[Pride and Prejudice] Liz's Little Vest

Elizabeth glanced casually in the direction where Darcy and Miss Bingley were.

Just this one glance made Darcy's heart skip a beat suddenly, and his body stiffened unconsciously.He seemed a little flustered, but pretended to be calm, like a naughty little boy who smashed a window but refused to admit it in front of his elders.

Well——if she is according to her age in her previous life, she can indeed be Mr. Darcy's elder.

Thinking of this, Elizabeth couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

"What happened, Miss Elizabeth?" asked Mr. Elton.

"I thought about something from the past."

"Thing of the past?"

Elizabeth blinked: "Please allow me to keep it secret, sir."

She glanced at Darcy again, and then purposely suppressed her smile under his gaze.

—"Poor Mr. Darcy, you are obviously a step late, the lady has already started dancing with others."

—— "Please pay attention to your words, Miss Bennet's matter has nothing to do with me."

She did hear Mr. Darcy's conversation with Miss Bingley.

However, Miss Bingley thought that Darcy's words would make Elizabeth retreat from the difficulties, and no longer compete with herself for Mr. Darcy and the Pemberley Manor behind him.But God knows Miss Elizabeth's first reaction when she heard this sentence was: Mr. Darcy is so kind!

"I beg you to release me—" Elizabeth remembers very clearly what Darcy said when he proposed marriage in her previous life, "I am struggling in great pain, I have violated my will, my reason, and my family's expectations and worldly opinion, to express my love to you[1].”

Compared with these unbearable words, the expression "Miss Bennet's business has nothing to do with me" is so concise, so kind, and so kind!

Elizabeth only felt both amused and helpless.

Of course, although she was not angry, the little pride in her heart still did not allow her to forgive Mr. Darcy just like that.

She needs to keep a straight face and express her dissatisfaction; occasionally she will look at him indifferently to let him know that his words are hurtful, especially behind his back; It is impossible to make him realize his mistake.

Excessive arrogance does not belong to the category of a gentleman, but a kind of rudeness, and it needs to pay a price.

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Miss Elizabeth's attitude made Mr. Darcy very uncomfortable.

Because of family background and family status, Darcy grew up surrounded by compliments from people around him.A good education made him knowledgeable and talented, but it also made him arrogant, disregarding anyone except his family[2].

From the age of eight to the age of 28, no matter what women in the world said, thought or expressed, they only wanted to win his praise[3], and he gradually got used to such superiority.

Therefore, Mr. Darcy originally felt that there was nothing wrong with him ignoring Elizabeth because of Mrs. Bennet, and he even thought that she would take the initiative to approach him, please him, and ask for his forgiveness.

Who knew that the opposite was the case--Miss Elizabeth was now more indifferent to him, and more cheerful to other men, and he himself was more miserable.

He didn't want to pay attention to her anymore, but his body was more honest than his brain; he often subconsciously wanted to talk to her, but his ego stopped him again and again.

Sure enough, it is a preemptive strike, and a second strike against others.

……

Mr. Darcy's pain, entanglements and contradictions improved after Miss Elizabeth left Netherfield Manor.

In order to forget his troubles, he wrote many, many letters, because only when writing letters can his brain function normally, and he is not trapped by love.

However, every time he sent and received letters, he could always see the correspondence between Miss Elizabeth and Mr. Elton and even Mr. Jenner.

Miss Elizabeth—Miss Elizabeth again.

Now this name appears hundreds of times a day in his mind, which is about to make him nervous and fragile.

No, before noon on Monday, such questions began to trouble him again.

——"Darcy, Miss Elizabeth invited us to visit the dairy farm in Banfu, would you like to go with me?"

"..."

"No, thank her for her kindness for me."

"It doesn't matter," Mr. Elton replied lightly. "It happens that Miss Elizabeth only invited Wilson and me, so I won't convey it for you."

"..."

This is the nth time that Mr. Darcy is depressed.

Mr. Elton, on the contrary, was in an unusually good mood.From last Thursday until now, he and Miss Elizabeth finally finalized the publication.

The copyright fee was still set at [-] pounds. Although it was lower than expected, it was obvious that Miss Elizabeth was very considerate of him, respected him, and thanked him for the extra [-] pounds he had won for her.

There is nothing more gratifying than being recognized for your hard work by the people you care about.

Mr. Elton was sitting on the carriage to Longbourne, looking at the vast countryside outside the window, a smile gradually spread from the corners of his mouth to his eyes.

But unfortunately, this smile was forced to stop when Mr. Elton and Jenner and his son arrived at Ban's Mansion—he found another carriage parked in the yard of Ban's Mansion. It seemed that it was still a man. visitor.

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"I'm so sorry, Mr. Elton and Mr. Jenner," Elizabeth said apologetically when she greeted them at the door, "my cousin Mr. Collins came to visit unexpectedly."

In fact, it is reasonable to say that this is a premeditated and planned visit.

Mr. Collins is Mr. Bennett's cousin and the legal heir to Mr. Bennett's estate.The legal heir, as the name suggests, is based on limited inheritance rights. After Mr. Bennet's death, he has every right to drive Mrs. Bennet and her five daughters out of the house-he did the same in his previous life.

Because of such a complicated relationship, the Bennett family hated him very much and never had any contact with him.

However, Mr. Collins chose to simply ignore the Bennetts' rejection.

He wrote to Mr. Bennet a month ago, and he came to visit under the guise of repairing the relationship between his parents, but in fact he secretly planned to inspect his property in person[4].

Mr. Bennet didn't want to spoil the mood of his wife and daughters a month in advance, so he chose to tell everyone the bad news at the last moment.

Of course Elizabeth remembered the incident of the uninvited guest Collins in her previous life, but it was a long time ago. She did not expect such a coincidence that it was the same day that she invited Mr. Jenner to the dairy farm.

"I'm so sorry." Elizabeth apologized again.

"It's all right, Miss Bennett," said Mr. Jenner very friendly, "I thought, if it's inconvenient, why don't we come and visit some other day?"

"It's very convenient!" Elizabeth said hastily. If this scientist is busy and doesn't know when he will be free, it may be troublesome to make another appointment.

"Of course, if you don't mind," she added immediately.

"No problem, miss."

"Not at all."

Mr. Jenner and Mr. Elton replied at the same time that his father had no objection, and Mr. Jenner Jr. was naturally willing to follow.

"Miss Elizabeth, I would be very happy to meet your cousin." In order to express his sincerity, Mr. Elton added, but after finishing speaking, he saw a look of embarrassment on Miss Elizabeth's face.

He was a little puzzled at first, until he saw this Mr. Collins in the living room.

The author has something to say:

Tomorrow is a day off, and I will see you on Saturday night in the next chapter. Everyone applauds for the grand entrance of Mr. Collins, the narcissist, and ends Miss Bingley's villain's solo time!

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