Alexandre Montfort nodded, looking as if he was saying, "I'm so sensible!" Claire Wentworth took his hand in one swift motion, and the two of them walked side by side into the elevator, with the air of about to embark on a super adventure. Gaston Leroux's face instantly bloomed into a smile, as bright as a fully - blossomed chrysanthemum. He cheerfully said, "My apprentice is so sweet! She even knows to bring her own husband to meet me. She's really the sweetest!" "Professor Moreau, I bet she brought Young Master Montfort to see you because she wants you to treat Young Master Montfort's illness," someone said with a laugh and a tease. Suddenly, the smile on Gaston Leroux's face froze in an instant, as if he had been hit by a body - freezing spell. When the other old men saw this scene,

