Elizabeth never expected that the surprise would come so suddenly...

"Eliza, long time no see. I purposely forbid the messenger to tell you that I'm here, just to surprise you."

The bright young girl stood at the entrance of the hall, passed the guests and servants in front of her, and stretched out her hand to Elizabeth with a smile, with a familiar smile on her face.

However, Elizabeth's eyes widened in surprise, her mind was in chaos, and she stepped forward to hug Wu Zhao in a daze, feeling the warm body in her arms, and she came back to her senses.

Immediately afterwards, Elizabeth yelled in surprise, took Wu Zhao's hand, and was about to fly into the sky, "Gina! Gina! Gina! It's really you! Oh my god, we haven't seen each other for a few months!" See you?"

"I'm afraid it's been four months, Miss Elizabeth." A steady voice came from Wu Zhao's side, "If I remember correctly, you haven't seen each other since Netherfield left."

Elizabeth was taken aback for a moment, and then she saw Darcy standing upright on one side. Her face flushed, and she felt a little embarrassed when she remembered her gaffe just now. Sir. I haven't seen Gina for a long time, and I was a little overjoyed for a while."

Darcy looked at her tenderly, and bowed back, "That's all right—but I want to remind you, Miss Elizabeth, that we haven't seen each other for four months."

Elizabeth was stunned. She didn't understand what Darcy meant. Was her attitude too intimate?Until she followed Wu Zhao to the reception room and sat down, even Collins' constant compliments to Mrs. de Boer could not bring her back to her senses.

"Elizabeth, Elizabeth?" Charlotte anxiously poked her waist with an elbow, and Elizabeth shuddered. She looked around and found that everyone's eyes were on her. She was startled. He asked blankly, "What's wrong?"

Mrs. De Boer frowned tightly, Wu Zhao smiled, and kindly reminded: "Eliza, just now my brother praised you for being so clever, you can understand at a single point..."

She paused, and seeing a blush flash across Elizabeth's face, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Then my aunt asked if you could learn a piece of piano music in one day."

In fact, Wu Zhao also concealed a few words. When Mrs. de Boer heard Darcy praise Elizabeth's intelligence, she first belittled it, then boasted that Anna's piano skills had greatly improved, and proudly mentioned her teacher's praise. Anna is extremely talented, and can understand any difficult and obscure piano music within a day, which leads to the question later.

Elizabeth didn't hear the twists and turns ahead, and she couldn't help but glanced at Mrs. de Boer strangely. She had said that when she first came to Rosings Manor, her sisters didn't learn any musical instruments, except for Mary who knew a little. , other people know nothing about musical instruments!

"Thank you for your compliment." Elizabeth nodded to Darcy first, and then said, "To be honest, I can't learn—madam, I haven't learned the piano."

"What? You haven't even learned the piano!" Mrs. de Boer excitedly

Fluttering his nostrils excitedly, as if he had received some strong evidence, he exclaimed happily, "Ha! There is still a lady who has never learned the piano? It's incredible, isn't this a must-have skill for a lady?" ?"

Mrs. de Boer caught the handle, and immediately published a long speech eloquently. The main argument was that a lady cannot be said to be a qualified lady if she has not learned the piano. The assistant debaters were Sir Lucas and Mr. Collins.

Anna lowered her head as she listened, and at the end of Mrs. de Boer's words, she wished she could tuck her head behind Wu Zhao's chair.This shy girl is really not able to calm down in such an atmosphere.

Wu Zhao was really impatient with Mrs. de Boer, she was about to say something, but someone couldn't help it first—not Elizabeth, but Darcy.

Darcy originally respected his aunt very much, and also felt very grateful that Mrs. De Boer personally took part in the battle when the old Mr. Darcy passed away, and stabilized the situation for their siblings, but this did not mean that he could be ridiculed by his aunt Time is indifferent.

"Musical instruments cannot be linked to a person's intelligence, at most they can only be regarded as a pastime in spare time." Darcy said quietly, "As entertainment, it is enough to spend an hour on it every day. When there are others If you are not interested in music, or you are not interested in music, I think this can be completely given up.”

"At the very least, I'm an ordinary person who doesn't understand music. No matter how good the piano music is, it can't resonate with me." Darcy glanced at Elizabeth deliberately, "On the contrary, running around in my career makes me feel more satisfied."

Mrs. de Boer was stunned by him, and reluctantly let go, "Well, if you insist on thinking so. But I still want to emphasize one point, knowing music is not a bad thing for a lady!"

"It's not a bad thing if you don't understand." Darcy added lightly, "There are too many things that are more attractive than music that deserve the attention of ladies."

Mrs. de Boer was a little angry, but she didn't want to refute her nephew's face, so she kept her mouth shut.

Fortunately, Collins was still there. Although his words always made people laugh with contempt, this time was indeed a good way to change the subject.

The expression on Mrs. de Boer's face brightened again under the compliments of Collins and Sir Lucas.

Darcy was silent for a while, then suddenly stretched out his right hand to Elizabeth, "Miss Elizabeth, I think maybe you don't mind going for a walk in the grove? Today's weather is rare and good, very suitable for going outdoors and relaxing."

Elizabeth was a little stunned, and didn't understand why Darcy invited herself out.Seeing Mrs. de Boer's gloomy face, who was always watching from the corner of her eyes, although she was chatting with Collins, her naughty energy suddenly appeared, and she smiled at Darcy, and readily agreed: "Don't dare to touch her." Your Excellency kindly."

Mrs. De Boer's face became even uglier. She was silent for a while, and suddenly suggested: "Mrs. Jenkinson, Anna hasn't gone out for activities today, has she?"

She won't let Mrs. Jenkinson

What to say, looked at Darcy immediately, "Fitz, why don't you take her out for a walk? I think the woods in the garden are very nice."

The room suddenly fell silent. Both Collins and Lucas sensed the delicate atmosphere among them, and silently closed their mouths and stopped talking.

Just when Wu Zhao thought it was his turn to play, a small but firm voice came out from behind the chair, "Mom, I'm terribly cold today and I don't want to go out—cousin, please talk to Bennett." Miss, go outside and relax, I'll be fine in the house."

Before the words fell, Mrs. de Boere said in embarrassment: "Anna! Even if it's cold, you should go out for a walk more!"

Anna flinched, trying to get rid of Mrs. Jenkinson's hand that kept poking her back, and moved to Wu Zhao's side as if to draw some strength. She quietly pinched Wu Zhao's belt and whispered: "That's me. My leg hurts today and I don’t want to go out.”

"If you absolutely want me to go out, tomorrow, tomorrow, please ask my cousin to take me out for a walk, okay?" She looked into Wu Zhao's eyes timidly and expectantly, then immediately avoided her, and said dully, "I see my cousin I also go for a walk every morning..."

The more she spoke, the lower her voice was. This was the first time Anna mustered up the courage to refute Mrs. de Boer's proposal. Wu Zhao's delay in responding made her a little uneasy.

"Of course!" Wu Zhao smiled and grabbed Anna's palm, "Shall I ask Sarah to call you tomorrow morning?"

"How about seven o'clock? Can Miss Anna get up? If it's too early, it can be a little later..." Sara quickly smiled and continued, "Rosings' garden is so beautiful, and there is still time in the morning. There are several kinds of flowers that I have never seen before, and the young lady asked what kind of flower it was, but I couldn’t figure it out—Miss Anna, I will show you tomorrow, can you tell us what kind of flower it is?”

Anna's eyes became bright, but she was still a little shy and said shyly, "I seldom go to the garden, so maybe I don't know what kind of flower it is..."

"It's okay, I just want to go and see the garden." Wu Zhao added with a smile.She gave Darcy a wink, Darcy understood, and led Elizabeth out quietly.

Wu Zhao smiled with satisfaction, and nodded secretly in her heart. Eliza is willing to go out with her brother alone at this time, and the matter will be sure. It seems that Darcy's family will have a new happy event soon...

Although Mrs. de Boer saw this scene, Anna herself refused. What else could she say?I had no choice but to pretend I didn't see it, and turned my head to listen to Collins' flattery again, but I don't know what was going on in my heart.

Hertfordshire is a bit southerly. Although the weather was a bit chilly at [-] o'clock in the evening, the sun had not completely set, and the clouds in the west were still bright orange-yellow.

Darcy walked in front and went straight to the woods at the corner of the manor. Elizabeth followed behind silently, looking up at Darcy's generous back from time to time, looking a little uneasy.

"Mr. Darcy, what's the reason you asked me to come out?" Elizabeth finally couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't care less about being rash, and asked aloud, "Isn't it really

Are you coming out to see the garden? "

"Isn't Rosings's garden beautiful?" Darcy stopped, but without turning around, he just turned his back to Elizabeth and said, "I thought you would like these natural scenery."

"It's quite beautiful. May I remind you that I have been here for almost two weeks." Elizabeth said perfunctorily, "I have seen the scenery here many times, not to mention that it is not Natural scenic spots, even if they are beautiful, have limited views.”

"The area of ​​Pemberley is four or five times larger than that of Rosings." Darcy turned around suddenly, staring intently into Elizabeth's eyes, "There is also a garden even bigger than this one, which is full of scenery built by craftsmen with their heart—Miss Elizabeth , would you like to take a look at Pemberley Manor with me?"

"What, what?" Elizabeth's face flushed, and she hurriedly avoided Darcy's gaze, and said awkwardly, "I, I don't understand what you are talking about, Mr. Darcy."

"I mean," Darcy refused to let her go, he took two steps forward and got closer, "Derbyshire, where Pemberley is located, is a famous Lake District in England. The scenery is particularly beautiful and magnificent. Pemberley Manor is even in There's a lake nearby, and a mountain that's not too big or too small, but it's interesting... much more interesting than Rosings."

Elizabeth felt a little lost for some unknown reason. Was Mr. Darcy just introducing his manor?With her head down, she said absent-mindedly: "Oh, oh, yes - Gina told me about it, and when I was a guest, I still remember Sarah's desserts, showing the Pemberley Manor corner of..."

"That's only a corner," interrupted Darcy. "You can't see the beauty of Pemberley without going there yourself."

Elizabeth made his heart beat wildly. She nodded indiscriminately, and said a few perfunctory words. She felt that the appearance of the two of them was really terrible. She didn't want to be so close at all, so she couldn't help but tried to lean towards the edge of the path. Go forward.

Darcy still blocked Elizabeth's way. He stared persistently into Elizabeth's eyes and insisted: "I mean, Miss Elizabeth, would you like to visit Pemberley—as the future wife of the master of Pemberley?"

"Oh, yes. If you invite me, I will go..." Elizabeth nodded casually, promised to get out of this embarrassing situation quickly, but suddenly found something wrong.

She screamed, "W-what? What are you talking about, Mr. Darcy? Who is it?!"

The author has something to say: The second watch is coming!Darcy is in love with Elizabeth!

It's almost over...

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