The beauty is in my arms, the young marshal's eyes are red at night

Zhou Shi looked at her.

He knew she wasn't lying.

Ordinary people can't imitate such a rough man's voice. She can use it freely as soon as she opens her mouth. It's not something she can't do without years of study.

"I'll give you five large yellow croakers."

Zhou Shi said, "Take it to see the doctor and take care of the people in the troupe. It's winter, so give them all a change of winter clothes."

He noticed how lightly she was dressed.

She was dressed like this, so the people in the troupe must have been the same.

Xu Zhaodi looked at him in shock: "Really?"

"I have conditions."

"what?!"

"When he recovers, you will find Manager Sun when you come back, and you will follow me from now on. I will arrange jobs for the people in the troupe."

Meeting her even more shocked eyes, he asked, "Can it be done?"

"Follow you, what do you mean?"

"Be my woman."

"..." Xu Zhaodi took a step back.

She was originally standing in the corner, but now she retreated only to press closer to the wall.

As his woman, she will naturally understand what he means.

She was a little scared: "Why?"

"The name Zhaodi is not pleasant."

He didn't answer her question, but kept talking to himself, "From now on, I'll call you Kexin, Xu Kexin. When you come back, use this name."

Xu Zhaodi was slightly startled.

She had followed the leader of the opera troupe since she was a child and had never read or read. She was illiterate.

But she always knew that the meaning of her name was just to look forward to her younger brother.

No one thought to change her name.

She was stunned and asked softly: "Kexin, what are the two words?"

Zhou Shi waved to her.

She looked at him and thought of his frivolous behavior just now, and she didn't dare to get close.

However, after much hesitation, she still cautiously took two steps towards him and stopped in front of him.

"Hand out."

She obediently stretched out her hand.

He held the cigar between his teeth, put his fingers on her palm, and wrote her name one stroke at a time.

Ke, Xin.

Xu Zhaodi looked at it carefully and silently wrote down these two words in her heart.

After writing these two words, Zhou Shi asked her to stay in the room.

He came back quickly and added two more large yellow croakers, plus the three large yellow croakers, and gave them to her.

"Go out through the front door," he said.

Xu Zhaodi nodded, wrapped the five large yellow croakers, carried the cloth bag to his chest again, and jumped twice to prevent it from falling.

Not as nervous as she was at first, she quickly wrapped her hair in it too.

He regained his appearance as a handsome little scholar.

She turned around, met his searching eyes, and explained awkwardly:

"This is a lot of money. It can be easily robbed in your hand or in your pocket. I disguise myself as a man, and no one will think that I hide things there."

For so many years, she relied on her voice and no one doubted her gender.

Even if someone said that she was pretty, hearing her voice dispelled their doubts.

Zhou Shi didn't say anything else, just go ahead.

He asked her if she could do it, but he didn't insist on a result. He didn't ask her where she lived. He just gave her the money and asked her to leave.

She bowed deeply: "Thank you, Master Jiu."

Then, trot away from the gate.

Zhou Shi stood there for a while before lying back on the bed.

He was not particularly interested in women, but her bright eyes attracted him.

He has spent his whole life licking blood on the tip of a knife. Such a life will inevitably become a bit gloomy for too long. He is used to being alone.

And her eyes were still shining brightly despite the multiple squeezes of life.

She has some drive to refuse to admit defeat.

He took a nap and woke up again soon. Zhong Yue called him outside.

Zhong Yue said: "Master Jiu, the eldest marshal sent a group of people over, and also sent a message, saying that a line has been arranged for you, and our people can come through that way."

Zhou Shi's base camp was not in Nancheng.

He has power in Nancheng, but Nancheng was previously occupied by two major gangs, the Qing Gang and the Hongmen. His Ax Gang was not very powerful in Nancheng.

When he came to Nancheng, he didn't bring many people with him.

He lost a lot of people in the turmoil in the metropolis.

Most of the casualties were sent by him to support Shen Yuqing.

There are many people who want Zhou Shiming, and it will take some time for him to transfer people from Wancheng.

Shen Yuqing sent a group of people over to him now, which was also a timely help.

"He still has some conscience and knows that I bought him some time yesterday."

Zhou Shi snorted, "Keep it and wait until our people arrive before sending it back."

Zhong Yue said yes, and then said: "Master Jiu, now that there is no Hongmen in Nancheng, we can take advantage of the situation to gather our own forces and take root in Nancheng."

"That's my plan too."

After thinking about it, he said, "Nancheng has been in chaos recently, and the governor will definitely have some means. Let's wait a little longer."

Zhong Yue said yes.

Zhou Shi said: "How is the compensation issue going?"

"It's all arranged."

Zhong Yue said, "My subordinates told Manager Sun that the compensation must be adequate. If the family is really in difficulty, we will pay more depending on the situation."

He nodded: "Well done."

Zhong Yue went down.

Manager Sun spent two days to get all the compensation in place. At the same time, the Metropolis was closed and the first floor was renovated, giving the Metropolis a brand new look.

Seven days later, the Met reopened.

The Metropolis invited several popular movie stars to be their front faces, once again attracting many customers.

People's memories are short, not to mention that the world is not peaceful to begin with, so the tickets were sold out on the first day the Metropolis reopened.

Xu Zhaodi also came this night.

She changed into clothes, which were still simple coarse cloth, but they looked much thicker to the naked eye, and she no longer dressed up like a boy.

She found Manager Sun.

When Manager Sun heard the name Xu Kexin, he politely took her to the second floor.

Zhou Shi sat on the sofa in the private room on the second floor, crossed his legs and lowered his eyes to watch the performance below.

When he heard the sound, he turned around and saw her standing next to her at a loss. He spoke first: "Has your class leader's illness been cured?"

Zhong Yue was very discerning and made a gesture to clear out all the people in the box.

There were only two of them left in the box.

"Healed!"

Xu Zhaodi knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, "Thank you Master Jiu for saving my life!"

Zhou Shi watched her lying on the ground and didn't rush to wake her up.

"I thought you wouldn't come back."

He spoke, his voice was calm, and no emotion could be heard, "I didn't send anyone to follow you. If you don't come back, no one will look for you."

"I know."

"Why are you back?" he asked her.