[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

It is a rare thing for the servants of the Holt family to have guests staying for dinner.

Since they started serving the Holt family, who had just arrived in London, the siblings had had few decent guests staying to dine.My sister, Miss Skye Holt, was no warmer than an ice sculpture when she was at home alone.Although when her younger brother Elsie came back, she would ask the servants to prepare some of Elsie's favorite food, but obviously, the whole feast from beginning to end never started once.

For the first few years, the servants would worry about the Holts struggling to maintain their household expenses.This is indeed the case with many families who have settled in London. They often sell their things because they have run out of savings and have not found a new source of income, and finally dismiss their servants and disappear.

When the servants privately believed that the Holt family could not escape this fate, the magical pair of siblings stubbornly lived and lived in London.

Miss Skye doesn't talk much, and even wears her own clothes on weekdays.The servant's only existence is to clean the room and do the laundry.But there is one thing that must be observed in this family-don't talk about anything about the master behind his back.

This rule seems easy, but because of violating this rule, the number of servants who lost the high-paying jobs provided by the Holt family was too many for the housekeeper to count.

In the past five or six years, no male guest came to the house, and there was no loud noise on weekdays, as dead as entering a monastery.

And since the last six months, Miss Skye has had constant visits from guests, especially in the past three months.

Looks like it's time for love.

The servants abided by their words and deeds and made preparations nervously.

Anwen and Darcy were a little out of tune, so that he gave up the routine drama tutorial to Elsie tonight-he handed over the mess to Skye, and took out a jade pair under the big white eyes of his sister. quality chess board.He also raised his eyebrows provocatively, and said to Darcy: "Let's play a game of chess."

Darcy readily agreed.Although a gentleman doesn't judge a person rashly, as long as he is a person, there are good and bad.Darcy thought that Mr. Anwen was too frivolous, so that he lacked the necessary composure as a brother.

The two men sat down. The jade chessboard exudes a warm luster. The chess pieces are carved finely, but they are intentionally made with angular cut surfaces, which give a sharp feeling when held in the hand.

The most interesting thing about this chessboard is that it has no black and white color division, and all the transparent crystal chess pieces correspond to each other like mirror images at first glance.

Obviously there are still differences, Anwen smirked and turned over the king's chess piece in front of Darcy. Two different patterns were carved on the base to ensure that the chess pieces of both sides could be distinguished in the end.

It is a kind of blindfold chess.

Elsie was sitting on the sofa by the fireplace, and he looked at Skye with a bitter face, holding the script he was going to recite today-it was enough to recite these shameful things in front of Anwen, at least Skye didn't know this yet, but to Skye, God, he couldn't say it.

Skye didn't like anyone reading love poems in her ear or anything like that.But when she saw Elsie with a bitter face, stammering and reciting the book, and trying to get rid of the romantic elements, she suddenly understood why Anwen forced Elsie to do such a thing——Ai Ersie with a bitter face Elsie is cuter.

"In this theater of the world where we sojourn,

My love sits like a spectator,

She watched me do various performances on stage,

My poor acting skills had to try to cover it up. " Elsie recited dryly. He was sure that Mr. Darcy's attention was shifted from the chessboard for a moment, and it was even possible that he had been paying attention to this side all the time. After all, such strange phenomena did not always exist.

Skye turned the page.She admits she was a little surprised.What Elsie recites every day, she really doesn't pay much attention to it, but she just heard Elsie say it's a drama... maybe Elsie doesn't know that what she recites are all classics, right?

So... Elsie really needs to memorize literature things.

"The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer."

"You should focus more on the chess game, this is a zero-sum game." Anwen pushed the pawn forward a step.Said with some regret: "If possible, I think billiards is more interesting, but Skye's place is too small."

Anwen's words were a blow to the blow.Only one person can win the game - zero sum.

Skye prompts Elsie with a word.Hearing Anwen's complaint, she answered without a thought, "Why don't you invite Mr. Darcy to play crossword puzzles together? That kind of crystal board is such a waste of time."

Darcy was silent. He had always been good at chess.It was his first time playing this kind of chessboard, but everything went well.

Elsie stumbled and finished memorizing an article.He whispered in Skye's ear, "Which of them will win?"

Skye shot him a look. "I don't think it makes sense."

"But there is something unpleasant between Anwen and Mr. Darcy?"

Skye readily admitted: "Yes."

When she answered Elsie like this.Anwen heard a crisp broken sound.

Skye turned her head after hearing the voice, and she saw that Anwen left the table angrily, and the time on the wall was less than 10 minutes.

"Don't be so dramatic, Unwin. Mr. Darcy is a guest."

Anwen successfully lost the entire game in the shortest possible time.Skye was simply delighted to hear about it.She said to Anwen briskly, "Don't be so impatient. It's just a game."

Anwen was noncommittal about this.He exaggeratedly showed an angry expression.But at last he sat beside Skye, and Darcy came back.

"Mr. Darcy's chess skills are very good." It took a while for An Wen to comment. "If that's the case, I can probably give you the right to pursue my sister."

Skye frowned: "You don't have such a thing!"

"What?" Anwen didn't hear clearly.

Skye repeated: "I mean, there's nothing you can do to give him the right to pursue me. That's my business."

"In this regard, I respect Skye's opinion." Darcy agreed with Skye's words.He and Skye have known each other for a long time, but the man named Anwen in front of him is very strange.

Anwen was very angry.

Darcy was somewhat puzzled by Anwen's attitude.He wasn't sure whether Mr. Anwen Ant Holt, who was showing his anger and joy on his face before, was really the man who had been hiding in the dark and made Skye extremely worried.He didn't look like someone who could buy a high school student into kidnapping, or who would carry out such a plan.

Skye glanced at Darcy, she may or may not have seen Darcy's question.But during the chat, Skye abruptly explained to Darcy: "Anwen just prefers acting. I think you will have a chance to see another side of him."

Elsie looked up suspiciously, not quite understanding what Skye meant by this sentence.But Anwen looked at Skye with a smile, full of meaning.

Dinner ended nicely.

None of the servants had apparently atrophied the ability to entertain guests.

"How do you like dinner?" Skye asked casually.

"Very good." Darcy answered briefly.He said with some concern: "But don't you have too many servants here?"

The servants of the Skye family are equipped like the number of people in the manor.Darcy, who was good at managing various affairs, had reason to suspect that many of the servants had nothing to do.

"Well... Anwen brought it here. He enjoys life more."

Of course, today's dinner was mainly done by Anwen's servants.There are advantages and disadvantages, as long as these people are low-key enough, Skye feels that he can bear the trouble caused by the large number of people.

The conversation that followed was pleasant.Skye watched with interest Anwen and Darcy arguing about literature.Anwen quoted scriptures and classics with his own aria, while Darcy was very brief to say a few words of his own opinion between Anwen's speeches.

Unexpectedly, these two people were able to talk together... until——"Wow——!"

The sound of shattering glass echoed throughout the villa.

Several people turned their heads at the same time, and the sound seemed to be coming from the kitchen.

Before Skye had time to ask someone about the situation, a maid covered her face and ran out in a panic.Blood flowed from between her fingers, dripping and staining the expensive carpet.

Skye didn't have much impression of the cook who worked in the kitchen, but judging from the cook's figure and long blond hair, she should be a young and beautiful woman.

Skye frowned.She glanced at Anwen, and finally didn't cover Elsie's eyes.

The expressions of the four people who are doing it are different.

Elsie had never seen anyone else bleed.His life has always been very peaceful, even in the days of wandering, most of them have never seen such a picture of blood flowing.Then his complexion changed drastically.Subconsciously looked at several other people.

Anwen's expression didn't change at all.He didn't show any expression of sympathy either, he just restrained his smile, looking a little unfathomable.Elsie only saw this expression when she was just kidnapped by Anwen, and she completely ignored it... There was no emotion in it.

Elsie goes to see Skye.He wasn't really sure what expression Skye was making was normal.But when she saw Skye—Skye just frowned slightly, she looked at the cook calmly, her expression was strikingly similar to Anwen's.

It was Mr. Darcy who acted.He stood up and helped the cook, red blood stained his cuff - he was the only one who tried to stop the maid.

Elsie hesitated, stood up too, and handed her handkerchief to the cook.