Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 66 Hypnosis

It's so strange, he was obviously talking about Lanli and Angela, but why did he mention himself and Rhett again?Scarlett thought she was distracted—in fact, she was distracted, but she couldn't understand how two seemingly unrelated things could be connected so seamlessly.Her longing for Rhett naturally played an important role, but there was a more important fact that was at work all the time and she didn't realize it.If Jack is by her side, he can easily tell her with the materialist dialectics seen in the school library, because the world is universally connected, and every thing is related to the things around it in one way or another.If Scarlett couldn't get it, a neat metaphor would suffice: the world was like a gigantic machine in constant motion, and everyone and everything was a tiny cog in it.A gear is insignificant, but when they move, they will drive the surrounding gears to move together, and then a series of complex and violent chain reactions will occur, and finally lead to many unexpected results.In fact, being a little more straightforward can explain his sentence "If you tell others to go to hell, what's the point of being a human being": Everyone's existence affects others, especially those around you, which is exactly what No one can deny what the existence of "others" means to you, not even a cynical person like Rhett.In the end, he will definitely sigh in his heart irrelevantly: there is still fairness in the world.

But now Jack is still eating with Angela, and he is still planning how to realize what he promised Angela.At the end of a silent but harmonious and happy lunch, he had already made a decision.He knows that this decision is very important, and it must be done with Angela's seamless cooperation—Miss Scarlett is not easy to deceive, and Mrs. Landria is even more difficult to deceive, if the performance fails, it will not end—but he didn't expect it either. He realized that this would bring him so many troubles, and he was almost tortured to death in order to deal with them.However, when he recalled the past with Angela later, he felt that it was all worth it.Only then did he discover that many things, like love, seem to have no value troubles whether they are worth it or not, but they do have a judgment of whether they are worth it or not, but the time is delayed.This is true of all things of real value.

Lan Li had been soaking herself in the tide of sadness. Seeing Scarlett sad for her, although she was a little sorry, she was more moved. It was easy to find someone who laughed with her, but she was willing to cry with her is the real friend.In fact, in essence, grief is interlinked, and it is easier for sad people to understand each other. Even if what makes them sad is not the same thing, but the tears are the same.It's just that when the tide recedes—it will recede sooner or later, but some fools hold on to it stubbornly and don't let it go, thinking that it will never go.She is not such a person——she watched Scarlett's bright emerald eyes slide down a shadow like broken dove wings, the mist like water slowly gathered, and her eyes gradually followed her heart like leaves falling in the wind Like drifting far away, knowing that she is also caught in sad memories.She didn't bother her, sometimes other people's comfort is not as good as licking the wound alone can make the person feel better faster.She waited quietly, and was not relieved until she saw Scarlett's eyes light up like stars after dark clouds.

"Honey, I'm sorry to make you feel sorry for me, but I still want to thank you." Lan Li said sincerely, "Maybe I should tell you my story, you have the right to know, I shouldn't hide it from you anymore. I just hope you can keep it a secret for me, and for Angela."

"Lanli, you don't have to apologize to me. Everyone has things they don't want to say, I know. You don't have to tell me, and I won't be upset." Scarlett knew what she was going to say, but she I don't want to hear it, I don't want Lanli to uncover her long-healed scars again, and let the pain that has scabbed over her body flow like fresh blood again, it feels terrible.

"But I must say it. I..." Lan Li immediately cut off what she wanted to say abruptly as soon as she finished expressing her determination, like trying to close a door trying to keep the cold out in a strong wind.Seeing her excited expression instantly change to calm, Scarlett felt very strange.She followed Lan Li's gaze and looked behind her, and found Jack and Angela standing quietly behind her. The servant who brought them over looked terrified, as if some catastrophe had happened.Jack's face was very surprised, and he stared at Angela without blinking, as if he would not be disturbed even if shells exploded around him; Angela's face was pale, there was still a faint blood stain at the corner of her mouth that had not been wiped clean, and her eyes were blank, I don't know where I am looking.Scarlett heard Lanli try her best to calmly ask what happened to the only servant who could answer. He was eager to shirk responsibility and worried that he would be fired because he didn't take good care of the master's children. In the end, he just stammered that he I don't know what's going on, the lady was very happy eating salmon, but suddenly her face turned pale, and then her whole face was twisted together, looking very painful.She stretched her hand down her throat for a long time, and finally coughed out a fishbone, which was still stained with blood.Then she suddenly vomited again, throwing up all the food she had just eaten, making a mess on the dining table and the carpet.When she raised her head again, her eyes were already dull.Before Lanli said anything, Scarlett exclaimed first.She ran to Angela and asked what was wrong with her. After receiving no response, she quickly turned to Jack and asked him what to do.Jack looked at her with a face of embarrassment, then looked at Landria, and said with great apology that he was not good at medical skills, but temporarily suppressed Angela's illness. I don't know why her illness came back again, and it was worse than It was more serious before, and now he doesn’t know what to do, unless——He showed a embarrassed look at this point, looked at Lanli’s anxious expression, and Scarlett said impatiently that unless something, if you have He quickly said the method, and then he took a deep breath as if he mustered up his courage, and then said: "Unless you use hypnotism. Dr. Duncan taught me before, but I didn't learn it well, and I haven't really used it on people, no. Knowing the effect, now I can only do my best and obey the destiny."

"What, Mr. Duncan taught you hypnotism?" This time it was Lan Li who called out regardless of her appearance, and her face immediately became gloomy.Scarlett, who was attracted by her unprecedented loud voice, turned her head and noticed. She immediately thought of what she thought, and she was also shocked.Regarding this point, Jack, who has been immersed in his own adventure plan, has not discovered it.

"Yes. But I've only scratched the surface, I don't know..." Jack said cautiously, but was interrupted by Scarlett.

"Fur is better than nothing, try it quickly," she said impatiently.She forgot about the case of Duncan's family, and also forgot about Lang Li's reasoning, and even her own doubts were completely forgotten by her. She only thought about Angela's illness.

Lan Li looked at Jack's face, which was full of hope and guilt, her heart softened involuntarily, and she nodded slightly in agreement.

After dismissing the servants, Jack asked Lanli to help her daughter to lie down on the sofa. He picked a few green leaves from the maple tree outside the door, and they would turn red in autumn. It's not easy to blow.He slowly returned to the living room with the leaf, trying to recall the whole process of the hypnotism that Dr. Duncan gave Angela in his heart.Although it was acting, it had to be realistic. After all, Mrs. Lanli was also watching at that time, so it was not easy to deceive her.But Angela's acting skills are so good, there shouldn't be any mistakes.To be honest, he really admired her courage. Originally, the meaning of his eyes was just to make her pretend to vomit, but he didn't expect her to be so dedicated. She dared to stuff such a long fishbone into her mouth, so she was not afraid of accidents.Accident?He suddenly thought of Paul, and felt a strong anxiety in his heart.Wasn't that what happened to me and Paul back then?Every time I want to help others, I always bruise them all over. Is it true that I am a "broom star" like those people say?He immediately stopped his own thoughts and ordered himself to concentrate, otherwise Angela's wish might not come true in this life.

Under the watchful eyes of Mrs. Langley and Miss Scarlett, Jack single-mindedly began the "hypnotism" performance.He resisted the urge to laugh and all the nervousness, and his slightly hoarse voice was deliberately low during the voice-changing period, but it was gentle and peaceful: "Now, Miss Angela, please close your eyes. Very good, imagine that you are Lying on a piece of soft and comfortable grass, the warm sunshine in the afternoon covers you like a light blanket, you feel extremely comfortable, extremely relaxed, extremely comfortable, as if you are in heaven, right? "

"No, it's not. I, I can't feel it." This was beyond Jack's expectations. He almost showed his secrets in front of Scarlett and Langley, and almost couldn't help asking her what happened, since the eye contact just now was quite good. Yes, he asked some questions and she just answered as he said, why not act now.But he quickly calmed down and continued to guide her persuasively: "Don't worry, Miss Angela. Please try to relax yourself and take five deep breaths, very deep, until you can no longer breathe in. Very good , now spit it out slowly. Go on, slow down, do it again, good..." Jack's voice seemed to be endowed with magical power, and even Scarlett, who was originally full of nervousness and curiosity, was listening I always felt that I had relaxed a lot, but I didn't expect that he really had a way. Hypnotism is really amazing.Lan Li's complexion became more and more ugly. This is similar to what Dr. Duncan did at the beginning, but the effect is much stronger. This is definitely not "fur".Could this be real hypnotism—the secret recipe?

"Very good. Now you don't have to think about anything, just relax completely. Then tell me what you feel." Jack took out a freshly picked green maple leaf, brushed a little dust off it with his fingers, and placed it on the Lips, playing softly.It was an improvised solution, for he had forgotten what Dr. Duncan was going to do next.Using light leaf music looks more similar, and it is easy to get confused.But in Lanli's eyes, this seemed like a new addition to the secret recipe, and her suspicions became even heavier.

The serene and serene melody is like a coquettish kitten gently caressing everyone's ears, and the soft touch is like the spring breeze blowing on the face, which softens people's hearts.Scarlett found that this piece of music was not the one she used to hear. She thought Jack would only know that one, but now she seemed to underestimate him.But why is Lanli's complexion so bad? Could it be that she still suspects that Jack is the murderer?How is this possible? If he was, he wouldn't have worked so hard to save her daughter, wouldn't he?He is so smart, how could he make such a stupid mistake for her to see through him?Maybe I should have a good talk with her after the hypnotism is over.