Winter Begonia

Chapter 72

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Going again tonight, it's not too late. But Shang Xirui was already surrounded by a few people chatting and laughing, when he saw Cheng Fengtai, he gave him a seat next to Shang Xirui. Cheng Fengtai asked Cha Xiaoer to take two watermelons from the car and cut them to the table. They have never deliberately avoided people, and now they are more blatant, but I don't know why, but few people think of them in that way, probably because they lack a erotic and lingering atmosphere when they are together, they are too witty and upright No, not as much as the scandal between Shang Xirui and Fan Lian.

The actors tasted plays with Shang Xirui and ate melons, Cheng Fengtai didn't bother to get a hand of sweet juice, and quietly listened to their chat. In their words, they praised Master Jin on the stage very much. The reason why Master Jin's stage name has the word "Jin" is because his singing voice is smooth and smooth, like brocade and silk. When he lifts his voice, it is like shaking a piece of silk and satin with a clatter, or like pulling a knife to cut off the water. A critical moment of anger. Although Master Jin had many disciples in his life, only three disciples and Shang Xirui got the true instruction. Among them, Shang Xirui pointed out casually for Shang Juzhen's sake. This apprentice was not formally accepted, but because both parties were well-known entertainers, this master-apprentice relationship was seen as real by the outside world. Everyone asked Shang Xirui about Master Jin, but Shang Xirui and Master Jin hadn't communicated for many years, they couldn't even be called familiar, so naturally they couldn't answer anything. Shang Xirui won the mantle not because Master Jin held him in high esteem, it was all due to talent. For Master Jin's voice, if you have the talent, you can learn it within three months. From this point of view, there may be a reason for the rumor that Shang Xirui's tongue has one hundred and eight tendons. During the meeting, someone mentioned Chu Qionghua, and they all thought that after Master Jin left, Chu Qionghua would be able to take over the country. Unexpectedly, this Chu Qionghua couldn't tell whether he was blessed or unlucky, and he even wholeheartedly wanted to be a male concubine. up. This is good, I don't have to worry about eating and drinking, but it's a bit wasteful and precarious. But this time Master Jin went north from Nanjing and brought shocking gossip. The master Chu Qionghua followed was under house arrest for political reasons, and Chu Qionghua was also missing. He has a sharp temperament and is easy to offend people. It is very likely that the old man's family members took the opportunity to assassinate him. Everyone felt very sorry.

The boys spit out the watermelon seeds in their palms, gathered a few, threw them together on a porcelain plate, and wiped their hands clean. Shang Xirui listened to the gossip with his eyes wide open in astonishment, meaning to spit out a few seeds into the plate, after eating two pieces, he restrained himself. After the show, the actors went to the backstage to congratulate first, Shang Xirui sat for a while longer as usual to talk to Cheng Fengtai. Seeing his colleagues descending the stairs, he picked up the watermelon with his back foot, and gnawed on it as if he harbored hatred. Cheng Fengtai frowned, looked at him with a helpless smile, and felt pain for Xigua: "Boss Shang, why are you acting like Zhu Bajie behind your back..."

Shang Xirui ignored him, he was startled and teased: "Oops! Boss Shang, someone turned their head to look at you, but I can see that you are so hungry."

Shang Xirui kept talking, his eyeballs rolled around in all directions, he didn't see anyone looking at him, so he hummed dissatisfiedly, the juice overflowed and he swallowed all the seeds.

Cheng Fengtai said: "Eat all the seeds? Well, look at the melon seedlings growing in your stomach!" Shang Xirui was deceived by his senior brothers and sisters when he was a child, and he was deceived terribly. He was afraid that the melon seedlings would sprout in his stomach, so the water also I didn't dare to drink, and I suffered from heatstroke during the dog days, and fell to the ground with a big bump on my forehead. Thinking about it now, he still panicked with hatred, and glared at Cheng Fengtai angrily. Cheng Fengtai didn't think so, drank his tea, and said: "Just now I heard about Boss Chu, I feel sorry for him. Among you male stars, he is the best looking." Originally, it was to induce Shang Xi to argue, but Shang Xi didn't expect Rui was very convinced by Chu Qionghua's beauty, and only said: "Xiao Zhouzi must be better looking than him if he is fatter! Xiao Lizi is also a beauty!" Their singers, regardless of gender, are indeed all beautiful.

The watermelon was almost eaten, Cheng Fengtai handed the towel to Shang Xirui: "Knowing what will happen to Boss Chu, are you afraid of following me?"

Shang Xirui wiped his hands and mouth with a towel: "Not afraid." He leaned back in the chair: "Because you followed me!"

Cheng Fengtai almost turned pale with shock: "Why am I following you?" Because obviously Shang Xirui was more dependent on him and more childish.

Shang Xirui said seriously: "It's you who follow me. I'm more capable than you. The incompetent follow the capable, and the capable protect the incompetent. So you follow me."

Cheng Fengtai asked back in surprise: "You are more capable than me? Boss Shang?"

Shang Xirui turned to look at him: "Yeah! Look at you, you rely on your second grandma's natal family and your brother-in-law to do business, what kind of skill is that! I'm different, I can sing, I can do it anywhere Work. Find a street to draw a circle, stop inside, and open your throat to get money!" He patted his pants pocket: "There is money!"

Cheng Fengtai had never thought about the two people's abilities so thoroughly, but he couldn't refute the facts Shang Xirui said, so he nodded convincingly: "In this way, it is true - Boss Shang has a skill, he is better than me. ability."

Boys like to be praised for their abilities, just like girls like to be praised for their beauty. Shang Xirui was so proud when he heard this, he jumped up and touched Cheng Fengtai's cheek frivolously: "Master Shang is going backstage. Be good! Second Master!"

Cheng Fengtai said aggrievedly: "I'm really here to meet you! You have to let me come, and when you come, say a few words to me and then run away. Then what is it, Master Jin, so important, so in your eyes?" Cheng Fengtai Smiled: "I heard Fan Lian gossip about your Master Jin." Shang Xirui bent slightly and turned his face to listen. Cheng Fengtai said: "It is said that when he was young, he had a few officials who were officials, that is, the ones who took him to Nanjing. Later, when he got older, he could no longer be close to him, so he recommended all his apprentices to serve on the mat. No?"

Of course Shang Xirui has also heard such rumors, after all, he has never seen it himself, so it is not good to slander Master, he shook his head and said: "I don't know." Many of their masters and class leaders in the Liyuan world do also work as pimps, it seems Like an old bustard, he lined up his troops on the stage and ordered his generals, but he did not waste the usefulness of actors off the stage. The actors came off the stage to take off their make-up, and were immediately taken to the benefactor's bed. For those who are ambitious, please ask the class master to find a good future for them! Shang Xirui met such a master when he was studying opera, and he also met such a master when he was singing in a class. After he became the troupe leader himself, he never did such a thing, but he never objected to actors colluding with their own backers. He didn't have the leisure to pay attention to these things at all.

Cheng Fengtai pinched Shang Xirui's waist, and smiled badly: "So, when Boss Shang was learning opera under him, did he..."

Before he could finish, Shang Xirui spat at him with a face full of watermelon-flavored spittle, and then said seriously: "Master Jin, your singing is okay, and your people are okay too." After thinking for a while, he absently made a comment: "It's just living too long."

Cheng Fengtai was stunned: "What?"

Shang Xirui made a vague sound, shook his head and went downstairs.

Master Jin has lived too long, people in their sixties are still pretending to be girls on stage. Even though the tone of the brocade is still there, the throat is dry and heavy. It is a piece of brocade that has lost its brilliance after being exposed to the wind and sun, and has become a piece of cloth like cotton. The figure and appearance are even more unbearable to look at. You have to close your eyes to listen to the charm of the old days. Because of Master Jin's reputation and popularity, many senior officials are now his fanciers, and he enjoys a good time in Beiping. As long as the tickets are sold, no matter how old you are, you can go on stage, Li'er is right, but Shang Xirui sees it, but feels very uncomfortable. Thinking back to when I first met Master Jin, Master Jin was not too old, he was called "Boss Jin" by fanciers, and "Jin Silk" described by literati. Well, the oil paint couldn't cover the creases on his face, so there was a feeling of embarrassment. Shang Xirui secretly made a resolution in his heart, after he became middle-aged - at most forty-five years old, he decided not to sing Dandan anymore. It would be the best if you can become an old student and an old dan. If you can't, you can play the piano and never show your face. For the sake of nostalgia, the seats are still willing to listen to the old drama sung by the old guy, but it is too obvious in front of the peers. If you don't talk about it, you must disagree in your heart. There is no such thing as a treasured sword that never grows old or a peony that never ages in this world. Shang Xirui thought he was ashamed than Master Jin, and he definitely couldn't afford to be ashamed. Furthermore, he thought that if he lived to forty or fifty years old, he would actually die at that time. The sky does not allow you to die, so you should find your own way to die. Don't live in this world and show your ruins to the world day by day. Comparing the tired old man with the glory of the past is so vivid that it is a kind of destruction of the past. The end of prosperity, the sudden end of that moment, is the most perfect ending for a person who has truly enjoyed himself. For him, so is Yu Ning Jiulang. Shang Xirui avoided seeing Ning Jiulang in recent years, perhaps because of this reason. Whenever Jiulang shows a little old-fashioned, he feels uncomfortable watching him. The last time we met the year before last, he stroked Jiulang's white temples, feeling sad and angry at the same time. At first he didn't know why he felt uncomfortable, he just knew he didn't want to see him, but now that he saw Master Jin, he knew it. But neither Jiulang nor Master Jin is as enlightened as he is, and they would rather linger on. He can only achieve Consummation alone.

Shang Xirui carried out some radical thinking, he felt that it was very deep and connotative, he could discuss it with Du Qi if he had the opportunity, and Du Qi would definitely slap his approval. While walking and thinking this way, he bumped into someone unexpectedly. Boss Qiao Leqiao staggered back when he touched the huqin, so he poked Shang Xirui's chest with the bow: "The people who work with your old merchants walk without eyesight!" Juzhen is also an old friend, and it seems that she has been knocked over by Shang Juzhen in the past.

Shang Xirui bowed slightly to him: "Boss Qiao."

Qiao Music made a loud snort, and Shang Xirui passed him to go in, but he stopped him: "Hey, boy, I heard that He Shaoqing has a piano with you? Bring it for me to practice."

Shang Xirui said: "Yes, but now at Boss Ning's."

Qiao Le said angrily: "Ning Qinyan has stopped singing, why does he want a piano? Boy! Don't play tricks on me!"

Shang Xirui didn't tell the difference, he stared at Qiao Le helplessly, without saying a word. When he became more tempered with outsiders and elders, he was like a different person, as gentle as water. At this time, Master Jin uttered a voice inside: "You old man! Don't bully my apprentice! I won't show you the piano in my hand. Can you pull it out? Really! I ate pork liver Think of a pig's heart, think of gold when you get silver! Don't pay attention to Xiaoshang!" Master Jin sang Dan Dan for a lifetime, and his voice was full of femininity and drama. This one had to inappropriately praise him for saying that his words sounded better than his singing, which was so ecstatic that his muscles were all shattered.

Qiao Le turned his head and cursed inside, poked Shang Xirui aside with the bow and stood against the wall, humming slowly, and walked away.

Niu Baiwen greeted him, and said with a soft smile: "Look at this old thorny head, he still obeys Boss Jin. The two of them have known each other since they were twenty years old, and they have been arguing and quarreling for most of their lives. Back then, Boss Qiao was an old Beijinger. , refused to leave Beiping, but Boss Jin said he wanted to leave, and Boss Qiao followed him cursing. Whether it's the one pulling the strings next to the corner, or the corner picking up a good string, it's all..."But Bai Wen shook his head tut-tut: "That's worth a thousand dollars! It's harder than finding a good wife!"

Shang Xirui listened to Niu Baiwen's words, turned his hands to watch Qiao Le's back, and went into the room to talk to Master Jin.

In Master Jin's last scene in Beiping, Cheng Fengtai was out discussing business with people and eating until midnight, so he couldn't catch up. That night they sang "Xi Shi", Shang Xirui sang Wu Zixu. Shang Xirui doesn't know what's wrong with the seats in Beiping now, or maybe his acting skills have regressed. Many times when he changed his face to the stage, the audience always laughed. When he appeared, the audience laughed uncontrollably and whistled, but it was not a bad thing to shout well. It was as excited as seeing a stripper, almost as excited as he was. It will overwhelm Shih Tzu's lottery. Shang Xirui came off the stage and stared at the mirror in circles for a long time in bewilderment, Wu Zixu looked like an upright and upright Wu Zixu in the mirror, there was nothing funny about it! He won't know that it's because he likes to reverse the strings every year when he unpacks the box. If he reverses the strings, he can't sing well, change the lyrics, change the plot, and learn from the cross talk artists of Tianqiao, so that the audience saw some of his songs. Dressing up with raw characters has found the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, and it is necessary to laugh. No one told him the reason, and he couldn't figure it out. Talked to Cheng Fengtai, Cheng Fengtai couldn't analyze the reason, and finally said: "You can find a seat and ask, don't you know why?" The method is good, but Shang Xirui is very shy with strangers, I'm sorry to inquire, but I couldn't find out the truth of this question in the end.

After sending off Master Jin back to Nanjing, the summer is almost over, and the weather is still hot. These few days there was no Shang Xirui's show in Shuiyun Building, Cheng Fengtai went backstage to look for Shang Xirui, but found no one, but found a subtle sense of tension floating in the atmosphere of the backstage, the few thugs refrained from playing and playing peacefully Each of the sub-districts nestled in a corner, not daring to vent their atmosphere. Chong Yuanlan raised her eyebrows: "Elder Sister," Yuan Lan pointed to the front of the stage. Cheng Fengtai walked to the side of the stage and looked up, there was no one on the stage, he looked carefully - it turned out that Shang Xirui was sitting in the drum team, playing the huqin!

He was sweating profusely, frowning his eyebrows tightly, his hair looked like it had been drenched in rain, and he was wearing a half-worn blue cloth gown. The young man, who was already very angry, now half-rolled his sleeves, and the front and back of the long gown were soaked with sweat marks. People looked at him and felt that he had suffered a lot.

Cheng Fengtai immediately knew why the actors were silent, and couldn't help but feel as if they were facing an enemy, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Yuan Lan said: "Huqin is asking for leave today, the class leader thinks other pianos are not good, no, I will catch the knife myself! I thought it was hot, so I was lazy these days and didn't play for myself, but I still couldn't be free! You just I know his temper today, heh!"

Cheng Fengtai said: "Uncle Li is really dying?"

Yuan Lan said: "Isn't it! I understand it in my heart, and I can't even speak. The class leader has found two old mothers to wait on the shit. I think it's hard to live."

Cheng Fengtai sat on the sofa and read the newspaper without saying a word, not daring to ask for tea or water. There are no actors in Shuiyunlou at this time of year, they are all acquaintances, Shang Xirui doesn't hold back his temper very much in front of acquaintances, but in front of Cheng Fengtai, he can be as happy or angry as he likes, never restraining himself. If Shang Xirui gets angry, the most unlucky person here is Cheng Fengtai, this actor is a real guy when he gets angry, he moves his paws, it makes people's flesh tense just thinking about it.

After a while, the play stopped ahead. Someone in the seat recognized Shang Xirui who was playing the huqin in the civil and martial arts field, and made him play "Deep Night" and simply sing "The Wind Blows the Lotus Leaves". Shang Xirui was always very polite and respectful to the seats, the seats were full of voices, Shang Xirui endured the heat, turned around to discuss a few words with the musical instrument masters, intending to play a part reluctantly. But once it is really pulled up, it is also full of excitement and dedication, with the kind of energy that was unprecedented when singing, so that the audience followed into the play. It's a little strange, when listening to Shang Xirui singing, there are shouts of applause from below; listening to Shang Xirui playing the piano, there is a rustling sound below, no one yells, as if they are afraid that Shang Xirui will drink too much Lang's two strings. The actors have already slipped off the stage, and now it's Shang Xirui's personal huqin play, this part of the huqin is passionate when used in Yu Ji's sword dance, and generous when used in Mi Heng scolding Cao Li. Take it out alone like this and play the drums and yueqin, somehow, there is a sense of desolation and heroism, which makes the body's skin feel cold in the hot weather, and the chest suddenly feels vast. After this part of the qin playing was over, some applauded and some lost their fortunes on stage. It was much more lively than the previous performance. It seemed that there was no need to go to the finale. Those who picked up the place were full of silver dollar banknotes wrapped in colored paper, and they presumably threw all the prizes for watching the big show.

Shang Xirui finished this section, took the opportunity to give the audience a deep bow before they made a fuss, and said: "I'll serve you guys for the finale. Tonight's highlight is "Luo Chengming" "Guan Guan", the suona produced here is unique, so I don't need it."

Immediately someone took up the quarrel and shouted loudly: "Shang Lang! You have to take good care of the men tonight! Our men are waiting for you!"

This shout caused a lot of laughter and whistling. In fact, they were old fanciers who had listened to the opera for several years. A few words, depending on how red his face is. And Shang Lang's stupidity is equally famous as Shang Lang's idiocy. Before Shang Xirui entered Peiping, the idiot first arrived before the people arrived; after Shang Xirui entered Peiping, the audience listened to plays and watched people, and gradually realized Shang Xirui's naivety, so they couldn't help but grow fond of him. A kind of mentality that adults love their children, and they will tease them when they have the opportunity. They don't respect him much, but they maintain him and love him very much.

As expected, Shang Xirui was so disturbed that he couldn't answer, the beads of sweat on his forehead were as big as beans, seeping through his eyebrows and about to fall into his eyes, he picked up the towel on his lap and wiped his forehead Sweat, rosin powder smeared all over the head. Then there was another laugh, Shang Xirui didn't know what they were laughing at, blushed with embarrassment, and directly signaled for the show to start.

Sitting in the background, Cheng Fengtai also heard the rogue words shouted below, and then laughed a while, and couldn't help laughing too. Caitou sorted out the ocean banknotes, covered the jewelry with a piece of red silk cloth, brought it to the coffee table and waited for Shang Xirui to pick the first batch. Shang Xirui is not here, it's not easy for a few actors to strike first, the new little actors glance at the tray one by one. Cheng Fengtai didn't treat himself as an outsider, put down the newspaper, uncovered the red silk, and fiddled with each piece to see the treasure. He took a stake in an antique store in Liulichang, and secretly sold some "pimples" for Commander Cao - Commander Cao was in the northwest, and he built his home by digging graves by "digging lumps". A queen's tomb was excavated back then, and until today, the burial objects in the tomb have not been sold out. Cheng Fengtai has seen a lot for a long time, and he feels that he has good eyesight, so he picks and chooses among jewelry, trying to miss an antique, but there is no antique, just gold, silver and precious stones, there is nothing rare.

Yang Baoli squatted next to the coffee table, glanced at the jewels, then looked at Cheng Fengtai with a smile on his face: "Second Master, Second Master's vision is really high! We have never seen such gold and silver mountains, and Second Master didn't even take it with him." Look closely!" Cheng Fengtai glanced at him with drooping eyelids, smiled, and casually grabbed a treasure ring from inside and threw it to him. Yang Baoli was obviously tempted, it seemed to be very hot in his hands, and he didn't know where to put it. Zhou Xiangyun came over and kicked his ass lightly, frowning at him and shaking his head, Yang Baoli realized that the ring had bitten his hand, threw the ring into the tray, stood up and took a step back, and said with a smile: "Xie Er Grandpa offers a reward, but the little ones don’t dare to take it! The troupe master hasn’t seen it yet!” The brothers and sisters in the troupe couldn’t help laughing secretly. Yang Baoli is a newcomer, and he didn't make it to this position. The brothers and sisters secretly colluded with the accountant, and I don't know how many real gold and silver mountains have been cheated by Shang Xirui. Such a small thing will never be placed The eyes are all at the kid's house of Yang Baoli, whose eyelids are too shallow. Cheng Fengtai didn't say anything, for him, a ring can't even be called a gadget. At the bottom was a diamond ring wrapped in a handkerchief, loosely tied in a knot, the ring was shiny and not bad, Cheng Fengtai looked at the light. The handkerchief wrapped around the ring is particularly interesting, with two colorful butterflies embroidered on it, and two lines of small characters in regular script: Zhuang Shengxiao dreamed of butterflies, Wangdi Chunxin entrusted cuckoos. Smell it carefully, it is still a little fragrant.

Sheng Ziyun poked his head outside the door and saw Cheng Fengtai here, he was hesitating whether to put his head back and go home. Cheng Fengtai had already seen him sitting there, and beckoned to him: "Come." Sheng Ziyun walked up to him, and while shaking his handkerchief to him, he put the ring on his little finger: "Let's see, is this a love poem?" ?" If it's Shakespeare embroidered, Cheng Fengtai can understand it, but reading ancient poems, it's a bit specious. Sheng Ziyun took a glance, in the past two years he has voted for Shang Xirui, he has seen too many girls who have shown love to Shang Xirui, this embroiderer and the number of ways, you don't need to look to know that it is a love poem. Just about to explain the origin of the poem, Cheng Fengtai took the handkerchief back and put it in his pocket, and Shang Xirui walked in from outside the door.

Shang Xirui was sweating profusely as he walked all the way and tossed his hair, like a drowning dog, beads of sweat splashed all over his face, he was very hot. Xiao Lai handed him a towel, he smeared his head and face like a hard worker, he really didn't look like a singer; he handed him a pot of herbal tea, Shang Xirui sipped the herbal tea and sat down on Cheng Fengtai Beside him, without even glancing at the jewels, he gulped down his drink, wiped his sweat again, and sat with his head bowed in a muffled voice.

Everyone could tell that the class leader was so hot that no one dared to speak loudly, for fear of bumping into the evil fire. Cheng Fengtai didn't think it was so hot this day, why Shang Xirui was so miserable. Originally wanted to joke with him, but seeing that he was so annoyed, he patted his back twice, wiped the sweat from the back of his neck, and said nothing.

Sheng Ziyun still flirted with him blankly: "Xirui, are you still playing the piano today? You haven't sung for a long time, so what's next for you?"

Shang Xirui ignored him, impatiently fiddled with the plate of jewels in front of him, still not interested, pushed it out, stood up and left.

Yuan Lan shouted at his back: "Leader, let's take it!" Shang Xirui didn't answer. Sheng Ziyun wanted to talk to the past, but was stopped by Cheng Fengtai: "Boss Shang is going to talk to Manager Gu, why are you following? I'll go and have a look."

Cheng Fengtai prevaricated casually, unexpectedly Shang Xirui was really in Manager Gu's office. There is no phone in the background, Shang Xirui is on the phone in the manager's office. Manager Gu also noticed that Shang Xirui looked unkind today, so he avoided going out obediently, leaving him alone to talk freely on the phone. Shang Xirui first hung up the phone to Qin Yanshe, he was standing leaning against the desk, his legs were numb from sitting playing the violin for a long time. Cheng Fengtai followed and sat on the desk, smiling gently at Shang Xirui face to face, Shang Xirui also looked at him fixedly, but his mind was obviously not on him.

After a while the phone was connected, Shang Xirui went to find Niu Baiwen, who was also supervising the play. Shang Xirui wanted to find someone to do something, and he had to get it right away, so he hung up the phone to the theater, after many twists and turns, he was about to lose his temper again. Cheng Fengtai raised his chin, and unbuttoned his gown one by one until his collarbone was exposed. Shang Xirui felt cooler, Cheng Fengtai felt better, and the phone was connected.

"Master Niu, it's me." Shang Xirui spoke to outsiders with an unusually friendly tone, with the appearance of both virtue and art: "Yes, it's still the same thing, I'm in a hurry, I can't do it every time Let me take the place. You'd better bother."

Cheng Fengtai heard him pretending to be so obedient, he felt itchy in his heart, leaned over to hold Shang Xirui's collarbone and sucked it slowly, Shang Xirui punched him, and sighed silently in his throat.

The gongs and drums on the phone were clanging, and Niu Baiwen's voice was so loud that he couldn't hear what he said. Shang Xirui also raised his voice a little, and said: "Yes, those few met, it's okay, but it's too far from Uncle Li... Lao Qiu is good, but isn't Lao Qiu near the corner? No way Always stay in the Shuiyun Tower! I know all the huqins in Beiping now, and I have already been close to the master... Yes, it would be great if there is a newcomer who can take advantage of it, who is the best apprentice..."

Cheng Fengtai kissed from Shang Xirui's collarbone, down to his neck, pressed the tip of his tongue against the little Adam's apple, and sucked again, Shang Xirui shivered slightly, clasped his shoulder with one hand, and gave He said on the phone: "Anyway, please pay attention! You are busy!" He hung up the phone, threw himself into Cheng Fengtai's arms, took a deep breath, and muttered: "It's so hot!" But the smell in his arms was quite Something was wrong, Shang Xirui fumbled and took out a handkerchief and shook it.

Cheng Fengtai shook the diamond ring on his finger for him: "Look, that one is wrapped around this one, these two are a set."

Shang Xirui shouted angrily: "Who gave it to you!"

Cheng Fengtai said: "Who cares to give it to me? The women around me are not so poetic. This is for Shang Lang! Do you know the words embroidered on it? I'll read it to you—oh, look, there are two butterflies embroidered, this I want to be a butterfly with Shang Lang Liang Zhu!"

When Shang Xirui heard that it was given to him by his girlfriend, he immediately took on a completely different kind of vain and complacent expression, unfolded the handkerchief amiably and looked at it, then took the ring off Cheng Fengtai's hand, put it on himself for comparison, boasting Said: "Boss Shang is recruiting girls again." Because these two objects make it easy to conceive a story in a popular play: a certain lady tosses and turns after listening to Shang Xirui's play, and puts all her lovesickness on Fei. In the process of needlework, she threw her own jewelry to the people on the stage when she was done, as if turning to the bright moon with a pure heart. If this is really a drama, then in the near future, the young lady will have a shocking marriage with a famous actress by accident. But this is not an ordinary drama. In their story, the ladies seem to have no place to stand apart from satisfying the vanity of the merchant.

Cheng Fengtai put his arms around his waist, teasing him deliberately: "How do you know it's a girl? Maybe it's a kid like Master Yun."

Shang Xirui said: "It's a girl!"

Cheng Fengtai said: "It may also be a man like Fan Lian. Who knows?"

Shang Xirui got angry: "It must be a girl! I've seen too much!"

Cheng Fengtai said: "Okay, okay, Boss Shang is recruiting girls. Then, Boss Shang, tell me why you recruit girls, eh?" Saying this, he went to unbutton Shang Xirui's gown ambiguously, and said with a smile: "Tell me, you are such an embroidered pillow, huh? You have such a bad temper, you don't know how to love others. Why do they like you? I don't understand."

While dealing with Cheng Fengtai's hands and feet, Shang Xirui said seriously: "Because I'm good-looking, rich, and I can sing well."

Cheng Fengtai kissed his mouth, nose to nose, and said affectionately: "Huh? I married you just to listen to you sing?"

Shang Xirui said: "Yes! Marry me, have money to spend, and sing to her every day! How beautiful!"

Cheng Fengtai said: "Isn't it? I'm with you, yes, you sang two verses to me at the beginning, but what happened after a long time? I asked you to reward one verse in private, and most of the time it was answered What are you talking about?—Shang Xiaoye is thinking about the show! I don’t have time to talk to you! Go away!”

Cheng Fengtai imitated Shang Xirui's tone in a weird and tricky manner, very spoiling, Shang Xirui rolled his eyes angrily: "You didn't marry me!"

Cheng Fengtai said: "We are already husband and wife! You can't deny me!" The long gown was almost untied, and it was crumpled by Cheng Fengtai's hug, and when the outer gown was taken off, Cheng Fengtai just Going to untie his belt, he said with an evil smile, "I'm really afraid that you won't recognize me, so I want to sit tight again."

Shang Xirui is not afraid of the heat anymore, it seems that the hotter a man feels, the more he likes to do that kind of thing, he is willing in his body, but he is still aggressive in his mouth: "Why are you so annoying and obscene."

Cheng Fengtai said: "I heard the seats shouted just now, saying that Shang Lang will take good care of the men tonight. I didn't see you saying that you don't want to, you can't go back on your word now."

Pulling off the trousers, Shang Xirui yanked them up again, clutching the bottom of the trousers tightly with both hands. Although it was only for a split second, Cheng Fengtai could clearly see the reaction of Shang Xirui's object, before he could make a joke, Shang Xirui blushed and said: "Don't you see what this place is! - Hurry up! Go and lock the door Already!"

Cheng Fengtai happily agreed, and jumped to the ground to lock the door, the door was indeed opened with a thin crack, barely covering it. Cheng Fengtai locked the door and pushed Shang Xirui down on the desk.

Backstage returned to the happy and noisy atmosphere, those who smoked opium smoked, those who ate snacks ate snacks, because they knew that Shang Xirui would not be back for a while. And even if he came back, he must have lost his temper. Yang Baoli reported to Yuan Lan just now, although his voice was so soft that no one else could hear him, but the ambiguous attitude made everyone aware of it, the actors finally relaxed after a day of tension.

Zhou Xiangyun sat upright after the scene, and Yuan Lan patted him on the back: "Stupid boy, don't you take off your makeup yet? Isn't it hot?"

Zhou Xiangyun said: "The class leader said, sing and talk for me later."

Yang Baoli covered his mouth and laughed. Yuan Lan also smiled, waved her hand and said, "Silly boy, don't wait, go take off your makeup! Class leader, I won't be back for a while! I can't take care of you tonight."

A senior brother shouted from a distance in the backstage: "Hey! Junior sister! You can't! Our class leader is so strong! Why can't we finish it all at once? Have you tried it?"

Everyone laughed, but Yuan Lan didn't even show the slightest bit of shyness. Watching Shang Xirui grow up, in their eyes, Shang Xirui is a donkey dung egg with two sides, the bright side, handsome and elegant, well-spoken, just like coaxing students and girls. When you break it apart and look at it, it's pretty and stunned, it's not a whole person at all! Anyway, among their seniors and sisters, Shang Xirui has long since stopped treating Shang Xirui as a man of the right age, she said with a smile: "That's too embarrassing! How long does it take for our class leader to finish, doesn't it depend on the second master?"

The other side said: "Second Lord, isn't it one hour and three quarters?"

Yuan Lan shook her neck like a beauty snake, and said, "Second Master must not be at one hour and three quarters! I have tried it! How is it?"

The actors laughed even harder, Yang Baoli knew it well, and bit Zhou Xiangyun's ear, after a while Zhou Xiangyun's face also gradually turned red, and she pursed her lips as if she was ashamed and angry. Sheng Ziyun waited there for Shang Xirui to finish the call, who knew that the call had reached Siberia, and he couldn't come back for a long time, and when he heard the opera singers talk like this, he seemed to understand, but also didn't seem to understand, pulling Yang Bao Li asked Shang Xirui. Yang Baoli was also half-acquainted with him, and said with a mean smile: "Squad leader? You go to the manager's office to find it yourself!" Zhou Xiangyun gave him an elbow vigilantly, thinking that such things should not be publicized. Yang Baoli still laughed foolishly.

Sheng Ziyun's heart skipped a beat, and when he came to the manager's office dully, the door was already locked. He stood at the door not knowing whether to knock or not, he hesitated for a while, then heard Shang Xirui yell from inside, as if in pain.

Sheng Ziyun immediately knocked on the door: "Xirui! Xirui, are you in there? What's wrong with you?"

Shang Xirui scolded a few words like "shameless" and "rascal" in it, then heard Cheng Fengtai laugh loudly for a while, and then there were some unbearable voices.

Cheng Fengtai said: "Master Yun, it's getting late, let's go back." There was still panting in that voice.

Sheng Ziyun felt that his hands were shaking and his heart was cold, so he turned his head and ran away.