The theater building inlaid with black and gold plaques is a touch of color that has never fallen in the long years. The tall ancient buildings live on the most prosperous street, and there are endless streams of guests all day long to enjoy the babbling singing on the stage. , Sometimes the spectators who spend a lot of money will throw a few oceans on the stage, and the people around will boo and applaud.
There are not many opera singers who sing well in the theater, but there are quite a few who are painted and graceful but whose gender cannot be distinguished. Sometimes some officials or rich and young from a certain family have a crush on someone and ask the theater owner to go backstage Asking quietly, the willing opera singers soon left the theater building holding their hands, willing to be someone else's concubine or rabbit master for the sake of glory and wealth.
But no one dared to covet Su Yan, the little girl who sang well and long, and there was no way, she was the one who was being shadowed by the local bigwig Er Ye.
The second master didn't bring him into the mansion, and he didn't hide her coquettishness. He just supported Su Yan in the back and let Su Yan continue to sing his favorite play.
Today Su Yan went on stage to sing again, and sure enough, there was someone serving tea and water in the box with the best view on the second floor.
Su Yan chanted and slapped, her figure was soft, and her frowning brows would send her tender glances there from time to time, and then someone ordered by the second master surrounded her with flowers and put them on the side of the stage, and she was merciless in front of everyone's eyes. The pursuit of Su Yan.
After singing, Su Yan took off her heavy makeup, changed into a water-blue cheongsam, and walked into the box on the second floor.
When he opened the door and entered, the person sitting on the railing was leaning on his elbows to look at Wu Sheng who was doing somersaults under the stage. He was dressed in a long robe and skirt, and his profile was exquisite like a drawing of a beauty. He was gentle when he was smiling. Extremely, there are naive sweet dimples sunken on the cheeks.
Anyone who just looks at this slender and beautiful young figure will not believe that this is the decisive second master.
"Why did you only sing two scenes today, are you tired?"
Hearing her come in, the second master looked back and asked lazily with his chin resting.
The second master has always been kind and kind to Su Yan. At first, Su Yan timidly thought that he wanted to raise herself like those rich young men, but the second master only said that she looked somewhat similar to his own sister, so he treated her Aiwujiwu.
The frank explanation made it easier to believe. After getting along with him for a long time, Su Yan gradually understood the precious benefits she got because of this face. Hershey said something bantering.
"Why are you still wearing this robe and skirt? Didn't you say that today is a special day?"
Su Yan sat opposite him in reproach, but the second master didn't mind, just said with a smile.
"Naturally, you have to dress appropriately when you come to the theater. Those western clothes and suits can be worn outside, but they are nondescript here. I know you said it's special, but I came here early today. Why, what's so special about it? "
Su Yan stroked her hair at the temples, her eyes averted a little, and she felt a little guilty.
"Today is my last day of singing."
The second master was startled and asked.
"What, are you leaving?"
There was pure doubt in his words, and he didn't feel any anger because Su Yan didn't inform him in advance.
Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little lost.
"The lost husband in the south that I mentioned to you earlier, he found me a few days ago and asked me to go with him."
The second master listened quietly, then flicked out a cigarette from his sleeve, he didn't light it, but just casually bit it in his mouth, so the words he spoke became a little vague.
"That's good, is the ocean enough?"
His expression was vaguely regretful, perhaps because he would never hear Su Yan sing again, or he would never see her face similar to his sister's again.
Su Yan shook her head, looking at him with the last hint of admiration and embarrassment.
"Enough, the second master gave me so many things, I can't repay them anyway."
The second master glanced at her, but keenly saw some indescribable other meanings from her hesitation, he hooked the end of his cigarette, and spoke proactively.
"Anyway, you're leaving too. It's really not easy to get acquainted. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Su Yan was touched by his gentle words, and her eyes slowly turned red. She stood up and suddenly knelt down on the ground, plucking up the courage to grit her teeth and beg.
"Second Master, I want to ask you one last thing. I picked up a child a few days ago. Seeing how pitiful he is, I let him stay in the theater. You treat me so that other people in the theater I have been thinking about it, and I will inevitably bully him after I leave. But my husband and I really don't care about other people, so I beg you, Second Master, to give him a meal."
After she finished speaking, she didn't hear the second master's answer, and waited for a long time in fear, before hearing the second master smiled, as if very happy, even with a little tenderness.
"What's the boy's name?"
Su Yan replied honestly.
"His surname is Yuan, and his name is Yuan Chen."
The second master smiled again, as if he had heard an expected answer, and said.
"Bring him here."
Su Yan didn't expect to get his consent so easily. She thought that she had accepted so much affection in the past, and when she left, she actually troubled the second master again. .
The second master seemed to have noticed her furrowed face, took out the cigarette, and smiled reassuringly.
"I would like to thank you, it took me so long to work, it turns out that the person fell to you."
Hearing the hidden meaning in his words, Su Yan was startled and hurriedly asked.
"Does the second master know that child?"
Second Master's thick eyelashes drooped slightly, and his pretty lips curved softly.
"He is the child of an old friend of mine. I promised to take care of him. It's a coincidence that you found him now."
Su Yan didn't notice the casualness of his words at all. With the power and status of the second master in Beicheng, it is not always a trivial matter to find a person with a name and surname, but now it is a coincidence that the second master is making troubles. solved.
While feeling happy for the second master, Su Yan also felt a lot relieved because she had helped the second master invisibly. The heavy kindness finally stopped her and made her sleepless and restless.
She hurried back to bring the child in person, and there was a sudden silence in the box again. The second master lowered his head and squeezed the cigarette and said nothing, but Cheng Fu, who was standing beside him all the time, spoke calmly.
"When did the second master have an old friend, when did he agree to take care of him, and when did he find him? Why am I blind?"
The second master glanced at him sideways, and the coldness released from the corners of his raised eyebrows and eyes was full of seductive beauty, and there was no emotion in his smiling voice.
"I'm not being watched by you every minute, why, are you going to tell the elder brother again?"
Cheng Fu stared at him with deep eyes, his sharp-edged face was cold and hard.
"Brother Wen will be angry if he knows that you bring someone into the Zhou mansion."
"I didn't raise a woman, and I didn't raise a rabbit. Why don't I find a child to relieve my boredom?"
The second master blinked, and the previous tough posture disappeared immediately. His eyes were dark and moist, and when he focused on a person, he gave him a deep love, making it impossible for people to resist this sweet temptation. .
And when he deliberately softened his tone and joked, it was more like acting like a baby with a nasal voice covered, his dimples were sweet and soft, and the tips of his slightly frowned eyebrows showed a pitiful immaturity.
Deputy Cheng was obviously taken aback.
The second master tilted his head and smiled at him. His appearance was as beautiful as a poisoned hook, and his voice was as soft as an ambiguous airflow.
"If you don't tell elder brother, I won't tell him that you sneaked into my room at night and watched me sleep."
Cheng Fu's back suddenly tensed up, and even his breathing became a little messy.
His eyelids trembled heavily.
After a moment of stagnation, Su Yan came in in time, followed by a little boy in old clothes. There was some distance between him and Su Yan, as if he was not used to being so close to others.
After entering the room, when he saw the second master who was leaning on the wooden chair and smiling at him, he seemed to be at a loss for a moment.
Su Yan didn't notice anything strange about him, and now knowing that he was an old acquaintance of the second master, she didn't dare to tell him any more, but said a few words to the second master nervously, and left reluctantly.
The little boy has been standing by the side looking at the second master silently, and the second master has been talking to Su Yan since he glanced at him when he first entered the door, with a gentle smile on his white greasy face and a soft tone. soft.
The little boy naturally understood what the two of them were saying, but he didn't deny it. He just silently watched the second master who had admired him for a long time, and Cheng Fu, who was behind him with inexplicable hostility towards him.
After Su Yan left, the second master waved to him and said.
"Come here, let me take a closer look at you."
Second Master's tone was natural and familiar, as if they had known each other for a long time.
The little boy was stunned for a while, and after hesitating for a while, he slowly walked in front of him.
The second master stretched out his hand to touch his head, and traced his immature outline curiously, muttering in a low voice.
"It turned out that he looked like this when he was a child. It's quite cute."
His hands were smooth and soft, and the moment the little boy was touched by him, he stiffened, as if a dangling feather suddenly floated, making his heart look around for fear of not being able to catch it.
Seeing him staring straight at him, Er Ye raised his naturally red lips slightly, as if he was very happy.
"Your name is Yuan Chen, then I'll call you Yuan Yuan, come on, come home with me."
What he said was arbitrary, but the strangeness did not disgust the little boy.
His lips moved a few times, but he didn't refute after all, just nodded slightly and said.
"good."
Deputy Cheng next to him frowned fiercely.
They took the car back to Wen Mansion. Although it was called Wen Mansion, it was indeed the second master's residence.
Because he was brought up by his elder brother Wen Xi from childhood, and his affection is as deep as his own brother. Therefore, after Wen Xi was sent to the south, the Wen mansion here became the second master's.
The second master, who had changed his long robe and skirt, was wearing a comfortable gray pajamas. He randomly scratched his half-wet hair, and casually ordered Cheng Fu.
"Throw away that clothes, I won't go to the theater anymore."
Deputy Cheng responded, and after his figure disappeared, he picked up the long gown on the ground and hugged it in his arms, then buried his head and took a deep breath, his straight back bent into a shuddering arc, as if the slightest bone crack It is soaked in the heart-shattering sweet body fragrance.
When Yuan Chen opened the door after taking a bath, what he saw was the tall and thin Er Ye leaning against the door frame and smiling. His youthful appearance became more translucent after being soaked in water, with black pupils and red lips, and delicate skin Snow white, the whole person is extremely soft and kind because he is in a good mood.
"Yuanyuan, do you know my name?"
Yuan Chen stared at him blankly, then subconsciously nodded.
"I know, your name is Jiang Fu."
The second master curled his lips, as if he felt very bored, but raised his eyebrows and laughed again in a blink of an eye.
He bent down slightly, stretched out his hand to pinch Yuan Chen's face, and lowered his voice slightly to bewitch.
"Actually, I have another name that no one has ever called. Do you want to know?"
Seeing him approaching suddenly, Yuan Chen's pupils shrank suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, and he said in a daze.
"think."
The second master just touched his chin, smiling cheerfully and slyly.
"If you want to know, you have to work hard yourself. If it makes me happy, I will tell you."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, Yuan Chen subconsciously followed his figure out the door, watching him walk back to the bedroom not far away.
At the door of the bedroom was Deputy Cheng, who was always by his side, and said something to him with a sullen face, showing no respect from subordinates to their superiors.
After the second master said a few words to him, he glanced at Yuan Chen who was standing there inadvertently, and went into the room alone and closed the door.
Yuan Chen silently stared at Cheng Fu who was blocked from the door. After the two of them stared at each other silently for a while, Yuan Chen also closed the door expressionlessly.