[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

The hustle and bustle of life in London has never been altered by the absence of anyone.But small changes still exist. When Skye came back, the servants who stayed at home nervously cleaned every corner of the room.There are already a lot of invitations and letters in the mailboxes at home.

Before leaving, Skye successfully publicized Wickham as a heartless man, but Skye himself was inevitably affected—becoming a woman with a high dowry as it is rumored in the market.

Elsie saw Skye sitting on the sofa seat by the window where she often sat, filtering letters one by one.

Skye was obviously by his side all the time, but he hadn't spoken to him for a long time.Skye, who said on the surface that he is no longer angry, should actually be dissatisfied with his behavior.

Realizing this, Elsie silently shed two noodles-wide tears in her heart.

He aggrieved and said to Skye: "Sky... I know I was wrong. But you have forgiven me, why haven't you talked to me during this time?"

"During this time? It seems that it's only been a little more than a day since our last conversation. You should learn to be independent, after all, you already have the ability to be on your own."

Skye quickly screened the letters in his hands, and replied to Elsie without moving his eyebrows.

"I was wrong..." Really wrong!

Elsie scratched her hair in pain, looked at Skye with dog eyes, and wanted to seek some clues.

"Well..." Skye threw away a pink letter again, and she finally gave Elsie a look and some simple hints: "We have portraits at home? I didn't know you were so impressed by my work." Interest? Maybe you still need a painting teacher?"

Ruined!

Elsie was dumbfounded.Forgive eyes froze in their sockets, and Elsie never knew Skye was such a narrow-minded person.

"But···"

"Well, I'll give you a chance to explain." Skye looked up, seemingly perfunctory seriously.

"The rumors about you and Wickham are very worrying... Mr. Darcy may be more decent than the rumors with Wickham."

"Sounds like a good reason." Skye said to Elsie coolly.Her words succeeded in causing Elsie to droop her shoulders, listless and overwhelmed.

"I don't dare any more!"

Elsie saw Skye softening a bit.According to the experience after making mistakes in the past, Skye's attitude should soften in a short time.But this time, after Skye read a letter, his face became very ugly.

With a solemn expression, Skye looked at a piece of not-so-large letter paper upside down several times, then put down the letter paper, and said to Elsie, "That Mr. Ant wants to pay a visit."

"Then is he our brother?" Elsie looked at Skye in confusion.

Skye rubbed his eyebrows, and answered Elsie honestly: "I don't know about this either. I don't think I can give any answer until I meet him in person and see conclusive evidence."

But whether or not, in fact, Skye already has a conclusion in his mind.

Mr. Ant and Skye agreed to visit in the afternoon of the third day.And during this period of time in public, Skye had to deal with matters related to Elsie's student status.She would never let the so-called 'senior' who deceived Elsie graduate smoothly, otherwise Elsie's classmates thought that there was no one in the Holt family who could make a decision.

Early the next morning, Skye put on a simple dress, boarded a carriage, and went to a certain club in central London in public.

Nowadays many clubs that are expensive to join are also a status symbol.Most of those clubs have clear regulations, requiring that you must meet the appropriate requirements and age before you can join.And Skye's participation also has strict requirements, the only advantage is that this club does not stipulate the gender of the participants.

Skye doesn't go to this place often.After all, behind the comfortable sofas and strong drinks, it is essentially a transaction.Both good and bad... when a place is more inclusive, more things happen.

The turnover of the club's personnel is very high, which made Skye get a lot of attention from the courtesans when he entered the club's gate.

They seemed to be exploring whether Skye was their inventive counterpart.Fortunately, these people let her go in the end.

Someone waved to Skye from a distance on the sofa, and the smoky room was filled with the smell of burning tobacco.Skye followed the voice and found that it was an old acquaintance who was exquisite in every way.

She walked over and said hello politely.Skye told Viscount Morgan what happened to his brother.She didn't mention the so-called Ante's family, but only talked about Elsie's classmate.

"There is such a thing! Then I have to write a letter to ask my old classmates! I really didn't expect that the school's school spirit has changed so much..."

"Degenerate." Skye provided a description with a cold face.

Earl Morgan slapped his thigh and finished the sentence with admiration: "Yes, it is depravity! How can my alma mater wrongly wrong an innocent student? Don't worry, Mr. Holt will be fine!"

Skye smirked.She had no choice but to take the spirits that Earl Morgan handed over with dignity, toasted him happily, and drank it.

"I heard...you and Mr. Darcy are getting close..." The spirits quickly made Skye's cheeks flush twice.Alcohol brought some relaxation and dizziness, but Skye dared not let himself relax completely.

When the culture of probing was brought up, Skye just shook his hand very modestly and said: "I think Mr. Darcy and I are just ordinary friends."

"But you went to the country for vacation together, didn't you? To be honest, I have encountered some small troubles recently..."

Skye calmly listened to Earl Morgan's description of what happened to him.One of his factories is not working well, and now he urgently needs a fund for turnover.And the solution he thought of was to contact Mr. Darcy and find a way to borrow money.

However, based on this gentleman's consistent style, it is basically impossible to get back the money lent out.

After hearing the Earl's distressed words, Skye smiled very easily.She simply told the Earl: "I don't need to trouble Mr. Darcy with this matter. If your lack of funds does not exceed a certain level of common sense, the Holt family will be very willing to help you."

"Oh?" The count showed great interest.He moved closer to Skye and asked, "How much interest do you want from me?"

Skye felt the smell of alcohol on her face, but it was obviously part of the business. She said calmly, "I think the interest can be waived, and you don't have to pay the debt."

After saying this, the joy on the earl's face was almost unstoppable, but at this moment, he calmed down instead, looked at Skye vigilantly and said: "This is a good thing that fell from the sky, you have to take back something, right?" ?”

Skye finally smiled.The center of the conversation fell on her hands, so she replied briskly, "I think this is an easy thing to do, I just hope you can become a consultant for Holt's shipping company in the future."

"I have to think about it." The prey was already hooked, and Skye saw Morgan's greedy eyes and knew that he could not refuse to be a member of Holt's interest troupe.However, at this time, it is always necessary to give the prey a chance to escape.

"We can sign a contract, a legal contract." Skye emphasized with a smile.

She counted ten long biscuits from the serving cup on the table, broke one of them, and put it, along with the other three, into another cup.

"I think I can still give you this much of the total profit." That is [-]% of the profit.

It was difficult for Earl Morgan to remove his eyes from the three ordinary biscuits. Of course, his eyes were more focused on another cup with six and a half biscuits.He muttered: "You know that I followed the right duke, right?"

Skye just smiled and said that there could be no more.

She needs someone to be the backer of the Holt Shipping Company, and the Earl's family wealth will soon be unable to support his huge expenses. It can only be said that this is a mutually beneficial cooperation... For now.

As for whether there will be any changes in the future, it depends on the individual's vision and ability.

Skye lowered his eyes and politely declined Mr. Earl's second glass of wine.

Three days later, Mr. Ant, who had made an appointment in the letter, visited Holt's house on time.

Skye takes Elsie out to meet him.This gentleman's carriage is quite luxurious, the only problem is that the specifications of the carriage are a bit too exaggerated.This made Skaido take a few glances.

The man who got out of the carriage wore a custom-made suit made of expensive fabrics, and his hat was too high to be noticed.When Skye and this Mr. Ante met their eyes, they both saw the complex emotions in each other's eyes.

They are so similar, except that they are older than Skye remembers, they are exactly like Anwen!

Anwen was about five years old when Skye was born.The relationship between brother and sister has always been very good, so Skye still remembers his brother's appearance and personality.

If there is really a miracle in this world, if there is really a resurrection of the dead.It was already standing in front of her.

Skye's eyes widened in surprise, and she subconsciously took a step back, leaning against the wall beside the steps.

Mr. Ant said hello to Skye: "Good afternoon, Miss Holt."

Skye just turned sideways to make way for the entrance, and then said in a low tone, "Let's talk first... Anwen."

In front of the real wool, Skye had to admit that the one in front of her was her brother who was said to have been burned to death.