Chapter 947: Chapter 635: Twelve [06] Promotion for City Secret, No Negotiation

Pedro Langley came out after his shower and saw Nora Scott video chatting with Flora Loughton.

In front of Flora, Nora behaved quite properly, even sitting more upright than usual.

"We’re not going back for the New Year, Mom wants us to go over for New Year’s Eve." After hanging up the call, Nora passed the news on to Pedro.

Pedro warmed a glass of milk for her, "Mm." Then he added, "Before you married into our family, we never celebrated New Year’s Eve."

"Really?"

Raising her eyebrows, Nora took a sip of milk, quite surprised.

But upon thinking it over, last New Year’s Eve, Pedro was still out on blind dates, then unexpectedly bumped into her to celebrate the New Year’s Eve together, from beginning to end, Pedro didn’t contact his family.

Pedro casually revealed, "A hundred excuses for mother-in-law wanting to see the heavenly daughter-in-law."

Nora laughed out loud.

Chatting about the New Year with Pedro, Nora slowly finished her glass of milk.

"Have you talked to Dad yet?" Pedro asked.

"I’ll tell him closer to New Year," Nora said, "Otherwise, he’ll be jumping around, starting preparations a month in advance."

Pedro chuckled.

Nora decided to spend New Year at Ernesto Scott’s place.

This year was quite eventful for Ernesto. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Having Nora come home, divorcing Alma Ferreira, Sophie eloping with Alexander Vaughn, and Ernesto’s complete downfall with relentless demand for money and harassment from the Scott family.

So just celebrating New Year with Ernesto and Oliver Scott doesn’t seem right. Plus, if Nora and Pedro return to the Langley Residence, leaving Marcus Shaw alone, would be quite pitiful. Letting Marcus Shaw celebrate with Ernesto and Oliver would certainly be awkward.

Thus, Nora and Pedro decided to spend this New Year with Ernesto and the other two.

Make it lively.

Nora never shied away from any occasion that truly cultivated relationships.

She liked making friends, exchanging sincerity with sincerity.

"Alright. We’ll mention it later." Pedro agreed.

Placing the cup on the coffee table, Nora stood up, looking at the scattered parts near the balcony, raising her eyebrows, "I’ll go study Easton’s gift again."

Just as she was about to leave, Pedro pulled her back, pulling her into his embrace.

"No rush, there’s plenty of time to study tomorrow."

Nora was puzzled, "I’m just looking—"

With his arm around her waist, Pedro lowered his head, sealed her lips, swallowing her words.

"—So much nonsense."

Nora’s eyes widened, wanting to say something to him, but as he let go of her at that moment, he lifted her up and directly headed towards the bedroom.

*

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, in the blink of an eye, became New Year’s Eve.

Nora and Pedro spent New Year’s Eve at the Langley Residence, only released home after staying a few days, to continue working on Antonio Easton’s gift.

After two days and one night of hard work, Nora finally assembled Antonio Easton’s gift.

"Mechanism City."

Sitting on the ground, looking at the one-meter-high model of Mechanism City, Nora supported her chin with one hand, grinding her teeth silently.

Pedro came over and asked, "One-to-one restoration?"

"No," Nora shook her head, "If it were truly a one-to-one restoration, those blueprints wouldn’t stump the entire Mechanism Arts Circle."

The assembled Mechanism City was much simpler, Nora herself could draw the blueprints in a week.

——And those three blueprints from Antonio Easton led Nora to research until now, being a super difficult major project, who knows how long she’ll have to be busy with it.

"Why do I feel—"

Pedro slowly squatted down beside Nora, carefully examining the mechanism model resembling a "city."

Nora looked at him questioningly, "Mm?"

Raising his hand to stroke her hair, Pedro raised his eyebrows, "This looks more like a princess’s castle."

Glancing at him, Nora took a closer look at the "Mechanism City," indeed resembling a castle, with quite noticeable European-style architecture.

Pedro asked, "Does it move?"

"Mm."

Nora found the location of the switch and flicked it.

Immediately, the entire castle began to "operate." There wasn’t anything overly dazzling, the castle’s shell slowly contracted, revealing the interior settings and layout, and in the very center of the hall, the figures of two people appeared, resembling a prince and princess.

They weren’t still.

The prince and princess walked slowly inward, with guests at the banquet and a bustling scene, followed by peacefulness after the noise, the princess sitting in the main seat, the prince standing beside her guarding.

Yet——

The princess’s model obviously looked like Nora.

As for the prince, probably without an original model, the face was perfunctorily vague.

Watching the lively puppet performance, Nora and Pedro were taken aback, only coming to their senses after a while, exchanging looks.

After a long time, Pedro furrowed his brows and asked, "The prince is just a tool man, right?"

Nora thought for a moment, saying, "I’ll carve it according to your model in a few days."

"..."

Pedro was instantly appeased.

"Didn’t expect Easton to have such a childlike spirit." Nora fiddled with the ’princess’s castle,’ her interest rising, "Will there be more next year?"

"Mm."

Pedro nodded.

Nora’s eyes lit up, and even though she tried to restrain it, her anticipation was still evident.

Pedro’s lips curved into a smile.

...

While Nora was busy with Hardy Rivers’s model, Antonio Easton’s birthday gift was seemingly becoming Nora’s fun toy for relaxing during her free time.

Pedro grew quite knowledgeable.

Antonio Easton was indeed Nora’s "mentor."

Nora installed various small mechanisms inside the mechanical puppet, at that time Pedro thought it was Nora’s unique playful quirk. Surprisingly, it was inherited from Antonio Easton.

Nora occasionally searched for the mechanisms, encountering various unexpected traps, enjoying it immensely.

At the same time, a string of good news arrived——

After struggling to survive for a while, the Scott family finally ceased resisting and completely declared bankruptcy.

The Sullivan Clan in Xiangel City, due to the reckless behavior of Rosa Sullivan and Adrian Sullivan, lost their reputation, isolated by the Mechanism Arts Circle. Now, mentioning them within the circle meant notorious infamy. Additionally, Adrian Sullivan’s deliberate murder crime was confirmed as a criminal offense, proceeding methodically.

On another note——

"Twelve" is scheduled to premiere on January 26, aligning with the New Year’s time. 12 stories, each 90~120 minutes, considered one episode, broadcasting weekly on Saturdays and Sundays, planned to finish airing within six weeks.

Nora’s WeChat was bombarded.

As Nora decided to ignore it, Henry Chapman called, "Next week, promoting ’City Secret,’ no negotiation."

Nora: "..."