That night, the three brothers and sisters of the Tang family returned to Haimen from Shengjing.
The two cities are not far apart and take less than two hours by highway.
Shengjing is the economic center of the country, with abundant resources and broad development prospects. It is a battleground for military strategists.
But Haimen is different. Haimen has belonged to one family for hundreds of years - the Tang family.
Tang's industry supports one-third of Haimen's population, and he is known as the "Uncrowned Emperor" of Haimen. It can be said that without Tang's, Haimen would have been an ordinary second-tier city, and its economy would not have developed so fast.
The three brothers and sisters came to the antique Falling Star House.
"Ah! Miss! When did you come back?!"
The old man in his sixties who came to greet them excitedly was Master Tong, the manager here.
He is the youngest son of Tang Wanting's wet nurse. He and Lao Wan grew up playing together and had such a close relationship that they were inseparable.
Lao Tong doesn't have any big ambitions. Even though Lao Wan's driver has been listening to Lao Wan's calls every day in recent years and he has bought three houses in Shengjing, he is just not interested in an official career. If he doesn't get married or have children, he just lives alone.
In this Falling Star Room, you can stay with jade all day long and sit and watch the flowing clouds and falling flowers.
"Uncle Tong, how are you doing lately? Do your legs still hurt when it rains? Is your asthma better? How are you using the medicine I asked Asu to send you a while ago?"
Tang Qiaoer's bright eyes were crescent, and she held Lao Tong's arm affectionately.
"Okay, okay, all good...but all the good things are not as good as having you back!" Old Tong was so happy that he burst into tears.
"Actually, I came here this time to ask you something..."
Tang Qiaoer sighed quietly and got straight to the point, "I have a good friend who gave me a gift, but I broke it.
I was afraid that he would be sad if he found out, so I just wanted to...make one exactly the same."
"What is it?"
Tang Qiaoer pursed her red lips, carefully took out a retro jewelry bag, and took out the jade bracelet fragments from it.
"Oh! This is the best material. Now there is no one like this out of a thousand. What a pity!" Old Tong was addicted to jade, and was heartbroken when he saw the jade broken.
"I also know that this material is rare to find in a century, but I still want to... try it. How many unopened materials do you have here now?" Tang Qiaoer asked.
"More than five hundred."
"I'm on all cylinders tonight."
"Poof!" Lao Tong almost spit out blood.
Tang Yue coughed slightly in embarrassment, and Tang Xu's hand silently reached for his cell phone, ready to call the emergency number at any time.
The little girl is always like this, saying earth-shattering words in the calmest tone.
"No, no, no, no! You are trying to steal my life!" Lao Tong stamped his feet anxiously, looking exactly like Lao Wan.
"It's not that exaggerated. You keep the materials for your own enjoyment, and you don't sell them for sale. I opened them all. How much compensation will you pay later..."
Tang Qiaoer's watery eyes turned, thinking that her fourth brother was disobedient and was just punishing him, so she changed her mind and said, "It will be charged to my fourth brother's account. Just tell him what I said and let him pay double the amount. Anyway, he has money."
There’s no place for flowers!”
Lao Tong covered his chest and leaned back heartbroken.
Tang Yue and Tang Xu quickly supported the old man with their eyes and hands.
The Tang family has four gardens in Haimen, namely Falling Moon, Falling Clouds, Falling Mist, and Falling Stars.
The fallen star is natural and simple, and changes scenery as you move. It was the first one to be spotted by the jade carving master Xiao Huaibi. As a result, Lao Wanqian spent a billion dollars in his pocket. Xiao Huaibi was so angry that he almost kicked Lao Tong out of his master's school. Who asked him to follow
We have a good relationship with Lao Wan.
Later, half a month later, when Xiao Huaibi turned sixty, Lao Wan directly gave him the Falling Star as a birthday gift, and the misunderstanding was resolved. It turned out that Tang Wanting wanted to give the Falling Star to him from the beginning, and he sang it just because he wanted to Give the elderly a surprise.
Now, Master Xiao has left Hexi, and Lao Tong has inherited Falling Star Studio as his disciple and has maintained it to this day.
Tang Qiaoer followed Lao Tong to the warehouse to open materials, and the two brothers were sitting in the front hall drinking tea.
"Qiaoqiao is too concerned about the Shen family, I'm even jealous." Tang Xu curled his lips dissatisfied.
"Mr. Shen Nanhuai of the Shen family is a highly respected senior, and he has always been fond of Qiao Qiao.
Qiao Qiao is also a real person who will repay every kindness she has received. Of course she wants to repay Mr. Shen for being kind to her, and I very much support her in doing so." Tang Yue sipped the tea slowly, his voice low and magnetic.
"You support everything, but I don't believe you would support her being with Shen Shimei again!"
"The reasons are determined by fate and cannot be changed without human intervention. That's how Qiaoqiao is. The more the whole world opposes their being together, the more she wants to make a love affair that will amaze the world." Tang Yue sighed.
"God is not very discerning, why are you messing around with me? My sister is such a noble person that even the son of the prime minister of a neighboring country doesn't look down upon her. She actually broke her heart over a high-ranking illegitimate child!"
Tang Xu snorted angrily, "But that's fine. After all, Shen Jingjue is already the best among dogs. Qiao Qiao won't be so easily deceived when she meets other male dogs in the future."
At this time, Tang Yue's cell phone vibrated on the table.
He glanced down and couldn't help but think, Shen Jingjue's name popped up on the screen.
"Mr. Shen." Tang Yue answered with cold eyes.
Tang Xujun frowned fiercely, lifted his back from the chair, and listened attentively.
"Mr. Tang, I'm looking for Bai Xiaoxiao. I have something to tell her." Shen Jingjue's voice was low, with a hint of anxiety.
"Xiaoxiao is not free now."
"Then when will she be free?"
"For you, she is never free."
Tang Yue has always been calm-tempered and polite. But when he quarreled with others, he hit the nail on the head and hit the point directly.
Tang Xu clenched his fists excitedly: Well said!
"..." Over there, Shen Jingjue Jun's face was black, as if he had been bombed by a missile.
"First of all, since Xiaoxiao has changed her number, it means that she does not want you to contact her. Even if you have not officially registered for divorce, out of the most basic respect for women, you should not harass her repeatedly.
Secondly, I already know everything that happened at the charity auction."
Shen was shocked to find that Mo Tong suddenly shrank, and his heart seemed to be covered with dense thorny vines, which were getting tighter and tighter.
Tang Xu shuddered in his heart.
This is his eldest brother, with mercy on his left hand and Shura on his right hand. It's not that he doesn't get angry, it's just that most things in this world are not worthy of his anger, except for his family.
"That thing..."
"I don't know what your bottom line is, but you have already crossed my bottom line."
Tang Yue's words were sharp and his eyes were intense, "My bottom line is not only small, it's still small.
This is the last time I receive a call from you, Mr. Shen, and it is also the last time I remind you to take care of your fiancée and your family and stop causing minor troubles.
Once again, take care of yourself."
When the voice fell, Tang Yue decisively ended the call.
At this moment, Guanchao Manor.
Shen Jingjue stood in front of the window and stared at the screen that had long since gone dark. The hand holding the phone slowly tightened, and his beating heart seemed to be strangled by a big invisible hand.
As Tang Yue, his only contact with Bai Xiaoxiao these days, was cut off, an unprecedented sense of emptiness filled his chest, and there was even a trace of panic.
This time, Bai Xiaoxiao may really disappear from his life completely.
He might really never find her again.
Shen Jing felt an unbearable depression well up in his heart. He hurriedly took out the cigarette case from the depth of the drawer, and there were two more cigarettes in it.
With trembling fingertips, he took out one and held it between his thin lips, lighting it several times before lighting it.
The orange-red light flickered on and off, and Shen Jingjue found himself getting more and more strange.
For the sake of his ex-wife, whom he didn't love at all, he quit smoking for five years and made a comeback.
*
In the early morning, in the huge workshop of Falling Star Studio.
Tang Qiaoer was alone, wearing a black apron, busy in the pile of stones like a little spinning top, her smooth forehead was covered with fine sweat.
She has opened hundreds of materials and processed and polished countless bracelets. Each one would cost at least five figures to sell, but in her eyes it was worthless.
Not like, not like, not like at all!
None of them are as good as the bracelet her grandpa gave her!
Tang Qiaoer's eyes were red, she was biting her white teeth, and kept polishing the jade material on the machine. Her delicate and white fingers were calloused, and the wound on her palm was aching, but she didn't care at all.
She just wanted to make an identical bracelet, otherwise she would have no face to see her grandfather.
At this time, there was a loud rumbling sound outside the warehouse, which made the iron door tremble.
But Tang Qiaoer was completely indifferent, her whole heart was focused on these worrying stones.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open with a creak, and a hurricane surged in like a tidal wave, causing Tang Qiaoer to narrow her eyes.
Under the thick darkness, a helicopter stood mammoth outside the door. The door slowly opened, and his long legs stepped down. The man's black windbreaker flew in the sky, his handsome face was full of evil, and he looked forward to flying.