Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 71 New Discoveries

"Everyone knows that convincing others is much easier than convincing yourself." Lan Li smiled wryly, "I don't care if I say it now, anyway, Disson can't find where I am, and he will gradually forget me in the future. I'll forget about him too. Well, let's not talk about that. I think we can talk about Jack." She deliberately didn't talk about Angela's illness.

"You have seen what happened just now. I have seen Dr. Duncan perform hypnotism before, but the effect of that is far worse than today's. Jack said he only learned a little superficiality, but I know that the superficiality can't be so immediate. Unless Jack got the secret recipe." Lan Li's face became serious again, "So Scarlett, you have to be prepared, what are you going to do if Jack really did that thing?"

"I don't believe it," said Scarlett simply but forcefully. "Jack isn't that kind of person, and I wouldn't believe it."

"I don't want to believe it either, you have to believe me." Lan Li's expression became bitter, "It's just that secret recipe, I really can't figure it out."

"I'll ask him later." Scarlett looked directly into her face, "If you're worried, you can come with me."

"No, Scarlett, that's not what I meant." Lanli hurriedly defended, "Of course I believe you. You don't need to rush to ask him, let's pretend we don't know anything, okay?"

"No." Scarlett was very resolute, "I already know how to act like I don't know, what's the point of lying to myself? Lan Li, you are not a person who lives like that at all. Besides, Angela has already expressed her wish now, What do you want to do, pretend to be deaf and dumb? Or let her act with you? Do you have the heart to let her dare not see her father because she is afraid of making her mother angry, and because she will never see her father for the rest of her life? And pain?" She suddenly had the courage to face up to this matter that she hadn't dared to think about just now, maybe she was angry because Lanli didn't trust Jack, and it was also to prove the accuracy of her vision of people, she even had I was complaining about Disson who I had never met face to face.Lan Li is so smart—the smart one can lie to herself for several years, but the stupid one can—just like she was back then.Because she regards Lanli as a friend, she is so outspoken; because she regards Lanli as a friend, she does not want Lanli to make the same stupid mistakes as she did back then, rejecting true love, and missing the person who truly loves herself —Even if the man was a Yankee, so was a Northerner.Scarlett didn't know why she thought that, it was outrageous, but deep down she felt that it wasn't a big deal--in fact it wasn't a big deal, and it was the case more than 100 years later--for her , once you feel that something is no big deal, it really is no big deal.In the final analysis, it was Jack's influence on her in the past few months.

Lanli lowered her head in embarrassment when she heard her straightforward words. Scarlett could see her fierce inner struggle from her constantly flickering eyes. Southerners, women, mothers, and wives were intertwined in her In her heart, it was even more unobstructed on her face.Scarlett knew that what she said was a bomb that detonated in advance, disrupting Lanli's original life, and maybe ruining her friendship with Lanli, but she insisted.The decision right now is in Lanli's hands, whether to ignore the violent tremor deep in her soul and continue to pretend to be calm on the surface, or——

"You're right." Lan Li's eyes flickering like fireflies in a summer night finally began to gather again, "I used to dare not face up to my relationship with Disen, always thinking that it was impossible for a southerner to fall in love with a northerner , do not accept the possibility of him wanting to communicate with me at all. I have always been cold to him and never gave him a good look, but he has always been nice to me and Angela. Angela loves him, although She is not his biological daughter. I love Angela the most, and I can't let her be sad because of me. I should tell Disson where I am so that he can see his daughter." She still didn't say what she and Disson should do But at the moment Scarlett can't be too harsh on her.Children are the bond that maintains the marriage and the relationship between husband and wife. As long as they both truly love their children and have a common goal, the relationship between them will not be broken, or even restarted.She warned herself not to associate Lanli's matter with herself again, otherwise she would definitely be heartbroken.

"That's right." Scarlett tried to focus back on the conversation with Lanli, "You two should also have a good chat and see what is best for the child." She wanted to say, "Your family People", but swallowed the words.

"Let's talk about that later, I don't want to be stabbed in the back by people from Atlanta now." Lan Li still had some concerns, "What are you going to do about Jack?"

"Are you still doubting him?" "It's not doubting, just to remind you. We can't let him know what the two of us said." "Of course I understand that. As for your doubts, when my husband returns from the north, he should I know what's going on." "I told you that I didn't doubt him. But his actions just now really shocked me. If I wasn't worried about Angela and knew that he was a good boy, I would have been really scared." I had to pass out." "To be honest, I was shocked too, but fortunately you are not angry." "As long as Angela is fine, I am not angry with him. To be honest, the kid Angela didn't pay any attention in Atlanta. No friends, let alone boys. It would be a good thing if she could become friends with Jack." "You see?" "What?" "Jack looked at Angela in a different way. ""You want to say that he likes her?" "You won't object, will you?" "What's the use of objecting to such a thing as a parent, and you have to listen to the child in the end?" "You agree?" "At least you don't object." "That's good." The originally depressing conversation turned into an opinion on how to deal with children's innocent emotions. Scarlett thought it was funny, but she was glad that she got rid of the suspicion about Jack's murder, and where did his hypnotism come from? As for Lanli, Scarlett didn't know that the reason why she chose to believe in Jack's innocence was not all because of her purely emotional assurance—these things were sometimes as effective as Jack. It's not as good as the hype promises made by men after drunk-it's more that she remembered Dr. Duncan's words before the hypnotism treatment: "Only the person receiving the treatment really believes in this method and treats her. Only those who practice hypnotism can exert the real effect of hypnotism."

Jack was scribbling in the small, chic room he was in, jotting down the latest discoveries about hypnotism, and when he was done, he decided it was too troublesome to call it "hypnotism" all the time, and maybe he could change it by a different name.He scratched the pen a few times on the paper and wrote down a few names that he thought were good. "Sleeping God" was naturally given up by him, and besides, it was not a real sleep state; "Requiem"?No, it's too superstitious; "Concentrate on returning to the Yuan"?No way, no one will understand what it means in the future; let’s call it “hypnosis”, it’s simple and easy to remember, although it doesn’t quite match the effect, but the technique is indeed similar to coaxing people to sleep.Besides, people who are hypnotized after a lot of effort can really sleep comfortably, just like Angela.

Thinking of Angela, the pen in his hand stopped.Why did I do that just now?It is simply audacious to lay your head on the breast of a young lady.Although Mrs. Lanli and Miss Scarlett didn't blame themselves, but when I think about it now, I always feel that the actions at that time were so obscene.God!Before that, he had never even been close to a girl, and he had never thought about these messy things, but now, unexpectedly, he wanted to stop his thoughts from slipping into the abyss, but the rein of reason had already Can't hold this wild horse anymore.Human thinking is like this, if you don’t think about something, it’s fine, but once you think about it, it’s very difficult to forget it, the worst thing is that the more you want to forget it, the more you can’t forget it.He shook his head desperately, but it was useless. When he was dizzy, he could temporarily blur Angela's image, but after he woke up a little, it was Angela's smile and sleeping posture that became clearer.He didn't even know which Angela he was thinking of—of course, he didn't know that the portrait was of Lanli's sister, and this unclear identity was even more tormenting his conscience—it was The innocent and lovely little angel in the portrait, or this weak, sensible, and distressing Angela?An angel is Angela, and Angela is an angel.If he thinks this way, he will feel better, but he also understands that it is just deceiving himself.

The evil fire that illuminated the darkest corner of my heart just now has gradually extinguished, leaving only the embers of passion, and my heart seems to be filled with a huge loss that swells up like cotton.It turns out that this is the final result of "love" dominated by desire, which is really ironic.Love should be a perfume contained in a precious crystal bottle, which slowly emits a charming fragrance for a long time. If it is broken by an impulse, then after a short dizzying and strong stimulation, all that is left is a need for the place. The sharp shards I picked up myself are ready to use my sharpness to punish the person who breaks it recklessly.Maybe this is better, although what is left is only loss, but it is better than constantly igniting my soul for some kind of stimulation.He smiled wryly, ready to write down this painful discovery.

The door was suddenly opened by someone, which caught him off guard.He hurriedly inserted the pen back, and because of nervousness, he even got a few drops of ink on his sleeve.Immediately he closed the notebook again, and the sound of the light slamming pages sounded like a thunderbolt in the clear sky to him.He pretended to be calm and dried his sleeves with a paper towel—fortunately, the clothes were dark blue, so they didn't look too dirty—then he turned his head slowly and saw Miss Scarlett standing in front of the door eagerly.