Karenin is like an accurate pocket watch, almost to the rigor of calculating the distance of each step.

Although he was not ugly, Karenin was not Prince Charming to the young ladies who had just conceived romantic fantasies about him.

"Maybe he's tall, but he doesn't look strong."

"He's too strict, and his eyes will scare me."

"I think he's barely a gentleman, and I can't think of any other than why Madame Karenin loved him so much."

Karenin, of course, didn't know what had happened before, he just felt like some kind of food being stared at by a cat the moment he entered, and it made him hesitate in his steps.

He quickly searched for his wife's location, and walked in his direction without hesitation.

"Oh, he looked straight at his wife, and I was very satisfied." The ladies reluctantly gave Karenin sixty points, and if they had a little more, they would have looked at you with that reproachful look, as if asking them where they could find the extra point.

"Looks like you're having a good time." Karenin said that he greeted Petsy and felt that the latter looked at him with that kind of inquiring eye, which made him a little strange.

"It's a pleasure indeed." Petersi got up and gave up her seat to Karenin, and then she walked up to her lover, who immediately pinched her little finger.

Karenin saw this qiē, and Anna caught a glimpse of his slightly frowning brow, and then Karenin tilted his head and asked her, "Is one qiē good?" ”

"Yes, of course." Anna smiled. She knew that Karenin was asking her for a small explanation, or a point, and that he was avoiding the discomfort caused to him by Petersy and his lover at the moment, otherwise he would not normally ask the same thing twice.

Receiving Anna's answer, Karenin was not very satisfied, but did not continue. At this time, Duchess Myakhki suddenly said: "Dear Karenin, I was previously a little dissatisfied with your obsession with official business and neglected Anna's affairs, but now I have to apologize for what happened to me before. ”

Karenin was a little surprised, but he did not come out, he said calmly: "You need not apologize, Duchess of Myakhki, in fact, I have been somewhat negligent. ”

If Duchess Miahki's previous apologies were entirely for Anna's sake, Karenin's words now pleased her.

She winked at Anna as if she were some kind of child-hearted elder.

"What happened?" This question swirled in Karenin's mind, and from the conversation between his wife and the Duchess he understood that something must be something.

"What happened to the Universal Selective Service Act? Mr. Karenin. "The diplomat, as if he had found a companion, opened a topic that belonged to men.

When it came to government affairs, Karenin felt that everything was not important.

At first, it was the diplomat's gentleman who asked him to answer, but later Karenin began to talk a little. Of course, the rambling is only when he's in the women's pile.

"Look, men are like that." The minister's wife took a sip of tea and said with a smile, and it was not difficult to hear her little daughter's feelings between her words.

Anna didn't speak, just smiled, acknowledging the minister's wife.

Vronsky was still observing Karenin, and it was not the first time he had met Karenin, they had met several times before, but they did not have a deep friendship. After what had happened, he was so shaken in his heart that, when he learned that Karenin was coming, he looked at Anna's husband fiercely and completely, like a stern and serious Great Dane.

He was satisfied, apparently more likable than Karenin, but he was ambivalent, and if so, why was Anna not interested in him at all?

Vronsky, who has always been invincible in love, fell into a certain confusion this time.

Because of his confusion, he was originally just a masculine nature, but now he is very conflicted with Anna.

It is clear that he is very good, but a woman chooses a man who is not as good as him, and never looks at him, it is a paradox with what he heard from others, that he is very good. Both male dignity and Anna herself frustrated Vronsky, so he quickly took his leave in the following days.

Vronsky's farewell seemed to remind Karenin, and he ended his conversation in a polite way.

In this way, Karenin's freak behavior has aroused some interest in Mr. Diplomat. He had tried to extract more information from the mouth of the person in front of him, but nothing came out.

Karenin asked Anna: "Do you want to go back with me?" ”

"Oh, of course, Seryosha is still waiting for me, and I promised to have dinner with him." Anna said with a smile, noticing that Petsy had swallowed the words to keep her because of this.

Everyone in this circle knows that Anna is a good mother and dotes on her children.

Karenin did not know about Anna's use of their son as a shield, and did not care. This man who is cunning like a catfish in officialdom is careless about some things, so that people can only sigh.

"Truth be told, if a couple only keeps them together with children, then the relationship must have dried up long ago." Anna thought to herself.

They bid farewell to Petersy.

When I went out, I found that it was already snowing.

"You said it would snow at three o'clock, but now it's five o'clock." Anna said to Karenin, who was stunned for a moment.

Anna chuckled briskly.

"Nature doesn't move by human will, Anna, I'm not in the business of weather forecasting." Karenin said seriously.

"Ah, but you're right about something, I feel warm right now." Anna looked up and said, her light purple hat was beautiful and warm, and her face was white under the snowflakes, with a hint of red from the cold wind.

Karenin suddenly remembered Anna's somewhat pale face and lonely eyes last week.

Until now, he still hasn't figured out why his wife was like this at that time, and he became a little willful, but it doesn't matter now.

Snowflakes flutter outside the door, mischievously trying to fly into people's eyes.

It was obviously cold and windy, but Anna saw something called tenderness in Karenin's blue eyes.

"That's fine, Anna, don't make yourself sick again."

Your healthy appearance will give me peace of mind. Karenin didn't say this, it was a bit too much, they weren't newlyweds, and he wasn't the kind of person who liked to talk sweet words, so he quickly restrained his love and stretched out his arm to signal Anna to hold her.

"Let's go, Anna, it's time to go home."

Anna withdrew her gaze and didn't speak, just cooperatively holding the other's arm.

Before, she really hated winter.

Winter means cold, no matter how beautiful the snowflakes are, they are cold, and there is no temperature, not to mention the thick snow that often makes her fall.

But now, with the "creaking" sound of stepping on the snow, the man next to him naturally said a sentence - go home......

Anna tightened her grip on Karenin's arm so much that the latter looked down at her.

The tip of Anna's nose was a little red, and she tilted her head and said, "It's so windy, Alexei." ”

"You look like you're going to freeze, Anna." Karenin said quickly, then quickened his pace, and they walked towards the carriage home.