Floating Song in Troubled Times: The Reborn Business Girl of the Republic of China

Chapter 4 Soul Wearing the Republic of China [4]

Since the Gao family made a fortune, they bought a small villa with a single courtyard in the French Concession. It was also newly built, and the decoration inside was completely Western-style.

It's just that there are some calligraphy, paintings and antiques in the room, saying that this is the real West where Westerners live, because when Westerners come to China, they like to look at Chinese specialties. There will be some special items with Chinese flavor in each room.

High white walls, red triangular roofs, and several little angels with wings and bare buttocks carved on them.

Outside the iron gate is a circular fountain. In the center of the fountain is a western woman covered with sand, holding something similar to a teapot in her hand, spraying water from time to time.

After entering the door, there is a large open living room, which is already filled with long tables, displaying French wine, cheese, pastries, and cakes, and the servants are busy shuttling among the crowd.The phonograph on one side was playing the latest foreign music, and some men and women had begun to dance slowly in the middle.

Passing through the flower hall, you can see an indoor garden. Although it is not as big as the outside, it has its own style. At this time, several young men and women are already talking about state affairs there.

"Ma'am, Mr. Xia is here." Lao Zhang ran over from a distance, shouting loudly.

After a while, a black car slowly drove over. The two headlights were flickering, as if deliberately against Mrs. Gao, just to prevent her from seeing clearly, so she could only walk to the side, squinting. He closed his eyes and muttered something in his mouth.

The car door opened, and a middle-aged man in a black suit was seen holding a nanmu cane in his hand and a certain black top hat in the other hand.Inside the chest pocket is a pen trimmed with gold, which is very textured.The man was wearing glasses. Although he was far away, his sharp and deep gaze immediately shocked the two of them.

If you are talking about who is number one in Shang Beach, Xia Mengguo, the master of the Xia family, is definitely one of them.

Not only because Xia Mengguo has been working as a manager in a foreigner's bank, but also because he is in charge of the most affluent area in East China.More importantly, Xia Mengguo is not a lackey of foreigners, but a friend of foreigners.The background is very complicated. Xia Mengguo, who is already 50 years old, does not have the appearance of a middle-aged rich man at all, but has always kept himself clean. He always walks with a straight body, and his eyes are always full of sharp eyes when looking at people. It seemed that nothing could escape his eyes.There is only one wife and three children in the family.In the early years, he studied in the United States and the United Kingdom, and studied economics. He is also well-known in Shangtan.

And Mrs. Xia also came from a famous family. The family is a scholarly family, and she is a generation of talented women. It is said that she is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

And this is what Mrs. Gao dislikes the most, why can they have such a good life.But because of business problems, especially the turmoil in the past two years, they also need to have their own people.And this financing is a problem that often occurs, and it is inevitable to face Xia Mengguo.

"It's finally here. I've been looking forward to the two of you for a long time. Jinyu should hurry up and say hello." Mrs. Gao said hurriedly while pulling Gao Jinyu.

"Mrs. Gao is too polite. We are late." Xia Mengguo said indifferently, and glanced at Gao Jinyu, so frightened that Gao Jinyu immediately took a step back, not even daring to raise his head.

Mrs. Gao glanced at her frightened daughter, and hurriedly took a step forward, blocking her daughter, and quickly grabbed Xia Qingqian's hand with love on her face.

Xia Qingqian seemed to be frightened, and immediately hid behind her sister, lowered her head, trembling all over, and did not forget to sneak a look at Mrs. Gao.

"Mrs. Gao made a joke. Qingqian is not used to this kind of dinner party, so let's go in first." Xia Mengguo said politely, then walked in with his wife on his arm.

"Hmph, what's the air, you're not an idiot." Looking at Yuan Que's back, Mrs. Gao spat fiercely on the ground, and said disdainfully.

When Xia Mengguo entered the hall, people immediately surrounded him, Mrs. Xia also walked towards the distance with the other wives.

"Sister, where is Jianhong? Where is he?" Xia Qingqian lowered her head and looked around. Although she had an impression of the people here, she couldn't remember the names for a while.

"I'll be here in a while, don't leave me. My sister will take you to find Jianhong, but you have to be obedient." Xia Weiyu patted her shoulder lightly, looked at her sister lovingly, but said nothing Can't tell.Such a man is not good enough for his sister. First of all, his character is not good.

The men in the hall are all in suits and leather shoes, the elderly women are wearing cheongsams, while the young and fashionable women are all wearing foreign clothes recently, with their curly hair permed.And only Xia Qingqian was wearing a traditional lady's gown skirt, which was an old-fashioned purple, with a decadent air, and seemed out of place in the crowd.

"Brother Xu, who is that woman?"

"You don't know, how could it be possible, that is a well-known strange woman from Shang Beach, the second lady of the Xia family, Xia Qingqian." The young man was holding a wine glass, and when he saw someone discussing Xia Qingqian, he immediately sat up straight, The originally pale and sickly face immediately regained its energy, as if it had discovered a new world, and the pair of small eyes suddenly doubled in size, and said proudly.

Gao Mantang raised his head, looked towards the door, and frowned involuntarily. It turned out that the woman was the joke in his sister's letter, and she was just as her sister described, submissive and timid.

Feeling bored, he turned his eyes to Xia Weiyu who was at the side. It has to be said that he also lived abroad among flowers without any leaves touching him, but an oriental woman like Xia Weiyu is gentle and quiet, There are really not many women with calm temperament nowadays.Although her attire was more fashionable at this time, she couldn't stop her aura of being from a famous family.

As he said that, Gao Mantang ignored the ridicule of the people around him, and walked towards the distance with his wine glass in hand.

"Ms. Xia, hello, I'm Gao Mantang, nice to meet you." Gao Mantang was dressed in a gray suit, with a delicate face, and a trace of his father's treachery. Although a very simple expression, it still makes people feel creepy .

"Sister, I'm looking for Jianhong, I'm looking for Jianhong." Xia Qingqian seemed to be afraid that a man who came suddenly would snatch her sister, so she immediately grabbed Xia Weiyu's arm and said anxiously.

Xia Weiyu lowered her head, and said softly: "My sister will take you to look for it in a while, don't worry."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gao, it's a pleasure to meet you." Xia Weiyu said lightly, nodded apologetically, and then pulled her sister towards a quiet place beside her.

"What's the matter, Mr. Gao's beauty trick doesn't work anymore. It seems that Miss Xia is really a character, and she doesn't even sell your face, haha."

"Shut your mouth." Gao Mantang glared at the man next to him fiercely, his eyes fell on Xia Weiyu's body like poison, and then walked towards the sofa. Joining their ranks, several people talked and laughed, very ambiguous.

(End of this chapter)