[Republic of China] The paradise of rebirth

Because Shanghai is a foreign concession, there are many more foreigners than in Beijing. On the first day of my shop's opening, the perfume was not enough to sell, and it was swept away in an instant.

However, the shop in Shanghai is much smaller. In the past two years, the second master has managed to gain a firm foothold in Shanghai, but compared to Tianjin or Beijing, there is still a slight gap, so he still acts in a much more low-key manner.

Because the shop has become smaller, I only sell perfume, and the vegetables, fruits and food are not displayed. Anyway, if they are placed in Taoyuan, they will not be corrupted. The second master does not want me to be too tired. He concentrates on selling the same goods, and there are fewer things to be busy. many.

Unexpectedly, on the first day of opening, the perfume was sold out in just half a day. I counted the money behind the counter, thinking that I should mix some new fragrances, and I should have more choices on the next day. According to the popularity, it seems It won't take long to expand the storefront.

I hummed a tune, packed my things, closed the door of the store, and walked home. The store is not far from our house. The second master chose it specially. First, he didn’t want me to travel too far. I don't know him well, and he is also afraid that I will get lost.

Before I reached the gate, a servant in the house came out to greet me and helped me pick up the things in my hands. I asked, "Is the second master going out?"

"It's not long since you left the house, and the young master came back so early today?" The doorkeeper's servant was named Daniu, and he was a very honest and honest person.

"Well, I have nothing to do today." I replied with a smile, and walked into the gate with him, just in time to see the owner of the garden and the fifth master were about to go out.

"The owner's complexion is much better today." I said happily, the poisoning four years ago caused the owner to suffer a lot. Although the fifth master asked Xiao Anzi to recuperate for a long time, the root cause of the disease still fell.

Every winter, the owner of the garden is prone to illness, and often spends the whole winter on the bed. He never thought that he could get out of bed today. It seems that Fifth Master has put in a lot of effort.

"The weather is nice today. Houzhai wants to take me out for a walk." The owner of the garden smiled lightly. Since the owner of the garden entered Wu Ye's mansion two years ago, he has been calling Wu Ye directly. Complain to me, and tell me not to call him Second Master anymore.

I smiled and sent them out, seeing the picture of Master Wu standing side by side with the owner of the garden. It was hard to imagine that four years ago, the owner of the garden wanted to leave Master Wu at one point, at the expense of his body, and almost ruined his face and lost his voice.

Fortunately, I survived. I went back to the room, untied the heavy cloak, and breathed a sigh of relief, but I didn’t dare to take off the mink fur on my body. Although there was no snow today, it was still very cold. I called the servants, Light up the charcoal fire in the room.

After arriving in Shanghai, I asked Xiao Dongzi to follow Yuan Qi to learn more skills. The second master trained Yuan Qi to be almost omnipotent, and he could handle everything safely.

So the one who is following me now is Xiaoxia.Xiao Xia was accidentally rescued by the second master two years ago. He originally wanted to follow the second master, but the second master asked him to follow me.

Xiao Xia originally had other thoughts, but after being taught a few times by the second master, and throwing him to Yuan Qi to discipline him, when he came back to me, he was already extremely well-behaved, loyal to me and dare not be rude.

Xiao Xia helped me raise the charcoal fire and heated up another pot of tea, so I asked him to leave, and I just stayed in the room, without him accompanying him, so he poured a cup of tea for me, and then left Room.

I picked up the teacup and held it in my hands to warm my hands. When the room was much warmer, I got up and untied the sable fur. Then I picked up a book, shrank into the bed on the bed, leaned on the soft cushion, and read carefully. stand up.

Three years ago, the second master invited my husband to teach me the writing and language of foreigners, so there is no problem in ordinary simple conversations, but today the foreigners who go to the shop have a long list of babbles in their mouths, but I don’t understand. Understand.

Fortunately, there were Chinese people in the group accompanied by the foreigners, who helped me a lot. Otherwise, the foreigners and I were flirting with each other.

I leaned against the cushion, nestled in the warm quilt, and felt sleepy after a while. I put the book away, adjusted my posture, rubbed against the comfortable cushion, closed my eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep .

I slept until the evening, and I was a little puzzled. I haven't had lunch before going to bed, why no one came to wake me up?I slowly opened my eyes, and saw the second master sitting by the bed at a glance.

"Qingyi! You're awake!" Seeing me waking up, the second master was very excited. I blinked my eyes in confusion. The second master saw my question, stroked my face and said, "Qingyi, you have been asleep for two days. I can't wake you up anyway."

I widened my eyes, I thought I just slept until the evening, but who would have thought that it would be the evening two days later?I quickly wanted to get up, but my body felt a little numb after lying still for two days.

The second master hurriedly helped me up and massaged my numb arm. He said in a low voice, he came back not long after noon two days ago, seeing that I was sleeping soundly, he didn't want to wake me up.

But I heard from Xiaoxia that I didn't have lunch, and the second master was worried that my stomach problem would happen again, so he wanted to wake me up to eat, but who knows, he couldn't wake me up, the second master was anxious, tried various methods, but couldn't wake me up I.

I invited a doctor to take a look, and there was nothing unusual, just fell asleep. The second master also invited a western doctor, but also couldn't diagnose anything wrong, only said that I would wake up naturally when I was full of sleep.

The second master was anxious and waited for two days. Finally, in the evening of the second day, he finally waited for me to wake up.After hearing this, I was puzzled, how could I sleep for two days in one go?

"Tsing Yi, is there something wrong with your body?" Second Master asked, his brows were so tight that they were almost knotted, I stretched out my hand to caress the center of his brows, "Second Master, I made you worry, but I am not uncomfortable .”

"Then why did you sleep for so long?" Second Master asked worriedly while holding my hand.

"I don't know." I shook my head, I really didn't feel anything wrong with my body, the second master asked me to tell him what happened before going to bed in detail.

I thought about it carefully, and described it without omissions, and the second master couldn't find anything strange. Xiaoxia's pot of tea, the second master had already checked it. Besides, the doctor and the western doctor have said that there is no abnormality in the body, so it can be seen that it is not. poisoning or drug effects.

I can't find the reason. My drowsiness became a puzzle. After a while, the second master was always worried that I would not be able to fall asleep again. After a while, the same situation did not happen again. Take it easy.

This day I entered Taoyuan and prepared to mix a new fragrance, but I faintly felt that there was a voice calling me. I followed the voice and came to the small river in front of the building, but was surprised to find that the river surface was a little muddy.

My heart skipped a beat, why is the river no longer clear?I recalled my emotional instability four years ago, and hurried out of Taoyuan. The second master was sitting on the couch reading a book. Seeing my pale face, he kept asking.

"The water in the river has changed." I said nana, the second master was taken aback, at first he didn't understand what I meant, then he was shocked and stood up, "Is the water in the river? How has it changed?"

"It's become turbid." I said with difficulty. Could it be that the demons in my heart have arisen again?But nothing happened recently, and there is no resentment in my heart. Why do I have demons?

The second master frowned, feeling that things were weird. He thought of my previous drowsiness and thought there must be a relationship between these two things. He decided to go to Taoyuan for research, so I had to take him back to Taoyuan.

The second master was squatting beside the somewhat muddy river, not long after he beckoned me to go over, I walked over slowly, the second master pulled me down, pointed to a certain place in the river and said, "Look there."

I followed his fingers to look over, and felt that the bottom of the river was a bit strange. After looking carefully for a while, I realized that the turbidity in the river water actually came out of a certain place at the bottom of the river.

"It seems that the turbidity this time is not because of your demons, but because of something wrong with the river." The second master pondered for a while, and then said, "Your drowsiness a few days ago was probably caused by the river water, do you remember? , You said you once drank the water from this river."

I nodded silently, knowing that the reason for the turbidity of the river was not because of the rebirth of demons, which reassured me a lot, but thinking that my drowsiness might be caused by the river water, I couldn't help but regret it, how could I drink it indiscriminately? What about the river?

After observing the river, the second master stood up, raised his hand and flicked my forehead, "Next time, let's see if you dare to eat and drink indiscriminately."

I covered my forehead and gave him a scolding look, the second master smiled and pulled my hand down, and hugged me into his arms, "Okay, I didn't even use my strength." Yu Bi bowed his head and lightly pecked my lips.

Second Master and I lingered together for a while, and then we left Taoyuan. Second Master told me not to go to the shop today. We will enter Taoyuan together after he settles his affairs to find out why there is black air rising from the bottom of the river.

I sat in the room and waited for the second master. After the second master came to Shanghai, he opened a bank. In the future, the bank will become more and more prosperous. Therefore, the second master rushed ahead and entered into a joint venture with the fifth master to set foot in the banking industry.

In the past two years, Er Ye has traveled between Beijing and Shanghai frequently just to prepare for opening a bank. After I came to Shanghai, I realized that Er Ye has already planned carefully and planned the future.

It turned out that when he woke up in this life, apart from finding me, he always thought of Shanghai. He thought Shanghai was the most developed place, and he wanted to do a great job in Shanghai. When he was old, he would take me to a quiet place to enjoy his old age.

However, I am a little worried. Because Shanghai is a concession, the Qing Dynasty will no longer exist in three years, and the country is turbulent. Shanghai is often in a state of anarchy. I don’t know if Erye’s property will be affected by then.

At this time, I thought about the abnormal state of Taoyuan. After the first seal was released four years ago, the second master and I went up to the wing rooms on the third floor, but found that every room was empty, and there was nothing in it.

Even the wing room where I once saw the abnormality, when I opened the door for the second time, it was an empty wing room, and the people and things I saw before had all disappeared. untie.

In the past four years, whenever he was free, the second master would go up to investigate, but nothing was found. He thought that there must be something on the third floor, but we haven't found it yet. Although I agree with the second master's opinion, I am not as persistent as him. To find clues.

Not long after the second master came back, he told Xiao Xia not to be disturbed, so he closed the door, and then closed the windows, I was a little embarrassed, the two of them were nestled in the room in broad daylight, and the doors and windows were still closed Daydream.

But I have been with the second master for four years. I am afraid that everyone around him knows about it, so I don't know if the second master's family has heard of it?I don't know what he and his family said, but in the past four years, he only went back during the Chinese New Year.

Second Master is very sorry for not being able to accompany me during the Chinese New Year. Although I am not without regrets in my heart, but he is a man and child, and he should be with his parents when he celebrates Chinese New Year.

So every new year's eve, I would urge the second master to leave and let him go home quickly, so as not to miss the time for the family to worship the ancestors. Thinking about this year's time is almost the same, and there will be more than a month, the second master should set off again home.

The second master closed the doors and windows and saw me dazed when he turned around. He walked to my side and asked, "What's the matter? What are you thinking again? Your brows are frowning."

"Second Master... It's almost New Year's Eve." I rubbed his palm and said softly.

The second master held my face, bent down, stared at me with deep eyes, "Qing Yi, you are unhappy, since you are unhappy, why don't you let me stay with you?"

"...Second Master, how can there be any reason for a child to hang around outside during the Chinese New Year? You are already by my side during the usual festivals, and you should go home for the reunion on New Year's Eve."

"I really don't want to leave you. We have to be separated for more than two months every time." The second master pulled me into his arms, buried his head next to my neck and murmured.

I was amused by the rare childishness of the second master, and I patted the top of his head, "I'm stuck together all year round, won't you get tired of watching it? I'm afraid you will find it annoying in a few years."

"No way! Could it be that Tsing Yi is annoying you?" The second master eagerly raised his head when he heard the words, and asked a little anxiously.

"I'm just talking, what are you so excited about?" I was a little surprised, the second master seemed to be extremely excited today, and there was still anxiety hidden in the depths of his eyes. He was obviously fine in the morning, so why did he go out and come back differently.

"Second Master just went out, did something happen?" I asked, and I have developed a habit in the past four years, so I just ask directly if I have something to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

"I met Mr. Ke." The second master was silent for a while, then said sullenly.

Mr. Ke?It seemed familiar, but it took me a while to remember that it was Mr. Ke, the Chinese who always accompanied foreigners to my shop and acted as our interpreter.

"And then?" Presumably the problem should be Mr. Na Ke, I waited patiently for the second master to speak.

"I just went to your shop and told them that you won't be going today. He just came to the door. When he heard that you wouldn't go, he asked me about your situation and said that you had an appointment with him every day. Why did you miss the appointment today?"

"...It's not what he said." I was speechless, how could the same thing be described in different words, and the meaning would be so different, "I didn't make an appointment with him at all, he asked me if I would be in the shop every day. The answer is, that’s all.”

"You don't want to see him again in the future." The second master said coldly, I felt a little helpless, "He is a guest, if he comes to the door, can't I kick him out?"

"When you see him coming in the future, you just go to the back and let the guy greet him." The second master said, his face was still not very good-looking, I smiled, "Well, listen to you."

Regardless of whether Mr. Ke is really interested in me or not, I don't want him to become the reason for my dispute with the second master. The second master is just a taste, and I have no deep friendship with Mr. Ke. According to the second master's wishes, he did not meet Mr. Ke.

"... Tsing Yi, do you think I'm too domineering?" The second master immediately agreed when he saw me, and asked a little nervously.

"No, I know you value me. Let's not mention him anymore. Let's go to Taoyuan." I smiled to comfort the second master. He values ​​me so much and puts me first. I am too happy to be happy. How could you despise him?