Chapter 442: Survival in Hong Kong (87)
The position where Chang Baogui was sitting was facing the door, so Chang Qian and Xiaoju pushed the door in, and both saw each other in their eyes at the same time. Although Xiao Ju was surprised that Chang Baogui had only been seen for a year, this person's entire mental outlook seemed to be a completely different person, looking young and energetic, but then he thought that Chang Baogui was also in his forties, and it was very normal for a man at this age to live younger and younger if he had a bumper harvest in career and love.
Chang Baogui didn't expect that the people who entered his office were Chang Qian and Xiao Ju, although there was surprise in his eyes, but the trace of panic that flashed at the beginning was still seen by the sharp-eyed Xiao Ju, but Xiao Ju was just puzzled in his heart, so he didn't study it carefully. Because Chang Baogui had already stood up with a hearty smile and walked around in front of her and Chang Qian, stretched out his hands and hugged them warmly one by one.
"Qian'er! Chrysanthemum! How did you get to Shanghai? Why don't you send a telegram before you come? So I'll be able to pick you up at the docks! Chang Baogui used this hug to calm down the panic in his heart when he first saw Chang Qian and Xiaoju, and only after his heart calmed down a little did he ask the doubts in his heart.
"Dad, we went back to Chang Mansion just now, why is it empty? The weeds in the front yard are all as tall as a man! Chang Qian did not answer Chang Baogui's words, nor was he confused by Chang Baogui's slightly unnatural enthusiasm, but looked at Chang Baogui with a little scrutiny, and asked calmly.
"Oh, I don't live there anymore! The government now advocates equality for all, and the domestic servants in the family have long been reborn and become the masters of the new society. They are all actively involved in the construction of the new country! When the house is left unattended, the weeds grow wildly! I originally wanted to donate the Chang Mansion to the state. It's a pity that your rich uncle doesn't agree. You must know that it was built with the hard-earned money of the working people by exploiting it, and I was proud of it before I lost it! When Chang Baogui said this, not only did there not be a trace of dissatisfaction in his tone, but there was also a kind of excitement and relief that should be so.
"Do you want to donate the Chang Mansion? Why don't you call to report this matter? What about this foreign firm? Chang Qian put the dissatisfaction in his heart clearly on his face because of Chang Baogui's words. Because what Chang Baogui said at this time did not convey to his mother and the three brothers in Hong Kong, this is simply ignoring their mother's existence.
"I have donated to the country. Now I am just an employee of a foreign bank. Like everyone else who works at the company, except that I am in charge of management. Chang Baogui smiled and said in a calm tone. He didn't pay attention to Chang Qian's anger at all, after all, the Chang family was still in charge of him, and he also created this foreign company, and he had the right to dispose of it.
"But why didn't you even tell your mother and us about these things?" Chang Qian's tone was a little angry. He didn't feel sorry for this foreign store that was donated. Anyway, it was my father's inheritance. Instead, he was angry at his mother and his three brothers who were ignored or forgotten in Hong Kong by Chang Baogui. Are you so busy that you don't even have time to send telegrams? But how much time did it take to seal a telegram?
"I've always been in charge of foreign affairs, and you are all in Hong Kong, and you don't know the situation in Shanghai today, so you can't understand it when I tell you. That's why I didn't tell you at all! Chang Baogui was a little unimpressed. At the same time, I don't understand Chang Qian's anger very well. He didn't know that Chang Qian was not the one who went to Hong Kong from Shanghai at the beginning of the year, and he didn't know anything. I just know that the rich boy who eats, drinks and has fun and asks him for money to spend. After a year of training in Willy & Co. has long been very sophisticated in the world. At the same time, his studies in Chinese middle school have long allowed him to develop the idea of independence and self-improvement and the pursuit of freedom.
"How do you know we won't understand if you don't say it?" Chang Qian looked at Chang Baogui with accusations in his eyes.
Xiao Ju thought that the two fathers and sons had only met for more than a year, and they would definitely be happy and sad. But I didn't expect it to be this scene. But for Chang Baogui, Xiaoju has always thought that he is a good person. When Yang Liu and the three Chang brothers disappeared at sea, he was able to put down the business of a foreign company and rent a boat to go to sea to look around, which shows that this person is not a ruthless and unrighteous person.
"Uncle Chang, how long will it take for you to get off work? Chang Qian has just arrived in Shanghai, and it is very hard! I think I'd better go home first and talk about the rest! In desperation, Xiaoju had no choice but to interject, hoping to divert the focus of the dispute between the two fathers and sons. Xiao Ju didn't expect that her words would put Chang Baogui in a difficult situation.
"I can leave work in a few minutes!" Chang Baogui took out the pocket watch in his pocket and looked at it, but the tangled expression on his face was clearly seen by Xiao Ju, who had been watching from the sidelines, but Chang Qian, because he was in a bad mood, did not notice Chang Baogui's strange appearance.
Xiao Ju looked at such Chang Baogui, and her heart was stunned, and countless movies, TVs and novels from the Republic of China period flashed in her mind, in which the male protagonist was separated from his wife and children because of the chaotic war, or he had another love or reorganized his family. Or because the marriage is arranged by the parents, and there is no common language to pursue together, and the wife and children are abandoned, don't hug the pipa......
But then Xiao Ju denied the images that floated in her mind. So how can the elegant, noble and beautiful willow be compared with the old and illiterate heroine in the movies, television or novels in her previous life? What's more, now that Yang Liu has walked out of the house and got a position in a private school in Hong Kong, she is no longer the original Mrs. Kuo who only knows the wind and snow and does not know the suffering of the world, what reason does Chang Baogui have to betray Yang Liu and his three sons?
At this time, Chang Baogui was very uneasy in his heart, his situation at this time was really as Xiao Ju guessed, there was another wife room in Shanghai, and this wife room was still a female leader in the army, and he was delayed for life for the revolutionary work. Somehow he fell in love with him, and when people in the army found him to do ideological work, he subconsciously refused at that time. But he didn't expect that he would get drunk at a meeting of the new government to gather national capitalists to contribute their respective strengths to the construction of the motherland.
After waking up, Chang Baogui found that he was lying on the same bed with the female leader, and the situation at that time did not allow him to refuse again, and when he went to find his cousin Rosen after such an incident, Rosen couldn't help him. If you don't want to be arrested as a hooligan, you have to marry that woman.
In this way, Chang Baogui, who knew that he had been calculated, had no choice but to marry the female leader. Because he felt ashamed of looking forward to his wife and children in Hong Kong, he never sent a telegram to his wife and children in Hong Kong since then. And because Chang Baogui concealed this qiē well, he didn't even know about Willy, who often came inland, and Chang Qian naturally had no way to know.
Chang Baogui originally thought about leaving, but he didn't expect that woman was not Yang Liu, not only scheming, but also ruthless. He had already sent people to monitor Chang Baogui's whereabouts 24 hours a day, and told him very frankly that as long as he tried to go somewhere else, the Special Surveillance Department would arrest him on charges of being an enemy agent. In this way, Chang Baogui also broke off the idea of leaving, and lived with this woman with peace of mind.
As soon as these days passed, I found that this woman was not only independent, but also able to help him everywhere, and could communicate and resonate with him more in work and life. It is completely different from the woman who only knows the wind and snow like the silk flower of Yang Liu. As time passed, that heart gradually became biased.
What's more, this woman is not bad looking, and her knowledge is not bad. I heard that it was the patriotic students who defected to the rear base areas and later went to the Soviet Union to study. As for his age, he is only in his early thirties, but he is already in his early forties. Now this woman has been nearly four months pregnant, which makes Chang Baogui more and more satisfied with his current life. didn't expect Chang Qian to suddenly return to Shanghai, which somewhat made Chang Baogui, who was immersed in happiness, a little uneasy and guilty.
But Chang Baogui thought of this matter Yang Liusi's mother and son would know sooner or later, after all, Rosen knew his situation very clearly, and Xiaoju was his goddaughter, as long as the two were in contact, Rosen would definitely not hide it for him. You must know that for this matter, Rosen is ignoring him at all now.
Chang Baogui, who was full of worries, took advantage of the time to pack up his things to calm down his chaotic thoughts a little, and then with an unnatural smile he took Xiaoju and Chang Qian away from the 'Prosperous Foreign Company'.
Xiao Ju has been silently observing Chang Baogui on the side, the more she observes, the cooler her heart becomes, but she still has an illusion in her heart, Godfather Lawson is such a perfect man, I believe that his cousin should not be bad! According to Xiaoju's habits, she usually finds an excuse to leave in this situation, but because she wants to prove that her guess in her heart is wrong, she silently follows behind the two fathers and sons, who are obviously a little rusty.
Chang Baogui took Chang Qian and Xiaoju on a ten-minute walk and came to a small western-style building. This small western-style building has two floors, and the layout is somewhat similar to the house where Xiaoju lived as Rosen's daughter when she was in Wuhan. On the ground floor are the guest rooms, guest rooms, dining room and kitchen. On the second floor, there is a small living room, bedroom and study.
When Chang Baogui took Chang Qian and Xiao Ju to open the door and enter the living room, a young man in a military uniform came out of the kitchen, and after he saw Xiao Ju and Chang Qian, he immediately turned around and went into the kitchen to make a few cups of tea.
"This is Xiao Li!" Chang Baogui introduced Chang Qian and Xiaoju.
"Brother Li!" Chang Qian and Xiao Ju shouted at the same time. It is impossible for them to follow Chang Baogui and call Xiao Li, this is the basic etiquette of being a human being.
"Brother Chang, the chief is a little uncomfortable today, and he came back early! Now resting upstairs! Xiao Li looked at Chang Baogui and said.
"Uncomfortable? Does it matter? Did you call a doctor? When Chang Baogui heard this, an anxious look immediately appeared on his face, and the person had already rushed upstairs in a hurry. didn't even say hello to Chang Qian and Xiao Ju. After listening to the conversation between Xiao Li and Chang Baogui, Chang Qian's face turned extremely pale. Even Xiaoju, that heart has long sunk to the depths of the sea, and has become cool and cool. (To be continued......)