Chapter 8 Chapter 8

Thoughts did not stop, she kept turning on the bed, and finally jumped up and exclaimed in cold sweat. Opening her eyes, seeing Xu Qinian sitting on the bed, she couldn't help but squeeze her hand tightly. "Young Eyebrow, you slept so hard, it's better to stay awake." "I saw Huan Hui, he was in shabby clothes, begging for me with his hand." "Brown, calm down, I have something to discuss with you." Huanmei took a sip of water, "What time is it?" "You slept for four hours." "Like a million years." "My eyebrow, you are the head of the family now."

"No, it's really scary, like a war, approaching." Xu Qinian hesitated to speak. Huanmei said: "You can speak directly, I don't believe there is worse news." She paused, "Miss Xu, it's really rare that you don't dislike us so far." Xu Qinian breathed out, "More than ten years ago, when I first joined Junlong, I was just a middle school student who knew a little about typing and shorthand. Without Mr. Huan's promotion, I wouldn't be where I am today. Besides, we are only part-time workers wherever we go, and have no right to be implicated. , why bother to follow the wind?"

"Have you found a new position?" "I want to tell you that I will take a two-month vacation, and then I will work in Ran's company." "Ran's, Ran Zhenbin?" Xu Qinian nodded. Huan Mei stayed for a while, "He came to Junlong to poach corners? Well done." Xu Qinian was sad, "Ran Weng has always expressed his appreciation for me, and thought he was joking before." "Look, real gold is not afraid of red fire." "Brown, there is one more thing." Huan Mei pulled a sweater over his upper body, halfway through it, when he realized that it was Huan Hui's clothes, his heart ached.

On the one hand, Xu Qinian mustered up his courage and said, "This mansion has already been mortgaged." Huan Mei poked her head out of her collar, her eyes widened, there was no way there would be such an impact, the Huan family had already been routed and ruined, could there be a darker disaster waiting for them? "Meidou, the building has been mortgaged to Mr. Ran Zhenbin. He has the right to take over the house on the 5th of next month. He specifically asked me to inform you that you must leave until the end of the month, otherwise he will be forced to take legal action."

Huan Mei heard every word, but his heart went blank, and he didn't know how to react properly. "My eyebrows, forgive my crow's mouth, I'm also a servant." Work on errands. This sentence is so unfamiliar.The army was defeated like a mountain, and everyone had no choice but to unite as one, causing the eunuch's family to perish. "The feng shui of this room is not good, Meidou. Anyway, there are only you mother and daughter left now, and there is no need for such a big place. Ran Weng told me to help you find another apartment to move." Huan Mei could no longer speak, she felt it was difficult to breathe.

Xu Qinian smiled wryly, "When we can say that this is the worst moment, it's not the worst moment. King Lear, Act IV, Scene 1. Eyebrow, I'm sorry." "No, no, Miss Xu, this is none of your business, but please advise me, how should I disclose this news to my mother?" Xu Qinian's eyes were full of pity. Who would have thought that their mother and daughter would end up like this. Suddenly, she remembered the situation when she first met the second eunuch.At that time, she had just been promoted to Huan Xingbo's private secretary. After the Lunar New Year, she was eligible to go to the Huanfu for the first time with everyone. She saw a beautiful girl who was only a few years younger than her in a pink cassie dress. The skirt came out to say hello, completely unaware of the sufferings of the people.

Xu Qinian remembers her complaining to her colleagues: "At her age, I was already a woman who has gone through vicissitudes. Look at her, I am afraid that she can be her little princess in an ivory tower for the rest of her life. I am not convinced by human fate. Why do we fight like tortoises?" The colleague glared at her and reprimanded her lightly, "Hey, in the slums, many people are born with sores on their heads. Miss, do you have sores? It's not enough to compare with the top, but it's more than the bottom. Don't be too content." In a blink of an eye, things changed and people changed, things changed and things changed. Xu Qinian felt that no matter how experienced he was, he was also shocked by this incident and was at a loss for words.

I could only hear the little princess muttering to herself: "How can I tell my mother?" Xu Qinian came back, "I have a plan here, and I would like to discuss it with you in detail." Huan Mei seemed to be a savior, "Please help me." "For the time being, don't say anything to Mrs. Huan. Find a house and move there. It's just to avoid the limelight." Huan Mei hurriedly nodded. There are only two weeks left until the fifth of next month. Huan Mei has been acquainted with Ran Zhenbin since she was a child, and he taught her this niece to water ski and dive. Unexpectedly, he was also the one who forced the eviction today.

In business and business, Ran is not a person engaged in charity. No matter who sells the house to him, he has to deliver the house on time. Huanmei doesn't hate anyone. With Xu Qinian's assistance, she dismissed the six servants in the mansion. The hands of the departing driver trembled when he came to bid farewell. Mrs. Huan sat quietly in a corner and watched everything, as if she had nothing to do with herself, like an audience in a drama, people coming and going, curtain rising and falling, had nothing to do with her. Eunmei only left a close female worker to serve his mother.

It took only a long time for Huanmei to realize that the reason why Huan's house has always been magnificent and shining was all due to the efforts of a group of helpers to maintain and clean it. As soon as they left, the store was dimmed and no one answered the phone. Huanmei wants to drive the maid to the city to buy groceries. There were plainclothes people outside the door watching her whereabouts, not restraining their identity, looking at her with a smile, winking at the same time. Huan Mei couldn't bear it anymore, and saluted him with both hands in the most rude and uncivilized gesture.

The plainclothes was taken aback and took two steps back. Huan Mei boarded the car and left, naturally there were other cars following him. Huan Mei was at a loss, she was very interested, and even joked with these people, it seemed that she would survive. She didn't expect the vitality to be so strong for a moment, and she couldn't help shivering. When she arrived at the market, the servant asked her to withdraw money to buy the goods. Huan Mei was stunned, she didn't know the true meaning of money until this time, she stammered and said, "I don't have any money around me." The old worker said: "I'll put a cushion first." Huan Mei's slap was no small matter, as if he had received a big slap, and he didn't know who made the move and who took the initiative. Halfway home, the gasoline ran out, and even the change for the gas had to be paid by the servant. It turned out that without Mr. Kong Fang, it would be impossible to move an inch. Huanmei's footsteps were frivolous, and when she returned home, the one-meter-diameter crystal lamp hanging above the entrance seemed to be pressed down, she hurriedly avoided the corner of the wall to catch her breath. "Browbeans." She looked up, "Xiao Rong, Liang Xiaorong." Xiao Rong flew over and embraced her. Xiao Rong said softly, "I didn't use the phone. They said that all the phones were bugged." "Who are they?" "People in the rivers and lakes." Xiao Rong said in a humorous tone. Huan Mei smiled wryly, "Xiao Rong, how are you?" "I'm still living." "How is Auntie?" "I sent her to visit my aunt in Vancouver." "How is your financial situation?" "Uncle took great care of us." "It's a blessing in disguise." "At this time, you will know who has a great personality, but Meidou, please remember that we are not qualified to ask others to be great people for us." "I see." "I heard that Deng Zongping and you finally separated." "He has a bright future, and he will go to the bureau to preside over important events in a few days, how can he be with me." "Qi Dafei, love?" What Xiao Rong said was so funny, Huan Mei thought it was funny, this sentence was said three or five years ago, if you have to turn around and say it, times have changed, some people's downfall will make others rise up. Eunuch is infinitely melancholy. Ai Ziyou searched for the sound and looked around, Huan Mei waved, "Come to see my best friend Liang Xiaorong." "This is freedom, it's really rare." The two of them shook hands. Only then did Huanmei realize that the house was full of women, just like during the war, all the men were in exile. Huan Mei sent Xiao Rong out. "The cold snap is coming, so wear more clothes when counting the stars," Xiao Rong said. star? It's so far away, Huanmei can't believe that she once thought about staring at the stars. She asked Xiao Rong: "Do you think I can handle it?" "Of course, if I can do it, you can too." Huan Mei was silent. "The law of survival is the simplest: If you don't die, you will survive. Soldiers in the trenches understand this truth." That night, Mrs. Huan summoned her daughter to talk with her daughter-in-law. She gently put all the personal savings under her name on the table, as if she wanted to speak, she opened her mouth and closed it again, probably feeling that there was no need to explain, everything was simple and clear. She went upstairs. Eunmei asked Liberty: "How long can we last?" Liberty is more economical than her, she calculated, "about six months." "Where is the jewellery, mother has many shining stones?" Liberty said: "Since it is missing, it must have been sold." Huan Xingbo tried his best and spent thirty years building this family. Huan Mei really didn't understand how a single gamble would ruin their family. The two young women were relatively speechless. Huanmei noticed that there was a smile on the corner of Zi Zi's mouth, she was puzzled, after a long time, she found that Zi Zi's rhombus-shaped mouth was naturally curved upwards, it looked like a smile even if he wasn't smiling, a naturally pleasant expression. Huan Mei said softly: "If you go home now, you will save yourself a lot of hardship." Liberty really laughed at this moment, she ignored her and went upstairs alone. Huan Mei was lying on the sofa, thinking about moving. When she was a child, she had heard many strange rumors: after the business of the Wang family closed down, the young master went to work as a construction worker.Also, the Xiao family's house was confiscated, and the family lived in the garage.He Fu's daughter-in-law was unwilling to sell the jewelry to help compensate, so she took the medicine angrily. Huanmei kept telling these Arabian Nights tales in one ear and out in the other, and laughed for a while after listening to them—then just left them in the back of his head. Now her status has jumped, from a person listening to the story to one of the protagonists of the story. "Browbeans." Huan Mei opened his eyes, "How did you get in?" Nie Shangyou smiled, "There are only those who have been thieves for a thousand years, but there are no ones who have been thieves for a thousand years." "It turns out that you're still a rogue thief, don't gossip, but do you have any news about my father?" "They have reached the first stop safely." "Where, Manila, Bangkok, Singapore?" "I heard you're moving out." "Upstream, please arrange for me to have a call with them, I beg you." He said softly, "That's not within my competence." "There are exceptions to everything, and you can do it." Nie Youyou replied: "I will try my best to find a way." "When will you be free?" "I can't tell you." "Then what are you doing here?" "Mr. Huan ordered that the ancestral house in the southern district is still there, and you can move in temporarily." "Ancestral house, what ancestral house?" "As the name suggests, it is probably the earliest real estate purchased by Mr. Huan before he made his fortune." "I've never heard of it." "Also, he asked me to pay for your living expenses." Huan Mei smiled wryly, "Don't lie to me, my father is already at the end of his life and can't take care of himself." Nie Shangshang was silent, "Then, let me personally sponsor you." "Long poverty is hard to care for, and you will regret it." "If you can get married, the man can't go back on his word." He had mentioned marriage many times before, but none of them were more serious than this time. "No," Huan Mei flatly refused, "You have wronged my father, we are no longer friends." "Huanmei, why do you place the responsibility on me?" "In case you misunderstand that we are rightly matched at the moment." "Are you still waiting for Deng Zongping?" "Nie Shangshang, it depends on your talent, what time is it now, you still bother me with such trivial matters." He was silent, and after a while, he left openly through the front door. At this moment, by coincidence, the drivers of a taxi and a minivan clashed and quarreled and cursed at the intersection, attracting attention. Mrs. Huan touched it when she heard the sound, "Is it Maodou? Has Maodou returned?" Eunmei don't turn his face away, his heart is cut like a knife. number five. It was the eunuch's family who lived in the eunuch's house for the last night. Deng Zongping came to take care of him early in the morning. Huan's mother and daughter left behind a storehouse of useless clothes and only carried two pieces of luggage. Mrs. Huan didn't miss it, so Huan Mei hardened her heart and asked the workers to contact a charity organization to carry away the sundries. Liberty said softly at the side: "Keep it, maybe it will be useful in the future." Huanmei smiled, the ancestral house had no space to accumulate these external things. "Liberty, you and your mother will set off first, and I will do the final inspection." Sitting in the garden, Mrs. Huan quietly looked down the mountain. The green grass had not been pruned for many days, and dandelions had already grown. The flowers were half withered and fallen everywhere. Just about to leave, suddenly, a banana-yellow convertible car shoveled up the slope, its horn blared loudly, the car stopped, and a woman in fur jumped out and approached them. Eun Mei was startled, it was Ye Katie who came. She put the car key ring on the ring finger of her right hand, turned it around vigorously, nodded and said: "Hello Mrs. Huan, hello Huanmei, I will see you soon." She walked up at a leisurely pace. Huan Mei didn't know why Katie came here at first, but he understood in a flash.Katie is here to take over the eunuch! Of course, Ran Zhenbin had given her the house, or at least allowed her to be its temporary mistress. Katie squinted her eyes to see the jailer Mei, and kept laughing all the time. Huan Mei avoided that teasing gaze. Katie said leisurely: "Okay, all the furniture is not allowed to be moved." Then she said to Liberty: "You see, everything is predestined, with you, you are with you, without you What's there is what's without you." At this time, Deng Zongping took a step forward and blocked his body in front of the eunuch's daughter. His face naturally exuded a sense of majesty, Katie took a step back, and did not turn the car key anymore, the annoying ding ding stopped, and Huan Mei breathed a sigh of relief. "You," Katie pointed at the door, "walk around the house with me before you leave, I have to see if I missed anything." Huan Mei only felt that one side of his face was numb and red, so he forced himself to be calm and said to Zi Zi: "You go first, I'll be back later." Mrs. Huan stared at Ye Katie, her face pale. Seeing his mother's reaction, Huanmei felt relieved, since the general situation has passed, Mrs. Huan has been like a puppet, so excited today, it means that there is still vitality in her body. Liberty calmly helped Mrs. Huan into the car. Huan Mei stretched out her hand, "Please." Katie deliberately raised her voice, "Actually, this house has extremely bad feng shui, so I really don't want to live in it." Deng Zongping suddenly said, "Miss Ye, I believe you will conquer the world." Even Huan Mei was startled when he heard this, and couldn't help but put his hand into Deng Zongping's arm. Ye Kaiti gave him a blank look, and opened the door boredly to inspect it. Huan Mei whispered to Zong Ping, "Thank you." "Don't hang your teeth." The eunuch is full of worries. Deng Zongping said: "Calm down, show her the house as an owner." Huanmei raised her head, "With your support, I can do it." She touched her hot face. The relationship with Deng Zongping should be looser, tighter, and looser. Huan Mei knows that he and her will never be married, but they will not sever diplomatic relations unless he has someone else. That lady, whether it is Anyone, no matter how big the measure is, will definitely ask him to break off the relationship with Huanmei. I could only hear Ye Kaiti criticize while patrolling, demoting the eunuch's house to nothing. Katie came here intentionally, her mental state is understandable, she intends to vent the depression she has suffered in the eunuch's house today, after today, her status with everyone in the eunuch's family will be equal. Pushing open the door of Huan Hui's room, even Ye Katie was moved. The layout of the room was exactly the same as when he left, with a bright red towel and bathrobe on the easy chair, and all kinds of ties scattered around. Ye Katie murmured, "This room seems to have a musty smell." Huan Mei glanced at Zong Ping, but remained silent. Zong Ping said: "This afternoon, someone will come and remove all the sundries." Katie looked up. "No, just leave it as it is." Huan Mei is surprised, Katie still loves Huan Hui!No, no, it's unbelievable, maybe she swore that she would come to the eunuch's house to live happily, no matter what, she would have her wish fulfilled, so she insisted on keeping the eunuch's house as it was, to satisfy the fire in her heart. Katie is amazing, she finally achieved her goal. When she came here, Katie suddenly became less interested, Wu Yao had passed the show, and Huan Mei hadn't expressed at all, and if she couldn't get enthusiastic response, how could the play continue?Katie was so excited about this that she couldn't sleep all night, but she didn't expect that things were not half as fun as she imagined. "I'd like a cup of tea," said Katie. Eunmei replied: "No one serves you, there may be tea in the kitchen, you can do it yourself." Katie asked suspiciously: "Browdou, you are not sad, why?" Huan Mei replied indifferently: "Because I never satisfy irrelevant people." Katie pressed, "Actually you're sad, aren't you?" Huan Mei looked around, "Congratulations, Katie, I handed over the house to you." She walked downstairs with Deng Zongping. Katie raised her voice and called, "Hey, there's the backyard, and the swimming pool..." Huanmei looked up from the bottom of the stairs, and said to Katie: "You are right, this house is quite fierce and easy to live in." Huan Mei boarded Deng Zongping's car and left, she didn't look back all the way, as if she was afraid of becoming a prison post. After a long time, Huan Mei said, "After all, I have talked too much." Deng Zongping patted her on the shoulder with a free hand, "No problem, you performed very well." "Thank you for the applause." "Is there any news about Huanhui?" "No." "Young Eyebrow, don't lie to me, don't conspire with lawbreakers, don't compromise with them, and don't be afraid of their evil forces." Huan Mei looked out of the window, "You care too much." "Don't forget I have informants, too! I have sources, too." "I really don't know Huan Hui's whereabouts." "He was seen on a Panamanian-flagged freighter." Huan Mei was startled, "How is he?" quickly grabbed Zong Ping's arm, "Where is he going?" Deng Zongping didn't believe that he knew more than Huan Mei until this time. "Where's my father, have you heard from him?" "He has decided to settle in a country where Chinese is spoken, he is safe." Huan Mei closed his eyes tightly and sighed. "Zong Ping, go on, I want to know more." "Huanhui's final destination may be New York." "We have an apartment in-" "Sorry, the account has already been transferred, and the address is being closely monitored." Huan Mei covered her face with her hands, "God," she was extremely depressed, "although the world is big, there is no room for it." "Not necessarily, your friend will take care of him." Huanmei knew that he was referring to Nie Shangshang. "My eyebrows, there is a kind of person who is born to be the scum of society, who just waits for an opportunity to lure wandering people to fall." Huan Mei smiled bitterly, "I know, you are the one who scolded me." "Young Eyebrow, you have to distance yourself from this kind of person." "You sound like a priest." "What can he give you?" Huanmei murmured, "Champagne, chocolate biscuits, and news about my father and brother." "what?" "We're here." Huan Mei raised his head. Deng Zongping opened Huanmei's handbag and put something in it. Huan Mei said softly: "Thank you for the gift." Deng Zongping didn't answer, his eyes were moist for some reason. He has always sincerely hoped that Little Eyebrow would grow up out of the fairy tale world and become a partner who fought side by side with him. He often said that Eyebrow's 20 years old was equal to someone else's 12 years old, and he couldn't dedicate his life to coaxing a little girl Son, today, Eyebrow Dou is showing maturity in every way, but he feels like a knife is piercing his heart, and hopes that she can return to the paradise, well, so what if he just carries her for the rest of his life. "Zong Ping, don't you want to cry? I've never seen you cry." Deng Zongping smiled and said: "I have shed tears for you many times, but you don't know it." Huan Mei was stunned for a while, then turned around and went home. Their ancestral house really had a strange smell, but fortunately the place was spacious. No one has lived in it for many years, and all the furniture is covered with white cloth. When the cloth layer is uncovered, the dust rises, and Liberty and eunuchs sneeze at the same time. The tables and chairs are all interesting styles of the 1950s: the sofa has four legs, and the coffee table looks like a streamlined waist. If the two women were not extremely distressed, they would really laugh out loud. Mrs. Huan sat still, lost in thought. Thinking is like sand in an hourglass, slowly drilling into the past years from a small hole. The female worker hastily arranged some necessary sundries and was busy cooking. Zi Zi suddenly said to Huan Mei, "You forgot to bring your binoculars..." The eunuch asked Liberty to visit her mother. Huanmei said quietly, "My family probably got rich here." The putty of the house is peeling off, one or two windows cannot be closed firmly, and they are tied with nylon ropes. Plane olives come. Huanmei let out a long breath. It is a miracle that the building has not been dismantled, and is now a resting place. Huanmei and Freedom said, "I'm afraid I have to find a job." Zi Zi replied in a low voice, "Huan Hui sent someone to pick me up." "what?" "I really want to stay and work with you to take care of my aunt." "Are you going to New York?" Liberty didn't answer, just looked into the distance. Huan Mei's heart felt sad, she knew that this little girl was ten times more sensible and strong than her. Just want to ask, they have a guest, Xu Qilai is visiting. As soon as he entered the door, Xu Qinian said, "I've already called someone to install the phone." The friendliness remains the same as before. She said again: "My eyebrows, someone gave me this package, specifying to hand it over to you, it's so heavy, I don't know what it is." Huan Mei reached out to take it, it was a large kraft paper envelope, so he asked Xu Qinian: "Is this package delivered to your office building?" "No, let it go, the servant took it for me." Huanmei felt that there was something strange in the bag, so he didn't open it for a while, and looked at it in his hand. On the kraft paper envelope, there were correct Chinese characters: Ms. Xu Qinian handed it over to Ms. Huanmei, with the words "requirements" written on one corner. Huanmei opened it, and inside the paper bag was a Huanyutong mobile phone. Xu Qinian was stunned, Huan Mei was also stunned, he didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, so he could only put the phone aside. Xu Qinian took a sip of tea, "The place is very quiet and nice, you are happy to live in seclusion here." She paused, "In the future, when Mr. Huan comes back, don't—" Suddenly realizing that the sentence was inappropriate, she suddenly fell silent . Huanmei said softly, "How many people fought in ancient times?" Xu Qinian forced a smile, "If you don't know how to use these poems and songs, don't learn how to use them." Huan Mei felt sad, "Miss Xu, you are right, I really don't know anything, I am useless." Xu Qinian held her hand tightly, "What you know is not just practical subjects." Huan Mei wryly smiled again and again. "Would you like to be my partner? I plan to recruit soldiers, and I think you are a talent." "You're kidding." "Brow, you know I never joke about work." "But after the holiday, you are Ran Zhenbin's subordinate." "Brow Dou, these are personal grievances and have nothing to do with profession. Frankly speaking, I don't even see Ran Weng once a month." "I can't get away with that." "Okay, okay, I understand, let's think of a way," Xu Qinian waved his hand to appease Huanmei, "I'll introduce you to another position, but without me by your side, you may have to work harder." "I'm not afraid." "Excellent." Huan Mei squatted beside her mother, "Mom, Miss Xu is looking for a job for me, I'm about to join the office worker." Mrs. Huan just said "heh" and said nothing. Xu Qinian was a little worried. Huan Mei was used to seeing it, and explained: "She is not in good spirits." Xu Qinian said goodbye: "Tomorrow I'm leaving for vacation, if you want to find me, please call this number." Huanmei kept sending her downstairs. In the past, Huanmei just didn't hate Xu Qinian, and sometimes felt that she was too good at being a human being, and it was difficult to find out the truth. After this time, Huanmei knew that Xu Qinian had the word "loyalty" on her chest, and she was really a good person who was passionate and nostalgic. Huanmei said: "I wish you a pleasant journey, and don't forget to create an affair." Xu Qinian smiled.