The Jade of the Republic of China

Because she was going to send Long Jialin off, even though she didn't go to bed until after two o'clock the first night, Shen Yutong still got out of bed before seven o'clock.

Seeing that Meng Liansheng was woken up by himself, he comforted him in a low voice: "Xiao Meng, you continue to sleep, Xiaolong will return to the station this morning, I have to see him off."

Meng Liansheng sat up and rubbed his sleepy eyes: "I'll drive you back."

"No, I'll just take a rickshaw."

Meng Liansheng said: "The rickshaw is too slow, if Master Long doesn't see you, he might lose his temper."

Shen Yutong laughed: "You are quite considerate of others."

He didn't refuse his kindness again. From here to Shen's Garden, no matter how fast a rickshaw ran, it would take more than half an hour, which was indeed too slow.

Because he sneaked out last night, Meng Liansheng didn't send him to the gate of Shen's garden as if he had a good heart, but stopped the car at the nearest fork in the road.

The two of them have always been tacit about some things. Shen Yutong originally didn't intend to mention it directly, but after last night, he thought about it, and before getting out of the car, he still tried to say: "Xiao Meng, there may be no relationship between the two of us." The method is the same as that of ordinary men and women, and it is upright for others to know, will you be unhappy?"

Meng Liansheng blinked his eyes, as if he was a little puzzled by his question: "Why are you unhappy? This was originally a matter between me and the second son. Although I have no father or mother and don't care about other people's opinions, you have relatives, second son. , they won't understand us, they will only be sad, and you will also have to bear the pressure. In my opinion, it is best that no one will ever know about our relationship, thinking that I am your best friend like Master Long, so that No one will bother you."

Hearing what he said, Shen Yutong smiled in relief: "You think a lot."

Meng Liansheng said: "Of course I have to think carefully about the Second Young Master's matter."

Shen Yutong breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, then let others think we are best friends."

He got out of the car and walked towards Shen's garden in a happy mood.At the same time, Long Jialin, who woke up in the morning, knocked on the door of his room immediately, and found no one in the room, so he searched upstairs and downstairs in the front yard and backyard, but he didn't see Shen Yutong. The servants were called to ask, but all of them didn't know what to ask.

Long Jialin was a little angry at first, and immediately scolded the servants of the Shen family for taking money and not working, and the second son didn't know where he went early in the morning.Seeing Shen Yuan going downstairs, he grabbed him and asked if he saw Xiaofeng

Shen Yuan has always been too lazy to talk to him, she just pretended she didn't know, and let him continue looking for servants to go crazy, she had the right to turn a blind eye.

It's just strange in my heart, why my brother didn't see anyone so early in the morning?

Just when Long Jialin was training people vigorously, someone called out: "Second Young Master is back!"

Long Jialin immediately went dumb as if he was dumbfounded, and rushed to the door to meet people. Seeing Shen Yutong walking in unhurriedly, he complained, "Xiaofeng, where have you been? I haven't seen you since I woke up this morning."

Shen Yutong said: "I woke up in the morning and saw that you were still awake, so I went for a run outside and brought you your favorite steamed buns by the way."

Long Jialin heaved a sigh of relief, seeing the steamed bun in his hand, he smiled and said, "You still know me, I'm greedy for this!"

He took the steamed buns, stuffed them into his mouth one by one, and followed Shen Yutong who was going to change clothes upstairs, but when he was about to follow into the room, he was blocked by the door.

"No, Xiaofeng, what's the matter with you now? You have to close the door after changing clothes?" Long Jialin said dissatisfied.

Shen Yutong smiled: "Because I am a civilized person now."

Long Jialin snorted disapprovingly, and suddenly pointed to his neck and said: "Xiaofeng, it's already this season, are there still mosquitoes in your room? I got two big bites on my neck."

Shen Yutong touched it subconsciously, and said perfunctorily, "Last night, there seemed to be mosquitoes." It was still a humanoid male mosquito.

He entered the room, looked in the mirror at the neck under the collar of the shirt, and sure enough there were two red marks.And he knew that he was bitten more by that big mosquito in the place covered by his clothes.

Thinking of what happened last night, Shen Yutong couldn't help feeling a little hot in his ears.

He knew that Meng Liansheng was a quick learner, but he didn't expect to be so talented in this matter.In the past, I just loved this person purely, because I always felt that the other person was still like a child. Even if I was sure that I loved him, there was no way to link him with the obscene and dirty desires of human beings.

But it turns out that love and desire have always been twin flowers, and when there is love, there must be desire, and it is a matter of course.

When holy affection is mixed with dirty lust, love becomes more precise and inseparable.

He changed into a sky blue woven silk gown with a high collar to cover up the red marks on his neck. When he went out, Long Jialin had already dried up a bag of steamed buns, but obviously this was not enough. Hiccup said: "Let's go Xiaofeng, let's go to have breakfast, I have to leave after eating."

Long Jialin had to go on his way, and it was not enough to just eat steamed buns and porridge. The cook of Shen's family cooked him a few hard dishes early in the morning, and he could eat one big hoof with a shiny red color.But eating and drinking enough didn't make him feel any better because of parting. He grabbed Shen Yutong's arm, saying that he would be back soon, and complaining that the other party ran out early in the morning, so that he couldn't see him when he woke up. people.

It was still Shen Yuan who couldn't bear to look down, and urged him to get in the car with a low drink, and then he got into the car obediently and left in the dust.

Shen Yutong rubbed the space between his tired brows. He slept for four or five hours last night, so he had to catch up on some sleep.

Shen Yuan also noticed the blue color under his eyes at this moment, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Didn't sleep well? Chatting with Xiaolong too late?"

Shen Yutong nodded, and replied vaguely: "I didn't sleep well."

Shen Yuan said again: "I didn't sleep well and got up early to go for a run? The garden at home is not enough for you to run, so you have to go out for a run?"

Shen Yutong rubbed his nose and said with a smile: "It's also a temporary idea, thinking that the streets will be quiet in the morning, and I can eat some street food by the way."

Shen Yuan glanced at him, always feeling that his younger brother was a little different this morning, but he didn't see the difference, so he could only let this little doubt go with the wind.

This year seems to pass extremely fast, and it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye.Because the family is building an alkali factory, Shen Yutong has been extremely busy in the past few months after returning to Shanghai. When meeting Meng Liansheng, he has to squeeze time between his fingers, and watching movies and theaters is almost a luxury.When Tong Rulan and Tong Rulan were only watching the play, they met each other hastily twice. It wasn't until Boss Tong sealed the box another year and invited him and Meng Liansheng to the Weilu Restaurant for dinner that the three of them really got together.

And the reason for the gathering this time is because Xiaoguo Weilu is about to close, and has rarely received guests recently.

Boss Tong was the host tonight, so Lin Bo deliberately took out the housekeeping script to make a table.

When the last two side dishes were served, Tong Rulan pulled Lin Bo to sit down: "Lin Bo, you have a drink with us too."

Lin Bo was kind, poured a glass of self-brewed rice wine for the three of them himself, and said with a smile, "Even if we usually eat at the palace tonight, we can only eat it during the New Year's holidays."

Shen Yutong said: "We also benefit from Boss Tong's honor, so we can enjoy our food. Lin Bo, if you don't open for business in the future, we want to eat this, where can we find it?"

Lin Bo raised his small blue and white wine glass and raised it towards the three of them. He sipped half of the glass himself, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "I don't know anything in my life, but I know how to cook. From Beijing City to Shanghai Beach , from the palace to the small restaurant in the alley, as long as you have eaten my dishes, no one will say anything bad. For a cook, this life is not in vain.” He paused and said, “But people have to Fallen leaves return to their roots, no matter how good the beach in Beijing is, it is not my home, and after the Chinese New Year, I have to go back to my hometown in Huizhou to take care of myself.”

Tong Rulan sighed: "Uncle Lin, you are right. People have to return to their roots. It is a blessing in life to know where one's roots are." He was not sold to a theater troupe when he was five or six years old, and he no longer remembers where he was.

Lin Bodao: "I don't have anything to remember about Shanghai Beach. The only regret is that I will never hear Boss Tong's play again when I go back to the countryside. Boss Tong is a famous actor, and the theater troupe is your root. Now you start teaching disciples again. Carry forward the Liyuan tour, and have friends like the second son Xiaomeng, the good days will be long in the future."

Tong Rulan shook her head with a smile. It is a blessing to meet a few people who understand and respect opera during the trip to Liyuan. I don't dare to think too much about the so-called good days.

He raised his glass: "Okay, since we are all connected through drama, then I will toast a few of you and practice it for Lin Bo in advance. I hope everything goes well for you in the country."

The other three raised the wine glasses in front of them and touched them lightly. When Shen Yutong held his head up to drink, he kept glancing at Meng Liansheng beside him.Just now when Lin Bo said that he was going back to the countryside of Huizhou, Meng Linsheng had been listening quietly, his eyes flickering, obviously being affected by nostalgia in his heart.

He put down his glass and took his other hand under the table.

Meng Liansheng turned to look at him, picked up a shrimp and put it in his bowl.

This small gathering at night did not end until the early morning.Meng Liansheng drove Tong Rulan back first, and then continued to drive Shen Yutong back to his small building.

"Xiao Meng, are you homesick tonight?" Shen Yutong asked.

Meng Liansheng shook his head: "When I first came to Shanghai, I thought I would go back after saving enough money. But now I don't want to go back." He turned his head to look at him, because he had drunk a little wine, his eyes were a little bit drunk, he paused After a while, he continued, "Because the Second Young Master is here."

Shen Yutong smiled: "If you want to go back to the countryside, I will go with you when you are free."

Meng Liansheng nodded, looked at the road ahead in the dark night, and said: "The rapeseed flowers in my hometown are very beautiful. There was a drought and the field has been dry for several years. I heard that the past two years have recovered. In spring, I should be able to see them again." When it comes to rapeseed flowers, my family has a small oil mill, and when the rapeseed is harvested, it can be fragrant for ten miles."

Shen Yutong said: "Okay, then take me to see rapeseed flowers later."

Meng Liansheng bent his lips and smiled: "Okay."

The alley was silent late at night, Meng Liansheng parked the car at the door, and walked into the small building that belonged to them with Shen Yutong.

Just as soon as the light was turned on, the phone next to the sofa rang.

Meng Liansheng walked over to answer the call, and Bai Zijun's weeping voice came from the other end: "Brother Meng, Dad vomited blood, I'm so scared!"

Meng Liansheng frowned, and the only hint of alcohol was gone: "Zijun, don't be afraid, I'll be right over." He put down the phone, turned to Shen Yutong and said, "Second son, something happened to Mr. Bai, I have to go and see he."

"Go quickly and leave me alone."

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