My years as a menswear boss

"We will always remember your help, Mrs. Gardiner." Jiqiu smiled and helped Mrs. Gardiner into the carriage.

"We are the ones who should be most grateful. You saved my husband's business," Mrs. Gardiner said.

"It's just a little effort." Jiqiu said, she looked at Elizabeth behind Mrs. Gardiner, and the two smiled tacitly.

"Miss Mary, if you are interested in this place, you can come and visit at any time." Jiqiu looked at Mary who kept her head down.

Mary looked hesitant. She glanced at Mrs. Gardiner, received her encouraging eyes, and said cheerfully, "Thank you, Mr. Hyde, I like this place very much."

Mary's words came from the heart. Just now Ms. Lan Ruisa took her to the room where the children gathered. She helped Ms. Lan Ruisa distribute the tableware. Every little thank you made her very happy.

Here she is no longer the nerdy Mary of the Bennet family, without contempt, without sarcasm, without partiality.

"Have you found a suitable governess, Mr. Hyde?"

Lan Ruisha looked at the young man and asked, she felt sad when she thought of the picture of children surrounded by Miss Mary clamoring to listen to her reading. In her eyes, every child should receive literacy education.

"Maybe I found it..." Jiqiu watched the carriage go away, she suddenly laughed, "What do you think of Miss Mary?"

"My God, are you joking?" said Larisa in surprise. "Miss Mary is the daughter of a squire. How can she come to be a governess?"

Jiqiu sighed, "Teaching and educating people is a very sacred profession. Every tutor with good conduct should be respected."

In England at this time, the status of women was not high, and the status of governesses was even lower. Suitable governesses needed to go to girls' schools.

But most of the families who send people to school are not too bad, and there are very few women who choose to be tutors after graduation.Jiqiu still needs to find a suitable candidate among these few parts.

"I don't want girls from Birds of Paradise who only know how to embroider and play musical instruments. I need someone who can guide the girls to think."

Jiqiu said softly that this was a step in her plan. Ever since the incident with Margaret, she couldn't fully trust women whose thoughts had solidified.

'What if it starts from a child? '

'Is it less likely to be betrayed? '

If it weren't for the indispensable status, Jiqiu would even want to be a teacher himself.

Originally, the candidate she considered was Elizabeth Bennett. As the heroine of the original novel, her character would not have too many flaws.

But after some investigation, Jiqiu found that Elizabeth Bennet was not suitable, and she needed a woman who was willing to dedicate herself to her career.

It was an unexpected joy to find Mary Bennett. Jiqiu did not expect that the girl who seemed not good at words was actually very rational and would not be led away at all. An important part of teaching girls is to look at everything rationally thing.

'But now there's another thing to do. Ji Qiu took out another opera ticket from his pocket.

Relying on the information given by Barton, she found the person in the store under the name of Bentley.

"Bentley!" Jiqiu waved happily on the carriage when he saw his friend.

"Hyde?" Bingley looked at his friend with a happy face, and he also showed a big smile, "Why are you here?"

"I came to watch the opera with you, this is the best seat." Jiqiu put the ticket in Bentley's hand.

Although Bentley was not interested in opera, in order not to spoil the nature of his friends, he still agreed to arrive at the designated box within the stipulated time.

"Barton, do you think they will reconcile?" Back in the office, Jiqiu asked his subordinates.

"If you are worried, I can book the box next to them for you." Barton replied sternly.

"I'm just asking symbolically, they will definitely reconcile!"

Jiqiu looked at the plate of small desserts in front of him, took a bite, and quickly ate them all.

Mrs. Gardiner returned home with her two nieces and handed the clothes to the maid, "Is Jane back?"

"Miss Bennet has returned, she is in the room now," said the maid.

"Auntie, I'm going to see her." Elizabeth touched the ticket in her pocket quietly, and she said calmly.

When Elizabeth came to the door, she hesitated for a moment, and then pushed open the door, just in time to meet Jane wiping her tears.

"Jane, what's wrong with you?" She hurriedly sat next to her sister, "Did someone bully you?"

Jane calmed down and told her today's experience.

According to the address on the letter, she came to visit Miss Bingley in Grosvenor Street.

It was evident that Mrs. Horst and Miss Bingley were surprised at her arrival, and complained quite a bit in their speech that she had not written a call.Jane told them that she had sent two letters, but was told that the letters had been lost.

After chatting for a while, Miss Bingley said that she was going to go out, and Jian Jian took her leave.

"We're going to Mr. Darcy's," said Miss Bingley, with a look on Jane's face. "My brother is there too, and he gets on very well with Miss Darcy, and we are very glad for him to have such a good relationship." This young lady could be his sweetheart."

"Really. That's really great." Jane's brain was muddled, and she replied in a daze. She didn't know how she left there and returned to her uncle's house. She felt that she was a joke, and she had always made it up on her own passionate.

Elizabeth laughed angrily after hearing this, and she rolled her eyes, "Miss Bingley is just lying to you, do you know who I met in the poorhouse today?"

"Who?" Jane asked.

"Mr. Hyde." Elizabeth wiped Jane's face with a handkerchief. "Mr. Hyde and the others didn't know we came to London. He said that Mr. Bingley has not been in a good mood recently."

"Miss Bingley's one-sided statement can't prove whether Mr. Bingley has a crush on you. According to Mr. Hyde, Mr. Bingley only likes you and no one else."

"He gave me a ticket to the Opera House. If you really want to give up, go to the Opera House. You can have a face-to-face conversation with Mr. Bingley. I think there are many misunderstandings between you two."

Jane looked at the ticket in her hand, "You're right, Liz. I don't want to regret it later. If he doesn't come, then I will give up completely and marry a suitable person."

She couldn't delay any longer. She was the eldest sister in the family, so she should set an example. Her marriage might affect her younger sister's marriage.

On the appointed day, Bingley arrived at the opera house in a pinch. He pushed open the box and saw the figure inside, his eyes widened in disbelief, "Am I dreaming, Miss Bennet?"

Jane turned her head slowly, her heartbeat had never been so fast like now, this kind of behavior was too out of line for her, "Long time no see, Mr. Bingley."

"The ticket that Hyde gave me..." Bingley quickly looked at the box in his hand, and he confirmed again that it was here. Thinking back to the ambiguous smile on his friend's face, he understood everything.

"It's really a pleasure to meet you again." Bingley's face was a little hot, and he walked into the box with his hands and feet, and sat on the seat.

"Me too." Jane replied softly.

Bingley's heart beat faster, and he suddenly realized that everything was not as he imagined. Miss Bennet was more courageous than him. He pressed his lips together tightly, clenched his hands into fists and then slowly released them, "I've You are always in my mind.”

Jane couldn't help showing a smile on her face, and she squeezed her wrist to ease her excitement.

Bingley looked at Jane's side face, and the suppressed emotions came up little by little, "Others are saying that I am sentimental, and I began to wonder if I am the same as other gentlemen in Miss Bennet's eyes. Yes, I couldn't accept this fact, so I left Longbourn to relax."

"Sorry, I'm not good at expressing my emotions." Jane looked at the opera in front of her. The opera was "Romeo and Juliet". The actor playing Juliet was standing on a high stage, pouring out her emotions like Romeo.

'It would be great if I could be like Juliet. '

"No, I'm the one who should say I'm sorry. All of this is caused by my lack of opinion. Sometimes I really want to be as firm as Hyde, or have my own thoughts like Darcy. But I am just ordinary after all. You can't be any more ordinary people." Bingley said.

"You are too humble, Mr. Bingley. In my eyes, you are also a very good gentleman. Many girls in this town like you."

"Are those girls including you?"

Jane's ears turned red, and she tried to keep her tone calm, "Sometimes I really hope that I can have Miss Darcy's family background, so that our identities will be more compatible."

"But in my heart, no matter what your family background is, I will fall for you." Bingley said with a smile, "Darcy is my friend, and his sister is like a sister to me, just like Caroline. "

"Miss Bingley said that you had a good chat, and you also have feelings for her." Jane looked away and looked at her toes.

"It's nothing at all." Bingley said with a frown. He didn't want to doubt his sister, and he planned to ask Caroline to find out when he went back. "You can't imagine how happy I was when I pushed the door open."

"Before you came, I was always uneasy, always afraid that my hopes would fail. I don't know if my behavior is right, but I don't know why, but I still came." Jane looked at Bingley, and she noticed that there was something in the man's eyes. own reflection.

"I'll tell you that it's all worth it." Bingley hesitated for a moment, but still lightly put his hand on Jane's, "Will you give me a chance?"

Jane felt the haze in her heart fade away in an instant, and she nodded slightly.