[Pride and Prejudice] Second Marriage

On the morning when Juliet finally counted No. 40 days on her fingers, she came out of the bathroom feeling relaxed, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the room, wrapped her bathrobe around her body, and began to look at herself in the mirror. She turned half a circle from left to right, and twisted her body with her hands on her waist. Finally, she found to her dismay that even after giving birth to little Darcy, her waist still looked like she was three months pregnant.Then she shifted her gaze to the two skirts spread out beside the bed, and finally reluctantly brushed over the pinched waist skirt she had always liked, and chose another Greek-style high-waisted skirt with no visible waist according to her actual situation .

Fortunately, she is quite tall. Although her arms are rounded a lot, she doesn't look like a hunchback. The only thing she doesn't like is that her chest is one size bigger, which is more obvious against the raised waistline—— —Although she is also happy with its growth, this skirt makes them too flamboyant.

When Caroline opened the door and walked in, she saw that Juliet was raising her chin, adjusting the scarf around her neck from side to side, trying to cover up the large gap on her chest.

Behind her was the nanny who was holding little Darcy. This little man had already learned the most lovable expression in the world. He waved his sweet-smelling little hands, turned his little head to show a toothless smile, and was attracted by his mother. In my arms.Probably because he smelled a familiar smell, he immediately became lively, babbling and dancing, one small hand not very forcefully hooked the silk scarf his mother had been playing with for a long time, and then pulled it out of the skirt bit by bit a lot.

Juliet pretended to be angry and grabbed his little paw and put it into her mouth. She gently took out one of his little fingers, and threatened him with her eyes, which aroused the ignorant little Darcy even more excited.

Caroline sat obliquely on the side of the bed, propping herself up with her hands, watching the similarly described mother and child making fun of each other, she looked Juliet up and down, and said with envy, "It seems that the advantages of having a child still outweigh the disadvantages. "

Juliet's mouth was still teasing her jubilant son, so she had no choice but to express her doubts with her eyes.

Caroline's eyes flicked over her bulging snow-white chest, and stayed on her face. She smiled maliciously, "Look at your pink and childish face, I think Mr. Darcy must be getting more and more anxious about his own health." age. He certainly doesn’t want to go out and be recognized as a father with two small children.”

What she said was exaggerated, but when Juliet looked at herself in the mirror, she found that her face was indeed rounded, softening the lines of her face, and she did look a little childish.

Even though this was the case, she was not willing to let Caroline take Darcy's age as a joke. She put the son back into the nurse's hands, and did not tidy up the messy silk scarf. She took it off slowly and proudly Stretching out her chest, she glanced at Caroline's less obvious ups and downs, "Honey, I like those folds on your chest on your skirt."——Caroline used it to cover up the less obvious design with curve flaws.

Caroline didn't expect her to react so quickly, she simply accepted the only shortcoming in her whole body, and she was not angry.She got up from the bed, went to the nurse, stretched out her hands with short and round nails, to tease little Darcy, who was not crying or fussing, amusing himself by gnawing his fingers.

"It's a good thing that Richard looks like you," said Caroline, taking little Darcy from the nurse's arms, "I've never seen such a laughing baby."

Upon hearing this, Juliet signaled the nanny to leave the room first.

Juliet sat down beside her, watched her pouting and teasing Darcy, and said, "Your little boy Wade is just over two years old. He is just at the age when he has just learned to play around and understand the world, and he has his fun."

Caroline heard what she meant and turned to look at her.

"Caroline, if you really regard him as your reliance, you have to try to like him and take care of him like a son. The life of two people is much better than that of one alone."

"I know what you mean." Caroline sighed, "Every time I want to do this, I always think of his mother, and there is inevitably a gap in my heart."

"But this is irreversible. You might as well think about what kind of future you and little Wade want." Juliet gently pushed her shoulder, "You have to think quickly, little Wade." Sometimes the age of children's memory is too early to tell."

Caroline's body swayed accordingly, and in exchange for the laughter of "ahhhhh" from little Darcy in her arms, she broke away from her thoughts and laughed too.

When Caroline began to subconsciously pay attention to Wade Quweisi's living conditions, he had already played with Andrew. The two children who were about the same age sometimes couldn't stand firmly, but they could chat with each other. happy.Wade is also a quiet and thin boy, without Mr. Quvis at all - this satisfies Caroline, who has gradually figured it out.

She lives comfortably, neither needing to take care of her husband who exists in name, nor the affairs of Traves's mansion. She has stayed in Pemberley for more than two months. Seeing that she can spend her spare time with his wife, Darcy sincerely takes She is treated as a noble and free guest.

One morning, when she received a letter from Bingley, she hurriedly found Juliet in a living room where Juliet was always staying.She didn't have time to ridicule Juliet's strange appearance and her cruelty to herself as usual, so she unfolded the letter and read to her, "...Mr. He must have suffered a severe emotional blow, he had been depressed for a long time, which greatly weakened his resistance to disease... Elizabeth came back just in time, and Mr. Bennet closed the door on the third night we arrived in Wales. He closed his eyes, because he saw his most beloved daughter, with a smile on his face and no regrets."

Juliet turned over from the wall and stood up. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked in surprise, "Mr. Bennett passed away?"

"It's very clear in the letter." Caroline shook the letter paper in her hand, "Because of the hot weather, Mr. Bennett's funeral can only be held in Wales, and will be buried directly behind the local church. Charles wants me to Can go to the funeral. I'm afraid I'll have to say goodbye to you."

Darcy also received letters describing the news, and although he too was shocked and saddened by the news, it was not easy for him to appear at the funeral in his current capacity.It is gratifying that when he divorced Elizabeth, he was prepared for this situation. The house Darcy bought for them in Wales was recorded in the name of Mrs. Wickham, even if it was Mr. Bennett. After death, Mrs. Bennet and her widowed young daughter will not be left without branches, without a tile of their own.

However, the most surprising thing is Mrs. Wickham, who was originally innocent and unrestrained in her behavior.She seemed to mature overnight, wearing mourning clothes neatly, taking care of her sick father and complaining mother, and taking care of all the housework by herself.When Bentley and his party arrived in Wales, they almost didn't recognize the woman with rolled-up sleeves, apron and headscarf who was feeding chickens.

Although Darcy didn't go to the funeral, Bingley, who was far away at the scene, meticulously narrated what he saw and heard to his friends one after another.Mrs. Wickham has a lot of money in the village. Although she is a widow, the country people don't value this. What's more, she is good-looking, hardworking, and has a small villa with a garden-which makes her After taking off the mourning clothes, there are many suitors.In the end, Mrs. Wickham chose an honest, unremarkable, but decent farmer, and won the only compliment from Mr. Bennett during his lifetime.

After the funeral, Elizabeth only stayed with Jane in Bridge for more than a month, and then left again. She planned to return to the United States.This time she's bringing along her cult following, Erin Parkinson.Mr. Parkinson is quite relaxed about the lack of a mouth to eat at home. He has never cared much about his children, and only cares that the price of pork is enough for him to drink a few meals.He didn't even ask whose maid Irene was, as long as she didn't ask him for a dowry, he didn't care about her existence.On the contrary, Mrs. Parkinson wiped away a few tears of reluctance. She couldn't resist her daughter's own wishes, so she could only wrap up all her clothes and secretly gave her a roll of banknotes that she had hidden for a long time.

When Darcy was reading the letter from Bingley, Juliet was also sitting beside him. She browsed much faster than Darcy, and quickly saw the sensitive topic behind. She grabbed the letter paper and smiled. She gave Darcy a sideways look, and then read out aloud, "...When I saw her stepping on the deck and staring back at her homeland, I deeply felt her pain. Darcy, I have no intention of uncovering you again. However, I can be sure that she still has love for you in her eyes. I can't help but sigh how fate has brought you to this point. Elizabeth is a strange woman. She has a different view of the constraints of the world. She has deep sympathy and compassion for all weak women, and believes that they should unite to protest against this unfair society. Although I sometimes agree with her point of view, Jane has many conflicts with her because of it. I had to keep my mouth shut against my will. Darcy, I can imagine that if you were there, you would definitely defend her firmly..."

Darcy had to interrupt her emotional reading, "Nonsense." He said, "Why would I defend a group of women who have no strength at all and only empty slogans who don't know what to say..."

Juliet smiled slightly, "He didn't mention a group of people, he just thought you would defend someone."

Darcy became more and more serious, "I just know that I need to defend myself."

Juliet couldn't help laughing, she actually knew that the jealousy was unreasonable, so she used it to laugh with her husband, and then forgot what Bingley said.However, what is unexpected is that another letter made Darcy himself eat a big pot of jealousy.

It also arrived in the morning, and the neat and neat italics on the cover made Juliet recognize Carl's handwriting without looking at the inscription. In fact, the letter itself did not have any content, but simply congratulated Juliet upon hearing that Juliet had safely given birth to an heir. .It’s just that Juliet’s emotions have just opened up. At this time, thinking of the previous entanglement with Darcy because of Carl, she can’t help but feel that one more thing is worse than one less thing. She intends to destroy the letter, but little Darcy’s naughty makes her busy mother forget it. , when she remembered it, it was more than ten days later, she found it in the corner of the room while holding on to her sore waist.

She slapped the letter in front of Darcy angrily, "Look! After reading it, I will sleep in a room alone today!"

Darcy is definitely a gentleman. When he saw the letter on the desk where his wife usually writes letters, although he felt unhappy, he would never open it to take a peek. He just accidentally dropped the letter out of impatience. It fell to the ground and accidentally kicked it into the gap between the wardrobe and the wall.

Darcy's narrow-mindedness was used in other places, but he forgot that no matter how powerful a man is, he still has to kneel between a woman's legs.With dark circles under her eyes, Juliet finally figured out the truth of the matter. Although she regretted her negligence and forgetfulness, she would never forgive this narrow-minded man.

Naturally, Darcy would not read this letter, but no matter how good his attitude of admitting his mistake was, he was shut out of the room by Juliet for a week in a row.

His son happily took his place.