As mentioned earlier, Lu Fanxing is a complex of contradictions. He can be a good father or a bad father. It depends on how his daughter chooses.

Lu Fanxing was willing to give Lydia Bennet a chance, not only because she was young and her outlook was not yet formed, but also because Lydia Bennet's nature was not bad.

Although in the Bennet family, Lydia Bennet is like a quarrelsome god. No matter who she is, she will quarrel whenever she is in a bad mood. But really, it can be forgiven, and she has not made any inhumane mistakes.

There is no possibility of making mistakes.

After Lu Fanxing finished talking to Mrs. Bennet, he went to rest. Little did he know that Mrs. Bennet seemed particularly restless as soon as he returned to the room.

It feels like I'm hiding something, like a huge problem.

Soon, the day passed, and at night, around 9 o'clock, the five girls from the Bennet family came back.

"Strange, why are the lights at home on?"

"Why can't it be lit?"

"Lidya, I don't want to quarrel with you. But...please use your brain and think about it. Mom has always been very trustworthy about us and would never leave a light on for us when we go out together."

"Elizabeth, are you looking down on mommy's brain?" Lydia yelled. "I didn't expect you to be like this Elizabeth. It's beyond my expectation."

"Where you are now, it's beyond your expectation." Elizabeth said contemptuously: "It seems that your life is full of accidents."

"Elizabeth, do you want to quarrel with me?"

But it was really noisy, and they all entered the house. In the brightly lit home, Lu Fanxing was wearing a black velvet nightgown, sitting on the sofa, with a pot of black coffee on the table next to him.

Lu Fanxing was holding a smoking black coffee in his hand, taking a sip from time to time.

"Back?" Lu Fanxing said seemingly casually.

The five girls all widened their eyes and looked at Lu Fanxing in disbelief.

"Dad," Lydia screamed, "when did you come back?"

"I came back this morning." Lu Fanxing replied, "What? You sisters seem to be very disappointed about your father's early return."

"It's nothing." Jane said quickly: "It's just that when dad left, he said that he would not come back until half a year later. Unexpectedly, dad came back three months early."

"Because all the things that need to be dealt with have been dealt with." Lu Fanxing sighed: "Who said that dad is so capable? Since the things have been dealt with, there is no need to stay outside anymore."

Elizabeth: "Dad misses us. I know."

"Yes, my dear Lark, Dad does miss you and the other children."

"Then Dad, when you come back this time, you won't be in a hurry to go out to do business again." Katie also asked.

There was only Mary, yawning and looking bored.

"No, I won't leave Longbourn town again in the next two or three years." Lu Fanxing thought about it and said, "At most, I will go to Meryton (the town next door) for a walk."

"What a great idea." Jane thought for a while and said honestly: "Actually, today, we five sisters went to Meryton to play."

"Oh?" Lu Fanxing asked casually, "Is there any handsome young man coming up to chat with me?"

"Definitely." Lydia said excitedly: "Except for Mary, our five sisters are all beautiful, okay?"

Lu Fanxing: "..."

"That's really embarrassing. It brings down the appearance of the entire Bennet family." Mary said, "I'm really sorry."

Jane frowned, and Elizabeth scolded: "Lydia, you are so rude."

Lidya shrugged and said nonchalantly: "I'm telling the truth."

God, tell the truth, is such a daughter really kind-hearted?

Lu Fanxing was almost unable to hold his forehead. He looked at Lidya intently and spoke quietly after a long while.

"Lydia, you are almost 16!"

Lidya nodded and pretended to be sweet and said: "Dad, I will be 16 in more than a month. I thought you couldn't come back in time for my 16th birthday!"

Lu Fanxing: "Why are you not like Jane and Elizabeth? Why would you say such things to your third sister? Do you think you are very humorous?"

Lidya was stunned and retorted for a long time, but she still said the same thing: "I'm telling the truth."

"What do you think makes you better-looking than Mary?" Lu Fanxing asked her: "You said Mary is average-looking, but you mean you are good-looking. I want to ask you, Lidya, what do you think makes you better-looking? You have Jane

Beautiful, no, you can't even compare to Elizabeth."

The five fingers of a human being are all long and short, and they will soon be human.

Lu Fanxing didn't know what Lidya was thinking. Maybe it was true that Mary's appearance was a shortcoming. She was indeed the least beautiful among the five sisters, but she was actually not bad. She just wore glasses and had a lot of growth around the bridge of her nose.

The freckles made Mary Bennet not even as good as Katie, who also had subtle freckles.

Lydia is very beautiful, like a passionate red rose, but she should not point her thorns at her family members while blooming with outsiders.

Maybe Lydia doesn't even know where Lu Fanxing is angry. She just thinks that Lu Fanxing's current reaction is too fussy!

"You know, Lydia, the feeling you give me at this moment is not much different from that of dear Mrs. Bennet." Lu Fanxing still couldn't help showing his venomous tongue.

Now, Lidya really couldn't bear it.

"Dad, don't be too biased. Mary didn't say anything, so you scolded me for her." Lidya said forcefully. "You also said that I am only 16 years old. What do 16-year-old girls know? Dad, do you really

Yes, he is biased to the point of being confident."

"So?" Lu Fanxing sneered: "I'm not convinced, so I spend the whole day sowing discord at home."

Lidya's eyes suddenly turned red.

Katie became at a loss: "Dad, Lydia didn't mean that."

"That's not what you mean? What does that mean?" Lu Fanxing asked back: "I don't want my youngest daughter to be a nuisance that even her sister will bully. Starting from tomorrow, Lidya, you are not allowed to go out."

Lydia was anxious now.

She shouted. "Why?"

"I am your father and you were born to me." Lu Fanxing said angrily: "Since you said I am partial, I will be partial to the end. Don't worry, as a father, I will carry forward my prejudice against you."

Lydia: "..."

This time Lidya burst into tears and didn't want to say anything to refute Lu Fanxing.

Lidia returned to the room angrily, and Katie quickly followed her to comfort her. Mary was quite out of sorts. It seemed that Lu Fanxing's scolding of Lidya was not for her.

"Dad, can I go back to the room?" Mary asked.

Lu Fanxing glanced at her, then at Jane and Elizabeth respectively: "Did you have fun today?"

"My feeling is average." Mary answered honestly: "On the contrary, the eldest sister and the second sister are very happy."

simple:"......"

Elizabeth: "!!!"

"We're in love!" Lu Fanxing smiled. "I just came back and before I had time to rest, my dear Mrs. Bennet told me that Bingley and his good friend Mr. Darcy were interested in Jane and Elizabeth respectively.

"

"Mr. Bingley likes Jane very much." Elizabeth said first: "As for Mr. Darcy, I'm sorry, I have very complicated feelings about him."

"Oh?" Lu Fanxing asked pretending to be angry, "Why is it complicated?"

"I think he is very arrogant." Elizabeth replied: "When we were shopping in Meryton, we met Mr. Wickham. He is the godson of Mr. Darcy's father. Unfortunately, his relationship with Mr. Darcy is very bad. Darcy

When Mr. Xi saw him, his face turned dark and he was unwilling to pay attention to him."

Lu Fanxing: "Maybe that guy named Wickham did something wrong."

"Perhaps." Elizabeth continued to show her prejudice: "I thought about it carefully and it's none of my business. To be honest, I actually have a good impression of Mr. Darcy, but it's a pity that that good impression didn't exist in Wickham.

It was destroyed after Mr.

"That's it." Lu Fanxing sighed: "I understand, Elizabeth, my dear second daughter, you are indeed the most like me. If you don't have a good impression of a person at the beginning, it will be difficult to change your impression in the future."

Jane: "The first meeting between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy was not very wonderful."

Lu Fanxing: "Did it happen at the dance?"

"Yes. The ball was held in Netherfield Gardens a week after Dad left home to do business." Jane replied: "It was held by Mr. Bingley in order to integrate into the town of Longbourn."

Lu Fanxing nodded to express his understanding, but said: "Jian, you and Elizabeth are already grown girls. You are separate individuals. You are not in the rebellious period of youth like Lidya. What dad wants to say is, if you really like

, if you think Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy are good, Dad will not object to you having contact with them."

Jane: "Thank you, Dad."

Elizabeth: "Thank you, Dad. Jane and I both know what Dad is worried about. Don't worry, Jane and I will not break through that line of defense and damage the reputation of Dad and the Bennet family."

"Dad only wants you to be happy." Lu Fanxing chuckled. "Dear Mrs. Bennet is right, you have reached the age to get married."

Jane was a little shy, but Elizabeth pretended to be pitiful.

"Dad, when you say that, I feel like you want to drive Jane and I out of the house." After a pause, Elizabeth suddenly remembered her cousin who came to visit the house the day before yesterday, and then said instead. "Dad, cousin Collins came the day before yesterday.

, since you are not at home, he plans to formally visit again in a week."

"Collins?" Lu Fanxing was surprised: "Why is he here at home?"

"I don't know." Elizabeth shrugged, expressing her displeasure with Cousin Collins. "Maybe he doesn't have good intentions."

There is a reason for Elizabeth to say this. Mr. Bennet (Lu Fanxing) has no sons. According to British law at this time, the Bennet family's property can only be inherited by men. Five daughters will receive five thousand

Money of more than pounds is used as dowry, and then the wealth created by Lu Fanxing will be inherited by distant relative Collins.

Collins is a priest with an old-fashioned character and mediocre appearance. In the original plot, he came to visit the Bennet family and fell in love with Elizabeth at first sight. Then he confidently proposed marriage to Elizabeth, but was rejected.
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