Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 121
The thick sauce in the pot was bubbling and bubbling, and Ye Zijin was carefully making braised pork for Zizheng in a white apron. After she tasted it, she felt that the sweetness was not enough, so she added another spoonful of it Sugar, because Zizheng likes to eat something sweeter.

After the braised pork and a few side dishes were put on the table, Ye Zijin called Zizheng who was standing on the window sill to come over for dinner.Looking up, he found that Zizheng had caught a pigeon in front of the window.The pigeon was pure white, and its shoulders stretched and retracted, wriggling in Zizheng's hands.

"Whose pigeons actually flew here." Ye Zijin laughed.

Zizheng shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know, I caught it when it flew here just now. This pigeon is quite fat, why don't you kill it and eat it after raising it?"

Ye Zijin was surprised and said: "This pigeon is so cute, why did you kill it? I remember you caught sparrows before and let them go."

Zizheng smiled and said, "Sister, I was joking with you, I saw you were scared." After saying that, he raised his hand and threw the pigeon away.

"Come here, I made your favorite braised pork today." When Ye Zijin was setting the table, she inadvertently saw the stack of books on the bedside, which was exactly the same as the one she had put there a few days ago, obviously no one had noticed it. Turned over.

Zizheng looked at the delicious dishes on the table with joy, and said: "Sister, you are so busy these days, don't come here to cook for me. I can go to the stall below to buy scallion pancakes."

"What's the matter, I'll come over and make you some delicious food when I have time, and you should go out as little as possible." Ye Zijin helped Zizheng serve a bowl of rice.

Seeing Zizheng pick up a piece of braised pork and eat it with rice, I feel very relieved. In the past hard days, I was very happy to eat braised pork once or twice. The meat is pushed back and forth.

But this time Ye Zijin found that Zizheng stopped touching the braised pork after picking up a chopstick. She felt a little strange and asked, "Is the braised pork not delicious? I see why you don't like it very much. Is it my sister?" Don't do it right?"

Zizheng shook his head and said, "All the dishes you cook are delicious, but I don't like sweet ones very much."

Ye Zijin was slightly taken aback, and he took a piece of meat and tasted it. According to Zizheng's standards, it wasn't too sweet. Could it be that Zizheng's taste has changed after three years away?

Ye Zijin didn't think much about it, Zizheng helped Ye Zijin clean up the dishes after the siblings had finished eating.Ye Zijin washed a plate, then took another plate to dry and put it away, the light in the kitchen was orange, the figures of two people were reflected on the wall, a faint homely warmth shrouded the small kitchen.

"Sister, does the person I asked you to find out for me have clues? I can't wait any longer. Now the underground of the CCP in Shanghai is very dangerous. I have to go to the meeting..." Zizheng whispered, the cloth in his hand Lingering on the plate, making a small rubbing sound.

Ye Zijin froze for a moment, paused, and said, "A few days ago, that antique shop was discovered by spies, and both the boss and the clerk were dead, so you can't go to the joint right now, it's too dangerous. As for you want me to help you I haven’t received any news about the person I’m looking for, since that person is your leader, naturally he won’t use his real name, how easy is it to find someone with a forged identity in the huge Shanghai?”

"Sister, I know, but time is running out, I..." Zizheng said distressedly.

"Absolutely not!" Ye Zijin interrupted her younger brother, she would definitely not let Zizheng take risks in this matter, she finally hoped that he would return home safely, this time she said she would not let anything happen to her younger brother again.

Zizheng said discouragedly: "Okay, I'll wait...then can I go and see Xinyu?"

Ye Zijin's expression softened a little, he poked his younger brother's forehead, and said with a smile: "No wonder I haven't been able to read books recently, so I miss Xinyu every day."

Zizheng scratched the back of his head and said, "I haven't seen her for three years, sister, you have to understand, besides, she still has a suitor now, so I don't worry."

Ye Zijin looked at him helplessly, "Why do you not trust Xin Yu so much, if she fell in love with that doctor, she would have settled with that doctor, why wait for you to come back, silly boy, how could my brother be so unconfident .”

"Is that man a doctor?" Zizheng asked.

Ye Zijin suddenly remembered that Meng Haoxiang told her not to mention Du Mingxuan to anyone. Although she knew that Zhimei and Zizheng were the same person, she still decided to do what Meng Haoxiang said, so she said to Zizheng: "Yes, I heard that He is a doctor from Keats Hospital. I don’t know the exact name. You’d better not ask Xinyu about it, otherwise she will feel that you don’t trust her. If a girl is so devoted to you, you should Have fun."

Zizheng smiled, lowered his head and continued to wipe the dishes, "Sister, don't worry, I will treat Xinyu well."

After the vernal equinox, the rain gradually increased.The sky is always gloomy, but it can't stop the fiery growth under the soil.After the weather got warmer, the insects that had been dormant for the winter also began to move restlessly.

One day, Wang Xinyu suddenly came to Shen Ji to look for Ye Zijin, Ye Zijin saw her aggrieved face, red eyes, hurriedly pulled Xinyu to sit on the sofa, and then dismissed Xiao Wu who came to deliver the documents.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Ye Zijin asked warmly.

Wang Xinyu wiped the corners of his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Sister Zijin... I found that Zizheng has changed..."

"Changed? What's going on?" Ye Zijin asked in confusion.

Wang Xinyu finally expressed the doubts that had been buried in his heart for a long time, "I think Zizheng has become very different from before. He has been asking me about my suitor intentionally or unintentionally recently. Do you think he doesn't believe me? I have never been so suspicious before, I am really wronged."

Ye Zijin comforted: "This is Zizheng's fault, but he also cares too much about you. After all, he hasn't been with you for three years. You are no longer students. It is normal for some changes."

Wang Xinyu hesitated and said: "I don't know why, but I always feel that Zizheng's personality has changed. He always liked to joke and make me happy when we were together, but now we talk less and less with him. You said that the changes in the past three years will Is it that big? I can't believe he's the one I've been waiting for."

Ye Zijin was actually a little puzzled in her heart. Zizheng came back this time and it was indeed different from three years ago, but she still persuaded Wang Xinyu: "Maybe you still need time, you must not get used to being together after being separated for so long. Yes. I'll go back and talk to him and ask him to apologize to you, but you must not tell him about Dr. Du, I'm afraid he will become more suspicious. "

"There is no need to apologize. I just hope that he is sincere to me. Although he is very good to me now, I always feel that he is warm on the surface but cold in his heart. I don't know what he has experienced outside. What, but he misunderstood me like that and didn't believe me, which made me very sad..." Wang Xinyu said with tears rolling in his eyes.

Ye Zijin comforted her with kind words again. After Wang Xinyu left, Ye Zijin felt as if something was hanging in her heart. Thinking about Zizheng's return this time, she didn't have time to understand what her younger brother had experienced in the past three years. No wonder Xin Yu was suspicious.She decided to go to Zizheng to have a good talk at night.

In the evening, the sky suddenly began to drizzle. Ye Zijin remembered that the family hadn't prepared an umbrella for Zizheng, so she went to the department store to buy an umbrella.

"Zi Jin?"

Ye Zijin was picking up an umbrella when she suddenly felt someone behind her pat her on the shoulder.Turning around, it turned out that it was Duan Zhenzhen who became Mrs. Qian.

"What are you doing here? They are all families and why don't you go back to cook?" Ye Zijin laughed.

Duan Zhenzhen was dressed as before, she didn't look like a woman at all, she was very happy to see Ye Zijin, and the silver tassel earrings swayed wildly when she spoke.

"Hey, he's busy outside all day, so he doesn't have time to eat with me. I come to the department store when I'm bored." Duan Zhenzhen sighed.

Ye Zijin jokingly said: "Then you are a really leisurely wife, no different from before. What is Qian Jiang busy with recently? How dare you snub you Duan Daqian."

After Duan Zhenzhen dismissed the bodyguards and the old lady, she said to Ye Zijin: "I don't know the details, but it seems that his relationship with the fourth child is a bit stiff. If you see Meng Haoxiang, ask him to persuade him to talk to him about the two. Brother, if there is something, it is better to open it up and talk about it, why bother to fight in secret."

"What conflicts can Qian Jiang and Qu Xiangtian have? They haven't always been good. Haoxiang also said that the third and fourth children are like wearing jumpsuits." Ye Zijin said.

Duan Zhenzhen hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Qianjiang seems to be very angry because he found out that the fourth child had a relationship with Liang Xiaochuan, and he has been investigating this matter all this time."

Liang Xiaochuan?How could Qu Xiangtian associate with such a sinister and cunning person?Ye Zijin felt that it was unlikely that Qu Xiangtian would betray Meng Haoxiang, there must be some other reason for this.

Ye Zijin said: "Okay, I will tell Hao Xiang later, you also told Qian Jiang not to go to Qu Xiangtian, if things are not as he thought, wouldn't it be very embarrassing."

"Well, I also don't think the fourth child is like that kind of person." Duan Zhenzhen said.

As dusk fell, the street lights came on one after another.Ye Zijin was walking down the street holding an umbrella, and a poem that Zizheng had copied out of his notebook suddenly appeared in his mind, "The street lights in the distance are bright, as if countless stars are shining. The stars in the sky appear, as if lighting up There are countless street lamps. I think there must be beautiful streets in the misty sky..."

Thinking of those books that Zizheng loved to read, Ye Zijin's doubts deepened. Those beautiful poems and prose were often read by Zizheng, but now they were coldly thrown aside and dusted, she couldn't help but doubt.If a person can be completely changed in three years, it must be because of a severe injury during the period.Even if these are not convincing, the body and taste will not lie.Ye Zijin suddenly remembered that there was a scar on Zizheng's back near his shoulders. It was the scar left by Zizheng's back when he accidentally picked up tiles from the roof when he was playing with his playmates when he was playing with bamboo poles. .If he is Zizheng, then there must be a scar on the back. For some reason, Ye Zijin felt an inexplicable fear in his heart...

After arriving home, Ye Zijin knocked on the door first, but seeing no response from inside, she knocked again several times, but still no one came to open the door.Ye Zijin was startled, and quickly took out the key to open the door.

The room was pitch black, Ye Zijin hastily turned on the light, only to find that there was no one there.

The umbrella slipped from his hand with a "click", and Ye Zijin panicked for a moment.It's already dark, where will Zizheng go?
She rushed downstairs to ask the landlord, and the answer she got was that Zizheng had already gone out in the afternoon.Ye Zijin rushed into the rain curtain without thinking, and searched for them in nearby restaurants and bookstores.

The night was getting darker, and Ye Zijin's hair and clothes were soaked by the rain. She searched for a long time, but she didn't see Zizheng.Ye Zijin walked into a shop in a daze, borrowed a phone, and dialed the number at Meng Haoxiang's home.

"Haoxiang, Zizheng is missing..." Ye Zijin cried out anxiously.

Meng Haoxiang's voice came from the phone, "You wait for me at Zizheng's place first, and I'll come over right away."

(End of this chapter)