Jane Ying of Pride and Prejudice

This day finally arrived in the long-awaited time. Everyone dressed up very beautifully, and then came to Netherfield Garden in a carriage.

Elizabeth was occupied by Mr. Bingley almost as soon as she arrived, and everyone else had their own activities. In order to avoid Cousin Collins, Jianying walked into the reception room of Netherfield Garden alone.

She didn't find Wickham, but she heard about Wickham. Officer Danny smiled and responded to Lydia, who couldn't wait to ask him, "Wickham went to the city on business the day before and hasn't come back yet. "

Then he added meaningfully: "I think, if he didn't want to avoid a certain gentleman here, it would never be such a coincidence that he would be absent at this time due to business."

Jianying didn't know whether it was Wickham's intentional avoidance, or Darcy's action, she hoped to find a chance to confirm.But she also noticed Officer Danny. He and Wickham have such a good relationship. I wonder if he was deceived by Wickham, or is it another terrible possibility that they have similar tastes for each other?Jianying doesn't know!

Before the first dance started, Cousin Collins came to invite the dance again. He was sincere and he was a relative who was a guest at home. My brother's dancing skills are really indescribable...

I often made mistakes in my steps and I didn't know it, and I even stepped on Jianying's feet several times. As I said before, his body is tall and big, and he tends to be obese. Jianying was stepped on by him a few times, and he almost felt that his feet were not his own. that's it.

And when her cousin Collins invited her to dance the second dance after the first dance, Jian Ying was really embarrassed, but what reason could she refuse?

Just as she was about to make a generous promise, Darcy came over.

"May I ask Miss Bennet for a second dance?"

Jianying's eyes widened in surprise, but then she realized that Mr. Darcy is really an angel who saves people from suffering, a living Bodhisattva, a hero who helps those in need, and a brave and kind knight...

She rarely agreed eagerly and cheerfully.

"Of course, of course!" Then she said apologetically to her cousin, "I'm sorry Cousin Collins, but I think we'll still have a chance to talk." , gave up his partner to Mr. Darcy.

Darcy looked at Jianying's cute expression of slightly relieved, the corners of his mouth couldn't stop the arc.

He looked at Jianying's feet with concern, and pulled her to a chair beside him, hoping that she could take a rest and wait for the second dance to start.

Jian Ying smiled gratefully, shook her head and said that she was fine.

She remembered the question she wanted to ask him before, "Mr. Wickham went to town yesterday, did you know?"

Darcy shook his head, "No, I haven't had time yet."

Jianying expressed her understanding, and then the second dance began, and Darcy took Jianying's hand and slid onto the dance floor.

With these two dances, Jianying's feet couldn't bear it anymore, so she didn't dance anymore, and Darcy never left her side.

He had danced the first dance with Miss Bingley before, but he had been paying close attention to Jian Ying's side, so he immediately discovered her predicament, and then came forward to rescue her.

Miss Bingley was very angry when she saw that Darcy left her and danced the second dance with Jane Ying, and followed her all the time. She rushed to Darcy's side almost as soon as she could get away.

"What's wrong with Miss Bennet today? Why didn't she go to the dance?" She was so angry that she didn't even call Jianying's Christian name. You must know that when they went to Bennet's house to invite them to the dance, She also affectionately calls her "Jane".

Jianying was stunned by the indiscriminate treatment of jealousy, she immediately reacted, "Miss Bingley, it's not a big deal to take a break during the dance, is it?"

She asked herself that for Darcy, a short-lived friend like herself was not enough compared with a long-term friend like Miss Bingley, so she wanted to take a step back. If Miss Bingley wanted to take Mr. Darcy away, Of course she won't stop it.

"Of course, I also hope that you will have fun at the ball." Miss Bingley turned her head to look at Darcy, and found that the focus of his gaze was still on Jianying.

Caroline's heart suddenly became sour. She knew that her appearance was not as good as Jane's, but she was not bad either!And Jane's family dowry is far inferior to hers, isn't it?Why didn't he fall in love with himself who had been with him for so long, but fell in love with a country girl like Jane?

"Miss Bennet, I think you will need to take a rest in the lounge." Darcy said suddenly.He stared at Jianying's body standing up due to Miss Bingley's arrival, and one of her hands was always holding on to the armrest of the lounge chair.

Jian Ying thought it made sense, so the group of them turned to a small lounge where there was no one, and Miss Bingley followed with an expression of reluctance.

Perhaps seeing the situation here, Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth also came to the lounge after a while.

Elizabeth asked Jianying with concern: "Honey, what happened?"

Jian Ying whispered in her ear embarrassingly: "When I was dancing the first dance with Cousin Collins, he accidentally stepped on my foot."

"My God, is it serious?" Elizabeth exclaimed.

"It shouldn't be a serious problem, but I'm afraid I won't be able to dance tonight." Jianying said helplessly. God knows that after her body is moisturized by hot spring water, although her skin is as white as jade and her beauty has greatly increased, she is also more sensitive. My left foot is probably red and swollen.

Elizabeth was still very worried. She knew Jane's temperament, and sometimes she would try to be brave in order not to trouble others, so she insisted on taking a look.

Regardless of Jianying's stop, she took off her shoes and white socks, and then revealed her left foot which was as white as jade with pink toes.

Jane's feet were neither too big nor too small, and looked slender and beautiful, but on such a beautiful foot, the big toe, the other toe connected to it, and the surrounding area were all red and swollen, which looked shocking and ruined this beautiful foot. Perfect.

Elizabeth exclaimed, she didn't expect it to be so serious.

"Jane~ If I don't look at you, will you not say it?" Her voice was reproachful.

"How about we go home first? Your feet really can't dance!"

"No, no, no, don't spoil everyone's fun, it's just a broken foot, I can sit in the lounge and rest until you come back happily."

"Jane~"

"Dear Lizzy, it's okay, it's really just a minor injury, I was planning to take a rest for a while and dance some dances at the end! You know, my skin is always so fragile, but it just looks serious. Nothing will happen in a few days." She patted Elizabeth's hand comfortingly.

Then he put on his socks and shoes, acting like nothing happened.

She is so resolute, and Elizabeth can't refuse her. The sisters in the family are looking forward to tonight's dance, and she is no exception. If she resolutely goes home now, she doesn't know what kind of joke she will make, so she can only let her stay. room.

She stayed with Jian Ying for a while, and then was persuaded by Jian Ying to leave.

"You should enjoy the dance instead of being with me all the time, as long as you don't forget to pack your poor sister when the dance is over."

Then she raised her voice again to Mr. Bingley: "Mr. Bingley, will you invite my dear sister Elizabeth to dance?"

"Yes!" Mr. Bingley replied happily.

Then Jianying looked at Miss Bingley and Mr. Darcy again, "Aren't you going to enjoy the wonderful ball?"

As the host, Miss Bingley couldn't stay in the lounge all the time, she looked at Darcy.

But Darcy immediately said, "It's inconvenient for Miss Bennet to stay here alone. I don't like dancing, so I simply stay here as a half-landlord."

Miss Bingley really couldn't say that there were still servants being so impolite, so she had to stay behind for the time being.

Seeing this, Jianying couldn't say anything, but she didn't want to listen to all kinds of clever words from Miss Bingley, so she just said that she needed a book for recreation, and wondered if she could find one for her?

Before Miss Bingley could respond, Darcy took down a travel book from the small bookshelf in the lounge and handed it to Jianying.

Jianying smiled gratefully, but Miss Bingley was very unhappy.

"Does Jane like reading very much?" At this moment, she called Jane Ying by their exchanged Christian names, as if she had forgotten that she had called Jane Ying 'Miss Bennet' before.

"Reading is a very interesting activity, but sometimes I am lazy, so I haven't read many books. I have only read a little in our family's collection!"

Miss Bingley added: "I wonder why papa has left so few books?" Then she added: "Mr. Darcy, you have a wonderful library at Pemberley!"

"That's so strange, it's just the accumulation of several generations!" Darcy said.

"You bought a lot of books yourself, only to see that you are always buying books."

She said a lot of things about how much she liked Pemberley and Miss Darcy, and even made it clear that she hoped that Mr. Bingley would choose a home near Pemberley, as if she completely forgot that there was such a person as Jane Ying.