Celebrity House [Anna]

"Tea on an empty stomach is bad for your health, Anna," said Karenin.

Anna nodded: "Then you want to drink with me?"

Karenin was silent for a moment, then nodded to Anna's question that did not give him a choice.

"If you insist."

Yunina brought the morning tea.Karenin sat down and watched Anna pour tea for him gracefully.There was also a stack of small snacks that I hadn't seen much on the small table.

"It's just gingerbread. I asked Yunina to try it. Seryozha probably doesn't like it, but if you put gingerbread in it, it can relieve the cold. Your knees are uncomfortable in winter, aren't they?"

Karenin took a sip of the black tea in his quilt, and then took a bite of the gingerbread, which was not too sweet, and the shredded ginger tasted a bit spicy, which was not to his liking, but he still ate two more pieces.

"Don't you like it?" Anna asked, not caring. To be honest, it would be strange if someone liked the smell as much as she did.

"I'm not a picky eater."

Anna nodded and ate another piece herself.

Karenin took another sip of his tea and asked: "What do you want to talk to me about, Anna?"

Anna put down her teacup, blinked and said, "You are very close to Countess Lygia."

Karenin frowned: "Countess Lygia is a smart woman, she has unique insights on some things."

"It sounds like you admire her very much," Anna said slowly.

Karenin finally sensed something, blinked his eyes slowly, and said, "Anna, I think I need to correct something. I have nothing disgraceful with Countess Lygia."

"Of course I know this, Alexei." Anna smiled.

Karenin's expression softened a little, and he nodded slightly: "I have always believed that it is very important for a husband and wife to trust each other, and I have always believed that it is a stain on the morality of a married person to be contaminated with these unclear things. Yes, it is also disgraceful. So you will always retain my loyalty and trust in this marriage."

This may be a kind of Karenin-style confession, but as imagined, it has a lot of rationality but lacks romance, but it is very practical.

Although she understood this before, some things were not put on the table because there was always a lack of evidence on the surface.

This matter turned in Anna's mind several times.

If she chooses Karenin as her husband, then in this marriage, her expectation at the beginning cannot be to respect each other as a guest, but now, since Karenin is an upright person, obviously, he is also rich and powerful, and , in this general environment, his sense of responsibility and loyalty to the family are what she needs, so why didn't she get some guarantees from the beginning?

Maybe this is a woman, not exempt from vulgarity.

For a daughter who is dependent on others, a man's guarantee is nothing more than a kind of psychological comfort.

But Anna thought: If Karenin had been misjudged by her, she could throw it all away.But the premise is that she will have enough wealth and certain connections.

Things have to be prepared.

Anna didn't intend to be a woman attached to a man, but she didn't intend to be against the world either.

"What do you think about the girls' school, Alexey?"

"I think that's feasible." Karenin clasped his hands on the table, and said after a moment of pondering, "Education can make a person better. It has nothing to do with gender. A country without talents is terrible. It is impossible to develop by standing still. Women's rights and interests, to some extent, represent the civilization of a country. In an era of peace, men should keep in mind that they are a gentleman, and women themselves, to be honest, I think a lady is just a The problem of general positioning, in addition to virtue, the pursuit of knowledge and ideological progress is commendable and should not be suppressed."

Anna looked at Karenin with admiring eyes, and then she said: "I learned from Lygia that you approve of her small group, but you didn't tell her about it, did you?"

"Anna." Karenin looked at his wife, then he got up, paced the floor, then turned around and said with a serious expression, "Some things are not something everyone can talk about."

"Although I agree in my heart that women pursue their own rights, in my position, this is not something I can casually talk about in front of people."

"So, I'm different?" Anna asked, her gray eyes blurred.

Karenin did not deny it, but looked at her with a natural look.

"You are my wife. If you ask me questions, I will always answer truthfully. If a husband and a wife still have a barrier in their minds, their daily life will not be real."

Anna looked at Karenin's words steadily, and then nodded slightly in agreement.

"You're right, Alexey."

Karenin stood still, then looked at his wife, and asked his question: "I want to know why you started to care about these things about Countess Lygia."

"As far as I know, although you often receive her, you are not keen on it, Anna."

"I was just persuaded. You know, I think it is noble and valuable to fight for women's rights properly." Anna said half-truthfully.

Karenin frowned: "If you mean the core of her words, yes, it's not all bad, but if you mean the end of the strand, Anna, I suggest you not to learn it. It's not The way a decent person does."

"Slogans and preaching are impractical. Therefore, although I agree with some of Countess Lygia's propositions, I don't say too many practical suggestions, because they are likely to be futile."

"I can hear your cunning from what you said." Anna said with a smile, "If I tell Mrs. Lygia, she will be very disappointed."

"I'm not trying to please her," Karenin stated.

"But anyway, do you agree with these?"

Karenin glanced at his wife and said calmly: "The most sane and intelligent politicians never give definite promises."

"However," he paused, and then said, "yes, Anna, I agree, but at the moment I don't see that my approval is of any real benefit to the Countess Lygia, perhaps only in her mind. Look up to me more."

"You know very well what effect your words will have, Alexey." Anna took a deep look at Karenin, who was still looking at her calmly, and repeated.

"I'm a government servant, Anna. As you said some time ago, I can sit in this position not because I'm a good person."

Anna giggled, took another piece of gingerbread with great interest, and deliberately handed it to Karenin, who looked at it for a while, and then didn't take it.

"Although I'm not picky eaters, in general, it's not something I would like."

Anna withdrew her hand and ate the gingerbread herself.

Karenin looked at his wife for a long time, and finally raised his hand and wiped the corners of her mouth with his thumb.

"This is really disgraceful." He said with a slightly reproachful tone, and swallowed the sentence "When did you have such a bad habit like Seryozha".