to get the necessary approvals. You don't need to worry about anything; just take a few changes of clothes and board the train with Mr. Kent."

Li Mo frowned slightly.

They were in a hurry.

What's the rush?

It's not like I'm not going to the capital.

I'll go in a month.

Why insist on emphasizing these two days?

However, Li Mo could sense that Mr. Harrison was saying these things for his own good.

He then said gently:

"Thank you for your kind offer, but I'm afraid it won't be possible in the next couple of days. I still have some business matters to take care of at home, and I plan to proceed with my trip to the capital as scheduled. Besides, I announced that the Mondel Academic Salon would last for a full seven days, and we just finished the second session today."

Mr. Harrison said urgently, "The salon can be reopened in the capital at any time! Li Mo, you need to understand..."

"Harrison," Kent suddenly interrupted him.

The two exchanged a glance.

The atmosphere was quiet.

Just then, Anna, Wayne, Helen, and Estelle walked towards Li Mo.

Kent pulled his hat brim down again, took a card from the inside pocket of his coat, and stuffed it into Li Mo's hand, saying:

"Mr. Li Mo, I'm staying in room 204 on the second floor of the Oak Barrel Inn, west of the train station. The last direct train leaving Mondel takes place at 8:00 AM the day after tomorrow. I hope you'll go back tonight and think it over carefully. Feel free to come see me anytime."

After saying that, he pulled Mr. Harrison, who wanted to say a few more words of advice, and turned to leave quickly.

Li Mo glanced down at the card and casually stuffed it into his pocket.

"Li Mo."

Anna came over first, took his hand, and said without waiting for a reply:

"Let's go home first, clean the wound, and put on some medicine. We can go to the spinning mill tomorrow!"

"It's just a minor scratch, nothing serious. I feel bad if I don't finish what I've arranged."

"You!"

Anna glared at him fiercely, clearly about to get angry.

Li Mo quickly reassured her, "It's okay, don't worry. I'll do whatever you say when we get home."

Anna: "..."

With so many people outside, Anna had to give Li Mo face.

Seeing his insistence, she could only sigh, then took out a bottle of water, poured it onto a handkerchief, and carefully wiped Li Mo's face.

Helen stood behind Anna, still quite socially awkward, but her eyes were full of undisguised concern. She whispered, "Li Mo, does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt, don't worry." Li Mo smiled at her.

At that moment, Estelle also approached.

She asked, "How did you get hurt?"

"It's normal for accidents to happen during experiments. Come on, let's go to the factory and show you our spinning machines."

Estelle glanced at him and said, "Okay."

The five of them walked together toward the school gate.

Along the way, the students from the Puxiu Academy who came into his path all stopped and made way for Li Mo when they saw Li Mo walking towards them. Many of them even took off their hats to greet him.

We arrived at the school gate.

Wayne was about to call for the carriage.

But then, from beneath the sycamore tree, beside a black four-wheeled carriage, a red-haired girl stepped out.

The red-haired girl walked towards them.

Upon seeing this, Wayne immediately stopped, removed his hat, and bowed, saying:

"Good day, Your Excellency Envoy Caroline, it's an unexpected surprise to see you here."

After bowing, Wayne quickly turned his head to remind him:

"Quickly, everyone, greet them! Estelle, this is Miss Caroline, Her Majesty the Queen's special envoy! She represents the royal family, so bow quickly!"

Caroline tilted her head, blinked at Estelle, and remained silent.

Estelle remained calm, gave a slight bow, and said in a clear voice:

"Greetings, Your Excellency."

Caroline burst into laughter inwardly: This is amazing! He even got His Majesty to bow to me! So satisfying!

But she remained calm, returning the greeting and saying, "Mr. Li Mo, I happened to be near the Puxiu Academy this afternoon on some official business. I heard you were hosting the second mathematics salon, and I originally wanted to attend, but unfortunately I was delayed on the way and it had already ended when I arrived. Where are you headed?"

Li Mo replied, "We're planning to visit my family's spinning mill. I recently improved a fine spinning machine, Estelle is quite interested in textile machinery, so I invited her to come and see it in person."

Caroline said, "I see. May I join you all for a tour of the factory? I also need to report on the technological innovations of the local workshops to the capital."

"Of course, my father would be very pleased if the special envoy would grace us with her presence."

"Great! My carriage is right next to us, we can..."

Caroline was interrupted before she could finish speaking.

Matthew came running from inside the school, shouting, "Wait! Wait a minute!"

That kid's the smartest.

He pretended to be dead throughout the entire math salon.

As soon as the salon ended, he immediately rushed out to make his presence known.

It has to be Brother Xiu, the man of the underworld.

Matthew took a couple of deep breaths and asked, feigning ignorance, "Where are you going?"

Wayne glanced at him sideways. "Where else could we go? Guess?"

"Oh! You're not going to the Li Mo family's spinning mill, are you?!"

Matthew walked straight up to Estelle and said enthusiastically:

"Miss Estelle, since you're going to the Li family's spinning mill, I'll go with you."

Estelle looked at him quietly. "Matthew, are you interested too?"

"I'm not interested in their factory. My main concern is you, Miss Estelle. You're a girl, and you probably haven't handled a spinning machine before. There are a lot of tricks to these things. If someone deliberately speeds up the roving spindle or uses substandard yarn mixed with waste cotton, you wouldn't be able to tell."

"As you know, our Oliver Family has been in the cotton spinning business in Mondel Town for decades. I'm coming with you so I can explain things to you and prevent some people from trying to fool you with a broken machine that's been modified with just a few gears..."

Wayne translated for Li Mo in a serious tone. "Got it, someone's got an itch to kowtow."

Matthew's face darkened, and he turned to glare at Wayne: "Hey! Wayne, I'm telling the truth! I want to see what Li Mo's machine looks like! If it comes out of the workshop full of broken yarn, let's see how you clean it up!"

Li Mo thought to himself, "That's it."

Seeing that Matthew was still so energetic made me feel relieved.

The ability to muster courage no matter how many setbacks one encounters is something we should really learn.

He said, "Alright, let's go together then. However, the envoy's carriage can't hold so many people; we'll probably have to hire another one..."

Matthew, beaming with pride, declared, "Why hire one? Hire two! Big trucks! I'll pay for them all! Make sure Miss Estelle has plenty of room!"

Li Mo thought to himself, "These days, it's rare to see such kind-hearted people."

I'm liking Matthew more and more.

Estelle, standing nearby, suddenly whispered, "Matthew is very rich?"

Matthew laughed heartily, "Didn't I tell you? Things are so good at my place lately, we have more gold pounds than we can spend!"

Estelle nodded.

He was so angry he couldn't say a word.