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The wet and salty sea breeze blew, the rickshaw stopped, the driver just took a few copper coins, the woman in the car couldn't wait to run to the pier, he said twice, not knowing why, and finally pulled the rickshaw back.

The woman carried a small bundle all the way through the streets lined with vendors, trotting, with tears in her eyes, red and sour nose, the blue and empty sea came into view, and the whistle of the ship was whistling.

As long as she gets on the ship, she can escape from here, escape from this absurd "dream", but as the conductor yelled loudly, she came back to herself as if she had just woken up from a dream. Looking back slowly, there is no end to the prosperity. Haicheng, where she lived since she was a child, has her roots, her home, and the back mountain where her parents are buried forever.

How could she abandon her hometown because of a despicable woman.

As night fell, Hua Manyi found a small hotel to stay in, and spent two days in a daze.It was raining and there were few pedestrians on the road. There were idlers sitting on the steps of teahouses and foreign shops in twos and threes, and rickshaw drivers were smoking waterpipes, listening to those people's high-spirited talks, and echoing a few words from time to time.

"I heard that the house of the Yuan family was bought."

"Isn't that being seized by the police station? Can you still buy it?"

"Drink! You don't understand this. Although it is seized, as long as a certain number of years is reached, others can buy it."

A man was smoking a hookah and talking triumphantly about the gossip he had learned from other places. Seeing the incomprehensible appearance of the people in this circle, his vanity was satisfied. He was about to take a puff when he caught a glimpse of a figure suddenly from the corner of his eye. Holding an umbrella and running into the rain curtain, judging by that figure, she is still a woman.

The smelly men in the teahouse also noticed this figure. Under the oil-paper umbrella, a dark cheongsam swayed slightly in the rain curtain, and the uneven figure gradually blurred in the rain curtain. Unfortunately, the rain was too heavy and the night was too dark. The idea of ​​whistling and teasing was dispelled.

Holding an umbrella, Hua Manyi ran all the way to the Yuan's mansion. Looking across the wide street, she stood still in disbelief. The Yuan's family, which was sealed off together with her Hua family in the past, has finally seen the light of day again today.

There are foreign guards standing guard at the gate, the gate is brightly lit, and many people are walking around, as if they are cleaning.Hua Manyi was stopped as soon as she walked over, and the other party babbled a series of words, Hua Manyi couldn't understand, but she still wanted to know who bought her best friend Yuan Nai's house.

Is Yuan Nai back? !

As soon as this thought flashed through, Hua Manyi became very excited. The Yuan family and the Hua family are well-known smoke and earth families in Haicheng, and the two families are like brothers, helping each other. She and Yuan Nai, the daughter of the Yuan family, grew up together. , is a good friend in the boudoir, and even a sister with deep affection.It's just that on the day of the accident, she felt that the sky was falling, her home was gone, and her parents were arrested by the police and taken to Nancheng for imprisonment.

In the past few days, she begged all her relatives, but no one was willing to lend a helping hand, until she was picked up by Gong Yan and became a singer in Fenghai.When she realized it, she would never be able to find Yuan Nai again.

During the dispute, a blond woman walked out of the door. She said her name was Alia in fluent Chinese. Her master bought this mansion. Hua Manyi was about to ask Yuan Nai's whereabouts, but before she could wait When she said it, this Alia was called back by a female voice. She had no choice but to go back in a huff, and she would find a chance to ask clearly in the future.

The rain had subsided, and Hua Manyi stepped on the wet road and turned back to the hotel.The hotel was on the street, and there were faint electric lights on both sides of the road, and she could barely see the road and the surrounding buildings clearly under the soft light.

A car light came on, and Hua Manyi leaned towards the side of the road, walking with lowered eyebrows, she caught a glimpse of the familiar license plate out of the corner of her eye, and her heart suddenly tugged, her hand holding the oil-paper umbrella couldn't help tightening, she subconsciously looked To the back seat, but hastily cast aside his eyes, and walked forward quickly.

But the scene of the woman sitting in the backseat with her eyes closed and resting her mind repeatedly appeared in her mind, and her extra hands were rubbing her temples for her.

That woman has a face, but she was born with a watery and beautiful appearance. I don't know if she is a top singer under Fenghai.

For several days in a row, Hua Manyi went to the Yuan family mansion to wait for someone, but she couldn't wait for the woman named Alia, and even after a while, these people disappeared without any trace, if it wasn't for the seal of the gate No longer, Hua Manyi even suspected it was a dream.

But this sent her a message that her Hua family's ancestral house could be bought back.Hua Manyi no longer has to worry about who bought the Yuan family's mansion. She only has one thought now, to buy her own mansion back.

It wasn't until I went out to find a job and hit a wall everywhere that I realized that I had nothing else to do except have a good singing voice.

In front of Bailemen, Boss Sun frowned, "Miss Manyi, you are making this old man unrighteous. Everyone knows that you belong to Mrs. Gong. It's only been a few days, and you just say that I'm the one Song Ji, those who don’t know think I’m going to snatch someone from Feng Hai and openly fight Madam Gong, this old man can’t do it.”

Hua Manyi's face turned pale when she heard the woman's name again. Although Gong Yan didn't pursue the matter of her prostitution contract and thought she was free, in the end she found that the paper still restricted her everywhere.

"Boss Sun, I'm no longer from Fenghai." Hua Manyi said quietly.

Boss Sun raised his eyebrows, "Is this serious? If that's the case, then show me the deed of sale that Mrs. Gong gave you. If there is no problem, you can sign another contract with me."

"Okay, but I have one condition. I don't want to sell myself." Hua Manyi was vigilant this time.

Boss Sun agreed, "No problem."

When Hua Manyi got the promise, she felt relieved a little, and now all that remains is to get the contract of sale from Gong Yan.In front of Luhe Winery, Hua Manyi bit her lower lip and rang the doorbell, looking at the villa built on the hillside through the big green-painted gate. The guard came over to ask.

"I want to see Gong Yan."

"Do you have an appointment?" the doorman asked.

Hua Manyi shook her head, but the guard felt embarrassed, "Miss, we are not allowed to let anyone in without an appointment."

"Then can you tell me that I am Hua Manyi, and I have something to discuss with her." In the scorching sun, Hua Manyi stood outside the door a little anxious.

Not long after, the guard trotted over to let her in.

Hua Manyi followed the guard all the way to the front of the villa, and at the door she met Uncle Fu, who seemed to be talking to a doctor, vaguely saying something like "I have a bad stomach... I need to rest more these days..."

Hua Manyi suddenly remembered the scene she saw on that rainy night two days ago, the woman sitting in the back seat looked pale and tired.

Going upstairs in a complicated mood, there was no one in the hall. Hua Manyi saw that the bedroom door was ajar. She hesitated whether to go there, but when she realized it, she had already arrived at the bedroom door.

"Mother Gong, I'll get you a glass of water." A graceful female voice came from inside the door, awakening Hua Manyi, and soon bumped into her at the door.

The woman asked in surprise, "You are?"

Hua Manyi recognized who this woman was at a glance. It was the woman who massaged Gong Yan in the back seat that day. Thinking of this, Hua Manyi looked calm, "I am Hua Manyi, and I have something to discuss with Gong Yan."

Lin Wanyi sized her up for a few seconds, then opened the door to let her in, "Gong Mama, a lady named Hua Manyi is looking for you."

Hua Manyi nodded her head, walked in and saw Gong Yan sitting on the chair, thinking of what happened before, she felt inexplicably timid, "Mother Gong, I came here to sell my life to you."

"What? Your Ian didn't help you with this matter? Do you need to come to see me in person?" Gong Yan came to her. Although his face was pale and bloodless, his pair of Ruifeng eyes were full of scrutiny and ridicule, "Did I Did you say, don't let me see you again in this life?"

Hua Manyi's scalp was tense, she took two steps back in fear, bit her lips and took a deep breath, "The deed is my business, why do I need to find Ian?"

Gong Yan snorted coldly, seeing her fear in her eyes, "If you are afraid of me, why do you dare to come here alone? Are you not afraid of what I will do to you?"

When the words fell, Hua Manyi immediately thought of what happened that day. She slept so many times for no reason, but she was powerless to resist. She has calmed down these days. The wrong person, I never thought that the person I like is this kind of person, Quan thought she was blinded by lard and misjudged it!

"Mother Gong, I know you have no shortage of people, and you can get what you want, but I'm just an ordinary person, and the deed of prostitution is just a piece of paper to you, please let me go."

"Let you go?" Gong Yan suddenly laughed, "Hua Manyi, you really know how to turn black and white!"

Suddenly, there was the sound of knocking things over outside the door, accompanied by a scream, Hua Manyi watched the woman in front of her change her face, turned around and opened the door, and hurried out, she followed to see what was going on.

"Mother Gong, I didn't stop knocking over your water glass. The carpet was also dirty. I didn't mean it." Lin Wanyi squatted on the broken glass, apologizing and picking up the glass with her hands.

Gong Yan frowned, "Don't pick it up, let someone clean it up later."

There was another soft exclamation, Hua Manyi watched the fingertips of the woman named Lin Wanyi being scratched by broken glass, the bright red blood dripped, and the willow eyebrows tightened in pain, so cute, but when she saw Gong Yan approaching, then The eyes that are watery and condensed in the autumn always seem to have a little more inexplicable meaning.

Hua Manyi's face turned pale.

"Mother Gong... I'm sorry, I didn't expect to cut myself." Lin Wanyi blamed herself endlessly.

"I told you not to touch it. What are you doing touching it?" Gong Yan pulled him up, just in time to see Uncle Fu coming up, so he ordered him to ask a servant to clean it up, and then let Uncle Fu take her down to bandage her.

After the servant finished cleaning up, only she and Gong Yan were left in Nuo Da's living room.

"She... who are you?" As soon as the words fell, Hua Manyi suddenly realized what she had said, and was very annoyed. This time is different, she is no longer the most favored singer of Fenghai in the past.

"What does who she have to do with you?" Gong Yan mocked her for being nosy, picked up a glass of wine and drank it, "You don't care if I want to sell my life, do I want to become a singer at Paramount? "

"How do you know?" Hua Manyi frowned, trembling with anger, "You sent someone to investigate me?!"

"I'm investigating you?" Gong Yan asked mockingly, "Hua Manyi, I just realized that you are so arrogant. Boss Sun told me about your going to Paramount."

Hua Manyi's face was flushed red by the ridicule, and she couldn't help but retort, "Even so, you don't need to humiliate me like this. My vision is not as broad as yours, so naturally I don't know these things."

"Since Gong Mama, you know that I'm going to Paramount..." Hua Manyi glanced at the time, it was getting late, she had to get the deed of sale as soon as possible, swallowed her breath, and pleaded, "Then can you send me the money?" Give me back my deed of sale, I believe Mama Gong won't argue with this little girl like me, right?"

"Is this your attitude of begging? Begging me on the surface, but mocking me secretly?" Gong Yan sat on the sofa with a cold expression on his face. As soon as he closed his eyes, Hua Manyi scolded her for being a pervert. , Let her say all the good and bad things, and now begging herself to return the deed of sale is as if she owed her.

There was a rustling sound behind her, Gong Yan frowned and looked back, only to see the arrogant woman unbuttoning her body one by one, her eyes gradually turned red and moist, she was choked up but still held back Neck stubborn to continue.

The cheongsam fell to the ground, and Hua Manyi's hands dropped to her sides, staring at her for a moment, her lips turned pale, "Then... what about this? Mama Gong, can I get back my contract of prostitution?"