Chapter I

Liu Lingshan first met Wei Chuchu on an afternoon in October.

If he hadn't met Wei Chuchu, Ling Shan's life would never have any waves, and there would never have been any miracles. She will be the same as she has been for the past twenty-two years; Ordinary, happy, contented, comfortable...... The land has passed. Even if you fall in love, get married, and have children, it is all natural. However, she met Wei Chuchu on that October afternoon.

For Ling Shan, that afternoon was nothing special at all. Lunch was eaten at home, and after lunch, she went to the "Ai'er" kindergarten to teach the afternoon class as usual, and took the group of children to sing, dance, play games, and tell stories...... It wasn't until five o'clock that she got out of class and returned to her home, the "Anju Building" located on Zhongxiao East Road.

Since the "mansions" in Taipei City have been erected, Ling Shan's parents and friends have moved into the buildings one after another, and before long, Ling Shan's father Liu Siqian is not exempt from vulgarity, and their family moved to the "Anju Building" that year, Ling Shan had just turned 18 years old. Now, I have lived in this building for four years. Ling Shan made a strange discovery that when she didn't live in the building before, it was easy for neighbors to make friends and become familiar with each other. On the contrary, in the building, each household may be only a few steps away, but everyone can live together for years as if they were strangers. For example, their Liu family is in household D on the fourth floor, and there are five families on the fourth floor, and Ling Shan has never figured out who lives in the other four families. Occasionally, she heard the maid Cuilian mention that the people in Block E had moved away, and Block A had changed owners...... What about her? None of this was relevant to her, she didn't know these people anyway.

That afternoon, she walked into the building as usual, holding a stack of children's exercise books in her hand. Looking at the elevator, the lights were on the tenth floor, impatiently waiting for the elevator to come down, she habitually rushed straight up the stairs. Up the second floor, then up to the third floor, she heard a shrill noise and shouting around her. What happened? In this building, although there are fifty or sixty families living in it, it has always been quiet.

As soon as she went up to the fourth floor, a little girl rushed straight down, almost bumping into her, and then, a very angry girl shouted in a sharp voice:

"Chu Chu! You stop! Plainly! You don't run! ”

Ling Shan was in shock, and the girl swept over like a whirlwind, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, she grabbed the little girl who was running. The girl struggled and screamed, desperately trying to break free from the girl's hand, but the girl held on to her, and the two of them held the stairs, where they writhed and screamed and struggled. Ling Shan's path was blocked by the two of them, and she had to lean on the handrail of the stairs and watch them blankly.

"You let go of me! You bad woman, dead woman! Dead Ah Xiang! You let go of me, I don't want you to care about me! The little girl shouted sharply.

"Chu Chu, you go home! If you get lost, my husband will scold me! Walk! You're blocking people's paths. Come back with me, good lady, I'll cook noodles for you! ”

"I don't eat! I don't eat! The girl fell to the ground and continued to scream, "I don't want you to care about me!" What are you holding me for? Fuck off! Get out! Get out! You get out ......."

Ling Shan looked at the child in amazement. After being a kindergarten teacher for two years and spending time with children all day long, Ling Shan has seen all kinds of naughty and mischievous children, but it is the first time she has heard that a little girl can be so rude and rude. She looked at the big and small in front of her, and immediately saw that the girl named Ah Xiang was only about eighteen or nineteen years old, and it seemed that she was the maid of the girl's family. And what about the kid? At most, he is only five or six years old, with a small melon seed face, a thin little pointed chin, two thick black and beautiful eyebrows, and a pair of big black and round eyes, this child is quite beautiful! However, her face was full of wild stubbornness, her short hair was disheveled, and she was wearing a woolen sweater skirt of good material, which had long been wrinkled and messy, the belt at her waist was loose, the button on her collar was open, and there was a large stain on the skirt.

"Chu Chu, you are obedient, you are obedient, go back with me......" Ah Xiang began to plead. Look, you're in the way of this aunt! She bent down and wanted to pick up the little girl, who knows, the little girl suddenly raised her foot and kicked at Ah Xiang, Ah Xiang was bending over, and this kick hit Ah Xiang's face, Ah Xiang exclaimed, hurriedly stood up straight, covered her nose with her hands, and hummed:

"Okay, okay, I won't do your family's business! You kick people, you kick people, you ...... This one...... This little monster, little bastard......"

"You scolded me? How dare you scold me! The little girl rushed up, lifted her foot, and kicked it again. Ling Shan couldn't bear it, she hated bullying the most in her life, but she didn't expect that a little girl would know how to bully the maid at home. Instinctively, she stretched out her hand and pulled the little girl away, shouting:

"You kid, how can you kick someone? Don't your mom and dad care about you? ”

The little girl stood in surprise, and when she turned around, she glared at Ling Shan, as if she didn't believe that this strange "auntie" would come to scold her. She only glanced at Ling Shan, then raised her chin high and exclaimed angrily:

"I'm happy to kick! I love to kick! Do you care about me? You care about me...... I'll kick you too! ”

Seeing that she was raising her feet again, Ling Shan stuffed the calligraphy book in her hand into Ah Xiang's hand, reached over, grabbed the little girl's wrist, and dragged her upstairs with all her might, dragging it while saying:

"Let's go, find your mother! Which one do you live in? ”

"Block A on the fourth floor!" Ah Xiang continued, "Miss, you better leave her alone!" It's just me in the house, and there's no one! Her dad went to work! ”

"Where's her mother?" Ling Shan asked.

"My mom is dead!" The little girl screamed.

Oh, I see! A child without a mother, no wonder so uneducated! The sympathy in Ling Shan's heart spontaneously arose, and her disgust with the little girl was also alleviated a lot. She looked down at her, still pulling her upstairs.

"Listen to Ah Xiang and go home!" She said, although her tone was softened, she had the majesty of being a teacher.

"I'm not going back!" The little girl raised her voice, screaming so sharply that Ling Shan guessed that the whole building was going to be shaken by her. "You bad woman, let me go! I don't want you to care! You're a goblin, you're a vixen, you're a green oilie, you're a rubber band......"

Ling Shan was shocked and angry, what kind of strange words are these? How can a five- or six-year-old spit out so much nonsense? She was furious, she was enraged by the little girl. She dragged her up the stairs with all her might, and roared angrily:

"If no one disciplines you, I'll discipline you! The girl's mouth is so unclean, and she will have it when she grows up? ”

"I don't want you to care! No! No! No! ......" The girl shouted, but she couldn't break free from Ling Shan's grasp, so, suddenly, she lowered her head and bit Ling Shan's finger, Ling Shan was shocked and hurriedly let go, and the child took this opportunity to turn around and run downstairs. Lingshan was furious, and couldn't care that she didn't know the child at all, so she instinctively rushed over, grabbed her from behind, and grabbed her with her arms. The boy kicked his feet, danced wildly with his hands, and screamed like a chicken. Ling Shan ignored it and said to Ah Xiang:

"You go open the door, I'll get her in!"

Ah Xiang walked to the gate of Block A, opened the door, Ling Shan half dragged the child into the living room, the child struggled ineffectively, so he suddenly pinched Ling Shan's arm with his nails, Ling Shan was in pain, couldn't help screaming, and threw the child into the sofa, and then looked at his arm, he actually grabbed a big piece of skin, blood came out, Ah Xiang exclaimed:

"Oh, miss, your hand is broken, I'll go get the red potion."

"Don't!" Ling Shan said simply, "I live in Block D, and I will take medicine myself!" She looked back at the kid on the couch, "She should cut her fingernails!" She looked at Ah Xiang and asked, "What's her name?" ”

"Her surname is Wei, and her name is Chu Chu." Ah Xiang said, "It's clear and clear." ”

"Clear?" Ling Shan raised her eyebrows angrily. "It's almost the same as being rude and rude!" She walked to the door and said, "You'd better lock her in the room!" ”

"Miss!" Ah Xiang called out in time, "Your notebook!" ”

Ling Shan then remembered that Ah Xiang was still holding her own stack of practice books in her hands, and she was about to take them, but who knows, Chu Chu shot straight from the sofa like an arrow, and hit Ah Xiang head-on, at the same time, she stretched out her hand and flicked it hard, and all the study books in Ah Xiang's hand were spread to the carpet, and they were scattered all over the room. Ah Xiang was angry and anxious, and her face turned red and shouted:

"Chu Chu! You're crazy! ”

Ling Shan stood still, she looked at this Wei Chuchu. At the same time, Chu Chu also leaned up at her pointed little chin and looked at Ling Shan challenged. The two of them looked at each other, as if they were measuring each other, and each was in a state of preparation. And poor Ah Xiang went all over the house to pick up those study books. Ling Shan looked at Chu Chu for a while, raised her head, she looked at the whole room, the coffee-colored sofa, the beige carpet, and the exquisite furniture proved that the owner's economic environment was not bad. Leaning against the wall of the restaurant, there is a row of wine cabinets, which contain all kinds of famous wines, which proves the westernization of the owner. She sighed softly. The only daughter of a rich family is mostly spoiled and lawless, but if she is as arrogant and presumptuous as Wei Chuchu, won't she be ruined in the future? She looked around the room, couldn't find anything that could be applied, lowered her head, she glared at Chu Chu:

"You be obedient, if you mess around like this, I'll beat you!"

"You dare!" Chu Chu said loudly.

"Do you think I don't dare?" Ling Shan said angrily, grabbed Chu Chu's shoulders suddenly, and before Chu Chu had time to resist, she pushed her to the sofa hard, and buckled her body upside down on the sofa, she held her down and slapped her hard on the ass a few times. Chu Chu yelled and struggled desperately, as soon as Ling Shan let go, she grabbed Ling Shan's face, Ling Shan flashed away, her sharp little nails crossed her neck, and under a tingling pain, Ling Shan knew that her neck must have scratched the skin again. This anger was not trivial, she took Chu Chu's hand, pulled her fingers away, and saw that the five nails were long and black. She said angrily:

"Ah Xiang, find me a rope!"

"Don't! No! Don't ......" Chu Chu found that the situation was not good, and screamed strangely. Ah Xiang hesitated and didn't move, Ling Shan knew that Ah Xiang didn't dare to really find the rope. She looked at Wei Chuchu again, and as soon as her heart was horizontal, she took off a gauze scarf from her neck and pulled Chu Chu's hands in front of her, Chu Chu yelled like a chicken and a dog, Ling Shan turned a deaf ear, and tied Chu Chu's hands with a gauze scarf. Chu Chu jumped and jumped and screamed, Ling Shan herself didn't know where she got such a strong force, and actually tied her little hands tightly, so Chu Chu tied her hands and jumped all over the room, like a monkey. When Ling Shan saw that this was not going to work, she sternly shouted to Ah Xiang:

"Ah Xiang! Rope! ”

Ah Xiang was startled, looking at Ling Shan's face, she didn't dare to resist, and went into the kitchen, she really found a clothesline. Chu Chu was scared, and ran all over the house and shouted:

"Don't tie me up! Don't tie me up! Don't tie me up! ”

"Do you still dare to bite, kick and arrest?" Ling Shan asked sharply, and shouted angrily, "Stop!" Don't run! ”

Chu Chu stood still and looked at Ling Shan hesitantly. Fear and cowardice clearly flowed in her eyes, she was afraid, she was finally afraid, she knew that the person in front of her would not compromise with her. She bowed her head and said nothing.

"Sit on the couch!" She commanded.

The boy staggered to the couch.

"Ah Xiang, give me a comb, a wet towel, and a nail clippers, and I'm going to clean this kid."

"Yes, miss." Ah Xiang did as she was told.

Ten minutes later, Ling Shan had combed Wei Chuchu's hair, washed his face, and cut his nails short. The boy went from screaming to a mouthless gourd. With her mouth shut, she used a stubborn and silent look on her face to deal with Ling Shan. She didn't dare to bite or kick again, but her eyes were full of hostility and rebellion.

Ling Shan cleaned Wei Chuchu up, stood up, picked up her notebook, and walked out of the room. When she walked to the door, she thought about it, turned around again, looked at Ah Xiang and asked:

"How old is this kid?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know?" She was stunned and said, "How could you not know? ”

"I've only been working at her house for a little more than a month."

"Oh," Ling Shan nodded. "Tell her dad she should send to school!" She turned away.

Wei Chuchu, who had been silent for a long time, looked at Ling Shan's back, and answered in a soft voice:

"My dad will kill you!"

Ling Shan heard it and stopped. Looking back, she looked at the child, with a pair of clear and bright eyes, a thick mouth, what a beautiful child! The eyes looked at her stubbornly and proudly, like a little fighter! She shook her head and smiled at the child.

"Very well," she said, "let your father kill me!" ”

With a shake of her head, she walked out of the room and closed the door.

Walking through the corridor, only two houses apart, that is, the gate of her house, she took out the key to open the door, not expecting that this little girl would change the fate of her life.