035 Hearts and Minds
In the folk and various forums, there are many jokes about Xiao Tian's wandering of the rivers and lakes in his early years. Because these paragraphs exposed the real names of many people and got replies and testimony from relevant characters, many people think they are true and credible.
These legends all unanimously believe that Xiao Tian is the invisible and unique boss in the underworld of Qiaodong Province and surrounding counties and cities, and the eldest brother among the big brothers! His style of life and work is very different from that of real people in the rivers and lakes, so the rivers and lakes in this province are less dark and bloody, but there are more heart-warming and popular legends.
Xiao Tian glanced at Caiyue without a trace.
"Everything else is easy to understand, how do you understand this independent thought you are talking about? Also, what kind of man is responsible in your eyes?"
Caiyue's complexion is positive.
"It's easy to understand independent thinking. It is to have their own ideas about people and things, not to follow the crowd, not to follow the crowd, not to deliberately be unconventional and really different. As for the sense of responsibility, I think that as a man, I should have a sense of responsibility for my family when I am small, and I should have a sense of responsibility for my family when I am older. ”
After listening to Caiyue's words, Xiao Tian's eyes looked at her and deepened a little.
"Yours can already exclude a lot of men. You're still young now, I don't know if you've thought about it, it's not easy to be a woman who cares about the world. Loyalty and filial piety are both, not to mention a more fragile love?"
Xiao Tian's words made Cai Yue stunned for a moment.
"I don't agree with what you say, I never think love is fragile. On the contrary, I believe that true love is indestructible and steely. Saying that, Cai Yue also raised her little arm and gestured to show her strength, "If the man I like is really a man who cares about the world, I think I am willing to sacrifice for him." ”
Xiao Tian smiled slightly and asked, "What else?"
Cai Yue's eyes widened, "No." ”
Xiao Tian felt incredulous, "That's it?"
Cai Yue blinked, "yes, that's not enough. Didn't you also say that these alone can exclude a lot of men. ”
"But you don't have any material demands on the other side? Are there any women who don't have money demands on men?"
Cai Yue "cut" and said, "A man with these things won't be a poor bastard, right? ”
Xiao Tian's little expression when he said "cut" to Caiyue was very heartbroken.
"So, your criteria for choosing a man are, first of all, affection, and second, people. In other words, no matter how good a man is, if he doesn't love you and doesn't understand you, then you will definitely give it up, right?"
Cai Yue thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, your understanding and summary are very accurate. perfect!”
Xiao Tian couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Does it mean that at least I am a man who understands you?"
Cai Yue's face turned red when she heard this, and in order to hide her panic, she immediately picked up the bowl and took a sip of porridge, and then said: "No, you can only be regarded as a person who can understand my words at most!"
Xiao Tian smiled, glanced at Caiyue, and said with some meaning, "Really?"
"Of course!" Caiyue's reply cripped this time.
Cai Yue's firm answer reminded Xiao Tian of what she had said to him that she "already had a heart". His brows furrowed, he poured himself a large mouthful of soy milk, and then asked, "The man you said you belong to is the kind of person you just said?"
Cai Yue's face turned red again all of a sudden, and her heart beat wildly.
At the beginning, when she said in front of Xiao Tian that she had a heart, she didn't know that he was Xiao Tian at all. Now Xiao Tian asked again, how should she answer him, and was that person really Xiao Tian?
When Xiao Tian saw Caiyue's expression, he was slightly displeased: "Why, you miss your little lover in front of me?"
Of course, he couldn't have thought that Cai Yue's heart belonged to him. At the beginning, in order to avoid being his woman, she actually teased him twice in a row. Not only that, but she would rather use a sharp military dagger to her own neck than commit herself to him, which is a real preferring to die!
"Nope. I lied to you at the time. I'm afraid you're really going to... That's why I said that. ”
As soon as Xiao Tian heard this, his mood immediately turned cloudy and clear.
"I was also teasing you at the time, and I didn't really want to do anything to you. You damn girl, you're really playing with people too hard!"
Caiyue stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, "I'm sorry! I did go a little too far! I apologize to you!"
Xiao Tian nodded generously, "I accept your apology!
"Okay!" Cai Yue became happy, because she felt that she had actually taken advantage of Xiao Tian.
Xiao Tian saved her life, and she not only didn't thank him properly, but also slapped him. In addition to making unreasonable requests to let her be her lover, Xiao Tian didn't really do anything to her, but she teased him several times in a row.
Now that I think about it, with the legendary Xiao Tian's skills, if he really wants to do something to her, she can't resist at all.
After the happiness, she also felt a little sad.
At first, she thought that Xiao Tian forced her to commit to him, but in her eagerness, she found out that the person she loved in her heart was actually Xiao Tian, who had never really met, which caught her off guard. This sudden love is completely beyond her predetermined plan.
The love that mother and herself originally planned was just as she said to Xiao Tian just now, just a simple and ordinary happiness. However, Xiao Tian obviously couldn't give her this kind of love.
The two discussed enthusiastically and ate deliciously. After eating, Cai Yue took the initiative to clean up the dishes on the table.
Xiao Tian watched her skillfully clean up, and didn't mean to stop her at all.
She quickly cleaned up the table, neatly rolled up her sleeves, and began to busily wash the dishes and clean the kitchen.
Xiao Tian leaned slightly, leaned against the kitchen door frame, and looked at her quietly. At this time, she is completely a gentle and capable little woman.
Cai Yue said while rinsing the bowl, "I can do it alone." At home, I don't usually let my mom do these things. ”
"I believe it. Still, that's what I want to look at you. Xiao Tian said casually.
He was telling the truth. With Caiyue, he felt that he was very relaxed and enjoyed. Seeing her in her home clothes, busy in the kitchen like a hostess, made him suddenly feel a long-lost feeling of home that he could only taste in his imagination. This was a little different from the feeling he had when he was with Ouyang Qing.
Cai Yue's hand paused slightly, and she realized that she inadvertently seemed to really regard this place as her home.
She deliberately and slowly washed the few dishes, as if wishing it would be longer.
Xiao Tian didn't mean to interrupt her at all, but still leaned slightly against the kitchen door frame, silently watching her every movement.
Neither of them spoke again, and in the huge villa, only the sound of flushing water and dishes in the kitchen, and a man and a woman silently thinking about their own thoughts.
The dishes and chopsticks were finally washed.
Caiyue wondered if she should just say goodbye, as if there was no reason to continue staying.
Xiao Tian seemed to see through what she was thinking again, and when she wrung out the rag and hung it up, and was about to say goodbye, he opened his mouth first: "You like the piano very much?"
She was a little surprised, "Ah, yes, I've loved the piano since I was a kid. ”
"Can you play?"
"In general, it doesn't play very well. ”
Hearing her say that she could play, Xiao Tian was very happy. His body went from being crooked to fully standing.
"Then did Yaxing play a song? Don't say no, you overheard me playing the piano just now, and I have to listen to it." ”
She was a little nervous, but also a little eager to try. Not long ago, Xiao Tian's playing still moved him, making her very impulsive to play a song as well.
"Okay, then let's meet friends with songs!"
The two entered the piano room together.
Sitting down on the piano bench, closing his eyes and meditating for a while, Caiyue began to play.
She played the second movement of Beethoven's "Pathétique".
In the best years of her life, she experienced the death of her father and the severe devastation of her mother. In front of people, she always faces everything with optimism, strength and a smile. It is only when she is alone that she reveals and swallows her own vulnerability and sorrow alone. Every time she plays this piece, she can slowly forget her sorrow and sorrow, and regain her peace and tranquility.
Xiao Tian leaned on the piano and stood diagonally opposite Caiyue, his eyes staring at her and listening to her play.
The melody of this piece is soothing and melodious, with a hint of sadness, and each note is like a girl full of thoughts telling, whispering, and meditating on her unknown sorrows and thoughts.
When it comes to sadness, I can't help but feel a wave of sadness, but I finally open my arms and calmly accept everything that makes her uneasy. When the last few notes slip out of your fingertips, everything returns to serenity and peace.
For the first time, Cai Yue played this piece emotionally and completely in the presence of others.
As usual, there were tears in the corners of her eyes, and she habitually did not wipe them away, but just lowered her head, closed her eyes, and let the tears slowly slide down on their own.
Xiao Tian didn't bother her, just looked at her quietly, and then slowly walked around to her, one hand gently resting on her shoulder, and the other slowly pulling her head towards him, letting her lean into his arms.
Cai Yue didn't struggle in the slightest, as if this was the only natural thing to do.
She leaned on Xiao Tian's chest, and the warm sunlight poured in generously from the window, so warm!
Xiao Tian lowered his head and looked at her in his arms. The sun shone on her body, as if her body was shining with holy light. The tears on his face were still faintly there, and his long eyelashes were still shining and trembling slightly.
Outside the window, the sound of waves not far away could be heard, crashing on the beach.
Closing their eyes, the two of them snuggled quietly like this, and no one spoke to break the silence.
Both of them were immersed and enjoying the rare tranquility of the moment when the doorbell suddenly rang.