Hong Kong Giant Owl: Rebirth

169 Chapter 1 The Frightening Past [-]
Shen Jinghong’s countermeasures are basically the same as Liu Bei’s teaming up with Sun Ce to deal with Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, but different from the Three Kingdoms, the strength gap between Shen Jinghong, Luo Chengbiao, and Shen Nanjun is not big, and any two parties join forces to attack In the case of a third party, the third party is bound to fail.

Shen Nanjun is not a fool, he just saw this, so he readily agreed to Shen Jinghong's solicitation.Another more important factor is that Luo Chengbiao has now colluded with Chen Bingrun, and Shen Jinghong also has Qin Haoran's support, leaving Shen Nanjun to fight alone, so he is eager to find a partner to avoid becoming The prey of Shen Jinghong or Luo Chengbiao.

Qin Haoran said to Shen Jinghong: "Don't say I didn't remind you, Shen Nanjun is brave and foolhardy, so he is easy to shake his position, you can win him over, and Luo Chengbiao can also win him over, so you have to Watch closely, it's best to completely tie Shen Nanjun to your chariot."

"Of course I know this, so I don't need you to remind me." Shen Jinghong glared at Qin Haoran, she just hated Qin Haoran's self-confidence, which seemed to be all-inclusive, in front of him, as if she couldn't hide any thoughts from him.

While speaking, Qin Haoran and the others arrived at Shen Jinghong's residence.

Shen Jinghong's residence is just outside the Kowloon Walled City on Prince Edward Road. It is an antique mansion. Various flowers and plants are planted in the spacious front yard. The walls of the house are mainly white, which looks simple and elegant. The wall next to it was covered with vines, which looked lush and lush.

The front door of this Chinese-style mansion is still the kind of wooden fence in the style of a big house in Xiguan, and the stone abutment in front of the door is also relatively high.

There is also a front hall in the house, and a altar is built on the east wall, and a statue of Guan Gong is enshrined on it.

After passing the front hall and coming to the inner hall, the decoration inside is also full of traditional Chinese style, such as Eight Immortals Table, Taishi Chair, rosewood bookshelf, blue and white porcelain, ink painting, thread-bound books and so on.As soon as he walked in, Qin Haoran felt as if he had walked into an ancient house.

"Let me chat with Boss Qin alone, Ah Hu, you go out first." After entering the house, Shen Jinghong said to Wang Hu behind him.

Wang Hu paused, frowned and looked at Qin Haoran, as if he was very worried about letting Shen Jinghong face him alone.

Shen Jinghong laughed: "Go ahead, are you still afraid that Boss Qin will harm me?"

Since Shen Jinghong said so, Wang Hu couldn't disobey the order, so he nodded and left.Then Shen Jinghong looked at Qin Mastiff and Cheng Niuer behind Qin Haoran. Qin Haoran gave them a wink, and Cheng Niuer took Qin Mastiff out.

"Please sit down." Shen Jinghong smiled at Qin Haoran.

Qin Haoran was not too polite, and sat on the grand master's chair made of pear blossom wood in the living room, carefully admiring the antique decorations in the house.He is a person who knows the goods, so he can naturally see that the ceramic calligraphy and paintings in this house are all authentic works, not to mention the 21st century, even in this era, they are also valuable traditional Chinese artworks.

I also saw an altar on the west side of the living room with a black and white photo of a man in his fifties with a kind face.

Qin Haoran frowned. If he guessed correctly, this man should be the original head of "Heshengtang", that is, Chen Dehui, Shen Jinghong's late husband.

The photo and the altar are spotless, and the fruit tributes on the altar are also very fresh, obviously taken care of frequently.

Not long after, Shen Jinghong, who had changed into a light green short cheongsam, came in from the door over there. His slender and thick hair was also tied into a high bun, and he was still holding tea.

"It's just fluffy, it's not as luxurious as your home, so don't be surprised." Shen Jinghong came to Qin Haoran and put down the tea, with a smile on his lips.

Qin Haoran also smiled and said: "Don't laugh at me, if your house is put on sale, the money you can get is enough to buy ten units like mine. The living environment here is really classy, Just say that the two huanghuali trees in your yard are worth a lot of money."

"It was planted by my husband before his death." Shen Jinghong smiled and said, "Come on, try this tea. Although it is not a rare tea, it is the high-quality Pu'er that my husband entrusted someone to bring back from Yunnan many years ago. , the taste is very good."

Qin Haoran took a sip with a smile, feeling the saliva and fragrance lingering in his mouth, and said: "Mr. Chen is a person who knows how to enjoy himself. In the past, only Yuanwailang could live such a life."

Shen Jinghong smiled and said nothing, went to Chen Dehui's altar again, picked up three incense sticks, lit them with a match, and worshiped three times devoutly before carefully inserting them into the incense burner.

Looking at the back of Shen Jinghong earnestly paying homage to Chen Dehui, Qin Haoran felt uncomfortable for some reason.

At this moment, I saw Shen Jinghong turn around, a ray of melancholy appeared on her delicate and beautiful face, and she said quietly: "Today is his death day, um, counting from the time he passed away, until now It's been five years."

Qin Haoran didn't speak, but quietly listened to Shen Jinghong's words.

Sandalwood is lit in the room, and there is a faint fragrance in the air, which makes people feel refreshed and at the same time makes the room very quiet.

Shen Jinghong came to the chair next to Qin Haoran and sat down, looked at the portrait of Chen Dehui on the altar in the distance, and said: "Although you are not popular in Qin's family, you were born with a golden key in your mouth after all. When I was young, I must have lived a life of rich clothes and fine food."

About Second Young Master Qin's childhood life, Qin Haoran didn't know anything about it, but judging from the situation of his Qin family, Second Young Master Qin's childhood life was not a luxury, but at least he had no worries about food and clothing.

"I'm the daughter of a fisherman, my parents are both fishermen, and my grandpa and grandpa both make a living by fishing." Shen Jinghong laughed.

Qin Haoran was a little surprised, and couldn't help looking at Shen Jinghong. He never thought that the noble, generous, decisive and capable Shen Jinghong would be a fisherman. After all, the current Shen Jinghong doesn't have the slightest trace of a fisherman's daughter.

I heard Shen Jinghong continue to say: "Our family is very poor, and we don't even have money to buy rice. We basically eat the sea fish we caught for three meals a day. You will eat it even if you get tired of eating it, because if you don't eat sea fish, we will have nothing to eat. Other things to eat. I have to help the family since I was three years old. Even if I can’t help fishing, I still have to take care of my younger siblings and help my parents descale the fish they catch.”

Speaking of this, she opened her left hand, and Qin Haoran also saw a faint scar on the palm of her left hand.

"Once, when I was removing the scales of those sea fish, I accidentally cut my hand with the knife." Shen Jinghong said expressionlessly: "The knife cut was very deep. It was removed. And it was winter, the sea water was cold and salty, and when it touched the wound, it was so painful that people wanted to die. At that time, we didn’t have money to see a doctor, and my mother sewed the wound up for me with fishing silk thread .”

Qin Haoran was really surprised by Shen Jinghong's childhood experience. His own childhood was also miserable and cruel, so he could feel Shen Jinghong's bitterness.

"So I swore at that time that as long as I had the opportunity, I would leave the fishing boat without hesitation, and I would not get up at four or five o'clock to scrape the fish scales, and I would not eat that disgusting sea fish again!" Shen Jinghong said His expression became a little cold.

Qin Haoran felt the same way, remembering the "previous life", after he killed a group of wild dogs and snatched a few bones, he swore to God that he would become a master in the future, eat the best food and live in the best house .

In his thoughts, Shen Jinghong continued: "However, the way God let me leave the fisherman's family was too cruel. When I was 13 years old, our family's fishing boat encountered a storm while fishing at sea, and the whole fishing boat was destroyed. The waves broke, and my parents, siblings, and sisters were all swept away by the big waves. I hugged the door panel so that my body did not sink into the sea. I drifted at sea for two days and two nights before I was rescued Woke up."

Speaking of this, Shen Jinghong looked at Qin Haoran and showed a smile: "Do you know who saved me?"

"It's Chen Dehui, right?" Qin Haoran shrugged.

"That's right, the person who saved me was my husband." Shen Jinghong said with a smile: "At that time, he just finished negotiating business in Thailand and returned to Hong Kong by boat. When he saw me at sea, he rescued me. .”

From what Shen Jinghong said, she met Chen Dehui when she was 13 years old, and Chen Dehui should be 40 years old at that time.Thinking that Shen Jinghong might have married Chen Dehui who was 30 years older than her at the age of thirteen or fourteen, Qin Haoran felt inexplicably irritated.

Shen Jinghong's soft voice came from next to his ears again: "At that time, the 'Hesheng Hall' had just developed and was one of the relatively large halls in the Kowloon Walled City, so my husband's conditions were not bad. He also treated me well. Very good, I eat and wear the best clothes, and let me see the prosperity of the city.”

"So you married him?" Qin Haoran couldn't help asking.

Shen Jinghong was startled, and looked at Qin Haoran with some doubts, but she still said: "Yeah, since my family is gone, he is the best person in the world to me, And he was not married then, why can't I marry him?"

Qin Haoran was speechless for a while, indeed, this is a matter between the two of them, and he has no right to intervene.

"I married him when I was 20 years old, and he just turned 50 years old at that time." Shen Jinghong's expression was a little complicated.

For some reason, Qin Haoran couldn't help but snort when he thought of Shen Jinghong and Chen Dehui, the old couple.

Shen Jinghong didn't seem to hear Qin Haoran's cold snort, and said, "And when I was 25 years old, he died. Qin Haoran, do you know how he died?"

"How did you die?" Qin Haoran said lightly.

"He was beaten to death with a wooden stick!" Shen Jinghong squinted his phoenix eyes, and his flat voice was full of resentment: "It was 'Crab King' Chen Bingrun who did it!"

(End of this chapter)