Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 62 Daughter's Heart, Sea Needle

At this time Angela's voice quietly called him in.He involuntarily let go of his hand and walked in hesitantly.Angela changed into a dress, but it wasn't the kind of puffy tutu skirt he had seen that could hide two or three people - he once wondered how women put on the out-of-proportion dress like a pyramid The dress on her body—it was a long silk dress, which was just ankle-length. The light blue color matched the simple and elegant colors of the whole room, and it also brought out her blue crystal eyes. A magic pen outlines her developing figure.He quickly moved his eyes away as if he had been stabbed, not noticing the faint disappointment in Angela's eyes.In fact, she herself didn't know why she changed into this one of her favorite skirts, and it could even be said to be the only one she likes - she actually doesn't like wearing skirts, because she finds it inconvenient to move around, and it's still as short as boys. Shorts and shorts are more to her liking, but her mother forbids them to wear them herself, saying that they are not what a lady should wear. She has no choice but to wear them reluctantly because she doesn’t want to hurt her heart—in short, it’s not to please this blackhead It belongs to a boy who has black eyes and doesn't know how to appreciate it.Even if he is handsome and smart, he is not her type. What she admires most is a big hero like Dad, even though she hasn't seen him for a long time.I was worried that my mother would be angry again when she saw her slovenly appearance later.

"Didn't you come to see a doctor for me? Don't you want me to invite you before you come to the door?" Angela laughed at Jack's timidity generously, and watched him lower his head proudly.But suddenly she saw Jack raised his head abruptly again, with an unyielding brilliance in his black eyes, this brilliance and the brilliance in her eyes complemented each other, flowing like two rivers converging together.She became nervous inexplicably. After all, although she had had a lot of contacts with boys before, she only regarded them as playmates at that time, and didn't think of anything more. Proud of them.Her mother taught herself how to behave like a lady with boys, although she remembered it, she didn't bother to use it.Only now did she realize that if she made boys angry, her previous skills would not be able to win them.Women can only use women's methods to deal with men, and they will only be defeated by men with men's methods.She was now vaguely aware of this truth.Fortunately, he only stared at her for a short time, and then looked away.She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.For some reason, she was afraid to look at him again, his eyes were so dark, like two bottomless but shining holes, they could suck people in.

"Miss Angela, please sit down. I want to ask you a few questions first, I hope you don't mind." Jack invited her to sit by the table where she was studying, and the table was now very clean.

Angela sat down gracefully, and then he sat on the other side, looking at her calmly.Angela suddenly became a little angry. He didn't look at whose home it was, it was a little too at home, he thought who he was.

She didn't show this thought on her face, but wanted to hear what he would say.

"I want to ask you, Miss Angela." Jack controlled his voice as gentle and tactful as possible, "How long has this situation lasted for you?"

"I don't remember clearly." Angela replied lazily.I thought he was quite smart just now, but I didn't expect him to be as stupid as those old doctors. This is the problem again, can't I change it to something fresher?

Jack didn't show displeasure or strangeness as she expected, on the contrary, he looked as if he knew she would answer like this.She was a little displeased, for his superficially respectful and conceited attitude.It's just that what he said next surprised her so much that she even forgot to refute.

"Well then, let me help you reason." Jack said unhurriedly, "Generally speaking, a person can only live for a week without food or drink, which is the limit of the human body. And a lady like you Obviously it can't last for so long." He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "lady", making Angela feel that he was laughing at her, "And if you don't eat and only drink water, it won't last more than a month. You can only live for three days. Obviously, you do not meet the above conditions."

He paused, then continued: "But the strange thing is, the description I saw in the telegram sent by Mrs. Landria said that you 'didn't think about eating and drinking for several weeks in a row', which is really a miracle. Seeing that you are still so radiant and radiant, I really want to know how you reached this extraordinary state." His expression was still calm, but he was applauding his words in his heart.

Angela was tongue-tied and blushed, and was speechless for a while, she didn't expect him to see through her trick so quickly.But she is not someone who gives up easily, so she quickly organized her thoughts and launched a counterattack against him: "So what, I don't think about eating or drinking for a few weeks, but not wanting to eat doesn't mean I haven't eaten. I can't bear it when I'm so hungry Even if you feel sick, you will eat."

"Well, this can also be regarded as a reasonable explanation, and it can also be said to be the only explanation you can think of." Jack calmly hit her IQ, making her very angry. "If you want to lose weight, you can't use such an extreme method. Voltaire said that 'life lies in exercise'. Besides, you are indeed slim enough." He still had a little vision, and Angela felt a little more comfortable, "But , why do you want to force yourself to pretend to be haggard because you are in a bad mood?"

"What do you think?" Angela wanted to bite off her tongue after saying this. Isn't this tantamount to admitting that her illness is fake?She stared nervously at Jack, afraid he might tell her mother about it.

"I said, because you want to achieve a wish of yours through it, and this wish is contrary to your mother's wish. You love your mother very much and don't want to break her heart because of your happiness, so you have to Wronging myself, I hope to use this method to arouse your mother's attention to you, and then express your wishes to her." Jack's eyes looked at her deeply again, but the eyes showed understanding and support, which made There was warmth in her heart.

"Then what should I do?" Angela eagerly asked Jack for a solution to this contradiction, and even forgot to deny it. She completely exposed her sincerity.

"The best way is to communicate. Maybe you think this method is old-fashioned, but it is really much easier to use than those fancy tricks. In fact, your mother should also know why you did it, just out of respect Your love and the indebtedness you feel from it have not been broken." Jack said earnestly, "Actually, there are no secrets between mother and daughter that cannot be revealed, as long as you and her make everything clear, there will be no problems. Love may hurt a person, but only because a person doesn't know how to love. There is nothing wrong with love itself, but being ashamed and hiding it can make you lose it forever. That's all I'm saying More, let's see your choice." Jack finished speaking in one breath, and the speed of his speech was controlled just right.He looked at Angela's gradually brightening eyes and soft expression, and was also happy for her in his heart.There was something else that pleased him more than happiness, and he didn't know what it was yet.

"Thank you, Jack." Angela said sincerely, "I know what to do. Please forgive my rudeness before." She smiled apologetically at him for the first time, asking him to forgive.Jack clearly saw the angelic little girl in this smile, and he couldn't help but lose his mind.It turns out that girls' smiles don't grow up too.Fortunately, he recovered quickly and remembered one more thing.He stopped Angela, who was about to go downstairs, and told her softly: "Don't torture yourself by not eating or drinking anymore, it's not good for your health. Also, you don't even know, really The feeling of being hungry is terrible, but there are still many people who are suffering from this feeling. I am not trying to teach you, but just want to tell you that there is no fairness in the world, but there is luck and misfortune. You are lucky People should not spoil their own luck. Compared to laughing at their misfortune, this is more unfair to those unfortunate people." Angela turned her head to look at him, and the little displeasure in her eyes had long been replaced by gratitude and admiration.She looked at Jack and said, "I see. Can you do me a favor?"

"What?" Jack thought there would be no room for him anymore.

"Help me play a scene, don't make my mother too sad. If necessary, you have to enlighten her like you enlightened me." Angela looked at him, and his gentle expression moved his heart.

"No problem. What are you going to do?" He readily agreed.

"You'll know soon." Angela smiled at him mischievously, looking confident.

"Really? I'm looking forward to it." Jack smiled gently and asked her to go down first in a gentlemanly manner.

The atmosphere downstairs became a little strange.Jack was keenly aware of this as he walked downstairs.The expressions of Miss Scarlett and Mrs. Langley were very natural - even a little too natural, so he felt unnatural.They were surprised and happy that Angela's "illness" was getting better. Miss Scarlett also told Jack that she didn't expect you to have such a skill. Mrs. Langley was so grateful that she was speechless for a while. It took a while before I remembered to ask Angela what she wanted to eat.Angela obediently told her what she likes to eat, and the mother immediately rang the bell to ask the servants to prepare it—in order to take care of Angela, Landria, who had always done it herself, also hired a servant.Scarlett asked her at the beginning why she didn’t just use her own. She just said that your big house can’t be separated from people for a moment, and they don’t want to come to me. The key is how the wages are calculated, so I find someone to compare good.Scarlett scolded at the time that those lazybones have nothing to do, you should really fix them, and politeness and education are only useful to polite and educated people.Lan Li just smiled and didn't speak.