Recently, the Yangtze River patrol made Zhang Xun telegraphed to support Yuan Shikai as emperor, in Beijing, Liu Zhen was particularly active, three days ago, he alluded to Zhuang Yuncheng trying to kill a rather prestigious opponent, Zhuang Yuncheng agreed on the surface, knowing that this person is a political dignitary, not only can not move, but also dare not move, but kindly reminded, so that he escaped.

Liu Zhen became more and more aware that Zhuang Yuncheng was like a full-fledged bird, about to get out of his control, and he was trying to put an invisible rope on this bird.

As Liu Zhen expected, Zhuang Yuncheng seemed to have seen a wider world from the time he came into contact with Yin Hong, Zhang Yanxi, and Qu Yingjiao, and the long braid on Liu Zhen's head looked more and more like a tumor that had not been completely cut off after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. Every time Zhuang Yuncheng thought of that braid, his heart was filled with a wave of remorse and disgust for the past years, in order to get rid of Liu Zhen's control in all aspects, especially the economic control, he began to run everything himself, which started with an independent match factory that opened a month ago.

Under Xiao Jinyu's Sasuke, Zhuang Yuncheng took over an abandoned flour mill in the south of the city a month ago, preparing to open a match factory, ten days ago, the factory renovation was completed, only some chores remained, the most important thing at present is to purchase equipment, Zhuang Yuncheng felt a little tight on hand, he went to Zhong Yuqian.

After a long time, when he came out of Zhong Yuqian's house, Liu Zhen walked in again and asked, "What is Zhuang Yuncheng doing here?" ”

"He is short of money and wants to withdraw his shares and get some cash."

Liu Zhen thought about it carefully, frowned and said, "He is taking this opportunity to draw a line with you and me." ”

Zhong Yuqian doesn't mind, as his name suggests, he only cares about money, Zhuang Yuncheng's exit has no impact on him, if you think about the benefits, it is also beneficial to yourself, in the past half a year when he has been a shareholder, the scale of many shops has been expanded, and profits have risen steadily, and now he has withdrawn, but left these invisible properties. But Liu Zhen didn't care about the money, he just wanted to tie Zhuang Yuncheng firmly, because he watched this cowardly and weak chick slowly grow its wings, on the one hand, he didn't want to let this bird fly away like this; On the other hand, he also wants to use the bird's minions to fulfill his ideals.

"What do you say?" Liu Zhen asked.

"Of course I can't be the master, it mainly depends on what you and General An mean." Zhong Yuqian said.

"An Yan is a general, and you are a money worm." Liu Zhen sneered, "He won't care about these things, but you only think about money." ”

"Hehehe......" Zhong Yuqian smiled, "You know me." ”

Liu Zhen looked at the two pieces of horizontal meat bulging on his cheeks, especially disgusted, there was already an endless amount of money, and he was still greedy, if someone could replace him, Liu Zhen would have let this person disappear a long time ago, or for this reason, Zhong Yuqian grasped everything in business very firmly and made himself indispensable, so that he could keep his position.

"This is his freedom, we have no reason to be embarrassed, let's follow him." Liu Zhen said.

Zhong Yuqian echoed.

At Kitaiwa's house, Katoriko and Fujitawara Takeshi had already returned, and Eikurasuke learned that Yonglu would meet with the Japanese minister in a few days, and he guessed that Kitawa had not returned at this point, and it was estimated that it had something to do with it. After dark, Kitam came back with a gloomy face, and Katoriko went over to take his handbag and coat, and asked, "Why is it so late today?" ”

"Yonglu has come to me," Beiyan sat down and said, "His translator is dead, and I am hesitating to ask me to be his translator." ”

Eikurasuke was secretly proud, things went exactly according to his expectations, and it seemed that taking the risk of killing the translator directly contributed to this matter, but this could not tell Kitawa, "Sir, you can't refuse this position, it will be a leap forward." Eikura said first.

"I know, but it's not too fast, after all, I've only been a Japanese teacher for a few months, and there is a saying in China: 'If you want to hurry, you can't reach it', and I'm worried that the distance I crossed this time is too big, and once I stumble, I will fall into the abyss, and it will be difficult to start all over again."

Rong Cangsuke laughed and said, "Don't worry, sir, this is a matter of the future, I will take care of it, you just have to do your own thing; Besides, you have known Yonglu for two months, and he has a good impression of you, in any way, you are better than the dead translator, in fact, he has long wanted to replace him with you, but there is no suitable reason, this moment, sooner or later, I just let it come earlier. ”

"What?" Beiyan asked.

Eikurasuke realized that he had talked a little too much, and smiled, "It's nothing. He knew that Beiyan had not yet reached the point where he could do anything, but he had always done anything to achieve his goals, so he killed Yonglu's translator that day.

"I'll give him an affirmative answer tomorrow," Beiyan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Every step up the stairs means that it is more difficult and more dangerous, and I don't know where I can go." ”

"Sir, this is just the beginning, but don't worry, with your ability, and with us paving the way for you, everything will not be more difficult than you imagined."

Katoriko was also worried, but in this kind of tense and exciting game, she was very satisfied to be able to advance and retreat with her beloved, looking at the tiredness in the corner of Beiyan's eyes, she asked: "One body, living the life of two people, must be very tired." ”

"Sort of." Beiyan smiled, held Katoriko's hand, and comforted, "It's okay." ”

Katoriko smiled as well, and then went to work.

After a while, the meal was ready, and several people ate.

Two months ago

Bai Chenxuan and Li Yuanying's matter made a fuss, Zhuang Yuncheng knew the reason, so he went to make peace, claiming that he was a witness, and asked Yin Hong and Zhang Yanxi to be happy, Li Sheng was stunned, he didn't know that Bai Chenxuan had such an ability, such a background, and happily agreed, Yin Hong and Zhang Yanxi wrote blessings for a couple of newcomers, this was the first public appearance of Zhang Yanxi and Qu Yingjiao's divorce and Yin Hong's appearance, and various newspapers rushed to report, which also made Li Sheng's antique shop business usher in a small **, Li Sheng was very happy.

A few days after the marriage, Bai Chenxuan and Li Yuanying went to Zhuang Yuncheng's house, because of Yuan Shikai's restoration of the imperial system that regressed history, most of the teachers in the school had expressed their opposition, and the students had no intention of going to class, Yun Yun was at home, and the illness made her depressed for a while, and then her cousin got married, Yun Yun saw the boundless happiness on Li Yuanying's face, and she began to feel that getting married and marrying might not be so terrible.

On this day, Zhuang Yuncheng and Fluttershy went to Yin Hong and Zhang Yanxi's apartment to discuss the opening of the match factory, he thought that this pair of talented and beautiful people could write a couplet for the factory or something, and it would also improve the reputation of the new factory, they were both at home, so the four of them got together to play mahjong, and talk while playing.

When Bai Chenxuan and Li Yuanying arrived, Yun Yun and Chen Qi'er were playing with Xiaobao at home, he was more than a year old, his legs and feet were hard and sharp, he could walk around with things, watching him swaying and walking, the weather was also cold, put on a thick cotton coat for him, he was like a bulky goose, Yun Yun was happy to see his cute appearance. At this time, Ju An said back and forth that they were coming, Yun Yun went out to pick them up, and Chen Qi'er also went out with Xiaobao in her arms, "Cousin, sister-in-law, you have only been married for a few days, and you are not enjoying yourself at home, what are you doing here?" Yun Yun asked with a smile.

Li Yuanying's face flushed and said, "Yunyun, don't call me that, I'm a few months younger than you, call it by name." ”

"So call you sister-in-law, come in and sit." Yun Yun pulled her over and said, "Looking at your shy appearance, I'm happy in my heart, right, I know that the two of you are very happy." ”

Li Yuanying just lowered her head and smiled.

"He's not good to you, just tell me...... It's cold outside, so let's go sit inside. Yun Yun took the two of them to the room next to the hall and sat down, and Jue An went to inform Lotus again, and Lotus made hot tea.

Li Yuanying held the teacup to warm her hands and said cautiously, "Let's ...... Something is true. ”

She glanced at Bai Chenxuan, Bai Chenxuan took out a box from his arms, Yun Yun knew that this was the wedding gift she gave them - the Pearl of the Night of the Beihai Sea, "What for?" She asked.

"Yun Yun, this is too valuable, it's not for us to accept." Bai Chenxuan stretched out his hand and handed it over, seeing that Yun Yun's face was blank, he didn't answer, he hurriedly said: "It's not that my cousin doesn't appreciate it, it's just that ......"

Yun Yun said affectionately: "This night pearl is the most beautiful and pure thing I have ever seen, I just want to give it to the relatives I care about the most, I have two brothers, and you are married, this is the best blessing I can think of, take it, because I don't know when my other brother is going to get married, when it will be, what will happen to me then, what will happen to everything...... I just want to grasp the present and give the best things to the people closest to me. ”

Bai Chenxuan didn't understand Yun Yun's intentions, he was stunned, Chen Qi'er and Yun Yun had been together for a long time, and she could understand it best, she pushed back Bai Chenxuan's hand and said, "You can take it." ”

Li Yuanying also looked at it inexplicably, but she could feel Yun Yun's worries and expectations, and knew that her heart was as bright and pure as this night pearl, "Yun Yun, we accepted it." She said.

Yun Yun pursed her lips and smiled: "You shouldn't have brought it here, okay, it's okay, it's cold outside, you are not allowed to go back at noon, you must have eaten here." ”

"Okay." Bai Chenxuan said with a slight smile.

Yun Yun asked Lotus to tell Aunt Qin to cook more.

"Yuan Ying, look." Yun Yun pointed at Xiaobao and said, "Chen Qi'er's baby is more than a year old and looks so cute, when will you give birth to one?" ”

Bai Chenxuan got up and said with a smile: "I'm not with you, I'll go out and have a look." ”

Leaving Li Yuanying blushing and smiling, there were only three girls and a little treasure left in this room, and they just talked casually, it was nothing more than a secret matter between some women, Bai Chenxuan only heard them giggle, and he didn't know what he was talking about.

Yin Hong and Zhang Yanxi's house, the four of them are still playing mahjong, Zhuang Yuncheng asked: "You two have stumbled so far, when will you get married?" ”

"We're in no hurry." Yin Hong smiled, "It's not like before now, now I'm down-to-earth, I don't care about getting married sooner or later, depending on what Yanxi means." ”

"In the past two months, it's enough to be busy dealing with the mess left by the two of us in the previous year, and I haven't thought about discussing this matter, since you asked, now that you are free, some friends have also begun to ask, it is better to find someone to set a date, tie the knot, and say goodbye to the past, everything starts from scratch." Zhang Yanxi played a card and asked Yin Hong: "What do you think?" Your family must be urging you to stop it. ”

Yin Hong was unmoved, and only said after a while: "It doesn't matter what they do, we can end it whenever we want." ”

"This temper is coming up again." Fluttershy laughs and says, "I thought you had changed." ”

"It's not going to change." Yin Hong said, suddenly felt that something was wrong, frowned and asked, "You two, are you really brothers and sisters?" ”

"Can this be fake, you can drip blood to recognize your relatives." Zhuang Yuncheng said with a smile.

"It's been a long time, I just don't look like it, Yunyun in your family looks like your sister."

"People are different." Zhuang Yuncheng looked at the sky and said, "After this round, I'm ready to go back." ”

"Not eating here?" Yin Hong asked with a glare.

"No, there are two in the family, it's not good to leave them behind. You have set a date, tell me in advance, and I will prepare the gift. ”

"Definitely." Zhang Yanxi had a smile on his face.