[Titanic] I can't help myself

After breakfast, Carl and I rode horses through the manor slowly through the woods behind the castle.The weather starts to get hot in July, but there is enough shade in the woods.But after less than 10 minutes of riding, I started to regret it.Although the preparatory work last night was very sufficient, without any sequelae, but when I started riding, I could feel the discomfort of the teeth marks on the thighs being rubbed by the pants, and the bumps on the horse's back gave me The strange feeling that comes from the back.

I think my expression must be very bad, because soon Carl suppressed a smile and said, "Honey, or would you like to sit here?" He patted the seat in front of him.

I rolled his eyes and ignored him.

He looked around for a while, then drove his horse close to me, put his arms around my waist: "Is it uncomfortable?"

I elbowed him in the stomach. "I think I could have enjoyed this walk if you could get rid of your biting habit."

"Why is it biting people?" He touched my stomach with his hands, and squeezed my crotch like a mischievous, "Baby, I only bite you."

I really wanted to twist the flesh on his arm, but because of the clothes, and the muscles on his arm were so hard, I couldn't twist it at all, so I had to pull his ear hard to vent my anger.

"Why did you say those things to my mother in the morning." I said angrily, "I think she has already guessed our relationship, and you still say that kind of thing to stimulate her!"

"There is no doubt that she already knows." Karl chased after me and kissed me on the face. At this moment, the two horses that were close together suddenly separated a little. I was almost dragged off the horse by Karl. He quickly let go of me, but insisted on holding my hand.

"Henry, you can't hide this kind of thing." He smiled and said to me, not showing any worry, "There are three things in this world that can't be hidden, coughing, poverty, and love. Two people love each other and pay attention to it." Their people will quickly notice the difference. Ruth loves you very much, she is a responsible mother, and we can't keep things from her for long. So what I have to do now is to tell her my attitude. He squeezed my hand tightly, "I want to tell her, I'm not afraid of her knowing our relationship, no matter what, you are mine."

"Carl, she is my mother, not your enemy!" I withdrew my hand violently, and gave him a hard backhand, "Can't you be gentle? Why do you have to provoke her?"

He held my hand with a smile and intertwined with my fingers: "Anyone who tries to separate you from me is my enemy. She is your mother, which means you are more difficult to deal with than any enemy. "

"Be careful what you say!" I glared at him.

We walked aimlessly through the woods for a while, and I sighed and said, "She wants me to get married soon."

"Will you promise her?" Carl looked sideways at me.

I shook my head firmly: "I won't. You know that people like us can't get divorced once we get married, and sometimes I'm so weak. I won't plant any hidden dangers in our relationship. "

Carl didn't speak.We held hands and let the horses walk slowly in the woods. Suddenly, he let go of my hand, grabbed my rein, and stopped the two horses. Then, he hooked my neck, He put his arms around my waist and kissed me.

This kiss was unusually tender, lingering, our tongues were rubbing against each other, and our breaths were intertwined.He lightly licked my upper chest, which can be regarded as a sensitive spot of mine. I felt a numbness, my waist was sore, and I couldn't help laughing.He took my whole body into his arms, pressed against my lips, and laughed, and then, his tongue touched my throat deeper.

The two horses leaned together patiently, we kissed quietly, and after a long time we separated, our lips were swollen.

"I love you." He pressed his forehead against mine, rubbed his nose against mine, and said softly.

I closed my eyes, feeling the sweetness of this moment.The courage is slowly stacking up, even if the mother knows, what can I do?One day I will face all this.As long as he doesn't give up, I won't give up.

Carl remained in Acton for a few more days before departing for Belfast.In the past few days, my mother has never had a good face towards him, but the strange thing is that she didn't do anything to try to separate me from Carl. During the day, Carl and I were stuck in the study, and she only sent someone to see him off. After tea once, no one disturbed us again, and in the middle of the night, Carl was still able to sneak into my room without bumping into anyone on the way.

"She is avoiding a direct conflict with you, so as not to destroy the relationship between you and her, and push you to my side." At this time we were lying on the bed chatting, Carl was playing with my fingers while He said casually, "Your mother is very sensible. Under normal circumstances, forcibly breaking up a lover in a passionate relationship will only cause more serious consequences. I guess she must be thinking about a longer-term strategy now."

I sighed a long time, adjusted my posture, and let myself completely retract into Carl's arms: "No matter what, I will not compromise." Although this will be very sorry for my mother, I don't want to give up my happiness .

"From this point of view, you and Rose are really sisters and brothers. They are both so persistent." He tightened his arms, and said with a smile against my ear, "I guess Ruth must want to use family affection to soften you. , a child longing for a complete family, you must not be able to refuse."

"Indeed." I nodded, "So I won't let him appear."

"I'm very touched, honey. I think I love you more." He kissed my forehead. "But don't jump to conclusions so early, we will find a perfect way."

The next day, I supported my sore waist and faced my mother's cold eyes, and I personally sent Carl to the train station.

Within two days, I welcomed Robert.He was very interested in my research direction and decided to come to me for an interview in person.I once again picked up the study plan that was disrupted because of Carl's arrival, and Robert began to concentrate on reading related literature, making preparations for the subsequent research.

After the large-scale oxygen generator was officially put into the market, it quickly aroused enthusiastic responses. The oxygen production capacity increased by dozens of times, while the price was only five times that of the previous small oxygen generator.The factory received more and more orders, and by the fall, it had almost taken over from Germany and monopolized the European and American markets.

The market for small oxygen concentrators has been in an unprecedented downturn, but Karl did not buy these nearly bankrupt factories to expand his production line, but urged the development of top-blown converters.In the beginning, the production purpose of the large-scale oxygen generator was to cooperate with the top-blown converter to produce new high-performance steel.Carl understands very well that large-scale oxygen concentrators are too advanced, and there are not many existing industrial production projects that require a large amount of pure oxygen. Therefore, although the current sales situation of large-scale oxygen concentrators is very good, they will soon reach saturation. Only when industries with high oxygen consumption are developed can the sales of large oxygen concentrators be really driven.

The oats were harvested in the late summer and early fall, and the machinery we bought came in handy, and we planted another crop of soybeans.The first batch of piglets purchased at the beginning of the year have been sold, and the sows purchased later also gave birth to piglets.The size of the farm was getting bigger and bigger, and the farm steward who had been against me in the early stages of the transition finally acknowledged the correctness of my decision.The old steward has been serving Acton's manor since my grandfather was still alive. Like most nobles, his thinking is still stuck in the prosperous Victorian period, he is stubborn and refuses any changes.When I took back the land and started the transition, he was clamoring to resign. Fortunately, my mother persuaded him to stay and put a high hat on him, saying that I needed his help after I had had enough nonsense.After all, as an old employee who has worked hard for our family for decades, he was "driven" out of the manor when he was old, which hurt our reputation.

However, it only takes one year to see the results. The new management system and new farming methods will bring huge benefits.The old steward said with emotion that perhaps soon the manor could regain its prosperity a hundred years ago.

There is indeed a great satisfaction in standing on the heights of the castle looking out over the land I own.Since I was born on this land, I have never seen it so vibrant, and I have never felt like I am the owner of a large piece of land.

After the arrival of autumn, the temperature begins to drop. Generally, at this time, the nobles have finished their social season, returned to the countryside, and began to organize various outdoor activities such as charity sales, cricket games, and hunting.And we have a mourning for Rose until December, and there is no way to organize any activities during that time.

But we still invited some relatives and friends to get together. My mother is a lively person. Even if the whole castle cannot be decorated with bright colors and we can only wear black mourning clothes, she still has a way to show others what she wants to show.And I have serious doubts about the impure purpose of her party, as can be seen from the number of unmarried ladies who come to visit.

But she didn't force me to entertain those ladies, she didn't even give me a chance to be alone with any lady, it seemed that she just wanted to invite some guests and had no other ideas.But in fact, there is no need for her to do anything, a noble bachelor with a lot of money and not ugly looks is always hot in the downward direction, even if he is not yet an adult.Without my mother's arrangements, I gathered a lot of ladies around me.

While my mother's inaction let me breathe a sigh of relief, it also made me faintly tense a nerve.Mother can't just compromise like this, she must be planning something.But now, even if I try to crack my head, I can't guess what my mother is thinking. I can only be thankful that Carl just had something to leave Acton during the party, otherwise I would have seen so many young women around me How could he be jealous.

In the past few months, Carl has regarded Acton as his home, and he usually stays in Acton unless he has to deal with it himself.When he lived in the castle, every day I looked into my mother's eyes in fear, pretending to be calm and going in and out with him, and when I was alone with him, I was addicted to his sweet talk and couldn't extricate myself. It was really exhausting physically and mentally. .

The author has something to say: Thank you Lei from Greenwich’s day-changing classmate~~ I love you~~