No, he can't let her disappear again, whether she is Ruoli or not, at least, he also has to figure out the origin of her name, he chased after her, looking at her figure from behind, her gait is indeed the same as Ruoli, the "red cheongsam" is full of sophisticated dust, but she obviously has the same appearance as Ruoli, especially the look between her eyebrows and eyes, which is seven or eight points similar to Ruojun, which is also the reason why Ruikang can recognize her at a glance.

"Miss, miss." Ruikang chased after her, grabbed her, regardless of the impatient look on her face, and asked, "Can I ask about your name?" ”

"Sir, we don't know each other, and it's too abrupt for you to be so direct."

"No, it's not abrupt at all, you look too much like a girl I know, she's been missing for more than half a year, I have to find her, if you're not her, it's only a miracle of the Creator. So, if you really are Mei Ruoli, Ruoli, please, you must recognize me. If you are not, then please also tell me your name, Miss. Ruikang said sincerely.

The "red cheongsam" put the cigarette in his mouth elegantly with his fingers, squinted his eyes and looked him up and down, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said, "She is your lover?" Do you like her? ”

Ruikang looked at her stunned, didn't know how to answer, shook his head, licked his lips and said, "No." ”

"Then what does it matter to you whether she lives or dies? There are many people in the world who look alike, sir, you really recognize the wrong person. After flicking the cigarette ash, she smiled slightly: "My name is Tang Xiaoyun, from Shanghai Lido Song and Dance Hall, this time Mr. Xu specially invited me to come to Peking to sing, if you don't believe it, you will know when the dance begins." ”

Her demeanor is so natural, so calm, without the slightest disguise and emotional fluctuations, which makes Zhou Ruikang even more doubtful of his own judgment, is it really that he recognized the wrong person? Could it be that such similar people really exist in the world? Shanghai? She's from Shanghai? How can it be? Could it be that Ruoli went to Shanghai? His mind was full of questions.

Tang Xiaoyun chuckled and said, "The dance is about to start." I'm going to prepare. See you later. As he spoke, he twisted his waist, stepped on high heels, and slowly walked into the venue.

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Tang Xiaoyun's words were quickly confirmed, the dance began, the lights on the dance floor dimmed, but the lights on the stage turned on, the magnificent band, musicians in dresses, polished instruments, and a handsome host came to the stage and introduced with a smile: "Tonight, at the invitation of Mr. Xu Enhai, Miss Tang Xiaoyun, who has the nickname of 'Shencheng Lark', came to Beiping from Shanghai to sing for tonight's banquet!" We would like to invite Ms. Tang Xiaoyun with warm applause, and thank Mr. Xu Enhai for his efforts for tonight's banquet. Thanks a lot! "Now I invite Miss Tang Xiaoyun to come to the stage and bring us the first song 'Good Full Moon Flowers', welcome!"

A drum beat remembered, the lights on the stage followed Tang Xiaoyun's footsteps, and greeted her to the center of the stage, she was simply star-studded, radiant, with shiny beaded flowers on her head, dark red cheongsam on her body, with a black shawl full of sequins, a pair of black gloves, fiery red lips, thick long eyelashes, and shining ruby and diamond earrings, she easily attracted the attention of the audience. smiled and said softly to the audience: "Thank you!" ”

Zhou Ruikang was stunned, maybe her fat powder was too thick, maybe her clothes were too charming, in short, suddenly he did feel that he was very likely to recognize the wrong person, but her smile, between her eyebrows and eyes was still very similar to Ruojun, he stood on the dance floor and looked at her blankly, until his arm was pulled heavily, he came back to his senses, and saw that Xu Manlin was looking at him with a jealous face.

Tang Xiaoyun on the stage smiled and winked at him, no longer looked at him, lightly opened his lips, and sang: "The clouds are scattered and the moon shines on people, and the reunion is the most happy today." The mandarin ducks in the shallow pond play in the water, the red clothes are covered and the lotus is opened, both pairs of love and affection, the garden wind blows towards the good flowers, and the tenderness and honey are full of ......"

Xu Manlin hurriedly pulled Ruikang to the corner and said a little angrily: "You want to die, my uncle's woman, you dare to stare at it like this, don't die?" ”

"What? She's your uncle's woman? ”

"yes." Xu Manlin looked at both sides, although there was no one, but out of caution, she still pulled Ruikang, asked him to bend down, and said in her ear: "Two months ago, my uncle solved two rivals in Shanghai, do you want to be the third?" I really don't know whether to live or die. This time I brought her to Peking to avoid the limelight. ”

Zhou Ruikang frowned and shook his head, and sighed, if this Tang Xiaoyun is Mei Ruoli, it is really too dangerous, Xu Enhai is notoriously lustful, and he is a spy leader, holding the power of life and death.

Xu Manlin saw the worried look on her face, and became a little more angry, and pushed him and said, "Hey, you won't really take a fancy to her, will you?" ”

"Nope. She looked like a little sister of a relative of mine, and I was a little surprised. ”

"I see." Xu Manlin put her mind at ease, took his hand and smiled: "Let's go, let's dance." ”

Ruikang shook his head and said, "No, I don't want to jump, I think you should find Song Yuanyang to jump, you see him staring at me for a long time." As he spoke, he looked up at the bar to the side.

"Poof-" Xu Manlin laughed out loud and said, "He's jealous, let him stare at him, I don't like him." ”

"Why? I think you two are a good fit, and he likes you very much. ”

"Hey, do you want to be a matchmaker? If he likes me, do I have to like him? Then I like you, why don't you like me? Xu Manlin glanced at him, and said angrily, Ruikang was speechless, looking at her smooth and beautiful face, thinking of her efforts to save herself and others from prison, his heart was moved.

"Manlin......" he called out to her with some guilt.

"Since you don't want to dance, let's go out for a walk in the garden." Xu Manlin proposed.

Zhou Ruikang nodded, he needed to make his position clear with her, he didn't want to be manipulated by the Xu family anymore, and he didn't want to have anything to do with the Xu family.

The night is not necessarily quiet, just like the night of the Six Nations Hotel, it is so noisy and jubilant, the street lights in the garden are dim, the shadows of the trees are waving, the flowers and plants are fragrant, the autumn insects are singing, and the air outside is really much better than on the dance floor.

The two walked slowly to a small fountain, and the sound of the water tinkling and splashing in all directions was refreshing.

This is the first time for the two of them to stand together so calmly, Xu Manlin feels that the feeling at this time is both calm and romantic, he stands beside him, like a towering tree, and involuntarily leans on his shoulder.

Ruikang looked at the turbulent water streaks in the pool, shook his head slightly, and searched his stomach for suitable words.

Instead, Xu Manlin looked at the splashing water droplets, and said quietly: "I know what you want to say, I'm not a fool, I haven't pestered you for a long time, haven't I?" ”

As soon as she said this, he was running out of words, indeed, she has changed a lot recently, even in the literary club, she is the same as everyone else, writing, discussing, reviewing, and not particularly close to herself and pestering herself.

"I just want to lean on, just a moment, just a moment...... Please don't refuse such a small request from me......" She whispered, closed her eyes, her arms tightly wrapped around his, her appearance was extremely weak, very fragile, there was no trace of the pride, domineering, cold arrogance, at this time she was even very pitiful, indeed, why didn't she love very bitterly? A love that doesn't get a response, a love that is resisted by the other person, a love that is hopeless.

He was shocked by her faint and soft voice, Xu Manlin, how could it be like this? He had never seen such a weak Xu Manlin, her two rows of small brush-like eyelashes kept trembling, and after a while, she unconsciously sniffed lightly, and he found that her eyelashes were already wet with tears.

I don't know if it's the fault of the moonlight, the fault of the night, the fault of the autumn wind, or the fault of the pool, he has the feeling of pity, weakness, gentleness, gentleness, in short, "softness" is a woman's magic weapon, and it is a woman's wisdom to overcome rigidity with softness. Zhou Ruikang was a little hypnotized, and naturally pulled her into his arms, she wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest.

He looked up at the half moon in the sky, half light and half dark, just like his mind at this time, as time went by, he became more and more aware that the love between him and Mei Ruojun was hopeless, maybe that time in the wilderness, when Ruojun proposed to go away and fly high, he should have left all his worries and taken her away, but the opportunity was fleeting, too many worries, too many scruples, so that all the stories changed the original path, in the broken temple, she chose to return to the Zhou family, accept the bondage, give up love, he knew that she would not change again, He loved her and knew her, and the passion in her heart had been extinguished in the cold water at the moment when she jumped like a lotus pond, and she had accepted the arrangement of fate, and at the same time tried her best to protect his reputation. They're over, they're over, but the days go on, life goes on, and he has to find a companion, doesn't he? Even if it's not for love, just for companionship......

"Manlin, there are some things you need to understand." He let go of her, frowned, and said, "I don't want to join your father's and uncle's circle of power, and I don't want them to interfere in my life. ”

"Okay, well, listen to you. Don't worry, I'll quit the investigation and just be an ordinary woman in the future, okay? She smiled, her face beaming with happiness. Her efforts finally got a response from him, and her eyes flickered like clear water in a pool, "Ruikang, I just want to be with you, and I will change what you don't like." Believe me. ”

"You must know that I have been freed from my family's financial support, and I don't have much money, and you will not have such a life of fine clothes and food with me, and our lives may be very poor."

As if she had heard God's praise, she threw herself into his arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him on the lips.

"Ruikang, I can live a hard life, I can do translation, and the income will not be very bad, or, we can borrow some money from my father first, open our own publishing house, and then pay him back slowly, okay?"

He sighed softly, looking at her tears of happiness, he was both sad and moved, and a helpless smile rose on the corner of his mouth, he didn't know what else to say. She snuggled into his arms, imagining a bright future, and he gently took her shoulder.

"What a romantic and moving scene! Hehe! "A somewhat exaggerated, high-pitched female voice.

The two turned around and looked, it turned out to be Tang Xiaoyun stepping on high heels and walking by with a smile.

"Miss Tang." Xu Manlin smiled and thought that she nodded, and Tang Xiaoyun also nodded slightly and said with a smile: "I'll come out to breathe and take a rest." I don't want to see such a picture of a concubine, it's really beautiful and enviable. ”

Xu Manlin looked at Ruikang and lowered her head slightly shyly.

"Mr. Zhou is really a blessing, and it is not easy to chase the pearl of the Xu family." Tang Xiaoyun squinted and smiled, twisted her waist and walked forward slowly, and said, "I won't disturb the two of you." See you later. ”

Looking at her distant back, Ruikang even denied the guess that she was Ruoli, no matter how smart Ruoli is, but after all, she is young and has a straightforward personality, so it is impossible to have such a strong sense of wind and dust and sophisticated dialogue skills. Wakari, where the hell are you? Ruikang sighed in his heart.