[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

"My child, what have you to repent of?"

"I was once troubled by a person, and I was confused about it for a long time."

"Is that person still bothering you now?"

"I don't think so."

"Did that man go to hell?"

"I think so."

Skye couldn't see the priest's face, but could only hear the majestic voice in the small space.

From her account, the priest had already guessed the content of Skye's confession.Although she was reserved, she expressed what she wanted to say.And it's all about God.She hoped that God would hear and that the dead would forgive.

—she murdered a man!

Memories come to an abrupt end.

Or maybe this passage is just a joke of the Oneiroi.Skye opened her eyes and sat up in bed with a jerk.

The bedroom window was open, and the chilly air was blowing in unhindered, taking away her body temperature mercilessly.Skye shivered, put on the coat hanging by the bed, got up and closed the door.

The sky tonight is a bit moonlight, just like that day seven years ago.

Mr. Charles' last visit to Sky Bookstore.He came late at night and threatened Skye: "Miss Skye, if you don't sell the bookstore, I will report you and make you accept legal sanctions."

"How did you know..." Skye had a bad premonition before, and she was sure that as long as she wanted to, someone would be able to find out her identity.It's just that it shouldn't be at this time, nor should it be the person in front of him.

"It just needs to be intentional, right? I'm glad you have such a secret, which saves you from going down the same path as old Claire!"

"What do you mean by that?"

Charles was too complacent, and his longstanding contempt for women played a large role.He didn't mean to be arrogant, but he was really happy when he thought that he could become the owner of the bookstore the next day without paying a fee.

He's got Skye's biggest secret in his hands, what's going to stop him from getting what he wants?

That old Claire was always so idealistic, naive and foolish, so childish that it was ridiculous.

There should only be interests in the eyes of adults, otherwise they will be held back.Charles has a big plan in his heart, he is as greedy as a hyena, but also has the wisdom of a fox.

"I didn't say anything." It was just a slip of the tongue just now, but Charles quickly retracted what he said, and he denied what he had said.

"But I heard it!" Skye had been shaken enough for the night.She almost lost her voice and asked, "You...what did you do to Claire? It's definitely murder!"

Some things are almost flawless in the eyes of outsiders, but Skye, who sent Claire to the end, still found some traces.

Although the memory of that period was very chaotic, and she lived in a muddle without knowing the truth, Skye still remembered that when Claire was buried, she was skinny and festered all over her body.

No one who dies of normal old age is like this!

At that time, this question was buried in the ground with the priest's prayer and the deep coffin.But at the right time, the seeds of doubt quickly grow into what is called the truth.

"This is not a question you should think about, even if you have found the answer to the question. Now, listen to my advice, you'd better stay away from here, or I can give you a good place... Hahaha!"

Charles must have thought of something very nasty, and he burst into a maniacal laugh.

Then the laughter stopped abruptly. Skye picked up a large tome and threw it on him. The blunt angles and heavy weight of the book 'kissed' Charles' head, and there was a heavy sound when the book fell. ring.

Heart trembling for no reason.And with the candle lighting on the desk in the middle of the bookstore, you can also see a line of blood slipping down from Charles' forehead, staining several books on the ground red.

The bookstore was extremely quiet for a while.Even time seemed to be paused.

Skye remembered Charles' flickering complexion by the candlelight, and his sinister eyes like a poisonous snake.Skye took a few steps back, she turned to open the locked door of the bookstore, but before she could find the key in her pocket.Her slightly longer hair was completely pulled by someone.

Huge force came along the roots of the hair, and Skye's whole body was grabbed by the hair and thrown to the ground.Charles has come from a hooligan to where he is today. When he fights, he doesn't care about men and women, or the old and the weak.Skye's collar was grabbed, and before she could tell the difference between east, west, and north, a row of large book titles appeared in front of her eyes——Charles bumped her head against the bookshelf, making 'bang bang' noises.

Skye struggled hard, but her physical fitness was not comparable to that of a grown man.Especially when this man is still in a state of rage.

This process may be very long, but it may also be very short.

Skye could hardly keep her eyes open. She wanted to vomit and scream, but in reality she was a fish about to drown, and she couldn't find a way to resist.

What changed that was "Romantic Mr. Charles".

Tomes of love still have their advantages, especially the bronzing cover of this book, which has been made into a hardcover edition because of its overwhelming popularity. The straight cover forms four sharp right angles.

Struggling, Skye pulled out the book and slammed Charles down.

Charles fell to the ground, but instead of losing consciousness, he struggled to get up.

Skye's hair was finally free from being grabbed.

She just felt relieved, and the tome in her hand came out.The whole person also slowly slid down against the bookshelf, and finally sat down on the cold ground.

The force of a person's dying is powerful.Skye saved herself from death for a moment, but she didn't have time to rest.

Charles, who fell to the ground, struggled to get up, and once he recovered, it would be too late!

In the panic, Skye didn't know where the strength came from. She got up from the ground, resisting the tingling pain in her wrist and head, and stepped on Charles' stomach.

Of course, her weight is not enough to trample a person to death.It's just that this kind of weight also caused a lot of damage to the man who tried to get up.

The man struggled a bit, and seeing that Skye had reached the door, she was grabbed by the ankle.

What kind of hands are these!Cold and firm.It is obviously a body of flesh and blood, but it can remind people of the claws stretching out from hell.

Skye didn't want to know what would happen if he got caught.She rarely thinks about consequence-type questions.

All she did was turn around and mechanically use the other foot to step on and grab her hand.After a stalemate for a while, Charles was about to stand up, and then let go of the confinement under the pain.

Skye gradually calmed down amidst the resistance.She seemed to be split into two parts. * Find the key in the pocket as quickly as possible, open the door of the bookstore, and then lock the bookstore from the outside.

As for the spirit, he was trembling and still in shock, he just kept reminding himself that he couldn't let this demon out of the bookstore.

With a 'click', the door was locked.

The dust has settled.

In an instant, the inside and outside of the Sky Bookstore became two worlds.

Skye dragged his tired body to the opposite side of the street.She felt something rubbing against her trouser legs, and when she looked down, she saw a few cat's eyes shining brightly in the dark night.

The cat rubbed against her leg trustingly.This made her feel a bit of warmth, and she finally seemed to have returned to the world.

Skye let out a long sigh and relaxed, feeling that he could think about how to deal with what happened after dawn.

Neighborhood shops were not kept open at night, and residents further afield were used to the sound of Skeleton throwing books against the wall.There are frequent rummaging of boxes and cabinets in the Sky Bookstore. At first, people would wear coats and go to the cold street with lanterns to check, but after a long time, everyone knew that it was Skye who was 'tidying up' the bookstore.

There hasn't been any disgusting incidents in the town for more than ten years. Who would have thought that someone would fight in the bookstore, and they would fight to the death?

Fortunately Darcy did not come tonight.Otherwise, Skye wouldn't know how to explain to him that he was a woman.

Survival after a catastrophe is not something to be thankful for.A bigger shadow still hangs over Skye's head.If she gave up the bookstore, she would naturally protect herself, but it would also make Charles, a bully, proud.And if she insists on exposing the matter of Charles poisoning Claire, let alone the issue of evidence, it is just her secret, which is enough for many years.

All kinds of thoughts crossed her mind, like a greedy monster, making Skye suffer, but she couldn't find a solution.

She is alone, so naturally she is not afraid of sacrifice.What's more, how long will this kind of headache day and night last? Will life become a kind of torture? What's the point?

But another thought is that if you can survive, you will get better one day. Even if you have no relatives, you can still meet friends like Anna Darcy.As long as you can keep your own secrets, everything will continue one day.

Fortunately, at this fork in fate, it was not Skye himself who made the final decision.

While the decision makers hesitated, thick smoke began to rise from the bookstore.

Skye soon realized that the candle she had left on the table had been knocked over.

Those dry and flammable books in the bookstore would be the perfect accelerant, and it is almost impossible for this bookstore to survive the fire.

Reaching this conclusion knocked a stone out of Skye's heart.

If the bookstore were to go down in the end, it really didn't fall into anyone's hands.She is not only worthy of her own conscience, but also the entrustment of others.

Soon, because of the fire in the sky bookstore, the streets gradually became lively, and more and more people came up with containers to put out the fire.Skye knew that at this time, as long as she wanted to, she could open the bookstore and release the locked man inside.

But this man is Charles, and he should be punished, but the law cannot punish him!

Why don't you just let him go.

Skye stood in the dark and looked gloomy at Charles struggling in the fire.She felt something warm coming out of her nostrils, as if all that sincerity and sincerity had been wasted, so many streams flowed into the sea and didn't fill it up.So what's the point of such a little red liquid?

Skye's footsteps seemed to be nailed.Afterwards, even though she saw a familiar man in a white shirt pouring a basin of water over her head and about to rush into the fire, she still couldn't change her mind.

It was a fire that buried Holt's home in the first place, and that cost her her family.And now, there was another fire, which allowed her to use death to gain freedom.

That's not bad either.

But Skye was guilty.

Just like the sentence she left in the confessional that day: "I will carry this secret until the end of my life."

It's just that in the end, her heart was not strong enough, so she told all this to another person.

Skye remembered the church sunset that day, when she emerged from a small space.Inexplicably, I feel that the old Skye has been left in that small space.

What came out was already a brand new self.