Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 130 Back to the South

But before she could figure it out, Rhett was already talking about other things: "I really didn't want to bother you two more, but I just got news from an old acquaintance that Charleston—— It’s my hometown—some bad things happened, and some of them affected my mother and sister-in-law, so I must go back immediately. But it’s not convenient for me to take this child on the road alone, so I have to invite the two of you temporarily Take care of it."

Scarlett didn't react until she heard this.She didn't bother to expose how unreliable his words were, and she didn't even bother to sigh that Rhett's face was getting thicker and thicker, so she just responded instinctively like grabbing a life-saving straw: "You don't have to bother." I'm dead, I'll take Paul back to the South by myself."

"But you have to ask Paul if he wants to?" Although Rhett was talking to her, his eyes were looking in Paul's direction.

Scarlett was reminded to calm down by his words.She knew that Rhett never did anything he was not sure of. On the surface, he gave Paul the right to choose. In fact, when he talked to him just now, he must have known that he would stay. It was useless to ask whether he asked.Still, she asked tentatively, "Paul, are you going to come with me now, or stay here for now?" She wanted to make her expression seem friendly, but the burning desire in those green eyes was aggressive .

Paul was terrified by the two stares from Scarlett and Rhett, but he still said bravely: "I, I want to stay." When Scarlett felt the expected disappointment, she still felt that she heard To the snicker that Rhett deliberately stuck in his throat.

"That's fine. You can wait for Jack to come back from Hartford, and you can go back to the south together." Scarlett put a square smile on her face, and preemptively snatched Rhett's plan to fight. Circus.She glanced at him quite complacently, but was annoyed to find that this guy still looked like he was in control of everything, he didn't avoid her eyes, and he grinned at her cheekily ——she thought she would never be able to see this expression on Rhett's face in her life—but it felt more like an adult seeing through a child's childish prank.

And Paul breathed a sigh of relief.Although he felt that it was a pity that these two people parted ways like this, but at least he didn't have to be caught in the middle to make sandwiches anymore. The relationship between adults is really not something he can handle freely as a minor, and it would be great if he could get out.

——I just don’t know what expression Jack will have when he comes back and sees the things that he painstakingly arranged become like this.

To be honest, although he admires Jack's almost endless enthusiasm and wisdom, he really doesn't understand why he has such great enthusiasm for this kind of thing, and at the same time bursts out such rich wisdom. What's wrong with doing something?It doesn’t matter if you let him suffer, in the future, you will know that you can’t accomplish anything with enthusiasm and ingenuity—this thought is like an ice knife gliding on the frozen lake, and a corner of his mouth is drawn. Slightly upward arc.

Scarlett looked at the unconcealable smile on Paul's face—or the kid wasn't very skilled at hiding his true feelings, which was actually a good thing for him—and didn't know how to feel. .She was in a very bad mood because of Rhett, but she couldn't help but envy him a little bit when she saw that this cousin who had an unusual relationship with her was still innocent and didn't know anything.

But Scarlett is no longer that 16-year-old girl. Now what she thinks in her heart and what she says can completely belong to two levels: "Paul, be good in other people's homes, and don't be naughty."

"Yes, Paul, when the matter is over, I will definitely come back to pick you up soon, don't worry." Rhett seemed not to miss any chance to hurt Scarlett.It's just that Scarlett is no longer in a hurry, and Rhett, who failed to achieve the expected results, doesn't have any obvious disappointed expression.

Disson obviously didn't want his good home to become a battleground between these two people, so he came out to put an end to this unpleasant conversation: "The weather is fine today, and it's suitable for a long trip—I'm still at the headquarters. I have something to do, I'm sorry I can't send you two to the station——I wish you both a good journey."

For Scarlett, this was definitely the most deserted farewell in her life. It was even more deserted than the time she left Atlanta for Charleston. Only Lanli and Paul went to the station—as for Rui Te, although we walked all the way with her, without saying a word, he disappeared like a fish in the sea as soon as he arrived at the station.

In front of the traffic of people coming and going, it was obviously impossible for Scarlett to find out where this guy was—even if it was still some time before the departure, she didn't bother to find out—and Langley and Paul knew that they were going to not It was the same destination, so it was difficult to say much, so after a simple farewell, Scarlett boarded the train without looking back.

Seeing Scarlett's lonely back gradually blending into the crowded crowd, Paul and Lanli sighed in unison.They looked at each other, obviously they didn't know what to say to break the silence in this situation, so they didn't say anything, and boarded the carriage and went back in such silence.

After all, Paul is a young man, and he doesn't have so much sadness in his heart, so he quickly put this matter behind him and think about it later. Now that he is alone in the north, since he said he would start again, then Just try to start over.

He suddenly remembered that when he was in New Orleans before, he often heard those southerners scolding northerners: "A good Yankee is a Yankee who went back, and all those who refuse to leave in the South are damned Yankees. "

But for him, a southerner who is willing to stay in the north, this sentence naturally has to be reversed.

Although he hasn't figured out what to do, Paul is not worried. Just like Mr. Walmont said, today is a good weather, and good weather will bring good luck.

But what Lanli thought about was another thing: after Scarlett left, the figure from the back boarding the train that she accidentally saw was Rhett?Is that my own illusion, or intuition? 【Note】

Note: Scientific research shows that women's vision can expand outward by 45°, so their vision is much sharper than men with tubular vision, so they can often observe more carefully those places that men cannot see.When men think they are staring at their hair, it is more likely that they are paying attention to the man's clothes and even some other small movements. This is the physiological basis of the so-called "female intuition".

The train station is probably one of the few places in the world where there will never be a lack of creatures like "people", even in the middle of the night, not to mention the noisy morning.Generally speaking, everyone wants to go quickly, but no one can go fast, and it is difficult to move an inch in this situation, but fortunately Scarlett is a lady, and she is a beautiful lady, so from the pit stop to the All the way in the car can go unimpeded and accompanied by gentlemen.

"Woo——" the long siren covered all the hustle and bustle, and the train was full of people with southern accents, and the train started to move silently. The friction between the wheels and the rails produced a rhythmic "cut—" -Che-Che-Che, this monotonous and repetitive sound is the most likely to stimulate people's fatigue, but in the crowded environment and noisy atmosphere in the car, it only makes people feel inexplicably upset and has nowhere to vent depressed.

Sitting in the female guest room, Scarlett looked indifferently at the scenery passing by outside the window—in fact, there was nothing to see, but compared with the ladies around her who were talking about various boring topics, these seemingly indistinguishable big Trees and small trees look a little more lovely.

However, in a monotonous environment, if people do not feel drowsy, they will easily think wildly, because only in this way can people prevent themselves from becoming sleepy due to monotony.This logic sounds unreasonable, but the entire universe including everyone is itself an illogical product, so Scarlett remembered many things in this environment.

Her first thought was Rhett.Although Rhett has repeatedly warned herself not to think about him and they are no longer related, Rhett has made her meaning very clear, but Scarlett quickly changed a concept: Rhett said that they are no longer related, but she is Scarlett, why must I listen to him—besides, I don't seem to have heard of him much?Thinking of this, her heart suddenly became clear, and the bad feeling that she had been obsessed with others disappeared immediately.

I was still at Lanli's house last night, and I have already set foot on the train home today—well, it can't be counted as going home, although Atlanta has her own house, but it's not her home, and to be honest, Even that house wasn't hers—she had come back to Atlanta for the house on Peachtree Street, for her own business.Thinking of this, Scarlett temporarily relieved a lot.

But on the other hand, I don't seem to have untied this mess.The ladies beside her ears were chattering non-stop, Scarlett stared angrily at the group of ignorant ladies with her beautiful green eyes.But they didn't seem to be affected, and they were still like a flock of guinea fowls, making Scarlett feel powerless as if she had punched the cotton, so she had to look away in annoyance.