Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 119
Seeing the pieces of old furniture being moved out of the house, Ye Zijin's heart seemed to be hollowed out.Looking at the empty room, Ye Zijin saw the scene when Aunt Zhou brought him and his younger brother just moved in. At that time, they cheered and were happy to be finally freed from the ice cave.But in the summer of the first year of their stay, they knew that they had entered another steamer.It's very hot and humid here in summer. When it's the hottest, she and her younger brother use iron buckets to bring ice cubes and put them at home. The younger brothers like to step on the water that turns into ice cubes with bare feet...

"Girl, why have you moved? Where are you going to move?" Grandma Qin walked in with small steps.

Ye Zijin quickly went up to support her, "Grandma Qin, why do you still come up to see if your legs and feet are not good, I have to go downstairs anyway."

Grandma Qin patted her hand and said, "Oh, once you move away, I'm afraid it will be difficult to see you again."

Ye Zijin said: "How come, I will definitely visit you often."

Grandma Qin glanced at her mysteriously, and said in a low voice, "I know where you are going to move even if you don't tell me, is it to that Boss Meng? Are you getting married soon?"

Ye Zijin was taken aback, and forced a smile, "Mmm...soon."

In order to deceive others, she could only say that she was going to move to Meng Haoxiang's side, but she was actually moving to an apartment in the concession, and the landlord was a Russian.

Grandma Qin was very happy when she heard that, "Okay, this matter has to be taken care of, otherwise you will have a girl who moves to the man's house before she gets married. It's not good to be gossiped by others. I don't want you to suffer."

Ye Zijin nodded silently, she hadn't told Grandma Qin and Xiao Xia about Zizheng's return to Shanghai, she thought the less people who knew about it, the better, so as not to be implicated.

At this time, Meng Haoxiang walked in. This time he came to help Ye Zijin move himself. There were dark streaks and light streaks of dust stuck to the black coat. "Is there anything else you forgot to move?" Meng Haoxiang asked.

Ye Zijin glanced at the window sill, "There are only a few pots of flowers left."

Grandma Qin greeted Meng Haoxiang with a smile, and said, "You have to take good care of Zijin, I have always regarded her as my own granddaughter, from now on I will be Zijin's natal family."

Meng Haoxiang looked at Ye Zijin, smiled faintly, and said, "Grandma Qin, don't worry, this is what I should do."

Ye Zijin's house didn't have many things in the first place, and Meng Haoxiang's subordinates moved quickly, and they loaded the things into the car in a short while.Ye Zijin was afraid that he might bump the old things, so he was relieved after inspecting them while instructing them while moving them.

Meng Haoxiang smiled and said: "They are all old and broken tables and cabinets. If you treat it like a baby, others will think that I, Meng Haoxiang, are stingy and don't even buy furniture for you."

Ye Zijin frowned, "These things were bought by my aunt when she was alive, and the old things were discarded when she moved to a new house, so there is no sense of home."

Meng Haoxiang saw that she was serious and knew that she was an extremely nostalgic person, so he suddenly approached her and said, "When will you move in and live with me, will you still live with your brother? I'm afraid it's not suitable?"

Ye Zijin raised her eyes and said, "We're not married, so it's inappropriate to live with you, right?"

Meng Haoxiang's eyes froze and he didn't answer.After the two got into the car, the atmosphere was a little stiff.

After a long time, Meng Haoxiang said solemnly: "Zijin, I said that you are my only wife in this life, and I have already treated you as a wife. It's just that Master Hua still has a heart about Manling, and your father He is also his enemy who snatches his wife, he once made me swear that I will not marry you as long as he lives..."

Hua Jinkun?Ye Zijin thought of the old man whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and now he has retreated to his hometown in Wuxi to recuperate, unexpectedly, it is still difficult to tolerate her.No wonder Meng Haoxiang has deliberately avoided getting married in the past three years. She knows that Hua Jinkun's kindness to Meng Haoxiang is as great as a mountain, and loyalty is the most important word in the gang. If Meng Haoxiang was not forced to do so, he would not swear in front of Hua Jinkun.

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Ye Zijin was a little angry, if she made it clear, she wouldn't have misunderstood him.

Meng Haoxiang took her hand and said, "I'm afraid you think I'm useless... I've been trying my best to convince Master Hua to agree to our marriage these years, and I think he will be able to let go of it after a while, so I didn't tell you. Zijin, Would you like to wait for me?"

Ye Zijin felt sore, it was the first time she met Meng Haoxiang talking to her in such a tone, it was funny to be pitiful.She glanced at him pretending to be displeased, and said: "Am I so stingy? Since you regard me as your wife, why should I be anxious, as long as I know that you are more anxious than me."

Feeling relieved, Meng Haoxiang said with a smile: "I'm anxious, I'm very anxious, I wish I could marry you into the house tomorrow, so as not to gossip outside."

"I didn't see how anxious you were, don't you often go to the big stage?" Ye Zijin snorted softly.

Meng Haoxiang raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes sparkled, "Three years ago, I even ordered a photo studio and jewelry, do you still think it's not in a hurry?"

Ye Zijin couldn't help laughing and said, "Seeing that you can bear it, you haven't told me for three years."

"You mean I don't have to bear it tonight?" Meng Haoxiang smiled and hugged her into his arms.

"..." Ye Zijin coughed a few times with a blushing face, signaling that the driver was still in the car.

Deng Fu kept staring at the front with a smile on his face and did not dare to turn his head. After Meng Haoxiang gave an address, Deng Fu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stepped on the accelerator and started the car.

Ye Zijin was busy for a long time, didn't even go to the company, and finally arranged the new home.Put the flowers moved from the old house on the window sill, and watch the sun shine through the white patterned curtains. The white flowers are better than the snow, and the rhododendrons are like clouds.

Ye Zijin was in a good mood, opened the window and looked downstairs, and saw a few lilac trees planted in the small garden downstairs, and now it’s just spring, only a few small purple flowers sprouted on the trees, thinking about waiting for spring In its prime, it must have been a purple cloud with a pleasant aroma.Although Chinese people are not very good at planting cloves in front of buildings, because it is said that life will be bitter if they grow bitter cloves.But the landlord here is a Russian, so he doesn't pay much attention to these things, and Ye Zijin doesn't care much about these words. Life is human, and it doesn't have much to do with what flowers are planted. She is very satisfied with this place, and Zizheng should not live here. will attract attention.

There were two knocks on the door, Ye Zijin opened the door, and it was Zizheng who came in.She hurriedly dragged her younger brother to look at the newly furnished home, and suddenly found that Zizheng came up alone, and asked strangely: "Didn't Haoxiang pick you up, where else?"

Zizheng said: "Brother-in-law suddenly left in a hurry, he sent someone to bring me here, sister, I went to the newspaper office to find Xinyu just now, is there a man chasing her?"

Ye Zijin was horrified, "How can you go to a place like a newspaper office, where there are so many people, what if someone recognizes you?"

Zizheng comforted: "No, I disguised myself and just looked at Xinyu from a distance. I wanted to go to find her, but she was called away by a man. I heard people from the newspaper say That person has been chasing Xinyu for a long time."

Ye Zijin thought of Du Mingxuan, that doctor who studied abroad was so persistent that he didn't give up after chasing him for three years.

"You said that person, Xinyu won't like him, that person is just a poetry fan of Xinyu, I heard that he likes the poems written by Xinyu, don't worry, Xinyu is a good girl, otherwise he won't always When you come back, don't miss him." Ye Zijin suddenly felt that she was the one to worry about, not only worrying about her brother's safety, but also about her brother's love...

"Oh." Zizheng replied sullenly.

Ye Zijin took out a few books from the box and put them on the table, "If you feel bored, you can read books. This box of books are all your favorite books, and I will keep them for you. As for the contact person I'll help you find out the situation first, you'd better not go out and show your face."

Zizheng looked around, and suddenly picked up a small ebony box on the desk, turned it over and over again, and asked, "Is this the box where sugar was stored when I was a child?"

Ye Zijin felt a little touched, "Well, it's still the same box. At that time, my aunt bought candy for us, and we were reluctant to eat it, so we kept the candy in the box and thought to eat it until the Chinese New Year, but the candy heated up after the summer. You and Zi Rong even cried a few times because of this..."

A look of sadness flashed in Zizheng's eyes, he smiled, and said, "Sister, the box is so small. At that time, I thought it was quite big, and it could store a lot of sugar."

Ye Zijin sighed, "The box hasn't changed, it's just that we've all grown up, and I don't know if Zirong is doing well now..."

"I believe he is doing well." Zizheng said flatly.

"Zizheng, then I'll go back to the company first, and I'll ask Xinyu to come over for dinner tonight, and I'll cook you some of your favorite dishes." Ye Zijin glanced at his younger brother standing by the bed, feeling that his There was a layer of gloom over his body, not as cheerful as before.

Zizheng warned, "Go, be careful on the road."

Ye Zijin didn't go back to Shenji immediately after she went downstairs, but took a rickshaw to Huagebei Road, she wanted to see if the antique shop was still there, Wang Luqiu asked her to send the fan to the antique shop , presumably there is a point of contact for them there.

When the rickshaw was approaching Huagebei Road, several cars were parked at the intersection from a distance, and a group of uniformed soldiers blocked the road.

Ye Zijin had no choice but to pay the fare first, get out of the car and walk over by herself, when she saw someone coming out of the blocked intersection, she quickly stopped a middle-aged man and something happened inside.

The man looked panic-stricken, and persuaded him: "Let's go quickly, someone was killed inside not long ago, I heard that they were trying to catch the Communist Party, the owner and clerk of an antique shop were all killed."

Ye Zijin was shocked, and she was glad that Zizheng was not allowed to come here.A few soldiers blocked the intersection one by one to check the people who were about to come out, presumably they were arresting their accomplices nearby.She turned around and left quickly, and when she reached a fork in the road, she was suddenly pulled into a side alley.

Ye Zijin was so frightened that she was about to cry out when a familiar voice came from beside her ear, "Zijin, it's me, don't shout."

Ye Zijin turned her head and saw that it was Zhao Zhimei!

Zhao Zhimei's face was pale, and she tightly covered her arm with one hand, her sleeve was already red a lot.

"Zhimei! What's wrong with you!" Ye Zijin lowered her voice and said in surprise.

Zhao Zhimei endured the pain, and said: "I went to that antique shop to meet up just now, but the spies came unexpectedly, Lao Qi and Erzhu sacrificed to cover my evacuation..."

"So you are..." Ye Zijin's heart was beating in a panic, and his palms were sweating from nervousness.

Zhao Zhimei nodded slightly, her voice was very weak, "Zijin, I know you will help me... this area will be sealed off for investigation soon, I have a gunshot wound on my body, it is difficult to get out now, do you have There's no way to take me out..."

Ye Zijin hadn't recovered from the surprise yet, and she was about to face the danger of her best friend being arrested. She forced herself to calm down and said, "Can you persist? I'll help you stop the bleeding first, otherwise they will find blood on the ground. "

Zhao Zhimei pursed her pale lips, took out a handkerchief from her handbag, and said, "Use this to tie up the wound for me first, I can last for a while."

After Ye Zijin bandaged the wound on Zhao Zhimei's arm, she took out her own handkerchief to wipe off the blood on each hand, then took off her coat and covered Zhao Zhimei's body.Seeing that there was no one outside, Ye Zijin quietly looked around, and saw a jewelry store not far away, there should be a phone inside.

She walked towards the jewelry store calmly with Zhao Zhimei on her arm, the two of them were no different from shopping on weekdays.

Entering the jewelry store, the shopkeeper saw the two people dressed in bright clothes, and was busy entertaining them warmly.Ye Zijin first pretended to be picking out jewelry, and then borrowed the phone number from the shopkeeper.

She immediately called Meng Haoxiang's company, but it was Secretary Luo who answered the phone. The situation was urgent, so she had no choice but to say to Secretary Luo: "I'm in a jewelry store called Yingluo on Huagebei Road, and I fell in love with a necklace. I didn’t bring enough money, please tell Boss Meng, let him bring the money to pick me up.”

Secretary Luo on the phone agreed without hesitation, saying that a car would pick him up soon.

Ye Zijin breathed a sigh of relief quietly, but there was still a tight string in her heart.She looked at Zhao Zhimei, very worried about Zhimei's injury, and only hoped that the car would come soon.

Ten minutes later, Deng Fu came to pick her up.Meng Haoxiang got out of the car, saw Ye Zijin, smiled, and said: "Why don't you bring more money to buy jewelry, I thought you were detained here, as soon as Secretary Luo said I rushed over to redeem you .”

Seeing that it was Meng Haoxiang, the shop owner timidly said: "How dare we embarrass this lady, all the people who come to the shop are customers, we dare not neglect."

"It turns out that Ms. Zhao is also there." Meng Haoxiang saw Zhao Zhimei behind Ye Zijin.

"Well, Zijin and I came here for a stroll together." Zhao Zhimei had a pale smile on his lips.

Meng Haoxiang turned to Ye Zijin and asked, "Which piece of jewelry have you taken a fancy to?"

Ye Zijin was in a hurry and forgot which one he was looking at just now, so he casually pointed to a pair of jadeite earrings and said, "This is the pair of jadeite earrings, I think they are in good condition."

The shopkeeper said strangely: "This lady just fell in love with this jadeite bracelet, why..."

Meng Haoxiang said lightly: "Wrap both of them up, and I'll take you home right away."

Ye Zijin quickly took Zhao Zhimei's hand and leaned closer to her, and the three of them walked out of the jewelry store.

Deng Fu opened the car door, Ye Zijin was about to help Zhao Zhimei into the car, when a loud voice shouted from behind: "Stop!"

(End of this chapter)