When Han Yu arrived in Shanghai, he didn't join his relatives or rely on friends, so he only found an intermediary to rent a pavilion on Jisifeier Road to settle down temporarily. Six yuan a month is the price that his savings can barely support.

If the price is cheap, it is natural that you cannot pursue good quality.

On rainy days, the corner of the wall is dripping with water, and the ground is also damp and can't get down.

Fortunately, Han Yu has no long things, and his temperament is also open-minded, and he is happy in hardship, and he is willing to eat. Every night, I will go out at dawn, borrow a newspaper from the old gentleman's house at the entrance of the alley, only carefully look at the recruitment column, and if there is anything related to machinery, write down the address and go to the door to find a job.

Originally, foreign students sent by the government were very popular, and if they chose a foreign firm or a trading company, they should be able to find a decent job with Han Yu's English and French skills. It's just that he is a little stubborn, and he feels that he wants to apply what he has learned and wants to seek a position as a mechanical engineer, which is not so easy in today's Shanghai.

Han Yu ran around for many days and didn't find a suitable job, he was depressed, and one night, he was too bored to stand the moldy and damp room, so he came out to drink stuffy.

This tavern called Changyu is not far from Han Yu's residence, and it is also in a small alley.

However, the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, and there are always many guests, because the pear blossom spring and green plum wine brewed by the boss in his private room are very famous, and they are of good quality and low price, and Han Yu can afford to drink two glasses.

Han Yu only ordered a plate of peanuts and three taels of pear blossoms.

He doesn't drink well, he's just depressed about his future, and he wants to drink some wine and go home for a good night's sleep so that he can go to the interview tomorrow.

Speaking of which, yesterday he went to a yarn factory for an interview, and people thought that he did not have a diploma in foreign countries, but he was quite satisfied with his skills, and tomorrow afternoon their young owner was free, so he was invited to talk again.

But Han Yu felt in his heart that this thing couldn't be done.

During this time, he ran into walls everywhere, often went to the second retest, and people questioned his diploma again, and after poking his pain, they said that it was not suitable and asked him to go home.

Thinking of this, Han Yu was in an even worse mood, and drank several sips of wine in a row.

On a rainy day, it gets dark very early, and the endless light rain envelops the bustling Shanghai.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the dim light also unfolded the loneliness and indifference behind this bustling city.

Han Yu was eating and drinking sullenly, when he suddenly heard a commotion at the door, mixed with the screams of passers-by.

He immediately put down his glass, rushed out in three or two steps, and saw several drunk men holding on to a beautiful young girl, with obscene words.

"Little lady, come in and have a drink with my brother......"

"How bold are you, do you know who I am?" The girl was wearing a red dress, holding an umbrella, her eyes slashed over several people like a knife, and said in a cold voice.

"Who is it? Of course we know, it's a fairy! The man at the head was so drunk that he leaned over with his tongue wide open.

Han Yu grabbed his hand and said angrily, "...... daylight."

Before he finished his words, he was slapped in the face by another person: "What are you, get out of the way." ”

The girl holding the umbrella, her clothes are as warm as fire, her expression is like a burning fire, she is about her early twenties, her eyebrows are thick and long, her eyes are big, and she looks very strong and difficult to mess with.

Originally, she had a cold face, and when she saw the man who rushed over to save the beauty being knocked down with a punch, her face was confused, and she couldn't help but laugh "poof".

Han Yu was originally a little drunk, but he was woken up by this punch, and at the same time he was even more angry.

What age is this, and is there a law? openly molesting women from good families and beating passers-by, it's too hateful!

He got up, rushed to the two girls, protected them, and said, "You guys go quickly, go to the police, I have ...... here."

"It's useless to have you." Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked in the lower abdomen again.

Those drunk people looked like they were not doing their jobs, and they were very easy to fight, and they rushed up, kicking and kicking Han Yu, and although Han Yu was full of justice, he was a scholar who didn't do anything, where did he know their way, and he didn't straighten his waist for a long time holding his stomach in pain.

And the people around didn't dare to come forward to provoke this group of drunks, and no one called the police station, so everyone didn't seem to be causing trouble.

"Little lady, come with us for a drink." They continued to pester the girl.

"Okay, but if you want to invite me to drink, this place can't work." The girl in the red dress spoke, looking at the tavern with disdain.

"Where do you go, you're in for a treat!" The drunk people at the head were overjoyed, and said in a daze.

"At least Paramount too, right?" The girl in the red dress snorted disdainfully from her nostrils.

If Han Yu could observe a little closely, he would find that this girl had no scared expression from the beginning to the present, but unfortunately he couldn't straighten his waist in pain, and the corners of his mouth were also hot, so he barely stopped the girl: "You can't go with them." ”

But the crowd easily kicked him aside.

Han Yu's head hit the door frame, and he didn't get up for a long time, muttering in his heart if this girl was stupid, this group of people looked like ruffians and hooligans, and if they followed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The girl glanced at him, and when she saw that he was so embarrassed, she wanted to protect herself, and she wanted to laugh and felt that he was not self-sufficient.

"Let's go." A group of drunk men hugged her and walked towards the door of the alleyway

Han Yu stumbled over, trying to stop him.

But watching the girl in the red dress walk with the wind, it is not so much that she is being held hostage by hooligans, but more like a hooligan leader, hugging her back and forth.

Han Yu staggered to the entrance of the alley, grabbed the sleeve of a drunk man walking at the back, and said with a bruised face: "What kind of hero is bullying a girl's family......

"Then let me, a hero, bully you, a man." The drunken man impatiently shook off his hand and rolled up his sleeves, "If I don't teach you a lesson, you won't have a long memory." ”

Just when the two were hugging each other, a gunshot suddenly rang out, and everyone was suddenly silent.

Han Yu looked up and saw a car parked at the entrance of the alley, and a man in military uniform walked down, holding a gun in his hand, and fired a shot into the sky.

The girl in the red dress took the umbrella, sat on the co-pilot, and said with a sneer: "Now, do you know who I am?" ”

Someone recognized the car, trembled his lips and whispered in the ear of the man in charge: "...... of the Ministry of Industry"

Before Han Yu could react, the group of ruffians nodded their heads one after another, and they disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving him lying on the ground covered in mud in the rain.

The girl in the red dress is the daughter of Hua Dong of the Ministry of Industry, Gu Xueli.

Anyone who has a little power in Shanghai knows how powerful the people from the Ministry of Industry are, let alone Hua Dong's daughter.

Squinting at Han Yu, who wanted to be a hero to save the beauty but failed, Gu Xueli raised her eyebrows, wanting to say something, but held back.

Although this kind of person is enthusiastic, she doesn't measure herself, and she doesn't want to "repay" him for his injustice.

So, she slammed the car door shut and walked away.

The splash of water brought by the wheels splashed Han Yu's head and face, and he sat on the ground for a long time before he slowly stood up against the wall on one side, feeling that today was really a terrible day.

I also fully experienced the coldness of this world.

Han Yu rarely had such a fragile and helpless moment, and he was sad in his heart, when suddenly a car drove over, and the headlights in front of the car pierced his eyes straight and almost hit him.

The car was only a few feet away from him, and Han Yu was about to ask the driver how he drove, only to see the back door of the car open, an umbrella stretched out from inside, and a long leg wearing a well-tailored suit pants stretched out.

The leather shoes were shiny without a trace of dirt and dust, and the wrists showed a two-centimeter white shirt, the cuffs of which glistened in the light.

Han Yu's originally depressed mood suddenly became happy, even if he hadn't seen the face under the black umbrella, he knew who was coming.

"Brother Zhou!"

Under the umbrella, Zhou Erya showed half of her handsome face and nodded to him: "You don't look very good." ”

"Brother Zhou, why are you here!" Han Yu rushed over excitedly, happier than seeing his sweetheart, and wanted to shake his hand.

Zhou Erya retracted her hand, still not liking physical contact with people, and only said lightly: "Get in the car." ”

After arriving in Shanghai, the two did not see each other again after disembarking and parting.

The two of them crossed the same boat, like-minded, and experienced a strange murder case together, and have long become friends.

Before parting, Zhou Erya left Han Yu an address and phone number, and told him that if he didn't find a job well, he could go to Zhou's mansion to find him.

Han Yu was embarrassed to come to the door to fight the autumn breeze, but he didn't expect to be in such an embarrassing situation today, he was not only happy, but also a little embarrassed - he hadn't found a job yet, he was floating like a wanderer, and he was looking very bad now.

"I ......"

Han Yu hesitated for a moment, looked at his clothes that were stained by the mud, and then at the clean and tidy back row, and at the man next to him who was not like smoke.

However, thinking of the friendship between them, Han Yu felt that there was no need to be hypocritical.

And now he really needs a little warm affection.

"I didn't expect to have the blessing of riding a car today, why are you here?" After getting into the car, Han Yu asked.

"There is a rose-stuffed begonia cake on Xiafei Road that is exquisitely made, and I can't help but eat a few more pieces, so that the driver can take a ride in this piece to eat. Ayu, how did you become like this? Zhou Erya took out a white towel from the car and handed it to Han Yu, and asked lightly.

He didn't come out to eat, but he did buy begonia cake on the way.

Han Yu wiped his wet hair and face a little roughly, and didn't want to hide anything, so he said self-deprecatingly: "The road was uneven, and I was beaten as a result." ”

"Presumably you don't have any medicine at your residence, so go to me to treat your wounds first." Zhou Erya didn't continue to ask, and said to Adjutant Cai, "Let the private doctor go to the Zhou Mansion and wait." ”

Han Yu knew that he couldn't hide anything from his eyes, and he didn't refuse, he didn't want to be desolate and alone curled up in a damp and moldy licking wound tonight.

It's just that I didn't expect Zhou Erya to live so ...... Spacious and warm.

The personal doctor simply treated his skin injuries and took his leave, Han Yu not only ate up the begonia cake along the way, but also reported to Zhou Erya that he came to Shanghai to find a job.

Including going to Qinglong Yarn Factory for another interview tomorrow.

"I don't know the wound on this face...... Will it affect tomorrow's job search? Han Yu covered the bruises at the corners of his mouth and said worriedly.

"Ah Yu really wants to be an engineer?" Zhou Erya was a little abnormal tonight, and looked at him without saying anything.

"Of course, I want industry to save the country." Han Yu replied without thinking.

Zhou Erya was silent for a few seconds and nodded: "Then rest early today, and early tomorrow morning, Adjutant Cai and I will send you to Yangpu Qinglong Yarn Factory." ”

Although Han Yu was very happy to meet Zhou Erya, he was too embarrassed to disturb him too much, so he hurriedly excused himself, "Then how can you be embarrassed?" ”

"It doesn't matter. I also know Mr. Gu, the owner of the yarn factory, and I heard that he has not been in good health recently, so I stopped by to visit. ”

Zhou Erya's tone was light, but it could not be refuted.

The doctor gave him medicine, and the injury on his face should be much better tomorrow, plus he sent Han Yu over, and he would definitely be politely hired over there.

It's just that......

Zhou Erya returned to her room, looked at the "Wild Poppy" hanging on the bedside, and fell into deep thought.

"Young Master, you went to him today, why didn't you tell me your plans?" Adjutant Cai brought in a glass of milk and couldn't help but ask.

The night was very late, but Zhou Erya's face was not sleepy at all.

"He is still thinking about saving the country through industry, and it is not a good time to say my plan." Zhou Erya waited for Han Yu to change his mind when he was covered with injuries and disappointed in his dream.

"Then tomorrow's interview ......"

"It's going to be as usual." Zhou Erya took a sip of milk with a lot of sugar and said.

***

Qinglong Yarn Factory has been established for more than 20 years, Boss Gu is a veteran wealthy businessman in Shanghai, and now the factory has updated its machinery and used the new spinning machine of the German Schlafhorst company, so he is anxious to find an engineer who is proficient in German machinery.

Han Yu is also proficient in textile machinery, and he has done his homework before, and on the way to Zhou Erya, he casually asked him a few questions, and he answered them fluently.

"With your skills, it is more than enough to go to Qinglong Yarn Factory to work, but unfortunately it is a little overkill." Zhou Erya saw that the dark blue on the corner of his mouth was much lighter, because his clothes were all wet last night, and he was torn in a few places, and he was wearing his shirt today, although the two of them were about the same size, although they were a little loose, but they were much more energetic than his old clothes.

"Let's settle down first." Han Yu smiled bitterly, although he had the heart to save the country, he knew in his heart that in troubled times, it would be good to be able to find a suitable job to support himself.

The car drove to the door of Qinglong Yarn Factory in a short time.

As Zhou Erya said, as soon as he arrived at the yarn factory, he went around to the mansion in the back to visit Mr. Gu, and only put Han Yu in the gatehouse.

The one who received Han Yu was Gu Mangzhong, the second young master of the yarn factory.

Gu Ershao is twenty-eight years old this year, he is quite handsome, he is not married, he is quite stereotyped, and he has a reputation for being stingy among the rich and noble sons in Shanghai.

He hadn't taken Han Yu in his eyes before, but when he heard the porter say that he was sent by Zhou Erya personally, he couldn't help but be moved, and he was a lot more polite to him.

Even the injury on Han Yu's face, the second young master didn't dare to ask more, only asked a few mechanical layman questions in a fake way, and then knocked on the side to find out the relationship between Han Yu and Zhou Erya.

Although Han Yu has a straightforward personality, he is not a stupid person who knows nothing about human affairs.

He knew that because Zhou Erya sent him over, people were so polite for the sake of Zhou Gongzi's face.

Han Yu hated such a hot and cold world very much in his heart, but he had no choice but to admit with a wry smile that he and Zhou Erya only met on the ship returning home, and they had no special friendship and relationship.

Of course Gu Mangchong didn't believe it, Zhou Erya's quirks were known to all the sons in Shanghai, he wouldn't let people get into the car casually, and Young Master Gu also saw that he was wearing Zhou Erya's shirt and suit vest.

The clothes on Zhou Erya's body are all hand-made, and the cufflinks on them are very unique, and he will not admit mistakes.

So they are by no means an ordinary relationship.

He thought that since Han Yu had a relationship with the Zhou family, this position would be handed over to Han Yu anyway, so he rang the bell and called Zhang Yucheng, a technician in the factory.

Zhang Yucheng is not very old, with thick curly hair, loyal and kind appearance. Probably just came back from debugging the machine, he was wearing khaki overalls, the front hem was stained with oil, and his forehead was sweaty.

He kept saying: "Mr. Han has the opportunity to study abroad, and his knowledge must be good." The second young master was able to invite him to work in the factory, and he was really a hero with a discerning eye. ”

This technician looks honest, but he didn't expect it to be a good person, and he praised the two of them in one sentence, although Gu Mangzhong looked rigid and serious, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a dry smile.

"Xiao Zhang, you take Mr. Han to see the batch of machines that are given to Blessing, I remember that they have been put into trial operation in the past two days, if there is any problem, you can ask him."

Zhang Yucheng was slightly stunned: "Go now?" There is no downtime ahead......"

Gu Mangchong frowned, feeling that although this technician from the countryside had studied with the master for two years, he still had no eyes.

"Do you want Mr. Han to wait? Just let Mr. Han see if the spinning machine in our factory is used correctly, how can you let go of this great opportunity? ”

Originally, the yarn factory was quite taboo for outsiders to move around at will, so it was completely possible to wait for the shutdown at night without overtime, and then let the mechanic go in to check. If Han Yu didn't have any background, he would probably be arranged by Gu Mangchong to wait for a day.

But now Gu Mangzhong is quite polite to the person brought over by the Wednesday son, and he can offend anyone in Shanghai, and he must not offend the Zhou family who is holding the gun.

Otherwise, Zhou Overseer will make a mistake, it will be a six-parent denial, and the means are tough and domineering, several wealthy businessmen have offended him before, and the foundation is not guaranteed, and he can hide in the lease to save his life, and he is lucky - so for the people recommended by the Zhou family, how dare Gu Mangzhong slack off?

He even complained a little secretly, and said in his heart that you Han Yu had already said that there was such a relationship, and he dared to ignore it, but he was afraid that the old man, who had been unwell recently, would also come out to greet him with illness.

Zhang Yucheng hesitated slightly, and saw that the second young master was so polite to him, so he nodded: "Then Mr. Han come with me, the new machine is in the back workshop, and the air in the yarn factory workshop is not good, Mr. Han must not be surprised." ”

He opened the door at the back of the office, and a choking breath came, Gu Mangzhong coughed violently, and sneezed several times, seeing that they both had entered, and then closed the door with an ugly face.

Han Yu had already prepared and covered his ears and nose with his sleeves, so he was spared.

He squinted his eyes and looked around, Qinglong Yarn Factory has a scale of more than 30,000 spindles, and the old workshop is not small.

This covered his mouth and nose with one hand, which made Zhang Yucheng impressed, this is not a nerd who reads dead books, he must have experience in entering the factory.

He led Han Yu around this batch of old-fashioned spinning machines, through a narrow passage, and through a small door, and then arrived at the door of the new workshop.

"In Shanghai, the machines we bought from Qinglong Yarn Factory are also the latest and most advanced. Even if Boss Gu is sick, he intends to show his strength, wanting Qinglong to become a real big yarn factory. Mr. Han, please take a look. ”

Zhang Yucheng forcefully opened the iron door of the workshop.

Somehow, Han Yu always felt that what he said was insincere, not only did he not have the pride he deserved, but he was a little sarcastic, and he felt a little weird.

And this weirdness is exactly the same as the strange situation in the workshop.

The smell in the yarn mill is generally a pungent slurry smell, coupled with flying yarn wool and dull noise, forming a tiresome atmosphere.

But at this time, the smell in the workshop is sharp and chilling.

As soon as he pushed open the door, Han Yu smelled a strong smell of blood, and then saw a nightmarish scene.

There were no lights on in the workshop, the machines were humming, and a faint light was slanting in through the windows, shining on the cold corpse of a young woman.

The woman was dressed in torn white overalls, but without a hair cover, and her waist-length hair was scattered and rolled into the spinning machine, and the great force tore at her scalp, and the dark red blood trickled down her cheeks in several ways, like a blood-colored crown of pearls.

She leaned against the spinning machine facing the door, bound and wrapped in a chaotic stream of yarns, the spindles spinning slowly but surely, as if the blood had been drained from her body and spun into red threads, as if to form a huge blood cocoon that would envelop her completely.

Her hands stretched out in front of her, leaving only her bare palms, and all ten of her fingers had been severed and placed in front of her like scattered petals.

The most terrifying thing is that the pale and bloodless face actually has a euphoric smile, and the eyes are not blind, and the gray-black eyes seem to be coldly mocking this absurd world.

"Die!"

Zhang Yucheng exclaimed after a moment of shock, and then shouted frantically: "Power outage!" Stop the machine! ”

Anyone who sees this weird and bloody scene will go crazy.

Han Yu grabbed Zhang Yucheng, who wanted to pounce: "She's dead!" Let's see what's going on first! ”

If the spinning machine is not operated properly, it is easy to have a work accident, but the female worker died so tragically, no matter how you look at it, it does not look like an accident.

The terrible alarm sounded in the workshop, and the factory in front of it also temporarily stopped working, and the tired female workers did not go to the back to see the excitement, but seized the rare leisure and rested on the ground.

The second young master Gu Mangzhong, who was sitting in the office, was also alarmed, and hurried over, seeing this scene, he vomited at the door on the spot.

The spinning machine had stopped, but the chaotic yarn could not be cleaned up for a moment, and the woman's body was still hanging from the machine, the yarn had broken through the fragile skin of the dead man, and the dark blood was oozing, heavy and stagnant, and I didn't know how long she had been dead.

"Who is she? Why is it here? ”

Taking advantage of the chaos, Han Yu asked the stunned Zhang Yucheng.

She ...... She is a female worker here, called Tang Die, and she was originally on duty for the test of this batch of machines, but this ...... How could this be? ”

Zhang Yucheng pulled his hair like crazy, trembling all over, sweating like rain.

At the foot of the corpse, a bruise had accumulated, and an insect wriggled in the middle, but could not break free from the sticky blood.

Han Yu squatted down and reached out to pinch the insect's wings.

"Weaver Girl." A low, mellow, always calm to indifferent voice came.