[Titanic] I can't help myself

After watching the manager put away the painting, Carl turned to me and asked, "Do you want to see it again?"

I nodded, "Anyway, I have nothing to do in the afternoon. But I can pay for that painting myself, I don't need you..."

Carl raised a hand to stop what I was about to say, "Don't refuse my offer, okay? I'm glad I could do something for you."

"But it's not like I can't afford the money..."

"Of course I know. I think I'm the one who knows the most about Acton's financial situation besides you. These are just small things. Do you have to be so clear about this thing?" He interrupted me, "That's it."

I looked him in the eyes, and finally had to compromise: "Then I can only say thank you, Carl." But I made up my mind to buy something of comparable value in return.

"It's nothing, it's what I should be, and besides, they're not expensive, so it's okay to buy them all. As long as you like it." Carl reached out and straightened my collar for me, and then stopped and was about to change the pair of clothes. The management staff who carried the paintings down said, "Oh, and during your art exhibition, this lady," he pointed to Rose, "all the paintings you see are also charged to my account."

"I don't need you to pay." Rose frowned and refused, and then said to the management staff, "It will be recorded in Earl Richardmond's account, this is the gentleman."

"Rose, don't make things so complicated, and the paintings that Henry wants to buy will also be charged to my account. Besides, in view of the relationship between you and me, this is my obligation, and in this case, if it is true I asked you to pay, and you are going to say that I am not a gentleman enough, and I am stingy." Carl carelessly stroked the cuff buttons on his wrist, then turned his head and smiled at me, and said, "Ah, I have to say that women are really difficult. Pleasant, right? No matter what you do, they'll find fault with you."

"Carl, Rose is not this kind of person. Do you have some misunderstanding?" I said with an embarrassed smile.

"When did I ever blame you for this kind of thing?" Rose said angrily with her eyes wide open, "Every time you had to pay the bill yourself, which one did I ask for? And now you complain that I'm hard to please? Who is it hard to please?"

"Oh, did I hear that wrong?" Carl snorted, "I'm rude and boring, I'm not a gentleman and I'm stingy, I smell like copper, and I only think about money. Isn't it you What did Henry say when he complained about me?"

"...you actually eavesdropped!"

"I don't think so, unless you learn to shut the door when someone speaks ill of him behind his back."

"...It's just a joke, isn't it, Rose." I deliberately said in a brisk tone, and turned my head to look at Rose with a stiff face.The latter didn't appreciate my intentions at all, and raised his chin and said, "Am I wrong? You don't even want to give your workers a little bit of money, you..."

"Rose, please," I interrupted her aloud, "it might be rude to say that."

"Don't be so nervous, Henry, I'm not angry." Carl smiled indifferently, "Women always have the right to be willful. Who let the Creator give them enough beauty to conquer the world?"

Rose took a deep breath, and it took a long time to squeeze out a somewhat twisted smile, and said in a sarcastic tone: "Okay, okay, since you think it's capricious for me not to spend your money, then don't do it when the time comes." Said I was a spendthrift. Now, then, I will leave you alone, I have friends there. Good-bye."

I asked to stay, "Rose, since we met, let's go together."

"No, we have other activities to arrange later." After finishing speaking, she left without looking back.

I watched her leave the room angrily, only feeling a sharp pain in my temple.

"Come on." Carl put his arm on my shoulder, "Go ahead and see what dreams these geniuses Rose spoke of have."

We visited the art exhibition for a while, and then went to the big water pump room to sit for a while.The big pump room is next to the Roman hot springs in the city center, and it is a gathering place for gentlemen and ladies.There is a circular fountain in the big pump room. According to records, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, once drank the hot spring water for treatment because she could not give birth to a male heir for the Duke of Devonshire.We also drank a small cup according to the occasion, and the strong sulfur smell made the two cups of hot spring water only wet our lips in the end.

We returned to the mansion just before dark.As soon as I entered the house with my front foot, the doorbell rang with my back foot, and then several delivery workers moved several large boxes into the front hall.

"What is this?" I called to one of the workers and asked.

"My lord, this is an oil painting purchased by Miss Rose Bucket. She asked us to send it to this address. Do you have any questions?"

"No. Thank you. Thank you for your hard work." I shook my head and summoned a servant, "Take them down to get a tip."

"Thank you, my lord." The workers raised their hat brims and left with the servants leading the way.I stood in the front hall, looked at these oil paintings that crowded the whole front hall, sighed a long time, and then was sent to Rose's room.

Rose came back just before dinner and changed, and was playing with the oil paintings in the room for a long time, so I went upstairs to rush her.When she opened the door, she was still holding a pair of paintings, and was considering where to place them to highlight their colors.After these oil paintings were unpacked and laid out, the sheer number of them was fully reflected.

"I'll go down right away." Seeing me coming in, she responded casually, but her attention was still focused on finding a place with the right light in the room to place the painting in her hand.

"Oh my God, you really deserve to be my mother's daughter, and you have even inherited this completely." I put my finger on my brow, "How much did you buy? Also, did you really hand over the bill to Carl? "

"Of course, since he insists on paying the bill, how can I be ashamed to do away with his kindness?" Rose said lightly, walked two steps quickly, placed the painting on the small table of the dressing table, and then picked up another "Besides, this is what he should do, isn't it? And I can't even leave him a way for him to please me, or I will really become a hard-to-please woman. Not a good description, is it?"

I tried my best to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling of the word "fiancee" in my heart, "Honey, listen to me, you are just, uh, arguing, and any content of the quarrel is just angry words before it is implemented, but Once you do, it's a whole different story. Anyway, you're not engaged yet, so now all your bills that don't have to be paid by Karl, should still be paid by me. As for Karl's responsibilities, It won't be too late when you get engaged. Don't worry, I don't want to accuse you of spending too much money, it's nothing, and the paintings are not very expensive, but... um... just... it will affect your reputation Damage, it will... um..." I was at a loss for words, and I didn't know what to say to express my meaning tactfully enough.

Rose stopped and looked down at the painting in her hands. The light above her head cast a shadow on her face, hiding all her expressions. After a while, she whispered: "I know, I know, of course I know I know. It's just...just that it's too much for him to say something like that! I'm so pissed off! I think I'll just...I'll feel better."

"Who told you to speak ill of him behind his back and let him hear it?" I walked over and patted her on the back.

"What a small belly." Rose muttered angrily, "I have never seen a gentleman treat a lady like this! Besides, my evaluation is not wrong!"

"They just didn't say it clearly. They pretended not to care on the surface, and then secretly retaliated against you." I advised, "And I think your evaluation of Carl is unfair. He is very enthusiastic and generous, no matter what he treats him. How about the workers, after all, he has helped us a lot. And the matter of workers' wages is not as simple as you think."

"I'll never be as fond of him as you are." She raised her head and smiled mockingly, "But I won't deny that I was really impulsive today. Do I need to ask Carl for the bill back?"

I waved my hand and said, "No, no, no need. I will pay it in other ways. Just remember to give me the bill later. Now, come down and eat, everyone is waiting for you."

So two days later, I gave Karl a gold cigarette case as a return gift.When Carl received the gift, his expression was a little subtle, as if he was faintly frustrated, but the next day, he gave me a pocket watch studded with precious stones and a pair of green tourmaline cufflinks.

"If you return the present to me again," he sat on the sunny balcony and buttoned the cufflinks on my cuffs himself, "I will regard it as your humiliation to the relationship between you and me." As he said, he Holding my wrist and admiring it under the bright sun, "Perfect. My vision is right, it matches the color of your eyes very well."

He looks domineering and powerful, my heart is pounding in my chest, and the sound of blood rushing in my ear canals makes me a little breathless, God, I seriously doubt that I may have an M tendency.

"Carl, you know that's not what I mean. I just don't want to take advantage of you financially. How many friendships are there because of..."

"Shhh." He put his finger on my lips, "I know you're not that kind of person, that's enough. Now, come and enjoy your afternoon tea, it's a bit of a bummer to talk about such things at such a beautiful time."

The author has something to say: the next chapter will be the anti-theft chapter, and tomorrow it will be changed to non-theft-proof, and then a new anti-theft chapter will be released.

Hey, don't abandon me because of the anti-theft chapter~~~~

After finishing the work, I was completely exhausted. I got up at [-] o'clock in the morning and went to the school hospital to prescribe some medicine. I rushed from one consultation room to another consultation room, and finally replaced the ointment I wanted to prescribe with tablets.Girl, I'm going to apply it on my face, but you want me to grind the tablet and add water before applying it?

During the fire drill at noon, it is said that smoke bombs will be set off, which is very choking, and the dormitory building can't be full of people, so I carry my computer to find my classmates who are still finishing their renovations.In the afternoon, I was groggy in the library and typed 08 words. After dinner, I went back to the dormitory and fell asleep. I got up at 30:[-] to type out this chapter. . .Now move on to the next chapter. . .