The Charity Ball, organized by the Women's Salvation Association, was scheduled more than a month ago. This is the largest event of the women's community in Shanghai and Nanjing in recent times, and it has begun to occupy the headlines in the newspapers in the past few days, and the momentum can be described as huge.

Jingyi understands Zhiyi's worries. But can she withdraw her hand at this time?

"Miss Ten, this is not the time to be rash. You just don't go, and no one will doubt your contribution to supporting the war effort. In my opinion, the more low-key it is at this time, the safer it is. Zhiyi saw that Jingyi was silent, and he must not want to retreat, so he persuaded further.

Jingyi still didn't say anything.

Zhiyan is not a good arguer. If he wants to say, he can only go so far. He really wished that he could have such a clever tongue as Dunhuang at this moment...... By the way, General Dunhuang may be able to prevent Miss Ten from attending this ball. Whenever they talked about the situation at this time, General Xiao was also quite worried about Miss Ten's dangerous situation; It is one thing for General Ten to rely on Miss Ten for protection, and it is another thing for Miss Ten to be willing to listen to General Ten's opinion...... Zhiyan fell silent, and he actually looked like he was out of his mind.

Seeing that he was silent, Jingyi said, "I'll think about it again." ”

"Miss Ten, only when you are safe can you help more people. You don't have to settle this account. Even if you're safe, your uncle can rest assured, right? Before withdrawing, Zhixin added a few clichés.

Zhiyi went out, and Jingyi let out a long breath. She was the only one left, and she could quietly do a little bit of her own thing—collect the newspaper clippings that she had been busy for the past two days and had no time to classify them one by one. She read the accumulated newsletters one by one, and her chest seemed to be stuffed, getting more and more clogged...... It had been a long time since she had received a midnight radio wave, and the letters had only been sent in two. In other words, she almost didn't know anything about Tao Xiang's recent situation in the army.

The upstairs floor was pounding, and she leaned back in her chair to listen. The room above me was the children's playroom, perhaps because the windows were open, and the children's laughter and cries could be faintly heard, carefree. I don't know when the wind started, and the raindrops that drifted with the wind hit the window, which was particularly upsetting.

"Please come in." Jingyi was still leaning back in the chair and didn't want to move, and it was Aunt Li who entered the door.

Aunt Li came to bring her juice, put the juice on the table, and said, "Mr. Cheng, this is the grape juice that Nan Nan learned to squeeze." I'll give you a taste...... She also said that if you are done, please go up and play with them for a while. They're waiting for you. ”

Jingyi saw that it was not early, it was close to the time for the children to go to bed, and because she was busy recently, she really didn't play with them, so there was a lot of communication. She agreed, picked up the glass plate and took a sip of grape juice, which was sweet and sour, and delicious.

Aunt Li looked at Jingyi with a smile and said, "Sir, you are busy eating these days, and it is not fragrant." ”

"When it's hot, your appetite is not good." Jingyi smiled.

"Yes. In autumn, the weather is cooler, and the appetite will be better. Whatever you want to eat, I'll make it for you. The commander came back to see that you had lost weight, but you have to complain that we didn't serve you well. Aunt Li said.

Jing Yi smiled.

"I don't know what kind of eyes he has, every time he sees me, he says thin...... Yo! She let out a low voice, and Aunt Li paused to look at her, "He said in his last letter that he would take a few photos and send them over, to see if Nan Nan has grown taller." ”

But she was so busy that she had already forgotten about it...... If he had the time to think about it, he didn't know how to annoy her!

Jingyi drank grape juice, and in front of her was Tao Xiang's stiff face—it was really choking...... As she thought about it, she felt that the grape juice was sour and her face was wrinkled.

Aunt Li smiled slightly, silently packed the glass and went out.

Jingyi put the newspaper clippings and letters in a drawer, locked them, and went upstairs.

"Mom!" She had barely stepped up the stairs when she heard Sui Xin calling her.

When she turned around and looked up, she saw a row of little heads lying on the railing upstairs, waiting for her...... Jingyi smiled, seeing that Qiu Wei was also smiling on the side, and reminded the children to be careful.

She came up and said with a smile, "Waiting for me here?" ”

"Mom, is the grape juice good?" Sui Xin ran over first and asked Jingyi with a smile.

"Delicious. Thank you. Jingyi replied with a smile.

Sui Xin dragged her hand and said, "Then mom come quickly......"

Jingyi was dragged forward by her, and looked at Qiu Wei as if asking.

Qiu Wei smiled and shook her head. Jingyi saw that Xiaobao was shaking his chubby legs and couldn't keep up with everyone's steps, so she reached out and took him.

Adults and children crowded around and walked with Suixin.

Jing Yi looked at this situation somewhat funny, the children were like a flock of rickety ducklings, all with curly black hair, white and chubby...... It was tempting to cuddle in her arms and bite hard—and she did. After walking into the game room, looking at the toys scattered all over the room, she instantly felt extremely tired, picked up a mat and sat down, hugged Xiaobao in her arms and kissed her fiercely...... Seeing her like this, the other children almost rushed to it.

"Mommy, Mommy...... Stop playing, come and check this! Then he put aside Xiaobao and them, and called Jingyi anxiously.

"What?" When Jingyi looked up at Suixin, she saw a hanger standing not far in front of her. A dress hung on the hanger. It looks like it's new.

"Wear it for us!" Then I begged.

Jing Yi looked at Suixin's expectant appearance, and deliberately frowned and said, "I'll look at it when I want to wear it." ”

Only then did she remember that Mrs. Tao had mentioned to her that she had ordered beautiful clothes for her from Mr. Qian...... At dinner in the evening, the old lady said lightly that the clothes had been delivered, it was a nice dress, and asked her to try it again at a time. Although Mr. Qian has her size, maybe she has lost weight recently, and it doesn't fit when she wears it - the old lady glanced at her when she said it...... She thought at the time, she was thinner, but not so serious, so she only agreed, and didn't take it too seriously.

"Miss, let's try it. As soon as the dress is delivered, she is waiting for you to put it on when you are free to show her. I've been waiting all night. Qiu Wei also pouted Jingyi. This dress is so beautiful. Just hanging there without moving, as if there was already an aura, if the draped and embellished yarn was not pressed by broken diamonds, it could really float spontaneously...... However, Mrs. Tao's vision is naturally much more conservative, the collar of the dress is high to the neck, and the long gloves are above the elbow, but she knows that the young lady, only a small piece of snow-white upper arm is exposed, which is attractive enough. She laughed more and more when she thought about it, and hugged her heart, "Miss, put it on and take a look......"

"You guys. It's going to be a break, and it's still tossing and turning for me to try on dresses, and I don't want people to stop, right? Although Jingyi said this, looking at the beautiful clothes, it was inevitable that she would be itchy, so she really got up, accompanied by Zhang's mother, and went to change the dress - she only looked at the narrow waist, and was worried that she would be thin when she wore it, but she didn't expect the dress to fit perfectly, as if it was attached to another layer of skin on the body, which was very close. Mother Zhang gave her the belt around her waist, and sighed Young grandma, your waist is thin like this, sighing for a long time.

Jingyi didn't feel anything. This dress is mostly because it fits, and it outlines the curves of her body very beautifully. The light gray-blue color is neither too noisy nor dull, her skin is originally extremely white, and it is like flawless porcelain lined by this color, with a delicate layer of pearlescent light, dazzling...... Jingyi was stunned by herself.

She turned around, swept the hem of her skirt, and smiled, "It really fits......"

"Mrs. has a good eye." Zhang's mother said.

Jingyi nodded.

Mrs. Tao herself does not wear dresses, but her taste requirements for clothing are not low. The shot is a shock. However, the hem of the skirt hung down to the ground, and it was necessary to wear matching shoes on the feet before it could be brought up. She stepped on the three-inch-tall dancing shoes, stomped her feet like a little girl, and said, "Mom Zhang, look at me, can you go out"?

Zhang's mother also said in a low voice after a while: "Let Qiu Wei comb your hair well, how can you have a good opinion?" ”

Jingyi smiled.

She folded her hands around her waist and looked at herself in the mirror. Thinking of the words that persuaded her, my heart inevitably sank a little...... There was a lot of noise outside, and the children were playing in one place, all of them were happy, and she couldn't let the children see anything at this time. Just thinking about it, the door opened a crack, one, two, three, four or five little heads poked in, she saw it in the mirror, turned around suddenly, ran to the door, frightened children shouted, she pushed open the door, laughed and said, "Little ghosts, come and see, is it beautiful?" ”

"Beautiful!" The others shouted in unison.

Sui Xin stood closer, but she didn't make a sound, she looked at Jingyi as if she was stunned.

Jingyi smiled and winked at her, lifted the hem of her skirt, and spun it in a slight circle.

This beautiful dress floated up like a cloud, and I couldn't help but "scream".

The music sounded at this time, it was Qiu Wei who turned on the gramophone, and it was the beautiful Fan Qianling who sang in a low voice.

Jing Yi bent down, nodded on the tip of Suixin's round nose, and asked with a smile, "Miss Tao Suixin, would you like to dance with me?" ”