The capital is an important place for the royal family. Buildings outside the palace cannot exceed two stories, and the legation is no exception. Therefore, the buildings in the capital are at most two and a half stories, and half of the floor is a basement that can be vacated. When you arrive in the Tianjin Concession, you can see all kinds of
European high-rise buildings. The cost of these shared buildings was built with war reparations from the Qing Empire. Civilian buildings were invested and built by wealthy people. The Victoria Apartments are six-story serviced apartments. Jelia's home is on the fourth floor.
Room 404. The serviced apartment has many advantages. There are people on duty 24 hours a day. You can ask for takeout if you want to eat. Your valuables will not be stolen. The Yeliya mansion is more than 300 square meters. People who live here
Everyone is rich, mostly French.
At around nine o'clock in the evening, carriage driver Liu Mingcheng drove his carriage to the door of Victoria Apartments. The doorman in a straight uniform immediately pushed a trolley to carry the luggage.
George, who is in his fifties, wears a big cap and a copper nameplate with his name on his chest. He greets Yelia politely. However, he does not speak English, so he is worried about Yelia bringing a Manchu to move in.
, he still showed due courtesy, took off his hat and bowed to pay tribute to Li Guolou. Even the simple Chinese doorman George could understand a few words, and said in a pidgin way: "Happy Spring Festival!"
The Spring Festival has not yet arrived, but Old George has to ask for red envelopes from the Qing people. This auspicious saying must be learned. There are also wealthy Qing businessmen staying here.
Li Guolou stood at the door and watched the old man rushing to carry the luggage with the servant, but he was carrying the valuable leather bag and did not help. Japanese women like to rush to do things. Li Guolou grabbed Mayuko and said: "Mayuko, you are not yourself
Are you a shop owner? How can you steal other people's jobs?"
Mayuko bowed and said: "Mike, Mayuko wants to show her hard work and hard work in front of you. Please forgive me for embarrassing you."
Li Guolou took the opportunity to kiss and said, "I'll take care of you later."
Mayuko finally showed a knowing smile and said: "Hi!" She bowed again to thank her. She still had to work hard on Mike for one night, no! She had to work hard on Mike for two more nights.
Yelia, Li Guolou, and Mayuko walked into the revolving wooden door first and came to the sofa in the lobby to rest for a while.
In front of the escalator in the lobby is Grant, the lobby manager. The territory in the lobby belongs to Grant. He is the heart of the entire apartment. There are many bells behind his seat. Whichever room rings, the bells will ring behind him.
(The bell is pulled by a rope and then transmitted mechanically. Europeans have made many exquisite lazy tools. At this time, the telegraph was invented, and the Qing Empire had a telegraph office. There were no elevators in high-rise buildings, and electricity had not yet been invented. Some
The building is equipped with a mechanical ladder that is pulled by machinery, called an escalator. The telephone has not been invented yet, but it is about to be released, and the inventor Bell is already doing experiments.) Grant, the lobby manager, saw Jelia waiting for luggage, and hurriedly pulled the rope and told the doorman
Escalator users have to use the escalator if there are guests on the bottom floor.
Grant is in his thirties, has a strong build, and is 1.7 meters tall. He is French. He can speak English and French and only knows greetings in Chinese. To find a decent job in the concession, Chinese is the last priority.
Grant ran over to greet Jelia and returned to his station.
Jelia laughed out loud while sitting on the sofa and said: "Mike, I haven't told you one thing yet. There is a lesbian couple living in room 404 next door to me. They often quarrel and complain to me. Mike, do you have any questions?"
Interested in having dinner with them?"
Li Guolou said angrily: "Don't say such things, I don't have time." He picked up his crutch and frightened Yelia, telling Yelia to be honest and not to say nonsense outside.
Mayuko asked: "Jelia, does Mike beat his wife?"
Yelia replied: "Mayuko, think about where Mike hit you? Where did he hit his wife?"
Both ladies laughed at Li Guolou, making fun of him for being a big stallion.
Li Guolou stood up and left the single sofa. He couldn't stay here. Jelia returned home and became arrogant. French people like to talk about bed matters. People in the Qing Dynasty only do things but don't talk. Only Lanling
Xiaoxiaosheng wrote "Jin Ping Mei" with a pen, and even gave it a pseudonym, which has become an eternal mystery.
Grant saw that the escalator had not come down, and ran over and said: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Jelia, the escalator has been in bad condition today. If the little Wright who drives the escalator doesn't come down, I'll ask someone to help you put the dozen or so people down."
Can you please carry some luggage up?"
Jelia also somewhat replied: "Okay! Be careful of those two big vases, they are expensive gifts from others."
As soon as he finished speaking and the escalator came down, the iron door was opened by the people inside. Little Wright, a Qing man who drove the escalator, took off his hat and bowed to Grant, the lobby manager, and said: "I'm sorry, Manager Grant, the escalator was on the sixth floor just now."
The building is stuck and I'm repairing it." After saying that, he bowed to the people in the lobby and apologized, saying over and over again: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Yelia!" "I'm sorry, everyone! I kept you waiting for so long."
Little Wright, Huang is about fifteen or sixteen years old, about 1.6 meters tall, his frame has not yet fully grown, he is quite handsome, and his ponytail is longer than Li Guolou's.
The escalator was not very big. Yelia, Mayuko, Xie Rui, and Li Guolou got on the escalator first. Little Wright pulled up the iron door and the handrail, and the escalator began to climb slowly upward.
The escalator made a loud noise, and Jelia looked at Little Wright; Huang said, "Little Wright, there is dust on your sleeves, and one button is missing."
Little Wright Huang smiled awkwardly and said, "I was repairing machinery on the escalator just now, and I probably accidentally dropped it."
Jelia smiled and said: "Mike, little Wright taught me a lot of Chinese. He is my half-Chinese teacher, isn't he? Down with the Western devils! Foreign devils get out of the Qing Dynasty! Zeng shaved his head and entered the concession!"
Li Guolou shook his head and said: "Little Wright, how do you teach foreigners this, be careful of being beheaded."
Little Wright and Huang replied: "Mike, foreigners can joke. They like to let me say such things, as long as they are not obscene."
When the escalator reached the fourth floor, the iron door opened with a clang. The maid Sherry was the first to come out. She opened the door with a key in one hand and an oil lamp in the other. There was an oil lamp hanging on the dim corridor, at the corner.
There was an oil lamp shining a little light somewhere.
There was a red carpet on the ground. Li Guolou put his hands around Yelia's waist. He already had a strong impulse. Who told Yelia to talk nonsense just now? He wanted to be the first to punish Yelia.
His hand couldn't help but slide down to Yelia's butt and give it a gentle spank.
"Mike!" Jelia seemed to be angry and made a lustful mating sound. In front of the corridor was room 405. The maid Sheri inserted the key into the door lock and was about to open the door.
A door next to it opened, and neighbor Rose came out in panic in her pajamas. She saw Yelia and said, "Oh Yelia, you came back just in time. Xueli locked herself in the bathroom, and I didn't even call her."
Listen, come and help."
Walking into room 404 and coming to the bathroom door, Jelia turned the door handle, but it couldn't be opened. Rose and Jelia slapped the bathroom door together and shouted: "Xueli, open the door quickly, come out if you need anything."
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I knocked on the door repeatedly, but there was no sound in the bathroom. The maid Xie Rui tried to turn the door handle even though she was strong enough, but it still couldn't be opened. The three women were all shouting, "Xueli, open the door quickly and tell me if you have anything to say!"
Li Guolou became a little anxious and asked: "Rose, how long has Xueli been in the bathroom?"
Rose looked at Li Guolou but did not answer. Jelia said: "Rose, this is my boyfriend, his name is Mike. It's okay to tell him."
Rose said: "It's almost half an hour, so I went to knock on the door. Xueli, your grandma, come out or I'll beat you to death."
Rose was hysterical, crying and scolding as she kicked the door with her slippers. Only then did she see the realism of foreigners. A mansion is a mansion, and the bathroom door still didn't move at all.
Li Guolou was a little embarrassed, but he didn't care whether men and women were intimate or not, and said: "Miss Rose, if you stay in the snow, someone will die, so it's me."
Li Guolou twisted the door handle hard, but human power was no match for mechanical force. He still didn't open the bathroom door. He had to use all his strength to hit the door, and hit the door twice with his right shoulder. The bathroom door was finally closed.
Li Guolou crashed open.
In the ten-square-meter bathroom, a female corpse was lying in a bathtub, lying flat on her body in the water, as if taking a leisurely bath, but her head was soaked in the water, and her black hair was floating on the water.
It looks like a devil with disheveled hair and staring at people in the water.
"Xueli!" Rose let out a sharp cry and rushed towards the unresponsive female corpse.
Li Guolou hugged Rose and said, "Miss Rose, don't move. Let me come to rescue you. I know artificial respiration. But anyone who knows artificial respiration can do it. It's better for women to do this better."
Yelia, Mayuzi and the maid Xie Rui all came to the Qing Empire by boat. They all learned sea rescue, but people are still alive or dead. Who wouldn't be able to see that? Even the eyes are sticking out in the snow. How is it possible?
Can he be saved alive?
No one competed with Li Guolou for the glorious rescue mission. Xueli was carried to the carpet in the living room by Li Guolou and covered with a blanket. Li Guolou took Xueli's pulse and did not perform artificial respiration. He was not stupid.
Kissing the dead man's mouth, which of the two ladies would dare to kiss him?
"Dead!" Li Guolou looked up at Rose. There was no need to save him anymore. If Rose insisted on rescuing, let her do artificial respiration by herself. Rose was also a person who came to the Qing Dynasty by ship and took an ocean-going ship.
They all learned sea rescue.
Rose was not stupid. She did not give artificial respiration to the dead person Xueli, but just threw herself on Xueli and cried hysterically.
The maid Sherry Jones said hurriedly: "I'll ask Edward to call the police." After saying that, she hurried out of the door, feeling a strong sense of excitement in her heart. She was no longer afraid of seeing the fifth dead person in the past two days.
Li Guolou watched this scene and had strong doubts. Do gay lovers need to lock the door when taking a shower? Yelia also turned her eyes to him, and the two nodded in understanding.
Li Guolou said: "Mrs. Mayuko, please go back to your room and rest first. What can I do without you here?"
Mayuko replied coldly: "Mike, you're busy with your business, I'll just watch you from the side." After saying that, she couldn't hold back her impulse and slapped Li Guolou's butt with her hand. She didn't believe it either.
Xue Li drowned by herself. This was a hint to Li Guolou, asking him to work harder and reveal the truth.