"Master Hou, I'm sorry. After the car started, Yue Shuluo said softly, "I shouldn't have been so impulsive to come to Nan Zeyu. ”

Wan Guohou calmly watched the road ahead, his hands on both sides of the steering wheel, and his expression did not show joy or anger.

"Please don't blame Madheart, this has nothing to do with him. He accompanied me out to buy things during the day, which was requested by me, and in the evening Jiaojiao sent a message asking him if he had returned to China, he came back half a day later than you, and he had not contacted Jiaojiao since he came back. Before he went out, he said hello to me, and I thought it was an opportunity, so I came to Nanjia with him. Yue Shuluo spoke a little faster than usual, "Moreover, I have gained something tonight, and Nan Zeyu didn't watch out for me, which is also a good thing." The more Yue Shuluo spoke, the quieter her voice became, and even with a hint of grievance, "Master Hou, are you angry with me?"

Wan Guohou glanced at her, "This is the first time I've seen you with your hair draped." ”

Yue Shuluo was stunned for a moment, "When Crazy Heart was looking for me, I had just washed my hair, so I went out after a hasty blow, and it was too time-consuming to tie my hair in a bun." ”

"Good looking. Wan Guohou said unhurriedly, "Also call your age." Manager Yue, in fact, you don't have to deliberately pretend to be mature. He paused, as if to consider his words, "Or are you actually afraid of following me and making the age gap too big?"

"No!" Yue Shuluo hurriedly explained, "Master Hou, I didn't mean that. ”

Wan Guohou laughed, "Are you in a better mood now?

"Master Hou!" Yue Shuluo glared at Wan Guohou with disgust, "How dare I be angry with you?"

"It's hard to say. The Marquis of All Nations said meaningfully, "I can't see through your heart." “

Yue Shu pulled her long hair and smiled, "You have wronged me by saying this." If you want to know anything, just ask me. ”

Wan Guohou shook his head, "I didn't mean to interrogate you. He glanced at his watch, "It's so late, I haven't eaten yet." ”

Yue Shuluo was stunned, "Are you hungry to take me home?" complicated emotions flashed in her eyes, "Master Hou, I'm sorry, I'm willful." Without waiting for Wan Guohou to answer, she said again, "It's not too late, I'll accompany you to eat something, okay?"

Wan Guohou said lazily: "I don't know what to eat, I'm a little too hungry, and I don't have much appetite now." ”

"You have to eat, you don't have a good stomach, and you can't go hungry. Yue Shuluo said in a slightly commanding tone, "Master Hou, if you can trust me, I will take you to a place to ensure that you will have an appetite." ”

"It can't be 'Matsunosato', right?" Wan Guohou said half-jokingly, "I really don't want to eat Japanese food right now." ”

"Of course not. Yue Shuluo unconsciously rubbed the edge of her coat, "Master Hou, to tell you the truth, I was uncomfortable when I went there with you before, although I didn't show it at the time." ”

Wan Guohou was a little surprised, he remembered that when Kabuki performed, Yueshuluo was indeed not very interested. "It was my negligence, I forgot that it was a sad place, and I won't take you there in the future. ”

"I'm tempted to say it's nothing, but it's Xiao Ye after all...... Where the accident happened. Yue Shuluo slowed down, "And, although I don't want to judge your friends casually, I can't say in good conscience that Mr. Gao and Dean Yu are both good people, and that I like to eat with them." ”

"First of all, they're not my friends. Wan Guohou smiled slightly, "Secondly, if you only eat with friends, then there are probably not many choices for human beings." He glanced at the road sign in front of him, "Mr. Yue, tell me the address of the hotel you want to recommend to me?"

Listening to the landmark that Yue Shuluo said, Wan Guohou was secretly surprised in his heart - there are a lot of fish and dragons there, what hotel can be worth Yue Shuluo's special recommendation?

He was still thinking about it, and Yue Shuluo suddenly laughed, "Master Hou, you probably can't imagine the tangled energy on Nan Zeyu's body. ”

Wan Guohou said lightly: "I don't want to imagine the scene where you get along with other men. ”

Yue Shuluo's face turned red, "Master Hou, when you say this, I feel like a bad woman, but I don't have bad intentions." She pursed her red lips and said sullenly, "I heard that a person's temperament hides the books he has read and the people he loves. However, on Nan Zeyu's body, there was no trace of Ms. Tao Baihe at all. That's where I think he's struggling. ”

Wan Guohou Wan'er smiled, "Maybe it's just that he is hiding deeply." ”

Yue Shuluo blinked, "Master Hou, in this regard, a woman's intuition is often more accurate. ”

"What do you think of me?" Wan Guohou suddenly turned his face. His deep eyes contained a kind of post-storm tranquility, and at the same time flashed with pity, tenderness, trance, and a hint of hidden pain, like a jewel that had been wiped off the dust, and exuded helpless loneliness.

"I don't dare to say. The sound of the moon falling gradually lowered. For some reason, she didn't want to look directly at Wan Guohou at this moment.

"It's fine. ”

"I just think it......" Yueshuluo hesitated for a moment, and finally made up her mind, "You loved." ”

Wan Guohou waited for a while, didn't hear the following, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at her, "And then?

"I've heard some peachy anecdotes about you during my time at Crown for most of the year. Everyone says you don't have a girlfriend, but you don't have a regular girlfriend. I think you have loved, perhaps been let down, and hurt, so you are not willing to give your heart easily. Yue Shuluo's fingers clutching her coat gradually strengthened, as if she was restraining some kind of emotion that even she didn't understand. "Every day I see you, I feel that you are strong and lonely. I won't explain how strong I am, loneliness is because you open your eyes every day and see people who depend on you, but you can't rely on anyone. ”

Wan Guohou had a ridiculous feeling in his heart, as if he was floating in mid-air, powerlessly watching the people below tear open his scars. However, he didn't feel sad, because the scar had already become an impregnable wall, and he couldn't hurt even if he wanted to. Hatred is a wasteland without borders, and love is a mountain that is more difficult to climb than hate. How strong the love is, how deep the hatred is, the white bones of the forest are piled up into the mountains, and behind them are unknown regrets and pains.

After thinking for a while, he said slowly, "One of my elders told me that God created things fairly, and that beautiful women are often not wise. Now it seems that this sentence does not apply to you. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, as if he were very happy. "Manager Yue, you are so beautiful, you must have been pursued by many people, how did you become single until now?"

Yue Shuluo's face changed slightly, "Master Hou, are you praising me?"

"Natural beauty is a scarce resource, and the more beautiful it is, the more scarce it is. It's not a good thing that you're born beautiful, but your family is very ordinary. In the Shura field of human nature, a woman like you can be regarded as the number one prey in the eyes of hunters, and there is nowhere to escape. Wan Guohou blinked and said half-jokingly, "You are fortunate to have met a righteous gentleman like me." ”

The moon shuffled and pressed the window, and the cold evening breeze blew in.

Before the New Year, the trees on the side of the street are still wrapped with small golden lamps, and the tall street lamps reflect them, decorating the night of the world with stars. Not far away, someone pushed open the door of the store, and from behind the door came the music of the saxophone, which was the classic "Painting of Provence". The cheerful melody of the leap made the city instantly travel to the distant past. Soon, the door shut, and the air was filled with the smell of alcohol that could not fade away.

The whole street is filled with these dimly lit shops, with retro signs, fragrant and charming, and those chaotic colors, deep purple, bright pink, indigo...... is like the fireworks girl in the old foreign market, smoking a cigarette, squinting her eyes, and wanting to talk about it. And the night is laid out with endless red makeup, so that this night is drunk and dreamy, and it will never end.

Moon Shuluo stared out the window for a moment before retracting her gaze. "Master Hou, you are really a master of changing the topic, and if you lift a weight, you will throw the problem on me. ”

"Since you found out, you can't be considered a master. Wan Guohou smiled, "But I'm really curious. Before you met me, you have been safe and sound for so many years, is it because there are always noble people to help?"

"I've met a few people who take care of me. Yue Shuluo gently stroked the flower buckle under the high neck, "Before graduation, a teacher recommended me to go to a Japanese-style hot spring hotel owned by his friend to be a foreman, and later, the business of this shop was not good, so I transferred to someone else, so I jumped ship and went to a Japanese restaurant." Later, the owner of the Japanese restaurant wanted to return to China, so he closed the store, and before leaving, he recommended me to Mr. Gao. At first, I was not on the road in Wu, but then Mr. Gao probably thought I was pretty good, so he transferred me to the main store. She laughed self-deprecatingly, "Mr. Xi, Mr. Dou of Fengyue and Ting, and Mr. Shibata of Zhenyin Cuisine, these three are actually my nobles in a sense." ”

"It sounds like these three people are all men?" Wan Guohou asked in a casual tone.

"Of course. Yue Shuluo said calmly, "As you said, this face brings me convenience, but also brings endless trouble. When I arrived in Shanghai, I spent the first few years next to my cousin, and the first few years were peaceful, but after she died, my cousin-in-law looked at me unpleasantly. After that, I went to school and soon found that I had to have the help of a 'nobleman' to protect myself. As she spoke, she glanced at Wan Guohou, but the latter did not react. "To put it simply, I have to make the outside world think that I have a boyfriend who is difficult to pry and difficult to offend. Ideally, A thinks I'm B's person, B thinks I'm following C, and C thinks A has a deep relationship with me, and of course, I don't really associate with anyone. ”

Wan Guohou's eyes became dark, "But, in case ABC meets, won't you just go through it?"

Yue Shuluo closed the car window, "Having a girlfriend or mistress like me is a very face-saving thing for anyone, and no one will take the initiative to deny it." Besides, why should I look for an ABC with a good relationship?"

Wan Guohou was stunned for a moment, "But you said that your teacher recommended you to his friends?"

"Because he's dying. Yue Shuluo said expressionlessly, "Teacher Xi left 3 months after I graduated. Her voice was slightly sentimental, "This teacher is older than my father, and I won't delve into what he thinks of me." In short, I don't accept their material gifts, and I don't have to sell myself, just lose my reputation. ”

"In ancient times, many people were mistaken by false names, and it is better to lose their false names than to lose their bodies. Wan Guohou nodded, "In the final analysis, it's your luck, and your method of self-protection is not clever." ”

"Yes, Mr. Xi died early, Mr. Dou's business failed, and he was bankrupt, and Mr. Shibata was very timid and afraid of guilt. In this way, I was indeed lucky. Yue Shuluo stroked her long black hair, "When I first met Mr. Gao, I was also worried, and later I found out that Mr. Gao has a great advantage, that is, he will never touch the people around him." ”

"Don't you harass the people around you?" Wan Guohou said mockingly, "So, what happened to what I encountered in March last year?"

Yue Shuluo stopped talking. After a while, she whispered, "Just because the boss doesn't move me doesn't mean his guests can't touch me." ”

Wan Guohou's heart moved. It sounded so sad, like the first time he saw the moon falling—those moving eyes contained a sadness that even fear and anger could not suppress. And he never understood what this young woman was grieving for.

"It's here. Yue Shuluo reminded, "Master Hou, you can park here." ”

Wan Guohou stared at the destination, did not say a word, and let the carriage be quiet. Yue Shuluo's action of putting on the coat also stopped, and for a moment, it seemed that there was only this pair of men and women left in the whole of Shanghai.

In the courtyard not far away, the door is written "Huanxi Dai Family", the courtyard gate is decorated with yellow and green leaves and fruits, and the lanterns wrapped around colorful flowers are hung on the high place. The door was half-open and half-hidden, and a small river could be vaguely seen in the courtyard, and several lights were placed in the river. The lamps shook with the waves of the water, like a gust of wind blowing through people's hearts.

Wan Guohou sat up straight. Although he could see that the shop had been open for many years, and although he knew that Yue Shuluo did not understand his heart and would not bring him to eat Yunnan food in a targeted manner, he still felt an indescribable sadness because he had lost his hometown forever.

"Governor Yue, do you know? Outside the Shanhaiguan, there is a high ground, and people who trekked through the mountains and rivers can return to the Central Plains after passing through it, so the people named it 'Huanxi Ridge'. However, for those who have been relegated to a bitter cold place, and perhaps there is no time to return, there is no joy here, only desolation. Therefore, this place is also called 'Sorrowful Ridge'. You see, man's joys and sorrows are not complicated, they only depend on where he stands. He smiled and looked at the thoughtful woman, "Let's go, open my eyes." ”