Lost Dreams

Today is Yi Hai's death day.

Man Qing went to the church on this day and prayed with the priest, which was regarded as his worship.Yi Hai's tomb is in Shanghai. Ever since she came to the United States, she went to the church to confess on this day.Guanlin brought Yunzhu to look for her, and today he was planning to go back to Shanghai—Guanliang's child was almost full moon, so he had to go back to have a drink.

Man Qing agreed and placed flowers in front of Yi Hai's posthumous photo before leaving with them with the packed boxes.Today she is wearing a black cloth cheongsam, with a white jasmine flower pinned to her head, a pale face, and bright red rouge on her mouth, which looks like blood.

After getting off the plane, Guanliang and Yuqing came to pick them up.Guanliang's wife stayed at home because of the cold, so they didn't come with them, so they made an appointment to visit Guanliang's home. On the way, they passed by a cloth shop. , leave the team alone.

Pushing open the old wooden door, Man Qing saw the pink cloth with the pattern of cherry blossoms on the shelf at a glance.At this moment, she suddenly thought of Ruan Yu - Hong Kong many years ago, they also saw this when they were visiting cloth shops.They were both young then and in love with each other.

Man Qing gently caressed the cloth, her age is no longer suitable for wearing such a pink color, but she still has a little nostalgia, so she asked the buddy to make a cheongsam, and reported her own size to make a cheongsam - of course she said It's a gift for my little sister.After the money was paid, another person came in at the door when he turned around to leave. When he saw her, he was immediately stunned.After a long time, I squeezed out a sentence: "Long time no see."

Long time no see indeed.

In the second year after Man Qing came back from England, the Zhao family began to arrange for her marriage.As the eldest daughter, she was naturally the first to be married off.But recently, she only cared about her own business and didn't talk about love, so Mrs. Zhao took it upon herself to contact a rich man in the local area—the right family.

Unexpectedly, Man Qing refuted Mrs. Zhao's intention and chose a declining nobleman, the Yi family.There are several sons in the Yi family, except for the elder brother, none of them have a marriage contract.However, Man Qing chose Yi Hai, the disabled second young master of Yi, and made Mrs. Zhao very angry.But no one said there was no way to change her mind, so she had to let it go.Manqing naturally has the conditions, saying that she still has to work, and she will never be a full-time wife.The Yi family was ashamed of following her with a disability, so naturally they didn't dare to say they didn't want to, so they decided like this.

The engagement was in September, but due to the reluctance of the Zhao family, no wedding ceremony was held, only the hosts of the two families were invited to have dinner together.Wearing a bright red robe, Man Qing stepped over the brazier and walked in.She was a little absent-minded - she met Ruan Yu yesterday, and only then did she know that Ruan Yu also returned to Shanghai from Hong Kong a year after she returned to China.Ruan Yu looked very happy to see her, and wanted to take her to drink tea with her.She has been single for the past few years, and seems to want to leave the seat next to her only to Man Qing.

"Long time no see!" Ruan Yu saw her, and it took her a long time to say such a sentence.In the past few years, she still wrote letters to Manqing, but some Manqings were not even dismantled, so naturally she didn't know about her return to Shanghai.And because they were always busy with business, the two never even met each other.

"It's been a long time." Man Qing smiled and looked at her secretly.Her appearance hasn't changed much, it's still the same bewitching beauty from before.It is rare to wear a cheongsam——Man Qing remembers that she wears western clothes more often.

"How are you doing?" Ruan Yu seemed to be thinking for a long time before choking out such a sentence.

"Very good." Manqing replied, "How about you?"

"Except for feeling lonely—" she paused, "everything else is fine."

Man Qing stared at her without speaking.She more or less knew that Ruan Yu said this from the heart, but she had no luck to bear it.Just nod.The two chatted casually for a long time, and when it was time to leave, Ruan Yu just stood up when Man Qing suddenly said, "I'm getting married."

"Ah?" Ruan Yu was taken aback for a moment, seemingly unable to react.Man Qing repeated, she groped to sit down, pursed her lips silently, and refused to look at her.

"The second son of the Yi family." Man Qing continued.

"What?" Ruan Yu cried out, and quickly covered her mouth to suppress her voice.

"That's a cripple..." She said this, but felt impolite.Biting her lower lip and refusing to speak, she didn't know what Man Qing was doing, she thought in her heart that a person like Man Qing would definitely not do such a thing, she suddenly raised her head and stared at her with longing eyes. "You lied to me! Right!"

"No." Man Qing took a sip of tea and answered her. "The wedding is tomorrow. But if you don't entertain outside guests, I'm sorry I can't send you invitations."

Ruan Yu was really startled now, she seemed to have fallen into an ice cave.Manqing was getting married, and this was the first stab in her heart.Marrying a cripple—this was the second stab at her heart.Although she has only come back not long ago, she also knows a lot about Master Yi Er.She thought that if Yi Hai had something special about him, it would be fine even if he was disabled.But Yi Hai is a master who does not care about worldly affairs. He has read books, but he is not proficient in them; he can paint and dance, but he is not good.Not to mention other strengths - he just smokes opium in bed every day!How can such a person get Manqing's love?No, it shouldn't be love, it must be forced - Manqing immediately saw her thoughts and told her that it was her own will.

Now the sky was thundering, and the whole person was not only in the ice cave, but also as if someone had pulled her half out and put her into a black cauldron, with cold ice on the left and boiling water on the right.She is in pain!She couldn't stand up now, these years she still loved Man Qing with all her heart - no matter what Man Qing thought.But this made her too sad, too sad-why would she rather choose such a person than her?Is it really love!

"You." Ruan Yu swallowed, and said with difficulty, "Do you love him?"

"No." Man Qing replied simply.

"Then you—why?" Ruan Yu was puzzled.

"It's just for my own convenience." Man Qing said.Ruan Yu could hear what she meant—it was convenient for her to have fun.

She suddenly thought of Man Qing's betrayal, and her heart ached even more.But she suddenly had an idea, a cocoon-bound idea-she thought, maybe she can still have Man Qing's love now!

"Then you." Ruan Yu looked very shy, blushing.She now felt that she was very humble, and came up with such thoughts.But she really loves her!

"Do you... still accept women?" She finally asked.

"Worship the heavens and the earth-"

The director's voice brought back Man Qing's thoughts.

Yi Hai couldn't move, and was placed on a wooden chair, bowing his head together with Manqing.After the ceremony, the two toasted their parents and sat down to eat.Guanliang rushed back from France specially for Manqing's wedding, he was not as puzzled as Guanlin why Manqing chose such a person, he just joked about it.Lin Ziqing also came back, as if he was very worried about him.Guanliang always frowns because of him—there are too many constraints, but he still can't get rid of him!Fortunately, no outsiders were invited to Manqing's wedding, and no matter how Ren Ziqing wanted to come, he didn't have a ticket.Only now can Guanliang breathe a sigh of relief.

When the meal was over, people dispersed.Man Qing and Yi Hai sat in the room quietly.

There were bright red happy characters posted on the door, and Yi Hai collapsed on the bed, propping up half of his body to look at her.Today's Manqing is extremely beautiful, her red wedding dress makes her even more fair, with a touch of bright red rouge on her mouth, the color of blood.She looked at Yi Hai without saying a word, and she had no intention of sharing the bed with him at all.The bed where Mahogany sat was very big, and there was a small cabinet specially made for him in the back, which was full of his favorite snacks - of course, there were things for smoking.

The window was not closed tightly, and the candle was blown by the wind until only one candle remained, casting a round shadow and hitting the ground.Man Qing remembered the night when he called Ruan Yu again.Yi Hai was a little sleepy due to physical problems. Seeing that Man Qing was not moving, he laughed at himself and lay down to sleep.He knew in his heart that Manqing married him not because he loved him, but because of the Yi family's fame.A declining nobleman, although her financial resources may not be as good as the Zhao family's, but at least she has some contacts who can help her do something.It can be regarded as doing the Yi family a favor - if Yi Hai doesn't get married, the younger brothers below will have no way to marry a wife.

Seeing that he was fast asleep and hadn't changed his clothes, Man Qing pushed open the door and went out through the back door.She walked through the dark alley, walked to a brown yard, knocked on the door, and said "I."

The door was opened immediately, and Ruan Yu was at the other end. Seeing her dressed like this, she was shocked and speechless.Man Qing only said that he was too lazy to change clothes, so he pulled Man Qing and kissed her.The two kissed quietly at the door for a while, entered the house, and went upstairs to hug.

When it was almost dawn, Man Qing went back quickly.No one was woken up.She lay beside Yi Hai with her clothes on, waiting for the servant to knock on the door.Yi Hai obviously didn't know that she had gone out, nor did he know when she came back.The servant knocked on the door, Man Qing changed her clothes and went to serve tea to Mrs. Yi. After breakfast, she went to her own company.

Relying on the Zhao family's financial resources and influence, Manqing opened a small company, selling tea and other trivial matters, and even fiddled with fireworks.Now that she has the contacts of the Yi family, her business is even smoother.I also bought stocks, and there are special people to help manage them. The income of the Yi family is not much, except for the eldest brother's family, which is almost entirely supported by her.No one in the family dared to say that she was wrong. As an ancestor, even if they knew that she had never had anything to do with Yi Hai, they would not dare to speak out to teach her a lesson.The old lady Yi opened her mouth so viciously that she was only praised but not scolded.

In her spare time, Man Qing would go to find Ruan Yu, and they are now in love again, but it is more hidden, which makes Ruan Yu heartbroken.She pulled Man Qing that day and asked her if she still accepts women - Man Qing immediately understood what she meant, Ruan Yu was talking about being her lover.

She couldn't understand the reason why Ruan Yu did this - she thought she treated Ruan Yu like an ordinary lover and never treated her specially, but Ruan Yu believed that she could tell it even as a lover, it was really unbelievable .But she immediately understood that since she got married, Junzhu has no longer been particularly defensive towards her, and she has become a little loose, and has become the same as the previous intimate relationship.She herself has been a little bit evil.She had deliberately pulled two families into marriage, and let Yunzhu and Guanlin be together.Part of it is to perfect Guanlin, and part of it is for herself——Now Yun Zhu has no way to escape from her.

Man Qing picked up the cigarette pouch and listened to the sales report of this season by her subordinates. Since she married into the Yi family, she has better contacts and her business is getting better every year.Man Qing suddenly thought that she didn't even remember when she started smoking. She didn't smoke opium or cigars.She realized that she really couldn't remember the beginning, and took the cigarette out of her mouth.Her lipstick rubbed a little on the silver cigarette stick, it was bright red, like blood.

The author has something to say: Due to the description of the plot, the description of the disabled is somewhat inappropriate, but the author himself has no intention of discriminating against the disabled, please understand.