[Gone with the Wind] Back to the beginning

No plan to propose to her!

As soon as these words came out, Scarlett felt pain in her heart as if she had been cut by a knife. She said coldly, "Really? That just happens to be convenient for both parties. Anyway, I didn't intend to agree."

"So you've thought about it? That's a pity." Rhett smiled playfully, as if what he just said was a matter of course, and there was no need for extra explanation, "No, Scarlett, your self-esteem does not need to be frustrated. It's not that you are not beautiful enough. For the sake of cuteness, it's me—I'm not going to get married in the first place."

"Not married? Why—why?" Scarlett couldn't help asking.

"So concerned about my affairs? Well, I'll tell you." A sneer flashed in Rhett's eyes, and then he said to her kindly, "Why do you want to get married? It's boring and troublesome, just for The husband's right has to be—well, forgetting that you are a girl, you shouldn't say this. But it doesn't matter. Anyway, the most important thing about marriage in my opinion is that other methods can be used elsewhere Got it. So why would I get married if I have no interest in the rest of the marriage?"

"You're saying that the only meaning of marriage in your eyes is—bah! Shameless!" Scarlett spat angrily after realizing what he meant.Why is this man so thick-skinned?But Reiter was as if nothing had happened, and admitted generously: "Yes, marriage has no sacred meaning in my opinion. Why, did it puncture your little girl's fantasy? But I really think so. Marriage is right. For me, it’s just a less flattering way of satisfying my carnal desires. Since I dislike the price, why don’t I make myself happier? Anyway, I have money and can buy it. However, " He changed the subject, with a hint of provocation in his words, "Maybe in the future there will be someone I absolutely want, and I have to get married to get it? ——At that time, I might change my mind."

These words barely made Scarlett feel better. After all, Rhett proposed to her in her previous life, although it seemed that the proposal was inexplicable at the time.Thinking of his disrespectful words just now, Scarlett secretly made up her mind that she would never let him go in this life, this man is really too presumptuous!Seeing that he was going to use that set of weird reasoning to entangle her again, Scarlett simply turned her head away with a "hum" and refused to pay any attention to it.

Rhett shrugged, as if he didn't care about Scarlett's cold face at all, and picked up the previous topic again:

"Don't look like this, Scarlett. Well, we're not done talking...you must be wondering why I don't want to kiss you right now, aren't you?" Belle. One day I'll kiss you and you'll like it...but not now, be patient. You know I'm a selfish person, and I just want to have fun. Kissing a child is boring, and I'd rather I want to wait for you to grow up."

These words made Scarlett's chest puff up with anger, and the words came out without thinking:

"When I grow up, you'll be an old man—I'd hate to kiss an old man!"

Rhett was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"So you'll let me kiss you? As long as I'm not an old man?"

When she said this, Scarlett flushed with embarrassment. She subconsciously retorted, but she couldn't refute what she said, so she could only vent her anger elsewhere, patted the carriage and yelled, "Stop, stop, I don't want you to send it! I just walk back by myself!"

"Really? My dear lady, you would rather go a long way by yourself than sit in my carriage?" Rhett laughed and stabbed at her, but without persuading her, he simply pulled the reins and was about to get out of the carriage first.

Scarlett snorted angrily, and jumped off without waiting for him to get off the horse to help her, but her skirt was caught by the car just in time, and the trousers instantly feasted the eyes of the people in the Pentagon Square.Rhett suffocated a smile, leaned over to help her untie it very graciously.Scarlett left in a rage without looking back.

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One evening two weeks later, Scarlett was sitting in front of the dressing table, flipping through the letters her twin brother had written to her.

The two Tarleton brothers were greatly encouraged by the beautiful woman's reply, and they were overjoyed, as can be seen from the handwriting of the claws.The letter was still full of implicit confession and hot affection. After reading it hastily, Scarlett felt that her heart was stuffy and uncomfortable.She put back the two letters which had been in one envelope (there was a great deal of frankness and love between the two brothers) in it again, and tied the envelope with a green ribbon to the ones she had received before.

After finishing these, Scarlett smiled in the mirror.She pinched her face vigorously, until the pain turned a little bloody, and then she picked up the comb and prepared to do her makeup.Two days ago, Maybelle came back to visit relatives, and introduced a popular hairstyle—Maybel got married last month, and the wedding dress was made of the white silk gifted by Rhett, a celebrity in Atlanta.The hairstyle that Maybelle had suggested was terribly difficult, but Scarlett had to do it.Because Rhett Butler is coming over for dinner tonight.

Scarlett felt that Rhett Butler was too presumptuous due to the flirtatious talk about "kiss" in the carriage before. Although she, Scarlett O'Hara, was not afraid of the gossip about being with him——she She wasn't the woman who would allow him to use "means other than marriage" to succeed!Therefore, during the few encounters with Rhett, Scarlett acted as cold as ice, vowing to let this guy understand her attitude.After two weeks, although Rhett was still talking and laughing freely, he didn't easily probe this issue that she was particularly concerned about.The page was turned tacitly, and the two got back together.

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Scarlett looked bitterly at the mirror, her mouth full of hairpins, and she frantically dealt with the thick and stubborn curly hair, with sweat dripping from her forehead.Alas, it would be great if he could still remember those beautiful hairstyles he learned in his previous life, I'm sure he will be stunned!It's a pity that the memory has become more and more sporadic and blurred as time goes by, and only those major events about homeland or destiny are firmly remembered.As for the hair, Scarlett could only secretly regret it.

Speaking of hairstyles, Scarlett couldn't help laughing secretly when she thought of Rhett burning her wig in her previous life.Rhett is always critical of her eyes, but unless she really can't stand it anymore, she can let her be happy.Thinking of this, Scarlett couldn't help smiling knowingly, humming the Charleston ditty that Rhett taught her with high spirits.

Just as she was humming happily, she suddenly heard light and hasty footsteps in the hall downstairs, and Scarlett knew that it was Mei Li who had returned from the hospital.She stood up and was about to meet her, but she heard Mei Li rush upstairs, three steps at a time, and Scarlett hurried to open the door.I saw Melanie rushing in, flushed and panicked, like a child who got into trouble.Her face was full of tears, her hat fell behind her neck and was dragged by her chinstrap, her skirt was moving around, and she was holding something in her hand, and she carried a strong smell of cheap perfume.Mei Li has always been gentle and dignified, so flustered like this must be something serious.Scarlett hurriedly supported Melanie to prevent her from collapsing: "Mei Li, what happened?"

"Scarlett, aunt didn't come back? Ah? Thank God! Scarlett, I almost died of embarrassment, Uncle Peter threatened me to sue my aunt!" Mei Li was terrified, tearing up, "He's going to sue the lady I just talked to— —the lady—the red-haired woman talking. My God!” she said, slapping her handkerchief to her flushed, burning cheeks, her face full of anxiety. “That woman! Her name is Bell Watling!”