Mrs. Ann opened her mouth dumbly, and turned around in place, "But I have promised Fluttershy that I will find a way for her, Laiyu is young, in case something really happens......"

"You, what a woman's kindness," Anru snorted as she sat down in her chair, "what good is it for us to help her?" I have a translator to offend the British for this little thing? ”

Mrs. An is in a dilemma, she is just a woman who regards her husband as the sky, her husband does not agree, she can only feel unfair in her heart, and she can't say anything.

"Alright, alright, go get me a basin and wash my feet, and that's the end of it." As soon as Anru's shoes were taken off, the matter was decided.

In the evening, Ning Die went over to ask Li Feng if he had received a call from Mrs. An, Li Feng shook his head, and at the end of this day, the whole person looked a lot haggard.

Ning Die had no choice but to comfort: "Teacher Xu Shi'an didn't come back, after all, it may not be impossible to come back if there is a sudden emergency at night." ”

Li Feng nodded tiredly, he could only think so.

Without receiving a reply from Mrs. An, Ning Die went to bed at night and worried about what she would do if Teacher An had no way.

All day, Mrs. Ann also did not call.

Li Feng was so anxious that she was sick and her face was pale, and the nanny of the Lin family ran to Su Mei for help, saying that Mrs. Lin was sick urgently and should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible.

Su Mei was not sure about Lin Laiyu's affairs, so she specially asked the factory for a three-day vacation, and was resting at home at the moment, when she heard that she hurriedly took turns carrying people downstairs with the nanny and Li's mother and called a rickshaw.

Ning Die followed behind with Li Feng's warm clothes, the rickshaw came, she put the clothes on Li Feng, Li Feng suddenly grabbed her, eagerly had something to say, bloodless lips squirmed, but couldn't spit out a word, followed by shortness of breath.

Ning Die shook her hand sadly, "Aunt Feng, please rest assured, I will definitely rescue Lin Laiyu,"

Li Feng's tears were rolling down, as if to say please, his hands were loosened, and he lost his strength.

The rickshaw took Li Feng and Su Mei and quickly disappeared from Ning Die's sight.

Under the silver-gray sky, the first snow of early winter fell one after another.

Ning Die personally found Mrs. An's courtyard door and knocked several times, Zhang's mother, who met yesterday, only opened a crack in the door, only stuck out her head, saw Ning Die, and said busily: "Mrs. is not at home today, Miss, please go back." ”

Ning Die grabbed the edge of the door to stop her from closing the door, looked at the ground and said, "It's easy to stick to the mud when it snows, you have two shoe prints on this step, look at the shoe size is estimated to be a man's shoe, is Mr. An back?" ”

Zhang's mother didn't expect Ning Die to be so alert, she was doing what her wife told her, and now she was stared at by Ning Die, she said hesitantly: "Mr. An didn't come back, it's a guest at home......"

"Visiting home? In that case, I will also go into the house and wait for the master to come back. Saying that, Ning Die was about to break in.

"Miss Ning," Zhang's mother is an honest person, knowing that she can't hide who she lies, she said in embarrassment, "You are a smart person, why do you need me to tell the truth from an old mother, leave a little affection, and everyone will have room in the future." ”

Zhang's mother's words completely confirmed Ning Die's conjecture, the hope that still existed in her heart was disillusioned, how could she think that promises are sometimes worthless, even those who trust will break their promises, she trembled and withdrew her hand, and when Zhang's mother was about to close the door, she asked: "Is this the meaning of Shi Niang, or the meaning of Teacher An?" ”

There were tears flashing in her eyes, and Zhang's mother only felt unbearable, so she had to say, "Does it matter who means?" ”

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Ning Die said to himself: "Yes, it doesn't matter. ”

It is more important to rescue Lin Laiyu, how can there be extra strength to be sad for these.

But why are you still wronged?

It's as if all this snow is buried in the blood, and it's shivering cold.

Ning Die breathed into her cold hands, looked up at the sparse street lamps in the distance, this winter is really early.

She went home to pick out her clothes again, and rushed to pick out the most expensive and fashionable clothes, and caught a glimpse of a lotus-colored soft satin cheongsam in a remote corner of the wardrobe, she thought about it, took it out and changed it, and then went to bake the iron tongs with coal, and curled all the short hair that reached her ears.

After getting these done, she went back to the dressing mirror, put on the lipstick that Su Mei didn't usually use, and even drew her eyebrows and blush, put on the matching pearl chain and pearl earrings, the childish schoolgirl in the mirror suddenly became a charming woman, she was not enough, plus pointed high-heeled leather shoes, put on a fox fur coat, in Li's mother's surprised gaze, she asked uneasily: "Am I like this, does it look like ...... Star, the kind on our calendar. ”

Mama Li had just finished boiling bone broth and was going to bring dinner to Su Mei and Li Feng in the hospital, she stood in the kitchen with an apron on, shocked and speechless.

Su Mei is a woman with outstanding appearance, Mama Li has seen from Ning Die's childhood that this girl has inherited all her mother's beauty, and she has more than that.

Ning Die usually does things steadily and measuredly, Mama Li didn't think much about what was wrong with her dressing up like this at night, and the gaze that fell on Ning Die was gentle like water, "Good-looking...... Our little lady, grown up. ”

Ning Die smiled, "I'm going to come back later tonight, Mother Li remember to leave the door for me." ”

After she finished speaking, she took a deep breath, picked up the purse on the sofa in the living room, and stepped out of the room resolutely.

Lexing Film and Television Company occupies a building in the center of the city, with a four-story Western-style palace structure and splendid decoration, which does not deserve its title of the giant of the southwest film and television company.

At seven o'clock in the evening, it was still business hours, Ning Die got off the tram, the snowflakes in the air fell one by one, and a thin layer of white was piled up on the ground.

The two guards routinely stopped her: "Miss, please show the door number." ”

"Do you also ask your guests to show their door numbers?" She squinted at the two doormen, until the two doormen lost their confidence, and seeing that she was dressed well, she lowered her head to open the door for her, and made a gesture of invitation.

As if accustomed to the service of others, Ning Die walked into the hall proudly, and a woman in charge of the reception desk politely stepped forward and asked her, "Miss, what's the matter with you?" ”

"I'll make an appointment with your general manager to meet at half past seven in the evening, please take me straight over." Ning Die said, like she was in a hurry, "Your general manager said that he would personally sign me to your company, and if the negotiation is not proper tonight, I will fly back to Nanjing directly." ”

The front desk lady tried hard to recall what movie the woman in front of her had acted, and she needed the general manager to come out in person, she really couldn't match Ning Die's face with the star who was on fire right now, but seeing that this woman had a good temperament and looked good, and spoke aggressively, she couldn't tell which big name she didn't know.

"Please wait." As she spoke, she called a male employee, "You take this young lady to the reception room first, and I'll ask you to confirm with the general manager." ”

The male employee heard the order clearly and said to Ning Die: "Miss, please go here." ”

Ning Die pulled the collar of the fox fur and followed without squinting.

The male employee led the way in front, the corridor was deep, and there were photos of the company's artists hanging on both sides of the wall.

The male employee gradually lost his patience and said over and over again, "Miss, the reception room is in front."

Ning Die turned a deaf ear, continued to go her own way, and finally walked to the reception room, Ning Die put down her wallet, "I want to go to the bathroom, you pour me a hot ...... first" She saw that there was a kettle on the table, and changed her words, "Hot coffee." ”

The male employee felt like a distinguished guest who was not easy to mess with, and went down to prepare without complaint.

As soon as his figure disappeared, Ning Die's disguised arrogant attitude was suddenly lost like a deflated ball.

She stroked her chest, took her purse back, looked left and right in the hallway, walked quickly to the staircase, and crept up while the front desk lady was not paying attention.

At the end of the stairs on the second floor, she met someone else, and she pretended to be a little girl who had just arrived, "The general manager asked me to go to his office, I have only been here for two days, and I don't know where his office is." ”

The man said the house number, and it was on the fourth floor.

Ning Die continued to walk up, and met two young girls on the fourth floor laughing and talking, she was not a person who liked to join in the fun, and when she heard the words "British Concession", she slowed down.

The two girls chatted happily while walking, and one said: "There was something wrong with the scene filmed by Director Meng the day before yesterday, and many people were arrested by the British Concession." ”

Another disagreed, "The people who are locked up are some unimportant small roles, you see our company's Xue Xueer, it was she who started to scold British noblewomen and ugly girls in Chinese, who expected that the Englishman could understand Chinese, so this farce came out, but now people are still very comfortable filming." ”

"What about the people who are closed?"

"Save it for the British."

"It's pathetic."

However, there was no pity in his tone.

Ning Die was furious when she heard this, she found the general manager's office, pushed open the door, and without waiting to see whether it was a man or a woman sitting inside, she opened her lips and asked, "Is this how the dignified Lexing Film and Television behaves?" Take innocent people to avenge others! ”

The middle-aged man sitting behind the desk raised his head in the middle of a pile of papers, lifted the glasses on the wing of his nose, and asked rather confusedly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Director Meng had an accident during filming this time, and one of the people who was taken away was a good sister of mine, I came to you just to ask you to give an explanation, Lexing Film and Television is famous in the southwest, I don't want this incident to make Lexing's name dusty." Ning Die said loudly.

The middle-aged man's face was unmoved, he was short and lacking momentum, but his identity was enough to make up for this regret, he continued to bury his head in the text, his tone was not salty or light, "I apologize for this kind of thing, but the matter in the concession is very complicated, and I have no reason to waste my time for a worthless person." ”

Ning Die was suddenly disappointed, the sadness of human nature is nothing more than this, she said: "What do you use to measure a person's value? Have you ever thought about my friend's family? Have you ever thought about what Lin Laiyu means to me? ”

"Miss, Lexing is not a place to be a charity, we have our principles, I don't know how you got in, now please go out."

"You ......" Ning Die's face was swollen red, as if she was holding her most cherished gem in front of people, but she was trampled on and ridiculed, her self-esteem was injured, and she was indifferent to human feelings, she really wanted to slap the person in front of her a few times, and then tell him well, Lin Laiyu is more important than his stinky money.

"I'm sorry general manager, it was our mistake, I'm going to take people away." The front desk lady came in in with a panicked face, along with the male employee who led the way before, and the two black-clad bodyguards behind him.

They were told that the general manager didn't know Ning Die at all, and went to find someone who was missing, so they came here.

Ning Die was unwilling to leave like this, she took two big steps forward, and was almost touching the middle-aged man's desk, and in an instant, the two bodyguards quickly held her up, Ning Die shouted angrily: "You Lexing do things like this, there will be retribution one day." ”

No one cared about her shouting, and the two bodyguards carried her all the way down the stairs and threw her out of the door.

The snow was already able to flood the upper of her shoes, Ning Die slowly sat up from the ground, she hugged her legs, buried her face in her knees, and Su Mei said that a woman's tears should not fall lightly in front of outsiders.

The snowflakes were like fluttering, and passers-by couldn't help but cast surprised glances at her.

She was tired, so she sat in this position until a black umbrella appeared above her head, and she looked up in bewilderment, and saw a handsome man standing in the snow, handing her a soft blue handkerchief.

……

"Mr. Chen?" Ning Die took the handkerchief in surprise, how could he be bumped into by this person every time he was a wolf.

Chen Yueming was wearing a black windbreaker, the hem of his clothes was blowing with the wind, he stretched out his hand to help Ning Die up, the two of them were under an umbrella together, the lights on the street were glazed, Ning Die's face was still with tears, she looked away embarrassedly, and said thank you in a humming urn.

"Miss Ning, the person who can really help you is not here." Chen Yueming took back the handkerchief handed back by Ning Die, made a gentlemanly gesture of invitation, and whispered, "If Miss Ning believes me, why don't you come with me." ”

She looked at him smiling kindly, and secretly thought about what idea this person wanted to fight, but she really had no choice, even if it was a sea of swords and fires, as long as there was hope to save Lin Laiyu, she would not hesitate.

So she got into Chen Yueming's car, watched the driver drive the car away from the downtown area, and then drove to the suburbs, the trees planted on the dirt slope outside the car window were blown by the wind, and the snow particles knocked on the glass window, rustling all the way.

After a long time of walking in the dark, I finally saw the light again, it was the white light emitted from a duplex western-style building, after the car stopped, Chen Yueming personally held an umbrella for Ning Die, the snow fell heavier than before, and outside the garden of the western-style building, there were guards standing straight in front of the iron gate.

The driver deliberately honked the horn several times, and after a while, someone came out of the house, and the laughter came first, "Oh, I said who is it at night, it turned out to be Mr. Chen, a distinguished guest." ”

Approaching Ning Die, she saw the whole picture of the other party, it was a petite lady wearing a dark purple dress, with a scarf tied around her slender neck, and then her eyes fell on her melon seed face, her face was wiped □□, white and greasy with cyan, and the diamond-shaped lips were depicted with the "mulberry red" that upper-class women in the southwest loved to depict, which is said to be the new popular color in Paris.

should be nearly forty years old, even if the beauty is well maintained, listening to her voice and her eyes, it is difficult to hide the erosion of time.

The noble lady familiarly took Ning Die's arm, first praised Ning Die's appearance and demeanor, and then continued, "Mr. Chen, go in quickly, if those girls see you, they will not be so happy that they will not be able to sleep." ”

Chen Yueming seemed to meet with the lady often, exchanged a few words of greeting decently, walked through the small stone paved road in front of the building, and as soon as the door opened, Ning Die was slightly stunned by the scene in the living room.

The Western-style living room has been completely transformed into a dance hall, the outside is windy and snowy, the inside is warm like spring, the floor is covered with fluffy red blankets, the walls are golden wall paint and large pieces of floral wallpaper, the room is full of beautiful sounds, men and women around each other's waists and dance, and a group of men and women are sitting on the sofa playing dice and drinking, so lively and happy.

No wonder the lady expressed her kindness to herself just now, thinking that she was mistakenly thinking that she was the dance partner brought by Chen Yueming.

Ning Die took advantage of the conversation between the noble lady and the others, and asked Chen Yueming in a low voice, "Where is this?" ”

"Qin Mansion."

Simple and clear three words, Ning Die is in a trance, the mansion in the southwest has become more and more favored by the upper class in recent years, but the Qin Mansion can be said to be one of the most famous social venues, the hostess here is said to be the lover of the previous mayor of the southwest, and many dignitaries have a relationship.

Chen Yueming took her upstairs, "If you know someone casually, what you want to do will be solved." ”

The lady caught up and shouted, "Mr. Chen, do you want to play the tag, there is a room upstairs that is just missing one." ”

"Don't greet me, Mrs. Xu, I want to take Ning Die to get familiar with it first." Chen Yueming replied and continued to lead Ning Die.

Mrs. Xu didn't dare to disturb Chen Yueming more, there were many prominent people here, but there were few people who wanted to achieve Chen Yueming's status.

Ning Die stepped on the soft carpet under her feet, this uneasiness that fell to the ground made her suddenly grab Chen Yueming's sleeve and ask, "I know you, can I ask you for help?" ”

Her eyes were as innocent as the eyes of a deer, and Chen Yueming brushed her hand away without a trace, "Miss Ning, I am a businessman, and I don't do loss-making business." ”

Before the starlight under Ning Die's eyes dimmed, he replied, "The person who can help you the most is here." ”

As he spoke, he opened a door in front of him, the tag was noisy, and a man in military uniform was rubbing cards with three young women, and the golden tassel on his shoulder swayed with the movement, flashing and dimming, like a falling meteor when it was bright, and like a cold sword with a sheath when it was dark.

The appearance of the owner of the military uniform is also facing the light on one side and the dark on the other side under the light, the outline of the light side is hard, removing the youthfulness of the youth, revealing the mature wildness, and the dark side is like a poisonous snake lurking in the night, exuding a cold and dangerous atmosphere.

"Mr. Huo, have fun." Chen Yueming put one hand on the man's shoulder and affectionately looked for a topic.

Huo Cheng opened his hand, "You can only touch the shoulders of women when they touch cards, otherwise your good luck will be gone," he threw out a note as he spoke, and his tone was casual, "Look, the one who just played out is back." ”

The other three women at the table laughed one after another, and among them was Lili, the "queen" of Paramount.

"General Huo," Lili punched out a cone, her eyes like silk, "Your good luck is mine." ”

Beauty love, how can there be a reason not to eat, Huo Chengshun lì Hupai, but sneered, "Standing at the door and not moving, do you want to be a door god." ”

At this time, except for Chen Yueming, they all looked at the door.

Ning Die lowered her head and did not speak.

"I'm tired and want to go down and dance, Miss Ning, you can touch a few for me." Lili is such a shrewd person, she can sit on the top spot in the dance hall of Paramount Gate, she can't just rely on a beautiful face, there is no one who understands words and looks better than her, she can see that she is tired at a glance, and she thinks that last time General Huo invited the whole crew to dinner for this Ning Die, she quickly got up and left the chair and walked to Ning Die's side.

As he spoke, he pushed Ning Die forward and asked her to sit down at the table.

Huo Cheng always stared at the cards in his hand and did not raise his eyes, and he was haunted by what Ning Die said that day.