My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

At that moment, another different voice came from the crowd.
It was a voice from a man, which wasn't loud but was full of admiration.
"The duke has a wife. And you have no chance to marry him. It's no use being envy. But you can marry the other men who are
willing to love you."
Someone retorted. "Where can we find the second man like Duke Hector across the Raflad?"
It was not only women but also men that were bound by the entrenched belief.
"Men's positions are high because women don't ask them for something and women actually spoiled them. Look at Florence. It is
because she asks for something that Duke Hector finally changes."
The man said leisurely, "Perhaps this is love. If I'm in love with a girl, I will be nice to her."
Everyone was in an uproar.
Love?
Women suddenly understood. It wasn't the question whether such a man existed or not in Raflad. But it was a problem whether a
man loved his wife.
If the man loved his wife, he would be considerate like Duke Hector. He would spoil and love her regardless of secular thoughts
like Duke Hector.
So they could fight for the same treatment as what Florence had!
This recognition made women instantly boiling. They were very excited with their eyes brightening up.
"I'll go back and ask my husband whether he loves me."
"Me too."
Before this time, women had taken humbleness for granted and never thought about it.
"Later, when I get married with my husband, I will ask him about this question first. Therefore, I won't be confused when living
with him."

"Absolutely right. It's not reasonable that we should get married with them regardless of their characters, appearances and family
background. We even have no right to refuse them as women."
"Yes. It will be fine if we can get married to a man like Duke Hector. But many women are forced to marry gamblers, drunkards or
even philanderers. They have to suffer for the rest of their lives."
The women chatted with each other more and more vigorously. The men listening to their words were getting sweat and became
nervous.
If it became a reality that women were demanding, men would not only lose their positions in their families but also became
inconvenient to marry a wife.
"The duke has made men in the world shocked. Other men won't do it again. I will never agree on that."
"No, I won't either. Women should obey rules passed down from ancestors. There're no reasons for them to change at will."
When one of men spoke about it, the other people would give a reply and refute him.
The women who argued fiercely were suddenly scared to say anything. They didn't dare deny these men's words out of instinct.
The men took the initiative in their own hands here suddenly.
Men smirked. They thought it was normal and it should be normal for women to keep silent.
Then, a woman's voice suddenly broke out from the crowd.
"If you don't change your minds, we women won't get married with anyone. If all men can't get wives, let's see whether you will
change your minds."
There was a sudden hush at the scene.
Men were surprised. These words were of treason and heresy!
Then, however, women echoed back in the crowd, "If we are subjected to indignity and humiliation and work like a horse after
marriage, we would rather not get married."
"People outside the country have already been equal. As we are all human beings, why can't we be the same?"

"Women should live like women but not servants!"
These words once again lit fires in women's hearts.
Their excitement ran high and crushed men in an instant.
All men were dumbfounded. They had't been refuted by women in their lifetimes. It was the first time they had been refuted,
especially refuted by so many women. A great shock simply made them accept their incompetence.
They just felt their traditional ideology cracked.
Looking at arguments downstairs, Florence was unexpected. But on her second thought, she felt it also reasonable.
Except for the star-chasing effect, Hector's status as well as his high profile let some people subconsciously followed him.
Because of Hector's behaviors in just three days, he obviously changed views of some women.
If this idea continued in people's minds in a long time, would it affect the whole Raflad and let them get rid of the idea that men
were superior to women?
Florence thought for a while. Was it Ernest that deliberately gave a high-profile to Hector so as to change national conditions?
If Ernest really did so, what a big work he did! He incredibly played a long game!
"Okay. Although you say so, will Duke Hector really do the laundry and cook after marriage? Just don't make fun. It's impossible
for any men to do that."
Someone shouted with questions in the crowd.
Other men seemed to own more confidence when hearing these words. They began to talk about it.
The women were discontented and wanted to argue with them. But when they looked up at those noble and impersonal men, it
was hard to imagine what they would look like when doing housework in apron.
At this moment, Ernest waved his hands with bony fingers. Two men immediately brought two basins here.
One basin was filled with a pile of clothes and the other was full of water.

All people were confused. Why did they bring here two basins? Did they go to the wrong place?
However, Ernest drank a mouthful of tea. He slowly said to Hector.
"Wash them."
Hector was startled with big eyes. He couldn't believe it, "Wash them here?"
Was he asked to wash clothes in front of all these people? He didn't even know whose clothes they were, which had such
various colors as dark green.
Hector raised an eyebrow. People could see he was torn.
Hector whispered, "I will wash Flory's clothes later, bro. Trust me, please. Now, there's no need to do it..."
At least he was a duke. What did it mean washing other people's clothes in public?
He was a neat freak, too.
Ernest smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth without any care.
"Then give it up."
Give it up? Give up marrying Florence?
"I'll wash them at once!" Hector quickly picked up clothes and then put them into the water with laundry powder...
His action of washing clothes was a little rusty but the washing process was right.
What a big joke. He didn't just cram for reading in three days, okay? In order to get married with Florence, he made up for all the
detailed life for husband and wife.
Doing the laundry was a piece of cake.
Thus, people couldn't believe what they were looking at with face of horror. The duke who was in a high position and didn't do
any housework actually was diligent in washing clothes at this moment!
In addition to the water sound appearing in the air, there was a cracking sound of people's outlooks.

There was a trace of despair on their faces.
But women looked at Hector with blazing eyes as if he was an angel. People couldn't take their eyes from him even when he was
washing clothes, which was quite a handsome behavior.
This was a real man!