Chapter 3 Heavy Rain
After breakfast, Ye Weizhou and Zhao Tianqing walked to Jianghaiguan together. Halfway through, it suddenly began to rain in the sky.
First, it was drizzling, and the two of them could barely walk for a while. But soon, the rain became heavier and heavier, and it became a downpour.
Coincidentally, none of them brought umbrellas. When it rained heavily, both of them had no choice but to hide in the nearest store to avoid the rain.
The glass window of the store is plastered with a line of red paper written on it
"The bottom goods will be auctioned when the store is closed", and the paper is a little old. Zhao Tianqing is also looking at this. He smiled and said to Ye Weizhou: "I saw this a few months ago, and they always don't close the door. When I read the newspapers, I saw a sign advertising a leather shop closing for a cheap sale, and a notice was published on the back that a lawyer was liquidating the store on behalf of the leather store, as proof that they were really closing. Aren't you funny, you say?" Ye Weizhou's mouth curled a little.
The shopkeeper also heard what they said, and immediately raised his eyebrows and came out to chase people: "Let's go! I'm still doing business! Talking nonsense!" Zhao Tianqing laughed: "We have no intentions, don't blame, don't blame! It's raining outside, let's take this opportunity to hide! Besides, I didn't laugh at you! I'm laughing at that leather store!" The shopkeeper was even more angry: "I'm that leather shop!" Zhao Tianqing was stunned.
The shopkeeper had a black face and refused to give them two shelter from the rain. Ye Weizhou had already left the store, his hands on his forehead, covering some raindrops.
She plans to stop a rickshaw and take them to customs as soon as possible. A brand-new black Pontic car pulled up in front of the store, its roof crackling with raindrops.
She thought the car looked familiar. The windows rolled down, revealing a handsome face with a smile between his eyebrows.
He said, "See you again, Miss Ye." After a pause, he said again: "I'm Zhong An, don't you remember? Get in the car and send you to customs." After saying that, Zhong An waited patiently.
Today's car was driven by a driver, who sat in the back, wearing a dark suit and a paper document on his lap.
Ye Weizhou didn't like Zhong An, so naturally he didn't intend to owe him anything, let alone accept his help. Therefore, she was ready to refuse.
Who would have expected that at this time, Zhao Tianqing at the door of the store had already noticed the familiar car with sharp eyes.
He immediately rushed over, opened the co-pilot's door before Ye Weizhou, and quickly sat down.
"This weather, when it rains, it rains, it's really a way to make people helpless," he complained, and looked at Ye Weizhou again,
"Get in the car, Weizhou!" Ye Weizhou stared at him deadly. Zhao Tianqing was strange: "Why don't you get in the car? Do you like to get drenched in the rain? It's really a special fetish......" Ye Weizhou glanced at Zhao Tianqing deeply and wrote down this hatred firmly.
"Miss Ye," Zhong An took in all her expressions, still smiling slightly,
"Get in the car, it's raining heavily. He pushed the door open and moved to the other side, making room for her.
Suffering from the fact that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it was difficult to say the current situation of refusal, Ye Weizhou had no choice but to bite the bullet and get into the car.
She also said with a heavy face: "...... Trouble. After she sat down, the car started. Zhao Tianqing, who was in front, began to chatter: "Mr. Zhong, don't you know, when we went out this morning, my sister asked us to bring umbrellas." I just didn't want to go to the trouble, who would have thought that it would rain and it would rain so much! Thanks to you. After a pause, he added: "This is also a kind of fate!"
The word "fate" made Ye Weizhou feel harsh after hearing it. After only stopping for a while, Zhao Tianqing spoke again: "Weizhou, in fact, I am not afraid of the rain, after all, I am a big man and my body is healthy, but it is you, the little girl's family, ......" Ye Weizhou didn't bother to pay attention to him.
And Zhong An, who was beside him, took a handkerchief and handed it over, and his voice was gentle: "Wipe it." Ye Weizhou was silent, staring at this square handkerchief with a complicated expression for a long time.
Finally, due to the cold rain, Ye Weizhou couldn't help but sneeze. Zhong An's eyes shone slightly, and he sent the veil to her.
Ye Weizhou sighed, took it and thanked him. The driver drove the car smoothly.
Zhao Tianqing's chatter was not answered, and gradually stopped. Through the car window, you can hear the rain outside.
Zhong An leaned lazily to the side, intending to continue reading the documents, but the tip of his nose always lingered with a sweet scent, making him unable to concentrate.
The taste comes from the women around her. His eyes turned slightly, and his gaze circled around Ye Weizhou's body, and he turned slowly.
She is very beautiful, but she is not ostentatious, but very attractive. Dressed in a fashionable slanted cheongsam, embroidered with ink-colored pisces on a moon-white background.
Ye Weizhou's skin was naturally white, and in the slightly dark car on a rainy day, his whole body seemed to be glowing with cold light.
A handkerchief was pinched in her hand, and she carefully wiped the drops of water on her body. She sat with her back straight, her muscles tense, her brow slightly frowned, a defensive gesture.
Do you want to guard against him?" Zhong An raised an eyebrow slightly. Zhao Tianqing had the idea of speaking again, so he turned around and said to Zhong An: "Mr. Zhong, is Yu Fei working in your shipping company now? I haven't seen him for a long time." Zhong An calmly withdrew his gaze from Ye Weizhou's body.
His expression was very natural: "Yu Fei is in charge of finance in my company, and he has been working in Guangdong recently. β
"Shipping company! Guangdong! How good! Mr. Zhong, you don't know, my monthly income is pitiful, if it weren't for my family's wealth, my sister and I would have been living on the streets. Guangdong is also an interesting place. However, then again, I wonder when Yu Fei will be able to return to Shanghai?"
"It depends on the situation in Guangdong. β
"Yes...... Mr. Zhong, your business is big, so it's not a bad thing to be careful. After a pause, Zhao Tianqing asked again: "What about Gui Can? Yu Fei is not in Shanghai, and she doesn't see Gui Can go out to play, does she still like to eat chestnuts?"
"Gui Can", Zhong An's voice also softened unexpectedly: "Well, I like it." β
"By the way, Mr. Zhong, did you go to my house yesterday? I heard from my sister that you want to contact the section chief of the inspection and estimation department?"
"Yes, there's something I want to talk about. β
"You probably forgot, I'm also from the Appraisal Section! This section chief, everyone calls him Mr. Teraoka. He has a beloved wife, and both husband and wife are very obsessed with Chinese culture. β
"What about the others?"
"I don't know the rest, I'm just a small clerk, and I don't have any friendship with this section chief......"
During the "......" conversation, the car drove to the gate of the Jianghaiguan Building and stopped steadily. By this time, the rain outside had become much lighter.
Ye Weizhou listened to Zhao Tianqing and Zhong An talk all the way, and he always felt a little anxious in his heart. Before the car had fully stopped, she had already handed back the handkerchief without turning her head.
Zhong An glanced at her and naturally stretched out his hand. When her eyes fell, she could see her thin white arms.
Her fingertips were stained red with Kodan. The fingers of the two people touched together, and there was a strange feeling of slight numbness, and Ye Weizhou's heart shook suddenly.
Before Zhong An could grab the handkerchief, she quickly withdrew her hand. The handkerchief fell on the seat. Zhong An raised his eyes to look over.
Ye Weizhou has already gotten out of the car, and
With a "snap", he slammed the car door. She strode towards the Jianghaiguan Building, her steps were very fast, and Zhao Tianqing, who got out of the car later than her, hurriedly followed: "Weizhou, why are you walking so fast? Wait for me......" Ye Weizhou didn't stop, and his walking speed did not slow down in the slightest.
Zhong An looked through the car window, and the tall back was reflected in his eyes, overlapping with the chubby little girl with her hands on her waist and puffing ten years ago.
Zhong An looked at her for a long time, and suddenly smiled. When he couldn't see her back, he withdrew his gaze and said to the driver in front of him, "Drive." "The other side.
Ye Weizhou was indeed walking too fast, so fast that Zhao Tianqing had to trot to keep up. Zhao Tianqing shouted to her: "Weizhou, we are not late, you don't have to be in such a hurry, and besides, we haven't thanked Mr. Zhong yet!" Ye Weizhou seemed to be in a hurry to escape, he didn't hear what he said at all, his footsteps refused to stop for a moment, and quickly entered the office of the tax collection department.
Zhao Tianqing, who couldn't keep up with Ye Weizhou and was thrown away for a long distance, stayed in place, a little injured.
He thought carefully about what he had just done. My sister asked him to take care of Ye Weizhou more, and he did feel that Ye Weizhou was a girl's family, and he had to take care of it.
Therefore, when he was hiding from the rain, he was worried that she would be bored, so he deliberately told her a joke; when he saw Mr. Zhong's car, he kindly gave her the rear seat, because it was more spacious; in the car, in order to relieve the embarrassment, he said so much
"Fate" has been pulled out...... He clearly tried his best to do it for her good, why was this the result?
In the examination and estimation department, Zhao Tianqing spent a whole day and didn't figure it out. However, he had heard about a gossip about the fact that the wife of their section chief, Mr. Teraoka, was surnamed Tanaka, and was a full seven years younger than Mr. Teraoka.
ββAfter getting off work that afternoon, Ye Weizhou and Ye Shenxing's father and daughter took the family's Buick car back to Ye Mansion together.
Ye Mansion is an old-fashioned lane house on Jing'an Temple Road, and one side of the wall is full of creepers, a piece of green, which is very good-looking.
In the past, the Ye family was prosperous, and they were both talented and talented, and they were a prestigious family. Today's Ye family's reputation is still there, but it can't be compared with the past.
It's not because there are no talents, but because the people in the Ye Mansion are too thin. There are not many people living in such a big house.
Not counting the domestic helpers, short-term and long-term workers, the rest, there are only four full. grandfather Ye Xiaozong, father Ye Shenxing, second uncle Ye Shenju, and Ye Weizhou.
The second uncle Ye Shenju is slightly older than Ye Weizhou, and he has a certain amount of power during the warlord parallel period, but now he is a busy man and does not often return to the Ye Mansion.
Therefore, this home is deserted. Ye Shenxing was wearing a black silk gown, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his appearance was very elegant.
He got out of the car with the hem of his clothes and walked steadily, while Ye Weizhou followed behind him, stepping on small pebbles and jumping in small steps.
"Micro boat. Ye Shenxing suddenly spoke. Ye Weizhou paused, hurriedly changed to elegant steps, and raised his hand to sort out the broken hair on his sideburns: "Father." Ye Shenxing put his hands behind his back and asked her, "How is the Zhao family?"
"Everything is fine with the Zhao family, their house also has a small garden. β
"Oh, that's good. After a pause, Ye Shenxing asked again: "What do you think, how are the Japanese?" This question jumped a lot, Ye Weizhou was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "The Japanese...... No different from the Americans, the British. Why do you ask like that?" Ye Shenxing shook his head: "Nothing." But even if he said this, Ye Weizhou still felt a little strange.
It wasn't until three days later that Ye Weizhou finally realized why Ye Shenxing suddenly asked her such a question.