[Gone with the Wind] Parallel Time and Space

Chapter 12 news

The thick red plush carpet reduces the sound of lambskin shoes stepping on the floor. This sound insulation effect ensures that hotel guests can get enough quiet environment. "Boom——" the regular knock on the door broke the silence.The sound continued for a while, and it was obvious that no one was in the room.

"Melanie, it looks like he's not in the room, so he's lying to me this afternoon." Scarlett lowered her voice and gritted her teeth.

"Don't rush to draw conclusions, let's take a look." Melanie comforted softly.

"He won't open the door for us—" Suddenly the door opened.

The expression on Rhett Butler's face changed from serious to smiling when he saw them, and he let them in and slowly closed the door.

"Mrs. Wilkes, Scarlett, it's really surprising that you are here at this time." Rhett gestured for them to sit freely, and he walked towards the small counter in the living room. "Would you like something to drink?"

"You let someone tell you that you were sick in the afternoon and we just came here. Now it seems that you are lying." Scarlett answered him first. "Well, just have a glass of water. You won't be able to sleep at night after drinking coffee and tea."

"Mrs. Wilkes too?"

Melanie kept smiling, nodding her head in agreement. "Yes, thank you, Captain Butler." She and Scarlett sat down on the sofa in the living room.

"I don't like lying, Scarlett." So Rhett poured three glasses of water for each of them.Melanie said thank you again, took a sip politely and put it on the coffee table. Scarlett took the water glass and took a symbolic sip. She wished she was holding a glass of brandy.

"Then you recovered so quickly." Scarlett watched as he handed over the water and sat opposite her and Melanie. "Rhett." She called his name suddenly.

Rhett Butler felt his heart tremble a little. "Huh?" His voice was a little weak.

"Why are you dressed in dark today?" Indeed, in Scarlett's eyes, Rhett's outfit was unusual today.He has a lot of black clothes, coats, shirts, liners, ties all black, but never all black clothes together.He often wears a white shirt, gray vest and black coat with a black and white tie, or a white shirt with a brown vest and a deep red jacket with a red and white dotted tie.Every time Scarlett sees him, he is very well dressed, and Scarlett likes his sophisticated dressing style, which looks very handsome.But today he is wearing a black shirt, black vest and black jacket, and his suit pants are also black. "You look even darker with this outfit, Rhett..."

Rhett froze for a moment, then spread his hands together, showing his usual subtle smile. "Oh? Really? I thought it would make me look more handsome."

"Do you feel better now, Captain Butler? Your face looks a little pale." Melanie noticed that there was something wrong with the gentleman sitting opposite her. He seemed to be really sick but concealed it very well.He treated Scarlett as usual, with the same tone and expression, nothing wrong.

"Oh, of course. It's not a big deal. Letting Tom go in the afternoon is just...well, that's what it is." Rhett leaned back in the chair and let out a long sigh of relief. "By the way, Scarlett, I went out this time and brought you a small gift. It's in my room. You can get it yourself."

"Bring it from Washington?" Rhett saw Scarlett's eyes were about to light up.He nodded.Scarlett went into the room.

"You spoil her like a child." Melanie made her comment in a timely manner. After all, a decent unmarried man would not give a widow a gift.

"You know I still respect Scarlett, after all, she is still Mrs. Hamilton." Rhett raised his eyebrows.

"I hope so, Captain Butler." Although her upbringing told her not to move easily once she sat down when she was a guest, she still sat in a different position.

While the two were talking, Scarlett's exclamation came from the room.The two looked at each other and stood up at the same time. Melanie quickly walked towards the room. Rhett took a step slowly and followed Melanie after hesitation.

Scarlett held the hand of Melanie who was on the way, and she stabilized her mind. After about five seconds, she let go of Melanie's hand and walked towards Rhett behind Melanie.

"Do it yourself?"

"what?"

"Wound."

"Yes."

"Doctor Meade?" Scarlett asked directly.

"How did you know?Before he finished speaking, Scarlett interrupted him. "I ask you, can Dr. Meade?"

Rhett frowned, and he nodded irritably. "Yes. They are from the north, not the south."

Melanie's worried eyes kept falling on Scarlett, and she still didn't quite understand what was going on now. "Scarlett, what happened?"

"Oh, Melanie, can you get Dr. Meade here?"

"This is……"

"Rhett, he's really sick. He's bleeding, a lot of blood, and the whole shirt is wet with red. You go, go, Melanie. Let Uncle Peter hurry up."

After hearing this, Melanie glanced at Rhett, she believed in Scarlett, she had no doubt about it, and hurried downstairs.

Rhett Butler watched all this in shock, and he didn't stop what Scarlett did.As soon as Melanie leaves Scarlett, she asks Rhett to lie down on the bed.Scarlett helped him take off his coat. There was a long gash on his stomach. It looked like the wound was deep. She realized that he had been sloppily bandaged. It must have been a series of actions such as getting up and opening the door that made the wound It was split open, and now the blood trickled again, and the black clothes absorbed the blood and were tightly covered.

"How did you find out?"

"I found the white shirt you took off." It was full of blood that was about to dry up.

"I hide it very tightly." Rhett faded his smile, and he couldn't smile anymore.

"It's not tight enough." Scarlett went to fetch some water. "Take off your shirt."

"Is this going too fast, Scarlett?" Rhett was still smiling, regardless of Scarlett's ugly face.

"Stupid idiot Rhett Butler, shut your mouth! I know what you're doing, you don't have to say things like that to tease me, I'm not nervous right now, I'm not worried about you at all. I have to stop your bleeding now !"

Rhett looked at Scarlett's body trembling nervously, and said, "Would you like to give me a hug, Scarlett?" Scarlett nodded tremblingly, and she hugged him carefully without touching him body, but Rhett Butler then hugged Scarlett tightly.They are very close.

"It's not bleeding anymore, Scarlett, wait for Dr. Meade to come. I know my baby is very powerful. She has worked in the Nursing Society, and she knows how to deal with such things..." Rhett murmured softly. "I asked Tom to find you in the afternoon because I wanted to see you. At that time, I had a strong desire to see you." Rhett did not let go, he smelled the fragrance of Scarlett's hair.

"Really?" Scarlett blushed a little, Rhett heard her voice was softer than usual. "Tell me what's going on here?"

Rhett Butler remembered his experience of going to sea this time.After saying goodbye to Walker, they set sail. The boat was full of smuggled drugs so Rhett didn't dare to relax for a moment. They cleverly avoided several waves of northern patrol ships.

"It's a bit strange this time, as if they know our whereabouts." The first officer raised his doubts.

The sea was not calm, and the sea breeze brought the salty smell of the sea to the nostrils. The first officer saw Captain Butler's sharp eyes scanning every area of ​​the splint. He saw the captain looking up at the weather on a dark cloudy night, and the moon was hidden in the clouds. .

"Check all the people on board." Captain Butler gave the order. "I didn't even know when there were more people on my boat. Find him!"

Captain Butler got off the splint and went to his room.He picked up the box on the table, opened it, and inside was an emerald emerald necklace shining brightly.He thought of how Scarlett's green eyes would light up when she saw the gift.It was at this time that he felt the danger, and a strange sailor with thinning red hair stabbed him with a dagger in his hand.

Later, Captain Butler threw the man's body into the sea, bowed solemnly, and led his crew to escape the last attack and sail to the high seas.

"We smuggled illegal drugs from the north and were intercepted by them." Reiter only said this.

Scarlett wanted to say something when the doorbell rang.She got up and opened the door. "Dr. Meade is here."