The villa in Dandong is located in a dense poplar forest. It was built in the era of the "Sun King" and is a masterpiece of an Italian designer. The villa was originally a French nobleman. The unfortunate guy died in guillotine after the outbreak of the Great Revolution. Its industry and this villa were bought at a low price by a wealthy businessman. After all decorations were newly decorated as a wedding gift, the wealthy businessman gave it to the then President of the National Convention, Dandong.

The entire villa is not large in size, but its interior decoration is extremely luxurious. All kinds of collections from the literary era reveal the nobleness of the owner. The villa is surrounded by gardens, with the back and the front as grand as the front. The height of the reception hall is more than two floors, and the thick pillars create a solemn atmosphere, which is awe-inspiring. The decoration of the central hall is completely white, while the other rooms are brightly colored wet murals, with biblical stories. This type of religious theme decoration is completely built in accordance with the requirements of Lady Louise, who believes in Catholicism.

Because of the naughty little guests visiting, the hosts did not stay in the spacious hall as usual, read aloud in the poems praising God, and played in the garden with their female guests. They said it was playing, but in fact, only the guests were swinging alone. The hostess, Mrs. Louise, smiled and stood by and watched, while the male host Dandong was sitting on the stone, pondering something.

The garden has a great view, and all kinds of spring flowers bloom all over the entire courtyard. It is far from the noise of the city and the dirty politics of the country, and the atmosphere is quiet and warm, but the beautiful girl on the swing looks unhappy. Her hair is as black as jade, her eyes are as gentle as antelope's eyes, and her slender fingers with the beauty of ancient Greek carvings are stroking a bunch of pear blossoms, and the petals are torn to pieces and spread on the floor. Although the weather is very cold, she does not wear a coat, her arms are bare to the elbow, revealing the part that has been sunburned by the sun, which is as beautiful as the hands of the goddess Venus. Her soft and beautiful feet are wearing gauze stockings, and gray-blue flowers are embroidered at the ankles. Because of her anxiety, one foot is gently patting the ground, as if she is deliberately trying to reveal her plump and well-proportioned calves.

The girl is Balas's only baby daughter, Andrew's fiancée, Miss Cosett.

Of course, Cossett was not very happy. The reason for the blame should be attributed to one person. Even a blind man could tell from the unhappy look of the lady that that person was Andrew.

When she ran out of her father's villa, Cossett had already seen Andrew walk down the carriage. She was so happy that she wanted to rush over immediately, but the girl's unique reserve made her choose to continue to escape. Well, it seems inappropriate to escape. To borrow the description in Li Qingzhao's poem, she was walking with shame, but she smelled the green plums. There was no green plums here, so she could only smell the fragrance of flowers. It was only less than 20 minutes from Cossett's house to Dandong Villa, but Cossett waited for an hour and a half.

The masters were afraid of this willful girl, so they put down the Bible and accompanied the depressed little girl to the garden to relax. The pear blossoms were originally in the tree, but they looked at their petals peeled off to the ground by the girl; the wooden boards under the swing made creaking from time to time, and Cosset was shaking herself desperately again.

Why didn't he come yet? Do you don't like me? Or is there someone else?... The shaking Cosset kept asking himself, doubts and speculations became the girl's heart disease at this time.

Yes, he must have been dragged down by his father, and ran to the room to work on their disgusting plots. It must be yes, Cossett decided. Before he met Andrew in Toulon, Cossett knew some of the political actions of Balas, who went out early and came back late every day, and gave some high-pitched and exciting speeches on the podium of the National Convention, and sometimes engaged in shameful activities in a corner. Balas was her father, although he was not ashamed of his actions.

For, but he will never hate his relatives. This is what his mother told him before his death. If Andrew alienated himself because of his father's affairs, how would he make a decision? It is impossible. Mrs. Leise told herself that they had reached a certain degree of alliance, including her own marriage. Why didn't he come yet? Is he not knowing the road, was he delayed on the road, or other reasons? This seems to be a difficult problem. Cossett was unwilling to think too much, so he jumped to the second question.

Does he like me? It should be my favorite, and Cosett seems to be able to confirm. To this day, she still clearly remembers the wonderful days she acted as a general orderly. Since her mother passed away, those times have never been happy, and she has been with a mysterious oriental man all day long, forgetting her identity as a girl, and only remembering the wonderful things brought by the person in front of her.

How kind he was. Outside the military camp in Boss Town, he took in a strange "little boy" so generously and gave him clothes and food. The poor commissioner could not tell that he was a girl. Thinking of this, Cossett couldn't help but be proud of his disguise. He treated the soldiers as kind as merciful as his relatives, crying for their sacrifice, and heartache for their injuries...

How brave he was. On the bloody flea hill, he was the first to ride a war horse and rushed towards the enemy's position without any concern, regardless of the terrible giant shells around him falling beside him. He won the respect of everyone in the legion. In the battle behind him, he actually won one victory after another with his inferior force. In this regard, he was more than 100 times stronger than his father.

How upright he was. He never accepted any corrosion. The luxurious meal was regarded as dirt in his eyes, and was willing to eat the same meal as the soldiers. Although they were all coarse grains, they felt relish. For the sake of the lives of the soldiers, he dared to rush out the abominable Doctor Dopp and save the entire legion.

And his bloody, no, no! That's called revolutionary firmness. The girl kept denying her previous judgment. Guo Er was a little confused and then thought of the third question.

Does he have other women? He seemed to have had this idea on the hospital bed, but I can't be sure. Alas, why didn't I take the initiative to reveal my identity and let him send someone to investigate myself secretly? I'm really ignorant. Well, many men are talking about his affair in Orleans. I don't believe it, I absolutely don't believe it, otherwise he wouldn't have traveled to the suburbs to find him. But why did he come now? Is it delayed or other reasons? I don't know, nor do I want to know. I just hope that he can appear in front of me immediately, as a reasonable surprise.

Cosset landed on the ground, stopped swaying on the swing, stood up and looked outside, trying to find the person in her heart. But she was still disappointed, the general still did not appear, and the shadow of loss remained in her heart.

The beautiful Mrs. Louise walked forward, still maintaining a charming smile on her face, and said to the restless girl: "What's wrong, I'm still thinking about him."

Cosett's delicate face was a little shy and began to rosy, but he insisted on nodding. In front of the hostess, she could talk about all the topics in her heart, including the man who made her worry about.

"Am I beautiful?" the girl asked the same beautiful woman. This was the question she had just thought of. Is he not liked his appearance? Although Cossett had been very confident about his appearance before.

"Of course it is beautiful, both beautiful and lovely. You are like the Greek beauties of Cyprus or Keos. Your eyes are black and bright, your lips are bright red and tender, and your steps are as light and graceful as the Arles and Andalusian women. Your thick eyelashes conceal a pair of watery and passionate eyes. Cossett, you are the darling of God's creation, and any woman will be jealous of you, including me." Mrs. Louise praised enthusiastically.

The words of praise were as gorgeous as poetry, which made Cossett feel a little excited. Unfortunately, it was not from his words. Cossett began to feel sad again and was in a low mood.

"So what, don't be too sad, God will bring him before you." Mrs. Louise comforted Cossett softly.

"Am I very rude?" Cosett seemed to have found the reason.

"No, your character is given by God. You are born with a liking and active life, which is an advantage." Mrs. Louise, who is quiet, likes this girl who is not very different from her age. At that time, she treated Cossett as her sister.

"But why didn't he come yet?" Cossett was still asking.

"This is God's arrangement, so why don't we pray more to the Lord's blessing." Speaking of this, Mrs. Louise remembered that she had not prayed to God during this period. So she closed her eyes slightly, held her hands tightly in front of her chest, and was pious, chanting poems praising God.

Like her father, Cossett was not a good Christian. Balas no longer believed in God, but followed the current political interests. She hated God because the omnipotent Lord failed to listen to Cossett's prayer for three days and three nights, and cruelly took his seriously ill mother away from her side. Although Cossett was tired of the mistress's extremely pious religious belief, he did not want to interrupt it, so he had to go to the flower garden alone to continue to destroy innocent flowers.

At this time, Andrew had already arrived at the villa, holding a handful of wild flowers he had just collected. This was Pierre's advice, standing outside, looking around at the people in the garden. The man was writing, a woman was praying, and the other girl was walking through the flowers.

"Cough, cough." A few dry coughs interrupted everyone's work, and three pairs of eyes turned to the oriental who made a sound at the same time.

"Hello everyone, I'm Andrew." The old-fashioned opening remark caused laughter from the people present. Dandong's laughter was welcome, Mrs. Louise's laughter was welcome, Cossett's laughter was happy, and Andrew's own laughter was ridiculed.

"Come in, Minister Andrew." Mrs. Louise warmly invited, replacing the title of general with minister.

Nodded, Andrew skillfully walked around the flower garden and walked straight to Cosett. The male and female hostess looked at each other and smiled and gently retreated back to the room. Only a pair of young men and women in love were left in the garden.

"You are here!"

"Yes, I'm here!"

"But, it's a little late."

"That was to pick flowers for my beloved girl. I heard that she likes the wild flowers in spring the most."

"Oh, she doesn't like wildflowers now."

"Then what does she like? I'll get it."

"No need!"

"Why?"

"Because she likes, she is already standing in front of her."

"Then can I hug you?"

As soon as Andrew's words came out, Cosset had already pounced on him, and the two hugged each other warmly, for a long time, for a long time...

"The poems you wrote are beautiful. Are you prepared for me?"

"Of course there are, and there are quite a few!"

"Then read it to me!"

"Kiss me first!"

"kindness!"

Andrew, who received the encouragement of fragrant kisses, shamelessly began to plagiarize the masterpieces of future generations.

Poor Pushkin became the first target of sacrifice, this is his song "Little Flower".

"I found a little flower in the book

It's already dry

therefore

Many strange reverie

Which spring is it

It's in full bloom

Why are you clamped here

Is it a friend or a stranger's hand

But to commemorate the gentle meeting

Keep it forever

Or just because of loneliness

In the quiet of the fields

Is it him or her

Which corner is their home

Oh

—Like this unknown little flower”

…

Andrew's ups and downs and his extremely exaggerated expression made the beauty beside him extremely happy.

"What a beautiful poem! Why haven't you read it when I was in the Legion? Is there any more?" Miss Cossett, who had finished her endless reminiscence, still entangled her lover with unsatisfactory desire, begged him and asked him to continue reciting.

"Of course there is, but now it's time for me to kiss you."

"Hurry up, I still want to listen?"

After stealing the incense, Andrew continued to plagiarize Pushkin's famous quote, which is indeed very famous "If life deceives you."

"If life deceives you,

Don't be sad, don't be anxious!

A melancholy day requires calmness:

Believe it! Happy days will come.

The heart always yearns for the future;

Now I am often depressed:

Everything is instant, everything will pass;

And what has passed will become a kind nostalgic memory.”
Chapter completed!