Chapter 300: Longtan Tiger's Den
In the old Chinese customs, it was customary to call paternal relatives "relatives", maternal relatives "relatives", and comrades of the same family as "friends". The people who were invited to this birthday family reunion today are nothing more than some of Xiaoting's "relatives and friends", but among them, "friends" and "friends" are obviously less than "relatives" and "relatives", which may be related to Xiaoting's high school and college in other places.
As the protagonist of today's party, Xiaoting was surrounded by this group of relatives like stars holding the moon, constantly accepting questions from various styles chasing the Hong Kong and Taiwan paparazzi, and felt that her head was going to be dizzy.
In fact, these relatives can't be blamed entirely, because Xiaoting's experience is indeed a miracle for them: Xiaoting suffered a car accident more than half a year ago, and at that time she had been "sentenced" to high paraplegia for life by major hospitals in China, and those medical authorities all swore that there was no possibility of cure.
At that time, many relatives visited the hospital, Xiao Ting leaned on the head of the bed and the haggard and desperate eyes left a very deep impression on them, sympathy and sighed at the impermanence of fate, and now, Xiao Ting actually appeared in front of everyone alive again, if not seen with their own eyes, it was as unreal as a dream!
Xiao Ting felt very helpless about the questions of her relatives, she definitely couldn't make the "ritual" of the witch doctor Shi public, because first of all, it involved the secret of Xiao Nan's transformation, and secondly, even if she said it truthfully, no one would believe it, so that her complete recovery became a mystery in the eyes of all relatives, and even some religious relatives tried to attribute the credit to their pious prayers to the gods......
Just when Xiao Ting was tired of coping, the doorbell rang, Xiao Ting saw Xiao Nan standing outside the door through the window, she was wearing a light dark green short trench coat today, blue jeans and white canvas sneakers, although this set of clothes is deliberately low-key, but the figure and appearance of Xiao Ting still attracted the attention of the guests.
Xiao Ting broke free from the entanglement of relatives and friends, and trotted all the way to open the door for Xiao Nan, but Xiao Ting's father Qiao Yuanfan was much closer to the wrought iron gate because he was preparing an open-air barbecue rack in the yard, so he rushed over to open the door for Xiao Nan.
Qiao Yuanfan stared at the girl in front of him, if he took off his myopic glasses and stood three steps away, I am afraid that even he, who is a father, may mistake her for his own daughter......
"Hello Uncle Joe. Xiao Nan said hello to Lao Qiao. Although she came to the party today with the determination of a showdown with Lao Qiao, the basic politeness must be taken into account, which is the consistent tutoring habit of her old Cheng family.
"It's Xiaolan, welcome, welcome, please come in, Tingting, she's been waiting for you." Old Joe opened the door open a large gap so that Xiao Nan could push her motorcycle in as well.
Xiao Nan pushed APE into the door, Lao Qiao closed the door while secretly observing this daughter's "problem girlfriend", she combed a fluffy twisted braid and threw it behind her back today, which is also the hairstyle that her daughter has always liked - this kind of similarity between her and Xiao Ting is not deliberate, and Lao Qiao feels more and more that the relationship between the two girls is by no means ordinary.
Xiaoting was late with her skirt in both hands, followed by her puppy "Bai Xue" at her feet. Today, she was forced by her mother to wear a snow-white gorgeous dress, dressed like a princess, with a long skirt and crystal high heels under her feet, which seriously affected her walking speed.
As soon as Bai Xue saw Xiao Nan, she immediately accelerated past her master, ran to Xiao Nan, who was parking in the yard like a gust of wind, stood up and put her two front paws on her legs, wagging her tail desperately, and making a chirping sound in her mouth.
Seeing this scene, Lao Qiao's brows frowned slightly, his own puppy is very sensitive, and he will desperately bark whenever outsiders pass by, and it will be so enthusiastic about "Xiaolan" who has never been to his home, which is really a bit incredible.
"You're here......" Xiao Ting came up and held Xiao Nan's hand tightly, with both joy and vague worry in her eyes.
"Well, I'm not too late, right?" Xiao Nan asked, Xiao Ting shook her head slightly, the two looked at each other, and looking at each other was like a thousand words.
Lao Qiao, who was watching coldly from the sidelines, coughed lightly and reminded: "Tingting, why don't you invite your friends to sit inside?"
"I know~" Xiao Ting held the corner of her skirt with one hand and pulled Xiao Nan's sleeve with the other: "Let's go, let's go inside and talk." Xiao Nan nodded, greeted Lao Qiao politely, and followed Xiao Ting to the hall on the first floor of the villa.
Very good, since this girl is here today, I must find a chance to ask for an understanding...... Lao Qiao looked at the equally slender backs of the two girls, and thought to himself: If there is really "that" relationship between her and Tingting, I, the father, will prevent them from being together no matter what!
Xiao Nan was pulled into the hall on the first floor by Xiao Ting, and as soon as she entered the door, she could feel a strong party atmosphere - there were starry LED lights and various balloons hanging in the air, and there were many large-format photos of Xiao Ting's life posted on the wall, two large round tables were arranged in the form of a Western-style buffet with all kinds of pastries and drinks, and a large group of adults and children were laughing and playing in it - Obviously, Xiao Ting's parents spent a lot of thought on this birthday family reunion.
Xiao Nan's appearance at the door attracted the attention of people in the living room, and immediately several young people greeted him, surrounding Xiao Nan and Xiao Ting to ask this and that.
"Tingting, who is this little beauty? How come I've never seen it?" A young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, whose face was four or five points similar to Xiaoting's father, walked over with a large goblet containing a drink in his hand, this person was dressed in a straight suit, his hair was combed with oil, and he stared at Xiao Nan's face with a smile on his face and asked.
Xiao Ting subconsciously blocked in front of Xiao Nan, trying to hide Xiao Nan behind her. "This is my best friend, ...... Ran"
"Oh, it turned out to be Sister Xiaolan, fortunately~" The young man hurriedly stretched out his hand to Xiao Nan: "I am Tingting's cousin, Qiao Xuerui ......"
Before Xiao Nan could shake hands with this cousin, another tall and fat man squeezed over next to him, and squeezed Qiao Xuerui aside with his shoulders, and preemptively stretched out his fat hand similar to a bear's paw and held Xiao Nan's right hand: "I'm Tingting's lobby brother, Qiao Xuefeng, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
"Uh...... Hello...... "Xiao Nan is completely unfamiliar with these relatives of Xiao Ting's family, when he was with Xiao Ting in the past, Xiao Ting almost never mentioned family members other than his parents to him, and seemed to have a feeling of avoiding them.
Although Qiao Xuefeng is a little fatter, the characteristics of the Qiao family on his face are still quite obvious, if it is not for the serious overweight, it should not be ugly, but he scanned Xiao Nan's forehead all the way to his chest and stayed for a long time, so that his unreasonable personality was immediately revealed, even if he was equipped with various high-end brands, he could not hide it.
If it weren't for Xiao Nan pulling his hand back hard, it is estimated that this old man would have to hold it in his hand for a while and have a good time, he is really a nasty guy, no wonder Xiao Ting looked at him with obvious displeasure in his eyes.
As soon as Qiao Xuefeng let go, Qiao Xuerui, who had been squeezed aside by him just now, came back, he struggled to squeeze Qiao Xuefeng aside, grabbed Xiao Nan's right hand with both hands and held it tightly: "And me! Tingting is really, there is such a beautiful girlfriend, not to mention introducing us to each other...... Sister Xiaolan, do you have a boyfriend?"
"You two are enough!" Xiao Ting's patience had reached the limit, and she slapped her cousin's wolf claw, took Xiao Nan's hand and walked away.
"Don't pay attention to them, two **! Relying on my parents' money, I fool around with a group of fox friends and dog friends outside all day long, and I can't walk when I see a beautiful girl......" Xiao Ting said with a disdainful face, she pulled Xiao Nan, bypassed the crowd in the hall and went straight up the stairs. "The second floor is cleaner, let's find a place to stay, I'll go crazy after hanging out with these boring guys for a long time!"
Xiao Nan silently followed Xiao Ting, went up the stairs, walked through a corridor, and came to the door of a room at the end of the corridor.
"Didn't you often ask me where my piano was, and it has always been here, for years, and when I think about it, I would run over and wipe it and play a few tunes. Xiao Ting pulled Xiao Nan and let her sit on the small sofa by the wall, and asked Xiao Nan with a smile: "Do you want to hear me play the piano?"
"Okay......" Xiao Nan said. Maybe after today, I will never have the opportunity to listen to Xiaoting play the piano again......
Xiao Ting lifted the top cover and keyboard cover of the piano, lifted her skirt with her hands and sat elegantly on the piano bench, first played a few syllables at random to try the feel, and then the style of the song changed, and a song "Moonlight" flowed out from between her slender and slender ten fingers like a clear trickling stream.
Xiao Nan remembered this song, which was played when Xia Longfei confessed to Xiao Ting in the café. Although Xiao Nan doesn't know how to play the piano, he has always liked to appreciate music, and that time Xia Longfei fully expressed the quiet and soothing artistic conception of "Moonlight", which made people suddenly seem to see the rippling moonlight on the lake.
And now that Xiaoting is performing this song, it seems to be different. Compared with Xia Longfei's precise strength and rhythm control, Xiaoting's interpretation is more emotional, which makes the quiet atmosphere of "Moonlight" more melancholy.
After the song was played, when Xiao Nan was still immersed in the afterglow of the strings, there was a crisp applause outside the door, and as the door was slowly pushed open, a tall and straight young man appeared at the door with a smile.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, Miss Yuting's piano skills are really better, if I can have the honor to play a song with you today, I have no regrets in this life!"