Reason and emotion are not the same thing.

Knowing is knowing, but accepting or not is determined by emotion.

For example, Caroline.

I knew that Mr. Darcy and that Miss Gina Hopkins should have nothing to do, but I couldn't accept it emotionally.

A gentleman who has just confessed to you, and who has promised to prove himself by his actions, and who in the blink of an eye has exchanged letters with another young lady, Caroline feels that her heart is not as calm as she has appeared.

"Miss Hopkins said she wanted me to help Mr. Hopkins' factory." Darcy didn't answer directly, his brown-black eyes flashed with an unknown brilliance, "Mr. Hopkins' factory is the largest in Kent. ”

At this point, it is basically clear that Mr. Darcy just wants to agree to Gina's request.

Caroline looked at the gentleman in front of her for a moment and said softly, "The Darcy's estate doesn't care about that. ”

"It's not too much." Darcy said.

"Well, you mean that you have agreed with Miss Hopkins, don't you?" Caroline couldn't contain her face, she was indeed starting to feel a little unhappy, "Correspondence? ”

Darcy nodded, as if to say something, but finally kept his mouth shut.

The weather is gradually starting to get hotter, and the rainy season is coming quietly, and it is always a thunderstorm that makes you feel that this is in the south, and the smell of summer is transmitted to your nose.

"Sir, you ...... Never mind. Caroline lowered her eyelashes and stared at her toes, calling out the man's name, but she still didn't say it completely, she didn't look back when she left, so she didn't see the complicated eyes of the man behind her.

Caroline didn't want to be like that if she could, she was a vain woman, and she was happy when Darcy said she was in love. Jealousy makes people ugly, and she doesn't want to be such an ugly person, if it's because of jealousy, if it's because of Darcy, if it's because of Miss Hopkins.

Either way, that's not what Caroline wants.

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As she walked down the staircase, she saw a turquoise skirt with a hand-embroidered pattern that seemed to be a characteristic of Oriental India and was very valuable.

She is a delicate woman. Caroline judged inwardly.

Judging from her back, Caroline silently crossed out the name "Gina Hopkins" - that young lady would never have such a temperament, she always looked like a sexy lady, but the one in front of her looked very beautiful.

Caroline was full of curiosity and saw the woman in the reception room, she looked quite old, with faint wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, a very kind aura around her, and deep eyes that could speak.

This is the first time Caroline has seen such a woman, she and Bentley's mother are two different beauties, even if they are both very elegant, but if Bentley's mother is a strong tea with a mellow aftertaste, this woman is a red wine that wants to be drunk and never wake up.

As if hearing the movement of the stairs, the woman looked up, and when she met her eyes, Caroline couldn't help but hold her breath, "...... Hello. ”

The woman smiled lightly, "Hello, lovely young lady." Then he said to Darcy on the couch across from her, "Does Darcy know the young lady?" ”

Helpless in front of a woman for the first time, Caroline stammered, "Hello, uh, I mean—I'm Caroline Bentley, and it's nice to meet you, ma'am." ”

"Michelle Rand." The woman looked at Caroline tenderly, like a mother embracing her child.

"Ahh Nice to meet you, Ms. Rand! ”

"You've already said it, Miss Bingley." Michelle smiled helplessly, "If you want, I can introduce you to me, Michelle Hopkins." ”

Hopkins?! Caroline's eyes widened, what did she hear? Hopkins? Younger sister? No, it's a wife.

"You ......"

Miss Michelle nodded slightly, indicating that Caroline had the truth in mind.

"Y-I mean you, uh, I'm sorry." Caroline apologized at a loss, she really didn't know how to organize the words.

Ms. Michelle didn't mind, she chuckled twice to show friendship, "I've been separated from Hopkins Sr. for a long time, and we're not divorced. ”

Caroline blinked, looking like she was digesting what she had heard, "Separation? ”

"Yes, separation." The woman does not shy away from this kind of thing at all, and does not feel that there is any problem, "I am not suitable for living with him, his eyes only have factories, and there is no room for other things, as his wife, Mrs. Hopkins, although I love him, but I can't accept that my husband only knows work all day long, and we have no communication in life." ”

“…… It is indeed a person like Zài. Caroline said with a snort, and she felt Mr. Darcy's eyes look again.

"Yes, there are such people, but I don't want that to happen to me." Michelle said helplessly, even when talking about such dejecting words, Michelle Rand still maintains elegance, her temperament has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and has even become her own unique label.

"What about your daughter? Don't have any opinions on this? Seeing that Michelle was very talkative, Caroline couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Daughter?" Apparently, the other party was even more surprised than her, and Michelle opened her mouth wide, "What daughter?" ”

Caroline's heart suddenly struck, and she glanced at Darcy at a loss, "Gina Hopkins? Your daughter? And Mr. Hopkins' daughter? ”

No...... There was an incident with the old king next door, right?

“…… Gina? Michelle frowned, "Miss Bingley, if I'm not mistaken, I don't know Hopkins by that name, and besides, I don't have a daughter." ”

Caroline paused, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Darcy, "Miss Rand, it's a pleasure for you to be here today, we also heard about Mr. Hopkins's body, so we asked you for help." ”

"Oh...... Yes, he is sick and the factory must be in trouble, right? ”

Darcy didn't stop him, and Caroline blurted out, "The workers are on strike, Ms. Rand, don't you know?" ”

"Strike?!" Michelle had just stood up when she heard the words stop again, she turned her head, her eyes crossed Darcy and Caroline's faces, and there was a deep thought in her eyes, "If you don't mind, would you like to talk to me, poor old woman, about what the hell is going on?" ”

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"I don't have that big daughter. If you're right, all I know is a woman named Gina who once came to the old Hopkins' house. Michelle posed as a memory, "It's just once, only that once, I've seen it." ”

"So, Gina is not your daughter." Caroline is one head and two big, Gina is lying?! Which sentence? Or all of them?

"Of course." Michelle laughs, "We've been separated for many years. ”

Not daring to say another possibility, Caroline laughed dryly twice and could only apologize.

"Now, it's your turn, what the hell does that young lady pretend to be my daughter do?" Michelle picked up the milk tea prepared on the table, blew it, and took a sip.

"By the way, the sweetness is just right - Miss Bentley, you're very good at it, and I'm honored to have it."

Caroline didn't answer, just smiled, she robbed the wives of their work, and she didn't dare to be rampant anymore.

Darcy pondered for a moment and spoke, "I didn't have any doubts, but that young lady had too many doubts. ”

Mr. Hopkins is single, and the fact that it has become almost the consensus of his neighbors. However, Darcy did not dare to say this, for fear of disrespecting Lady Michelle Rand, but omitting it would not affect anything.

"She knew me, and she knew that I was the gentleman with the most fortune of the three of us in Bingley and Colonel Fitzwilliam, so Miss Gina set her sights on me, hoping that I would help her through her troubles, which was 'Mr. Hopkins' factory,' which she called 'father's' factory."

The lady who understood shook her head, "The current scammers are too clever, and they will inquire about everything clearly." It's good that you didn't believe it, I haven't seen Hopkins Sr. for a long time, three years? Four years? ”

So why did you come this time? Caroline was a little curious.

But in the next second, she knew why, and Miss Rand said to her, "Darcy is a good gentleman." ”

Caroline: "...... That's what you're saying. ”

Michelle didn't mention Hopkins, and she seemed to be a little uninterested in the factory, and Caroline couldn't help but wonder if it was because of her disappointment with Hopkins, or if she really had no feelings? Or for the factory, she has long been impatient.

Either way, it had nothing to do with her, so Caroline kept her mouth shut, not knowing what to do.

Sending off Miss Michelle Rand, Caroline leaned against the protruding pillar of the wall, her eyes fixed on her toes, and Mr. Darcy sat on the sofa in front of her right, and when the sun shone, his shadow fell to the ground, and it was long enough to reach Caroline's feet, so that the girl stepped on his shadow like a child.

"Why would you do that?" Caroline asked softly.

Without much thought, Darcy understood what the young lady in front of him was asking. "Miss Caroline, she's not just a liar." That's why he wrote to her, wanting to know more information, and Gina was not simple.

Caroline: "Huh? "Sir, did you find her just by that?" Because you found Ms. Michelle Rand? ”

"Of course not, my miss." Darcy shook her head, "I agreed to her request, and I hope to see her again." He saw Caroline's slightly dilated pupils, and the corners of her lips hooked slightly, "I want to know what that young lady wants to do." ”

Caroline hesitated, "So...... Sir, you just, want to know her identity? It's called, luring the snake out of the hole? ”

"Yes." Darcy nodded, then paused, and turned his head to look at Caroline, the corners of his mouth raised a little, bent into a nice arc, "Miss, what do you think...... What am I doing? ”

Caroline: "............"

I won't say I thought you were abducted by a bad woman!!

And, when will Mr. Darcy be nosy, too!!