Chapter 4: Listening to the Snow Tower
Yi Temple (Shanghai Old Town God's Temple, bookstore concentration).
Listen to the Snow Building.
It's a bookstore.
Anyone who hangs on the beach knows that this bookstore is actually a place for entertainment and recreation, and of course, those who can spare money to come in and spend are people with a lot of money.
At this point, the door was still open for business, and there were bursts of beautiful sounds of shamisen and pipa, and from time to time there were cheers coming from inside.
Getting off the rickshaw, Chen Miao casually threw a piece of fiat currency to the driver, anyway, the money won from the gambling stall was not distressed to spend.
"Thank you boss, thank you boss......" The rickshaw driver left with a thousand thanks, running for one night, he may not be able to earn so much, today he met a nobleman.
"Third brother, you're here."
Chen Miao stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, a middle-aged man wearing a brown short fight with gray sideburns suddenly smiled when he saw that it was Chen Miao.
"Well, Lao Cai, is Xueqin here?" Chen Miao lowered her head slightly, covered her mouth and coughed.
"Yes, yes, Boss Qin has been talking about you these days." That Lao Cai enthusiastically opened the door, gave up a position, and let Chen Miao in.
If you want to be mixed up in Shanghai in this world, you must be in the gang, and military commanders like Chen Miao have the identity of worshipping the old man and the gang.
Having a gang status makes it very convenient for them to get things done.
Chen Miaobai's old man is a member of the Qing Gang, and he died of illness the year before last, and he went to mourn, kowtowed, and gave a funeral, which can be regarded as returning this incense.
After all, identity is a thing, it still depends on whether people recognize you or not, if you don't recognize you, no matter how high the seniority is, it is useless, and can only be used to bluff people.
If you don't want to be different from the others, you have to follow the customs, these people are lawless, they dare to do anything, and if a good person falls into this dye vat, you can also dye black.
If you don't want your heart to be blackened, then you have to put on a shell.
The casino and bookstore are Chen Miao's favorite places to go, the casino, that's for acting for others to see, as for this bookstore, it's much more complicated.
The courtyard was deep, through several corridors, to a small attic, Chen Miao picked up his feet and went up the stairs, turned back to the old Cai and asked, "Lao Cai, do you have anything to eat?" ”
"Yes, yes, wait a minute, I'll ask the cook to prepare a few side dishes for you." Lao Cai nodded non-retentively, Boss Qin has a high vision, there are few people who can enter her eyes, Chen Miao is decent and decent, and he is also a talent, among so many people, he is the ultimate lover who hopes for Chen Miao the most.
Chen Miao nodded and raised her feet upstairs.
"Is the third brother outside the door?"
"Ahem, how did you know I was coming?" Chen Miao coughed, showed a slight smile, and stepped into the small attic with his feet.
"I heard the third brother talking to Lao Cai downstairs." Liang Xueqin wore a short-sleeved skirt with pink and gold silk edges, a blue pleated skirt and a pair of peony embroidered shoes.
"yes, it seems that I can't surprise you in the future." Chen Miao sighed with regret and stepped over the threshold and walked inside.
The attic is divided into inside and outside, and the outside is a place for guests, a small round table and four brocade stools, on the left is a round arch, and inside is a small study.
On the left, there is a small garden, the window is ajar, and the window is a soft collapse, a furnace of green smoke, quite poetic.
There are also several pots of green plants and potted plants on the terrace outside the window, showing that the women who live in this house are of high spirits, which are different from ordinary people.
Smelling the elegant sandalwood, Chen Miao felt that his mood was much calmer, and only here could he find a trace of tranquility and tranquility.
Behind the bead curtain is Liang Xueqin's boudoir, and there are so many people who want to enter it and become its guests, but so far, there is no one who has the qualifications to step in.
Including him.
He understood Liang Xueqin's intentions, but he didn't dare to take that step, once he stepped into that step, it meant responsibility.
In Tingxue Building, Liang Xueqin was only stationed at first, and after becoming famous, the owner sold half of the shares to her in order to keep her, and handed over Tingxue Building to her to operate.
She is now half the boss of Tingxue Building.
The reputation of the queen of Shanghai is the object of invitation to many dignitaries and nobles, especially many people who covet her talent and want to take it back to their private houses.
Liang Xueqin has a strong temperament, both talent and morality, and she doesn't want to become the plaything of the powerful, so she hasn't heard of any lace news with anyone.
"Today, third brother, how did your old man give up my place?" Liang Xueqin picked up the tea cup on the table, gave Chen Miao a cup of boiled water, and handed it over with a smile.
How could Chen Miao not hear the sour taste in Liang Xueqin's words?
"It's okay, can't I come and see you?" Chen Miao smiled slightly wryly, women, they all have a little emotion.
Man, don't you just eat this set?
In fact, he is the same person as Liang Xueqin, and he has woven a hard shell for himself, so that he can protect himself who is weaker inside.
"Come if you're happy, leave if you're not happy, what do you think of me?" Liang Xueqin hugged her elbows in front of her chest and said like a brutal little daughter.
"Xueqin, third brother, I'm ......" Chen Miao really didn't know how to explain, what he was doing was something that would lose his head at any time, and he didn't want to implicate Liang Xueqin.
But sometimes, it's not like you can do what you want.
The atmosphere in the room was a little awkward, but fortunately, at this time, Lao Cai came up and carried a red lacquer box.
"Boss Qin, third brother, time is too rushed, that's all." Lao Cai explained embarrassedly.
"Lao Cai, I know, inform the front, I won't go to the thank you tonight." Liang Xueqin returned to her usual cold expression and commanded.
"Okay, Boss Qin, third brother, you eat, I'll go down first......" Lao Cai pursed his lips and smiled, twisting the waist of the water snake and went down.
was brought in by Lao Cai, and the embarrassing atmosphere was suddenly diluted a lot.
"Third brother, come, sit down and have a glass of wine, don't live up to Lao Cai's kindness." Liang Xueqin sat down, poured a glass of wine, and handed it over.
Chen Miao could only smile bitterly, he could feel the resentment in Liang Xueqin's heart, if she didn't let her out of this breath today, she would never let herself go.
This is really difficult for women and villains to raise.
"I'll punish myself with three cups, who made me unhappy with Xueqin today?" Chen Miao picked up the wine glass and drank it, grabbed the wine jug on the table, poured two more glasses of wine, and drank it continuously.
The bitter wine entered his throat, and it was so spicy that he couldn't help but cover his mouth and cough violently.
Liang Xueqin originally wanted to look at Chen Miao, but when her eyes were aimed at a trace of red on her left shoulder, there was a hint of horror in her eyes, she stood up and reached out to touch it.
Chen Miao stretched out her hand to block it: "I'm fine." ”
"You, you know how to be stubborn, and you still drink when you are injured?" Liang Xueqin's emotions finally broke out, and with an angry sigh, she quickly lifted the bead curtain and walked in.
A moment later, Liang Xueqin came out with a medicine box.
"Take your clothes off!"
"It's not good, men and women don't kiss each other...... Chen Miao's face turned a little pale, the coughing action just now was too big, and the wound on his shoulder collapsed.
"Are you coming on your own, or am I coming?" Liang Xueqin's pretty face was frosty, and she didn't give face at all.
"You'd better come." Chen Miao stared at Liang Xueqin's eyes, and suddenly sighed helplessly.
Liang Xueqin snorted and laughed, as if she had won a great victory.
"I'm all hurt, and I can still laugh?" With the help of Liang Xueqin, Chen Miao took off the outer horse coat and the shirt that had been stained with blood.
Aiming at Chen Miao's tendons, Liang Xueqin's cheeks rose two flushes for no reason, although the relationship between the two was very close, but this was the first time.
"Is this a gunshot wound?" Liang Xueqin's eyebrows frowned slightly, although she was a weak woman, she could see that she had a lot of knowledge, and she recognized Chen Miao's left shoulder at a glance as a gunshot wound.
"Hmm."
"Does it hurt?" Liang Xueqin first removed the bandage and the gauze that had been soaked red with blood, wiped the blood stains on the wound with alcohol, and asked distressedly.
"It's fine."
"Bear with me, I'm drugged." Liang Xueqin picked out a small blue and white porcelain bottle from the medicine box, pulled the cork, and poured out some yellow-brown powder from it.
"Xueqin, what medicine did you give me?"
"Stick sore medicine, don't worry, this medicine is no problem for gunshot wounds." Liang Xueqin held the mouth of the small porcelain bottle and pointed it above the wound and shook it gently.
"Sizzle......
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay, this medicine feels quite comfortable when sprinkled on the wound." Chen Miao is telling the truth, she feels much better than sulfonamide powder.
"I can tell you, no alcohol and no women for at least a month!" Liang Xueqin carefully changed Chen Miao with new gauze and bandaged it.
"Well, Xueqin, your craft is really good, the elasticity is just right, where did you learn it?" Chen Miao moved a little, much stronger than his own bandage.
"Since I was a child, I have been walking with my father since I was a child, and bumps and bumps are commonplace, which is nothing?" Liang Xueqin said lightly, "What's the matter with your injury, have you provoked the enemy?" ”
"Sort of."
"So what do you do next?"
"Don't worry about me, although I can't do the work of the Horse Racing Association, let's find a job again, but I haven't thought about it yet, the living can still suffocate urine, even if I don't do anything now, the savings in my hand are enough for me to live for a while." Chen Miao was bitter and happy.
"And where do you live now?"
"I couldn't live in the apartment I rented, so I opened a room in the Oriental Hotel and lived in it first." Chen Miao said in an indifferent tone, "Close to you, I can still come to see you if I have nothing to do." ”
"Hmm."
"I should go, the curfew time will be up in a while, and when it's outdated, I can't go back, and I'll be arrested as a bad guy by the patrol." After staying for more than twenty minutes, Chen Miao looked at the pocket watch, and got up and said.
"You're so badly injured, or don't go back tonight?" Liang Xueqin blushed and said with shame.
"Isn't that okay?" Chen Miao was stunned for a moment.
"Do you hate me here, or do you think I can't let you stay?" Liang Xueqin slowly stepped forward, raised her head slightly, and stared at Chen Miaodao.
"Xueqin, don't be like this, I don't mean to dislike you, I'm actually an uncertain person...... It's not worth it. Chen Miao felt the fiery affection, and her eyes couldn't help but dodge.
"If you're not sure, why are you here?" Liang Xueqin pointed to the bead curtain leading to the boudoir and asked.
"Alright, Xueqin, let's stop talking about this, okay?" Chen Miao subconsciously reached out and pushed Liang Xueqin!
A trace of sadness and disappointment rose in Liang Xueqin's eyes.
Suddenly.
Click!
There was a loud bang outside, and the silver snake danced.
Then the rain poured down......
"Chen Sanshui, do you still want to leave now?" Liang Xueqin pointed to the rain curtain outside the window, looked at Chen Miao angrily and asked.