Chapter 10 chapter Ten

One year later, in August, Nicole stood on the high hill, admiring her achievements for a whole year. She saw the tobacco field was green, the cotton field was about to burst into cotton balls, and the golden ears of wheat fluttered in the wind, while the milling The voice also burst into ears.This is the world she re-created after giving up her marriage; Over the past year, she has saved money to buy land, and now she owns 125 hectares of farmland on the higher bank of the river. This vast farmland has fertile soil and good drainage, although the place near the river often It was too wet, but Issa and her solved the problem when they built a stone wall along the shore, and she planted tobacco on the lower land, which is now lush and fertile, and they also planted a vegetable garden, bought He raised a dairy cow and raised a flock of chickens.

Since all the savings are invested in the land, the hut has not been expanded yet, but Jenny has decorated the hut very warmly, with bright windows and clear windows almost full of the atmosphere of home.The twins are still naughty, but their homework has improved a lot, and they can speak some simple conversations in French. Nicole often feels that if it is not for these two innocent children, her life will not be full of laughter. She hasn't seen Clay since she and Clay broke up. In the past year, she sometimes feels that the happy time seems to be far away from her; She didn't miss Clay's warm body and strong arms; many times, she even wanted to send a message to Clay to meet him in the woodland. When this kind of body needs it most, it is when she is weakest. At this time, she no longer cared about her self-esteem or lofty ideals, as long as Clay's firm and strong skin was tightly attached to her.

She shook off her absurd thoughts and looked at the deserted Ada farm on the other side. She saw last year's harvest withering in the farmland with her own eyes. Although she felt very sad, there was nothing she could do. According to Isa The news is that most of the salaried laborers at Clay have gone, some of the long-term laborers have changed hands, and all the slaves have been sold, and now there are only a handful of laborers left at Ada Farm, and all of them are Worked and lived on the farm all his life. This spring, Ada Farm only planted a piece of tobacco on a low-lying river alluvial land, and the other higher-lying farmland was left to be abandoned. Issa said that Kerry didn't care at all; while Bian used the pawn money It was all spent on refurbishing clothes and houses. Issa also said that the only thing that is busy all day in the farm now is the kitchen.

"There's really nothing to see, is there?" Nicole turned her head suddenly, and found that Issa was already standing beside her at some point, she was not unhappy about being disturbed, because since she was kidnapped, she and Issa have been very close, and her workers feel that Clay is their boss, and even Jenny has a hint of this. Only Issa takes her as the leader and protects her in everything. Nicole often feels that if necessary, Issa will go through fire and water for her without frowning Yes, "if the tobacco harvest is good, he can still make it through." She answered Issa's question, "as long as the weather is not too bad."

"I don't think Clay has the energy to harvest, let alone sell." "Nonsense, Akeley is a very capable man." "That was in the past." Issa explained, "Now he's just a drunkard! In addition to his wife's profligacy, he can't cope even with work. Every time I bring the twins to his place, I see someone pestering him." Let him collect debts, if he does not harvest the crops this time, he will have nothing, and the judge will definitely auction off the Ada farm." Nicole turned and walked towards the hut, unwilling to listen any more, "I still have some accounts that I haven't recorded, please help me."

"Okay!" Issa sighed, and slowly followed her down the hill. He always hoped that Nicole could relax, but Nicole was like a wind-up machine, unable to stop. Bi'an didn't step out of the bedroom until it was about dinner time, and as soon as he stepped out of the bedroom, the world in front of him changed from beautiful to filthy. This house has not been properly cleaned for more than a year, and only the ceiling There are cobwebs here and there, and the table is full of clothes, papers, and dead flowers. Even walking on the carpet will splash dust. She has been trying to discipline the servants well, but Clay has always been in the way and joined forces with the servants to fight against her. Later, Clay didn't even hire servants at all. She protested repeatedly, but Clay always turned a deaf ear to her.

"Ah! I knew you would go downstairs at this time!" Clay leaned against the door of the dining room and looked at Bi An who was swaying forward. He saw his yellow shirt tied around his waist indiscriminately, and his high riding boots Splattered with mud, holding a bottle of whiskey in one hand, "It's okay if the sky is falling, rice? You can't stop eating, right?" Clay sarcastically touched his chin, which he hadn't shaved for a long time. "You're disgusting!" Bi'an gave him a disdainful look, and squeezed into the dining room. She sat down carefully, and then studied the dishes on the table while laying a napkin on her lap.

"If you could look at men with this kind of eyes, they would have fallen under your pomegranate skirt long ago." Clay stood by the door, admiring his wife's greedy ugliness, "However, you are only interested in eating, Interested in yourself, right?" "Not every woman is as lowly as your Nicole," Bian deliberately smiled at Clay, "According to her kind of character, she has slept with countless men this year What! I guess, one of them must be your good friend Weiss!" "Shut up!" Clay became angrier and threw the wine glass at Bian's head, but he had already drank too much and lost his shot, so Bian easily avoided it.

Clay grabbed the wine bottle, turned around and walked towards the stables. He stopped by a big tree by the river as usual, and dismounted and sat on the tree trunk. From this position, he could see Nicole's Farmland, but no mills and cottages, but as long as he saw Nicole's farmland was green and golden, he was already comforted.He wondered if Nicole had thought about him?Even, do you remember him? .He didn't believe that Nicole was someone who slept with anyone casually, and he even didn't believe that Weiss would be Nicole's lover, but Bian's lies still deeply hurt his heart.

He took a swig of wine to suppress the turmoil of his emotions. Now he needs more alcohol to forget everything. Sometimes in the middle of the night, he always feels that his parents, Jem and Beth are blaming him and complaining. He destroyed everything they had worked so hard to build. At that time, he might not want to cheer up, but when he woke up in the morning and saw Bi An's fat face, he lost all hope and grabbed the bottle again. Now there is only whiskey Only then can he numb his feelings, make him forget everything, listen to nothing, think about nothing. He didn't notice when the dark clouds covered the scorching sun, nor did he notice the rumble of thunder in the distance, and the flashing lightning. When the heavy rain poured down, he still leaned on the tree trunk in amazement, drinking heavily For him, he is already half-dead, and the rest is just a body.

Looking at the torrential rain outside the window, Nicole couldn't help sighing. This rain has been falling for two days in a row. She was forced to suspend work, and she was a little worried that the crops would be affected, and she was afraid that the farmland near the river would be too wet. She was taken aback when there was a knock on the door, and Jenny hurried to open it to usher in a drenched Wes. "What are you doing out here?" Jenny asked, helping Weiss hang up the raincoat. "Is it related to the river?" "Yeah!" Weiss walked to the fireplace to keep warm, "Actually, I'm planning to wrap up in Crayana and pass by Zaoli." He took the hot coffee that Nicole handed him and took a sip, "If it rains If it continues like this, it may be flooded.” "Flooding?" Nicole asked. "Is there any danger in Clay?" Jenny glared at her, "Is there any problem here?" Weiss answered Nicole's question, "Clay's land is relatively low, especially the land where he is now planting tobacco. It used to be a river bed. When the river floods, he will bear the brunt of it." Nicole was startled, "He only has that tobacco field this spring, what if it's flooded?" Weiss shrugged his shoulders, "There's nothing we can do about it. In fact, he can only blame himself! His father has always planted crops in the lowlands and highlands, just in case, and he already knew it. " "Is there no way to prevent it? Is it possible to just wait for his only field to be flooded?" Weiss put his arms around Nicole's shoulders, "If you can order the rain to stop, there will be no problem, but unfortunately no one can control God." He looked around, "Where are the twins?" "Crazy with puppies at the mill," Jenny explained. "What are you doing at Clay's?" Nicole asked suddenly. Weiss didn't answer right away, and walked back to the fireplace, as if there was something inconvenient to say, "There's something I don't know if I should tell you." He looked up at Nicole, "If Clay If there is no more harvest, Clay will lose the whole farm." Nicole remembered that Issa had said something similar, "Why? Doesn't he have any savings?" She asked quietly. "Yes, but it has almost been lost due to the lack of harvest last year. The worst thing is that Bi An spent too much, and borrowed a large amount of money with the farm mortgage to return to the UK, saying it was to buy back the ancestral property or something. of." Nicole felt her whole body was stiff and could barely move. She vaguely remembered that a few years ago, she and Bi An rode in the park that originally belonged to Bi An's ancestral property every afternoon. At that time, Bi An kept saying that she wanted to buy back the ancestral property. Don't care at all, let Bi'an squander his property?" Weiss was silent for another moment before replying, "Clay has changed, Nicole, he doesn't care about his farm at all, he doesn't care about himself at all, he holds a bottle of whiskey everywhere he goes; talk to him, he just Like a deaf man, he was absolutely unwilling to admit defeat before, but now..." He couldn't continue. Nicole recalled the Clay she knew, and couldn't connect with what Weiss described. She pondered and said, "I don't know if Clay is really like what you said, he doesn't care about anything, but some One thing I can be sure of is that although he doesn't care about giving up the manor to Bi'an, he is definitely not reconciled to God destroying the manor." Weiss froze for a moment, "So what?" Nicole shrugged, "I can't explain it for a while, Weiss, tell me, what can we do to prevent the river from flooding? Apart from praying." Weiss pondered for a long time, "I really can't remember it, look..." He suddenly picked up the tongs and drew a picture on the ashes in the fireplace, "This is Clay's depression," he pointed to a depression in the river Land, "This is your wheat field." He pointed to a piece of land protruding from the river on the other side, "Because the river is changing its course, it wants to restore the original wider and straighter river, so the original riverbed has been going down the river. This move from your side has formed fertile alluvial soil at Clay, so that, unless the course of the river is straightened later, there is always a danger of flooding at Cray." Nicole looked up. "What if we straightened the river right now?" "Nicole!" Jenny protested, "you don't want to come up with anything new!" Nicole ignored Jenny. She took the tongs from Weiss and drew the river straight, just cutting off the wheat field protruding from the river. "If this is the case, what will happen?" Weiss looked straight at her, "Because the field you cut off is very wet, it is likely to be swallowed by the river." "So the river will widen? The river will also drop?" Weiss suddenly understood Nicole's intentions. He didn't know whether he was touched or didn't believe it. He was speechless for a long time, "Are you determined to sacrifice the wheat fields to save Clay's tobacco fields? Actually, I can lend money to Clay, Help him get through this crisis." Nicole shook her head, "You are doing that negatively, and Clay may not accept it. I do this to show our concern and love for him, and to help him get back together." She looked back at Jenny again, "Clay used to have a happy family, but now everyone has left him, even his own nephews and nieces don't live with him, so this is the time for us to show our love." Weiss stepped forward and hugged Nicole, "I only hope that my future wife is half as good as you, but I still want to warn you, digging a river is not easy!" Jenny went to the door and put on her raincoat. "Where are you going!" Weiss asked. "I'm going to find Clay. You think Clay is disabled, but I don't think so. It's not that he doesn't know how to dig, not to mention he has a few workers under him." Nicole and Weiss looked at each other. "Are the two of you nailed to the ground? Don't hurry up and borrow a round shovel and gather your hands. Also, Weiss, you should measure where you want to dig." Weiss took Nicole's arm and walked towards the door, "Let's go! Let's work separately." In the pouring rain, Clay shoveled the wet and heavy soil aside. This was the first time in more than a year that he devoted all his energy to work, and it was also the first time he pulled himself together soberly to face the In the future, when Jenny ran to the manor and told him about Nicole's sacrifice and love, he couldn't believe it. He didn't expect that Nicole not only didn't forget him, but also completely forgave him, and he immediately woke up from the half-drunk state Come over, and lead six workers to join the work together. As the river gradually rose, several rows of Clay's tobacco fields had sunk into the water. Clay was working desperately, thinking in his heart that he was no longer destroying Nicole's hard-earned wheat fields, but trying his best To save his own tobacco field, at this moment, the harvest of the tobacco field has become the biggest goal of his struggle. He was working like a demon possessed, concentrating on it, so it took a long time before he realized that there was a small hand on his arm. He raised his head and looked into Nicole's beautiful eyes. "Come on, how about a cup of coffee?" Nicole covered the rain with her palm and handed him a cup of hot coffee. In the rain, Clay suddenly felt as if there were only the two of them in the world. He suppressed the strong feeling, took the coffee cup, and drank it silently. Nicole took back the empty cup and went to serve the next worker. Clay looked at her petite figure in men's clothes, shuttling in the rain, and felt how small he was. He looked around and found that there were fifteen or six people working in the rain to save his property. He suddenly There was a feeling of choking—he finally knew that he was not alone, there was still someone who cared for him and loved him. He inserted the spade into the soil again and worked harder. When the drowsy weather became more and more gloomy, Nicole came to him again, beckoning him to take a break and eat something, he shook his head and continued to work. At nightfall, people in the field were still digging. Since there was no lighting, they were all working with intuition and night vision. Weiss tried his best to limit the digging work within the straight line he measured, so even though it was dark, there was still no error. By dawn, everyone's physical strength has been exhausted to the point where the word "tired" is no longer enough to describe. However, their hard work has paid off and the work is coming to an end.During a shovel break, Clay discovered that Nicole had also joined the ranks of work, and her diligence was no less than that of any man. "Attention! The river is about to rush in!" Weiss suddenly shouted. Everyone stopped working and looked up, only to see the turbulent river rushing into both sides of the artificial river. They hurried to the shore to escape, and Clay also hugged Nicole's waist and strode to avoid the shore. . Under the amazed gaze of the crowd, the rivers on both sides converged into one place, filling the artificial river; and the wheat fields that were cut off and isolated in the river also slowly collapsed and fell into the raging river. "Look!" Issa shouted excitedly, pointing to the opposite bank. Everyone looked in the direction Isa pointed, and saw that the river retreated quickly, and the tobacco fields that had been submerged in the river were gradually exposed. They found that the rows of tobacco that had been submerged by the river were all destroyed. But other large tobacco fields were saved. "Long live!" Nicole shouted first, and then the people on the shore followed suit. For a while, cheers resounded through the sky; hats were flying in the sky, and Issa also pulled Roger into a jig dance. "We succeeded!" Weiss hugged Nicole, threw it into the air, and then threw it into Clay's arms. Clay grinned from ear to ear, "You succeeded!" He hugged Nicole tightly, "It's all thanks to you! Good lady!" He bowed his head and kissed Nicole's smiling lips, kissing again and again. Deep and lingering. Nicole forgot everything around her for a moment, and also forgot that she was no longer Clay's wife. She kissed Clay back hungrily, like rain after a long drought, or spring sunshine after a long winter. "Dude, there's plenty of time to wait!" Weiss patted Clay on the shoulder. Clay raised his head, saw Weiss' warning eyes, and felt the curious eyes of others on them. Clay looked at Nicole in his arms, and reluctantly put her back on the ground. They stared at each other silently, with rain and tears on their faces, and thousands of questions in their hearts. "Eat!" Weiss yelled, "I'm so hungry I could swallow a cow!" "Don't worry!" Nicole returned to reality, "Meijin is the chef! The bag is sure to be enough for you!" Weiss hugged Nicole unceremoniously, and walked to the mill first. As expected, with the assistance of Jenny, Mei Yong set up a temporary buffet table on the sawhorse, not only piled with freshly baked bread, but also chicken, duck, fish, ham and seafood, everything was full. In addition, There were also eight kinds of pies, twelve kinds of vegetables, four large cakes, and six kinds of wine, and everyone immediately began to munch on them without any politeness. In order to avoid Clay, Nicole carried the food and ate alone in the shadow beside the stone mill. She remembered that Clay called her a "good wife" just now, but in fact, except for the few days at the Bei's banquet , she never felt that she was Clay's wife. "Tired?" Nicole looked up and saw that Clay had already taken off his wet top and had a dry towel hanging around his neck. She suddenly had an urge to hug Clay to her chest and comfort him, because Clay Ray seemed so helpless, so alone. "Can I sit next to you?" Nicole nodded silently. The place where they were located could block everyone's sight, and they were more or less secretive. "You don't eat much!" Clay looked at Nicole's still full plate, "Do you need some exercise to get your appetite?" His eyes sparkled. Nicole wanted to laugh, but Clay's approach made her too nervous to laugh. Clay picked up a piece of ham from Nicole's plate and put it in his mouth, "Meijin and Jenny overdid it! Otherwise, they miscalculated the number of people." "They all use your materials, you are too generous." Clay stared at Nicole with affection in his eyes, "Have we really become strangers and can only greet each other? ... Nicole, please let me be honest! I really don't deserve what you did for me today Everything I did....No, you let me finish...Jenny said that I have been pitying myself. I think she is right. It gave me a lot of inspiration." Clay pondered, "I began to understand that life is created by ourselves, and it cannot be changed automatically by sitting and waiting. I used to be too cowardly, and I shrank when encountering setbacks Tail, he doesn't look like a big man at all." Nicole put her hand on his arm, "You're not cowardly, I know." "You don't know myself better than I do. I was so sorry to you before, but you, you..." Clay couldn't go on, "You have brought me new hope, I swear, I will I will never let you down again." He stretched out his hand and covered Nicole's soft little hand, "I have always loved you, and now, I love you even more." Nicole felt something stuck in her throat, making her unable to speak. Clay looked straight at Nicole, "I don't know how to express my feelings and gratitude to you." He couldn't say any more, "Goodbye." He suddenly whispered, stood up and hurried away. Ignoring everyone's calls and the jacket left behind, Clay walked out of the mill quickly. Under the sparse rain, he saw that the earth had changed significantly. The several acres of wheat fields that originally belonged to Nicole had completely disappeared, leaving only one A wide and turbulent river, the original turbulent river has slowed down, like a giant beast that has just swallowed a large piece of food and is digesting its breakfast. He walked to the undamaged pier, sailed across the much wider river, and returned to the farm. When he walked slowly towards the manor, he seemed to wake up for the first time, seeing the barren scenes everywhere, and when he stepped into the house At that time, he also saw the filth and disorder of the house for the first time. "You're finally back!" Bi'an stood by the stairs, wearing a low-cut, high-waisted pink dress with colorful feathers adorning the neckline, cuffs, and skirt, "You stayed outside for another night. ' she accuses. "Do you miss me?" Clay asked sarcastically. Bi'an looked at him contemptuously, "Why can't I see anyone? What about breakfast?" "I thought you cared about me! So it was your breakfast." "Answer me! Where's breakfast?" "Breakfast is on the other side, at Nicole's Mill." "Her? That bitch! So you ran to her again! I should have known that you couldn't live without that disgusting, primitive need. What did she use to confuse you this time? Did she come to me again? What did you say behind your back?" Clay gave Bian a disgusted look, and started to walk upstairs, "She didn't mention your name at all! Thank goodness!" "She's so good at this!" Bi'an said to herself, "She finally knows that I've seen through her a long time ago. You are all blind, so you don't know that she is a greedy and shameless liar!" Clay was so angry that he jumped downstairs, grabbed Bian by the collar, and pushed her against the wall, "You don't deserve to mention her name. You have never done a good thing in your life. You don't deserve to be criticized." She! I tell you Nicole sacrificed a few acres last night to save my crop so I was digging the canal at her place yesterday! She was digging next to me and so many other kind and generous friends Dig!" He pressed Bi'an against the wall again, "You have used me enough! From now on, I will be in charge of managing the farm, the farther you get away, the better!" Bian was almost suffocated by Clay, and her fat and deformed face was even more distorted, "You are not allowed to be with her! I am your wife!" She gasped and protested, "This farm is mine!" "Ma'am!" Clay snorted, "Don't blaspheme the term ma'am!" He let go of Bi An and took two steps back, "Look at you! I don't think anyone likes you, even yourself You!" He turned and walked upstairs, no longer wasting his sleep time. Bian stood there in a daze, her breath still not calming down. What did Clay mean by accusing her?How could she not like herself?She was from an old and important English family, and she was only proud of herself, how could she not like herself?She felt hungry again, she pressed her stomach, and walked slowly to the kitchen, when she found that there was no leftovers in the kitchen, only a bag of flour, lettuce, and raw meat, she began to cry, she So hungry, so hungry!I'm so hungry that I can't hold it anymore!Why does everyone ignore her?She stumbled across a large jar of sugar, and she ate it hungrily. A week later, Clay asked Bian for a divorce. Bi'an felt that the blue sky was thundering and almost crumbling. She was happy that Clay began to work hard without drinking alcohol, and ordered his servants to clean up the house. Unexpectedly, Clay wanted to throw her out of the farm. Sitting on the couch, she felt like she was in a nightmare. She should have guessed Clay's intentions long ago, because the living room she was in was no longer the same as her original decoration, but returned to the original one. Obviously Clay He had already deliberately wiped everything about her out of the farm. "Our marriage has no meaning at all!" Clay was still stating, "You don't care about me, and I don't care about you! Why bother to maintain it?" Bi'an shook her head resolutely, "You just want her! You want to drive me out of the farm and take her over. You and her are in collusion!" "Don't spout blood!" Clay tried his best to suppress his anger, "Don't forget, you forced me to marry you, you lied to me that you were pregnant with my child!" He walked towards the window angrily, he was I only found out about Bi'an and Hao Ouli two days ago. The tobacco field surnamed Hao was completely lost after the heavy rain, and the two children died of typhus, so they found him to blackmail him. out! Bi'an felt startled and terrified, "You hate me, I know." She whispered, not knowing how to deal with this situation. "You're wrong!" Clay said quietly, "I don't hate you anymore! I just want to break up with you early and go back to England! I will send you money so that you can live comfortably." "Don't try to trick me away! You think I'm stupid, right? Your farm has been mortgaged by me. As soon as you have money, you must pay off the debt first. Why would you send it to me?" Clay turned around, his eyes almost blazing, "No, you're not stupid! You're just selfish to the extreme! Do you know how much I want to get rid of you sooner? Do you know how flattering you are?" Hate? Let me tell you, I’d rather sell the whole farm than see your fat face!” He was about to continue venting his dislike for Bi’an, but after thinking about it, he closed his mouth and walked quickly out of the living room. Bi'an sat on the sofa, unable to speak for a long time, every word of Clay's beat on her heart, making her heartache bloody, she stood up silently, and walked back to her bedroom like a zombie. If in the past, no matter how angry or sad she was, she would forget her worries once she returned to her pink world, but today she has been unable to calm down. She has been thinking about what Clay said, and Clay said that she She looked annoying and said she had a fat face.Why? She hasn't looked in the mirror for a long time, because she thinks American mirrors look fatter, she doesn't like it, but she is determined to take a closer look at herself, what is wrong with her appearance?She has always been proud of her plumpness, and ashamed of Nicole's thinness. She wants to see how she is not as good as Nicole?She began to unbutton the buttons on her chest, taking off the clothes one by one. When a bloated and swollen naked woman appeared in the mirror, she first didn't believe it, and then she was frightened, and when she was sure that it was herself, not some kind of phantom, she took a few steps back and fell on the bed. Is this her?Is this Mei Bi'an who comes from a famous family and whose suitor is like a crucian carp crossing the river?She started to cry. Suddenly, the sound of the door being slammed shut startled her. She stood by the window and saw Clay walking towards the stable, and soon, she saw Clay galloping towards the mill on the other side. Bi'an no longer shed tears, replaced by boundless resentment and jealousy, did Clay think that he would not get retribution for cruelly humiliating her?snort!He was wrong.She wanted Clay's blood to pay for him, and she thought about that bitch again, and Ni could get Clay for her, wouldn't she?She refused to let Nicole succeed. She once told Nicole that unless she died, Nicole would never get Clay. Now, she was even more determined that even if she died, Nicole would never get Clay! She started to put on her clothes, and she lifted the chair and smashed the mirror into pieces. She knew that there was a pistol in the drawer of Clay's office, and she was going to use that pistol to destroy everything about Clay and Nicole!She glanced at the bedroom for the last time, then walked downstairs slowly. Nicole stood on the pier, watching Clay row to the other side. She was still thinking about what Clay told her just now, and she was still intoxicated by Clay's passionate kiss and gentle touch. She couldn't believe that Clay negotiated a divorce with Bi'an so quickly. She knew that in order to meet Bi'an's future needs, the burden on her and Clay would inevitably increase. However, as long as they could stay together with Clay, she would do nothing not give a damn about. She also remembered the frank and beautiful relationship between the two in the cave just now, and Clay told her that he didn't want to sneak around with Nicole.I hope that the two will always be open and honest from now on, so I suggest taking her to explain the matter clearly to Bi An. Nicole is very happy with Ke Xiao's positive attitude, but she still can't bear to confront Bi An immediately. The date has been pushed to tomorrow, and she hopes that tomorrow she can make proper mental preparations and strive for her and Clay's happiness. Although they haven't lived together for more than a year, when they lay side by side, they didn't feel impatient or hasty, but admired each other, explored each other, and tasted each other, as if they both wanted to prolong this wonderful love as much as possible. journey of. From the beginning to the end, they neither explained nor regretted everything in the past, because their reunion itself is a trembling and unrequited eternity, neither disturbed by the past nor restrained by the future, when they are together, they are not the same. It doesn't feel like two separate entities, but merged into one. She stood there for a long time, and was about to walk back to the mill, but she saw Rogers rushing from the opposite bank. She watched Rogers' figure approaching from far away curiously. "Miss Nicole," Rogi yelled, waving his hat, "come quickly! Mrs. Eyre shot and wounded Mr. Eyre, and she killed herself." Nicole felt her eyes darkened and almost fainted. She didn't know how to cross the river trembling. When she sat behind Roger and rode the horse towards the manor, she almost fell off the horse several times. "You can't die! You can't die!" She cried out in her heart, tears kept streaming down her cheeks. She remembered her tragic life experience. First, her beloved parents left her, and then her empathetic grandfather died tragically. At this moment It's her beloved Clay again. Is she destined to be tortured in this world? In the blur of tears, she supported Luo Ji's hand and jumped off the horse, and ran desperately into the house. She ran to the library first aimlessly. When she saw the blood at the door, she was horrified, but when When she raised her head, she saw Clay sitting on the sofa looking at her with a weak smile, and Mi-young was busy bandaging his shoulder wound. "Clay" Nicole ran up to him crying and laughing, knelt down in front of him, and put her arms around his waist, "You scared me to death! I thought I'd never see you again .” Nicole burst into tears in horror. "Shh, shhh!" Clay stroked Nicole's shiny hair, "I'm fine, right?" "Is it okay?" Mei Yan scolded, "You have to lie in bed for at least three days! Hmph! That wicked bitch, she wanted to hold her back when she was about to die. You escaped this time!" "Bian?" Nicole raised her head with tears in her eyes, still having mixed feelings in her heart. "Dead!" Mei Yan replied, "Mr. Ai said that a person like her would not die easily, and she really died vigorously..." "Beauty!" Clay interjected, "It's none of your business here, you go down first!" With her head held high, Mei Yang walked out with a basin of red water in her hand. Clay and Nicole hugged each other tightly like the rest of their lives, and they didn't speak for a long time. Clay lamented Bi An's meaningless life and regretted whether it was his request for divorce that drove her to a dead end.However, he knew that even if he knew in advance that Bi An would make such a bad move, he would still ask for a divorce, because some people, although they are actually poor, cannot get the sympathy of others. Nicole also secretly wondered whether Bi An's death was related to her, but even if it was related to her, the current review will not help.She got closer to Clay, and felt that she cherished the relationship between her and Clay in her heart. She was thinking that Bian was actually poor, because she seemed to have never known what love was in her life. On the other hand, she herself, although she lost She lost her parents, grandfather, and her relationship with Clay was full of setbacks, but she had abundant love, "Shall we bury Bian properly?" she asked softly. "Nicole!" Clay tightened Nicole up with his uninjured arm, "You're so kind!" At dinner, Mei-Yang found Nicole sitting affectionately on Clay's lap, and the two were kissing each other. She didn't disturb the lovers, because she knew that there were many things for this pair of hard-working lovers Everything is more important than eating, she began to breathe a sigh of relief, she doesn't have to be busy making food and drink every day in the future!However, the problem is that it will be a headache to miss meals often in the future. She smiled and walked to her kitchen. ——End of the book——