[Emma] Becoming Jane Fairfax

As the sun set to the west, the hall where the dance will be held was flickering with lights and melodious music.

In the evening, another group of guests came. Compared with the desertedness at noon, the evening was much more lively.

There was a lot of people downstairs, Wei Lai poked his head out of the study and looked out.After she, Lydia and Miss Johnson left the living room, they went for a stroll in the back garden and then came to the study.

Miss Johnson and Lydia are friends who grew up together. The Johnson family used to live next door to Amedeo’s house. Unfortunately, in Miss Johnson’s year, her father failed to invest, owed a large amount of debt, and sold the house. The family moved to Birmingham to join relatives. Later, Mr. Johnson took his eldest son to India to do business, and then he slowly earned his fortune and moved back to London.

Miss Johnson is a gentle girl, but she is a little timid. She was worried that Miss Kingsley would take revenge on Wei Lai all afternoon.

"I'm not worried. I have no friendship or interest with Miss Kingsley. I am an orphan whose parents have died. Although there is an elderly grandmother and an aunt living in the country, that is Miss Kingsley. A country place that I would never go to in my life.”

Miss Johnson nodded thoughtfully, and Wei Lai took her arm: "Okay, don't worry about me, it's serious to have two more dances tonight."

Wei Lai said it easily, but he was still a little worried.If the Kingsley family wanted to teach her a lesson, there was a way.The ball is the most chaotic occasion. Miss Kingsley can pretend to knock over the wine glass by accident, pouring wine all over her body, pretend not to stand still, step on her feet hard, or pretend to damage her clothes inadvertently. If she doesn't want to do it herself, she can let her pervert brother go. In short, the Kingsley family has status and reputation, so if they want to shame her and teach her a lesson, she will probably suffer from being dumb.

When the three of them entered the ballroom, they had already danced the first dance.

Lance and Miss Kingsley were the first of seven dancing partners. Although Miss Kingsley was annoying, Wei Lai had to admit that her dance was beautiful.The guests around unanimously praised the couple, and Mrs. Amedeo and Mrs. Kingsley laughed very happily.

Wei Lai looked around and found that Colonel Campbell was standing outside the crowd by the window, happily chatting with Old Jack.

"Mr. Owen's younger brother served in the same unit as me, and we fought together," Colonel Campbell said. "Although I don't miss the brutal war, it can be said that I hate it, but I do miss the time when my brothers fought side by side." Day, Jane, your father and Mr. Owen's brother were once very good friends."

"Are you Mr. Fairfax's daughter?" Old Jack opened his mouth wide in surprise. He has lived for decades and has seen many strange things, but this is the first time he has seen such a coincidence. The Fairfax that I always talk about is actually Miss Mayer's father, that is to say, her surname is not Mayer.

Old Jack looked at Colonel Campbell's expression and guessed that he didn't know about Miss Fairfax's writing for the newspaper, so he didn't say anything.

The first dance ended with the applause of the guests. Miss Kingsley stole the show and wanted to do another dance, but Lance declined. He handed her hand to another tall and handsome man. .Miss Kingsley was displeased with Lance's refusal, but the attraction of dancing was so strong that she diverted her attention when the music started.

"Why don't you have a second dance with Miss Kingsley?" Mrs. Amedeo was not as happy as Miss Kingsley.The family of the man she is dancing with now is no worse than that of the Amedeo family. What if the Kingsley family falls in love with someone else?

Lance danced, sweated, drank a glass of wine, and loosened his complicated bow tie: "Dear mother, I go to many dance parties every month, and I can dance faster than a professional dancer." too much."

Mrs. Amedeo choked on him: "Then you shouldn't introduce Miss Kingsley to Mr. James. The James family is no worse than ours."

"Isn't that the best of both worlds? The Kingsley family wants money, and the James family wants status and noble blood. I have done a good deed."

Lance's indifference and even sarcasm made Mrs. Amedeo so angry that she couldn't speak. Lydia saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly sent Lance away.

"Dear mother, I'm sorry to make you angry again, but I don't think we should talk about this here, otherwise it would be embarrassing to hear, and I'm going to sell the rumors of the newspaper to marry Miss Kingsley. I I saw Mr. Lewis over there, and I went to greet him."

Lance walked over, but Mr. Lewis had already been pulled away to play cards.Lance had seen Willey and Colonel Campbell, wanted to say something to Mr. Lewis, and went to her.

Lydia told him what had happened that afternoon, and he was not surprised that she would fight back. She looked weak, but she was not a character to swallow her anger, which he knew very well when they first met.He felt a little proud that this was the girl he liked.

He could probably guess where Miss Kingsley's hostility towards her came from, he just thought it was funny, Kingsley's family used him as a treasury, bit him to death, and thought everyone else was the same as them?

The waiter passing through the ball dragged a plate of wine. Lance took a glass and drank most of it, extinguishing the fire in his heart. He didn't want her to see him angry, so he changed his face and walked over: " Colonel Campbell, Miss Fairfax, are you having fun today? Old Jack, you have your favorite wine tonight."

"Of course, very happy, Mr. Amedeo." Colonel Campbell raised his glass, "I have also attended many parties, Mr. Amedeo, it is no exaggeration to say that I am most satisfied with today's party, and, Here I also met an old acquaintance. Mr. Jack Owen’s younger brother is my former comrade-in-arms, which surprised me so much, and we are talking about fighting together.”

Old Jack had never been on the battlefield, but he heard his retired brother talk about the past. He chose the ones related to Campbell and Fairfax, and brought the memory of Colonel Campbell back to the past.

That year he was shot in the thigh by an enemy on the battlefield, and he thought he was going to die. It was Fairfax and Owen who risked carrying him and hid in a hidden grove. Fairfax held his wound, and Owen risked his life. Seek help in the face of the danger of being discovered.Looking back after many years, I still feel thrilled.

Although Wei Lai didn't think that Mr. Fairfax was her father, she was moved enough to hear this story as an "outsider", and she sniffled.

Lance wanted to give her the handkerchief, but in front of Colonel Campbell and old Jack, he couldn't cause her trouble, so he just said solemnly: "Your father is very brave."

"Of course!" said Colonel Campbell. "Except Owen, I never saw a braver man than Fairfax."

Wei Lai laughed, and Lance laughed too.

The crowd behind them suddenly applauded, and the second dance ended.

Only then did Colonel Campbell realize that Jane had been with him and hadn't danced a single dance.

"Young people should dance more. At my age, I don't have the strength to dance. I have never seen a young man who doesn't like to dance. Mr. Amedeo, you should invite this beautiful lady." Yes." Old Jack looked at Lance with a smile.

Lance suddenly felt that he had seen through his thoughts. No wonder his father said that old Jack's eyes were the most poisonous.

"Miss Fairfax, I wonder if I—"

"Lance!" Someone interrupted before he could speak.

Mrs. Kingsley and her son came over. Little Mr. Kingsley's face was flushed, and he was in a state of excitement whether he had won money or drunk.Mrs. Kingsley was the complete opposite of him. She put on airs coldly and looked at Wei Lai from beginning to end, as if she wanted to scrape off a layer of skin from her body.

Wei Lai looked at her fixedly and smiled, thinking that Miss Kingsley had repeatedly made things difficult for her, she was still furious.

Mrs. Kingsley turned her head in disgust, and said to Lance: "The third dance is about to begin, what are you still standing here for? Annie is over there, go find her."

"Miss Kingsley has done two dances, won't you take a break?" Lance asked.

"I know you care about her, but she likes the dance the most, and she has very good physical strength." Mrs. Kingsley looked at Wei Lai proudly while talking.

"Annie is over there, walk around, I'll take you to find her." Mr. Kingsley couldn't help but pull Lance away, and laughed twice, "Who is that pretty lady talking to you? You rarely see her in social situations? You go to Anne, and I will invite her to dance."

As he said that, he was about to turn around and go back, Lance grabbed him, but Wei Lai had already left.

"What are you doing?" Little Mr. Kingsley frowned, and the flesh on his face was squeezed together.

"It's nothing." Lance let go, his eyes quickly searched around, "Aren't you going to do business? I'll introduce some friends to you."

As soon as Lance left, Wei Lai was in no mood to make eye contact with Mrs. Kingsley any more.

Lydia and Miss Johnson had just come off the dance floor when the three reunited.

Miss Johnson's complexion was rosy, her breathing was a little short, but she smiled sweetly and a little bit shyly, and there was obvious happiness in the corners of her eyes and brows.

Wei Lai joked: "Is the man you danced with just now your favorite?"

Miss Johnson's eyes widened in surprise: "How do you know?"

Miss Johnson was engaged to Mr. Scott when she was 16 years old. The Scott family was a well-known tea merchant in London, but then the Johnson family went bankrupt, and Mr. Scott's father came to call off the engagement. The Johnson family had just moved to Birmingham At that time, the two young people were still communicating secretly, but after being discovered by the old Mr. Scott, they forcibly cut off their communication.Miss Johnson was always thinking of Mr. Scott, but she dared not expect that he would still think of her when he was still unmarried.

Miss Johnson bit her lip and smiled: "He said he has been waiting for me."

While the three of them were talking, a man with a tall and straight figure came to him. His unsmiling face was full of panic, and he laughed as soon as he saw Miss Johnson.

Wei Lai touched the people around him with his elbow: "This is Mr. Scott."

Miss Johnson blushed so much that she could bleed: "You are not allowed to laugh at me, I am going to dance."

"What a perfect couple." Wei Lai and Lydia sighed.

"Who is suitable?" Lance suddenly appeared behind them, and the two of them were taken aback. Lydia knew what Lance meant and made an excuse to leave.

Wei Lai asked: "Didn't Mr. Amedeo dance with Miss Kingsley?"

"Miss Kingsley already has a partner, and Mr. James can dance better than me, and he doesn't say boring things when Miss Kingsley is happy." Lance said, "like cotton planting or something."

This man did it on purpose.Wei Lai imagined the scene, and couldn't help laughing.

"Laugh if you want, Miss Fairfax, I'm such a boring person." The music started again, and Lance looked back and held out his hand, "The next dance is about to start, Fei Miss Elfax, may I have the honor?"

"Of course." Wei Lai put his hand on it.

"Won't you mind if I talk about cotton growing and production while I'm dancing?"

"As long as you're not afraid of being stepped on by me."

As soon as the words fell, she tightened her hand, and Lance pulled her onto the dance floor.

Wei Lai subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but Lance clenched it even tighter.

"Don't move, it's about to start." Lance's deep voice sank from the top of his head. Wei Lai had never been immune to subwoofers, and her heart was beating wildly.

The rhythm of the dance was very slow, and Lance put his hand on her shoulder, and the warmth of his palm spread to her shoulder through the clothes, causing a shiver.

A pair of dance partners beside him began to whisper, Wei Lai wanted to find a topic to say something, but Lance spoke first: "I'm sorry about what happened this afternoon."

Wei Lai reacted for a while before he understood what he said, "It has nothing to do with you, no need to apologize."

"Miss Kingsley has misunderstood you."

"Hmm." I can think of it.

"But I don't think it's a misunderstanding."

Wei Lai was stunned.

The author has something to say: In fact, Ms. Kingsley is not stupid. She has no experience in fighting. In her position, she does not need to fight. Although her family went bankrupt, she did not experience the pain of being poor for a long time. , she is still the earl's daughter, a noble lady, and the wife of a wealthy family in the future.

According to her idea, whoever she hits on the left cheek should stretch out the right cheek with a smile, but she didn't expect to kick the iron plate of the heroine again and again, not playing cards according to the routine, and confronting her , so, she was a little distraught.

The heroine was also very wronged, and provoked a psychopath for no reason.

Thank you!

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