Evetrona's old stories

"Give it a try, sister..." Minxi showed her coquettish skills again.She squatted in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror in front of Eve, and fiddled with her soft amber blonde hair, "How about dyeing it in this color?"

"Blonde hair!" The hairdresser seemed a little excited, "This color is my specialty. If you ask me, everyone else dyes their hair yellow and brown, but only I dye it, so it can be called blond hair—golden gold!"

Eve shook her head, still unwilling.

"I can assure you that the potion I make will never hurt your scalp...I know that many ladies and wives are somewhat resistant to hair dyeing. After all, it is different from a haircut. Hair dyeing is a relatively abrupt change, and it is difficult to restore it." The hairdresser said again, "But you are different. I know that you never care about other people's opinions. Moreover, you can completely control any color—this is nothing to you, isn't it?"

"Yes, that's right!" Minxi agreed.

The girl sitting on the chair remained indifferent, which made the hairdresser a little unsure - and because Minxi did not give up her plan, the situation was considered to be deadlocked.

"Eve, try it." Not far away, Nan Fen said with a smile.Her light words changed the situation in an instant.

Eve sighed, and reluctantly agreed.

The hairdresser gladly accepted the order, took out bottles and cans of liquid medicine from the medicine box he carried with him, and began to prepare the ointment for hair dyeing on the spot.

The process of dyeing her hair was quite complicated. While dyeing the ointment on her hair, the hairdresser talked about his apprenticeship when he was young. Minxi listened with great joy and asked him questions and answers, but Eve was so sleepy that she really fell asleep later.

She didn't know how long it had been since she was woken up by the exclamation sounds around her.Eve opened her eyes, the smell of potion lingering in the air was gone, and the hairdresser was undoing the curlers on top of her head.

The long golden hair was spread out, it was not the color of the sun, but the color of the sunset - the slightly curly long hair showed a charming deep golden color, and the clear and deep texture was like a real golden thread.

Through the floor-to-ceiling mirror, Eve finally regained her composure after seeing the smug expression on the hairdresser's face behind her, and quickly closed her mouth that was opened wide in surprise.

The person in the mirror seemed to have changed in an instant—as if she had lost her youthful appearance and became more mature, with an elegant and noble temperament, just like the woman she had seen in her dream—Eftelona.

The craftsmanship of the hairdresser is indeed superb. The golden color sets off the delicate and three-dimensional face of the girl, which is completely natural and natural.

Eve felt a little uncomfortable in her heart - she hadn't noticed that her old personality, which had been sleeping all the time, moved deep in her heart.The new personality came from her self-suggestion of female identity. Therefore, when her usual appearance in the mirror changed so much, her heart was shaken, and her mind and body had a slight dislocation, but from now on, this dislocation is still difficult to detect.

The engagement banquet was expected to be held in the evening, but from the morning, the villa was full of people inside and outside.There are not many members of Dakren's family, so there are few opportunities for banquets—rare things are more expensive, and uninvited visitors will always try their best to get the qualifications to enter.Nanfen didn't care about this, as long as she didn't come to make trouble, she would always refuse anyone who came.

A pair of high heels would make Eve about as tall as Min-hee.

Today, the two sisters are wearing the same style of light-colored dresses, the same hair style and color, and they are inseparable all the time... Only then did Eve understand—Minxi tried her best to persuade her to dye her hair just for this moment—it seemed that only The intimacy between sisters can only be expressed by dressing and acting like twins.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the two protagonists of the banquet held hands together, holding a steel knife, and cut off a corner from the huge group of five-layer rose-colored cakes on the main table. At this point, the banquet officially began amid the applause of everyone.

It wasn't until then that Eve discovered that the so-called "guest-playing woman's father" person in charge of public security was none other than Lin Xin's uncle, Binmo Weigotuo, who was in charge of the defense work in the city of Mengmeng.This young uncle was still as dazed as before. When it was his turn to deliver a speech, he actually said harsh words with a straight face, for example——if anyone bullied Miriam, he would teach them a lesson;

In this way, Nanfen's intention was also achieved.

The young master of the Consul's family was also present today. I haven't seen him for more than a year. Fan Bijiu's stature has grown rapidly. He used to be about the same height as Eve, but now he is taller than Minxi by an inch.He is wearing a black dress today, with a slight smile on his face, and from the outside, he has a bit of his father's demeanor.His eyes searched around in the hall, and when he looked up and saw Eve standing on the corridor on the second floor, the surprised expression on his face flashed across.

Eve has been observing him silently.If it was a year ago, he should have already rushed here, but at this time, he just smiled at her and moved towards the stairs.He walked through the crowd, calmly coped with the pleasantries of the people around him, and walked in front of Eve in an imperceptible way.Fan Bijiu is much more reserved than before - being able to restrain the desire in his heart is a typical mature performance.

"Eve, I've wanted to see you for a long time." His voice was a little lower than before, but there were elements of it being deliberately lowered—after all, he was still just a boy under the age of 17.He smiled and said: "Ever since you went to the Knights Academy, I've always felt anxious. It would be great if I could falsify my age to enroll like Grady. Unfortunately, my father doesn't allow it... But it's okay now, I'm over 16 years old—after I enroll this year, we can see each other often again."

Eve looked at the young man in front of her - she could no longer call him a little boy - she couldn't help feeling a little dazed, what happened to Fan Bijiu that made him grow so quickly physically and mentally?

"Who is this person?" Min Xi asked in her sister's ear.It was the first time for her to see Fan Bijiu.

"It's the son of the Consul's family." Eve turned her head and said to Min Xi, "I used to look a little silly, but now I don't seem to be stupid." When she spoke, her eyes were still fixed on Fan Bijiu.

Minxi laughed while leaning on Eve's shoulders. Their behavior at this time was a bit rude, but pleasant.

Fan Bijiu read Eve's meaning from the shape of her mouth, and immediately grinned.For some reason, he didn't hate Eve saying he was stupid at all.

"Are you going to enroll this year? Is it a training center or an academy?" Eve asked him with a smile.

Fan Bijiu looked at her dazzling blond hair and was stunned for a few seconds before replying: "College, I used to learn knowledge."

"You've changed a lot this year." Eve said.

"It's the same for you." Fan Bijiu leaned on the guardrail, "If I hadn't confirmed it again and again, you are indeed the most beautiful one here, I wouldn't dare to admit it."

"Nonsense, Miriam is the most beautiful here." Eve glanced at the tall slender girl in the crowd downstairs.

"But only today." Fan Bijiu raised his eyebrows and added.

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

Today's banquet catering is under the full responsibility of the chief team of the Eastern Catering Federation.

They usually choose dishes according to the needs of the situation, and on such occasions, there will be many more strange ingredients on the table.

Eve has always thought that the Dakren family is not the richest family in Bomeng, but judging from the scale of banquets today, this does not seem to be the case.She didn't know how many times such a large-scale consumption of funds could be supported by the income of a large manor—could it be said that Maoqi relied on his detached position in the Logos Academy, or relied on his very rich younger brother, in fact, there are other ways to get money?

In fact, it is true.How much the tax reduction and exemption order issued by the Logos Institute has had an impact on the income and expenditure of Boyun Manor, its benefits are not known to outsiders; on the other hand, the huge sum of money left by Mao Qi's father , and now it has already returned to the family business, and its value is growing year by year at an immeasurable rate.

The Dakeren couple are very low-key, and in some respects they are even frugal enough to make people sympathetic. From the perspective of outsiders, Boyun Manor is no different from those large and small manors in Xinleige Province that continue to lose money.If they suddenly extravagant one day, it is probably because the owner of the manor has been helped by his younger brother.

Eve sat at the corner of a large round table, sideways observing Fan Bijiu who was sitting beside her.The teenager was putting a spoonful of sturgeon roe into his mouth—the black and shiny particles were originally lying in a small translucent leaf-shaped porcelain dish, and the porcelain dish was placed in a hammer covered with crushed ice and flower petals. over a patterned glass bowl.Fan Bijiu's movements seemed casual and decent.That action didn't look like eating, but like an inadvertent action, like—looking at a watch, or pulling on a bow tie.

The well-to-do are often dominated by higher-order needs.For the pleasing "handicrafts" on the table, they have a taste - the experience on the taste buds is obviously more respected by them than the satisfaction brought by the full stomach.

Sometimes, these genuine "upper class people" make Eve feel inferior-even if she is considered to be the host of the party today.Eve's inferiority complex comes from the bottom of her heart, and it is an unchangeable nature from birth.It was as if one could no longer empathize with the pleasures of the genteel if one had ever suffered from hunger.Eve is very clear that she is indeed not worthy of these ingredients—not because she can’t afford them, but because—compared with the delicacy and taste of these ingredients, she hopes to fill her stomach with these ingredients.

This behavior is undoubtedly a trample and insult to the original intention of the creator.Compared with most people's sense of instability in reality and pursuit of satiety, those who have no worries about food and clothing hope to turn this meaningless eating behavior into a kind of experience and harvest, a poetic and aesthetic journey of perception.

They are not very interested in filling their stomachs, but they have to.Therefore, they try to give more complex and deeper meanings to the process of filling their stomachs, so as to make this inefficient behavior conform to the meaning and value of their inner expectations.

And under such a standardized and standard formula, what percentage of the demand for filling the stomach is left in the end? ——Although you may be full in the end, no one will just fill their stomachs on this occasion.

Desire is undoubtedly complex.Civilization is constantly developing, and the instinct for survival—the most essential and simple desire, has finally turned into a feast today, and human needs have become so complicated and difficult to understand—perhaps on the other hand, this just shows that as long as people have spare power, they will never be satisfied.

Fan Bijiu's Adam's apple twitched.

"Does your mouth drool when you eat caviar?" Eve still couldn't help asking him such a question.

When Fan Bijiu heard her question, a look of surprise flashed across his face.He put down the spoon, picked up the corner of the white napkin on his lap, wiped the corner of his mouth lightly, and then looked at Eve.

Fan Bijiu didn't understand, she asked what was the meaning of this sentence.

"There probably isn't that kind of person in this world... who doesn't drool while eating, right?" He leaned closer to Eve and replied in a low voice.

"I always feel that you don't seem to have much appetite, you don't seem to be eating."

"What does it mean to have an appetite?" Fan Bijiu had seen Eve's appetite before.He smiled, pointed to the direction of the buffet table on the west side and asked her, "Are you going there? May I accompany you?"

"Forget it, I don't have much appetite today." Eve leaned against the soft back of the chair with a bored expression on her face. She reached out to grab the ice cubes in the bowl, but found that she was still wearing gloves. Still haven't moved a bite.

Since returning from the north, her appetite has not been good.

"Later, I have to apologize to Miss Minxi." Vincent folded the napkin in half and placed it on the table.

"You didn't do anything, why are you apologizing?" Eve glanced at him.

"But... in the end it was because of me that it affected you."

Originally, the three of them sat and ate together.But this scene was later caught by Nanfen, so the hostess took Minxi away.There was quite a commotion at that time.Facing Minxi's resentful gaze before leaving, Fanbijiu couldn't help feeling a little ashamed—from Minxi's point of view, Nanfen's actions were indeed somewhat hurtful.Nanfen staged this show under the eyes of everyone, probably to emphasize the relationship between Fanbijiu and Eve to everyone—but no matter whether this relationship is the relationship that others mistakenly think, this incident is essentially caused by the appearance of Fanbijiu.

"Are you afraid that she will hate you?" Eve smiled, "Don't worry, it won't. If you want to have a good relationship with her, then just give her some small things, she will be happy."

"What kind of small object?" Fan Bijiu looked at the person in front of him, but his heart drifted away.In the past, Eve seemed to have never been able to talk to him face to face and earnestly like this. In the past, no matter how boastful he was or what methods he used to attract her attention, the effect was not good. But now, he can communicate with her calmly like this, which is indeed not a small improvement.For the first time, Vincent had a feeling close to possessiveness, and he felt vain about it, but at the same time, he was also a little disappointed—the irresponsible words he used to say could no longer be uttered, and he seemed to be farther away from her.

"Beautiful or novelty items are fine." Eve replied.

"Okay, I will remember." Fan Bijiu nodded.

During the interval between music performances, a middle-aged man with a slightly bald head and a general belly walked in from the main entrance. The sound of opening the door caught everyone's attention.Nan Fen, who was originally standing in the corner of the living room talking with people, had a surprised expression on her face when she saw this man. She greeted the people around her, then got up to greet him, and the two hugged each other very intimately - this gentleman is a "cousin" of Nan Fen, named Alvindino Sirins.He is the son of the current king of Luoming and Ye Fei's father. According to Kriging's division of relatives, Arventino can actually be regarded as Nanfen's elder.When going to Luo Town, Eve met Arventino.After the two exchanged pleasantries, Nanfen took him to see Miriam.Everyone's curiosity was satisfied, and they were immersed in drinking and laughing with the people around them again.

Eve looked back, but noticed that someone at the next table was staring at her. The person met her eyes and smiled at her.

It was only then that Eve noticed that Long Ke had been sitting next to her.

Long Ke came over and sat on the empty seat beside Eve.

"I've been waiting for you to find me just now—if you haven't noticed me all this time, then after the banquet is over, I can only leave silently." He joked as soon as they met.

"Where are your brothers? Not with you?" Eve asked him.The group of four all live in Bomeng. When Nanfen sent the invitation, she asked Eve if there was anyone she wanted to invite. In the end, Eve only thought of these four people, and they didn't see each other for the whole vacation. Lin Xin and Di Geng in the silhouette.

"Becklin didn't come, but the other two did." Longke turned his head and motioned her to look behind him.Eve turned her head, and sure enough, she saw Galidi and Enpete who were seated not far away.Galidi is small and highly recognizable.

"Becklin said he couldn't adapt to such an occasion, so he can only live up to your kindness." Long Ke said.

Except for Becklin, the other three members of the group of four were either from prominent families or wealthy families, and they all had some background in the local area.

Long Ke talked with Eve for a while, and then greeted Fan Bijiu when there was nothing to talk about.

"You don't talk much today." He shrugged, "Is it not going well recently?"

"Before you showed up, it was quite smooth." Fan Bijiu retorted, "It's not that I don't talk much, but I just don't want to talk to you."

"That's a pity, I still miss the feeling of arguing with you at that time." Long Ke looked at Eve again, "Do you still remember the symposium that day? The dress you wore at that time really reminded me, it was so bright Like a cloud... By the way, the feeling you give me today is like a dazzling sun."

Eve was amused by the way he raised his eyebrows when he spoke, but Vincent could not laugh.He stared at Longke, his expression was very similar to that of Minxi when he was looking at him just now.

"I know you are still not convinced." Long Ke noticed his gaze, "but that was then—do you still insist on your opinion now? You think that the pollution of the waterways in the eastern city should give way to development, or ...is there any improvement?"

"Of course I insist on my point of view." Fan Bijiu picked up the glass from the table, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.During this process, his eyes were fixed on Long Ke.

"Me too, my point of view remains the same," Longko said.

Looking at the two, Eve suddenly remembered the scene of their heated debate at the symposium, and felt a headache.

"Okay, I beg you, don't fight here, okay?"

Eve could understand the reason for their abnormal behavior at this time, but she didn't want to admit that it had something to do with her from the bottom of her heart—maybe the two people's rivalry today was just a continuation of the fruitless debate at the end of the symposium the year before last.If this is true, it means that Longke had already been eyeing Eve at that time—this is not surprising.

"That's right, we won't get any results from arguing here." Longke tugged at his collar and stood up from his chair. "Shall we go out and talk?"

Fan Bijiu pursed his lips and said nothing.He stood up suddenly and was about to follow him out, but Eve grabbed his arm and pushed him back on the chair.

"You're crazy, he's a student at the training center." Eve persuaded him in a low voice.

"Don't worry, Eve." Seeing this, Long Ke showed a smile on his originally indifferent face, "I don't want to ask him out to fight, I really want to tell him something. Of course, if he strikes first , then I will fight back.”

"Are you really going to fight?" Eve was dubious.

"If you really want to fight, at least you have to wait until the banquet is over." Fan Bijiu stood up and also comforted Eve, "It's okay, I'll be back soon."

Eve watched the two of them walk through the hall full of dining tables to the yard outside the villa.

As soon as the two left, Min Xi took the opportunity to sneak back.

"Let's go out and have a look too!" She held her sister's hand with a very eager tone.

Eve was also curious about what the two of them were doing, so she nodded at Minxi and walked around to the side door with her.They went to the aisle on the east side of the house, which is usually the route for people to deliver ingredients to the kitchen, and there are some overwintering vegetables piled up in the corner.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, the cold air rushed into his nose, making him feel short of breath.The two of them were wearing thin clothes, and they were shivering from the cold at this time. Minxi put her entire front body on Eve's back to keep warm.

Long Ke and Fan Bijiu stood on the open space under the window of the guest room on the first floor, and they were talking in a low voice.

The two sisters hid behind a dense bush and were far away from them, so they couldn't hear what they were saying, but they could see that their expressions were very serious.

"They must be negotiating the price." Minxi leaned against Eve's ear and whispered.

"How much?"

"For example, 'I'll give you one hundred thousand gold coins and leave that woman'... like that." She imitated the man's low tone when he spoke.

Eve chuckled lightly, but didn't speak.

The scene was much more boring than expected, but the two of them didn't want to retreat early, so they gritted their teeth and persisted.

Minxi gritted her teeth on purpose.

"When they negotiated the price and planned to go back to the house, you rushed out and said to them: 'I'll give you 100 million each, now, get the hell out of here'." The little girl's words became more and more irrelevant, but Eve found it interesting and didn't say anything, just laughed silently.

Minxi kept belittling the two people in the distance in Eve's ears, her cautious appearance seemed to be whispering.A shawl suddenly appeared on the two sisters, covering their exposed shoulders.At this time, the shawl still has a touch of body temperature and fragrance.

The two turned their heads at the same time, only to find a strange young man behind them.This person has short hair, is not tall, but has broad shoulders and a well-proportioned figure. He also looks very dignified in this dark purple dress.

"It's someone you know?" Minxi moved her body to the side, so that she and Eve faced the person who came.

"I don't know." Eve shook her head.

Both were silent for a moment.

"Who are you?" Minxi still maintained an intimate posture, looking at the young man in front of her.She raised her hands and squeezed the collar of the cloak in front of Eve a little tighter.

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

While taking out a cigarette from his inner pocket, the young man asked the two sisters, "Can I have a cigarette here?"

Eve looked at the cigarette he was already holding and nodded.

"I came with my mother today, you should know her name is Eluren." He said to the two.

"Oh, I see, you are the third child of the Knaka family." Minxi suddenly said, "Your name is..."

"Stoun." The young man leaned against the wooden pillar of the canopy in the aisle, and lit the cigarette in his hand, "Minxi and...Eve, right?"