[Emma] Becoming Jane Fairfax

"Sh, s, s, what, what?" Wei Lai didn't know what language to use to properly express her inner anger and surprise. She is a lady now, at least she has to pretend to be a lady, and she has to restrain her emotions, "This Mister Lance..."

"Ahem, Miss Fairfax, please let me introduce you." Mr. Knightley sensed the smell of gunpowder in the atmosphere and interjected in time.

He pointed to the man standing beside him who looked a bit like him and was half a head taller than him: "This is my brother, John Knightley, who is also Emma's brother-in-law. That is Lance Amedeo, my brother College classmates and friends." Then Wei Lai was introduced, "This is Miss Jane Fairfax."

Wei Lai took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and said with a smile, "It's a pleasure meeting you two gentlemen, Mr. Lance Amedeo. Excuse me, you just came out of this path on horseback, didn't you?"

"Yes, I came from this small road." Speaking of this, Lance Amedeo smiled, looked at the two brothers of the Knightley family, a little proud, "I bet John, he took the big road, I walked Xiaolu, let's see who gets there first, I win."

Is this the time to discuss who you two will win?

Wei Lai cos Ma Jingtao growled in his heart.

"Mr. Amedeo, your sudden rush out of the small path caused me a serious disturbance. I almost fell down because I was dodging your horse, and my hair was wet and my skirt was dirty." Wei Lai Danlan The dots of dirt on the black skirt are particularly eye-catching, "I want to build a road for horses and carriages to regulate traffic, not to scare people from rushing out of the road. I am a young man, and I can react in time to avoid injury , if the next time it is an elderly person who moves slowly and has no time to dodge, Mr. Amedeo, what do you think should be done?"

These words are really righteous words, comparable to traffic policemen educating violating drivers...

Wei Lai didn't say anything anymore, and waited for Lance Amedeo's answer to see if he didn't take it seriously before.

Sure enough, the expressions of the two Knightley brothers and Lance Amedeo became serious. Lance Amedeo's blue eyes reflected the moonlight, like a leopard lurking in the grass, waiting for its prey.

Wei Lai's heart trembled for no reason, his scalp was numb, and he felt the pressure.

Lance Amedeo took off his hat, bowed his body, and apologized sincerely: "I didn't expect my behavior to cause trouble to Miss Fairfax, although I didn't mean it, anyway, It is my responsibility, and I will fully compensate you for the dress, for which I apologize again."

All she wanted was an apology.I don't know what the British social atmosphere is like at this time, it's better not to have too much involvement with strangers, just pay for the skirt or something.

"I accept Mr. Amedeo's apology, and there is no need for compensation for the dress. Mr. Knightley, I think the dinner party is about to begin. Don't keep the host waiting too long. Let's go in."

Mr. Weston was born and bred in Highbury. He was born in a wealthy merchant family. Later, he joined the army and became a captain. He married a lady from the Churchill family. , was unable to raise his son, so he gave his son to his wife's elder brother and sister-in-law to raise him, and got a sum of money.

The son took his uncle's surname from Weston to Churchill, so that the folks in Highbury are now used to calling him Frank Churchill instead of Frank Weston.

Later, Mr. Weston abandoned his martial arts and went into business, and his business was doing well. Last year, he bought a house in Randall, a fairly large house, and married Emma’s tutor, Miss Taylor, and lived a prosperous life. Leisurely, for him, letting his son who has grown into a decent gentleman appear in front of everyone in Highbury is more worthy of showing off than wealth, and it is more dignified.

So when Frank Churchill came back, he couldn't wait to spread the invitations.

All this Wei Lai learned from Miss Bates.As soon as she entered the room, Miss Bates who was waiting at the door saw the mud on her skirt and almost fainted from fright. Wei Lai quickly found a topic to divert her attention.While Miss Bates was babbling on and on, she could just think about what to do with the mud, and she couldn't go to someone's house in dirty clothes.

"Although I never met Frank Churchill, Mr. Weston always talked to us about his son, who I believe must have grown into a respectable gentleman, Jane. I mentioned to you that Frank Churchill was in Wes A congratulatory letter from Mr. Ton on his marriage, very beautifully written, and Mr. Woodhouse said it was the most wonderful letter he had ever read in his life."

He didn't come to his father's wedding, and he never went back to Highbury. Wei Lai doubted how much Frank Churchill could have a deep affection for his hometown and his father.Compared with blood relationship, getting along can affect feelings more, and she has personally experienced this.

There was a great party tonight, and there was a great deal of traffic in the drawing room, showing how pleased Mr. Weston was with the return of Frank Churchill.

Emma and Harriet were talking affectionately with a gentle-looking, slightly plump lady, and other people greeted that lady from time to time. She should be Emma's former tutor, Mrs. Weston.On the other side, Mr. Weston warmly received the Knightley brothers and Lance Amedeo.

Everyone was going about their social activities, and no one noticed Jane and Miss Bates.

"Auntie, it's quite lively tonight. Is Mr. Frank Churchill here? There are too many people, I can't see clearly." Wei Lai didn't know Frank Churchill, but Frank Churchill must know Jane, and she didn't know that Jane and Frank had a relationship. There is no contact, and I dare not ask casually, so as not to reveal my secrets. After thinking about it carefully, it is safest to use the excuse that there are too many people to see clearly.

Miss Bates poked around, shook her head and said, "I didn't see it either, but he will definitely show up tonight. I heard that he came back yesterday and went to visit Hatfield first. Oh, I'm too busy talking, Jane , what about your skirt?"

Miss Bates' voice was a little loud, and several guests looked over.

"Shh, auntie, keep your voice down." Wei Lai smiled and comforted her, "I have a solution, don't worry, I'll go to the bathroom."

Wei Lai had never personally dealt with such an emergency as a dirty skirt at a dinner party, and the best solution was only on paper. Fortunately, she listened to Miss Bates's suggestion and made a hairstyle, otherwise, she didn't even have tools.

She took off two hairpins from her head and used the hairpins to fix the rolled up skirt, but found that her ankles were slightly exposed, and the skirt seemed to be likely to fall apart at any time.No matter, let's just leave it at that, this is the best way she can think of in a short time.She had to be thankful that it wasn't a dance tonight, otherwise it would be useless to move around and be full of hairpins.

A good skirt was tossed like this, and Wei Lai drew a few crosses on Lance Amedeo in his heart. Are the holes under his eyebrows and on the top of his nose venting his anger? ?Such a big living person can't see it, and his good looks are in vain.

Due to the removal of two hairpins, her hairstyle was a little messy, so she fixed her hair again. After doing all this, listening to the sounds outside, she guessed that it was time for a banquet.

It's rude to spend a long time in the bathroom without seeing the owner as soon as you enter the door, so don't be late, that's really embarrassing.

Wei Lai hurriedly opened the door, and a young man came out from the opposite corridor. When she saw a stranger suddenly, she was so frightened that she screamed and stuck in her throat.

When the young man saw her, a gentle smile appeared on his face.

not……

Wei Lai is not someone who has no experience in love. The love in the eyes of the young man looking at her couldn't be more obvious.

Although Jane didn't leave Wei Lai with a single word about Frank Churchill, Wei Lai thought more than once about how a well-behaved and handsome gentleman would be able to fall in love with a beauty like Jane.

Frank Churchill was every bit her guess.

He is a very handsome young man with dark brown hair, high nose and deep eyes, wearing a black suit and a complicated bow tie. Unlike Mr. Knightley's calm image, he can be seen as a lively man , Cheerful person, even his smile is mischievous.

Jane was taught to be a gentle and steady lady since she was a child. In fact, she still yearns for a free and free life in her heart.

"You're here too," he said.

One sentence confirmed her guess, he is Frank Churchill, Jane, who is now her fiancé.

What it feels like to have a fiancé for no reason, no one can understand this cheating feeling better than her.

She tried her best to hide her strangeness, but she really couldn't get closer, and it was even more difficult to express her love affectionately, so she could only pretend to be cautious and shy: "Well, I came here with my aunt, it's so beautiful here. Dinner is about to start, let's go in."

Frank Churchill walked in front, Wei Lai walked slowly behind, watching his figure disappear behind the door, he was greatly relieved.

"cough!"

Wei Lai breathed a sigh of relief, and the sound of footsteps behind her lifted her heart.

!

"Miss Fairfax, dinner is about to start, don't you want to go in?" Lance Amedeo came out from behind her, nodded politely to her, and went straight into the dining room.

Wei Lai: ...

Her muscles were tense, her heart was beating so fast that it seemed to rush out of her chest, and her mind was spinning rapidly at the same time.

— When did he come?

— He heard it all?Did you see it all?

—He didn't know Frank Churchill, nor did he know Jane Fairfax, so he shouldn't think much about it.

——I hurt him outside before, so he won't retaliate.

……

Wei Lai was drenched in cold sweat, almost floating into the restaurant.

The guests had already taken their seats. Frank and Emma were sitting on both sides of Mr. Weston. Miss Bates was relieved to see that Jane had handled the skirt properly, but Wei Lai couldn't relax.

Who arranged the seat?Can you dig a little more?

She was face to face with Lance!

The two sat down at the same time. John Knightley asked Lance where he had been. Lance replied that it was the bathroom. I don't know if she was thinking too much. When he said this, Lance gave her a meaningful look.

The plate in front of him contained unrecognizable raw materials, dark food plus a little peas and mashed potatoes. Wei Lai didn't have much appetite at first, and now he found it even harder to swallow.