novelraw Chapter 31
Chapter 31
Chapter 31
He knocked on the door three times with his fingers, and after hearing Mr. Bennett's voice of "come in", Dylan opened the door and walked in.
"I'm back, Dad." Dylan smiled and met the gaze of Mr. Bennett who was sitting behind the desk. It was a pair of black eyes full of warmth that seemed to be able to accommodate everything.
"Just come back and sit down." Putting down the book in his hand, Mr. Bennett nodded to Dylan, "Everything in London has been dealt with,"
"Yes, Dad." Dylan opened the suitcase, took out the documents and the account books and put them on the table in front of Mr. Bennett, and sat down opposite him, "This is the steel and coal you ordered me to buy. The documents of the company's shares, the books are the accounts of the third quarter of the industry under the name of Bennett."
Mr. Bennett flipped through it briefly, and looked up at his son with high hopes in satisfaction: "Very good, Dylan. It would be even better if you could finish your studies and graduate early, and then I can send all the Bennett family You are in charge of everything." He raised his hand to stop Dylan, who was about to say something, and continued, "I have been married to your mother for 20 years, son. Except for the honeymoon trip when we first got married, we have been doing everything for you. This family works hard. Now that you are all grown up, I want to go on a trip with your mother and take a rest."
When Mr. Bennett said this, Dylan could only swallow his complaints completely.He can see the dedication of his parents to the Bennett family, and he is well aware of the burden on himself.Although Mr. Bennett asked him to take over all the family affairs after he graduated, he was a little caught off guard, but sooner or later, it was a matter of time.
Seeing his son's handsome face with a slightly stiff expression, Mr. Bennett sighed: "Dylan, in fact, I have given you a lot of time. Sooner or later, the Bennett family will be handed over to you. Your mother and I I’ve worked hard all my life, and I want to relax.”
In the 20 years since Grace married him, she had children, educated them, planned various investments of the Bennett family, and allowed the Bennett family to gain a firm foothold in the upper class. He felt that he owed her a lot.The wife didn't enjoy anything when she got married, but she kept giving.
Dylan was silent, and answered after a long time: "I know, Dad."
Compared with his friends, although he can't be said to be the luckiest, he is much better.
Not to mention George Wickham, he can only rely entirely on himself.No matter how much old Mr. Darcy loves him, he can't surpass his son, and the help he can give him is always limited.
William Collins, Mr. Bennett is his guardian. In a legal sense, he is the adopted son of the Bennett family, but in fact he is the heir of the Collins family.The Bennett's house just provided him with a place of shelter before he became an adult, and it was impossible to really become his back strength.When he was 16 years old, Mr. Bennett handed over the Collins property that he supervised to him bit by bit. When he became an adult, all the property of the Collins family was under his control.Even if he had received the education of running a family before this, it was not so fast to really get started.The past few years have not been easy for him.
Charles Bentley, he is relatively relaxed.After going to university, he began to slowly get in touch with the family business. According to Mr. Bentley's plan, the property should be completely handed over to him after he graduated from university and got married.It's just that no one expected that there would be an accident. The old Bingley and his wife would pass away one after another like that, and the burden of the Bingley family was all on him.
Fitzwilliam Darcy.He was the oldest of their friends, and the happiest.Although the Darcy family does not have a noble title, it is also a famous family.He is the only child in the family, so the pressure will not be small, but he only started to formally contact family affairs last year.At that time, he had already graduated from college.Old Mr. Darcy gave him a lot of freedom.
Dylan began to participate in the management of the family business at the age of 12. At that time, he was a bystander watching how Mr. Bennett handled various affairs. At the age of 16, part of the affairs began to be handed over to him. After college, most of the affairs were in charge of him.And now his father has said that when he graduates from college, he will be in charge of the affairs of the Bennett family.
"Father, I can't guarantee that the Bennett family will be more brilliant in my hands, but I can guarantee that the Bennett family will never fall!" Dylan said firmly, and Hailan, who was looking into Mr. Bennett's black eyes, The color eyes are shining brightly.
After looking at his son for a while, he finally smiled. Mr. Bennett relaxed and leaned back on the chair: "William has contacted you, how is the matter with him?"
Dylan also relaxed, and with a warm smile on his lips, he walked to the sofa next to him and sat down.
"The property under Collins' name is not much, and it is completely under William's control now. As for the relatives of the Collins family, with our Bennett family behind William, what big moves can they make?" Eyes flashed After a sneer, Dylan rubbed his chin with his hand, "But what William said in the letter this time is a bit strange. The Duchess de Bourgh recommended him to be the pastor of the Hunsford Diocese, and it was the lady who took the initiative to find him. .”
It's good that William is a top student at the Divinity School of Cambridge University, but he should not be able to take on the priesthood of such a large diocese while he is still a university student.Apart from the Bennett family behind the Collins family, there was no other influential family. Dylan had to doubt the lady's plan.
"Has William agreed?" Mr. Bennet asked with a frown after pondering for a moment.
"Not yet finalized." Dylan shook his head, "But judging from the letter, he should be willing."
The Collins family can only be regarded as squires, or the kind of squires who don't have much money and only earn about [-] pounds a year.And the priests with real power have a higher status than the country gentry.The choice William will make in the end is actually not difficult to guess.
"Mrs. de Bourgh has an only daughter..." Mr. Bennet frowned, and then shook his head, "No, although she didn't announce it to the public, she once vaguely mentioned in the circle that her favorite son-in-law is Dar The heir of the West family... Let William become the vicar of Hunsford Diocese, what is her plan..."
Dylan didn't pay attention to Mr. Bennett's muttering anymore, he was dazed by the news he heard before.
Mrs. de Bourgh's preferred son-in-law candidate is the heir of the Darcy family... In the entire British Empire, the Darcy family, which ranks high in the upper class, seems to be the only one in Derbyshire!He remembered that Fitzwilliam's favorite seemed to be his family's Elizabeth...
Could it be that the Bennett family is going to confront the De Bauer family because of Fitzwilliam?Dylan couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows.Probably not, the matter of Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth was known to no one except the Bennet family and the Darcy family.Fitzwilliam didn't want Elizabeth's reputation to be affected, and he always paid attention to secrecy, and he would not make excessive moves casually.
Seeing his son thinking hard, Mr. Bennett sighed silently.Sure enough, no matter how smart he was, he was still a little younger. "Don't think too much, Dylan. No matter what the lady thinks, we don't need to pay too much attention to it. The current Bennett family doesn't need to be too taboo."
Although the De Bauer family is a duke, their status in high society is not as good as that of the Bennett family.Moreover, the heir of the De Bourgh family is just a sick and weak woman. No matter how you look at it, the Bennett family has a better future.
Dylan nodded: "I'm just a little worried about Liz. After all, her relationship with Fitzwilliam... If that lady really wants to get involved, I'm afraid that Liz's reputation will be affected. There are several girls in our family, We have to think about this more.”
Mr. Bennett smiled slightly: "Dylan, this morning when you came back, Fitzwilliam came to the study alone to find me, hoping that I could receive his father's visit."
"Ah, old Mr. Darcy is coming to Longbourne?" Dylan was really surprised this time, and then suddenly realized, "Could it be...? But Liz is only 14 years old, Dad." What else could Mr. Darcy be traveling for but his son's marriage!
"Of course it is impossible to get married at the age of 14, but engagement is also possible." Mr. Bennett looked at Dylan's face with a funny face.
In recent years, as Dylan has matured, the expression on his face has become less and less.The expressive boy in the past has gradually turned into a young man with a smile on his face.Grace once joked that her son has *type facial paralysis, others are expressionless, but he is full of smiles.
"You agree, Dad?"
"Do I still have to object?" Mr. Bennet raised his eyebrows. "Fitzwilliam is a very good young man. Liz is lucky to be with him."
Hearing that his father had already called Darcy by his Christian name, Dylan knew that this matter was the final decision.Mr. Bennet told him at this time, but it was just a notice.
Dylan felt a little uncomfortable.Although when he brought his friends back home, he also wanted to introduce them to his younger sister, but now that two younger sisters have actually been booked, he started to struggle again.
His baby sister was about to become another man's wife.Probably only Mr. Bennett in the whole family can experience this sense of loss.
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After speaking, the two Mr. Bennetts came to the living room and finally caught up with the last train for the afternoon tea of the ladies and ladies.Catherine held her head up and said to the two figures who walked in with a bright smile: "Dad and Dylan, you are late, we have already eaten all the dim sum. What a pity, today's dim sum was made by my mother, and It’s a dim sum that I’ve never made before!”
Dylan raised his eyebrows without much reaction, but Mr. Bennett's black eyes darkened instantly, and the curvature of the corners of his lips disappeared.He glanced at the empty plate on the table that should have been filled with snacks, and then looked sideways at Grace. The grievance and unwillingness in his eyes made Grace, who was drinking tea, pause, and choked on the black tea. He coughed uncontrollably.
"Why are you in such a hurry when no one competes with you?" Mr. Bennett walked over two steps at a time, patted her on the back lightly with his big hand, and said meaningfully.
If it wasn't for the scary look in your eyes, how could she choke!Grace glared at him fiercely, complaining silently in his heart.
"Sill, go to the kitchen and bring the stack of mung bean cakes for the Viscount and Dylan to taste." Grace turned sideways and moved, letting Mr. Bennett sit down beside her, and ordered to her housekeeper road.
Hill walked out of the living room to make arrangements, but Catherine looked at Grace with mournful eyes: "So there are still snacks, mom, you are partial, I just said I still want to eat, but you said there are no more!"
"This snack is made of mung beans. Although it feels cool to eat, you can't eat too much. Be careful of diarrhea." Grace reached out and scratched the wrinkled nose of the little daughter lovingly, "If you really like it, Mom will make it for you later." Then she lowered her head to meet Catherine's gaze, "But is mom really partial? Dad and Dylan didn't eat it, so shouldn't it be left for them? Kitty's has already been eaten Yes, mother said no more, was it wrong?"
Catherine's eyes flickered, and she turned her head to avoid Grace's loving eyes in embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "Mom, I didn't mean that... It's just that the snacks made by mom are really delicious, so I just... I won't be in the future."
Touching her head, Grace smiled and said, "Kitty is so good."
"Mom, isn't Mary good?" Hearing her mother praise her twin sister, Mary pouted and leaned over to express her dissatisfaction.
"How could it be?" Grace touched Mary's soft long hair, and the smile on his face deepened, "Our babies are all good children!"
The author has something to say: In just over ten days, Tudou experienced the departure of two relatives.
Grandpa survived three critical illness notifications, and finally left on the fourth.
A day later, my grandmother, who was still in good health, also closed her eyes on the bed.
The two old people are over 90, which can be regarded as advanced age, and it can also be regarded as a happy funeral, but Tudou still feels very sad.
The old man who would joke with Tudou, grab Tudou’s tablet, and give Tudou unlimited care, that’s it, gone.
When dreaming every night, Potato would think they were still alive.
Some pains can only be healed by time.