The Jade of the Republic of China

That day when Mama Wu went back to the small building to prepare dinner, the two came down from the second floor in well-dressed clothes.Only then did Wu Ma know that what Meng Liansheng brought back was not a girl, but a handsome young man.

She is a simple and honest woman in the market place, she didn't think too much, she just thought that the two were friends.

The relationship between Shen Yutong and Meng Liansheng can only be called friends to the outside world.

If he was supporting an actor and raising a young lady, his father and brother would at most reprimand him for misbehaving, but he would not take it too seriously, it was just a romantic affair in a high-end mansion.

But he and Meng Liansheng, no matter where they will go in the future, at least at this moment, they are seriously in love with each other, which is no different from normal love between men and women.But it was precisely because of this earnestness that it was impossible for him to be accepted, and he didn't want Meng Liansheng to suffer any harm because of this. He could save a lot of trouble by calling him a friend to the outside world.

Although they took the key, they were busy when they first returned to Shanghai. In addition to the salt factory, the Shen brothers discussed opening an alkali factory.After returning, Shen Yutong spent most of his time in Fengxian, and he spent only a few days in the concession. Half a month passed, and except for the first day, he only came to Meng Liansheng's small building to spend the night with him twice.

Meng Liansheng didn't say it directly, but called Fengxian's office every now and then, asking when he would return to the concession.They didn't meet again and then separated, the other party's eyes were full of longing.

Shen Yutong really wanted to treat Meng Liansheng well, so she couldn't help feeling that she was too unqualified as a lover.

Finally finished with a bunch of chores at hand, he took the initiative to ask Meng Liansheng to go to the theater that day, and rushed back to the concession early in the afternoon to meet him, went to Dexing Pavilion for dinner together, and then went straight to the Osmanthus Theater to watch the movie.

The Osmanthus Theater is in a Western style, with private boxes on the second floor, and most of the guests are ladies and gentlemen, or big shots who don't want to show their faces.In the past, Shen Yutong liked to sit in the VIP seat in front of the stage, so he specially booked a box for himself and Meng Liansheng tonight.

Since returning to Shanghai, Shen Yutong has never met Tong Rulan, and only listened to the opera on the phonograph in Meng Liansheng's study.Tonight Tong Rulan is acting in "The Champion", and it's rare that he has time to come to the theater. He intends to listen to it well.

It's just that on the stage, Princess Chai, played by Tong Rulan, just sang "Enjoy the palace for many years, and gallop to the border today", when Shen Yutong, who was sitting in the private room, felt something strange in his waist, which interrupted his thoughts of listening to the opera.

He lowered his head and glanced at the hands that were poking into the hem of his clothes, and then looked up at Meng Liansheng who had moved the chair beside him at some point.The other party has been staring at the stage, looking like a gentleman, but his ears are slightly red, revealing his small thoughts at this time.

With a helpless chuckle, she grabbed his hand and wanted to move him away, but the callused hand, like a rock, not only did not let him move, but also hit the snake and drilled deeper into the ground with the stick.

Shen Yutong's cheeks became hot from his teasing, and she looked around nervously.

Although the guests in the box could see each other's faces, their lower bodies were covered by the fence, so if they did something, they couldn't see it.But it was a public place after all, he shouted in a low voice: "Xiao Meng, don't make trouble!"

Meng Liansheng turned his head to look at him, curled up the corner of his mouth to show an innocent smile, and his hands became more violent.

This guy is really a born bad thing.

Shen Yutong had no choice but to send his two hands to fight with him below.

The stage was bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang on the stage, the little-known corner of the small box was also full of heat.

Seeing that he couldn't bear it anymore, and was really afraid that he would be ugly, Shen Yutong said in a low voice with trembling voice: "Don't make trouble, let's go and make trouble as you like after the show."

Meng Liansheng just withdrew Lushan's claw, and Shen Yutong gave him a hard look, but because his eyes were full of spring water, he couldn't see the harshness, but seemed to be seducing.

At this time, Meng Liansheng showed his usual shyness again, and stretched out his hand to straighten his clothes.

The two were very close, with each other's breath lingering on the tip of their noses, Shen Yutong knew that tonight's scene would be impossible to watch.

He was thinking about leaving early, when the door of the box was suddenly pushed open from the outside, a tall and straight man rushed in, panting heavily, obviously running all the way.

This person was none other than Long Jialin who hadn't seen him for over a year.

Naturally, Long Jialin came here specifically for Shen Yutong.

In the past year, the situation has been tense, and his father has kept him under strict control, so that after Shen Yutong returned to Shanghai from Ziliujing, he couldn't get away and come back to see him immediately. It was because a distinguished guest came to the station yesterday, and his father wanted to close the door and have a private conversation with people for at least two days. One day, he slipped away at night, drove back to Shanghai, and arrived at Shen's garden in the evening, but met Shen Yutong going out to watch a play.

I haven't seen him for more than a year. He didn't want to wait for a moment, so he just ran to the theater to find someone directly.

Seeing Shen Yutong in real life at this moment, Long Jialin was very excited at the moment, completely ignoring that the opera was singing on the stage, and before the audience applauded, he shouted "Xiaofeng", rushed forward and hugged her .

Shen Yutong never expected that Long Jialin would suddenly appear here, and when he hugged him, he still opened his mouth in surprise.

On the other hand, Meng Liansheng frowned slightly.

Long Jialin shouted angrily, like a thunderbolt out of thin air, disturbing the people who were singing and watching the opera, the actors on the stage were able to stabilize the rhythm, but the audience upstairs and downstairs followed the sound with dissatisfaction.

Shen Yutong reacted and pushed the person away, wishing to dig a tunnel to get in.This time, if you don't want to go, you have to go.

He patted Meng Liansheng and said in a low voice, "Let's go out first."

Then he dragged Long Jialin, who was still baring his teeth and claws in excitement, out of the box in desperation, and went straight to the gate of the theater.

Long Jialin seemed unaware of his own recklessness, he yelled when he was being pulled, and when he was finally let go, he quickly put his arms around the other's shoulder and said, "Xiaofeng, brother said you came with someone After watching the play, who else would I miss you with, it turned out to be Xiao Meng." After finishing speaking, he turned around and patted Meng Liansheng brightly, "Xiao Meng, I heard that you saved Xiaofeng in Sichuan, I will thank you very much later. "

Shen Yutong rubbed her nose and coughed lightly to cover up.

Meng Liansheng looked at the big hand on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Second Young Master and I are friends, and it's right to do something for a friend. You're welcome, Young Master Long."

Shen Yutong should have been happy to see his long-lost friend, but he didn't know if it was because the rare reunion with Meng Liansheng was interrupted. Facing the elated Long Jialin at this moment, he seemed unable to be as excited as him.

He took Long Jialin's hand away and asked, "Xiaolong, why are you here?"

"Of course I came to see you!" Long Jialin replied confidently, but as if thinking of something, his shoulders slumped, and he showed a sad face, "You don't even know how strict my father has been controlling me this year. , I can’t go anywhere without his permission. Knowing that you have returned to Shanghai, I can’t come back to see you right away. I just ran back secretly, and I have to go back to the station early tomorrow morning.”

After hearing this, Shen Yutong glanced at him silently. The tall and tall young man was covered in travel dust and his military uniform was loose because of his long journey.

But Long Jialin obviously didn't realize what was wrong with him, and he didn't realize that he and Meng Liansheng were no longer just friends - even just now they almost shot a gun in the theater box.

He only had the excitement and joy of reuniting with his friends after a long absence. The military camp was boring and depressing. There was not a day when he didn't want to go back to Shanghai and spend every day with Shen Yutong as before.But he is the only son of the Long family, and he is not in charge of what he wants to do, so he stole this day to see Shen Yutong, and for him, it was happier than New Year's.

He embraced Shen Yutong's shoulder again, and said, "Xiao Meng, let's go home quickly, and Xiao Meng will also be with us."

The home Long Jialin was talking about was naturally the garden of the Shen family. He took it for granted that he and Shen Yutong were grouped together, and Meng Liansheng was just an outsider.

If it was in the past, Shen Yutong would naturally not care about these words. He and Long Jialin grew up together, and the other party spent countless years of cold and heat in the Shen family's garden. The Shen family is indeed half of Long Jialin's Home.But now, his relationship with Meng Liansheng was closer than that of Long Jialin, and he worried that Meng Liansheng would feel uncomfortable.

Besides, he had already promised Xiao Meng that he would go to his place tonight, because Long Jialin's sudden appearance would disturb him, and he was afraid that the other party would be unhappy.

However, he obviously thought of Meng Liansheng too petty, and saw that the other party still looked as usual, and smiled kindly at Long Jialin, saying: "Master Long has been exhausted all the way, I'm afraid he hasn't had dinner yet, hurry up and talk to the two Young master, go back to eat, I won't bother you."

Long Jialin was very satisfied with his understanding of current affairs, and said with a smile: "It's true, after eating something at the post station in the morning, I have been on my way, so I ate some dry food. Let's go Xiaofeng, let's go back quickly and ask the cook to get me something delicious."

Shen Yutong was also afraid that he was really hungry, so he could only wave to Meng Liansheng: "Then Xiaomeng, I will go back first, and I will come to you later."

Meng Liansheng smiled and said, "Second son, Master Long, walk slowly."

He stood there, watching Long Jialin pull Shen Yutong into the car, when Shen Yutong sat in the car and looked at him through the window and night lights, he smiled and waved his hand.

The car sank into the night street and gradually disappeared into the shadows.

The smile on Meng Liansheng's face also gradually faded, the corners of his mouth twitched as if bored, and he turned and walked towards his car.

Every time Long Jialin came to the Shen family's garden, the first thing he did was to have a big meal, so he didn't order, the housekeeper had already ordered the kitchen to be prepared in advance, and when the two returned home, several big dishes were brought out for him and The close-fitting horse-ben swept the wind and clouds, and I ate it to my heart's content.

Tomorrow morning, he will return to the station, and this night is very precious to Long Jialin. After eating and drinking, he clings to Shen Yutong and never leaves, wishing to drag someone to talk to him in the bathroom while taking a shower.

Of course Shen Yutong didn't do what he wanted.

In fact, he was not particularly excited about this reunion after a long absence.

He had to admit that he valued his friendship with Long Jialin far less than the other party.After going abroad for four years and returning for three years, he can count the number of times he met Long Jialin with two hands. The other party is not the cowardly boy who always followed behind him, and he is not the son who didn't know the sufferings of the world. Of course, it is impossible for their friendship to remain at the age of 17.

The two had already parted ways on the road of life and drifted away, but Long Jialin seemed unwilling to accept this fact, and was still deceiving himself and pouring enthusiasm into him.He knew it was because Xiaolong had only one true friend since he was a child.So he couldn't bear to refuse the other party's intimacy - even though he was not used to this kind of intimacy.

He glanced at the clock on the wall, it was ten o'clock.

Just when he was wondering if Meng Liansheng had fallen asleep right now, Long Jialin, who had finished the shower, entered his room with steam on his head, jumped onto the big bed as if he was familiar with the road, crossed his legs and sat across from him, and said with a smile: "Xiaofeng, you were kidnapped in Ziliujing, so you didn't tell me in your letter. I only found out about it when I came back to pay New Year's greetings to Uncle Shen and elder brother at the beginning of the year. I almost didn't scare me to death."

Shen Yutong laughed and said, "You tied me just to get money from the Shen family, and I didn't even touch a single hair, so what's there to be scared about?"

Long Jialin said: "Aren't I afraid that you will be frightened by them because you haven't learned Qiu Ba's style?"

Shen Yutong smiled and said, "Aren't you just Qiu Ba? I haven't learned enough yet?"

Long Jialin said: "How am I like those people? I will only protect you and never hurt you."

"Then I will thank you!"

Long Jialin moved his butt, moved closer to him, opened his eyes with a mysterious look, and said, "Xiaofeng, let me tell you, I should be able to return to Shanghai next year at the latest."

Shen Yutong raised his eyelids and looked at him curiously: "Why?"

Long Jialin raised three fingers: "Shanghai can support three divisions just by relying on smoke and soil. Sooner or later, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang factions will fight for Shanghai. My father is following the Zhejiang Commander. As long as Zhejiang wins Shanghai, he will come back and take office." I can officially return to Shanghai as the chief of the Songhu Police Department.”

Shen Yutong was slightly taken aback: "Shanghai is going to war?"

Because they experienced the battle for Ziliujing in Sichuan, although they didn't make a name for themselves, it was really a waste of money and people, and their saltworks alone were greatly affected.This is still an artesian well. If it is replaced by Shanghai, the industry and commerce will lose a lot.

Long Jialin waved his hand indifferently: "Don't worry, you won't be able to enter the concession even if you fight, just drive away the surrounding garrisons." Seeing Shen Yutong's frowning and worried look, he added, "Xiaofeng, are you really worried?" Don't worry, I will definitely notify you before the mobilization, so that your factories outside the concession will be prepared in advance, and the Shen family will never suffer losses. When my father becomes the chief of the Songhu police, I will let your Shen family live in Shanghai Walk sideways, no one will try to bully you."

Shen Yutong laughed and said, "No one bullies me now!"

Long Jialin said: "That's different."

Shen Yutong didn't know what the difference was. Although he was very worried about the war, the fact that the warlords were robbing territory could not be left to the merchants' families to have opinions. It was a blessing to be able to protect themselves wisely.

Long Jialin was not stupid, originally he wanted to share the good news, but seeing that he was disgusted with the war, he changed the subject laughingly and asked him how he was in Ziliujing in Xikang last year.

After not seeing each other for so long, he and Shen Yutong had a lot of things to talk about, but the time passed so fast that less than half of the basket was empty, and the hands on the wall clock had already pointed to twelve o'clock.

Shen Yutong yawned and reminded him: "Xiaolong, you have to get up early tomorrow, go to sleep!"

Infected by his yawn, Long Jialin also felt drowsy and reluctantly got out of bed: "Then I'll go to sleep, see you tomorrow morning."

Shen Yutong nodded, and waited for someone to go back to the room. He lay down on the pillow. He was going to sleep with the lamp off, but suddenly he woke up again as if thinking of something.

After thinking about it, he quickly got out of bed and changed into clothes.

The people of the Shen family went to bed early, and the entire garden of the Shen family was silent at this moment.He didn't turn on the light either, and went downstairs in the dark, and came to the gate by moonlight.

He didn't wake up the porter, Lao Zhang, but took the key to open the door, and tiptoed out.

This sneaky and unknown behavior made him feel the excitement of secretly meeting his lover in a storybook.

Originally, I was thinking about walking for a while to see if I could find a rickshaw, but suddenly a beam of light flashed across the street.

He looked up through the dim night, and saw a small car parked there impressively in the dark night, and the light just now came from the headlights of that car.

At the same time, he also saw the figure standing next to the car. Although he could only see an outline, he recognized Meng Liansheng and his car at a glance.

Shen Yutong opened his eyes wide in disbelief, trotted across the road, came to Meng Liansheng, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?"

Meng Liansheng bent his lips and smiled: "Because I guessed that the second son would come out to look for me, so I waited here, lest you can't get a rickshaw when it's too late."

Shen Yutong didn't know whether to cry or laugh, she just felt all kinds of emotions coming up, and finally she could only punch him on the shoulder, and said angrily: "Silly boy, if I didn't come out, are you planning to wait here?" one night?"

Meng Liansheng said, "I believe the second son will come out."

Shen Yutong shook her head and laughed, "I didn't even know I was going to come out before I came out. It was a temporary idea. Why are you so sure?"

Meng Liansheng said, "I just believe it."

Shen Yutong smiled and said something silly again, opened the car door and said, "Okay, let's go."

When the two got into the car, Meng Liansheng didn't start the car immediately, but turned his head and looked at each other with him in the dim light.

Shen Yutong naturally knew that he loved this person, but at this moment, there was an unprecedented strong love for him in his heart.

He couldn't help but hooked his fingers towards the other party.

Meng Liansheng leaned towards him without any surprise, obediently like a little animal waiting to be petted by him.

Shen Yutong hooked his neck and kissed his lips.

The sleeping garden of Shen's family was just over ten meters away from the road. There was an occasional cough from the concierge, and Uncle Zhang might wake up at any time.

But no one knew that their second son was kissing a man in the car across the road in the middle of the night after the early morning.

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