Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 132
"But I've never seen you..." Zizheng looked at Zhao Zhimei blankly, but after careful recollection, he still didn't have any impression.

Zhao Zhimei smiled in a daze, a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes, and said: "Oh...it's nothing, maybe I remembered it wrong."

Zirong picked up the paintbrush again, and began to paint the unfinished rose flower stroke by stroke.Zhao Zhimei sat on the side quietly admiring the flowers under his brush, but felt that it did not come from a person who had just learned to paint at all.

"You really only studied for a few days?" Zhao Zhimei asked in disbelief.

Zirong said truthfully: "Yes, because I have been having headaches recently, my sister doesn't let me go out to do things. She saw that I was really bored, so she asked me what I like. I am interested in painting for some reason. She invited a teacher to teach me, and even the teacher thought I had painting skills, but I can't remember when I learned it..."

"You can't remember anything about the past?" Zhao Zhimei felt a little sympathetic, looking at the quiet look of this young man in a white shirt who was lost in thought, her heart skipped a few beats.He is different from the men she saw in Paramount, he has a clean and gentle temperament, like the summer wind, blowing away the heat and bringing a fragrance.

Zirong tried hard to remember, but suddenly he held his head, his expression very painful, the paintbrush in his hand slipped to the ground with a thud, and a sudden red streaked across the entire rose flower on the painting.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhao Zhimei quickly supported Zirong and asked.

Zi Rong frowned and shook his head, rubbing his temples with one hand, panting, "I don't know what's going on... Recently, I often have a splitting headache. I'm really worried that one day I'll forget what my sister and brother look like..."

"Maybe it's because it's too hot outside and sweats, and then you get a headache when the wind blows. Let me help you in first." Zhao Zhimei helped Zirong walk into the bungalow.

When the two were about to enter the door, they happened to meet Ye Zijin who had come back.Ye Zijin was carrying big and small bags, and when he saw Zirong's expression was not good, he trotted up, touched Zirong's forehead, and said distressedly, "What's wrong? Did you have another headache?"

Zirong forced a smile, and said, "It's okay, sister, I'm fine."

Zhao Zhimei's brows were tinged with an imperceptible worry, and she said to Ye Zijin: "He had a terrible headache just now, did he suffer from some kind of headache, why don't you send him to the hospital?"

Ye Zijin helped his younger brother into the room and sat down, then hurried upstairs to get the medicine, and said: "I went to the hospital a few days ago, the doctor said it was the root cause of the disease caused by a severe impact on the head, you must persist in taking this medicine to survive. Soothe his headache."

"How did he get hit on the head?" Zhao Zhimei asked quickly.

Ye Zijin looked at Zhao Zhimei while pouring water, her eyes signaled her not to continue talking, Zhao Zhimei understood, and then stopped talking.

After Zirong took the medicine, Ye Zijin helped him go upstairs to sleep.She went to the window and opened it. The green trees outside were lush and flowers were luxuriant, and the bright sunshine was shining on it. She didn't feel that this summer was very hot and uneasy.

"Sleep well, I'll come up and ask you to eat when the time comes." Ye Zijin pulled a corner of the quilt over Zi Rong's chest and gently laid it on.

Zirong suddenly held Ye Zijin's hand, with a trace of nervousness and worry in his eyes, he said, "Sister, is this disease curable? Am I not going to live long? But I promised my brother to take good care of you and protect you." Yes, I'm so useless..."

Ye Zijin was stunned, her eyes couldn't help getting a little moist, she held Zirong's hand and patted it, and said with a smile: "Don't think about it, it's nothing serious, you can sleep peacefully, and I'll make your favorite steamed rice tonight fish."

"Hmm..." Zi Rong slowly closed his eyes.

Downstairs, Zhao Zhimei sat on the sofa and casually flipped through the magazines for a while, seeing Ye Zijin approaching, she hurriedly asked, "How did Zi Rong get hurt?"

Ye Zijin sighed and told Zhao Zhimei what had happened.Zhao Zhimei was very shocked after hearing this, and blurted out: "You mean that Zirong was adopted by the Japanese since he was a child, and he later became a Japanese spy..."

"Yes, his adoptive father is Japanese. When I found out the truth, Zizheng had already been locked in a secret room by Zirong for a long time. Sometimes I really hope that Zirong will never regain his memory, but what if..." Ye Zijin dared not Thinking about it, what Zizheng told her when he was parting made her even more uneasy.It felt like there was a bomb planted in the house, and she didn't know when the bomb would go off.

Zhao Zhimei was silent for a long time before asking: "If there is such a day, will Zi Rong turn his back on his evil ways?"

Ye Zijin has no idea about this matter, she can only do her best to be good to Zirong, to make up for what she owed Zirong all these years, she has always felt that family love is better than everything, as long as Zirong has her sister in his heart, Regardless of whether he recovered his memory or not, he would definitely not hurt her.

"I don't know, but I believe Zirong will recognize who is really good for him, and I will guide him on the right path." Ye Zijin said.

"I hope so. You don't have to blame yourself too much. You can't blame Zirong for being kidnapped. You made the choice out of helplessness." Zhao Zhimei comforted Ye Zijin when she saw that Ye Zijin was sad road.

"Yeah." Ye Zijin forced a smile, and said, "What do you want to see me today?"

Only then did Zhao Zhimei think about the business, and said: "I found out that Feng Qixia and Huang Jiajun had been getting very close, so I sent someone to investigate secretly, and found that Huang Jiajun was secretly engaged in the opium business."

"That man is not a good person in the first place, is there anything strange about doing such a thing?" Ye Zijin asked.

Zhao Zhimei closed the magazine, and slowly said: "I don't have a good impression of that man, but this Feng Qixia has a lot of background, I found out Feng Qixia's background through Huang Jiajun's investigation, she is actually a Japanese spy. "

"Japanese spy?" Ye Zijin asked in amazement, she just heard Meng Haoxiang say that Feng Qixia had a complicated background and asked her to avoid contacting Feng Qixia, but she didn't expect that woman to be a Japanese spy.

"That's right, she has been helping Huang Jiajun in the opium business, but the reason why she hasn't been discovered for so long is because they purified opium into morphine and passed it under the guise of medical use. There must be Japanese involved in it to make a profit. "Zhao Zhimei said thoughtfully.

"Then we can report them directly and let the people from the No-Smoking Bureau arrest them." Ye Zijin hated this kind of behavior of selling opium to harm his compatriots.

Zhao Zhimei sighed, and said slowly: "If they could take care of it, they would have taken care of it a long time ago. Since Huang Jiajun dared to do this, he would definitely manage the relationship between his superiors and subordinates. A report alone can't do anything to him."

"Then what do you want to do?" Ye Zijin knew that Huang Jiajun was a cunning person, relying on his father's past connections to get ahead in the officialdom, not only the officialdom was proud, but even the love scene was like a spring breeze.

"You know Wenying is his old lover, right?" Zhao Zhimei had a sympathy in her eyes when she mentioned Wenying.

Ye Zijin thought of the scene when she met Wenying that time, and felt that this man was dirty and disgusting.She said very contemptuously: "Of course I know that that man almost ruined Wenying's reputation. Fortunately, Wenying is quite smart and didn't ruin her career for such a man."

Zhao Zhimei casually flipped through the magazines, smiled, and said: "After her comeback, she is doing well now, she released a new album, and even appeared in Linglong magazine, and even Huang Jiajun seems to have no more love for her. Bai Although there are many newcomers in Le Menli, some listeners still like her song "Jiangnan Minor", such as Secretary-General Zhu."

Ye Zijin immediately understood Zhao Zhimei's meaning, "You mean to let me make a fuss from Wenying and Secretary-General Zhu, and then use other people's hands to eradicate Huang Jiajun and Feng Qixia?"

"I just initially planned to use the relationship between these three people to create a little conflict. It's just that Wen Ying and I have always been competitors. She has never liked me, and I can't tell her. Anyway, you have something for her when she is at her worst. Well, I think she will sell this face to you, besides, she must hate Huang Jiajun deeply." Zhao Zhimei said unhurriedly.

"Okay, tell me when you have a thorough plan, I will definitely help you with this job." Ye Zijin said.

The two looked at each other and smiled, Zhao Zhimei only hoped that Ye Zijin would agree to her previous proposal, if Ye Zijin could join them, some things would be easier to handle.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, Ye Zijin went to open the door, and it was Meng Haoxiang who came.Meng Haoxiang gave Ye Zijin a hug naturally, Ye Zijin coughed softly twice, Meng Haoxiang saw Zhao Zhimei was there, smiled and said: "It seems that I came at the wrong time, and I disturbed the elegant mood of the two ladies chatting .”

Zhao Zhimei nodded slightly, got up and smiled and said, "Boss Meng made me feel embarrassed, obviously I disturbed you, Boss Meng should be with Zijin well, I won't stick around here, I'll go back first. "

"Aren't you going to stay for dinner?" Ye Zijin blushed at Zhao Zhimei's words.

"No, Boss Meng's craftsmanship is exclusive to you, so I won't take advantage of it." Zhao Zhimei said with a smile and walked out the door, shaking the small handbag on her wrist and holding a small lace umbrella It even made her fair complexion and small face more delicate.

"What did Ms. Zhao come to see you for?" Meng Haoxiang asked.

Ye Zijin smiled, took Meng Haoxiang's hand and walked to the kitchen, "It's nothing, she just came to talk to me about the dance clothes."

"Where's Zirong?" Meng Haoxiang glanced at the living room, but didn't notice that Zirong was leaning on the sofa to paint as usual.

A trace of worry appeared in Ye Zijin's eyes, and he said, "He had a headache again just now, he took medicine and went to sleep in his room."

"Well, do you want to ask another doctor to see it?" Meng Haoxiang knew that Ye Zijin had always been worried about this younger brother. Ever since Zirong was dug out of the ruins that day, Ye Zijin had been inseparable during the two days when Zirong was in a coma. She stayed by the hospital bed to take care of her, her eyes were bloodshot.He understood Ye Zijin's intentions, she wanted to make up for what she owed Zirong all these years, and she was still blaming herself for Zirong's abduction in her heart.

Ye Zijin was slightly distracted, paused, and then said: "No need, the doctor said that it will be better if you stick to the medicine..."

"But..." Meng Haoxiang had some concerns in his heart. Before he finished speaking, Ye Zijin changed the subject and interrupted: "I bought fresh live fish today, how about making steamed fish tonight?"

"Huh?" Before Meng Haoxiang could react, Ye Zijin had already picked up a basin full of water.

"Look! It's still a live mandarin fish, I need your help." Ye Zijin blinked and smiled at Meng Haoxiang.

Meng Haoxiang smiled helplessly, with a trace of pity in his eyes, he knew what she was afraid of, but he didn't know what to do, after all, that person was her relative.

"Let me do the rough work of killing fish, and do the delicate work of seasoning." Meng Haoxiang picked up an apron, and pretended to complain as he tied it on himself.

Ye Zijin walked around behind him, and put on an apron for Meng Haoxiang, and couldn't help laughing when he saw that an extremely incongruous apron was wrapped around his straight shirt.

"What are you laughing at?" Meng Haoxiang looked at himself and asked.

Ye Zijin shook his head and smiled, "I never imagined that the dignified Boss Meng would look good in an apron. Can this be called a living room and a kitchen? Chef Meng..."

"I think I have spoiled you, and you are getting more and more slick." Meng Haoxiang suddenly reached out and caught the whole fish. The fish struggled wildly, causing a splash of water. Finally, with a sweep of the fish's tail, the water They all swept across Ye Zijin's face.

Ye Zijin wiped the water from her face, her hair and sleeves were full of fishy smell, she gave Meng Haoxiang an angry look, and said, "You know how to bully me."

Meng Haoxiang put the fish on the chopping board, went to Ye Zijin's side and wiped the water from her hair, and said with a smile, "I was going to kill the fish for you, why do you blame me for the mistake the fish made?" ?”

Ye Zijin was about to push him away when he heard this, but was hugged by Meng Haoxiang, "Zijin, it will be Master Hua's birthday in a few days, come back to Wuxi with me, and I will convince Master Hua to agree with us For marriage, I must marry you as soon as possible."

Ye Zijin's heart warmed up, and she leaned lightly on his chest, and said, "But Lord Hua won't want to see me..."

"Don't worry, whether he agrees or not, I will definitely give you a title. I will announce our marriage in the newspaper when I come back from Wuxi." Meng Haoxiang's eyes were firm, and he held Ye Zijin's hand and did not let go.

Ye Zijin only felt that the sunlight outside the window was a little dazzling, and this feeling of happiness came a little suddenly. What Meng Haoxiang said caught her unprepared by surprise, so she just said in a low voice, "Mmm..."

The two were embracing each other tightly, only to hear a "click" from behind, and several "clicks" in succession. Ye Zijin looked up, and it turned out that the fish on the chopping board just jumped to the ground.

"Hurry up and pick up the fish!" Ye Zijin saw that the fish was moving its gills up and down, struggling hard, and thought it was somewhat funny.

Meng Haoxiang rolled up his sleeves and grabbed the fish. The fish twisted a few more times in his hands. Meng Haoxiang smiled and said, "You see, it also wants to jump over the dragon gate to win the prize, but it's a pity that it's not a carp. It can only lie on our bed tonight." It's on the plate."

In the evening, after Ye Zijin cooked the meal, she went upstairs to ask Zirong to eat.

Seeing that Meng Haoxiang was there, Zirong looked at her sister's happy face and said with a smile, "Brother-in-law, you should come over to eat often, my sister loves to eat the dishes you give her."

Meng Haoxiang also smiled, "Okay, I'll give her a little more today."

Zirong sat down for a while, and Ye Zijin went to the living room to play music as usual, because Zirong felt that the house was too big and seemed a little deserted, and they usually played some music when they ate to make it more lively.Ye Zijin randomly picked a disc of Zhao Zhimei's record and put it on the gramophone, and the beautiful music floated out.

The three of them sat down to eat, Ye Zijin saw that Zirong was not moving his chopsticks for a long time, and asked, "What are you thinking so preoccupied with?"

Only then did Zirong come to his senses, smiled suddenly, and said helplessly, "I just heard this song sound familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere...but I just can't remember it."

Ye Zijin said: "This song is sung by Miss Zhao who came to our house today. She is my best friend and a big star in Shanghai. Her stage name is Qiangwei. She sings beautifully. Her songs are everywhere. It’s playing, it’s not surprising if you’ve heard it.”

Zirong hummed, and said to himself: "So she is Qiangwei..."

(End of this chapter)