Hearing Lu Xiaoman say this, Chen Zikun breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had overreacted a little, if Yao Yilei's fiancé was a personable son, not a filthy and obscene Japanese lap leg, he might not be so intense.

"Hmph, even if I'm married, I'm going to snatch her back." Chen Zikun snorted coldly.

Lu Xiaoman was silent for a few seconds and said, "Mistoutchen, you are not a knight, you are a bandit. ”

"How do you know?" Chen Zikun raised his eyebrows, "I really have been a bandit." ”

"Then you must be the King of the Mountain." Lu Xiaoman covered his mouth and sneered, suddenly turned to Yao Yilei at the other end of the living room, and said with a smile: "Mistoff Chen, I am willing to be your matchmaker, match you and deliver the news." ”

"Then thank you, Xiao Man." Chan said.

"How can I say thank you, I have to bring some dry goods out." Lu Xiaoman smiled triumphantly, like a cat stealing a canary.

"So what do you say?" Chen Zikun spread his hands.

"Dance with me, Tango." Lu Xiaoman stretched out his hand to him.

If the last time on the dance floor of the Beijing Hotel, Chen Zikun's dancing posture was still a little jerky, then today it is already perfect, a tango is performed by him superbly, the movements are chic and free, crisp and neat, especially the fierce and fierce eyes, which expresses the connotation of tango to the fullest.

Yao Yilei silently watched Chen Zikun and Lu Xiaoman dance together, of course she remembered that Chen Zikun's ability to dance was taught by herself, and for a while the past was vivid, she couldn't help the sadness in her chest anymore, and she didn't wait for the dance to end and said that she was uncomfortable and resigned to her master.

Wang Geng and Yao Yilei were not familiar with each other, and Lu Xiaoman was still dancing, so he had to personally send her to the door and asked earnestly: "Miss Yao, does your body matter?" ”

"It's okay, it's an old problem, thank you Mr. Wang." Yao Yilei politely said goodbye, called a foreign car and left first.

At the end of the song, Lu Xiaoman pulled Chen Zikun off the stage, Wang Geng brought them two glasses of champagne with a smile, and said, "Xiaoman, a friend of yours surnamed Yao has a little headache and left first." ”

Lu Xiaoman took the wine glass and drank it all, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and looked at Chen Zikun with silky eyes: "Yao Yilei is gone, I'm afraid it's not a headache, it's a distress." ”

Chen Zikun smiled bitterly and did not speak.

Wang Geng said: "Xiaoman, what you said, why don't I understand, by the way, Mr. Xiyuan didn't leave." ”

Lu Xiaoman said: "It's right if you don't understand, it's right that Xiyuan Sang doesn't leave." ”

Wang Geng said: "I'm getting more and more confused, shouldn't my husband sing and follow my wife?" ”

Lu Xiaoman grinned and said, "You just go in a daze, let's go, Miest Chen, let's go over there to discuss big things." As he spoke, he pulled Chen Zikun and walked away.

Wang Geng shrugged his shoulders and went to greet the guests.

……

Yao Mansion, Yao Qizhen and his family are sitting on the sofa in the living room discussing their daughter's marriage, their son-in-law is called Nishizono Oo, Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty-four years old this year, slightly older, and the image is not very good, but other aspects are still very superior, such as his uncle Nishizon Kamezo holds the economic lifeline of Japan, has a huge family wealth, and has very close contacts with the top level of Japanese politics, and Oo himself is also a graduate of Tokyo Imperial University, knowledgeable, elegant conversation, having such a son-in-law, is not wronged by his own daughter.

In the first battle of Zhiwan, the Anhui system was defeated, Duan Qirui went to the Tianjin concession to be a duke, Xu Shuzheng went into exile, and the rest of the pro-Japanese elements were all unlucky, Yao Qizhen, who was the backbone of the transportation department, was also wanted for a time, if Chen Zikun hadn't let him go, a year or two in prison would have been inevitable.

Now that time has passed, Qingdao has returned to the embrace of the motherland, and the anti-Japanese sentiment among the people is not so intense, President Xu Shichang has stepped down, and President Li Yuanhong has taken office, but the power of Beiyang is in the hands of Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, two martial artists, don't look at their previous anti-Japanese slogans shouted loudly, once they came to power, they still have to maintain friendship with the Japanese, those wanted old politicians have been amnesty, Yao Qizhen, who has lived in Japan for a period of time, can not hold back his loneliness, and returned to Beijing with his family.

The marriage of the daughter and Nishizono Ooo is a typical political marriage, and the Japanese side needs to maintain a certain number of pro-Japanese factions in China's political and economic fields, and the traitorous name of Cao Rulin and others has been confirmed, and the people's anger is too great to come back, and the good thing falls on the head of Yao Qizhen, the former vice minister of the Ministry of Communications, who is not very famous.

In order to make Yao Qichen the vice president of the Bank of Communications, not only did the Xiyuan Consortium propose a generous condition of exempting the Bank of Communications from 20 million yen of loan interest during the reign of the Anhui Dynasty, but the Japanese Legation also exerted pressure on the Beiyang government.

Mr. Yao was smoking a cigarette, Mrs. Yao was knitting a sweater, and the two of them were looking forward to a better life, when they heard a loud bang at the door, and their daughter walked in angrily, Mrs. thought that her daughter and son-in-law were having trouble again, so she hurriedly got up and persuaded: "Lei Lei, why are you angry again?" ”

Yao Yilei threw her small bag on the sofa, crossed her waist and asked, "Let me ask you, what about the letter that Chen Zikun wrote to me!" ”

Mr. Yao embarrassedly snuffed out the paper cigarette and said, "Lei Lei, you listen to Dad's explanation." ”

"I don't listen, I'll just ask, what about Chen Zikun's letter!" Yao Yilei's eyes widened angrily, her cheeks were crimson, and she seemed to be very angry.

"Lei Lei, we are also for your good, those letters, your father has already burned them." Mrs. Yao said softly.

Yao Yilei laughed angrily: "For my good, forcing me to marry a Japanese man who has no feelings, is it for my good." After saying that, he went straight upstairs, and there was a loud bang, the sound of the door closing.

Mr. and Mrs. Yao looked at each other in frustration.

Until the evening, Yao Yilei still didn't go downstairs to eat, but Xiyuan Ooo came, went upstairs to visit his fiancée, naturally ate a big closed-door soup, and finally left stupidly.

Mrs. Yao felt sorry for her daughter and asked the maid to bring the meal, this maid was a wet nurse who had watched Yao Yilei grow up since she was a child, she went upstairs with a tray and knocked on the door: "Miss, it's me." ”

Yao Yilei gave face to the nurse, came over and opened the door, and said expressionlessly: "I said, I don't eat." ”

The nurse turned around and closed the door, put the tray on the table again, and began to take things out of her apron pocket, Yao Yilei glared at her a little dumbfounded: "Nurse, what are you doing?" ”

"All that was burned was the envelope stuffed with newspapers, and these letters, Ah Fu has preserved." The nurse said mysteriously, and handed over a letter.

Yao Yilei hurriedly took it, opened it with trembling hands, glanced at it a few times in a hurry, covered the letter to her chest, and burst into tears.

Suddenly the phone rang, Yao Yilei only cared about crying, where to pay attention to the phone, the nurse went over to answer, and listened to a sentence: "Miss, a lady surnamed Lu is looking for you." ”

Yao Yilei immediately stopped crying and stepped forward to take the microphone: "Hey, is it Xiaoman?" ”

"Hehe, how do I hear someone crying?" Lu Xiaoman's laughter was like a silver bell on the phone.

"No, probably a cat meowed." Yao Yilei wiped the tears on her face, she had already guessed that Lu Xiaoman must have a special purpose when she called at this time.

Sure enough, Lu Xiaoman continued: "There is a small party at home tomorrow, Miss Yao, if you have time, please come here." ”

"Oh," Yao Yilei paused, "What's the fun?" ”

"Trust me, you won't be disappointed." Lu Xiaoman smiled slyly and hung up the phone.

Yao Yilei sat quietly for a while, picked up her chopsticks and began to eat.

……

The next day, Yao Yilei came to Lu Xiaoman's house as promised, today is different from the past, there are not so many cars in the alley, the yard is quiet and peaceful, in the living room full of sunshine, the hostess is playing the piano, and on the single sofa next to it, there is a handsome and upright young officer.

Seeing Yao Yilei enter the door, Lu Xiaoman hurriedly got up to greet him and said, "You have already met yesterday, so you don't need me to introduce you, I'll get whatever you want to drink." ”

"Whatever." Chen Zikun and Yao Yilei said in unison.

Lu Xiaoman grinned: "Okay, I'll just go and bring two cups casually." Saying that, he went upstairs, there were only two people left in the huge living room, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, and after a long time, the two of them spoke at the same time: "You ......"

"Let's talk first." Chan said.

"You'd better speak first." Yao Yilei shook her head.

"Actually, I don't know where to start, let's start with the part where I joined the army...... Chen Zikun told how he started from a gang leader army, how he experienced the Great War of Zhiwan and repeatedly performed miraculous feats, how he entered Beijing to search for war criminals, how he let Yao Qizhen go, and later how he formed friendships with Zhang Xueliang and other celebrities and went abroad to study.

Yao Yilei listened attentively, she never dreamed that Chen Zikun's experience would be so rich and legendary, compared to the days when she studied in Japan, it was much more pale and boring, and full of unpleasantness.

"I'm getting married, you know?" Yao Yilei said faintly.

"Do you love that person?" Chan asked.

"All I know is that this is a political marriage, and there is no affection between me and Nishizonoo, but ...... I had to do this, when I was young, Daddy Mommy broke my heart for me, and now that they are old, it's time for me to sacrifice for them......" Thinking of her father's white hair on her temples and the crow's feet at the corners of her mother's eyes, Yao Yilei's voice trembled a little.

Chen Zikun sneered: "Actually, you are all mistaken, it is not you who paid the sacrifice, but your fiancé, the man named Nishien Oo. ”

"Oh?" Yao Yilei looked at Chen Zikun in a daze, stunned by his words.

"Yes, it's a deal, but it's not you, it's your father, Mr. Yao Qizhen." Chen Zikun was pacing with his hands behind his back in the living room, talking eloquently, "Do you think the Japanese authorities care about a pro-Japanese vice president of the Bank of Communications, or an ordinary girl?" ”

Yao Yilei was thoughtful.

Chen Zikun continued: "With the IQ of a normal person, it can be seen that the Japanese side is focusing on Yao Qizhen as the vice president of the Bank of Communications, for which they are even willing to pay a huge price, and the marriage between you and Nishizonoo is also an important step in their plan, in other words, the marriage is not to find a beautiful Chinese wife for Nishinoo, but to brand your father with a deeper Japanese brand, do you understand what I say?" ”

Yao Yilei stood up suddenly: "I understand!" Regardless of whether I marry West Park or not, they will push my father to the vice president position. ”

Chen Zikun smiled and nodded.

Suddenly, there was applause upstairs, Wang Geng held a pipe in his mouth, walked down the stairs accompanied by Lu Xiaoman, and said as he walked, "Brother Kunwu is high, it can be described as hitting the nail on the head." ”

Chen Zikun said with a smile: "When my brother was studying at West Point, he mainly focused on Sino-Japanese relations. ”