Stage [Republic of China]

The popularity of the mouth, the result is good, but let this person lead an army.

In the night, there are few stars.Xu Jishan was stunned for a while, and finally put one hand in his trouser pocket, and smiled with the corners of his mouth curled up.

Forget it, who let him spoil this person?Make a step, just make a step.

In the room, Tou Shui Jiu sat cross-legged on the solid wood floor, eyes downcast.The letter had already been torn open, without beginning or end, and he was only asked to go to Yanhe Hotel at noon tomorrow.

Yanhe Hotel is a building run by Westerners. It is resplendent and magnificent. The crystal chandelier above the head looks like a mercury glass mirror on all sides. It is a high-end place.Shui Jiu wondered, probably Ning Jimin was doing well in Jingxi Mansion.

It's just that I asked him to go, but I don't know why?

Shui Jiu pondered for half the night, but got up early the next day.He asked specifically, and Mama Wu said that Xu Jishan had gone to the chamber of commerce early in the morning and would not be able to return until dark.

Shui Jiu felt relieved.It was about eleven o'clock, and when I went out, I hailed a rickshaw and went straight to Yanhe Hotel.

As soon as he got off the rickshaw, he saw Ning Jimin standing in front of the Yanhe Hotel, smiling at him with his mouth crooked.Today Ning Jimin was wearing a blue-gray dress with a stand-up collar, a gun holster on the belt buckle around his waist, and a medal on his left shoulder. It looked like he had been a soldier in a government office, and his rank was not low.

Shui Jiu was taken aback.Ning Jimin had always been a member of the Jiangnan Rebel Army before, and had nothing to do with the imperial court at all. When was the imperial court recruited him?But now that he was recruited, why did he wear a felt hat that night, looking furtive and afraid of being recognized?

Ning Jimin strode over, led him inside, and said with a smile, "I booked a private room for tea and dinner, let's go, Brother Ajiu, I'll take you for a stroll."

Shui Jiu nodded slightly.

When eating and drinking tea at first, Ning Jimin was quite honest, he just kept giving food to him, and didn't say anything excessive.But after the meal was finished and two cups of tea had been drunk, Ning Jimin suddenly raised his thick eyebrows and asked, "Brother Ah Jiu, how are you doing in Jingxi Mansion?"

"I..." Shui Jiu hesitated. "I'm fine now."

"Pretty good? The man who invited you to eat mutton..." Ning Jimin sneered. "What is your relationship with him?"

Shui Jiu's eyes jumped, and she turned her face unconsciously. "I'm staying with him temporarily."

"That man has something wrong with you." Ning Jimin said, suddenly raised his hand, and shrouded Shui Jiu under the shadow of his body, his words were oppressive. "Leave him early and come with me?"

That day, outside the grove, Ning Jimin said the same to him.As a result, when Xu Jishan chased him out, he was hacked by a group of irrelevant horse thieves.

Shui Jiu's heart suffocated, and her breathing was a little unsteady. "No!"

He firmly vetoed: "I will never go with you again this time."

"Why?" Ning Jimin leaned over, his breath almost sprayed on Shui Jiu's face, and shouted in an oppressive low voice. "Brother Ah Jiu..."

"Don't call me like that!" Shui Jiu hastily interrupted him, closed her eyes, panted with her water chestnut lips parted slightly. "Shuisheng, we are not on the same path. Now I am with him, and you, since you have joined the army and have a bright future, you might as well go home to find a future. From now on, we will return to the road."

"Don't!" Ning Jimin cut him off neatly, leaned over and pressed closer, his two thick eyebrows almost touching Shui Jiu's. "Brother Ah Jiu, we both grew up together, can I not compare to that man in your heart?"

This sentence seems to be not discussing the future, but jealousy.

Shui Jiu's heart skipped a beat.

"I don't want to tell you," Shui Jiu's face was pale, and he tried to hold his voice, and said clearly: "Besides, he is different from me and others."

After a while, Ning Jimin stood up with his fists clenched, his expression changed.He took out a foreign cigarette from his pocket, stood against the corner of the wall, and lit a fire with his palm to block the wind.After the light blue smoke dissipated, he said quietly: "Well, Brother Ajiu, continue talking."

Shui Jiu lowered her eyelids, and said in a low voice: "He and I both lost their mothers when we were children. No matter how you say it, we can be regarded as sympathetic."

Ning Jimin looked at him calmly, and after a while, he sneered loudly. "Is he the one who told you this?"

Shui Jiu was surprised that he guessed right, and couldn't help but raise his eyelids, looking back at Ning Jimin.

Under the light, Ning Jimin was standing against the wall in a dawdly manner, and his blue-gray military uniform made him extraordinarily handsome.

Seeing him looking over, Ning Jimin raised his eyebrows, the black mole hidden in the thick eyebrow on the left seemed to jump, and his expression became more lively. "Who is he?"

"Business is mixed, ordinary businessman."

"Oh——" Ning Jimin had a strange voice, took another deep drag on his foreign cigarette, and laughed. "He can sit in the marshal's mansion and drink tea, and when he goes to a foreign firm, he can answer questions fluently. Even when he walks past the gate of the yamen, the officials have to reward him with a three-point face. An 'ordinary businessman' in such a scene, what he said , Brother Ajiu, can you really believe it?"

Shui Jiu lowered her eyelids again, and said flatly, "I believe him."

"Hehe," Ning Jimin sneered again, raised his foot, and walked a little closer to him, almost leaning over and pressing Shui Jiu to ask another question. "What if he coaxed you?"

"That's because I'm stupid." Shui Jiu lowered her eyelids and said indifferently: "I was deceived by him, so I have nothing to say."

"You're so devoted to him!" Ning Jimin gritted his teeth, a little aggrieved.

Right now, the distance between Ning Jimin and Shui Jiu is less than three inches.If Shui Jiu stood up, if he was not careful, he would touch Ning Jimin's brow, so he turned slightly behind him, then stood up calmly, lightly brushed the folds on the moon-white gown, and said calmly: "I am here today. It is already a huge risk to come to see you privately. Also, if you come to Jingxi Mansion with the intention of doing business in Jibei City last time, I advise you to leave the city earlier."

"What's the risk? He's in charge of you?" Ning Jimin grinned.

Shui Jiu avoided this topic, frowned, and talked about him from left to right. "You are a platoon leader after all. Abandoning your soldiers and entering the city without permission, isn't it...?"

"Could it be what?" Ning Jimin continued to grin. "Now I say the biggest."

As he spoke, he lazily stretched his waist, and looked at Shui Jiu again. "It's Brother Ajiu, it's not appropriate for you to hang out with this businessman. Why don't you come with me?"

As soon as he entered the door just now, Ning Jimin made it clear that he entered the city privately this time just to fetch Shui Jiu.All these Shui Jiu knew, and Shui Jiu also believed that Ning Jimin was sincerely doing his best.

It's a pity that Ning Jimin is "good", Shui Jiu feels that he can't afford it.He got up with a dull expression, his eyes were half down, and he said lightly: "From now on, don't mention these words again. If there is nothing else, I will go back first."

"Brother Ah Jiu—" Ning Jimin stretched out his arms to stop him.

Shui Jiu suddenly hooked her lips and smiled. "It's time for Yuemo to go home from the Chamber of Commerce. If he can't find me when he gets home, he will be anxious."

After saying this, Ning Jimin's face darkened immediately. "You and him in the end..."

Ning Jimin made a gesture to catch Shui Jiu's hand.

Shui Jiu stepped back three steps neatly, put her hands behind her back, lowered her head and laughed again. "Shuisheng, I have always regarded you as my younger brother since I was a child, but in fact we are about the same age, right? Or are you a few months older than me?"

Shui Jiu laughed again. "I've listened to your 'Ajiu brother' for more than ten years, and I love it."

After all, he never looked back, opened the door and went straight out.

As soon as the door was pushed open, the outside was resplendent and magnificent, and the shining water on the ground like a glass mirror was slightly dizzying.From a distance, he seemed to see Xu Jishan striding towards him.

can't you?Didn't that guy go to the chamber of commerce for a banquet?

Just as Shui Jiu frowned, Xu Jishan had already walked in front of her.Before the person approached, he started giggling.

"What are you doing here?" Shui Jiu got angry immediately, lowered her face, and snorted coldly from her nostrils.

Xu Jishan directly took his hand, wrapped it with two big hands, and said with a smile: "Hey, I don't worry about you."

"You suspect me?!" Shui Jiu sneered, trying to pull his hand out. "The official Chinese is so beautiful, but who knows, do you suspect that I have something shady with him?"

He didn't actually say this, Xu Jishan was just puzzled, but it turned out that he made it clear.Xu Jishan's heart skipped a beat, knowing that she guessed right, that kid just had thoughts about Shui Jiu!But he was still smiling on the surface, as if he was blind and deaf, and whispered into Shui Jiu's ear: "Hey, you are my heart. This heart has run away, do you think I can not follow? Even if you close your eyes and crawl on two feet, it will crawl towards you."

"Bah!" Shui Jiu spat at him with a smile. "Crawl? Then you have to use both hands and feet."

"That's fine." Unexpectedly, Xu Jishan agreed without shame. "When I get home, I'll crawl on the ground and show you."

Shui Jiu was dumbfounded.

Xu Jishan dragged him out and got into the car, still with that playful smile on her face.Treating such a person, even if Shui Jiu's heart was made of stone, it suddenly softened, as if it had turned into a puddle of spring water.

On the way back, Xu Jishan and Shui Jiu sat side by side at the back of the car.Xu Jishan pulled down the brim of her hat, then took Shui Jiu's hand and interlocked her fingers.Shui Jiu was taken aback for a moment, but the driver in front did not turn his head, his back was straight.

Shui Jiu asked quietly: "What are you doing?"

Xu Jishan didn't answer, but clasped his fingers even tighter.

Shui Jiu frowned, and sneaked a glance at Xu Jishan. Seeing that this guy seemed to be eating something, she couldn't help but chuckle. "