Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 89 Paul's Investigation

"What?" Scarlett didn't react when she heard the news at first, "Where did they go?"

"Kevin left a note saying that he was taking Jack to Hartford to help him retrieve his memory." Lan Li finally calmed down a little and spoke less urgently. "Jack left Angela's prescription and this letter, which said it must be read by you, and I didn't dare to open it."

"What the hell is he doing?" Scarlett had enough troubles, but she didn't expect Jack to sing to her again. Her worry about him turned into hatred. He played when she needed his help. It's simply too shameful to leave a book and leave.She wanted to find a few vicious words to scold him, but the high temperature affected her thinking and emotions, so she gave up after searching hard, and decided to go inside the room first after Disson's reminder.

The meals were already set, but no one had the appetite to touch them.Originally, Scarlett wanted to force Paul to eat first. He probably didn't eat well after staying in the hotel for so many days, and he should have been starving by now.But Paul said he wasn't hungry, and he wanted to know right away why his good friend left suddenly and went to a place he hadn't heard of with someone he hadn't told him about.Scarlett briefly introduced Paul's situation to Lanli, and she told the lie she told Deason in the carriage, but Scarlett estimated that even if she told the truth, Lanli would not listen.With trembling fingers, she tore open the envelope that had just been glued on for a short time, and looked at it without caring about the glue that accidentally stuck to it.

The handwriting of the whole letter is beautiful, fluent and well-proportioned, and it seems that a lot of effort has been made for convenience.The letter was not too long, and the content was nothing more than what Lanli had just said to herself, and she didn't pay attention to any writing skills and deliberately said some words that Scarlett couldn't understand. The family letter even left a blessing for Scarlett's beautiful life at the end: "Miss Scarlett, may the angels bless you and your loved ones to achieve true happiness. Your life has experienced too much suffering, and they have all been deeply I have hurt you a lot, but none of them can really beat you. There is one person who will never fail, and that is you, because for you, tomorrow is always a new day.

Lin Kejie"

Scarlett folded the letter silently, and sighed, her mood was not relieved by Jack's praise. Of course, it was not because Jack gave up the honorifics he had used for so long.His words did not show the kind of despair she expected to find that the only beautiful world was actually destroyed by her own hands, but this kind of unreasonable calm made her even more frightened, and he even changed his name back. , as if to completely cut off from this part of his life and plunge into another horrible life that he had tried desperately to escape.His actions reminded her involuntarily of Rhett's indifference.In just one morning, I have already experienced the fear that the person I love the most is imprisoned and may be sent to the gallows at any time, and I have also experienced the stunned feeling that the person I thought I had little relationship with is my unknown relative.The person she loves the most told herself this shocking news in prison. She couldn't bear such a violent shock. What she needs right now is someone who can understand her feelings. She needs someone who can tell her what to do. Do it first. After doing what, he didn't expect that the only person who could help him left without a sound, leaving behind an empty letter, taking away the pain all over his body.

God never gives Scarlett time to grieve. She always has so many things to do, and everything is so urgent, so that her memory of grief is so vague that the last time she shed tears seems to be a long time ago. , she couldn't remember when it was.So she just postponed this matter until tomorrow to think about it like Jack said to her. In fact, she was not too worried about him in her heart. After all, he is also a child with a mature mind and will not be fooled by impulse.Besides, it is still unclear whether he did that thing or not, and everything is just speculation.Also, he has already said about his hypnotism, that is acting is not real, he does not understand hypnosis at all, so the premise of his doing so will not be established.He is not a person who is interested in money, she believes that he is not lying, she needs to find something to make herself believe.Taking a step back, even if he really killed the person, so what, there are several people around me who have not had blood on their hands: Tony Fontaine is still on the run in Texas, because he killed a Nasty nigga who molested his sister-in-law; Big Sam killed a Yankee soldier for insulting him; even Frank, who was always timid, went with them to settle accounts with those people because she was attacked, and luck It’s not good to be beaten to death (this incident made her feel guilty for the first time in her heart at that time, she felt that she had done too many bad things, and worried that she would go to hell after death, and when she looked back after so long, she could only hate Frank herself. The feeling of striving is there); let alone Rhett, he killed many people for many inexplicable reasons, didn't he?What's more, not to mention others, didn't she even kill a Yankee deserter who wanted to steal?She had more to say when she mentioned this point. A good person like Melanie would drag her saber to help her, but it didn't help her.In Scarlett's view, murder was a great crime, but she suppressed the guilt for Jack's sake. Anyway, they all had their own reasons, no matter whether they were righteous or not.In today's chaotic world where the old rules have been completely destroyed, she has seen many games of killing and being killed.Before the establishment of new rules and order, one's life can only be exchanged for the death of others, and no one will feel uneasy about it, except Jack himself.He just doesn't understand that in the cruel competition, survival is the greatest virtue.Because only the living have the right to speak, only the living can participate in making new rules, and only the living can boast to their offspring, whether it is true or false, it is enough to impress their offspring.Man does not live for himself, but essentially, he lives for his offspring.The matter of breeding life is just an instinct for other creatures, but it has become a mission and responsibility as noble as God for real people.They sacrificed everything of themselves, just so that future generations would not have to make any more sacrifices—the cruelty to the contemporaries is to contribute to the next generation, which is the driving force for human progress—it’s a pity they wishes have been thwarted.The process of evolution is always accompanied by blood that cannot be erased, but the result of evolution is also full of blood: when the new generations of the next generation grow up, they have to fight, rob, and kill for their own offspring, and the next generation will still In this way, the means will always be the same, and the only difference is the person who performs the means.Is this evolution, or just another kind of regression?

Scarlett didn't notice that her mind was drifting off track, slipping into places she had never seriously thought about before.Ashley told her about the twilight of the gods and the end of the world, and she thought it was stupid and ignored it; Rhett also talked about the survival of the fittest, and only smart people who can seize the opportunity can survive. listen in.She thought she had forgotten these words, but she didn't expect them to be buried in her memory after such a long time. Catalyzed by the incident of Jack's departure, they re-growth and bear new fruits—for her relationship with herself. concerns of unrelated people.She didn't know before that no matter how generous and unscrupulous her character is like a man, she always retains a yearning for gentleness and kindness in her heart. This is the most lovely and noble character of a woman, but She kept ignoring it.Unexpectedly, because of Jack's relationship, she now feels the return of this emotion.

Paul also finished reading the letter. He didn't want to disturb Mrs. Butler's thoughts so quickly, but there was something in his heart that he had to say, otherwise he would only be confused by his own unreasonable guesses.In fact, he knew that it was probably just his own overthinking. He didn't see anything abnormal in this letter, but he noticed a subtle twist that Scarlett hadn't noticed just now. Maybe Jack accidentally wrote it wrong. Maybe, otherwise why did he cross it out?It was just a "but," which he smeared so hard he almost didn't recognize it.If it wasn't for being in a place where he was forced to self-enclose for so long, his senses had been sharpened, and any disturbance would be magnified by him into earth-shattering shocks, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Paul unconsciously turned the other side of the letter paper over, his eyes widened immediately, unexpectedly there was a sentence hidden behind it, he thought it was over after signing the payment, but who knew that Jack followed the smeared out "" but" was added on the back, the handwriting was very light, he looked at it with difficulty, and he couldn't understand it, not because he was not educated enough, but because the sentence was in pure Chinese.He asked the adults present for help, but they didn't understand what it meant.Seeing that Mrs. Butler's brows that had just been relaxed were knit together again, he also became worried about Jack.

Since Jack is gone, his room is now used by Paul.In fact, Disson's house is so big that he was supposed to arrange another room for him, but Paul still wanted to live there, so Disson let him.Lanli asked someone to clean it up, but found that the room was as clean as if no one had ever lived in it. It seemed that Jack had cleaned it carefully before leaving. Seeing that the room was spotless, Paul thought he had a cleanliness freak, and wished to put himself in this room. All the traces of the past in the house should be eliminated before giving up.This association made him laugh for a while but then he couldn't laugh anymore. This is really not a good sign.In addition, when people are nervous, they will magnify many trivial details into trivial matters, so Paul's heart that has not let go is raised again.He sat in front of the desk that Jack had used and read the letter carefully from beginning to end, but still found nothing new. What does that sentence in Chinese mean?