What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Mother Tang smiled and said: Isn't it easy to guess? How could you buy this style of jewelry yourself? You don't like wearing things on your wrists. That expensive jade bracelet your aunt bought for you before , you never want to wear it. Besides, even if you really want to buy jewelry, it must be in the style of... how to put it... the style of animated villains, the style of those little plastic figures you used to treasure .”

Tang's mother said, pointing to the bracelet on Tang Baona's wrist: Look at this bracelet of yours again, with this material and this pattern, I don't believe you will buy it yourself. I heard your grandpa say before that Xiang Kun will He is very good at wood carving. He has also seen the canary wood carving that Xiang Kun gave him. It is indeed very beautiful. If I had not told him in advance, I would have guessed which master's work it was. I also heard Tingting say that Xiang Kun He often makes small wood carvings for you, so I think your bracelet, with its simple style, must have been made by him, am I right?

Seeing that her mother was a little proud, Tang Baoting couldn't help but take her sister's hand and put the bracelet in front of her mother: Mom, take a good look at what kind of pattern this is. Hehe, this is not a simple style.

Tang’s mother squeezed her daughter’s hand and squinted her eyes for a while. Next to her, Tang’s father immediately got up and went to the TV cabinet to get Tang’s reading glasses for her to put on. He also thoughtfully found a magnifying glass for reading magazines and handed it to her. .

Oh, this Xiao Xiang can do it. He can carve so many things on such a small bead. Is he painting? Hey, who is this little girl with glasses? She's very cute. Tang's mother saw the carvings on the bead. After seeing the picture, I was also a little surprised.

This must be Nana! Tang Baoting insisted, This is a gift from Xiang Kun, so it must be Nana. Mom, look at this bead here. The cute fat kid on it, called Xiaolingdang, is the same person as Xiang Kun. Kun and Nana are very close friends.

Hey, it's true, she looks a bit like Nana when she was a child. Tang's mother nodded repeatedly.

Sister, I haven't said who did this yet! Tang Baona retracted her hand and said dumbfounded.

Come on, as soon as you got home and sat down on the sofa, I took a quick look and knew that this must be Xiang Kun's doing. Tang Baoting still said firmly.

Tang's mother also smiled and nodded: That's right, with your character, if it wasn't the case, you would have said it was not the case a long time ago. This way of trying to hide it is just acquiescence!

Yes, yes, Nana, haven't you noticed? You basically touch the beads on your wrist every few minutes. It's a conditioned reflex. How do you say that? Oh yes, I can't put it down! I just can't put it down! I remember you weren't wearing this bracelet when I video-recorded with you last week. This should be Xiang Kun's birthday gift, right? Tang Baoting continued to tease.

Tang's mother struck while the iron was hot: Hey, by the way, you came back to celebrate your birthday this time, why didn't you ask Xiao Xiang to come with you?

Why did you ask him to come with you? He...he is going on a business trip. He is very busy. I haven't seen him for several days!

Oh~, so... I'm so busy that I took the time to make such a delicate bracelet for you? Judging from the complexity and sophistication of this bracelet, it will take less than ten hours to complete. Can't do it? Tang Baoting chuckled.

Next to him, Gao Yao stretched his neck slightly to look at Tang Baona's bracelet, and said with some envy in his eyes: Moreover, if you want to carve this, you can't do it without micro-manipulation using a stereomicroscope. You can't do it for too long at a time. I guess Xiang Kun made this bracelet. From preparation to completion, it takes at least three months to half a year in advance.”

Tang Baona was also stunned: It takes so long?

I'm just casually estimating how long it will take. I still have to ask Xiang Kun or Brother Feng... uh, no, Grandpa Feng, no... it's grandpa. Gao Yao said with a tongue-tied tongue, and subconsciously wanted to raise his eyebrows in embarrassment. I scratched my head with my hand, and realized that it was unhygienic to scratch my head while eating, so I put my clawed hand on my head and quickly took it off, my expression even more embarrassing.

Fortunately, everyone's attention was no longer on him, and Tang's mother immediately said, Oh,

If someone takes so much trouble to give you a birthday gift, why don’t you invite someone to your home for a meal? You might as well not go back to Haixi Province yet, call Xiang Kun and ask when the business trip will end, fly directly to Shenhai, have a meal together, and then you can go back together. When the girl from the Yang family came to our house for dinner before New Year's Eve last year, you said that Xiang Kun would be a guest at home after the New Year. It's been a few months now, so you have to hurry up. The Spring Festival is coming soon.

Yeah, let's have a meal together, and let's see Xiang Kun's cooking skills together. I heard your grandpa said that Xiang Kun's food is really delicious, and the rabbit meat is even better. I've been craving for it for a long time. . Father Tang also touched his chin and said with a smile and a gentle tone.

Don't think wrongly! Xiang Kun and I are partners now, good friends... Tang Baona said quickly.

I don't think so. We just want to treat your good friend and partner to dinner and thank him for taking care of our daughter. Where are you thinking about it? What should you think about it? Tang's mother widened her eyes. An expression like Why do you say that so strangely?

Tang's father smiled and nodded: It's just inviting friends and good friends.

Tang Baoting also nodded: The first time I brought Gao Yao home, we are just good friends.

Gao Yao was stunned for a moment, put down his chopsticks, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but paused for a second and just nodded.

I'm convinced! Xiang Kun is very busy now, we'll talk about it later, and... Dad, Mom, your focus now should be on my sister and brother-in-law! When will their wedding be held? Tang Baona said, Another carbine hit the old lady.

Sure enough, Mother Tang finally turned around and asked Tang Baoting and Gao Yao this time: By the way, Tingting and Xiao Gao, how did the discussion go when I asked you to discuss the wedding? In fact, you can go back and work on the details later. Your dad and I will meet with my father-in-law and mother-in-law to set a date first. When we got engaged, didn’t we say we would try to get this done before the year before? Tomorrow we will go to your cousin Xiao Luo’s wedding. I’m sure Many people have asked about it, and everyone is waiting.

Upon hearing this, Tang Baoting's cheerful smile just now froze on her face, and Gao Yao next to her also lowered her head subconsciously.

Mom, Gao Yao and I thought about it and decided to get the certificate first, and then have a meal together as a family and at most a few relatives and friends. The wedding is not urgent and will be held in a few years. Tang Baoting said with a smile.

Ah? Tang's mother was stunned for a moment, very surprised, and looked at Gao Yao: Is it... the opinion of my father-in-law and mother-in-law?

Gao Yao took a deep breath, as if he had made a decision. Just as he was about to speak, Tang Baoting took over again: No, no, it's just a decision we made together after discussion. His parents don't know yet. The main thing is this paragraph I'm a little busy at work. Hey, there are too many things to do after the National Day and before the Spring Festival. Gao Yao and his unit also have a lot of things to deal with. Now is a critical period, and their leader thinks highly of him... So as for the wedding, let's go It's okay to push back. We have received the certificates and we are now a family. You see, Gao Yao has already called you two mom and dad.

Tang Baona also quickly said: Actually, there is no need to rush to hold the wedding of my sister and brother-in-law. Nowadays, when young people get married, they usually go on a honeymoon for a while first.

She also discovered that her carbine was stuck in the wrong position this time. However, she now judges through the perception of emotional melody, as well as the expression changes and small movements of her sister and brother-in-law, but she knows that they should have planned to tell their parents about this tonight.

And she could also tell that the fact that her sister and brother-in-law didn't want to hold a wedding so soon was not because of her and Gao Yao's career problems as her sister said. Of course, it couldn't be because of Gao Yao's parents. She had also met the old couple of the Gao family, and they were also very good people, and they liked Tingting very, very much. So the reason must be Gao Yao, which can also be seen from some of his small reactions.

As for the reason, Tang Baona also had a rough guess. This brother-in-law is good at everything, but he has some social anxiety. He is probably a little scared when thinking about large-scale social entertainment scenes like weddings.

Tang's mother was still frowning, as if she wanted to say something else. Tang's father immediately said: Just in time, I originally thought that we would go to Qiongzhou to live for two months this winter. If Tingting and Xiao Gao want to have a wedding, we will definitely not be able to go. , it can be done now, hehe.

Mother Tang naturally understood the purpose of what he said at this time, but she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and said angrily: You are thinking of going to the beach to see beautiful women in swimsuits, right?

Hehe, the swimsuit I bought for you last year is ready to wear. It must look good. Dad Tang said with a smile.

Pay attention, the children are here!

Seeing that the matter was dealt with, Tang Baona, Tang Baoting and Gao Yao were relieved.

After dinner, they cut the cake together. At around nine o'clock, Tang Baoting and Gao Yao were ready to go back to their den. As for Tang Baona, although she also had her own place to live, Yang Laosan did not come back with her. When she returned home, she was alone and cold, so she stayed with her parents, who had her own room anyway.

Tang Baona sent her sister and brother-in-law to the door, and while waiting for the elevator, she glanced at her parents who hadn't come over, and then whispered: You don't want to tell me that you don't want to hold a wedding for the time being, so I almost became a pig teammate.

Tang Baoting whispered: It's okay. Anyway, I got the certificate and convinced the parents on both sides. It's a small case.

Gao Yao also whispered: Actually, I have thought about it during this time, and the wedding is not so terrible... Like Chang Bin's wedding, Xiang Kun helped to organize it, and it was very orderly. Anyway, he should be our brother-in-law in the future, and we will get married. When the time comes, be cheeky and ask him to come over and help.”

Let's talk about this later. Getting married is a happy thing. You must get married when you are happiest. Don't treat it like an exam or a task. Tang Baoting patted her fiancé on the shoulder and said.

Gao Yao's expression changed. He was grateful, happy, embarrassed, and a little guilty. Then he put his arms around his fiancée's waist and whispered, Marrying you is the happiest thing in my life.

After her sister and brother-in-law entered the elevator, Tang Baona, who had an aunty smile on her face, suddenly realized: Wait a minute, what is 'our brother-in-law'? Why is Xiang Kun 'our brother-in-law'?

But the elevator doors had already closed and started to go down. Tang Baona, who couldn't laugh or cry, could only complain to herself that her brother-in-law was being led astray by her sister, and then walked home.

In the living room, Tang's father and Tang's mother were playing with the switch fitness ring, wiggling their buttocks, very happy.

Tang Baona smiled and watched in the living room for a while, then went back to her room, then sat at the desk where she had sat for several years before going to college, turned on the lamp, and looked carefully at the beads on her wrist.

The beaded pictures on it were too complicated and had too many details. Although she had read them many times and played with them for several days, every time she looked carefully, she would always find something new, which was particularly interesting.

With this bracelet, she became more and more skilled in perceiving the emotional melody and object melody around her. She was particularly excited to use this kind of perception and judgment at night to successfully predict other people's actions and intentions.

However, she also realized that when her own emotions were affected, such as when others talked about things related to her, it would be difficult for her to perceive and predict through melody stably.

While she was looking at the bead string with great interest, Tang Baona suddenly heard a scream in the living room. She was startled and rushed out without thinking because she recognized that the sound was from her mother.

As soon as she left the room, Tang Baona was horrified to find her father lying on the ground, clutching his chest, eyes closed, and a look of pain on his face.

Tang Baona was so frightened that she had never seen her father in such a state or with such an expression.

What's wrong! Mom, what's wrong with my dad? Tang Baona rushed over, knelt on the ground, and supported her father with her mother.

I don't know... it happened suddenly... Old Tang, what's wrong with you, you... Tang's mother was very panicked, and her voice was filled with tears.

Mom, calm down, calm down. Dad, does your heart hurt? Mom, my dad has a heart disease?

No, your dad doesn't have a heart disease.

Tang Baona saw that her father could no longer reply and his expression changed drastically, so she immediately took out her mobile phone and dialed the emergency number.

At this time, Tang's mother also suppressed her panic, got up and ran out the door: The daughter-in-law of the old Lu family downstairs is a doctor, she seems to be in the Department of Cardiology. I'll go see if she is here and ask her to help.

After her mother went to find someone for help, and the emergency call said that the ambulance would be here soon, Tang Baona looked at her motionless father and thought hard about the articles she had read about emergency science, and wanted to see if there was anything she could do now. made. But her mind was in turmoil, and she thought of some things that she didn't dare to do, so she picked up her phone and subconsciously wanted to call Xiang Kun. She instinctively felt that Xiang Kun should be able to help and guide her on what to do.

Sister Nana, sister Nana, put your hand on your father's chest.

A somewhat abrupt yet familiar voice suddenly came from the mobile phone in her hand.

Tang Baona was stunned for a moment. This should have been a strange thing, a situation that should have made people jump up in fear, but she suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.

So she subconsciously put her hand on Dad Tang's left chest, and instinctively used the left hand wearing the bracelet.

The moment she put her hand on her chest, opposite her and on the other side of Dad Tang, a beautiful little girl in a white dress knelt and put her hand on hers.

The little girl looked up at her, her eyes as beautiful as stars and gems, and said, Sister Nana, it's okay.

The next moment, the little girl in the white dress disappeared. When she was stunned, her father's voice sounded: Nana, help me sit up.

Tang Baona lowered her head and saw that her father had opened his eyes and his face had recovered. He was breathing slightly and looked a little weak, but he was no longer as scary as before.

Dad, are you okay? Tang Baona quickly helped her father up and sat down on the sofa.

Huh... It seems that I ran away from the ghost gate and saw a bunch of strange things. Huh... Tang's father also looked frightened.

At this time, Tang's mother came up with the doctor who lived downstairs and asked the doctor to check her first.

Tang Baona stood nearby, observing her father's condition and touching the back of her left hand.

The little girl who suddenly appeared just now was the little girl in a white dress who appeared on the wing of the plane when the plane was attacked by a flock of birds!

This is what Yang Zhener showed her, what Lao Xia looked like when he was a child!

And judging from the sound, it was also the elf who hugged her legs from behind one night to prevent her from falling down the stairs!

Is this what's really happening? Did she really show up? Or hallucination?

Tang Baona touched the back of her hand, recalling the fleshy and soft touch of the little girl's hand on the back of her hand just now, which was extremely real.

She called me...Sister Nana?