Costume Mountains and Rivers

When the girl in cheongsam heard him say hello, she was embarrassed to do such a petty behavior as running away. She looked at the friends on both sides, turned to face Shen Peinan, deliberately made a generous appearance, and said: "Mr. Shen, it's been a long time." No, my father has always missed you very much."

This sentence was said with a sense of superiority, as if she was the daughter of this family and Shen Peinan was a guest.

Mo Qinghe was wary of this "third sister-in-law" who appeared suddenly, and took a special look at her appearance. She was 24 or [-] years old, not young among unmarried women, and her hair was very black. The original color has been painted over again, so it is not very breathable, and the locks are ironed into waves, and they are uniformly pinned behind the ears, revealing a white pearl necklace hanging around the neck.

Her cheongsam is plain and clean, but the pearls she wears are round and huge. She seems to be flaunting her dignified character and wealthy family background. Shen Peinan obviously understood her intention, and politely replied thank you for your concern. Before she could say anything new, He turned his face to deal with others.

As soon as the reserved appearance and greetings were over, relatives and friends suddenly became enthusiastic and surrounded Shen Peinan into the mansion like a festival. In the back, they all had joyful expressions on their faces.

Mo Qinghe was already left behind, so she simply didn't want to join in the fun, and stood at the door, seeing Shen Peinan's straight figure in military uniform was overwhelmed by all kinds of dresses and suits, so she followed a few adjutants to the hall go.

Just as the sun was setting, the last ray of afterglow made the exterior of the western-style building resplendent and resplendent, but the steps paved with light green marble made people's eyes cool.

After entering the main entrance, the soft woolen carpet was once again under his feet. Mo Qinghe walked and looked, and saw that the hall was square and simple, with clean white everywhere, and the top of the white-painted European-style low cabinet. Light yellow silk flowers are placed, the floor is covered with white velvet rugs, the walls are pasted with silk with dark flowers on a white background, and several Western oil paintings are hung. In the middle of the hall, there is a wide semi-circular staircase with dark brown wooden floors, illuminated by crystal chandeliers. Light can tell people, very conspicuous.

This kind of elegant layout is not like the mansions in Peking that blindly pursue luxury, it is a bit of a style of Western style.

Mo Qinghe knew that the less conspicuous this trip was, the better, so she paced slowly, but the sound of footsteps above her head stopped. When she looked up, everyone stopped halfway up the stairs. A gesture to speed up.

Mo Qinghe realized that everyone was waiting for her, so she hurried up the stairs.

However, when she raised her head just now, Mo Qinghe met the beautiful woman who was holding Shen Lisong's arm. The moment her eyes intertwined, she suddenly stopped her gaze, lifted the black transparent mesh covering her face, and took a deep look. Mo Qinghe glanced at her, raised her red lips, and revealed an indescribable smile.

A black silk flower used to fix the veil is studded with broken crystals, and two diamonds around the ears define the boundaries of a snow-white oval face.

The woman looked away, pulled down the gauze, and said to Shen Peinan: "It looks good."

He snorted coldly again from his nasal cavity: "Your brothers are all of the same virtue, let's make trouble and see how you end up."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shen Peinan's answer, she stepped on a pair of dark green velvet stilettos, leaned on the wooden handrail, and went upstairs with a click.

Shen Peinan watched those well-proportioned calves disappear from sight, disliked her contemptuous attitude, frowned, and asked Shen Piaoping next to her, "What's the matter, sister-in-law? Brother, did you quarrel?"

Shen Piaoping's personality, even among the new-style women, can be called forthright and straightforward, but it does not prevent her from having the delicate thoughts of a girl. With a big straw hat in her hand, she leaned over to look at Mo Qinghe carefully, her gaze Sneaking around between his overly neat sideburns and the diamond ring on his hand, he suddenly saw what was going on, snatched Shen Peinan, and said in a low voice: "Third brother, you are too nonsense. Bringing this kind of person back is to Are you mad mom?"

Shen Peinan said lightly: "Don't be rude, just friends."

Seeing that he pursed his lips and refused to admit it, Shen Piaoping pushed her hair behind her ears with both hands, revealing her pretty face. Her ears were not wearing jewelry, and her eyes were not even pierced. Her skin was blown into an olive color by the Mediterranean wind, and she was very healthy. Cute, smiled and said: "Stop pretending, your recent life has frequently appeared in the tabloids, I guess this must be the boss Mo who took a shot at you."

"This matter is very bad. Let me tell you. The eldest brother has added a new room. He was recently discovered by his family. The sister-in-law was so angry that he wanted to divorce him in the newspaper several times; the second brother was even worse. He claimed that young men and women You should fall in love freely. A few days ago, I fell in love with a lady who was engaged. I wrote a lot of poems to pursue her openly. That’s all, but that lady’s family is very old-fashioned, and her poor relatives are blocking the door of the house every day. Mom I have always attached great importance to the family's reputation, and scolded the two of them for ruining the family tradition all day long. I heard about you a few days ago. You don't know, the family's life is about to turn upside down, so don't rush to find Sister Minjuan and you Come on, I want to settle the marriage and let you take it easy, but you'd better take the actor home directly..."

Only then did Shen Peinan know the whole story, and he was relieved to hear that his mother was fine.

He has been dispatching soldiers all year round, and he is used to being free like a bandit. He is very dismissive of these parents' trivial matters. As everyone continued to go upstairs, they said as they walked: "The so-called engagement was originally a joke between my father and my friends. It can't be taken seriously. A marriage without feelings is irresponsible to two people. Our family is all people who have stayed abroad. Are you still sticking to these? I will not agree."

Shen Piaoping understood his character, and she herself didn't like to stick to trivial matters, so she spread her hands and said, "You can tell the old lady what you think, my ears are callused from my mother's nagging these days, listen carefully, She is endless, don’t listen, tears can drown me [-] times. If you want to take risks, go ahead and don’t hurt the innocent, otherwise I will have to move to a missionary school to hide.”

Seeing that Mo Qinghe was following the crowd in a regular manner, Shen Piaoping stopped, glanced at his slender figure, put her elbow on Shen Peinan's shoulder, made a wishful expression, and said: " There are big guests at home tonight, the back kitchen has prepared at least twenty tables of banquets, and my mother will welcome you in person, you know her temper, I will give you a piece of advice, let Boss Mo go as far as he can!"

While talking, everyone walked up the corridor on the second floor, and when they turned a corner, it turned out to be a large living room that was countless times brighter than the foyer on the first floor, and the room was full of guests who had been waiting for a long time.

Most of the people who greeted me downstairs were relatives, but these were friends from farther away, including members of the party, local industrialists and young people new to the social scene, as well as quite a few of those whom Shen Piaoping called "three The relatives and friends of Ms. Xu Minjuan's "sister-in-law" family, everyone saw Shen Peinan and Minjuan coming in together. I don't know who took the lead, and they booed and applauded together.

After a good deal of politeness, everyone moved to another place to play cards. Shen Peinan and Mo Qinghe covered their sweaty bodies on the train, and the servants rushed back to the house to take a shower and change clothes, and prepare for the dinner.

Shen's mansion is an old house, the western-style buildings where the young master and lady lived mixed together with the Chinese-style courtyard used as the servant's room, forming a strange sense of disharmony.

At that time, it was already dark, and the path in the garden was lit with octagonal palace lanterns, and the candles inside were replaced with new-style electric lights. Mo Qinghe was led by his servants, bypassing an unknown number of rockeries, and passing through an unknown number of corridors and corridors. The wooden bridge has long lost its way.

In the distance, someone was babbling and playing the huqin, and the sound of sandalwood board and melodious flute echoed vaguely, probably because the family invited an opera troupe.

Mo Qinghe listened intently, trying to identify which song was being performed, but her ears couldn't help echoing the buzzing voices in the hall like a sea tide. Everyone praised Shen Peinan and Min Juan for their beauty, maybe it was because of the fatigue of the journey. Because of this, he only felt that his body was floating on the sea, like a small boat without an owner, where the wind blows, he can only drift there.

He remembered many things that Shen Peinan said, the elder of the Shen family is a social elite, the second child writes very well, many people like the younger sister, but the younger sister doesn't even look down on her, the third son of the Shen family was engaged to be married by the family...

The night wind gradually cooled down.

"Little Mo."

Mo Qinghe concentrated on walking, and was not wary of someone calling him. She shuddered and turned to look at Shen Peinan. Seeing that he was staring at her in surprise, she subconsciously looked down. Liang stretched out his hand to stroke his hair again. He had a beautiful parted hair, neatly brushed with pomade, and there was nothing wrong with it. He asked, "What's wrong?"

This sequence of movements is very contrived, because he has seen the ostentation of the Shen family, and he knows that he has no good fruit to eat, so he has long made up his mind that this trip south will be a silent decoration beside Shen Peinan. A crease at the elbow of a suit is taken very seriously.

Shen Peinan frowned, and pushed his forehead: "Are you bewitched? You just walk, what are you laughing at?"

Just as Mo Qinghe was about to say that there was no reason to smile, she stretched out her hand and touched her face. The muscles on her cheeks were slightly bulging, and the corners of her mouth were pulled upwards. Wasn't she just smiling stiffly?He hurriedly adjusted his expression, and said, "I've been laughing since I entered the door, and I forgot after laughing for a long time, no wonder my cheeks are sore and sore, as if I'm about to cramp."

What he said was unintentional, but Shen Peinan listened in and was silent for a while, then gently wrung his face with two fingers, and said: "Fake face."

He rubbed Mo Qinghe's shoulders, slid down and clasped his wrists, the electric light reflected his chiseled face gloomyly, and the only warmth was in his eyes: "The night I just brought you home , You just smile like this after singing, you smile too much, like a fake face, not as cute as the real one at all."

Mo Qinghe's heart trembled when he heard the words "the original appearance". He was wondering whether his words had other meanings, but Shen Peinan looked away and did not continue the topic. The two walked forward for a while and stopped at In front of a small two-story building surrounded by gardens.

There are many bungalows like this in Shen's mansion, each with its own interesting construction style, but this one has no lights, and the lawn and flower beds outside the door are very neatly trimmed, as if it has just been tidied up.

"This is where I live at home. I will give it to you today. Go take a shower and sleep first. I will pick you up for dinner later. There will be a game of cards after the meal. It will probably last all night." Shen Peinan instructed slowly, and gestured to the servant who led the way. The servant understood, and immediately went to call the porter to pick up the key.

Shen Peinan took Mo Qinghe's suitcase, led him through the garden, and waited for the concierge to turn on the lights of the western-style buildings one by one, then personally escorted him into the bedroom along the way.

Mo Qinghe was thinking about the engagement, and felt quite melancholy, so she lost her usual swaying of teeth and claws. When Shen Peinan spoke to him, he stood obediently, and nodded after hearing a word.

Seeing that he was cute, Shen Peinan turned around and held both of his hands, and said in a low voice, "Our relationship probably won't be hidden. This time it's no different than the time I asked you to accompany the Japanese to dinner. We are all family members. If something is said seriously , I’ll apologize to you first, don’t take it to heart. Maybe someone will talk about political issues, if it doesn’t conform to the logic of your elm head, just give me a big meal, don’t talk too much, remember?”

He had no expression when he said these words, but his tone was very gentle, like an elder brother telling his younger brother who left home for the first time, and then opened Mo Qinghe's suitcase to see what he had brought and what he needed to buy .Shen Peinan was born in the army, and he hated sloppiness the most. Seeing the messy stack of clothes, he frowned and started tidying up, as if disgusted, he sighed after hanging one in the closet, and finally turned around and gave Mo Qinghe a hard look. I am quite helpless about why I found such a lazy wife like you.

Mo Qinghe shrank back, and muttered that she was catching a train at that time, but according to what Shen Peinan said, the two of them would not live together tonight, and felt very sad, so she stayed by his side, playing with his military uniform A golden button, just about to make some reluctant remarks, Shen Peinan suddenly turned around, put his finger on the tip of his nose, and said sternly: "Stop taking my time, go take a bath, and run forward!"