Chapter 138: Human Nature is Unfathomable
"Miss Xigui, why are you dressed like this?" Mrs. He stood up as she asked, wanting to reach out and pull the person over to take a look, you must know that Xigui, who she saw in the hospital at the beginning, although she was older than her own son, looked like a pink little girl on her face. And the child dressed as a poor boy in front of him, although his eyebrows and eyes are very similar to that Miss Xigui, but this image is too different.
"Mother, you don't know how powerful Xigui is!" He Xiaolong, who was not aware of his father's thoughts, told the Xigui family about it, and Mrs. He was no longer on the council, and she no longer knew the situation outside, but she still knew that it was the Japanese who really ruled Wuhan at this time. If you offend the Japanese, whether it is a big family or not, you can only wait for the disaster to come and die out!
Mrs. He, who was stretching out her hand to pull Xigui to sit beside her, after hearing He Xiaolong's excited words, she retracted her outstretched hand as if she was being burned by fire, and the eyes that looked at Xigui were as sharp as a blade.
Xigui's five senses are so strong, and the old man and Mrs. He in front of him are obviously unwelcome. Even with a strong aura of vigilance, how could she not feel it? What's more, Master He's eyes as deep as an ancient well were examining her, and Mrs. He's eyes as sharp as a knife were slashing at her, which made her immediately sink before she came.
And He Xiaolong, who was late, hadn't felt his father's nervous and defensive heart, he didn't know it at all. Because of the information he just said, the mother who was originally welcoming Xigui's arrival looked at Xigui in front of her even more disgusted than the broom star, if it wasn't for the fact that the other party had saved his son's life, and now he was his son's friend, he would have been driven out of the door a long time ago.
After He Xiaolong finished talking about the current situation of Xigui's family and what happened, he looked at his father and mother who were sitting silently on the sofa in the hall expectantly and said, "Dad, mother, Xigui has nowhere to go now, and the Japanese soldiers outside are arresting her everywhere." I want her to stay in our house! β
"No! Isn't that a recipe for trouble? "Master He hasn't spoken yet. Mrs. He stood up and shouted.
"Mother, how can you do this? Hee Gui saved my life? And now you're letting me die for her? What's more, this is the French Concession, and those Japanese soldiers don't dare to come here to search for people! As soon as He Xiaolong heard his mother's words, he immediately looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Fry up.
"Little Dragon. It's not a question of dying! You should at least ask Miss Xigui about her plans first, right? Master He saw his son's inability to distinguish the severity of the matter. The eyebrows furrowed.
When Xigui saw He Xiaolong's parents' behavior, she was already cold in her heart, or she underestimated the selfishness of human nature. And overestimating the good side of human nature. Thinking about these bends, Xigui couldn't help laughing at himself, stretched out his hand to stop He Xiaolong, who wanted to fight with his parents, and said with a faint expression: "I'm embarrassed to come and disturb you, this is my poor consideration!" Don't worry, I'm not planning to stay! β
"Hee Gui! You ......" As soon as He Xiaolong heard Xigui's words, he became anxious on the spot.
"Xiaolong, thank you for your concern! I'll be fine! Xigui comforted He Xiaolong lightly, and ignored the old man and Mrs. He who were wary of her, turned around and walked out of the small western-style building and left the He mansion. Before leaving this alley, she turned to look at the He Mansion that had given her a sense of paradise, but found that she had lost the feeling she had come.
And the He family, after Xigui left, broke out in the biggest conflict in history, He Xiaolong saw Xigui turn around and leave, and no matter how late he was, he knew that his parents did not welcome her arrival.
"Dad, mother, how can you do this? Dad, don't you often teach me that when I receive the grace of dripping water, I should repay it with a spring! Is this the code for being a man? Without Xigui, my life would have been gone a long time ago, but today when Xigui had nowhere to go, I came to ask for help, but you have this attitude, how can it not make people chill? He Xiaolong couldn't keep Xi Gui, and he couldn't make the decision to let Xi Gui stay, watching Xi Gui go out, he finally couldn't control his temper and shouted loudly.
"Little Dragon! Is this your attitude towards your parents? What an unfilial son! Master He was embarrassed by his son's words, and his face turned dark.
Receive the grace of dripping water, when the spring reciprocates! This is the criterion that he has always been proud of, so many people are willing to reach out to help him, and he can only do more and more business in this troubled world, with more and more friends, and a more and more stable foothold. Like the National Army, the Communist Army, and the Japanese Army, he can be more than tenacious in them.
If Xigui's status in the communist army is high enough and heavy, or if Rosen's identity is high enough and heavy, he will also take a certain risk and try to hide people. It's a pity that it's only if. Then the risk he took was not worth the financial and material resources spent.
But the son in front of him didn't understand his good intentions, and it seemed that he usually taught too little, making him too naΓ―ve. For the grace of receiving a drop of water, when the spring reciprocates the sentence is not understood thoroughly enough! In this world, only grace that is entangled in eternal interests is the most firm and permanent.
"Master, Xiaolong is still young, I don't know the relationship between this theory, the most important thing is that the person named Xigui is ignorant, and he knows that he is a source of disaster, and he still comes to our house! Isn't this trying to endanger our family? Mrs. He saw that her father-in-law was so angry that her son sat on the sofa and panted, and hurriedly spoke to defend her son, and at the same time, her gratitude to Xigui for saving her son turned into complaint and disgust.
"Fifteen years old, still young? When I was fifteen years old, I started working outside the home to help my parents support the family! I think it's just that I'm used to it too much, and I'm used to it! Even the woman whose mother stays at home every day can see the seriousness of the matter, and you are a person who has read so many books, but you don't even have that kind of look? Master He stared at He Xiaolong with hatred on his face, gritted his teeth.
"I think you're afraid of death, right?" He Xiaolong glanced at his father, who had an incomparably tall image in his mind before, and turned around and wanted to go out to chase Xigui.
Master He didn't look good, how could he let his son take a step, just a son, if he really went out to follow the girl named Xigui, it would be no different from going to death sooner or later? There is such a son in the family, isn't this to cut off the incense of his He family?
Master He hurriedly shouted at the two bodyguards who had been standing in the living room like invisible people: "Ah Fa, Ah Cai!" Go and get the young master back for me! β
Soon, two tall young men rushed out of the hidden corner of the living room, and soon caught up with He Xiaolong, who had just left the gate of the small western-style building and was about to run towards the courtyard gate! Like eagles catching chickens, the two of them carried He Xiaolong back to the living room and carried him in front of Master He.
Master He looked at his son who was glaring angrily at him, and was a little helpless, "Ah Fa, Ah Cai, send the young master to the room, let him reflect on it inside!" He meant to confine He Xiaolong in confinement and save a wrong eye, and this solid-eyed son ran out to find that Tongji criminal Xigui again.
Ah Fa and Ah Cai have been following Master He for many years, and they are not stupid people, so they naturally have a deep understanding of the meaning of Master He's words, so the two stepped forward without a trace of hesitation, each grabbed one of He Xiaolong's arms, and dragged him towards the stairs, He Xiaolong's bedroom was on the third floor.
After He Xiaolong resisted hard in the hands of these two people, he found that his strength was not worth mentioning at all in front of his father's two bodyguards, so he changed to the mourning policy and shouted towards the place where his father was sitting: "Dad, you let Ah Fa and Ah Cai let me go, I promise not to go to Xigui!" "But I thought to myself, hum, if you don't go, let's come in the dark.
Master He had already seen through his son's careful thoughts, and he took care of the tea with the new tea and ignored it at all. Or Mrs. He listened to her son's pleading, and couldn't bear to say: "Master, since Long'er promised not to go to that Xigui, there is no need to lock him up, right?" β
"Woman's kindness! If you want to lose your son, just let him out! Master He raised his head and glared at his wife, with dissatisfaction in his eyes.
When Mrs. He saw her master's expression, she immediately stopped saying more, and in this way, He Xiaolong was confined by his father, and even three meals a day were prepared and sent into the room by Sister-in-law Zhu.
He Xiaolong was locked up here, so he was so anxious that he jumped in the room, and was angry that not only was he not able to help Xigui, but he was locked up by his father and mother.
As for Xigui, after understanding the attitude of the He family, he knew that his original plan had failed. Originally, she thought that Master He would get penicillin, which was so difficult to buy, in such a short period of time, and that way must be very wide.
If Master He sees that she saved He Xiaolong's life in the past, coupled with his patriotism, he can come forward to help him get Zhang Xiaoju's certificate of good citizenship, she can find a house in the French Concession and rent it openly, and live until the day of Japan's surrender before making new plans.
Xi Gui sighed in his heart while walking towards the alley of the He Mansion, he was a human being in two lives, and he still didn't see the hearts of people thoroughly after all.
There are really a lot of alleys and alleys in the French Concession, and Xigui at this time, because he has no goal, he carelessly walks through the streets and alleys that are unique to the times and only in the concession.
The streets and alleys here are open, and the buildings on each plot occupy as much as possible the area facing the street, while the interior forms appropriate courtyards to meet the needs of various functions. In addition, the shape of the building is very French style of this era, and it feels like walking through a foreign country all the way.
Hee-gui, who was intoxicated by the exotic architecture of various buildings, neglected to be aware of his surroundings, and when he walked to the corner of an alley, he was unexpectedly pulled by a hand stretched out from the corner. (To be continued......)