Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

The season is already in the end of winter, and everywhere is bleak, the mansion is empty and deserted, and the streets are still empty and deserted. On the roads inside and outside the concession, dirty snow was piled up everywhere, gruel-like icy water was flowing all over the ground, and there were few pedestrians and vehicles on the street.Many of the company's stores have closed down, and the ones that are open are mostly auction houses, and it is rare for anyone to patronize them.Although the trams of the Western Tramway Company were still running as usual, the cars coming and going were almost empty.Yu Wanzhen felt strange, where did the people who flooded the world go?Could it be that everyone was swept away by the trend years ago?

Sitting in a rickshaw, looking all the way along Moss Road, I can no longer see the name of the exchange. Apart from mourning everywhere, what happened on Moss Road was the nightmare of those who escaped by chance... Of course, there are also a few people - big players like Chief He and Layman Wang, who took advantage of this whirlwind to go straight to Qingyun, and landed safely again.However, if they won the game this time, can they win the game next time?Don't they have a day to jump off the building? On the first day she came back from her hometown in the country, Bai Mudan told her that even that big player, Layman Wang, almost jumped off the building during the rubber craze in the second year of Xuantong—if he hadn’t been hugged by his little-footed wife, he would not be able to move again. Made a fortune in this trend.

She is so stupid, she actually took treacherous big players like President He and evil spirits like Hu Quanzhen and Xing Chuzhi as backers for herself and Zhu Ming'an, so that "New Far East" went bankrupt and Zhu Ming'an was removed from the stock exchange. Jumped off the fourth floor and died on this Moss Road... Zhu Ming'an's smiling face appeared in the storefronts on both sides of Moss Road, floating here for a while, drifting there for a while, and seemed to be beside her for a moment.The foreign car beneath him seemed to have also turned into a car belonging to the Zhen Guojun Office, honking its horn and running on the bustling street.

The whole world is full of Zhu Ming'an's voice, calling aunt high and low, from the 14-year-old with a baby voice to the life and death parting that night.They are still screaming now, with a sweet but sad tone, and their affectionate love that will end forever is unfolding in the bleakness of the winter... Tears gradually filled her eyes, and Yu Wanzhen's vision became blurred. She couldn't bear to look at the familiar scenery on both sides of Moss Road Street, and she just fixed her sad eyes on the old coachman's hunched back—it's been almost a month since she came back. She has always wanted to go to the gate of "New Far East" again, but she never dared; today she thought her heart had calmed down, but it still didn't calm down, so there was nothing she could do.

I couldn't bear it, so I asked the coachman to turn around and go back. On the way back, I noticed that a small auction house originally called "Jufulu" on the east side of Moss Road changed its name to "Zhizulu". A new signboard hangs over the door, and it still smells like fresh paint.Yu Wan was really shocked, and felt that the name was changed well: Fu Lu is hard to get together, but contentment is always happy. If she had realized this earlier, she would not be where she is today!Maybe at this moment, they are hugging Zhu Mingan, playing and laughing on the bed, or sitting in front of the fireplace, drinking tea and chatting by a fire!

Below him, the wheels of the rickshaw were turning, and the "Zhizulu" moved to the side step by step from the front not far away, and then gradually passed the side to the back. "Zhizulu" has passed a long way, yet Yu Wanzhen turned her head from the car and stared at the store full of clothes and miscellaneous goods on the walls. Suddenly, Yu Wanzhen noticed something, her eyes lit up, she leaned up on the rickshaw, patted the driver on the back, and shouted repeatedly: "Stop, stop!" The driver stopped the car, and Yu Wanzhen got out of the car, staring at the beige suit hanging at the door of the "Zhizulu" store, and walked towards the store step by step in a daze.

The beige suit was swaying in the wind on the side of the store door, with its long sleeves fluttering and its trouser legs shaking, like a living person hanging from the door beam struggling to jump off. Yu Wanzhen believed that the person who was struggling to jump off was Zhu Ming'an, and felt unbearably miserable, so she forced her eyes wide open to keep the tears from falling down.When he arrived at the door of the store, he didn't speak, but pointed to the suit with his finger, signaling to the boy who was dozing off at the door to take it off. The young man wiped the saliva from his mouth and looked at Yu Wanzhen, as if he couldn't believe that the beautiful lady in a rickshaw in front of him would buy this old suit that no one wanted, so he said, "Madam, if you really want to buy a suit , there are some good ones in it..."

Yu Wanzhen remained silent, pointing stubbornly at the beige suit with trembling hands. The young man had no choice but to take off his suit, handed it to Yu Wanzhen and said: "Ma'am, you have to be careful, don't buy it back and regret it. To tell you the truth, this material is good material, authentic French. It's just that the jacket has holes burned by cigarettes, and there are holes in the trousers. Of course, It's all patched up..." Yu Wanzhen opened her jacket and saw the inconspicuous cigarette hole that Liu Ma had mended on the left lapel. She knew in her heart that this suit must belong to Zhu Mingan, so she hugged the suit tightly and asked, "How much is it?" ?”

The boy said, "Two dollars and two." Yu Wanzhen gave the boy three yuan, and the boy went to the store to find some change, but Yu Wanzhen turned around and left. The little guy chased to the door and shouted: "Madam, I haven't given you any money yet!" Yu Wanzhen said without turning her head: "No...no more..." Holding the suit and sitting on the rickshaw again, the tears in Yu Wanzhen's eyes suddenly rolled down... It was noon when we got home, and Liu Ma was waiting for Yu Wanzhen to come back for dinner. During the meal, Madam Liu said to Wanzhen, "Mrs. Eighth, Chief He called three times this morning and sent someone to send you 500 yuan..."

Only then did Yu Wanzhen nod her head, and burst out three words from between her teeth: "understood." After dinner, Yu Wanzhen didn't call Mr. He, but Mr. He called again. Director He said on the phone: "Wan Zhen, are you still angry with me? Didn't I tell you? I went to Beijing at the time, and I was afraid that something might happen to Ming An, so I left some suggestions for Ming An. I never thought that Ming An would not listen to me, and would go on this path of desperation..." Yu Wanzhen held the microphone and remained silent. Director He said again: "Wanzhen, are you listening? Let me tell you, Governor Liu can't take away your mansion. As long as my godfather is here, I will always find a way - yesterday I met Deputy Chief Xu from Beijing , It’s Xu glasses! When Governor Zheng was not dead, he went to your mansion. I don’t know if you still remember? I told this to Deputy Chief Xu. Guess what Deputy Chief Xu said? Deputy Chief Xu said... ..."

Yu Wanzhen simply put down the microphone. Director He is still talking, and his voice is getting louder: "...Deputy Chief Xu is interested in you! He said that since he met you that time, he never forgot, and asked me to treat you to dinner and play a few rounds of cards. As for me, since I am your godfather, I will take this It's over. Wanzhen, this vice-chief Xu is different from me, the chief of the field, he is in office, and he belongs to Wu Ziyu, so he has great power!" Only then did Yu Wanzhen understand that Mr. He was sending money and making phone calls, not because of guilt, but because he was trying to trick her.In a fit of anger, he hung up the phone, and then, there was a hearty wail... At dusk, Bai Mudan came and gave Yu Wanzhen theater tickets——Bai Mudan was going to assist a sister who was being held by gentlemen and celebrities on the big stage to perform "Aftermath" on the big stage, so Yu Wanzhen was invited to the theater Let's relax. Yu Wan really complied, and left Bai Mudan to drink coffee at home. The two sat facing each other on the sofa in the living room downstairs, holding coffee cups, their hearts were heavy, neither of them knew what to say.Later, it was Bai Mudan who gave a long sigh and spoke first, asking Yu Wanzhen if she read today's newspaper? Yu Wanzhen shook her head. Bai Mudan said with a sad smile: "Then let me tell you, Xing Chuzhi didn't get any good rewards, he was captured by Governor Liu and sentenced to death yesterday, not by shooting, but by hanging..." Yu Wanzhen said in a low voice: "God still has eyes after all." Bai Mudan added: "Ming An's two friends, Sun Yaxian and Xu Jiansheng, have gone to the revolutionary party again, and they are now in Guangzhou..." Yu Wanzhen asked: "Is it also said in the newspaper?" Bai Mudan said: "No, I heard it from others." Then there was nothing to say, the large and empty living room was silent, the wind that crept in from the window lifted the curtains from time to time, sending a burst of chill in. There was a fire in the fireplace, but the two women could not help feeling cold.Bai Mudan couldn't take it anymore, so she went to the coat hook to put on a coat, and accidentally saw Zhu Ming'an's beige suit hanging on the coat hook, she couldn't help being surprised. Sitting on the sofa again, Bai Mudan wanted to ask Yu Wanzhen where she found the suit, but she didn't dare, and only sighed: "I'm probably born to be an actor, but I'm afraid I'll be the plaything of those spectators until the end of my life." Yu Wanzhen said: "Don't think that way, a sincere and good man will eventually have..." Bai Mudan gave Yu Wanzhen a sad look: "But you have met, I have not met, some people have treated you sincerely, but no one has treated me sincerely—that is... Even Ming An has never been sincere. wait for me..." Yu Wanzhen put her arms around Bai Mudan's shoulders and said, "Stop talking, then...that's my fault..." Bai Mudan was startled, leaned on Yu Wanzhen's shoulder and sobbed, "No...it's not your fault, it's me...I didn't know that you and Ming An would fall in love at first, and...you fell in love so deeply!" Yu Wanzhen bit her lip, shed tears silently at first, and then hugged Bai Mudan tightly and cried out. Bai Mudan also burst into tears, and after crying for a long time, she raised her head, wiped the tears off her face with the back of her hand, and said with a stiff smile: "—Wanzhen, we... we really, what are you doing talking about the past? Don't talk about it! It's sad!" At this time, the phone rang again, and it was still Chief He, and it was still Deputy Chief Tan Xu.With tears all over her face, Yu Wanzhen told Mr. He in a calm tone as much as possible that she would go to see Deputy Chief Xu and asked Mr. He and Mrs. Fifth to pick her up in person. Bai Mudan was very surprised, and asked Yu Wanzhen why she was still arguing with Mr. He?Do you want to jump off a building in the future? Yu Wanzhen smiled sadly at Bai Mudan, but didn't answer. Bai Mudan still wanted to ask, but Yu Wanzhen, who was standing by the phone, turned around silently, combed her hair facing the large full-length mirror in the living room. Combing her hair, looking at her pretty face and figure reflected in the full-length mirror, Yu Wan thought to herself: Everything is finally over, Zhu Ming'an can no longer be resurrected, she can't always be in grief, she has to live well , and have to deal with the colorful things that Mr. He and Mr. Xu will encounter at some point. She is still young and beautiful, and she is really reflected in the dressing mirror!As long as time passes, except for the sadness on her face, her beauty and charm will definitely not be as good as she was back then. She wants to deal with these stinky men and this crazy world with a smile to the end, until she dies.She doesn't believe that she is always a loser, there is still time for the stone to stand up, let alone a human being!