After the hope of "Si Xingpei's wife" was dashed, Gu Qingzhou lost his obsession with the matter of cycling.

She didn't care anymore.

She doesn't need to explain anything to anyone, she is not anyone's wife, and she has no obligation to anyone.

The path she will take in the future is clearer but firmer.

Si Xingpei helped her and dealt with Qin Zhengzheng, but he saved him twice, and it was a life-saving grace, so he should repay him.

Gu Qingzhou didn't owe him anything.

Twice to save his life, no matter how much he did for Gu Qingzhou, he deserved it, and Gu Qingzhou deserved it, she didn't have to worry.

After all this pressure was gone, Gu Qingzhou's mood improved.

"What do you eat at night?" Si Xingpei asked her.

"Shrimp fried basil." Gu Qingzhou said.

She was still in a good mood to think about eating a certain dish, Si Xingpei took a closer look, and saw that she was indeed fine, so she didn't delve into it.

Si Xingpei is very concerned about her, but it's a pity that he has been too busy recently to worry about her. He's planning a big thing, and it's taking up all of his energy.

Gu Qingzhou was really tired, she sat in front of the fireplace, dried her hair, leaned on the sand chair to nap, and almost dropped the cashmere blanket around her into the fireplace.

Her hair was completely dry, and Si Xingpei carried her up to the second floor.

She woke up in the middle, smiled at Si Xingpei, and continued to fall asleep.

She had a relieved smile on her face, and it was sweet.

She also knew how to laugh in her sleep, and when she smiled so sweetly, Si Xingpei made sure that she was okay and put her on the bed.

He still had to meet a very important person in the afternoon, so he went out first and told Sister-in-law Zhu to cook for Gu Qingzhou: "The shrimp should be fresh, Qingzhou's mouth is the most poisonous, and she can eat it even if it is a little worse." ”

"Got it, young marshal, go get busy." Sister-in-law Zhu said with a smile, thinking that the young marshal hurts people, and she is really careful everywhere.

When Gu Qingzhou woke up, it was already dusk, and the street lights in the courtyard were on.

Leaning on the window and looking, the rain has long stopped, the courtyard has been washed clean, and the leaves of the dwarf holly trees are scorching, faintly jadeite.

The rain flower stones of the trail are full of colorful rays.

Gu Qingzhou stood in front of the window, stunned for a moment, as if he had lost his sense of direction.

She had a kind of top-heavy hesitation, and it took a long time for her to slowly come back to her senses.

She changed her clothes and combed her hair, and prepared to go home.

When I went downstairs, Sister-in-law Zhu was busy in the kitchen, with smoke curling and already half a table of hot food.

"Miss Gu, are you awake?" When Sister-in-law Zhu turned around, she saw Gu Qingzhou and greeted her warmly, "Sit down, the meal is about to be ready." ”

Gu Qingzhou sat down at the table, and when she saw the fried basil with fresh shrimp, her appetite came up, and she wanted to go back after eating.

Soon, Sister-in-law Zhu brought the pork rib soup, and the dishes on the table were ready.

Gu Qingzhou invited Sister-in-law Zhu to eat some together, but she couldn't finish it alone.

Sister-in-law Zhu sat down next to Gu Qingzhou's hand, and had dinner while chatting with Gu Qingzhou.

Gu Qingzhou ate very happily.

"Miss Gu is in a good mood today, and her meal is fragrant." Sister-in-law Zhu said.

The problem that had plagued Gu Qingzhou for more than a month was finally put down, and of course she was in a good mood.

"It's shrimp that's delicious." Gu Qingzhou said.

Sister-in-law Zhu said: "The young marshal let me prepare." ”

After Gu Qingzhou went home, Si Xingpei didn't come to her again.

Gu Qingzhou is also busy.

She has her own plans.

"Brother, do you have any old newspapers over there?" Gu Qingzhou asked, "It's best to be an old newspaper with gossip." ”

Gu Shao was slightly surprised.

"A little." Gu Shaodao.

Gu Shao likes to collect books, even old newspapers, when they are in his hands, they must be sorted out and placed in the cabinet of the bookshelf.

He opened the cabinet and found a large pile of old newspapers.

"This is nonsense, specifically talking about the scandals of celebrities and high-ranking officials, and it has no credibility." Gu Shao said, "It's all the year before last, and I didn't subscribe to this newspaper at home last year, and Abba doesn't like it very much." ”

Gu Qingzhou bowed.

She hugged them all.

"Zhouzhou, why do you want to read old newspapers?" Gu Shao was curious.

Gu Qingzhou perfunctory: "I'm looking for something." ”

"Looking for what?" Gu Shao asked, "Do you want me to help you find it?" ”

Gu Qingzhou shook his head: "You don't care about Brother, I'll go back first." ”

She didn't care about eating, and lay on her stomach in the pile of old newspapers from morning to night.

When Gu Shao came in, she saw a notebook in her hand, copying a lot of things piecemeal.

The old newspaper of the whole year before last had been turned over by Gu Qingzhou.

She was rewarded and got a name.

Gu Qingzhou memorized this name, went out to take a rickshaw, and went to a newspaper called "Ukiyo Evening News".

Before coming, Gu Qingzhou deliberately dressed up, she wore a royal blue cheongsam, a mink coat on the outside, and a British-style lady hat, the edge of the hat was very wide, decorated with a black silk net, and the net was inlaid with several broken rubies.

She wore a large red lip, and the ruby light shone against her delicate jaw.

As soon as she entered the newspaper office, a small editor came up and greeted her warmly: "This lady, who are you looking for?" ”

Gu Qingzhou was dressed like this, and he had a net to cover half of his face, and he looked like he was more than ten years old.

She deliberately lowered her voice and asked, "Is Jin Man here?" ”

Jin Man is the chief writer of the "Ukiyo Evening News", and his story supports 80% of the sales of this evening newspaper.

Look at this wife, I'm afraid that she is here to provide gossip and wants to log out.

"Yes." The editor said, and then shouted to the office inside, "Chief, someone is looking for you." ”

Jin Man is a pen name.

It was a man of thirty-seven or eighteen years old, slightly old, with a sloppy beard, wearing a very old gown with half of the sleeves frayed.

His hair was a mess.

Seeing that this very fashionable lady was looking for him, Jin Man rubbed his messy hair and asked, "Madam, do you have something to do with the contemptible person?" ”

"Master Jin, I appreciate your writing, I have a little story, I wonder if it can get into your eyes?" Gu Qingzhou's voice became even deeper, "It's all my family's business." ”

Looking at the appearance of Qingzhou, it should be a new-school nouveau riche.

The new school is a family with so many absurd things that sometimes you can't think of it if you want to break through the sky.

It's a good thing that someone provides material, and the Ukiyo Evening is an entertainment pastime, not a serious newspaper, and the more pompous and novel the story, the more selling it is.

"Of course, this lady please come in." Jin Mandao didn't see how enthusiastic he was.

Gu Qingzhou said, "Find a teahouse and talk slowly, okay?" ”

When they arrived at the private room of the teahouse, Gu Qingzhou found a place by the window, so that her face was backlit, and Jin Man couldn't see her expression clearly.

The young man brought the tea, and Gu Qingzhou began to tell her story.

Her story is absurd, that her stepmother came to live in her house, had a relationship with her husband, and now her husband wants to kick her out and marry her stepmother.

Her stepmother first seduced her husband with her fourteen-year-old stepsister.

"Really?" Jin Man was also dumbfounded, feeling that this story was very exciting.

"Ma'am, can you elaborate on that? This is more well-documented, increases credibility, and may even give you a public opinion. Jin Mandao.

Gu Qingzhou looked very depressed.

She lowered her head silently and turned the tea cup in her hand: "I don't want to fight, women in this world can get mixed even if they are divorced." I want to try my luck in Nanyang, and maybe I can marry a rich indigenous man.

I remember you once wrote a story about a Hong Kong socialite who was sold by her father to a British inspector, and she didn't like the old man, so she fled from Hong Kong to Yuecheng and later to the mainland. ”

Kim Man remembers the story.

He met the woman by chance, and he also gave her a sum of money for the passage at that time.

The story was so good that he wrote it in three installments, and the last issue of the newspaper sold three times as much as the previous one, and the boss was so happy that he gave him half a year's salary as a bonus.

"Is that story true?" Gu Qingzhou raised his eyes and asked.

Her voice was soft, and her exhalation was like an orchid. Behind the black silk net, a pair of eyes are particularly bright, like a leopard lurking in the dark, inexplicably palpitating.

"Of course it's true!" Kim Mando.

"I don't believe it!" Gu Qingzhou said, "Her father is an official in Hong Kong, and his marriage with her family is an alley inspector, so it is impossible not to find her when she leaves the dock." ”

Jin Man's story is seventy percent true.

He hates it when people question him the most.

"Madam, the hole in the dock is too big, and it is too easy for a person to escape from the dock." Kim Mando.

"Just like Yuecheng, it is difficult for the pier to leave alone, isn't Hong Kong as good as Yuecheng?" Gu Qingzhou was curious.

Jin Man knew that this lady was a woman in the house and had no knowledge.

Today, I'm going to give her a little more knowledge.

"Madam, do you know what kind of boat you take, and it's not easy to be checked?" Jin Man lowered his voice.

Gu Qingzhou shook his head.

"Silk." Kim Mando.

Gu Qingzhou deliberately exaggerated and laughed: "Is silk very precious?" Why won't silk be checked? ”

"This is a self-evident rule on the sea route, and the whole ship is usually silk, which means that opium paste is hidden in it. Those who dare to smuggle opium will call and greet them, and the people at the dock will not check carefully. Jin Man's voice lowered.

"You know everything, huh?" The corners of Gu Qingzhou's lips were raised, and he was inexplicably charming.

What she said was the greatest affirmation of a man.

Jin Man was triumphant and said, "Naturally." ”

"Yuecheng takes the waterway, is it the most convenient for the ship Tang family?" Gu Qingzhou asked him.

"No, it's the Chen family." Jin Mandao, "The Chen family has a relationship with the British, and every time they go to India, opium paste, munitions, etc., the military government and the Green Gang dare not interfere with the Chen family's ships." ”

Gu Qingzhou smiled: "I still don't believe it." ”

Jin Manran also realized that he was too pretentious and said something he shouldn't have said, so he hurriedly stopped talking.

As newspaper people, they know a lot of secret information, and these things cannot be said.

But the opposite is a woman, and she is a very beautiful woman, Jin Man also has the inferior nature of a man, and likes to show off herself in front of women.

He said something he shouldn't have said, and said with a smile: "I heard about it too." ”

On the way back, Gu Qingzhou sat in the rickshaw and carefully rubbed the fire-like lipstick on his lips, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his lips.

Ship Chen Family!

Yuecheng is really a place where the dragon is hidden!