The Lost Mermaid [Zhongyingmei]

1912年4月10日10：00，南安普顿

The bustling port was more lively than the day when I came to England, and everyone's eyes were on the huge monster docked on the shore.

The Titanic stood there, quietly watching the pedestrians and horses coming and going.

Doris helped 1900's men get out of the car. Before she was in a wheelchair, she leaned on the car door and looked into the crowd.

The port was crowded with people, and her eyes flicked over everyone's faces.

The gentlemen wore neat and clean suits and got off the gorgeous car. The personal servant jumped out of the car behind and rushed to the gentlemen's side, resulting in the thrown coats.

Second-class and third-class servants and maids were well-trained to remove large and small boxes from the car, and carried them to the ship under the command of the crew.

The ladies and ladies got out of the car with the help of the gentlemen. They wore light long skirts, but did not omit any jewelry decorations. The colorful dried flowers on the wide-brimmed hats became more dazzling under the sunlight.

Standing together, they are like proud white swans in the crowd, and they have also become the scenery in the eyes of others.

Doris vaguely seemed to see Ruth's figure. She didn't know what method she used to coax Mrs. Bucket into a smile, and she was happily talking to the ladies around her.

Doris felt strange, logically, after learning that the relationship between Carl and Ruth was broken, Mrs. Bookett would be furious, and would not even be willing to board the Titanic again?

Is it...

no, I can not.Carl wouldn't lie to her.

Doris subconsciously became suspicious of her lover, but she promised to trust each other with him.

Doris suppressed the suspicious instinct surging inside her.

She continued to look towards the gentleman, and finally, she saw Karl's car approaching from a distance.

He used the same car all the time in England. When everyone saw his car approaching slowly, they stopped talking and looked in the direction of the coming car.

The car stopped.

Chouilov came out from the co-pilot. Surprisingly, he didn't immediately go to the back seat to open the door for his little master. Instead, he stood aside with a stern face, watching the back seat door being opened from the inside.

Doris got into the wheelchair and grabbed 1900's hand to signal Carl's direction.

However, to everyone's surprise, it was not their friend Cal Hockley who jumped out of the car first, but a strange young man.

He has a handsome face and a thin body that implies strength.His eyes were startlingly bright, reflecting the infinite energy within him.

He was wearing a slightly baggy servant's uniform, which didn't seem to fit him well.But he didn't feel uncomfortable about it, on the contrary, he was very used to it, and even tucked the slightly fat shirt into the waistband of his trousers, forming a loose and casual fold.

The ladies all quietly looked at him from the corner of their eyes, with surprise and disgust intertwined in their eyes, and their expressions were extremely complicated.The men frowned and looked at each other, wondering why this man appeared in Hockley's car.

Doris opened her mouth in surprise—

Carl said he needed a smart young man to be his right hand, but he didn't say that it was Jack!

Doris asked 1900 puzzled, "Is that Jack? Am I right?"

"Yes, that's Jack." 1900 was obviously also surprised, he shook his head, "Jack hates these nobles the most, why would he stand with Hockley?"

These words are weird, Doris closed her eyes, thinking in her heart.

She knew that Jack was a free man by nature, he was kind and clean, and he could not understand things that oppressed the poor, so his aversion to luxury was justified.

Even though she didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that Carl was not blameless in the eyes of many people, even he was a "vampire"!

Why did Jack follow Carl?

Doris was full of question marks. She subconsciously looked in the direction of Ruth, and saw that she was standing beside Mrs. Bucket, holding her arm, but her eyes were also cast in the direction of Carl and Jack.

Her mother called her many times before waking her up.

Mrs. Bucket followed her line of sight suspiciously—she was originally amused by the jokes of the ladies, but now her face changed drastically, and the corners of her mouth drooped instantly, appearing mean and arrogant.

The ladies noticed the abnormality, and covered their mouths with fans calmly.

Ruth hastily looked back, pulled her mother to stop talking at the port, ordered the maid behind her to carry the box, and hurriedly boarded the ship under the command of the crew.

Doris sat in a wheelchair and stayed where she was, waiting for 1900 to arrange for servants to send all their luggage to the Titanic's room according to the crew's instructions.

In 1900, I got another piano from a friend. At this time, I also needed to go through some procedures and stored it in the bottom warehouse of the Titanic.

He bent down and explained to Doris in a hurry: "I'm going to do the consignment and insurance for the piano! I'll take you to Hockley's—"

"I can do it myself, Danny, hurry up." Knowing that he was in a hurry, Doris replied thoughtfully.

1900 shook his head and refused, insisting on sending her there in person, but saw Karl walking towards them.

"Ah! It seems that I don't have to worry about you, he is here."

As soon as the words fell, Doris showed a big smile. She turned her head and saw Carl striding towards her.

Jack didn't follow, but deliberately leaned his back on the car door, talking to Joey Love, but let Karl escape smoothly.

Jack looked over Joey Love's shoulder and smiled at her.

Doris couldn't help laughing.

It seems that Jack is Carl's hired helper.

Carl came to Doris, took 1900's hand, and stood behind Doris. 1900 left in a hurry, his friends had already been jumping far away at the registration office and waving to him.

He leaned down and whispered in Doris' ear, "Good morning, my mermaid princess."

Doris turned her face away, but her neck slowly turned red with his breathing.

"Good morning." Her voice was just wide enough for the two of them to hear.

Carl looked at her ruddy face, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Others could easily see the relationship between the two of them. The ladies lowered their hats and exchanged a look that only they could understand.

A gust of sea wind suddenly swept the waves violently and rushed to the shore.The skirts of the ladies and ladies were blown up, and the bulging wind frightened the ladies to hold on to their wide-brimmed hats in a hurry.

The gentlemen hurriedly stood in the direction of the wind, loudly comforting the panicked ladies.

The roof of the hawker in the port was almost torn off, and the businessman hurriedly supported the support.

The horses in front of the carriage kicked their hoofs anxiously in the wind.

Carl hurriedly took off his coat and stood in front of Doris.

"This weather is really not suitable for going to sea." Doris said worriedly, she looked at the giant standing there, and frowned.

Carl also squinted his eyes and looked at the Titanic, seeing that it was still motionless in the strong wind, which was quite reassuring: "It's okay, maybe it's a big risk for a small cruise ship, but for the Titanic It’s not a big problem at all.”

"You still trust it like that?"

"This is the end, Doris, I have prepared the lifeboat according to your advice, even if... Of course, I don't want that to happen, but we can't stop because of fear." Carl touched many Liz's head, comforting, "Everything will be fine, we will always go back to the United States, no cruise ship will be safer than the Titanic."

Doris sighed, feeling uneasy in her heart.

But as Carl said, they have already made all possible preparations, and they will always return to the United States.

She desperately hopes that her dream is not a prophetic dream.

The gust of evil wind subsided quickly, and the port slowly resumed its previous bustling traffic.No one took the gust of wind seriously, only Doris looked at the white water splashes hitting the shore, and could feel the dark tide surging in the deep sea.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Get ready to board!" The crew cheered and yelled, and ran down from the Titanic. He directed the crew on the shore and opened the railing at the entrance of the ladder.

The crowd suddenly became agitated, and the crowd rushed towards the entrance of the Titanic.

"Ladies, ladies, gentlemen—" the crew shouted hoarsely, staggering amidst the crowd's pushing, "First-class passengers go first! Second-class and third-class passengers The passengers waiting for the cabin are waiting for the notice—”

He yelled so loudly and repeatedly that most of the guests—second and third class—could not stop spitting at him.

But the good mood that is about to board the Titanic will not be easily destroyed.

The first-class ladies and gentlemen raised their mouths slightly, straightened their backs, and slowly stepped up the stairs under the instructions of the crew.

The mighty accompanying servants followed behind them with small carry-on suitcases, opened lace parasols, and boarded the ship step by step.

Carl pushed Doris' wheelchair and walked slowly towards the entrance. He raised his arm and made a gesture. Jack cleverly walked through the crowd and came behind him.

Carl's briefcase was in his hand, firmly occupying the position of personal servant.

Doris didn't see any dissatisfaction and humiliation on his face, and felt even more strange in her heart.Based on what she knew about Jack and his paintings, he was originally the most arrogant person who hated the rich and powerful.

Chouilov was squeezed out of the most powerful position next to Carl, the muscles on his face twitched slightly, and Doris could even see the blue veins bursting out on his neck and forehead.

She couldn't help feeling sorry for the elderly servant.

But, it totally deserves it!

Doris was in a complicated mood. She couldn't forget that this person had sent someone to kidnap her and put her in a terrible situation. He was forced to use the last power in her body, causing her to almost die of exhaustion.

But the man was loyal to Karl—even though he didn't trust him now.

Carl just glanced at the fighting behind him, and put all his attention on Doris.

They had already participated in the trial voyage of the Titanic ten days ago, and now they knew the configuration of the Titanic very well.

But at this moment, they can pass through most of the second and third class cabins.Doris could barely see.

"Don't worry, after you settle down, I'll accompany you for a walk around." Carl held her hand comfortingly, "Now the staff is too messy, I can't wait to go back to the room and settle down."

"Where do you live?" Doris asked quickly.

"B-52."

Doris took out a gold-plated ticket from her pocket, on which was written: B-53.

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