After Waking up Beside the Villain

The snow outside the small red brick building melted, melted and fell again, the days were pushed back, and the New Year passed in the blink of an eye.

As for Chu Yunsheng, he hadn't seen Yu Jingzhi since the night of the twenty-ninth night of the twelfth lunar month.

That night, although the news of Yu Jingzhi's assassination and serious injury reached his ears, Chu Yunsheng actually didn't feel too worried.

He is very clear that even if Yu Jingzhi doesn't have much trust in him at present, under his intentional reminder, with Yu Jingzhi's prudence, he will definitely be more careful about the situation at the dance, and will not be easily tricked.

Moreover, when I rushed back to the Jin Mansion, although there was martial law everywhere and the lights were brightly lit, it seemed that people were in panic, but Liu Er and the others, who could be called Yu Jingzhi's confidantes, were calm and calm, and did not show much anxiety.

It can be seen that the assassination was probably Yu Jingzhi's plan.

Afterwards, Yu Jingzhi thanked the guests behind closed doors in the name of recuperating his wounds and thoroughly investigating the traitors. He might have escaped from his shell and had other plans.

Chu Yunsheng asked Liu Er a few words, and Liu Er only said that Mr. Yu was injured and needed to rest, so he didn't say anything more.

Yu Jingzhi didn't want to reveal it to him, so Chu Yunsheng simply didn't ask any more questions, and patiently stayed in the Jin mansion, preparing the proposal for the pharmaceutical factory, and sorting out what he could learn by the way.

The life in the Jin Mansion was the same as what Chu Yunsheng had asked before, it was almost house arrest.

He was left in Yu Jingzhi's small building, and his range of activities was only on the upper and lower floors, and he couldn't even step in the small garden one step away.But in the twelfth lunar month of winter, he didn't have much interest in going outside to blow the cold wind.

His room was at the corner of the second floor, connected to a small study room, guarded day and night by guards with guns or men in black shorts, which could be described as heavily guarded.

The balcony of the bedroom faces the direction of the back door of the mansion. On New Year's Eve, you can hear the children's laughter coming from the street, as well as the firecrackers that blared for the rest of the night.

The first year in this world was not very enjoyable, Chu Yunsheng stayed at his desk until it was light, went downstairs to the dining room to eat the cook's dumplings, and then went into the study again.

In this way, living like a sleepless Western machine, even Liu Er was amazed and often looked at him with strange eyes.

This machine was busy until the twelfth day of the first lunar month, when it got stuck and stopped.

Late at night on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, when everything was silent, Liu Er knocked on the door of Chu Yunsheng's room.

Chu Yunsheng finished what he was doing ahead of time, and not long after he fell asleep, he woke up when he heard the sound, looked at the file bag on the desk with the manuscript paper tightly sealed, and then got up to open the door.

Liu Er showed his face from behind the door, his nerves that had been tense all day seemed to be loosened, and he whispered to Chu Yun: "Young Master Chu, sir is going back to Haicheng, take your things and get off quickly." Let's go upstairs."

Chu Yunsheng knew that it was Yu Jingzhi who had come back from work and was about to leave Beijing, so he didn't ask any further questions, turned around and put the file bag into the suitcase he packed earlier, changed his clothes and went out with Liu Er.

Seeing Chu Yunsheng's actions, Liu Er felt suspicious, but he didn't say much, and led them out of the small building to the back door of the Jin mansion.

There was a car parked in the alley next to the back door, covered in shadows that the dim streetlights could not reach.

As Chu Yunsheng approached, the rear door opened, and the young man with beautiful and sharp eyebrows leaned against the window inside and looked over with a slight smile: "Young Master Chu is not surprised at all?"

Getting into the car, putting down the suitcase, Chu Yunsheng focused on looking at Yu Jingzhi's face that seemed a little more smoky than the last time he met, then moved his gaze down, and glanced at his slightly tilted sitting posture , and finally settled on his right waist: "You are injured."

Hearing this, Liu Er, who sat in the front row and was about to start the car, changed his expression and immediately looked into the rearview mirror.

"gentlemen--"

"drive."

Yu Jingzhi raised his eyebrows, interrupted Liu Er, and said in a low voice: "The Chu family is in the business of pharmacies, and Young Master Chu has studied medicine abroad, so it's not surprising that he has some good eyesight. Besides, Young Master Chu also knows that a few days ago Yu has been calculated, and the recuperation days are short, and there are still some inconveniences, which is natural. Is what Yu said right, Young Master Chu?"

Chu Yunsheng heard the sharp edge in Yu Jing's words, but he didn't answer, but said: "Going back to Haicheng with injuries, as Mr. Yu, I'm afraid there will be troubles, why don't you stay in Beiping for a few more days."

Yu Jingzhi laughed at the side: "I set off from Beiping today, and I have time to arrive in Haicheng the next day. If I stay for a few more days, I won't be able to arrive...Young Master Chu, do you want me to stay?"

"I neither hope nor hope."

Chu Yunsheng glanced at Yu Jingzhi, and said directly: "The day after tomorrow is the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. There should be some incidents against Mr. Yu at Haicheng Railway Station. You are injured, so you shouldn't put yourself in danger again. But Since Mr. Yu has decided to go back, he must have made up his mind and made preparations, so going back like this may bring some unexpected gains."

The voice fell, and the car moved.

The tire seemed to be unstable, and it slipped on the ice at the entrance of the alley before it was worn out, blowing a large area of ​​light into the car window.

On the back seat, Yu Jingzhi's side face flickered like a layer of ice, freezing the smile on his lips into a sneer of interest.

He looked ahead, raised his hand and opened the tightly tied collar of the military uniform, blinked his eyes as if he wanted to laugh or sighed, and said, "Chu Yunsheng, I'm really curious, are you so stupid?" , or too clever... This question made me so curious that even in the severe cold in the north where there was a lot of bullets, I couldn't help thinking about it."

As he spoke, Yu Jingzhi opened the book on his lap casually, and with slight movements of two fair and slender fingers, he pulled out a willow bookmark from between the pages of the book.

——Coincidentally, this bookmark is exactly the one that Chu Yunsheng received from Zhang Peng.

Chu Yunsheng frowned slightly.

In fact, seeing this bookmark appeared in Yu Jingzhi's hands, Chu Yunsheng couldn't say he was surprised, but was a little surprised that Yu Jingzhi would directly confront him like this.

In fact, when Liu Er knocked on the door to call him, he already knew that Yu Jingzhi knew much more than him.And he didn't intend to hide anything from Yu Jing.

Yu Jingzhi obviously also saw his intention, so he was deeply surprised.In Yu Jingzhi's world, perhaps there is no one who has no other intentions and is honest enough.

Paying attention to the expression on Chu Yunsheng's face, Yu Jingzhi's eyes moved slightly, and he casually put down the bookmark, just like leaving the topic behind, neither continued to ask about the origin of the bookmark, nor asked about Chu Yunsheng's back. Instead, he suddenly changed the subject of gossip: "Now you are blue and black, are you used to living in the mansion these few days?"

Chu Yunsheng glanced at Yu Jingzhi's pale face following the bumps of the car, and replied, "Since Mr. Yu has agreed, then Chu should also make some preparations for setting up the factory."

Yu Jingzhi glanced forward, and Liu Er who was driving the car immediately said: "Sir, Young Master Chu has been writing and drawing in the small study all this time, resting in the middle of the night, getting up before dawn, except for one day We didn't go downstairs after three meals, and without your order, none of us went in to see, and we don't know what Young Master Chu is up to."

The back seat was quiet for a while, and Yu Jingzhi said in a low voice, "It's still far from the station, so I can sleep for a while."

When the voice fell to the ground, in the shadow of the car, Yu Jingzhi suddenly frowned and pursed his lips—he said a lot about caring for others, whether it was true or false, for a person like him. It can be said that he came at his fingertips, but the words that came out of his throat now made him suddenly and inexplicably feel a burning difficulty.

It's as if saying these words can damage the heart, liver and spleen, which is really weird.

The car's engine hummed.

Yu Jingzhi took a breath slowly, raised his hand to press the center of his brows, calmed down the weirdness, and was about to close his eyes, and also closed them to rest, but found that half of the shadow suddenly fell in front of him.

He raised his eyes, saw Chu Yunsheng half turned his body, and said to him: "The car is not driving steadily, can you rely on Mr. Yu?"

As soon as this remark came out, the steering wheel in Liu's second hand almost fell into the courtyard by the side of the road.

He has been with Yu Jingzhi for more than two years, and he has never seen anyone who has the audacity to make such a request, and he is still a big and rigid man.Even those beauties in the ballroom who play on the spot, at most, they would hit Mr. Yu's sleeve, if there were too many, it would be a crime.Don't look at Mr. Yu who usually laughs and talks to people, but he is really a master who can't get close.

This young master Chu is really a bear-hearted leopard!

Liu Er held his breath unknowingly, and pressed the gun on his waist with his left hand, ready to wait for Yu Jingzhi's order at any time, and shoot this young master who didn't know what to do.

However, the next moment, he saw Mr. Yu in the rearview mirror who was slowly turning cold, raised his eyebrows, and then - nodded.

Liu Er was taken aback, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from his back for no reason.

He quickly retracted his gaze, concentrated on holding the steering wheel, and stopped looking.

Getting Yu Jing's consent was also expected by Chu Yunsheng, but he did not choose to lean on Yu Jingzhi's slightly outstretched right shoulder, but curled up his long legs in the narrow carriage, and lay directly on Yu Jing's side on his legs.

Facing Yu Jingzhi's lower abdomen, he stretched out one hand to hold Yu Jingzhi's waist, forming a natural support between Yu Jingzhi's lower back and the back of the car seat, which just relieved the pain of Yu Jingzhi's rear waist. Hurt the pain in the bumps.

The slightly rough cloth of the military uniform rubbed against the tip of the cheeks and nose, and the muscle lines felt by the skin were all tensed in an instant, stiffening into steel.

The eyes that fell from above suddenly fixed on Chu Yunsheng's body like cold and sharp ice arrows.

A hand also fell down.

Calloused fingers touched Chu Yunsheng's Adam's apple, and slid across like a feather, but there was a cold and deadly danger hidden, as if they would press and crush this fragile throat at any time.

Chu Yunsheng ignored it and closed his eyes tiredly.

The hand paused and slowly moved away.

Chu Yunsheng is very clear that Yu Jingzhi's suspiciousness does not conflict with love and hatred, so when he silently takes care of Yu Jingzhi's wounds, Yu Jingzhi may suspect and guess, but he will never do it without grounds. According to what to do to him.

Maybe it was really exhausting, or maybe it was the tranquility given by the familiar breath engraved into the bone marrow from this life after another, Chu Yunsheng actually had a short and good sleep on this overly bumpy journey.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already very late at night, and the car seemed to have made a trip to the outskirts of Beijing, heading for the train station from the road outside the city. No wonder Mingming Jin Mansion is very close to the train station, but Yu Jingzhi said it was still far away.

Yu Jingzhi didn't seem to care much about making the cushions. After seeing the lights of the Beiping Railway Station from a distance, he let Chu Yun, who was awake, wake up with his usual expression.

After midnight, the train station was deserted and empty, with few people.

The car stopped outside the station, Chu Yunsheng followed Yu Jingzhi into the station, and a conductor with a lantern came over to lead the way carefully, and came to a freight train.

There were still a few figures standing vaguely on the platform near the train, one of them seemed to have seen Yu Jingzhi, stepped forward eagerly, stretched out his hand to hold it, and said anxiously: "Mr. Thanks to Mr. Yu's mediation, Yuan Sheng was able to return safely, and the gratitude is beyond words! I just don't know Yuan Sheng's home in Shenyang..."

Yu Jingzhi went up to meet this person, held that hand tightly, with a gentle smile on his face, and comforted him, "I have sent Lu Yun to Shenyang. If I can pick up Mr. Zheng's family, I will go to Dalian by water. Avoid being chased, and meet us in Jincheng. Mr. Zheng can rest assured, time is running out, get in the car first."

Yu Jingzhi's words were firm, and what he said had a convincing force, which made Mr. Zheng gradually calm down.

People on the platform boarded the train one after another.

Entering the compartment, with the bright light emitted by the kerosene lamp, Chu Yunsheng finally saw the appearance of this Mr. Zheng—the Chinese tunic suit, wide glasses, and a beard on his lips. , temperament is quite gentle, very much like a teacher.

This carriage of the freight train was empty except for tables and chairs.

After a group of people came in, they each found a place to rest. That Mr. Zheng was ushered into the next car that seemed to be used as a sleeper, and Chu Yunsheng sat opposite Yu Jingzhi, and took the file bag in the suitcase. Come out and hand it to Yu Jingzhi.

Yu Jingzhi received it with a flat face, opened it and looked at it, and said: "I sent a telegram to Haicheng before, and the land for the factory has been marked out."

Chu Yunsheng nodded for Yu Jingzhi's resoluteness, recalled the train timetable that he accidentally saw at the station just now, and said, "This train will not stop in Jincheng."

Yu Jingzhi paused with the hand that raised the manuscript paper, and said, "Not now."

Chu Yunsheng looked up at Yu Jingzhi.

"This gentleman's name is Zheng Yuansheng. He has published countless articles and led the literary movement that swept across half of China. He is a respectable person. The situation in the Northeast is chaotic, and he was hunted down by various forces. I was entrusted by others to take over He went to Haicheng. He missed his family, but he was wanted from the border and couldn't return to Shenyang."

"I promised to pick up people, but Mr. Zheng is still worried. He wanted to turn around regardless of safety several times, but he was unwilling when he arrived in Peiping. But he can't die in the Northeast. Many people still need him."

Yu Jingzhi leaned back in the chair, looked straight into Chu Yunsheng's eyes, and said in a deep voice, "He has a virtuous wife and a pair of children under ten years old."

"Lu Yun didn't go to Shenyang. But I did."

He went and brought nothing back.

Chu Yunsheng felt that the air in the carriage suddenly became dull and stagnant, filling his lungs like a pool of thick blood.

He knew the reason why Yu Jingzhi chose to delay telling Zheng Yuansheng the truth, and he also knew what would happen if he couldn't even bring back a pinch of ashes—in this world, he didn't know whether it was more difficult for the dead or the living.

Chu Yunsheng looked at Yu Jingzhi through a kerosene lamp.

After about a long time, it seemed like a while later, he looked back, raised his hand to pick up the kettle by the table, poured out a cup full of hot water, and put it in front of Yu Jingzhi.

Yu Jingzhi glanced at him, did not touch the cup of hot water, but moved his fingers stiffly on the file bag, and after a while, opened the thick stack of manuscript papers again.

At the same time, Haicheng, thousands of miles away.

In the first half of the night, the theater building, which was full of people, gradually extinguished the lanterns, and the guests dispersed, and it became deserted.

Some staff came to sweep the reward coins on the stage, and put the skins of melons, fruits and peanuts between the tables and chairs. The cooling tea fragrance still lingered in the banquet, just like Huadan's clear and melodious libretto, lingering around the beam.

Behind the stage, on the patio in the middle of the small courtyard, there was a handsome young man in a white shirt standing, carrying half a bucket of water and pouring it into a wooden basin to wipe his face.The clear moonlight shone on half of his body, casting him into a graceful shadow.

The boy was wiping, when there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him.

A beautiful young man in a blue robe ran over quickly, his body was dusty, as if he had just come back from outside, when he saw the young man in white, he said anxiously: "Baichu, why are you hiding here? I have something urgent to do." Tell you!"

Bai Chu wiped off the water on his face with a handkerchief, and said softly, "Ling Bi, why are you so anxious, speak slowly if you have something to say. What's important?"

With that said, Bai Chu waved to Li Lingbi, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

Li Lingbi let him rub it, and flattened her mouth: "It's not about the factory... I made a bet with Xuan Shao and made a written agreement. If I can run off the factory site by myself, Xuan Shao will invest in Dayang. So I set up a factory in partnership with me to do business. I have been running around for the past few days, and even the customers in the past responded with a smile. It was taken away!"

Baichu was surprised and said, "Why did you take it away?"

As soon as Li Lingbi turned around and sat on the small stool, she was so angry that she had to lower her voice, and whispered, "It was Mr. Yu who asked for that piece of land, but he didn't say what he was doing... I think Mr. Yu's family has a big business. There is no shortage of that piece of land, but it's a pity that I can't see him, otherwise I will use my penetrating tongue to persuade him to sell the land to me..."

Talking like this, Li Lingbi raised her hand and hugged Baichu's arm, rolled her eyes slightly, and said, "Speaking of Mr. Yu, Baichu, do you know Mr. Yu? I heard that he has heard of you." Voice, I even praised it..."

Bai Chu didn't understand what Li Lingbi meant, so he just shook his head and said, "I don't know someone like Mr. Yu."

Li Lingbi looked at Bai Chu's appearance, and thought to herself that you don't know anyone, you two are a couple in the novel.

In this era, Li Lingbi is absolutely unwilling to give up the idea of ​​setting up a factory to rise up. Now that the first step is blocked, that is not acceptable.Now that the land is in Mr. Yu's hands, Bai Chu can only have a try.

As for whether Bai Chu will go down the old path of being scumbags by Mr. Yu, Li Lingbi can't care about it for a while, but at worst, he will show up in the future and can compete with Mr. Yu, so he will find a way to get Bai Chu out .

Li Lingbi's thoughts turned, and she said: "Forget it, forget it, don't mention these spoilers. Hey Baichu, it seems that the Shangyuan Festival is coming, and the troupe has a big play to be held. You have practiced for so long and are so good. Don't take this opportunity to officially go on stage? It's up to me, sure!"

Looking at Li Lingbi's bright smiling face, Bai Chu felt relaxed and bright.

Under Li Lingbi's expectant and encouraging eyes, he smiled slightly and nodded.