Karenin understood Anna's words as approval.

He himself was happy with it.

It is quite reasonable for the so-called husband and wife to arrange a peer activity at the right time, although he will have to adjust his work schedule for this reason, but in terms of the possible benefits, it is also feasible.

Anna didn't want to analyze what Karenin might have in her mind, but somehow she just knew.

This may be attributed to Karenin's trust in the family, and if they were on another occasion, in public, she found it difficult for her to see what the man was thinking, if he was trying to hide it.

At first, based on Karenin's status and the talk of his subordinates, Anna thought that Karenin would be the kind of mysterious government official, but it didn't take long for him to discover that his doctrinal beliefs made Karenin a sincere person.

He is not arrogant, and he will not hide anything you want to know as a wife, but unfortunately, no one seems to have understood her right before.

Anna put her thoughts on hold for now.

The jolting of the carriage is indeed impossible to think calmly, especially in this situation, which can be said to be warm and warm.

Although their thoughts were fleeing in the opposite direction, miraculously, no one felt apathy and alienation.

"Did the kid get off the bus halfway through?" Anna asked.

"Kondragi said yes."

Anna nodded, she wasn't really the one to talk to, but for some reason, she felt like she shouldn't just be silent, or, once in a while, she needed to be the one who took the initiative.

She didn't really care about that.

"He seems to have deliberately wanted to rely on Petersy, perhaps for personal reasons, or perhaps someone hired him." Anna turned her head to look at Karenin and asked. "What do you think? Alexey. ”

Karenin folded the thumb of his right hand on his left hand, scrubbing the back of his hand as if he were thinking about it.

"There's not enough evidence right now, so we'll have to wait for Vlamikir to come over." Karenin said cautiously.

"I note that Mr. Stremov has always been in a very different opinion from you on the subject of the 'universal military service law.'"

Karenin sneered: "Stremov is a brainless man, who likes to talk empty and pretty," he paused, then tilted his head a little cutely, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, and smiled sarcastically, "perhaps it should be said that he has the brains of many people in his head, and they put their opinions into it like throwing a pot, and then let a decent person draw lots, and get drunk to catch which." ”

Anna never saw which person Karenin criticized.

He may have been strict, cold, and a little serious, and had a lot of rules, but he rarely criticized a single person, whether in Karenin's mansion or outside. He prefers to talk about building yì, or false flattery as needed, so most of the political figures who got along with Karenin still have a high opinion of him.

"Sounds like a puppet doll." Anna said.

Karenin glanced at her.

"I think they should let you sit in Stremov's place, Anna, you're more than enough in that position."

Anna smiled, "I hope it's not a sarcasm." ”

"I'm not kidding, Anna." Karenin said calmly.

"Should I say I'm a little, well, 'flattered'?"

Karenin straightened his clothes, his hands flat on his knees, looked at his wife seriously, and said: "I don't think it's the best time to talk about it today, but lately I do have some doubts. ”

When Anna heard this, she chuckled slightly, but there was no big reaction on her face. She pressed her right hand against her left hand and asked with a relaxed expression, "I think it's doable, it's best to be able to communicate with each other when in doubt, Alexei." ”

"I agree." Karenin bowed slightly.

"Since your health has improved a bit, I have found that some of my previous evaluations of you need to be changed."

"For example?" Anna asked tentatively.

"Although I am much older than you, and you are so young, it is a bit risky to consider you as my marriageable person from the point of view of reason, because most young girls cannot resist temptation, but under the introduction of your aunt, from the first sight of you, I thought that you would be a good wife, and that Seryosha's birth is a good mother, although sometimes you dote on him too much."

Karenin paused, still organizing his discourse, after all, he had not intended this time to be the right time for them to talk about it.

"I am very grateful that you have made me a husband and a father for these seven years. I think our relationship is impeccable, both intellectually and emotionally, and here I would like to ask, do you feel the same way? ”

Anna felt that if it wasn't for her listening to the other party's words at this time, but any other woman, I am afraid that she would not have answered the gentleman with the word "yes" in a sweet tone, after all, from this hard and solid words that were only full of reason and logic, there was no romance and happiness in it.

"Yes, I think it's good both then and now, Alexei." Anna said with a smile.

"We're happy, aren't we?"

"Indeed." Karenin nodded sincerely, from his side of the feeling, he really could not think of any unhappy things about himself, family, career, for his age, he was indeed one of the few happy people in Petersburg, and he sincerely thanked his wife for this. If a man does not have a stable home, he is not qualified to succeed.

Anna smiled inwardly, with a hint of good-natured mockery.

Fate had now bound the two of them together, and it was the best for both of them.

Thinking of this, the ripples in her heart that were stirred up by the wind calmed down again.

Karenin did not know what was going on in Anna's mind, and after a long period of rational foreshadowing, he finally allowed his curiosity to be placed on the table and asked his wife.

"You didn't care about my politics before, and I don't see any interest in you."

Despite his questioning, there was still a hint of reserve and trust.

Anna thought: he really never doubted his wife, because of this identity, many traces point to a problem and a result, but he still put it, hoping to get a reasonable explanation from my side to reassure him.

This qiē should be said to be a little touching, touching because of his trust and loyalty to his family, and regretting that it was not aimed at a certain person.

Karenin's wife can be anyone, but Anna has only one.

So she smiled and said, "You have influenced me, Alexei, after all, my husband is a high-ranking official in Petersburg, and I am his wife, and I have not been exposed to these things in the circle of my life, and, don't underestimate women." ”