The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Lex took Clark to visit the new manor, or it could be said that the two of them visited it together, because Lex had not seen all the rooms in the manor before buying it.

Clark expressed surprise at this. He really couldn't understand that a person didn't do a good job with the house before buying it.

Do you know how many rooms there are here? Lex said helplessly: There are about 160 living rooms here.

Clark's eyes widened in shock. It was hard for him to imagine that there were 160 rooms in a house.

Lex stopped and looked at him and said, I think you may have a wrong understanding of this manor. Didn't you see it when you flew up just now?

what did you see?

The whole estate.

I only saw this house, and so on. Clark turned to look at the door and said, Don't tell me I just saw a whole complex of houses.

Do you think I'd share a room with someone else?

Clark soared into the air again and flew out of the gate. This time he flew higher and saw the entire mountainside manor.

Of course, there is more than just the main hall of the manor. There are about seven houses scattered from high to low, two small ones, one large, three gardens, three squares of different sizes, a golf course, and many smaller buildings. Clark guessed that Probably a guard booth.

When Clark came here, Lex drove down to pick him up. They drove up the winding mountain road. The first thing they entered was the gate of the manor. After entering, there was the central square. There was a decorative sculpture fountain and flowers on both sides of the square. A cluster of porches supported by Roman columns leads to the back of the main hall.

Next is the main hall of the manor, which is tall and resembles the White House - Clark can basically only think of this metaphor. Clark thinks it is more beautiful than the White House because it also has an Eastern European-style square dome and sculptures on the wall. With exquisite murals.

Behind the main hall is a small garden. The porch on the left leads to the walk, and the porch on the right is the driveway. They eventually rise to another staircase, where there is another house, the same style as the main hall, but slightly smaller.

The road goes around the back of the house and goes all the way to the right, where the mountain reaches the end and there is a cliff. The surface of the cliff has been transformed into an infinity swimming pool on one side. There is also a house next to the swimming pool, which probably only has the main hall. half the size, but taller, about five stories.

Going up another step, it is divided into two parts. One part is the large garden of the manor, which occupies half of the hill. It is connected to the golf course through a small square. The golf course is surrounded by an area that has obviously been artificially repaired. Forest, maybe a nature reserve or something.

The last and top floor is the viewing platform on the top of the mountain, which has also been transformed into a square. Then, on the right side of it are the remaining four buildings, all with their backs to the mountain and the sea, alternately staggered.

So you own a whole neighborhood?

So you are going to use the community to evaluate my manor?

Oh, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant. Its level of luxury far exceeds that of the community. Well, it's just a bit beyond my understanding. I can't think of better words to describe it.

How do you think it compares to Wayne Manor?

I think these are two different styles. Clark and Lex walked forward together. He dragged his luggage and touched his chin and said, This is much bigger than Wayne Manor. The buildings there are more compact. In fact, Bruce After explaining, I learned that his house is composed of three houses, but they seem to be completely connected together.

It looks very much like a manor in some British dramas. It has a square in the front, a hall in the middle, and living buildings on both sides surrounded by a garden. It doesn't have too many complicated decorations, but it has an old European style.

And your manor is obviously more modern. Clark gestured and said: I'm not talking about its decorative style, but its design is more in line with the needs of modern humans. The reception building, sports and leisure areas are concentrated. The living areas and viewing areas are well divided, so you can do one thing in a certain area throughout the day without having to run back and forth.”

Sounds like you're impressed.

Oh, I can't complain to you about him, he will always know. Clark lowered his voice and said: Sometimes he is like a magician, and he suddenly says something about what I have done. It's so scary.

However, I still have to say that it is too anti-human to have to walk through the entire garden to iron my just-dried clothes. Why can't the laundry room and the ironing room be placed in the same building, but must be placed as far apart as possible? In two houses facing each other?”

Lex turned to look at Clark and said, Have you noticed that the house with the ironing room has many smaller bedrooms, and even the corridors and rooms on the first floor are very narrow and dense.

Of course the third floor is like that. It's even the same size as the room in my apartment. I don't understand who would live there.

Of course they are servants. In addition to the two male and female housekeepers, a traditional English manor will be equipped with at least 30 male and female servants to be responsible for the cleaning, ironing, boilers, kitchen stoves and other matters of the host and hostess and the entire extended family. In addition, there are Cooks, coachmen, security guards...

The more it sounds, the more it sounds like a community. Clark commented, and he said, What about you? Are you also going to hire some... uh, servants?

This is not the Victorian era anymore. At Luther Manor, I have a complete set of modern butler service systems. They will arrive before tomorrow. The reason why it is not today is because there are too many planes coming to Gotham. My The special plane has no routes.”

It's unimaginable. Clark sighed: So the ironing room is placed in another house to be closer to the servants at work? Then why not put the laundry room there too? Wouldn't it be faster to go through all the processes at once? Is it more convenient?”

Because it can't be accommodated. Lex thought for a while and said, They probably didn't have a lot of land when they built the house, so the entire manor was a miniature version. The building with the ironing room shouldn't be able to accommodate three laundry rooms.

Wait, three?

Medieval clothes are different from your T-shirts. Dresses made of different materials such as silk, lace, woolen, etc. need to be processed differently. Before a grand banquet, dozens of servants are needed just to process the clothes of the entire family. , if the family does not have enough manpower, additional laundry workers will be hired.”

It's amazing. Clark scratched his head and said, It turns out that the suit is not complicated enough, but the ties alone made me dizzy.

Lex paused again, looked at him and said, If you're going to my graduation celebration party, I mean, did you bring your dress?

Before Clark could answer, Lex added: I didn't host the banquet. Judging from the professor's style, he will have certain requirements for the guests' dress. What are you going to wear?

Suit.

What suit?

What?

Lex stopped again. At this time, they had already entered the garden. The garden of this manor has always been taken care of, so even in spring and autumn it is still lush and green, with dark green, light green, golden and orange red. Overlapping together is dizzying.

I have a suit, Clark said. I wear it to all kinds of formal events and I usually don't have any problems.

Where's the fabric?

I have no idea.

Lex covered his forehead and said, So you bought a ready-made suit? What brand is it?

I'm not sure, Louise picked it for me.

how much is it?

Early two thousand.

Lex sighed, waved to Clark and said, Let's go to your bedroom first and let me see this dress. Although I'm pretty sure now that you can't wear it to Professor Schiller's dinner, I Need to see it.”

Clark seemed a little confused, but he still followed Lex to one of the houses. This was the tallest house in the densely built area. He could overlook the entire Gotham City from the front, and he could see the mountains and the sea from the back.

The unified and exquisitely decorated retro style made Clark feel that it would be unscientific to wait until a full moon night without a werewolf standing on the top of the mountain howling.

But all in all, he is very satisfied with this room, because obviously the stools here are all cushioned, the sliding doors of the cabinets are very smooth, and none of the furniture is a cultural relic that needs to be protected. There is even an intelligent power system and fresh air air conditioning, which is better than Wayne The Manor is more suitable for humans and Kryptonians.

Clark opened his suitcase. He didn't care about the weight of the suitcase anyway, so he simply stuffed it with the checked items, which weighed more than 20 kilograms.

The suit was pressed under a pile of things and had become a bit miserable, but Lex knew that this could not stop a powerful alien. Clark shook his hand casually, and the suit became as smooth as if it had just been ironed, and then He walked to the nearby cloakroom and changed into formal clothes.

The moment Clark came out, Lex admitted that the suit was indeed not very important, and the guy looked good in a rag.

A perfect inverted triangular figure, muscles that looked like they were going to explode under the fabric, a strong and handsome face, blue eyes like the rivers, lakes and seas, and a perfect smile that no one could find fault with.

But after gradually adapting to the visual impact from Superman, Lex still had to say: Your girlfriend's taste is not bad, but it is limited to company annual meetings and press conferences. This kind of thin flat-collar suit will not be used by anyone. What mainstream dinner parties love.”

Clark looked down at himself and said, I think it's a good fit.

It's very suitable and not ugly, but the style is wrong.

I don't understand. Clark spread his hands and said, That's what a suit is like. It doesn't have as many parts as a medieval dress, so what else can it do?

If you have seen Schiller, of course it may not be the Professor Schiller you are familiar with, but another Schiller, who is also the one who designed the wardrobe for this banquet, maybe you will retract such views.

After Clark recalled it carefully, he remembered who Lex was talking about. After the last time teachers and students hurt each other, at least the last time he witnessed, he saw a man who was dressed in the same style as the previous Professor Schiller. Not very similar people.

He told them that Bruce always has a family to come back to, which impressed Clark because as he stared at the colorful suit, all the words sounded like a threat that could be executed profoundly.

Clark shuddered and acknowledged what Lex said. Different suits can indeed reflect different temperaments.

Actually, I don't know what style I am. Clark walked to the chair next to him and sat down, with his arms on his knees, his hands hanging down and said: Lois and I have discussed this issue, but you know, They'd say 'you're good enough'.

This is a fact. Lex's eyes never left Clark's body after he came out. He took the time to look at it with a completely artistic aesthetic mentality of appreciating sculptures.

Any compliment expressed by anyone who has met you must be sincere, at least in terms of appearance. Because the impact was too great, they only focused on expressing emotions.

But it can also be understood that their aesthetic level prevents them from making useful suggestions to you. You are the most beautiful person they have ever seen. They don't know what else is above this, so naturally they can't say anything useful.

What about you? Clark turned his palm over and said, Am I the most beautiful person you have ever seen?

Lex actually thought about it seriously and then said.

In my opinion, Bruce Wayne is more beautiful than you.