However, her faint hope did not come true. When she opened her eyes again, she was in a hospital room, with the same middle-aged lady from last night still by her side. Upon seeing her wake up, the lady immediately asked with concern, "Elizabeth, youre awake? How do you feel? Are there any discomforts? Do you recognize me?"
The last question was clearly filled with worry.
Elizabeth looked at the white ceiling, wishing to figure out what had happened, but to no avail. She could only face one issue at a time: it seemed she had truly time-traveled, and into a fictional novel that did not exist in the real world.
"I feel fine, Im alright. Just let me rest for a while," Elizabeth spoke with difficulty, adding a term of address to avoid any complications: "Mom."
Upon hearing this, the worried expression on the ladys face finally eased, and she turned to leave. At the door, she suddenly turned back: "By the way, you found Mr. Darcy in time last night; otherwise, his situation would have been dire. His family is grateful to you."
Mr. Darcy...
If she remembered correctly, this character was a cannon fodder character who died early in the script. It was his unexpected death that led to the illegitimate son, Mr. Bingley, taking over as the familys sole heir, and this was how the entire story truly began.
Now, she had just arrived and saved a character who was supposed to die?
This is bad, she might have created a BUG.
"Come as you are, settle as you will."
This was Elizabeths principle, and she didnt know how to return to reality, so she could only survive well in this fictional world first.
From the conversations she had gathered with her mother over the past few days, it seemed that the plot had just begun. The original story had Elizabeth forcing Mr. Bingley to engage with her. The Bennet family was not very willing because Mr. Bingley was an illegitimate child. Unexpectedly, after hearing the news of Mr. Darcys death, Mr. Bingley became the only son of the Bingley family, and the Bennet family quickly agreed to the engagement.
So now the problem was, since she had mistakenly saved Mr. Darcy, would everything that followed cease to exist?
"Elizabeth? What are you thinking about?" her mother waved her hand in front of her face.
Elizabeth came back to reality and smiled, "Nothing, Mom, I want to go see Mr. Darcy, is that okay?"
"See Mr. Darcy? Sure, sure." Her mother nodded, but she was puzzled. In the past, she would have sent someone to find Mr. Bingley even if he just tripped slightly, but this time she didnt mention Mr. Bingley at all?
Unable to figure out her daughters thoughts, her mother could only follow her wishes, fearing another elopment.
Mr. Darcys room was in the VIP care unit upstairs. Elizabeth followed her mother to the door and saw him half-lying on the bed through the transparent window, reading a book. His face was not very clear.
Elizabeths heart was pounding, and she became timid.
This was a BUG, after all. According to the plotline, he was already considered a dead man.
"Elizabeth? Go ahead," her mother had already pushed the door open and brought her in while she was still hesitating.
Elizabeth lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look directly at the person opposite.
But her mother had no tacit understanding with her at all, and at this moment, she spoke a few words to Mr. Darcy considerately and then left, leaving her alone in the ward, facing this huge BUG.
"Elizabeth?" came a magnetic and pleasant male voice, expressing some gratitude to her: "I heard that you found me and saved my life. I should be the one to thank you."
"Ah, no need, its nothing." Elizabeth stammered, but for some reason, she thought: this BUGs voice is quite pleasant.
After a pause, the other party spoke again with a smile: "Am I very frightening? Why are you always looking down, afraid of me?"
Youre damn right youre scary. Youre the scariest BUG in this world, arent you?
Although this is what she thought, on the surface, Elizabeth still looked up with a smile and said: "Why would you be scary? You are clearly so... extraordinarily handsome."
She didnt exaggerate. The man in front of her had a pair of charming peach blossom eyes, a high nose, and beautiful thin lips. His features were flawless, exactly the kind of face that would only exist in novels!
Thinking of this, she realized that this was indeed inside a novel!
"Ah, so, are you alright now?" Elizabeth moved her gaze away uncomfortably, wiped her nose with her hand, and made sure she wasnt bleeding before she felt relieved.
After she spoke, Elizabeth secretly lifted her eyelids to look at BUG... ah, no, Mr. Darcy again. She saw a faint smile on his lips and he replied slowly: "Im fine now, thank you."
"Good, thats good, then Ill go back first." As soon as Elizabeth finished speaking, she had already run out of the ward.
It was only when she returned to her own ward that her abnormal heart rate returned to normal.
Elizabeth leaned against the door panel, took several deep breaths, and then walked inside. As soon as she entered, she saw a strange man sitting by her bed. She looked suspiciously at the name in front of the bed, yes, it was hers.
"Excuse me, sir, did you go to the wrong ward?" Elizabeth asked awkwardly.
The man sitting in front of her bed stiffened, as if enduring something extremely hard, and after a while, he turned his head without looking back and asked coldly, "Elizabeth Bennet, you really went to great lengths for the engagement, didnt you?"
What? What is this about?
Elizabeth was stunned. Was this man insane? What was he talking about... Wait a minute? Engagement?
Thinking about it, Elizabeth stiffened all over. So, this man could be the male protagonist of this novel鈥擬r. Bingley?