Chapter 106 6-8
Chapter 106 6-8
The meal was not a pleasant one, for Mrs. Bucket pointed out, with a sort of sarcasm, the fact that Jack had come from lower class.
Before that, people thought that Jack was a nouveau riche or something. Of course, he was not an aristocrat with background, but he could still be regarded as a member of the upper class.But after listening to Mrs. Bucket's words, the scene suddenly changed.
Although Jack tried to use a relaxed tone to talk about his own affairs to make the atmosphere look more comfortable, those words with guns and sticks still made the temperature of the whole table drop below the average line.
Rose looked embarrassed because her mother, the venerable Mrs. Bucket, had been the least friendly of Jack's, and she seemed to have been trying to make a fool of him all night.On the contrary, a chubby and kind lady surnamed Brown was very enthusiastic about Jack, interacting with him from time to time so that the scene would not be too ugly.
Of course, Rose also helped a lot, such as reminding Jack how to eat "reasonably".Yu Ling noticed Jack's surprised eyes on those complicated tableware, big and small, and felt that Mr. Dawson's appearance was as cute as a little squirrel with eyes wide open.
Sure enough, he's still a young man—I don't know when his mentality has become a bit old. The mature Mr. Yu sighed like this.
But obviously, most people here don't think so.
I want Yu Ling to say...
Although I really don't want to say this, but Jack is indeed a very good guy, humorous, and has his own set of life experiences; and this group of upper-class guys does have too many prejudices.Yu Ling can be sure that if it was him who said these words, or even if it was replaced by some little nobleman who was already down and down, the people in these high society would smile and agree with him gently.
Well, that's how society is.
This group of people’s prejudice against ordinary people is simply more serious than it is 100 years later. Yu Ling was bored poking at the veal steak on the plate, and didn’t take much part in it.
.. ......
"Are you right, Mr Hockley?"
The topic was suddenly thrown on him, and Yu Ling was obviously distracted just now for an unknown period of time.He raised his head, saw Mrs. Brown smiling gently at him, and blinked: "Uh...ah, yes, you're right."
While answering, he was also thinking that fortunately Mrs. Brown asked "Are you right" instead of "What do you think?" At least the former only had two answers, and no matter how you answered it, it would not deviate from the topic.
"Carl?!" Mrs. Bucket looked at him in surprise.
'snort. Mo smiled softly, "It's not good to be distracted. Just now Molly Brown said that Jack Dawson is an excellent young man, and you agreed with her words. '
Yu Ling didn't think there was anything funny about it, and always felt that Mo liked to read his jokes—tsk, he really is an unlikable guy...
Silently puffing up his mouth in his heart, Yu Ling had to face a table of unbelievable eyes to smooth things over for himself.
"Well," he said slowly, "Mr. Dawson does have many rare and beautiful qualities that many people do not possess."
At this moment, his deep eyes flashed lightly across everyone present, and the arc of his mouth, which seemed to be a smile but not a smile, seemed to imply something. This haughty look immediately made the eyes of the upper class restrained a lot.
Not only for Yu Ling, but also for Jack Dawson.
——It's such a hassle.
After saying these words, Yu Ling lowered his head again and continued to fiddle with his veal steak.
Now he is extremely eager for time to pass faster. When he lands, he must find a manor with a large garden to stay. The space on the ship is too small for him.
Ah, speaking of which, I can also take this opportunity to drive classic cars that are no longer seen in the 21st century. I don’t know how it feels to drive...
While Yu Ling continued to be distracted, the atmosphere on the table changed again.Maybe it was Yu Ling's previous words that made everyone's face a little ugly, or it made their attitude towards Jack somewhat improved, or maybe it was Jack's personality that finally more or less moved these upper-class people——
Mrs. Bucket still looked coldly at Jack, but everyone else smiled kindly.Even, led by Rose, they toasted with Jack's words, which was regarded as a kind of recognition.
So Yu Ling discovered the fact that these guys are actually not that "prejudiced", probably at the beginning they were a little bit of arrogance and reserve in the upper class, but it's not that they really can't see the bright spots in others.
Again, apart from Mrs. Bucket, this lady was clearly the most stubborn.
Soon, everyone had almost eaten, and it was time for the after-dinner reception.Yu Ling heard Rose whispering to Jack on the side—"They will go to the smoky room and flatter each other, thinking that they are the masters of the universe."
Wow, what a sharp comment.
And, damn it hits the nail on the head.
At this time, Yu Ling was a little envious of Jack, because this after-dinner reception obviously would not bring Mr. Dawson to play together. Although some people would be polite, if Jack refused, they would not be surprised at all, and they would have more fun. to retain.
What if the one who declined was replaced by Cal Hockley?
This group of gentlemen will be very surprised, and if they don't get a reason, they probably won't let it go. Well, this is also normal, as if we went to school together when we were young, and then suddenly one day you missed class, the teacher will always ask for a reason, even if the reason is so perfunctory that it is an excuse.
"Ahem..." Almost all the men stood up, Yu Ling coughed lightly a few times, "I won't participate, probably because of the wind and cold today, I have a headache. Gentlemen, Wish you all a great night."
"Oh, Carl, you are too careless." Mrs. Bucket looked at him reproachfully, and gave him a soft reprimand.
The gentlemen also laughed a few times, and after expressing their concern for Mr. Hockley, they left together.
Yu Ling sat for a while, then stood up and went back to the room.
'Don't want to go to the after dinner party, how about the party in the lower class? Mo asked, "Rose Bukett and Jack Dawson are going to dance together tonight, don't you want to go and see?" '
'No, not interested. 'Yu Ling lifted the quilt to cover her head, not wanting to talk to Mo very much.
Peeping into his dreams, maybe even memories, even if these things can be forgiven, but Ah Shao.
He had a feeling that he caused trouble for Gu Rongshao.
It's a bad feeling.
'All right. Mo's voice seemed indifferent, "The last night before the ship sinks, I hope you have a good time...just lie in bed. '
'I am very happy. 'Yu Ling turned over and rolled the quilt tighter.
The last night before the shipwreck?
What does this mean, should he treat it like the last day of his life?
Don't be kidding, he won't die in a shipwreck tomorrow.
'Go to bed earlier, recharge your batteries, and run faster tomorrow. ' Yu Ling muttered, explaining to Mo Ting in a perfunctory manner.
'You are right. Mo nodded, his figure was a little swaying, and he appeared beside Yu Ling's bed little by little.
Of course, Yu Ling was covered in the quilt and didn't know about it.
"I thought you would want to have fun tonight. After all, the ship will sink tomorrow, and you will never be able to do any activities on the night of the Titanic in your lifetime." He said softly, and then Slowly revealing a smile.
"But you're right." He repeated the previous sentence, "Of course the fun of activities is not as important as surviving... After all, nothing is as important as being alive."
Yu Ling didn't hear this, if he had, he would probably have sneered at Mo's words.
It is important to be alive, but not without something more important than it.
"It's better to die happily than to live aggrieved!" Yu Ling almost couldn't remember when Gu Rongshao said these words, but only remembered that Gu Rongshao was absolutely young and frivolous at that time.
The expression on his face was unruly and arrogant, with an arrogance that looked down on the world.He narrowed his eyes slightly, but Yu Ling seemed to see a fire that could burn the sky in his eyes.
"One's life is so short, but there are so many things you want to do, and you may not even be able to finish them all in your lifetime." Gu Rongshao turned to look at him, "So, why do you force yourself in such a short life? What about wasting your time doing a bunch of things you don't even want to do?"
"This is not a waste of time." Yu Ling retorted at that time, "In order to have more freedom to do what you want to do in the future, the early efforts are essential, right?"
"No, no, no." Gu Rongshao shook his head, looking casually at the distant sky, "Work hard... Even if you try hard, you can't make yourself so uncomfortable, otherwise it won't be worth it."
A child who grew up in a honeypot.
When Yu Ling heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head with a smile in his heart.
Gu Rongshao seemed to see his thoughts, and turned his head to look at him seriously: "You probably think I'm talking too lightly! But I really think so."
"Every time period of a person, every year, every month, and even every day is different." Gu Rongshao looked into the distance again, and his voice was light and light. Somehow, Yu Ling heard some philosophy from it Come on, "One day is gone forever, and there is no chance to come back. If you are not happy, you will never be able to make yourself happy that day."
"This is an irreversible and irreversible thing, so..." He paused for a while, and his voice became lower and lower. Yu Ling remembered that he couldn't hear clearly at the time, but for some reason, he could hear clearly now in vain.
Is it in a dream?
"A Ling, you have to be nicer to yourself once in a while." The young man with unruly eyebrows said this, looking at him with distress or pity, "every day is like a step closer to death." , don’t let yourself be so unhappy every day.”
The author has something to say:
Sure enough, just as I expected, Gao Neng was moved to the next chapter. Is this chapter a memory kill?But it's not a simple memory killing, as you will understand in the next chapter.
I found that everyone in the comments suddenly started to wait for the team leader. 2333 team leader will not appear for the time being, but Mr. Yu will think of it from time to time in the future...
Then thank you for your comments, it feels good to have interaction, hug everyone =3=
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