Chapter 4 Chapter 4

Mrs. Huan came up to see her, "Your father and brother are going to New York in two days, do you have anything to do?" "No." "Has the heat subsided?" "that's not important." Mrs. Huan smiled, "What's more important?" "If I want to get married, do you object?" Mrs. Huan became nervous, "With whom?" "man." "Pfft!" Madam Huan patted her arm, "Of course it's a man, who is it?" "Chinese." Mrs. Huan let out a sigh of relief, "That's okay, as long as you are a decent boy, educated, professional, and ambitious, and respect and cherish you, I like it."

Huanmei laughed so hard, "As long as it is, your old man's terms are already the most stringent requirements for choosing a son-in-law in the world." Mrs. Huan said in a daze, "I don't think so." "Huan Hui can't do anything about the gist of what you said just now." "Nonsense, aren't we legitimate people?" "Yes, yes, our family is famous." "It's not easy for your father to start a business." That's for sure, Huan Mei nodded. "Say, who do you want to marry? Is this the person who sent you flowers? How tall and how big is he? Where does he work? Who is in his family?"

Huan Mei hurriedly comforted her: "I'm just talking." "Isn't it Xiao Deng?" Madam Huan's tone was full of hope. "He!" Huan Mei laughed, "How could he think about starting a family before running for the first Chinese governor?" "Have I met the person you mentioned?" "Mother, if I get married, I will be upright and upright and bring people before your eyes. You can rest assured." "My eyebrows, this is my only wish." Huanmei solemnly agreed to his mother. When meeting with Nie Jun again, she already had a tacit understanding with him.

He asked her, "Are you free tomorrow?" She didn't even think about it: "Yes." Whether you are free or not is 100% artificial. There is no time in the world, only appointments that you don’t want to attend. Nie Shangyou immediately thought, it's a pity that such an open and intelligent girl was born in such a family. If the environment is a little bit more difficult, she will definitely be forced to work hard, and she will definitely become famous and famous. Nie Shangyou asked again: "I don't have to compete with others?" Huanmei just laughed, "I have very few friends."

Nie Jun's heart softened. According to legend, the second young lady of the eunuch family is the easiest girl to make friends with. There are many stories about circulating in the social world, but as soon as he saw her, he knew that there was another world in her heart. She could have answered: "I am afraid that you are not the opponent, so I will give you a chance, and your opponent will be automatically eliminated", or "I didn't know you were going to fight to the death", or even frivolous and naughty such as "I just bring another gentleman with me." Let me show you how."

But she didn't. She chose the simplest answer. I don't know if such wisdom comes from a star. He invited her to a private club. As soon as he entered the door, Huan Mei saw Ye Katie. Katie was wearing a very low-cut dress, and she was sitting with a white-haired man. She was facing the door, and he was carrying someone behind his back, so Huanmei couldn't see the face of Katie's male companion, but only knew it from their intimate expressions. She found someone again. so fast. Eunmei turned his head away. Nie Youyou immediately asked with a smile, "Do you want to change places?"

Huanmei thought about it: "Alright." But Ye Katie also saw her, raised her hand, greeted her with a smile, and asked her male companion to watch them. The man turned his head, Huan Mei had no choice but to nod.At the same time, she suddenly felt that it was Ran Zhenbin, one of her father's best friends, and Mrs. Ran had just passed away recently. Huan Mei whispered, "Let's go." Nie Shangyou accompanied her to leave. In the car, he asked: "That lady, is your boyfriend's girlfriend?" Huan Mei stepped out of deep thought and smiled, "Really, that's your girlfriend?"

This was tantamount to admitting that he was a boyfriend, and he felt hot in his heart, but he didn't show it. "So," he said again, "is your father's girlfriend?" "My father's girlfriends never show up in this city, and besides, they won't be people of that style." "Strange, who could it be?" "If you pay attention to the movie version, it is not difficult for you to know that it is my brother's ex-girlfriend." Nie Shangyou still smiled, "I rarely pay attention to that edition." Huan Mei murmured, "Every time I see her, she has a different face."

Nie Youyou looked at Huanmei, "What about you?" Huan Mei touched his cheek sadly, "I'm not good at learning, so I can only use my face for two purposes." Nie Jun listened to Da Qi, "How to use it?" Eunmei said: "At home and away, a little change." Nie Shangyou could only laugh. Huanmei asked, "What about you, are you wearing a mask at the moment?" He asked softly, "What do you think?" Huan Mei stretched out her hand and gently stroked his facial features, "It seems to be a real face." He held her hand, "No, I'm a guest from Andromeda, and it's not appropriate to reveal my true colors for the time being."

Huan Mei asked gently: "Is your world new and beautiful?" "Not necessarily, each has its own difficulties." Later, they went to eat at a small restaurant by the beach. Nie Jun could feel that a certain person still occupied a place in Huan Mei's heart, and he really wanted to know who this person was. He also knew that the two of them hadn't seen each other for a long time. Strange is strange because she has not completely forgotten that person. I didn't expect her to be so affectionate, this is just another face of her. Nie Shangyou was most afraid that the eunuch would choose such a beautiful day to ask the most unpleasant question: "Please tell me your life."

Now he was relieved, people overestimated Huan Mei's status and underestimated her wisdom. What Huanmei asked was, "Tell me the story of that meteorite." Nie Jun said: "On March 8, 1976, a large-scale meteorite rain fell in Jilin, Jilin Province. More than 100 meteorites were collected, with a total weight of more than 2,600 kilograms. This is one of them. ." Huan Mei pondered the calculations, at that time, he probably hadn't entered university yet. If he wants to start from the beginning, he will talk about all the ups and downs in his life. If he doesn't say anything, she can stop asking. Huan Mei got this from her mother. "So you've been carrying it for a long time?" "Yes, I have traveled all over the country, fought east and west, and have not lost anything." Now he gives it to her. Nie Jun still sent her back before twelve o'clock. At the door, he remembered and asked, "Liang Guoxin was sentenced to two years and nine months, you already know?" "I read the newspaper, and I was always very sad. How could a person like Uncle Liang live in that kind of place? Even the floor of the bathroom in his home is electrified to keep it warm. You can step on it after taking a shower without catching cold. Fever, he hates using cold towels, the details are like this, not to mention other enjoyments in life, this is really unimaginable." Nie Youyou declined to comment, but after a while he said, "Before listening to the lecture, he was very close to your lord." "Yes, he, and Ran Zhenbin, the three of them followed their elders from Shanghai to the south to study and do business. They passed the test and sailed smoothly, and they really didn't encounter any setbacks." "Ran Zhenbin is the white-haired middle-aged man we met just now, right?" "You must have seen him on my father's birthday party night." Nie Jun nodded. Huanmei smiled: "I can chat for an hour sitting on the sofa in the car, I am really too talkative." Nie Jun said: "Or, you just like to chat with me." Huan Mei nodded: "Yes." Nie Jun suddenly asked: "Is it one of the reasons for getting married?" "Would someone like you, who lives everywhere, consider getting married?" Nie Jun also asked, "What about you?" "I can't fly high," Huan Mei said sourly, "Without the support of my family, I wouldn't be there." "What is this nonsense." "I didn't expect that I also have my sufferings. Based on your experience of hardships, looking at our troubles, I really don't know whether to be angry or funny." Huan Mei suddenly took Nie Jun's big and warm hand, and buried his face in his palm. When she was very young, when encountering unpleasant things, she would often push away her father's hand and put her face in. At that time, her father's hand was much bigger than her small face, which gave her a lot of security and was really a place of refuge. Good place, later, her father became more and more busy and rarely at home, so she found comfort in the palm of her elder brother. Then came Deng Zongping. After leaving Xiao Deng, she didn't repeat the same action for many years, thinking that she had grown up and would never do it again, but who knows, after a while, when she met Nie Jun, she couldn't help it again, revealing her weakness. She opened the door and ran into the house. But the next day, she dressed up and went out to socialize with her mother in good spirits. Huanmei will never forget that day. It was Monday, October nineteenth. They invited a few socialites for lunch, and arrived at the teahouse at ten past twelve, seeing no acquaintances, thinking that ladies and wives are used to being late, so the mother and daughter ordered drinks and started drinking. At 12:30 no one came, Huan Mei began to wonder if he remembered the wrong place or the wrong time. Just when he was hesitating, the old driver hurried in to find someone. Huan Mei invited him over. "Miss, Mrs. Zhou said something happened, the date was changed, and they won't come." Huanmei raised an eyebrow, what a big deal, eating tea and shopping is their big deal, "Nothing at all!" The old driver lowered his voice, "Miss, the stock has hit the limit." Huan Mei was startled, "What's none of your business?" The old driver was crying, "The young master gave me the inside information, and I bet all my wealth on it." Huan Mei's face changed color, "Stop talking, bring the car over, let's go home." Mrs. Huan asked in a panic: "How much has it fallen, how much has it fallen?" Huanmei put one hand on his mother's hand, "Let's get in the car and listen to the radio." "But where are your father and Maodou in New York?" "They must have heard the news." Huan Mei tightly held his mother's hand, paid the bill calmly, and boarded the car. She immediately turned on the radio. After absent-mindedly listening to two popular songs, the reporter's clear voice came out: "The U.S. stock market fell sharply last Friday, triggering the global stock market to plummet. This city's stock market has experienced the largest decline since 1973. The index has fallen by 420% so far. At seventeen o'clock, the total currency value has been wiped out by 82 billion Hong Kong dollars." Huanmei turned off the radio. Huan Hui must have burned his fingers this time. But don't be afraid, as in the past, his father will take ironing medicine to treat him, and every time he is injured, it can always make him behave for a while. Mrs. Huan kept asking her daughter, "Is it a big influence?" Huan Mei pretended to be relaxed, "Father came back, looking at his face, you can tell whether it's serious or not." Mrs. Huan thought about it, "He has always been able to control the situation." Not really. The phone in the car rang, it was Deng Zongping. As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked, "I heard that Mr. Huan is not in this city?" He was obviously still concerned. "Don't worry, if you need to rush back, he is already on the plane." Huan Mei paused, and then said relaxedly, "Thank you for your greeting." Deng Zongping hesitated to speak. Mrs. Huan said at the side, "Ask Zong Ping to eat." Xiao Deng heard this, and said to Huanmei, "I have an appointment tonight." Huanmei asked, "You have no loss yourself?" "I never touch these." He is indeed that kind of person. "See you later." Before the car arrived home, Huan Mei found Xu Qinian again, she was in a meeting, Huan Mei left a message asking her to call back immediately if there was something urgent. Can do, but only so much. As soon as Mrs. Huan entered the room, she said, "Meidou, I'm very tired. I'm going to lie down for a while." Huan Mei felt that his mother was faltering suddenly, so he hurried over to support her. The room was strangely quiet, and the phone rang, making the eunuch jump in fright. Xu Qinian replied: "Mr. Huan and Huan Hui will fly back at twelve o'clock tonight." Huan Mei heaved a sigh of relief, "This matter doesn't have much impact on Jun Long, does it?" "According to fund managers, it's not going to shake things up." Huanjuan said: "My mother is very nervous." Ms. Xu complained over there, "I will be miserable. I don't have to think about traveling around the world or buying fashion for seasons within three years." "Forget it, who asks you to borrow or credit, and you will be poor if you don't have time." Miss Xu didn't answer, Huanmei only heard her say to a person beside her: "Sell, sell, sell it for me immediately, don't ask the price, you must sell it!" The voice was no longer calm. Huan Mei stayed there, Xu Qinian had never tried to lose his composure in front of her like this. "Hey, sorry," she came back, "what did you just say?" Huan Mei felt that it was inappropriate to continue talking with her, "Miss Xu, go get busy, I have nothing to do here." She was no longer polite, and hung up the phone with a snap. Huan Mei was in a daze. Over the years, Xu Qinian had never tried to panic. She was always calm and calm, standing beside Huan Xingbo, making big things small and small things nothing. She hadn't seen any kind of battle before. She was absent-minded today and said something wrong. It can be seen that it is not trivial. Just as Huan Mei was hesitating, the maid came in and announced: "Miss, there is a Mr. Nie outside the door asking to see you." Huan Mei didn't care about any manners, and immediately went out to greet the guests. Seeing Nie Youshang, she asked, "Do you know what's going on?" Nie Jun nodded, "When will your father and brother Ling come back?" Huan Mei asked urgently, "Why does everyone want to know this question?" Nie Shangyou looked at her in disbelief. He had never really believed that such a fashionable woman could be so ignorant about finances until now. That being the case, Nie Youyou simply comforted her: "Let the boss personally supervise the business, and get twice the result with half the effort." Huan Mei said in confusion, "Maybe I've spent too much time on Jupiter's satellite system." "I'll take you for a walk." Huan Mei smiled, "Thank you for caring about me." "We're friends." "I'm afraid Huan Hui will have to learn a lesson this time," Huan Mei told him, "Many people told me that he played quite a lot." "What kind did he buy?" Nie Jun seemed quite interested. Huanmei thought for a while, "I don't remember clearly, he bought a kind of index, it is called futures index." When Nie Youyou heard this, his face changed involuntarily, and he quickly turned around so that Huanmei could not see him. "Can you tutor me what that is?" Nie Youyou said in a calm voice as much as possible: "That is a kind of gambling business." "Father paid the bill for him more than once," Huan Mei smiled wryly, "Men like to gamble, how about you?" Nie Shangyou put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked to the grass. The wind blew into his suit jacket, making him even more unrestrained. "Me?" he answered after a moment. "I bet something else." "Did you win?" "Win a few rounds, and lost a few rounds." "Why didn't you stop?" He turned his head and smiled, "If you want to live, how do you stop?" Huan Mei sat on the stone bench and looked into the distance, she understood this, downgrading her life is really the most difficult thing to do, she lost Deng Zongping for this. He sat next to her, "Maybe we met in New York, I once delivered goods for a department store called Bloomingdales for a year, although I was only allowed in and out by the back door, I also met many beautiful yellow skins Girls shop at the store." "You think too luxuriously of me." "It took me two years to become more fluent in conversational English." Huan Mei laughed, "Find a blonde girl to practice and make sure you improve quickly. You can listen to Huan Hui's English, no matter how picky you are, you don't have a Tang accent. "I changed many jobs, including thugs and cleaners in underground gambling halls. Finally, by chance, I met a boss who admired me and sent me to this city to be the host of Yi Zhen." "My father knows the boss you mentioned, right?" "They have been in contact all the time, and I believe they also met in New York this time." "He gave you a lot of authority." "How do you know?" Nie Jun was surprised. "The branch office is clearly named by you." Nie Jun smiled, "I can't hide it from you." "Your life is full of variety." Huanmei originally wanted to add that a hero should not talk about his background, but later he felt that it was a bit vulgar, so he saved it. "I did see a lot of bizarre phenomena." Huan Mei suddenly had a feeling that the people and things around her were starting to feel a little strange. She said: "You are luckier than us. You have three cultures in your body. No wonder you are so smart." Nie Jun had never heard any praise in his life, his ears were burning, and he didn't know how to respond. After a while, seeing the strong wind, he took off his coat and put it on the eunuch's shoulders. The maid came over and said: "Miss, Madam said, why don't you ask the guests to sit in the garden and enjoy the wind, why don't you go in and have a cup of tea." Huan Mei had a hint of unexpected joy. Nie Youyou joked, "It's better if you have some snacks to satisfy your hunger." Huanmei also laughed, "My mother will stare at you for a while, don't be surprised." But Mrs. Huan did not come down to greet the guests. After Nie Jun left, Huanmei went up to see his mother. Her mother said, "Is that the person?" "Just a little friend." Mrs. Huan nodded, "You have to be sure." "What about you?" Huanmei asked with a smile, "do you ignore me?" Mrs. Huan seemed to be touched and held her daughter's hands tightly. When Huan's father and son came back in the middle of the night, Huanmei was on the rooftop watching the constellation of Scorpio ascending to the south. She heard the door opening and closing several times, the car door opened and closed, and then the door opened and closed. She hurried downstairs, only to see her father and brother had entered the study, and then the door was closed heavily. Coming down was her mother. "What's going on?" "They probably have something important to discuss, Mom, go and rest." Mrs. Huan hesitated for a while, and finally went upstairs. Huanmei went to find the old driver. The old driver said with a sad face, "Master has never scolded me, this is the first time." "How does he look?" "With a livid face, he didn't make a sound." Huan Mei was in a daze, so serious. "Why did he scold you?" "I just mentioned the word stock." Huan Mei warned: "If Madam asks you, you will definitely say that you don't know." Huan's father and son have been locked in the study and never came out. Huan Mei guarded the door, at first he only heard his father reprimanding him in a low voice, but the words were not very clear, Huan Hui didn't reply until dawn, the study room fell silent. Only Huanmei dared to knock on the door. "Daddy, Daddy, would you like something to eat?" No one answered her. "Modou, Maodou." She didn't give up, and knocked harder and harder. The door finally opened. Huan Hui poked his head out, Huan Mei was so frightened that he took a step back. Huan Hui's face was covered with oil, but in the cool autumn, his back was sweating profusely, and his shirt was drenched. Huanmei asked softly, "It's so bad!" "Midou, prepare the car for us, Dad and I will go back to the company immediately." "It's only half past five." "Go, don't ask." "Dad," the eunuch called, "Dad?" She heard Huan Xingbo's extremely tired voice, "Is it Eyebrow?" When she walked into the study, she smelled smoke and alcohol. The lights were off, but the curtains were still thick and heavy, and the light in the room was dim. "Come here, Eyebrow." "dad." Huan Mei squeezed to his father's side and shared an easy chair with him. Although the father was very tired, there was no abnormality, Huanmei felt relieved. Unexpectedly, Huan Hui stumbled in at this time, "Father, Uncle Ran got the news that the market will be closed for three days!" His face was ashen. Huan Mei stood up first. She heard her father ask, "Where's the car?" There was no time to change clothes, so they rushed out with Huan Hui. Huanmei chased them all the way to the door to watch them get into the car. From getting on the plane to now, the father and son probably haven't rested for two days and two nights. Mrs. Huan came out and grabbed her daughter and asked, "What's going on?" "I don't know, they didn't say." "My eyebrow, go ask Miss Xu." "Mom, what Xu Qinian knows is only what her father told her." She paused, "Mom, didn't you say that: don't worry about men's affairs." This sentence is the trump card of the eunuch Tang Pinfang. I don’t know how many times she helped her get off the stage. When relatives and friends talked about right and wrong, she said lightly, "Don’t care about men's affairs", and she deflated the person who came, and put an end to rumors . Even at the poker table two days ago, she just used this sentence, and some people guessed enviously: "Pinfang, Xingbo's fortune has already reached hundreds of millions." She also said: "It's not about men Go deal with them." She didn't mean to be perfunctory, Huan Xingbo didn't ask her to talk to her, and she wasn't interested at all. This time, she was worried and asked Xu Qinian's subordinates to call every hour to report.The girl gave the same answer from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm: "Both eunuchs are in a meeting." Their mother and daughter looked at each other. Huan Mei forced a smile and said, "They have to sleep and eat." At nine o'clock, the girl said, "Miss Huan, I'm leaving get off work." Huan Mei suddenly envied her, couldn't help but blurted out and asked, "Acquaintance?" She smiled sweetly: "Yes, we agreed to go to a movie. Goodbye, Miss Huan." The eunuch lamented that they were the happiest people. They worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. Fame, fortune, power, and power had no effect at all, and had no effect on them, because they were content. Huan Mei gently put down the phone. There was still no news of her father and brother, and Huan Mei didn't care about it. She hid in the refuge to watch the stars, and after more than ten minutes, she was calm. "No new discoveries?" someone asked behind him. She turned her head and saw Deng Zongping coming up. "I think, only I am qualified to go to the rooftop." Eunmei smiled: "Not necessarily." Deng Zongping knew her temper, so he didn't challenge her answer. Huanmei saw that he was holding his hands on his chest, and seemed to have something on his mind. "What do you want from me?" She asked in surprise. "Let's have a chat." "A tricky case?" "What do you think of the just-released Destiny's report?" Huan Mei was stunned, and after a while, she burst out laughing, it turned out that what Xiao Deng was worried about was this, ah, the road between the two of them was getting farther and farther, and sooner or later they would never meet each other, no, no, no, she didn't care about these things. "Just think about it. The 230,000 signatures with ID card numbers are just personal opinions. I cast a vote of no confidence in the report. We have the right to demand a reasonable explanation." Huan Mei looked at him, "Zong Ping, you are really obsessed with this matter." "Either way, the democrats fought a good fight." Huan Mei sighed and remained silent. He heard, "I'm sorry, I know you don't care about this." "No problem, if you need a pair of ears, my pair will accompany you at any time." Deng Zongping laughed. Everyone has their own reasons for insomnia, some for politics, some for the futures index, and women suffer from insomnia for their insomnia. "Mr. Huan has come back?" Just at this time, Huan Mei heard the sound of a car driving up. "It's them." Deng Zongping said, "I should go too." "Zong Ping," Huan Mei couldn't help asking, "Why do you come here so often?" Deng Zongping looked at her for a long time, then answered in a daze, "I don't know." After a while, he said again: "We are still friends after all." Finally he admitted, "I couldn't help myself." For the first time, Huan Mei realized that his tone did not look like a little teacher. She said: "But Zong Ping, you know that I will never be able to meet the standards you require." He didn't say anything more. Huanmei sent him downstairs. He asked her, "Are you in love with someone else?" The voice was extremely low, the sound of mosquitoes penetrated into Huan Mei's ears, she seemed to hear it, but it seemed like she didn't hear it, but after a while, she still replied: "Not yet." Back in the house, the first thing he did was to knock on Huan Hui's door. He did not lock the door, nor did he answer it. Huan Mei went into the room and found him lying face down on the bed with no clothes on his body, sleeping soundly. She reached out to push him, "Modou, Maodou." How could Huan Hui wake up? Huan Mei became anxious and shouted beside him, "Wake up, wake up." He had already fallen into a coma, and he didn't care if the sky fell. "Young Eyebrow, don't disturb him." "Mother." "Let him sleep." "I have to ask to find out." "Your dad told me all about it." "What did dad say?" "He said he'd settle it." "Of course, but—" "It's worth the price to be able to teach Maodou to cultivate his body and mind." The eunuch couldn't help but laugh, "Tomorrow, I'll be a prodigal son, and ask you to exchange it with gold." Mrs. Huan looked at her daughter with deep meaning, but kept silent. Only then did Huanmei laugh at himself and said, "I knew I shouldn't turn back automatically." "go to sleep." Huan Mei still didn't relax, while his mother was walking away, he patted Huan Hui's bare back, but he didn't move at all.