Chapter 2 The Pearl in the Palm
After struggling all day, she was anxious and angry, and Zhang Pei was tired. She had no 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 for a day. You go back to the room to feed her first."
Sunlight is a little female cat raised by Liu Lan. It is a layer of gold. The golden color gradually transitions from the back to the belly, like sunlight, which is very beautiful. It was named "Sunlight" by Liu Lan. Sunlight is only five months old. When it was only two months old, Liu Lan begged her father to buy it from the cathouse.
At first, Liu Lan was very concerned about Sunguang, shoveling poop and feeding her, and holding the kitten was so loving that she couldn't bear to let go, but she was always interested in only three minutes, and there were too many fresh things. Soon she became tired of being a nanny for the cat and threw Sunguang to her mother for her care.
The master bedroom in the home belongs to Liu Lan. In the past, she has always been the pearl of her parents' hands. When Liu Lan opened the bedroom, she saw a golden kitten standing behind the door with her big green eyes looking at her timidly, wondering how long she had been standing there.
Liu Lan didn't understand what the golden layer is or what the British shorthair cat is. These terms are too strange. She only remembered that a long time ago, her neighbor Jade Beauty once had a tabby cat, which also had such round eyes, like glass beads, dripping, smart, elves, and her fur was not so golden and so noble, but also very beautiful.
Because the two yards are next to each other, the jade beauty's tabby cat always runs into her yard, and sometimes runs into her bedroom, gets into her bed, and sleeps with her, making those cold days warm.
But one day, the tabby cat was poisoned to death.
The beauty of Jade cried like a human, and shouted, "I won't leave any way to live for me."
Not long after, the beauty also became decayed.
"Meow," the sunlight screamed in a very small voice, interrupting Liu Lan's memory.
Liu Lan half-squatted down and stretched out a hand. The cat took a small step back, and couldn't help leaning over, leaning her furry little head against her palm, and rubbing it. She turned around her twice, and her tail was swaying constantly, which was so cute.
Liu Lan took out the cat food from the chest of drawers and smelled the cat food. Sunlight's eyes became brighter, and she kept meowing, walking towards her cat bowl while shouting, and looking back at whether Liu Lan had followed.
He was indeed very hungry.
The cat food was filled with sunlight, and the whole head was buried in it, making a crisp chewing sound.
Liu Lan couldn't help feeling soft when she saw her eating with such a good appetite.
Next to the chest of drawers is a black vertical piano in front of it. This is the most valuable furniture in the family, accompanying Liu Lan for fifteen years. At first, Zhang Pei forced her daughter to learn the piano as an interest, but later became her skill in college.
Liu Lan opened the piano stand, gently stroked the keys with her slender and fair fingers, and involuntarily rang two light keys. This was the memory of her body's instinct. Liu Lan felt novel and unfamiliar with this Western musical instrument.
The only instrument that Liu Lan knew was the guqin, which was taught by her other neighbour to the cold palace, Mrs. Xu.
Liu Lan's biological mother died of dysfunction when she gave birth to her. After learning about 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 Lan was raised by her biological mother's sister. One of the sisters is a singer and the other is a dancer. She was favored by the emperor for her amazing performances. She was jealous and framed for her favor. Both were thrown into the cold palace. They had no names or titles, and the palace maids called them Zhao and Xiao Zhao.
In the cold palace, there were so many people coming and going, except for Xiao Zhao, who treated her like a mother, the only one who really accompanied Liu Lan.
Mrs. Xu is different from them. She is from a very noble family and is a real daughter of a noble family. She is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was implicated in the palace because her father, Taiwei Xu, was corrupt and abused by the law. Liu Lan admired Mrs. Xu very much, and her guqin was taught by Mrs. Xu.
Because of the protection of Mrs. Xu, she and Xiao Zhao's life in the cold palace were not so sad. It was a pity that good people didn't live long. The two closest to her left her.
Liu Lan looked at the family portrait on the piano in a blank look. In the photo, Liu Chengyu and Zhang Pei were both looking at the girl laughing freely in the middle.
Riguang seemed to feel the master's sorrow, stopped eating, ran over, and gently bit her trouser legs.
Liu Lan sighed, she leaned over and picked up the cat, and said softly, "Do you know, your master is gone."
She sat down in front of the dressing table with her cat in her arms, and for the first time she looked at her new body, which was completely different from what she used to be. In the past, she had a phoenix eye, now she had a big and deep double eyelids; in the past, she had a pretty little nose, now she had a straight nose bridge; in the past, she had a cherry mouth, but now she had a full heart-shaped lips.
Such a bright and beautiful girl, she looks more like a princess than her.
Liu Lan's dressing table is filled with a wide range of cosmetics and skin care products, and the shelves are full of big-name perfumes, and some have not even been unpacked. She also has a special cloakroom, and the clothes and shoes inside are arranged neatly in different categories. What young girls envy most is the AJ sports shoes she collected full of walls, and many shoes she only wore them once.
Liu Lan's family is not a rich family. Her father is just a salary, but her parents spend all the money on her.
Later, Zhang Pei contacted an old classmate by phone, named Sun, who was a lawyer. He gave Zhang Pei a reassurance.
"Although Chengyu drove drunk, the other party went against the flow, which is very important and will directly lead to the severity of the sentencing. Another thing is that the other party's family is in a bad condition, his parents are in poor health, his wife has no job, and three young children needing to be raised. The man who was hit and killed is their only source of income. I think you can talk to their family. You should take the initiative to apologize first, lower your attitude, and strive to offset the punishment with compensation."
But at this moment they could not imagine that this compensation was not something they could bear.
It was very late for dinner, and Zhang Pei was not in the mood to cook and ordered takeaway. It was Liu Lan's favorite braised pork rice.
During the days of the cold palace, Liu Lan was always hungry and full. When Mrs. Xu was alive, she could still have meat to eat. Later, she could only drink vegetable soup and rice bran.
Liu Lan was very full and satisfied for this meal. She took the initiative to help her mother clean up the table, "I'll do it."
Zhang Pei was stunned. Liu Lan never did housework before.
"You are too tired today, go and have a rest first."
As he said that, Liu Lan had wiped the dining table.
Zhang Pei was mixed with feelings. She thought it was an accident that made her uneasy daughter grow up. At the same time, she was relieved that the child could finally be more sensible, but the price of making her feel sensible was too high.
"After cleaning up, you go to bed, you have to go to class tomorrow. Don't worry about your father's affairs, there is always a way to solve it."
Liu Lan nodded.
Unlike Zhang Pei who had been insomnia all night, Liu Lan came to this world for the first night and slept very well. She hadn't had such a good sleep for a long time. Sunlight got into her bed, like the tabby cat that once was once the jade beauty, and it was coiled into the most comfortable shape to keep her warm. In the dream, she was still the cold palace princess Liu Lan, and the faces of those miserable women passed by her eyes one by one. The palace maid slaves called her princess sarcastically. Xiao Zhao and Mrs. Xu, and even the jade beauty told her that she was a dignified princess and there would always be a day when she walked out of the cold palace.
Chapter completed!