Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 76 Literacy

Fortunately, he was an outsider, and he suddenly thought of this when he was wiping his sweat, otherwise he might have fainted long ago when he encountered such a ruthless situation—there is really no better way than fainting.Wait, since I'm an outsider, I don't need to worry about this complicated love-hate relationship, and Miss Scarlett doesn't need to worry about it. They are completely like air that no one needs to think about, so be your own bystander. Well, it's better to leave other people's affairs to them to solve by themselves.It seems that I need to remind Miss Scarlett that although she always doesn't meddle in other people's business, Mrs. Langley is obviously not "other people" to her.It's just that there are some things that friends can stab in the ribs, but this kind of thing is not good. If she manages carelessly, the end result is likely to help others stab her friend twice.

"Jack, why are you standing outside in such hot weather? Come in quickly, don't suffer from heat stroke." Mrs. Lanli looked at Jack's ugly face worriedly.

"That's right. Why don't you help Angela and run out? If there is another sick person, I don't have time to take care of you." Miss Scarlett's tone was still stiff, but Jack could hear the concern in it.But now is not the time to be moved, they don't know anything, and they can't be allowed to go in without thinking.He rushed to the door with a stride, and even knocked off the key Mrs. Langley was about to open.He supported the door frame with both hands, and seeing the puzzled expressions of Mrs. Langley and Miss Scarlett, his original mood of wanting to explain in detail disappeared, and he just announced the news that was more shocking than the shell explosion: "Angela's father and uncle are here." Seeing Mrs. Langley's face turn from rosy to pale, and a pair of blue-purple eyes fixed there, Jack had a feeling that these eyes were aging instantly.If Miss Scarlett hadn't held her up quickly while glaring at him, she might have fallen down on the spot (he didn't know why he was being stared at, and this action was still done by Miss Scarlett).He felt cruel, but there was nothing else he could do.He noticed that he didn't add the respectful title of "Miss" after Angela's name this time.

Mrs. Lanli quickly returned to normal after a brief absence. She quickly adjusted her expression, as quickly and without leaving a trace as putting away a piece of unworn clothes.Looking at her raised chin, Jack involuntarily moved from the door to Scarlett's side.He wanted to slip further away, but was held back by Scarlett.

"Open the door." Mrs. Langley ordered blankly, her tone so calm that Jack shivered.

The sound of the doorknob turning was surprisingly clear amidst the noisy cicadas, like the crisp sound of a broken joint.Jack hesitated for a moment when he pushed the door open, but before he could figure out how to face the situation, the door was pushed open by him.The sun that was shut outside the door rushed in impatiently, and the three people in the room were immediately shrouded in brilliance.A big drama just started in the surface calm.

He smiled at their stares very strangely, and said like an announcement: "A guest is coming." He knew that what he said was neither fish nor fowl, and it was not true, so he just wanted to change his words, but Mrs. Lanli didn't expect Be the first to attack this sentence: "This is wrong. Who is the master?"

"Honey, long time no see. How are you doing?" Dison ignored Lan Li's hint that she was not welcome, but greeted him affectionately like a loving couple reunited after a long absence.

"Before you came, everything was fine." Lan Li stopped being polite and started to order to evict the guests.

"Really? Angela, tell Dad, how have you been these past few years?" Disson seemed to see the impending war, so he began to win over the Allies, or it would be more appropriate to say that he took hostages.

Angela's subconscious reaction was not to go to see her parents who were at war with each other, and even her uncle and Scarlett, who were neutral countries, did not enter her sight, but turned her eyes to Jack who was standing awkwardly at the door.This gaze was like a dart shot out in a panic. Although the shot missed when it was released, or it didn't know where to shoot at all, but the trajectory was very stable, and it finally hit the bull's-eye.

At the first moment when the eyes met, Jack instinctively wanted to avoid it. He had already made a slight tilt of his head, but when he caught the helplessness in Angela's eyes, he immediately straightened his head, even The standing posture also suddenly became a lot more upright, like an excellent soldier who is always ready to go out.He didn't want to use "this is her own business and she has to face it by herself" as an excuse to escape. Angela shouldn't have to suffer from this. She should always be the little angel on the portrait, always immersed in the most innocent happy.He will not let her encounter these things again, the world he transformed into is the place where she should exist.He was going to help her, that's all.

"Okay, let's talk about the two of you later, don't embarrass Angela." Just when Jack was thinking about how to save Angela, Kevin helped him, "Angela, come to Uncle Good boy, tell uncle where your room is, and show me, okay?" Angela ran to her uncle as if fleeing for her life, and burrowed into his arms.Jack had to admit that the sight made him a little uncomfortable.

"By the way, Mr. Jack." Kevin suddenly called his name again when he was about to go upstairs, "Please come up with me, I have something to ask you." It is obviously too much to be so polite to a child , But what is even more strange to Jack is that people can "ask" him for anything.So although it was unkind to leave Miss Scarlet downstairs alone, he still followed Angela upstairs.

Scarlett was left alone downstairs, sitting or standing.In fact, she didn't want to get involved in the emotional entanglement that she didn't understand at all, and she didn't want her to be there, but Landria resolutely kept her.Scarlett knew that this was Lanli's trust in herself, and it was also emboldening herself.

"How did you come here?" Lan Li wanted to strike first.

"It's nothing, a friend told me that my wife should be in Atlanta, so I immediately ran over cheekily." Deason stared at Lanli's face without any scruples, and added, "You are more beautiful than before ,Honey."

"Thank you for your compliment. I'm living well here, and I'm in a good mood. When I'm in a good mood, my complexion also improves. There's nothing to make a fuss about." Lan Li didn't ask anything in the first sentence, so So he responded to Disson in a neither soft nor hard way.

"But Angela's complexion is not as good as yours. Why is this? Isn't your mother too selfish?" Although Di Sen was asking, his tone became blunt, completely turning the inquiry into a question.

"It has nothing to do with you." Lan Li deliberately put on a haughty look to cover up the panic in her heart, "She just got a little sick, and she will recover soon."

"You idiot!" Disson suddenly became angry, and his voice increased a lot, "What is a 'slight illness', do you know how dangerously ill she is now? It is because of your stubbornness, and you southerners That self-righteous bullshit bloodline! If there is something wrong with her, I will never forgive you in my life. "

Kevin leaned out from the upstairs room, beckoning Brother Biao to keep his voice down.Although Dison didn't know what they were doing, he still tried his best to calm down his stormy and furious mood.He opened the cigar case, took out one, lit it, took a big puff, and then deliberately sprayed it in Lanli's direction without reservation.Lanli should have gotten used to this and didn't respond, but Scarlett coughed a few times because of choking.

"Oh, sorry, my dear lady—I hope I have not mistaken you. I am a poorly bred, chivalrous Southern gentleman, and I am sorry for not taking your feelings into consideration." Although Apologize, but it sounded utterly insincere to Scarlett, and he didn't stop puffing even when he spoke, which disgusted Scarlett.She is a person who is not willing to suffer by nature, even though the other party is Lanli's husband, she still can't hold back - Ashley's rules go to hell with him.No one has the right to criticize her husband in front of his wife, and he should scold such an irresponsible husband.After vigorously blowing away the smoke that was still lingering in front of her, Scarlett looked at him defiantly, her green eyes burning with a combative flame.Then, before he could say anything to mock them, she scolded him first.This time she was completely calm, her voice was well controlled, her tone didn't fluctuate in any way, and she didn't even utter a word of curse, just like evaluating one of the characters objectively after watching a scene, she scolded Disen all over. .

"Since you admit that you are not a gentleman, why do you want to shame yourself where gentlemen come? Since you admit that you are not chivalrous, why don't you go back to the place where there is no chivalry? And, although you have not considered me But I still have to consider your feelings, and I hope you won't be unhappy because of my two words." She secretly exchanged glances with Lan Li, and unexpectedly found out that Lan Li praised her , but unexpectedly discovered a trace of resentment hidden in it.Scarlett understood that Langley was not as cruel to her husband as she showed.