Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 100
"Put the gun down." A deep and vicissitudes of voice tinged with fatigue.

Feng Li looked at Hua Jinkun suspiciously, and called out "Father..."

"Tell you to put down the gun!" Hua Jinkun raised his voice and shouted, everyone present was shocked.

Feng Li really glared at Meng Haoxiang angrily, and slowly withdrew his gun under Hua Jinkun's majestic gaze.

"The most taboo among my own people is to hold guns at each other. As long as I, Hua Jinkun, are not dead, I will never allow people in Jin'antang to kill each other. You all listen to me, the rules of Jin'antang, do not betray or betray If there is no internal fighting, anyone who dares to commit one of them will seek death." Hua Jinkun helped Meng Haoxiang up, patted him on the shoulder, walked silently to He Manling's body, and said after a long time: "You all go back first..."

Old Xu's eyes signaled Meng Haoxiang to leave first. Feng Li wanted to say something, but seeing that Hua Jinkun intended to protect Meng Haoxiang, he knew it would be useless to say more, so he had to go out angrily.Meng Haoxiang nodded his thanks to Lao Xu slightly, and then led Ye Zijin away, followed by Qian Jiang and Qu Xiangtian.

After leaving Hong'en Hospital, Meng Haoxiang asked Qian Jiang and Qu Xiangtian to go back to rest first. After the two left, he sat in the car silently, with a trace of grief in his eyes, but he tried his best not to look too much. sad.He didn't let the driver drive, Ye Zijin sat quietly beside Meng Haoxiang.

"Go to Miss He's house." After a long time, Meng Haoxiang told Deng Fu to drive with a blank expression.

As the car shuttled through the night, the bright headlights emitted light in a fan shape, illuminating the marble wall next to it white and chilly.There are servants in He Manling's house who are tidying things up. Seeing that Meng Haoxiang is coming, the guard opened the iron gate respectfully to greet him.

The car slowly drove into He Manling's villa. The autumn night was rustling, the shadows of the trees were whirling, and the garden was so quiet that there was only the sound of water blowing across the pond and the rustling sound of dead leaves swaying in the pond.

The maid, Xiu'er, led the two of them to He Manling's room, and explained He Manling's recent situation in detail.The more Ye Zijin listened, the heavier she felt. It turned out that He Manling often suffered from insomnia, and most nights she had to rely on sedatives to fall asleep.Presumably, before committing suicide, she was desperate enough to drive herself to a dead end.

There were all kinds of exquisite perfume bottles on the dressing table. The maid Xiu'er carefully dusted off the dust on them, and put the jewelry left by He Manling on the table back into the iron box in the drawer.Ye Zijin accidentally discovered that Xiu'er had only put one drop-shaped jadeite earring in it. Logically speaking, the earrings should be a pair, so she asked, "Why did you only put one of the jadeite earrings in, and the other?"

Xiu'er's face changed, she shook her head in panic and said, "I... I don't know... I really didn't take anything, I swear I didn't steal anything from Miss. Miss usually treats me very well, how could I steal it at this time? thing."

"Where were you when Ms. He died?" Meng Haoxiang walked to the dressing table and picked up the empty small glass bottle. There were only a few white pills left in it. Judging from the newness of the bottle, He Manling was indeed calmed down. drug habit.

Xiu'er timidly said: "I was helping in the kitchen at that time, and when I heard movement upstairs, I ran up immediately, and when I walked into this room, I saw the young lady lying on the ground in front of the dressing table, and the lid of the medicine bottle was open. , and then I called someone to take the lady to the hospital. If you don't believe me, you can ask the kitchen maid."

Meng Haoxiang pursed his lips tightly, turned around, opened the drawer and took out the iron box inlaid with European-style gold-edging patterns, and took out the emerald earring that had just been put in it.

Ye Zijin saw that this maid was an honest person, and she was also timid, so she shouldn't dare to lie in front of Meng Haoxiang, but where did the other earring go?Ye Zijin felt a little strange, because when she saw He Manling's body in the hospital just now, she didn't wear anything on her earlobes.

"You go down first, and tell the people below to tidy up the things in this room carefully, nothing will be missing." Meng Haoxiang held the emerald earring with a cold look in his eyes.

Xiu'er responded and hurriedly went downstairs to make arrangements.

Meng Haoxiang looked at the earring slightly absent-mindedly, sighed for a long time, and said in pain: "This is my birthday present to her, and she complained that Dai Feicui was too old-fashioned... Actually, I knew she would not like it, I did it on purpose Yes. If I knew she would be like this, I should treat her better..."

"Presumably you also know that Miss He is interested in you, Haoxiang... Is it too cruel for you to treat her like that all the time...Actually, I feel more like an executioner now..." Ye Zijin lowered her head and thought again Thinking of the scene of He Manling lying in the morgue, she was surrounded by a deep sense of guilt, as if a heavy stone was pressing on her heart.

Holding the earring in his palm, Meng Haoxiang said in a deep voice, "It's none of your business. You don't have to blame yourself. I'm the one who's sorry for Manling. But what can I do? When I found out that she was interested in me, I could only keep her away on purpose. She is not happy, so that she will hate me for a long time... It was I who pushed her to this point, and it was all my fault. I always treated her as my own sister, and thought that alienating her was to protect her. hurt her the most..."

Ye Zijin had never seen Meng Haoxiang blame himself in such pain, and his heart was a hundred times more painful than hers at this moment. After all, he grew up together, and there was always some reluctance. Since he already regarded He Manling as a relative, he lost She will never forget the feeling of her loved ones in her life.Thinking about it carefully, Ye Zijin felt that Meng Haoxiang's actions were helpless. In the maze of emotions, there are still a few people who are calm and sober.

Ye Zijin walked to Meng Haoxiang's side, put one hand on his shoulder and patted him lightly, she could clearly feel Meng Haoxiang's body trembling, as if trying to suppress the burst of grief.

"That year when I was working hard at the pier, I was framed for stealing, and was almost beaten to death. Manling found out and stopped those people in time. Later, Master Hua appeared to help me settle things down. Since then, I have followed Master Hua. Birth and death. Manling was only ten years old that year, and my first task was to protect her..." The corners of Meng Haoxiang's mouth twitched slightly, memories were full of sadness.

Ye Zijin felt bitter in her heart, and listened to him quietly, but she never felt that He Manling was a woman who would choose to commit suicide.I remembered how heroic she was when I first met her, and she was well dressed in trousers.Even on the night of the ambush, He Manling never fired a shot at her, which is enough to show that He Manling is not a narrow-minded and vicious woman.Ye Zijin knew that although He Manling hated herself, she never made things too difficult for herself. Seeing that she was usually dignified and generous, how could she not think about committing suicide for a while?
At this moment, a few cat meows broke the silence in the room, Ye Zijin turned around and saw a round and fat gray cat was squatting next to the closet, its dark eyes carefully watched her in the room.

"Dudu, come here." Meng Haoxiang called to the gray cat, but the gray cat bowed back as if it didn't know him.

Ye Zijin took two steps forward lightly, the cat got scared and got under the wardrobe.Ye Zijin leaned on the ground and looked at the gap under the closet, and suddenly met a pair of black eyes with a cold light, Ye Zijin felt a chill down her back, and the gray cat looked at her motionless.

Suddenly, Ye Zijin noticed something green next to the gray cat, and when she took a closer look, it turned out to be another drop-shaped emerald earring!

Ye Zijin wanted to reach out for the earring, but the gray cat was full of hostility and kept grinning at her to warn her, so Ye Zijin had to call Meng Haoxiang for help.

After Meng Haoxiang touched the earring, he pulled out the gray cat along the way, and only then did he know that this gray guy was not afraid to move just now, but was stuck in the gap because his body was too fat.

Ye Zijin held the found jade earring in the palm of her hand, and blew the dust on it, feeling a little weird in her heart.He Manling's room is very spacious, and the dressing table is not close to the wardrobe.And just now Xiu'er clearly said that He Manling was lying on the ground in front of the dressing table when he died, so why did this earring fall under the wardrobe?Besides, He Manling committed suicide by taking medicine. She should have died peacefully without any struggle. Since one earring was placed on the dressing table intact, there is no reason for the other earring to go under the wardrobe.This matter is indeed a bit strange, Xiu'er may be lying...

Meng Haoxiang hugged the gray cat and stroked it gently. The gray cat seemed to recognize its former owner, and gradually calmed down in his arms, sticking out its tongue and licking its paws from time to time.

"Zijin, can you help me raise this fat cat for the time being? Mrs. He is afraid of cats, so I can't take it home to raise it. I will settle it after I find out the truth about Manling's death." Meng Haoxiang pressed the gray cat's head. , thoughtfully.

It turned out that Meng Haoxiang had also noticed it, and Ye Zijin was now [-] to [-]% sure that He Manling's death was not as simple as suicide.

"Of course, it's just that it doesn't seem to like me very much." Ye Zijin tried to take the gray cat from Meng Haoxiang's hands, and the hair on the gray cat's back suddenly stood up and became restless.

Meng Haoxiang stroked the gray cat's back and said, "It's okay, it's a greedy cat. It used to like stealing food from me and Manling, you just need to buy it with food."

"Then...Xiu'er, what are you going to do with it?" Ye Zijin asked hesitantly. Although she couldn't think of a reason for Xiu'er to lie, the girl seemed to have a good heart, and she must have been threatened by something.She knew that the gangsters were never soft-hearted in their methods of doing things, no matter innocent or not, as long as they were involved in things, they would never let them go.

While walking towards the door, Meng Haoxiang said, "Take all the servants in this room back to Jin'an hall for interrogation first, and you don't have to worry about other things."

Ye Zijin took a deep breath, and brought her back to Jin'an hall for interrogation... that was probably more ominous than good.

The next morning, Ye Zijin's home.

"Dudu, it's time to eat...Dudu..." Ye Zijin was carrying a small bowl around the house looking for signs of the gray cat. Before going to the store, she had already prepared cat food, which was enough for the gray cat to eat for a day.

Ye Zijin called for a long time, but the gray cat didn't come out, so Ye Zijin had to search in every corner of the house.When leaning over to look under the bed, Ye Zijin saw a black figure curled up beside the box, and knew that Dudu was hiding there.

Ye Zijin knocked on the ground with the bowl, and said, "Dudu, come out and eat."

The black shadow did not move at all, it was not at all like Meng Haoxiang said that he could buy the cat with food.

The gray cat didn't bark, and lay quietly on the ground, seemingly asleep. Ye Zijin tried to reach out and touch the cat's tail, but the gray cat still didn't move.Ye Zijin felt even more strange, and simply pulled it out from under the bed with its furry tail.

After dragging it out, Ye Zijin was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, the cat was already dead!
(End of this chapter)