Shanghai morning

When washing up the next morning, Wang Yao realized that he no longer had a spare headband. There were a lot of busy things recently, so he didn't have the heart to buy these odd daily necessities.Thinking about going to the grocery store at night, Wang Yao stuffed his long hair into his hat and looked at the broken mirror—it could only be called a large piece of mirror—and thought it was neat, so he called Shangwanwan is out.

Take Wanwan to the tram stop as usual, and wait for the tram with her.Winter in Shanghai will not be bitterly cold, but the damp and greasy cold keeps penetrating into the bones, which makes people feel uncomfortable.Wanwan was wearing the uniform skirt of the foreign school, with only thick socks and small leather shoes underneath.Wang Yao has always thought that this kind of dress is simply abusing girls. Wouldn't it make people sick from the cold if they are not allowed to wear pants in winter?He asked Wanwan to wear thick underwear to go to school, and then change into uniforms at school. Wanwan followed suit at first, but later refused again. Wang Yao scolded her, and Wanwan burst into tears. But since then, no matter how cold the weather is, she has to wear a uniform to school, and Wang Yao can't hold back her.Wanwan did not tell Wang Yao that when she appeared on campus wearing a shabby winter coat, her classmates looked at her like a monster and laughed at her as a beggar.

The tram came very late today, Wang Yao anxiously looked at the big clock on the clock tower in the distance, and looked at the direction the tram was coming from.

"Brother." Wanwan suddenly called him.

"What's wrong?" Wang Yao turned to his sister.

Wanwan said as if he had made up his mind, "Don't send me off in the future."

"Why?" Wang Yao didn't expect his sister to make such a request suddenly.

Wanwan turned his gaze elsewhere: "The road is not very long, and there is no danger, why do you bother every day?"

"I don't care, I feel relieved when I see you get in the car." Wang Yao said.

"But I don't like this!" Wanwan suddenly raised his voice, "I'm not a kid anymore, my second brother went to England by himself at his age, why can't I even walk the road by myself?"

"You're different from Xiaoxiang. You're a girl, so I don't worry!" Wang Yao said earnestly. In fact, he didn't completely agree with letting Wang Gang go to England to study, but he didn't dare to say anything because of Arthur's relationship.

"You are old-fashioned. Women from other countries go out like men. Why can't I? Do you want to watch me forever?" Wan Wan played a small temper.

"It won't last forever, when you marry someone..." Wang Yao was interrupted by Wanwan before he finished speaking.

"Yes, I'm married! Another man will look after me! I'll be a prisoner for the rest of my life!" Wanwan shouted excitedly.At this moment, the tram stopped at the station with the bell ringing, Wanwan angrily turned his head and got on the train, and ignored Wang Yao again.

Wang Yao stared blankly at the tram driving away, and after a while, he turned around and left in a hurry.

Ever since the Paramount Ball, Wang Yao no longer wanted to go near that high-end foreign residential area, preferring to take a long detour.It is torture to hear the piano piece that he once dreamed of, but occasionally he still thinks of the melody, as well as the proud and handsome face of Prince Roderich. There was a bitterness.

In the early morning, the Huangpu River is covered with water mist, and the majestic buildings on the Bund are half covered in the mist, deserted, like a group of cold giants.After entering Jardine Matheson, Wang Yao hung up his hat and coat, and quickly got into busy work.

Within a few minutes, a hand brushed his hair from behind: "Xiao Yao looks good with his hair covered, but if Arthur sees it, I'm afraid you will say that you are out of shape!" You don't need to look to know that it must be Francis.

"I'll get a rope to deal with it." Wang Yao smiled and turned his head.

"Don't move! Brother, I have a solution!" Francis said, and with a few strokes, Wang Yao's hair was neatly gathered and fastened with something.

"Send a card? That's a thing for women!" Wang Yao groped to get rid of the thing on his head.

"It's very small, and you won't notice it if you don't pay attention. It's better than disheveled hair in front of Arthur." Francis smiled and pressed Wang Yao's hand.Immediately afterwards, he took out a document bag: "There is something you need to do, send this to CA-CIB."

Wang Yao took the bag and stood up immediately to go out. He was a little strange. Although Francis was his immediate superior, Arthur had always personally assigned him to do these tasks in the past, and never passed Francis.

CA-CIB is very close to Jardine Matheson Bank, just a few steps away.Wang Yao finished his business and was about to leave. As soon as he left, he was suddenly stopped by a soft female voice: "Please wait a moment!"

Wang Yao stood still in the cold wind, and saw a beautiful blond girl catching up, her wide and fluffy white skirt trembled with the movement of her body.Wang Yao recognized her as the girl who was being courted by Francis at the Paramount Ball. He heard that she was the daughter of the president of CACI, and she seemed to be named Belle.

"Hi, Miss." Wang Yao bowed to greet him.

The petite girl was shivering from the wind, she hugged her arms subconsciously, and said softly: "Francis, how is he recently? He hasn't come to me for... a few days."

Wang Yao thought that maybe it was not him who should come to CA-CI today, but Francis, that's why Arthur didn't hand over the documents to him in person.The only explanation is that Francis knew that Belle would come to the bank today, so in order not to see her, he deliberately ordered him to come.

"Francis is fine, but he is too busy to get away." Wang Yao smiled and comforted Bei Lu, just like soothing Wanwan.

Bei Lu twisted her small and white hands like handicrafts, and said in a low voice: "Really? But, why didn't he even reply to my letter? He is a gentleman, and he should know that it is very rude to treat a lady like this."

Wang Yao was speechless, this young girl was as delicate as a hair.

"I love Francis," Belle suddenly raised her head and said firmly, "I know, he has had many lovers, maybe I'm just one of them, but I love him!" Her voice suddenly dropped again: "I also I know he doesn't love me."

Wang Yao thought about it, and felt that it was impossible to hide her: "Don't be sad for someone who doesn't love you."

"Tell me, does he have a lover?" Bei Lu stared at Wang Yao's eyes with watery blue eyes.

No one can refuse such a pair of eyes, Wang Yao said frankly: "Yes."

Bei Lu showed the grief of being hit, and asked tentatively: "His lover, is that you?"

"It's not me." Wang Yao said with a gentle smile.

Belle carefully looked at this Chinese man again. She didn't like Chinese people, but this Chinese man made her feel kind, and he had the kind of masculine tenderness that people could rely on, so that she expressed her love to Francis in front of him without thinking. love.

"I have to go back to work, goodbye, Miss." Wang Yao said goodbye to Beilu politely.

The moment Wang Yao turned around, Jiang Feng blew his braids, and the diamond on the hairpin flashed, attracting Bei Lu's attention.Belle found that this was the hairpin she had been looking forward to for a long time.

"Miss Belle, why are you blowing outside? Come in!" A Spanish young man ran out of the bank, put Belle's leather coat on her, and led her back to the room.

Wang Yao silently walked back to Jardine Matheson and fell in love with someone who could not love him. In this regard, what is the difference between him and her?