[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

Manli didn't know how to answer this question.

If Gene did such a thing in his own family, it would indeed bring a lot of trouble to the family, but his original intention was to vent his anger on himself.

Frankly speaking, if it wasn't for her current status, she would have wanted to go up and slap Collins at that time.

Seeing him being beaten, to be honest, Manli felt quite relieved.

However, she couldn't say it.

Manli didn't answer Gene's words, but looked outside at the sky covered with fine rain, then turned to Darcy and asked, "It's raining so heavily outside, what are the two gentlemen coming here for? Is it urgent?"

Darcy hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Do you want to tell Miss Jean that after Gene made a big fuss in someone's house, he actually came to ask Elizabeth to propose marriage?

If you really say it, what will happen to the ending, you can guess with your eyes closed.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glanced at Gene, with an indescribable resentment in his eyes.

Gene obviously thought of it too.

But he decided to ignore it.

Even now, thinking of the scene I saw before, I still can't help feeling angry.

He didn't give Manli a chance to evade, and continued to ask: "If we hadn't rushed over now, what would you have done? Just stand there and watch him humiliate you?"

Manli froze for a moment.

Didn't she expect that Gene would be so aggressive?

How does he want himself to answer?

After he hit his cousin, do you have to thank him?

No matter how bastard Collins is, he is also a relative of his family, and he is still a guest at his home, so the face he should have must be maintained.

Why can't this person understand such a simple idea?

This reminded her once again of the carriage going away from the gate of the bank, and the old butler sitting in the carriage.

In an instant, her expression faded, and she no longer had the intimacy with these two people before.

She lowered her eyes and thought for a while, or she tried to calm down her emotions, and when she raised her eyes again, there was no trace of emotion in her eyes, and she looked calm.

She looked at Gene and said quietly, "You're right. If you didn't break in suddenly and beat up Collins on your own initiative, I might just stand there and let him humiliate you."

One sentence made Gene clenched his fists instantly, and even his breathing became a little rough.

"But what does this have to do with you?" Manli looked at him and asked back.

"I am poor, I have no ability, when I am humiliated by others, I cannot use a whip instead of replying like you. But this is my life. Whether I am happy or not, I don't need others to decide for me .”

"Mr. Jean, no matter how powerful and noble you are, I don't think you have the right to interfere with my life. No matter how I treat Collins, accept or reject his marriage proposal, it is my own It has nothing to do with you. So there is no need for you to question my behavior. "

Gene was originally standing by the soft chair, looking at Manli with a somewhat indignant expression.

But after hearing her words, his face turned livid.

He grabbed the back of the soft chair with his hands, and because of the force, his fingers sank deeply into the cloth, and it seemed that if he couldn't control it, the cloth would be torn to pieces.

Darcy stared at Manli dumbfounded, as if he couldn't believe that she would say such a thing, he seemed to be frozen.

After a while, he suddenly realized how inappropriate it was for him to stay here.

He hastily stepped back a few steps, because he was so stimulated that he was almost tripped by his steps.

It wasn't until he retreated to the door of the living room that he hurriedly said, "I'll go and deal with the matter over there."

After finishing speaking, without looking at the two people in the room, and without waiting for their answer, he walked away in a panic.

After going out, he still thoughtfully closed the door from the outside.

The expression on Gene's face kept changing, he looked surprised, angry, and some inexplicable grievances.

He tried his best to pretend to be calm, but it was obviously not very successful.

So much so that for a while, he didn't even look at Manli anymore, but looked out of the window, trying to adjust his expression.

There was a brief silence in the room.

This made Manli a little embarrassed.

After waking up, she actually regretted it a bit, and felt that what she said in a fit of anger just now was a bit too shocking.

In any case, Jean's starting point must be good intentions.

Although his way of doing things on his own without considering other people's feelings is a bit unacceptable.

Gene let go of the hand holding the back of the chair, took a deep breath, and suddenly strode up to Manli, looked into her eyes, and said to her in a fiery tone: "Originally, I wanted to live again. It's been a while, but... I really can't bear it! Miss Manli, I have to tell you how much I admire you and how much I love you. "

Manli stared at Gene in a daze, and was really confused by this sudden reversal for a moment.

Originally, I thought it would be a reprimand, but the best result was that the other party expressed disappointment in a moderate way, and then left.

But what's going on now?

She couldn't turn her mind around at all, she didn't understand that after she scolded him so harshly just now, what she got was his marriage proposal?

In the eyes of Gene, Manli's silence was not rejected.

He suddenly became more excited, and even his eyes became brighter.

"Miss Manli, I really can't control my feelings anymore, desperately suppressing them can only make it hotter. Every day I am burned by the flame of love in my heart, and I am almost turned into ashes. Miss Manli, please believe in my love for you, and please also believe that the actions I just made did not mean to question you. I am just... angry. "

"But I don't think any man can maintain his inner peace after seeing his beloved woman being proposed to by another man and insulted. For a moment just now, I wished I could kill him with a whip!"

Gene got more and more excited.

Once the words are spoken, it's like the emotional gates have been opened, it is really surging, and it can't be stopped.

At the beginning, Manli tried to interrupt, but after realizing that her behavior was completely useless, she could only listen silently.

Listening to Jean express all his entanglements, contradictions, apprehensions, etc., all in one breath.

Gene talked for a long time.

After emptying out all the thoughts in his heart, he suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.

His face was a little red, and his belated shyness made him afraid to look at Manli.

After a while, he asked softly, a little bit shyly: "Miss Manli, are you willing to accept my marriage proposal?"

Manli shook her head.

Gene's expression suddenly became extremely surprised!

His face suddenly became extremely pale, and even his voice was not as calm as before. He asked: "Why, what is it that I didn't do enough? Can you give me a reason?"

Manli calmed down for a while, then bowed her knees and saluted, and said: "I am very grateful to be able to be liked by Mr. Jean. I know that if I can marry you, it may be that I will never meet again in my life." It is a great thing to come to the sky. But I am sorry, just because I know that you are a good person and what you say is sincere, so I can't lie to you. I don't want to marry you, and I won't agree to your marriage proposal. "

"Why?" Genn asked again.

"Is it... because I did something bad? Or because I made you angry just now?"

"no."

Manli raised her head and looked directly into Jean's eyes: "Mr. Jean, you must not belittle yourself just because of my refusal. My refusal is definitely not because you have anything wrong. On the contrary, it's because you are too good .”

"I have always believed that marriage should be built on the basis of equality between men and women. This equality is not only economic equality, but also spiritual equality."

Speaking of this, she laughed self-deprecatingly: "Obviously, no matter in terms of economy or spirit, the two of us cannot be equal. This also means that even if we get married, we will definitely not be happy. So, for the sake of less in the future A pair of quarrelsome couples, Mr. Jean, it is more suitable for you to find a more suitable lady to marry you."

"The right family?" Gene frowned.

"Are you afraid that I will look down on you because of your family? Like that idiot outside?!"

He suddenly pointed to the location of the gate and asked loudly.

He could hear him getting angry again, with misunderstood resentment.

"Of course not." Manli quickly denied, "Why are you and that person the same?"

"I have never looked down on you because you have little money. In my eyes, you are the best girl in the world!" Gene argued loudly.

Manli's heart seemed to be poked by something, and it became soft all of a sudden.

She looked at the man opposite, and saw anxiety in his eyes, but it was more intense.

At this moment, she even felt a little shaken in her heart, wondering if her previous thoughts were also a little one-sided?

But at this moment, the corner of her eye accidentally landed on the table in the corner of the living room.

On the table was the plan book that she took down by the way in the morning, and was going to take the time to polish it again.

She didn't speak, but turned around and walked to the table, took the stack of papers full of words and handed it to Gene.

"Mr. Gene, please look at this."

Gene was a little confused.

He didn't understand that he was talking about a marriage proposal with Manli, but she handed over a stack of papers. What was the reason for?

But he still took it.

The moment he opened it, his eyes fell on the title of the first sheet of paper, and his whole body froze immediately.

"Recipe for tofu?"

Gene's voice was a little tense because he was too surprised. He quickly refolded the paper and tried to stuff it back into Manli's hand: "Why are you giving me this?!"

Manli took two steps back, put her hands behind her back tightly, and said in a calm voice, "You deserve it. Besides the recipe of tofu, there is also a business plan below, which states the requirements of the tofu workshop. How to build, how to expand, how to do business, how to quickly occupy the market...Of course, these are my ideas, you can also find some knowledgeable people to study and study, take the essence and discard the dross.”

Gene only felt that the stack of papers in his hand was like a hot yam, which made him unable to even hold it.

He quickly put the paper aside and asked, "Why did you give me this?!"

"It is used to repay the money you helped us advance to buy the house, as well as those furniture and food."

Jean: "..."

All the words got stuck in his throat.

Seeing his appearance, Manli smiled, and even spread her hands at him with a relaxed expression: "So, Mr. Jean, can you understand what I mean? Our family backgrounds are too different.

"For me and my family, what needs to be fought for with all our strength may be a piece of cake for you, and you can decide without thinking at all. It seems that you can easily come up with a few thousand pounds to help When we buy a property, we can beat a person with a whip because of a moment of anger... These are things we dare not think about, nor can we do."

"I don't mean any criticism when I say this." Manli continued.

"I mean, such individual differences will cause our thoughts to be completely incompatible, unable to understand and support each other. Or in your cognition, what you do is not a big deal at all, but when I need it I reached out to help, but in my eyes, such behavior is a disapproval of my ability."

"No, I didn't mean that..." Gene uttered a few words with difficulty, and then he didn't know what to say.

He really just wanted to help Manli, but he didn't mean to underestimate her because of this.

"Well, I believe you." Manli nodded.

"It's just that I don't think we are suitable. I always think that the right family, like-mindedness, mutual understanding and support are the three essential elements of marriage. But we don't."

After speaking, she picked up the stack of papers again, and deliberately turned back to the table to find an empty envelope and put it in.

Manli handed the envelope to Gene: "Please accept this. Whether you take it as a reward from me or as a gift between friends, please don't refuse. Otherwise, you will cause me trouble again. trouble, I don’t know what to do.”

Speaking of this, she laughed again: "After all, the property has been transferred to my father's name, so I can't return it to you, can I?"

Looking at Manli, seeing that she was still able to smile so brightly, and seemed to have no worries at all, Jin didn't know whether he was more happy or disappointed.

I was happy because Man Li didn't get angry because she lied to her anyway, and said that she would never have any contact with her in the future;

To my disappointment, it was obvious that what she said was the truth. She really didn't intend to agree to her marriage proposal at all, and it was definitely not because of her reserve.

This made Gene wonder if there was hope for himself in the future?