Chapter 2 The Apple of My Eye
After a whole day of tossing and turning, Zhang Pei was anxious and angry. She didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to her daughter's changes. She was only thinking about her husband's affairs. She didn't think her daughter had any good ideas, so she said, "When the police came, I put the sunlight in your bedroom. She didn't eat all day. Go back to the room and feed her first."
Riguang is a little female cat raised by Liu Lan. She is a golden shaded cat. The golden color gradually transitions from the back to the belly, like sunlight, very beautiful. Liu Lan named her "Riguang". Riguang is only five months old. Liu Lan begged her father to buy her from the cattery when she was only two months old.
At the beginning, Liu Lan took great care of Riguang. She cleaned the cat's poop and fed it herself. She held the kitten in her arms and was reluctant to let go. However, her interest was always short-lived. There were too many new things, and she soon got bored of being a cat nanny and left Riguang to be taken care of by her mother.
The master bedroom in the house belongs to Liu Lan, who has always been the apple of her parents' eyes. When Liu Lan opened the bedroom, the first thing she saw was a golden kitten standing behind the door, with big green eyes looking at her eagerly and timidly. She didn't know how long it had been standing there.
Liu Lan didn't know what a golden gradient cat was or what a British shorthair cat was, these terms were too unfamiliar. She only remembered that a long time ago, her neighbor Yu Meiren in the cold palace had a tabby cat, which also had round eyes like glass beads, and was smart and smart. Its fur was not as golden and noble, but it was also very beautiful.
Because the two courtyards were adjacent, Lady Yu's tabby cat always ran to her courtyard, and sometimes even ran into her bedroom, crawled into her quilt, and slept next to her, accompanying her, making those cold days warm.
But one day, the tabby cat was poisoned to death.
The beautiful lady cried like a monster, shouting, "Don't leave me any chance to survive."
Not long after, the beauty also passed away.
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"Meow," the sunlight called out in a very small voice, interrupting Liu Lan's memories.
Liu Lan half squatted down and stretched out a hand. The cat took a small step back, but couldn't help but come closer, resting its furry little head on her palm and rubbing it. It circled around her twice, its tail wagging non-stop, looking very cute.
Liu Lan took out cat food from the chest of drawers. When Ri Guang smelled the cat food, his eyes became brighter. He meowed non-stop and walked towards his cat bowl, looking back to see if Liu Lan was following him.
I was really hungry.
He filled the bowl with cat food and buried his entire head in it, making crisp chewing sounds.
Seeing her eating with such a good appetite, Liu Lan's heart couldn't help but soften.
Next to the chest of drawers is a black upright piano, which is the most valuable piece of furniture in the house and has accompanied Liu Man for the past 15 years. Zhang Pei forced her daughter to learn piano as a hobby at first, but later it became a skill for her to go to college.
Liu Lan opened the piano stand, and her slender white fingers gently stroked the keys, and she involuntarily struck two light keys. This was the body's instinctive memory. Liu Lan felt novel and unfamiliar with this Western musical instrument.
The only musical instrument Liu Lan knew how to play was the guqin, which was taught to her by another neighbor in the cold palace, Madam Xu.
Liu Man's biological mother died of complications during childbirth. After learning of her mother's death and her birth, the emperor ordered the palace servants to throw her mother's body out of the palace and gave her a casual name "Man".
Liu Man was raised by her biological mother's younger sister, a singer and a dancer. They were favored by the emperor for their stunning performances, but were framed by jealous people for their excessive favor and were both banished to the cold palace. They had no names or titles, and the palace maids called them Zhao and Xiao Zhao.
There were so many people coming and going in the cold palace, but apart from Xiao Zhao who treated her like a mother, the only one who truly accompanied Liu Lan was Madam Xu.
Madam Xu was different from them. She was born in a very noble family and was a real daughter of an aristocratic family. She was proficient in all arts, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was demoted to the cold palace because her father, Xu Taiwei, was implicated in corruption and abuse of power. Liu Man admired Madam Xu very much and she was taught to play the guqin by Madam Xu.
It was also because of Madam Xu's protection that her and Xiao Zhao's days in the cold palace were not so miserable. It's a pity that good people don't live long, and the two people closest to her left her one after another.
Liu Lan stared at the family portrait on the piano. In the photo, Liu Chengyu and Zhang Pei's eyes were fixed on the girl in the middle who was smiling freely.
As if sensing his master's sadness, the sunlight stopped eating, ran over, and gently bit her trouser leg.
Liu Lan sighed, she leaned over and picked up the cat, and said softly, "Do you know that your owner is no longer here?"
She sat down in front of the dressing table holding the cat, and for the first time took a good look at this body that gave her a new life. It was completely different from her past appearance. She used to have phoenix eyes, but now she had big and deep double eyelids; she used to have a cute little nose, but now she has a straight nose bridge; she used to have a cherry mouth, but now she has full heart-shaped lips.
Such a bright and lively girl, she looks more like a princess than her.
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