"Daughter, don't get along with yourself", Sister-in-law Tian said, "You have redeemed yourself, and you can live your life as you want in the future." If you don't want to owe him, just pay it back later. ”

"He also said this just now, let me not get along with myself", Ru Ting said with a smile, "But mother, with his money, it is impossible not to have anything to do with it." And he will feel that he doesn't owe me, and I won't let him have such a good time. ”

After speaking, Ru Ting turned to leave, she remembered the beautiful woman who sat by the dresser many years ago and hid white hair, when she was very young and saw few people, she only felt that the woman was unbelievably beautiful, and a few gray hairs did not affect that beauty at all. She even thought that even if one day that woman was full of silver threads, she should be beautiful. It's a pity that she didn't see that day, and the woman died of illness a few years later, and her face was haggard when she died.

At that time, Ru Ting thought that she must not be like this in the future, she wanted to live well, and she would die in a warm home, and die peacefully and beautifully. But after all these years of wandering, she realized that she couldn't help herself where to go and what to do. She thought that she would not live to be very old, and that she would only die at a young age like that beautiful woman.

When Lin Hongwen arrived at China Street the next afternoon, his face was still swollen. Xu Qingzhi hurriedly asked what was going on, and Lin Hongwen perfunctorily said that he was careless. Xu Qingzhi looked at him and said, "Miss Ru Ting came to you last night, and I said that you have gone back." She asked you where you lived, and I saw that she seemed to be in a hurry, so I told her, did she go to you? ”

"I've found it", Lin Hongwen said reluctantly.

"What the hell is going on?" Xu Qingzhi asked.

Lin Hongwen raised his eyes to look at him, "It's nothing." ”

"Hongwen!" Xu Qingzhi's voice was a little louder, "Something is wrong with you for a while, what happened?" ”

Lin Hongwen closed his eyes tiredly, and when he opened them again, he looked at Shen Lie, who was entertaining guests in front, and whispered, "I don't want to lie to you, you should have known about this." But it's not convenient to say here, you go back with me today, and I will sue you. ”

Xu Qingzhi saw that his expression was solemn, and he knew that the matter must be extraordinary, so he didn't say anything more. After closing, he returned to his residence with Lin Hongwen.

Lin Hongwen thought about it for a long time and decided to start from the beginning, "When the Russians and the Japanese were at war, I secretly funded an anti-Russian organization called 'Heaven and Ocean'. ”

Xu Qingzhi was so shocked that he didn't say anything for a while, and Lin Hongwen told him how he contacted Feng Ping, how Feng Ping was arrested, and how Yao Shunchang and He Gui tested themselves.

After hearing this, Xu Qingzhi was silent for a long time and said, "If they all die inside, this matter will be over, but what if there is none?" He Gui must have guessed that you are not just a buddy by now, but you can't even guess what Ru Ting revealed to you. If he comes out alive, do you know how dangerous you are? ”

"I can't take care of it so much, either he dies or I die, and once something happens, the entire business bank will be dragged into the water", Lin Hongwen said, "If you do it a few days later, we will be in it now." I think those Russians have finally caught a rich man, and they won't let him out so happily. Even if it can come out in the end, I'm afraid it will have to be stripped of three layers of skin. ”

"What about Miss Ru Ting?" Xu Qingzhi asked, "Have you ever thought about her, she actually has nothing to do with this matter." ”

"I originally wanted to ransom her when this matter was over, but she didn't want to," Lin Hongwen smiled helplessly, "I think she probably doesn't want to have anything to do with me anymore." ”

"If she doesn't want to, you don't care about her safety?" Xu Qingzhi asked, "What if He Gui retaliates against her, you just watch it like this?" ”

"What can I do?" Lin Hongwen asked rhetorically, "If she is willing, I will go and redeem her now, and then send her out of the city." But she doesn't want to, what can I do. ”

"It's not that you can't help it, you just don't want to do it", Xu Qingzhi said, "What kind of person are you, what do you want to do, does it work if she says she doesn't want to?" If you are really worried about her, even if she doesn't want to, you can tie her up and send her out. ”

"Qingzhi, you're right, but I don't like to force people either," Lin Hongwen said in a low voice, "If it were you, I would indeed tie you up and send you out, because you would understand what I did." But Ru Ting is different, even if she doesn't like to stay in Drunken Rouge, she doesn't want me to reach out to help her. ”

Xu Qingzhi sighed and said, "There's no room to turn around?" ”

Lin Hongwen shook his head, "At the beginning, I was a buddy in the hospital, she was a little liar, she deceived a group of people, and she let me know that a person's expression and tears can be faked." When we met again later, she had been sold to Drunken Rouge, she thought she was stupid back then, I thought she was still the liar who could make a show with a wry smile, but in fact, we all thought wrong. ”

"Since it's inconvenient for you to help, then I'll try it", Xu Qingzhi said, "She helped us, and Yongquan can't talk about reciprocation, at least it shouldn't let the family take risks." ”

"Then you can just try it," Lin Hongwen said, "but I don't think she will agree." ”

It turns out that what Lin Hongwen said is right, Xu Qingzhi went to the drunken rouge, and as soon as he expressed his intentions, Ru Ting refused. Xu Qingzhi persuaded again and again, but Ru Ting did not agree, only said that she didn't want to have anything to do with Lin Hongwen anymore.

Lin Hongwen didn't say anything after knowing about this, Xu Qingzhi had no choice but to tell Shen Lie to keep an eye on the drunken rouge, and if he found that someone was going to be unfavorable to Ru Ting, he would immediately come back and report the news. Shen Lie was obedient and agreed without asking.

A few days later, when Lin Hongwen went to Fu's store to look for He Mu, He Mu took a stack of money to him, "It was sent by an aunt, and she said her surname was Tian." ”

Lin Hongwen put away the money and asked, "What else did she say?" ”

She said...... She said that you didn't buy this money for her, but for you to buy peace of mind for yourself, she didn't want it", He Mu relayed, "Who is she?" ”

"She is Ru Ting's mother", Lin Hongwen said, "More than a year ago, she asked me to help her find her daughter in Peach Blossom Lane, and later I found out that Ru Ting was her daughter, but the matter with He Gui was not over, so I didn't sue her." Come to think of it, they ran into it on their own. ”

"Isn't Miss Ru Ting going to hate you to death?" He Mu asked.

"She hates me too much, it's not this one thing", Lin Hongwen took a sip of tea and asked, "Is there no news from the police station yet?" ”

"No," He Mu said, "our people are all outside, and if we bribe them at this time, it will seem abnormal." But they said that they saw He Yao running around and bribing a lot of Russians. ”

Lin Hongwen smiled and said, "I remember that He Gui still has a son, why did something happen, and I can only let my daughter take the lead?" ”

"His son is said to have been born to a concubine, and he has been pampered since he was a child, and he has no learning or skills, so he is not the material for business at all." He Mu said, "I don't know what He Gui thinks, let him do it." ”

"What else can you think, he just thinks that no matter how bad his son is, he will inherit the family business after all, and no matter how good his daughter is, he will marry out after all", Lin Hongwen said with a smile, "He Yao is a little smart, if she teaches well since she was a child, she will not be able to do this." ”

"Don't praise her", He Mu said, "Now their father and daughter haven't met yet, once they do, He Gui will definitely tell her that everything is your ghost, and when she doesn't come to you to settle accounts, you can steal the fun." ”

"How could she not come?" Lin Hongwen said, "If you don't invite someone to beat me, you can be considered polite to me." ”

He Mu glanced at the bruises on his face that had not gone away, sighed and said, "You should bring a few more people when you go out recently." ”

Lin Hongwen shook his head, "People, you should stay and inquire about the news, I don't go out often, just don't go back to the streets and alleys." ”

"Then be careful," He Mu instructed.

"Got it."

Half a month after He Gui was arrested, He Yao finally got the opportunity to visit. Interpreter Wang told her to make a long story short, because the visit time would not be too long, and she had thought about what she wanted to say in advance, and she also had to bring the money to bribe the police who guarded the prisoners. He Yao remembered them one by one and went to the police station to visit them after they were ready.

In half a month, He Gui's hair was all white, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were all revealed, and he looked ten years older. Seeing He Yao's hands trembling with excitement, he couldn't speak.

He Yao hurriedly held his hand to comfort him, "Dad, time is limited, I'll make a long story short." I have dealt with all the people who should be and can be dealt with outside, and they say that you colluded with the Japanese and said that Uncle Yao funded the 'Heaven and the Ocean', what is going on? ”

"It's all done by Lin Hongwen's kid," He Gui said, "he's not a guy at all, I guess he should be the big boss of the United Commercial Bank." Originally, he funded those people, but you and Uncle Yao didn't know that he was the boss at the time, and we thought that how could a guy have so much money, so I wondered if he let Xu Qingzhi's gang be guns. In addition, you like him again, so I invited him to dinner with your Uncle Yao, and wanted to ask him what was going on. But this question startled the snake, and after he knew it, he started first and planted the whole thing on us. ”

"Did he really do it?" He Yao asked again a little dazed, "How can he be the boss?" ”

"If he wasn't the boss, and we sued him for funding the 'Heaven and Ocean', then he should leave quickly, why should he turn against us?" He Gui said earnestly, "Daughter, I'm afraid this kid approached you for another purpose. If you think about it, did you tell him anything about our cloth? ”

He Yao thought about it carefully, Lin Hongwen avoided her at the beginning. But once, she blocked him on the street of China. She wanted to give Lin Hongwen some compensation, but he didn't want it, so she picked a few pieces of cloth to make clothes in the United Commercial Bank. They chatted a few words, and by the way, they once said that He Ji's foreign cloth was no less than theirs. It was that time that Lin Hongwen promised her that she could come often in the future. Later, when he went back to the hospital, his attitude seemed to be a little better.

"I was chatting with him and talking about going to their store at the Fu family's store. He said that there are more foreign cloths over there, so I said, "Our foreign cloth is not less than yours." He Yao said, "I didn't say anything else. ”

"That's right," He Gui said, "and the Japanese who attacked Batkin had their clothes torn by Batkin and lost a rag, and that rag was only sold by our family." I think when you said that to him, he must have been suspicious and secretly investigated the matter. They had such a good relationship with the American, and it was normal for the American to tell him the truth, and he had long known about the fact that the American had secretly sold us the goods, and he took advantage of it this time. ”

"Dad, what can I do now? He's done so much, there's always something wrong with it, right? He Yao asked.

He Gui shook his head, "Batkin locked me and your Uncle Yao here, and for the first seven days, we were confused, and we didn't know what he was doing when he took us in." If they had known that they had sent someone at once, they might not have had time to destroy the cloth and the carriage. But now, it is estimated that there is not even a single scum left. ”

"What then?" He Yao asked anxiously, "I can't let you stay here all the time." ”

"Batkin gave me two options", He Gui said with a heart, "One is that your Uncle Yao secretly funded the 'Heaven and the Ocean', and I colluded with the Japanese, and we were both shot......; Your Uncle Yao funded the 'Heaven and the Ocean', and after knowing that I was going to report those people, in order to save those people, he planted the blame for me colluding with the Japanese, and if he died, I didn't have to die. ”

"Daddy!" He Yao grabbed He Gui's hand in a panic, "You can't do that, Uncle Yao has known you for so many years, and has been doing business with you all these years, and my aunt is so good to me, we can't do that!" ”

"No matter what, your Uncle Yao can't get out", He Gui said with red eyes, "If I push everything on him, I still have a chance to live, otherwise we will both die here." ”

"Daddy......" He Yao looked at He Gui with tears in her eyes, He Gui reached out and touched He Yao's hair, "Good daughter, after you go out, you should treat it as if you haven't heard anything, don't mention it to your aunt, and continue to send money to those who are officials, especially those in the Railway Bureau." This Batkin is insatiable, and if the people above don't put pressure on him, he won't let me out without squeezing all my possessions. ”

"Dad, we don't know much about the people in the railway bureau, and then I listened to you and asked them to bribe bigger officials, but they all have a great appetite, and the family doesn't have much money. If I want to continue, I can only sell the shop first", He Yao took out a list from his pocket, "I'm going to start selling the ones with less profit first, and then I'll get through this for a while." ”

He Gui nodded, "You have an idea, now you are in charge, your brother can't be fingered", He Gui sighed, "I knew this was the case, what did you learn to read the account book before, I must have let you go, how is the family?" ”

"I just have to run these things outside, and my mother is still in charge of the affairs at home", He Yao said, "The second mother and the third mother are so sad that they cry, and my brother has no idea." ”

He Gui shook his head and said, "In the end, this family can only rely on you." ”

He Yao's tears fell down, "Dad, I will definitely save you out." ”

He Gui nodded, "Go get busy, remember, don't tell anyone about your Uncle Yao." ”

"I know", He Yao finished speaking, wiped away her tears, stuffed some money for the policemen, and left.