[Famous Books] Desire for control and arrogance

Alice has failed too many times, longing for a new start, but those frequent and short-lived failures always remind her repeatedly:

Without the aura of a princess, without the convenience brought by her superior appearance, she is nothing.Accustomed to standing in the dazzling center, she shrank to face a new challenge, a little afraid to step forward to deal with it.

When she realized this, she hurriedly left a sentence: "My face is a bit oily, so I'll wash my face first."

The cold water slapped her face frequently, and the skin on her delicate face became colder and whiter, like the white snow hanging on the withered branches in winter.

Snow White...

She remembered the exclamation that the queen mother said the day before her death.

"Alice, although my mother always tells you that something is wrong and asks you to change, but I often hope that you will never have to change, and no one will ever have the qualifications to force you to change. So, if you don't change, you will never change." You can live a good life without changing it. Doesn’t the queen mother want to be like your favorite father and king, just pampering you? Does it make you only have a good impression of me? So I also hope that you will not change. But... ...But..." The queen mother struggled to hold Alice's hand, "If you encounter unavoidable setbacks, let's change it. That is actually a good thing."

The queen mother's trembling words were still in her ears, Alice's eyes were wide open, and she was looking at her frustrated self in the clear water.

She seems to be really changing.

But, [That's actually really a good thing. 】

Yes, she would tell herself over and over again that that was a good thing too. Alice's nose was so sore that she couldn't breathe, and her eyes were filled with tears of confusion and anxiety. .

Anyway, no matter how it turns out, it's all for better living, and that's enough.

Sensitively hearing footsteps approaching, she buried her entire face in the water without hesitation, and opened her eyes wide in the water.

There is an illusion in this way, as if it can wash away her tears.

After staying in the water for a few seconds, she raised her head again, put her hands on the edge of the washbasin, her face was wet, and water droplets kept falling on her clothes.But she was standing upright, with her chin raised slightly, her skin whiter than snow was as cold as her face, and she was looking indifferently at the approaching Bill.

At this moment, she didn't look embarrassed at all. Instead, she seemed to be at a certain party, facing Bill far away, and gave Bill a meaningless look.

Bill was stunned, his obvious Adam's apple moved up and down, and then he frowned and asked Alice: "Are you crying? It's just the beginning of spring, you torture yourself like this, do you want to catch a cold?"

He didn't immediately go to help Alice get the dry clothes, but stared at Alice's red and swollen eyes, waiting for the answer.

Alice was not in the mood to talk to him, and looked at him fixedly, so Bill could only speak first: "You can just say it if you don't want to sell the pot, and you don't need to vent it alone, you really can't go on like this... "

His tone softened, but Alice didn't feel much warmth either.

He still took care of Alice, sometimes wiped Alice's butt, and didn't touch Alice, and only helped her a lot with his actions, but Alice felt more and more clearly that he was an extremely cold person by nature.

Alice trembled, her eyes moved slightly, she suddenly looked at him quietly, and said dryly: "I'm cold, I can't walk, can you help me?"

He sighed, and said: "I see you are pitiful, so I will help you. Next time, you can rely on yourself. It is not easy for me to find the pot. You pack it up and ask me if you have any questions. On the first day, I will help you." Accompany you to sell pots."

Alice knew he would help, so she spoke like that on purpose.

So what if he is extremely indifferent, but this is how he handles things, he is a strict and good person every day, so help her more, after all, she is not only going out for herself, but also helping him make money...

Huh, wait.

Alice, who said she was too cold to move, suddenly walked like flying, and stepped forward to grab Bill who was about to help her.

"Bill," she asked with a gloomy face, "we have to make one thing clear. If I go out to make money by then, how will we divide the money I make?"

She emphasized emphatically that she earned the money.

Bill looked at her in surprise, and thought she was strange and funny: "You make money first, then you can think about how to divide the money..."

"No!" Alice interrupted him, grabbed his sleeve tightly, stared at him and said, "We must make it clear now!"

She was not a very good person in the first place, but now she has become like this, she is even more selfish. Of course, she must confirm the benefits she can get, and never want to do any white jobs.

I was really stupid for forgetting to say this before, but she didn't make money before, so it doesn't hurt to say it now.

Bill saw her preoccupied look, smiled lowly, and said indifferently: "You eat mine, live in mine, use mine, and you are still my wife. You can't deny these, you have to give me money. Before you As a princess, I probably don’t care about the money. You hold the money, and you don’t know if you get scammed. So I will take care of the money for you. When you want to spend money, come to me. If I have it I'll give it to you. That's all right."

"No. Do you think I'm a fool? Take it all from me. There's no such thing as such a good thing. I'd rather be cheated once and start all over again, than spend all the money in the future on something I don't know about." Ai Li Si resolutely resisted.

She was stupid to give the money to Bill. Bill said it nicely, who knows if he will swallow all the money and not keep a cent?

Alice also guessed with the greatest malice: his life is so miserable, it may not be because of his appearance, if he can save money, at least he won't be wandering around and begging for money.

The two fought back and forth, but there was no conclusion. Bill guessed that a long time had passed, and finally took a step back: "Well, I will take the rent and food at most. The rent is based on the market price, so it's okay."

Alice stared nervously at the movement of his mouth, and did not breathe a sigh of relief until she was sure that she understood and understood clearly.

Bill really didn't expect her to make money, so he let go so easily. Alice was a little happier, and said more safely: "You are so kind, let's find a witness in these two days and sign this plan together. Let's make an agreement."

Bill opened his mouth and said with a sneer, "You don't believe me that much."

Alice smirked: "Now I only believe in clearly written promises and witnesses, otherwise I am afraid that you will be like my biological father, and he will have the final say on how you treat me."

Bill paused, then nodded in agreement.

After it was settled, Alice stopped pestering him, and finally ran happily to change clothes.Even though she coughed several times while changing clothes, she was also blissfully energetic.

Putting on a headscarf and hugging her face, she followed Bill, who had been waiting for a long time, out the door.

Bill quickly found a place for her by the busiest street, spread the cloth covering the pot on the ground, carefully arranged the pot, then pulled Alice to sit down, and taught her how to do business in her ear.

His voice is relatively rough, and it is ugly when he listens normally, but when he whispers, there is an inexplicable elegance.Alice then listened more carefully.

After he finished explaining, he motioned for Alice to start.Alice was wearing a turban, and she was not afraid of losing face at all, so she yelled loudly as he said, and he even praised Alice for her clear and pleasant voice.

Alice was very proud and felt that she would definitely make money today.

But after shouting for a long time, no one came to see it.

The better the thought, the greater the disappointment.

"Why is this?" Alice asked aggrievedly.

"What's the rush? Sometimes it's not bad to sell one in two days. If it was that easy to make money, I would have become a rich man." Bill said indifferently, "I think you have that posture, and I have my own. Work, let's go first."

He left in a hurry, Alice looked at his tall back, and knew that he should be singing and begging again, otherwise they would have no money to spend.

Thinking that he was a little hoarse when he spoke in a low voice just now, Alice quickly followed him, grabbed him, and said with concentration in his surprised look: "I heard that your voice was wrong just now, after you finish singing today, go to Go to the pharmacy to buy medicine according to my prescription, my medicine is prescribed by the best doctor to protect your throat, and it will definitely work for you."

The little princess seldom cared about people, but she never thought that the way she cared about people was actually serious.

Bill looked at Alice, and his throat moved again.

Alice didn't wait for his answer, and went back to the pot seller, yelling at everyone, looking very skilled.

Bill took a deep look at her, hooked the corner of his mouth, and continued to walk away.

……

Bill's words were a reassurance to Alice, who waited patiently for the arrival of her fortune, but this patience ended when she saw the sale of cups and saucers.

That person arrived late and was also a woman.

The woman didn't bother to yell, but just put all the cups on the ground, and put a few cauldrons beside them, and then sat on a chair, combing her hair lazily, while smiling and introducing the products to the guests who came forward.

Alice watched as she sold a pot!

Oh my god, within half an hour, the second bite was sold!

But this woman didn't even sit for two hours!

Alice's eyes were red with jealousy.

The woman sensed Alice's gaze, glanced at Alice who was wrapped all over, looked away disinterestedly, looked at Alice's pot, and then approached Alice with the corners of her mouth raised in interest.

She has normal facial features, but she brushed her thick and charming long hair, her movements and demeanor were slow and sweet.

"Hey, can you sell it elsewhere? I've been selling things here, and the customers have recognized me. It's impossible to buy your pot." She seemed to remind her kindly, but she was driving the seller away. She has merchants with overlapping merchandise.

Alice is weak, and it is impossible to move the booth without Bill's help, and she can't understand how this woman occupies a street, so she blinked her big beautiful eyes and said innocently on purpose: "Thank you sister for reminding me." , but I’ll sell it first and then talk about it.”

The woman didn't expect to be able to persuade her to leave at the beginning. She touched her clean chin, smiled, showing her neat and beautiful teeth, and said, "I just remind you, lest you waste time." She gave Alice gave another friendly smile, turned around and walked a few steps, then turned around and said softly, "I am in a good mood today, let me remind my sister that the clothes you wear so tightly are also the reason for hindering customers. Even if you It’s not good looking, but it’s better to show a clean smile to customers than to cover your face.”

Alice hesitated touching her veil.

Seeing her hesitant look, the woman felt that Alice should be an ugly monster, and secretly urged: "You should be doing business for the first time. I haven't seen you before. I just told you today out of kindness. For your point, you can pay attention to other businesses and see which ones do it with their faces covered. No matter how ugly they are, they don’t cover their faces.”

Alice thought of Bill and affirmed the woman's statement.

Indeed, Bill was so ugly, but he only used his hair to cover part of the scar, not completely covering his face.

But is she really going to show her face?What if you get a bad suitor?

She is confused.

Time passed in her confusion, and in the next few days, she went to several places to sell things, but nothing was sold.

Some people also inquire about her products, but many customers are always curious about how she covers her face. One old man even hesitated to ask her if she was sick to cover her face.

The old man avoided her a little when he spoke, as if he was afraid that the disease would infect him.

Alice felt sore in her heart, and wanted to lift the veil a little bit.

When she wavered, she bumped into that woman again.

The woman was shopping leisurely. She should have counted Alice's products before. When she saw Alice, she leaned closer and said: "You can't sell anything. You see, I'm right. You don't take off your veil." , you can’t do business well, and you have to sacrifice something if you want to do a good job..."

[If you want to do a good job in business, you always have to sacrifice something. 】

Alice was caught up in the sentence.She is too eager to win to motivate herself who has been stuck for too long.

If it still fails this time, isn't it another way to break?Or cut off the most profitable way.

She had seen the woman in front of her collect a lot of money, it was easy and rich, much better than spinning or weaving baskets.

Alice gritted her teeth and put her hands on her veil.

Why don't you try it first, the public should not be hurt, she has Bill to pick her up every day.

This is Campbell's capital again, and there are a lot of patrolling guards. She can ask the patrolling people to help deal with troubles.

and……

And she is so beautiful, there must be many people robbing her. It would be great if there is a strong suitor who can bring her a good life, so that she will not hesitate to change her temper.

Although she can't help herself after getting married, and she doesn't want to marry, but it's already like this. Finding a chance to remarry someone with better conditions must be better than now.

Why would she abide by her father's messy marriage?

Alice stared straight at the only woman standing in front of her booth, as if she had finally gained courage, she firmly and slowly tore off the veil that had been wrapped around several layers.

At first, the woman smiled and looked encouragingly, but when Alice showed her full face, the woman was completely stunned.

"You..." Her voice was extremely hoarse, and she completely held her breath.

Alice stared closely at her reaction, expressionless and silent, but completely attracted the woman's attention.

This woman is very thin, compared with other people of the same sex, her Adam's apple is a bit obvious.

Alice clearly saw that the woman's Adam's apple went up and down many times, obviously swallowed a lot of saliva, and then suddenly became short of breath, and anxiously grabbed Alice's veil to cover Alice.

She also got very close to Alice when she was covering it. She looked at Alice in a daze, and said in a daze, "You, don't show your face casually."

Alice thought it was funny, and said ironically, "Then how do I do business?"

I have been persuading her to show her face, but now I find her face so threatening, so I stopped her, it is really hypocritical.

Alice smacked her lips secretly, very disdainful of women's behavior, but at the same time she was very relieved and proud.

Yes, this is her Alice's life, and she should be surrounded by such jealous eyes, instead of shrinking into Bill's house as a useless person.

Alice smiled proudly, but she didn't expect the woman to lower her head.

The tips of her ears were red, her breathing was still short, and she said sensitively and uneasily: "I can cooperate with you and make money with you. I didn't expect you to be so good-looking. It's actually a bit dangerous to show your face like this, so I took the liberty to touch you Veil, sorry."

After apologizing, she lowered her head, her voice was as low as a mosquito, and suddenly said shyly: "You, you are really beautiful, so beautiful..."

She was incoherent, and Alice was full of question marks.

After waiting for a long time for Alice's answer, the woman suddenly raised her head again, startled and focused on Alice.

She approached Alice blushing, and asked eagerly and obsessively, "What's your name? My name is Sara."

Alice retreated in disgust and confusion.

What's the matter with this woman, why this reaction? !

This look is too weird!