Despite the fact that something was quietly changing, and although Anna may not hate it, things didn't seem to be moving much forward, which meant that Anna wasn't going to have a little love affair with Karenin. More than that, she wants to change her identity a little.

For example, it's not just Mrs. Karenin.

Now that she has boldly calmed herself, there is no need for some hypocritical politeness.

The circles of the high society of Petersburg were roughly divided into three, the ones belonging to Petersy were fabricated with rouge and perfumes, and the information obtained was so great that they could only come in secret, and those belonging to Countess Lygia Ivanov were the best places to start.

However, before Anna could figure out how to get close to Countess Legia, she came over herself.

"Oh, Anna, you have to judge me."

Anna asked Yunina to bring the refreshments, which she set up comfortably, and then, ready to listen to Ligia's nagging.

"Only your husband understands the importance of what our women are going to do."

Thousands of times, the women hosted by Li Jiya were ridiculed by some people, who believed that women should take care of the children at home, or dress up to attend banquets, and women should not interfere in government affairs, or fight for their rights.

She said that she was not looking for any practical support from Anna, but simply to seek a psychological identity, and in the past, Anna would always be reluctant to comfort and sympathize with herself.

"What about Karenin?" Countess Legia asked.

"He should still be in the ministry at this time." Anna replied.

Li Jiya was a little surprised: "But the day before yesterday, I went to their ministry to look for him, and he said that their ministry was quite idle these days, and he kept coming back late?" ”

Hearing this, Anna blinked, and then smiled slightly: "How can it be, but occasionally yes, after all, he always regards work as more important." ”

"Yes, the circle says that Russia can't do without him!" Countess Legia said affectionately.

"He's such a nice guy, isn't he."

Anna looked at Ligia, from her dark eyes to her tall and muscular figure, and her face that was not fair but had a vivid expression, she instinctively followed a clue.

"Yes, he's a good guy, and I wish he was a bad guy sometimes." Anna smiled.

"I'll tell him about it when he comes back, he's an upright and noble man after all, and I've heard enough of what the hypocritical gentlemen say, every bit of constructiveness, they just want women to know nothing, and then let them 'stuff' things into our heads."

Li Jiya accentuated his tone when he said the word "stuffing", but not to the point of gritting his teeth.

"Ah, if you're going to wait for him, maybe a little while, I mean, judging by the time he's been home for the past two days." Anna said softly.

Li Jiya frowned and muttered, "Ah, what should I do, I still have to go to the duchess's house." ”

"If you don't mind, I'll tell Alexei when he comes back, and if he has anything to do, I'll tell you."

Li Jiya thought for a moment, then nodded, but his brows were still wrinkled: "This is a solution." ”

Despite what she had said, she seemed to feel that something was wrong, and it was only when she got into the carriage that she vaguely felt that in the past, Anna would never have been so proactive in communicating about the sorority.

"But what's the difference?" After thinking about it for a while, she decided to give up on the issue for a while, and she rejoined her thoughts about the sorority.

When the Countess of Legia was gone, Anna went back to the warm fireplace in the living room, and nestled in it, but she did not read, she did not take a nap, her fingers rubbed her lips, and she thought quietly.

As soon as Karenin returned, he saw Anna waiting for her.

The way she smiled seemed to be the same as usual, but it didn't seem to be the same.

As he handed the coat to A.T. Kearney, his gaze followed his wife's.

Anna wore a scarlet velvet dress, the brown-gold fox fur collar was not messy at all, but very luxurious, her hair was loosely tied up, and her eyes were a little charming.

"Alexey." She shouted, her voice not light, her fingers resting on the railing of the spiral escalator, but not going down the last step.

She loved being watched intently by this man.

Karenin walked over, and he was keenly aware of a fluctuation in the atmosphere.

As he approached, his wife glanced at the wall clock, raised her eyelids slightly, and said with a smile: "Six-thirty, you've been home almost always at this time lately." ”

Anna withdrew her hand, her right hand was on the back of her left hand, the tips of her fingers were slender and slender, and she looked like a twenty-year-old woman, and the ruby ring was even more luxurious.

"And I just happened to know that your department hasn't been too busy lately."

Karenin was a little surprised, a strange word came to his mind, but he was a little uncertain, until his wife was still smiling at him, but there was no sincere smile in her gray eyes.

"It's true that the busy time in the department has come to an end for the time being." Karenin did not hide, "Remember the matter of the universal military service law? If this thing is to be carried out smoothly, it will take a while to keep an eye on it. ”

Anna looked at the man in front of her again, and seeing his calm and calm expression, she smiled again, stretched out her hand to take his arm, and said, "It's about to be spring, I haven't forgotten what Dr. Jì Cullens said, you need to go to the hot springs to recuperate after a while." ”

"It's a reasonable proposition." Karenin said with some joy, "I would also like to take a break, but I also have to pay attention to the issue of the universal military service law." ”

"Of course I know you like this." Anna said.

The conversation between the couple became so natural that Karenin took the initiative to say something else, which could almost be regarded as eloquent.

It wasn't until he went to bed at night, when he opened the book in front of his desk, that he realized one thing, his late return seemed to be causing trouble to his wife.

Karenin, after thinking for a moment, put on his dressing gown and went to Anna's bedroom.

When he knocked on the door and entered, his wife was reading a book, with some pillows piled up beside her, as well as ......

Karenin twisted his eyebrows: "Why is my pillow on the floor?" Anna. ”

Anna glanced at the pillow that belonged to Karenin, and then smiled hypocritically: "I'm so sorry that this book appealed to me so much that I didn't realize it. ”

Karenin picked up his pillow, tapped it gently, and put it back on Anna's bed, and although he had no intention of resting in his wife's bedroom tonight, for some reason the pillow he had just seen lying on the floor was inexplicably harsh.

"I'm going to rest here tonight." Karenin said calmly.