Chapter 1: Memories of Flowers
On the top floor of the GT Building in M country, in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass, overlooking the bustling night view of the city, the wandering of vehicles and the reflection of the lights, my thoughts go back to 17 years ago...
That year, when he was 12 years old, he followed his parents to country F to discuss business. At a young age, he had already completed his university studies and was basically familiar with the company's business.
After their work, they drove to a manor house in the south of country F to visit friends. The little boy who didn't like to socialize adults since he was a child said hello and drove out of the manor with the driver.
The car drove slowly down the road, and the little boy looked at the maple trees on both sides of the road, because in late autumn, the maple leaves were dyed red.
What catches my eye is a little girl in a red coat, walking on the side of the road covered with maple leaves with a drawing board on her back, and gradually the little boy's eyes follow her...
---Manor---
The old man of the Tang family was born in a scholarly family, and later his son Tang Shiyi did well in business, and married his lover Chen Hui, who matched his family background.
The Tang family and his wife gave birth to two sons and a daughter after marriage, the eldest son Tang Muheng is 11 years old, the second son Tang Mufeng is 9 years old and the younger daughter Tang Beixin is 5 years old.
At this time, the middle-aged couple was already sitting on the mahogany sofa chatting with the Tang couple. Asked about the little lady who had not met yet, Tang's mother replied with a smile: "That little naughty worm doesn't know where to go to play." β
Tang Beixin, who had just escaped from piano lessons not long ago, was grabbed by his grandfather, "Why did my Xinxin skip class, where are you going with your drawing board?"
Tang Beixin was nervous: "Grandpa, I have already practiced the piano, I want to go to Crescent Lake to practice painting early!" Grandpa Tang smiled: "Xinxin is really good, then let Xiaolan accompany you out." β
Tang Beixin hurriedly waved his hand: "No need grandpa, it's near the manor, I'm familiar with it! I'll come back on time for dinner, don't worry!"
After saying that, Tang Beixin ran away, happy in his heart: "I'm so smart, I can go to the lake to pick flowers with a drawing board on my back and pretend to paint!"
---Crescent Lake---
Crescent Lake is near the manor, and after Tang Beixin put the drawing board away, he took out some small bottles, plucked the flowers and put them in the small bottles.
"What are you doing?" the little boy asked faintly. He also wondered why he, who usually doesn't like to associate with girls, was unknowingly brought here by this little girl today.
Tang Beixin glanced up at the boy, and continued to pretend to be a little flower. The boy turned away indifferently, "chirp", the sound of glass breaking. One of the vials was crushed by the boy.
"Why did you do that!" Tang Beixin asked angrily. βSorry.β The boy lifted his feet and left. Tang Beixin grabbed his arm, "You have to compensate me!"
The boy turned to the driver: "Uncle Chen, take some money and give it to this girl." Tang Beixin said angrily: "It turns out that you can also speak Chinese, but I don't want your money, I want you to accompany me to fill these 48 bottles with flowers." β
"Why should I help you, I'll lose money for your bottle, bye. Tang Beixin cried and shouted, and in desperation, the boy had to accompany her to do this boring thing.
At this time, Tang Beixin suddenly squatted down and stretched out his hand to the broken glass bottle, but was intercepted by the boy, "This will cut your hand, I promised to help you pick it up." "But I picked the flowers here with great difficulty, and you see that there is only one tree left, and I am afraid that I will not be able to go up." The girl said aggrievedly.
The boy didn't say anything, and directly reached into the broken glass to get flowers, and accidentally got stuck with the glass. Before the boy could feel the pain, Tang Beixin grabbed the boy's finger and sucked blood for him. The boy's heart fluttered and he wanted to retract his hand, but he was grabbed tightly by Tang Beixin.
After a while, it wasn't until Tang Beixin couldn't taste the smell of blood that she let go and smiled, "Okay! The boy looked at his fingers, still stained with a trace of saliva, and he not only did not dislike it but also smiled since he was a child.
But seeing that Tang Beixin's eyes had moved to the blood-stained flower, his smile gradually fell. "I'll pick it for you. The boy walked over to the yellow pom-pom tree and began to climb up. "Then brother, you have to be careful. Tang Beixin looked worriedly.
The tree seemed quite tall to Tang Beixin, but it was acceptable for a boy. Because the boy also climbed for the first time, and finally picked it up after several attempts, he held a bunch of golden pompoms and waved to Tang Beixin with a smile.
Tang Beixin also happily ran to the bottom of the tree and waved to the boy in response, "Brother, you come down and be careful, I'll catch you." The boy held the flower in one hand and the trunk of the tree in the other, and slowly slid down, and when he was about to reach the ground, he accidentally slipped with his wrong foot.
Tang Beixin under the tree was still in a daze and didn't react, and the boy pounced on her. In the midst of the crisis, the boy still held Tang Beixin's head with one hand, and the two hugged each other and rolled a few laps on the grass. The moment he stopped, the flowers he held were thrown into the sky and scattered on the two of them.
Tang Beixin's closed eyes opened, and what fell into front of him was such a beautiful scenery, and the watery eyes stared at the boy, "Wow! It's so beautiful!" The boy's gaze also fell on Tang Beixin's face and never looked away.
The wind blows, the fragrance of flowers comes to the nose, and the flowers fly together. Tang Beixin suddenly got up and chased the golden ball that flew away, and the boy's eyes moved with the girl.
Tang Beixin grabbed a golden pom-pom and walked to the boy, the flower was like a sun-dyed dandelion, but it was not like a dandelion that blew away. It's sunny and firm. Hand the flower to the boy, "Brother, do you know what this flower is?"
The boy took the flower, looked at it, and shook his head. Tang Beixin said with a smile, "This is a flower from Australia, called Mimosa here, and acacia in Chinese." Thank you for helping me pick the flowers......
Later, because a small bottle could only hold one color and one type of flower, and it was autumn, there were very few flowers, so they ran all over the lake and finally filled 48 small bottles.
The two were tired and lying on the grass under the acacia tree, Tang Beixin turned to the boy: "Thank you today, I am very happy!" The boy asked, "Why do you want to hold 48 bottles of flowers instead of 50 bottles?"
"Because my grandmother will be 48 years old in two days, she loves flowers, and I want to give her all the most beautiful flowers in late autumn. Tang Beixin smiled.
The boy turned his head to look at the pile of small bottles full of flowers beside him, and felt that his heart was instantly filled with something. An idea suddenly came to his heart, he got up, picked a few flowers, braided them into a small ring, and handed them to Tang Beixin.
Tang Beixin took the flower ring and put it on his thumb, "Brother, do you want me to marry you?" Tang Beixin was born abroad and couldn't tell the difference between marriage.
The boy also laughed at her, "Yes, remember to marry me when you grow up! Shouldn't you give me a gift too?"
Tang Beixin felt that there was nothing new if she sent flowers again, so she picked up the drawing board and drew a flower ring to give to the boy.