[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

Skye did not answer the question.She bent down to pick up the two bouquets of flowers displayed on the tombstone, and stuffed them into Anwen's hands. "What are you going to do next? Where are you going to start from scratch?"

After hearing this, Anwen gave a wry smile.He could hear the displeasure in Skye's words, but there was nothing he could do about it. "I'll be looking after Elsie in London for a while. You know, I'm not too worried about him staying alone."

The two brothers and sisters looked at each other tacitly.

Strictly speaking, Skye didn't have an insight into the fact that Anwen's death was faked from the very beginning.She was indeed sad for a while, sincerely, as if the sky had fallen.Basically, when Elsie suspected that Anwen was not dead, Skye was having the same psychological struggle in his heart.Basically at some point, Skye saw Elsie's sad look, and suddenly understood the exact intention behind Anwen's seemingly unreasonable death.

From Anwen's standpoint, if he takes Elsie away.Leaving Skye alone to live alone, Skye will indeed come together with Mr. Darcy, but she is bound to be very sad.And what will Anwen do with Elsie's future?He couldn't let Elsie continue his studies, so he could only take him incognito for a long time.This is definitely not the last method.

Instead, leave Elsie with Skye.This gave Skye a thought. Although the process of suspended animation may not be so perfect and may be suspected, the most basic problems have been solved.

"You transferred all your property to Elsie, this is not your style." Anwen never thought of recognizing Skye, and he was not going to announce to anyone that he was still alive.But Skye's latest series of unthinkable behaviors changed his original plan.

He had to worry about whether his sister had done something irrational because she was too sad.

"Of course I know." Skye said angrily.The assets she transferred to Elsie are full of holes. To be honest, it is not easy to make so many messy accounts in a short period of time before transferring the assets.

When Elsie really starts to operate these industries, he will find that there are thousands of holes in the accounts, there are big loopholes in taxation, and the people in the factory are not so obedient, and all the parts they produce need to be returned to the furnace Rebuild, when the contract expires, people will continue to come to the door.

Everything is hidden in a mess, and it's Elsie's job to fix all of this mess.

"I left him some very difficult things. This will cultivate a person's character more than school." Skye thought of a very interesting story he had seen a long time ago.A libertine from a well-to-do family can learn to appreciate what he has, unless he really believes that his family can no longer give him any security.

What Skye is asking Elsie to do is really, independently, try to salvage what's going on.

"You can do such a thing so cruelly. I really didn't expect it." Anwen shook his head again and again. He just wanted Elsie to take the responsibility of taking care of her sister, but Skye increased Elsie's responsibility. The difficulty of the clearance of Elsie.

"Aren't you still taking care of him? I've arranged people who will make things difficult for him. What you need to do is watch them and don't do anything too outrageous."

Skye ignored Anwen's ridicule.She really couldn't bear to discipline her younger brother like this.Just think of Elsie going through the life she had in the first place, tsk tsk.Skye pointed to the tombstone in a bad mood, "So, who is buried here?"

"Who knows? The innocent passers-by who encountered robbers in the suburbs, the strangers who were abandoned in the wilderness with nowhere to bury them?" My men have been looking for a corpse of our similar size for a long time."

Skye spat in disgust: "You also broke one of the legs. It seems that the price of getting a burial is to be hit first, and then burned." She didn't pursue this issue because there were still The thing that disgusted her: "Not only did you replace the furniture with materials that are easy to burn, but you also hid two dead bodies in my villa!"

Anwen shrank his neck from the murderous intent in Skye's words.He deliberately told Skye that Mr. Darcy's marriage proposal was definitely the most unwise thing he did this year, after all, Skye was still very cruel in nature.But he was a little bit wrong, and it was better for him not to joke with Skye until Skye forgave him.

Anwen sighed, and explained: "I asked you about it, and you told me there is no problem."

Under his guidance, Skye recalled the conversation with Anwen at that time.She was speechless for a while, and finally said slowly: "You burned my house because I burned the bookstore that you could have inherited?"

Anwen heard Skye's tone a little dangerous.He coughed dryly, admitting that what he did was a little absurd. "To be precise, I found a little inspiration from your affairs..."

There are traces of things about Skye and Sky Bookstore.

The most obvious one must be the name of the bookstore. The place where the incident happened is very close to London, so it can be said that it is within Anwen's sphere of influence.

Furthermore, the comfortable life of the town has almost never been interrupted, except for the fire brought by Skye.Even though many years have passed, when someone asks about it, they still clearly remember what happened at the beginning, as well as the weird fire.

Anwen had already promised Skye that he would not investigate her affairs.But in order to prevent the Duke from probing, he must at least know that Skye has not done anything too ridiculous in these years—for example, the one who was burned to death in the shop seemed to be a living person.

Anwen's words made Skye a little annoyed.But at the same time she was very guilty.

"It's not what you think it is. I can explain..."

"It's all in the past. Who will remember it? I've already taken care of it. If you want to visit there one day, no one will recognize you." Anwen said to On the contrary, I don't care too much about it.

He said to Skye in a relaxed tone: "Look, everything is fine now."

Except... Georgiana.

Skye also deliberately ignored this link.She left the cemetery before the rain stopped.

Not everyone can see their tombstones before they are alive, and not everyone will fake their deaths out of boredom.Skye is very thankful that he didn't have any problems such as flame phobia because of the three fires.

In the end, Anwen watched helplessly as his younger sister left the cemetery in spite of her feelings.This was a little different from what he had imagined—for example, the crying of joy after knowing that he didn't die... Ahem, if Skye really did this, it would be a terrible thing.

early summer.After the crimson sun enveloped the sky.There was a scent of grass in the air.

Skye and Mr. Darcy, who just finished their wedding, took the carriage back to the place where everything happened first-the sky bookstore.

The original ruins were rebuilt in situ by Mr. Darcy eight years ago.Up to now, after eight years of ups and downs, it seems that the fire of that year has never existed.

Mr. Darcy got out of the carriage with Skye.They walked to the door of the bookstore.The four-character signboard of the Sky Bookstore is no longer crumbling, and the name of the store is engraved in cursive characters on the exquisite store signboard.The window of the bookstore was clear and clean, and Skye saw several customers choosing books inside.

"Now the bookstore is run by a distant relative of mine. He never neglects his customers."

"So you're accusing me of treating you badly?" Skye asked with a smile.

The two walked into the sky bookstore hand in hand. As the last stop before visiting Elsie in London, it was full of surprises.

Skye was just getting his footing in front of a bookshelf when someone knocked him over.She looked down, and saw a child stupidly pounced on her skirt.

The little boy's nose was bumped, his eyes were red and he raised his head, and there were a little freckles on the side of his nose. The watery eyes would make many aunts feel their hearts melt.

"Sorry, ma'am." His soft voice was still a little vague, but he looked like an adult.

Skye thought it was the child of Darcy's first relatives.She nodded and didn't care.

But the little boy stood persistently not far from her.It wasn't until Skye cast his eyes on him again that he asked politely, "Can you help me get that book on the bookcase?"

Skye followed where his short little arm was pointing.She saw a book that was not a boy's age to read.It will be British history or something.Older children will find it difficult and scary.

"You want to read this?" Skye pulled the book from the shelf.She ignored the little boy's eager eyes, but first flipped through the content by herself.

"Can you give it to me? I really want to see it, but Mr. Darcy won't let me see it..." the little boy complained a little bit aggrieved.

Skye froze for a moment before realizing that Mr. Darcy he was talking about was the owner of the shop.

"I haven't asked your name yet? So you are a little guest here?" Skye bent down and rubbed the hair on the top of the little boy's head.

"My name is Skye Wilkey. That's the word 'Skye' on the bookstore sign."

Skye's expression became very strange when he heard the name.She never imagined that her name would one day be put together with the surname Witkey, which would sound extremely creepy and weird.

"You are the son of Anna and Wilkey." Skye shook his hand on the little boy's head.

"Don't rub my hair!" The little boy escaped from her hand angrily.

This lady is not a resident of the small town, fortunately he still wanted to be polite and a good child, but she ended up bullying like this!Serena thought politely.Fortunately, Skye did not continue to withhold his books.

She just watched Witkey holding the book and ran away in a flash.

Darcy soon walked over with another man who looked somewhat similar to him.It was the owner of the bookstore. After the simple social etiquette, Skye couldn't help but asked curiously: "That little boy named... Skye, he likes reading books?"

"Oh!" The shopkeeper showed a horrible expression.He said exaggeratedly: "Little Witkey almost regards this place as a library. I really don't know how he likes to read all kinds of books because he is so young." Then, he realized a problem belatedly, Some stammered and said to Skye: "Mrs. Darcy...you...you seem to be called Skye too?"

Skye smiled, put her finger to her mouth and made a hissing gesture before saying, "I suppose you could call me Mrs. Kay's little girl appears.After getting Mr. Darcy's nod, the owner quickly chose the address: "Mrs. Darcy."

"This kid is very fond of learning. How did he think of naming the bookstore?" Mr. Darcy was obviously also curious.

"Her mother had a good relationship with the previous owner of the bookstore. He promised to be the godfather of little Skye, but unfortunately passed away later. The name should be regarded as a commemoration. But little Skye really likes to read. It is said that this is the same as the original The owner is very similar.”

They are nothing alike.Skye watched the little boy read each word with his fingers in a well-lit corner, and felt that fate had really played a big joke.

She imagines the little boy growing up, bearing the name 'Sky', and becoming a...

"Wilkey!" A slightly angry familiar voice sounded at the door of the store.Skye's memories stopped, and when she looked up, Anna's familiar figure appeared at the door of the store.She didn't seem to have changed much, she just became a mother, just a little more imposing.

Skye stood there weeping until Mr. Darcy held her hand.

"I'm sorry, he didn't bother you." Anna walked into the store, took little Skye's hand, and walked in front of Skye.

"No. He's a lovely kid." Skye shook his head.She saw that the little boy was still holding the big book tightly, as if she was nervous that someone would notice its existence.She hesitated for a moment, then asked again: "It's the first time I've seen a child who loves reading so much. Maybe my husband and I can provide him with some help in studying, whether it's money or... guidance. "

Anna glanced at Skye suspiciously.She seemed surprised that someone would offer such help for no reason.Then he recognized Mr. Darcy--that dreadful young man who had made her cry all those years ago.Mr. Darcy seems to be a decent gentleman, and he doesn't look like he was devastated after being tormented by Skye to the point of despair and fire.

But Anna is no longer the little girl who was frightened and crying.She smiled, and said to Darcy with some emotion: "It's you. I think he will be very happy... finally someone came back to see him."

Anna evidently thought that Skye was speaking for Mr. Darcy.Although she felt that Skye looked familiar, she was sure that she had never seen Skye before: "This is...?"

"You can call me Miss Holt." Skye smiled.

The sun was shining brightly at this time, and it was still the beginning of the day.The previous owners would never have opened their doors so early.Many things have changed with the long time and changing life, such as Skye - she can finally say her original name in front of Anna.

London.

After Elsie paid off the last deposit, she restored the original appearance of the factory owned by Skye.All workers work in order, the supply chain is smooth, and there are no problems with the finished products.

Elsie has had a lot of breakdowns in the past six months.He felt desperate and hopeless like never before.After taking risks, he finally learned to be on his own.

If Anwen saw him today earlier, he would probably feel very relieved.

And now, Elsie stood in front of Anwen's tombstone, which was cleaned regularly, and gave a bouquet of red roses full of regrets—Skye also sent this kind of flowers. He didn't ask Skye about the meaning of it, but probably It's also a long story.

Life in London has gone from turbulent to stable.He was no longer called 'Unwin's brother', no longer called 'Skye's brother', but the only Mr. Holt.

With his place in the social scene, Elsie received many invitations that she had always wanted to receive.Elsie found a sweet girl of the right kind in London, his title succession was traced, and life flourished.

The good news seems to keep coming.In the afternoon of that day, two lawyers came to the door at the same time, and one was the lawyer Skye had set up early in the morning.When Elsie paid off all her debts, a deposit of nearly ten thousand pounds she prepared for Elsie was also donated to Elsie's name.

At this time, as a reward, it is also a help for Elsie to go further.Thinking of the elder sister who already had her own life in Pemberley Manor.Elsie inevitably felt a little different.

The other is a will.What Anwen left before his death, he stipulated that only Elsie can get these when he is alone.Some properties, some land.

However, the past life can never come back.If possible, Elsie is willing to exchange everything she has now for Anwen's life.His elder brother was always the one who cared about his family, but when he was in front of Anwen, he was always just a brat who didn't grow up.

The butler told Elsie that there was a visitor.

For the third wave of guests in the afternoon, Elsie only thought they were business partners.The other party claimed to be a factory owner in a certain area and came to seek cooperation.

When he walked to the living room, he saw the man sitting on the sofa with his back facing him.The back of this person is very familiar, and even the movement of him drinking tea, Elsie only felt that she was trapped in a past memory.He didn't even dare to go to the front of the man to see the man's appearance.

The deputy butler who guided the guest in didn't know why, but the old butler knew the reason why Elsie was so excited-after all, someone noticed Elsie's efforts.

When Anwen heard the noise behind him, he stood up, turned around, opened his hands, and hugged Elsie who was already overwhelmed with excitement.

"I've seen it all. You're doing great."

Ahem, although the scene of hugging and touching with Skye did not finally come true, at least there is still a soft and cute younger brother who can comfort him——Anwen patted Elsie on the back, thinking with some complacency.

autumn.

The harvest party at Pemberley Manor has just ended. This year, the owner of the manor has finally married his beloved woman. There is a new hostess in the manor. The all-night revelry used up most of the wine, and two more came to Pemberley Manor. Familiar guests-Mr. Elsie, the younger brother of the hostess, and a distant relative of the Holt family-Ivan Holt.

Georgiana burst into tears the first time Mr. 'Ivan' took off his top hat.Her elder brother, Mr. Darcy, looked at Mr. 'Ivan' who changed his name and wanted to snatch his sister with an ugly face, and looked at each other for a few seconds.

He was looking at Mrs. Skye Darcy standing beside him.Skye's expression was a bit exaggerated, and she didn't deliberately conceal the fact she knew a long time ago.

Although Mr. Darcy is not willing, this is good news for Georgiana and even Skye.

"I believe in your love." Georgiana walked to Anwen's side.

"I hope I'm not too late." Anwen smiled, and he held Georgiana's hand under Mr. Darcy's gaze.

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