Golden harmonica

  As she gazed at the phone screen gradually darkening, the woman slowly withdrew her gaze, lifted her wrist to check the time again, and looked up at the sky. The warm sunset had already dipped half below the horizon, with the remaining half still struggling in silence, trying to leave its last warmth to this world.

  She fell silent for a moment, then looked down at her phone in her hand again, quickly flipped through the numbers and dialed one...

  However, after waiting for a long time, he still didn't see her pick up the phone. He seemed to faintly hear her weak breathing sound and also caught a glimpse of a shallow sense of loss flashing across her clear eyes.

  Lisu put away his phone, opened the bottle cap, and took a few sips of water. "Clang!" An empty bottle was accurately thrown into a nearby trash can. The woman stood up lightly, stretched out her slender arm, and quickly grasped the luggage bag with her five fingers. Her movements were very nimble and elegant. The black figure turned around and left.

  At this moment, the man keenly felt a faint cold golden light flash before his eyes, and then, a slight coolness spread through his arm, as if something had brushed against his equally cool palm.

  He slowly lowered his head, and his cold eyes scanned the ground indifferently. A golden object about the size of a ruler caught his eye, shining with a faint golden light in the soft evening sun. He hesitated for a moment before bending down slowly, and his slender white fingers gently pinched it, causing the object to fall steadily into his palm.

  It was a harmonica, a bit special, with a golden shell, inlaid with several sapphire glass gems on the edge, and in the middle, there were a string of English characters written in red font, very elegant and gentle strokes, heavy, rarely seen, now there is actually still a woman who understands the harmonica, must be that the zipper of the bag was not closed tightly, so it fell out.

  The man gazed quietly at the harmonica lying in his palm, pondered for a moment, and then lifted his slightly cool eyes to look forward. He found that the slender black figure had long since walked far away, slowly turning into a small black dot, disappearing into the dazzling sunset. He could only lower his head silently again, and at this time, he heard the driver's respectful voice coming from the side.

  "Master, the car is fixed! Please get in!"

  The man's movements paused for a moment, and he glanced at the harmonica in his hand. His gaze quickly returned, and he casually tossed the harmonica into his pocket. Then, with elegance, he stood up, took powerful strides, and walked away calmly and composedly, got on the car, and left...

  The sky gradually darkened, and the city that had been bustling all day finally welcomed another wave of enthusiasm after a moment of calm. The night life has already opened its curtain, with flashing neon lights everywhere, dazzling and confusing people's eyes.

  In a corner of this city, which is drunk with wealth and glory, the moonlight was quietly pouring onto this quiet cement path. The streetlights, which were not very bright, lined up in a row, and together with the faint moonlight, illuminated the road below very brightly. The evening breeze was still cool and gentle, hiding on both sides of the lawn, the crickets in the flowerbeds chirped non-stop, adding a few more points to the tranquility of the quiet night. Moths kept flying towards the streetlights, dyeing this desolate but clear night with a few more touches of beauty.

  "Hiss!" A faint screeching sound slightly broke the tranquility of the night, leaving a slight mark.

  A taxi soon stopped at the entrance of this quiet residential area, and soon the rear door opened. A young woman in black got out of the car, with a head of shiny black hair that was slightly curly and fell to her waist, not very long but not short either, looking a bit disheveled. She carried a luggage bag and a dark-colored sun hat in her hand.

  "Never mind!" The woman handed the money to the driver in front and quickly turned around and walked into the neighborhood.

  This is a fairly modern residential area, with high-rise buildings of around 20-30 floors. It's not as luxurious as some other areas, but it's a relatively ordinary neighborhood where many white-collar workers from large companies live. The community is newly built and looks very new. The security is also good, with guards at the entrance 24 hours a day who patrol regularly. The environment is well-greened, with lush lawns and beautiful flower beds everywhere.

  The woman walked forward with a crisp pace, soon entering the stairs and flashing into the elevator, directly pressing the button to the 27th floor.

  It's late at night, and logically, a building as tall as this one should be quite eerie, but somehow, this neighborhood doesn't give off that feeling. Maybe it's because the environment is good, and it's close to the city center, with a superior geographical location, so the houses here were snatched up long ago and are now fully occupied. Right now, every household has their lights on! She was also lucky enough to buy such a great house, thanks to her connections - 122 square meters, almost emptying out all of her savings.

  The elevator quickly arrived at the 27th floor, and after a right turn and a bend, a security door came into view. The walls on both sides were painted white, with a couplet posted on either side of the door, and a "Fu" character was pasted on the door.

  Without haste or delay, she reached into her pocket and pulled out the key, slowly opening the door. A faint light enveloped her as she gently closed the door behind her. She looked up to see that the weak light was coming from the streetlamp on the balcony. The house across from the balcony also had its lights on, but the living room was quiet.

  The lamp by the wall was pressed down, and the living room suddenly became bright.

  "You're back!" A gentle voice came, soft and touching, like the spring water flowing over the cold fingertips, warm.

  She quietly raised her head and found that by the door of the room that had just lit up, a woman in a white dress was standing, took a deep breath, put down the luggage bag on the sofa, then placed the chestnut on the table, casually threw the key onto the low table, quickly walked to the edge of the table, poured herself a glass of water and drank it.

  "Traffic jam on the road, so I'm late. Is there still food in the pot?" The slightly cool voice was hoarse, but much warmer.

  That elegant woman also walked over and sat down opposite the woman in black, "I came back and went straight to my room to study the case, I forgot to cook dinner, I'm really sorry! However, I have bought some instant noodles and some fresh vegetables, either we eat the instant noodles for tonight or you go cook for us! You also know that my cooking skills are not good!"

  "Sweet chestnuts, I bought some on the way."

  The woman in black pointed to the paper bag on the table, then looked at her watch, it was already past 10 o'clock, what's the point of cooking rice, she silently went into the kitchen to wash her hands, and soon came out with two steaming bowls of instant noodles.

  Two buckets of instant noodles were placed on the low table in front of the sofa, one bucket was moved to the front of a woman in a white skirt who was peeling chestnuts.

  "Go get us two cups of orange juice." The woman in black spoke in a low voice, she didn't want to move as soon as she sat down, after being busy for so long, she hadn't eaten for two days and was starving, her whole body was almost out of energy.

  The woman in white nodded and quickly got up and walked towards the kitchen. In less than a minute, she brought out two cups of orange juice from inside.

  Digression

  Help me collect it, thank you! Harmonica, I don't know if you guys have ever touched this instrument before. Yún is the only one who understands a little bit of this instrument, don't laugh at me, I'm a music idiot, tone deaf...