Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 898 158. Good night to both peace and unrest

Wang Xiaohu was running when he suddenly stopped. The road ahead forked.

For a moment, he couldn't remember where the sound came from!

"Where are you, Ba Wan!"

In the next second, a gust of wind seemed to blow past him.

"This way!"

The car rushed past Wang Xiaohu and ran directly into the small path on the left. Wang Xiaohu hurriedly followed.

Following closely behind was Lao Tang, who seemed to have not yet recovered from his morning run. His legs had already become weak, but compared to finding the 80,000 as soon as possible, he didn't care about anything else at the moment.

Xu was glad that he didn't wear high-heeled shoes today. He followed not far behind Lao Tang. Lao Liu, who was running at the end, was trying his best not to fall behind.

The two children in the front rushed across the path and the garden, and finally stopped in front of a clearing on the lawn.

The two children stopped far away, and it seemed that no one dared to take another step forward, for fear of disturbing the scene in front of them.

The teacher was standing on the open space on the lawn, with the blurry figure of teacher Zhang Miao behind him. Looking down, a kitten was walking back and forth under their feet.

"Eighty thousand."

Looking at Ba Wan from afar, Wang Xiaohu had a feeling of surviving a disaster. He walked slowly towards the lawn, not noticing the disappointed look and pursed lips of Xiao Che behind him.

It was not until Wang Xiaohu walked closer and the kitten came into the light that he saw that the kitten was not Ba Wan, but a sturdy little white cat.

"." Wang Xiaohu sighed in his heart. He turned around when he heard footsteps behind him. Che Lin's lonely look made him feel very uncomfortable. "It's okay, Che Lin, we just keep looking. We will find it, believe me."

Wang Xiaohu's firm tone cheered up Xiaoche again. That's right, as long as they keep looking, they will find it. "Thank you."

"Why thank me?" Wang Xiaohu laughed, "You don't think Ba Wan is just your good friend, do you? Ba Wan is also my good friend. I will definitely find my good friend! Even if you don't look for me, I won't give up!"

Xiao Che was stunned for a moment, then his eyes flashed with determination, and then he nodded: "Let's go together!"

Wang Xiaohu: "Yeah!"

The second child suddenly turned around.

At this time, Lao Tang also ran over. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, he took another look and patted Wang Xiaohu on the shoulder. Just as he was about to comfort him, Wang Xiaohu spoke first: "Teacher Tang, we will definitely find 80,000."

Lao Tang nodded: "Of course, let's go ask this little white boy, he doesn't seem to be afraid of people."

Li An put his hands on his hips and watched the three people coming over, "Meow!" At this time, Xiaobai at his feet meowed twice in a row.

Wang Xiaohu walked over and squatted down, and the little white cat took the initiative to walk towards him.

"Xiaobai, have you seen Bawan?" Wang Xiaohu touched Xiaobai's head. Xu Li, who came behind him, saw that the little white cat was just rubbing its head against her son, and she felt a little relieved.

"Meow!" The little white cat seemed to understand and turned towards Zhang Miao and meowed a few more times.

Everyone looked behind Zhang Miao.

"Thank you, Xiaobai!" Wang Xiaohu had a hunch that the eighty thousand was behind that wall.

On the other side of the wall is another community, which is Wang Xiaohu’s home ground.

"Have you found it?" At this time, a couple with three dogs also hurried over.

"Not yet," Li An stepped forward to express his gratitude, "Thank you."

The dog girl waved her hands and said, "We live in the same neighborhood, so why are you thanking me? I have already posted photos of Ba Wan in several pet groups in our neighborhood. Everyone will help keep an eye out for it."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Li An clasped his hands together. He didn't know what else to say except thank you.

The man walking the dog stepped forward to comfort her: "It's okay, it's okay. The most important thing now is to get the 80,000 back."

The couple lived in Building 30. Half an hour ago, they were walking their dog downstairs when they heard someone shouting. They first thought someone's child was missing, so they went over to ask, and then enthusiastically helped to look for the child. The hostess even directly asked Li Ang for 80,000 photos.

Only people who have had a pet know how it feels when their pet is lost.

Li An: "Thank you, it's really too late today. I have delayed you two for so long. I will just pay attention to the information in the group. You guys should go upstairs and have a rest."

Man: "It doesn't matter. It's a holiday anyway. We won't sleep when we go back. There are also a few stray animals in the two neighborhoods next door. Let's split up and check them out."

The group was divided into four groups and moved again. Before leaving, the lady holding the dog bent down and touched the little white cat, "Baibai, go back to your nest and sleep."

Zhang Miao was curious: "Sister, do you know this kitten?"

The dog-walker said: "Bai Bai has lived in this community for three or four years. She is an old owner here. At first, some people wanted to take her home to raise her, but they all gave up in the end. Bai Bai likes to stay outside. No matter who takes her away, she will run outside when she finds a chance. Finally, everyone built a small nest for her next to the small pavilion under Building 35, and someone feeds her regularly."

Zhang Miao: "I see. I was wondering why she wasn't afraid of people."
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In the following hour, four groups of people toured the three communities next to Yunkaiyuan.

Enthusiastic people in the pet group also helped to post the missing cat notice in the nearby dog ​​walking group.

Lao Liu and a brother on the night shift continued to stay in the community to search. Haitao in the security room was dazzled.

Everyone is working hard, and the cold winter night cannot stop everyone's fiery enthusiasm.

Zhang Miao refused Li An again and again, saying that it was okay for her to go home later.

Old Tang, exhausted and unable to walk, scanned a small blue car.

Wang Xiaohu and Xu Li, mother and son, searched the underground garage again and again. Xu Li had encountered stray kittens in the garage in winter more than once.

There is no need to say much about the master and apprentice Li An and Che Lin. During the one hour, the number of steps they took on their phones increased rapidly every second.

Beads of sweat appeared on Xiaoche's forehead more than once, and she wiped them off, repeating the cycle over and over again. Finally, when everyone met at the entrance of the community, she was already extremely disheveled.

Midnight arrived as everyone was busy searching. It was too late and Ang Lee could no longer let everyone go through all this trouble.

There is no point in saying thank you anymore, he will remember everyone who helped him tonight.

The dog-walking couple knew that the probability of getting back the 80,000 yuan was extremely small, but they still wanted to give Li Ang a little confidence, at least to let Li Ang get through the first week.

"Don't think too much. I want to get some rest tonight. We'll talk in the morning. Good night, everyone."

After the couple with the dog left, Li An asked Haitao to take Zhang Miao home first.

Zhang Miao didn't refuse. Haitao drove over and said, "Brother, you guys take a rest. I'll be back soon."

Li An: "Go back to sleep quickly and we'll talk about it tomorrow. Drive slowly on the road and send Teacher Zhang back safely."

Hai Tao curled his lips and said, "Don't worry, I promise to send her to the door of her apartment, okay?"

Li Anle: "That's your ability. If you have the ability, just give it to me."

With Li An's words, everyone's emotions improved a little.

Interestingly, Zhang Miao did not show any embarrassment about this and even joked that there was a high-definition camera at the door of her unit.

Everyone laughed, and then, "Good night, Brother An, good night, Sister Xu, good night, Teacher Tang, Che Lin, and Xiao Hu, if you have any news, please let the group know as soon as possible."

Haitao took Zhang Miao away. Lao Tang looked at the car going away and smiled. These two people gave him a good feeling, very good, very good.

Retracting his gaze, Lao Tang looked at Li An and his student and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Xu Li also set his gaze on Li An.

It's already past twelve o'clock. Are you still looking for it? If you are looking, then let's continue.

Li An: "That's it for today. Sorry, sorry. We were planning to have a good meal together. Let's wait for another day."

"Okay," Lao Tang interrupted directly, "We are still talking about this. Otherwise, listen to me. Sister Xu, take Xiaohu back first. It's too late."

Wang Xiaohu: “It’s not too late!”

Xu Li: "It's okay, we'll go back as we said, it's just a few steps away."

Lao Tang: "Then let's look around again."

Wang Xiaohu: "Yeah!"

However, at this moment, Li An spoke again, "Let's not look for him anymore. That's it for today. Maybe Ba Wan is somewhere watching us and playing hide-and-seek with us. Let's stop for now. Sister Xu, you have to work hard tomorrow. I have to stay in the art examination department for the next two days. Our express deliveries have arrived, so we have to keep someone in the store."

Xu Li: "I'll be there early tomorrow morning."

Lao Tang: "I can do it. I'll be at the store as soon as I get out of the community. Do you want it delivered to the store? Or do you want me to pick it up somewhere else? Please send me the delivery code or something."

"Uh..." Following the "questioning" looks from Li An and Xu Li, Lao Tang laughed. He was exposed by mistake. "This~"

Even though he felt sad, Li An couldn't help laughing. "Isn't it 2.6 kilometers? It's only four bus stops away."

Lao Tang thought that his efforts were in vain. "Forget it, I rented a house in Huahao. If the elevator is not blocked, it will take only three minutes to walk to work."

Xu Li: "Which building?"

Lao Tang: "Building 8."

Xu Li: "Next door."

Lao Tang: "What next door?"

Li An smiled: "Guess."

Lao Tang was confused: "What do you mean?"

Li An: "You will know when the time comes. Go back and have a rest. We'll talk about it when you wake up."

Lao Tang: "I haven't finished what I'm saying yet. I'm free tomorrow, so I'll go in the morning."

Li An thought about it and realized that a man was indeed needed. Some things were quite heavy. "In this case, Lao Tang, you have to arrive at nine o'clock tomorrow."

Xu Li interrupted: "No, it's still in time at half past ten."

Li An: "Okay, Lao Tang, just wake up and go down, and help move the things."

Lao Tang: "OK! Let's go, Che Lin and Xiao Hu, good night. We'll look for it slowly, there's no rush."

Xiaoche: "Good night, Teacher Tang."

"Good night, Teacher Tang!" Wang Xiaohu yawned.

Lao Tang took a taxi and left, leaving only four people, two adults and two children.

Wang Xiaohu wanted to continue, but was persuaded by Li An gently, "Be obedient. Do you have any plans for tomorrow morning?"

Wang Xiaohu: “No.”

Xu Li thought that Li An was going to arrange something for Wang Xiaohu, "I didn't arrange anything for him tomorrow, I wanted to let him have a day off."

Li An nodded, then looked at Wang Xiaohu: "Don't sleep in tomorrow, go to the store early in the morning to help with the work."

Wang Xiaohu immediately refused: "I need to find 80,000 tomorrow morning!"

Li An: "Do you know where to find it? The two uncles and aunts just sent me a message, saying that they have contacted the staff of the nearby stray animal rescue center to rush over tomorrow morning. They have special tracking equipment. Do you understand? It's not that we don't need your help, it's just that we don't need you here. Go help with tomorrow's task at the store."

Wang Xiaohu finally felt relieved. Although he was still a little unwilling, he had to obey. When he waved goodbye to Che Lin, he said, "I will definitely find it. Believe me!"

Xiaoche nodded vigorously in response: "Good night Wang Xiaohu, good night Aunt Xu."

Wang Xiaohu: "Good night Che Lin, good night teacher."

"Good night, Linlin," Xu Li said, finally looking at Li An and advising, "Go up early."

Li An: "Yeah, I'll go up right away. Sister Xu, I won't need the car tomorrow."

Xu Li left with her son.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and finally only the teacher and the student were left at the entrance of the community.

"Teacher, me."

"Walk."

Needless to say, neither the teacher nor the student could sleep at this moment.

Ang Lee just didn't want everyone to go through so much trouble with him anymore. In fact, he didn't want Xiaoche to go through so much trouble with him either, but he knew that Xiaoche would feel even more uncomfortable if he left him alone in the house.

The teacher and student went home and drank some hot water. Li An asked the car to wait for a while. He went back to the bedroom, took off his clothes, and video-called Chen Xuan for a while.

There are still eleven days left before Chen Xuan's professional exam, and Li An cannot let Chen Xuan know about this during this period.

Chen Xuan got up early in the morning and was busy practicing her professional thesis, and did not notice Li An's slight abnormality. She asked about the hot pot party tonight, and seeing that Li An kept dozing off, she asked Li An to go to bed quickly.

"Good night, Mr. Xiaomi. I miss you."

After hanging up the video and putting down his phone, Li Ang quickly got dressed.

When he walked out of the bedroom, he saw Xiao Che squatting in front of Ba Wan's food bowl in a daze, "Linlin."

Hearing the sound, Xiao Che quickly wiped his eyes and stood up. Seeing this, Li An could only sigh in his heart.

Arriving at the community and starting from the unit gate, the teacher and student started searching again.

The car was walking in front and Li An was following behind. They had already searched all the places they should look for, so where else could the eighty thousand be?
Time quietly came to two o'clock in the morning.

The teacher and student finally returned to the gate of the community, and the car was still looking around tirelessly.

Li An looked at her with heartache. He felt sorry for the 80,000 yuan, but he felt even more sorry for the child.

"Linlin, let's go back. Let's hand over the search to the staff tomorrow and take a break."

After a pause, "Eighty thousand still owes us a goodbye, he can't run away."

Xiaoche laughed and said, "Well, teacher, let's go back."

On the way home, Xiaoche seemed to be in better spirits and talked more.

Li An felt much better after seeing this. "Tomorrow morning, you can sleep a little longer and go home by yourself when you wake up. Or I will ask Dingzi to pick you up."

Xiaoche: "Teacher, I haven't thought about it yet."

Li An: "It's okay, you can watch it yourself tomorrow."

Car: "Yeah."

There was still a large table of leftovers in the restaurant. Ang Lee didn't have the energy to clean it up, and he was no longer able to do so.

let's talk tomorrow.

The elevator stopped, and both the teacher and the student couldn't wait to walk out of the elevator door, as if Ba Wan might be right at their doorstep.
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After entering the room, the teacher and student washed up one after another, then said good night to each other in the living room, and finally returned to their own rooms.

Ang Lee lay on the pillow, looking at the dark ceiling. Waves of fatigue invaded his brain, and he didn't know what he was thinking at the moment.

He really wished Chen Xuan was by his side at this moment.

He seemed to have gone back to yesterday afternoon, and this time he would not kick Ba Wan out of the kitchen no matter what.

Regretfully, he closed his eyes unconsciously.

And in another room.

The little car, which had been deflated all night, buried its head in the quilt, covering its mouth with a pillow and crying loudly.

She covered her mouth with all her strength, afraid that the teacher would hear her.

Just now when she heard the teacher's arrangements for tomorrow at the gate of the community, she couldn't help it. She knew that the teacher was trying to comfort Wang Xiaohu.

She also knew that the teacher was comforting her in the end.

She knew that if it was possible not to say goodbye, the teacher would never want to say goodbye to Ba Wan.

How she wanted to wake up tomorrow and continue looking for the 80,000 yuan, but she couldn't. She couldn't disturb the teacher's work because of herself.

She knew that her teacher was worried about her condition.

She had already made a mistake, and she couldn't let the teacher be distracted by her anymore.

So she had to make herself look like there was really nothing wrong with her.
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I’m sorry, teacher. I’m sorry, Ba Wan. I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.

I'm sorry, Xiaoche slowly closed his eyes while sobbing.

Good night to both peace and unrest.