When Naru said this, there was still a smile on his face.
But then, he quickly walked out of that good memory, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he continued to tell the rest.
Carissa's parents were heartbroken because of this incident, and their relationship with Carissa suddenly weakened. However, Carissa's parents did not continue to make things difficult for the pair of fateful mandarin ducks, and held a not-so-grand wedding for them.
Now that the two are married, the young man is considered to be officially a member of the Yoshihirata family. The family bought him some eye-catching clothes, and also provided him with some housekeepers and maids.
Seeing that the young man's future status will not be much higher, the famous butlers in the house are not willing to follow him. The Yoshihirata family didn't like this boy who didn't know where he came from, and they were unwilling to give him more and better resources, so they finally chose Naru, who was neither famous nor capable.
Only then did Naru figure out the young man's name.
Liu Shi, eighteen years old, a blacksmith from a poor family.
He used to be an apprentice with a famous blacksmith in the village, but he was kicked out before he had completed two years. Before meeting Carissa, she basically lived a life of non-stop. Naru didn't know what the eldest lady liked about him, but from the moment Liushi entered the Jipingtian family, Naru never underestimated him, but did his best to do his duties as a housekeeper.
He also witnessed the change of the eldest lady.
After getting married, the eldest lady suddenly became a lot more disciplined. Dressing is no longer fashionable and bold, and I don't keep in touch with the young blacksmiths outside. Most of the time, she tied her hair and followed Liushi, helping him deliver various forging materials. While Liushi was hammering the steel, Carissa was sitting aside, holding her cheek, humming, and watching with sparkling eyes.
Naru didn't know forging, but he knew that the eldest lady at that time was really happy.
Later, Liushi and Carissa's child was born, a daughter. Nalu remembers very clearly that Liushi was not there on the day the child was born. He seemed to be inspired and completed his own art regardless. Carissa didn't send anyone to find him either, she endured all the pain alone, and she was not as strong as a pampered young lady.
Carissa named her daughter Morian, and her nickname was Amo.
After Amo was born, the life of the family did not change much. It's just that the forging room has changed from two people in the past to three people now. Carissa often holds her daughter to watch her husband forge all kinds of weapons and armor. Pointing his fingers, he watched the red-hot molten iron being poured into the mould, watched the ferocious flame refining the bones of beasts, and watched the sparks crackling like fireworks in midsummer.
Everything is so normal, so quiet and peaceful.
Naru couldn't tell when this life changed, it wasn't a sudden change, it was more like a process. Liushi is still the same as before, obsessed with forging, but for some reason, the weapons produced often have various malfunctions. Many times Liushi himself was injured because of forging failures, and blood flowed everywhere.
That is, from then on, Carissa began to go out again inexplicably, secretly meeting those young blacksmiths, not knowing what to do.
The atmosphere has gotten weird since then.
Naru didn't know what troubled Liushi, and he didn't know why Carissa, who had such a good relationship with him before, would repeat her pre-marital disorder again. It's just that paper can't contain the fire. Not long after the news of Liushi's injury came out, someone saw Karissa, who was already a wife, going in and out of the weapon shop with other male blacksmiths. Resurrected.
Even when Amo walks in Ji Hirata's mansion, she will be asked maliciously:
— "Amo, Amo, do you know who your father is?"
Amo blinked her eyes and replied:
- "Amo knows, it's Liushi's father!"
The other party will show a meaningful smile, close to her ear, and say:
— "No, Amo. You're just a bastard who doesn't know where to come from."
— "You know? Your mother has been happy with many men, and now she is happy in other people's beds."
——"It's so pitiful, I don't even know who my real father is..."
There are too many such malicious words. At first, Amo didn't quite understand them, but as more people chanted them, they understood. When you understand it, you will start crying, crying heartbreakingly. But those who live in extended families seem to have a brutal sense of humor, and the harder she cries, the more people laugh.
So Naru remembered that during that time he spent most of his time coaxing Amo.
And during this time, Liu Shi often fell into a state of frenzy, and he would use everything in forging, including his own blood. His eyes became very frightening. He would not eat, drink or sleep a lot of the time, and he would go to the bathroom in the forging room. There was a rotten smell all over his body, and the dark circles under his eyes were thick and terrifying. Except for occasionally saying a few words to Carissa who came back, it was always a person repeatedly striking the iron.
So Naru didn't dare to let Amo go to him, for fear that the flowstone in that state would scare Amo.
And then, it's that day.
Naru was playing with Amo in the yard, telling her some old jokes, when suddenly there was a mournful "Killer". Then there was chaos in the house, Nalu hurriedly settled Amo, ran with the crowd, and finally saw Liushi who was tied up in the backyard and was unconscious at the moment.
He fell in the newly built open-air forging field, and in front of him was a high-temperature forging pit whose flame had been extinguished. There was an unrecognizable corpse in the pit, the flesh and blood had been scorched black, but the family heirloom jade pendant of the Ji Hirata family could prove the identity of the deceased.
Liu Shi was woken up by being splashed with cold water, and looked around blankly at first, until he was scolded as a "murderer" before looking at the fire pit.
When he saw the corpse, Liu Shi's eyes suddenly changed. He rushed forward, fell into the fire pit, and frantically searched for it in the fire pit. Finally, among the ashes, he found a sword, a sword glowing dark red. When he saw the sword, Liu Shi's demeanor collapsed for a moment, shouting "I, I killed her—" and kept hitting the ground with his head, bleeding all over the place.
He tried to commit suicide in fear of crime several times, but failed, and was finally exiled forever.
…
That's the end of the story. Naru took out a handkerchief from his coat pocket and wiped away his tears.
In fact, when he talked about Carissa looking for a man outside again, his tone choked several times.
The wife cheated, the husband took revenge, and the former family fell apart. Probably this is the story.
However, after listening to it completely, I frowned deeply.