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Early the next morning, Hua Manyi went to Wuguan Prison again, but as expected, she still didn't get anything.In the evening, as night approached, Hua Manyi came to meet in a rickshaw at the place agreed with Lu Nian the night before.

"I found out that my brother is drinking coffee here tonight, and then we will go directly to him." Lu Nian said.

Hua Manyi was not surprised, Lu Nian... Ms. Lu, from the first time she met Lu Nian on the ship, she knew that Lu Nian was either rich or expensive, and most people couldn't afford a daughter to study abroad.

"Okay." Hua Manyi nodded.

They met outside a high-end cafe. Hua Manyi was wearing a sleeveless indigo cheongsam, her slender arms were placed on her chest in a ladylike way, and she was holding a handbag in her hand. The white and tender right ear was exposed, and a small earring was pinned on it.

"What's your brother's name?"

Lu Nian returned to her, "His name is Lu Yu, and he is a workaholic. Today it is rare to see him drinking coffee when he is not busy with work, so I brought you to him."

"Lu Yu..." Hua Manyi chewed the name aside, her throat was a little sore, and then she laughed at herself and lamented how small the world is. If nothing else happens, Lu Nian's brother is the Lu Yu that the old lady Gong and the matchmaker talked about.

Lu Nian thought about it and suggested, "You wait for me here, I'll go in and ask the waiter if there is any seat, if not, we'll sit across the road."

"it is good."

After the people left, Hua Manyi stood where she was, and the evening wind blew over, blowing the hem of her ankle-length cheongsam, revealing her skinny and beautiful ankles.

The pedestrians in front of the cafe shuttled back and forth, and a car stopped. Hua Manyi heard the sound of the car turning off, and looked over involuntarily. After a moment, she immediately turned her back and hid herself in an inconspicuous corner.

She was very familiar with the women who got out of the car. They were still sleeping in the same bed last night.As they were very close, Hua Manyi vaguely heard the intermittent conversation between Uncle Fu and Mama Gong.

"Ma'am, Mr. Lu is already waiting on the second floor." Uncle Fu said after Gong Yan.

"Ah."

Listening to the unwavering "um", Hua Manyi squeezed her handbag tightly for no reason, and the two behind them entered the cafe without noticing it.

"The old lady told me to have a good talk with Mr. Lu, madam."

"I see."

The conversation faded away, Hua Manyi turned around slowly, her eyes dimmed, Mama Gong might be here for a blind date tonight, so she happened to meet her, this woman, even without Jiang Yin, would still have other outstanding People stand beside her, male or female.

Hua Manyi closed her eyes deeply. At this time, Lu Nian came out from the inside and came to her, "Yiyi, let's go, there just happened to be a seat inside. The previous customer left, so I booked it."

After Lu Nian finished speaking, she went straight to the coffee shop, took two steps, but found that no one was following, she went back and asked, "What's wrong?"

Hua Manyi suppressed the troubled thoughts in her heart and smiled, she shook her head, "No, let's go in."

The two came up from the stairs and walked to the right. There was a curtain hanging between each booth, so they couldn't see clearly. They followed the waiter to a booth and sat opposite each other. After a while, they served two cups of coffee.

"My brother seems to be talking to someone, Yiyi, let's not wait until he finishes talking." Lu Nian motioned her to look back with his eyes, telling her to keep silent.

Hua Manyi froze, she didn't expect the deck behind her to be...

"I just saw my brother's face clearly. I thought they would be in the VIP area." Lu Nian shrugged, with a helpless expression, added a few spoonfuls of sugar to the coffee, and stirred slowly.

Hua Manyi nodded dully.

The melodious piano sound was flowing in the cafe, and the time passed bit by bit. Hua Manyi lowered her eyes and unconsciously shook the small spoon in the coffee.

The surroundings became very quiet for some reason, obviously the music was still playing.

"Miss Gong...get married...respect your choice...you can look at each other first, get to know each other..."

The man's broken sentences pierced into her ears intermittently. Hua Manyi put down the small spoon, put her hands on the edge of the table, and touched the wall of the cup with her fingertips. The temperature of the coffee passed through the porcelain cup. It was very hot. one time.

The male voice continued, his voice was polite and gentle, just listening to the voice would make people feel that he was a well-bred gentleman in a suit and leather shoes.

The temperature of the coffee is not so hot, it may be that her fingers are a little cold and don't feel hot.

The woman who was separated from her by two decks finally responded, she said, "I will consider it, Mr. Lu."

Hua Manyi listened to these words verbatim, she picked up the coffee and took a sip, it was very bitter, so bitter that her mouth felt sour.

"What's wrong? Yiyi, is the coffee too bitter?" Lu Nian couldn't help worrying when she saw her frowning.

"No, nothing." Hua Manyi withdrew her expression in a little embarrassment, "Fortunately..."

As soon as the ending sound fell, the male voice that was a few meters away suddenly became clear.

"Xiao Nian? Why are you here?" A man in a suit stood by the table. Unlike those greasy-faced young men, this man had beard stubble on his temples and chin, but they were well trimmed and looked like a gentleman.

"Brother, I had something to do with you, but seeing you were talking to someone else, Yiyi and I planned to wait for you here." Lu Nian calmly put down Erlang's legs, "Brother, let me introduce you, this is Hua Manyi. "

Lu Yu looked at Hua Manyi and nodded, the gentleman stretched out his hand, "Hello, I'm Lu Yu."

From the corner of her eyes, Hua Manyi saw a graceful figure walking by the man. After seeing the person clearly, the other person looked over with a look of scrutiny. She staggered away, smiled, and shook her hand gracefully, " Hello."

"Brother, are you finished talking?" Lu Nian was surprised when he saw Gong Yan, and then looked at Lu Yu, as if he understood something, "If you haven't finished talking, then you continue to talk about yours, Man Yi and I are here Have coffee?"

Lu Yu frowned, not quite agreeing.

"If you don't mind, let's sit together." Suddenly, Gong Yan opened his mouth, and Hua Manyi couldn't help looking over her eyes. The moment her eyes met, she quickly moved away.

"Where's Yiyi?" Lu Nian asked.

Hua Manyi shook her head, "I have no objection."

The four sat down, and while asking the waiter to bring over the coffee, Hua Manyi excused herself to go to the bathroom.

There were three people left in the deck, so Lu Yu went straight to the point, "What can you do with me?"

Just as Lu Nian was about to speak, when he saw Gong Yan next to him, he paused for a moment, before euphemistically mentioning, "It's about Yiyi's parents."

Gong Yan casually glanced at Lu Nian's expression, pursed his red lips slightly, and picked up his bag, "I'm sorry, too."

……

In the bathroom, Hua Manyi had just stood in front of the mirror. Before she had time to check whether she was losing her composure, she saw Gong Ma's figure walking in from the door. She quickly smiled and turned to say hello, "Gong Mama."

Gong Yan stared at her with complicated eyes for a few seconds, but Hua Manyi in front of her seemed to have changed since then. She was no longer as naive as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and she was no longer as happy and angry as before. People can see through it at a glance.

She can't read her anymore.

Just like now, I still greet each other with a smile like before, but it feels like thousands of miles away, and there is a sense of alienation between the words.

"Why did you come here?" Still with Lu Nian.

Without saying anything later, Gong Yan stood beside her, facing the mirror together, and tidied up his appearance a little.

"I'm here...to deal with some things." Looking through the mirror, Hua Manyi saw Gong Mama's lazy and relaxed expression, as usual, she blinked, and took out her lipstick to touch up her makeup.

"Need my help?"

"No, Lu Nian is already helping me."

Gong Yan's face became a little colder, he lit up his cigarette, and his thin lips parted slightly, "Okay."

"Mother Gong...Mr. Lu may not like the smell of cigarettes very much."

Hua Manyi smelled the smoke, and remembered the handshake just now. She probably had been in the world for a long time, and she gradually figured out some ways. Lu Yu sprayed Tarenzi perfume, and the smell of smoke would destroy the mandarin orange of Terenzi perfume. The top note, men who can wear this perfume generally don't like to smoke, at least they don't want to smell the smell of smoke now.

Gong Yan stared at her, and Hua Manyi expressed the inference in her heart, reminding her kindly.

Who knew what I got was a sneer, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Hua Manyi shut her mouth and remained silent, realizing that her kind reminder was an overstepping act, she bit her lower lip, "Then Mama Gong, I'll go back first."

***

Back at the booth, before Hua Manyi said anything, Mr. Lu said that he already knew the reason why she came to him, and that he was happy to help.

Hua Manyi quickly thanked her, and after saying goodbye, Lu Nian took her out of the cafe.

The next day, Lu Yu directly drove a car to pick up the two of them and headed to Wuguan Prison.

"You said that my parents' corpses were taken away for funeral?" Hua Manyi stood in front of the prison guard wondering where the previous prison guard who didn't eat oil and salt had gone, but this prison guard was obviously much more talkative.

"Yes, that person claimed to be a good friend of your parents. We didn't know how to deal with it at that time. Since a relative or friend came to take over the funeral, it would be great. We gave it to her without thinking too much." The prison guard said.

"However, she left a note, saying that one day their daughter will come to her and give this note to her." The prison guard flipped through a few old books, found the note, and handed it to Hua Manyi, " Since you are the daughter of Hua Qi'an and Li Zhi, I will give you this note."

Hua Manyi took the note, opened it and saw that it was an address: Haicheng Houshan

No one lives in the back mountain of Haicheng, except for the fact that there are many graves, doesn't that mean that this person buried her parents in the back mountain? !

"What's the matter? The back mountain of Haicheng? Where is this?" Lu Nian asked suspiciously when he saw the words on the note.

Hua Manyi suppressed the excitement in her heart, and she couldn't wait to ask for proof. If her parents' friends really took care of the funeral for them, then the idea that those corpses were still cold and no one died was just her mind twitching.

"Lu Nian, Mr. Lu, thank you for your help this time. If it weren't for you, I might still be looking for..." After being released from prison, Hua Manyi expressed her gratitude.

"Thank you, Yiyi, we are friends." Lu Nian hugged her, seeing her crying and laughing, felt very distressed, "Then Yiyi, are you going back to Haicheng?"

Hua Manyi nodded, "Yes, I've booked a boat ticket, I'll go back early tomorrow morning, and I'll see you again when I have time."

After bidding farewell to Lu Nian and Lu Yu, Hua Manyi went back to the Gong family's mansion and packed her luggage. At this time, that woman Gong Ma just happened to be away, so she didn't know how to face her.

After packing her luggage, Hua Manyi rented a room nearby and planned to make do with it for the night. The bustling city of Nancheng was unfamiliar to her. She originally thought that this trip to Nancheng would be a happy family reunion. Who knew All she got was heartache and pain.

Hua Manyi slept in a small hotel, and the bright moon hanging outside the window and the outlines of the tops of high-rise buildings were reflected in her eyes, and tears flowed down unconsciously.She stubbornly wiped away her tears with her fingertips, thought about Lu Nian, and also thought about the person who took care of the funeral for her parents. The death of her parents was heartbreaking, but in the end her parents died well, and it was a blessing among misfortunes that Hua Manyi had a friend.

The small hotel is not soundproof, and outside the window is the noisy street, pedestrians coming and going, street vendors yelling, and it woke her up when the sky was still slightly bright.After washing up, Hua Manyi went downstairs with a small suitcase and hailed a rickshaw, "Master, please go to the pier."

"Okay!" The coachman tied the sweat towel around his waist, lifted the pole and ran into the crowd.

The wheels rolled over the flat floor, grunting, and pulled from one side of the street to the other. When turning into another road, the Gong family's mansion came into view. The rickshaw passed by the door, and the body shook slightly. Huaman does not squint.

The next time we meet, it is estimated that Gong's mother may be someone else's wife...or the mother of a child.

And she, Hua Manyi, is not young anymore, her birthday will be soon, and once her birthday is over, she no longer has any reason to be willful and playful, she should go back and continue to be her dancer, and she should stop all the thoughts she shouldn't have.

***

Back to Fenghai happened to be in the evening, Hua Manyi exchanged pleasantries with Fang Yu, there was supposed to be a performance by her tonight, Fang Yu thought she had just come back, and originally planned to continue for her for the night, who knew Hua Manyi But he disagreed, and insisted on doing it himself, Fang Yu couldn't resist her, so he had to agree.

This singing continued until twelve o'clock in the morning, and Fenghai's rare situation was almost full at twelve o'clock, and it was not until two o'clock that Ah Qiang saw off the last guest.

Hua Manyi was drunk, but sober, she didn't even need help to go upstairs.

In the room, Hua Manyi leaned on the back of the sofa with one hand, rested her head on her arm, and closed the neckline that was pulled open by the stinky man. It didn't take advantage of her, but she paid the bill for two bottles of red wine .

The small suitcase was still standing in the corner, Hua Manyi glanced at it, got up and looked through two pajamas to get ready for bed, opened the little suitcase, and hadn't looked through it twice.

A hard object hit the back of her hand, and she picked it up with drunken eyes to look at it, and unfolded it, it turned out to be a calligraphy and painting.

Mrs. Gong asked her to take the calligraphy and painting for Lu Yu, the calligraphy and painting that the woman painted at the age of 20, an age group she had never seen before, she didn't know if she forgot to send it or didn't send it on purpose, but she must be the former , so this calligraphy and painting was left here with her by accident.

It's not her fault.

When the strength of the wine came up, Hua Manyi was so dizzy that she squatted down and leaned against the corner of the wall, struggling to roll up the calligraphy and painting, but she was thrown out suddenly and rolled into the corner as soon as it was fastened.

With eyes shining brightly, Hua Manyi smiled as if drunk but not drunk, grabbed two pajamas, stood up with difficulty, went to the bathroom to wash up briefly, walked out with staggered steps and went straight to the bed, and fell into a deep sleep the moment her head hit the pillow.

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