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Chapter 321 The Damsel in Distress
A villager thought he was familiar with Deirdre and impolitely stuffed a glass of beer into her hand. “Come on! Let’s
make a toast. If mountain tourism booms, and we build some kind of resort, our Village Alnwick will become
famous! With this, we shall celebrate!”
Deirdre was put in an awkward situation because she couldn’t drink.
Because Eilis wasn’t around, Deirdre hesitated. It took her a while before she finally decided to ask, “I’m sorry. I
can’t drink. Can I replace the beer with tea instead?”
“Replace the beer with tea?” The man grimaced as he insisted, “How can you not know how to drink when you’ve
been out of the village for so long? Are you trying to despise me for refusing the drink I offer?”
“No, I don’t mean it!”
“Drink if you don’t mean it!” demanded Archie. “What are you afraid of? It’s just half a glass of beer. Moreover, no
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtone would molest you if you were drunk.” Archie scoffed.
Archie ended up bursting out into such boisterous and contagious laughter that the other villagers followed suit,
ignoring Deirdre’s problem.
Archie couldn’t stop laughing until he sensed the frigid gaze of a man beside him, who was known as Kyran.
Archie’s expression turned stiff as he could clearly sense Kyran’s hostility. He simply interpreted the hostility as the
result of him neglecting Kyran and said with an apologetic smile, “Mr. Reed, Mr. King, the Village Alnwick welcomes
both of your presence. Cheers!”
Mr. Reed didn’t do anything even after Archie finished his glass.
Archie felt rather awkward and asked tentatively, “Mr. Reed?”
“He cannot speak,” replied Deirdre on Kyran’s behalf.
“Cannot?” Archie rolled his eyes upon realizing that Kyran was mute. He jeered, thinking that both Kyran and
Deirdre were a perfect match as they were mute and deaf, respectively.
“In that case, Deirdre, let’s drink together! Since we’re from the same village, you mustn’t despise me just because
you used to live in the city!” Archie poured himself a glass of beer, clinked Deirdre’s glass, and said, “Cheers!”
Archie chugged his glass of beer. Meanwhile, Deirdre clutched the glass tightly. Thinking of not spoiling the fun, she
forcefully held the glass toward her mouth.
In the next moment, someone else snatched the glass in Deirdre’s hand away.
Deirdre was stupefied. It was only when she heard the crowd cheering she learned that Kyran drank it on her
behalf.
“Mr. Reed, you look so indifferent that I never expected that you’d drink on Deirdre’s behalf. For you to be the
knight of this damsel in distress, does it mean that you’re into her?” Archie and the other villagers. jeered.
“If you want to marry Deirdre, it won’t be that easy. You can’t simply take her away just because you’re handsome.
After all, Deirdre used to be a very beautiful lady in our village.”
Deirdre was ignoring their jeers. Only that phrase ‘to be a knight of damsel in distress’ stupefied her. When she
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmrecollected herself, she said gently, “Oh, Archie, stop pulling Mr. Reed’s leg. He’s just good at taking care of people.
If taking care of someone is equivalent to liking someone, does it mean you do like Hayley because you’ve been
helping her a lot?”
Deirdre was half-joking, but Archie felt guilty.
Archie was indeed into Hayley, but the latter had become his buddy’s wife. The sense of guilt dissipated half of his
desire to drink. He could only force a fake laugh as a response to Deirdre’s question.
When it was time for the dishes to be served, Eilis returned with a handful of candies, which she stuffed into
Deirdre’s hand.
“These candies taste good. I got them from the waiter. Have a try.”
Deirdre knew Eilis loved candies more than herself. Hence, she wrapped them in a napkin, thinking of giving them
back to Eilis when they got home.
When the waiters served dish after dish, Eilis would ask Deirdre for her preferences and take them onto her plate
accordingly, just because Deirdre was blind.
Eilis took a glance at the latest dish served and asked, “Deirdre, would you like to have some pastries?” Deirdre
nodded. Eilis took one and put it on Deirdre’s plate.
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