Subduing Dragon

From Beijing to Tianjin, Lusheng went very smoothly.When he really got off the train at Tianjin Station, he looked around and found that eight years had completely changed his appearance, but the city he once lived in still retained its old appearance.At least the air is still the old air, although there are many more cars and foreign cars on the street, and the trams are running back and forth endlessly; the number of Western-style horse-drawn carriages has decreased a lot, presumably they are not very fashionable anymore.

Lu Sheng was rich, so after getting off the car, he called a foreign car and went to the National Hotel to rest.The coachman led him to run leisurely on the street, Lu Sheng turned his head to look around, for some reason, he thought of Long Xiang and Yaya again, and this thought made him feel as if the two people were far away from him. There are hundreds of thousands of miles away, and there may not be a chance to see you again in the future.

He thought he should take Yaya for a walk—it was just him and Yaya, living in peace and quiet, looking at interesting things for a while, and looking for a place to rest for a while when they were tired from walking.But you must not bring a dragon face.Longxiang is a dangerous weapon that can get out of control at any time. He goes crazy on the street, and he can't control him.At that time, I will be helpless, and I can only accompany him to embarrass myself.

Lu Sheng was very absorbed in his thoughts, his face alternated between joy and sorrow.When he got off the rickshaw outside the gate of the National Hotel, he skillfully paid the bill, completely forgetting the fact that Yaya and Long Xiang were married.

He did not recall this fact until he had gone upstairs and into the room.After thinking about it, he didn't let out a long sigh, but his face lost his expression, and he didn't want to think about it anymore.

That night, he went to the Italian Concession according to the address and started to handle his official business.Before he set off, he was worried, not knowing what kind of posture and face this big arms dealer would have.After all, the other party was worth a million when he made a move, and he was still an Italian.What are Italians like?He really has never seen it.

So while rushing to the Italian Concession, he cheered himself up-no matter how big the Italians are, they are not as big as their own dragon.Since I have the ability to subdue the dragon, I shouldn't have to be afraid of the Italians.

The more he thought about it, the more nervous he became, all the way to the Italian's home.When the two sides met, he discovered that the arms dealer from Italy also had one nose and two eyes, and he could speak stumbling Chinese.And he took out a list of munitions, and the Italian also took out a list of munitions. After comparing the two, they found that there was no difference in the number of guns on the list. Cashier's check for deposit.

An hour later, the official business was successfully completed.Lu Sheng took the Italian car back to the hotel, still a little confused, thinking: Is this the end?

After returning to the room, he took out the contract and looked at it again and again. He finally nodded to himself, thinking: the so-called big thing is nothing more than that.

After a good night's sleep, Lu Sheng visited the merchants of the Three Kingdoms consecutively the next day.All the traffickers from the Three Kingdoms looked like men, and none of them had a green face and fangs.Lu Sheng quickly got rid of his timidity and successfully completed the task of this trip.

He was not in a hurry to go back. After sending a telegram to Xiang Long and making a report, he lay in the hotel room all day long, idly reading the novel in hand.The novel itself is not very interesting, it is very clichéd, but it is more or less a pastime.When the entertainment was enough, he went out to the street, sat in a coffee shop, went to a movie theater, and in the evening, he went for a walk in the park.On the corridor of the park, there were some young men and women walking openly cuddling each other. Lu Sheng saw it, and for some reason, he didn't feel envious. Instead, he felt like a young moralist, feeling that this group of people was a bit out of place.It was as if he had been the big brother for too long, Luoxia fell ill, and always wanted to control everyone into a pure little boy.

Wandering in the park cynically for two days, on the evening of the third day, Lu Sheng reflected on himself, felt that his thoughts seemed a little sick, and couldn't help but want to smile wryly.Then he shifted his target and went straight to department stores and foreign firms. He racked his brains all the way to think: Come out, what should I buy for them?

You don't need to worry too much about Long Xiang, since any good things in his hands will not come to a good end.But he was not sloppy with Yaya. He had been Yaya's big brother for eight years, but he had never bought any serious good things for Yaya.

Lu Sheng squeezed his way to the place where the female customers gathered, and bought a pair of small diamond earrings for Yaya.It's not that she doesn't want to spend money, but that this pair of earrings are so small and delicate that they match Yaya's small ears.

The earrings were bought in the morning. He returned to the hotel at noon, and came to the waiter as soon as he entered the room.The waiter told Lu Sheng: "Mr. Bai, there are thirteen telegrams from you."

Lu Sheng was taken aback when he heard this, "There are so many telegrams, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The waiter immediately shook his head, "No, sir, all thirteen letters came this morning."

Hearing this, Lu Sheng had no time to say more, and hurriedly asked the waiter for a telegram.The telegrams were all sent from Long Xiang's side, and he translated them into words one by one according to the telegrams——when the fifth telegram was translated, he pushed the code book on the table and stopped translating.

From the first to the fifth telegram, the contents of the telegrams were almost the same, and could even be said to be the same at all.A very simple sentence, ask him why he hasn't come home yet, let him go back early.

A few days ago, Lusheng sent a telegram to Long Xiang to tell him he was safe, and he also said that it was rare for him to come out, and he planned to take this opportunity to play outside for a few more days.Long Xiang also had no objection to this, he didn't know why he went crazy again today, and he insisted on letting him go back in a hurry.Lu Sheng knew that Long Xiang was not an introverted person, at least to himself, he was definitely not introverted.If there was any major event, he would have explained it in the telegram; since he didn't explain it, it can be seen that it was purely a whim.

Hastily read the remaining eight telegrams, and finally Lu Sheng decided to ignore him—he was mad at himself at home, and he had nowhere to hide. The telegraph is controlled by his remote control?

Lu Sheng was determined, and he persisted for half a day and a night.In the afternoon of the next day, he started to receive telegrams again, and received twenty telegrams in a row.The content of today's telegram was a little more emotional. Long Xiang said that he missed him and told him to go home immediately.

Looking at the pile of telegrams on the table, Lu Sheng was almost angry, but when he thought about it, he thought of Yaya again.I don't follow Long Xiang's wishes, even though his thunderous anger can't reach me, but Yaya and him get along day and night, but they can't escape.

Thinking of this, Lu Sheng stopped thinking.With resentment in his mouth, he began to pack his luggage.

Because he really couldn't think of a gift for Long Xiang, and he couldn't really carry a box of red wine on the train, so he simply went to a nearby foreign company to buy a tube of butter biscuits.The biscuit cones are printed with five-colored deer and puppies on a white background. They look pretty and have a bit of childishness.

Taking the latest train to Beijing, Lu Sheng stayed up in the train station until midnight, and then boarded the westbound train in the early hours of the morning.Another day and night passed, and in the early morning, he got out of the car sleepily.

As soon as his feet set foot on the platform, his heart changed.When he set off from here before, he didn't feel anything unusual here, but now he just traveled outside for a few days, and when he came back, he found that the train station was so small and simple.The platform cannot be called a platform at all, and it seems more appropriate to call it an earthen platform.The staff in the station were all like impoverished heavy smokers, but I didn't need to queue at all, just walked a few steps forward and got out of the station.

There are no hordes of foreign cars outside the station, and there are no jingling trams outside the foreign cars. With the broken roads in the local area, it is impossible to drive well even if you have a car.

At this moment, someone greeted him from afar.He searched for the sound and turned his head to look, and found that the person who yelled "Master Bai" was the younger brother of the cook of the Long family.This younger brother was born tall and burly, and now he got a military uniform and put it on, and transformed himself into the adjutant of Long Xiang.Lu Sheng suddenly forgot what his new nickname was, and it was not easy to call him Gousheng as usual, so he just nodded and smiled at him.It wasn't until the younger brother ran up to him quickly that he felt blessed. He remembered that since his younger brother became an adjutant, his name had changed from Chang Gousheng to Chang Sheng.

Lu Sheng followed Chang Sheng back to Longzhai in a big carriage. He was dejected all the way, as if he had stepped from the world of flowers into the earth nest.When he got off the carriage at the gate of Longzhai, he walked slowly into the house step by step, thinking: I'm back again.

Unknowingly, he walked to the back yard, and just as he stepped through the gate, he heard cheers from the main room ahead.Immediately, the door was kicked open with a bang, and the person standing inside the door was the disheveled Long Xiang.Lu Sheng looked up and saw Long Xiang puffed his cheeks, obviously there was something in his mouth, he was startled, he was afraid that Long Xiang would take out the food from his mouth and eat it for himself in order to show his favor.But now it was too late to hide, Long Xiang shouted "Lu Sheng", and rushed towards him with open arms.

Lu Sheng took a stride forward and back, and secretly rushed forward to meet him, but he was not knocked over by the embrace at last.Long Xiang was wearing a very soft silk trousers and jacket, and his body smelled complex, with the smell of powder, sweetness of sugar, and the smell of oil for breakfast.All kinds of smells were warmed by his body, and surrounded Lusheng warmly.Seeing his Adam's apple move, Lu Sheng obviously had food in his mouth, so he raised his hand and patted his back in relief, "I'm back, do you think about me?"

Long Xiang turned around and walked behind him, pressed his shoulders and jumped towards him, "Thought it!"

Lusheng subconsciously put his hands behind his back and wrapped his legs around him, letting him lie down on his back firmly, "I still have a suitcase in my hand, I can't carry you on my back, so get down quickly!"

Long Xiang couldn't let go, not only didn't let go, but also raised his hand and slapped Lu Sheng on the shoulder, "Drive!"

Then he started giggling hahaha, kicking his calves wildly while laughing.Lu Sheng carried such a hahaha thing on his back into the main room, and after entering the door, he forcibly shook off Long Xiang, and then saw the curtain leading to the bedroom move, and it was Yaya who came out.

Yaya was wearing a bright shirt with white flowers on a red background, her black hair was tied up in a bun, and a row of thin bangs hung down on her forehead.When Lu Sheng thought of Yaya in Tianjin, she was always a young girl with braids in his mind, so now he couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he saw the little daughter-in-law in front of him.

Yaya smiled at him, the smile was still the little girl's smile before, with a little childishness, "Big brother is back."

Lu Sheng looked away and smiled, "I'm back."

Then, somehow, he suddenly forgot about the existence of Longxiang, and as he had done countless times before, he laughed in a soft and lively tone to tease his little sister: "I brought you a little girl." thing."

This sentence is very short, but within a few seconds of speaking, he went back in time, and Yaya became a little girl in the boudoir again.

But as soon as the words fell, Long Xiang came up to break Lu Sheng's illusion, "What about me?" He stopped laughing, staring at Yaya and Lu Sheng again, and repeated, "What about me? What did you bring me?"

Lu Sheng put the suitcase on the chair, opened the suitcase and said with a smile, "Of course there are gifts from you."

Then he took out the tube of butter biscuits and handed it to Longxiang to show his importance to him.There are only three of them in total, but Long Xiang can still go around in circles and get jealous from time to time.He was angry when Yaya got closer to Lu Sheng; he was also angry when Lu Sheng cared more about Yaya.Both Lusheng and Yaya knew what was going on in his mind—it was right for the two of them to support him, coax him, and love him. He claimed to be the center of the universe!

"I wanted to buy you a few bottles of good wine, but I thought it was too heavy to carry." He opened the iron cover on the bottle, and asked Long Xiang to hold the bottle and eat biscuits, "So I will give you Bought something to eat."

Then he took out a small square box with velvet surface from the box, "I bought a pair of earrings for Yaya. Yaya's gifts are the best to buy, and there are many foreign shops that sell jewelry."

Like passing private goods, he casually handed the small box to Yaya.Yaya had a good understanding with him, and she took it casually.She was not in a hurry to open it, and wanted to wait until she had time to look at it carefully.However, Long Xiang walked over with his fingers biting, reached out and snatched her small box.

He opened the box and looked at it. He seemed unhappy, and muttered, "Yaya's stuff is better than mine."

Lu Sheng quickly coaxed him: "Next time you go out, I will pick a good one for you."

Long Xiang took out a small earring on his own, and said to Yaya: "Don't move, I'll put it on for you."

Yaya obediently stood up straight and did not move.Lu Sheng watched from the sidelines, and saw Long Xiang tilting his head, pursing his lips, taking off the old earrings and putting on new earrings for Yaya attentively.After putting it on, he stood in front of Yaya for a closer look, and finally Long Xiang smiled brightly, as if he was happy again.

Lu Sheng took a step closer, intending to look at the earrings, but his eyes were on Yaya's profile, and the first thing he saw was a red bloodstain protruding from the collar.

He didn't say a word, knowing how the bloodstain came from.Yaya must have trimmed Longxiang's nails these days.The newly cut nails are particularly sharp, and the dragon seems to be addicted, and loves to scratch people hard at that time.Lu Sheng had already been scratched countless times by him, it was useless to teach him a lesson, and he would not listen to reason.The only solution is that Lu Sheng is in full charge of his hands and feet, preventing him from trying his claws on Yaya.

Yaya was surrounded by two people, she was obviously embarrassed, not only blushed, but also her earlobes were red.Acquainted, she took the old earrings from Xiang Long's hand, turned around and said, "I'll also look in the mirror."

Yaya looked at the mirror again and again, her heart was pounding, and she made up her mind that she would wear this pair of earrings for a lifetime and never take them off again.

She thought: I didn't do anything else but wear a pair of earrings, which can't be regarded as disobeying women anyway.Yesterday Long lost his temper with her, so frightened that she first went into the west wing room, and only after she got in did she remember that her elder brother had gone far away; It made sense to hide, so he fled to the aunt's yard in a hurry.

As a result of this escape, she was taught a lesson by Huang Ma - the more angry the husband is, the more the wife should be by the side to persuade him, how could she run away on her own?Even in the homes of ordinary people with small families, there is no such ignorant daughter-in-law.As for Long Xiang beating her and scolding her, that's not worth mentioning.How can a woman not be angry when she is married?Besides, she is not from the background of a young lady, so she can just bear her anger, why is she so delicate and untouchable?

Yaya was convinced by Huang Ma's lesson, and thinking about the benefits Long Ping had treated her, she let out a long sigh and resigned to her fate.

She accepted her fate, she married a chicken and followed the chicken, married a dog and followed the dog, she was born as a member of the Long family and died as a ghost of the Long family.She didn't dare to wishful thinking, she didn't love others secretly, she just wore a pair of earrings that she loved, and she didn't want to take them off again in her lifetime.

Long Xiang ate biscuits, ate them himself, and even grabbed a handful and stuffed them into the mouths of Lusheng and Yaya, so that the lower half of their faces were covered with biscuit scum.Lu Sheng showed him the signed contract, and he browsed through it reluctantly.Lu Sheng asked him: "Is it safe to do this?" He nodded casually, "Why not? Who dares to take my account?"

He stuffed another handful of cracked biscuits into his mouth, and while chewing, he said, "Lusheng, you go to Beijing again tomorrow, and save some money for me."

Lu Sheng thought he heard it wrong, looked at Long Xiangyi, raised his eyebrows, and made a puzzled expression.

Long Xiang rubbed his nose with his sleeve, sprayed the dregs and said, "I'll get you a check later, it's a Citibank check, you take out all the money and deposit it in a banknote, using my personal name."

Lu Sheng asked, "I just came back and let me go, what the hell are you doing?"

Long Xiang smiled complacently, "It's nothing, I got some private money and kept it for myself. It will be convenient to withdraw the money when I need it in the future."

Lu Sheng looked at him, feeling that his expression was a bit scheming. "Didn't you just take out 300 million yuan to buy guns? Do you have any money left?" Lu Sheng asked after him.

Long Xiang waved his hand lightly, "You know what a fart, if you are told to go, go!"

Lu Sheng knew that Long Xiang was a person with some evil ideas, but he was still shocked after seeing the check.

Long Xiang gave him 500 million this time.

Lu Sheng asked for a long time, and finally understood the source of this huge sum of money—it seemed to be the annual tax of more than a dozen counties under his control.It was supposed to be used for military purposes, but he didn't know what kind of trick he played, and he took this huge sum of money for himself under the nose of Chief of Staff Xu.

Therefore, Lu Sheng only slept at home for one night, and in the early morning of the next day, with those thin checks, he set off for the train station again.

During this journey, he never encountered a strange beauty like Irene again.When he arrived in Beijing, he went straight to Dongjiaomin Lane as if exploring.Because he was always afraid that some robbers would come and snatch the banknotes in his arms along the way, he looked around in fear and nervousness, looking more like a thief than a thief.When the foreign car stopped in front of the bank, he raised his legs and was about to rush into the bank, almost forgetting to pay for the car.

Half a day later, he lost his check and got a passbook.Pushing open the door and going out into the sun, he turned his back to the sky and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: Why does it sound so complicated, but it is so simple to do?

After the matter was over, Long Xiang's series of telegrams urging him to die did not come back. He twisted his neck comfortably in the sun, and wanted to go home and have a look - not Long's house, but the "home" he lived in. ".After so many years, I don't know if the house is still there.If so, who lived in it.

The last time he went to Tianjin, he obviously still remembered the address of Erniang's small mansion, but he just didn't go near it at all.Why not, he didn't even know himself.Now he just "want" to go home and take a look.Just think about it, you won't really come back.Because not all returning to the capital is good, sometimes he would rather be a boy from a poor family, born with nothing, so that he would not have delusions.

At this time, someone suddenly touched his elbow lightly, and then a sweet voice sounded, softly, with a little hesitation, "Mister Bai?"

Lu Sheng turned his head and looked at the person coming.At this moment, he has not come out of his mind, so the expression on his face is not good.Not only is it stern, but also there is a gloomy grief and indignation in his eyes.So the person's movements froze for a moment, he had touched him lightly with the long handle of the parasol just now, but now the hand holding the parasol stopped halfway, as if he didn't know what to do next.

The two looked at each other coldly and panicked for a moment, then Lu Sheng smiled slightly and changed their faces, "Irene?"

This sentence obviously relieved Irene, she took back her parasol and smiled, and said, "I saw you from a distance, but I'm not sure if it's really Misty Bai, until I got closer. Sure. I said hello to you, but you ignored me, so I had no choice but to abandon my gentlemanly style, and simply stopped talking."

Lu Sheng looked at Irene, and saw that she was still dressed in a foreign dress, with curly black hair, half of her white forearm exposed from the cuff above, her calf wrapped in silk stockings under her skirt, and patent leather high heels about two inches high.Lu Sheng always felt that the looks of these modern ladies were similar, they were all equipped with curly hair, skirts, high heels, and their faces were uniformly applied with heavy makeup.As long as the facial features meet the specifications, then they all look similar.Fortunately, this Irene is a combination of Chinese and Western, unique, so that he can blurt out her name when he sees her.

"I was thinking about something just now. I probably lost my mind. I didn't hear your voice at all." He explained to Irene kindly, "But this is really a coincidence. I didn't expect the last time No, we'll meet again so soon."

Irene held the long handle of the small parasol, and tapped the tip of the umbrella on the ground lightly, "When you turned around just now, I was startled because you looked like..." She mused and said, "It's not very pleasant. .”

She just said a word plainly, but when Lu Sheng heard it, he felt a little emotional.Because over the years, no one has ever given special consideration to speaking to him before speaking.He felt that Irene's short pause was very civilized, and he liked it.

"No." He defended with a smile, "I was busy in that bank for a long time, and now I came out, still a little dazed."

Irene asked: "Are you here for official business again? Or have you stayed in Beijing and Tianjin and not returned to your hometown?"

Standing under the bright sun, Lu Sheng suddenly felt like a goblin, absorbing the heat of the sun and Irene, gradually recovering his energy and spirit, and becoming lively and gentle again, "To be honest, the area around I'm not very familiar with it. If it's possible, can you show me the way, and we can sit down in a coffee shop and talk?"

Irene's long eyelashes flapped frantically as if she had been dazzled by the sun's rays, and her clear gray eyes flickered.She opened the small parasol and put it on her shoulders. She calmed down in the shadow under the umbrella, and nodded generously, "Okay, I happened to be strolling, and I'm tired of strolling now."

In a small western restaurant run by a White Russian, Lusheng and Irene sat down opposite each other.It was not a meal time at this time, the customers were few and far between, but it was as quiet as a private room.Irene was very interested in Lu Sheng's identity, guessing that he was a civil servant in a certain office in the west, or a senior employee in a large company.Lu Sheng thought for a while, and then told her: "I have some relationship with a commander over there, and I have been working for him these few times. But I am not a soldier, and what I do has nothing to do with military affairs. "

Irene nodded, as if she understood a little or two, and she didn't ask any more questions, just repeated the old saying, and said with a smile: "You turned around just now, it was really scary."

Lu Sheng rubbed his face, he didn't believe this at all, because Ya Ya had never been afraid of him, and he had never frightened Long Xiang to be honest.But young ladies are always delicate and easy to be shocked. This kind of Western-style daughter may be particularly fond of exaggeration, so she can say whatever she likes.Suddenly remembered something, Lu Sheng said, "I borrowed one of your novels and didn't return it. It's really not a gentleman's act. But to tell you the truth, I'm walking in Tianjin. You have to hurry, I left your book in the guest room. If that book has no special meaning to you, then I will buy another book and return it to you. "

Irene shook her head, "I don't like reading very much. If I lose the novel, I don't need to return it. I just want to know, will you travel frequently between your hometown and Beijing in the future?"

Lu Sheng picked up the coffee and took a sip. The coffee was so hot that he couldn't help but licked his upper lip lightly, "Not necessarily."

Irene gently stirred her cup of coffee with a small spoon, lowered her head slightly and said, "I don't know where your hometown is, but I think, in the north, no matter where it is, there is no place like Beijing and Tianjin. It's more prosperous and interesting. You are young, why don't you try to move here? Isn't it a waste of time to stay in that closed and lonely place?"

Hearing this, Lu Sheng found that although Miss Irene was dressed maturely, she still had a childish mind.Maybe it's because I have been pampered so far and I don't know the pain.

"If I stay here for a long time, what about the errands?" He asked with a smile as if teasing Yaya, "Without the errands, wouldn't I become a cicada, who can only suck the wind and drink the dew?" ?”

Erin frowned.Her eyebrows were painted in a suitable shade, and against her white skin, she was quite colorful. "You live on a salary? Doesn't your family support you financially?"

Lu Sheng asked with a smile or not: "Do I look like a young master?"

Irene nodded hesitantly, "Very similar."

Hearing this, Lu Sheng thought to himself: If the other party knows his details, he will be disappointed to the end.I really don't have the capital to be a young master, but if I say that I am self-reliant, it is a lie.But to a strange lady, it doesn't hurt to tell a lie once in a while.

"I'm not." Lusheng told Irene half-truthfully, "I lost my parents when I was very young, and I have been living with my relatives."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Irene, only to find that she was staring at him with wide-open eyes, as if she was dumbfounded.Lu Sheng murmured a little in his heart, and thought to himself: At least logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with what she said, why did she open her mouth in shock as if she had heard crazy words?

At this time, Irene said, "Oh... then you are really... poor fate!"

Every time Lu Sheng looked back on the past, he was always full of grief and indignation, but rarely felt sorry for himself.After hearing what Irene said, he didn't take it seriously, but he didn't bother to say much, so he just smiled noncommittally.

He didn't know how attractive a tall and handsome young man, who could access foreign banks, eat in western restaurants, and have a life experience that sounded so miserable, would be so attractive to rich ladies like Irene .In particular, he didn't compliment her courteously - he didn't pursue her, but she wanted to greet him and find something to say.In this way, the usual rules are broken and the situation becomes complicated.Irene was almost a little nervous, because she knew that he would not leave Beijing immediately, but whether he would take the initiative to see her again tomorrow was not sure at all.If the two parted ways after drinking coffee, and he came and went without a trace, what would she do?

"Tomorrow there will be a sports meeting in our school. It's very grand. Would you like to go and have a look?" She asked suddenly.

Lu Sheng glanced at her—it's not good to stare at girls all the time, so he turned his eyes off to show his seriousness, "Oh? Are you still studying?"

Eileen laughed, "I'm at a Belgian girls' high school - don't I look like a student?"

Lu Sheng always thought that she would be in her 20s. Hearing this, he was calm on the surface and secretly shocked in his heart. It’s not like an ordinary school girl in her gorgeous clothes.”

Irene pursed her lips and asked again: "If you are willing to go, I am willing to be your guide."

Lu Sheng hesitated and did not answer.Irene thought that he was different from those superficial suitors around her, and he might not immediately bow down to her pomegranate skirt if she extended an olive branch on her side, so she added: "After watching the sports meeting, we can still go to Have a cup of ice cream."

Lu Sheng has no interest in ice cream, but he is willing to go to the girls' high school to see the excitement, because he never went to middle school, and he often feels regretful.So he nodded to Irene, and he replied, "Then I won't be polite, and I will bother you tomorrow."