I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

The Darcy family's carriage wheeled northward, and soon left the parish where the Grove Manor was located. During this period, they were not stopped or checked by any forces.

This also made Pei Xiang clearly realize once again that this is a society with distinct levels.

After leaving Kent, Pei Xiang took a few glances at the outside scenery through the car window, sighing and feeling relieved.

——Finally, I escaped with deceit. Recently, I don’t want to get close to this place anymore!

Withdrawing her gaze, Pei Xiang sat upright, and when she raised her head, she met Fitzwilliam Darcy's complicated and probing eyes, and she subconsciously touched her stomach...

——Well, it’s okay, it didn’t drop!

"Mr. Darcy, thank you for taking me away from this place that frightened me. In the future, if there is a chance, I, my child and I will definitely repay you."

Darcy nodded noncommittally. He didn't expect anything in return from the other party. Taking her out of Kent was also out of his natural compassion for the weak and his upbringing.

"It's just a hands-on effort."

His tone was short and forceful, as soon as he heard it, he didn't mean to chat with Pei Xiang.

Pei Xiang shut up knowingly, and leaned against the back of the chair behind him with his back to make himself sit more comfortably.

After a while, when Pei Xiang was a little drowsy, Mr. Leng Leng on the opposite side spoke first, breaking the silence in the car:

"Mrs. Lucy, when I arrive in London, it is impossible for me to throw you out of the car at will. I will definitely send you to a safe place, otherwise, I will have a bad conscience.

Therefore, in the next trip, please think carefully, and then tell me a safe place to live or the name of a trustworthy person, and I will let the driver take you there. "

Pei Xiang was shocked, and the hazy drowsiness was completely dispersed by the other party's undeniable tone. She blinked her eyes, thinking that there was trouble again, but this time, she didn't feel upset and tired. On the contrary, Pei Xiang felt warm in her heart. of.

She always cherishes those pure kindnesses.

——Mr. Darcy is indeed a stable and reliable good man, but unfortunately, I failed his kindness from the beginning to the end.

——If someone finds out the truth in the future, with this gentleman's pride, I guess I will be hated to death by him, right?

"Mr. Darcy, you can send me to the door of the hotel. I have some old jewellery, which will help me through an uncertain time."

While suggesting softly, Pei Xiang reached out and touched the Butterfly Fritillaria hairpin on his head.

Darcy frowned: "Mrs. Lucy, I think you should know that apart from pubs and casinos, there is no better place to spread news than hotels. As long as you show up in places where people come and go, your secrets will not be kept." , might as well go straight home."

Pei Xiang couldn't deny these words, so she naturally knew that Darcy was right.

——If I am really Mrs. Lucy who eloped and returned to her hometown...

The pretty lady smiled apologetically, and then sighed sincerely:

"Mr. Darcy, I wish I had met a reliable gentleman like you earlier."

The gentleman who was praised pursed his lips, and lowered his eyes to avoid Pei Xiang's sincere admiration. He knew that there was no ambiguous flirting in her words, but Darcy felt a little embarrassed in the face of such straightforward praise. uneasy.

He felt that the lady's eyes were a little too beautiful and smart, as if she had been cast by a spell by a witch.

Of course Pei Xiang was unaware of the awkwardness of the man across the way. She was racking her brains at this moment to think about what she should do to resolve Mr. Darcy's stubbornness and persistence.

She thought about it, and couldn't think of any particularly sufficient and reasonable excuse for a while, but she suddenly remembered another thing, maybe she could tell, no, it was to make up a story for Mr. Darcy, which was within her power. Repay the other person for their helping hand.

There was another silence, this time, it was Pei Xiang who took the initiative to speak:

"Mr. Darcy, may I ask, beside your sister, er, is there a governess or housekeeper called Mrs. Young?"

Darcy's heart moved, he looked at Pei Xiang seriously and asked, "Why is Mrs. Lucy asking this?"

"It's like this. I have received a great favor from Mr. Darcy, and I lack the ability to repay you. Therefore, I just thought about it and finally found some valuable news. I hope it can be of some use to you."

Darcy's expression was inexplicable. He rubbed the family crest pattern on the side of the cane a few times, and replied softly:

"Mrs. Lucy, there is no Mrs. Young beside my sister. However, I am looking for a tutor for her to accompany her recently, and this surname is on the list of candidates."

Pei Xiang raised his eyebrows, thinking it was a coincidence, but he let himself be fooled.

Darcy also had some turmoil in his heart. What he didn't explain was that on the first night before seeing Pei Xiang, he had already preliminarily selected Mrs. Young, and was planning to hire her as soon as he returned to London.

Regarding the selection of Mrs. Younger, he never mentioned it to anyone else, not even Aunt Catherine who provided the candidate list, but the woman opposite suddenly mentioned it...

Pei Xiang smiled embarrassedly:

"I accidentally learned that Mr. Wickham had been communicating with a lady surnamed Younger, thinking that they were lovers. Out of jealousy, I have been paying attention to this matter, and then I couldn't help it, uh , and secretly read their letters."

Darcy frowned, but he didn't stop Pei Xiang from continuing.

"After reading the correspondence between the two of them, I'm not really sure, uh, that there was that relationship between them.

I am sure, however, that Mr. Wickham and Mrs. Young were very well acquainted, and the two of them discussed many personal matters in their letters, which, I think, exceeded the limit of ordinary friends. "

Hearing that Wickham and Mrs. Young had known each other for a long time, Darcy's eyes darkened. Based on his understanding of Wickham, he almost guessed what kind of secret Pei Xiang was going to reveal.

Sure enough, she continued to say:

"Mr. Darcy, in Mrs. Young's letter, she said that she was grateful to Wickham for his advice, and that she would soon have a well-paid governess.

I didn't pay much attention to her words at that time, Mr. Darcy, you know, Wickham is always a little clever.

But later, Wickham got drunk and yelled, he said that Miss Darcy had a dowry of thirty thousand pounds, and if he could marry her, it would definitely be a windfall.

He said he would be a rich lord, and he would be able to subdue the 'hate Darcy', and he would have to please him, or else he would bully and snub Miss Darcy. "

Speaking of this, Pei Xiang glanced at the young gentleman cautiously, and found that his face was extremely stern.

Pei Xiang's petite heart trembled, but he still bit the bullet and continued to make up nonsense:

"After hearing Mr. Wickham's drunken talk, I laughed at his boastfulness, and said that Miss Darcy would not be so stupid as I am, deceived by smooth words and false tenderness. Besides, Miss Darcy is only eleven or twelve years old this year. Are you old? How did you fall into Wickham's dirty trap.

Probably because my words angered him, he slipped his mouth in a hurry.

Wickham said that he would try his best to help Mrs. Younger become Miss Darcy's governess, and then, through Mrs. Younger, influence Miss Darcy's impression of him. After two years, Miss Darcy grew up, and he There is a chance. "

Darcy closed his eyes, feeling scared for a while.

He thought that the excellent qualities shown in Mrs. Young's resume were exactly what he or the Darcy family valued and appreciated, so he secretly finalized the "suitable" candidate.

Fitzwilliam Darcy never imagined that there was a Wickham hidden behind Mrs. Younger. That man grew up in Pemberley Manor and was best at currying favor with old Mr. Darcy. No one knew Darcy better than him. Family valued what we liked.

The young patriarch who almost led the wolf into the house was very grateful, and even terrified, but he didn't suspect that Pei Xiang was lying.

Firstly, she had absolutely no need to slander a lady she had never met, and secondly, no one other than Darcy himself knew that he had decided to hire Mrs. Young.

"Thank you for the reminder, Mrs. Lucy, it was really timely."

Darcy said in a low voice with a hoarse voice. He sincerely thanked Pei Xiang at this time, thanking her for telling the story and saving Georgiana from harm in the future.

——Georgiana is pure and soft-hearted, and she must remember the friendship she had when she was a child. If the people around her stir up the flames and deliberately guide her, she may really fall into the trap set by Wickham!

Pei Xiang shook his hands with a smile, and quickly said that he was just making a random guess by mistake, and if he really helped, it was because Mr. Darcy was rewarded for being a good man.

Darcy could hear the sincerity in her words, so he thought that Mrs. Lucy was a kind lady who reciprocated her kindness. Unfortunately, a good girl can be stupid and bullied by a bastard like Wickham.

Pei Xiang received Mr. Darcy's gentle and grateful gaze, but felt heavy in his heart.

She didn't tell a lie before, she did make a random guess by mistake.

She had read the original book, and knew that when Miss Georgiana Darcy was 15 years old, Wickham would conspire with Mrs. Younger to seduce the innocent and gentle girl, making her almost commit the big mistake of elopement.

However, Pei Xiang really didn't know that this time period was when Darcy chose a tutor for his younger sister.

She had thought before that if Mrs. Young had not appeared beside Miss Darcy, then the words she made up at this time would be equivalent to exposing the secret relationship that Wickham and Mrs. Young knew in advance. , as a reminder to Mr. Darcy.

In the future, when he hires a tutor, he will naturally pay more attention to the origins and relationships of the people around his sister.

At the same time, she is also reminding Mr. Darcy that Wickham has malice towards the Darcy family and is very likely to do things that hurt them, and he should take strict precautions.

In short, under the limited conditions that he can't protect himself, in order to repay Darcy's help, Pei Xiang can only think of this way to repay the other party.

The carriage was quiet again, Pei Xiang quietly opened the food basket Darcy brought her, took out ginger biscuits full of caramel aroma and gnawed slowly.

Darcy was sitting diagonally across from her, with a handsome face, thinking about how to deal with the matter of Wickham.

A crisp clicking sound interrupted Darcy's thoughts. He came back to his senses and found that the lady traveling with him was eating fruit. He glanced at the basket beside Pei Xiang and found that the food in it was almost eaten.

——Do all pregnant women have such a good appetite?

Darcy was thinking absent-mindedly, completely unaware that the woman on the opposite side has been hungry and full these days, and has the habit of protecting food in her temper. People who have been hungry eat anything delicious!

"Mrs. Lucy, have you figured out who you want to contact? When you arrive in London, I'll take you there."

Pei Xiang ate in silence, refusing to answer the question, it was very obvious that she didn't want to compromise.

Darcy sighed, feeling that he was very easily shaken when facing Mrs. Lucy. In the past half a day, his thoughts had undergone several rounds of changes. It is a very rare experience.

The man made another compromise suggestion: "Mrs. Lucy, if you trust me, let me provide you with a temporary place to live. After you get in touch with your family, let's study the future arrangements?"

Pei Xiang was surprised: "Mr. Darcy, you really don't have to take care of me like this."

Darcy shook his head: "The news you brought me is very important to me. It is related to my sister's personal safety and lifelong happiness. It is enough for the Darcy family to regard you as a sincere friend, so please don't refuse, Lu Mrs. West."

Pei Xiang: "..."

Darcy could see the reluctance in her eyes clearly, and when he changed his mind, he misunderstood Pei Xiang's reaction, thinking that she didn't want to trouble him too much.

With this kind of cognition, Darcy felt even more emotional, and felt that the bastards like Wickham were really harmful. At the same time, he was also worried about Ms. Lucy's inevitable rough and difficult future.

In fact, he still has another worry in his heart, which is that Mrs. Lucy's family is unwilling to forgive and accept her. After all, her previous elopement has indeed hurt the family's reputation, and she is still pregnant. How many cold eyes and sneers.

Darcy has always been a person with clear grievances and grievances. People who offend him will never be forgiven easily, but once they are recognized by him, or put into his protection circle, they will receive his greatest kindness and sincere care.

The future Mr. Bingley is, and of course the current Pei Xiang is too.

Therefore, Darcy made a very straightforward decision:

"At least until this child is born, I have to ensure that you have a stable life. After that, if you lack a stable source of income, I can also introduce you to some jobs suitable for women."

Darcy felt that he should take into account Ms. Lucy's self-esteem and pride, and he should not just give her a sum of money as a gift and send her away.In that way Lady Lucy must have felt slighted.

Pei Zizhi and Lucy Xiang didn't know what she missed at a certain moment.

After a little fantasizing about the success rate of jumping off the car and escaping, she had no choice but to show a grateful and reluctant smile to the enthusiastic and forceful Mr. Darcy...

—Where am I going to get a crying baby to fool you in a few months! ? ?

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Today's update, huh!

Darcy: If you get into my car and cheat me, don’t think about leaving easily~

Pei Xiang: Boom~ Is it too late to conceive a real one now?