The heart of the pretender is sincere

On the first night of the dance, Ah Cheng came to deliver a dress to Lingxi. Originally, Lingxi had to prepare it herself, but Ah Cheng thought carefully and took the initiative to take on the job. Now seeing Lingxi wearing his The prepared dress fits perfectly, Ah Cheng expressed his satisfaction.

Lingxi looked in the mirror, the dress was a dark blue ankle-length skirt with a slightly fluffy skirt, a collarbone exposed but no shoulders and half sleeves, and a layer of gauze of the same color on the outside, a little It smells like a wedding dress.

Good-looking is good-looking, but she is a little behind-the-scenes, "So you think my dress last time was too revealing? This dress can be worn as a regular dress no matter how short it is, and how do you know my size? It fits pretty well and doesn’t need to be changed.”

"I just want to hide you from others to see." Ah Cheng hugged Lingxi from behind into his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder and burying his face in her hair, he said very logically, "As for the size Well, I've hugged you so many times, of course I know your size."

"Hate!"

Lingxi turned around coquettishly, but didn't want to be caught by him by the shoulder and kissed her on the face, then buried her face in the hollow of her shoulder, "You smell so sweet, it smells like oranges, it smells better than before. Gardenia smells better."

"You like the smell?"

"Well, the gardenias smelled good before, but I like the oranges better now. It smells very fresh. It makes me want to peel you off like an orange and eat it in my mouth. It must be delicious." The tip of Cheng's nose rubbed against Lingxi's neck, and the directionality was somewhat obvious.

"What are you talking about!"

Lingxi blushed a little and made a gesture to hit him, but Ah Cheng didn't need to look at him, just grabbed Lingxi's hand into his own, and then pulled her behind to let her hug his waist.

"I speak from my heart."

Lingxi felt that she should adapt to this, otherwise she would not have the ability to fight back at all in the future. She thought about it and said, "Is it really from the heart?"

"Yes, to be honest."

Lingxi began to draw circles on Ah Cheng's lower back with her fingers, one by one without stopping, "Then you, do you want to own this orange?"

Ah Cheng's body trembled, and a numb feeling in his lower back went straight to his brain, he hugged Lingxi even tighter, "Think, can you let me have it?"

"Sure, as long as you want, this orange belongs to you."

Ah Cheng couldn't believe that these words came from Lingxi's mouth. He let go of her and carefully checked her expression. She blushed and shyly looked like she was lying, "Are you serious?"

Lingxi didn't answer Ah Cheng's question, but smiled and took him by the hand and took him to the bedside to sit down, "Brother Ah Cheng, close your eyes."

Ah Cheng closed his eyes with some anticipation. What he thought in his heart was that it would take only a while for him to reject her. After all, he was not married yet. Although he wanted to, he couldn’t do it. The beautiful things should be done on the wedding night. Otherwise, it would be a hindrance to Lingxi's reputation.

Lingxi looked at Ah Cheng smiling expectantly, and picked up the can of body lotion from the bedside table. The gardenia-flavored one was used up, and she stuffed the whole can of the orange-flavored one just unpacked today. In Ah Cheng's hands, "Okay, you can open your eyes now."

"... "

Ah Cheng looked at the jar in his hand speechlessly, it smelled so strong of oranges, he could smell it even before the lid was opened, this is not an orange, it must smell like a basket of oranges.So in the end Ah Cheng got a can of orange-flavored body lotion and was kicked out of the room by Lingxi.

***

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, before departure, Minglou discovered that the color of Lingxi's skirt was the same as that of Ah Cheng's tie and pocket square. It’s just that Ah Cheng didn’t like it when he looked at it, saying that it didn’t fit here or there, so he finally changed to black. Now he knows that the problem lies here. In Mingtai’s words, the sour smell of love smell.

In the car, Minglou specially told Lingxi, "Fujita specifically told me that he hopes you can come today, because you and Ah Cheng are the only ones Chen Xuanyu personally wrote invitations for, and she wants to come to Ah Cheng just by the way." If you want to invite, in order to show the importance he attaches to this daughter, Fujita will definitely call you to speak, Fujita is Nantian's teacher, and also a veteran spy with a very keen sense of smell, you should pay attention to what you can say and what you can't say."

Ling Xi nodded, "Okay, I see."

Soon the Navy Club arrived, and Ming Lou took Ah Cheng and Ling Xi and went in without an invitation at all.Lingxi saw Qin San's car, and it stopped by the fountain pool at the door. Qin San sat in the car and looked at her, then closed his eyes and rested, and didn't look at her at all, and had no intention of going in. Lingxi arrived She doesn't care, she just thinks that Qin San is sick. At this time of winter, there is no heating in the car and the airtightness is not good. Although the winter in Shanghai is not particularly cold, even if you wear a coat, you can sit outside like this all the time It's also a warrior.

And Mingtai and his Miss Huizi actually came quite early, but they have been waiting in the car, because they used the invitation cards from Ah Cheng and Lingxi, and they had to watch Ah Cheng and Lingxi You can only go in after you go in.

"Miss Keiko really isn't going to tell me my real name?"

"Mr. Ono didn't tell me my real name."

Cheng Jinyun held Mingtai's hand, and the two looked at each other and then turned away. The kiss seemed to still feel the warmth on their lips, but now they met again because of a mission, but they belonged to different camps , as if separated by a natural moat, there is no possibility of intersection except for the mission. They agreed on today's mission, as long as they go in, they will do their own things, and they will not cooperate unless necessary.

Mingtai didn't care, thinking that one day he would turn Ms. Keiko into his girlfriend, "Then go in, it's quite cold outside, I wish you well."

"Good luck to you too."

At the beginning of the dance, Fujita came out wearing a kimono, holding Chen Xuanyu who was also in a kimono, and announced to everyone that this was his daughter, with a kind smile on his face, as if he really was an old father who loved his daughter. I talked a lot of emotional and nostalgic words, as if my daughter was lost and couldn't sleep at night and searched exhaustively, almost crying. It was really a touching father-daughter relationship. He cooperated and took out a handkerchief to wipe away his tears, and applauded non-stop for several minutes.

After the introduction session was over, it was time for free activities for everyone. As expected, Fujita called Lingxi to talk, but only asked some questions about how old he is this year, where he studied, what major he studied, and what he is doing now. Lingxi He answered all of them one by one. At first glance, it looked like a kind and kind uncle next door asking his daughter and friend about their studies, but Lingxi still kept vigilant and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

When Fujita finally finished asking, Nantian stepped in again. She introduced Lingxi to a boss named Zhang who was also in the jewelry business. idea.Lingxi's jewelry business covers almost all the wealthy people in Shanghai, and the power of her connections cannot be underestimated. It is understandable that someone covets her. Of course, Lingxi will not talk to Nantian, let alone Boss Zhang. She bluntly said that she is only managing daily affairs. The first and second largest shareholders of Ming's Jewelry are the eldest sister and the eldest brother. She has no decision-making power. It is suggested that Boss Zhang should not go far to find her. It may be faster to go directly to the elder brother. Still has the final say.

Ah Cheng watched pitifully as Lingxi finally had some free time. Since the last press conference, Ah Cheng wanted to dance with Lingxi, but he had never found a suitable opportunity. Now the opportunity finally came, and so many people came Talking to her, after waiting for so long until the people around Lingxi finally left, Ah Cheng walked up to her and made a standard invitation gesture, "Miss Li, may I invite you to a dance now?" ?"

Lingxi also knew that Ah Cheng had been waiting by her side just to invite her to dance, so she nodded, "Of course."

It's just that before Lingxi's hand could be placed in Ah Cheng's, a maid in kimono came over and spoke Japanese, "Miss Li, Miss Yuriko, please come with me."

Lingxi felt that Ah Cheng didn't read the almanac when he went out today, but Chen Xuanyu still had to go to find her, so he could only let Ah Cheng wait, "I see if I can finish talking earlier and come back to dance with you, okay?"

"That's the only way to do it, what else can I do." Ah Cheng was even more aggrieved, "Then you have to remember that you owe me a dance."

Lingxi shook Ah Cheng's hand to comfort him, "Okay, then I'll go first."

"Okay, you go."

***

Lingxi followed the maid to Chen Xuanyu's rest room. It was a small suite with one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom. Chen Xuanyu was still wearing that exquisite kimono and knelt on the tatami in the living room. The maid is really like a Japanese girl.

"Miss Li, please sit down."

"Thank you." Lingxi put down her handbag and knelt down opposite Chen Xuanyu, and the two of them were speechless for a while.

Chen Xuanyu waved away the maid behind her, and brought Lingxi another glass of water. There was a pot of tea on her table, but she remembered that Lingxi was used to drinking boiled water, but neither of them spoke first. Chen Xuanyu seemed to regard tea as a After drinking three glasses, he finally opened his mouth, "Thank you for coming today."

"You don't need to thank me specifically, you are someone I admire, and I am willing to come for your invitation."

"What do you admire about me?" Chen Xuanyu twitched her lips, as if she wanted to laugh but couldn't quite come out, "I'm just a showgirl, and now I'm Japanese again. I really hate my clothes."

Lingxi didn't speak, but just picked up the cup and took a sip.

Chen Xuanyu looked at the young girl in front of her, and suddenly envied her very much. If only she were Lingxi, then there would be no gap between her and the third master, and there would be no Japanese caught in the middle like now. "I won't go back to the Great Shanghai Ballroom to sing again. After that, I'll just be Yuriko Fujita, and I won't be Chen Xuanyu anymore. But don't worry, I promised you to endorse Ming Jiaxiang, and I will definitely go."

"Then have you given up on Qin San?"

Chen Xuanyu smiled bitterly, "What does it mean to give up? I was never from the third master, and now I just recognize it more clearly, and it's ridiculous that Fujita wants to use me for marriage. He doesn't even look at me. Now that I have an extra Japanese identity, can the Qin family fall in love with me!"

Lingxi has actually guessed a little bit. Fujita's recognition of Chen Xuanyu is not necessarily true father-daughter love. It is more likely that he has heard about the scandal between her and Qin San. He wants to recognize this daughter so that he can marry the Qin family. After all, Qin His family is one of the most wealthy families in Shanghai. If Qin San becomes Fujita's son-in-law, it will be very beneficial to Fujita.

It's just that the Qin family doesn't necessarily agree. When Chen Xuanyu was a singing girl, the Qin family didn't agree with her being with Qin San. Now that she has become Japanese, if the Qin family wanted to curry favor with Fujita, they would have announced Chen Xuanyu and Qin San long ago. Qin San's marriage, now a month has passed and there is still no movement, which only proves that the Qin family does not want to have anything to do with the Japanese. This is not only a matter of Chen Xuanyu being a singer, but also a matter of national feelings.

Everyone knows that Chen Xuanyu loves Qin San. During this period of time, she continued to sing in the Shanghai Ballroom, but she just announced to the world that even if she is the daughter of a Japanese, she is still a singer. It's not that Qin San doesn't marry her, it's this The status of a singer is not worthy of Qin San.

Lingxi sighed a little, "You can actually be more selfish. The one who loves the most in the relationship is the most vulnerable. If you pay so much for Qin San, he can't do anything but hang around the door of this club."

"Selfishness is a matter of opinion. I just don't want to embarrass the third master." Chen Xuanyu looked out the window. She knew that the third master was outside. Before the third master asked her for an invitation, she didn't give it. How could it be possible for Fujita to marry the Qin family? Agree, compared to Fujita's daughter, Chen Xuanyu's identity is not as good as Chen Xuanyu's, at least the singer is Chinese.

Chen Xuanyu didn't want to talk about those sad things anymore, so she took the initiative to change the subject, "Actually, on the day of your press conference, the third master told me his thoughts. I thought you would think about it, but I didn't expect you to refuse so simply. I have some Curious, although Mr. Mingcheng is also very good, but I think he is still a bit inferior to the third master, and I think you should have a good relationship if you can refuse the third master without hesitation."

"You are the beauty in the eyes of beholders. Otherwise, Qin San has a reputation for being romantic and has many confidante friends. He is also quite old and his hairline has begun to recede. Do you think that his family background can be compared to my Brother Ah Cheng? ?"

It was the first time for Chen Xuanyu to hear someone commenting on the third master. Her first reaction was not to be angry but to laugh. Thinking about it carefully, the comment seemed to be quite pertinent. The third master's forehead was a sign of a little baldness. In the end, she couldn't bear it. Laughing out loud, "Miss Li, you are so cute."

"Isn't it?" Lingxi picked up the cup and was about to take another sip, but the door was suddenly pushed open with great force, and a group of Japanese soldiers suddenly rushed in, which startled Lingxi, and the water in the cup almost She just sprinkled it, but fortunately she only spilled a little on her hand.

"Miss Yuriko, the Navy Club found an assassin, may I ask if there's anything wrong with you?" The person who spoke understood that it was an adjutant next to Nantian whose surname was Takagi.

Chen Xuanyu was very angry but she had to bear it. Although she was named as Fujita's daughter, none of these Japanese people thought highly of her in the past month, and they never gave her due respect. She handed Lingxi a handkerchief , "Thank you Mr. Takagi for your concern, we are fine."

Lingxi took Chen Xuanyu's handkerchief and wiped her hands. Seeing that Takagi not only didn't leave, but also went inside on his own, opened the door of the inner room, opened the window, looked at it and closed it, and even the bathroom was about to open. have a look.

"Mr. Takagi is too much, do you still remember that Ms. Yuriko's surname is Fujita? Do you know that you are so rude today, Mr. Fujita? Does Mr. Nantian know?" Lingxi frowned, and the two of them were still sitting Here, Takagi's behavior is really too rude.

Hearing Lingxi's words, Takagi's hand holding the bathroom doorknob paused for a moment, but he still opened the door, but the door didn't open very wide, it just took a symbolic glance and then closed it again, thinking it was Lingxi's words played a role.

"Miss Baihezi, Miss Li is really sorry. The assassin assassinated Chen Bing, the Minister of Military Supplies of the new government. For the sake of your safety, I must check it out. Please forgive me if there is any offense."

Chen Xuanyu sneered twice, "Mr. Takagi said sorry to me for the first time, it's really rare."

"Sorry" This time, Takagi spoke Japanese, which looked very formal, but Chen Xuanyu couldn't understand Japanese.

Lingxi explained to Chen Xuanyu, "He said sorry to you, which is a more formal apology."

"I see, Mr. Gao Mu, let's go out." Chen Xuanyu no longer went to see him, she didn't want to know Gao Mu at all, and she even felt that it would be better to apologize in a language that she couldn't understand at this time. Going to the Great Shanghai Ballroom to sing two songs is very comfortable.

Takagi took someone out, and Lingxi was going to wash in the bathroom after water was spilled on her hands, but it was a little difficult for her to sit on her knees for a long time, "Chen Xuanyu, please help me, I don't know that the Japanese How can you sit on your knees like this, aren't your legs numb?"

"I'm used to it now." Chen Xuanyu got up to help Lingxi, but although she was used to kneeling, she was still not used to the kimono, her steps were a little staggered, and the two of them fell into a ball.

Lingxi's legs were numb and she couldn't stand up. Chen Xuanyu tripped over her clothes. The two supported each other for a long time before getting up from the ground. For a while, they couldn't help laughing at each other's distressed appearance. The distance between people has been shortened a lot.

Lingxi kicked her legs to relieve the numbness in her feet, "I just spilled water on my hands and I went to wash my hands. If you are not used to your clothes, don't wear them and change them."

Chen Xuanyu tugged at the clothes on her body, "Don't tell me, these Japanese clothes are quite annoying, and it's troublesome to put them on, and it's also troublesome to take them off. I can't handle them by myself."

"It's okay, you wait for me to help you, don't you just take off your clothes, you wait for me..."

Lingxi went into the bathroom while talking, and before she could react, someone covered her mouth. She was startled and found out that this person was Mingtai, and beside Mingtai was a young girl whose face was covered with splatter. of blood.

Mingtai signaled Lingxi to silence, Lingxi nodded, probably guessing that the assassins were these two people, she turned on the faucet to signal the girl to come wash her face, then took her handkerchief from her bag and wiped her face .

"Chen Xuanyu, I'll take this handkerchief back and wash it for you before returning it to you." Lingxi said loudly on purpose.

"No need, this handkerchief was given to me by my cheap father, why don't you wash it away." Chen Xuanyu was very disdainful.

"Then I'm really lost."

"Throw it away."

Lingxi really threw the handkerchief into the trash can as Chen Xuanyu said, and looking at the blood on the girl's face, it seemed that she had almost washed it. She gave Mingtai a look and went out of the bathroom, "Let's go Let's go, let me study how to change this clothes for you."

Lingxi pulled Chen Xuanyu into the inner room, Mingtai and Cheng Jinyun also took advantage of this opportunity to leave the room, and then they left the club in such a fair and honest manner.

***

Ah Cheng was unable to dance with Lingxi until the end of the ball, so he could only bitterly write down in his notebook that on the sixth day of January 1940, Li Lingxi owed Mingcheng a dance.Moreover, today's assassin incident will inevitably put the whole city under martial law. When the three of them were about to go home, Qin Sanye, who had been acting as the "Fengshen Bang" at the door, stopped Lingxi at the door of the club. Lingxi asked about Chen Xuanyu's situation.

Lingxi didn't chat with Qin San for a long time, only about 10 minutes. Ah Cheng saw her coming back, and he didn't care because she was fine. But when he got in the car, the car had already driven a distance from the club, Lingxi suddenly said, "Brother Ah Cheng, lend me your handkerchief."

Ah Cheng didn't think much about it, "It's in the right pocket, you can take it yourself."

"Oh." Lingxi leaned over and took out his handkerchief from Ah Cheng's pocket, and turned the skirt out to wipe it. It was a bit cold after being soaked in water just now, so it was better to wipe it off.

"What's the matter, why is the skirt wet?" Ah Cheng was a little puzzled, it was fine when he came out, but why did the skirt get wet after chatting with Mr. Qin for a while.

"I pushed Qin San into the fountain pool. He was too fat and splashed a lot of water. I couldn't hide in time and splashed my skirt." Lingxi said casually, as if pushing Qin San into the pool was just a matter of time. A very trivial matter.

"Are you OK?"

"Did you get hurt?" Ah Cheng and Ming Lou asked at the same time, Ah Cheng even stopped the car and dragged Lingxi to check it carefully. Seeing that there seemed to be no external injuries, he let go of his heart and started the car again, "You Why did you push Third Master Qin into the pool?"

"It was fine at first, so he asked me how Chen Xuanyu was doing recently. To be honest, I really don't know Chen Xuanyu well, but seeing his pitiful appearance, I still talked about today's situation, and then he started to connotate me, saying what he said. It means that because I insisted on using Chen Xuanyu as the main show model in my press conference, Nantian saw it and was recognized by Fujita, which made it impossible for them to be together again."

"If he really wanted to be with Chen Xuanyu, why did he go there for more than ten years? As long as he is a little bit more courageous, and emotionally shows some means of doing business, and he doesn't want to take care of family love, he will marry Chen Xuanyu long ago. You have given birth to several, now blame me and you say you are not angry. I asked Chen Xuanyu to be my main show model because I admired her. He didn't want Chen Xuanyu on my show to protect her, but later he I agreed, but I didn't force him. He watched his girlfriend being humiliated and there was no solution, so I had to help him. He couldn't give Chen Xuanyu a stable life, and his family couldn't marry her, and he refused to let her go. Chen Xuanyu has her own life, and she let the rumors of the two of them fly all over the sky without explaining. In the end, she blamed me for not being able to be together. In fact, according to his standard, have the two of them really been together? He pushed him into the pool and got him sober."

Ah Cheng nodded, it really couldn't be blamed on Ling Xi, and asked weakly, "Then Mr. Qin is all right."

"I can't die, the pool is very shallow, a big man can drown himself in the pool, and Chen Xuanyu is standing upstairs watching."

"That's good, that's good..." Ah Cheng let go of his heart and continued to drive. This incident caused a lot of trouble, and he suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Third Master Qin.

The more Lingxi said, the more angry she became, "Brother Cheng, let me tell you, you are not allowed to learn Qin San's style. You can't afford it and can't let it go. If you don't agree or refuse, you still shirk responsibility. This is the behavior of a scumbag. You are going to be punished." Nailed to the pillar of shame!"

"Lingxi, don't talk about people behind their backs." Ming, scumbag, Lou, who felt connoted, thought of Wang Manchun, and he couldn't be with her now, nor could he refuse her to let her live her own life.

"Oh." After being called by the eldest brother, Lingxi shut up obediently, but her eyes were still looking at Ah Cheng, obviously saying that you should be careful if you dare to do this.

Ah Cheng laughed awkwardly, and felt fortunate in his heart, fortunately, the Ming family did not value family status, and fortunately, there was no such problem between him and Lingxi.