Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 82 Rhett's Joke

Although she was looking at Rhett, her thoughts had drifted to a place that had nothing to do with the scene in front of her, but Rhett was watching her all the time.Seeing her looking at him with tenderness and sadness in her eyes, he frowned and the corners of his mouth curled up, breaking the dull atmosphere in the restless air.

"Honey, long time no see." Rhett's Charleston drawled somewhat a little of Scarlett's familiarity with the past, even though what she said was not what she wanted to hear. "I didn't expect that you could put down your figure and come to the north to see me. It's really flattering-does Tara have no money to pay taxes again?"

The previous words were pleasant to the ear, but the last sentence really made her want to scold Rhett.She traveled through mountains and rivers to dig out her heart and lungs, but she didn't expect him to be so heartless, it's okay to be ungrateful, how could he slander others' good intentions so much?She gave Rhett a hard look, and was about to retaliate, but found that the mocking light in those black eyes was ready to go like a bow full of arrows, and immediately dismissed the idea.When it comes to scolding, she is not Rhett's opponent, and she can't expose her faults so quickly with him, and besides, she didn't come here to compete with Rhett to swear - but why did she come here?All she wanted was to see Rhett here, and now she got her wish, but she forgot what to do next.It's just that if I don't say anything else, I will definitely appear unreasonable, and if I let Rhett sit down on my ridicule, then I will be completely wronged.Well, since he still thinks that he is cheating money like last time, let's prove his wrong view to him.

"Of course not. I..." The more anxious Scarlett was, the more she said bad things. She simply showed Rhett her slender hands. This time, there were no blood blisters or calluses on them.

"It seems that the situation this time is much better than last time. But those red marks on the palms—" Before Rhett finished speaking, Scarlett immediately turned her hands over nervously to see what happened again , it turned out to be the mark of accidentally pinching when I was nervously clenching my fist just now, and I blame my nails for being too long recently.She was so focused on her palm that she didn't notice the surprise and relief that flashed in Rhett's eyes when the engagement ring was revealed.

"I accidentally did it by myself just now, not because I went to the field to pick cotton." Scarlett clarified quickly.

"Accidentally? Why, are you nervous?" Rhett's mocking tone again made Scarlett feel relieved for him. Anyway, it shows that Rhett's mental state is not bad. .But to be honest, there are not many people in the world who can say an ordinary question with such an ironic effect.

"No. I just, just—oh, Rhett, they're not going to hang you like last time, are they?" Her eyes betrayed what she was trying to hide, even her words.Originally, she just wanted to say that she was not nervous, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she mentioned the thing she was least willing to face.

"Of course they want to do this." Rhett's voice was calm, not talking about his own danger, but about where he would travel.

"Why, aren't you friends with them? What crime have you committed?" Scarlett didn't want to discuss this matter with him at first, but he had already opened his mouth, and he could only continue.

"If you're here, you'll know why I'm here. Providing ammunition to any Southerner who wants to fight the Yankees is enough to crucify me." He remained calm.

"No, I don't believe it!" Scarlett yelled with forgetfulness, and Rhett quickly made a gesture to silence her, and ran to the door to make sure no one was eavesdropping before running back.Seeing him so nervous, Scarlett suddenly remembered what Deason had told her before she came in, and she regretted it.When she spoke again, facing Rhett's fearful and reproachful expression, she lowered her volume a lot, and it sounded like she turned questioning into reproach. "You're not telling the truth."

"Tell me why you think I'm not telling the truth." Rhett didn't rush to defend, but questioned her with great interest.

Scarlett really couldn't understand how he had the leisure to ask such trivial matters at this time.But annoyed, she patiently repeated her idea. Of course, she didn't say a word about Disson's confession to her. Apart from Disson's instructions, she didn't want Rhett to see it. It is said that I listened to others.

"I didn't expect that your analytical ability has improved a lot after I haven't seen you for a month. It's really surprising." Although Rhett praised it, Scarlett still heard it full of sarcasm. "Then can you analyze again why I was locked in?" He smiled lightly, but unexpectedly met Scarlett with a big white eye.

"God! Rhett, let's stop going around in circles, please, time is running out. Tell me why you were arrested in this hellish place, and how can you get out?" Seeing Rhett, Scarlett finally smiled. She was very happy at first, but when she thought of the urgent situation they were in now, she was not in the mood to play hide-and-seek with him in any language.He said it quickly, how would he know how to rescue him if he didn't say it?

"Don't worry about me, dear." Rhett's expression was very heavy when he said this, "Although I am very touched, you are really just wasting your efforts. You are still the same as before, always in such a hurry."

"Why?" Her words were like a primary school student asking a question.

"Unless there is a miracle, no one can save me." Rhett whispered, "Money is useless, and you don't have much money, right? Although your outfit today is not bad, but Lenovo Thinking of your clever plan last time, I really have to doubt it—" His tone became frivolous again, trying to make her forget the few hopeless words he had just said.

"If you want to mock me for any stupid things I did before, wait until you come out." Scarlett interrupted him unceremoniously. She really didn't expect Rhett to remember that thing so firmly, which really made her Embarrassed.By the way, that's the thing, didn't he come out unscathed later?The thought lifted her spirits and her eyes lit up. "By the way, you can find the friend who let you out last time. Where is he, Federal Council?"

"Thank you for your good idea." Rhett was not influenced by her at all, but poured cold water on her. "Just don't you think I'd be sitting here if the idea worked?"

"What?" She looked at Rhett's gloomy expression suspiciously. Didn't he show off to herself after he came out that "power is everything, guilt or guilt is not a matter of words"?Why does he have such an expression now? It doesn't mean that in order to be a gentleman, his personality has really become a fool who would give up everything for his reputation, right?

"Power is everything, but it's a pity that no one can hold power forever." Rhett could see what she was thinking from her expression. "To tell you the truth, my friend who is in charge of the wind and rain in Washington has been drowned in the vast officialdom by using the methods he used to deal with others back then."

"Well, who else is there?" Scarlett doesn't understand political struggles, and she doesn't bother to care about them, but she thinks Rhett should have more than one friend, and there should be one in San Francisco. "You are not the only friend."

"I didn't expect you to think of these people." Rhett smiled bitterly, "I'm sorry, none of them can help me, and I have to tell you that they locked me in. People who seem to have a lot of friends , but there are very few real friends.”

"Why?" Scarlett now doesn't want to care about Rhett's life insights that he has learned through painful lessons.

"It's nothing." Rhett intentionally kept what he was about to say so that only the two of them could hear, "It's nothing more than because I used to want to change the impression of me from the southerners for the sake of Meilan, and put all of them I rushed back to the north, and I clearly knew the evil things done by those dog-like people in Washington today, so now I go back to the north without knowing what to do. And they chewed all my bones."

"Damn it! You know that the Yankees hate you so much, why did you go to the North and throw yourself into the trap? What's the difference between that and death?" Scarlett felt sad when she heard Mei Lan's name. If you learn to help Rhett, it will definitely not be the result today.But when she heard later, she was angry with herself and Rhett. If she had known that something would happen to him, she would not have let him come even if she died, so let him sneer at herself; Rhett is also stupid, knowing it is a trap. Jumping in, he still has the nerve to call himself stupid?This is simply stupider than when he went to join the army.

"Don't worry, baby, I won't see ghosts for a while now, that guy is boring." Rhett joked with her again to dilute her grievances, but she didn't think it was funny at all, even calling him close Didn't work either. "When can you still laugh, what can I do to make them let you out?" "If you can help me take the blame, I can get out." "Go to hell! Why do you let me Help you take the blame?" Scarlett blushed with anger, and glared at him with a playful smile, but suddenly realized that this was also a way out. "You're telling the truth? If I could find someone—" "My God! Stop it now. Don't be a fool, stupid girl. I'm just kidding. It's no use if you come, and those people are not blind Seeing that Rhett suddenly became nervous, staring at her as if she was going to swallow her alive, Scarlett was a little puzzled at first, but immediately realized that Rhett had misunderstood her meaning, and her original intention was to find someone else She would not be so foolish as to take the blame, but Rhett obviously mistook her for sacrificing herself—it was a good misunderstanding!She couldn't control her desire to cheer, but fortunately she managed it.Now is not the time to test whether Rhett still cares about her in his heart, and he must quickly find a way to get him out.Who should we find to take the blame so that people won't see it?In an instant, countless faces of men she was familiar with or not familiar flashed through her mind. She even counted Rhett's brother and Jack, but she didn't find a suitable one.