[Cinderella] Prince go away

"I want to find you a new mother."

The sudden sound in the quiet living room made Cinderella subconsciously close the book she hadn't finished reading. She raised her head and looked at the man sitting opposite her—her father, the Marquis of Gutenberg, trying to get away from him. Find some abnormalities on his face.

But unfortunately, she failed.

The silence of the other party made Cinderella a little unsure whether the voice just now was her hallucination. She rubbed the hard cover of the book uneasily, and her fingertips walked on the cover in an irregular route. Cinderella could even clearly She felt that the thin gold-gilded texture on it was gradually getting hot because of her actions.

It's a pity that this temperature is not enough to change the atmosphere in the living room at this time.

Naturally, neither would the crackling flames in the fireplace.

The Marquis of Gutenberg didn't seem to feel the confusion behind Cinderella's silence, so he still didn't give any response as Cinderella expected.

The middle-aged Marquis just looked at his daughter calmly, only the slight expectation in his eyes revealed some of his mood at this time.

"I'm sorry, father."

Cinderella seemed to realize that her silence would not change the situation at hand, just as she was expecting her father's response, her father seemed to be waiting for her answer.

This embarrassing situation will always be broken by someone first. Unfortunately, judging from the current situation, the person who needs to do this is not my father.

but her.

"Can you please repeat that?"

In this short period of ten seconds, the expression of the Marquis of Gutenberg seemed to have changed several times. Although it was not particularly obvious, in the eyes of Cinderella who had been staring at him just now, her father had The tense facial muscles of her "I'm sorry" seemed to relax a little after the whole sentence was finished.

Although there are dark clouds outside the window at this time, the living room is brightly lit. In the light enough to provide a good reading environment for herself, it is not difficult for Cinderella to judge the change of her father's expression.

So Cinderella thinks this is probably not her illusion.

Finally got a response from his daughter, the Marquis of Gutenberg hesitated after being nervous and relaxed, but he still repeated his previous words, slowly and word by word, as if to use this to let the opposite daughter be able to Know exactly what he means.

Instead of asking him to repeat it again under the pretext of being unprepared like just now.

Because he didn't know whether he really had the courage to repeat what he just said a third time under the gaze of Cinderella's eyes that were very similar to her mother's.

Maybe not.

"I just said that I want to find a new mother for you, Cinderella."

Cinderella was in a daze for a moment, as if she had confirmed that what her father said just now was not an auditory hallucination that she had produced when she was intoxicated in the book. I feel a little confused.

That's not how a daughter should react.

Cinderella thought.

Especially now that her mother has passed away for many years, she should object—or at least question it, but she is extraordinarily calm at this time.

The Marquis of Gutenberg didn't understand Cinderella's mental activities at this moment. Just when he once again thought his daughter would object, Cinderella finally asked, "May I ask the reason?"

Yes, this is what a daughter should say when she hears that her father, who has been widowed for many years, suddenly proposes to remarry.

The normal reaction finally given by Cinderella gave Marquis Gutenberg a sense of peace that the conversation was finally moving in a normal direction, "This family needs a mistress, in the near future...after you get married."

Cinderella was surprised to find that she didn't have the slightest aversion to the fact that "father is going to marry a new wife".

This is really a strange phenomenon.

And when Cinderella was confused about her mental state, Marquis Gutenberg's reason continued, "And you have never left this county. Of course, this is also your mother's wish, but you have reached the appropriate time now." At the age of marriage, you must learn how to integrate into the social circle, Cinderella."

"And Rebecca... is the new mother I found for you. Although she has two daughters, she is indeed a very suitable candidate."

Inexplicably, Cinderella had a rare resistance to her father's words.

She pondered it over, and was surprised to find that the affection did not come from the name of the woman her father had chosen as her stepmother; it came from marriage and social circles, which she had not even considered vocabulary.

It's getting weirder, isn't it?

"Cinderella, I..."

"You have been alone for too long, father," Cinderella said calmly, interrupting Marquis Gutenberg suddenly.

The father discussed this issue with himself so seriously, obviously putting his own feelings first.

If she rejects this proposal now, then this topic will probably end here, and it will not even have any impact on the relationship between their father and daughter afterwards-but in fact she is not disgusted with this matter, so, It would be better to agree to this father's rare silent request.

Because she found that she had an indescribable affection for this new mother's name.

Cinderella didn't know what happened to her today, maybe it was influenced by the novel just now, she thought, "Now that you are willing to remarry, I think my mother will be pleased."

The conversation ended hastily after the Marquis of Gutenberg repeatedly confirmed that it was not Cinderella's words against her will. Before Cinderella left the living room, the Marquis of Gutenberg informed her that he would send that A woman named Rebecca took it back, hoping she could be ready before then.

Cinderella didn't know what preparations she should make.

The tidy mansion and bedrooms will be cleaned by maids, the exquisite and delicious meals will be prepared by skilled chefs, and the courtyard that has fallen asleep in this season will also be maintained by gardeners.

What about her?

What does she need to do to prepare?

Cinderella stood at the window looking at the scenery outside the window. The sky was covered with gray and heavy clouds, which indicated that today's weather was about to change; although the county under the jurisdiction of the Marquis Gutenberg did not have enough rain in the current season, there were occasional rains. It will snow.

Sometimes the heavy snow lasts all day and night, and if it is more serious, it will even close the road leading to the town.

Cinderella didn't like this kind of weather, and she couldn't feel the warmth without sunlight—even though the flame in the fireplace didn't go out.

But the blizzard that Cinderella expected did not come, and the clouds were gradually blown away by the wind, revealing the sunlight behind them.

It was the afternoon—the conversation with her father didn't take too much time, so it was still the warmest time of the day, and Cinderella could even feel an unknown warmth entering her heart , drove away the cloud in her heart.

Cinderella thought she should understand.

What do you need to prepare yourself for.

She put on her coat, and without telling any of the maids, she came to the end of the courtyard of the mansion alone.

Even if it is not the current season, this place is still so desolate and deserted. The sun has never added the slightest warmth to this place, but it has made this place even more desolate.

This is the family cemetery of the Gutenberg family, where the ancestors of the Gutenberg family are sleeping, including Cinderella's mother.

But Cinderella easily found her mother's tombstone here, not only because she has been here many times, but also because there is only a banyan tree next to her mother's tombstone in this cemetery, although it is not particularly tall—— ——Compared with the trees in the forest behind——but every summer is lush and lush, and it has never been seen as thin.

When her mother passed away, she planted it in front of her grave according to her mother's last words, and unknowingly, it grew to such a large size in this place that was not suitable for it to grow.

"Long time no see, mother."

Cinderella knelt down and gently brushed the dust off her mother's tombstone, and the pair of white doves who seemed to only stay on her mother's tombstone seemed to be filled with great joy after seeing her , chirping and cheering.

"You too, long time no see," Cinderella smiled and took out the pre-prepared biscuits wrapped in her own handkerchief and handed them to the pair of unusually edible and not picky white pigeons.

While the white dove was pecking at the food, Cinderella looked at her mother's tombstone again, smiling as always.

"Father is getting married, with a woman named Rebecca."

The pair of white pigeons suddenly stopped eating, but Cinderella didn't notice, and just continued her words slowly, "I understand that my father is for me, but he was indeed alone for too long, and... ..."

After thinking about it, Cinderella told her mother her truest feelings.

"It seems to me that we... I mean Mrs. Rebecca and I get on well."

"So please don't worry."

"I will be fine, as you wish."

Half a month later, a carriage ushered in the mansion of Marquis Gutenberg.

Cinderella waited at the door with her father, and then saw two young girls who were about the same age as her stepped out of the carriage. They were dressed in exquisite western clothes, and they seemed to be ready to participate in social activities at any time.After looking at the mansion for a while, they suddenly turned to the carriage and started a lively discussion.

Such a scene made Cinderella think of the two white pigeons that often snatch food.

Not long after, a third person finally got off the carriage. It was a pair of dark high-heeled shoes, and then a dark long skirt with a more stable color than the girl's dress. The emotion called tension climbed to the highest point in Cinderella's heart.

She guessed that this should be her stepmother.

The woman named Rebecca.

Cinderella didn't know where the inexplicable tension and expectation in her heart came from, but when she saw this woman with elegant manners and an unusually bright appearance looking at her——

Her heart skipped a beat inexplicably.