"Yes," Jiang Shu said, "I mainly ca to ask about him, but feel free to share about others, too."
"I know what you do," Aunt Lisa replied knowingly, "Do I know what you do?"
"Hmm?" Jiang Shu frowned slightly. He had only brought a pair of glasses this ti and hadn’t disguised his face. Had the old lady recognized him?
"Are you one of those who concocts family secrets and histories?" Aunt Lisa laughed heartily, "I get it, I’ve heard plenty of such stories..."
"You don’t have to make anything up; just tell the facts," Jiang Shu said, sowhat helpless. It seed his fa wasn’t that great.
But thinking about it, it was quite normal. For soone like Aunt Lisa who lived in Zone E, the most important part of her day wasn’t entertainnt; it was work. With not a few kids at ho, she could only raise them by taking on as many part-ti jobs as possible, and work occupied most of her ti.
As for his magic performances, although they were widely known, they weren’t universally recognized because he didn’t do advertisents, and his face had never appeared on those colorful billboards.
"I was still working at their house when the head of the Ashbourne family was Mr. Berg Ashbourne," Aunt Lisa began, "Back then, they had three children. The oldest daughter was Isadelle, the eldest son was Clo, and the youngest son was Evon."
"It’s the youngest son, Evon, who heads the Ashbourne family now, right?" Jiang Shu had done so howork on the family.
"Yes," Aunt Lisa said, "If Mr. Clo hadn’t gone off to do those things, he would be the head of the family now." She added regretfully, "You know, the Ashbourne family crest features a raven, nad for its intelligence and bravery, a decision Mr. Berg made against many objections."
"Um," Jiang Shu made no comnt.
In a sense, Clo was definitely fit to be described as intelligent and brave...
He had always been exceptionally brave.
"Mr. Clo was outstanding even as a child, all the teachers praised him as a genius," Aunt Lisa continued slowly, "Only, his personality was quite solitary, and he didn’t make many friends. Besides reading and painting, the thing he did most was bully his younger brother, Mr. Evon."
"Although Mr. Clo was sowhat reclusive, he was very kind to us servants, always treating us with equality, and for that, he was severely scolded by Mr. Berg," she continued, "That said, I still can’t believe he would go on to found that nefarious power group. If anyone, Mr. Evon might be the one doing those things."
"Uh... what do you an?" Jiang Shu noted down this crucial piece of information. "Is he that bad?"
"Very bad; Mr. Evon could practically do any vile thing," Aunt Lisa’s face showed a flicker of indignation, but then she seed to recall sothing and fell silent, "In any case, he’s much worse compared to Mr. Clo."
She added, "But he’s very afraid of Mr. Clo, almost like a mouse seeing a cat."
"And what about the eldest sister, Isadelle? I haven’t found much about her," Jiang Shu noted, observing that she hadn’t ntioned her.
"Miss Isadelle..." Aunt Lisa sighed, "She disappeared a long ti ago. During the year of the unemploynt crisis, she went to Zone D to distribute aid, just when there was a famine riot, and then she was gone."
Jiang Shu narrowed his eyes.
It seed this was when Clo started to change?
It all felt a bit cliché.
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