Dear Mr. Darcy [Pride and Prejudice]

Mr. Darcy's reaction was the same as last time, he did not loosen his frown at Emma's words, and his expression became more rigid.Emma narrowed her eyes slightly, Mr. Darcy's reaction...

"Emma." A voice interrupted Emma's thoughts.

Emma looked back, oh who is this?A man with bruises and blood stains on his face tried his best to push away from the front and squeezed in front of Emma, ​​and hugged her into his arms. "It's great that you're all right."

Only then did Emma recognize that the person in front of her was George, and hurriedly checked George's injuries up and down. "Brother, what's going on?" These seem to be bruises caused by the impact, and they don't seem to be squeezed out. Could it be that the guy who fought and caused a riot hit George?

The anger in George's eyes was about to burst out at the mention of this, but he still held back, and the muscles on his face twitched. "It's okay, I'll talk to you when I go back. The two ladies are not injured, are they?"

Emma took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped off the blood for him.Although I was very worried about George, there were so many people here, it was really not a suitable occasion to explain. "They are all right. Thanks to Mr. Darcy for coming in time."

George was soothed by his sister's gentle movements, and his emotions that were about to boil gradually cooled down. "Thanks to Fitzwilliam. I was with Fitzwilliam and Charles when someone yelled for fire. In fact, they knocked over the candle and lit the curtains. The fire was not big at all. I saw the three of you together, never Jump out of the balcony to ask the servants to put out the fire, please ask Fitzwilliam to find you. It’s a good thing, I usually don’t think Fitzwilliam is strong, but when I came back Charles was still squeezing people out on the edge, and he had already found you.”

Emma agreed with this.Mr. Darcy's clothes are not the tight-fitting clothes that are popular now, and you can't usually see it. When he pulled Emma into his arms just now, Emma felt the power gap between the two very intuitively. She was surprised and struggled For a moment, she couldn't resist that force at all, and was pulled down into his arms in an instant.By the way, she still has some questions that have not been resolved.Emma looked back at Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Darcy felt her eyes lift up, and they looked at each other.Mr. Darcy had regained his composure, and his eyes were cold and restrained.Emma was at once ashamed of what she had guessed for a moment.She was so narcissistic, how could Mr. Darcy like her?She has a fiancé, besides, who would say that to someone he likes?

After such a thing happened, the dance would naturally be impossible.Although Emma, ​​who was crowded in the crowd, felt that a long time had passed, it was actually only twenty or ten minutes.Thanks to the short time, no gentleman or lady was killed in the accident, although quite a few suffered minor injuries.

Among the acquaintances, Mr. Smith tried to squeeze over to find his sister, but he was hit by an elbow on the bridge of the nose, and his nose bleeds; Miss Daisy sprained her ankle when she fell to the ground; After finding Miss Bingley, he relaxed and his face turned pale with pain.Although Mr. Smith was not injured, his complexion was uglier than those who were injured when something like this happened at the ball. He apologized one by one and asked the doctor to come over quickly.But most of the unaffected guests don't want to stay here anymore.

Emma and George greeted their acquaintances and went straight back.

As soon as he entered the door, before Emma asked George, he couldn't help telling what happened just now with anger. "The perpetual motion machine has officially failed. The guy is bankrupt and wants to settle accounts with me."

Emma probably guessed that there was a project failure on the road just now, but she didn't expect it to be a perpetual motion machine. "Perpetual motion machine? I remember that you are only an investor in this project, not the owner. Did it change later?" George's investment projects are divided into two categories. One is that he buys out the formula blueprint or idea, and finds some professionals to experiment. , such items that George has full ownership of, such as vaccinia.The other is that professionals experiment with their own ideas. George is just an investor who can obtain economic benefits, but honors and achievements belong to the developers, such as perpetual motion machines.

George said angrily: "There is no change, I am the investor. Although the manuscript has the idea of ​​a perpetual motion machine, it is not detailed, and the guy's idea seems more reasonable. So the project is not mine."

People who should not have asked George to find him responsible, Emma can probably deduce the situation. "There are only three investment partners in the perpetual motion machine project. They are all worth a lot of money, and the project itself does not need to invest too much money. Your investment accounts for more than [-]%, which is only a little more than [-] pounds. How can you go bankrupt because the project fails? ? The person who developed the perpetual motion machine went to find other investors?" Although there were many people looking for George to invest money, he rejected all of them, leaving only some that he couldn't refuse, such as the one that the Duke personally pointed out. people.Moreover, the projects chosen by George are all those with relatively low investment, so there is not much loss if they succeed or fail.

George nodded. "That's right. All the expenses of all the projects I invested in must be listed and handed over to the person I sent. The person saw that he couldn't get much money, so he used the excuse that this was a project I liked to sponsor and asked someone to invest. How many A speculator invested a lot of money, hoping to get rich overnight. In order to make the trick more realistic, to prove that I was really just lucky. I didn't care about these projects except sending people to manage the money. I was taken advantage of Kong Zi. He planned to run away yesterday and was arrested, but the perpetual motion machine project also failed completely. The person who approached me last night was to borrow money for investment, but the perpetual motion machine was in vain. Give it back to him."

Emma shrugged. "It is estimated that the developer squandered a lot of the cheated money. And when distributing the rest of the money, he must first return it to you serious investors who have signed the documents. His loan is not a bank loan but a private usury, right? He has nowhere to go I can only find you. Although you are innocent."

George was about to be annoyed. "You reminded me to beware of such things. I can't keep an eye on the project, so I announced in public that all investment partners have been found and no one will join me. I also published the news in the newspaper. He is greedy and stupid , so you can step into the trap, but you insist on accusing me of being a liar. Not only did he do it, he almost caused a fire. If Fitzwilliam hadn’t found you in time, you might have been injured.” The commotion caused by that person almost made Emma was hurt, and that was what made George angry.

Emma saw that George's hands were trembling a little, and knew that he was frightened today, but the situation was too chaotic at that time, and she really wasn't sure what would happen. "Brother, don't you think I'm fine?"

George was still very worried, and said solemnly: "Emma, ​​you'd better go out less recently, and if you must go out, bring a few more servants."

Emma nodded obediently. "Okay brother. You have to be more careful."

George felt a little headache and rubbed his forehead. "The failure of the perpetual motion machine will definitely cause many people to attack me, but it may not be a bad thing for me, just get through this."

To be honest, George is really not easy.Life is even more difficult after being cleared of grievances and becoming an earl.Playing stupid every day, not only to beware of being tied to a chariot by the Duke, but also to investigate the affairs of the old Earl of Kentra, and to be wary of the black hand who has been hiding behind the scenes to act again.George was not yet thirty, and already had some gray hairs, but out of brotherly pride he never complained to Emma.Emma was secretly thinking about how to relieve George's pressure, and sighed faintly: "I'm afraid you guessed it right. After this project fails, many people will withdraw their funds."

George's mood improved a lot when he heard Emma's words. "That's right, I hope their response can be quick."

Emma didn't get up until the sun was bright the next day, and she saw an unexpected person before she went down the stairs. "Erwin?" Irwin didn't come to answer at this time.Seeing his stiff expression and fidgeting, it probably didn't bring good news.

Alvin suppressed his urge to run over, walked quickly to Emma, ​​and looked her up and down carefully.

Emma immediately understood that Alvin didn't come to give an answer, but heard about what happened last night.

Emma guessed rightly.Alvin didn't go to the dance last night, but London hasn't had such a large-scale dangerous incident since the last fire. What happened last night was spread early in the morning, and even Erwin, who was not well informed, heard about it. When it came to other people's comments, it started from the failure of the perpetual motion machine and someone asked the Earl of Kentra for money, but it ended with many gentlemen and ladies being injured in the riots.Alvin's expression changed on the spot.George was wounded, what about Emma?Have you been involved in a fight?Or was it crushed in a crowd?After that, Alvin didn't think about anything, including the reason why Emma got engaged to him in the first place, whether Emma loved him, whether Emma did something deviant, all of these were not important, the important thing was Emma Is it okay.

Alvin hurried all the way to Emma and George's residence, trotted in eagerly, but was told that Emma hadn't gotten up yet.Although the servant said that Emma was fine, Erwin would not feel at ease until he saw Emma with his own eyes. Emma didn't like to tell others about her difficulties and pains, and she always took it upon herself silently. If Emma asked the servant to say What about white lies?With such worries, Alvin was restless sitting downstairs.When he really saw that Emma was fine, Alvin relaxed and couldn't help showing a small smile. "Great, you're all right."

Seeing Alvin like this, Emma's heart softened. "I'm fine, I don't have any scratches." Then Emma briefly described the situation last night to Alvin.

Alvin felt a little sour, because he failed to protect Emma when she needed it, and instead let Mr. Darcy lend a helping hand several times. "Sorry, I won't be in the future."

Emma understood, but she wanted Alvin to reconsider.When people rush forward, they will always make some decisions that they regret.Emma hopes that Alvin made a rational choice after careful consideration. "Let's sit down in the living room and talk."

Alvin plucked up the courage to grab Emma's hand. "Emma, ​​I'm not impulsive, I know what I'm doing at the moment. I had a lot of concerns before, but today I heard that you might be injured and I realized that these are not the most important, the most important thing is that I hope You are always safe and happy, and I hope that these peace and happiness are dedicated to you."

The author has something to say: I thought I could write about that person's appearance, but I didn't.I didn't update yesterday, and I have something to do today, I will definitely make up yesterday's update tomorrow~ I will update at noon