[Gone with the Wind] Back to the beginning

Scarlett was in a good mood after successfully getting back the place from Rhett.The joy mixed with a little bit of sweetness made the corners of her lips unable to be pressed down at all!In any case, the previous hesitation and confusion disappeared at this moment, and what she has is a firm vow and a bright future that she can see!

Ah, Butler.Scarlett weighed the name happily, sweetness and slyness appeared on that charming face, and she did not intend to let go of such a good opportunity.Anita came just in time, and how proud Rhett Butler would have been if she had agreed so dazedly!This guy's previous behavior is really hateful, she must give him a bit of trouble!

Therefore, in the last few days in Charleston, Scarlett was naturally a gentle, lively and considerate southern lady in front of Mrs. Butler and Anita, but she immediately ignored Rhett Butler, Bossing around, the tail is almost up to the sky.The man looked at her with a half-smile, and did everything that made things difficult for her without any sign of reluctance, which instead made Scarlett furious.As a result, Rhett saw her emotions, laughed and hugged her into his arms and rubbed her. Scarlett was ashamed and angry, but there was nothing she could do with this guy!

"You did it on purpose!" She accused angrily.

Rhett rolled his eyes: "My dear, why can't I understand what you are talking about?"

"Don't call me dear!" Scarlett became even angrier.

"So baby?" Rhett pretended to be frivolous, with a playful smile, "Dear Scarlett, it's not like you don't understand my heart..."

Scarlett stared at him, and choked out every single word: "Rhett Butler, you did it on purpose!"

Rhett spread his hands innocently, snickering in his heart.

Oh yes, deliberate deliberate, of course he did it on purpose, he did it all on purpose.And what he did "on purpose," dear Scarlett, you don't discover half of it yet.

"When are we going back to Tara?" She nestled in his arms, her tone full of expectation.

Rhett said slowly: "Well, I think in two or three days the matter in Charleston will be sorted out." He smiled maliciously, "But, dear, are you sure you want to leave me miserable alone? Bear the wrath of Mrs. O'Hara?"

Scarlett pinched him aggressively.

"Isn't that what it should be?" She blinked her eyes and pretended to be stupid, "Dear Captain Butler, am I wrong, you are not asking to marry me?"

Rhett laughed.

"Yes, yes, of course I'm proposing to you." He said indulgently, "But, my dear, you have to know that a villain like me—" There was a playful smile on his lips, "If you can't With your love and determination, it's impossible to even talk to Mrs. O'Hara."

Scarlett stared at him for a long time before saying bitterly: "Damn Butler!"

Her cheeky boyfriend didn't take it seriously: "Thanks, baby."

Scarlett pushed him away to talk to Anita.

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Although she said it lightly, Scarlett still looked a little gloating at her mother's embarrassment to Rhett, but when she really set foot on the return journey, she still felt a burst of nervousness.

"Are you scared?" Rhett asked softly, and the man let her lean on his shoulder, clasping both hands together, "Don't worry, I'm here."

Scarlett snorted on his shoulder.

"We won't really be unrecognized, right?" She said worriedly, the closer Tara's mind was full of cranky thoughts, the more active she became, "In the future, we can only break up and live in Atlanta? Or run away together? Or..."

She forgot again that she hadn't agreed to the proposal yet.Rhett's face remained calm, but he was very satisfied in his heart.In a few moments Rhett had to interrupt Scarlett's overactive imagination for their Irish romance.

"Okay, okay." He said grumpily but very gently, "What about me, oh? Your parents love you very much, and they won't drive you away. At most, I need to show my determination to be a new person..."

"That's impossible." Scarlett said listlessly.

"Okay." Rhett smiled, and then sneaked a kiss on her lips while no one was paying attention. Sure enough, Scarlett's attention was forcibly drawn back immediately, "I'm always at the front, what are you worried about?"

"Rhett Butler!" Scarlett angrily called out the name of this extremely bold man, but seeing his smiling black eyes, her heart softened into a puddle of spring water.She snuggled back to his shoulder again and stopped talking.

Tara was close at hand.

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Scarlett felt that she was not nervous at all now, she just wanted to kill Rhett Butler!

God, who the hell is asking to marry a southern lady, why is she restless and the man holding her hand is so relaxed?Rhett Butler took her hand so naturally, ignoring her struggle at all and walked all the way to Tara's door, and then let go with a sigh as if reluctantly.

Scarlett shook off his hand like an electric shock.

How dare Rhett Butler dare to be so arrogant in this kind of place where parents may see him at any time!While complaining in her heart, she walked up the steps, but she froze in place before taking two steps, and said in a low voice, "Dad..."

The hot-tempered, kind and upright host, Gerald O'Hara, was standing on the top of the steps. When he saw his beloved daughter, he grinned and his curly gray hair fluttered. He was about to hug her, his eyes Suddenly he saw Butler who was standing humbly aside—Scarlett felt a thump in her heart—Gerald's eyes suddenly became strange.

"Ah, ah." Gerald yelled loudly, "Butler boy, you are here. Haha, haha!" In the end he couldn't go on talking, he looked at Currett and then at Scarlett. The jar broke and said: "Welcome, welcome, Mrs. O'Hara is waiting for you."

Rhett bent down and bowed: "It's a great honor." He added politely, "Where is Mrs. O'Hara now? I can go to see her myself, and I won't disturb your father and daughter. "

Scarlett looked at Rhett for a while, and Gerald for a while, and she was completely in a daze.

Gerald was looking forward to this: "It's kind of you—" and then he found himself smiling too eagerly and embarrassedly, "Mrs. O'Hara is in the counting room, which is the farthest room down the hall. She I am waiting for you today."

Scarlett felt that her curiosity was about to burst out, but Rhett, who was always keen, seemed to be unable to perceive her emotions at this moment. He only smiled at her, turned around, and walked towards the cashier's direction. up.

Scarlett: ...

"Scarlett." Gerald couldn't hold back his curiosity. He grabbed his daughter's shoulder from behind, his blue eyes shining, "What happened to you just now? You're so unfamiliar."

"Strange?" Scarlett had an ominous premonition in her heart.

"Yes," said Gerald quite simply. "Boline and Eulalie both wrote and told us Butler was your boyfriend, and they praised him for his poise and demeanor. Scarlett, you're quarreling." La?"

"What did you say?" Scarlett asked with difficulty, and at the same time remembered that when Rhett came to pick her up at Aunt Eulalie's house this morning, she laughed in embarrassment, while her aunt smiled and said nothing.

"Is it really a quarrel?" Gerald believed it. "Scarlett, it's wrong for me to say that he left you and went back to the funeral. But you know, men have a good face, and he doesn't want you to see him cry. I understand. Just be angry, don't really go too far, if you want me to say that the Butler family is still..."

Scarlett: Are we really talking about the same person?Heart as dead ashes.

Scarlett: So what the hell did Rhett Butler do behind my back? !My dad looks totally won over by him!

—Wait, she remembered.

Looking at Gerald, who was beaming with joy and seriousness, Scarlett, who had a headache, finally recalled: In this life, Rhett and his father actually had friendship because of the cotton business during the war. At that time, Dad liked Rhett very much. special.Then... what happened next?Oh, by the way, when his reputation was ruined and he was regarded as a traitor, because she hoped that her father could continue to run the cotton business, Rhett made up an excuse of "using the cotton business to transport medicines under the cover" and succeeded. Established an "image of loyalty and humiliation" in Dad's mind.So the stubborn Gerald continued his affection for Rhett to this day, even when Atlanta didn't have a good opinion of him... and the last time Karin and Sue Allen's wedding, she was Didn't you see Butler whispering to his father?What about the letters from Aunt Eulalie and Aunt Pauline, when did Rhett visit them behind her back?She clearly remembered Aunt Pauline telling her to stay away from Rhett at the funeral!The more Scarlett listened, the more confused she became, feeling that she could not keep up with her father's train of thought at all, but the corners of her lips could not help but curl up bit by bit.

No matter what, it is a very happy thing to have someone who thinks about you so meticulously and for a long time, even if he hides it from you badly, watching you worry and have fun all the way... Of course, don't think that the hatred he sees her jokes doesn't count!Damn it, he became arrogant before she agreed to his marriage proposal. What if she really agreed? !Scarlett was thinking so angrily, but her smile became sweeter and more touching.

Meanwhile, in Ellen's counting room.Captain Rhett Butler is facing his biggest test yet.

"Mr. Rhett Butler." Ellen read out the guest's name in a rare and cold tone. "It's really——I've admired him for a long time."