The Nanyang Industry Association seems to be a new world, and it is the first time that Liao Wanyu has seen so many foreigners outside the dock at once.

She looked at Adair and listened to him talk about his Carmel Ryder Steel Works in English.

According to him, they were factories that only produced armor steel for the British Navy shipyards, and this time they were invited to come and do a demonstration.

Liao Wanyu couldn't see the difference between the steel block in her hand and the steel block of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, so she didn't want to comment on it, but from Adair's words, it was not difficult to hear his pride in the Qing court's custom warship to Britain.

Liao Wanyu would have understood that Adair was friendly, and her tone was much calmer. But any person who is faced with other people's comments on his country will always have an eager protector's heart.

"You're great now, but that doesn't mean you'll always be great. Although I have not seen it, the newspaper says that we can already make our own weapons, and presumably, it is only a matter of time before we can build our own warships. ”

Adair seemed to agree with Liao Wanyu's point of view, and he nodded, saying that everyone will never come to the meeting, they are born ignorant, and all skills are learned.

Liao Wanyu's conversation with Adair was quite pleasant in the later stage, and she heard many British anecdotes from him, but, although it was novel, Liao Wanyu herself never wanted to stay abroad.

Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered Zhen Gu, who had studied in Japan since she was twelve years old, and then she realized that she should have been out for too long, and she didn't know if he was looking for her.

The venue of the Persuasion Association is very large, and there are even carriages and rickshaw services in the venue, Liao Wanyu looked at the rickshaw driver who ran past her, and suddenly became a little anxious.

She said goodbye to Adair, but Adair tugged at her sleeve and pulled out a printed leaflet from her pocket, and took out a Waterman fountain pen from her suit pocket and wrote two lines with a brush.

"You write to me, write a letter, okay?"

Liao Wanyu took the paper and glanced at it randomly, and she didn't see the words on it clearly, so she nodded, she had been out for at least more than an hour, and she was really in a hurry to go back.

Adair looked at Liao Wanyu's back as she gradually walked away, and couldn't help but feel a little lost in her heart.

It was so rare that he could meet a Chinese girl who was proficient in English and was very interested in machinery and manufacturing, but unfortunately, he could also feel that this young lady did not seem to be interested in him.

Even agreeing to write a letter seems perfunctory.

A somewhat lost Adair was ready to never see Liao again, and after standing there for a few minutes, he remembered that he didn't even know the name of this Miss China.

For the rest of the afternoon, Adair was not in a high mood, and he complained to himself from time to time, and somehow he was so stupid as to keep talking about steelmaking, and he didn't even ask anyone's name.

However, this frustration did not last long, and it was only at seven o'clock that night that he became excited that he could make up for the lost property.

That's right, isn't that person wearing a lotus-colored dress a Chinese lady who has met once in the daytime!

It's a pity that Liao Wanyu, who was standing beside Zhen Gu and smiling politely at this moment, didn't find the lost little British brother.

The neckline of the dress was a little low, and her white neck was exposed in public for the first time, which made her somewhat embarrassed and restrained.

She always consciously keeps her hands near her neck to make her feel more comfortable. Although there has been some progress, Liao Wanyu still gradually feels unusual.

When Zhen Gu introduced her, he didn't mention her surname, only that this was Miss Wanyu, his female companion. She had doubts, but she couldn't ask in public, so she had to draw a soul silently in her heart.

The feeling of being an accessory once again came to my heart.

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The pomp and circumstance of the ball was huge, the hall on the first floor was five or six hundred square meters, and there was another glass dance floor on the second floor above the orchestra pit, the floor was transparent, not large, but it could accommodate five or six pairs dancing at the same time.

Zhen Gu in the distance was talking to several gentlemen who looked very decent, she didn't know what they were talking about, and as soon as those people appeared, he broke her away.

Liao Wanyu held a glass of champagne, sat on a card seat on the first floor to rest, looked at the red men and green women coming and going, and secretly guessed their identities in her heart.

She is an outsider who is not lonely, enjoying a moment of solitude, but these obviously outsiders do not understand, after all, a lonely beautiful lady, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel lonely.

Gentle and polite, she refused several gentlemen who invited her to dance, and only one of them set her eyes on the girl playing the piano in the orchestra pit, and slowly lost her mind.

"I advise you to take a long-term view, China Merchants stocks, when they are released, no one cares, what about now? It has more than doubled. ”

"I still think that this kind of imported foreign gadgets are not pragmatic enough."

"Hey, what do you mean by pragmatism? Real money is called pragmatism? The more than 30 rubber companies listed this year, you can also see it, all of them have amazing profits. ”

Liao Wanyu came back to her senses in the small talk between the two gentlemen next to her, and began to prick up her ears and listen carefully.

"What about the surprise, after the US announced the tightening policy, the London stock exchange collapsed, this thing, it's not who gets the last stick and who is unlucky?"

The round-faced middle-aged man nodded in agreement, "So, what is the current situation in the Qing court, I don't think it's that important, what does the little emperor know?" It depends on Britain and the United States. ”

Look at Anglo-American?

Liao Wanyu had never paid attention to politics before, and Liao Zhanshan had reminded the ladies of the family more than once that it would make men feel bored to watch less about freedom and democracy.

After all, no one would dare to marry a daughter-in-law who calls for equal rights between men and women all day long, and is free and autonomous.

Lose face.

Xu noticed Liao Wanyu's gaze, and the gentleman who was farther away glanced at her sideways, Liao Wanyu was a little uncomfortable, changed the wine glass in one hand, and looked away as naturally as possible.

In the aimless glance, suddenly the four eyes met, it was the Englishman Adair whom he had only seen during the day.

In fact, Adair had been observing her for a long time, and when she finally found herself, she was overjoyed. He walked straight across the dance floor and strode towards Liao Wanyu.

"Hey, beautiful Miss China, I'm meeting again."

I guess we're meeting again, right?

Barely met someone she knew, Liao Wanyu had a friendly attitude, and the two gentlemen who were talking next to her, when they saw a foreigner, they tacitly gave up their seats and walked away.

Adair walked to Liao Wanyu's side, patted the marble-faced bar, and greeted the bartender.

"Is there something called securities trading in your hometown?"

Although Liao Wanyu knew what the two gentlemen who had just left were talking about buying and selling, she did not know the concept of securities.

Adair's family has been in business for generations and knows nothing more about securities, but he felt that he couldn't tell Liao Wanyu in vain, so he had to ask her to dance, and promised that he would tell Liao Wanyu in detail what securities were.

"Is this tuition?"

Adair nodded without hesitation, then felt that it was inappropriate, and then denied it, "I know, your country has words, and courtesies are exchanged. ”

He said the words "courtesy and exchange" in a strange accent, and Liao Wanyu suddenly felt funny, the corners of her mouth were not obvious, but they were still caught by the keen Adair.

"In you, is there a lot of dancing like this?"

Liao Wanyu could already guess his original meaning from his inaccurate words, so she smiled apologetically, "Maybe it's a lot, but it's my first time here." ”

Adair's turquoise severity flashed a hint of surprise, "So, the first dance?" ”

I guess it's right...... After all, when Zhen Gu was going to take her to dance before, those strange gentlemen suddenly came, and they didn't dance. In her previous classes, she had practiced with female classmates

After receiving an affirmative answer, Adair was overjoyed for a while, he did not expect that he would be honored to be the dance partner of the first dance of this beautiful Miss China.

Just as Liao Wanyu was listening to Adair's explanation of what securities were, while dancing and flying, Zhen Gu, who was sitting in the elegant seat on the second floor with several gentlemen, frowned slightly.

He is very conspicuous in a group of old-fashioned gentlemen with long braids, and his short hair and suit are so foreign that people can't help but look at them a few times.

"According to the meaning of several gentlemen, I'm afraid it won't be done?"

A thin man with gold-rimmed round glasses muttered for a moment after hearing this, "The situation in the Northeast is not good, Tsarist Russia and the Japanese are actively expanding their rights and interests, and no one can say how long the imperial court can support it." ”

He paused here and deliberately lowered his voice a few points, "Although the alliance failed in the uprising of the new army, it does not mean that it will fail forever, and the current situation, although there is an opportunity, is still very risky. ”

Adair downstairs didn't know what to say, Liao Wanyu smiled, Zhen Gu looked at it on the second floor, thinking that he had chatted with a few old friends, so he got up and said goodbye and went downstairs to catch Liao Wanyu.

That's right, it's to catch, he wants to see what new friends she has met.

Liao Wanyu didn't know that Zhen Gu regarded her as a private item, Adair had good dancing skills, and because of the frequent misuse of words in his speech, he also had some different kind of humor, and he could be regarded as a good dance partner, so he listened to him talk about new things that he had never heard of, and danced a second dance song.

When Zhen Gu, who was not good-looking, was suddenly pulled away, Liao Wanyu was still inexplicable.

Zhen Gu's hand was very heavy, her wrist hurt when she pinched it, and she staggered out of the dance venue, Liao Wanyu, who was wearing only a thin dress, shivered by the cold wind.

"Cousin?"

Zhen Gu's face was gloomy, and he looked at her condescendingly for a while, it seemed that because he was not in the territory of Luzhou, he had fewer scruples about Bai Xiuzhen, and his behavior became bolder.

Looking at Zhen Gu in confusion, Liao Wanyu didn't feel that she had done anything to displease him, whether it was because of Zhen Gu's faint anger or the cold chill in Jiangning's winter, Liao Wanyu couldn't help but shrink.