[Sense and Sensibility] Fascinated by you

When the two of them sat at the dining table for an hour, Kate didn't know where to go.Philip frowned and fiddled with the oatmeal in the bowl with a spoon. It more than doubled in size and looked disgustingly viscous, but he didn't say much, and scooped a large spoonful into it with a blank expression. In his mouth, uh... the taste is even weirder than Hathaway's rice porridge.

Hathaway looked at her brother in amazement and calmly ate the bowl of porridge that was almost completely solidified. You must know that he was a very picky eater at home. The steak should not be overcooked, and the bread must be fresh from the oven. Yes, he even refuses to eat vegetables that are not beautiful in color. Now he seems to have adapted to life here, at least he knows how to respect food and respect other people's labor.

"You just said that Andrew went back to London to raise ransom?" Philip put it down after eating a little bit of black bread, then peeled a baked potato and dipped it in some salt and ate it.

"Yes. We sold your factory in Manchester to the new magistrate, Mr Hurst, for £[-] and he will hand over the money to Mr Joseph, and Andrew will go back to London to pick up the missing £[-] .”

The movement of Philip's hands stopped, "Joseph?" The corner of his mouth twitched, "He asked you to sell the factory, right?"

"Mr. Joseph said you meant it." Hathaway looked at Philip's leg with some worry, and she learned from Philip that his right leg broke a month ago, and that's why he stayed here all this time. , and just now she was lying on his lap and crying for a long time.

Philip began to eat eggs. The food here is very scarce, and every bit of food is precious to the workers, so he also learned to cherish food. "Well, tell me about the process of his interaction with you."

Hathaway tilted her head and recalled, "We met Mr. Joseph on the second night when we arrived in Manchester. He seemed to be a smart and assertive gentleman. He told us that you are not satisfied with the environment in Manchester. To sell the factory, and he was unwilling to leave Manchester. In the next few days, he took Andrew and Colonel Brandon to meet the important people in the city, and went around for your business. Until someone took a A kidnapping letter was stuffed under the door of Mr. Joseph's house, asking for a ransom of [-] pounds in two weeks, and then he brought up your suggestion of selling the factory again, and contacted many potential buyers for us In the end, Mr. Hurst was the only one who was willing to take over, but he was only willing to pay [-] pounds, so Andrew had no choice but to go back to London to raise the rest of the money."

Philip finally finished his breakfast, and he wiped his hands with a towel beside him, "It seems that you have noticed what it is?"

Hathaway's eyes were sly, "Before I came here, I thought Mr. Joseph was a key person."

Philip glanced at Hathaway with those icy blue eyes, and couldn't tell whether it was ridicule or regret, "Hmm, it turns out that you are sitting with me now."

The thin winter sun shone on Philip, but it seemed unable to warm him. His pale face looked even colder in the shadows, "If this is your intelligence, then I'd rather you be an idiot. Keep you safe. Joseph lied to you. I never had the idea of ​​selling the factory. Now is the best time to occupy the market. How could I make such a stupid decision? Instead, he has been convincing me to sell Lost the factory, I only thought he was frightened by the riots, I didn't expect him to be serious. Now it is obvious that he planned all this and tricked me to Manchester, hoping to persuade me to sell the factory, but I He didn't agree, so when I went back, he found someone to kill me. But what he didn't expect was that the person he invited was too greedy, and when he heard that I was a nobleman, he wanted to ransom me and tied me up instead come back."

Hathaway put away the smile on her face, narrowed her beautiful green eyes slightly, "I always find it strange that they kidnapped you for a month before sending you a kidnapping letter, which is not logical. They seem to be in dire need of the money. So perhaps Mr. Joseph has cheated them. He never thought of paying them a ransom, and didn't inform us to prepare the money. If we hadn't come to Manchester by accident, he would probably have been waiting. Angry Daniel tore you up."

There was a chill in Philip's cold voice, "As a result, you have now signed the contract to sell the factory for me, and the money will be handed over to Joseph soon. He has achieved his goal ahead of schedule."

The two looked at each other, and their expressions were extremely ugly for a while.

Just then Kate came in, "Have you two finished chatting?" Seeing the ashen faces of the two, she asked strangely, "Are you two arguing?"

Philip raised his eyebrows, Hathaway immediately rolled his eyes and turned away, and said, "No, we never quarrel."

Kate covered her mouth and laughed, "Brent and I often quarrel too. He always does some stupid things. When he was young, he wanted to be a tax collector. When he grew up, he wanted to be a pirate. Once he took his mother's dowry I stole it and wanted to go to the merchant with a merchant ship, but I scolded him severely after I found out. Although he often does wrong things, he is my brother, and I know that everything he does is because he loves me and wants to I have a better life."

Hathaway also laughed, but the smile was a bit forced. When Kate was cleaning up the dishes, Philip signaled Hathaway to go back first. At this time, they all need to think about it.

When he returned to the room, Colonel Brandon hadn't woken up. He was lying on the bed weakly. His blood loss and persistent low-grade fever made his lips turn white, and his hair was wet and sticky to his forehead.Hathaway poured a glass of water and barely fed him half of it. The rest flowed from the corner of his mouth onto the pillow. She wiped it off in a hurry, and put a wet handkerchief on his forehead.

She sat on the edge of the bed and stared blankly at Colonel Brandon. In the past, this gentleman was always so calm and calm. His calm and restrained face concealed hot feelings. There seemed to be infinite power in his body, powerful but silent. Her brother Philip Butler, that strong and proud nobleman, armed himself with arrogance and indifference, he took care of her meticulously and carefully protected her. Under the wings, now he also restrained his sharpness and hid himself in that small house.

Only one night later, these two men who had successively occupied the most important positions in her life seemed to have paled a lot, and they both showed their vulnerable sides, which made her feel heavy and inexplicably sad.

Just now, Hill added a sufficient amount of coal to the fireplace, and the room was baked extremely warm, dispelling the coldness that no one lived in all year round.Hathaway found the kettle in the cabinet, and she filled the kettle with water and hung it on the fireplace, planning to boil some water for emergencies.She also thought that the Colonel hadn't eaten anything since last night, and he would definitely eat something when he woke up, but there was only some black bread in the room, which couldn't even be eaten by a healthy person, let alone a seriously injured one. Man, thinking about it like this, I'm afraid she's going to trouble Kate again.

She found out the underwear and skirt that she and Colonel Brandon had changed yesterday. They were stained with a lot of blood, and some places were scratched. Hathaway repaired them with the needle and thread left by Kate. Colonel The shirt she wore was too badly damaged, and almost turned into a bloody dress, so Hathaway put it aside, and was going to ask Kate if the dress could be repaired when Kate came.

It was not until the afternoon that Kate was free to come to see Hathaway. She also brought some herbs for reducing fever and inflammation. After she had seen the colonel, she boiled the herbs into a concoction, and planned to let it cool down before feeding it to the colonel.

Hathaway hesitated behind Kate and wanted to talk to her about Colonel Brandon's food problem, but it was difficult to speak.Originally, the other party had already taken such good care of her, but now she had to ask the other party for nutritious food, which made her hard to say.

Kate saw her embarrassment, and offered to lend her a few books to pass the time as she still had some books brought from home.It wasn't until Hathaway hesitated to talk about the food that she suddenly understood, and then said very understandingly that when they first came here, Brent caught a few wild ducks by the river, and now they are raising them with an old hen she brought. Behind her house, it happened that the workers hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and today she could kill one to satisfy the workers' hunger.

Hathaway was extremely ashamed after hearing this. No matter what the reason was, Kate took great care of her and Philip. Although she didn't regard her as a friend in her heart, she was still full of vigilance towards them, but I have to say that Kate is actually a very Good girl, although they have their own standpoints, Kate is already doing her best to take care of them and meet their requirements. She can't say that she has done her best to take care of Philip, and she has always been considerate and careful to her.Hathaway would never take this kind of care for granted, she didn't have to do it, and now whether it was out of love or kindness that prompted her to do so, she had gained Hathaway's gratitude.

Kate took Hathaway to her house, which was only a few meters away from where Philip lived. She opened up a small garden behind the house, which raised a chicken and three ducks. A fat duck came for dinner, and while Kate was about to slaughter the duck, Hathaway took the duck blood in a basin, and tried to make duck blood tofu under Kate's puzzled eyes.

Although this thing may not be able to replenish blood, at least it can be used as a kind of food. Anyway, if she doesn't use duck blood, it will be wasted.While Kate was making duck soup, Hathaway added some salt and double the amount of water to the duck's blood and started to boil it.After Kate finished dinner, Hathaway's duck blood tofu also took shape. Although there were a lot of air holes on it, it was easy to break, but Hathaway scooped a little with a spoon and tasted it, and found that it tasted very delicious. good.

The author has something to say: The brother and sister talked about being cheated by Mr. Joseph

Hathaway: This is just a British romance

Philip: That doesn't make you smart

Hathaway: I want to go back and get married (╰_╯)#

Philip: Humph!That idiot Brandon actually brought you to such a dangerous place!let him wait

Hathaway: Everything is required by the plot!

Philip: That can't be so stupid!

Hathaway: You haven't been kidnapped yet!

Philip: ...the plot needs