mountain chase

In the 20th year of the Republic of China, the second day of the Lunar New Year.

It was snowing heavily in Nanjing. Although the sun was shining, the wind was blowing and it was still very cold.

Fourth Master Qiao was sitting in the tea room on the second floor of Qiao Mansion, leaning against the stove, playing chess with Lin Shuang.

"Fourth Master, Dean Liu from the Nanjing Government has come to pay you a name card." Pushing open the door, the butler held a white envelope in his hand.

"Dean Liu?" Fourth Master Qiao stopped his movements, "Oh, that's the person in charge of the telecommunications team, right?"

"Yes."

"Please come in."

"Yes." The butler nodded.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Come in."

"Mr. Qiao, hello." Pushing open the door, a man in his fifties walked in. He took off his black top hat with his hands and bowed slightly.

"Dean Liu, you are also welcome." Nodding slightly from behind the desk, Fourth Master Qiao stood up and walked to the chair by the window, "You sit down."

"Thank you." After speaking politely, Dean Liu sat down and put his hat aside. "I came here uninvited at this time, didn't I bother you?"

"Where is Dean Liu?" Fourth Master Qiao also sat down, "It's been a while since Qiao moved to Nanjing from Beiping, but he has been busy. Although he has heard the dean's name for a long time, he has no time Visiting. It is Qiao’s luck that the dean came here in person today.”

"Mr. Qiao is too polite." Dean Liu smiled and pondered for a while. Dean Liu raised his head: "Mr. Qiao, then I will just say it straight. I am here this time mainly to invite you to go to Jiangxi with me. Let me visit the chairman's house. I am not talented. Although I have been staying in the telecommunications department for the past few years, I have been helped by the chairman many times, so I am always grateful. This time I received the invitation from the chairman. I am also very happy. After all, this is the first time meeting the Chairman, so..."

Although Dean Liu didn't know the identity of Fourth Master Qiao, he was in Nanjing——anyone with a reputation would know Fourth Master Qiao.

It's not because of how powerful and powerful the Qiao family is, this idea - anyone who can call the chairman a brother, no matter what his background is, just for this alone, fourth master Qiao is absolutely powerful.

When Qiao's family moved from Beiping to Nanjing, Dean Liu did not do much for the safety of Qiao's mansion, so at this time, he dared to come over with the cheek to ask Fourth Master Qiao to see if he could be moved. Great God, go with yourself.

"Well," Fourth Master Qiao pondered for a moment, "To be honest, Mr. Qiao has not been in good health recently, and it has been snowing every day in Nanjing these days, so the doctor does not advise me to go out. It’s not easy to be treated. So someone Qiao has already called the chairman to ask for leave, and he doesn’t plan to go there.”

"So that's the case. Then, Mr. Qiao, please take good care of your health." When Dean Liu heard what Master Qiao said, he couldn't say anything more, so he sat down and left.

"Fourth Master..." Lin Shuang came out from the screen at the back of the room, a little puzzled, "You don't want to go there with President Liu, and the subordinates know, but if you say this, don't you want to reject Generalissimo Jiang as well? "

After all, it's impossible for Fourth Master Qiao not to say perfunctory scenes.

"I really don't want to go," Fourth Master Qiao stood up with his eyes half lowered, and walked to the bedside to see the snowflakes in the sky. Make a phone call and tell me that I have a cold and it is inconvenient to go out."

"Yes." Swallowing the words in his mouth, Lin Shuang just glanced at the man, and went out quietly.

Ever since fourth master Qiao got married, it seemed that fourth master Qiao didn't like to go out to socialize very much.Although I didn't like to go out before, but now I save as much as I can, and I almost never go out unless I have to.

"Lin Shuang..."

After closing the door, Lin Shuang was startled by the sudden voice behind him.Turning around, "Ma'am? What can I do for you?"

The woman rubbed the lace on her sleeves, "Um... Fourth, is Fourth Lord free tonight? I want to cook a meal for him."

Lin Shuang smiled slightly, "Subordinates can't say this. If Madam wants to ask, you can go in and ask Fourth Master directly, or you can ask Mr. Housekeeper if you want to prepare something in the kitchen tonight."

Sun Jiabi blinked, understood what Lin Shuang meant, and blushed slightly: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Nodding, Lin Shuang went down the stairs.

Looking at the closed door, Sun Jiabi thought for a long time, but she still didn't have the courage to open the door. She knew that Fourth Master Qiao didn't love her, and what happened that night was just her wishful thinking, not to mention——Joe Fourth master has never been to her room in his newlywed career.

Yes, her own room.

Fourth Master Qiao hardly slept with him.

Sun Jiabi used to fantasize about her married life in many ways, but she never imagined that she would be so lonely and lonely.

The Prince Charming back then really could only be seen from a distance, but not walked in.Thinking of this, Sun Jiabi couldn't help but feel an indescribable resentment, she just felt—maybe Fourth Master Qiao didn't save her back then, and ended up strangling herself to death, but it was much better than this boundless loneliness!

Biting her lip, Sun Jiabi stood at the stairs for a long time, but she still went down—she was going to the kitchen to cook!

Even if there is no hope, she still hopes - to be closer to Fourth Master Qiao, just a little bit.

evening.

The doorbell of Joe's mansion rang again.

"Mr. Butler, it's Mr. Jiang Dingwen and his assistants who came here, saying that they were ordered by Mr. Chairman Jiang to come and see Fourth Master."

"Okay, you open the door right away." The butler nodded and immediately walked up to the second floor, "Fourth Master."

"Huh?" Fourth Master Qiao was still sitting in the study, reading a book.

"Jiang Dingwen came over and said that he came to see you at the chairman's request."

Frowning, Fourth Master Qiao stood up immediately, and said as he walked out the door: "You go to the front hall to greet him immediately, try to delay a little time."

"Okay, little one understands." Nodding, the butler immediately walked down the stairs.

Just in time, the servants welcomed two men in long black woolen coats into the house.

this person...

Wang Dachuan!

His eyes widened, and the housekeeper stared at one of the men.Then he immediately retracted his eyes and smiled slightly, "You two have worked hard. It's snowing so much, the road is not easy, right?"

"It's okay." Jiang Dingwen patted the snow on his body, took off his coat and handed it to the servant beside him, "Mr. Steward, long time no see, how about you come in?"

"Thanks to you, everything is fine." The butler smiled and looked at the man next to him, "Who is this?"

"Why, you don't know each other so soon?" Jiang Dingwen smiled.

"Wang Dachuan?" Hearing what Jiang Dingwen said, the housekeeper pretended to remember the name and said in surprise, "It's you?"

"Yes, Mr. Butler," the man smiled and nodded politely.

It's still the same body, the same face, and the same person, but the housekeeper keenly senses that the Wang Dachuan in front of him is no longer the foolish man he used to be.

This person is a man who has been tempered after experiencing life and death.

"Hehe, you boy, I didn't expect to meet again. Why, are you working under Mr. Jiang now?" Although he didn't know why Wang Dachuan left without saying goodbye, Fourth Master Qiao didn't pursue it. The butler guessed, Perhaps it was Wang Dachuan who was secretly placed in the Kuomintang army by Mr. Qiao Siye.So I don't mention the past, just treat it as a friend I haven't seen for a long time.

"That's right, thanks to Mr. Jiang for being willing to treat me like a handyman." Wang Dachuan said.

"Handy boy? Dachuan, what you said is too modest. Why are you from the Qiao family, from the Qiao family—which one is not the elite among the elite?" Jiang Dingwen patted Wang Dachuan on the shoulder, teasing he.

"Sir, don't say that about me in front of Mr. Housekeeper. When I look back, I don't even know where I'm going to rub my face in that corner." Wang Dachuan rubbed his nose.

"By the way, I heard that Fourth Master Qiao was ill, and the chairman was very worried when he received the call. It happened that Da Chuan and I were there, so I came to see Fourth Master, which was also the meaning of the chairman." Jiang Dingwen said to the housekeeper.

"Well, our fourth master has always been in poor health. Now that we are here in Nanjing, the environment is not the same as in Beiping. Fourth master eats less, and his health is naturally worse. No, it was just two days ago. I have a fever, and now I have a cold." The housekeeper also sighed worriedly.

"That's it... then you really need to cultivate yourself." Jiang Dingwen also nodded, "I don't know how the fourth master is doing now, can you let us go in and visit?"

"Ah, of course you can, of course you can." The butler clapped his hands, "Look at my memory, I'm so focused on talking to you two that I've completely forgotten about business, please—"

"Thank you."

Push open the bedroom door.

The inside is dim and dark, the room is mostly decorated with thick brocade, and only a small wall lamp is left, so it looks extraordinarily heavy.

The butler walked in lightly, walked through a short corridor, and entered again. It was a big square room. In the center of the innermost wall, there was a high bed, with overlapping curtains. About, you can see a few soft pillows and fluffy quilts on the bed.

"Fourth Master... Fourth Master?" The butler shook the people inside.

Jiang Dingwen and Wang Dachuan glanced at each other and walked forward gently.

"Hmm..." Humming in a daze, Fourth Master Qiao opened his eyes.

suddenly widened——

The man who buried himself deeply in his heart wished he could cut him to pieces with a thousand knives was smiling gently, "Fourth Master, hello..."