chaotic world

The night passed without any danger, the two of them didn't sleep much, their eyelids were fighting, and they ate hastily in the room. With the permission of Zhou Lan's kindness, Du Yunfeng climbed onto the bed and squeezed next to Zhou Lan.

Du Yunfeng galloped like a wild horse all night, playing tricks on the entire security team. As soon as his head touched the pillow, the body of the wild horse thought it was time to take a nap.While Zhou Lan was frightened, she chatted with Tang for the whole night, and now she was also sleepy, and the two hit it off and fell asleep!

It was three poles in the sun, and the two of them were sound asleep. Du Yunfeng was kicking around like a pony, but Zhou Lan was lying on his back peacefully. At noon, Zhou Lan woke up, and she was sticking to the wall like a painting, with Du Yunfeng squatting in the middle of the bed, sleeping while running.

The two groomed and went downstairs to leave. It was the time when Xunfangli opened for business in the afternoon, and the number of guests who came to have fun began to increase. They turned back to the two-story wooden stairs and went downstairs. Zhou Lan and Du Yunfeng walked one after the other. It's the same suit and top hat, Zhou Lan looks like a young scholar of the new school, while Du Yunfeng doesn't have the smell of books, and he has a bit of ruffian and arrogance all over his body.

Upstairs were a few men in loose clothes and wide sleeves, short in stature, with a beard the size of a fingernail under the nose, and a bald strip of hair above the ears, who were hugging the writhing waists of several women tightly. Ripple upstairs.Du Yunfeng glanced casually, then put his hand on Zhou Lan's shoulder, and gently pushed him towards the edge of the stairs. Zhou Lan turned around in confusion, and Du Yunfeng said with a smile that the stairs are narrow and walk carefully.

When they walked to the door, a few bright red girls from Koudan, wearing handkerchiefs under their armpits, deliberately greeted the outside guests in a greasy tone. The gray-skinned old Russian man turned his head and saw Du Zhou and the others, bowed down to apologize for the poor greeting last night: "The world is bad, business is not easy." He said, leaning closer to Du Yunfeng's ear: "You said that the Japanese devils want to check , who dares to stop him, don't you die? Brother Du, forget all the expenses this time, and you have to forgive me." Tang Qiu'er always thought that Du Yunfeng was a businessman who ran out of money, so he came here regularly, don't Then I was too scared to come again.

Du Yunfeng, on the other hand, laughed heartily, and paid the bill readily, not missing a penny.

Parting, Tang Qiuer sent Du Yunfeng out of the door, and praised sincerely, "Brother Du, you will dress like this from now on. You are so handsome in this outfit!"

Du Yunfeng raised his eyebrows, raised his hand to straighten his top hat, waved his hand without looking back, and left

Zhou Lan had already been standing far away from the door, waiting for him.

The two decided to go for a stroll in the city, buy some things and take them back to the mountain. When Zhou Lan thought of going back to Black Eagle Mountain, Zhou Lan was confused. In the city and on the mountain, one is in the sky and the other is underground. There, Zhou Lan didn't have money to make a living, and he needed a lot of money. If the dozens of people in Black Eagle Mountain were used up, they could get rich.

The two of them had to eat enough to go back. Du Yunfeng took Zhou Lan to Dingchang Hotel, one of the best in Fengtian. Well, it is said that Dr. Sun also specially sent someone to make a six-person-carried birthday peach and put it in the lobby of the hotel, which gave the handsome man enough face.

The restaurants in the provincial capital are well-known, so the prices are naturally high, not to mention that in the era of war and chaos, prices are soaring, Du Yunfeng ordered the best private room, and eating a top-notch meal here is enough for him to take a trip to the kiln .

He is willing to give Zhou Lan anything. Du Yunfeng is willing to spoil him, but he is reluctant to bend him.

At this moment, Zhou Lan was waiting alone in the spacious and luxurious private room. Du Yunfeng said that he saw candied haws downstairs just now, and he wanted to eat but forgot to buy them. He insisted on buying two bunches downstairs.

Zhou Lan was inexplicable: "It's not a child, what are you messing around with?" Du Yunfeng had already stepped out of the door of the private room with one foot: "I'll be right back!" After the words fell, the person disappeared.

Leaning against the large Russian-style windows that towered above the sky, Zhou Lan looked sideways at the outside of the building. Looking down from the height of the third floor, there was no one selling candied haws.

After waiting for a long time, Du Yunfeng came back with a smile, and finally sat down to order honestly. Zhou Lan glanced at him, and didn't bother to ask what is so delicious about candied haws.

"Don't order too much." Lord Zhou Lan instructed. After yesterday's blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So restrained, I don't want to throw people to the end again.

Du Yunfeng on the opposite side of the dining table was flipping through the menu page by page. There was a large bouquet of flowers and two western candlesticks between them, with three candles burning on each candlestick.

The waiter has blue eyes and a high nose bridge. On the menu in all foreign languages, Du Yunfeng points and the waiter nods from time to time. When it comes to the wine list, Du Yunfeng can understand it, but he doesn't understand foreign wine, so he simply gave up looking at the name and chose it straightforwardly. The most expensive red wine.

He ordered pure Western food. While the two were talking and waiting for the dishes, the waiter gracefully arranged the tableware. They were all exquisite and shiny high-end silver tableware. Rows of knives and forks and spoons of different sizes were lined up in front of the two of them. The formation of soldiers was dazzling, and before the main course was served, half the table was filled with pink aperitifs and various appetizers.

"Yunfeng, don't you order more?" Zhou Lan couldn't help but doubt life in this way of serving food.

Du Yunfeng smiled with crooked eyebrows, did not speak, and turned his head to signal the waiter to pour the wine.

The ruby ​​red liquid was slowly poured into the wine glass, and the waiter wrapped the neck of the bottle in a white tablecloth and stepped aside, waiting for service at any time.

Looking at the color, Zhou Lan knew that it must be a good wine with a high price. He picked up the goblet and sniffed it lightly. His face was full of surprise. He looked up at Du Yunfeng: "Yunfeng, this bottle should be very expensive!" When it comes to the word "very", the sound is specially emphasized.

Excitement flashed across Du Yunfeng's face, and he snapped his fingers: "You still know the goods!"

With the waiter around, Zhou Lan was a bit jealous, and he was embarrassed to ask the price of the wine directly, but he was really distressed: "Spending money indiscriminately!"

It was Zhou Lan's time to calculate money, and he couldn't save enough. If he guessed correctly, this bottle of wine is a treasure for many years. In addition to such an environment, it might cost half a big sliver.

But the money belonged to Du Yunfeng, and he could spend it on wine as he wanted. Thinking of this, Zhou Lan felt that even so, the money was earned with his life. Why did Xiao Yunfeng not know how to love his money?

Forget it, it’s all open, if you don’t enjoy it, it’s really a waste, so he raised his glass: “Yunfeng, let’s have a drink!”

Du Yunfeng didn't raise his glass, but just looked at Zhou Lan with a wide-eyed smile. The smile came from the heart, with a bit of complacency, as if a child had candy in his pocket, and the whole world didn't know this big secret.

"Mu'an, don't be in a hurry." Du Yunfeng raised a finger in the air and swayed gently in the air as if "no", then he winked at the waiter, who bowed politely, walked to the door of the private room, Opening the door, at the same time, the body moved out of the way, and then a trolley slowly entered the room. A huge cake broke into Zhou Lan's sight with a little candlelight shining, and two people in swallowtail suits followed the dining car. The high-nosed Russians each held a violin. As soon as the dining car stopped, the melodious sound of the violin rang out. The simple birthday song, under the flickering candlelight, was simple and beautiful.

Du Yunfeng stood up, clapped his hands with the cheerful rhythm, his eyes were bright, he sang first in foreign language, then in Chinese, and walked slowly to Zhou Lan's side.

Zhou Lan was attacked by the sudden warmth, and he still maintained the posture of holding the wine glass in his hand. It was not until Du Yunfeng came by his side that he remembered that his birthday was in the warm spring.

After the violin piece was over, Du Yunfeng embraced Zhou Lan's shoulders, bent slightly and kissed Zhou Lan's forehead tenderly: "Mu An, happy birthday." The waiter in the private room smiled and applauded politely, echoing birthday wishes in foreign language.

Zhou Lan raised his head, his eyes were a little red before he drank the wine, and his throat was a little hoarse: "Yunfeng, I don't even remember, thank you!" eyes, pulled slightly, and kissed Du Yunfeng's forehead back.

The waiters in high-end restaurants see many famous people every day, and there are many modern young people who greet and send them off, but it is really rare to meet such a pair of beautiful young brothers who have a good relationship. , one suave and suave, the other elegant and elegant, presumably the sons of high officials or wealthy businessmen, any one of them is worthy of the stage, and it is more eye-catching when put together.

Under Du Yunfeng's urging, Zhou Lan took a deep breath and blew on eighteen colorful candles. At the end of the blowing, a few candles were still stubbornly resisting, and Du Yunfeng blew silently from the side.

Du Yunfeng rewarded the violin and sent the waiter away.He turned around and took off his suit, put it on the back of a high chair, rolled up his cuffs, pulled out the candles, and cut the cake himself.

The thick cream looks very sweet, and the knife in his hand cuts it slowly.

Du Yunfeng recalled that the first time he ate cream cake was with Zhou Lan. After his mother died, no one remembered his birthday anymore. Butler Du never paid much attention to this son, but spent a lot of time taking care of his younger brother Du Yunhai.Du Yunfeng knew that he could never compete with his younger brother for this favor, so only he remembered his birthday.

On his 15th birthday, after Zhou’s family dinner, he quietly ran to a noodle stall on the street to eat a bowl of noodles. He was trying to imagine the taste of longevity noodles made by his mother when he happened to be bumped by Zhou Lan who was going out. Inquiring, and knowing that it was his birthday, Zhou Lan touched his trouser pocket, bowed his head and thought for a while, said "you wait", and ran back to Zhou's compound quickly.After a while, he ran out again. The half-grown man was carrying a small satchel of hard leather. As he ran, the satchel bounced on his buttocks. He ran in front of Du Yunfeng, took Du Yunfeng's hand involuntarily, and stopped him. A rickshaw.

"Middle Street in the French Concession." Du Yunfeng still remembered Zhou Lan's crisp voice.

That was the first time Du Yunfeng tried Shilin. He knew that children in Tianjin all dreamed of eating Shilin, but only children from good families could eat Shilin. Zhou Lan had been here, but very few times.

Zhou Lan spent all the money in her purse to buy two ice creams and a small cake, lit a candle, and sang a birthday song to Du Yunfeng.Zhou Lan was wearing a small blue dress that day, looking like a doll. He was 12 years old at that time, and his pocket money for a week was spent on playing Shilin once.

That day, Du Yunfeng made a solemn wish to a candle.

Du Yunfeng sent a corner of the cake to Zhou Lan: "There is no Shilin in Fengtian, and the time is too rushed. I bought a ready-made cake from the bakery next door."

Zhou Lan took the cake plate, took a bite, and suddenly had a bad breath. He remembered something on his mind, but he couldn't stop. He knew he was going to lose his composure, so he tried to divert his attention, and continued to take a big bite of the cream cake, but ended up chewing With that, Dou Da's teardrops crackled down.

Du Yunfeng was dumbfounded, eating a cake wouldn't make him so moved!Zhou Lan is a young master, but he is not squeamish. In these years, Du Yunfeng has never seen him cry.

Du Yunfeng snatched the plate, threw it on the table, squatted beside Zhou Lan, raised his arms to hold the other's face: "What's the matter, don't scare me, talk!" Zhou Lan raised one hand to cover his eyes, desperately Shaking his head, he said he was fine, but his voice was out of tune.

"If you believe me, just tell me." Du Yunfeng held the opponent's face and pressed his forehead against the opponent's forehead. He had to calm the opponent down.

Zhou Lan broke free from him, turned his face away, turned around and sat in another direction, tried to calm his emotions, moved his hands away from his eyes, saw the half glass of red wine just poured, suddenly picked it up, raised his head and drank it do.

Seeing that he was unwilling to speak, Du Yunfeng didn't force it. He just took a red wine bottle and filled it up. As soon as it was poured, Zhou Lan drank it down again in one gulp, as if the wine could suppress his tears, without hesitation.

"That's not how you drink wine." Du Yunfeng added the wine again, but he was already prepared.

Just as Zhou Lan was about to pick it up, Du Yunfeng held down the mouth of the cup. "I'll drink it for you!" Du Yunfeng picked up the cup and drank it down, and then filled it up again. Before Zhou Lan reached out, he drank it down again. After several rounds, Zhou Lan looked up at him and said: " Yunfeng, stop drinking."

His emotions had calmed down, and he was sitting on a chair with his head downcast. Du Yunfeng stood between him and the dining table, leaning on the dining table, his long legs slanted past him.

"Do you still remember that I was always surrounded by some bad boys asking for money after school?" Zhou Lan lowered her head, her voice muffled.

It was almost the first time in his life that he told his secrets to others. There were so many secrets and they were so heavy, it was time to find someone to share them with.

Zhou Lan's secrets are some privacy, some privacy that he doesn't want to be known but so many people know by nature.

Zhou Lan is the only son of the Zhou family, but he is not an authentic descendant.When the third aunt adopted him back then, he was just a lump of flesh sucking his fingers as a baby. At that time, Zhou Lan's nominal father, Zhou Hanshi, had passed away two years ago.

Speaking of Zhou Hanshi, the Zhou family has always had a small population, and in this generation, it has become a single family. However, misfortunes never come singly. Zhou Hanshi is a big devil in the world. The ancestral property of the family just made the huge Tianjin Wei small, and the usual makeup street was short.

With a good family background and early debut, Zhou Hanshi has played tricks and played to a high level, he is like a famous actor who is neither male nor female, and his reputation as a good man is well known.

Although the Zhou family was in decline, they still needed face. Under the pressure of his mother's crying, making troubles and hanging himself, Zhou Hanshi relented and quickly married the third concubine within a month.

It is possible to force a man to marry a wife, but there is no one who can force a man into a bridal chamber.

The third concubine has been a widow since she entered the house, taking care of her food and drink, but she didn't even have time to see what a man looks like.

Zhou Hanshi still stayed out at night, took root in a big restaurant with an opera troupe, went home occasionally, had a strange and humble meal with his aunts and wives, and went to sleep in the room of the mute in the middle of the night. When I was young, I brought back the current person, very honest, there was a sound in the dumb room in the middle of the night, and everyone in the Zhou family had to pretend not to hear it.

Until one day, a man came to Zhou's house to deliver a letter, vaguely saying that the Zhou family's uncle had a sudden illness.The Zhou family is all women, so they sent Butler Du to look at it.

When Butler Du arrived at the hotel, when he saw Zhou Hanshi, he became cold and stiff, and sealed the insider's mouth for Qian, so that Zhou Hanshi's death on the actor's body was not publicized by the whole city.

Zhou Han died suddenly in middle age, with many aunts and wives, but no children left behind.

But life has to go on. The three concubines of the Zhou family have different tempers and temperaments. The first and second concubine respectively adopted little boys from their own families. Although they are not from the Zhou family, they are better than nothing. If the business continues, there are gold mines outside the Zhou family pass, and someone has to take care of them. The eldest aunt and the second aunt's respective families have secretly competed for several years because of the question of whose children will inherit in the future.

The third aunt is too poor, she was a hard-working singer at the beginning, and she tried to survive to enter the Zhou family. She had no backing, low status, and didn't intend to fight for the family property, so she didn't have sex. As a result, Zhou Han passed away two years ago, and she Suddenly, one day, a baby was brought back. No one knew which family Zhou Lan came from. The third aunt became a dumb person on this matter, and she didn't leak a word, but she insisted on feeding the baby with rice soup, fruit juice and water. A tender and delicate little doll.

The third aunt was bullied at home, and she had the least money, but she always tried her best to dress Zhou Lan in a decent manner. She had no relatives, and only a son like Zhou Lan, although not his own, was really the closest people.

Zhou Lan was smart and good-looking since he was a child. In contrast, the two elder brothers above are as arrogant and unreasonable as pigs. Because they have the backing of their own families, the life of the third aunt and Zhou Lan is difficult even for servants. Not as good.Of course, Du Yunfeng was still in the countryside of Cangzhou at that time, and had never witnessed Zhou Lan's life at that time.

It is not uncommon for him to be unable to eat, and it is common for his aunt and second aunt to point his nose at him and scold him for being a bastard. The two so-called elder brothers often bully him behind his back, scold him for being a bastard, and slap him in the face. The first brother would come up to beat him together, and the third concubine would be bullied by the two concubines.

Ever since seeing Second Aunt slap her mother hard, Zhou Lan never retaliated.

He has been able to read people's faces since he was a child, and he knows that people's hearts are dirty. He doesn't resist or complain, but he competes with himself. He has the lowest status in the family, but his little heart is twisted, and he wants to live a good life.

Until now, he is often awakened by nightmares at night. In the nightmares, someone always calls him a bastard. In the cold and cramped courtyard of the Zhou family, the writhing waists and long red nails of the aunts and wives are shaking everywhere.

When Zhou Lan was ten years old, her elder brother and second elder brother died one after another.

The eldest brother died suddenly of a sudden illness. It took only a day from crying out for stomachaches to stretching his legs and staring.

The second elder brother happened to be at a time when there were few people at home, so he stepped on a bench and fell into the peace tank in the yard. The water tank was deep and heavy.There wasn't even a single fish in the tank, so I didn't know what he was looking at.

Within a year, two people were killed in the Zhou family, and everyone said it was bad luck. The old lady Zhou invited a Taoist priest to come to her house to perform a ritual. Stop being promoted and get rich, and the poor will die if they live in it, and so on, and then take the money and throw off their sleeves and run away in a hurry.

Not long after, Mrs. Zhou passed away. Before she died, Zhou Lan stood in front of the bed under her mother's urging, and called "Grandma" coldly. This was the first time and the last time.

Auntie was so heartbroken that she changed her mind and began to eat fast and recite the Buddha's name, and she didn't go out of her room very much, which made Zhou's house smell of incense for a while.

The second aunt is too old to be in her thirties, and she no longer has the heart to adopt another child. Besides, the family knows that the Zhou family is unlucky, so they don't want to adopt any more boys, so the second aunt is too happy to be free, playing cards and dancing, and having fun in time .

Zhou Lan became a veritable only seedling, but the life of the third aunt was a blessing in disguise. Under the careful care of the third aunt and the dumb uncle, Zhou Lan finally became upright. This year, he went to a foreign school.

The students in the foreign school are all from very good families, John Chen, George Li, Anna Zhang... They are all children with a foreign flavor and a good sense of themselves.On the first day of school, Zhou Lan felt that his life finally began to become clear. Following the trend, he began to believe in Christianity devoutly. Father Bailey, who was baptized for him, was as warm as a loving father. Water dripped from Zhou Lan's forehead, Zhou Lan thought: "Let all my sins be washed away, and I will become a beautiful and noble person from now on."

Father Bailey gave him the English name Charlie, so the classmates often called him Charlie Zhou, or Charlie Zhou. The new name was like a new student, which once gave him the illusion of happiness.

He often stays in the school church after school, and he is willing to dedicate himself to the Lord. Father Bailey is the incarnation of the Lord. He is kind, kind, tall and warm. He often secretly stares at Father Bailey's broad back after he turns around.

Father Bailey was over forty years old and always wore a set of black and large missionary cloak. He stroked Zhou Lan's small head, listened to his devout prayers, and even sent Zhou Lan back home under an umbrella on a rainy night. At home, in order to prevent the children from getting caught in the rain, he carried the little Zhou Lan on his back.Father Bailey did not understand Chinese, so he talked with Zhou Lan in simple foreign language.

Zhou Lan lay on the priest's back, feeling excited. It really was flesh and blood, intoxicatingly warm and safe. Zhou Lan hugged the priest's neck and muttered in Chinese: "Father, I love you so much."

The first year of school passed smoothly and beautifully, and Charlie Zhou's life seemed so fresh and lively.

His family is not comparable to those classmates with good backgrounds, but he is determined not to let them see that he is as decent as possible every day, his clothes are always tidy and fit, his handkerchiefs are always neatly folded, and his hair is pomaded , smooth and uncluttered.

Too good things don't always last long.

Although the city of Tianjin is big, bad news spreads far and wide without any effort.Gossip gradually began to spread among classmates. Words such as "wild bastard" and "picked up child" spread into Zhou Lan's ears. The young and open mouth is the cruelest, and his little family background was gradually dug out. The eyes of the classmates began to change.When school was over, senior seniors began to talk to him. He knew that he was good-looking and always attracted attention, so he didn't like to talk to people, but these people stuck to him like rice cakes, and his words became more and more ugly.

"Your father likes to poke men's butts. You were born by a man, so your mother raised you like a bastard." Zhou Lan could only run away when he heard such words. Once, he will be fired directly.

He can't be expelled, he wants to study, he wants to live a good life, the normal life of every classmate's family.

So he saved the country with curves, his expenses increased day by day, he took all his pocket money to the sleazy little ruffians, he hired these people to teach his classmates who spoke badly, at a young age, he knew the value of money.

The cost is getting bigger and bigger, and it has become a common thing to be short of money, so when his guards can't get the money, they will intimidate him instead, which makes him more aware of the importance of money.

He needs a lot of money to clean up those classmates, and also to study abroad one day, leave this place of right and wrong, and never come back.

Until Du Yunfeng appeared, he became his most sincere warrior who didn't want any reward.

After talking about the past in a low voice, Zhou Lan leaned heavily on the back of the chair, with his head half-tilted. He has never shed tears in front of others for so many years. He always lives carefully and decently. Mention or explain it to anyone, he's been carrying it just fine.

A warm palm rested on his shoulder, which was Du Yunfeng's temperature. In fact, after hearing so much, Du Yunfeng didn't know how to comfort him for a while. He found that he had never really understood Zhou Lan. He saw Zhou Lan The young master of the family has a glamorous side, but Zhou Lan doesn't know that Zhou Lan hides so much in his heart.

Back then, he used his fists to beat away provocative classmates and street ruffians. At that time, he felt that those cursing words were disgusting, and these words had nothing to do with Zhou Lan, but today, those words are like needles. All over Zhou Lan.He felt sorry for him, at such a young age, how could he endure the original sin that was not his fault.

At the same time, he also realized that something was wrong.

"Your two elder brothers died too suddenly." Du Yunfeng said, he looked at Zhou Lan, he had his guess, but he still couldn't quite believe that those things had something to do with Zhou Lan, or he just didn't want to believe it.

"Yunfeng, what do you want to hear from me?" Zhou Lan lowered his head heavily, covering his face with his hands, in a poor and tired gesture.

Du Yunfeng's words swirled around his mouth, before he could speak, he stretched his neck and swallowed it back. It's all in the past. Zhou Lan is living well, that's the most important thing. Who cares about the rest?

Du Yunfeng moved the hand on his shoulder to Zhou Lan's head, like rubbing the head of a small animal, and combed Zhou Lan's hair one by one. It was thick and black, and his slender fingers submerged into the smooth hair. atmosphere.

He slowly rubbed his hand over Zhou Lan's temples and cheeks, moved it to his chin, and lifted Zhou Lan's face lightly. Zhou Lan had just cried, her clear double eyelids were pink, and her long and dense eyelashes filtered Looking into his sad eyes, his face is expressionless, like a child who has escaped from guilt, waiting for the adults to deal with it.

Zhou Lan cares about what Du Yunfeng thinks of him. In the past, he didn't care. He thought Du Yunfeng was a servant and a wild child. But in the days and nights of Black Eagle Mountain, and in Fengtian's experience, he suddenly realized that Du Yunfeng was serious about him. , be as good as the heart, just treat him like no one before or since.So Zhou Lan is like a little boy who has just begun to fall in love, suddenly found his lover, and began to care about his lover's opinion dimly.

One was sitting and the other was leaning against the table. Du Yunfeng supported Zhou Lan's chin, and the candlelight on the candlestick was quietly shining.

Then, Du Yunfeng bent down and kissed Zhou Lan's lips. At first, it was superficial, and then it was a passionate kiss. He stretched out his tongue, pried the other's teeth, and tried to tease the other's sharp tongue. Zhou Lan was trembling, but very Quickly paid him back.

"Don't be afraid of anything in the future, I will always stand by your side."

There was a waiter knocking on the door outside the box, it was the dessert after delivery, when the waiter went out, Du Yunfeng insisted on feeding Zhou Lan with a small spoon, but Zhou Lan couldn't resist him, so he opened his mouth to pick it up, and what he borrowed was often not dessert , It was Du Yunfeng's left and right kiss.