aristocratic engagement

The more Annie thought about it, the angrier she became, and she wanted to "take revenge" on him—for example, by disturbing his lucid dreams!

Since he didn't fall asleep, don't even try to sleep today!

Annie made up her mind that it would be better to hit the sun than choose the day, and tell him the shocking secret today.Anyway, anyway, he must have noticed something.

"In the closet, the bottom box." Annie said in a low voice.

Sure enough, Darcy opened his eyes immediately: "What?"

"I have a secret to tell you... go and dig out the bottom box in the closet."

Darcy raised his eyebrows, got up without hesitation, and walked towards the wardrobe.

The box was hidden at the bottom, and Darcy couldn't get his hands on those layers of clothes.He has always been a person who consciously keeps a distance from ladies. At first glance, after seeing so many women's intimate clothes, his face does not show, but he is slightly hot.

According to the instructions and password given by Anne, he opened the box and took out the book with the name "Louis de Bauer" written on the side seam.

Darcy didn't open it immediately, but went back to the bed and sat down.

"Look, Miss Anne de Bourg has allowed you to read her diary." Anne moved to his side, "However, after you read it, you will be completely tied to her! Think about it !"

Her tone was a little fierce, but there was some anxiety in Darcy's ears.Darcy sighed silently from the bottom of his heart, and felt an indescribable joy.

——Yes, he guessed a long time ago that Anne must have a secret from everyone.

"I can't ask for it."

Without hesitation, Darcy opened the book.

Annie stared closely at his expression, and in her ear, the ticking of the pointer was like a countdown, and when the bell rang, a trial might be announced.

She had never been so anxious, but she had never hoped for his expression and his reaction so much.

—However, Darcy did not change his face from the beginning to the end.

He seemed to have opened any book, opened any letter, as if the content of the letter was just to report to him a year's harvest, or it was an incomprehensible philosophical masterpiece.

He didn't even frown.

At first he read very slowly, but in the end, he gradually became ten lines at a glance... Until the last few pages, Darcy didn't even turn the page.

He put down the book and put it back in the box.

Annie looked at his unchanged expression, wondering what he was thinking, and couldn't help but ask, "How is it?"

"I'm very happy." Darcy said calmly, "I'm very happy. I've known you and fallen in love with you from the beginning to the end."

Annie was slightly taken aback.

After Darcy finished speaking, he suddenly sighed.He looked at the person sleeping peacefully by the candlelight, and said: "I once had a dream... I can't remember the details of the dream, but I still remember the pain when I woke up, as if I almost drowned in the deep sea , was finally rescued by fishermen. In the dream, you and I were walking on two completely different roads, and there was another woman whose face couldn't be seen standing beside me, and you—"

Darcy showed a puzzled expression and frowned: "Maybe it's not you, it's the original..." It was the original Anne de Bourgh.

Annie understood what he was saying, and asked, "What happened to that Annie?"

Darcy couldn't bear it, and turned his face away: "Rosings Manor has become a ruin."

Annie's heart sank.

"Fortunately...fortunately you are here." Darcy wanted to squeeze Anne's hand, but took it back.Seeing this, Annie felt bitter: the person on the bed was her, but not her.

"Can you hug me?" Darcy opened his arms, "I can't see you, but I want to hug you, I want to kiss the top of your head, your cheeks, your lips... I want to be skin-to-skin with you, I want to— —”

"I'm holding you." Annie threw herself into his arms, trying not to penetrate his chest with her hands.

Darcy smiled slightly and hugged him vainly. Anne's voice came from his chest.

"I'm kissing your cheek."

Her voice shifted to his face.

"Eye."

"tip of the nose."

"jaw."

"lips."

Darcy closed his eyes: "I'm such a lunatic...Honey, I hope all this is not my fantasy. As long as there is a third person in this room, he will definitely scream and stab my heart with a cross."

He held a non-existent person in his hands, and he closed his eyes, imagining her soft and rosy lips passing over every facial feature of him.

Following her voice, he seemed to feel the warmth.

"We are the only ones here, you are not crazy." Annie whispered in his ear, "You have seen my diary, you know where I come from, all these are real things, my diary can testify for us.

I'm not crazy, and neither are you. "

Even though, in anyone's eyes, they are lunatics.

Rommel never came, but one evening, Du Li came back.

She brought back a wooden box.

"Mr. Rommel sent this to the Earl's Mansion." Du Li explained, "At that time, I was returning from Mr. Bergram with little Coulee. When we returned to the Earl's Mansion through the secret passage, there was a knock at the gate. door noise.

We thought it was that group of people who came again, so we hid in the secret passage and did not make a sound for a long time.In the end, little Coulee got out of the secret passage, risked pretending to be a passerby, and looked around from the garden gate of the Earl's Mansion, only to find that a wooden box was placed at the gate. "

【How do you know it was sent by Mr. Rommel? ] Annie asked impatiently.

"How do you know it was sent by Mr. Rommel?" Darcy repeated.

Du Li's expression was strange: "I saw him, although it was just a shadow, but I'm sure it was him."

"He has returned to London?" Darcy frowned. The address he found earlier was a certain hotel in Austria.

"Mr. Smith said that a group of distinguished guests from the royal family has ushered in the port." Du Li hesitated for a while, but decided to share her discovery, "I'm not sure if it's related to Mr. Rommel, but since they are all from the Europa continent, I figured there must be some kind of connection."

[Royal family... You once said that Rommel's parents were people who were close to a noble lady. Could it be that she is related to the royal family? 】

"It's hard to say, it's very likely that Rommel came here just for the alliance." Darcy shook his head.

"What?" Du Li blinked, and then she reacted immediately, with surprise on her face, "Ms. de Bourgh? Are you talking to her?"

Darcy nodded slightly.

Du Li almost jumped up, but fortunately she still remembered that there was a gentleman and a master in front of her.

Anne chatted with her through Darcy's mouth, and finally saw that her face was tired, and she knew that she had traveled for a long time at a glance, so she urged her to go back to the room to rest.

Du Li checked Annie's situation again before leaving, and then left with confidence.

Darcy closed the door and turned his gaze to the wooden box beside the bed.

Darcy picked up the wooden box and shook it slightly, but only heard a slight, muffled impact: "This wooden box is very light." He told Anne.

"What do you think it is?"

"I don't know, but it must not be something expensive." Darcy fiddled with the lock, "Do you have the key?"

"No...no." Annie leaned forward and looked carefully for a long time. There was an image similar to a Mobius ring engraved on the lock.

Annie only glanced at it, and then she was a little dazed.

Darcy didn't notice what was wrong with her. He dug out a wire from the drawer, put it into the keyhole, and flicked it lightly.

He absorbed all kinds of miscellaneous knowledge during his study tour, and learned a set of lockpicking skills from a rich kid who "loved" stealing, but he didn't expect it to come in handy now.

"Darcy... I, I feel something is wrong..." Annie said dizzily, she was attracted by something uncontrollably.

"What?" Darcy was trying to hear the rattling parts in the lock and didn't pay attention to her words.

"Crack-"

"The lock is unlocked!" Darcy exclaimed in surprise.

He put the wooden box on the mattress and removed the brass lock.Opened the wooden box.

There was only one thing in the wooden box.As he said, it was an inexpensive object: a bouquet of flowers.

Darcy just glanced at it, and then opened his eyes wide in surprise—he told Annie before that he had already designed all the bouquets for the wedding. She is happy.

This bouquet of flowers is exactly the same as he imagined.

The pink ribbon was wrapped around the pink and white lilies, which were different from the popular rose bouquets now. After thinking about it, only the purity of lilies could describe her and represent his love for her.

Darcy sat on the edge of the bed, and put the bouquet in Anne's hands: "Look, this is the most beautiful bouquet in my mind, my dear, at our wedding—"

His words came to an abrupt end.

"Annie!" No one answered.

"Annie?"

Still no answer.

Darcy's hands trembled slightly, and he trembled like an electric shock—fingertips touched a piece of ice, and he threw the bouquet aside.

Darcy touched his forehead, it was hot.

He touched his chest again, it was hot.

Touch her palm again—it's cold.

Darcy shivered uncontrollably, he took Annie's hand and put it to his lips.

His lips trembled, and they stuck to the place where he had kissed when he confessed - cold.

"Annie? Annie? Annie! Annie..."

Darcy's voice trembled more and more.He was stunned, not understanding what was going on?wake up?Or is he really crazy?

He choked up uncontrollably, suppressed his neighing and rang the bell.

Darcy put his hand to the cheek of the girl he loved—the rosiness gradually receded, but her cheek was still warm.

Hopefully, Darcy put his trembling fingers under her nose.

The bouquet she was holding was smashed to the ground.

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