Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 69 Loveless Marriage

Sunlight poured in through the opened carved door, illuminating the somewhat dim living room.She saw a tall figure standing in front of the door, as if hesitating whether she should come in or not.But Angela's innocent welcome worked. He bent down, touched her little head with his hand, and then walked in with vigorous square steps.The door was closed again, and Lan Li's vision, which was still affected by the sudden sunlight just now, was restored.The visitor walked in front of her and bowed to her gracefully first, so that she didn't see his appearance clearly at the first time, but only saw a thick blond hair flying like a banner in the afternoon wind.Without thinking too much, she gracefully stretched out a hand according to southern etiquette, accepting his kiss.When he raised his head, she saw his face clearly for the first time.

Although the appearance is born from the heart, no matter whether it is Lanli back then or now, it is undeniable that he is indeed handsome.He has a square face, fair skin, straight nose bridge, light blue eyes, clean shaven chin, clean clothes, and all of them are new high-end fabrics.The expression on his face is very gentle and friendly, but there is a kind of firm gaze unique to men in his eyes. The outline of his whole body is as straight as steel, like a handsome statue of David under Michelangelo's carving knife.It made him look like a gentleman, but not quite.Lan Li seldom met men outside of her own family, because the tradition of her family is to kiss and get closer, and the men in her family are more or less elegant because they have received strict education, but not masculine. That cousin of hers is simply A sissy.Seeing such a man full of masculine charm for the first time made her calm heart somewhat flustered.Thinking of all this now, she only felt strong shame and ashamed in her heart.

She couldn't remember what they were talking about, and in fact, there was nothing to remember.The price he offered was so high that Lan Li was overjoyed, and what he brought was cash. The shiny gold coins dazzled her eyes, and confused her heart that should have been vigilant.Now who can spend so much money at this time, and still buy jewelry that is of no use to him and can only be seen but not eaten?His voice was also very strange, obviously not from Savannah, but she was only thinking about getting through the difficulties, and didn't even care about why such a "gentleman" didn't go to defend the Confederacy but came to buy jewelry in such a leisurely way think.Maybe she was wrong, he was defending the Federation, and he was quite brave and good at fighting, otherwise he wouldn't have become a commander at a young age.It's just that in her eyes, his blue uniform is not blue, but red, and it is covered with the blood of southerners, and maybe her family's blood.

The nightmare chased away the illusory pleasure before it had gone.Not long after the man left, the northern army attacked the city, and everyone fled, only those who couldn't run were left, and she and her sister were among them.She dragged such a heavy body, and her younger sister was so small, the carriages were conscripted away by the army. Even if there were, they would not dare to take a pregnant woman who would give birth at any time, and Angela had another baby, and no one could do anything about it. Strange disease, the plague was rampant during the war and there was a shortage of medicines. No one wanted to get burned, so no one was willing to take her with them. They could only stay in fear in that big house that might be bombed by shells at any time, not knowing when they would die. will come upon itself.In fact, to be precise, she was the only one who was worried. Angela had been tortured by a strange disease and almost lost consciousness.This might be a good thing for him, Lan Li didn't want her little angel to cry in fright at the deafening cannon.

It happened on another afternoon.Lan Li could feel that the little life in her belly was about to burst out of the ground, and the labor pains that came from time to time wrapped her up like a piece of silk fluttering in the wind, but it was not tightly wrapped, and her consciousness was struggling with difficulty in the gust of wind. Painful gaps like waves.The pain was like a high crest that lifted her high and made her dizzy, and suddenly and cruelly threw her into the abyss. She was like a person who fell into the water, struggling to find the precious moment of sobriety like breathing.It was finally found, but the scene she witnessed with blurred vision only broke her heart: Angela was lying beside her, her little face was red as if she had been burned, her breathing was short of breath, and she couldn't say anything when she wanted to say something.Maybe she should thank God for not letting her see the red spots dotted around Angela's body, otherwise she would have passed out - or maybe it would have been a better choice for her, so she didn't have to look behind Things happened before my eyes.

She was used to the sound of cannonballs, and they smoothed her sharp nerves like a file.The voice was getting closer and louder, but she was not afraid anymore.Waiting for death is not so much frightening as annoying. When it is close at hand, many people actually welcome it in their hearts.The dust stirred up by the shells covered the sky, and she couldn't see the extent of the situation outside through the billowing smoke and dust.The sound of shells had affected her hearing for a long time, so she didn't hear any strange noises, and she just clung to the edge of the wooden bed she was lying on to prevent herself and Angela from being shaken by the impact of the shells.After a loud noise, she heard the ancient carved door being slammed open.Amidst the hurried and chaotic footsteps, a figure rushed in nimbly, and came to her side in the blink of an eye.She yelled out in horror, but her mouth was covered.She opened her eyes wide in horror, looking at the blue uniform of the visitor who was dusty from the long-distance raid, all kinds of horrific images about the atrocities committed by the Northern Army flashed across her mind.The man's military cap was pressed down very low, but the voice was something she would never forget in her life.She didn't expect that it was the gentleman who came to buy her jewelry, let alone that he was the Northern Army. Strong surprise and anger instantly overwhelmed her normal thinking.She didn't catch what he said, as if apologizing for his reckless behavior.Then he immediately called in another person, who seemed to be a doctor, who was quite young, and he politely told himself that he was here to treat Angela. In despair, she immediately seemed to grasp at straws, ignoring the other party. She is an enemy, shouting hoarsely that you must save her, she is still so small.The doctor promised that he would do his best, but after a simple examination, he regretted that the disease was too strange, he had never seen it before, and there was nothing he could do to help.This shattered her hope that had just risen, and all the hatred poured on them, and the character of the southerners who dared to love and dare to hate was burned, and she raised her hand fiercely to slap them and ordered them to get out , but lifted it to mid-air and put it down feebly.The doctor whispered something to the officer, and the officer nodded silently as he looked at her distorted face from pain and hatred.She was gasping for breath, staring at the ceiling, not at all looking at the two people standing beside her—or the two enemies, or the two devils, the messengers from hell, in short, it was her brain that was tortured to the point of dying. The vicious words that come to mind are not enough to describe.The pain suddenly became severe, and the pain surpassed all her anger, all her shame, and all her hatred. On her lips, she condensed into a simple but direct sentence: "Help me...". The cannonballs were still louder.

Do you want to talk about the future?She really didn't want to mention it anymore.I just remember that I was yelling for nothing, and that sound could scare away the wolves who were staring at them (why not scare those two bastards away too).Later, the doctor probably couldn't bear to listen anymore, and took out gauze to gag her mouth, but he was stopped by the officer before he got close.He hesitated for a moment, then under the doctor's surprised gaze, he stretched out his arm decisively and put it into her mouth.The hatred in her heart immediately found an outlet, and she bit it hard.She looked at the pained expression on his handsome face that made her disgusted, and wished that all her silver teeth would turn into sharp teeth of a poisonous snake, and inject a few drops of venom to kill him.He should be able to see it too, but he didn't dodge or dodge, he didn't even say a word, he just stared persistently into his own eyes, his eyes were firm and passionate, like a ball of flames burning in a storm that no one cared about. Like a growing fire. .

After the child was born, he didn't die, but was tortured to make him a little weak.But she felt that she might as well die. When she regained her consciousness a little bit, when she didn't care to look at the child she had worked so hard to give birth to but wanted to find Angela, when she found Angela, but After discovering that her body was slowly freezing in the doctor's hands, she should have cried bitterly, and her heart would have been broken, but before she could react, she was knocked unconscious by the grief.

She didn't know how long she had been unconscious, but she only remembered that she was already in a carriage when she woke up again.It was dark in the car, and for a moment she thought she had fallen into a hole in the ground.The newborn baby was lying quietly beside her, swaddled in a good swaddle.She fumbled slowly with her feeble hands, and caught a protrusion on the carport, leaning on it to prop herself up and sit up.The carriage moved very smoothly, maybe for her sake, the speed was deliberately slowed down.Her thoughts gradually returned to her body, remembering what happened before she fell into a coma, like a basin of cold water drenched her heart.She yelled to stop, but no one paid any attention to her, until she threatened to jump out of the carriage with the child and then slowly stopped.The tightly covered curtain was lifted, and she wanted to jump down in one step, but seeing the stars outside and the elongated shadow of the man, she suddenly lost her strength and didn't know what to do.

Needless to say, Lan Li also understood what happened.Angela is dead, even the cemetery is missing, Savannah has been captured, and her home has been turned into ruins by shells. The worst of all this tells her one thing calmly: Her home is gone and she can't go back.She really wanted to cry, but looking at the man in front of her, she closed her eyes desperately to hold back the tears that had welled up in the corners of her eyes. Forcibly holding back his stomach, he didn't notice the man's flash of surprise and approval.

Later, it was almost the same as Scarlett thought.They got married in the north. Although it was just a joke, it was still very beneficial to her.In this way, Angela—because of the identical blue eyes and smile, this child deservedly inherited the name of the aunt she had never met—would not be considered an illegitimate child in the north, and she would be able to live comfortably in the future, and start a new life. Living a wealthy life, she can do whatever she wants, even if she wants to go back to Savannah after the war, he will accompany her.Of course she knew that he was uneasy and kind, that Savannah had been destroyed long ago, and all he meant was to let her be tied to him with peace of mind. All the belongings were taken away, and the Yankees did not leave her with any memories of the past, which on the other hand aroused Landria's hatred and unyielding spirit.She filed for divorce immediately, but Di Sen's easy words made her see the cruelty of reality clearly: "Apart from me, where do you get money?"