Chapter 264 I'm not going to stop you, I'm afraid of being embarrassed
Mu Tian drove Geng Yibiao away and returned to the dinner table to say that he had finished eating. Hu Ti winked and left the table immediately. Everyone thought that he might have seen someone coming and had something important to do, but they did not force him.
Keep.
Hu Ti knew that Mu Tian had something to tell him again. After waiting for a while, he said that he had eaten. He just glanced at Ouyang Hui with nostalgia and whispered to her, "I'll take you back to school later."
When Mu Tian saw Hu Ti on the rooftop, he asked, "How is the matter?"
He knew that this was the first time Hu Ti had seen Ouyang Hui since his mother and aunt came to live with Aunt Wan. If it weren't for the more urgent matter he wanted to ask, he would not disturb them.
"I have sent brothers to monitor the main store and all the branches in Guangdetang around the clock, but no one has found his trace," Hu Ti said.
"Where is Hengchang Apartment?"
"Nothing happened. I asked the concierge. After the day you and Yingzi went to Qiao Mansion, Qiao Shiyou didn't show up. He used to take a girl there every now and then to hang out for a while. Every time, he said he was looking for Fan De Rui to drink and chat.
I went there. I also asked about the women, and the concierge said that they were almost always the same person, but everyone looked young and beautiful, but none of them had much temperament, even though they were dressed in jewels." Hu Ti said thoughtfully.
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"What is he doing if he doesn't take care of his business for so long? Someone must take care of it for him." Mu Tian pondered.
"I think so too. How about I go directly to ask other shop assistants tomorrow?" Hu Ti suggested.
"Let the aunt and my mother get settled tomorrow, and we can go together so that we can stay apart if we have anything to do." Mu Tian decided.
"Okay. Hey, why don't you eat, Miss Ji?" Hu Ti agreed, and when he turned around and saw Ji Ruoxi also getting on the platform, he greeted in surprise.
Ji Ruoxi walked up to them and said: "My father called and said there was an emergency at home and asked me to go back. I came up to say goodbye to you. I have already said hello to Auntie and Aunt Wan, so I went straight down here.
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"Let me see you off." Mu Tian said, holding Ji Ruoxi's windbreaker and motioning for her to leave first.
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Qiao Shikuan entered Qiang's Mansion and walked to the second courtyard. He stopped and looked at the east wing in a daze for a while, then stepped into the inner courtyard.
As soon as he sat down in the study, Hao Mingzhen opened the door with a bang and came in.
Qiao Shikuan turned around in astonishment, and the brush in the pen holder shook.
"Don't you know how to knock on the door?" Qiao Shikuan said in a deep voice.
"Why should I knock on my own door?" Hao Mingzhen obviously came to quarrel.
"You go out, I don't want to quarrel with you." Qiao Shikuan shook the brush as if to appease his mood at this time.
"Of course you quarreled with me regularly. First it was that bastard, and now there's this **** little goblin. How could you have the intention to quarrel with me!" Hao Mingzhen's voice was high-pitched and sinister.
"Be careful what you say and pay attention to your identity!"
"My identity, hahahaha, do I still have an identity? It's been almost a year, and you're still willing to take another look at me and mention my identity?" Hao Mingzhen said jealously.
"What do you want?"
"What do I want? I asked you what you want? All I have to ask is that you don't want that little goblin and his son to enter this house." He Mingzhen stamped her foot and put her hands on her hips.
"Be clear about it and don't have wishful thinking. I didn't promise you twenty years ago and I still won't promise you now! If you want to leave, then leave slowly and don't send me away."
"Qiao Shikuan, you have a beautiful idea. If you want to marry me, marry me. If you don't want me, don't. I just won't leave. You, that little goblin and that damn bastard will never have peace!"
"Be careful what you say, don't think I don't know what you have done?"
"What did I do? What did you say I did?"
"You know it yourself, I'm calling the police station now."
"You beat me, huh, patrol officer, I'm afraid of you? You have been evading taxes for so many years, see if I don't expose them all to you!" Hao Mingzhen said angrily.
When Qiao Shikuan looked at the almost crazy woman in front of him, he remembered why he had so many good opportunities back then.
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A piece of red cloth on the lintel of the high door rolled up and slowly fell, revealing a huge plaque with gold characters on a black background:
Hengchang Department Store.
There was a sudden burst of applause.
Applause came from a small circle of elites and their fashionable ladies who came to congratulate him in front of the door.
They were well-dressed, gathered in a semicircle, looked up at the plaque, and applauded loudly.
There were more people surrounding the steps, and they clapped their hands happily in agreement.
These people were planning to go shopping soon. There were large advertisements on both sides of "Hengchang Department Store": New Zhang Daqing, all domestic and foreign goods in this sale are half off.
The drums also came in, playing a Western march, impassioned and passionate.
The tall firecrackers exploded, smoke rose, and confetti flew.
The person who pulled down the red cloth was Qiao Shikuan, a man who looked to be in his 30s.
He was wearing a robe, mandarin jacket, and a melon-pipe hat with more exquisite workmanship. He was standing by the glass door at the end of the circle.
He is the shopkeeper of Hengchang Department Store and the newly elected chairman of the "Shanghai Department Store Industry Association".
At this time, he was smiling, clapping his hands, and walked briskly to the front of the steps.
There is a microphone standing there.
Everyone on the stage automatically made room and formed a semicircle on both sides of him.
Qiao Shikuan applauded and nodded to the people around him. He walked to the microphone and stood still.
The applause gradually became sparse, but the firecrackers were still ringing.
Qiao Shikuan seemed a little helpless. He looked up at the tall firecrackers that were still exploding. He reached out and grabbed the microphone stand and pulled it towards him.
Suddenly, he had a spasm, and his other hand hurriedly grabbed the microphone stand, twisting his whole body against it, twisting and shaking as if wrestling with the stand, then holding the microphone, he fell to the ground with a crash, and threw up the firecrackers on the ground.
Debris.
Everyone was stunned as the firecrackers exploded for the last few times and then suddenly stopped.
Everyone who came back to their senses howled and rushed towards Qiao Shikuan who fell to the ground.
Mrs. Qiao Shen Yuanhua pushed away the microphone Qiao Shikuan was holding, fell on him, and began to sob.
Qiao Shiyou seemed to wake up from a dream and shouted loudly to Ma Zai behind him: "Bring the car over quickly:"
He stepped forward and knelt down, looking at Qiao Shikuan on the ground and his sister-in-law Shen Yuanhua who was sobbing.
Everyone sighed, talked, and gathered around.
People from the periphery who originally wanted to enter the store to grab some bargains also gathered around.
A police whistle sounded and everyone moved out of the way.
Several patrolmen rushed forward in three or five steps.
Qiao Shiyou helped Shen Yuanhua up.
The chest of her white silk cheongsam was already bright red.
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Su Xiaoxiao was cutting clothes on a table in the living room. Through the crack in the door, she could see a baby lying on the bed in the bedroom.
Aunt Wan, the maid, came in.
Aunt Wan is a woman who looks to be in her early thirties, plump and gentle, with a peaceful face, so dignified and rich that you would never believe she is a servant.
She walked quietly to Su Xiaoxiao and watched Su Xiaoxiao using a ruler and powder cake to draw lines on a piece of dark gray foreign cloth for a long time.
Su Xiaoxiao drew the last line, stood up and looked at his work.
"Hey." She spotted Aunt Wan and smiled all over her face.
Aunt Wan took out a letter from her pocket and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao.
Aunt Wan: "I almost forgot." She said apologetically.
Su Xiaoxiao took it, glanced at it, and put it in his pocket happily.
Aunt Wan: "Miss, I have prepared all the dishes for tonight."
Su Xiaoxiao: "Thank you for your hard work."
Aunt Wan: "How about cooking it now? When the master comes in the evening, you can heat it up and eat it."
Su Xiaoxiao: "No, the master is opening a new store today. When he arrives, I will cook by myself."
Aunt Wan smiled, the kind of person who is happy for others. "The master said on the phone that he will be there at about nine o'clock," she reminded.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Aunt Wan and smiled, "I understand. Go back quickly, there are still children at home."
Aunt Wan smiled knowingly, turned around and walked towards the door.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Aunt Wan with a smile.
He walked to the door and opened it, then stopped and said, "Also, the ingredients you ordered have arrived. Butler Geng will bring them over in a moment."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded with a smile.
Aunt Wan bowed and exited, closing the door quietly.
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The Dahua Apartment where Su Xiaoxiao lives is located at the head of Xiaguang Road and connected to Dalian Road. It is a six-story building. Su Xiaoxiao's small house is on the third floor, and the top one is No. 1.
This building was designed by the French, with a hall at the entrance and a gatekeeper.
The two gatekeepers are Old Dingtou during the day and Xiao Ding at night.
They are father and son.
Aunt Wan said hello to the gatekeeper and walked out.
She hailed a rickshaw, got in and left.
A rickshaw parked at the door immediately behind her. Shen Yunian and a burly man got out of the car and walked in expectantly.
Seeing that Ye didn't watch the doorman, they entered the elevator directly, closed the door, and pressed the button for the third floor.
The elevator made a long "squeaking" sound and stopped with a slight bump on the third floor.
Shen Yunian and the big man got out of the elevator and walked in the dimly lit corridor.
They stopped in front of the door marked "1" and looked at it.
Shen Yunian gestured to the big man and then raised his hand to knock on the door.
Hearing the knock on the door, Su Xiaoxiao left the tailoring case and walked toward the door.
She wore a scarlet cheongsam and a white cashmere shawl draped over her shoulders.
With her slender figure, she could not tell that she was a woman who had just given birth to a child less than a month old.
Su Xiaoxiao opened the door. She originally thought it was the housekeeper Geng Yibiao who came to deliver food.
Because, except for Aunt Wan, and the master Qiao Shikuan whom Aunt Wan mentioned, no one knew where she lived.
The moment the door opened, she was stunned and looked at the two strangers, Shen Yunian and the burly man, in surprise.
Shen Yunian bowed with a smile and said, "Miss Su, the master sent us to pick you up."
Su Xiaoxiao's eyes widened and he quickly glanced at their faces.
Shen Yunian smiled wider and said softly: "Miss Su, don't you remember me? I am the new Shen Yunian. We met at the welcome party."
Su Xiaoxiao looked Shen Yunian up and down again, "Master asked me to go to the company and take the children with me?" she asked, with a smile on her face.
Shen Yunian said: "The company's new branch opened today, and the master was elected as the chairman of the department store industry association. He organized a big picture and even organized the children's full moon party. This is called three blessings."
Su Xiaoxiao's almond-shaped eyes were filled with anticipation, and she softly said "Oh": "Okay, please wait a moment while I clean up."
Su Xiaoxiao didn't wait for Shen Yunian's response, and quickly rushed into the house and closed the door behind her back.
Shen Yunian stretched out his foot to block the door, but did not close the door.
Shen Yunian gestured to the big man, and the two entered. They separated the door on both sides and closed the door.
Su Xiaoxiao walked to the bedroom door, lowered her head, glanced back, walked into the bedroom, and closed the door.
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A car stopped, Geng Yibiao got out of the car holding a pile of materials and walked into the apartment door.
He looks to be in his 30s, with a fair complexion and a somewhat bookish air. He looks less like a housekeeper and more like the accountant of the Qiao family.
In fact, Geng Yibiao was also in charge of all the expense accounts of Qiao Mansion. Not only the master Qiao Shikuan, but also the eldest wife Shen Yuanying also trusted him.
However, he didn't like Shen Yuanying very much from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't explain why. He always felt that the eldest wife of the Qiao family had other thoughts and was holding back some bad moves, but she just didn't find the opportunity to make a move.
Compared with Shen Yuanying and the other two concubines, Geng Yibiao preferred Su Xiaoxiao, the concubine who lived in Dahua Apartment, even though she was a dancer.
Geng Yibiao sometimes sympathizes with his master Qiao Shikuan, because even three wives cannot have children, and there is no one to inherit the billions of family property.
This is my biggest worry.
He had seen the master feel sad when he was alone.
Until the master met this Su Xiaoxiao, she got pregnant not long after.
Geng Yibiao was happy for the master. He also paid great attention to Su Xiaoxiao and guarded him carefully.
Protect Su Xiaoxiao, and also protect the master’s secret.
He chatted with the doorman, Old Ding, and walked to the elevator.
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Su Xiaoxiao leaned her back against the door and shivered, looking at the baby on the bed.
She didn't remember knowing that Shen Yunian, and she even had doubts about the burly man.
This later made Shen Yunian very upset about taking such a person to find Su Xiaoxiao, and the matter became unmanageable.
Thinking of his family affairs that his master, Qiao Shikuan, had mentioned to him intermittently, a wave of fear came over him.
She had a premonition that this was a conspiracy and the danger was close at hand.
The master called and said he would come over at nine o'clock in the evening. There was no sign of giving the baby a full moon in advance. How could he suddenly decide?
It's impossible for the good-looking Qiao Shikuan to do such a thing.
Besides, I have a phone at home, so I should give him a call.
Two men suddenly came to the door, one of them was very vicious. Who are they?
Conspiracy, she thought.
It's for myself and my son.
Definitely. She judged it immediately.
She stared at the baby on the bed, a baby she hadn't had time to name yet.
She turned around, locked the door, and hurriedly packed her things.
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Shen Yunian and the big man stared at the bedroom door suspiciously.
Shen Yunian gestured to the big man, and the two of them walked towards the bedroom.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
The two people turned around hurriedly, retreated and stood on both sides of the door, looking at each other in surprise.
The knocking on the door continues.
Then came Geng Yibiao’s shout: “Miss, I am Geng Yibiao.”
The big man looked at Shen Yunian questioningly.
Chen Yunian shook his head at him.
Geng Yibiao: "Miss, the master asked me to deliver the fabric you requested. Please stay at home."
Shen Yunian nodded towards the big man and opened the door suddenly.
Geng Yibiao walked straight in holding the cloth.
The big man made fists with both hands and hit Geng Yibiao on the neck as he came in.
Geng Yibiao fell down.
"Plop."
The sound of someone hitting the wooden floor was loud.
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Su Xiaoxiao was stunned when she heard the sound and stared at the door.
After a while, she hurriedly tied up the bundle, put it on her shoulders, and picked up the baby on the bed.
The baby suddenly started crying.
Su Xiaoxiao looked frightened, looked at the door, then looked at the crying baby in her arms, and couldn't help but stamp her feet twice.
She held the baby tightly in her arms to muffle the baby's cries.
Heavy and urgent footsteps outside the door approached the bedroom.
Then there was a knock on the door.
Su Xiaoxiao rushed to the balcony, pushed open the door, stepped out, and closed the door behind her back.
This is a small balcony, connected to a rather steep and crude fire escape.
Su Xiaoxiao, who was holding the baby and carrying the bundle, looked at the ground and hesitated.
She turned around and looked at the door, picked up a mop next to her and tried to close the door.
However, because I was holding the baby in one hand and was nervous, it took me three times to put the mop away.
She gasped, looked at the ground again, and quickly went down the stairs.
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Shen Yunian was still banging on the bedroom door fiercely.
Geng Yibiao squirmed on the ground and crawled toward the bedroom door.
The big man was a little impatient, so he grabbed Shen Yunian and motioned for him to get out of the way.
The big man stared at the bedroom door, stepped back, passed Geng Yibiao on the ground, stood close to the door, then turned sideways and started running quickly.
Geng Yibiao tried his best to lean forward, stretched out his hand and hit the leg of the big man who ran past him hard.
The big man fell down.
Geng Yibiao jumped up, sat on the big man, grabbed his head and slammed it against the floor.
Seeing this, Shen Yunian took out a knife and stepped forward, stabbing Geng Yibiao in the ribs.
Geng Yibiao suffocated, struggling to support himself and falling to the ground.
The big man got up, touched the back of his head, and kicked Geng Yibiao hard on the ground.
Shen Yunian pushed the big man and pointed to the door.
The big man let out a "hum", ran, and slammed into the door sideways.
"Bang."
The door is wide open.
The big man stumbled in.
Shen Yunian took a step forward.
The room was empty.
The big man slapped Shen Yunian and pointed at the curtains on the balcony that were still shaking.
Shen Yunian waved.
The two of them rushed to the balcony door.
But they couldn't open the door.
Shen Yunian pushed the big man away, grabbed the chair in front of the dressing table, raised it, and slammed the door.
The door swung a bit, but still didn't open.
The big man looked around the room, then stretched out his hand to pull Shen Yunian away, strode to the bedside, picked up the bedside table, walked to the balcony door, raised it, and smashed it down.
"Bang."
Sawdust cracked.
The two of them couldn't help but take two steps back.
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There are few pedestrians in the alley, and the ground is covered with dirty water.
The high heels stepped on the stagnant water.
Su Xiaoxiao ran wildly in anticipation, the wind blowing her shawl and swaying.
From time to time she looked down at the baby in her arms.
Strangely, the baby didn't cry or fuss, it just looked at itself with its eyes open.
Her heart was aching for a while.
She really didn't know why this happened, but she vaguely knew.
At this time, she had no time to think, let alone the mood to think.
What she needs is to get rid of the immediate danger as soon as possible and find a safe place.
But she doesn't know where is safe.
So, she could only run and keep running.
She followed her intuition and ran through several alleys. When she ran out of an alley again, she suddenly felt confused and stood in the middle of the road, stunned for a moment.
Just at this moment.
A rickshaw rushed towards Su Xiaoxiao on the road quickly.
Su Xiaoxiao, who was in shock, quickly jumped out of the way.
"Kachi".
The heel of a high-heeled shoe is broken.
Su Xiaoxiao knelt down.
She hurriedly turned over and held the baby up on her chest.
The shawl fell into the muddy water.
The baby is crying.
The rickshaw stopped suddenly and flipped to the ground, only one foot away from Su Xiaoxiao.
The fallen coachman jumped up quickly and ran to Su Xiaoxiao, grabbing Su Xiaoxiao with his two big hands.
A pair of women's hands came down to block the driver, and she pushed him, causing the driver to stagger.
Then, the woman picked up the baby and pulled Su Xiaoxiao up.
The frightened Su Xiaoxiao took a closer look.
Aunt Wan?!
The two stared.
The driver has already helped up the rickshaw.
Coachman: "I'm sorry, madam. It's all my fault. Wherever you want to go, I'll take you there."
Aunt Wan looked the driver up and down, then waved her hand and helped Su Xiaoxiao get into the car.
Aunt Wan got into the car, handed the baby in her arms to Su Xiaoxiao, and said to the driver in a low voice: "Qixingli."
The driver drove silently, quickly turned into another alley, and drove away.
On the ground in the middle of the alley, a shawl was left empty, fluttering in the wind.
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Shen Yunian and Da Han rushed out of the alley and stood at the entrance of the alley, looking around.
The big man found the shawl on the ground, picked it up and gave it to Shen Yunian.
Shen Yunian looked at the shawl in his hand and thought about it.
After a moment, he waved.
The two chased in different directions.
After a while, the two met in another alley and shook their heads at each other.
Shen Yunian cursed and threw the shawl in his hand to the ground.
The big man suddenly raised his eyes and looked around.
Shen Yuchang breathed a sigh of relief and stared at the shawl on the ground.
After a while, he bent down and picked up the shawl.