[Gone with the Wind] Back to the beginning

He took a quick breath and said easily but softly:

"Honey, I don't care."

She silently watched him push open the door and walked into the thick fog that had appeared countless times in her nightmares, but she felt that her throat was so painful that she was about to suffocate her.She didn't really understand the two men she loved, so she had to lose both.She realized only vaguely now that if she had really known Ashley, she would never have loved him.If she really knew Rhett, she would never lose him.She thought very desolately, who had she really known in this life?

"No, I cannot lose him, I must not lose him."

A strong fear came over her, and Scarlett remembered the old nightmare again--she was trapped in a boundless fog, panicked and afraid.Countless hands stretched out to her for help, but she was full of panic even herself!She ran and ran desperately to find that safe place, person or thing, she didn't know what it was, but she had to run...

Now, Scarlett finally knew what she was looking for, but Rhett Butler was leaving!She must never let him go!

She couldn't help rushing out of the door, plunging into the thick fog that she had once avoided: "No, Rhett, wait for me—"

Scarlett woke up again from the dream.

The mother's gentle voice sounded in her ears: "My baby, you are having nightmares again." Ellen was leaning over from her bedside, looking at her eldest daughter with pity and love. A soft hand rested on Scarlett's forehead.

Scarlett stood up abruptly and hugged Ellen. The beauty cherry fragrance from the sachet of her mother's silk dress gradually calmed her down: "Mom, I'm fine." Salty liquid dripped into her mouth.

It's great that mom is still alive.

Ellen looked at her eldest daughter with loving eyes: "Go to sleep, mom will be here with you tonight."

Scarlett's throat was dry, and she couldn't say anything but "Mother," and she hugged Ellen tightly.

It has been several days since she returned to the age of 16, and Scarlett still often wakes up with heartache, mistakenly thinking that everything around her is just a dream.That day, Rhett bid farewell to her so resolutely, she stumbled after her, but fell back to the 16-year-old Scarlett.

She didn't know how many times she thanked God for giving her a chance to start over.Looking at the young and carefree faces of her relatives and the rich and prosperous scene of her homeland, Scarlett secretly made up her mind that she would never lose all of these.

And Rhett.

Thinking of this name, she still felt a dull pain in her heart, and the back of him turning and striding away appeared in front of her eyes again, Scarlett shook her head quickly, and drove everything out of her mind.

"Anyway, all this hasn't started yet. Since I was able to do it before, I will definitely be able to do it this time. I will definitely make him fall in love with me, for sure!"

This time, she will never repeat the same mistakes.

Back then, 16-year-old Scarlett O'Hara had long been infatuated with Ashley Wilkes of Twelve Oaks, even though she didn't understand his world at all.After hearing that Ashley was going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton, she rushed to confess to him in shock, but was rejected.To make matters worse, after Ashley left, she belatedly discovered that there was a third person at the scene - Rhett Butler.Feeling ashamed, Scarlett agreed to the marriage proposal of Melanie's brother Charles Hamilton.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, alas, why didn't the Virgin Mary tell her to come back one day earlier—the day when she was 16 again was exactly the day after she agreed to Charles' marriage proposal!But she hastily interrupted the thought.

"Looking back on the past is useless," Scarlett told herself. "Being able to come back is already a good thing that I can't even think about, and I shouldn't have such greedy thoughts. Rhett once said that if I had told you sooner He showed his love, and he would have fasted and thanked God for joy. Now that his wish has been granted in this way—oh, I must thank God too!"

Although the reborn Scarlett is no longer a believer in God, facing this miraculous encounter, her childhood education prevented her from investing her gratitude in a second place.

Scarlett leaned quietly in her mother's arms, as if she had returned to her girlhood.Some thoughts were spinning in her mind, about how to keep Tara, how to break off the engagement, how to let Rhett understand her heart... some very shallow thoughts swirled in her mind, and then quickly slipped away , tiredness gradually came to mind.

"It doesn't matter, I'll think about it tomorrow. Tomorrow, tomorrow, I will definitely figure out a way. After all, tomorrow is another day." With boundless hope and possibility, 16-year-old Scarlett O'Hara fell asleep.