[Pride and Prejudice] Professional female supporting role

"We have received a ball invitation from Sir Lucas..." Charles opened a letter during the clear breakfast, and said carefully while peeking at Caroline's expression.

"A country dance? Sounds good." Another gentleman among the friends who had recently suddenly reconnected was the first to nod in agreement.

What he said made Caroline frown in surprise.

Both Darcy and Charles felt awkward... After a long while, after winking at their friend but failed, Mr. Sister Kong could only show his trademark innocent and bright smile: "This is a good opportunity to meet new friends, isn't it?"

"Why do you ask me?" Caroline dismembered her fried egg angrily, and Charles swallowed involuntarily as if releasing a murderous gesture.

"It is evident that Mr. Darcy is the least interested of us in the ball."

"How could it be! No one would dislike Caroline at this relaxed public dance. In the past, I was looking forward to this day every month in the north, isn't it Darcy?" Charles hinted at his friend with a wink : "You must do a few more dances this time! Don't stand dead by the side, it will affect everyone's mood." I'm afraid only God can forgive him for such a bad idea.

Darcy hesitated to speak, then he looked at the lady who seemed to have a grudge against breakfast, finally nodded his head and said: "I will try my best to enjoy the dance, Miss Caroline."

"Squeak—" the knife in Caroline's hand rubbed against the plate and made a sharp sound.

"I'm sorry..." She moved the muscles on her face: "I mean, this is really surprising, Mr. Darcy, but I think it's good news for the Meryton girls, after all, you are so good partner."

If you really don't want to laugh, then don't laugh. If you really don't want to go, let's not go, okay? ttCharles shivered, my sister can't be so scared...

But on the day of the Meriton Ball, she came down the stairs on time.Originally, Caroline wanted to use the reason of staying with Luisa not to attend the ball, but even if she was a witch face now, when she faced a woman with her future nephew and niece in her arms, she was instantly turned into scum.

Louisa picked out a red and white double-layered silk dress for her, her hair was simply pulled back and she wore a pearl hair accessory.Not knowing what kind of psychology she was out of, Caroline put on high heels on purpose, so when she was walking down the stairs, Mr. Darcy walked over quickly and held out his hand to her.

"Won't wearing high heels make your legs uncomfortable?"

Caroline paused when he stretched out his hand, and then put her hand in his palm very lightly: "It means that I don't really want to dance today, so I hope you can understand me and don't invite me. I just heard that May There are plenty of unmarried girls around Leighton."

When she walked down the last step, she nodded and wanted to take her hand back, but Darcy suddenly grabbed her hard.Caroline's heart stopped beating, and then Darcy put her hand in his arms involuntarily, and said to Charles who was walking nonchalantly: "It's getting late, let's go."

Finding that his younger sister had the kind of dullness that was common before but almost disappeared recently, Mr. Sister Kong almost burst into tears, so he completely ignored Darcy's preconceived idea of ​​holding his precious sister—— Of course, he didn't dare to get so close to Caroline recently...

The three of them were the only ones going to Meriton today. The loyal Mr. Hearst had been guarding Louisa every step of the way since she was pregnant, so naturally he would not participate in this event.So only the three of them appeared at the ball, and the two cold and arrogant set off a Charles.

Caroline found that the people in Meridon were very cautious when they saw them. Even though she had no concept of family status or class in her heart, she still felt that she seemed out of place here, especially when Mr. Bennett helped them introduce his family members. , Caroline talked with them at close range, and found that even their accents were very different.

She couldn't hear anything from the accent, but Mr. Darcy obviously had a sense of distance at this time.Realizing that she had been paying attention to his micro-expression changes, Caroline immediately turned her eyes away.

Then she met with a gentle and sweet smile, which was so contagious that Caroline, who seemed to have almost lost her ability to smile recently, returned a shallow smile naturally.Then she noticed that the girl's eyes lit up.

This is really a beauty that can make all men fall in love at first sight. It is not an exaggeration at all. Jane Bennett has light blond hair, delicate fair skin, and all the tenderness and beauty that a woman can have. Miss Nurse was even more attractive.

And I don't know if it's her illusion, it seems that these girls in Meridon appear to be healthier and plump than the ladies in London, and the unfashionable and expensive dresses set off their beautiful figures well.

The proud female features have always been the most attractive to men, Caroline felt a thump in her heart, she looked sideways at Charles, and found that Charles's eyes were full of admiration for beauty, but not superfluous obsession.

She let out a sigh of relief, at least the scene of love at first sight did not happen.

"Do you like dancing? Mr. Bingley." Mrs. Bennet stared at Charles eagerly: "If so, then I must recommend my eldest daughter Jane to you. A better dance partner!"

Her loud show off caused many people to look at her, and of course the dissatisfaction of other ladies.Although her words were true, and Jane was indeed the most prestigious beauty in the neighborhood, it was very offensive to say it so bluntly.

Jane showed a look of bewilderment, and Elizabeth quickly added: "Then I would also like to recommend my good friend Charlotte Lucas to you. It will be a very pleasant conversation with her."

"Thank you, Miss Elizabeth. But I hope Mrs. Bennet and you can understand that I twisted my foot during the day, so I may only be able to choose slow dance music to dance. It's a pity... But my friend Mr. Darcy is a very good dancer, so let him do a few more dances for me!"

Charles pulled the dark-faced Darcy to his side.He has always hated dancing with strangers the most, but there were strangers all over the place, and the only lady who could make him willingly invite him to dance, even veiled him in advance before going out... Poor Mr. Darcy.

"Think about Cynthia, my friend, if I let her know that I had too much fun in the country, she will definitely be angry with me." Charles said with a strange sweetness on his face.

Just as Darcy was about to open his mouth to mock him, he heard a cool voice behind him say: "Yes, Mr. Darcy, anyway, you don't have anyone you like, so just treat it as a dedication to friendship."

The two fought a cold war at the same time.

As soon as Caroline finished speaking, she nodded and agreed to a young man's invitation to dance.Darcy could only watch her step onto the dance floor, and had no chance to see the expression on her face when she said this.

Perhaps because the icy coldness on her face was too cold, Caroline was so happy that no one else came to invite her after a dance. The high heels of this era are really not ergonomic and very uncomfortable to wear.She managed to walk to a corner, then opened the curtains, hid behind and released her feet from the shoes.

Although the physical discomfort has been relieved a lot, she still feels that the clouds are covering her, and her whole mood is not beautiful, and her mood is so down that she even dislikes herself.I was immersed in deep self-loathing when I suddenly heard someone approaching and then talking.

The two girls were very close to her. Maybe it was due to the fact that there were few people in this place. Caroline immediately recognized that one of them was Elizabeth. Her voice was very good, with a pleasant clarity.

Caroline immediately wanted to go out, but the next sentence, they talked about themselves.

"Don't you think Miss Bingley is too arrogant? Her eyes are frighteningly cold." Elizabeth said to her friend with some helplessness: "But Jane thinks she is very approachable, just because the other party responded to her with a smile."

"In Jane's eyes, the world is beautiful." Charlotte commented pertinently, and then continued: "But I think your evaluation of Miss Bingley is a bit arbitrary, after all, this is the first time I see her "The kind and rational Charlotte subconsciously didn't tell the story of being scared by Caroline in Netherfield... because she knew her friend very well. Elizabeth was very straightforward and stubborn. If Lorraine doesn't like her, there may be some friction, which is not good for her.

"But Meili also said that she was very unfriendly when you visited her before! I'm really afraid that if Jane wants to associate with her, she will end up being a laughing stock for others. After all, their family backgrounds are very different. So easy to be friends?"

"Oh Merry..." Charlotte forgot that her little sister was also a chatty person, so she could only change her angle and said, "Maybe Miss Bingley is a bit arrogant, but you also mentioned family status, so she This is the normal state of the upper class, if you are too gentle and cheerful, you may appear out of place in that circle."

Seeing that Elizabeth was still a little concerned, knowing that she was worried about Jane, she changed the subject and said, "The two gentlemen today are very gentlemen, aren't they? Although Mr. Bingley can't dance frequently, he is very kind and friendly, and Mr. Darcy... …It is not an exaggeration to say that he is really the most handsome gentleman who has ever appeared in Meriton, and it is said that he has an annual income of [-] pounds and owns half of Derbyshire! He just asked you to dance, didn’t he?”

"It's just a dance...and he's dancing with Jane now, isn't he?" Elizabeth passed the passage vaguely, and then said with a smile: "And I think having that half of Derbyshire will definitely affect his handsomeness degree!"

Hearing her usual sharp words, Charlotte laughed helplessly, and the two exchanged a few more words before leaving here.

Caroline sat by the bay window, and a gust of evening wind made her shiver.

In fact, Elizabeth is not wrong, she is indeed cold and unfriendly.Caroline also hated this kind of herself, because of her unreasonable thoughts and jealousy, this Caroline Bingley was so jealous that her face was hideous. It was only a few days, and she had had enough!

She walked out from behind the cold curtain with her arms folded, looked around in a daze, and saw that there was no one on the nearest sofa, she really wanted to sit down quietly.

"Caroline?"

Recently, the voice that can be called lingering ghost has appeared again.

Mr. Darcy obviously noticed her indecent behavior coming out from behind the curtain: "I've been looking for you...what's the matter with you?"

"It's not good to look around like this when dancing, sir." Caroline walked around the person in front of her and wanted to continue walking, but he easily blocked her again, even if she was wearing high heels, the other person was superior The height has the same oppressive feeling as a mountain.

But she really hasn't felt this oppressive feeling for a long time...

Caroline raised her eyes apprehensively, wondering if it was her own illusion, Darcy felt that there were tears in her eyes, and there was only a thin layer of something between her seemingly tough eyes, which could be broken by a touch. Then it's all fragile.

He clenched his hands tightly so that he could control the urge to reach out and hug her, and then he said, "May I help you to sit down?"

"You'd better go to the dance, Mr. Darcy. There are so many young women who are useless partners. As a gentleman, you should not watch."

Go to his dance!To hell with dancing gentlemen!

Darcy took a deep breath, his gaze became deep and concentrating, unfathomable after a long absence... Caroline's inexplicably rising arrogance suddenly trembled a little, like a bubble, almost pattering The sound of shattering into pieces was heard.

She shrank her shoulders uncontrollably.

Sure enough, the frightened little eyes are more pleasing, and those eyes are bright and energetic... It seems that the person who is tormenting her is herself.

Darcy raised the corners of his lips quickly, then returned to his expressionless face, and said in a deep voice, "Did you twist your ankle?"

"..." You just twisted it!

"You are not allowed to wear high heels in the future." He made a final decision.

"..." What qualifications do you have to say never again!

"I'll help you to sit down." Darcy slowly, and even leaned towards her slightly: "If you refuse nonsense, I'll carry you over."

The extremely convincing tone made Caroline's face flushed with anger. She stared at him with wide eyes, and found that the other party was not the same as before. There was a tendency to back down when she got angry (?), but her gaze fell steadily. Over her eyes, Caroline's heart beats unsteadily.

"How dare you... Mr. Darcy, this impertinence... ah!"

She lost her voice in fright at the sudden big hand on her waist, and then quickly put her hand on his wall-like chest, trying her best to keep him motionless.She could only shrink her neck and surrender: "Okay, okay, I'll sit down, let's sit down now!"

Damn it, who wrote this bullshit plot of the domineering president?God Austin wouldn't write his son in such a bad street image!