A man of about 40 entered the class, with slightly gray temples and glasses.
“Children, the school talent competition is coming up soon, I want you to break into groups of no more than four people and prepare a performance. I have high expectations for you, if you have any questions please contact me. When you get together as a group, don’t forget to tell me your names.”
Xiaoxiao looked at me with burning eyes, “Husband! We should definitely participate!”
Looking at her eyes, I knew for sure that I could not refuse.
“Okay,” I nodded.
“I, I! I want to participate too!” Li Bo Na screamed.
I thought for a while and said, “You can’t!”
"A? Why not?" she asked.
“Because you will be watching. This is my gift to you…”
"Present? Do you want to dedicate the performance to me?” - asked the girl.
“Yes,” I nodded.
“What will it be? Tell! Tell!" She looked pleadingly at me.
“You'll see later,” I smiled.
I beckoned to Johnny Lee.
“You will participate with us. You don't have to prepare, you just have to prepare the stage. I guarantee that working with me in a team will be a plus for you,” I told him looking into his eyes.
“Great, I just didn’t know what to do with this competition, and if I can also get an assessment for free, then this is just a great opportunity for me.”
“By the way, lend me your gym clothes,” I looked into his eyes, pointing to my robe.
When I left school with Xiaoxiao and Li Bo Na. I stood for a while and thought about where to go next. There are many things to be done.
Xiaoxiao pulled my hand, I looked at her.
“Husband… you don’t love me anymore?” She looked plaintively at me.
"Mmm? What are you talking about? I looked at her trying to understand what she meant.
“Husband, you always drive me away, you told me to grow up and leave, you don’t come at night. Even though I look like a child, I am not a child. I like to play pranks on you, because of the hormones in this body, it can be difficult for me to control my emotions, because of my short stature, I cannot do many things. I can't even cook food for you. You scream at night and I can't help you. I feel so powerless.
You know, I will never call anyone else in this life my husband. After you came to the cave and saved me. I don't need anyone else. I am sure that if I am in trouble, you will always come to my aid. If you don’t like that I behave this way and call my husband in front of other people, then at least let me do it in private. Please don't take this from me." she cried at the end.
“Alright, Xiaoxiao,” I sat down and hugged her. -”You don’t need to behave especially around me, it doesn’t matter if there are people around or not, you can call me husband and I won’t drive you away anymore. Although I have no memories of you before our meeting with you, I feel that we have known each other for a very long time. And what you are telling me is true.”
"But! Xiaoxiao! You're 10 years old, act like a child, all right! Because of your words, I can be put in jail!” I started shaking her.
“Husband, don’t worry, if they put you in jail, then I ... I’ll wait for you!” Xiaoxiao laughed.
I sighed.
“Xiaoxiao, your emotions really change quickly,” I said.
"It's all about the hormones," she nodded.
Is it just hormones or another trap, I thought to myself.
“Oppa! Where are we going now?” the girl asked plaintively.
“Hmmm need to buy a house, I don’t want to sleep on the couch anymore. Xiaoxiao has taken my room and I don’t have any more rooms.”
“Oppa I need a room too, when you buy a house make sure there is a room for me too. If you don't have enough money, then I can sleep with you,” she said, running her fingertip across my chest.
I rolled my eyes, “Lee Bo Na, finish it, you have your own house and since you were asked for a ransom, then you have money and those who can take care of you.”
“I know, but after I met you, my past became unimportant to me. I feel like I should follow you, I want to be by your side. I know it doesn't sound rational. There's no reason for you to take me with you, and I don't want you to feel like I'm forcing myself on you. But I have a feeling that I used to know you and I want to understand what it is”
In fact, I also had such a feeling, perhaps if she is around, then I will also be able to remember something.
“Okay,” I nodded.
I caught a taxi and we went to the apartment sales office.
Once inside, we went to the models, and began to choose what to buy.
“Oppa, you should buy this villa!” pointing her finger at the building, she began to shake me.
“Hmmm, why this house?” I asked her.
“There is a lake and a small descent to it. We can lie there in the evenings and look at the stars,” she beamed.
“I want to see it too.” Xiaoxiao pulled my hand.
I picked her up and showed her the house we were talking about.
“Okay, there are a lot of rooms and a big garage and even a swimming pool and this is the biggest house. Besides, it’s called “Phoenix Nest,” I like it,” Xiaoxiao patted my shoulder.
“Students, what are you doing here e? Are you waiting for your parents?" - Asked the girl seller.
“My husband is buying me a house!” Xiaoxiao proudly declared.
“My sister said she would marry me when she grew up, so she always calls me husband,” I laughed awkwardly.
“What a good big brother you are,” the girl laughed covering her mouth.
“So you want to buy a house? Which one do you want to take? Let me help you." - said the girl seller.
"This!" Xiaoxiao pointed at the largest house.
"A? But this house is worth 100 million…” the girl said in surprise.
“It's all right, we'll take this card,” I said calmly.
The girl, incredulously took it, then ran it through the terminal and was pleasantly surprised when the payment went through.
We took documents and keys. The girl bowed after us and said; “Thank you, thanks to you I will have big commissions”
I waved my hand without looking and walked out the door.
“We need to go home and pick up things,” I said, scratching my chin.
“And you need to go to the old man Lao Qi. Meetings are not random, something has to happen…”
“Uh-huh,” the girl and child nodded.
I hailed a taxi and went home.
I opened the door and entered the apartment.
The girl quickly ran inside and began to inspect the apartment.
“Oppa, your apartment is so poor.”
I entered the bedroom, took clothes and documents.
Li Bo Na jumped onto the bed and began to inhale the scent of the pillow greedily.
“She still smells like you oppa!” she smiled happily.
I rolled my eyes and left the room, took the bag and began to collect peaches in it.
From my room, I heard Xiaoxiao's cries, “Dirty fox! What are you doing with my pillow?”
“Come on, we don't have much time, there's still a lot to do,” I urged them.
Fifth floor, room 504. After knocking twice, I heard the sound of footsteps, the door opened and a smile appeared on the old man's face: "Ling Fang and Xiaoxiao, come in, come in," he called us inside.
“This is my classmate Li Bo Na, she was there when we went to your place and also tagged along.” I pointed to the girl.
"Hello!" she smiled and nodded.
“Nothing, come in, we don’t have many guests.” the old man nodded.
“I'll put the tea on now, thanks for the fruit, I shouldn't have wasted my money,” he said as he walked into the kitchen.
“Oppa, he looks normal, are you sure there is something here?” the girl whispered.
I looked around and did not notice anything unusual, the apartment did not look rich, but it could not be called poor either. Several paintings hung on the walls, there was a TV set in the corner, in the middle there was a table, two chairs and a sofa.
The old man went out, put the teapot on the table, Xiaoxiao ran up and began to pour tea.
“Good child, I’m sure when you grow up you will be a good wife.” The old man complimented her.
“Hehe,” Xiaoxiao laughed.
“Lao Qi, where is your wife?” I asked him.
“She has been sick lately. She always had poor health, about a year ago, she suddenly began to feel better, but the last few days, she sleeps all the time, when she opens her eyes, she looks at me and as if she does not recognize me, closes her eyes and then continues to sleep ... I took her to the doctors, but no one knows what happened to her,” the old man sighed sadly.
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“Lao Qi. I have already met this disease, let me go and see with you,” I lied to him.
Even if I knew nothing about her illness, I still felt that I could find what I was looking for there.
The old man led me into the bedroom, a woman lay on the bed and slept.
I sat down on a chair next to her and looked into her face. I didn't have any memories of her.
"Oh…" I sighed sadly.
The woman slowly opened her eyes, looked at the old man with a blank look, then turned her gaze to me, tears flowed from the corners of her eyes: “Lord… did you find me? I knew that we would meet. This woman is destined to see you. She was very weak, I helped her recover and in return I stayed to wait for you. Lord, kindness must be repaid with kindness, you taught us so.”
"Nonsense! You forcibly helped her, how can that be called good? What kind of logic is this anyway? Forced kindness? And I taught him this? I coughed.
“Lord, I don't have much time, I wanted to say that the roads are closed, you must be careful when you return. Lord, there is still sad news, but I will not tell you about them, you will find out later. I can see in your eyes that you don’t understand what I’m talking about, just… just… you know, there’s no need to rush to remember everything, you yourself will understand everything soon… Lord take care of yourself, I’ll be waiting for when we can drink again…”
"Ricky, Ricky!" - I remembered a red-haired guy of about 20, he always wanted to become a knight ... he constantly fell, but he was diligent and honest.
“Lord, you remembered me… I am so happy, now I can leave without regrets…” The woman smiled and closed her eyes.
I looked at the old man and said: “Now she will be fine, she will wake up and be her old self.”
As I got in the taxi, I thought about what had happened. I met someone who knew me, although it all seems crazy, but I believed his words, and I myself remembered him. Everything is too confusing, I myself feel that there is no need to rush to remember everything and just need to go with the flow and enjoy peaceful days.
Stopped When I was at the gate of the mansion, I saw that a black expensive car was standing nearby, and two men in black suits and glasses were standing nearby, when they saw Li Bo Na, they bowed to her and handed over a large suitcase with wheels for travel. She nodded at them and walked over to us.
“Hehe they brought me my stuff.” she happily told us.
"Your parents won't mind?" I asked her.
“They're abroad, they don't care,” she replied indifferently.
We entered the gate, passing along the road, we passed a fountain that adorned a proudly standing phoenix.
Xiaoxiao quickly took out her keys and opened the large doors of the manor. She ran forward a little, then looked at me, bowed and said: “Husband, welcome home.”
I stepped over the threshold, looked at her and said, "I'm home."
“I'm going to choose a room,” Xiaoxiao called out and ran upstairs.
“Stop! Wait for me!" the girl called after her in Korean.
Opening the directory on the phone, I found the number of a French restaurant, ordered food, fish, meat, salads and dessert, also asked for a couple of bottles of wine. After flipping through a couple more pages, I ordered a couple CDs of Japanese pop music from the late 80s.
Sat on the sofa and watch TV. After a while, the two went down. I alerted them to my order and went upstairs to change and shower. After a while, I went downstairs, rubbing my wet hair, and threw the towel over the back of a chair.
The girls were already finishing setting the table, talking and laughing along the way. Li Bo Na put a fish dish for herself, Xiaoxiao and I took the meat.
“Oppa! You bought this wonderful house today! You have worked hard, I raise this glass to you.”
“Husband, you should be more careful in the future and obediently wait for me to grow up,” Xiaoxiao said carefully, raising her glass of juice.
It looks like she understood my words about being a child.
"M" I nodded.
We continued to eat, drinking wine, talking about trifles, praising the food and talking about tomorrow's plans.
After eating, I cleaned and washed the dishes while the girls sat and watched TV in the hall.
When I arrived, Xiaoxiao was already falling asleep. I picked her up and carried her to the bedroom. Her bedroom was first on the left, next was my bedroom, and then Lee Bo Na's bedroom. They deliberately divided so that I was between them. Although there were other bedrooms, I did not argue.
Leaving her room, I went downstairs, Li Bo Na handed me a glass of wine, after drinking it, she put on a music disc, turned down the light and pulled me to dance. Clinging to me and resting her head on my shoulder, she said, “Oppa, what kind of performance did you prepare for me for the school competition? I want to know, you must answer me immediately.”
“You'll know when the time is right or it won't be a surprise.” I replied rolling my eyes.
“You'd better try… I… won't tolerate being taken lightly…” She began to yawn and close her eyes.
I held her for a while, after feeling that her body was beginning to go limp, I picked her up and carried her to the bedroom.
Putting her to bed, she pulled me by the neck, opened her eyes and said: “You must love me more ... Otherwise, I will beat you to death ...”.
I did not answer, pushed her head away and covered her with a blanket.
After brushing my teeth, I went to bed.
Closing my eyes, I immediately fell asleep.
In the morning after running, I was sitting on the slope to the lake, when Li Bo Na came and covered me with a blanket, covering herself with the other half, she rested her head on my shoulder.
“Oppa you should plant blue bamboo here, it will be very beautiful.”
“Okay,” I nodded.
“Oppa, are you sure you don’t want to tell me about the surprise?”
I rolled my eyes and walked towards the house.
The next few days, school time flew by quickly. We went to school every day and had lunch together. There were rumors around the school that there was a student from class 3-3 who was simultaneously dating a 10-year-old girl and a beautiful foreigner. Therefore, in his context, the word “garbage” and “envy” often popped up. After school, we bought groceries for home and furnished our house. I have hired two servants to take care of household chores while we are at school. I didn't want anyone to disturb us when we were alone at home.
Xiaoxiao and Li Bo Na spent a lot of time together, they fought and laughed, it seemed that they had known each other for a very long time.
The wounds on my arms have healed leaving little scars behind.
The school competition lasted for two days due to the large number of participants.
We sat in the front row. I felt completely lazy as I rested my chin with one hand and cleaned Xiaoxiao's ears with the other hand as she rested her head on my lap. Closing her eyes, she smiled contentedly. From time to time, Li Bo Na turned to me and said something while shaking my hand.
The performers on stage had a complete sense of envy from both the guys and the girls.
After that, Ouyang Wei came on stage, she played the guitar and sang. The performance was excellent, the best that was for today. After the applause, we began to gather home.
Weiwei caught up with me and called: “Ling Fang, tomorrow is your performance, I will be waiting for our battle, I hope you can win.”
Competition? I didn't think of it as a competition, I I just wanted to make a present for Lee Bo Na.
“Of course, because tomorrow's performance will be for her,” I said as I placed my hand on Li Bo Na's head.
“Hmph,” Weiwei snorted and turned away.
“Husband, do you want to beat her tomorrow?” Xiaoxiao asked.
“I didn't think of it as a competition before, but since she needs it, we'll be more serious tomorrow,” I nodded.
“Then, I will also be serious tomorrow, no one can look down on our family,” Xiaoxiao said with glowing eyes.
The next day we prepared for the performance. I told Li Bo Na to just sit in the hall and do nothing. Johnny Lee prepared all the sets, he did an excellent job, everything was exactly as I wanted.
“Husband, what is my role in this performance?” Xiaoxiao pulled my hand.
“You will dance, little fox.” I replied.
"A? I don’t know how,” Xiaoxiao answered doubtfully.
I put my hand on her head and looked into her eyes, "Don't worry, dance how you feel to my music."
“Okay, I trust you husband,” she agreed.
“Let me help you change first,” I said, taking the covers off the chair.
"A? Right here? Husband, what if someone comes in…” she said blushing.
I covered her with a blanket....
In the hall behind the scenes, the stage was being prepared for our performance. I walked past Jonah Lee clapping him on the shoulder, “Time to get started,” I said confidently.
"Who is this?" Johnny thought.
Walking out in the middle of the stage, I sat down, took out Xiao's flute, and nodded.
The scene was lit up, in the middle sat a young man with long black hair, with pigtails intertwined in places, earrings hung on both ears. The forehead was adorned with the symbol of a red lotus. Although his face was handsome, his eyes were villainous, looking at the world with disdain and self-confidence. He sat in a white kimono, with his chest wide open, and there was a pot of wine next to him. In his hands he held a black flute decorated in places with gold at the end of which hung a blood-red ribbon.
He began to play, the hall was immediately filled with sounds, the scenery behind him began to blur and it seemed that everyone had fallen into another world.
This is no longer a stage, but a hillside, two moons illuminating the bamboo forest behind him. The wind runs on the grass, with peals of wind and the sound around changed, then pulling, then receding. From the bamboo grove came a little fox girl, black hair adorned with two large ears, on top of which were red tassels. The ears were as big as any animal babies when they were not yet fully grown, as if their ears were growing in front of them. Her forehead was also decorated with a red lotus symbol, a pink kimono with white flowers, and bells hung on her arms and legs.
Raising her eyelids, she looked into the crowd of spectators. Too-dum, everyone's heart fluttered at that moment, no one had ever seen such a beautiful child in their life before. The girl smiled coquettishly, lowered her eyelids and began to dance. She made several noiseless movements, then froze, shook her hands and the bells rang. She continued to dance around the young man, complementing the sounds of the flute along the way. the sounds of bells. Their relationship to each other was very close, as if they had lived together for a long time and enjoyed each other's music and dance, feeling each other perfectly and complementing the melody.
Here the girl waves her hand and it snows, one more wave and flowers bloom. No one knew the words of the song, for every movement of the dance and the sound of the melody whispered to them their story.
The young man met the fox girl, they immediately recognized each other as husband and wife from a past life and continued their journey together. They often had to fight with enemies, defeating villains and helping ordinary people. Time quickly flew by and they grew old and the already old young man died, leaving his wife alone. This is where the performance ends.
The illusion of magic was destroyed by returning everyone back. The silence was broken by loud applause and shouts of admiration. Their love story is banal and boring, but the music and dance were great.
When the applause began to fade, weeping began to be heard from the back rows. It was not such a cry when a girl cries quietly, but a loud cry, as if a toy had been taken away from a child.
Li Bo Na began to cry even louder as she ran towards the stage, climbing onto the stage, she slapped me in the face and immediately hugged her chest.
“Smelly man, how dare you die before me,” she choked. “After your death, I had to wait another year for me to die…. You didn't even prepare a grave for yourself... I had to dig a hole for you myself. I wanted to leave you in the forest so that wild animals would tear your dead body to pieces, but my generous heart did not allow me to do this ... After that, I arranged a place for our comfort for another year. I even wrote “Beloved Husband” on your gravestone, and “Beloved Wife” on mine ... This time, don’t you dare die before me, otherwise I will really throw your corpse to be eaten by animals.
I want to go home, I want you to sing a song that I liked to calm me down. Do you remember her, right? “Demon fox steps on a miserable slave husband”, you better remember her well especially that verse when the husband, on his knees, hands her flowers and receives a slap in the face for daring to breathe the same air next to her.”
I silently stroked her back with one hand. The girl began to calm down, the audience in the hall thought that this was part of the performance. She looked at Xiaoxiao and said, “You were a terrible dancer, but for a dumb bird, it wasn’t bad.”
We went backstage, meeting Johnny Lee on the way, “Old brother, big brother, your performance was great!” Looking at Xiaoxiao, he said, “I didn’t know that you could dance so well. Tonight's performance…wow, I don't think I'll ever see anything more beautiful in my life.” he said without hesitation.
“If it wasn’t for Ling Fang, I wouldn’t have danced at all, take it as an honor. I can only dance for my husband,” Xiaoxiao said proudly.
We went further.
“Big brother, do you want to see the results of the competition?” Johnny asked.
“No,” I shook my head, “I'm sure we did great, especially since it was for her in the first place,” I pointed to Li Bo Na.
Li Bo Na lowered her head in embarrassment.
“Husband, can I still look like this in this suit?” Xiaoxiao asked plaintively.
"M," I nodded.
After putting on my overcoat, I pressed Xiaoxiao to my chest and buttoned it up, Li Bo Na hugged my hand and we went home.
When I came home after eating, when Xiaoxiao went to bed, I had to kneel down and chant “Demon Fox Steps on Pitiful Slave Husband” several times in a row. Only after that she calmed down and also went to sleep.
Lying on the bed, I began to scroll through my head various memories that have come to me lately. I originally considered the fox dance in the bamboo forest to be a beautiful dream and I wanted to give it to Lee Bo Na. Gradually thinking about our performance, I became confident that I could play the flute, and I was also confident that Xiaoxiao could dance.
As for the dressing up moment, it's just a trick, the world is the way we want it to be. My vision of the world extends to others.
I remembered many things, but if you think about it, they are more like a dream. How do you know what's true and what's fiction when you don't remember anything?
Li Bo Na's words today showed that she also remembers this dream. If this is not a dream, then in what world did we live? What did we do before? I like the current peaceful life.
From a conversation with them, I also understand that they are beginning to remember something. I don't want to rush them with questions. I think that it will be necessary to remember, then we will remember, and what is not necessary, it is better not to remember.