The Peach Blossom Village of the Cat Boss

Chapter 257 Let's play together!
Zhao Panpan put down the phone and looked at the ceiling again.

Many, many images appeared in his mind, most of them were dark and frightening...

On separate occasions, the father shook his fist and yelled at him and his mother.

When he was very young, for a while, his father went away.

In the old home that he didn't want to recall, he and his mother were nestling in bed watching TV together.

He remembered that it was a cartoon, he watched it very engrossed, and his mother was rarely very happy.

But the drunk father suddenly appeared, beating and smashing everywhere.

"Bang dang! Bang dang!"

He couldn't remember what his father was cursing.

Debris all over the place.

There were plates, cups, and fragments of television sets.

Another time, he came home from school on holiday because it was so hard at school.

He was very tired, so he slept in.

Father burst into his room.

Cursing, calling him lazy and worthless!

This scene has happened countless times.

The number was so large that he was a little numb and couldn't remember.

He spent a long time trying to forget the past experience, trying to forget, that terrible house.

But sadly, until now, he still remembers every detail of the house clearly.

"mom……"

In Zhao Panpan's eyes, some tears suddenly condensed.

The pictures in the memory fragments began to become warm.

In the sixth grade of elementary school, one night late at night, he was suddenly awakened by his mother in his sleep.

He saw his mother packed her bags and appeared in front of him with tears on her face.

The mother babbled, saying that she would take him away and let him live a brand new life.

He saw bloodstains on his father's head, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

On the night of leaving, he was apprehensive at first, full of uncertainty about the future.

Later, they left their hometowns and took refuge in their aunts, although their lives were poor and difficult.

But fortunately, my aunt is a very nice person, she never disliked them, and she saved money with his mother for him to finish college.

As the days became more and more stable, the feeling of anxiety in his heart, as if someone would find him at any time, also disappeared.

The life between him and his mother finally started to get on the right track step by step...

In Zhao Panpan's mind, there was a picture of him and his mother trekking through mountains and rivers in fear and anxiety, and finally arrived at the aunt's house that night.

In that simple but warm room, his mother held him in her arms, and they looked at the moon outside the window together.

With smiles on their faces, they imagined the future.

He was lying in his mother's warm embrace, listening to her softly speaking.

The mother said that they will have a house of their own in the future.

They should have their own TV and their own dining table, where they can watch whatever they want and eat whatever they want.

At that time, she had to prepare one meat and one vegetarian meal for every meal.

Zhao Panpan remembered that the moonlight was very gentle that night, and the wind outside the window was also very gentle.

Mother's embrace is very warm and soft.

Mother's voice was soft but powerful.

It dispelled the fear in his heart invisibly, and also brought him longing for the future.

The memories of the past made Zhao Panpan burst into tears.

Later, my mother worked odd jobs everywhere, saving money desperately.

Zhao Panpan studied hard, went to a big city, and got his own job.

Although there are many difficulties at work, because he and his mother have the same hope, they have been overcoming various difficulties in life and working hard towards their dreams.

But why, why such a simple wish cannot be realized?

everything is over.

Everything should be over.

Zhao Panpan suddenly got up from the bed.

He started picking up the trash in the room.

After throwing out all the garbage bag by bag, he took another shower for himself.

He not only washed his whole body clean, but also shaved off his unkempt beard.

Looking at the vicissitudes and numb man in the mirror, he patted his face and took a deep breath...

Then, a light appeared in the eyes of the man in the mirror.

There was also a gentle smile on his face again.

After restoring the cleanliness of the room and tidying up himself, he pushed open the hotel door and walked downstairs silently.

Passing by the front desk, he saw a young girl with her back turned to him, fiddled with something on her face.

Zhao Panpan knew who this girl was.

She is the daughter of the owner of the small hotel and is currently studying at university.

Now it's summer vacation, she has been guest at the front desk of the hotel since she came back, helping her family.

This girl is very lively. Every time he went downstairs to buy snacks, the girl would take the initiative to say hello to him.

"Morning!"

"have you eaten?"

"coincidence!"

It's all such useless topics.

Zhao Panpan had never responded to her before, but today, he took the initiative to greet her with a smile.

"good afternoon!"

He hoped that his final days would be a pleasant experience for himself and others.

The girl's random gestures on her face stopped abruptly. She turned her head and looked at Zhao Panpan suspiciously.

She seemed to be very strange to this young man who looked very sunny in front of her, and fell into thought for a while.

And Zhao Panpan was also stunned!

The girl turned her head, and he realized that the girl had been putting makeup on his face just now, and it was still the more difficult special effects costume.

The girl turned herself into a female student in the Republic of China...

It's the dead kind.

Not only was half of the face festered, but half of the eyeball in one eye protruded outwards, which looked very pervasive.

Her makeup skills are very good, if you don't stare at her from a close distance, anyone may be fooled.

Just when Zhao Panpan was in a daze, the girl also reacted.

The girl finally recognized that the guy standing in front of her was the gloomy, sloppy tenant who lived in 404!
She pointed at Zhao Panpan, stuttering:

"...You...Yuan, it's you! I thought it was a handsome guy from somewhere!"

Then, she was a little surprised:

"Don't talk about it, clean up, he's quite handsome! I almost didn't recognize him."

Zhao Panpan smiled:

"You tidy it up, it's changed a lot. I almost didn't recognize it."

The girl felt a little embarrassed and touched the fake eyeball outside the eye socket:
"...I just want to join in the fun when I see everyone else having fun... How about it? Do you think my paintings are realistic? I just learned this!"

As she said that, she remembered that the man in front of her always seemed to be alone, maybe she didn't even know that the Ghost Festival was being held in the town.

So, she briefly talked to Zhao Panpan about the Hungry Ghost Festival and sent out an invitation:
"It just so happens that I don't have anyone to accompany me, or let's go out and play together!"

"I heard it's fun!"

(End of this chapter)