beauty and money

That night Mary continued to study after having dinner with Yarlin, and Yarlin's mental state has improved a lot. At least when she was with him, Mary didn't have to worry that he might go crazy anytime and anywhere.Dinner was potato stew with carrots, salad, bread and some bacon.The cooking skills of Mary and the Ben sisters were so unflattering that when Cousin Collins asked which cousin made the dishes on the table, everyone thought he was mocking the Ben sisters.When it got dark, Mary only lit a tallow candle to save money. The white wax tears slowly fell. Mary sat at the table, and Arlin awkwardly put away the tableware. At first he would break the tableware. Everything he got, but now he could be regarded as a qualified manservant.

Under the dim candlelight, Mary's side face was quiet and gentle, and Arlin looked at her tenderly.Mary turned the pages and read the contents of the book. "Jack threw the magic beans out of the window..." This is what she has been doing all along, teaching Arlin to learn English. Although he can't read and write now, he can already express himself.She would read him a little fairy tale.After the latter put away the tableware, he took out the homework assigned by Mary, and wrote with a quill pen mournfully.The pair of big hands carefully held the pen made of pheasant tail feathers in their hands. The pen that was just right for others was too small for Yarlin. On the paper were written a large row of simple words composed of English letters. His The handwriting is very ugly, similar to that of a toddler who has just learned to write, and sometimes he will accidentally knock over the ink.Therefore, Mary was quite troubled by this. Since Yarlin was too tall, many things used by ordinary people were not big enough for him, and the shoes had to be specially made.Yarlin looked at Mary with pitiful eyes every four or five lines, which made Mary upset. "Want to go for a walk..." He was like a dog in desperate need of a walk after a meal. "Okay, finish your homework carefully. You haven't finished writing yesterday, so you can't delay any longer. Do you understand?" Mary said ruthlessly.Yarlin lowered his head in frustration and continued to write stroke by stroke. Seeing that he was depressed, Mary added: "If you finish writing before seven o'clock, I will take you out for a walk." The big dog Yarlin was immediately happy Get up, if there is a tail behind him, then it must be wagging very badly at this moment.

Time passed bit by bit, and Yaerlin handed in his homework before seven o'clock, and his handwriting was a lot scribbled, it seemed that he was very anxious.Mary shook her head helplessly, so she had no choice but to take him for a walk.The nights in early autumn were a bit cold, which made Mary think back to what happened last year. So much time has passed in the blink of an eye, and the experience of this year is probably much busier than her previous years.At this time, when the two of them passed the cafe on the corner of the street, a little milk dog suddenly jumped out of a small door next to the cafe. cried out.This frightened Yarlin, who jumped up and put on a vicious look not to be outdone. "Calm down, it's just a puppy." Mary squatted down and picked up the super fierce little milk dog, who seemed dissatisfied with Mary's rudeness, and barked in a bravado.Mary gently stroked the soft fur of the little milk dog. Under those magical hands, the milk dog changed from barking dissatisfied to whimpering for enjoyment, not to mention how cute it looked.Mary hugged the milk dog and said to Yarlin, "Look, isn't it cute?" As she said that, she wanted to hand the milk dog to Yarlin, but Yarlin immediately stepped back several steps in fright.Mary ran over playfully and put the dog in Yarlin's arms, and the milk dog and Yarlin immediately made dissatisfied voices. "Take it away..." Yaerlin held the little milk dog helplessly, feeling very uncomfortable, but the little milk dog hated Yaerlin's awkward embrace. "It won't hurt you, it's still so small." As Mary spoke, she adjusted Yarlin's awkward arms so that they formed a warm embrace, making the little milk dog lie on its stomach comfortably, wagging its little tail .Seeing that both Yarlin and the milk dog had calmed down, Mary encouraged Yarlin, "Its fur is so soft, don't you want to touch it?" She stretched out her hand and stroked the milk dog's head a few times, Yarlin shook his head resolutely, but still scratched his finger twice as if touching glass, and said angrily, "Take it away."

Mary smiled and took the puppy down. She looked around and found a sign next to the small door that said puppies for sale.It seems that this little milk dog escaped from prison, so Mary took the dog in.The small door was connected to the backyard of a house. At this time, it was dark and there was no one. She put down the puppy and turned to leave. The puppy followed her step by step, refusing to leave.This is hard to handle, should I buy it back?At this moment, a bigger dog suddenly jumped out and barked at Mary. Mary backed away in fright, while the little milk dog ran over wagging its tail. It seemed that it was its mother.In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Mary ran out quickly, but Yarlin was nowhere to be seen! "Yarlin! Yarlin, where are you?" He won't go back by himself, something must have happened.Mary looked around anxiously. There were many people on the street, but they were all busy in a hurry. After asking them, Mary only got a general direction, so she had to run towards that direction.

Under the night, the terrain of Oxford city is complicated, with many alleys, Mary is gradually getting farther and farther away from the main city, and the surrounding area begins to become dilapidated, with prostitutes, drunks and beggars wandering the streets.She looked around nervously, but found no trace.Suddenly a black shadow flashed by, and Mary immediately became alert.She felt that there was an unfriendly gaze watching her all the time.Just when she turned around and wanted to report to the police station, the black figure flashed out from the alley and blocked in front of Mary.He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Long time no see, Mr. Edward." It was Elliott.

"Mr. Elliott, are you stalking me?" Mary looked at the man in front of her in disgust. Compared with the thin and timid last semester, Elliott this semester is more sinister, but the bad habit of stalking has not changed. .Eliot approached Mary step by step, like a hunting dog approaching a dying prey. "I just adore you." He bowed his head in reverence and humility.

"What do I have to worship?" Mary sensed a dangerous atmosphere, and the other party's expression and tone exuded a kind of terrifying malice, and she hoped that she could drag someone past here.

"You are kind, wise and just, isn't that worthy of admiration?" Eliot stretched out his hand and gestured in the void, as if caressing Mary's cheek in the air. "But you also have a feminine beauty and an indistinguishable charm, why don't you love it?" As he spoke, his steps became faster, and Mary kept backing away, scanning the surroundings from the corner of her eyes. Her leg was broken by a carriage, so she ran very slowly and couldn't afford to run for a long time. She couldn't escape a man chasing her.This place is at the intersection of a complicated alley, she thought that Yarlin would not leave without reason, maybe this person led him away, so as to create a chance to meet her alone, with Yarlin's speed and agility, he must not get rid of him How long, then Yaerlin must be wandering around, unable to find his way for a while.She had to buy time, so she asked Eliot, "Don't you think it's not elegant to talk in this kind of place?" Elliot smiled and said, "It's okay if you want to delay, but your The manservants have lost themselves in these alleys, and no one knows them better than I do." Saying this, the beast bared his fangs.

"Don't you want to know my secret? A secret that no one else knows? Don't you want to hear it?" Mary was already terrified in her heart, but she couldn't show it. Her fear might make Elliot more excited, She has to be sane and calm enough.Sure enough, Elliott stopped in his tracks. He knew the legends on campus, but he didn't believe a word of them. It was all a prank by Grad, but Grad said that Edward himself was very mysterious and didn't have much contact with his classmates. Very familiar, he never participates in banquets and activities, and does not form cliques, just like an outsider.After thinking for a while, Elliott said to Mary: "Then I want to hear what your opinion is." Mary turned slightly, her figure looked mysterious under the weak light source, and she said to Elliott: "I once said However, the Edward you like does not exist, this is not a lie. What you love is just a vain appearance, because Edward..." Mary intentionally drew Elliot's attention by drawing her voice out, and then punched Elliot On the opponent's nose, Mary's fist didn't have much power, so Elliott was just surprised and hurt for a moment, at which moment Mary turned and ran and shouted for help.Elliott reacted and chased after her. At this time, he was chasing after Mary with a sharp knife like an enraged beast, and he kept muttering: "Go to death, go to death." Mary Running in the alley in panic, she ran towards the place where she had listened to the movement just now. As long as she ran to a place with people, she could get rid of this crazy villain.But she didn't run fast, and her legs were sore from running for a long time. "Help, help..." In her panic, she couldn't help raising her voice sharply.Soon, she felt the footsteps of the pursuer getting closer, until Elliott ran behind her and kicked her to the ground.At this moment, he had already fallen into madness. After kicking Mary to the ground, he raised the knife again to kill the prey in front of him.

"Wait, I, I'm a woman." Mary yelled loudly, and Elliot suddenly felt as if the pause button had been pressed. He backed away tremblingly, and looked at him with disgust and disbelief. other side.Then he picked up Mary's collar and tore it roughly. Mary struggled hard but to no avail. When Elliott saw the corset on Mary's chest, he gritted his teeth in disgust and raised his fist to hit Mary fiercely. After several punches, his fist hit Mary's face, and Mary immediately bled and became dizzy.

"Damn, hell, hell..." Elliott kicked her a few more times to vent his anger, a woman, a dirty woman, this feels as disgusting and bad as someone telling you that the martyred Jesus was a woman .He couldn't believe it and was furious, and decided to inflict cruel abuse on Mary. He kicked Mary almost unconscious, and then his expression calmed down a little, and he dragged Mary to hit her against the wall.Just when he was about to end the guy who irritated him, a pair of terrifying hands appeared behind him, and his whole body was lifted up.

"Ah..." The scene from many years ago was repeated again, causing Yarlin to roar in madness and anger, like a devil who lost his mind, blue veins appeared on his forehead and arms, and his tense muscles trembled slightly, he was destroyed The half of the face that went there was ferocious and terrifying.Elliott's face turned blue, but he realized that his struggling was nothing but the baby's weak resistance, and the arms of the tall and ferocious man in front of him were like a gallows.His eyes rolled upwards, and there was a crackling sound in his throat as his throat bone was crushed.A dying fear spread through his body, and he began to shake violently and lose control, but couldn't even beg for mercy.It turns out that death is so painful, it's a pity that those killed by him can't tell him in person, but now he comes to experience it himself.In the end, Elliot stopped struggling and fell to the ground completely out of breath.Yarlin ran to Mary crying bitterly. He picked her up and shouted, "I'll kill him, and he won't hurt you again." Unfortunately, Mary had already fallen into a semi-consciousness, and she was beaten beyond recognition. , could only utter a few whimpers to show that he was still alive.

Ya'erlin carried her to the hospital, his mind gradually became clearer, everything that happened in these years became extremely clear, the fire and death many years ago.The curtain that used to block him and the world disappeared at this moment.