[Comprehensive Western Classics]
Scarlett is the youngest daughter of the Lawrence family, fragile and ignorant. But the advantage is that she is young and beautiful, so no matter where she goes, she is the most lovable flower and the most sought-after pearl.
At that time, she did not know that all the love she received came from the surname with a gold edge behind her name - the dazzling Lawrence family.
Until the Lawrence family fell into ruin overnight and became the most notorious liar in the city.
Her father was imprisoned and her mother struggled to maintain herself. The pampered Scarlett was also sent to her Aunt Jenny's home in the countryside.
But Scarlett still maintained the habits she had as a noble lady, which made her almost excluded from Hydro's social circle.
Scarlett was shocked by the ugly reality and suddenly realized that aside from Lawrence's surname, she was empty-handed and had almost nothing.
She became the favorite joke of all the Hydro people after dinner, except for one person who didn't care, the self-righteous Colonel Byron.
Because no joke can really make him laugh.
Like other Hydro men, Byron would never take the initiative to say a word to Scarlett, but he would bend down and solemnly invite her to dance at a social dance where Scarlett was isolated.
He is old-fashioned, mean, and unreasonable, like a cold metal soldier.
He doesn't even believe in religion and is the only outlier in Hydro who doesn't know how to go to church. Even when Scarlett was chatting with the elegant and handsome pastor, he would come over and interrupt stiffly, and warned her not to come to the church alone again.
Scarlett doesn't like Byron, she even hates him, not only because he also hates herself. It's even more because he is the kind of man she hated most when she was a noble lady: unreasonable, unsociable, and even arrogant to the point of disdain for other people's eyes.
But when the bonfire was lit on a midsummer night, and everyone was immersed in singing, dancing, wine, laughter and blessings, Scarlett quietly noticed that Byron's unwavering eyes were ignited by the flames.
He looked at himself, it was hot and intense, it was clearly the fire of love.
Purpose: love and freedom