mountain chase

The spring weather in Peking is always repeated.Although it is already May, it will still be slightly cool if it really rains.Fourth Master Qiao is usually the most annoying on rainy days, the patter - the noise makes people uneasy.

Today is rare, willing to go out for a walk on a rainy day.

Leaving Qiao's mansion in a car, Fourth Master Qiao parked the car in a block of the French Concession. It was evening and it was raining, and there were no pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, one or two were holding umbrellas, hurrying on the way.

Fourth Master Qiao held a black umbrella in his hand, relaxed his mood, put on a pair of rainproof boots, and strolled on the street.

Walking through a fork in the road, there is a classically decorated, rococo-style coffee shop facing you. The floor-to-ceiling clothes facing the street seem to be transparent after being wiped. Fourth Master Qiao thought about it and decided to go in for a drink. .

As soon as I walked to the door, I saw a girl in a green French chiffon skirt hugging her knees, curled up in the corner of the cafe, trying to avoid the rain.

As if feeling the gaze of Fourth Master Qiao, the woman raised her eyes and looked back.It was a girl with delicate features, although she was not beautiful, she was about eighteen or nineteen years old, she was not outstanding, but she was quite attractive.

Turning back indifferently, Fourth Master Qiao didn't see the woman's hopeful eyes.

Walking into the coffee shop, Fourth Master Qiao walked to the French window he was looking at just now. Through the window, he happened to see the girl's slender back.

"Sir, what do you need?" The waiter in a vest came forward with a menu and asked politely.

"Give me a cup of coffee."

"Okay, wait a moment." The waiter bowed, turned and left.

The rain is getting heavier.

It was still drizzling at the beginning, but now it is getting heavier and heavier. Sitting inside the house, you can even hear the sound of "whoop" from the wind outside.

Through the window, the figure of the woman has gradually blurred.

Fourth Master Qiao stirred the coffee with a small spoon, and the bartender next to him whispered in his ear, "Oh, that girl has been there for a long time, right?"

"Yeah, why doesn't the boss care?"

"The boss can't bear it either. You said if you drive him away, the rain is so heavy, if you let her in, if this girl offends someone, wouldn't she be asking for trouble?"

"Also..." The two muttered to each other, although they were poor women, no one was willing to go out to help her after all.

Just as he was talking, he saw the woman shaking her body, and finally couldn't hold on anymore, and fell to the ground.

In the heavy rain, I vaguely saw three or four people holding two umbrellas, walking forward tremblingly.Those few people were wearing black Chinese short mandarin jackets and black trousers, they looked no different from the punks on the side of the road.

Suddenly, one of them stopped and pointed his finger in the direction of the coffee shop, as if talking to his companions.

After a while, those people came over and squatted at the door of the coffee shop. One of the men turned the woman's face on the ground with his hand, "Yo, it's really not bad. If it's sold in a kiln, it will last for several days." The drink money!"

A few other people also came over, "Yes, yes. It's really a bargain."

"Brother..." The man holding the umbrella pointed to the woman's clothes, "This woman doesn't look like someone else's clothes, we...will something happen?"

"Oh?" The man pinching his face looked up, looked at the woman again, stretched out his hand to rub against her chest, and grinned, "The quality is good~" He lifted the woman up as he said , "It's such a mess these days, who knows we sold it? Besides, if she enters the kiln, she still wants to come out?"

Everyone in the coffee shop looked out the window, even the two waiters at the bar clenched their fists, but everyone just watched in silence as the man lifted the girl up, and no one spoke.

Lowering his eyes, Fourth Master Qiao put down the little spoon in a nonchalant manner.

In the astonished sight of everyone, he held up his umbrella and walked out of the coffee shop.

"You guys, put me down." Standing in the rain, Fourth Master Qiao pointed to the woman on the man's shoulder.

"Ha." The man pursed his lips, looking at Fourth Master Qiao's slender body provocatively, "Who are you? Why, want to grab a woman from me?"

Fourth Master Qiao didn't even look at the man, and waved his hands at the guards who came out of the car behind him.I saw three or four men in black suits getting out of a car behind them.

"You, you..." Only then did the man realize that he seemed to have offended someone he shouldn't, and his legs were trembling a little, "Brother, brother... This big brother, the younger one has eyes but doesn't know Taishan, people, people I put it here for you, little one, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Then he put the man off his shoulders and bowed repeatedly to Fourth Master Qiao.

"Take him back to the side courtyard and take good care of him." After ordering the people behind him, Fourth Master Qiao turned around and walked back to the coffee shop.

Early the next morning.

Fourth Master Qiao had just had breakfast when a servant came over to report, "Fourth Master, the girl I brought back yesterday woke up and said she wanted to come see you."

Putting down the cloth towel to wipe his hands, Fourth Master Qiao said, "Just let her live in peace. I'll talk about it when I'm free in the afternoon."

"Yes."

After walking out of the gate, the maid smiled slightly at the woman waiting at the gate, "Miss, our fourth master doesn't have time right now, he told you to relax and just stay here."

"Fourth Master?" Sun Jiabi frowned, "That... May I ask where it is?"

She only remembered that she passed out in a daze in the rain yesterday, and when she woke up again, she was lying in the guest room in this courtyard.Until now, I still haven't figured out what's going on.

"This is Joe's mansion." The maid replied.

"Joe Mansion..." Is that Qiao's house?

Sun Jiabi was a little uncertain, "Then... who is your master?"

"It would be better for you to ask Fourth Master in person when you have time. Miss, you haven't had breakfast yet. Do you want Chinese breakfast or Western breakfast?"

"All, all good."

"Then Chinese style." The maid smiled softly, "I will deliver breakfast to your room. Now, please go back and rest, miss. The doctor said that your body is still very weak."

"……it is good."

After lunch, another servant knocked on the door, "Miss, our fourth master said that if you are free now, please come to the main house."

"Okay, I'm free!" Finally, Sun Jiabi stood up quickly, smoothing her wrinkled skirt, "Please take me there."

"Yes, Miss." The maid answered as she opened the door for her.

After entering the gate of the main house, the maid did not lead her to the western-style building in front, but turned around along the veranda next to the western-style building, and then passed through an arch, which was the courtyard behind Qiao's mansion.

Even though it was far away, Sun Jiabi still saw the man in the white shirt in the courtyard at a glance.He was sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, holding a delicate and small cup elegantly. Just from his back, he was indescribably noble and graceful.

"Fourth Master, Miss is here."

"Yeah." Turning his head, Fourth Master Qiao looked at Sun Jiabi who was in a daze, and smiled slightly, "I wonder if the girl slept well with her homework?"

King, prince? !

If it wasn't for that person talking to him, if it wasn't for the short distance of ten steps between the two of them, Sun Jiabi would have thought that she had seen Prince Charming in those western novels!

"girl?"

"Ah... ah, I slept well." She lowered her head, and Sun Jiabi's face was burning because of her tutoring since she was a child.

"That's good. When I met you yesterday, you passed out in the rain. Now there is nothing serious. It's really great."

"Ah...thank you." Biting her lips, Sun Jiabi finally mustered up the courage to raise her head again, "I, my name is Sun, Sun Jiabi, I don't know if Mr. is..."

"My surname is Joe, and I am the fourth eldest in my family. You can call me Qiao the fourth."

That's what he said, but how dare Sun Jiabi be so ignorant, "So, thank you fourth master. I yesterday..." She hesitated for a moment, as if thinking of something bad, her eyes turned red again .

"It's okay, you are here with me now, there will be no danger," he said softly, Fourth Master Qiao took the woman's hand and pulled her to the stone bench opposite, "Sit down first, take your time Say. If there is any problem, as long as I can help, I will definitely help you."

In the end, the man asked for the hot juice brought by the maid, and Sun Jiabi warmed her hands, as if her whole heart was warmed—for the first time in her life, she felt that as long as she saw this man, her heart would beat so hard that she could not breathe freely .

"I, I had a quarrel with my grandpa a few days ago, and I was too angry for a while, so, so I ran out by myself. I didn't know that I met a thief in the car and my wallet was stolen. I, I didn't people I know, so..."

She was sobbing, but she finally explained the matter clearly.

"Oh, so that's the case." Fourth Master Qiao smiled slightly, "That's easy, you tell me your grandfather's address, and I will send someone to send you back."

"I, I..." Biting her lip, Sun Jiabi hesitated.

It's not that she doesn't want to go home. After this incident, she never wants to go out alone in her life, but...if you just tell the man the address of grandpa like this, will it, will it be...you will never see him again up...

When I was in a dilemma, I saw a middle-aged man coming out of the house, "Fourth Master, Miss Linda is here..."

"Understood," Fourth Master Qiao turned to the housekeeper and said in a low voice, "Let her wait in the conservatory first, and I'll be there right away."

"Yes." In response, the butler immediately went down.

"You, do you have something to do..." Sun Jiabi said in a low voice, and Sun Jiabi was a little fussy.

That "Linda" seems to be a woman's name...

Fourth master actually asked her to wait in the greenhouse.

"Sorry, I have something to do. If Miss Sun doesn't mind, you can stay here for one more day. I'll come over tomorrow to help you solve the problem of going home, okay?"

"OK."

I don't want to go home!

Smiling back, Sun Jiabi watched the man get up in a gentlemanly way and gracefully leave her sight.