On the table, the desk calendar painted with snow shadows and plum blossoms has torn off another page, and it is a week closer to the old calendar and the new year.

After many years of cooperation, foreigners have long been familiar with the Chinese's "New Year model", the goods for outbound transfer have been arranged early, the commercial house has just finished the operation of the export order, and has entered the peak season of retail trade - the remaining goods exported will be sold to the common people no matter how much they are, as long as the price is bearable, they can buy satisfactory goods, especially the silk and satin ornaments of the Jinpei Year, which are sought-after goods every year.

Good business is naturally a good thing, but the redundant and complicated accounts have somewhat made Lin Wanjing a little overwhelmed, overtime has become commonplace, the wind is cool in the middle of the night, and the rest time has shrunk suddenly, a week has passed, Lin Wanjing "lived up to expectations" and suffered the first bedridden after returning to China.

I didn't know the passage of time in my daze, when Lin Wanjing opened her eyes, it was already the afternoon of the third day, she pulled her hand out from under the thick quilt and velvet blanket, raised her hand to test the temperature on her forehead - it was still slightly hot, she reached out and touched the thermometer at the bedside and stuffed it into her mouth, and suddenly remembered the occasional wind chill many years ago, she woke up from her slumber, and the first thing she saw was Li Lingrui's concerned expression, which was clearly just a small wind chill, but in his eyes it was like a heart-pounding incurable disease, For a long time, she was not allowed to go out at night, and she was not allowed to touch raw and cold food.

Thinking of Li Lingrui, she remembered the night when Liu Jin proposed to her, her fawn crashed back to the house, and suddenly remembered that she seemed to leave the shawl in the living room, so she turned back halfway to get it, who knew that in front of the hidden door, she heard her parents' conversation about Li Lingrui, she clearly heard her father say "Qinhuai's first salt merchant" Suzhou Gu's eldest lady seemed to have admiration for Li Lingrui, and the head of the family took the only daughter to Luzhou in person, chartered the famous hotel in Luzhou, and negotiated this family affair with the Li family.

The eldest lady of the Gu family can be said to be a collection of the love of the whole family, and the eleven brothers in the entire family, but she is only a girl, so she is naturally afraid of falling out of her hand and afraid of melting in her mouth. And this eldest lady is indeed rare to be knowledgeable and understanding, I heard that she and Li Lingrui met in London by chance, and fell in love at first sight. Now the head of the Gu family personally brought his daughter to Luzhou for an appointment, full of sincerity, the two families met, and they felt very connected, and the three media and six hires had accepted the auspiciousness, and the Li family urged Li Lingrui to return to China one day and get married as soon as possible.

Of course, Lin Wanjing also clearly heard the name of the eldest lady of the Gu family-Yiguang......

My head was groggy, and the more I thought about these things, the more my head hurt. Lin Wanjing took out the thermometer from her mouth, 38.5 degrees, it seems that the cooling effect of sleeping is not significant. After tossing and turning in the quilt for a while, she finally sat up with a heart, and the sky swirled in an instant, and when the dizziness subsided, Lin Wanjing found a thick dress to put on, and used a comb to comb her long hair casually, and then got up and went downstairs, just turned the corner of the stairs, but saw the third aunt Tai Yourong sitting on the sofa in the living room - although it was the weekend, but she didn't spend money on the card table, Lin Wanjing naturally felt strange, so in this surprised gap, the little girl upstairs shouted Miss, and everyone downstairs looked at her, She had to smile, said that the third aunt was okay, and went downstairs by the railing.

Unexpectedly, the third aunt, who is very cold on weekdays, is very enthusiastic today, and hugged Lin Wanjing in unison before Mo Zhidong, and when she came to her, she hugged her:

"Didn't I hear that you were sick and came to see you? I didn't have time to go upstairs, but you came down by yourself. As she spoke, she raised her hand to probe Lin Wanjing's forehead: "Has this fever subsided?" ”

Lin Wanjing was very much planning the third aunt's "nothing to be courteous", and while smiling politely, she moved to her mother's side. Mo Zhidong knew his daughter's helplessness, so he took advantage of the situation to pull Lin Wanjing, who had moved to the front, to sit beside him, and called the maid to serve the hot chicken shredded conpoy porridge in the back kitchen, and when Lin Wanjing drank it, Old Man Lin's words returned to the topic of Fang Cai:

"Just now you said that you want to partner with someone to do a tea business, the other party may believe it?"

"Yes, sir, didn't you often hear the old people say in your early years that there was a big red-robed old tree in the deep mountains of the Vulture Ridge?"

"What? The old dryad was found? ”

"Not really! Fuying Tea House outside the southern city, have you heard of it? ”

"I've heard that it was specially given to the emperor during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who knows...... Could it be that this has something to do with their family? ”

"I heard that the current person in charge of Fuying Tea House...... It seems to be a surname...... The surname Fu Lai...... "The third aunt pondered for a moment, "Yes, Mr. Fu, they invited the old tea tree out and planted it in the newly purchased tea garden in the south of the city. ”

"I think it's up for discussion," Old Man Lin said...... "Let's not say that this big red robe is not the best if it grows on the cliff, is this time of year the climate for planting tea trees?" ”

"Master, I'll just say that your old thinking should be updated! Of course, we have to plant it now, and the tea will be harvested in the spring. Now the favorite of foreigners is our tea, you see Fuying Tea House, at the beginning of the year to pick up a French businessman, now generous...... I heard that the names are written in the annual meeting roster of the big handsome. ”

The annual meeting of the Shuaifu is the highlight of the annual event of the political and business circles of Luzhou, and the invited guests are either rich or expensive, which is not so much an honor as a recognition of strength.

Seeing that Old Man Lin was silent, the third aunt continued:

"What, do you have any concerns? With Fuying Tea House taking the lead, and several big bosses partnering, this matter is nine out of ten. ”

"I am relieved to hear your words, but I don't know why, I always feel that there is something wrong with this matter...... Mo Zhidong said with his eyebrows, "If you want to say the year before last, you also made an investment, and the result was that it was a stone in the sea, isn't ......"

"Eldest sister, why are you still mentioning that! I said that I believed the wrong person and stood on the wrong team that time, this time even the boss of the 'Four Seas' money bank has become a shareholder, and they don't dare to deceive anyone! ”

Sihai Money Village is the largest money village in Luzhou, and Boss Jia eats all the ways in black and white, crisscrossing the shopping mall.

"Or ...... You just don't believe me, do you? The third aunt's face sank, and she pursed her lips and sat down on the sofa: "Master, you are just eccentric!" In the early years, the second sister co-opened a hospital with others, and you gave money. Last year, the eldest sister wanted to buy the show, and you didn't say a word. Why is it so hard for me to do something! And said that it is not partial......"

"How to turn over old accounts again! Also, who are you playing tantrums with here! Straighten up my clothes and sit upright! Old Man Lin frowned and said.

When the third aunt heard this, she obediently put away Erlang's leg posture and sat upright.

"How many times have I told you, what Zhidong and Yishan are doing is business, the money is gone, and the assets are also there. What about you? You're speculating! The money is gone, and the things belong to someone else, do you think we should think about it clearly? Old Man Lin took a sip of tea and continued, "Besides, did I say I don't agree?" ”

Lin Wanjing listened to these trivial things boringly, but she didn't have much appetite at the moment, so she put the porridge that she had only drunk a few sips on the coffee table, raised her head, but saw A Ling poking her head behind the screen, looking at her with a sad face, and before she could speak, the third aunt had already spoken:

"Ah Ling, you girl, where did you go fishing? Miss didn't know if she got up! ”

Ah Ling pursed her mouth, lowered her head and walked quickly to Lin Wanjing's side and replied: "Miss, the stall called and said that a big customer was coming, I'm afraid you have to meet it in person." ”

"Big customer? Who has such a big shelf that a bunch of old and young masters in the store can't serve them? "The third aunt is too cheap, she wants to please the old man, and the most direct way at the moment is to protect Lin Wanjing and let him see how much he loves this "daughter".

Lin Wanjing couldn't see the third aunt's embarrassing appearance the most, so she hurriedly opened her mouth to relieve Ah Ling:

"I'm fine, I have a headache when I'm bored at home, so it's okay to go for a walk in the store." Lin Wanjing said, and her intuition is not as simple as Ah Ling said that a big customer came.

Farewell to the family, Lin Wanjing went out wearing her mother's fur coat, and it wasn't until she got in the car that Ah Ling told the truth:

"Miss, it's not that a big customer has come to the store, but someone is making trouble in the store and a fight has started."

When Lin Wanjing heard this, her face sank, and the driver also understood the seriousness of the matter, and drove fast all the way. When I arrived at Wanli Commercial Bank, the crowd at the door was crowded with water around the store.

"The eldest lady is here!" I don't know who shouted, and the crowd made a way.

The young man was standing in front of the counter with a firewood knife in his hand, looking fifteen or sixteen years old, and the shopkeeper Huang and another fat and meaty young man were hiding behind the counter, and the stationery and furnishings that were originally placed on the counter fell to the ground.

"Are you all stunned to watch the show?!" Lin Wanjing said sharply to the miscellaneous servants who were standing in a circle around her, "Don't make the ugliness of the family public, why don't you go and close the door?!" ”

When several men in the store heard this, they hurriedly closed the door of the store, the light in the store dimmed suddenly, and the atmosphere became more and more depressing.

"Aaron, what is this for?"

"Miss......" The voice of the young man named Aaron trembled with excitement or fear, and he only called out and choked up.

"Miss! This kid steals! The man hiding behind the counter behind the yellow shopkeeper took the lead, "I saw him sneaking around in your room just now." ”

"I went to check the order form, and I didn't steal!"

"Who knows if you stole or not! I don't think it's the first time you've done something like this! A thief's son is a thief! The son of the rat will make a hole! The fat man pointed at him and shouted, his face red.

"Shut up! Fat man, you bastard, I've put up with you for a long time! See if I don't hack you today! Aaron's face turned pale, and he raised his knife and was about to rush over.

"That's it! Calm down! Lin Wanjing looked at the red-eyed young man in front of her, she could see the trembling around him, and she could also smell the smell of wine emanating from his snort. I don't know where the courage came from, Lin Wanjing slowly moved towards him while comforting him: "We have already agreed, the previous things have passed, I won't mention it anymore, I believe in your ......"

But the fat man behind the counter didn't seem to plan to end the show like this, and shouted: "What did I say?!" Back then, your dad stole something from the master's house and broke his leg, and now you steal too! You are the son of a mouse! ”

Aaron roared and cursed, Lin Wanjing saw that he was on the verge of an outburst, and hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to restrain his wrist raising the knife: "Have you figured it out?" Rush over, you can sit down on this infamy, you can't wash it off for a lifetime, are you worthy of the trust that our Lin family gave you? ”

Aaron seemed to hear this, his bloodshot eyes shook, and the firewood knife fell to the ground with a thud. But he was still angry, his arms bulging with green tendons, and his clenched fists creaking.

"Who's making trouble here?!" With a shout, the crowd fell silent, and men in police uniforms rushed in with a team of officers, loaded with guns and ammunition.

"Him! That's the kid! First, I stole our eldest lady's things, and I caught her, and chased and slashed me with a knife to kill people! The fat man pointed at Aaron and complained loudly.

The sheriff-like man narrowed his eyes, his gaze wandered between the drunken Aaron and the firewood knife on the ground, and then said, "Since it's theft, what about the stolen goods?" ”

"On him!" The fat man accused again.

"Search." As soon as the captain gave the order, several police officers stepped forward to grope for Aaron, and Lin Wanjing watched them move, frowning, and looked away.

After a while, Aaron's cotton clothes, which were not thick, were taken off, then cotton pants, and then shirts. Seeing that they didn't find any big objects, a group of people rummaged through the clothes and pants they had just pulled off one by one, until there was a crisp sound of "Qiang", the ruby ring rolled out of the trouser pocket, collided on the bluestone brick floor and rolled out a long distance, the police picked up the ring and handed it to Lin Wanjing: "Miss, this is your thing?" ”

When Lin Wanjing saw the ring, her expression suddenly darkened.

"Miss, I didn't steal anything, I really didn't take this thing! Believe me! ”

"Less nonsense! It's not that you take it, how can it be in your pocket! The sheriff took the evidence, and his voice was an octave higher.

"I don't know! Someone must have done me harm! ”

"What else do you have to quibble about?! Come with us! ”

"Wait a minute." Lin Wanjing, who had not spoken, finally spoke, she first looked at the sheriff and begged: "No matter what he does, if you want to take him away, at least let him put on his clothes first." The man in charge of the group pondered for a moment, then turned his head and nodded to the step that was holding Aaron. Seeing that Aaron began to get dressed, Lin Wanjing said again: "This thing is indeed not taken by this kid." I lost the ring when I was in the harbor last week, and I didn't say anything about it because I thought it wasn't a big deal. The sheriff can ask the managers of the foreign bank to collect evidence. With that, she looked at the fat man who poked his head out from behind the counter: "What do you say?" After all, on that day, I only picked you out. ”

When the fat man heard Lin Wanjing ask himself by name in front of everyone, he couldn't help but feel excited. The sheriff has dealt with these various situations, so she naturally heard the deep meaning of Lin Wanjing's words, and signaled her subordinates to control the fat man in the past, which is exactly what Lin Wanjing wanted, and then she whispered to the sheriff:

"Sheriff, take a step to speak." The two walked under the window, Lin Wanjing took out two pieces of ocean from her pocket and secretly stuffed them into the sheriff's hand: "The old man still has a saying, called 'a slap can't make a sound', Aaron, this kid is indeed wrong to make trouble today, you can help me take it back and teach me a lesson, but please be merciful." ”

"Miss Lin understands righteousness, and Feng admires it." The captain smiled, turned to his subordinates and said, "Are you dressed?" Let's get dressed and go. ”

"Miss, I was wronged...... Aaron looked at Lin Wanjing, trying to make a final fight.

"I know. It's okay, come with them, I'll be here in a moment. ”

The police team left with two troublemakers under the fingers of outsiders, Lin Wanjing looked around at the messy store door and sighed - there is no need to open the door this afternoon. She simply arranged for a few people to clean up, and then went upstairs into her room.

Mr. Aron said that he was in this room to check the order form, which was usually sent directly to the factory without her reading it, but by the shopkeeper's detailed records. Lin Wanjing rummaged on the desk for a long time, and finally found the order record book with a green cover in the drawer, which appeared so strangely, Lin Wanjing couldn't help but feel strange in her heart, since she took over, the account book has been replaced with a brand new one, with a delicate Western lock, so her drawers are usually unlocked. She sat down in a chair, flipped through the order records, carefully checked the pages, and finally found a year-end record - Boss Jia of Sihai Money Bank ordered a No. 12 satin.

At first glance, it doesn't look like anything special, but if you look closely, you can see that the color of the ink on the "1" is different from the whole line, which means that the "1" may have been added later. Orders are usually placed in triplicate: one is kept in the hands of the customer, one is copied by the shopkeeper and stamped with a seal and sent to the factory, and the other is copied in a notebook and kept in the store for future reference, and it is Aron who is responsible for the copying. Seeing the order that had been modified, Lin Wanjing confirmed the fact that Aaron was blamed, she quietly put the order back in the drawer and took A-Ling to the police station.

With Lin Wanjing's explanation, coupled with Aaron's good attitude of admitting his mistakes, the police station did not embarrass him too much, but just hit a few batons to show punishment, but the fat man was not so lucky, he was frightened by the atmosphere of the police station, and the confession did not match the words, and there were many contradictions, and the police finally determined that it was the fat man who stole Lin Wanjing's ring and blamed Aaron, but fortunately, Lin Wanjing did not intend to pursue it, so he decided to detain him for a few days and let him often go to prison.

When Lin Wanjing led Aaron out of the police station, it was not yet half of the afternoon, and it was still early, and Lin Wanjing was just able to ask him about the order:

"In the end, Boss Jia ordered the No. 2 color or the No. 12 color?"

In order to facilitate the transfer of goods from the factory and the silk village, the firm will make a clear fabric color card every quarter, the No. 2 color represents dark green, and the No. 12 color is a bright rose red, once the error occurs, the customer basically does not want the goods, and even requires the firm to compensate for 3 times the deposit of liquidated damages.

Hearing that Lin Wanjing had discovered the suspicion of the order, Aaron no longer concealed it and told the matter

"It's color 2, I remember it very well." Aaron replied categorically, "I received it when Boss Jia came that day, he said that he wanted to order a fabric and didn't know what color to choose, but he specifically said not to be red, so I recommended the latest dark green this year, which is the No. 2 color." Two days ago, I met Ah Fen, a female worker in the factory, in the market, she told me about this, saying that Boss Jia was so strange, first ordered a pink one, and then ordered a batch of rose-red ones, all of which were made of cheongsam materials, if they were given to the eldest wife and the little wife, it would be strange if the two of them did not fight when they met. That's when I felt that something was wrong, and I thought of checking the list. ”

Hearing him say this, Lin Wanjing knew in her heart that eighty percent of the shopkeeper Huang had written the wrong list, and she was afraid that the guests would not get into trouble, so she thought of blaming Aaron, plus the fat man had a deep grudge with Aaron on weekdays, so he simply drove Aaron out of Wanli Xing, and when Boss Jia found out that the goods were not right, he could no longer find Aaron to confront him, and in the end, only the Lin family suffered a dumb loss.

As the saying goes, "no coincidence is not a book", Liu Jin rarely cares about public security cases on weekdays, but today he happened to come to bail out the soldiers under his command who had a conflict with the porters at the port before he had just dealt with the matter and was about to leave, and Lu Canghan, who was with him, had to go to the toilet because he was lazy and didn't have to go to the toilet, leaving him to wait alone in the side hall.

The newspaper on the coffee table was flipped through a few times, and there was really nothing to read, Liu Jin stood up and wanted to smoke a cigarette outside the porch, but turned around and saw Lin Wanjing just coming out of the office, with a lot of thoughts written on her face, so she naturally didn't care about it, and went straight to the door, her face was very bad, a little worse than the way she looked when she saw her before.

He originally wanted to step forward to keep her, but it took several efforts to suppress this impulse, but by coincidence, Lu Canghan happened to come back from the bathroom and saw his hesitant scene, so he asked puzzled:

"Just standing?"

Liu Jin didn't answer him, after all, Lu Canghan didn't know about the incident at the port that day, and he didn't want to say it.

After leaving from the port that day, Liu Jin wanted to send Lin Wanjing home directly, but Lin Wanjing said that there were still some trivial things in the foreign bank that needed to be taken care of, and insisted on going back to the foreign bank. Liu Jin couldn't, so she had to eat casually at the Yunlu Hotel, and then drove Lin Wanjing back to the foreign bank, along the way, Lin Wanjing didn't say much, just leaned against the car window, squinted out the window in a daze, the early sun fell on her face after the rain, and her fair and delicate skin faintly revealed some redness, like a delicate white porcelain doll in the palm of a Russian craftsman.

There was no word all the way, until she arrived outside the black iron gate of the foreign bank, Lin Wanjing got out of the car, suddenly seemed to remember something, stopped her steps, and then turned to look at him, her slightly pale thin lips opened lightly, and said:

"Young Marshal, I will deliver everything related to the factory to your office on time, and I will not ......delay your order scheduling."

Hearing this, his heart tightened with an uneasy premonition, and before he could ask, he listened to her:

"I want to ...... We'd better see each other less after that, and it's better not to see each other. ”

……

Seeing Liu Jin standing silent, Lu Canghan couldn't help but be puzzled, turned to him, raised his hand and waved:

"Hey, what about it? Everyone's gone! ”

Liu Jin came to his senses, looked at Lu Canghan, and said:

"Let me ask you, under what circumstances would Feng Xi say that he didn't want to call you like this again?"

Fengxi is Lu Canghan's childhood sweetheart.

Lu Canghan was really stunned for a long time before he replied:

"Probably... Did I say something wrong, or do something to offend her......" At this point, he suddenly realized something: "What? Miss Wanjing said she didn't want to see you again?! ”

Liu Jin ignored him, just muttered: "I did something wrong... Or what is wrong? ”

Then I fell into the memories of that day......

They didn't talk much about each other that day, Lin Wanjing's face was unconcealably tired, and she was a little absent-minded when talking to him, but he just thought she was too tired, so he didn't think much about it.

If you have to talk about something, it was probably during lunch, Lin Wanjing suddenly asked him a question that he was caught off guard, she asked:

"Young marshal, do you have anyone you like?"

She seemed to have thought about this question for a long time, and finally made up her mind to ask it.

"Yes...... bar. ”

He replied, lowering his eyes and pretending to be eating, but he didn't pay attention to her look, but felt that it had been a long time before she asked again:

"Even so, why did you go out of your way to me that night and say those puzzling things?"

She was referring to the fact that he suddenly said that night that he wanted her to marry him.

He was a little dazed for a moment when he asked this question - the truth is especially easy to say under the influence of alcohol, and now that he is sober, he can't say it anyway. So he pretended to be calm and drank a cup of tea, and found a reason that was not far-fetched:

"Nowadays, we have a relationship like this, and it is inevitable that there will be many contacts, and in order to hide people's eyes and strengthen the relationship between us, I think this is the safest thing."

Hearing this, Lin Wanjing was silent for a long time, and after a long time, she smiled and said:

"It's a pity that the young marshal is so strategic, not in business."

At that time, he only took what she said as a joke to compliment him, but now that she thinks about it, her faint smile at that moment was three points of disappointment and seven points of desolation......

"Still want to? I said don't think about it! If you don't chase it out, people will really be gone! ”

Lu Canghan shook Liu Jin vigorously, he came to his senses, walked quickly to the outside of the police station, went out of the hall, heard Lin Wanjing and Aaron's conversation, and told him to go home to recuperate with peace of mind, so he was allowed to leave first.

I don't know if Aaron recognized Liu Jin or his uniform, before leaving, a trace of obvious horror flashed in his eyes, and Lin Wanjing naturally saw this small detail, turned around, and met Liu Jin's complicated eyes.

But she didn't have time to read, she only felt dizzy in front of her, the soles of her feet seemed to be stepping on thick cotton, and as if she was on a steamer tossed in a storm, and it was so dark that she couldn't even reach out to hold the porch pillars, but fortunately, Liu Jin's eyes were quick and he stepped forward to take her into his arms:

"You should be more lenient with yourself......"

Lin Wanjing didn't expect to meet him like this, she was a little cramped in her panic, and she was about to stand up after saying thank you, but she definitely couldn't resist Liu Jin's strength, at this moment, Ah Ling had already brought the driver to pick up the car and come back, seeing this scene, she was not sure for a while whether to open her mouth to destroy the atmosphere with the smell of honey in the air, until Liu Jin opened her mouth and asked her:

"Does your young lady have a habit of going to the hospital?"

"Yes. There is a private hospital run by a British doctor on Quanwan Road, and my young lady is used to going there. ”

"It's okay, I don't have any other arrangements anyway, so I'll just 'escort' your young lady to see a doctor."

"I'm fine, I really don't have to go to the hospital." Lin Wanjing struggled to stand up, and when Lu Canghan saw this, he hurriedly said:

"Miss Wan Jing, you still have to go to the doctor obediently from our young marshal. Do you want the marshal to 'escort' you, or do you want to carry you? ”

Lin Wanjing only felt that her brain was probably burned out, and she couldn't think of anything to refute, so she puffed up and said to Liu Jin:

"Young marshal, you don't care about him......" But her words paused here, because she saw a slight smile on the corners of Liu Jin's pursed mouth, and saw her red cheeks that didn't know whether she was angry or ashamed, the deeper the smile, the more she knew that Lu Canghan's insincerity this time was in line with his intentions, and her plea for help sounded more like coquettishness, so the unspoken words were condensed into a heavy "hum", don't turn your face and stop looking at them.