The Jade of the Republic of China

The affairs of the saltworks were tedious, and Shen Yutong stayed in Fengxian most of the time every week. When he returned to the concession, he was often invited to parties, but he would mostly decline them, preferring to go to a theater to relax.

Tong Rulan appeared on stage at the Dangui Theater for half a month, and the response was sensational, her reputation rose to a higher level, and she became one of the most famous actors in Shanghai.His acting is really good, whether it's appearance, singing, or figure, he can't find any faults.

Shen Yutong has been abroad for several years, and rarely listens to Beijing operas. Now that he meets a character like Tong Rulan, he has completely relieved his hunger.

He is a typical old and young master, although he is not like an old man who has other plans, he desperately gives away all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry, and he also gives a lot of money every time he listens to a play.

Tong Rulan was grateful for his appreciation, and often invited him to have a cup of tea and a little wine after the show.

So gradually there were rumors that the second son of Shen was holding an opera singer.

People are always very interested in the gossips of beautiful men, and the combination of beautiful men and famous actors is the material that tabloids will never miss.

In the garden of Shen's family in the early morning, before the newspapers for the new day were delivered to Shen Xingzhi's room, Shen Yuan intercepted them in time.

Mr. Shen's body is getting weaker and weaker. Every day, Shen Yuan will check the newspapers himself first, and then let the servants bring them to his father, so as not to let the old man accidentally read the bad news and affect his mood.

Fortunately, the newspaper did not fall into the hands of the old man today, not to mention the old father who is over [-] years old, even the elder brother Shen Yuan was almost so angry when he saw the exaggerated lace of "Second Master Shen holds an opera singer".

My little brother came back from overseas, he grew up a lot more stable, he rarely even went out with his friends to get together, it was rare that he didn't have any scandals in this year.Unexpectedly, the trouble now is a major event known throughout the city.

Shen Yutong took the newspaper directly to Shen Yutong's room.

Second Young Master Shen has just woken up and is dressing in front of the mirror.

Shen Yuan looked at his slender and handsome younger brother. Although he was honored, he couldn't help worrying. He threw the newspaper on his bed and said, "Yutong, I thought you just listen to the opera to relax. When will you pick up the opera?" coming?"

Shen Yutong walked to the bedside, glanced at the lace in the newspaper about herself and Tong Rulan, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Brother, do you believe such scribbles in the newspaper? When will I stay away from talking with Boss Tong all night? It's really ugly if there's something fair or unfair."

Shen Yuan said: "If you really didn't have anything to do with Boss Tong, why would he write indiscriminately?"

Shen Yutong smiled nonchalantly: "I just occasionally drink a cup of tea with him after watching the show, and make friends normally."

No matter how much the children of the aristocratic families love drama, the Liyuan Xing is a low-level business for them, and no matter how popular the actors are, they can't really make them admire them. Even in their eyes, these male roles are similar to their husbands.Shen Yuan frowned slightly, and said solemnly: "Yutong, I know you have always made friends widely, but you still have to be careful when interacting with actors."

Shen Yutong smiled helplessly: "Brother, Beijing opera is an art, Boss Tong is a famous actress, an artist, don't hold on to your old-fashioned thinking and be prejudiced against others. I simply admire Boss Tong's talent, and I have absolutely no other ideas. "

Shen Yuan glanced at his gorgeous face, and smiled lightly: "You don't mean that others don't. I heard that Boss Tong is a noble person. Many sons and lords visit the thatched cottage three times to invite him to dinner, but they can't invite him. You don't want to talk to him from time to time. Drinking tea and drinking, no wonder people misunderstand."

Shen Yutong laughed and said: "Brother, don't worry about it, I really want to make friends, can a big man suffer?"

Shen Yuan saw that he was frank and frank, and thought that after all, his younger brother was already an adult, and it was not easy for him as the eldest brother to ask too much, so he finally said: "Anyway, you should pay attention to yourself."

"Understood." Shen Yutong replied casually.

Shen Yutong didn't take the rumor that he was an actor seriously, but someone obviously took it to heart.

On this day, Li Yongnian, the boss of Shunhe, married his concubine and set up a banquet, and Bai Qinghe, the adopted son, brought Meng Liansheng to the banquet.

Li Yongnian is in his early fifties this year, and the eighth concubine he married was born in a brothel and is seventeen years old, more than enough to be his granddaughter.Boss Li probably loves this little concubine very much. Although it was not a formal wedding, he also set up dozens of tables for banquets.

Tong Rulan was also invited to sing.

Li's house is a Chinese-style mansion in the Huajie, modeled after Suzhou Lion Forest, in the huge Shanghai, it can be regarded as a luxurious style that ranks among the top few.

There is a special stage in the garden. After the meal, the host and guests move to the stage to watch the play.

Meng Liansheng hadn't gone to the theater to listen to Boss Tong's plays. These days, he always saw the newspaper saying that Second Young Master Shen praised him, so today he couldn't help but focus on this actor.

When the other party finished singing and the stage was replaced by a juggling troupe, he still silently followed the movements of the people.

Then, seeing that Li Siwei had said something to Tong Rulan for some reason, the two left together.

"Sir, I'll go and relieve myself." Meng Liansheng frowned slightly, then turned his head and whispered to Bai Qinghe, who was watching the juggling with great interest.

"Well, hurry up and come back."

Meng Liansheng left the table and silently followed the two people in front of him.

Li's house is really huge, with a few small paths, verandas, and moon gates, the hustle and bustle of the stage gradually disappeared, leaving only the unique quietness of the mansion.

Tong Rulan also sensed something was wrong at this moment, stopped and asked, "Master Li, why haven't you arrived yet?"

He just finished singing and was about to take off his make-up when Li Siwei came over and told him that Li Yongnian had a set of calligraphy and painting that he had collected for a long time to give him as a gift, because the calligraphy and painting were precious, and he was afraid that the rough-handed servant girl might damage them, so let him go personally take.

Tong Rulan is a very elegant person, and he also likes to collect calligraphy and paintings in his spare time. Today, there are hundreds of guests in the Li residence, and it is broad daylight, so he naturally followed Li Siwei without thinking too much about it.

It wasn't until this time that there was no one around, that I realized that I was deceived by this Young Master Li.

Sure enough, Li Siwei grinned, and pointed to the door next to Yueyue: "Boss Tong, the calligraphy and paintings are in this small courtyard, you follow me to get them."

Tong Rulan said: "Young Master Li, go get it, I'll just wait here."

However, Li Siwei smiled and directly pulled him in: "I've already come here, Boss Tong will come in with me."

Tong Rulan turned pale with shock, and struggled to shout: "Master Li, what are you going to do? Let go!"

Not only did Li Siwei not let him go, he even picked him up.

Tong Rulan is a male role, with a much thinner figure than ordinary men, and a water snake waist that can be called a grip.Li Siwei hugged him like he was hugging a girl, but after a while, he successfully dragged him into the small courtyard room, and the sound of shouting was also blocked by the door.

At the moment when she was slammed onto the bed, Tong Rulan felt dizzy and was in a hurry to get up, but was pressed down again by Li Siwei.

Li Siwei was quite tall and strong, and he sat on Tong Rulan's waist with his buttocks, and he almost broke the willow waist, so there was no way he could struggle.

Tong Rulan was so frightened that she was about to cry, she begged for mercy, "Young Master Li, please let me go, I'm not the type to do this kind of thing."

Li Siwei sneered and said, "What kind of airs does an actor put on in front of me? Isn't he a high-ranking gentleman? If Mr. Shen Er can do you, I can't do it?" Then he leaned down and approached him and asked in a low voice, "You and I Say, how is the second son on the bed?"

Tong Rulan blushed and said: "Young Master Li, you can just humiliate me, why do you want to insult Second Young Master Shen? He is not your kind of person, I have nothing to do with him."

Li Siwei pinched his buttocks, and said with a smile: "It's not clear, I have to try it to believe it."

Thinking of Shen Yutong's entanglement with this body, his blood spurted and he became very excited.

At the same time, Meng Liansheng who was outside heard the commotion inside, thought for a moment, and quickly turned around. He saw a footman who was carrying something unknown to the front yard, and hurried forward to stop him, saying: "Boss Li, Young Master Li If there is something urgent, please call for your help."

The servant didn't know him, so he thought he was a meek person, and asked in a daze, "Where is the young master?"

Meng Liansheng pointed in the direction of the courtyard: "It should be over there."

The servant nodded and muttered in a low voice: "The young master won't be hiding away to smoke opium these days, will he?"

Afraid of delaying Li Yongnian's urgent affairs, he hurriedly ran towards the small courtyard, and as soon as he ran into the moon gate, he heard unusual movements inside. He thought that Li Siwei had dragged the servants in the mansion to mess around again, so he couldn't care about anything else, so he knocked on the door and shouted : "Master, the master is in a hurry to find you!"

Li Siwei had just successfully stripped off Tong Rulan's costume, and was about to go into battle with his gun. Hearing the shout from outside, he froze for a moment, cursed again, turned over and got out of bed, and walked out in a huff while pulling up his trousers: "Okay ,knew."

He opened the door, and saw the servant craned his neck to look inside curiously, and slapped him on the forehead: "What are you looking at, hurry up!"

The footman didn't see anything, and retracted his head resentfully.

After the two left and the small courtyard returned to tranquility, Meng Liansheng walked in quietly, stood by the door and said in a low voice, "Boss Tong, it's okay, you hurry to the crowded place in the front yard."

As soon as the words fell, Tong Rulan, who was dressed, had already stepped out.Although the clothes are complete, but the makeup is messy, there is no need to guess what happened just now.

He knew it was this person who saved him, and thought that the other person was the servant of the Li family, he looked up at him and said, "Thank you little brother."

Meng Liansheng said: "Boss Tong, you're welcome, I'm your movie fan."

Tong Rulan smiled sadly, and was about to thank him again, when his eyes fell on the young and handsome face in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, before hesitating to say: "Little brother, you seem familiar to me."

Meng Liansheng said with a smile, "I met Boss Tong last time in Shen's Garden."

Tong Rulan called softly as if enlightened: "Are you the little brother who helped catch the two poisonous snakes, Boss Boss?"

Meng Liansheng nodded: "That's right, it's me."

Tong Rulan said in disbelief, "You just..."

Meng Liansheng said: "I came out to find the latrine to relieve myself, and I accidentally ran into Young Master Li dragging you into this yard. I remembered some of his comments, and knew that things were not good, so I quickly hired a servant and said that Boss Li was looking for him."

Tong Rulan nodded clearly, and said with difficulty: "I didn't expect Young Master Li to be so courageous. If it wasn't for your help, I wouldn't even know..."

Meng Liansheng said: "It's just a small effort, Boss Tong doesn't need to worry about it. Besides, I'm your movie fan, how can I just watch you have an accident."

Tong Rulan breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "Speaking of which, I have been performing at Dangui Theater for more than half a month, and I don't seem to have seen you."

Meng Liansheng rubbed his head, blushing: "The theater tickets you gave to Mr. Bai that day, he originally gave it to me, but I happened to have an errand on hand, so I couldn't go, I want to go later, Tong The boss's movie tickets are hard to come by, and I haven't been able to buy them."

Tong Rulan understood in her heart that the lowest-ranked ticket he had now had been fired for a few yuan per ticket, and the supply was in short supply.This kid is just a servant of Bai Qinghe's subordinates, and it is really not easy to buy a ticket.

He smiled and said: "Little brother, you saved me once today, and I have no other thanks. From now on, I will take care of your theater tickets."

Meng Liansheng said, "Why is this so embarrassing?"

Tong Rulan smiled lightly: "I should be the one to say I'm sorry. Where do you live? I'll send someone to deliver the theater tickets to your house later."

Meng Liansheng said, "I live in the Bai mansion, and everyone in the mansion calls me Xiaomeng."

Tong Rulan nodded: "Alright Xiao Meng, welcome to my play."

The performance on the front stage was coming to an end, Tong Rulan joined his people and was taken by the maid of the Li family to remove makeup and change clothes.Meng Liansheng quietly returned to the seat next to Bai Qinghe, and became a small follower honestly.

As for Li Siwei, after being brought by the servant, he realized that Li Yongnian was not looking for him urgently, and knew in his heart that he was being plotted against.Angrily, he pulled the unlucky footman aside to question him.

"Who asked you to call me?"

The footman faltered: "A little brother, about eighteen or nineteen years old, looks very pretty, he should be a docile person."

Shunhe had ten or twenty brothers here today, and there were not only one or two handsome ones. Li Siwei asked him to be more specific.

The footman showed a racked expression, trying to recall what Meng Liansheng looked like.The glance just now was really short, he was only sure that the young man was very marked, and because of such excessive signs, he didn't have any characteristics, so he asked him to describe his appearance carefully, but he couldn't say a word.

Li Siwei saw that this person was stunned, and knew that he couldn't ask why, so he could only give up angrily, thinking of the fat from his mouth flying away like this, he felt like a knife was twisting his heart for a moment.