I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 171 The consequences are serious

After Irving finished interrogating Johnson, he handed him over to Gerald's custody and was pulled together to sit in the off-road vehicle.

As for Annie, she had a distant relationship with Owen, so he naturally didn't bother to talk to her alone. After just asking a few random questions, I understood everything from the other party's hesitant performance.

There are many smart people who understood it on the spot.

Only Connie, an innocent little girl, thought that her cousin had suffered an accident. I never thought about why a lady who basically would not act alone in London would appear in the mountains in the countryside.

In this era, both China and the West regard women's purity as high as the sky. Whether common people or nobles, their requirements in this regard are the same.

As a country currently governed by religion, the crime of debauchery is even more serious. It violates the teachings of the state religion and is a blatant rebellion. It goes against God's will and offends the gods.

Generally, those who commit this crime will be disgraced and expelled from the social circle.

Johnson, who was already planning to move away due to gambling debts, was already notorious in his social circle. But Anne, who was originally comfortable, was miserable because the moral requirements of this era for men and women were different.

If the matter is revealed, from now on Anne will not be able to spend money, leave if she has relatives, or return to her home. No serious person would welcome her to their door, let alone interact with her.

There is no doubt that she will become a lonely person in poverty, and she will not even be able to work like ordinary civilians to support herself. Because factories, hospitals and department stores also have moral requirements for female workers.

Owen couldn't imagine what kind of physical happiness could override reason and put himself in the position of social death?
Love is beautiful, but it must be true love where two people are happy and respect each other.

Owen obviously didn't think that the man who ran away with a woman and indulged himself in the mountains truly loved this woman.

Any man who coaxes a woman into rebellious behavior just for a moment of pleasure is unforgivable—especially the woman he harmed should not be forgiven.

The frivolous and stupid Anne was sitting in the Lotus House, looking at the disdainful and disdainful looks directed at old Mrs. Owen, Caroline and the cook Lily, and finally began to feel so uncomfortable that she wanted to go crazy.

As for Miss Xia, the owner of the Lotus Building, and the cold lady sitting with Miss Xia, although there was no contempt in their eyes, they completely ignored her and obviously thought she was not worthy of respect or concern.

Even though her cousin Connie was still comforting her in a low voice, Anne gradually understood that it was just because this innocent cousin did not understand what happened to her.

Once she understands, maybe she will hate her more than others.

Because Connie is different from others, they are blood relatives, and she will be directly affected by her.

The more Anne thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help crying at her desk again.

When she eloped, it was just a matter of passion. After she was away from the familiar crowd, she became even more careless, only pursuing sensual pleasure and ignoring the secular world and teachings.

But once she was found and discovered, her sense of shame finally came to her, making her extremely frightened.

Xia Qingdai no longer cares about Annie, it has nothing to do with her anyway. Jane, on the other hand, glanced at Connie from time to time, who was still comforting her cousin in a low voice, with a look of pity and intolerance in her eyes.

Xia Qingdai felt that someone who kept crying was very noisy, and old Mrs. Irving was leaning on the collapse again and moaning, so she simply pulled Jane and ran to the second floor to find some peace and quiet.

Here is Owen sitting writing a letter. He is the quietest person.

"Who are you writing to?" Xia Qingdai asked casually.

Owen had nothing to hide and replied directly: "To my uncle."

"Is it about Miss Anne?" "Yes. I think it is necessary for uncle and the others to know the news as soon as possible. After entering London, I will rent another carriage immediately and send her back home, don't worry."

"Ah?" Xia Qingdai was stunned for a moment. She was not worried. Although elopement was a bit dishonorable, it was not to the extent that she would shy away from it.

But she quickly realized that it was the eighteenth century now!
"Oh, my God." Xia Qingdai turned to look at Jane, "Is this person finished?"

Jane was silent for a while and then said: "I think so."

Owen finished writing the letter and looked up at the off-road vehicle parked on the roadside not far away waiting for the Lotus Building. He didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, Owen said to Xia Qingdai: "I will look for a new housekeeper as soon as possible."

Xia Qingdai looked up at Owen in confusion, and quickly understood what he meant from his eyes.

Is the matter so serious? Owen actually wants to drive his uncle's family out of their London mansion because of Anne, who is nothing like Xia Qingdai!
No, no, cause and effect are reversed.

It was precisely because Annie and Xia Qingdai were incompatible with each other that Owen decided to let his uncle's family move away because Xia Qingdai could not be associated with any dishonorable people.

"What if Miss Anne is allowed to marry that Johnson?" Xia Qingdai asked gently.

This was the inspiration she got from remembering Darcy's handling of Lydia.

Owen smiled: "That's very kind of you, but there's no need. Let her relatives worry."

That Johnson still doesn't know how much gambling debt he owes, and how many people he offended at the University of London. Everything is unknown. It is not in line with Owen's behavior to rashly intervene and get covered in mud.

He is not an overzealous person.

The only thing he was sure he would do in this matter was to rent a better house to his uncle's family and support them for a few years until his cousin James graduated from Cambridge University.

Because of this episode, everyone lost interest in playing cards after that.

Irving handed the written letter to Gerrard and asked them to take Johnson and leave first.

Without the slow pace of Lotus Tower slowing down the progress, it would take less than two hours to drive to London by off-road vehicle.

As soon as lawyer Owen's uncle Henry received the letter, his expression changed drastically, he put down everything at hand and ran to find his brother-in-law.

I won’t go into details about how they went about this matter. Anyway, when Lotus House was approaching London, they first met Uncle Owen who was driving a carriage to pick them up.

Annie was taken away from the Lotus Building by the gloomy elders. Connie realized from her father's face that this matter seemed very serious.

"Cousin Owen, what will happen to cousin Anne...?" Connie looked at Owen in panic.

Owen looked back at her and said coldly: "Ruined and impoverished."

"Ah." Connie covered her mouth, so scared that she wanted to cry.

Caroline hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, and Owen turned around and went upstairs. He stopped talking to his inexperienced little cousin, maybe to scare her.