The heart of the pretender is sincere

On New Year's Eve, Tianminglou asked Ah Cheng to go to the teahouse to reserve a place. He knew that Wang Manchun would not go home on New Year's Eve, so he went to find her for a New Year's Eve dinner. He had very complicated feelings about Wang Manchun Minglou. His first love when he was young was like that It is hot, bright and beautiful, and Mingtai is going to assassinate Wang Fuqu today, and she will lose her last relative after tonight, so he wants to be by her side at this time.It's just that when Minglou came to No. 76 looking for her full of expectations, he only saw her killing innocent people indiscriminately with a gun.

So when Wang Manchun got the news that Wang Fuqu was killed and leaned into his arms, screaming and crying, Minglou just hugged her expressionlessly and let her lean on his chest without saying a word of comfort. She still had a little fantasy and even wanted to persuade her to let go, but after seeing her indiscriminate killing today, the last trace of charm in Minglou's heart disappeared, and he finally realized that Wang Manchun was no longer the same as ten years ago. That bright girl is gone, and now she has become a murderous executioner.

Liang Zhongchun received a call on New Year's Eve that Wang Fuyu had been killed. He hurried to the hotel where the incident happened without thinking about the New Year's Eve dinner. Looking at the mess and corpses all over the place, he felt a chill down his spine.

Naturally, Minglou also received the news that Wang Fuqu was killed. Wang Fuqu was obviously his teacher, and he should come and see him both emotionally and rationally, so he handed Wang Manchun over to Ah Cheng to take care of him, and he rushed to the place where the crime happened. hotel.

Seeing Minglou approaching, Liang Zhongchun hurried up to report the investigation results, "Three people from the operation team were killed and five bodyguards were killed at the door, the lobby and the room opened fire at the same time, the murderer is estimated to be at least two groups of people, leaving nothing but bullet casings. "

Hearing the result, Minglou heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that Mingtai's mission was completed very well. He pretended to be angry, "No one saw what the murderer looked like?!"

"The waiter in the restaurant said that there were too many customers in the restaurant at that time, and they didn't pay attention to the murderer's appearance." Liang Zhongchun sighed, and began to express his determination to Minglou again, "Please rest assured, Mr. Ming, I will definitely bring the murderer to justice." There is no way to give an explanation to the dead.”

Minglou looked at Liang Zhongchun, "Director Liang, it's good to be determined, but when the first domino is pushed, you don't know whose turn it will be next. It's good if we can find the murderer first, but I hope Don't let the murderer find you first."

Hearing these words, Liang Zhongchun's heart skipped a beat, he wondered if it would be his turn next.

At this time, Ah Cheng also rushed to the hotel. He saw Ming Lou and Liang Zhongchun coming out of the hotel room together. In front of Liang Zhongchun, he had to perform a full set, so he said very respectfully, "Sir, it's almost time."

"How is Director Wang?" Ming Lou asked.

"I gave her some sedatives, and she is feeling better and falling asleep now. It is not convenient for Director Wang to go home now. How about I send her to the Shanghai Hotel and you go home directly?"

Ming Lou showed a very embarrassed look, after thinking about it, he still rejected Ah Cheng's proposal, "If something like this happens, if I'm not by her side..."

Ah Cheng interrupted Ming Lou and reminded him, "Sir, today is New Year's Eve!"

Minglou sighed, as if he was also seriously thinking about how to choose and finally insisted, "Let's go together, hurry up and drive."

"Yes." Ah Cheng stopped being persistent, nodded to Ming Lou, turned around and went out to drive.

Minglou looked at Liang Zhongchun who was beside him, "Director Liang, I'm counting on you here. If something like this happens, the Japanese will definitely hold us accountable. A little mistake at a time like this will set you on fire. Think about how to deal with it." Bar."

"I understand." Hearing Minglou's words, Liang Zhongchun nodded again and again. Liang Zhongchun was very clear about the Japanese's style of dealing with things. At this moment, it was not just a simple matter of finding the murderer.

"When something like this happened to Director Wang's family, it may be difficult for her to stabilize her mood for a while. You will have to work harder during this time." Minglou took a step forward, getting closer to Liang Zhongchun, and lowered his She said in a voice, "How much she has done and how much you have done, Mr. Zhou and I know it well, don't worry, we won't treat you badly."

Of course Liang Zhongchun understood what Minglou meant, but at the moment he was disdainful, Wang Manchun was your lover and he acted so irresistibly in front of him, and now he came to pull him Liang Zhongchun to fill in the work for Wang Manchun, the final credit Ming Lou has the final say on who to give it to.However, although he was disdainful in his heart, he still had to show respect and gratitude on the surface. He bowed slightly and lowered his head, "Thank you for your cultivation, Mr. Ming."

"Then I'll go first." Ming Lou turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something, and looked back at Liang Zhongchun, "Director Liang, Happy New Year!"

Liang Zhongchun was taken aback. This was the first blessing he heard today, and he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart. He immediately felt that Chief Ming was indeed a good person. He bowed sincerely to Minglou to thank him, "Thank you, Chief Ming, Go slow, sir."

***

It was past nine o'clock in the evening when Ming Lou and Ah Cheng returned to the Ming mansion. He knew that Ah Cheng had bought a lot of fireworks for Lingxi and they were in the car, so he asked Ah Cheng to take out some to play with on a whim. Although Ah Cheng complained that Minglou was still playing these things at an old age, he still obediently set up a row of fireworks on the ground and lit them one by one. Looking at the row of fireworks in full bloom in the dark night, Ah Cheng Suddenly, I felt that setting off fireworks was indeed a very happy thing.

"Brother Ah Cheng, big brother."

When Ah Cheng heard the voice and turned his head, he saw Lingxi running towards him happily, and he quickly stepped forward to help her, "Be careful, walk well and don't run away, or the fall will hurt so much!"

Lingxi pouted and complained, "But I miss you, today is New Year's Eve, my eldest sister and I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Seeing Lingxi, Ah Cheng was wearing a cheongsam, without even a coat, so he didn't think much about wrapping her in his coat, and kissed her on the way , "You don't even wear a coat, you have to suffer from a cold."

Ah Cheng's coat was not a loose fit, so he barely wrapped it around Lingxi, and both of them were a little immobile. Lingxi looked at him with a smile and said it as a matter of course, "Brother Ah Cheng."

Ah Cheng was helpless, smiled and stretched out his finger to poke Lingxi's forehead, "You..."

"You three don't eat anymore!" Mingjing and Lingxi were originally waiting for Minglou and Ah Cheng to come back in the dining room. When they heard the sound of fireworks, Lingxi ran out regardless of his coat. The old mother Ming Jing was taken aback, but as soon as she came out, she saw the two of them hugging each other intimately. Ming Jing froze for a moment before pulling Lingxi out, "Wear your own clothes, little girl next time Don't let this happen."

"Oh." Lingxi nodded obediently and put on her coat, holding Ah Cheng's hand and standing up with a cute and cute appearance.

Afterwards, Ming Lou and Ah Cheng reached out to the eldest sister for a red envelope, and Lingxi also made jokes to make Ming Jing happy.

"Yes, there are both, and Ah Cheng and Lingxi are also indispensable." Ming Jing looked at the three people in front of him, thinking that it would be great if the children in the family are neat and tidy, and Ah Cheng and Lingxi have such a good relationship, so it is impossible to say that next year they will be together. There will be more people in the family at that time, it would be even better if Mingtai is here.

"What about mine!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Ming Jing almost thought she was hallucinating, but she turned around to confirm that it was indeed Ming Tai who came back. Ming Tai walked in with the suitcase, took off the hat on his head, and opened his hands towards her, "I Where's the red envelope, big sister!"

Ming Jing trotted all the way to Mingtai, weeping with joy, tears rolled in his eyes, "Oh, why are you back, you have a long heart."

"I'm back." Mingtai smiled and gave his sister a hug, unwilling to let go for a long time, "I want to give you a surprise, please be happy."

"Big Brother, Brother Acheng." Mingtai looked at the two brothers who were smiling like directors, but why Brother Acheng was still holding the hand of a beautiful woman seemed familiar, he was a little unsure, "Lingxi? "

Lingxi nodded, and greeted Mingtai with a smile, "Happy New Year, Young Master Ming."

Mingtai's eyes widened. He still remembers the first time he saw Lingxi's photo in France. Her long hair was fluttering and she looked so beautiful. Now they are holding hands. It is obvious that they have been in the dark before. Look at the big brother and big sister With a calm look on his face, he was the only one who didn't know about it, "You, you, why didn't you tell me when you two were together."

Looking at Mingtai's expression, Ah Cheng knew that this was the young master's temper. He felt that he was the only one who didn't know what everyone knew, so he was upset, "Young master, you are in Hong Kong. How can we tell you? I can't send you a special telegram saying we're in love."

Mingtai thinks about it and thinks that Brother Acheng is right. Now it seems that the people he saw in the restaurant last time were Brother Acheng and Lingxi. Seeing the two people kissing each other, Mingtai thought of the relationship between them just now. Miss Huizi, who had just separated, did not know when she would be able to see her again, but Mingtai has never been a character who likes to mourn the spring and autumn, so he turned his head and stretched out his hand to Mingjing, "Sister, where is my New Year's gift."

Ming Jing lightly slapped Ming Tai's hand, his smile was full of satisfaction and doting, "I didn't know you were coming back, so how could I prepare you a New Year's gift."

"It doesn't matter, as long as my red envelope is bigger than theirs."

"That's no problem, add up the red envelopes of the two of them, and I'll give you the biggest one!" Ming Jing said very naturally, not at all like the fair and strict chairman, but just an ordinary sister who dotes on her younger brother.

"Elder sister is biased." Ah Cheng smiled, and Ming Lou agreed with this statement.

"Whoever told you that both of you are not good, our Mingtai is the best in the family, of course we will give the biggest one, Lingxi will take two this year, and Ah Cheng's red envelope will be yours."

Hearing this, Lingxi cooperated with a surprised expression, "Wow, thank you big sister, Brother A Cheng, don't ask me for it."

Ah Cheng pinched the tip of Lingxi's nose fondly, "It's all yours!"

Minglou was very relieved to see the family happy and happy. He walked up to Mingtai and Ah Cheng understood what the elder brother meant in seconds. He opened his briefcase, and then Minglou took out a beautifully packaged box from it and handed it to him. Mingtai, "A gift for you."

This double operation surprised both Ming Jing and Ming Tai, "Huh? You knew he was coming back, when did you buy the gift?"

Minglou smiled with a scheming look on his face, "I know, but I didn't tell Eldest Sister that he wanted to create a surprise for Elder Sister, so I'll make his little cleverness come true."

Mingtai took the box with a puzzled expression, and all kinds of thoughts popped up in his mind.

Minglou patted Mingtai on the shoulder, "You have to remember, no matter where I am, I am your big brother."

"Everywhere?" Mingtai suddenly felt that the big brother's words were very meaningful, but he couldn't grasp the key point.

Minglou nodded, "It's everywhere!"

Mingjing didn't want to listen to Minglou's eldest brother's comments, so he criticized his position in the new government very bluntly, saying that he was a dubious official, then pulled Mingtai and was about to go back to dinner, and saw Ah Cheng and Lingxi held hands and whispered together, looking very sweet, "Why are you two biting your ears, hurry up and eat, remember to bring the suitcase in."

Minglou watched the eldest sister and Mingtai enter the house arm in arm, and then Ah Cheng and Lingxi walked home holding hands, and when they reached the door, Ah Cheng still turned around and told him, "Bring the suitcase in. "

Ming Lou was the only one left in this empty yard. He thought to himself that the little ones in the family were getting more and more unruly, and he would clean them up after the new year. He picked up Mingtai's suitcase and hurried into the living room.

***

At the New Year's Eve dinner, Ah Xiang went to serve the dishes, and Ah Cheng brought red wine to everyone. This bottle of red wine is Minglou's collection. Lingxi threw away a bottle before, but now he decides to take it out and drink it up during the Chinese New Year. Don't let it be used for cooking after a long time.Mingtai wanted to unwrap the New Year gift from his elder brother, but was reprimanded by his elder brother for being unruly, but with his beloved younger brother, mad devil sister Mingjing, Mingtai was at the top of the Ming family's food chain, and he smiled proudly at Minglou. It's a belt, even if Ah Cheng said it was the latest belt in Paris, Ming Tai felt bored, complaining that there were already more belts than pants.

"I want a watch." Mingtai originally had a stinky expression on his face, but suddenly changed into a flattering expression, "I like the one in your hand."

Everyone looked at Minglou's watch. Seeing that Lingxi was also looking at that watch, Ah Cheng explained to her in a low voice, "Brother, I bought this watch when I was in France. If you like it, I'll give it to you too." buy one?"

Lingxi shook her head, "No need, I just took a look out of curiosity."

Everyone knows that the watches Minglou wears are very expensive, so Mingjing rarely agrees with Mingtai's request and scolds him. Mingtai also knows that his request is too much and doesn't bother too much, just muttering The eldest brother is stingy and reluctant to spend money.

The meal is officially open, and it is rare to have to worry about table manners when eating during the Chinese New Year. Ah Cheng and Mingtai played punching, which made Lingxi want to play, and Ah Cheng temporarily explained the rules of punching to Lingxi. Unexpectedly, Lingxi was alone. The novice quickly defeated Mingtai, and even Ah Cheng, the teacher who taught people, was no match for her. In the end, Lingxi fought all the way to Minglou. The scheming Minglou still had an advantage against the novice Lingxi. However, after two more visits, Lingxi's strength improved significantly. In the end, Minglou still won the final victory of punching with a slight advantage. Although Lingxi was defeated as a novice, she was honored, so Mingjing specially said that she would give her another red envelope as a reward.

Everyone had a great time at this New Year's Eve dinner. When everyone was almost finished eating, Lingxi saw Mingtai put down his chopsticks and his eyes were rolling around. She felt that Mingtai must have some bad idea, and it was as it should be. Immediately, Ming Tai said to Ming Jing, "Sister, I want to listen to the play."

Ming Jing couldn't understand, so he put down his chopsticks and looked at Mingtai, "It's late at night, where are we going to listen to the opera, the theater has left early."

"Why are you going to the theater? Eldest brother can sing much better than them." Mingtai pursed his lips and smiled innocently, looking straight at Minglou's eyes with great courage.

Ah Cheng held back a smile and looked at his elder brother with a dark face. He thought that in the Ming family, only young master Ming was the only one who dared to step on the bottom line of his elder brother to test wildly. Then he looked at his girlfriend with a surprised face and eyes full of It was a question, and he nodded silently to Lingxi, expressing that his elder brother can indeed sing, and he can sing quite well.

Ming Jing saw that Ming Lou was silent and his expression was very bad, so he stepped forward to smooth things over, "Your elder brother is also tired, let's listen to it another day."

"What's the matter, you became a high-ranking official, and you lost your value by singing for us." Mingtai acted very ungrateful, and the inquiry in his eyes was obvious when he looked directly at Minglou. Is it a traitor?

After all, Minglou is the eldest brother, and Mingtai's words are too disrespectful, so Mingjing reprimanded Mingtai, "How can you say that!"

For a while, no one spoke in the living room, and the atmosphere was a little tense. Ming Jing thought about the New Year's Eve, if he couldn't make Ming Tai unhappy, then he should feel wronged and wronged Ming Lou, so he looked at Ming Lou again and said tentatively, "Would you like me?" No, you just come for a short while?"

Seeing that Minglou was still silent, Mingtai turned to Ah Cheng for help, and Ah Cheng received Mingtai's gaze and turned to look at Minglou, "Brother, once a year, it's rare."

"You booed too, didn't you?" Seeing everyone looking at him, Minglou finally put away his serious expression and smiled, then looked at his eldest sister again, "Okay, once a year, it counts as making her happy." Looking at Mingtai, he emphasized, "It has nothing to do with you!"

Mingtai gathered the strength of the whole family to achieve his goal, so naturally he stopped entanglement too much, and the meal was almost eaten, Minglou decided to sing a section of Meilong Town, he called Ah Cheng to prepare together, and everyone went out of the restaurant together Moving to the living room, Mingjing Mingtai and Lingxi were sitting on the sofa, Ah Xiang brought some fruit up, and Ah Cheng sat next to Minglou with Jinghu and began to test the sound. It seemed that they were preparing for the accompaniment.

Lingxi has never heard of an opera before, and she doesn't know what Meilong Town is talking about, but it's rare for Chief Ming to entertain relatives in colorful clothes. Out of moths.

"I don't want to hear about Meilong Town!" Mingtai pulled his face down, "I want to hear about Su Wu shepherding sheep."

Everyone was silent for a while, and Minglou understood why Mingtai had so many things going on tonight.Ming Jing also guessed what Mingtai meant, but there were many things that he couldn't say clearly, so he thought of a compromise, "Is this okay, come to your favorite Huaihe Camp."

Mingtai seemed to be at odds with Minglou, "My favorite is Huaihe Camp, but I just want to hear Big Brother sing Su Wu Shepherd!"

Seeing that Mingtai's oil and salt did not enter Minglou, he also became angry, and he pointed at Mingtai, "I don't want to scold you for Chinese New Year today, you kid, don't push yourself!"

"Shut up!" With the eldest sister around, Mingtai will not be at a disadvantage, and she persuaded Mingtai angrily, "Isn't it a festive day, listening to songs that are full of love from you and me, is no better than those Wouldn't the impassioned ambition be appropriate to the occasion?"

Mingtai also has his own reasoning, "Just because today is New Year's Eve, I should know how to remember the bitterness and remember the sweetness, otherwise I would know how to cherish the present moment."

Speaking of this, Ah Cheng took a look at his elder brother and saw that his face had obviously darkened a few more degrees. Maybe he didn't want to affect the elder sister's mood, so he turned around to prevent everyone from seeing his face. Ah Cheng looked at Ling Ling again. Xi, realizing that Lingxi was looking at him with embarrassment, he smiled at Lingxi to show her to be at ease, this is all a small scene, and in previous years, the big brother and Mingtai had more violent fights than this.

In the end, it was Mingtai who gave up first, "Brother doesn't want to sing, forget it, I'll go take a shower first."

Seeing that Mingtai was about to get up and leave, Minglou turned around to stop him, "Who says you can't sing anymore, sit down!" Minglou's expression returned to normal, he called Ah Cheng to get ready, Ah Cheng nodded and pulled up The beard in his hand.

It was the first time for Lingxi to listen to Su Wu Shepherd, and it was only when she heard Minglou and Ah Cheng's libretto that she suddenly understood, and her image of Mingtai changed again. This young man was probably worried that his brother was a traitor, and he was reminding his brothers to love One's own motherland cannot become a traitor for the sake of prosperity and wealth.

After the song was finished, Mingtai stood up and applauded vigorously. Lingxi didn't know what Minglou was feeling at the moment, but he just looked at Mingtai with dark eyes, and the two of them stopped talking for a while.

The door of the living room was suddenly opened at this time, Lingxi felt strange that there were still people coming to the door during the New Year's Eve?But I saw an old woman over half a century old, with a dusty appearance holding a cloth bag in her left hand and a box in her right hand, her hair was mostly gray.

Lingxi didn't know this person, but seeing the surprised faces of other people, they should know him, but he didn't want Ah Cheng to stand up from the chair with a black face, and the movement was so big that the chair legs rubbed against the ground for a while. Screeching sound.In Lingxi's memory, Ah Cheng has never been so rude, he is always respectful and humble, and polite to everyone.

The old woman bowed to the mirror, called "Miss" in her mouth, then turned her head to look at Ah Cheng, her eyes were full of tears, her lips were trembling, and it took a long time before she opened her mouth to say, "Ah Cheng."

Ah Cheng turned his head and ignored her, but Ming Jing nodded towards the visitor, then looked at Ah Cheng and sighed, "Ah Cheng, time has changed, please forgive Aunt Gui."

Ah Cheng's face was very ugly, he dropped the Jinghu in his hand, turned his head, went up the stairs and went back to the room, Lingxi didn't know what happened, so he chased after him, "Brother Ah Cheng..."