Ode to joy

Chapter 1

Tan Zongming saw that Andy would not accept the soft and hard, so he had to throw out the trump card carefully prepared for this trip.He put a photocopy in front of Andy. "Look carefully at this, you have only one way back home."

Andy smiled, "Old Tan, why bother." But she still opened the copy in front of her.It's hard for Lao Tan to memorize such a thick piece of paper bricks from thousands of miles away. In addition, Andy and Tan Zongming were two swords at work in the early years. They cooperated tacitly and had a deep friendship. She had no reason to reject Lao Tan thousands of miles away. She is unattractive.

She is an orphan, her home is all over the world, and New York is the most familiar place in her life, the familiar feeling is the feeling of safety, and she demands safety.However, after a few pages were turned, Andy's thin face suddenly changed color. "This is the list of all boys born in 1983 in my hometown?"

"To be precise, it is the list of all boys whose births were registered in 1983 in the Municipal Public Security Bureau."

"You...you mean...my brother is in there?"

"Yes. There are prerequisites here: 1983. Your memory at the age of three must be accurate. Facts have proved that you are a genius with a high IQ, and the accuracy of your memory is beyond doubt. Then we first delineate two elements: boys, and Born in 1983; 1983. In your memory, the woman who took away your newborn brother spoke with a local accent, and that woman directly called your brother her son as if she had found a treasure. Therefore, I delineate the third element, which is a local The woman stole your younger brother not for the purpose of human trafficking, but stole it back to be her own son. Due to the lack of domestic population movement in 1983, the people I entrusted did not find a suitable family who moved out of your hometown in [-] after investigation , so I assume that your younger brother is still in his hometown, was taken as a moth, and was legally registered in [-] under the strict household registration policy of the year."

Tan Zongming peeled off the cocoons calmly, just like discussing tens of millions of projects with Andy in the early years. "The friend I entrusted said that all the people who are alive so far are here. Further verification requires your cooperation. I think, Andy, the curtain has been raised, and the protagonist should stand in the center of the stage. Go back to China."

Andy didn't answer, her thoughts flew back more than 20 years ago, a winter night full of dangers... the blackness where you can't reach your fingers... the stern wind mixed with the woman's stern screams... "It's time to give birth tonight, hurry up, work hard. "..."Ah, with a handle."..."Son, my son, my precious son..."...The baby's crying and the sound of broken footsteps gradually faded away...The woman still kept her voice high and low Screaming...a splitting headache, unbearable hunger, and groggy...waking up, little Andy was already in the children's welfare home.Andy later checked the records of the Children's Welfare Institute. She was admitted to the hospital on February 1983, 2, the beginning of spring in the lunar calendar. Therefore, the director named her He Lichun.Beginning of spring is also the day when her mother died.Even a genius like Andy, what she possesses is only such a rare fragment of memory.

"I'm going back to China!" Andy took a sip of water, took three deep breaths, took another sip of water, and took another deep breath...

Tan Zongming understands that this former partner always used water to take deep breaths to control his emotions when he was under pressure or irritability, but today he persuaded him: "It's okay to have an outbreak of emotions and desires, and it's not working time now."

Andy, who quickly calmed down, didn't take the blame, but changed the topic, "Old Tan, help me find a mid-range community with enough area to live in. It's less than half an hour's subway ride from the company. The community has strict access control and good security. I will go through the resignation and handover procedures here immediately, and I will be able to assume the new position within two months."

"I will prepare a better house for you, and I believe you can afford it. Domestic housing prices are now strong, and it is also a good investment."

"No, no, the place where I live is sparsely populated, and I regret buying such an uninhabited place. I like the noisy fireworks."

Qu Xiaoxiao went home like a broken flower, half-closed her eyes and threw the car keys on the table, didn't bother to turn on the light, and charged the phone that had been out of power all night with the faint morning light coming in through the window.She was wearing a suspender evening dress of the season, with a slender waist and curly long hair. A night of carnival had never left traces on her young skin, but... she was willing to pretend to be decadent and drooping, and she even put a stick on the corner of her eye. A string of rhinestones like teardrops.

There was her mother's SOS on the phone, and Qu Xiaoxiao, who had already collapsed on the bed, had no choice but to get up, go to the balcony to light a cigarette, and call her mother back.At this time, domestic mothers are bathing in the afternoon sun.Her mother is the kind of strong woman who claims to lift weights lightly and not be surprised. If her mother sends out SOS again and again, something big will happen.Sure enough, Qu's mother didn't even ask why her daughter called in the early morning, but went straight to the point when she got through.

"I'm a dead person, and I didn't know that the two sons from your father's hometown have already settled in Haishi, and each of them has a townhouse, and each of them has a million-dollar luxury car..."

Qu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, and every cell in her body was fully awake in an instant. "Mom, why didn't you control the property rights? You and Dad started the business together, and then passed it on to me. Why should they?"

"As a wife, especially after becoming a yellow-faced woman, there is no human rights in this family. I can't control your father. Although we are not rich, we are considered a big family. Your mother and I can't be fooled by this little knowledge. Go down. You come back, or the family property will be moved by the family over there."

Qu Xiaoxiao rested her head on the cold cast iron railing, forcing herself to concentrate on listening to her mother.Indeed, compared to her friends here, her family is not rich, and no one in her family is an official in the yamen. Her family only has the considerable property that her parents have earned through 20 years of hard work.She knew very well in her heart that the two townhouses and the two million-dollar luxury cars in Haishi were the thick of the family property.And it was the two sons of the father's ex-wife who snatched the piece of meat. The piece of meat was like a meat bun that beat a dog, and it never came back.She cannot sit idly by, she must defend her family's property.

Qu Xiaoxiao took a deep puff of cigarette, "Mom, I'll go home immediately and work in the company."

"Ah..." Mother Qu cheered, and then turned calm again, "Very well, come back, mom will prepare a luxury supercar for you, of course it is better than those two brothers."

"No, mom, you prepare me a house in a mid-range community. It doesn't need to be big. It's about a hundred square meters. It's enough to live in. Just install the bathroom for me. For a car, get a small hatchback, which costs about a hundred thousand. Let's Have a conscience, don't be as knowledgeable as the people over there!"

Mother Qu understood, "Xiaoxiao, I have wronged you. But you are right. Mom is very happy that you are smarter than mom. You see, I am so angry that I just want to talk to you. By the way, you will accept my email tomorrow and go back to China I want you to bring me a few bags when I'm here."

On the small street downstairs from the balcony, an old man was being led for a walk by a lively golden retriever when he suddenly heard a woman screaming hoarsely.The old man looked left and right but couldn't find the source of the sound, and finally followed the golden retriever's eyes to look up, but saw no one.

Ode to Joy Community was handed over five years ago. In the past five years, the sound of renovation has always been floating above the community, but in the past five years, the smell of fried fish floating in the corridors at night has become more and more intense.Due to the good location of the community, the occupancy rate is relatively high compared to other communities.However, the two houses on the 2nd floor of Building No. 22 in the community have been vacant for several years. Recently, they were suddenly refurbished together, and they were still working overtime to renovate. It seemed that the owner was rushing to move in.As a result, the three girls in room 2202 shared rent in the middle were unbearably disturbed. They had to leave early and return late every day to avoid the noise.

2202 is a house with no connection between the north and the south. The drawing design is two rooms and two halls. The two rooms face south, and the living room is a dark room. A little southern light comes through the doors of the two rooms.The homeowner renovated the house into three bedrooms and one hallway, and rented it to three girls from other lands.It was early autumn, and the weather was still hot. Fan Shengmei, who lived in a living room and turned it into a room, was the most annoyed. Her room was a dark room, and she had to open the door of 2202 for ventilation, but the decoration of the residents on both sides prevented her from opening the door. She felt that the room was already smelly, so she could change her name to Fan Shengmei.

But the skinny reality can't stop Fan Shengmei's dream of fullness.Fan Shengmei's ideal is to take root in Haishi and penetrate into the prosperity.For her ideal, Fan Shengmei took a two-hour break to get off work early, stepped on high heels and rushed out of the large office of the human resources department of the manufacturing company in the suburbs. Under the shadow cast by a strong man, she bravely grabbed a rare taxi in the suburbs and rushed to the subway I changed trains at the station and went home, took a shower, made up, made my hair, changed clothes one after another, and finally chose a smoky gray doppelganger dress.The cut of the dress is simple and elegant, not revealing, but it wraps Fan Shengmei in a concave and convex shape.Fan Shengmei posed a few poses skillfully in front of the full-length mirror, chirping and humming triumphantly, "I have the material! I have the product! You are worth having." The voice was so beautiful that it almost approached Li Bingbing.

As soon as the words were finished, Fan Shengmei realized belatedly that the corridor was abnormally quiet today.She curiously opened the door and went out, and sure enough, she saw that the gates of 2201 and 2203 were closed, instead of the two gates that were always open during the renovation period, open to accommodate the world.Fan Shengmei hurried back to the room to hang up the jewelry, picked up the big satchel that could hold half of her and went downstairs to ask the security guard on the ground floor.

Even though Fan Shengmei is just a tenant in a dark room of the building, she has always carried forward her sense of ownership in the Ode to Joy community in a high-profile manner, and the property management personnel in the community never regard her as an outsider. The female security guard Xiao Zheng smiled when she saw her, and greeted her dangerously High heel.Fan Shengmei got the information from Xiao Zheng that the decoration of 2201 and 2203 has been completed, and the decoration company has returned the pass respectively. It is said that the residents of the two places will move in soon, and they are all owners, not tenants. Room 2201 must be single. The huge three-bedroom, two-living room, and two-bathroom room has been broken down into a luxurious one-bedroom, one living room, and two-bathroom. It turned out to be so big, so bright, and the sun dazzled my eyes. I heard that the owner is moving in next Saturday, so I must dress up nicely, maybe I’m a diamond king.”

(End of this chapter)