Evetrona's old stories

"Are you really not going to tell me?" Nanfen's tone contained a hint of resentment, and Minxi beside her shook her arm at this moment.

Eve doesn't understand why Nanfen is so sure that she is lying, but Nanfen has always been a good judge of people—and, if there is anyone who knows her best, it must be Nanfen.Eve felt that she was quite prudent in dealing with people, but when she saw Nan Fen's eyes, she still lowered her head in shame—Nan Fen's eyes contained reproach and warning, obviously a little angry, as if she was blaming her for being ignorant.

"There are definitely dangers, but they are all controllable." Eve reassured her, "Irokin and Ross were both there at the time. After all, my identity is a bit special, so I have always been protected by someone."

Afterwards, she told everyone about her pursuit of Shanks, as a response to Nanfen's question, but she didn't mention anything about Lennosha.

After Nanfen heard this, her attitude finally eased a little, but she was not very satisfied.She deliberately asked with a stern face: "What else? You have been gone for so long, but you only said this one thing."

Eve had to start from the beginning, including meeting Dai Nixi who was robbed, Avanna who was entrusted, and those people she saw in Schulenburg, the aftermath scene after the suppression of bandits, etc., but Nanfen still wanted to let She went on, so she racked her brains and recalled some trivial things: for example—once Guennai stepped into a snow pit and threw herself straight out; or—on the return journey, she met Two coyotes trailed her and Avanna for about a mile.

Eve spoke in one breath for a long time.They sat from noon to evening, and the snacks and tea on the table had been continued for several rounds.During the period, Eve also mentioned Marco, Minxi was very interested in this, but Nanfen was not very happy, at the end, she said lightly: "I know you never care about other people's eyes, this is a A rare quality, but... alas—" She shook her head.

Eve knew what the other half of what she hadn't said was going to say.

Nanfen is a decent person, so she doesn't want Eve to have too much contact with some unkind people, and at the same time, she can't explain the reason from her own standpoint.

During dinner, Luge was also called out from the bedroom by Nanfen. It was rare for this person not to eat at the desk today.At the dinner table, he and Miriam sat together. Although they didn't speak much, they had a small amount of behavioral interaction.Eve became more and more curious about Miriam, not knowing what happened during the month she was away.

Eve wanted to go back to bed to rest after eating, but Nanfen stopped her and insisted that she would take a bath for her at night.Eve vaguely remembered that the last time this happened was probably four years ago.

Two weeks have passed since the task of suppressing the bandits was completed.Although Eve was not seriously injured, bumps in the process of chasing and being chased are inevitable.She didn't feel any pain at the time, but later found several bruises and bruises on her body.Fortunately, the time interval is relatively long, and these marks are much more pleasing to the eye than when they were just injured, but it is obviously impossible to escape Nanfen's eyes through this.

In the bathroom, Nanfen helped her take off the clothes on her body, and at a glance she saw the slightly yellowed skin on her back - such marks would appear when the bruises had just faded.Nanfen didn't say anything, just wiped her body with a focused and serious expression.

Eve couldn't help turning her head around to observe her expression, to see if she was angry.

"Okay, be honest." Nanfen was finally amused by her appearance, but she sighed again after being ridiculous, and she said: "When Maoqi was still in the rescue team, every time he came back, I would wipe his body like this... By the way, you must remember in the future that you must never go into the water when you are injured." She also seemed to herself.

"Nanfen, I actually..." Eve turned around and said to her, "I don't want to be a knight at all. I just found out this time that they wanted me to compete for the position of the Lord of Benlong Castle, but I think this might not be a good thing. Now I just want to live a stable life—have a job, or learn some crafts, and live like ordinary people in Mengmeng."

"En." Nanfen just nodded.Her reaction was modest, and Eve thought she would be happy after hearing it.

"I'm telling the truth." Eve emphasized to her, "It's not to make you happy."

"I know." Nan Fen tugged on her sleeves and wiped away the tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.Eve stared at her blankly, not knowing why she was crying—she was not crying because she was happy or moved at this time.

Nanfen didn't explain to her, and Eve didn't dare to say any more.

Nanfen helped her untie the hair tie, a strand of snowy hair emerged from her temples.At this time, the snow hair showed a dull gray-blue color, and its state was not as light as it was at the beginning. The energy contained in it was dissipating with time.

"Ologin said that I have the potential of a witch." Eve saw that she had noticed this lock of hair, and explained, "He wanted me to go to Qingshui Castle to learn something, but I didn't agree on the spot, so he asked me to come back and ask your idea."

"Go, don't worry." Nanfen straightened her hair with a comb, "Your mother Egraine is a witch, I should have thought of this a long time ago. If I knew it would be like this, I should not have agreed to let Mao Qi sent you to the Knights Academy, the environment of Qingshui Castle is so good... It's a pity that I didn't inherit the talent of the Polemoni family, and I couldn't get in even if I wanted to."

Here, Nanfen refers to her grandmother Wen Zina—that is, Princess Yewenli—who is also a well-known witch.

The process of washing long hair is a bit more complicated.Nanfen massaged her scalp and talked about Miriam again.

"Minxi told me just now—" Nanfen laughed when she thought of this, "We two must have been mother and daughter in our previous lives—you abducted someone back, and I abducted someone back."

After listening to her explanation, Eve knew that Miriam was brought home by Nanfen.

Miriam was seventeen, about the same age as Minxi, and Ruger was almost twenty-four now.

Nanfen said that Miriam was a poor girl.She was born and raised in Yutong, but her ancestral home is in Kiran, which can also explain where she inherited her slender figure-she is half of Modesa blood.

Miriam's family was well-off when she was a child—according to Nanfen's words, she was well-educated—but unfortunately, her parents died in an accident, and she was only in her teens.Once the parents died and the grandparents were far away, the local court awarded the property of the Donaquil couple to the young Miriam, and appointed a guardian to keep it until she came of age.

Miriam's experience made most people feel deeply distressed at that time, but after the sympathy passed, people lacked continuous attention to this matter.

The inheritance from her parents did not help Miriam's situation very much.There is a saying that - as long as the amount is large enough, things that people have always thought cannot be sold will eventually become objects of sale and exchange.From this point of view, the same is true of conscience.Bad relatives don't have to do much to deal with a teenage girl.They took advantage of legal loopholes to embezzle Miriam’s property for investment, and then claimed that the investment had failed. They embezzled most of the huge sum of money and transferred them to their names one by one. Therefore, when Miriam returned home after school and saw the locked iron gate in front of her, one can imagine the bewilderment in her heart.

Miriam's guardians had moved away and hadn't been seen since, and the neighbors in the neighborhood wondered why Miriam didn't go with them—it was only because the guardian couple played so well that Miriam opened up to them.Since then, Miriam has changed several guardians, but each family only stays for half a year at most—this is inevitable. Since that incident, her character has become cautious and shy. When the guardians did not get any response to their kindness, they no longer wanted to keep her at home for the night.

[109] Miriam, Home Paradise (Part [-])

Nanfen met Miriam at a saddlery dealer in Bomeng. At that time, the groom and the man were replacing the broken axle of the carriage. The hostess chatted with the boss when she had nothing to do.At first, the boss said that his business was not good, and he also mentioned that the recent shoe store on the street had over-recruited apprentices and was fined by the security station. When he mentioned the security station, he complained to Nanfen again, saying that the security station had assigned a girl to him as a helper.

Nanfen also understood what he meant—he wanted to ask her for help.So, Nan Fen asked him to call the girl out to have a look.At that time, she only took one look and fell in love with this girl.Nanfen decided to take her away at that time, and gave the boss some money before leaving-the method was indeed exactly the same as when Eve met Awanna.

The boss was very complacent, and felt that he had done a good deed—it was better to send this silent girl to Nanfen to be a servant than to be with him.He didn't know that Nanfen had other plans.

Ruger suddenly came to her mind.Nanfen told Eve that there was a god in the dark guiding her to do things.

"Shouldn't you find the right one?" Eve was puzzled by this.

"It's not that I haven't thought about it before, but you know what kind of virtue Ruge is. If someone's young lady marries him, she will suffer a lot. Husband and wife must be considerate of each other. One is indifferent and the other is arrogant. How can we live?" Nan Fen scooped up a basin of water, rinsed off the foam on her head, and said, "I've thought about it. Instead of relying on Luge, I'd rather work hard on his children in the future. Oh, I've been tested, she's a good girl. Xi also blamed me for being redundant, but it's always good to pay more attention."

Eve laughed twice, "Did Ruger agree?"

"He doesn't have any objections, and he feels better when he has someone to take care of him. After the two get along for a long time, maybe one day they will get better?" Nanfen suddenly laughed, "I'm going to hold an engagement banquet for them next week, and you should also dress up nicely. See if you can... Oh, what about Dicken? Why didn't he come to you?" Then she remembered that Eve seemed to have a little boyfriend.

"He has nothing to do with me. It's normal if he doesn't come to see me." Eve said this, but she also murmured in her heart. It stands to reason that even if the two of them are just friends, it wouldn't be long before they didn't come to visit.But she didn't want to talk about Di Geng with Nanfen, so she changed the subject and asked her: "Are you going to have a banquet in the manor?"

"Of course, Luge and Miriam are here now." Nanfen replied, "Miriam's situation is a bit special, she doesn't have a family here, so I'm going to let the security chief of Bomen come to play her father identity of."

"Well, that's pretty good." Eve nodded quickly in agreement.

After Miriam came to the manor, she still didn't want to talk to others, except for Nanfen—she would temporarily put down her guard and confide her thoughts to the hostess of the manor only when she was alone with the manor.

Eve feels that Nanfen undoubtedly has a unique personal charm.No matter who it is, under her influence, they will definitely surrender in the end.

"I actually have something else to ask you." When Nan Fen said this, her tone seemed a little abrupt.

Although her attitude was quite mild, Eve felt a chill down her back—she had a hunch that what Nanfen was going to ask next was definitely not a good thing.

"What's the matter?" She pretended to be calm.

"Oh, I cleaned out your closet a few days ago..."

After hearing this sentence, Eve was stunned.She vaguely remembered that there seemed to be something not very good in it, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

What's in the closet?Eve thought about it for a long time, and finally remembered—the bottom layer still hides some sets of underwear that Minxi gave her.She opened her mouth wide in shock for a moment, as if the sky had fallen.

"You know what I want to say." Nanfen saw her reaction, and there was a trace of inexplicable arc at the corner of her mouth, "Did you buy it, or Minxi?"

"I... I bought them in my size." Eve replied with her head down.When she said this, she felt her tongue was knotted and her cheeks were hot.

"Is that true?" Nan Fen squinted her eyes, staring at her with a half-smile.

Eve nodded vigorously.

"Even if she bought it, you will bear it for her." Nanfen asked again, "To be honest, did Minxi buy it for you?"

"No such thing, I was just curious, so..."

Seeing Eve's embarrassment at this time, the smile on Nan Fen's face became wider and wider.

"Okay, I don't plan to pursue it. This is the first time." Nanfen said while helping her dry her hair, "The things are still in your closet. I haven't touched them. You can clean them up tomorrow and I'll throw them away for you. This is not something a lady should touch."

Eve was relieved, but she was also worried about what to do with her underwear.She had thought about throwing it away secretly before, but she was afraid that Minxi would find out.

After bathing, it was getting late.When Eve returned to the bedroom, Minxi had already changed her clothes and was lying on the bed.At this time, she was still holding a book in her hand, spreading it on her face and pretending to read it.

"Minxi." Eve closed the door and whispered to her, "Nanfen asked me to put those...underwear—can this be considered underwear..." Eve sighed, her shoulders slumped, "She asked me I picked up those things and threw them away."

Minxi lowered the book in her hand, only showing her eyes, "She...didn't scold you just now, did she?" She asked with a shy expression.

"No." Eve shook her head.

"That's good." Hearing her answer, Minxi also relaxed. She threw the book aside, let out a long breath, and voiced bitterness to Eve who was sitting by the bed: "Just because of this a few days ago, she scolded me a lot, and she even said that she would deduct my pocket money..."

"Nan Fen scolded you? Why?"

"Things have been revealed."

After careful questioning, Eve found out that Min Xi had been forced by Nan Fen to reveal the truth that day, and that's why she got the scolding.It wasn't until this time that she realized that what Nanfen said in the bathroom just now was actually trying to make her happy.

The mother and daughter are indeed of the same virtue.She couldn't help thinking bitterly.

"Since it's going to be thrown away, wouldn't it be a waste if you don't wear it once?" Minxi got out of bed, opened the bedroom cabinet door, and rummaged through those "not very ladylike" things with ease.

"Forget it. I'm tired today, you go to sleep in your own room today." Eve wrapped herself in a bath towel and lay on the bed wrapped in a quilt.The bed was warm and comfortable.

"No, get up and choose one." Minxi pressed her body on her body, shook her shoulders, deliberately tore off the dry hair towel from her head, and messed up her freshly washed hair, yelling and acting coquettishly in her ears.

Eve couldn't be bothered, so she had to get up from the bed.

In the guest room downstairs, Awanna was lying on the big soft bed, unable to sleep all the time.The dark and warm room is so big that people are not used to it.From time to time there were footsteps upstairs, and the laughter of the two sisters, it seemed that they were not asleep either.

Avanna opened her eyes, recalling the dessert she had for dinner, and was still amazed even now.It would be great if Nanfen didn't force herself to brush her teeth in the end - she would never forget the rich and sweet taste, the cake...the taste of the cake is better than sugar.

There was a rush of footsteps passing through the corridor, and the hostess' reprimand came from upstairs, and the door was closed heavily, and then everything was silent.

Night, restored its proper calm.It never occurred to Avanna that, somewhere outside the tribe, there were people who could play late into the night.She closed her eyes and waited for tomorrow to come.She felt anxious and hopeful.

With the addition of two new members to the family, Minxi's old habit of "being crazy" has recurred, and Eve can only play around with her.

"I'm getting bored to death." Nanfen looked at her two daughters who were playing in the corridor with a cat in their arms, and said to Miriam who was sitting beside her, "How old are they? Treat yourself like a child."

Miriam smiled, but did not comment.

Now Nanfen doesn't have to worry about Luge anymore, so she starts to worry about her two daughters, "In the blink of an eye, they are all married now." She sighed, "I'm actually not too worried about Minxi, even if she It's okay to be an old girl at home without getting married. I'm just worried about Eve, she..." Nan Fen's eyes dimmed for a moment, and her tone sank, "It would be great if she was a boy, woman— —No matter how strong it is, it is also a life at the mercy of others.”

Miriam nodded, she thought of herself and felt deeply about it.

Awanna was wearing a long Tibetan dress at this time, standing beside the two sisters.This skirt is a skirt that Minhee used to wear small.Minzy picked this color because she thought Avanna's complexion looked better with darker fabrics.

Awanna is not used to the length of the skirt, she seems to be afraid of stepping on the skirt when she walks, and she can't move forward.She has been following Eve and Minxi for the past two days, and almost visited the entire villa.

At this moment, Eve's body is covered with cat hair, but she still enjoys fighting with Minxi for a white cat in her arms.The cat had just been bathed by them, and it was fragrant and fluffy like a cloud.

This cat has long been used to the tossing and tossing of these two people. It was hugged by Minxi's waist, and it never struggled once, just hung on her arm obediently like this.

Minxi ran up to Awanna and put the cat in the girl's arms.Avanna took the cat in a panic, with a look of surprise in her eyes.She had never seen a house cat, never imagined that an animal could be so clean and beautiful.

The few cats raised at home were brought back by Minxi from the pet shop in Mengcheng, but since she only adopts them and does not raise them, the work of feeding the cats is handed over to Nanfen.In fact, Nanfen prefers dogs. She once raised a gray sled dog, which was the only dog ​​allowed in the house.The dog died of old age the second year after Eve came to Klickin, and was buried under a big tree in the backyard by Maoqi himself, and was buried with Nanfen's two children who died young.Minxi cried a lot about it at the time-the sled dogs and she almost grew up together.In those nights, she always dreamed about the greyhound, and dreamed that he hobbled into the house through the front door.She didn't dare to sleep alone, so she sneaked to Eve's place, and it was from then on that Minxi became dependent on her and recognized her as her older sister.

In contrast, the relationship between Minxi and Luge is very distant.

If it weren't for the miscarriage of the first child, Luge would have had an older brother named Jiesha.It is also because of this that the husband and wife seem to cherish Luge's birth very much, so they have more tolerance and pampering that should not be there.Fortunately, Ruger did not fail them in the end.

The Dakrens’ third child was also a boy named Quiaut. He was born prematurely and weighed only one kilogram. He was trembling and couldn’t cry when he opened his mouth. Unsurprisingly, he only stayed in this world for three days due to organ failure.

After that, Mochi worried about her body and didn't want her to have any more children.But Nanfen is very stubborn in this aspect, and it is precisely because of her persistence that Minxi was born.Minxi has been placed with high hopes by Nanfen since she was born—Nanfen believes that she has not become her ideal self because her parents neglected her in childhood—so Minxi has become a victim of her continuation of her dream.Nanfen wanted to make her into a perfect woman in her mind, but Minxi was obviously not that kind of material, where there was oppression, there was resistance, and her ingenuity was finally used for laziness.

Ruge was a little dissatisfied with his mother's "preferential" behavior, and at the same time, he didn't like his silly sister.Minxi was seven years younger than him, and was often bullied by her own brother when she was young.Ruger's behavior can be very bad at times - Eve heard from Nanfen that Ruger cut Michelle's hair and skirt more than once, or threw thorny caterpillars into her collar, and tricked her into eating stuffed animals. Puff balls filled with cinnamon powder... Nanfen taught him several times for this, but it didn't work. It wasn't until Maoqi found out about it and slapped him in a fit of anger.Although the slap was not heavy, it made the father and son form a bridge from then on. This unexpected incident may have shaped Ruge today to a certain extent.

Minxi said that she had no memory of these things, but if it was true, how could she explain her estranged attitude towards Luge all the time?Perhaps these things have already become a haze hidden deep in her heart, and she doesn't even want to mention them again.

[110] Miriam, Home Paradise (Part [-])

In the next week, many people came to the manor one after another.Due to the rush in sending out invitation cards in Nanfen, the guests are basically limited to the provinces of Bomeng and Sin Laige.

The engagement ceremony is very important, but not that important. Nanfen must finish these things before Eve and Minxi start school.Nanfen was in charge of the family affairs, she wrote a letter to Mao Qi, almost at the same time as the first batch of invitation letters were sent out, obviously this letter was not for soliciting opinions.

In the letter, she said to Mao Qi in the form of "information"-your son is about to get married.

The main building of the estate--the great villa--was decked out in all kinds of lace, new from the inside out.On the large open space in the backyard, the workers set up a temporary canopy to accommodate the vehicles and horses of the guests from afar.

The lobby on the first floor and the corridor on the second floor have been cleaned up, and flowers and colorful flags can be seen everywhere, as if to create a scene of spring flowers blooming indoors.The servants and workers dispatched from all over the manor were busy, but full of energy.The large living room and the open space on the second floor will serve as the main activity area for the engagement banquet in a few days.

During this time, Nanfen was busy taking care of the guests, so Miriam was pushed by her to Eve's care.Miriam seldom speaks, and when she talks to Eve, she always moves closer to her unconsciously, her voice is soft and soft, as if she is whispering—her voice can only be heard by the person she is talking to.Later, Eve also gradually got used to her weird way of speaking. Whenever she spoke, Eve would habitually move closer to her. Over time, Miriam was more willing to talk to her.

In the few days before the banquet—Eve, Minxi, Miriam, and Awanna—these four girls of similar age would play a game of cards in the small room on the top floor almost every day. Call until late, only go downstairs when eating and drinking tea.

Neither Miriam nor Avanna knew how to play cards, but they learned quickly.On the first day of playing cards, Miriam and Eve were in a team, and Awanna followed Minxi. After getting familiar with the rules in the next few days, they switched.Several people were addicted to the fun of playing cards, and after a long time, they developed a friendship similar to that of comrades-in-arms.

The rich ladies in Mengcheng spend almost their entire lives on such games—playing cards, chess, enjoying operas, reading romantic novels, playing badminton games... Many girls still do this after marriage, and they This girl will go on the same old path in the future - it is indeed a great fortune to be able to live happily through this life, which is enviable.

If it was before, Eve would never "waste time" day and night like now, this kind of behavior would make her feel restless.But when she came to Kliking, she found that besides learning music and practicing swordsmanship, she still had a lot of free time, so she stopped pushing herself.But there will always be a boring day in such a leisurely life, so she later went to the Knight Academy—but now, she began to miss those leisurely days before, people always repeat this way.

A few days later, a barber from the city came into the villa in the manor's carriage. He was invited by Nanfen to do Miriam's hair.Eve didn't know the name of the gentleman with the waxed gray beard, and most people would simply refer to him as "the hairdresser."She still remembered that once, when the hairdresser was trimming Minxi's forehead hair, Minxi suddenly burst out laughing when she saw his neck tilted and his eyes widened because of concentration.Fa Jiang asked Min Xi why he was smiling, and she said that Fa Jiang's appearance reminded her of animals like Lin Chi.

This kind of bird has never appeared in Xinleige area, and the hairdresser thought she was talking about owls, and owls are still very beautiful, so he also laughed "hahaha" with Minxi - that way he looked more like a wood owl.

The hairsmith held Miriam's head and looked at it for a long time before deciding to use the knife.He has always been meticulous in his appearance when he does his hair, and his skills have never disappointed the rich ladies in the world.Miriam's originally dry hair was curled and styled, and then the silver razor was flying in the air, and the hairdresser was like a magician-he cut more and more hair between his fingers-finally, thin Her chestnut hair became fluffy and full of layers, and Miriam's unsteady eyes also changed into the kind of melancholy temperament that a girl might have when she was about to get married.

Nanfen let her try on a newly made white dress, which matched with a hairnet and ribbon, and the disheveled girl transformed into a white swan.Her figure was already slender, and the curve of her neck was even more graceful. Standing in front of the mirror, her eyes were shining brightly, and she was compared to the two girls from Dakren's family for a moment.

"Hey, hairdresser, it's my sister's turn." Minxi couldn't wait to push Eve onto the chair.

"Me? Use it?" Eve pointed at herself and turned to look at Nanfen, but at this time Nanfen was comforting Miriam - this girl has been crying since just now - Nanfen didn't have time to pay attention Eve here.

"Of course I need... Every time I meet you, I feel—it's great to be in this industry." The hairdresser put the apron on her shoulders, "You should really try to change yourself, I Looking at your face, I can immediately imagine fifty hairstyles that would suit you...it would be a pity if you didn't let me try it."

In addition to the superb craftsmanship, hairdressers also have two qualities that most barbers have from ancient times to the present-talkative and not afraid of embarrassment.

As soon as Eve sat down, he praised him involuntarily, while Minxi stood beside her and covered her mouth with a smirk.And farther away, Awanna was shocked by the huge change in Miriam's appearance at this time.

"How about dyeing your hair?" Min-hee suggested to the hairdresser.Judging by her cheerfulness, this idea probably wasn't a temporary idea.

"No." Eve immediately vetoed it.