[Pride and Prejudice] Becoming Katherine Bennett

Catherine, who was far away in London, knew nothing about this conversation that changed her life and destiny.

At this time, she was sitting on the sofa in Mr. Gardner's lounge, holding the newspaper that had just been delivered in one hand, and holding the porcelain tea cup with the other hand, and gently put the exquisite cup to her lips.Curly mist rises from the cup, and Catherine's gaze is fixed on the words in front of her through the misty water mist.

She was reading the eighth edition of the "Daily Telegraph". Starting today, the second volume of the revenge trilogy "Blood Debt" officially began serialization.

Similar to the hugely successful "Blood Repayment", "Blood Debt" still follows the route of revenge.The hero of this book, Earl Ryan, was originally a generous and kind character, a kind man who would praise his generosity when anyone mentioned him.He inherited the wealth and the seat of the House of Representatives, and thought he would spend his life in glory.

however.

Earl Ryan's eyes were covered by a black cotton cloth.Others put him horizontally on the horse's back and bumped all the way, knocking his internal organs out of place.After galloping for an unknown amount of time, the damn horse finally stopped.Earl Ryan was pushed to the ground before he could take a breath.

During the few seconds when his body was vacated, Earl Ryan was filled with fear, not knowing where he would fall, whether the bottom was a cliff or a bottomless abyss.

Boom.His body fell heavily and hit the ground.The person who pushed him was merciless, and there was no object on the ground that could slow down the gravity. He felt that his internal organs were being twisted together, and a huge pain hit him.

But that's not the worst.Soon, someone dragged him by the hair like a dead dog, and dragged him to another place all the way.Ryan's mouth was stuffed with a cloth, and his hands and feet were also bound. He couldn't make a sound. His teeth were constantly scratching his tongue due to repeated collisions, and his mouth was full of the taste of blood.

In the agony, Earl Leon pondered hard in his waking moments, guessing who he had offended to incur such revenge.But no matter what he thinks, he can't think of a person who is ashamed.

The person who dragged him finally stopped.Earl Ryan thought his torture was finally over, but in the next second, someone poured a basin of water on him.I don't know what kind of medicine was put in the water. The first second the water touched his skin, Earl Ryan felt a piercing pain from the wound.He couldn't help but be thankful that the black cloth was stuffed in his mouth, otherwise he would no longer be able to bear it at this time, and would let out a cowardly scream of pain.

While he was struggling, Earl Ryan heard a familiar voice.

The voice was laughing, laughing happily and comfortably, as if an audience member who had finally waited until the opening of the play finally saw the performance he had been thinking about.

No, it's not possible.Earl Ryan thought he had heard wrong, and immediately denied the conjecture in his heart.

But the reality is always crueler than he thought.As if to make him give up, the cloths in front of his eyes and mouth were removed, and Earl Ryan's eyes that hadn't seen the sun for a long time were blurred.But even though it was blurry, he still recognized the figure in front of him at a glance.

It's Gilbert.his brother.

"Gilbert, you..." Earl Ryan couldn't finish his words.

Gilbert raised his leg and kicked Earl Ryan hard in the stomach.He used all his strength for this kick, the sharp impact and huge momentum made Earl Ryan unable to make a sound anymore.He curled up on the ground, unconsciously overflowing with painful cum.

And Gilbert seemed to be looking at some beautiful scenery, admiring it for a while, and after Earl Ryan's pain subsided, he picked up a wooden plank, and hit Earl Ryan's head hard.

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In terms of marketing, "Blood Debt" used the same method as "Blood Repayment", and put the copywriting and the first six chapters of the story at the beginning of the serialization.In these more than 2 words, Catherine focuses on describing the cruel torture suffered by the hero before his rebirth to arouse readers' sympathy, and then uses the mouth of his illegitimate brother to reveal how he has been deceived and played by his relatives and wives all these years. Killing his trusted servants, embezzling his property, letting his unrelated son inherit the manor, using this kind of graciousness to avenge the plot turns the reader's sympathy into the anger of the same enemy, and also paves the way for the next hero's revenge drama Prepare the groundwork.

At the same time as the serialization of the new book began, the sales of "Blood Return" continued to send good news. "Blood Return" has been released for more than a month. Although everyone was very optimistic about its sales at first, thinking that it might be the best-selling book this year, no one expected that "Blood Return" would be sold in just one month. Nine thousand volumes.

Catherine got rid of poverty in one fell swoop by relying on "Blood Return", and her cumulative income reached nearly [-] pounds.Excluding buying a house and other expenses, Catherine bought [-] pounds in Elizabeth's name into treasury bonds, leaving [-] pounds to buy furniture.

In fact, Catherine couldn't help but went to see it a few times.In the process, she found that she is still the soul of a Chinese, and appreciates the beauty of blank space and subtlety.She prefers the newly released antique Greek furniture to those gilded ornate styles that proclaim wealth and delicacy on the surface.This style is different from the gorgeous Roroco style that uses a lot of curves. The lines are very simple, mostly based on straight lines and rectangles, which is very similar to the design of later generations.

However, although looking forward to adding bricks and tiles to her new house, Catherine is not in a hurry.At first, she had already planned that when Elizabeth came back from Hansford, the three sisters and Aunt Gardiner would go to pick out furniture together.Maybe she is looking forward to having a home of her own, so just thinking about choosing furniture with the most important person makes her feel extremely happy.Secondly, "Blood Debt" has just started to be serialized, and she and Willard have already negotiated to determine the new manuscript fee standard based on the sales volume of the newspaper in the past few days.

This was proposed by Willard on his own initiative.He said that according to the sales and influence of "Blood Return", the previous remuneration was a bit low, and he was willing to give up part of the profits.

For Willard, Catherine really has mixed feelings in her heart, intertwined with emotion, guilt and fear.

If they don't have necessary contacts, Catherine will definitely avoid him actively and reduce contact with him as much as possible, and then she will gradually forget that he has done human trafficking.But her writing will continue, and there is no way not to contact him.And she has always been helped and favored by the other party. She must admit that Willard may be unreasonable in other places, even cruel and indifferent, but he has always been very good to her.

Catherine is very clear that now she can realize her dreams and plans step by step, and the person who should be most grateful is Willard.If it weren't for his generosity and trust in her, even if Catherine could find another publisher, the situation would never be better than it is now, and her identity would likely be leaked by businessmen who pursue profits and gimmicks.

Catherine fell into a dazed and tangled situation.

In fact, according to her original plan, "Blood Debt" should have started serialization a week ago, but because of Willard's straightforward temptation on the day of the ball and the news brought by Mr. Darcy the next day, Catherine has not been in touch with Willard. .

She picked up the pen several times to write a letter, but couldn't figure out how to speak.

During her hesitation, Willard took the initiative to write to her, telling her that he was busy with affairs recently and could not take care of the publisher's business for the time being. He handed over her publishing matter to Mr. Ben, saying that Mr. Ben would be in charge in the future.Willard assured Catherine that Mr. Ben was a very trustworthy friend. They also signed a confidentiality contract and would never publicize her identity.

Soon, Mr. Ben came to the door.He was indeed as smart and wise as Willard said, and their communication was very smooth, and they spoke highly of her.

Willard must have put a lot of thought into having such an excellent gentleman in charge of her book. Catherine was extremely grateful, and felt guilty for wanting to avoid Willard.

He was really good to her, no matter what he did, but to himself, his behavior was impeccable from any angle.

What touched Catherine even more was that although Willard had handed over the work to Mr. Ben, when Mr. Ben made good suggestions and was appreciated by Catherine during the several times of communication, he frankly told her that it was Mr. Gordon’s work. idea.

Only then did Catherine realize that Willard had nothing to do, he just didn't want to embarrass her.As always, he planned for her, took care of her emotions as much as possible, and gave her the most selfless help.

Facing Willard's attitude and actions, Catherine was a little at a loss.

Her character is a standard one who treats her softly but not hard, and when others treat her well, she can't wait to give back ten points.If someone ridicules her, retaliates against her, or is ignored and used by others, she can ignore or deal with it calmly.

But others are kind to her... Such an experience is too rare, Catherine can't help but feel grateful, and at the same time can't help falling into distress, she really doesn't know how to pay back.