It was already after eleven o'clock when Tang Jiao came home. The car stopped at the door of Shen's house. Gu Tingyun looked at Tang Jiao's face and said, "Go back and have a good rest. You are also tired today."
Tang Jiao laughed softly and asked, "Don't you think it's bad behavior to take me out wandering on a day like this?"
Gu Tingyun raised his eyebrows, his long eyelashes drooping slightly, and he said meaningfully, "Is there any?"
Tang Jiao burst into laughter and asked, "No?"
Gu Tingyun was noncommittal.
Tang Jiao's little hand gently slid back and forth on his chest and said, "You are actually a very strange and contradictory person."
Gu Tingyun asked with a half-smile, "Where's the contradiction? I thought everyone was like this, like you and me."
Tang Jiao pouted and snorted.
She would never admit that she is a very contradictory person!
"Okay, go in quickly. If you don't go home, they will really be worried."
Gu Tingyun smiled and said with emotion: "What I told you today, you can go back and think about it carefully and discuss it with your uncle. Of course, you don't have to think about the cost, I can fully bear it."
Tang Jiao laughed and continued to poke his chest, Jiao Didi said: "But there is no free lunch in the world."
Gu Tingyun hugged Tang Jiao and smiled: "Why don't you think that I want you?"
Tang Jiao looked up. Under the moonlight, Gu Tingyun was charming, mysterious and unpredictable.
Tang Jiao snorted and whispered, "Then I should be more cautious."
Pushing Gu Tingyun aside, Tang Jiao knocked on the door of Shen's house. Lao Wang quickly came out to open the door and welcomed Tang Jiao in.
Tang Jiao walked a few steps and looked back at Gu Tingyun. He was standing in front of the car, his whole person was elegant and elegant, and he looked even more outstanding under the moonlight.
She smiled faintly, waved to him, and then turned and left.
Gu Tingyun saw that the door was closed and did not move. Instead, he said coldly: "So Master Xiao still has such a hobby. Is it comfortable to peek?"
Huo Xiao walked out of the shadows and said in a low voice, "If I knew I could see you, I wouldn't be standing here now."
"These days, poaching can be done so confidently. It's really refreshing and refined."
Gu Tingyun mocked.
Huo Xiao glanced at Gu Tingyun and said calmly: "I can't help it, my character is not good. Is it more refreshing and refined if I say this?"
Gu Tingyun felt that he had underestimated Huo Xiao's shamelessness.
He smiled faintly, leaned on the car, looked at Huo Xiao, and lit a cigar without saying anything.
Huo Xiao came to him, took out a cigarette, lit it and said, "You are a bit hypocritical. That thing is not as convenient as smoking."
Gu Tingyun said seriously: "Smoking is bad for your health and will make you die quickly."
"Tsk!" Huo Xiao sneered and said, "It's as if you can live a long life without smoking. Besides, smoking a cigar isn't much better, is it?"
The two of them were leaning on the car side by side, which was really a very pleasing sight.
One is unruly and cold, the other is gentle and elegant.
Gu Tingyun: "I am afraid of death, so I am more cautious."
Huo Xiao snorted again.
The two of them didn't move, just standing at the door of Shen's house. They didn't think there was anything inappropriate at all.
When Huo Xiao finished smoking a cigarette, he said, "I'm a little thirsty. Can I go to your house to ask for a cup of tea?"
Gu Tingyun smiled and said, "Please."
Neither of them got in the car, but walked.
Gu Tingyun said: "Master Xiao, haven't you returned to Peiping recently?"
Huo Xiao smiled: "Do you think this is spying?"
Gu Tingyun rubbed the beads in his hand and laughed: "Prying? Maybe. After all, if you leave, I won't have any love rivals."
After a pause, he stopped talking.
The two of them entered the house together. Gu Tingyun did not sit at the top. Instead, Gu Si sat down and made tea for them. They both sat aside like guests.
Huo Xiao looked around and said, "Your study is typical of your style, show off."
Gu Tingyun wrote lightly: "Generally, the more people lack something, the more they care about it. Can I understand... Mr. Xiao lacks these things too much?"
Huo Xiao smiled, but didn't take it seriously. He said: "I have never read any books. You know, I have to read four or six to read a telegram. There is nothing I can do. When I get older, I can't read anymore. I Unlike people like you.”
Gu Tingyun said: "What kind of person am I?"
Huo Xiao was troubled by this.
If Gu Tingyun is the master of the family, he knows in his heart that he is not.
Although he has the support of the Huo family, Gu Tingyun's childhood experience and growing environment destined him not to be a young master in the traditional sense.
At this point, he laughed and said with emotion: "I don't know what kind of person you are."
After a pause, he picked up the small cup in front of him, took a sip, and said, "Such a small cup really makes me feel uncomfortable."
He stroked the small cup, looking particularly unaccustomed to it.
Gu Tingyun lowered his head and took a sip, and said, "How did Fourth Brother talk to you?"
He spoke in a clear and elegant voice, but the questions he asked were quite pointed.
Huo Xiao smiled half-heartedly, then softened his voice and said, "How did the conversation go? What do you think? It's naturally harmonious. After all, we all have the same goal. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. This old saying always doesn't work. Incorrect."
After a pause, he said again: "Ye Jing is in your hands."
This is a very definite statement.
Gu Tingyun raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Yes, it's in my hand."
He didn't refute, and said calmly: "Her hand stretched out too long. I tolerated it for so long just to wait for her to show off. But she was able to tolerate it for so long, which was beyond our expectation. It is no longer easy to continue observing such people.”
He was very calm: "She may not tell me anything, and I may not believe what she tells me, but this person must die. Many people have to die to make me feel at ease."
Gu Tingyun smiled, but it was hard to imagine that a man like him, who looked so gentle and humble, would be so rude with his hands.
But Huo Xiao knew who Gu Tingyun was.
"That's true. As I said, she should have died a long time ago. She should have died from the day she hired a murderer to kill her grandmother. But she is a knife, and the one who actually holds the knife may not be her."
Gu Tingyun smiled: "Who knows? Maybe someone is holding the knife, maybe she is guiding her to use the trick. It's hard to say. Ye Jing is not a simple woman. Now that she has fallen into my hands, it is not important at all. It is important. It’s someone else, I hope Mr. Xiao still remembers our agreement.”
He lowered his head slightly: "Our agreement remains with us at all times."
Gu Tingyun laughed: "That's good, the rest is not that important. Fourth brother, just hold on. But I do think things will turn around."
He gently rubbed the cup with his fingers, without raising his head, and said in a clear voice, "Duanmu Yi is here."
Huo Xiao sneered and said, "I don't know how many fat people there are in Shanghai. It's a bit interesting to gather them all."
Gu Tingyun raised his head, his eyes were dark, and he smiled: "Isn't this normal? Who would think that there is too much money? After all, I don't bite my hands."
Having said that, Huo Xiao didn't say anything. He kept looking at Gu Tingyun and said slowly: "Don't you just hate the money and biting your hands? If I remember correctly, it was you who burned their goods, right? Gu Tingyun, you You are really not polite at all. You should know the market price of that batch of goods. Although I don’t know how many people colluded with Mr. Liu, but if he was the only one, do you know the value of that batch of goods? You burned it He has been harvesting for several years, and I think he would like to skin and dismember you."
Gu Tingyun laughed even harder and said: "That's why I didn't take action directly, but colluded with you to deal with him. Because I don't believe he ate the last batch of goods. I think the character of Fourth Brother is You know, in other respects, he is very courageous, but when it comes to money, he cares about it so much that he would split the flower in two for every penny. Although this is a money-making business, he himself will not let it go. He’s a foodie with so much money. His accomplices, his accomplices are probably also from Hongmen, that’s why I want you to come forward.”
"Hongmen is no longer here."
He leaned on the chair and said slowly: "Hongmen is no longer here, and I also remember Hongmen's rules."
"But the rules of Hongmen are set by you, Gu Tingyun, right?" Huo Xiao smiled and looked at Gu Tingyun.
Gu Tingyun didn't seem to want to discuss these topics with him any more. He said, "So what do you want to do now? Investigate me?"
Huo Xiaodao: "Of course not."
In fact, he hated reselling those cigarettes very deeply. If his father hadn't contracted such a disease back then, their family would not have become even more impoverished. His mother became ill from overwork and became terminally ill at a young age. In the end, even a little money for medical treatment was stolen by his father to buy some Fushou ointment.
Thinking of this, he felt extremely disgusted.
He himself could understand why he hated it so much, because it had ruined their family, but he didn't understand why Gu Tingyun hated it so deeply.
He also observed that no one around Gu Tingyun smoked this at all.
"You don't need to scrutinize me, you just need to know that our short-term goals are the same."
This is indeed true. Huo Xiao looked at Gu Tingyun and fell silent.
Tang Jiao knew about Huo Xiao's meeting with Gu Tingyun.
However, it was an accident. When she returned home, she hurried to the balcony on the second floor. In fact, she wanted to say hello to Gu Tingyun who entered the courtyard. However, this person did not show up. Jiao was a little confused. When she didn't know what was going on, Gu Tingyun and Huo Xiao came in together.
Tang Jiao hid immediately. Although she didn't know why she did this, Tang Jiao couldn't control her behavior.
I always don't want to be seen by them.
"Miss." Siye walked in and brought in a cup of bird's nest.
"Aunt Wang has cooked bird's nest. Miss, please have a bowl."
Tang Jiao sighed and said yes.
However, the person was sitting on the chair and rocking back and forth, as if thinking about something.
Siye said softly: "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Thinking that Tang Jiao was upset because of Shen Lianyi's marriage, she carefully comforted her: "Miss, actually the wife also lives in this home when she gets married. You..."
Tang Jiao looked at her in surprise and said, "Why are you talking about this so blindly?"
Yotsuba: "..."
That’s not what the lady is thinking about!
Tang Jiao said: "Okay, let's go and rest. It's getting late, so I'll rest early."
Siye sighed and said yes.
When he walked to the door, he turned back and said, "Miss, I live on the second floor now. If you need anything, please call me."
Tang Jiao burst into laughter and said yes.
After Shen Lianyi got married, she felt that it would be inconvenient for her and Yang Congwen to live on the second floor at the same time, so she moved to the first floor.
"Miss, although I'm not as powerful as Yu Yu, I can still protect you."
Yotsuba said again.
Tang Jiao laughed softly and said seriously: "In my heart, you are more important and better than Yu Yu. Besides, Yu Yu is not our family!"
Siye immediately became happy and hummed a tune happily and went out.
Tang Jiao shook her head helplessly. Gu Yuyu was good, but she was not loyal to herself, but to Gu Tingyun.
She and Gu Tingyun are two people after all.
Tang Jiao smiled slightly. In fact, it wasn't that she didn't believe Gu Tingyun, it was just that no matter what kind of feelings, there would be no selfishness at all.
So no matter how much you like it, people should always have their own ego.
Gu Tingyun, I like you, but I like myself more!