Running water, staff building, third floor.

Hu Jiao lit a mosquito coil by herself and sat on the balcony recliner half-lying. Beside him was a small pink Ava tape Walkman. In the middle of the night, the faint voice turned very softly, Hu Jiao wore headphones, looking at the half-round moon in the sky in a daze.

The sound inside the headphones is like someone singing softly in front of you. When Hu Jiao used to be young, she didn't like to listen to music. She doesn't like to listen to music with headphones on, which she thinks is rude to people.

But Liu Changsheng likes to listen to music very much, and he always wears headphones in and out of class. Wear one side in class and both sides after class.

When Hu Jiao first came to class last year, she confiscated his walkman in front of the whole class.

and let him read the review in public for 300 words before returning it to him. When he came to the office to pick up the Walkman, he asked inexplicably.

"Sister Jiaojiao, have you listened?"

Hu Jiao shook her head, Liu Changsheng picked up the Walkman and helped her put on the headphones. This was the first time that Liu Changsheng had been so close to her after repenting of his marriage, his face was red at that time, his heart was beating faster, and then the song sounded.

With just one sound, she fell in love with the voice. The voice is warm, low and powerful, but clean and transparent, as if singing from the tip of the heart.

Later, she kept asking herself whether she fell in love with the feeling of the sound, or the moment when Changsheng helped her put on the headphones.

Since then, in the dead of night, Hu Jiao always wears headphones and listens to songs in a daze. The voice was like someone around her telling her that it was heartbeat.

And this pink Aihua Walkman was Liu Changsheng after he was sure that he liked this voice.

Liu Changsheng took the money he had saved for a long time and took the train to Jeju to buy it for himself.

He said that pink is beautiful and rare. Once when he went to Jeju for the first time, he saw a little girl who was very beautiful. Since then, this has become an obsession of his, and he always wants to give himself one. From that day on, he started saving money and wanted to buy one for himself.

At that time, he was studying at Sanxiang Yuelu Academy, and he never found a chance to ask himself if he liked this kind of thing. But even if he wasn't sure if he liked it, he still asked a friend in Jeju to keep an eye on him.

It's a pity that in recent years, the sea has not been very peaceful, and this kind of imported things are very difficult, and there has been no goods. When he went to Jeju, he didn't really have much hope, he just asked casually, but he didn't expect it to be there.

Liu Changsheng said when he handed the walkman to himself

"I didn't expect that the day after you liked this voice, there was it, it's fate. ”

Hu Jiao likes this color of the Walkman, and she likes the sentence that this is fate.

He and Liu Changsheng can't lack fate.

There was a small round table next to Hu Jiao's half-reclining recliner with a pot of tea on it. The tea is the best Mao Feng, this year's Ming Qian tea, but unfortunately the tea has been brewed three times, and the taste of the tea has faded. However, I can still faintly smell a fresh tea fragrance like an orchid. There are also small snacks such as cloud cake, hawthorn slices, boiled peanuts and so on the side of the teapot.

There was a cough from inside the back room, followed by the sound of rolling over and getting out of bed.

"Jiaojiao, haven't slept yet?"

"Auntie, wake up. ”

When Hu Jiao saw Granny Wang standing behind her, she hurriedly took off her headphones, stood up and helped Granny Wang sit on the recliner, and found a small bench to sit down.

Granny Wang held Hu Jiao's hand, although the summer night was hot, but it was late at night, and Hu Jiao's hand was still a little cold. Granny Wang covered her hand with her warm hand.

"Why doesn't Jiaojiao sleep yet?"

"Thinking about something, I can't sleep. ”

Granny Wang coughed a few more times, let go of Hu Jiao's hand to cover her mouth. Hu Jiao got up and took a handkerchief for Granny Wang, poured a glass of water for Granny Wang, added two spoonfuls of honey, and brought it to her.

Granny Wang picked up the cup, drank some honey water, her throat was much better, and she put down the cup and said.

"Jiaojiao, don't worry, they will be fine for immortality. ”

Hu Jiao shook her head, and the worried look on her face couldn't be hidden. Half a ring later, a tear streamed down her white and flawless face.

"Auntie, do you think Changsheng will feel that life is too hard. He is a lazy person and does not have much ideals. But since he was a child, so many things have pressed on him, forcing him to carry all the weight and move forward with the weight. One wrong step will lead to no return. ”

The mother-in-law did not help Hu Jiao wipe away her tears, but sighed.

"Silly girl, there is nothing in life that is not bitter. The hardships I endure today are all for the sake of standing higher in the future and not falling down. Jiaojiao, you can be regarded as catching up with the good times, how can there be peace in the past and now. When my aunt was young, the first thing she did when she woke up every morning was to pray that the demon beasts would not slaughter the village. If there were no dead people in the village that day, thank God. We and the other Terrans can straighten their spines and be human beings as they do now. It was earned by countless seniors and colleagues in one go. Our old Liu family has paid a lot for this breath, and the old man is like a celestial figure, and he died of illness before he was eighty. Changsheng's father is peerless, but he sits in a wheelchair at a young age, and it is difficult to even sleep in bed and turn over. My family has Su Hui, and he understands better than anyone else. The Liu family is to rely on him to support it, and sooner or later he will have to support it with one hand. So no matter how bitter he is, no matter how difficult it is, he never says a word. Back then, he raised Gu on behalf of the little girl from the southwest of Hunan Province, and it was a pain of a thousand cuts. Have you seen him complain? My aunt knows that you feel sorry for Changsheng, and the old man, young master, and old woman also feel sorry for Changsheng. But now is not the time for Changsheng to stop and rest. He is still young and needs to grow, and we watch over him, but we can't replace him. My aunt believes in immortality and can always get through it, no matter how difficult the road ahead is. Besides, isn't there still you, Li Zhuang, Huizi Dongfang, and the old woman are accompanied by many people from the old Liu family? Even if it is death, the people of our old Liu family must move forward together with a smile. Don't cry, Changsheng told the old woman. He likes to see you smile the most, saying that when you laugh, your eyes are like a crescent moon, and you have two dimples. As soon as he sees you smiling, he gets drunk. ”

"My aunt laughed at Jiaojiao. ”

Hu Jiao wiped away her tears and said coquettishly. She looked coquettish, but her right hand was clenched tightly, thinking about her aunt's words in her heart, and secretly made up her mind.

Changsheng, I may not be able to help you much. But he can accompany you all the way, even if he knows that the road ahead is death, he will walk with a smile and never cry.

Granny Wang saw everything in her eyes, and secretly said in her heart, Jiaojiao is a good child, and she is also a good match for my parents, and the master's vision is really good.

At this time, an orange cat jumped up from the balcony on the second floor, lying on the railing of the balcony, curled up, staring at Granny Wang with a pair of green eyes.

Its chubby body and vicious eyes have an inexplicable sense of joy.

When Granny Wang saw the orange cat, she slowly got up, the person was a little trembling, and the moonlight shone obliquely on her, and two shadows appeared.

Hu Jiao hurriedly got up and hugged Granny Wang, who waved her hand to signal that she was fine. Hu Jiao didn't listen to her, but still held her hand.

Granny Wang turned around and touched Hu Jiao's hair and said.

"Girl, I know what you mean. You've been waiting for most of the night tonight. This group of rats hiding in the shadows is also annoying, and they have dragged on until now to start moving. My aunt thought that she had always been old and sleepless, and she couldn't sleep at night, so it was good to be amused by these rats. But since you want to act on behalf of our Liu family, then these rats will be handed over to you. No matter how things turn out, the old woman will treat you as the daughter-in-law of our old Liu family. The daughter-in-law of the old Liu family helped the old Liu family, and the old woman believed that no one could pick out the reason. The old woman will go in and go to bed, and the mess will be handed over to you. By the way, Jiaojiao, move lightly. Everyone in the neighborhood is still sleeping, and they all have to go to work tomorrow. ”

Hu Jiao nodded obediently and helped Granny Wang all the way into the room. After settling Granny Wang to sleep, she returned to the balcony alone. Hu Jiao first installed her baby walkman and put it away.

Then he walked step by step to the position half a step away from the chubby orange cat, stretched out a finger as white as jade and poked straight at the chubby orange cat, as if he was teasing it. The orange cat's green eyes glowed faintly green in the dark, and its body didn't move, and one paw grabbed Hu Jiao's arm.

Hu Jiao didn't dodge at all, but a small pocket and mini sword appeared out of thin air on the front end of the finger that poked straight out. It's the size of a toothpick, and it doesn't look lethal.

The orange cat, who was rolling up and looking lazy, saw this little sword, quickly withdrew its claws, stood up, and exploded all over its body. With green eyes, he stared at the small sword less than ten centimeters away from him. The little sword slowly approached, and the orange cat quickly jumped up and moved to the side. It wanted to run away, its eyes kept looking for a place to land, its hind legs were forceful, its mouth was pursed, and a cat meow was about to be made.

"Kitten, don't bark, or I'll skin you. ”

Hu Jiao said softly, and the orange cat was obviously stunned. Then he immediately felt that Xiao Jian had some sword qi emitting, and there was a burst of pain on his body. It knew that if it dared to move, it would die on the spot.

It quickly made a decision, turned around, made a very cute and cute expression at Hu Jiao, and took the initiative to turn over to reveal its white belly.

Hu Jiao smiled very happily and lifted this orange cat who came to be funny. The orange cat instinctively wanted to whisper twice to please Hu Jiao, but it saw a hint of fierceness in Hu Jiao's crystal clear eyes. Holding back his instinct, he rubbed his chubby head on Hu Jiao's hands.

Hu Jiao pinched the flesh on its face, it felt quite good, and whispered.

"It's a smart monster, and it's good-looking, but it's a little dirty. Okay, let's wait and send a few rats. Don't go back, follow me. ”

The orange cat is very humane and keeps nodding, and it is very undisciplined and rebellious.