Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 51 Scarlett and Jack

After tidying up his hair and rumpled clothes, Jack took a deep breath and walked out carefully.He observed the situation carefully, and secretly groaned in his heart.The door of Mr. Rhett's room was wide open, but no one knew where he had gone, and even the quilt was neatly folded. It was not at all obvious that a drunk who drank four bottles of high-end whiskey slept in this room yesterday.I really underestimated him, it seems that he will be fine with another four bottles.It's really strange, how could he think of such a boring thing at a critical moment, but fortunately, his mood has calmed down a little.The door of Paul's room was closed, and he didn't seem to be awake yet.So did Suellen's three kids, only Wade and Ella who had called her just now were awake, and oh, and their mother.Jack was very surprised. How come people with the blood of the O'Hara family are so energetic?Well don't think about it, the big trouble is downstairs.

Although it was on the soft sofa, Jack could only feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.He lowered his head begging for forgiveness, fiddling with his fingers, not knowing where to look.Scarlett ordered him to raise his head, so he hesitated to move the angle up a little, but in Scarlett's opinion it was not as good as before, and he wished he could tuck his head into his neck.Scarlett was not angry at first, but seeing his useless appearance was stimulated a little.Usually, he is easy-going, he has never been so submissive, not even when he wanted to be a servant.She didn't know why she was angry, and a kind of "really disappointing" sullenness surged in her heart, and the usual drama between a strict mother and a worthless child was repeated.

"Keep your head up!" Scarlett raised her voice suddenly, startling Jack.His neck suddenly stretched out, and his head also raised up, but when they habitually wanted to retract, they were fixed by Scarlett's sharp eyes.Those green eyes, lit with rage, acted like two powerful hands, pulling his head up forcibly and not letting it fall.Jack's eyes gradually brightened, with an air of reluctance to admit defeat.Because he saw Wade, who was attracted by the sound, grinning at him gloatingly, he almost made a face.The relationship between Jack and Wade is considered good, but no one agrees with the other when they encounter disagreements. Jack didn't want to argue with him and let him do everything, but Wade didn't appreciate it. Every time he had a conflict with him, he would Just deal with it fairly.After going back and forth, Jack didn't let him anymore. As a result, Jack won more often.The adults did not interfere with the children's affairs, and they lived like this day after day, and the friendship between the two became deeper and deeper like a river running under the desert.Jack saw it, and Wade felt it too, but no one admitted it.Jack gets along well with children, but he treats most of them as children and himself as an adult, and rarely has the opportunity to be a child.He envied the innocence and happiness of children, but he couldn't be like them.Jack treasured someone who could make him forget the rules of dealing with people he didn't really like.Wade counts as one, so I am the first one who does not want him to look down on me.

Scarlett followed Jack's gaze and looked back. Wade had already run away, so she didn't notice the secret battle between the children just now, and she was just relieved that she could restore Jack to normal.When she turned around again, Jack had already figured out how to deal with it.He decided to follow the common practice of the Chinese and confess his crime voluntarily, so as to avoid the pain of cross-examination.It's just that he made up his mind that he must never say what Mr. Rhett said to himself yesterday. On the contrary, he still wanted to find out what Miss Scarlett was thinking.He lowered his head again, and said before Scarlett exploded, "I'm sorry, Miss Scarlett. I drank too much and said something very inappropriate yesterday. I apologize to you."

This is not what Scarlett wanted to hear. She was too lazy to go around and asked eagerly: "Okay, who cares about your apology. I want to ask—" Seeing Jack's head raised quickly, she suddenly stopped own words.Although Jack knew about her and Rhett, but talking directly about his unforgettable relationship with Rhett like this, or facing a person she didn't fully understand until now, made her feel very uncomfortable, and even resisted a little.It's just that people have been called down, and it's not right not to say anything.Scarlett hesitated for a moment, and switched to a more tactful way of insinuating: "Well, how much did you drink yesterday, and you were so drunk. Rhett is really, don't look at you, are you okay now?" The last sentence What a stupid thing to say, Scarlett scolded herself for being stupid, seeing what else he could do with his pale and rosy skin, now he must know what he wanted to inquire about.But that's good too, so she won't have to spend too much time talking.

"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine. You can't blame Mr. Rhett. He was so drunk when I got there that he couldn't see how much I drank." I still lied, but this is also There is no way.He was sure that his expression was perfect, that Miss Scarlett would never see it.

"You didn't tell the truth." Scarlett exposed him mercilessly, not because she saw anything from Jack's expression, but because she knew Rhett well.Rhett drinks so much and has always been in moderation. Will he get drunk and "pass out"?Go tell ghosts about Jack's words, ghosts won't believe it.Did he forget who sent him back yesterday?The kid can do anything but lie.

"How do you know?" Jack's expression seemed to be terrified, and he forgot to even say the honorifics. In fact, he did this on purpose, and the purpose was the same as Scarlett's, that is to calmly talk about topics that he never wanted to answer. lead in the direction you want.

"Don't worry about how I know, I just know." Scarlett's tone was very arrogant, and she didn't want to explain at all. She didn't see Jack's good intentions, but she just wanted to ask clearly: "You two went out last night. The time added up to most of the night, and I didn't believe that two big men would sit in the bar for such a long time without talking, unless—" She was speechless for a while, but it was not due to the random exaggeration of Jack's biological age and The wrong positioning of his identity, but thinking of what Rhett might have done, he couldn't accept it for a while.She knew exactly what men were doing in the bar, it was nothing more than reinterpreting the content of the four words "have fun".Seeing her embarrassed expression, Jack roughly guessed what she was thinking. He hadn't heard the old saying "Flower is the doctor of tea, wine is the sex matchmaker", but he felt that he was suddenly angry, and he Somehow, it seemed that Scarlett's unspoken words had become an insult to him.He hadn't thought about that at all before. Even if he had secretly read the entire "Jin Ping Mei", he still remembered many plots clearly, but he was definitely not that kind of person.As for Mr. Rhett, he can also guarantee it, at least during the time he was there.

Jack looked at Scarlett silently, without saying a word, the expression on his face was plain and ugly.Scarlett knew she had said something wrong, but it was not easy for her to apologize.She struggled in her heart for a long time, but she still gave up to her own dignity, and pretended not to care, and brought the matter over: "I don't think he would be so presumptuous in front of a child. Anyway, you must have said a lot , tell me what he told you."

Jack's facial features all contracted with his obviously heavier breathing, and then he regained his composure: "I promised Mr. Ritter to keep it secret, please forgive me for not being able to obey."

Scarlett froze for a moment, she didn't expect Jack to be so frankly unwilling to cooperate.She had no reason to threaten him, so she could only use lures instead: "As long as you tell me, I promise not to tell him that you said it. I can pay you for information." Scarlett mobilized many people yesterday To find Rhett, originally Jack was not included, but he took the initiative to ask for it, and he really found him.Scarlett thought about it all night after calming down, and decided to find a breakthrough from him.Of course money can't buy everything, but it's more than enough to buy intelligence.

"It has nothing to do with money. I can't tell you." If you have suffered from money before, most people will fall in love with money like Scarlett, but some people will hate money, and Jack belongs to this minority people.

Enemies that cannot be bought with money are the most difficult to deal with, and Scarlett knows this very well.Ever since she knew that Jack had stolen the account book, Scarlett concluded that he was a child who loved money, and she was always worried about him.Just like when I started my own factory, I would rather hire a clumsy Hugh than I would rather hire a bag carrier?Like Elsing, the less honest people want others to be honest, the more greedy people are, the more they want others to treat money like dung.So she was greatly relieved when she found out that Jack was actually a good kid.It's just that what she needs now is not honesty, but secrets.It's a pity that things in the world don't always go according to her wishes, she doesn't get what she wants, and it doesn't even come when she needs it.So she was fighting life all the time, taking what she wanted from it, and she never gave up, so she always won in the end.This time is no exception, she can use other methods if money is not enough, in short, she must have a way to get the truth out of Jack's mouth.

Now that Scarlett had concealed her expression pretty well, Jack couldn't see through her thoughts as easily as before, he could only speculate based on his past experience.In the past, Miss Scarlett would have jumped up in anger when she heard him disobeying her orders, and told him to "get the hell out of here" without grace. Wave him away.Today was really special, since she didn't speak, he could just sit here pretending to be stupid, and wait until he achieved his goal before "scrolling aside" and writing down this big discovery in his notebook.