Countess' lover

The humble farmhouse was damp and cold, and the frail and dying woman passed away with regret in the arms of her old adoptive father.That was supposed to be Eliza's last scene before she died.She seemed to still be able to feel the difficulty of not being able to take another breath, and she could still see the grief and despair on her adoptive father's face... But now, where is she?Heaven?

Although her body is weak, she is definitely not dying. She can take a big mouthful of fresh air without any difficulty. She even feels hunger, which is something she has never experienced in a serious illness... What can make a dying person glow vitality?That was incredible.

"She's just a child, how can you put her alone with a tuberculosis patient!" Eliza heard a faint voice, which belonged to a man not far away.

"But she has only one relative, her mother... Her mother owes a lot of money..."

Hearing this, Eliza's eyes widened.She looked at her petite and fat little hand in disbelief, and when she pressed it lightly, there was a small vortex.

Detention center...tuberculosis...the only relative is the mother, and owes Dabi debt...everything is so familiar.Elisa looked around, it was an extremely small and closed room, there was nothing to see except a bed.Yes, yes, even though the childhood memories are long gone, this frighteningly closed feeling is undeniable!

Is it rebirth, or a dream?Eliza pinched her baby-fat face severely, and grinned in pain.It will hurt!This is not a dream!She actually went back to the time when she was five years old and still in the detention center!

How much Eliza wanted to laugh, but tears flowed out uncontrollably.She can still remember Willoughby's disgusting and ugly face, her husband's rude and vicious beatings, her daughter who passed away not long after she was born, and... and the old adoptive father who stayed with her until the end of her life , Colonel Brandon.So bright!But she is back!Does that mean she has a chance to change everything?

The doctor at the door was still arguing with the police. Elisa had long forgotten about the doctor, but it was not difficult to hear from his words now that he was a very kind and caring gentleman.Since the police refused to take responsibility, the kind doctor couldn't help but let the sad girl who was crying on the bed stay here.Ultimately, Dr. Smith decided to take Eliza back to his home temporarily.

If she was still only five years old back then, Eliza would never have left with the doctor, but it is different now.She is not yet ready to meet her mother whom she has not seen for many years, and she still has to sort out her thoughts for the next few decades.Eliza's mind was extremely chaotic, so she hardly resisted, and obediently followed Dr. Smith out of the detention center.

Eliza's well-behaved and sometimes stupid [actually thinking about the future] made Dr. Smith cherish her even more.Dr. Smith even walked Elisa home on foot, given Eliza's expressed fear of being in a buggy enclosed in a place similar to a detention cell.

He is a doctor, and he is very aware of the influence of childhood environment on a child's life.Eliza's experience made him very distressed.

Eliza silently followed Dr. Smith, flatly refusing the kind doctor's proposal to walk with her in his arms.She refused Dr. Smith's hug, and even held hands reluctantly. Dr. Smith secretly guessed that she might have been raped, so that she was afraid of being touched.

Eliza's life is a great tragedy.Half of the time before the age of five lived with her mother in the detention center, which made her suffocate in fear of closed rooms.After the age of five, she was brought back by her mother's cousin, Colonel Brandon, but because she witnessed her mother's death, and the single colonel could not keep her by her side, Elisa's character was extremely bad.She is confident in her appearance and talent, but at the same time she is afraid of being mentioned about her background, which is her biggest stain - her father is unknown.

Because of this, she easily accepted the temptation of the handsome and deceitful Willoughby when she was in the house, and had a relationship with him.Pregnant, but Willaby has fallen in love with Marianne and married a rich lady.The adoptive father was forced to send her to a remote countryside to give birth, and married a vulgar and violent man.

That was the biggest nightmare in her life!She is weak and her talent is basically useless in the countryside, but she doesn't know anything about the basic skills that a peasant woman needs.Her husband beat and abused her and her daughter when he was drunk, and the young baby girl finally ended her short life in one beating.Eliza was in agony, and since then Eliza has utterly loathed and feared any man's touch—except one.

The young girl stumbled on the side of the road, her head bowed, and she was dressed in shabby and cheap clothes.A head of curly blond hair was randomly placed behind the head, making people feel cute and pitiful when they saw it.She didn't know what she was thinking, but suddenly bumped into the thigh of a man who was coming towards her, and her small body fell to the ground.

The hand hurts, as if worn out.Eliza sighed secretly about her bad luck, and thought to herself that the little pain couldn't make her cry like a normal girl.Even if she comes back again, she won't be able to regain her original innocence, which is good.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry, I pretended to love you." A pair of powerful hands hugged him, and the gentle and deep voice was so familiar.

Eliza, who was still thinking with her head down, raised her head in disbelief, and her small head might even bump into the man's chin urgently.She couldn't help covering her forehead with her hands, but she still tried to look at the man's face.

The man was dressed in a straight military uniform, and he was full of dust.His young face is not particularly handsome, but the hidden sharpness in his eyes makes him very majestic and confident, mixed with the gentleness given by good cultivation, forming a trustworthy and lovable charm.

It's him!Her adoptive father... Eliza stared at the colonel for a while, then suddenly grabbed the colonel's shoulder and burst into tears.

Christopher Brandon, her adoptive father in her previous life, is also the only man she does not hate or fear, and she has been in contact with this man almost all her life.At five, he rescued her from detention.After her mother died, she adopted her and gave her a rich and superior life. , she had a relationship with Willoughby without telling him, and in the end Brandon fought Willoughby for her to prevent her reputation from being destroyed. At the age of 19, she gave birth to a daughter and married an honest-looking husband in the country.In the same year, Brandon married the young and beautiful Marianne.

Marianne did not allow the colonel to think about his ex-lover's daughter any more, let alone visit her in the countryside.So the colonel could only send money and some good things to Eliza.She never passed her news to Brandon, and the colonel always thought that his adopted daughter was doing well.

A few years later, the wave of the Industrial Revolution swept across Britain, and the adoptive father's plantation suffered a huge blow.After the colonel sneaks out to visit Elisa, Marianne has rekindled her old love with her old lover, Wellerby, and shamelessly becomes Willerby's mistress.The Colonel was very disappointed, but still unwilling to embarrass Marianne. He blamed himself for what happened to Elisa because he did not play a role in protecting her.So he moved to the country to be with Elisa.Until the last moment of Eliza's death, she was also lying in the colonel's arms.

Thinking of this, Eliza couldn't help crying even more.Colonel Brandon patted her on the back lightly, and looked at Dr. Smith who was with Eliza in a somewhat bewildered manner.

"Sorry sir, may I ask..."

"Let her cry!" Dr. Smith interrupted the Colonel unexpectedly, admiring the scene before him with great interest. "I am the doctor in charge of this girl. She seems to be suffering from psychological problems, and she refuses to be touched. It may be better to cry. If you are not in a hurry, I beg you to hold her a little longer. "

Colonel Brandon frowned in bewilderment, looking at Eliza with gentle eyes full of pity. "I'm happy to help." He hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help asking sincerely and worriedly, "Excuse me, she looks so small, why didn't her parents accompany her?"

Doctor Smith sighed, "You are such a warm-hearted gentleman. Her mother owed a lot of money and was unable to pay back and was locked up in the detention center. Now she is suffering from severe tuberculosis. As for her father... I don't know her father is who."

"That's really bad," said the Colonel.

A gentle and polite gentleman always makes people feel good.Dr. Smith took the initiative to express his concerns, "Poor little Elisa seems to have been violently bullied, so that she is afraid of being touched. Her only relative may not be with her for a long time. I am really sorry for her." worry about the future."

"Her name is Elisa?" The colonel seemed surprised and nostalgic when he heard something unbelievable.Eliza... how could he forget the name.

"Yes, a very nice name."

Eliza finally stopped crying when she heard this. She buried her head in the colonel's arms, sniffing the man's refreshing and slightly salty smell greedily.She was ashamed of what she had just done,

"I'm sorry, Kerry... Colonel, I soiled your clothes." Eliza almost called out the colonel's name when she got excited, but she quickly stopped talking.

Colonel Brandon stopped talking with Dr. Smith, and chuckled a few times at what Elisa said.His smile annoyed Eliza even more, but she felt that Miss liked it very much. Brandon in his thirties always frowns deeply, gentle but full of melancholy, it is wonderful to hear his laughter and see him again.

Still, Eliza murmured, "What's so funny!"

Her voice is soft and waxy, and it is still the sweetness of a little girl.The hoarseness caused by crying just now made Colonel Brandon's heart suddenly soft. He really didn't understand the magic power of the little girl he saw for the first time on the third day after returning to China, which could make him, a colonel who had been in the military camp for many years, feel soft.

Maybe because she's also called Eliza?The colonel just went to find his brother, but the news he got was that his former lover was missing, and might even have passed away.After leaving his brother's house, the colonel, who was feeling sad and lost, suddenly met this girl who had the same name as his lover.

Could it be that God gave him another Eliza?An idea popped into Brandon's mind, he thought of little Eliza's life experience, maybe he could help adopt this girl after her only relative passed away... Oh no, how could he have such ungentlemanly thoughts Woolen cloth.

"I'm so sorry, smart little girl, how did you know I belonged to the colonel?" Brandon began to change the subject, in order to cover up his thoughts that shouldn't have existed just now.

Elisa raised her head and pouted, "Don't you think I don't know how to look at your epaulets?" Eliza, who was already in her 20s, was slightly stunned when she faced her adoptive father who was also in his 20s. Langdon has not yet aged and melancholy in the passage of time and loneliness, the combination of the heroic spirit of the young man and the majesty and confidence of the returning officer seems to be very charming.

"Oh well, I admit that you are really a smart girl." Brandon smiled slightly, mildly diluting his majesty, but Eliza felt that he was more handsome and familiar.Her adoptive father has always been like this...

Eliza rolled her eyes, and suddenly kissed the colonel on the face, making a popping sound. "Well, then I admit, you are a very charming gentleman."

The colonel looked at Eliza in a daze. There were still tears on her face, her beautiful eyes were red and swollen like walnuts, and her small mouth was very cute.Her golden-brown hair was curled behind her head, and a pair of pure black eyes were as brilliant and bright as black gemstones in water.

The memory from a long time ago suddenly turned up, and Brandon couldn't help blurting out, "Eliza!" How could it be so similar...