Cao Xing, the third child of the Cao family, was born tall and burly, like an iron tower.
He was the third, but he was the tallest and strongest of the four brothers. What kind of clothes are tight on him, and the muscles feel like they are going to tear the clothes!
He is a member of the Special Forces, and he has won the title of Individual King twice in a row. It is said that outside, I once stared and frightened a child to cry!
It's really hard for outsiders to imagine such a big man with iron, he... he, he is a fluffy man!
He has a natural love for fluffy and soft things, and he loves anything that looks cute!
It's a pity that he was born in the Cao family, a military family. A man like Cao Xiong cannot tolerate his son being obsessed with plush dolls like a little girl!
Later, when he told Xia Rou how his domineering father threw away all the plush dolls he secretly bought when he was a child, and even whipped him with a belt, crying and howling, he was still sad for those dolls.
He also raised a Teddy once, which was very precious. In the end, Cao Xiong saw through his thoughts at a glance. Soon, Cao Xiong took away this fluffy, not to mention cute, "a dog only for women", and brought him back a big wolfdog!
The prerequisite for Cao Xing to like dogs is that the dog must be fluffy and look cute. He doesn't love wolfdogs, wolfdogs!
This poor guy with a tough body and a girlish heart is suppressing his own nature like this. Until Xiarou's arrival, he was saved. Under the name of "Giving it to Xia Rou", he bought an unknown number of plush dolls and filled Xia Rou's room!
Looking back now, Xia Rou still can't laugh or cry.
She rolled onto the bed with the bear cub in her arms. For a moment, many quiet and beautiful memories were brought back. The gloomy mood of the past few days finally brightened like the golden sunshine breaking through the clouds.
Compared with the reckless and stubborn woman in her previous life, but she was actually at a loss inside, now Xia Rou feels clear and transparent in her heart.
It turns out that admitting that I am stupid and inferior to others is not so uncomfortable. It's not that difficult to be obedient.
She just took such a small step back, and she felt that many things were different from before...
So, it seems to be pretty good...
Another day later, Lao Zhou had time to accompany Xia Rou back to the apartment to continue tidying up things.
Sure enough, all the textbooks for junior high school fell there. Xia Rou carefully put all the textbooks and notebooks into the box.
She had a bad brain in the past, and her academic performance has always been average. She was a mediocre student in the Seventeenth Middle School. In this life, I obeyed the Cao family's arrangement and entered Nanhua, and I had to go back to high school and college, and I had to work harder.
Her own things that should be taken away were all sealed and loaded into the car. My mother's things were sealed up box by box and left in the apartment.
White drapes covered the furniture, concealing all the popularity that the house had ever had.
Standing in the entrance, Xia Rou couldn't help but turn around and take another look...
"Let's go, Xiaorou." Lao Zhou persuaded, thinking that she was sad again.
Looking at the white living room, Xia Rou gave a soft "um" and turned to leave.
The gate is closed and locked.
The sunlight gradually changed from incandescent to dim yellow, and the shadows of the furniture lengthened until the night came.
The day and the moon alternate, and the day and night alternate.
Time never stops flowing, the old day is gone, and the new day is coming.
On the way back, Lao Zhou asked Xia Rou what she planned to do with the apartment.
"That's it..." Xia Rou didn't care, "Just lock it."
Lao Zhou originally wanted to persuade her to rent out the house, which would be a fortune. Before he even opened his mouth, he thought about it. Since the commander took the child back to his family to raise him, why would he let her worry about money.
Although she lives in the wing building now, she will be the one to move into the main building sooner or later.
There are two rooms on the second floor of the main building under construction, and the corridors are also messy, and there is no way to go to the reading room. Xia Rou stayed in her room, slowly reviewing her junior high school homework.
It's been too long, and the knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry that I learned at school back then has long been returned to the head teacher. She knew that she couldn't be in a hurry, so she reviewed a little bit every day and memorized it slowly, neither in a hurry nor in a hurry.
Her state of mind, at this moment, is very peaceful.
Born from the heart, a peaceful, quiet and reticent girl, in the eyes of others, has a hazy sense of cleanliness and softness.
Even Aunt Fang felt that looking at this child made people feel comfortable.
When Cao Yang went home and asked about Xia Rou's situation, she told her all about her performance these days, unconsciously expressing love and praise in her words.
When eating together, Cao Yang asked her: "Why have you been staying in the room and not coming out?"
Xia Rou answered honestly: "I'm reviewing."
Cao Yang just laughed, thinking that this girl is a bit silly and honest. "Don't worry, it's been a whole summer vacation, and it's only a few days off."
In fact, many schools have only just started the holidays. Xia Rou was released early because she took the senior high school entrance examination, and because of Cheng Wan's death, she didn't participate in the graduation ceremony and other activities that followed.
Xia Judao: "My brain is slow. If I pile it up to the end and then make a surprise attack, I won't be able to remember. Why don't you learn a little every day."
Cao Xiong glanced at her and said, "That's a move too. There is a gymnasium on the third floor and a swimming pool in the basement."
Cao Xiong had been in a high position for a long time, and when he opened his mouth, it sounded like a lecture. Cao Yang looked at Xia Rou, worried that she would not be able to adapt.
Xia Rou lowered her head slightly, and said, "Okay."
Very well-behaved and obedient.
Such a gesture made Cao Xiong and Cao Yang, who are accustomed to giving orders, find it pleasing to the eye.
Although Cao Xing brazenly said that he could find him if he needed something when Cao Bin was away, in fact he also took a leave of absence and came back, only staying a few days longer than Cao Bin. He bought four or five plush dolls for Xia Rou for his own benefit. If Xia Rou hadn't told him helplessly that the room was too small to fit in, his trend of "buying, buying, buying" would not have stopped.
"Well, then... I'll buy it for you when you move to the main building! The bedroom in the main building is big, so I can definitely fit it in!" He said.
He felt that this little sister must be destined for him. There are mainly two types of women he has come into contact with, one is afraid of him, and the other is actively sticking to him. Xia Rou has a natural closeness and familiarity with him. That kind of familiarity is not a deliberate familiarity that is posted on the initiative, but as if you really know him well.
After hanging out with her for a few days, he no longer concealed his fluffy nature.
"Wait, when I come back, I'll buy you a bigger one! I've been looking forward to it for a long time!"
Already optimistic about it? Xia Rou supported her forehead.
Cao Xing rubbed Xiongzi reluctantly in his arms, and went back to the station unwillingly.
So in the Cao family's mansion, only Cao Xiong, Cao Yang and Xia Rou eat together every day.
Before Xia Rou came, Cao Yang was a little worried that the girl who had just experienced her mother's death would bring a sad atmosphere into the house, making Cao Xiong's already depressed mood even more gloomy.
He still remembered the first day she came, when she was still wearing that black mourning dress in the small hall, the sad atmosphere was still strong. But she managed her emotions well.
She is quiet and doesn't talk much. She keeps all the sorrows in her heart, and what she reveals to others is only a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.
So Cao Yang was keenly aware that her father's mood was also affected by her, and although the gloom was slow, it gradually dissipated after all.
The father is still the majestic father. It seems that there has never been that short-term weakness.
Cao Yang was finally able to relax.
In the evening, Cao Yang leaned against the floor-to-ceiling glass door of the living room, smoking a cigarette and looking at the courtyard, but saw Xia Rou trotting out from the annex.
"Xia Rou!" He stopped her, "Why are you going?"
Seeing him, Xia Rou ran over and called "Brother Cao Yang". "Didn't uncle tell me to move more? I'm going to go for a run. It's cool now."
In fact, it was Cao Xiong's words that reminded her. She lives in the Cao family, and under the influence of her brothers, she gradually becomes fond of sports. But at the age of fifteen, her physique is obviously not as good as her later.
She made a running plan for herself.
Cao Yang asked, "Why don't you go to the gym?"
Xia Rou waved her hand: "I'm dizzy after running on the treadmill with the air conditioner on. I like to run outdoors."
Cao Yang looked at her, sports pocket, mobile phone, earplugs, sports water bottle... Hey, the outfit is quite complete. Looking up at the sky again, the days are getting longer and longer in summer, and the sky is still bright at the moment.
"Wait for me for a while." He said, pinched his cigarette and went upstairs.
Quickly changed into sportswear.
"I'll take you to run to find the way, so you won't be able to find the way later when it gets dark," Cao Yang said.
It was exactly the same as when Cao Yang said this to her in his previous life!
Cao Yang ran two steps, but Xia Rou didn't see him, so he turned his head.
In the setting sun, the girl's face was calm, but her dark eyes had a different depth...
"Follow up." Cao Yang said.
"Here we come." Xia Rou came back to her senses and followed.
The Cao family's mansion is in the old city, but this is not an old city like a shantytown, but a place where rich and powerful families lived half a century ago or even longer. Continuing to this day, in urban areas where land is becoming more and more scarce, buildings are becoming more and more dense, and housing prices are getting higher and higher, the density here is still low.
Each one is a mansion. There are few cars on the road, and occasionally there are people who live nearby.
Twenty years ago, a nearby park was planned as a forest ecological park in the north, and a large number of mature trees were transplanted and artificial lakes were excavated. Now, twenty years later, the environment of this area is surprisingly quiet in the noisy old urban area, it is really quiet amidst the noise.
Cao Yang led Xia Rou to run towards the ecological park along the sparsely trafficked streets. While running, she pointed out the direction to Xia Rou, emphasizing the route.
Xia Rou actually knows all this, because she has been running here for many years.
But, she just likes to listen to Cao Yang's cello-like voice, floating in the afterglow of the setting sun, floating in her ears.
Later, the relationship between her and him became more and more tense, and he became more and more busy, gradually unable to take her away.
Later he had a girlfriend, and later he had a wife... the one who accompanied him on morning and evening jogs... could no longer be her.
Xia Rou remembers that at that time, he called her to run together, and the sister-in-law stood behind him with cold eyes.
She can only run at a different time from them.
Later, regardless of his objection, she moved back to the apartment from Cao's house and lived alone.
Still later, he divorced.
And she... alone, died outside.