Rebirth with Love

Zhuang Fan put down the book in his hand and rubbed his eyes. The sunlight outside the window shone through the curtains and the room was a bit stuffy.But he was not used to opening the curtains, and he didn't like to hear the mocking voices outside.It's only three o'clock, and the day is really long.He works hard to read books and kill time, and there is always a lot of time left for him to think wildly.

There was a knock on the door, Zhuang Fan opened the door carefully, and the waiter of the hotel stood outside the door, holding a plate of snacks and a pot of black tea on the copper tray in his hand.When Su Zhen was here before, he ordered so, and when Su Zhen left, the waiter still delivered it at this time every day.

"Thank you." Zhuang Fan said after the waiter put down his things.

The waiter showed a professional smile: "Mr. Zhuang, why don't you go out for a walk? It's autumn now, and the weather is much cooler. It will be very comfortable to take a walk outside, and it will be good for your body and complexion."

"Uh, no. Thank you." Zhuang Fan smiled warily.The waiter stopped talking, put away the tray and left.Zhuang Fan poured a cup of black tea and took a sip, walked to the window and opened a corner of the curtain.The scenery outside is always the same, and a German-made car of someone's family always drives by on the road with a luxurious appearance at this time.The rickshaw with the brass bells on it kept going back and forth.Small shops selling sugar water and herbal tea will have more people coming in and out in the afternoon, and those who carry the burden and sell maltose keep beating the sugar cutting blade with a small hammer.If you only look at the surface, life here is really quiet and comfortable.It was the same in Peking before the war...

Zhuang Fan exhaled softly, put down the curtains and retreated to the coffee table to sit down.Peiping, if he had left that day, he might have arrived home by now.But he chose to stay.The current him was bought by Su Zhen from the Red Sleeve Pavilion for 2 yuan.Although Su Zhen told him not to think too much, he had to keep these things in mind.Right now, another major incident happened to the Su family, and Xinghua was kidnapped by the bandits.He and Xinghua finally got to know each other, although they couldn't be of much help, it's not okay to go away.

Thinking of what Su Zhen said about being tempted by him before, Zhuang Fan frowned slightly, and Su Yizhi's face floated in his mind.I don't know what Su Yizhi is doing now, he is probably packing up his things and preparing to be the groom.With a sneer in his mouth, Zhuang Fan put the teacup heavily on the coffee table.

"Ju Sheng..., Zhuang, Mr. Zhuang..." The knock on the door was accompanied by several timid cries, and Zhuang Fan shuddered.

"Master Zhuang, open the door..." The voice outside continued to shout.Don't dare to speak loudly, low, very depressed.Zhuang Fan calmed down and walked to the door lightly and gently opened it a little bit, seeing Brother Lian with a frightened expression on his face.

"Master Zhuang, help me, let me in." Seeing the door open, Brother Lian immediately stretched out a hand to squeeze in.Zhuang Fan opened the door a little more, Brother Lian sprinted in like a mouse, closed the door and bolted it.

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Fan looked at Brother Lian in a daze.

"Master Zhuang, save me..." Brother Lian knelt in front of Zhuang Fan and cried, "Let that Master Su buy me too. I'm very cheap and don't need a lot of money. Only six or seven...

If you want me to leave the Red Sleeve Pavilion, you can make me a cow or a horse. "

"How do you know I'm here?" Zhuang Fan looked at the sweaty and embarrassed-looking Brother Lian.I haven't seen him for half a month, and he is thinner than before.The two frightened eyes were suddenly big.The clothes were still torn in several places, and some purple marks and red marks could be seen from the neckline.Zhuang Fan flinched slightly and pinched his collar.

"I, I heard Sister Mei tell Master Lu about it." Brother Lian prostrated himself on the ground, trembling like sifting sugar, "A guest came the day before yesterday... likes children..., Sister Mei, let, let I serve him..."

Zhuang Fan gasped.He's only a little boy, and if he goes to school, he's only graduated from elementary school at most.Zhuang Fan reached out to help Brother Lian, but Brother Lian grabbed his hand: "Help me, Mr. Zhuang. I'm cheap..."

"Get up first." Zhuang Fan helped him to the sofa and sat down.Although Brother Lian was sitting, he still curled up into a ball resignedly.Zhuang Fan looked at him quietly, then turned to look at the bank notes that Su Zhen gave him.It's about 2000 yuan together, which is more than enough for travel expenses, but buying a person from the Red Sleeve Hotel is probably not enough for Sister Mei and Lord Lu's appetite.Besides, he didn't have the guts to go to the Red Sleeve Pavilion to negotiate with Sister Mei and Lord Lu.

"Master Zhuang..." Brother Lian looked at him timidly.

"Let's eat something first." Zhuang Fan looked at Brother Lian's thin appearance, pushed the cake on the coffee table in front of him, and poured him another cup of tea.Brother Lian was so hungry that he grabbed the cake and devoured it.

Zhuang Fan looked at him in a dilemma, he couldn't protect himself right now, it was all up to Su Zhen to arrange everything for him, how could he have the ability to save others.Something happened to the Su family, and Su Zhen didn't know when he would come to Ze County again.Su Zhen once asked Inspector Wu here to take care of him.But the Red Sleeve Pavilion has been in Ze County for so many years, everyone in Ze County must have cared for it.At most, Inspector Wu took care of Su Zhen for the sake of his face, and he might not be able to intervene in Brother Lian's affairs.

Brother Lian ate the cake, then drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, licked the cream on his fingers and looked at Zhuang Fan with unsatisfactory eyes.

"Do you have any other relatives?" Zhuang Fan asked eagerly: "I'll give you money, you go and join..."

"I was sold to the Red Sleeve Pavilion by my relatives..." Brother Lian's eyes turned red and his voice choked up.Zhuang Fan took another breath, silently glanced at Brother Lian and went to the window to look outside.It seems that there are no people from the Red Sleeve Pavilion outside, but if Brother Lian is kept here, Sister Mei and Master Lu will definitely come to the door.He didn't want to see them again, if they fell into the Red Sleeve Hall again, he might as well die.

Zhuang Fan trembled slightly.If Brother Lian was pushed out of the door like this, he couldn't bear it, he was just a child.Zhuang Fan walked around the room hesitantly, and when he looked back, Brother Lian had fallen asleep on the sofa.Curled up into a ball like a cat.Zhuang Fan's heart softened, and he picked up the blanket on the bed and covered him.I'm afraid he didn't have a serious meal or sleep in the Red Sleeve Restaurant.It's better to let him here first, there is always a way to solve things.Maybe, Su Zhen will come to Ze County again soon...

Su Shunqing coughed lightly, took two doses of medicine, and her illness became much lighter.His complexion was still bad, and his face was pale and bloodless.Su Zhen brought the medicine bowl from Defu to Su Shunqing. Su Shunqing drank it in one gulp and sighed: "I feel much better."

"That's good." Su Zhen smiled slightly.

Su Shunqing wiped the medicine stains from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief: "Yizhi came to see me just now."

"I met it when I entered the door." Su Zhen couldn't help frowning when he heard the name.

"He contributed a lot to this incident." Su Shunqing said in a low voice.

"The Su family has raised him for more than ten years, and he is Xinghua's fiancé, so he should do these things." Su Zhen disagreed: "The wedding is coming soon, and being a serious son-in-law of the Su family is considered complete for him. "

"Xinghua's temper is too stubborn. If she makes such a big deal this time, I don't know what will happen in the future." Su Shunqing coughed twice, pressing her chest: "I think if she really doesn't think so If you marry Yizhi, you can put the marriage aside."

"Why?" Su Zhen frowned: "Didn't you always disapprove of canceling the marriage?"

Su Shunqing breathed out lightly: "I don't want Xinghua to hate me, even though she already hates me to the bone..."

"You think too much." Su Zhen pulled the blanket on Su Shunqing's body.Su Shunqing wanted to reach out to hold his hand, but Su Zhen withdrew his hand and took a sip of tea from the teacup on the table: "She will know sooner or later, it's better if she knows sooner, she will think about it sooner or later." It's open, you don't have to mind. Marriage, if you want to put it aside, you can put it on hold. Your body is not suitable for hard work in the near future. As long as Yizhi has no objections. "

"I'll tell him." Su Shunqing looked at her hands and smiled absent-mindedly.

"I'm going to Ze County tomorrow. If the things over there are sorted out, I will go there often. I can only rely on you for family affairs." Su Zhen showed a helpless look, and stretched out his hand to caress Su Shunqing With a sunken face: "You have worked so hard for the Su family day and night to become so skinny, I can't bear it..."

"These are all what I should do." Su Shunqing's heart felt hot.

"Take care of yourself."

"Ah."

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Zhuang Fan fell into a drowsy sleep, the door was knocked heavily, shaking the whole room.He suddenly sat up from the bed, and brother Lian who was sleeping on the sofa crawled under the bed wrapped in a blanket in horror.

Zhuang Fan waited until he got in completely, and calmed down: "Who?"

"Master Zhuang, open the door." Master Lu's sullen voice made Zhuang Fan tremble.

"What do you want from me?" Zhuang Fan moved over and dragged the table against the door.

"Brother Lian, who was serving you earlier, ran away. Someone saw him coming here to look for you. I just wanted to see if he was inside."

"Not here." Zhuang Fan categorically denied it.

"Your words are unfounded, let us go in and take a look. If not, we will leave immediately and will not disturb you for one more minute."

"If you don't, then you won't be here." Zhuang Fan moved the tea table over.

"I advise you to open the door and let us have a look, otherwise, we will get rough. If you break the door, it's not a big deal. Then we will go to the patrol room and sue you for kidnapping. Even if Master Su can save you for a while, I'm afraid I can't keep you forever." Master Lu threatened, Zhuang Fan's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and he stepped back to the window to take a look.He happened to live on the fourth floor, and at a critical moment, he couldn't escape even if he wanted to jump off the building.Helpless, he grabbed the lamp on the bedside table and stood cautiously by the door.When someone dares to break the door, it's a one-off.

There were voices of conversation outside, as if someone was coming again.Zhuang Fan was startled, and listened carefully, as if he was not with Master Lu, but was talking to Master Lu.Not long after, a series of footsteps left the door, and there were a few more polite knocks on the door: "Is Mr. Zhuang there? I'm Su Zhen..."

Su Zhen...

Zhuang Fan threw down the lamp in his hand, moved the tea table and table away, opened a crack in the door, and saw Su Zhen and Degui standing outside.He opened the door and squeezed out a smile: "Master Su..."

As soon as the words fell, his body collapsed forward.

"Master Zhuang." Su Zhen supported him, carried him to the bed and sat down.Zhuang Fan settled down, exhaled quietly, and held Su Zhen's hand tightly, not daring to let go.

"I'm here, don't be afraid." Su Zhen gently pulled him into his arms.