[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

The flowing music echoed over the venue.The conversation between Georgiana and Wilson was pleasant.Although Mr. Lawyer may seem a little too strict to outsiders, this is exactly what Georgiana appreciates.After experiencing the previous incidents, her judging criteria have changed from being funny and handsome at the beginning to something more internal.

After a piano piece outside the dance floor was played, many ladies and gentlemen clapped around the piano full of praise.Those who really have playing skills are praised as 'superior', and those who are a little bit worse are said to be 'full of emotion'.

Georgiana practiced various piano skills from an early age.After a few dances, she walked to the piano with Mr. Wilson.

"Georgianna, do you want to play a piece?" Someone who knew her made room for her.

Georgiana sat down gladly.Soon, the sound of the dexterously jumping piano sounded, and Mr. Darcy on the dance floor tilted his ears slightly.

"Georgiana playing the piano? She says she's playing great!" Skye also heard the change in the piano playing.

"Her piano sound is more cheerful than before."

"So you think that Mr. Wilson is suitable for her? Even if his family is a bit down and out?"

"We all know that a person cannot be judged by his family background. Isn't that something you have always emphasized?" Mr. Darcy took Skye to show off on the dance floor, but this dance did not reflect much. The skillful, small changes are just to express emotional fluctuations.

Skye added a few steps, and finally caught up with Mr. Darcy.She really didn't understand, wouldn't it be Darcy himself who was stepped on by such a change of pace?

"Evaluating a person should come from his character. But let me say first, I am not optimistic about Wilson's character."

Skye's pessimism is hardly at fault.That's what she said to Wickham before, and the consequences are still vivid in her mind.So Darcy asked very seriously: "Do you know him?"

Skye didn't answer the question directly.She has her own set of criteria for judging people. Wilson's external evaluation is not bad, but the source of other evaluations cannot be told to Mr. Darcy.

"I just think so unilaterally...but I'm not familiar with him."

"Then do you think it is possible for Georgiana and Anwen to be together?" Darcy's subsequent question caused Skye a lot of trouble.

"It depends on what she needs in this relationship. I believe that Anwen can guarantee his loyalty, but what I worry about is that Anwen's work is dangerous."

This view of Skye is again at odds with Mr. Darcy's.Mr. Darcy did not express his opinion at once, but he and Skye were also very close because of the dance, which was enough for Skye to see the denial implied by his silence.

"I believe it's not difficult to prove." Darcy still couldn't let Darcy know that Anwen was injured before Christmas.

Skye and Darcy left the dance floor after breaking out in a sweat.Skye's gaze focused a little on Anwen who was still surrounded by the crowd—it was actually a good thing that he didn't have to dance at this banquet, so that his wound wouldn't tear open again.

At about the end of one of Georgiana's pieces, an old man in a tailcoat came down the stairs.His hair was all white, and his hairline was like the ebbing sea, precarious.The skin on his face was saggy with age, and his lips were dark, but always well-maintained, so there weren't many senile spots on his face.The old man wore a black and white dress, and the flannel clothes looked full of age.His sharp eyes make it easy for people not to look directly at him, and these eyes alone are enough for others to ignore other parts of his body.

As soon as His Excellency the Duke appeared, the guests at the banquet immediately spotted him.

This old man is the adoptive father of the Duke of Ant... Anwen.Skye's gaze met Lord Ante's from afar.But the other party didn't pay attention to her, his extremely aggressive eyes fell on Skye's side from a distance - Anwen didn't know when he stood there, he stood opposite Darcy On the other side of Skye, he showed his determination with his actions.

"Please don't pay attention to me, I just want to enjoy the banquet with everyone." Mr. Duke waved his hand condescendingly. He was still standing on the stairs on the first and a half floors, which was more like a huge viewing platform, allowing him Experience the pleasure of condescending.

The whole banquet is actually slightly younger.Not too many people in power participated, the gentlemen and ladies were gorgeously dressed and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed.

Although the Duke expressed kindly that everyone should ignore him.But he walked downstairs slowly, passed through the crowd all the way, and walked to Anwen's side, which was still something that everyone noticed.

"Master Ante." Skye and Darcy saluted cautiously.The old man on the opposite side stood at the pinnacle of power, and for various reasons, they all had relationships with him.This needs to be treated with more caution.

"Father." Anwen also owed his waist.His face was dignified, and when viewed from the side, it looked like a plaster sculpture, showing only a pure emotion.From the expression, one can only see Anwen's admiration for the Duke.But anyone who has studied oil painting knows that there is never a single emotion, if it is, it can only come from a disguise.

"We're all a family now. Why are etiquettes so complicated?" His Excellency the Duke nodded in satisfaction.He seemed to have just seen Skye and Darcy. After glancing at the two of them, he ignored Skye again and asked with a kind smile, "You are Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy from Pemberley." Right. It was your sister who played the piano just now, and I haven't heard such a piano sound for a long time."

"It is her honor to receive your compliment." Darcy's answer was also very cautious.

"Don't be nervous, you will slowly discover in the future that there are still some connections between us, very subtle, but they do exist."

Anwen frowned slightly, and Skye and Darcy seemed to be still thinking about the meaning of his words.

And the Duke seemed to have discovered Skye: "Ah! There is another young girl here, you are... Skye?"

"Yes, it's an honor to meet you, my lord." Skye saluted again.

"Anwen has been thinking about your existence, and has told me about you many times. I think you are very important to him. It seems that you are a very unusual girl."

"Anwen is also very important to me." Skye searched for what she wanted to hear in the Duke's words.

"Ah! Look, I don't know you very well. Maybe you are interested in playing a piece? The piano is just empty right now." The Duke abruptly pointed to the piano.

His seemingly whimsical suggestion made Darcy and Anwen a little nervous.

— Skye?piano?

These are two completely unrelated things okay!

Throughout the course of Skye's life, she has never really had time to spare, and when she has, her skill has been in drawing, not playing.

What's more, the person who performed before her was Georgiana. She learned various performance techniques since she was a child, and she has never lost contact with her over the years.

On the contrary, Skye was not so nervous as the party involved.After a short thought, she simply shook her head and said frankly, "I'm sorry, piano is not something I'm good at."

"Then what are you good at?"

"Probably listening to someone else play the piano."

Everyone who heard Skye's answer couldn't help but wiped away the cold sweat for Skye.She should have accepted this shaming, but she pushed it out so calmly.

But at least, Duke Ante finally re-examined Skye once after listening to Skye's words.He was silent for a while, and then said in a relaxed tone: "This advantage is really unforgettable..."

Pick it up high and put it down lightly.

This time, even Anwen didn't understand how Skye got away with it.

After seeing Ante leave, Anwen couldn't help looking at Skye with a very surprised look: "He just let you go like that. How did you do it!"

Skye coughed dryly. "Cough... People always feel nostalgic when they are old. He probably thinks of things a long time ago."

Skye's eyes fell on Darcy.She lowered her tone and said as briskly as possible: "I think Mr. Darcy reminded me..."

The duke says he has a bond with Darcy that he doesn't know about.And if there must be, the only thing Skye can think of is that Mr. Darcy once bought a house where the duke paid a lot of money to support his lover.

If we count the time again—at the beginning of this century, the pattern of roses actually all fit the background of Duke Ante.Skye is very curious about the story of the unknown duke. She once collected some of the heroine's letters in the story, so she has a more comprehensive understanding of the story.

The duke, who is only sitting on power now and cannot wake up from nightmares, was once a young man who wanted to break down class barriers for the sake of love.

The dead... Let's call it 'Mrs. Rose', her handbook kept fond memories of the Duke when he was young. When these things are compared between the present and the past, the cruelty of the years is even more prominent.

Therefore, people will eventually become what they least want to be.From the victim to the perpetrator, it is only a matter of forgetting, which can be achieved.

"At least I passed the test smoothly. If I'm lucky, I can still give the Duke a gift."

Skye thought of the 'Lady Rose' account of her first acquaintance with the Duke in the Codex.

"Is there anything you're good at?"

"I'm good at tasting."

The only difference is that the lady really can do everything, and Skye...she really can't play the piano, that's all.