When I came out I picked up a nemesis

Han Qiao was amused by this inexplicable vigilance: "What's the matter? Clean up the guest room and let you sleep. What are you worried about?"

"Oh." Xie Ruiyan lingered to Han Qiao's side, and stood side by side with him.

Xie Ruiyan put his hand on the door frame, leaving a gray slap mark.

It's hard to imagine that a clean freak would have such a dusty house without cleaning the door frame.

Xie Ruiyan: "...the mop can't handle it at all, where is the rag?"

The eldest young master, whose ten fingers are not in the sun, has cultivated good living habits when he was studying abroad, and his working movements are even more neat than Mr. Han, who does not employ housekeepers.

Xie Ruiyan wiped the door panel, door frame and door handle with a clean wet rag, and asked, "Have you not opened this room for a long time? Your ex-boyfriend lives here?"

After hearing this, Han Qiao was silent for a while, then nodded, agreeing with the statement: "It's called Beethoven."

After the two tidied up the facade for a while, Han Qiao opened the door, but there was no bed in the guest room. The four walls were nailed with rounded wooden boards, and there was a huge and stable cat climbing frame. Big one.

Han Qiao looked at the cat climbing frame and said lightly: "There are tatami mats in the wardrobe of the master bedroom. The sun is shining today, so take them out to dry them and they can be used."

Xie Ruiyan was still struggling: "Ex-boyfriend?"

"Only my cat lived here." Han Qiao's eyes fell on a few hanging frames on the wall again, inside were big photos of the cat owner.

Boyfriend is a cat?Xie Ruiyan followed his gaze and couldn't help but praise: "So handsome!"

What a handsome cat!

Dark gray fur with wild lines, majestic, like a born king.

This kind of cat has a name, Maine Coon cat, and Xie Ruiyan often sees it in videos.

It turned out that the guest room lived in a big gray Maine rescued by Han Qiao and his friends, named Beethoven.After it died, no one stayed in it, and Han Qiao never came in again. It was locked with a key, and the climbing frames and photo frames in the room were covered with dust.

Under the dim dawn, facing the new guests, Han Qiao planned to tell Xie Rui the story of the past, the aborigines in this room.

Han Qiao gently stroked the dusty flannel folds on the top of the climbing frame, like stroking the back of a cat.

"When we first met, Beethoven was 11 years old. We lived in Beijing with me for four years. Later, we moved and returned to Nanjing to settle down. It took another five years."

The 20-year-old is a stable elder among cats, no matter how you think about it, you will die of old age.Counting his age, Xie Ruiyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It has a long life."

Han Qiao nodded slightly.

Beethoven is particularly strong, with tendons all over his body. He is said to be a cat father-in-law, but he looks like a little tiger.

Beethoven and Xie Ruiyan were both physically strong, and there was nothing wrong with them on the outside. It was said that they were abandoned by their former owners because of the genetic disease of hearing loss.

I heard that the former owner's child also had ear problems and could not take the hearing test before going abroad. People around him said that it was infected by cats, which was unlucky, so the family gave up the furry child who had been with them for 11 years.

When Han Qiao adopted it, he was entrusted by an acquaintance.Adult cats and humans need to adapt, and it is not at ease for such a big and old cat to find someone else to raise it. My friend thinks that Han Qiao is the most at ease.

Keeping a pet is also a burden, and it needs serious consideration; Han Qiao was still taking the adult college entrance examination at that time, and he didn't have much savings. He just wanted to take over Beethoven first, and then find an adoption for him, but he passed the exam while raising a cat Graduated from a well-known music school majoring in musical instrument making art.

The big cat that others consider unlucky is a lucky star for Han Qiao.

Han Qiao didn't intend to send it away anymore, and was determined to be responsible to the end.He shovels and feeds this elderly cat with a surprisingly large appetite every day. The time for studying and part-time work becomes more pressing. While making cheap violins in a factory in the suburbs of Beijing, all ten fingers have blisters and blisters that cannot be eliminated. calluses.

Han Qiao was happy in his heart. He had a companion, and even though his life was poor, he did not forget to give him a physical examination twice a year at the best pet hospital in the capital.

Later, Han Qiao took the cat back to Nanjing to help his old classmate Liu Ling develop, and saved Liu Ling's musical instrument factory that was almost destroyed by competitors. After establishing an electronic musical instrument company, he recruited talents and his career gradually improved.

The deaf Beethoven lived a better life in his later years. Han Qiao felt guilty that the cat lived with him in the rented house in the imperial capital. After returning, he quickly took out a loan to buy a house—the largest apartment in Jiayuan Community—at that time Among the newly released properties, only Jiayuan has sealed the balcony, so that the cat will not be in danger of falling or getting lost.

Han Qiao's mother is a master woodcarver. Han Qiao was fascinated by it when he was a child, and then he mastered woodworking skills in a musical instrument factory. He built a special room for Beethoven by himself. Make it comfortable to live in.

Beethoven has always been in good mental and physical condition. He parkoured back and forth in Han Qiao's elaborate cat house, not like an old cat who doesn't like to move.During the routine physical examination, the doctor also said that he could not hear it, but fortunately, cats rely more on their tentacles.

In 2019, Fuxi Company frequently won prizes. No matter how good it is, Han Qiao paid off the remaining mortgage, and his heart is very light. He has everything, such as a cute cat, loyal friends, and a big flat who has paid off the mortgage. , as well as music and electronic instruments, a career that can be dedicated to life.

One morning, before Han Qiao went to work, he called Beethoven. For the first time, Beethoven responded to Han Qiao and ran to the door.

Han Qiao squatted down, and Beethoven rubbed his head against Han Qiao's cheek, and made a beautiful bird call.

Han Qiao was overjoyed and thought it was a double blessing. Just after winning the award, Beethoven, the long-lived big cat with a good appetite, also had his deafness improved.

In the evening, Han Qiao was thinking of buying more cans of freeze-dried food for the cat tonic. When he came back with two bags of cans, Beethoven was lying on the big platform at the top of the climbing frame. An old factory coat that smells, covering the cat's face as if sleeping.

Han Qiao had a bad premonition, dropped the plastic bag and rushed over to check, then realized helplessly that his cat would never wake up again.

During the day, it was his cat who said goodbye to him, and the momentary bird chirping in response was a miracle that would never happen again in life.

Happiness always knocks on the door inadvertently, and slips away quietly when people are not prepared, leaving traces that are even more heartbreaking.

Han Qiao refused to open the door until Xie Ruiyan appeared, until he fell off the sofa and hit the back of his head on the ground, unable to delay any longer.

The first rays of sunlight came in in the morning, and in the spacious and bright guest room, it seemed that the cat's furry smell still remained after basking in the sun.

"I put away the water bowls and food bowls. It's okay if the climbing frame inside is removed." Han Qiao said shyly, "I haven't come in for half a year because I don't want to face the reality. My family who has been with me for ten years is gone."

Xie Ruiyan silently listened to the story of Han Qiao and Beethoven and the dusty cat room, and suppressed the original dimples.

Although he has never had a pet, and has only been a cloud sucker for cats for a long time, he also knows what it means to depend on each other for life, to be accompanied by a whole youth.

Looking at Han Qiao's uncomfortable expression, which was rarely shown, an inappropriate thought flashed through Xie Ruiyan's mind.

Would a person like Han Qiao be afraid of being lonely?Is it because the cat is gone that he wants to find someone to live with?

Xie Ruiyan's voice was a little hoarse: "It's okay to climb the frame, it's very beautiful, you don't need to take it away, I'm just borrowing it, how can I steal the show."

If he can turn into a cat now, Han Qiao can be rua, but unfortunately he is thinking about peach.

He didn't know that every time Han Qiao patted him, it was as if he were patting an Alaskan sled dog.

Han Qiao patted Xie Ruiyan on the shoulder and said, "Xie Ruiyan, if you are still here, there is nothing you can't overcome. As long as you are still alive, there is hope for everything. Don't give up."

Mr. Han's ups and downs in his life experience are too inspirational, even if it is only interspersed a little bit between talking about cats.

Xie Ruiyan heard that Han Qiao was filling him with chicken soup.

"Don't go outside to freeze anymore, don't mention anything else, your health comes first, okay?"

Xie Ruiyan pinched the bridge of his sore nose and replied in a low voice, "I know."