Anna wanted to refuse, her words almost blurted out, but Karenin spoke faster.

"Anna, I think I need your help."

Well, there's no way back for her.

"I'm going to clean myself up, I don't need a bedtime story tonight, Mom." Seryosha thoughtfully said, "Because my father needs you more now." ”

Watching Seryosha leave in her soft-haired slippers, Anna could only press between her eyebrows.

"Anna."

Karenin's voice came from the bathroom.

Anna took a deep breath and resigned herself to her fate.

Despite having only one intact hand, Karenin took off all his clothes himself, leaving only a pair of trousers.

"Sit here first, this is from Seryosha, and I'll wash your hair." Anna said, placing Seryosha's two small mazaars, painted powder blue, on the bathroom floor, and Karenin sat down as she said, but could not resist complaining that the maza was too small.

"If he's old enough for you and loves this little maza, you'll have to worry, Alexey." Anna responded to Karenin's complaints, and then quickly began to wash Karenin's hair.

Truth be told, Anna has no experience in this area, and she has washed a Labrador retriever at most.

Karenin is clearly not a Labrador, he can speak, and it is clear that, just like he is about his sleeping environment, he is also a bit picky about washing his hair. Or, because it was in front of her, this cold high-ranking official showed some of his critical and willful nature.

"Seryosha's bad is exactly like you." Anna said suddenly, and then refused to listen to Karenin's arguments, she took a towel and wiped the other party's hair, and deliberately used some force.

When the towel was taken off, Anna laughed.

Because Karenin in front of her was definitely the least Karenin, the brown and blonde hair was messy, like a big dog anxious to groom his hair, but he didn't show his teeth or a cute expression.

Anna continued to laugh, she took the comb and combed it for Karenin, and then said to herself, "Sure enough, this is more like you." ”

"Anna, I'm fine. It was just an accident, don't worry too much. Karenin whispered.

Anna was stunned for a moment when he said this, and then understood.

"You did this on purpose?" She asked.

Karenin's blue eyes just looked at her silently.

"Are you feeling better now?"

Anna's lips moved slightly, then she furrowed her eyebrows, not making a sound.

Karenin was puzzled and wanted to ask again, but before he could do so, he heard a somewhat muffled voice.

"What if, that's true?"

"What if you're really dead?"

Karenin wanted to answer, but Anna's head lowered little by little, and instead of crying, she just covered her eyes with her hands, as if she were about to curl herself in. What appeared to Karenin was not a confident woman, but a fragile influence.

Karenin raised his hand, wanting to give the other a hug. If the language is not good at this time, then maybe a hug will be the best way. After all, when he was still alone, no one taught him how to appease others, except for the logical thinking he himself learned to analyze what others needed most, and sometimes, if he simply wanted a hug.

It was for Karenin before the age of fifteen, and he thought that he would never use it again in his life, when he became an adult, when he became a husband, after a father, but now he thought that he needed to change it.

"When a person is strong enough, he may not need to be hugged and comforted, but he can still give to others."

Karenin thought so, and he instinctively wanted to appease the person in front of him, but Anna refused.

Her body made a gesture of refusal, and Karenin's movements became somewhat awkward and ridiculous.

That unnatural look came over his face.

He thought it was the same as before, but it was still different.

Anna raised her eyes to look at the other party, she was not stupid, she knew the meaning of Karenin's action, and even more, because of this, she chose to say it.

"Don't." She said she rejected the other party.

Then she saw a look of frustration appear in the man's eyes.

Anna couldn't help but say, "I don't want to rely on you. ”

"We're husband and wife, Anna." Karenin said. Then for the first time he heard his wife respond to the question with a cold smile.

"You're going to hear if I'm telling the truth or not, Alexey."

Karenin looked at each other, the previous fragile look seemed to be just an illusion, and now appeared in front of him a person with snarky merit and cold hardness.

A stirred up mood made Karenin decide to look at the issue from the perspective of the role of husband for the time being.

"Tell you the truth."

Anna was not surprised that Karenin would make such a choice, and she felt respected for Karenin's conniving appearance and now without emotion.

"I'm just talking about the people around me, Alexey. Like the affair between Skiva and Toley, or Petsey and her lover, or the Countess of Legia, whom you complimented? ”

Anna chuckled again, and she tugged at a strand of hair from her cheek and pulled them behind her ear.

"Of course, I'm not a dreamy girl like Ji Di, she's young, joyful, and hopeful for both life and love. I know myself, I'm the kind of person who knows what I want. I'm not going to criticize Ji Di's attitude towards Count Volynsky, and I don't really want to stop her, because I always think it has nothing to do with me. And Tao Li, before you thought that I gave her that kind of promise irrationally because I was a good person. Anna paused, then continued.

"No, it's not. That's just because I want someone to rebel a little bit, I just want to see what happens to a woman in times like this. I have also done to Petesi, to please you, in exchange for what I need. Remember when I said about the women's college? ”

"Alexey, you see, I'm not a good person, you don't need to worry about what will happen to me. I'm not vulnerable, I know all too well what kind of person I am. And you, you used to make me a burden, but now that you have, you have become a burden to me. ”

Anna looked up at the other person when she said the word "burden", which made her seem so cold.

According to common sense, when a man hears these words, the good thing is to turn away, and the bad one may even be angry.

But perhaps, as Anna has always insisted, no one in this world can replace her, and so is Karenin.

He looked at her with a calm look.

"To be honest, it really bothered me. But Anna, as I said before, we are husband and wife. ”

"Don't you understand? I don't trust this relationship. ”

"That's a real problem." Karenin whispered.

When Anna was still looking at him, he stretched out his hand again, still refusing, but he didn't give up as before, but grabbed Anna's hand with some force and stubbornness.

The blue and red gemstone rings reflect each other.

"You didn't wear it all the time before, but I noticed you haven't taken them off lately."

Karenin's words made Anna want to pull her hand out, and she wanted to refute, but Karenin stopped her.

"I don't want to hear your insincere words. Anna, I should have told you that I don't like to hear lies, I like the most authentic things. If you insist on not saying it, then I don't rule out digging it myself. ”

"You ......"

Anna was a little annoyed, but she couldn't find anything to argue with for a moment, so this gave Karenin a chance. A tough opportunity to open her heart.

"Marriage is just a treaty, Anna, the logic is clear, the rights, responsibilities and obligations are clear and clear. I used to see it that way, we spent eight years of married life together. But lately, I've started to rethink. You're smart, Anna, and I've said many times that as a husband, I should know this very well, but I didn't. You have a strange attitude towards me, eager and detached, and then I am convinced of one thing, it is distrust. ”

When he uttered the word "distrust", Karenin barely snapped between his lips and teeth.

"I don't like to hide it. I'll just tell you, Anna, because I think of you as my wife, the closest person to me. After my parents died, my brother and I were placed in foster care at my uncle's house, and from that point on, I could only think about what I needed to do, what I could do, not what I wanted to do. ”

The recollection of these events made Karenin's face a little confused, but in the end, they all became calm.

"My brother taught me more than my parents. He once asked me to remember a phrase that was, 'Don't let your eyes blind your sight, don't let your ears deceive your hearing,' and I never doubted him, and I still am. ”

"So, what I'm doing at the moment is what I want to do. I want to manage our relationship, I want you to be my wife, my son's mother, Anna, it's just you. ”

Karenin said this in a tone that was not soft, as if he was combing through his documents, one is one, two is two, and the logic is clear, but from the content alone, it is so illogical.

Anna knew that she should find a whole bunch of faults in it, and she could continue to ignore the other person and ignore the subtleties just for the sake of her own feelings.

But the words are all on the lips, but nothing can be said.

The man in front of him, who has always liked to emphasize decency, who likes to wrap himself in a civilian uniform or a three-piece suit, is not decent at all.

One hand was still bandaged, his hair was still wet and unkempt, and he sat on a powdery blue pony tie.

Such a person, for her, is definitely the biggest challenge in the world.

"Can we say this in a different place next time?"

Karenin waited for a long time in exchange for such a sentence, and he was stunned for a moment.

Anna withdrew her hand, but didn't walk away, her hands on her knees, her long skirt reaching her feet.

"I'm not the romantic type, but I'm a little disappointed to hear that in the bathroom."

After saying that, she raised her face and smiled slightly, with a hint of tiredness and helplessness.

A few months ago, Anna's idea was how to get out of her best interests, and now, when there is no way back, let's try to face it head-on.

Anna's thoughts, Karenin can guess, in the end, they are actually somewhat similar. The difference is that Karenin chose to move forward unless he was convinced, and so far such a person has not existed.

"Don't forget about decency."

Karenin ended the conversation with this familiar phrase, saying that he did not mind.

Anna wanted to laugh at it, but Karenin's kiss prevented her from saying it.

For a long time, the light that leaked through the window was like golden light, and the fine dust in the air flew like fine diamonds.

When the light shone on the person in front of her, Anna did smell a hint of warmth. 166 Reading Network