[Gone with the Wind] Back to the beginning

After being humiliated at Hernance's house, Scarlett's mood is still not stable.She also didn't want to worry about business anymore, so she asked Tommy to send her back to Aunt Pete's house.Scarlett held a cup of hot tea in her hand, wrapped in a blanket, and sat on the sofa shivering.Thoughts are both chaotic and sharp.She tried her best to calm herself down, but how could she be okay with her emotional turmoil.

Tommy stayed with Scarlett for a long time, until Meili, who was inquiring, hurried over and said to Scarlett anxiously but softly: "Honey, come to my house for a while? My aunt is out to visit friends, and she will be back in a while .You know her temper, and she doesn't care about it. I think you need a quiet rest."

Scarlett nodded, feeling that the proposal was reasonable.So Mei Li told Uncle Peter a few words, half hugged and half hugged Scarlett and took her to her home separated by a fence.Tommy came and sat for a while, but he quickly left with the excuse of getting back Scarlett's carriage.

Scarlett quietly leaned against Merry, and the other's soft fingers inserted into her black hair, so warm and cozy, she fell into a misty chaos, serene and comfortable, and she didn't know how long it had been.All fear, pain, and death left her under the comfort of these hands, and there were only sweet dreams...Suddenly, Scarlett's head slipped from Merry's shoulders, and she woke up suddenly.The green-eyed girl grabbed her friend's wrist tightly, just in time to see Melanie's flustered expression that was too late to put away.

"Where's Tommy?" she snapped. "Why hasn't Tommy come back?"

She must have slept a long time, and Scarlett could vaguely see the night outside the window.An ominous premonition rose in my heart, Tommy, why isn't Tommy Welborn here?He should have taken the carriage and returned long ago!Scarlett knew Tommy's character well. After what happened to her, he would definitely come back to stay with her and guard her. Even if Tommy didn't come, it didn't make sense for others not to know the news and come to comfort her.In short, there is no way that the living room can be so quiet!The scariest thought came to her mind, and Scarlett couldn't restrain the sudden panic, she asked loudly, "What time is it? What time is it now? Melanie, answer me!"

Her friend's face was pale, but he replied calmly: "07:30 in the evening, Scarlett."

Scarlett slumped down on the sofa suddenly.

07:30... If, as in the previous life, the Ku Klux Klan arranged an attack for her revenge, then she would have no time to stop it, 3:07... She stood up again, startling Mei Li Jump.

"Where did they go?" asked Scarlett in as controlled a tone as she could, God knows her hands were shaking.destiny!Does the hateful fate have to use similar trajectories to play with people?But she, Scarlett, would never admit defeat!With trembling hands, Scarlett asked again, "Tommy Wellborn, and the rest of the Ku Klux Klan, where did they go?"

"You know, Scarlett?" Melanie murmured, her face completely drained of color. "So you know... you don't like the Ku Klux Klan, so everyone keeps it from you. Honey..."

"Tell me where they're going!" Scarlett yelled. "You should know what they're doing, why don't you stop them!"

"They did what they thought they had to do," said Melanie quietly, "as if you were going to do what you thought you had to do now."

Scarlett took a deep breath: "So, you will tell me where they went?" She prayed silently in her heart, "Please, Mei Li, there is still time!"

But Melanie shook her head sadly: "Honey, you are my friend. How do you want me to have the heart to let you die? It's too late... Even if you rush over now, the melee will definitely start. You will There's danger. I might have told you an hour earlier, but it's pointless now..."

"I--go--go!" Scarlett heard the thunderous growl in her own voice, "Tell me, Melanie Wilkes! It's still time, it must be time, I can't Watching them lose their lives because of me once..." Suddenly, the tragic and unforgettable place in my previous life appeared in my mind, and Scarlett shouted like a soul: "Decatur Street, near the slums, Sullivan Meet in the cellar of the manor, don't you!"

The name of the place that was finally uttered from Mei Li's mouth and reported to Ritter in the chaotic, fearful and stormy night in her previous life is also a scar that Scarlett can't forget in her heart.But now, seeing Meili's expression change immediately after she spoke, Scarlett knew that she was betting right.She immediately stood up and hurried towards the door.

"How do you know—wait!" Merry shouted mournfully behind her, "Scarlett, don't go! Scarlett—" She grabbed her arm, gasping for breath, two The women's eyes meet.After a while, Meili looked away first.

"Well, well," she gasped, "I can't stop you . . . but Scarlett, it's true that the cellar at Sullivan Manor is where they met. But tonight they'll have to ride seven miles away after that meeting." To the actual ambush site! That 'pink' bar in suburban Atlanta, the way back through there! I—" She looked terrified, "I really told you, Scarlett. I really..."

"Thank you, Mellie!" Scarlett couldn't care less about comforting her good friend. She grabbed Melanie's arm and quickly kissed her on the right cheek, "Wish me good luck." Then resolutely Resolutely opened the door——

Her eyes just collided with Rhett Butler who was about to raise his hand to knock on the door with an anxious face.

The trajectory of fate coincides again.

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"Are you—Scarlett—going out at this time?" Rhett asked suspiciously, but he quickly put this aside, grabbed the sobbing Merry by the door, and asked eagerly, "Miss Merry, Merry Miss, please tell me where they went? Tell me quickly, life is at stake!"

Melanie was still surprised, but Scarlett already understood why Rhett came.She grabbed the man's arm and said quickly: "Decatur Street, meet in the cellar of Sullivan Manor. We should be about to leave now. The battle location may be on the road back to the city from the 'Pink' bar."

Rhett turned his head back, his surprised look hadn't disappeared, he took a deep look at her, turned around without saying a word, and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Scarlett shouted, "Let me go with you!" She said and chased out the door, raising her hand to untie her horse.But Rhett suddenly rushed over, grabbed her shoulders with both hands, and said in an urgent and panicked tone, "Scarlett, are you crazy? Do you know what this is doing?"

"Let me go!" Scarlett struggled desperately, she stared at him, the man's black eyes gleaming in the dark night, "Of course I know—I have to stop—let me go!" She finally got an arm free Rhett's confinement, but Rhett grabbed her even harder the next moment, and he growled, "Scarlett!"

"Let—I—go!" Scarlett gritted her teeth and looked at the stubborn man in front of her. "Let go of me, Rhett Butler, you don't need to worry about my affairs!"

"But I can't just watch you die!" Rhett roared, dark eyes frantically scanning her face.

"It's none of your business! It's none of your business!" Anxiety and panic were already in a mess in Scarlett's heart, but now Rhett was trying to stop her, and she could hardly control her emotions and started fighting with the man, "Ritter T. Butler, let me go! Bastard, let me go!"

Struggling violently and panting, they faced each other in the dark, a panic entangled the two of them at the same time, making their words and deeds even more chaotic.Merry shouted anxiously, but nothing could be done, and they could not hear the others.Eyes only for the other, hateful, inconsistent intentions.Safety must make people safe!Rhett angrily pressed Scarlett's hand back against the wall again. Scarlett's insistence was too suspicious. With desperate panic, he asked suddenly: "You are for Tommy Wellburn, are you?" no?"

Tommy Wellborn?The name caused Scarlett's movements to subconsciously stop for a moment, and Rhett's eyes darkened slightly.The sanity was cleared for a moment, and then the memories about Tommy flooded in uncontrollably, Tommy, Tommy died in the KKK revenge action for her!Scarlett's voice was an octave higher, wrapped in countless panics, and almost screamed: "Let-I-go!" The attitude was fierce, almost desperate.

Rhett's hands trembled, and for a moment the despair in his eyes was exactly the same as Scarlett's, but he quickly restrained himself.The man pressed Scarlett's hands against the wall again, and said loudly in an unquestionable tone: "He will be all right, Tommy Welburne will be all right! Go back immediately, Scarlett O Hara, I'll bring him back—bring him back whole—"

He could feel Scarlett not moving.The green-eyed girl asked dumbfoundedly: "Really?" For a moment, she looked so tired and so vulnerable.

"Really." Rhett said resolutely, suppressing the countless bitterness rising in his heart, "so go back now? Don't worry me." Seeing that Scarlett has become much better, he slowly put down his hands on her Then he raised his voice and called out: "Miss Meili!"

Melanie rushed over immediately.

"Please help me take care of Scarlett—it will be all right, I promise." He said hastily but as softly as possible, handed Scarlett into Mei Li's arms, and jumped on the horse.The man turned his head, took another deep look into those beautiful green eyes, and then rode away without looking back.

The sound of rushing horseshoes gradually disappeared on this street. Melanie gently shook Scarlett as if she was in a dream, and said softly, "Honey, shall we go back?"

But these words awakened Scarlett instead, and she murmured a name: "Rhett?"

"What, Scarlett?" Melanie asked worriedly.

"Rhett... Rhett..." Scarlett muttered the name, her eyes cleared up again, and she said loudly, "Rhett! Rhett Butler—everyone thinks he is a traitor! He If you pass by, you will be in danger!" The voice was almost shrill at the end.Melanie was startled, but before she could grab Scarlett, the green-eyed girl had already nimbly jumped forward and rolled onto the horse.The whip whipped vigorously, "Drive!" The painful horse galloped away with Scarlett like an arrow off the string.Melanie hurriedly followed to the street, only to see the dust billowing, and Scarlett was nowhere to be seen!