[HP] If youth has an ageless face

Jacob spends a lot of time with his sister.Meyer was not a good guy, but he had a good conscience after all, so the poor girls were spared from being forced to live on the street like their mother.But what she saw and heard in the past few years still left a deep psychological shadow on her, and she was no longer even close to Jacob.Jacob had no choice but to try to slowly rebuild his relationship with her.

"When are you going to leave?" Edwin asked.

"A week later." They decided to return to Canada anyway.In fact, Jacob would like to change the environment so that his sister can gradually open up, but Britain is really not safe right now.

"Okay. I won't come to see you off then."

"Mrs. Zabini," Jacob looked at her with a little trepidation, "did my father accidentally offend you?"

"No." She responded with a smile, "It's just that... I don't have anything to say." Facing Jacob's still puzzled expression, she explained, "Really, we don't have any conflicts."

While talking, Edwina noticed that the girl was always looking at her secretly, her eyes were somewhat probing and jealous.This is not a good thing.

"You should pay more attention to your daughter." In front of Constance, she said to Uriah, "the past is unchangeable, but her future has not yet been finalized. With all due respect, if it is not corrected in time, she will Maybe you won't be confused and go astray."

Constance sneered behind her.

"I know." Uriah said to herself, "It's fine to go back to Canada, I hate the rainy days in England."

Is the cold air in Canada good?Edwin did not refute, but only lightly warned: "Take care of yourself."

"You too."

Their eyes briefly intersect in the air and then go to different places.Some things can never go back.Just like a broken mirror, no matter how you make up for it, there will be one or several cracks in the middle.

"I have a request." Edwin walked to the window, looking down at the poisonous arrow tree in the garden, "I want to buy that tree, would you like to make a price?"

"You can take it if you want."

Edwina looked back at him: "It's better to settle the accounts clearly, I don't want to owe favors for no reason."

Uriah was silent.

Constance followed her out at parting.In the hall, Edwin stopped: "What are you going to do?"

Constance and her were separated by a short distance: "What's the matter with you?"

"Just a random question," she said, "You remind me of my real parents—"

"—I'm not at that point yet!" Constance's face flushed instantly, "Don't worry, Edwina, even if I freeze to death on the street, I will never ask you to give me half a cent!"

This is Constance.Even though many years have passed, the arrogance in her bones still does not allow her to completely succumb to the lust of life.Edwina laughed silently in her heart, she knew she didn't have to worry about history repeating itself.

"I don't need you to come and go in my life. You just need to continue to be the unparalleled Mrs. Zabini. As for us brothers and sisters, whether we are poor or rich, it has nothing to do with you."

"I won't worry about it." Edwinra replied, "But I need to remind you that your relationship with Uriah is not as good as before. If you still treat him as a younger brother and want to get along well, then Don't dwell on the past."

Constance's body trembled slightly, as if stung by her words.

"I'm leaving." She picked up her cloak, but Constance called out to her:

"Mom..." She burst into tears as soon as she opened her mouth, "Did she say anything?"

Edwin pulled out Mrs. Davis's faded figure from his memory: "No." She said, "At first she would mention you from time to time. After your father committed suicide, Uriah had a big fight with her. After that, she was ill in bed again, and she has never talked to you since then."

Constance's shoulders were trembling slightly, and she raised her hand to cover her mouth, tears streaming down her face.

"She died with only Uriah by her side. I don't know if she had any last words. But when I was with her during the holidays, sometimes she would tell me something about when you were a child. I don't know. I know if she misses you for me, or just treats me as you." Edwin looked at her, thinking it was funny, what can tears get back?Nothing.

She still remembered the gentle look on Mrs. Davies's face when she smiled and told the funny things about Constance's childhood.She loved Constance, of course, and she loved her even after the harm she had done to their family.On the contrary, she never really thought of Edwin as a family member, even though she had been with her for so long.

Edwinla had no intention of condemning her, it was human nature, she just felt a little disappointed.

"Aren't you curious how I found out about Uriah's mind?" Constance said again after wiping away her tears.Edwin shook his head:

"I don't care." After thinking about it, she decided to speak clearly, "I should not have any more entanglements with you from now on, and you don't have to worry that I will cause you trouble. Similarly, you don't have to use these words Come bother me."

Constance was taken aback for a moment, and within a few seconds, Edwina had already pushed the door and walked out.

She unconsciously remembered the eyes that Uriah had always fixed on Edwinla in the past.Constance has always known that her nominal sister has a beautiful face that ordinary people can't match, but she didn't feel that something was wrong until she heard Uriah's roommates joke that he put a small portrait of Edwina by the bedside. .When she sneaked into Uriah's room one day during the summer vacation, found a photo of Edwina under his pillow, and when she turned around and saw Uriah standing at the door with an ugly face, Constance Finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

But none of them did anything wrong. To be precise, the fault cannot be simply attributed to any one person.

A week later, the Davis siblings are about to leave separately, and the manor will soon return to silence.

Constance has packed her simple luggage and is ready to return to Romania.Although Uriah said she would not mind her bringing her family to England, she refused.

At this point she is checking the second box.In addition to the clothes she brought, Constance also packed some books she had read and used before, and planned to bring them back to Romania to distribute to several children as gifts.Other than that, she has nothing to take away.

"Why are you bothering?" Ulea has been silently watching her actions, and at this moment he couldn't help but say, "How many years have these books been stored, and the contents must have been updated several times long ago. What's the point of going back?"

"It would be pointless if I brought the new book home." Constance closed the box and said calmly, "You haven't been to my current home, you can't imagine that there are such poor and backward places in the world." She buckled the lock, "These books may seem tattered to you, but to them they are already a door to another world."

"Why don't you just take them to England?"

"Come on?" Constance seemed ironic. "What do you think we can live on?"

"You have so many NEWTs certificates—"

"They're just scraps of paper," she said. "My life and yours have long been separated, and my children and your children seem to live in two different worlds. I know you won't understand me when I say that. Uriah. But...time changes us all."

"Whatever you want." Ulea watched as she bent down to pick up two boxes, "Maybe they can come to England to see by themselves in the future."

Hearing his words, Constance was stunned for a moment, but finally held back and did not refute.

"Hope to see you again, Uriah."

"Goodbye." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jacob walking from the garden holding a box:

"It was left by someone sent by Madame Zabini."

Edwinla himself didn't show up, but sent people to dig up the poison arrow tree.

Ulea's eyes flicked over the box, but he didn't speak.

"Can I open it and have a look?" After gaining tacit approval, Jacob lifted the lid and immediately sighed, "Wow..."

Ulea turned her head to look, there was no Gallon in the box, but a box full of jewels.When his eyes touched the once very familiar jewelry, Uriah's vision gradually blurred.

"Dad?" Jacob watched in surprise as he raised his hand to slowly wipe away the tears, then he reached for a sapphire brooch, his eyes turned red again—

After the Davis family went bankrupt, young Uriah, along with the equally young Edwin Rah, took stock of the jewels owned by Mrs. Davis and auctioned off most of them for cash.The remaining ones were divided into two by Uriah, one was left to Edwinra, and the other was later presented to Keira.

But now, they are all in this box.Whether it is the round and clean pearl necklace, or the priceless emerald.

"Should I return it?" Jacob, who was at a loss, asked repeatedly, "They are too expensive... It doesn't seem good for us to accept it like this..."

His words did not stir up any waves in Uriah's heart.In fact, the moment he saw the box of jewels, Uriah understood what Edwinra hadn't said.

From then on, they lived separately on both sides of the ocean, each owed nothing to each other, and the two sides were safe. There was no need to miss them, and there was no possibility of seeing each other again.

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Volume No.11 Christian Byrne: Eclipse of the Heart