Findings at sea

It was already the second night of Ji Xingtang's return to Shanghai. His first priority was to send the old man back to the Du mansion and report the situation to Bai Xiaohong.Originally wanted to make a phone call, but also wanted to stop by to see Ruoyu, so he came in person.The guards guarding the gate outside the Bai mansion saw that Ji Xingtang was not being stopped, because Bai Xiaohong ordered that no matter when Ji Erye came, he was not allowed to interrogate and obstruct him.

Ji Xingtang walked into the living room, the shining crystal chandelier on the roof was still on, and neither the elder brother nor the butler was there.He had no choice but to walk down the stairs to the second floor, and when he was still in the corridor, he heard the sound of body collisions across the porter. Ji Xingtang hurried to the door in a panic, and slammed on the door vigorously.

After patting twice, Bai Xiaohong opened the door, Ji Xingtang looked at him blankly and asked, "Where is Ruoyu?"

Bai Xiaohong casually brushed back the sweat-stained hair on his forehead, and beckoned the nanny who was cleaning on the second floor to come in and tidy up.Said to Ji Xingtang, "Only you, Second Lord Ji, dare to barge into my Bai mansion like this, but only you can."

Ji Xingtang wanted to follow Nanny into the house, but was stopped by Bai Xiaohong, with a cold and threatening voice, "It's not Ruoyu baby."

Ji Xingtang followed Bai Xiaohong into the study.Bai Xiaohong sat down on a chair, listened to Ji Xingtang's report, and said lightly after listening, "It's done well."

From his open nightgown, Ji Xingtang saw that the bandages on his abdomen had been removed, and the red incision was healing. He said, "Brother, pay attention to your body, and you must play properly. Let the brothers find some clean ones." Don’t get sick from outside when people come, I’ll leave if there’s nothing else to do.”

Bai Xiaohong was very tired of his preaching tone. When he was a child, he was a pretentious swindler, but when he grew up, he was a teacher-like nagging ghost.He just lighted a cigarette calmly, and when Ji Xingtang walked to the door and was about to turn the doorknob to go out, he said a few words out of nowhere, "The more serious you look in this position, the more black water you have. How cleaner you are than others. Since ancient times, you laugh at the poor and never laugh at the prostitutes. If you are four or five years younger, you are no worse than those who come out to sell. You don’t need to climb the mountain of swords and go down the sea of ​​​​fire. Am I right, the fox has become a good brother .”

Ji Xingtang seemed to be fixed by something, why Su Shaojiu was beaten for no reason, I have to ask his good brother.Bai Xiaohong added, "If I didn't send my eyeliner to follow, I wouldn't know that Ji Xingtang's way of making friends is to make friends on the bed."

Ji Xingtang turned the handle of the door, turned her head slightly, and said calmly, "The one who cleans up will clean up himself. It's just him. The person sent by my elder brother knocked a part of his lumbar spine out of place. The doctor said that it was fortunate that he found it in time, otherwise it would be very difficult. Could be paralyzed."

Bai Xiaohong felt that he was being driven crazy by Ji Xingtang. He not only led the wolf into the house, but also sent the sheep into the tiger's mouth.He put out the cigarette butt in the celadon ashtray, slowly opened the drawer and took out a painting, which was not the size of a frame, and the edges were slightly yellowed and wrinkled, and he was only young that year.This is Bai Xiaohong's first painting. It depicts a ten-year-old boy wearing a sweat-stained coat with a prickly hair, holding a fruit basket on his chest, holding a white pear, and handing the pear to him on tiptoe. passerby.He purposely put a small mole in the corner of his eye, and when it was done, Tang'er told him that it was the right eye.This painting was once sold to an old lady for a piece of ocean. She said that she likes her grandson very much, which made them earn their first pot of gold.Bai Xiaohong turned on the desk lamp to the brightest, touched the little man's face lightly, and moved his fingertips to the gray sweat-stained jacket. He chuckled lightly. At that time, he loved to play and gamble just like the rascals in the market. He often lost money. With no money left, he coaxed Tang'er to take off all his clothes for himself, and then pawned his clothes in a second-hand shop, and then went to gamble with the money. Tang'er had no clothes to wear, so he had to bare his buttocks Shrunk all day in the tube.If he wins money, his candy will have clothes to wear, if he loses money, his candy will continue to be naked tomorrow.Tang'er told him that he had been praying to Amitabha for the blessing of the Bodhisattva all day long.At that time, if he kept his own place, sold fruits and calligraphy and paintings with him, lived a clean life, and lived a life of poverty, it didn't matter, but he hated himself so much that he absolutely shouldn't do those things. Stomach full of fire.This indescribable feeling took root in his heart, and thorny vines took root and sprouted around his heart. When it hurt, it was like raising a poisonous snake in his heart, and his fangs bit his heart. He could only bear it. It's his own fault.

Ji Xingtang left the White Mansion and went to the Champs Pavilion. When he entered the room, the floor was indeed covered with woolen carpets. He glanced at the door. Ruoyu was leaning on the bed in a nightgown, immersed in the magazine in his hand, completely unaware of it. Come yourself.He changed his slippers and walked in the door, calling him, "Zixuan."

Ruoyu looked up and saw Ji Xingtang coming, she patted the bed and motioned him to sit down, "Brother, what did you do, you haven't seen me for a week."

Ji Xingtang smiled and said, "I have something to do in Zhejiang, but I didn't have time to tell you. Eh? What did you watch just now?"

Ruoyu turned over the magazine for him to read, and pointed to the column of "Qianpo". He is outspoken and not teasing, and he is an interesting person. I read his articles in previous issues, and some of the trivial things in life are leisurely. I have nothing to do here, and I rely on his articles for entertainment."

Ji Xingtang asked him, "Elder brother won't let you go to the Tianchan stage to sing?"

Ruoyu put her hands behind her head and said with a gloomy eyeball, "He wants to kill me here. When he is happy, he takes people back to his mansion to mess around, and when he is not happy, he comes to my place for sex." Wei Zuofu threatened a few words, and the inferiority of the rogue in the market took root, and there was no salvation."

Ruoyu took his hand and acted coquettishly, "Brother, can you think of a way to let me go out for a walk, I'm about to rot here. If I live like this, I might as well hang myself with a rope, and have a good pregnancy in my next life." .”

Ji Xingtang thought for a while, then smiled, "Well——I just brought the old man back, and I will definitely find a way to take you there during the dust-cleaning banquet. I can't kill you just because of this little thing."

After exchanging some pleasantries, Ji Xingtang told him to rest well.After leaving the Champs Pavilion and walking around the Bai Mansion, he looked up, the light in the study was still on, he lowered the brim of his hat and let out a deep breath, there was nothing to say and there was no time to look back.