[HP] If youth has an ageless face

A few days later, Ethan suddenly called the whole family into the garden. Although Blaise was unwilling to meet him face to face, Ethan vaguely expressed "there is a surprise", which made him quite curious.After weighing it, he still followed.

"I guess... that's the gift you gave me?" There was an iron cage taller than a person in the garden, covered with a piece of white silk.

"Not bad." Ethan stepped forward and held the corner of the silk cloth, "Are you ready?—"

He gently tugged, and the smooth silk fell down. At that moment, there seemed to be a flash of light, and immediately, a golden unicorn cub appeared in front of their eyes.

Ethan pressed the switch, and the cage door was raised. The little unicorn blinked, and timidly took a step outside.

Even Blaise's eyes lit up involuntarily, and he stretched out his hand tentatively. The little unicorn hesitated for a moment, but walked towards him boldly.

"Do you like it?" Ethan carefully observed her expression, but found that Edwin did not show obvious joy.

"Where did you get it?" She even frowned slightly, "I remember it was forbidden to trade."

"I have my way." Ethan replied briefly, "You don't like it?"

"No." She denied it, but her expression remained calm, "Very beautiful."

Blaise had come to hang out with the unicorn uninvited, a gift that seemed to please him rather than Edwinra.Ethan couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.Then she asked again: "You don't have to bother to make me happy all the time."

She saw through his purpose.

Ethan felt a little embarrassed, but didn't deny it.

"Everyone is unhappy sometimes, and so am I." Edwin pulls to turn to him, with a gentle smile on her face, but Ethan knows it's not from the heart, "not to mention I'm not unhappy." Happy. I just don't want anything in particular."

"You are not satisfied with your life now."

"I feel very satisfied," she denies. "I have everything I want: endless Galleons, enviable beauty and a perfect husband. What else can I ask for?"

Her praise didn't make Ethan feel at ease in the slightest. He carefully studied her expression, trying to find the direction to break her disguise, but...he couldn't see through him.This realization made Ethan feel more depressed than ever.She has always been mysterious and inseparable, but she is not such a person.Ethan clearly remembered what it was like when she got along with Darren in the past, and even when she was with her last husband, the reporter, she was more vivid than now.She will laugh and scold and have emotions, she will spend her time dressing up and at the party, and she will smile at her new jewelry-yes, she has passion and desire like everyone else, not a beautiful dog. But there is no god vase.

"Ethan," she took the initiative to break the silence, "don't embarrass me, and don't embarrass yourself."

"Is it the marriage to me that makes you miserable?"

"As I said, no." Edwin turned to look at him, "You are not the best one, but compared to some of my husbands, you are good enough. I have nothing to fault, real."

Then why did you change?Ethan wanted to ask, but couldn't ask.

"Maybe you have too high expectations for me." She looked at the unicorn and said in her mouth, "You have beautified me too much, so the real me disappoints you."

"I didn't!" he blurted out.Edwina stared at him quietly for a few seconds, then smiled suddenly without refuting.

A few days later, Sylvia came to visit with a strange woman.After chatting for a few words, Edwin sent someone to ask Ethan to come down and talk.

It stands to reason that this kind of conversation between women should not involve men, but Edwin not only invited him, but also deliberately called Sylvia away under the banner of "exchanging parenting experience", leaving only He was alone with the strange woman.

This behavior was really strange, and Ethan didn't realize her intention at first.When he was seated and saw the female guest's face clearly, a thunderbolt suddenly struck from his heart, and he instantly understood what she was implying to him - the person opposite was young and beautiful, and would blush shyly when they met his eyes. Yet he smiled boldly at him.

"Ethan." She called his name in a coquettish tone. No man could refuse this gentle tenderness, but it didn't please him.

He was angry at first, and then felt a trace of cold bitterness in his heart.

"Edwina," after dismissing the weird-looking Sylvia and the woman, he went to confront her, only to find that she was feeding the unicorn. Facing his pent-up anger, she didn't panic at all.Ethan's anger faded a bit, and then he felt infinitely helpless, "I know you don't love me, but you shouldn't be like this, right?"

"I think this is the best solution, Ethan."

"Solve what?"

She picked up a wet towel beside her and wiped her hands, then turned to look at him: "You don't love me." She shook her head before he could retort, "You just mistakenly deified me as the one in your heart White Moonlight—but I'm not, Ethan."

The sun shone on Ethan's face, causing him to narrow his eyes slightly.He fixed his eyes on Edwina, and once again found that her expression was neither happy nor angry, as if she was just calmly talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

He had seen such peace once many years ago——

"Keep it." Under his cousin's gaze, her eyes fell on his face. At one point Ethan thought she would attack him, but she didn't.Edwin pulled up and handed Darren's notebook to him, with an indifferent expression, "Your brother doesn't have any hobbies, he just likes these plants and trees."

Then she walked away, taking nothing with her, as his cousin had requested.The young Ethan watched her back and wanted to ask her to stay, but he couldn't and didn't dare.At that moment, he suddenly vaguely understood one thing: the only thing that connected him to Edwina was her marriage to his brother, and when this bond was broken, they would definitely be strangers.It wasn't because of harsh demands from the Zabini family, but because of her—to her, he was just her husband's brother, nothing more.

It was so in the past, and it is so now.

He never really had a place in her heart.