[Gone with the Wind] Back to the beginning

Rhett was not too sure about his attitude towards the letters from Atlanta.To say it is anticipation is not that far; to say it is resistance, it seems that I can't let go.In short, he is not eager to open those letters, but he will definitely accept them.Because these letters were from Bell, because she always mentioned Scarlett in them.

Rhett could not say that he was completely indifferent to Scarlett's recent situation.how to say?At least he chose to ignore that when he was in New Orleans, he and Bell never corresponded so frequently.Bell is a smart woman with a good heart. Of course she has to act stupid if she can cooperate with Rhett. Anyway, he is a person who has given up his mind so don't think too much about it.The name Scarlett O'Hara really had nothing to do with him.

There are actually some things that I insist on saying, and a small voice in my heart is speaking.Scarlett O'Hara was the woman you ever loved the most, possibly the only woman you ever loved, and she loves you now.But who knows?Another voice came out to refute immediately, how do you know she loves you?Didn't she ignore your past tenderness again and again, and fall in love with Ashley Wilkes infatuatedly?The reason why she falls in love with you now is that she can't get it. It's not much different from her obsession with Ashley before. If you believe it, you are the biggest fool.But the previous voice defended her again: Didn't you always know that Scarlett O'Hara was a stupid little fool?How can you expect her in the past to figure out all your painful love and clever scheming?Now that she's in love with you, what can you not be satisfied with?

Not satisfied, of course not satisfied.Rhett Butler put the goblet of wine in his hand on the small table, slowly stretched his legs, and cast his eyes on the distant scenery.He lived in this villa for three months and was very satisfied.The best of them all is this fancy balcony, where the wind blows at night, he thought.Scarlett O'Hara hadn't been smart enough to find his address for so long—but it was just right, and Rhett Butler wasn't planning to reconnect with her.

After months of returning to Charleston with a broken heart, tired and numb, to live with his mother and sister, Rhett Butler's wounded heart is almost healed - seriously Well, you might be able to imagine a Rhett Butler with a dead heart like he left Atlanta, but you can't imagine a Rhett Butler with a dead heart hanging around for months, That's not scientific at all.When Bonnie died he was still trapped in the remnants of his love and marriage to Scarlett, and had indeed been drinking for months.But now that he has completely got rid of the past, and is nourished by his hometown and family, Rhett Butler is naturally getting better gradually.

Of course, there must be some differences between him now and before. A heart-piercing pain is destined to leave an indelible mark on his life.Rhett Butler today has indeed changed a lot from when he came back to attend his father's funeral a few years ago-he is a little more depressed and gentle, he likes to laze in the sun, sit there quietly drinking and not When he speaks, he also has an old-fashioned gentleman's taste, although he is not like that at all inside.Seriously, what kind of earth-shattering change would it take for a 47-year-old man to change his soul?Rhett sneered.Just as Scarlett O'Hara's indomitable courage and indelible vitality cannot disappear, Rhett Butler cannot be a modest gentleman in this life.Long enough in Charleston, he thought, home healing was almost done.So he set off, leisurely leaving Charleston two days (???) before Scarlett came to visit at Butler Manor, and didn't tell anyone where he was going next—well, except Bell, Because they still have David to talk about, don't they?

So Scarlett O'Hara is indeed pursuing him now, or redeeming?Rhett thought positively.He learned from Bell's successive letters that the woman with a pair of cat-like green eyes returned to the red land of Tara to rest for a few days, and then returned to Atlanta to deal with Melanie Wilkes. The funeral, entrusting Ashley to his sister Indi.When it was all arranged, she set out for Charleston to look for him—oh, what a pity, he was gone by then.Rhett thought with a sigh.Afterwards Bell's letter, with a hint of teasing, told him that Olaha was looking for him all over the world, and Rhett was indeed traveling around the world at the same time, and he couldn't help but be very happy.

Well, well, by Rhett Butler's own admission, he's just an ordinary man, and he can't be tender when he's abandoned.He did have a little bit of revenge on Scarlett—but he also wanted to see how far she could go.Scarlett had always given him surprises in the past—surprise is a more accurate word, such as her infatuation with Ashley Wilkes, her contempt for Melanie Wilkes' precious friendship, Or, say, nothing about his persistent love affair with Rhett Butler over the years?Rhett almost sighed.Although she was the one who was lively, bold, stubborn and beautiful when he fell in love with her at the beginning, but that kind of arrogant temper would cause headaches for anyone, thanks to the fact that he was able to resist it at the beginning.

The current Rhett actually doesn't have many thoughts about Scarlett, and he means more to let nature take its course.Yes, he once loved her, and he was not afraid of loving her heartbreakingly.But it turned out that she gave him a knife, one knife after another.Although the wound has healed now, I can't help but feel pain when I see the murderer again.How good it is to seal everything in the past under the scar, why do you have to tear open the wound that has grown so hard?Rhett thought.He recalled a little girl with black hair and blue eyes. He couldn't help sighing, and his heart throbbed again.How he was entangled with Scarlett before, the pain is a matter between two people, and it is no one's business to erase it, but Bonnie... that lively little girl who loves to laugh, the treasure he holds in the palm of his hand. Then no more.Bonnie, on whom he had put all his emotions, died, and his heart was broken for the second time.It was all his fault - Rhett would still wake up from the dream with guilt and pain a long time later.Those nights when he got himself drunk, how much he wanted to use what he had to restore his little daughter's life?No one can ask a 47-year-old man to risk his heart for the third time, even if he once loved her.he thought so.

But Scarlett is really too stupid, he thought vaguely, took another sip of wine slowly.It's been two years, and she hasn't caught a piece of his clothes.Although she somehow won her mother's favor, Bell is now willing to say a few words for her now and then.Rhett Butler knew Scarlett was too proud a man, and he told how frantically she grabbed his arm and pleaded when he was about to leave, and how she straightened her chest when she found that his determination was irreversible, Ask him calmly where he is going.Deadly dignity, Rhett thought, but that was pretty much all she had left by then.At that time, he couldn't help showing a look of admiration—Scarlett O'Hara, what a brave and proud person!Never had she been truly broken, and that was why he loved her—had loved her.Although love and pain are sealed together in scars today, this quality can always be appreciated.Rhett thought that he was wronged by Scarlett O'Hara before.What's more, didn't she fall back now?Thinking of this, Rhett was a little proud. He was indeed an attractive man, even though he was 47 years old.

This colorful first half of my life is over in the blink of an eye.Today, his thinking has not changed much, but his body is indeed tired, and he may not be able to break through the blockade and go to the ocean as energetically as before.Thinking about the rest of his life, Rhett suddenly felt a sense of emptiness, where would he go next?He sneered and ridiculed himself, this age finally began to yearn for the warmth of a family?Ah, although Scarlett O'Hara hurt him deeply, but this woman's imprint on him was too heavy, and he had to admit that he might not want to find anyone else except this woman, although he didn't intend to. find her.Or, marry a standard southern lady and live the rest of her life in peace?Come on.He just wants a warm home where he can rest, and it's not like he won't be able to move around at all!Besides, what he did was humiliating himself and others. God knows how determined he was when he decided to tie Scarlett with marriage!Why jump in without her now?

Scarlett, Scarlett, Scarlett, all Scarlett!Rhett felt that he was thinking of her a little too much tonight, which was a dangerous sign.Two years have passed, maybe he is a little too boring.In order to divert his attention, he might as well pick up the letter on the table and read it carefully.Rhett thought so, and did so.But when he opened the letter from Bell Watling, he was surprised to find that there was only one line of handwriting in a hurry, which seemed to be indescribable but he didn't know what to say:

"Rhett," Bell wrote, "O'Hara seems to be getting smarter."

He knew every word above, but why didn't he understand what it meant when they were put together?

Rhett put the letter aside, and picked up the next one—it was a telegram that the front desk clerk had fetched for him, and he hadn't had time to read it yet.It was from Charleston, I don't know if it was my mother or Anita.He casually opened it, glanced at the contents, and suddenly became depressed again.

... Why can't I avoid Scarlett O'Hara today?

"Rhett," wrote his dear mother, "your wife came to visit us the other day, and you have been separated long enough. I hope you still..."

Rhett lowered his hand holding the letter, feeling a little bored suddenly.Yes, boring, on this quiet night, Rhett Butler, who has always lived a colorful life, also felt bored.He reluctantly admits that he feels a little empty, but that's not why Scarlett's name is written on everything today—yes, they haven't divorced yet, and she's actually Scarlett Butler now, Rhett He held his chin and thought.It's actually very easy to go through the divorce procedures. Why did he just leave in the first place?

At this moment, he heard two beeps coming from the door.Who will visit him at this time?Although Rhett was puzzled, this did not prevent him from getting up and preparing to open the door.But when he was getting up, an unfortunate thought came to him-everything today had Scarlett's name written on it, it couldn't be such a coincidence-he opened the door frightened.

It turned out to be such a coincidence, a woman with green eyes stood at the door, her face was tired from the journey, but she couldn't hide the flame-like brilliance in her eyes.

Rhett: Is it too late to close the doors?

That's too late.Scarlett, who has accumulated countless experiences in chasing her husband for two years, chuckled, pushed Ruett's arm propped on the door frame and squeezed in, closing the door with a bang.

Rhett: ...

"I found you." Scarlett said in a determined and resolute tone, "——I found you." When she said this for the second time, her voice had softened a lot, with a sense of joy and relief. Tenderness, and faint excitement.

"I found you," she said again.This time, it was a complete sigh.

Rhett felt his heart throbbing.

Sharp stings and hideous wounds.Scarlett's appearance brought him the past that he didn't want to look back, and the forgotten time came rushing towards him.

The moment has finally come, he thought.In a blink of an eye, he seemed to be that painful husband, desperate father and sad departed again.Two years later, the scar that had already grown up was torn apart once again when she came in front of him, and Rhett could feel blood gurgling from his heart.He uses reason to suppress emotions to get rid of pain, and responds indifferently with frozen senses—even though he is almost unable to support this appearance now.The majestic emotions almost crushed him, and the weight on his heart at this moment was almost more than the sum of the two years, but the bones of reason made him stand still.Rhett Butler said quietly, "It doesn't make sense."

"What?" she asked in bewilderment, and then her face changed, her green eyes burning with what could be called anger, and she called out, "Rhett Butler—what did you say?"

Look, this is Scarlett.Rhett thought nonchalantly, his mind being split in two, one half for pain, the other for reason.She will never be troubled by the past, for example, she can yell at him unscrupulously now, as if she worked so hard to find him not to save him with sweet words, but just to scold him.

"I said," he said quietly, "that there's no use in finding me. It's no use, Scarlett. It's no use."

Fake.he thought to himself.How can it be useless?He was about to be overwhelmed by the power of emotion.How can a person's heart accommodate so much pain, and how can it accept so much love?Why can't we get rid of past feelings?

Scarlett took a deep breath, as if trying to keep herself from quarreling with him—but her tone of voice remained firm, and she said firmly:

"It doesn't count if you say it's useless." She tossed her hair, "Rhett Butler, it's very important to me to find you. I want you—I want you now—" She stared blankly into his black eyes , suddenly excited again, "Oh, Rhett! Don't you understand?"

Interesting, he mused.He was tired, very very tired, tired and heavy, so he walked away.In the two years since he left, heaviness and exhaustion gradually moved away from him, but all his senses seemed to be covered with a thick veil, and he didn't feel much about anything. He understood that this was the point where he was weighed down too much by the past.He tried to get rid of it, but it didn't work.Now, but now Scarlett O'Hara—oh, Scarlett Butler—appeared before him, and the flood of memories seemed to tear him apart, and he was going to collapse.Is this good or bad?

"Rhett!" Seeing that he still didn't understand, Scarlett became anxious.She stepped forward, grabbed Rhett's arm tightly, and said to him, "Don't you understand? I need you, and you need me, just like this! I love you, Rhett, I love you." You!"

Rhett stared at her quietly, feeling the churning in his stomach ease into a calm, warm force.Yet he said: "But my love has worn away."

Thoroughly, cleanly, leaving nothing behind.The pain entangled in memory seems to have no meaning at this moment.For a moment, he felt no emotion but detached pity.

"Scarlett," he sighed, "I'm not capable of loving anyone else. I won't let this heart break for the rest of my life. All my love—not for you, but all my love—is gone now." No la."

Scarlett's green eyes gazed into his, water seemed to glisten in them—but she stepped forward suddenly, her expression both firm and tender.

"Never mind, I've got enough here to fill in," she said. "You loved me as much as a man loves a woman, and now I can give you equal love. You'll feel the love— — I know you never stopped loving me."

"Your love is too passionate for me. What I want now is freedom and peace," Rhett said.He found himself not denying Scarlett's words that he had never stopped loving her—that was ridiculous, he thought.how can that be possible?He didn't love her anymore, it had been a long time ago.But why didn't he deny Scarlett's words?

"It might be uncomfortable and uncomfortable at first," Scarlett continued, smiling, "but in the end you'll find that you belong to these things—in them you're like fish in water. Rhett," she said. Said softly, "We can get those feelings back together."

Suddenly, everything seemed to come back.The turbulent love and infinite pain, the previous numbness and burnout is a joke.Rhett's breathing began to become quicker, and fate once again inspired its people with its infinite power. He seemed to hear the sound of the tide in his heart beating against the shore—somewhere, he seemed to have always believed that there would be There is such a day.Scarlett would come to him and bring him an end or a beginning.He had been waiting for this day in complete ignorance when he left about two years ago.She's here, she's really here, the two years of wandering are over, everything has to come to an end.Clearly, his departure would benefit both men.Two years later, Rhett Butler passed through a long and weary period of calm after suffering, Scarlett O'Hara's green eyes were brightened by tears, and then fate brought them together again.

"Leaving is for a better reunion." He whispered.

Yes, as she had just said to him, he belonged to her and she belonged to him.Scarlett O'Hara has a unique bright soul, such a soul does not even belong to Tara, the home of her dream soul - she can stay there, rest there, and get physical and mental comfort there, but she can't Stay there forever.Tara is peaceful and peaceful, but Scarlett's life is full of burning enthusiasm and vitality.Her life belongs to passion and hard work, to freedom and adventure, to the distance, to him!No amount of suffering could change her soul, and neither could his.Yes, she belongs to him, he belongs to her, they belong to each other completely, a pair made in heaven!They should take risks together, go to distant places together, and live a life that is renewed every day together, all of which are destined.

When he no longer touched his feelings for her, Rhett thought, it seemed as if they didn't exist.But that is false.All his heart is as solid as ice, so indifferent as water is nothing at the moment of seeing her, only him, only his never-ending love for her.Two years ago he thought he was tired of cutting off the thread of love, but the fact is that the fire of love has been rekindled since the moment he left her.He fell in love with her all over again, with the one who would never give up hope.The small flames gathered until now, and finally ignited the whole new field.Rhett Butler was bound to love Scarlett O'Hara, it was the greatest law of the universe.No one and nothing can change that.He was destined to fall in love with her again, to fall in love with her again, because he was Rhett Butler and she was Scarlett O'Hara.

When Rhett left two years ago and was exhausted, all his senses had been numbed by the overwhelming weight, but now the power of love revived it all.Life has never been so fresh, luscious and colorful.He felt like a young man, happy and ready for new adventures, new journeys.He loves her forever and ever, until death.Rhett Butler smiled and said:

"Scarlett, I never knew you were so eloquent."

"That's just because I love you," she replied, quietly holding her breath.

Rhett raised his eyebrows and said jokingly: "What should we do now? Go back and explain to the people of Atlanta that we separated for two years and then got back together?"

He certainly didn't miss the gleam in Scarlett's green eyes when he said "Get back together", but the green-eyed girl didn't rush up to hug him immediately.

"I'm sorry." Scarlett said with a straight face, but there was a smile in her green eyes, "The whole Atlanta thought that we traveled the world together in the past two years."

Rhett stared at her dumbfounded, when at last Scarlett burst out laughing.She stepped forward and hugged Rhett's neck tightly.And Rhett also held her tightly in his arms, smelling the fragrance of the black hair.A tight hug, wishing that the flesh and blood would melt together.When they finally let go of each other after this long, almost suffocating hug, and gazed deeply at each other, there was a lot of tenderness in their eyes.

The author has something to say: Before writing this fanfic, I have been imagining a plot like masochism. I believe that many friends who have watched the ending of Gone with the Wind have imagined it: Scarlett chased the captain hard and couldn’t get a response. He died of illness on the couch.The captain was distraught when he got the news? ? ?

But think about it, it shouldn't be like this.

I believe they can still he in the previous life, maybe I am very naive, but at least it should not be the pattern of hard pursuit-disease and death-remorse.First of all, the most obvious features of Scarlett's character are vitality and enthusiasm. Without this, she would not be Scarlett. Die in sorrow or something does not fit her personality, and she looks down on her a bit too much.The finale "tomorrow is another day", how exciting.Then the captain, he knows himself very clearly, since he has made up his mind, he will definitely not have any regrets.Actually, when I started writing this episode, I wanted to write about the captain’s plain tears when he learned of Scarlett’s death.I still care about it, but I won't look back and I won't regret it. I think this is more in line with the personality.But it's still sweet while writing?

In short, I think Scarlett is definitely not a hypocritical and mediocre woman. Her arrogant temper may really be able to chase the captain back (according to my setting, the captain’s heart is dead for two years and finally he is a bit boring) .What changed my mind was this passage from the original book:

【She then raised her chin and pretended to be calm and asked:

"Where are you going?"

There was a glint of approval in his eyes as he answered. 】

"Where are you going" happens to be the last line on this page, and I almost groaned when I saw this. Scarlett "wanted to cry like a child for a while", but she didn't do that, she pretended Ask calmly because she thinks "Even if he doesn't love me anymore, he has to respect me".I was so anxious that I wanted to hug her and shake her, the captain is leaving, you still want to save face!As a result, when the page was turned, the next line was "a glimmer of approval".So these two people really understand each other very well, and Scarlett's true inner attraction to the captain must still be there.Although severed, it may not be impossible to reconnect.In the last chapter, Rhys Belle felt that Rhett's tired eyes were like Ashley who had lost all hope in the orchard, but Rhett could not be Ashley.So I finally wrote this chapter, the he of the previous life.Want to be more convincing?Two years later, the still cynical but exhausted captain finally reunites with Scarlett, and they fall in love again.

Also: After re-reading the last chapter of the original book, Scarlett expressed that she did not want a divorce or a separation, and then the captain agreed, and said that he would come back to see her often to prevent others from chewing her tongue.After reading this sentence, I just want to look up to the sky and laugh, hahahahahahaha.Sure enough, HE is the Datong of the world!If you really don’t want to pass it, you won’t be bored when you come back all the time, hahahahaha.