Mrs. Ann took a step back from the mirror and let out a long breath.

"Well, that's all there is to it. She whispered, "Shuqing, what do you think?"

Shuqing looked approvingly at the evening dress designed by Christian Dior.

"Very beautiful. Shuqing replied immediately.

"It's okay. Mrs. Ann sighed again.

"Mama Xu help me take it off. She said.

An old maid with gray hair and a mouth in a line stretched out her arms along Madame Ann and carefully removed her gown from her.

Mrs. Ann stood in front of the mirror in a pink satin petticoat with a corset underneath the petticoat and stockings over her still shapely legs. She wore makeup and regular massages to make her face look almost as smooth as a young girl's. Her hair is jet-black and beautifully styled. It's hard to imagine what Mrs. Ann looked like at this time. Her whole body was built up with money - supplemented by dieting, massage, and long-term exercise.

Mrs. Ann looked at her good friend curiously.

"Shuqing, will others think I'm the same age as you?"

Shuqing replied very honestly.

"They can't guess. "Honestly, I'm not much different in age and looks." ”

Shuqing's hair was already white, and her face was white and red, with a little wrinkles. Her eyes were black, her eyes were clear and innocent, like a lovely old woman, but no one would call Mrs. Ann an old woman.

Mrs. An said, "Shuqing, you are indeed old. She smiled wryly and added, "Actually, I'm the same." It's just not the same way you used to. "'How does that old guy stay in shape!' and everybody else says that about me, but they all know I'm old, oh my God, how do I feel that way!"

She sat heavily on the satin chair.

"Mother Xu, there's nothing wrong. She said, "Go out." ”

The maid packed up her clothes and went out.

"Dutiful Mama Xu. Mrs. Ann said, "She has been with me for 30 years, and she is the only person who really knows me." Shuqing, I'd like to talk to you. ”

Shuqing leaned forward slightly, showing that she was willing to listen. She was a little out of place with the richly decorated suite. She was wearing a shabby black blouse and a shopping bag in her hand, and she was like an old woman.

"Shuqing, I received a call from Zhou Zhiwen today. ”

"Zhou Zhiwen?" Shuqing repeated the name thoughtfully, the name reminded her of something that had happened a long time ago.

At that time, she had not yet come to the main city of Chongqing, and still lived in the distant town of Longmen Town, Zhou Zhiwen and her were from the same village, and they were still classmates in school, but they didn't go to school much at that time, and they all became Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. Later, they met An Xiaowen, who went to Longmen Town from the city to the countryside, and is now Mrs. An. Zhou Zhiwen is a ruffian, he fell in love with An Xiaowen at first sight, and later thought of a lot of tricks to pursue An Xiaowen, but An Xiaowen only had Li Yiwen who came with her in his eyes......

"Shuqing, when was the last time you saw him?"

"It's not a long time, it's been more than 20 years. I haven't seen him since. ”

Friendship is very mysterious, love and hate are also very mysterious, Shuqing and Zhou Zhiwen were not the same kind of people, but they became friends because of An Xiaowen, and finally became passers-by because of An Xiaowen. Although many years have passed, Shuqing still remembers that rainy night, Zhou Zhiwen knocked on her door and asked her to take An Xiaowen in, at that time An Xiaowen was drunk and disheveled, she looked at Zhou Zhiwen's nervous and scared face, and suddenly understood something. Not long after, An Xiaowen told Shuqing that she was pregnant.

An Xiaowen didn't love Zhou Zhiwen, it was just an accident that night, but Zhou Zhiwen wanted to marry An Xiaowen, An Xiaowen is a girl in the city, her family is very good, and her family has been trying to get her back to the city, how could she agree to marry a ruffian hooligan in the countryside. Just the year An Xiaowen found out that she was pregnant, she could have gone back to the city, An Xiaowen told Zhou Zhiwen that she was back in the city and asked him to stop pestering her. In that year, Zhou Zhiwen married a girl from the same village. He didn't know that in fact, An Xiaowen gave Li Yiwen the opportunity to return to the city, and he stayed in Longmen Town to give birth to twins, one named Anna and the other Anxin. Later, Zhou Zhiwen found out that An Xiaowen had stayed in Longmen Town and gave birth to his child, so he came to Shuqing again and asked Shuqing to take him to meet An Xiaowen and the child. Shuqing rejected him, but Zhou Zhiwen did not give up, in order to retaliate against An Xiaowen, he used his underworld forces in the countryside to find An Xiaowen's mother and daughter hiding place and forcibly took away a child. Later, An Xiaowen returned to the city with another child, and never went back to Longmen Town, she wanted to say goodbye to the history that made her life ugly, she didn't want to see Zhou Zhiwen again, she didn't even want to find the child who was taken away. In addition to Shuqing, she drew a successful end to that ridiculous time. Not long after An Xiaowen left, Shuqing also left, her father looked for relatives and friends, ran many layers of relationships, and used a whole pig, 100 eggs and 10 yuan to find a clerical job for Shuqing in the Hechuan Public Security Bureau. An Xiaowen returned to the city in the first few years and maintained a very close contact with Shuqing, at the beginning she would also entrust Shuqing to help her visit the baby girl who was taken away by Zhou Zhiwen, Shuqing also often visited, seeing that the little girl looked very good, she went less, until one year when she went home to visit her parents, she heard people around her say that the girl was sent to a mental hospital. That year, she went to find Zhou Zhiwen, but Zhou Zhiwen drank heavily all day and was unconscious, so she asked for a long time to gain nothing. She hasn't seen Zhou Zhiwen since. An Xiaowen's address and phone number in the city Longmen Town is not known to anyone except her, she has never told anyone, how could Zhou Zhiwen know. For so many years, she has long forgotten An Xiaowen's ridiculous days in Longmen Town, she is now Mrs. An, a rich lady who inherited her father's huge inheritance.

"How would he know your number?"

"I'm wondering too! You know that Xin'er married a countryman despite my objections. I've never met her husband, and I know that even though decades have passed, I still can't let go. Later, she told me that her husband was from Longmen Town. Oh my God, I was scared to death by her, and I said, 'Xin'er, if you insist on marrying that man, then you have to change your name, and you must not take my last name, and you must not mention me or anything about me to anyone.' Mrs. Ann said, her eyes looking out the window, looking confused and ethereal.

Shuqing seemed to remember something.

"I see!" she said.

Shuqing's words did not interrupt Mrs. An's thoughts, she continued, "Yes, Shuqing, I had to let her change her name and surname, you know Zhou Zhiwen's brute...... Oh my God, after all these years, I still can't take it. Shuqing, the mistakes I made when I was young can no longer be carried over to my children, Nana has no news, what about the heart?hey~"

Shuqing looked at Mrs. An and knew that she had fallen into deep panic and self-blame again. She had to interrupt her drifting thoughts, she thought.

"What did he call you for today?" Shuqing said.

Mrs. Ann withdrew her gaze from the distant place. looked at Shuqing and said, "Oh, by the way, he said he wanted money, 5 million cash, let me send it to his house, otherwise it will ......"

Shuqing looked a little nervous, she thought that Zhou Zhiwen must be crazy, why did he think Xiaowen would give him so much money.

"Otherwise, what?" asked Shuqing.

He exposed it to the media. ”

"This brute! he's blackmailing, Xiaowen, you must not ......"

At this time, Xu Ma's voice sounded outside the door, interrupting Shuqing's words. After getting the answer, Xu's mother slowly pushed open the door.

"Madam, Madam is here, and I asked her to wait for you in the study. Xu Ma said.

What a considerate servant, Shuqing thought.

Mrs. An nodded, thought for a moment, and then she looked up at Mother Xu. His eyes were full of doubt.

"Okay, I see, thank you!

Then she turned her head to look at Shuqing and smiled. said: "I'm really sorry to get you involved in these rights and wrongs again." Would you like to go with me to meet Xin'er? She must have something big to do when she comes at this time. Since she married Jinpeng, there has been almost no such time. ”

"I'd love to. Shuqing said.

Mrs. An took Shuqing's hand and walked briskly downstairs to the study. Mother Xu followed behind them.

"Mother Xu, help us prepare some refreshments, I think Xin'er must not have dinner yet. Mrs. Ann said. Then she remembered something, turned her head and said, "Well, you must have a strawberry-flavored cheesecake, my heart loves it." ”