Jiangnan

In the third month of living in Washington, Ren Pengfei met an acquaintance, Huaining, on the street.

Huaining looked like he came out to offer incense, she saw him first, then walked over, and greeted him with a deep blessing: "Master Ren, long time no see."

Ren Pengfei was extremely surprised, but he just nodded and said, "Yes, long time no see."

Seeing his indifference, Huaining pursed his lips and smiled sweetly: "Master Ren, Huaining is already married."

Ren Pengfei looked at Huaining's womanly attire, paused for a moment, and asked, "Are... how are you doing now?"

"Okay. Don't wait any longer, don't look forward to it, how bad it is." Huaining took a careful look at him, and said softly, "How is City Master Ren?"

Ren Pengfei put his hands behind his back and said, "Okay."

"That's good." Huaining was another blessing, "Then Huaining can rest assured, as the city lord, Huaining bid farewell, and there will be... an indefinite date."

Watching Huaining walk away, thinking about her words that there will be no end of time, Ren Pengfei smiled wryly, Huaining didn't say anything, but he could guess that she felt somewhat resentful towards him.

As soon as she raised her face, she saw Nie Ying who appeared at some time leaning against a pillar, turning her fan back and forth in her hand, and looked towards him with a half-smile.

"City Master Ren really has a good-looking face. He asked you to wait here for a while, and then a charming girl came up to strike up a conversation!"

Nie Ying, who was walking towards him, had something in his words, Ren Pengfei frowned slightly, and said calmly, "That one just now is an acquaintance."

"Oh, that must be your confidante."

In his words, Ren Pengfei did not deny: "It used to be."

Nie Ying stopped shaking her fan, and then she smiled slyly again: "Was it? Then who is the 'now', your daughter's mother?"

Ren Pengfei's face darkened, and he just hung his head in silence.

Seeing him like this, Nie Ying slowed down the movement of shaking her fan. She couldn't help but snorted softly, and said sarcastically, "City Master Ren is really blessed, and his confidante one after another, from today's point of view, all of them must be good friends." beautiful as godness."

"Mr. Nie is here, Ren is willing to bow down."

Ren Pengfei didn't exaggerate. No matter how ugly the scars on Nie Ying's body were after taking off her clothes, when she put on her clothes, she was so handsome that even a man's heart could not help but tremble. Walking on the street, casually could lead to a traffic disaster .

Good-looking, talented in both literature and martial arts, and a master of piano skills taught by famous musicians, born in a rich family, but without the slightest arrogance of a rich man, which woman would not want such a person?As long as he wants, the ring, fat, swallows and thin can be chosen by him.

However, although there are many people who admire him, he himself has never expressed his opinion at all. He went to the brothel to have fun with a bunch of friends.

People outside have rumored that he is pure and self-respecting, but is the real reason for this?

Hearing Ren Pengfei's words at this time, Nie Ying smiled, waving her fan and moving forward, sighing repeatedly: "It's a pity, a pity!"

As for the pity, only he knows.

It seemed that he was very interested in Ren Pengfei's confidante who suddenly appeared, and Nie Ying's topic always revolved around her along the way.

Like, what's her name?How did they meet?Why did she come to him just now?Want to ask him over for a talk?

Sometimes people do things that don't have 300 taels of silver here, but they often don't know it. Seeing Nie Ying's disapproval, the fan in her hand unfolds and closes, closes and opens again, and the speed is so frequent that people can't help but look sideways.Although he did cover up well on the surface, his slightly immature behavior revealed his mood.

For some reason, Ren Pengfei wanted to laugh, but of course, he didn't show it on his face, and his behavior was quite decent.If it is said that people are fine, it seems that it will take some time for Nie Ying to learn to Ren Pengfei's level.

Ren Pengfei answered his questions one by one with a calm face, and his words were still brief.

At the end of the question, the fan in Nie Ying's hand stopped, she looked at him with enlightenment, and suddenly said, "Why are you willing to talk to me so much now?"

He was stunned at first, and then realized that he was referring to the comparison between the bottom of the valley and the present, but he was still speechless, and he really couldn't answer for a while.Thinking about it, I really seldom talked to him back then, unless I was in a better mood, I would say a word or two.

Seeing him falling into silence, Nie Ying lowered her head and slowly opened the closed fan bone by bone. Finally, the fan surface was fully presented, with a few strokes of bamboo leaves and dried branches drawn on the yellowed paper. Swaying alone, there is no inscription or signature.

"Crack!" The fan closed suddenly, startling the heart of Ren Pengfei who was staring at the fan involuntarily following his movements.

"That's right, who would chat with an idiot who doesn't know how to speak?"

Ren Pengfei stood there watching him walk away, opened his mouth to say something, but finally had nothing to say.

Today, Nie Ying was arranged by Mrs. Hua to visit relatives and friends. She just came out from an eminent monk. When she did not find her son back then, Mrs. Hua was depressed and knelt down in the temple and prayed from time to time. Fortunately, this master often enlightened her. Only then can he persevere and finally find his son.Let him come this time, one is to pay homage to this eminent monk, and the other is to fulfill his wish for himself.

After paying homage to this eminent monk, Ren Pengfei remembered that he should go to an antique shop to choose the birthday gift of his master Cai Jing. Cai Jijiu will be 75 years old in half a month.Although the birthday banquet was not extravagant as usual, as one of his few disciples, Nie Ying did not neglect it.Knowing that he likes to collect antiques, I decided to choose a few antiques according to his hobby.

But Nie Ying kept walking forward, stopped at the intersection for a while, walked in the opposite direction to the antique shop, followed him for a long way, and finally saw him go straight into a place that made Ren Pengfei feel a little discouraged. The name is different, but it belongs to the same nature as Yueying Tower in Shuzhou - the land of fireworks.

He hesitated here, but when he looked up, he saw Nie Ying's figure had disappeared into the gate at some point. Thinking about his current identity, Ren Pengfei finally bit the bullet and walked in.

Nie Ying is a frequent visitor to this brothel, but this time he came alone without other young masters, and the girls in the building were overjoyed, thinking that this time he really liked a girl who wanted to meet alone!

But this time they were all wrong. It was true that he came alone this time, but he didn't want to have a private meeting with any girl. The old bustard greeted him with a smile and asked. With a wave of his arm, he was full of pride: "As long as it is a girl in this building, all of them will be called to serve by this young master!"

When Ren Pengfei caught up, he saw him sitting in the largest private room of this brothel surrounded by a group of fragrant and colorful Yingying Yanyan, hugging one side and another, so happy.Seeing Ren Pengfei coming in, he immediately shouted: "Come, come, have a look, tall, short, fat, thin, you can choose whatever you like, I am happy to pay for the treat today!"

Ren Pengfei frowned and wanted to retreat, but Nie Ying had sharp eyes and raised her arms and shouted: "Hey, you go and stop him, do you know who he is, and if you are happy to serve him, take him back, and you will have nothing to worry about in your next life!"

Ren Pengfei was quick on his feet, and the girls who were already salivating because of his handsome appearance moved even faster when they heard Nie Ying's words, jumping over like a rabbit to stop him!

Ren Pengfei was displeased, not only because Nie Ying had all the flirtatious looks of his cronies at this time, but also because of the stranger's touch.Although he didn't like it before, but since he came out of the Valley of Evil, the situation has become more serious, and even Huaining's approach is unbearable for him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't just let Huaining go, after all, she is the only woman he has been able to date with for so long.

No matter how displeased he was, under the premise that he had lost all his internal energy and was afraid that a stronger hand would hurt these women, Ren Pengfei really had no choice but to face these firework women who were as wolf-like as tigers after meeting a handsome man like him.

Not only were people dragged into the house, but within a short moment, the whole body was stained with the scent of rouge from these women.

The women in the brothel are all very good at serving the men, and there are few people who can match the unique skill of undressing. Ren Pengfei still doesn't feel anything, only a white shirt is left on his body.

Nie Ying was holding a wine glass, and she used to be gloating, but seeing the robe on his body disappear in the blink of an eye, the brothel women around him saw the slightly exposed wheat-colored skin on his chest, and all of them couldn't wait to hold their hands. When I touched it, the cup in my hand suddenly shattered.

The jug on the table was smashed to the ground, and his beast-like voice sounded at the same time: "Get out!"

Then, looking at the dazed people in the room, he stepped forward and kicked the whole round table over.

"Did you hear me, get out of here, get out, get out!"

In the blink of an eye, only Ren Pengfei and him were left in the huge room.

Nie Ying turned around like a violent beast with a black face, kicking whatever she saw.Ren Pengfei looked at him silently, reaching out to wipe off the red rouge on his face from time to time.

Nie Ying stopped a few times and wanted to say something to him, but seeing his usual deep and indifferent eyes, somehow she became even angrier.

In the end, he couldn't take it anymore, he stared at a pair of red eyes and shouted: "I am in your heart, am I nothing!"

Xu was too surprised, Xu was too surprised, and perhaps unable to answer, Ren Pengfei slowly lowered his eyes and continued to remain silent.

Nie Ying walked over, her footsteps were unsteady, and she bumped into something in front of her. He stopped in front of him, and Ren Pengfei waited with bated breath. Maybe it was scolding, maybe it was a heavy punch, maybe some sharp weapon passed through his body... …

But he only saw a pair of hands that were trembling and wanted to reach out, but then hesitantly retracted them. After repeating two or three times, the hands became more cautious and shrinking. Finally, he couldn't help but look up and saw him biting his lower lip, helplessly like a child.Before he had time to think, the man suddenly leaned his forehead on his shoulder, and a hoarse and trembling voice came in a low voice: "Fortunately, you didn't say yes."

The heart that had been silent all this time was hit so hard.

Nie Ying never shy away from Ren Pengfei when talking about business and dealing with serious business. On the contrary, she would occasionally throw questions to him and ask him what he meant.

What Nie Ying meant was that Ren Pengfei had contributed a lot to Du'e City for dozens of years across the Central Plains. Such a capable person was really wasted as a guard, and he could use it as soon as he could.

"Are you not afraid that I will deliberately give wrong opinions?" Ren Pengfei didn't believe that he was really so relieved.

Nie Ying laughed and said, "It's my fault that you make mistakes without thinking about everything."

Ren Pengfei didn't think he was a magnanimous man, but he admired people who dared to act. Because of Nie Ying's words, every time he answered this matter carefully and carefully.

As the lord of a city, although the tiger is in peace now, his flaws are still not concealed. In terms of business, his proposals are indeed quite profound and useful.However, Nie Ying was really surprised that Ren Pengfei didn't deliberately get in the way because of the gap in their personal relationship, and that he could pour out his own views on things from time to time.

At first, he couldn't help thinking in a good direction, and his heart was a little turbulent.But one day when she went out to do errands and delayed her return home, she had to procrastinate again and again until late at night. When she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the thoughts that could not be concealed in Ren Pengfei's eyes, Nie Ying realized that she was too whimsical.

He once asked Mrs. Hua why she asked Ren Pengfei to take her daughter in.Mrs. Hua replied, Ren Pengfei is not a cat or a dog outside, he is a tiger, a tiger that bites people.If you try to control him without pinching his weakness, you will be backlashed.And his daughter is his weakness. His daughter is obviously living in to recuperate, but in reality she is under house arrest.Only in this way can Ren Pengfei obey orders obediently.

Thinking of his meekness during this period, of the tranquility between them in the brothel that day, of the almost indifferent calm on his face when he expressed his opinion, the bitter taste overflowed from his chest to his mouth, it was really miserable .

It turned out that all of this was for his daughter. From the beginning to the end, he was still self-indulgent.

The next day Ren Pengfei went to find Nie Ying, and when he learned that he hadn't returned to the room to rest all night in the study, he walked to the door of the study, stayed outside the door for a while, and then gently pushed open the concealed door.

At this time, the sky was twilight, and he saw Nie Ying sitting behind the desk with her forehead propped up, her whole body immersed in the dim shadow.

Thinking that he was still sound asleep, Ren Pengfei was about to retreat when he heard a hoarse voice say: "Don't go."

Letting go of her hand and raising her head, Nie Ying took a look at the person not far away, took out a box from the bookcase behind her and put it on the table, "Come and see this."

After finishing speaking, he leaned back on the armchair wearily, and closed his bloodshot eyes.

Ren Pengfei paused for a moment before walking over silently.

On the table was a very ordinary brocade box, Ren Pengfei couldn't see anything special, but when he opened the box, he couldn't help being stunned.

Lying quietly in the brocade box were the deeds that had to be handed over in exchange for her daughter's life-saving medicinal materials when she was in Shuzhou. Nearly half of the land and business in Du'e City were in this box.It was a thick pile, but Ren Pengfei could tell what it was just by looking at it.

Ren Pengfei was silent for a long time, and finally put the box back, leaving nothing inside.

"The attempt to annex the city of Du'e, set up a dark game in the city, and buy all the medicinal materials and use your daughter to force you to hand over these deeds, I ordered people to do it." Nie Ying closed her eyes and said.

Moving his hand away from the box, Ren Pengfei said flatly: "Your mother once said that she is the mastermind of these things and has nothing to do with you."

"Even if I kill everyone in the capital, my mother will say that." Nie Ying slowly opened her eyes, with a faint smile on her lips.

So Ren Pengfei never fully believed it.At the time Mrs. Hua was in the capital, many things were out of her reach, and in the process of competing with the mastermind behind the scenes, many things were often bet on who would strike faster, but it was obvious that the other party was always faster. If it was Mrs. Hua in the capital, even Feige It is impossible to pass the book in time.

But Mrs. Hua is still inseparable from this matter. After all, the power and wealth needed to annex Du'e City bit by bit are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Without her help, at least Nie Ying does not have this ability at present.

The mother and son both pushed the matter on themselves.

Nie Ying tilted her head and looked at the gradually brightening sunlight outside the window, "Later, I used tricks to lure you to the capital, just to divert the tiger away from the mountain. If Du'e City, which is already swaying by wind and rain, does not have you in person, if you want to win it, you will have to wait for it." Nothing difficult."

Ren Pengfei didn't expect that Nie Ying was the mastermind behind the scenes. Although he knew that if he left, the enemy would have an opportunity to take advantage of him, but his daughter's life was at stake. He went north to Beijing to seek medical advice for his daughter.

When he arrived in the capital and accidentally discovered that Nie Ying was the former Xiao Jiang, he realized that he had fallen into his trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, but at that time he could not just go back like this, so he hurriedly wrote a secret letter reminding him to cover up the marriage letter and send it back.Even though he is in the capital now, he can still clearly understand the big and small things in Du'e City through the correspondence, just like when he was trapped in the Valley of Evils, he asked the dumb aunt to send a letter to take the opportunity to arrange things in the city.

Compared with the closure of the Valley of Evils at that time, it was more convenient for him to send news in Washington, so even though he was here, it didn't mean he didn't know what happened in the city of Doer.

And so he knew one thing, that what he thought would happen never happened.He gave his younger brother and cronies a 12-point warning, and thought hard about countermeasures, but after that, Nie Ying seemed to lose interest, and did not take any measures to put pressure on Du'e City.

At the beginning, I agreed to live in Washington to accompany Nie Ying because of my daughter, but I still had such a little thought, wondering if I could find out something from Nie Ying, so as to change the enemy's secrets in Du'er City. weak position.

But from the moment he entered Washington to the present, Nie Ying has been baffled by how he dealt with the affairs of Du'e City. Not only did he not find out any useful news, but nothing happened in Du'e City.

Just when Ren Pengfei was puzzled, Nie Ying took out such a box. Seeing the familiar things, Ren Pengfei didn't feel any joy, but felt even heavier for some reason.

When Ren Pengfei raised his head to look at Nie Ying, he realized that at some point, his eyes had already fallen on him, not even for a moment.

Nie Ying asked him seriously in a hoarse voice: "Ren Pengfei, if your daughter's health is completely recovered, if I return all these things to you, and promise that I will never trouble Du'e City again--you, will you stay?"

Ren Pengfei was slightly stunned and remained silent for a while.

Nie Ying grabbed the handrails on both sides with all her strength, and growled hoarsely, "Say it!"

Ren Pengfei clenched his hands hanging by his side into fists, looked into his eyes and replied, "No."

The person in front of him was just so stunned, staring at him blankly, his eyes fell on the box, and he suddenly reached out to grab it, his knuckles were slightly white due to the force——

"Oh, that's right, it won't be...is it..." Nie Ying finally recovered her voice, and sneered, "Then why should I worry about your mood and leave a way out for Du'e City? When the time comes, You can't leave even if you want to!"

After finishing speaking, he carried the brocade box and left. When he was about to walk to the door, Ren Pengfei said, "Nie Ying, are you forcing me, or are you forcing yourself?"

The one who answered him was Nie Ying who kicked over the flower bench next to the door, and the flower pot with the blooming Molan fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Thinking that there was nothing to do today, Ren Pengfei decided to go back to accompany his daughter, but Qingqing was resting after drinking the medicine, standing aside and looking at the longer and more beautiful daughter, Ren Pengfei couldn't help but smiled softly, turned and left.

"father……"

She thought it was her daughter's murmur in her dream, but when she turned around, Qingqing was rubbing her eyes and sitting up.

"Daddy woke you up?" Ren Pengfei sat on the edge of the bed, took a strand of long hair that was covering her face and tucked it behind her ear.

"No." Qingqing shook her head, "Qingqing could feel daddy coming, so she woke up." She also looked at her father with hazy eyes and grinned, because she didn't wake up completely, her appearance was a bit lazy, Seeing that Ren Pengfei was suffocating slightly.

"father?"

Under his daughter's puzzled gaze, Ren Pengfei returned to his usual expression, and smiled gently and asked her to lie back down: "Father is fine, you have a good rest, Daddy will accompany you today."

"Don't you have to go to work today?"

"Um."

Qingqing's big eyes blinked: "Father, then you don't have to stay with Qingqing, go and rest, you look very tired."

Ren Pengfei's heart was burning slightly, he smiled slightly, covered her with a quilt, stroked her little face, and after a while, thoughtfully said: "There is a person who is more tired than Dad..."

"Who is it?" Qingqing stretched out her hand to hold her father's big palm, wondering if it was the effect of the medicine, she lay back on the bed and soon became drowsy again.

Ren Pengfei didn't say who it was, and quietly looked at his sleepy daughter, with the fingers of his other hand lightly stroking her eyebrows.

"He has been chasing someone who never thought of stopping to wait for him. The faster that person runs, the faster he chases. Even if he is hurt again and again, he never thinks about giving up. Going down...he must be very tired, but why doesn't he stop? Maybe after stopping, he can discover other more beautiful scenery, and only then can he realize that that person is not worthy of his pursuit at all..."

Qingqing tried very hard to open her eyes, but drowsiness came rolling in, she couldn't resist it, and gradually fell asleep in the middle of her father's low and heavy voice.

Ren Pengfei originally thought that at least for today, he would never see Nie Ying who left angrily today again, but just after dinner time, someone came to inform him that the young master was looking for him.

I went there full of doubts, and then saw him in the water pavilion.

Water Pavilion is a quite elegant and quiet place in Washington.It is built near the lake, with transparent sides, weeping willows on the shore, and lotus leaves on the water surface. It is not midsummer yet, but there are already a few early lotus buds protruding from the green waves of the lotus leaves.

Other houses in Washington are luxurious but not extravagant, but here, it looks elegant from the outside, but when you walk in, you can see that everything is exquisite and luxurious, even Ren Pengfei, who has seen the world like this, is secretly surprised.

When Ren Pengfei walked outside, Nie Ying was leaning on a low table and didn't know where to look. When she saw him appear, she waved to him and signaled him to come in.

After a short pause outside the house, Ren Pengfei just took off his shoes and entered.

This room is suspended above the water, with ebony floors inside. Nie Ying is sitting in the middle of the room, and there is also a large fluffy blanket here. It looks cooler, this blanket doesn't look stuffy here, and when your feet step on it, it's very soft and comfortable.

"How is it here?"

As soon as she sat down, Nie Ying asked with a smile on her lips. Ren Pengfei couldn't help observing the small room carefully. After a while, he replied: "As much as possible, the hands of a skilled craftsman can be imagined by ordinary people. It is extremely luxurious and exquisite. pole."

Nie Ying laughed: "My mother built it for me. I was injured badly back then. When the summer was approaching, the doctor said that if I sweated all over my body, the injury would easily become inflamed and worsen. I needed to find a cool place to recuperate. My mother asked People built this place, everything here is the best, and I lived here for a whole summer.”

This was the first time that Nie Ying mentioned the injury in front of him, and Ren Pengfei didn't know how to respond.

And Nie Ying didn't continue to entangle on this topic, she put the two wine glasses on the table in front of each other, took out a wine jug from her side and put it on the low table.

"Drinking alone is too boring. I asked you to come and drink with me—" Nie Ying looked straight at the person opposite, "This is not an order, and I won't force you with anything, just a request. Please accompany me and have a drink, okay?"

Ren Pengfei was speechless for a long time, and then he looked away from each other, his eyes fell on the two wine glasses on the table, and he nodded slightly.

Nie Tou smiled.