Celebrity House [Anna]

As Anna knew, Karenin was not the kind of person who didn't even know how to pack his clothes. On the contrary, maybe no one in the world could fold clothes as carefully as he did.

Karenin's fingers are fairer than those of ordinary men. Because of their thinness, their fingers look very slender without protruding phalanges. A sapphire ring seems to be the only accessory for this civil servant, and Anna's finger is covered with a A ruby.

The meaning of the ring, probably even a three-year-old child knows.

Anna never thought that one day she would wear this thing.

At first she thought it was forced on her, and it made people happy and angry to see it.

The happy thing is that she didn't die after all, she has no worries about food and clothing, and doesn't need to be a servant or handyman who is scolded by others. What is angry is that she is tied up with a man in such an era.But anyway, maybe she was lucky after all, and that night, when the man came back, she was indeed moved.

"Can you speak now?"

Karenin put the folded clothes aside without looking angry.In a sense, this man has a surprisingly good temper.

"I," Anna stopped stroking the ring, and then said, "if you want to know."

"Yes."

Karenin's insistence made Anna glance at him before replying, "Don't you think women's status is too low, Alexei?"

"Whether it is a woman with money or no money, they actually have no rights. It's like, if I ask for a divorce from you, then both of us will be affected, and your reputation and mine will be damaged. In the beginning, it had nothing to do with others. It will be very difficult for our son Seryozha to gain a foothold in this circle." Anna said slowly.

"A woman pays far more than a man, but whether it is wealth or status, it is like a vine, and it is worthless without a man or a big tree."

"Anna." Karenin said.

"Don't worry, I'm not thrilled." Ana smiled. "I think, seriously, that the issue of rights and equality for men and women hasn't changed much in the first 100 years or the next 100 years."

She combed her hair: "Look, maybe you are laughing or disapproving from the bottom of your heart right now, after all, I am speaking for a large group of women, and I have belittled the men by the way."

Karenin looked at her and said, "No."

Anna paused and looked at the other party.

Karenin clasped his hands, frowned slightly, and said: "I have always believed that women's rights and obligations are essentially the same as men's. A civilized and advanced country is mostly reflected in men's respect for women. "

"It's going to be a long process."

"You mean, you're all for that if possible?" Anna asked.

"Actually, I don't want to do this to this extent, but if you ask me what I really think, yes, Anna. Don't explain it to anyone, it will put me in a disadvantageous position."

"Then," Anna blinked, "you have to please me."

"Please?" Karenin frowned, and then blamed, "I thought it was enough to obey your request and fold the clothes."

"Of course it's not that simple."

"Forgive me for not agreeing, Anna, you can do one or the other."

"Then I have to ask someone else, for example, Count Vronsky, I think he will agree with me." Anna said slowly.

"If you think that way, I think it's very disgraceful." Karenin paused, although he understood that what his wife said was nothing more than a joke and had no practical meaning, he still wanted to explain the seriousness of the matter sex.

"The matter of Count Vronsky should not continue to trouble our husband and wife. I think you will agree not to mention this matter again, right?"

"Oh, then I won't mention it." Anna happily agreed.

"By the way, Alexey, you did it on purpose to help Count Vronsky's mother, so that he might owe you a favor."

"I'm a government official and it's only right to associate with all the people who can help me."

"Including being a benefactor who helped his mother." Anna smiled, and Karenin coughed uncomfortably.

"The instinct of a government official, okay, I get it," Anna said.

"Remember what I said, don't put us in an unseemly situation," Karenin said.Then he pondered for a while, and said, "Don't get yourself involved in anything anymore."

"Then unless you lock me up at home."

"Give me your promise, Anna, don't worry me..."

As soon as the word worry was out of his mouth, a kiss was printed on the corner of Karenin's mouth.

"I will try my best." Anna left the man's side and said with a smile, "Last time I promised to cherish my body, this time I will give half of the promise."

"You..." Karenin was a little confused.

"Look, how strange. Every time you say you're worried about me, I think you're such a good person." Anna said as if talking to herself, which was so unlike her.

Before that, she was obviously very resistant to this kind of feeling, and now, she is still the same.But she also understands that it is not easy to completely hide her own thoughts in front of this smart man, so the truth and lies are divided equally. In the end, she does not know whether she directed herself or acted as her. Own.

Karenin put his arms around Anna's waist and deepened the kiss.

For some reason, even though it was a kiss, Karenin had a lingering doubt in his heart. However, people like him have always been unwilling to become the kind of husband who would doubt his wife in marriage.

Doubt is immoral, trust is the most basic.

Karenin persuaded himself that way.

The atmosphere of the dinner was a bit dignified, but not too bad.

Driven by Anna, the children had a great time playing. There was a little smile in the conversation between Tao Li and Anna, but as long as Skiva opened his mouth, the atmosphere would be cold.

At the end of the day, Skiva couldn't bear it anymore, and he dragged Karenin to the tavern.

"Mom, Dad is going out." Grisha quickly told Tao Li, who pretended not to hear, and finally seemed a little annoyed, and she said bitterly, "Let him go!"

Grisha shrank his neck. He felt that his mother was like a fire-breathing dragon, which was a little scary. He ran to Seryozha again. Usually he always went to Tanya, but now he I have a new playmate.

"I heard that my father is with Maestro Vanessa, but I don't believe it," Grisha told Seryozha, twisting his fat hands and muttering, "Shouldn't father be with mother?"

Seryozha, who was older than Grisha, knew what was going on in this sort of thing, but he did not say it outright, but comforted Grisha.

"Yes, Grisha, father and mother are a couple, because there are father and mother, there are you."

Grisha nodded and smiled contentedly, revealing a small mouth with one missing tooth.

Later that night Anna was brushing Seryozha's hair.

Seryozha sat down on a stool, and told Anna all that Grisha had told him, and finally said: "I lied, but I don't think Grisha would want to know."

"Is this a white lie, or do you think it would be better to tell him the truth and hear him cry?"

"I don't want to do this." Seryozha sighed softly, then grabbed Anna's hand, tilted his head and asked, "I won't lose you, right?"

"You've been thinking too much in your little head, you're so weird, you need to go to bed now." Anna put away the towel, feeling that the seven-year-old child might not be thinking too much.

When Anna went to the bathroom to hang up the towels, Seryozha took her by the arm and made her tremble.

"I won't lose you or my father, will I?"

Anna continued to hang up the towels, but her movements were a bit slower, then she lowered her head, saw those big eyes with the same pupil color as his father, and finally said, "You will have my promise."

Seryozha let go of his hand in satisfaction.

"Can I sleep with you and my father tonight?" Seryozha asked with squinted eyes.

"What if I say no?" Anna said, and licked Seryozha's soft, cotton-candy cheeks, which pouted.

"Please... no... bird..."

"Tell me that you have finished your homework, and I will promise you." Anna let go of her hand.

Seryozha blushed, then nodded, "I'm done, Tanya checked for me."

"That's fine."

Seryozha cheered. Wearing a white nightgown, he quickly got under the quilt. He was not allowed to do that at home, but this was outside, and he needed his mother's company.

When Seryozha urged Anna to go to bed, Karenin came back, and Skiva was a little drunk. The housekeeper notified Tao Li, who asked the housekeeper and the servants to throw Skiva into a guest room.In the end, though, Dolly went there to be with her husband, even though she declared that she just didn't want to see the father of the children suffocated by vomit.

"Father, you've been drinking." Seryozha wrinkled his nose. He didn't like the smell of wine.

"Rather than this obvious fact, I want to know why you don't sleep in your room, Seryozha," said Karenin, standing on the edge of the bed.

"Mother allows me to sleep here," Seryozha laughed.

"I can sleep in the middle, I'm small and won't take up much room," Seryozha said quickly, lying down.

Karenin looked at the son who had already made up his mind to sleep here, and then looked at his wife with a slightly reproachful look, and the latter just blinked.

"I suggest you take a bath, Alexei," said Anna.

Karenin stood still for a while, while Seryozha was rolling on the bed, and at last he couldn't help but stop him.

"Seryozha, don't get carried away."

Seryozha stopped rolling and lay down straight, with the quilt pulled up, revealing only two big round eyes.

The wood is done, the boat is done, and the rice is done, Karenin went to the bathroom to wash up.

When he came out, Seryozha had already clung to his wife.

"I want a story, mother," Seryozha demanded, blinking his eyes.

"I want to hear it too," said Anna, and looked at Karenin.

Karenin said calmly: "I'm not good at this."

"I'm very good today," said Seryozh in a pathetic tone.

Anna said: "Seryozha should be rewarded. I think rewards are very effective in motivating a child."

Karenin was silent for a moment, then said: "Perhaps Darya Alexandrovna will have a suitable story book," and went out for a while.

When Dolly heard about Karenin's intentions, she smiled: "I didn't expect you to be the kind of father who would read stories to children, Alexey Alexandrovich."

"To be honest, I haven't thought about it myself," Karenin said.

Dolly took Karenin to the study, and she chose a book.

"This is Grisha's favorite storybook."

"You are a good mother, Darya Alexandrovna."

Tao Li smiled bitterly: "Unfortunately, she is not a good woman."

"Please don't doubt this. Skiva's stupidity and mistakes should not be the standard by which you judge yourself. No one can criticize a mother who loves her children very much." Karenin said calmly.

"I really didn't expect you to be the one who said that to me." Tao Li wiped her tears, "Whether it's you or Anna, how wonderful, you are better than that hateful person!"

"I am not a good person. I tell you this largely because of my wife. She sympathizes with your situation, and, desperately wants you to cheer up. If you become a strong woman, she will be more than you." Everyone is happy."

The man's voice was very calm, although there was not much ups and downs in pitch, but Tao Li could fully feel his protection of his wife.

"I'm so jealous, Alexey Alexandrovitch, how wonderful Anna is, how lucky she is. She's not Scheva's wife, but her sister, and she's your wife, Serio." Sha is still so sensible and obedient." Tao Li said in an envious tone.

"You don't need to envy others, Dalia Alexandrovna, there are always things in this world that you can do that no one else can do."

"For example, what?" Tao Li asked in a somewhat bleak, distrustful tone.

Karenin thought for a while, and then said: "For example, your skill in making cookies."

Tao Li looked at Karenin in surprise, and then realized that it was just a joke.She laughed, not at the joke, but at Karenin.

"I never found you to be a humorous person before."

"I wasn't used to revealing that to people before."

"Because of Anna?"

Karenin neither affirmed nor denied.

Dolly smiled and said, "You really love her, don't you?"

"She is my wife, of course I love her, don't I?" asked Karenin.

Tao Li shook her head, and said in a pity tone: "If you always tell Anna like this, then she will be too pitiful."

Karenin frowned, somewhat puzzled.