Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Four

Zhu Mingming sighed leisurely: "Actually, these are not important. Julia didn't report the real results to her superiors, because she had been completely captured by William at that time. Hmph, it seems that William hadn't been able to do it more than ten years ago. Strictly implement the rule of 'rabbits don't eat grass by the side of the nest', so julia helped him hide the truth. Now that you two are in full swing in the company, this secret doesn't really matter. But it especially makes me feel strange Yes, how could the shrewd William take such a big risk for you? If the matter is exposed, you will just lose a job opportunity. For him, the whole three years of hard work in West Bank Chemicals have been wasted, and he will still be in the career record. Richard, why is he willing to risk his future for you? Why is he so kind to you? Who are you to him? Who are you?!"

"Click!" The wine glass in Zhang Naichi's hand was overturned on the bar, but luckily the glass was already empty.The guy at the bar replaced it with a new glass, filled it up and put it in Zhang Naichi's hand.His eyes were dull, as if he didn't notice anything. Zhu Mingming pondered for a while, and then said: "To put it bluntly, Richard, in my opinion, everything you have today was won by William for you. I can see that the interests of the two of you have They are inseparable. But what really puzzles me is that you don’t seem to be grateful to him. Just now, you were blindly slandering him, mocking him, and humiliating him in front of me. Why do I feel that instead of Do you hate him so much?" At this point, Zhu Mingming stopped and looked at Zhang Naichi intently.

After a long silence, Zhang Naichi raised his pale face, his eyes flickered on Zhu Mingming's face: "Maggie, didn't William give you everything you got in West Bund Chemical today? Then why do you still hate him? " "I..." This afternoon, Dai Xi's brisk steps when she left Li Weilian's office immediately appeared before Zhu Mingming's eyes. Just can't give me these?Deep wrinkles appeared on Zhu Mingming's forehead, and she lowered her head. Zhang Naichi put his arms around Zhu Mingming's waist: "Dear Maggie, don't think so much, we're going to have fun, aren't we? Trust me, I won't let you down."

The next morning, Zhu Mingming went to work wearing a tiffany legacy sapphire and diamond necklace.Recognizing the reality made her feel a lot easier, but the sour warmth that had been lingering in her heart also disappeared, and was replaced by the coldness of platinum diamonds. It was Dai Xi's idea to drink afternoon tea at "Shuangmei 1919".Lin Nianzhen said that he wanted to see the new cityscape of Shanghai, and Dai Xi happened to be a tour guide when he had time.The experience at "Twin Sisters 1919" that night left a very strange and mysterious impression on Dai Xi, which she never forgot.Dai Xi really wanted to visit "Shuangmei 1919" again. For some reason, she didn't let Meng Feiyang accompany her. Since Lin Nian really wanted to go shopping, Dai Xi felt that "Shuangmei 1919" and the surrounding areas were very suitable for this old place to revisit. Elegant woman.

They made an appointment to meet in front of the Majestic Theater, and then walked around slowly.It's not yet the New Year's Day holiday, and the afternoon on this road is very quiet during the working days.The sun has a soft and moist texture, falling softly on the top of the head, just like wearing another cashmere scarf. No matter how low the temperature is, as long as you walk on the side of the sunny road, you can still feel warm from the bottom of your heart. . "Jane, may I ask your age?" Dai Xi walked briskly, her deer-like eyes danced on Lin Nianzhen's face from time to time—she was so beautiful: her long black hair was tied behind her head, and her black rectangular The barrette is adorned with a cross of white rhinestones.The slightly curly hair ends outline a graceful line on the neck and ears, making Dai Xi's eyes and heart itchy.

Lin Nianzhen slowed down, turned his face to Dai Xi and smiled: "Are you so curious about me?" Dai Xi blinked: "Ah, Jane, are you angry? I don't want to make you unhappy, but I just envy you so much." Lin Nianzhen smiled and said nothing, just looked at Dai Xi quietly. Behind her was the trunk of a sycamore tree that had lost all its leaves. The sparse shadows were cast on the gray and white brick wall, like a giant umbrella held up by time, blocking the distance between her and her. between real. At this moment, Dai Xi suddenly felt panicked.Lin Nianzhen's smile is so illusory, it seems that she will disappear with her at any time, hide in this maze of plane trees, crooked alleys and old houses, and can nowhere be found.

"I'm forty-five years old, well, I'm going to be forty-six soon." Just before she escaped into the maze, she spit out such a sentence. Dai Xi's eyes widened: "No, it's impossible... You look at most thirty-five years old." "Dai Xi!" Lin Nianzhen was slightly annoyed, "I don't need such a compliment. In fact, I should be the one who envies you." They stopped talking and walked side by side in silence. "It has been eighteen years since I left Shanghai. At that time, I was about the same age as you are now." "Jane, why did you leave Shanghai?"

"Because I lost my home." "Lost home?" "Yes, I can't go back." Lin Nianzhen suddenly stopped and raised his head slightly: "My home used to be here." Dai Xi's heart trembled inexplicably, and she also raised her head to look—"Yi Yuan!" This is the second time she saw "Yi Yuan".That night, Dai Xi only looked from a distance at the intersection. In the snowy night sky, the brightly lit "Yi Garden" looked like a transparent fairytale castle. Like a wizard waving a vestment, spewing out the most vicious curses.

But at the moment, it seems that it is almost difficult to overlap with the impression in Dai Xi's mind.The slightly westerly daylight smears the circular vault, and coats the complicated Baroque carvings under the eaves with a layer of light gold. Most of the buildings are hidden behind the towering courtyard walls and bare tree branches. Only the second floor is oval-shaped. The large balcony stretched to the front of the head, and the railings were milky white with a yellowish color, which seemed to be larger than what Daixi originally thought. Dai Xi came back to her senses, only to find that Lin Nianzhen had already walked to the wall of "Yiyuan". There was a small black cast iron side door here. The implication made Dai Xi's heart beat wildly: "Jane! Is this your original home?!"

"What?" Lin Nianzhen didn't look up, and Dai Xi seemed to see her gaze pass through the closed iron gate and slowly land on some unfathomable far end... "Oh?" She finally looked back and smiled, "My original The home was in the area, however, no longer exists." Dai Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and went forward to grab Lin Nianzhen's hand: "Jane, this house is 'Yiyuan', and someone just died a few days ago. Let's go, I always think this place is weird." Lin Nianzhen obediently followed Dai Xi down the sidewalk. Dai Xi looked around and wondered: "It's so evil, aren't we going to 'Shuangmei'? How did we get here?"

"I heard from you that the address of 'Shuangmei 1919' should be on the next street. Coming from the direction of the Majestic Theater, we passed this street first, and we turned a corner earlier. Look, this is 'Yiyuan' ' side, the main entrance is in the other direction." "Oh, that's right." Dai Xi grimaced, "Jane, you should lead the way. I'm too unqualified as a guide and should be laid off." Lin Nianzhen showed a gentle smile: "You, in fact, either you don't know the way, or you talk too much." "Psychologists are always nagging, Jane, you should have experienced it?" Dai Xi regained her lively attitude, and was about to grab Lin Nianzhen's arm, but her movement was interrupted by a sudden cry from above—— "I saw you! Haha, you are here again! Sure enough, you are here again!" Dai Xi looked up in horror, and there was only a light gray sky above the empty alley. This side was the wall of "Yi Garden", and the other side was separated by a narrow road. Every window was shut tightly with rusty iron bars.Dai Xi leaned towards Lin Nianzhen trembling slightly: "Jane, did you hear that? What's that sound?" "It seems...a woman is shouting." Lin Nianzhen raised her head, and Dai Xi followed her gaze across the cage-like iron bars. This is the dark side that doesn't see the sun all year round, and every window opening looks extraordinarily gloomy. "It's there!" Lin Nianzhen pointed to a certain high place on two floors, and Dai Xi only had time to see the fading sunlight on the wooden lattice windows that had just been closed. "Jane... let's, let's go." Lin Nianzhen nodded, and Dai Xi quickened her pace, just wanting to leave quickly, but she couldn't get her wish after all, this small lane, which was only 100 meters long, couldn't get to the end for a while. In front of them, a wheelchair cart came from the other end, and Dai Xi recognized the middle-aged woman pushing the cart at a glance.The memory of that night in "Shuangmei 1919" is still fresh. Besides, under her big wool shawl, it is clearly a silk and cotton cheongsam that is rarely worn now. The exquisite patterns and elegant colors can attract attention from a distance. force. But the question is - which of the two is she?Dai Xi stopped involuntarily, and Lin Nianzhen beside her also stopped. The woman also saw them, she hesitated for a moment, pushed the wheelchair and walked over, smiled awkwardly at Dai Xi: "It is...Miss Dai." "Uh... I am, hello." Dai Xi quietly breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, this is the gentler one of the "Twin Sisters".The woman hesitated and continued to strike up a conversation: "Dai, Miss Dai, why are you free to come here today?" Dai Xi felt strange, what did she want to do?Dai Xi didn't want to talk to her in detail, so he hesitated: "I...bring friends here for a stroll." "Really?" She looked disappointed, and seemed to want to say something, but the old woman in the wheelchair said, "Wen Yue, don't pester Jiajia, go home quickly." "Yes, Mom." The woman nodded obediently, and twitched the corners of her mouth at Dai Xi sadly, "My mother has a brain problem, and she has admitted the wrong person. Don't worry about Miss Dai, you... please." After finishing speaking, she Pushing up the wheelchair again, he walked slowly past Dai Xi, wandering into the depths of the alley. Dai Xi stared dumbfounded at their disappearing figures. On the wheelchair, the old lady's white hair bun was as bright as a water lotus flower. After walking not far, the white hair turned back, and a smile suddenly appeared on her wrinkled face. The woman waved her hands to them with still unfinished intentions: "Goodbye, goodbye!" After being stunned for a while, Dai Xi finally recovered from the shock: "It's really scary, this family must have some brain problems." She wanted to explain what happened to Lin Nianzhen, but she saw Lin Nianzhen standing far away, his eyes closely following the man. Facing the figures of mother and daughter, for a moment, Dai Xi seemed to see the hallucinations from the past again. Lin Nianzhen was like a living shadow, which would turn into a wisp of smoke and dissipate when the sun hit the top of his head.