Ambush from all sides

In the middle of the night, it started to rain outside the house.The rain was pattering, hitting the trees and flowers in the yard.Half asleep and half awake, Zhan Hao felt that the window seemed to be blown open by the wind and rain, the raindrops hit the window sill, splashed onto the table in the house, and the cool wind blew in.

He half-opened his eyes, and in a daze, he remembered the picture of the dead leaf wearing two flowers in his hair, and his lips curled up, evoking a subtle arc.At first I wanted to think about something more, but after all, I couldn't beat the drowsiness, so I fell asleep with the corner of my mouth curled up.The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, making a loud noise on the tiles.

The last thought before falling asleep, Zhan Hao was thinking, hey, recently it seems... not so much insomnia.

It's just that he still wakes up at Mao's hour.

The young master of the Zhan family sat on the edge of the bed and looked out through the window.It's not yet dawn, but the rain has stopped.He yawned, then sighed, stood up unsteadily, and walked slowly to the water room to fetch water to wash his face.

When the cold well water splashed on his face, Zhan Hao finally woke up.I slept so deeply that night that I didn't even dream.He was thinking while wiping his face, and wondered if it was because the dead leaves were so fun to play with, so he felt comfortable physically and mentally?Zhan Hao couldn't help thinking that when Zhan Zhao was young, teasing Zhan Zhao was also fun, but the two kinds of fun were different.

When teasing Zhan Zhao, you will think he is cute, and after teasing, you will want to pamper him well.But dead leaves are different.The type of dead leaves will make people feel a kind of itchy and unpleasant pleasure.Seeing him blowing hair, seeing him angry and embarrassed, you will want to slap the table and laugh wildly, and then continue to tease him.

Thinking of this, Zhan Hao made a helpless expression, and said to Cen, don't blame me, if you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being too funny.

After tidying up the washbasin and towels, Zhan Hao suddenly felt that there was nothing to do.Touching the jade pipe, he felt a little thirsty in his throat and lungs, and a little lonely on his lips.Thinking about whether to have a pot of smoke?I reached out to touch it, but found that there was no shredded tobacco in the cigarette bag.

Zhan Hao laughed, thinking that this girl Yuke is really determined.Tell her to quit smoking, and she really puts away all the shredded tobacco.Helpless, I had to touch another candy and stuff it into my mouth.Zhan Hao sat on the chair in a daze for a while, feeling bored, thinking that if he went to find the dead leaves so early, he should not have gotten up yet, right?Forget it anyway.

Just as he was about to give up, the thoughts in his mind suddenly turned, and Zhan Hao remembered his previous imagination - what kind of picture is it that the dead leaf hugs the cat and sleeps?

In an instant, Zhan Hao's eyes showed a strange color.He stood up quickly, rolled the candy on the tip of his tongue twice, raised his eyebrows neatly, stepped forward with his feet in light soft-soled shoes, and walked out of the room without a sound.

There was silence in the east courtyard.

Like a ghost, Zhan Hao floated into the small courtyard with dead leaves without touching the ground.Two lamps in the porch emit faint light, faintly reflecting the flowers and trees in the yard.Zhan Hao stops in front of Dead Leaf's house, looking thoughtfully at the locked door in front of him from the inside.He took out a shiny night pearl from his bosom, went to the yard and picked a blade of grass, and then, under the faint light of the night pearl, filled the grass blade with true energy, and gently inserted it into the crack of the door .

Slowly go up, lean to the left, pick it up, pull it out, and then insert it... Repeat three times, and the three plugs inside are gently opened.This lock was designed by Zhan Tianxing, a skilled person can open the lock from the outside without making a sound - Zhan Hao has done this thing countless times, so he is naturally familiar with it.

He walked in quietly with the candy in his mouth and the night pearl in his hand.Although Zhan Hao's eyesight is not as good as Zhan Zhao's, it is much better than the average person.He squinted his eyes and saw the dead leaves lying flat on the flower carving bed.Xiao Hei fell asleep at the end of the bed, and a clump of white hairs appeared on Dead Ye's shoulders.

Zhan Hao curled his lips.

He walked slowly to the bed and looked down at the sleeping dead leaves.As he fell asleep, he showed no expression and took off his mask.Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand and slowly moved the Ye Mingzhu to the face of the withered leaf, allowing the faint light to illuminate his face more clearly.

Thin face, straight nose bridge, light-colored thin lips, light brown burn marks, claws like ghost claws on the left face of a dead leaf.Under the scar, a tattoo covered his entire left face.Zhan Hao squinted his eyes, and could vaguely see the scaly pattern on the edge, which seemed to be some kind of auspicious beast.

Zhan Hao was looking at it, when suddenly, a white fluffy thing stretched out and lay across the dead leaf's neck.Zhan Hao took a closer look and found that it was the paw of the little mandarin duck.The cat was nestling in the dead leaf's shoulder, stretching out its paws to hug his neck, and rubbing its head comfortably.Dead Leaf didn't wake up, she just tilted her head slightly, touched the cat's forehead with her cheek, and rubbed against it, letting out a vague sigh in her throat.

Seeing his unconscious actions, the smile on Zhan Hao's face became deeper and his eyes softened.He had already guessed that Dead Leaf was not as cold and ruthless as he had shown, this guy still had little four in mind, how could he be a cold-blooded person?Although he didn't say anything, the little white jade rabbit he hung on the handle of the knife has fully explained everything.Even with these two cats, if you don't say anything, can you still take good care of them?

Looking down at the sleeping person and cat in front of him, Zhan Hao gradually felt a different kind of comfort in his heart.He really wanted to drag a chair over and sit and watch the dead leaves sleep with the cat. This peaceful and warm appearance was so rare, it was worth taking the time to watch it for a while.

Zhan Hao stood quietly, watching, the candy in his mouth gradually melted and disappeared on the tip of his tongue.He stared at Dead Ye's eyebrows, long and slender eyebrows flying slantingly, and Anan's closed eyes... Zhan Hao remembered that Dead Ye was not such a careless person before, maybe it was because his life was too ordinary recently that he gradually relaxed his vigilance.But that's okay, I'm nervous, how can I live a good life.

Thinking of this, Zhan Hao couldn't help showing an indifferent smile on his face.He said in his heart that it is better to have someone to accompany him, no matter what kind of person he is, or who he was related to before.There is someone who talks, plays and amuses, and feels that the days pass faster.

——Especially, someone so awkward, difficult, yet predictable.

He was sleeping now, with a peaceful face, and his usually indifferent and mean face actually showed a cold and dusty temperament.The little mandarin duck hugged him, and the combination showed a weird cuteness, but it was also exceptionally harmonious.After a while, the cat rubbed against his chin again, this time it felt that it was not enough, and raised its head and stuck out its tongue to lick his chin.

The wet little tongue greasyly brushed the pale and delicate skin, Zhan Hao looked at it, and raised his eyebrows all of a sudden.

He watched the little mandarin duck's little pink tongue licking up and down the sharp chin of the dead leaf, and he felt that the dead leaf must wake up after doing so.But the fact is that Dead Leaf is still asleep, but there are a few low hums in his throat.

For a moment, Zhan Hao felt that his throat was a little uncomfortable, a little astringent and tight.He himself didn't notice that his eyes were fixed directly on the man's chin.The little mandarin duck was still licking, hugging and licking, moving its body up, and licking its tongue higher and higher, gradually reaching the corner of the dry leaf's lips...

Zhan Hao narrowed his eyes, staring at his lips and the little mandarin duck's tongue motionlessly.

After a while, the dead leaves responded.He tilted his head to avoid the wet licking kiss of the little mandarin duck.Zhan Hao stared at them closely, not noticing that he was inexplicably relieved at that moment.

But after a while, the little mandarin duck hugged it again, pressing its paws on the dead leaf's collarbone, propped up its upper body, and leaned towards the corner of the dead leaf's lips with its small furry mouth.Zhan Hao stared at this guy, feeling more and more that this cat was so bold and reckless, so heartless that he became dizzy.Under the faint light, he saw the cat's pink tongue stretched out, and licked the pale lips of the dead leaves——

The dead leaves feel a little cold.

He moved his neck and opened his eyes.

It's not dawn yet, but it's probably coming soon.He blinked sleepily, feeling something was wrong—what about the little mandarin duck that was always lying on his shoulder?Didn't this guy always wait until he got up before leaving?

Withered Leaf reached out and touched it...it was really not there.Looking at the quilt again, he knew why he felt cold - the quilt must have been rubbed off a little by himself and slipped under his chest.The front of the inner jacket was partly open, exposing the collarbone and half of the chest.Withered Leaves gathered her clothes to cover the tattoo on her chest, turned her head and began to look for the little mandarin duck in the dark room.

I checked the whole room and found nothing.This guy is white, so he should be easy to find anywhere.

Just as he was wondering, a cat meowed suddenly from outside the house.Withered Ye put on his clothes suspiciously and stood up, opened the door bolt and went out, only to see the little mandarin duck squatting in a daze in the turning corridor.

"What are you doing here?" Dead Leaf stared at it, feeling strange in her heart.The little mandarin duck turned to look at him, also in a puzzled manner.It stood up and turned around in two circles in a daze, then squatted down again, looking at the dead leaves in confusion, and called: "Miwuwuwuwu~" as if to say, I don't know, I don't know. When I woke up, I was in the hallway.

Withered Leaf hugged it funny, muttering "you can run out even if the doors and windows are locked, I really admire you..." and walked into the room.Neither the person nor the cat noticed. At the gate of the yard, a shadow stood quietly for a while, and then drifted away like a ghost.

He hugged the cat to the bed and squinted for a while, until Sishi, when the dead leaves crawled up.He tidied himself up, took the knife and walked slowly to the main courtyard—now he also had some of Zhan Hao's idle and lazy habits, when he saw a chair, he wanted to sit, and when he saw a bed, he wanted to lie down.But compared to Zhan Hao's state of "can sit but not stand, can lie down but not sit", Dead Leaf feels that he still has more self-control, at least he just thinks in his heart.

Walking outside the lobby, Dead Ye saw the Mirabilis blooming just right in the flower garden, and instantly remembered the good thing Zhan Hao did last night, and couldn't help but feel a little hairy.Still thinking that if she saw him later, she would have to slash his eyes severely, and walked into the lobby, but saw no one inside.

The maid Min Wei came in, took a plate of fruit and put it down on the table.Seeing her, Dead Leaf hesitated for a while before asking: "Well, where is your young master? Haven't you gotten up yet?"

Min Wei stared at him sideways, and laughed twice in her mouth, "Hum hum", and said, "It's not my young master, it's our, our, family, master, master!"

Hearing her words, Dead Leaf couldn't help but look a little embarrassed, and glanced away uncomfortably.

"You are a real person. You have been here for so many days, and you haven't regarded yourself as a family member. You don't know how good the young master is to you." Minwei scolded him angrily and said: "The most expensive East Courtyard even let you After staying here, I still eat with you and take you with me every day. Yu Ke doesn’t get this kind of treatment, and Quan Jing doesn’t get this kind of treatment..."

Withered Ye lowered her head, coughed twice and said nothing.Seeing him like this, Min Wei smiled wickedly, wiped the table with her hands, and said, "Young master, he left for Changshu early this morning, and will return in three days."

"He went to Changshu?!" Withered Ye was taken aback, couldn't help frowning and raised her head.Minwei squinted her eyes and pursed her lips, stretched out her index finger and rubbed his forehead harder, and said, "I told you to stay up late, so I won't take you with me now." After finishing speaking, the little girl turned the rag and shook it three times. gone.Staring at her petite figure that was gradually walking away, Dead Leaf touched the place on her forehead where she had just been touched in disbelief.After being stunned for a long time, I finally realized that I had just been severely despised and taught a lesson by a little girl.

As for Zhan Hao, he probably went to discuss business, which is not surprising.

But he just kept silent, didn't say hello...

Who said before that except for the convenience of sleeping and bathing, you should follow him at other times?

Just after leaving Changzhou Mansion, on the official road leading to Changshu, the low-key and elegant carriage of the Zhan family was walking at a leisurely pace.

It was still Quan Jing and Yu Ke sitting in the driving seats, and the curtain of the carriage fluttered with the shaking of the carriage.After Yuke chatted with Quan Jing for a while, the little girl thought he was stupid, so she resolutely abandoned him and turned around and opened the curtain of the carriage.

In the carriage, Zhan Hao was lazily leaning against the window, eating candy boredly, his eyes were empty, as if he had something on his mind.

Yu Ke climbed in and sat down in front of Zhan Hao, and said, "Master, what are you thinking?"

Zhan Hao glanced at her, smiled absently, and said in a low voice, "I didn't think about anything."

Hearing the obvious perfunctory words, Yu Ke pouted her lips unhappily, and said, "Master, you are perfunctory again."

Zhan Hao is still smiling, with his eyes lowered and not speaking.Yuke looked at his eyes and expression carefully, and asked after a while, "Master, are you worried about those old bastards in Changshu?"

After hearing this, Zhan Hao raised his eyelids, and said with some amusement, "Am I upset?"

Yu Ke froze for a moment: "Aren't you upset? Then why do you have to go to Changshu all of a sudden?"

Zhan Hao looked at her, remained silent for a long time, then looked away after thinking about it, and said calmly: "The matter over there will always be resolved, but it's just a matter of time. I've been too relaxed recently, I want to tighten up a bit."

After hearing this, Yuke lowered her head and puffed up her face, said "Oh" unwillingly, and then crawled out sullenly.

Zhan Hao was the only one left in the carriage.He leaned against the car wall in a daze, slowly twisting his fingers, thinking that it would be great if the cigarette bag was still there.Finally, he touched the sugar bag at his waist and took out another candy from it.

Zhan Hao lifted the curtain of the opposite window, looking at the scene outside which kept moving backwards.Thinking of the purple jasmine that bloomed just right in the courtyard last night, and the little mandarin duck, a cat that was seduced by his spell this morning, and walked to the corridor dazedly, and the claws of auspicious beasts protruding from the half-opened skirt of the withered leaves... …

He raised the corners of his lips and gradually narrowed his eyes.

After Zhan Hao left Changzhou, Dead Leaf, who was not busy at first, suddenly became more and more leisurely.When Zhan Hao was around before, Dead Leaf could still wander around with him, at least he didn't have to think about what to do next moment, just follow Zhan Hao.But now that the so-called "master" who is always doing nothing is gone, Dead Leaf doesn't know what to do anymore.

At noon, I sat on a chair and petted the cat in a daze.

One of the two cats was nestled in his lap and the other was curled up on the table by his hand.Quiet and quiet, neither noisy nor fussy, only occasionally meowing.Withered Leaf put her hand on the little mandarin duck's belly, feeling the wriggling of the new life in its body, and slowly felt... the time when there is nothing to do doesn't seem so sad.

The wide open door faced the courtyard.Withered leaves caressed the back of the little mandarin duck, watched the black cat jump to the ground, stretched out the waist that was usually hidden, stretched its buttocks and stretched its legs, and stretched its waist vigorously.

Outside the door, the newly opened flowers of Magnolia magnolia were shining white and translucent in the midday sun.Once Zhan Hao wandered in and saw a flower, and asked him casually, do you know what the other name of this flower is?Withered Leaf glanced at him, and said she didn't know without thinking.At that time Zhan Hao looked at him lazily, smiled lightly, and said, it also has a name, Lotus Magnolia.

Zhan Hao seems to be very familiar with these flowers and plants. There are probably forty or fifty kinds of flowers and trees planted in the three courtyards of the Zhan Zhai.It’s the beginning of summer now, wherever you go, the places within your eyes are full of flowers.Lagerstroemia indica and Mirabilis in the main courtyard, tuberose and lotus in the west courtyard, lotus magnolia, wisteria and Datura in the east courtyard... There are more flowers with dead leaves that cannot be named.

God knows where Zhan Hao, a big man, got so many flowers, and he still looks after them in a good way-but he probably isn't usually looking after them, although withered leaves can always see him holding a flower scissors, doing nothing. Walk around the yard.When you see a flower branch that is not pleasing to the eye, you can cut it off with a click.The look of wandering around with nothing to do, looks like an old man in his seventies and eighties.

Under the palm, the cat, the little mandarin duck, came over with the tip of its tail, languidly entangled his fingers, and looked at him with a pair of beautiful eyes.Dead Leaf looked down at it for a while, then tapped its pink nose with the other hand.The cat narrowed its eyes comfortably and let out a slimy cry.

The low-pitched, soft meowing of a cat dragged the elder for a long time.The dead leaves closed their eyes and listened. With the sensitive ears of martial arts practitioners, they could hear the wind hidden behind the meowing of cats, the faint chirping of birds in the yard, and even the sound of leaves falling on the bluestone slab.

There was a light "click", followed by the sound of a person's footsteps—slowly walking into the yard.

Dead Leaf opened her eyes.

He stopped breathing, and quietly identified the identity of the person who came - the breath was deep and long.At first he thought it was Quan Jing, because he was the only one in the Zhan family mansion who had reached this level of skill.But since Zhan Hao went to Changshu, he must have followed suit.

Withered Leaf frowned slightly, beginning to feel that the visitor was not kind.He hugged Xiao Yuanyang and Xiao Hei to the bed and laid them on the bed, then he gripped the withered leaf knife tightly and pressed his thumb on the handle of the knife.

Walking slowly under his feet, after a while, as soon as his left foot stepped out of the room, a burst of flames and hot wind rushed over from the side.With a sullen face, Dead Leaf drew the knife and turned around, the blade curled up in flames and slashed at the person coming.The fire was split, and a rouge-colored figure flew out of the corridor from behind, leaving a series of delicate laughter through the air, and then landed on the magnolia tree.

The dead leaf was standing in front of the room with a knife in its hand, looking coldly at the person who came—a handsome woman in her early twenties was leaning on the tree, with a pair of phoenix eyes slanted on her palm-sized oval face, and her small lips were tasseled red. One point, at first glance, full of charm.

Withered Ye looked at her with a dark face, the scars under the mask and on the left shoulder that spread all the way to the chest seemed to be starting to ache.The corner of his left eye twitched faintly, recalling the burning sensation on his skin that day.

This woman has a lot of enmity with him... This guy who is in the same business as him, Dai Yue, the red scorpion.

"I remember I said, you'd better run far away, don't let me see you—" The knife in Dead Leaf's hand twisted subtly, and the tip of the knife was skimmed behind her.Dai Yue caught a glimpse of his little movements, and there was a charming look in her eyes, and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since we two saw each other, shouldn't we...should catch up first?"

Withered Leaf made a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and with a sudden wave of his left hand, several Dead Leaf darts shot out of the air: "I have nothing to say with you!"

Dai Yue's eyes flashed brightly, she rolled up her wide sleeves and jumped up from the tree branch. The dart passed under her feet and hit into the flowers.Dead Leaf followed the dart and ran up to her. Withered Leaf Knife swiped obliquely, Dai Yue couldn't dodge in time, and he cut off a large part of his sleeve.

"Oh, you!" Dai Yue wailed half-truthfully and fell under the tree, retreated behind the wisteria flower stand, and said with a flat mouth, "I really don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade! You don't even want to tear my clothes, but you also knock them down!" So many flowers! Hey, Dead Leaf, isn’t this your place? Is it really okay to break the master’s things?” At the end, Dai Yue’s face was already showing a trace of malicious coquettishness. Smile, eyes sly.

The dead leaves stood under the tree, and the fallen flowers and leaves were at their feet.Seeing the mess of the place, he actually felt a little guilty - Zhan Hao likes this lotus magnolia plant, but he has damaged so much, will he be angry?

Thinking of this, Dead Leaf was startled, and almost wanted to smash her own head on the spot!Are you stupid to follow Zhan Hao these days?There was a cunning and treacherous woman standing in front of her, would Zhan Hao be angry if she had such leisurely thoughts?Withered Leaf gritted her teeth angrily, raised her hand and swished the Withered Leaf Knife out.Dai Yue didn't expect him to come so suddenly, and before she could dodge in time, the blade cut a small cut in her face, then cut off a pillar of the flower stand, and nailed it into the wall of the corridor.

The dead leaves followed closely behind, Dai Yue hurriedly covered her face, fled out with a pale face, and she did not forget to sprinkle a powder mist before jumping on the roof.When the dead leaves saw it, they quickly turned sideways to avoid it, and the powder mist immediately burned in the midday sun, leaving a cloud of black smoke in the air.

Reaching out to pull out the knife on the wall, Dead Ye rushed out of the exhibition house after Dai Yue.In the west courtyard, Ji Tang saw two figures, one red and one black, rushing out one after another, holding a water basin in the courtyard, he was stunned for a moment.

Dai Yue, the red scorpion, is a member of the largest assassin organization "Shadow Gate" in the Jianghu. Back then, Dead Leaf used his kung fu to dominate the assassin circle in the Jianghu. The owner of the Shadowmen tried to recruit him several times, but was always rejected He ignores.At that time, Dead Leaf had already gained fame, and his weird killing habit was frightening, and he was in the limelight for a while.The head of the Shadow Gate gnashed his teeth against him, and sent several top killers to hunt him down, but it was always fruitless.

Only Dai Yue, only she had ever caused substantial damage to Dead Leaf.After one of her assassinations, the dead leaves had disappeared for three months.The people in Shadow Gate thought he would never appear again, but three months later, Dead Leaf reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and his skills improved.

At the same time, there was an extra mask on his face.

The killer with a yin and yang face, Dead Ye, was disfigured by the red scorpion Dai Yue—although, he didn't have much appearance to discredit.

The dead leaves chased the rouge-colored slender figure in front of them all the way to the center of the city.The two flew past the roofs of houses in the main street, causing many people to raise their necks and exclaim.

Dai Yue's speed was getting slower and slower, and she was about to be overtaken, but she jumped from the roof and landed on the flat ground gracefully.The dead leaves fell down, and when his feet stepped on the ground, he realized that there was a peach forest full of Yinhong flowers all around him.

The rouge-colored figure flashed into the flowers and disappeared in an instant.Dead Leaf frowned and looked around, only to hear her "giggle" smile, and her voice came in an ethereal twists and turns: "You can rest assured that your master is running around, but it's okay, I have a chance to come to find him when he is gone." You, Dead Leaf, I didn’t come to make you a living target. Let me remind you, take good care of your boss, recently, there are many people who want to deal with him.”

After speaking, her aura gradually faded away.Withered Ye stood in the peach forest holding his breath, looking at the surrounding red, red, cluster after cluster of red... a faint sense of depression rose in his chest.He closed his eyes, bit his back molars and took a deep breath to relax his meridians, then he slowly relaxed his body, opened his eyes, and walked out of the peach forest step by step.

This tree is Hongyebitao, Zhan Hao told him, so he remembered it.

Such a bright red, it's so fucking dazzling.

Walking out of the dense peach grove, a tall and gorgeous wooden building immediately appeared in front of you.Dead Leaf frowned and looked around, only to find that he was in a large courtyard surrounded by houses.In the corridor upstairs stood coquettish and revealing girls or simple servants in twos and threes, and many of them stared at him with wide eyes in amazement.

Withered Leaf narrowed her eyes and frowned faintly.The dress of these women, this place, this scale, is probably the largest brothel in Changzhou Prefecture, Yuehua Building.As soon as this conclusion crossed his mind, Dead Leaf heard a warm and pleasant voice from upstairs: "Little brother, are you here to get Boss Zhan's clothes?"

Withered Ye looked up following the sound, and saw Wan Shu standing in the corridor on the second floor of the small building on the left, looking at him with a smile.

"Boss Zhan left a cloak when he came last time. How about you come up and get it back for him?" Wan Shu smiled warmly and amiably, holding her catkins painted with Kodan reservedly in front of her, leaning forward slightly. Leaning forward, bending the knees, did a blessing to the dead leaves.

Withered Ye stood downstairs, frowning and twisting her eyes. After a while, she walked towards Wan Shu's small building with a sullen face unwillingly.

On the seventeenth red-painted staircase, with dead leaves taking two steps, one can reach the upper floor in the blink of an eye.Wan Shu stood at the other end of the corridor, looked at him and smiled, and said, "You are different from Boss Zhan, one is fast and the other is slow." Dead Leaf ignored her, walked straight to her and stood half a foot in front of her, holding back Impatient in his heart, he looked at her silently.

Wan Shu's expression remained unchanged, she just stretched out her hand towards the door and said, "Why don't you come in and sit down?"

Withered Leaf expressionless: "No, you bring the clothes, I'll leave right away."

Wan Shu smiled, left a faint look in her eyes, turned and entered the room, and said in an ethereal voice: "...more ruthless than him." After a while, she walked out gracefully, holding a black cloak in her hand, and the hood was hanging down. Red knots, and a layer of silver gray on the thin fleece.She walked over with her eyes downcast, followed by two little maids.Withered Ye glanced back, then turned her eyes to Wan Shu's demure face.

Wan Shu walked in front of him, slightly lowered her body, lowered her eyebrows and said calmly: "Brother, please trouble me."

Withered Leaf nodded to her expressionlessly, took the cloak, turned and left.Wan Shu watched him walk away, stood still for a long time, and then said quietly: "When you see him, tell him that Wan Shu has composed a new song. Whenever Boss Zhan is free, come and listen to it. It won't take him an hour."

Dead Leaves stopped at the stairs.After listening to her finish, he quickly went downstairs.

Looking at the back of him going away quickly downstairs, Wan Shu showed a lonely smile on her face: "He is a gentle person."

When the dead leaves left the yard and crossed the lobby of Yuehua Building, a group of clients and prostitutes watched him pass by in a cold manner, and they were too scared to move.Some people who had dealt with Zhan Hao's business recognized him as the new guard of the Zhan family.Secretly looking at the direction he came from, she thought to herself, it seems that Wan Shu is indeed Zhan Hao's best friend, otherwise why would his guards appear here?

In the Jiangnan business circle, the Zhan family of Changzhou Mansion has always been known for being respectful, humble, honest, and steady, especially Zhan Tianxing, the owner of the previous generation.Although Zhan Tianxing looks like a scholar, gentle and upright, he is also shrewd and capable.Losing money business is never done, and it must be [-]% safe once it is made, so the paths that Zhanjia took before have always been certain, nothing more than some north-south goods, hotels and teahouses.

Then came Zhanhao.Then, Zhanjia's path began to become more and more treacherous.

Zhan Hao is not as well-behaved and honest as his father, he does whatever industry is dangerous, and gradually broadens the Zhan family's path.People say that walking between lines is like a mountain, and crossing lines is a taboo. A few years ago, how many people were waiting to see him stumble, but instead of falling, Zhan Hao did it more smoothly.

It was only then that people discovered that Zhan Hao was actually not that different from his father, and he was very sure about making moves.It's just that he is more capable than his father, has ambitions, and is restrained and cunning, making him unpredictable.

People in the industry in Suzhou and Hangzhou say that there is a certain point when negotiating business with Zhan Hao. They all know the "three nos"—don't look him in the eye, don't speak first, and don't make a high profile—but few can really do it.Most of the people were caught by his pupils at the first glance, and the remaining few were either overwhelmed by his aura, or their temper was shattered by his calmness.

People say that the Zhan family has been humble for several generations, but in this generation, they have raised a poisonous viper, no wonder it is called a devil.

"According to what you said, I canceled my appointment with those old guys. Guess what they said?"

Zhan Hao sat in the lobby, facing the open door, facing the slight cool breeze, slowly opened his eyes.In the yard are several snow-white peach trees, with clumps of tiger lilies growing under the trees.

He tilted his head, turned his ears to one side, and smiled: "Does it mean that the devils sent by demons are nothing more than that?"

Li Fei frowned from the side, put the fan away on his chin, nodded and said, "As expected of a big boss, really smart."

There was a sneer on Zhan Hao's face, and he stretched out his fingers to stroke the lid of the teacup vaguely: "But it's just a trick, I really think I'm someone." After finishing speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Li Fei , asked blankly: "How is your progress?"

Li Fei went to the chair next to him and sat down, looked him in the eyes and said, "Master Pei has already agreed, and now I am waiting to move the Xinghua store here. Then Pei Junrong is really hard to serve, you It might take a lot of effort to get in touch with him."

Zhan Hao closed his eyes, and the corner of his mouth curled up indifferently.Li Wei opened his eyes and stared straight at his oddly contoured profile—from his smooth forehead, to his bulging eyebrows, slender eyelashes, and then to his high nose bridge and bright red lips.

Zhan Hao's nose is very special and beautiful.Li very specifically went to ask Mr. Facial Physician, and he knew that his nose bridge is called a hump, which can be regarded as a calm and smooth face, but the triangular nose faintly reveals... the gentleman said, snake kiss, hostile, cold-tempered, ungrateful Fickle, is a phase that restrains his wife and friends.

Then Li Feicheng sighed, Zhan Hao is really untouchable.

The god Qi Siren once pinched Zhan Hao's horoscope, saying that he ordered Geli to bring a cornucopia to collect other people's wealth and make himself angry.At that time, things were done, Qiu Langxing and Li Fei planned to follow Zhan Hao to be his shopkeeper, Zhan Hao agreed, but sent them to the place next door to Changzhou Mansion.Qiu Langxing was okay, the boss said something, so he went to chant, Li Feifei was thinking Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, and asked him why he didn't let me work in Changzhou Mansion?

At that time, Zhan Hao said with a half-smile, because I didn't regard you as my own family.At that time, you won't earn a penny, and you will have to be destitute by me.

Li very often thinks about the meaning of "my family" in Zhanhao's mouth.He has been to the Zhan family's mansion, and there are more than a dozen maids and servants in the Zhan family. He basically knows them all, and he is even more familiar with Uncle Zhong.Once when he followed Uncle Zhong to the fishing ground, he once asked the old man in the carriage, Zhan Hao was expressionless all day long, talking about business to make money, what was he doing for it?He doesn't need to support his family, he only has a dozen servants, so there's no need to spend so much effort.He also doesn't need to raise Qinger, because he doesn't have Qinger at all.

Of course, he doesn't think that Zhan Hao is a person who likes money. Although gold and silver are good, too much is a trouble.

At that moment, Uncle Zhong laughed, and wrinkles formed on his face.He said, young master, there is nothing to do, and now the most important thing in his heart is empty.When he meets the right person one day, and his heart is full, he won't always be bored in business.

——Is this the definition of "one's own family"?

Li very much wondered, did Zhan Hao have a lot of circles in his heart?Who is on which floor is clear and clear, never confused.The innermost three circles are "my family" - the third circle is Uncle Zhong, maids and servants around me, and the second circle is parents, Zhan Zhao.And the most central circle... is still empty.

Just leave it empty.

At night, Zhan Hao sleeps in Li's guest room.He accepted the bed and lost sleep in another place.If it was before, he would not be afraid, because he is used to insomnia.It's just that because I slept so well a few days ago, I suddenly can't fall asleep now, and I'm not used to it again.

Zhan Hao sat in the chair by the window, quietly whirling the night pearl in his hand in the dark.He raised the bead to his eyes, and the faint light shone into his eyes, reflecting a small white area.

Yesterday morning, this light once shone on the light-colored lips of dead leaves.The cat's pink tongue grazed the left corner of the mouth, and the flame scar next to the chin was licked wet.The blue and black tattoos showed a little bit of the edge, and there were some scales on the sharp claws of the little beast.

The skirt of the clothes was scattered by the cat's dishonest legs, and a beast's front paws and black cloud-like mane were exposed on the chest.

It seems to be Qilin, or Qiu——Zhan Hao is not sure.At that time, he didn't have time to take a closer look, and his thoughts were all caught by that lewd cat and little mandarin duck.Seeing that its tongue was about to make intimate contact with the lips of the dead leaves, I didn't even think about it at the time, and a silent summoning spell slipped out of my mouth.The cat's ears twitched, and then squinted its eyes and got up in a daze... Zhan Hao slowly exited the door, and the cat followed him out foolishly.

Then, close the door and lock it.

Zhan Hao doesn't even know how