broken dust

Chapter 3 Shen Mansion

Outside the gate of TIME community, a black GTR parked not far from the circular flower bed.

Although the car is black, it is still very eye-catching.

Sitting in the car was a middle-aged man about 50 years old.

He was wearing an off-white shirt, buttoned all the way to the top, with a gold collar stay pinned to the small lapel, and a gold vintage mechanical watch on his wrist.

Although even the hair is neatly combed, the whole person looks meticulous and serious, but when he saw Shen Gu coming out of the gate, he immediately smiled and narrowed his eyes, got out of the car and opened the door to face Shen Gu. Waving: "Master, this way!"

Hearing this address, Shen Gu squinted his eyes and bared his teeth with a headache, the creases at the corners of his eyes could squeeze mosquitoes to death.

"Old Zhao, can you put away the feudal capitalism? And..." Shen Gu got into the car, stretched out his legs and already leaned on the back seat of the car, a pair of long legs crossed the two seats and knocked obliquely On the back of the co-pilot's seat, his eyes scanned the driver from the rearview mirror, "This car is a bit tacky, and it doesn't suit your well-mannered attire."

"Then what should I call you?"

Old Zhao drove the car leisurely and briskly.

"What do you call it..."

Shen Gu suddenly felt that this question was a bit difficult.

Lao Zhao is the driver of the Shen family. He is a bit old, and he always likes to watch the dramas of the Republic of China when he has nothing to do. It was always called Master and Young Master, Shen Musheng was studying abroad when he was young, Shen Jihe also came back from studying abroad, the two of them naturally couldn't bear this, after explaining it several times, Lao Zhao finally changed his mind and called Shen Musheng the president, Shen Jihe is called Mr. Shen. As for Shen Gu... he has no position outside, but at home... he has a status, but wandering outside all the year round doesn't like the feeling of being at home is a bit low.

But it's not so much that he doesn't like home, it's better to say that he has no reason to stay in a home that has nothing to do with him after he grows up, even though he has lived in that home for more than ten years and is called "Father" "Mother" is just used to being "instigated" by adults when I was young.

That family has always regarded him as their own family, and he knows this.

"Shen Gu, you can just call me by my name."

"Can't make it, can't make it, what kind of system is this?!"

Old Zhao suddenly felt a little panicked, his hand on the steering wheel shook, and the car's trajectory changed from waltz to tango.

Shen Gu had some headaches again, he always felt that he was talking to the chief steward in the palace in the past.

"Mr. Shen, you can call me Mr. Shen." Shen Gu thought for a while, and felt that this title was solemn and traditional, and Lao Zhao should be able to accept it.

Old Zhao said: "There are three gentlemen in the Shen family, I'm afraid it's hard to distinguish them."

Shen Gu said: "If there is anything difficult to distinguish, one is the chairman and the other is Mr. Shen. You can call me Mr., I think it's good."

Old Zhao thought about it too, although he felt that this title was not very close, but it was decent anyway, so he accepted it very reluctantly, and said to Shen Gu:

"I see, Mr. Shen."

Shen Gu suddenly shuddered again.

Why... shouted from Lao Zhao's mouth, always, so old-fashioned? !

Forget it, forget it, Shen Gu thought, it's just a title.

He gave a soft "hmm" through his nose, which was regarded as a response, and he stopped talking to him. He picked up a financial magazine and flipped through it. As a result, he fell asleep after reading the contents of the book. It was a little far away from home, and it would take at least half an hour to go back, so I simply took a pillow and planned to take a nap.

Lao Zhao glanced at the central rearview mirror, and saw Shen Gu with his hands folded around his chest, squinting his eyes as if he was dozing off, and turned down the volume of old saxophone music in the car.

After some time, the car stopped.

"Here?" Shen Gu sat up sleepily.

After a while, no one answered him in the car, so he pulled himself together and looked around the car, only to find that Lao Zhao was not there.Looking out of the car window, I realized that the car was parked in front of a flower shop.

At this time, Old Zhao was coming out of the flower shop with a bouquet of purple roses in his hands. He walked up to open the car door and stuffed the flowers into Shen Gu's hand.

Shen Gu said with a blank face: "This is..."

"Mr. Shen told you that this is for you to give to Madam, and..." Old Zhao took out a palm-sized black satin gift box from his pocket and handed it to him, smiling gently, "This is for you to give to the meeting." long."

Shen Gu took it with one hand, first put the flowers on the seat next to him, and then opened the box.

Inside was a pair of cufflinks inlaid with black gemstones and diamonds. Shen Gu looked at the texture of the black gemstones, then at the brand, and smiled at Lao Zhao, "It seems that Ji He has spent some money."

Old Zhao started the car, smiled and said, "That's right, there is only one pair of these cufflinks in the world, and Mr. Shen made a special order to ship them back from abroad one month in advance."

Shen Gu laughed dryly and stopped talking, and tightened his hand holding the gift box.

Five minutes later, the car drove into Shen's mansion.

Ye Qiu was sitting in the side hall next to the study on the first floor practicing calligraphy.

Her calligraphy is not very good, but she simply likes it, especially "Songfengge Poetry Posts" written by Huang Tingjian in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The entire table of the rubbing shop is more than two meters long.

Ye Qiu studied abroad in his early years and learned a lot of foreign ink. Although his father was a good businessman, his mother, grandparents and even grandparents were all well-known figures in the academic world, so they can be regarded as an out-and-out scholarly family.I have been fascinated by it since I was a child, so I have an inexplicable closeness to traditional Chinese culture.Especially after returning to China, it is impossible not to practice calligraphy for a day, and it is impossible not to play silk and bamboo for a day.But even though she likes traditional culture, she will not be pedantic and rigid. In Shen Gu's words, she is "integrated in the form of the center, and outside the mind".

Since she was a student of Western music since she was a child, she has a good temperament and figure. She is wearing a cheongsam with purple brocade silk and satin, which makes her white and luxurious. With green tassels, the short hair behind the ears is slightly curled, and the hair is well combed, revealing beautiful facial features.

Looking through the moon gate, her whole figure seems to be fixed in the painting.

Who would have thought that she just celebrated her 45th birthday last month, and her real age is at least ten years younger than she looks.

Passing through the moon gate, the side hall is facing the opposite dining room, and the huge living room is in the middle.

Shen Jihe and Shen Musheng were in the middle of the living room discussing a "steel factory" acquisition plan.

Aunt Zhou, the housekeeper, was putting freshly cooked dishes in the kitchen on the table, when she heard Lao Zhao shouting at the door from afar: "The young master is back!" She didn't care about the dish in her hand and ran to the side hall Looking at Ye Qiu outside the Moon Gate, he said with a happy face, "Ma'am, Gu is back!"

Just as Ye Qiu put down his pen, his brows were beaming with joy. Before he could speak, Shen Musheng who was not far away interrupted:

"Come back when you come back! It's not a rare visitor, what are you making a fuss about!"

Aunt Zhou froze in place for a while, and the smile on her face froze.

Shen Jihe on the side relieved himself: "Nian Nian, bring the food from your Aunt Zhou to the table and ask her to go out and pick it up."

The little girl who placed the fruit on the side let out an "hey" and ran over to pick up a plate of calf thymus from Aunt Zhou's hand and walked to the dining table.

Aunt Zhou wiped her apron empty-handed, then pointed to the door to Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu waved his hands knowingly, waved his hands with a smile and said softly, "Go."

Aunt Zhou responded, and ran to the gate happily.

When I ran to the door, I saw Shen Gu holding a bouquet of flowers in one hand and greeting her from afar.

"Aunt Zhou!"

"Gu is back!"

Aunt Zhou went forward in three steps and two steps, ready to pick up the flowers in Shen Gu's hand.

Shen Gu smiled all over his face, and evaded: "It's okay, Aunt Zhou, I'll take it in myself!"

Old Zhao from behind came all the way through the small garden, holding two bottles of French Lafite in his hand, and complained to Aunt Zhou: "Why don't you come and help me?"

Aunt Zhou glanced at him, "disgusted" said: "You only have two bottles of wine in your hand, why can't you afford them?"

"This wine is very delicate!" Lao Zhao tightened the wine in his hand, "Mr. Shen went to France on a business trip last month, so he picked it up for this wine. Who knew that the schedule was too full and the plane was late, so it was too late I missed the auction by one step. This wine was auctioned off by an anonymous collector, Mr. Shen spent a lot of effort to find that person and let him give up his love, just these two bottles are enough to buy a small car!"

Aunt Zhou was obviously a little frightened, so she hurried forward tremblingly and continued: "Is this wine so expensive?"

Old Zhao gave her a bottle: "That's right! I brought it back last month and hid it in my winery. I just picked it up at noon."

The two walked cautiously behind and spoke cautiously along the way, as if the strings were tightened in their heads.

On the other hand, Shen Gu looked calm, striding ahead, and rushed into the house within a few steps.

"Shen Gu!" Shen Jihe saw him at a glance, put down the planning paper in his hand and waved to him with a smile.

Shen Gu smiled and nodded as a response, but his eyes stayed on Shen Musheng who was opposite Shen Jihe.

There is only one back, and his expression cannot be seen clearly.

Ye Qiu walked up with a smile, took the flowers from Shen Gu's hand, and said with a little reproach:

"Come back when you come back, what else do you bring?"

"It's been a long time since I saw my mother, so a little care is nothing!" Shen Gu smiled with a "harmless to human and animal" face, as if his mouth had been smeared with honey, "What a coincidence, this flower is also very similar to my mother's clothes today. match!"

When Shen Gu talked about clothes, he deliberately winked at Shen Jihe.

Shen Jihe pretended not to notice, took a cup of tea to his mouth, and when the tea was about to enter his mouth, the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

Of course, no one saw this little move.

"I haven't seen you in half a month, my mouth is so sweet." Ye Qiu looked at him with a smile on his face, and handed the flowers to Nian Nian while talking, not forgetting to tell her that she must put the most beautiful cloisonne hook in the small living room in the vase.

Then he turned his head and smiled at Shen Gu again: "Today is your father's birthday, and my supporting role's presents are so beautiful, I must have put some thought into the gift for your father!"

Later, when Old Zhao just entered the room and heard this, he interjected: "No, the young master has prepared a very delicate gift, which is in his pocket!"

Aunt Zhou booed from the side: "Really? Quickly take it out and let us open our eyes!"

Shen Gu didn't take out that pair of cufflinks, but went to the shoe cabinet in the entrance to change his shoes, went straight to Shen Jihe, sat down and patted him on the shoulder with a half-smile, "How can it compare to Ji He's gift!"

Shen Jihe put the cup on the table, knowing in his heart that there was something in his eccentric words, and suddenly he didn't want to take out the gift that was originally placed in the study, and pretended to spread his hands to Shen Musheng in front of him to beg for forgiveness: "Hey! I wasn't prepared, old Zhao The two bottles of wine in my hand are my gift! I believe my father will not care about me."

Shen Musheng's always stiff face became gentle: "You are usually very busy, a thought is enough."

"How can I do that!" Shen Gu took out the black satin gift box, put it on the table, and said with a smile, "It just so happens that this gift was chosen by Ji He for me last week, so it can be regarded as Ji He's gift! I, a person who 'doesn't remember anything', how can I remember!"

The four words "don't remember things" are particularly loud.

Shen Musheng's gentle face became serious again.

Shen Jihe "hated iron but not steel" and poked Shen Gu with his elbow.

The atmosphere was awkward for a while.

Ye Qiu came up to smooth things over with a smile: "Hehe, it's okay, you two brothers started to be naughty as soon as they met, don't mention it, the rice cooked by Aunt Zhou over there is cold!"

Niannian next to her was already setting the plates, and when she heard what Ye Qiu said, she ran over to greet her very smartly: "Ma'am, it's time to eat!"

"Let's go." Shen Gu raised his eyebrows and pointed to the dining table at Shen Jihe, with a cynical expression on his face.

Shen Jihe looked at Shen Musheng helplessly, waiting for him to speak.

Shen Mu gave an "um", and everyone went to the dining table.

The long dining table was crowded with ten dishes and two stewed soups. Old Zhao was busy serving wine, while Aunt Zhou and Niannian were laying out the dishes.

Ye Qiu greeted: "What are you busy with, sit down quickly, today is Lao Shen's birthday, let's all sit together and have fun."

Aunt Zhou and Nian Nian looked at the delicious food on the table, and said "Hey" in unison with joy on their faces, then they winked at each other, and sat down beside Shen Gu and Shen Jihe respectively.

After pouring the wine, Lao Zhao sat down beside Aunt Zhou.

"Okay, everything is ready." Shen Jihe held up his cup and said to Shen Musheng, "Let's celebrate the birthday together!"

Everyone raised their cups to send blessings to Shen Musheng.

Afterwards, the meal was eaten in silence, and no one spoke again.

After a while the doorbell rang, and Lao Zhao got up and went to the yard to open the door. After a while, a young woman in her early twenties entered the house.

She was wearing a light yellow dress with a narrow waist, and a white lace embroidered handbag in her hand. The chain on the bag was woven with pearls, which looked fresh and elegant. The topaz necklace on her neck was small and exquisite, which seemed to have been carefully dressed.

Of course it was carefully dressed up, as early as two hours ago she had inquired that Shen Gu might return to the Shen Mansion.

She and Shen Gu are well known in the entire chamber of commerce as a couple that everyone hopes to get married in the end.

She didn't know how she felt about Shen Gu, whether she liked it or not.It's just that she grew up so smoothly and carefree all the time. The big reason is that she depends on "obedience". She has always listened to her parents. If her parents asked her to do so, she did so.

Ye Qiu looked at the two middle-aged men in cotton and linen coats carrying a one-meter-wide mahogany box behind her, held her hand and said angrily: "Your Uncle Shen's house is just like your own house, you go back to your own house Why are you carrying so many things?"

She held Ye Qiu's hand instead, shaking it coquettishly: "Of course I, a junior, have to prepare some gifts for Uncle Shen's birthday, and it's not just my gift. Uncle Shen made it clear that he will not accept anything for his birthday this year. No, the uncles and uncles of the Chamber of Commerce knew that I was coming, and they all sent gifts to me and insisted that I bring them, and I, a junior, couldn't refuse. It's all a matter of heart, so let's accept it."

She waved as she spoke, and the two strong men outside got the "order" to work together to carry a mahogany box into the house. Ye Qiu had no choice but to send Lao Zhao to lead them to the side hall.

"Happy birthday, Uncle Shen!" She went to the dining room and held up her skirt and made a Western salute to Shen Musheng.

Shen Musheng laughed from ear to ear: "Which TV did you learn from, you still look decent!"

Shen Jihe laughed at her: "Didn't she always call herself Little Hepburn, she probably learned it from old movies."

She fiddled with a lock of hair, blinking her big eyes: "Don't I look like that?"

Ye Qiu dotingly said: "Like like, who says you don't look like, I won't let him eat!"

She stared at Shen Jihe with her eyes, and Shen Jihe quickly raised his hands to pretend to surrender.

Seeing this, she grinned from ear to ear, and smiled, her eyes fell on Shen Gu who was opposite.

He buried his head in his meal, as if he hadn't noticed her coming.

Ye Qiu lightly pushed his arm and said with a smile, "Why didn't your sister Yumian come over to say hello?"

Only then did Shen Gu pick up his wine glass and apologize without a smile on his face: "Isn't this too familiar, I'm used to it."

She held the wine glass to her nose, and she could tell the origin of the wine as soon as she smelled it, "Looking at it this way, I have earned money from this meal, and I am afraid that none of the treasures I brought in the box can be worth such a price." A bottle of wine! Brother Shen really has a heart!"

Her words hit Shen Gu's heart, and Shen Gu deliberately played tricks: "No, that brother Shen beside you is a caring person!"

This "Brother Shen" is not that "Brother Shen", she has always called Shen Jihe "Second Brother".

Thinking about the meaning of Shen's story, she blushed suddenly and couldn't get off the stage.