Originally, Chen Leiying agreed to Liu Jianren's invitation and had dinner together at noon this day, and Liu Jianren invited guests to be the host, but because Chen Lei poached A Xiu, a seventeen-year-old clerk of Liu Jianren's modern clothing store, and became his secretary at the Special Investigation Institute (Iwai Mansion), Chen Lei and Liu Jianren broke up unhappily.

"Ah Xiu, you ...... As long as you get out of this door, you ...... Don't come back! Liu Jianren, who was standing in the front hall of the modern dress store on Nanjing Road in the Shanghai Tang Public Concession, said angrily at the back of A Xiu, who left with Chen Lei.

To say, Ah Xiu, a young girl living in Shanghai, is really fast-talking, and as soon as she finished speaking, she wanted to go to work with Chen Lei in the Special Investigation Institute and be Chen Lei's secretary, so she followed Chen Lei without hesitation and left the modern clothing store without even looking back.

Hearing the angry words of the former boss Liu Jianren behind him, Ah Xiu's eyes were a little moist, but he held back the tears from coming out of his eyes, followed Chen Lei and left, and disappeared from Liu Jianren's sight in a blink of an eye.

Ah Xiu's full name is Chen Qingxiu, she is really as beautiful as her name, she looks more delicate than ordinary girls, fair-skinned, tall and tall, if she changes into a cheongsam, there will definitely be a feeling of clear water out of hibiscus.

Although Ah Xiu worked as a clerk in this modern dress store opened by Liu Jianren for more than a week, he was not nostalgic for Liu Jianren, a good boss, and a relatively decent job.

However, Chen Qingxiu, a young girl living in the slums of Zhabei area in Shanghai, originally had a relatively well-to-do family, but when he was about to graduate from middle school, there was a battle of August 13 in Shanghai.

The little Japanese devils launched a fierce and crazy attack on Shanghai Tang, especially for the Zhabei area of Shanghai Tang, in order to occupy this place, they carried out indiscriminate bombing, so that the Zhabei area, which was originally relatively prosperous in commerce, was almost bombed into ruins for a while.

After the little Japanese devils occupied Shanghai Tang and the Zhabei area fell, it did not regain its commercial prosperity in a short period of time, but instead became a slum.

It was in this war that the small western-style building of Ah Xiu's family was razed to the ground, and the valuable things in the house were also looted by the little Japanese devils and the puppet army that took refuge in the little Japanese devils.

Not only that, Ah Xiu's father originally ran a yarn factory, but in the bombing of the little Japanese devils, in order to protect the workers in the factory workshop, he unfortunately died, leaving Ah Xiu and Ah Xiu's bedridden mother, as well as two young brothers.

In this regard, Axiu's family of four was not only displaced, but also lost their financial resources, Axiu interrupted her studies, and she was originally admitted to the best girls' high school in Shanghai, but gave up the opportunity to go to high school and took on the responsibility of earning money for her sick mother and two young brothers to support the family.

Now, Axiu's family of four is in the Zhabei area, renting a dilapidated house of less than ten square meters, she learned from Chen Lei's mouth that being Chen Lei's secretary can not only get a high salary of 20 yuan a month, but also take care of food and housing, which is like pie in the sky, she has no reason not to catch it.

At first, Ah Xiu thought that Chen Lei was joking with her and teasing her, but when she saw Liu Jianren arguing with reason, she believed it, and didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve the lives of their family of four.

After following Chen Lei out of the modern clothing store, she walked on Nanjing Road for about ten minutes, and she hadn't sat down to rest after standing for a day this morning, and now she was a little tired of walking, so she stopped.

"Mr. Chen, where are we going next?" Ah Xiu, who stopped, asked Chen Lei, who had slowed down in front of her.

Hearing Ah Xiu's question behind him, Chen Lei also stopped, and after turning around, he smiled and asked, "I'll take you to a place for lunch, are you willing?" ”

Ah Xiu, who bent down, raised her head while stroking her somewhat sore legs with her hands, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, of course I do." It is a great honor for me to be able to let Mr. Chen invite me to lunch, and there is a reason why I don't want to. ”

After answering, Ah Xiu, who barely straightened his waist, turned his words and asked Chen Lei, who was standing in front of him, in a pleading tone: "Mr. Chen, how far is it from the place to eat now?" We're not going to just walk like that, are we? My legs are a little sore, if the place to eat is a little far away, can you let me rest for a while? ”

Seeing that Ah Xiu's face was a little painful, Chen Lei didn't say a word, and immediately stopped the two rickshaws, letting Ah Xiu sit in the front one and he himself sat in the one behind.

"Master, take us to Hawker Bakery on Gordon Road." Chen Lei, who was on the rickshaw, instructed the master who pulled the rickshaw.

After about half an hour, the two rickshaws stopped in front of the Hawker Bakery on Gordon Road in Shanghai Tang, and after Chen Lei paid the money, he and Ah Xiu got out of the car.

Standing in front of the Hawker Bakery, Chen Lei stood for a full minute, and only then turned around after the two swax charter masters completely disappeared from his sight.

However, before walking into the Hawker Bakery, Chen Lei asked Ah Xiu, who was standing next to him, "Ah Xiu, have you ever eaten bread before?" ”

At this time, Ah Xiu's answer in her heart was: she didn't say she had eaten bread before, she just ate all kinds of Western desserts, which was almost commonplace.

"Mr. Chen, my family lives in a slum in Zhabei area, do you think a poor girl like me has ever eaten bread?" Ah Xiu replied in a half-joking tone, very naturally.

After listening to Ah Xiu's answer, Chen Lei smiled slightly, made a "please" gesture, and said very gentlemanly: "Okay, Ah Xiu, then for lunch today, I will invite you to eat some bread first, simply fill your stomach, and you have to follow me to do things in the afternoon." In the evening, I'll treat you to another good meal. If you behave well in the afternoon, I will invite you to Feixia Road in the French Concession and invite you to eat the best Western food on the beach. ”

Ah Xiu didn't show ecstasy about this, but said quite confidently: "Okay, Mr. Chen." You can rest assured that I will do things with you this afternoon, and my performance will definitely exceed your expectations and imagination, so you can wait and see! ”

While talking, Chen Lei and Ah Xiu walked side by side into the Hawker Lai Bakery on Gordon Road in the Shanghai Tang Public Concession.