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Chapter 40 Resist

In the summer of 1933, it was extremely hot. The nearly 20-year melee between the Sichuan warlords was brought to a climax by the cannibalism between the uncle and the nephew, and finally ended with the failure of Liu Wenhui. He recently took control of the armed forces in the entire Sichuan-Chongqing region and became a veritable king of Sichuan, which also completely changed the appearance of the Sichuan army after changing flags.Zhou Mei sometimes sighs with emotion. Since ancient times, the word family love has always been pale in the face of power. Li Shimin and Zhu Di both came to power because of this. Inside, it must be due to the same luck, so this battle is inevitable. It's just that when two tigers fight, one of them must be injured.

In the office of the commander-in-chief of the Chongqing Office, Zhou Mei dressed herself exquisitely, with a string of valuable pearl necklaces hanging around her neck. She was picking bamboo leaf greens in the gift box and preparing to make a pot of this season's new tea. With the sound of orderly footsteps, she turned around, and saw Liu Xiang in a new-style military uniform, wearing white gloves, walking in with a smile on his face.

Liu Xiang stood still in front of Zhou Mei, first with a smile on his face, his majestic eyes showed a few traces of searching, then his face turned cold, he waved his hand, and slapped Zhou Mei, because he didn't take off his gloves, so this After a while, there was no sound at all, but Zhou Mei felt like being hit by a heavy object, and her mind was buzzing. She hugged the tea box and fell to the ground, and the bright green tea inside immediately spilled all over the floor.

Zhou Mei bit her lower lip and knelt on the ground. She raised her head and watched Liu Xiang silently.

"Do you think I won't come back this time?" Liu Xiang squatted down slowly, and said playfully, "This slap is for me to teach Zhou Jian'an a lesson in the name of my father. Tell me yourself, what did you do?" What"

"What Godfather taught me is that," Zhou Mei said softly, she was indeed cautious in front of Liu Xiang, and never dared to act recklessly.

"you get up"

Zhou Mei got up slowly and bent down to clean up the mess on the ground. Seeing this, Liu Xiang bypassed her, sat directly in front of the gorgeous desk, and took off his gloves. There is a lot of trouble, you have completely embarrassed me, Mom sells hemp, Xiaobai doesn't want to live anymore, wait until tomorrow I will shoot her!"

Zhou Mei's hands were trembling, she tried to calm down, made tea calmly, poured the tea, and put her hands to Liu Xiang's hand, "Godfather, drink tea"

"Still drinking tea!" Liu Xiang glanced at her and said loudly, "Look at me!"

Zhou Mei looked directly at Liu Xiang's open and shrewd eyes, her heart was beating like a drum, she could only pretend to be a rogue smirk, and pursed her lower lip.

"What's going on between you and her, tell me clearly!"

"just for fun"

"Hahahaha, just for fun?" Liu Xiang laughed loudly, picked up the teacup in hand, and took a sip of tea, "I don't care if you are really playing or not, the matter between you and the Jing family is a certainty, there is no turning back room"

"Yes" Zhou Mei replied coldly.

"Sigh..." Liu Xiang turned the chair around, and said a little more earnestly, "Xiao Mei, you are a new student, don't be dragged down by old things. The Jing family is rich and powerful, and Mr. Jing thinks highly of you again. You entered The family of the Jing family will most likely be in charge in the future. You can also see that the situation in Sichuan has been unstable. If I can win today, others can win me tomorrow. As the commander in chief, I not only need the support of the Nanjing government , you need the support of the local chamber of commerce, you are my daughter, you must learn to take care of the overall situation and stop messing around."

"Daughter understands." Zhou Mei walked around behind the chair and helped Liu Xiang pinch her shoulders and neck, her voice softened a lot, "Godfather, don't worry, I will marry into the Jing family within this year."

The comfort of his body gradually eased Liu Xiang's mood. He drank tea and said, "You are still young, and I don't blame you for some things. I'll just settle the score with that little boy."

"After all, she is Tang Xiangwan's wife. Tang Xiangwan used to be a general under Feng's command. Most of the soldiers he led were from the Northeast Army, and he also had friendship with Young Marshal Zhang. The Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army have always been in harmony with each other. There is no need for a godfather." Because these little things affect the harmony."

"There is some truth in what you said." Liu Xiang frowned and thought, "Xiaobai acted recklessly before, relying on Tang Xiangwan to support her, and the chairman of the committee has a good personal relationship with Zhang Shaoshuai, so it is really inappropriate to make a big fuss about this matter, but She's gone a bit too far this time, it's fine for others, but it's on my territory, and it's on my head! She doesn't think much of me too much."

"Don't be angry, godfather. In fact, it's not useless for my daughter to catch her. In order to guard against you, the chairman also released Gao Jianqin in Chongqing after all. Half of Chongqing's military defense deployment is still in his hands. The relationship between Tang Xiangwan and Gao Jianqin It’s a lot, and I’m good friends with his wife, so I can get information for my godfather. Moreover, Shaoshuai Zhang’s Northeast Army is now concentrated in the Shanxi and Shanxi areas, connecting Sichuan and Shanxi. Please go to Young Marshal Zhang."

Liu Xiang turned around and looked at Zhou Mei with raised eyebrows, "I seem to blame you when I say it this way?? I don't know if you're telling the truth or trying to protect her in a different way. There’s no business over there!”

"Yes, yes," Zhou Mei said with a smile.

The moment Zhou Mei stepped out of the office building with high heels, Zhou Mei felt her calf was a little weak. She looked up and looked at the gray sky that has often been gray since the beginning of summer. She couldn't help feeling a little dizzy in her head. She knew she couldn't escape Liu Xiang Knowing more about Liu Xiang's methods, she began to regret her original impulsiveness and pushed herself and actor Bai into a vortex of dilemma. The current situation, in fact, is the best choice for the two of them. Good choice.

But facing Liu Xiang's tiger-like eyes and threats just now, for some reason, she remembered the words that the old man had mentioned to her a few days ago. She stood in the street, watching the endless stream of people, and heard the voices of vendors one after another. Yelling, this era is full of soulless walking dead, but what is the difference between me and them?

There was an unprecedented resistance in her heart. She should be a free person with a free soul. Why, she would live like this.

Suddenly flashed in her mind was that face full of warmth after Fengyue, and the cautious phrase "Let's go abroad, okay?" Zhou Mei's eyes were warm. Thinking about it, that guy had foreseen her current feelings a long time ago. That's why I said such cute and ridiculous dream talk.

Although it is a dream, if you have enough money, it is not that difficult to settle in a foreign country. She is proficient in languages ​​and has a diploma. It can be maintained. As for that guy, Zhou Mei is not worried about her survivability at all. Mei Heming has performed all over the world. Chinese opera culture has always been the most interesting to foreigners. For Ming's friendship, all he needs is a letter of recommendation, and an actor who is a fool for nothing will probably be better than her.

She never thought about this before, because she didn't want to think about it. What she set her mind to do, she would never give up halfway, but she was only a 20-year-old girl after all, and she also had a willful side. Out of breath, the first thing that came to her mind was actor Bai.

Because Xizibai was the ray of light that passed through the clouds in her gloomy life. In the dark age, it was full of despair. It had to be difficult for that ray of light to squeeze out a little gap in the clouds and then fall into the sky.

Since the last farewell, Xi Zibai has not appeared in front of her for a long time. Zhou Mei thought that after a while, she would obediently send it to her door again, but unexpectedly, a month passed in a blink of an eye, and she never saw her again. There was no trace of actor Bai.

Facing actor Bai, Zhou Mei always has a steelyard in her heart. She puts herself in the center and dare not advance or retreat. Sometimes I really hate her for being too idealistic and clingy, but when she no longer follows her Behind her buttocks, asking for warmth, begging for beatings and scolding, she was inexplicably flustered.So when Zhou Mei came out of the Chongqing Office and arrived at Jing's house at noon, she was in a state of isolation. At this time, the two elders of Jing's family were taking a nap at this time, and the waiter A Dong entertained her to rest in the guest room first.

Zhou Mei just sat in the guest room for a few minutes, and then she picked up the phone very decisively.

"Hello, Tang Mansion, who are you looking for?"

"Hello, please listen to your wife"

"Mrs..."

I just heard the maid's weak call, and then there was a very distant, inaudible but impatient echo, "Who, I'm so sleepy!!!"

"May I ask your last name"

"You tell her that my surname is Zhou"

There was another ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, bang, Zhou Mei once suspected that actor Bai rolled down the stairs to answer the phone, and then the phone was quiet for a while, and a familiar voice came into her ears, "Huh?"

The corners of Zhou Mei's mouth curled up, and she choked up for a moment. She covered her mouth with one hand, and then covered the microphone. Tears streamed down her face, dripping and soaking the patterns on the cheongsam.

"Hello? Hello?! Is it you? Hey!! You talk!"

After waiting for a long time, she cleared her throat again, Zhou Mei said lightly, "Come and accompany me at night"

There was silence on the phone for a while, "No, I'm going to pick up the kids tonight"

"Pick up the child? What child?"

"Zijun's child, I promised yesterday, I must go"

Zhou Mei's heart suddenly turned cold. She was afraid of breaking the Jing family's phone, so she tried her best to control her emotions, "Go and answer it first, and then come over after you finish it."

"No way." The actor Bai on the phone was half naked and had no shoes on her feet. She covered her chest with sofa cushions and her eyes were red. She really ran down the stairs from upstairs. of.

"Okay, I got it." Zhou Mei gently put down the phone, and then, she raised the teacup in her hand and slammed it on the ground.

Listening to the sound of hanging up, Xi Zibai was still holding the phone, and she didn't know how long it took before she put it down.

Zhou Mei immediately sat up and walked outside the Jing's house, with murderous intent in his eyes, A Dong hurried over when he heard the noise, seeing Zhou Mei's face, he was immediately frightened, "Zhou, Miss Zhou... this is ..."

"Adong, please arrange for the driver, I want to borrow the car"

"Ah?" A Dong was taken aback, and hurried to call the driver, Lao Yuan.

Before Zhou Mei got into the car, she asked A Dong to visit the elder one another day. After saying hello for her today, she took the car and rushed to the Chongqing Office of the Military Command at the fastest speed.

With a bang, the door of the anti-espionage team's office was pushed open. Jing Luo at the desk frowned, subconsciously leaned down, hid under the desk, opened the second drawer, and took out a gun. When I saw Zhou Mei standing at the door with a livid face in the gap, I couldn't help being surprised, "Sister Zhou? Are you crazy?"

Zhou Mei walked in directly, resting her hands on Jing Luo's desk, with a gloomy expression, Jing Luo put down the gun with great interest, and took a sip of the delicious coffee, "Sister Zhou, do you know where this is? , you swaggered in, are you really not afraid that my people will kill you directly?"

"The all-knowing group leader Jing" Zhou Mei has sharp eyes, and goes straight to the topic, "I ask you, where does Ding Zijun's son go to school?"

"Puff, cough, cough..." Jing Luo couldn't help choking. She coughed for a long time, her face flushed, and she said in embarrassment, "Sister Zhou, are you okay? You came here to ask me this?"

"answer me"

"Okay, okay" seems to have guessed why Zhou Mei would ask such a question, Jing Luo is free and has nothing to do, and can't catch the underground party, why not watch a show and accompany her to catch Xiaobai, she put the gun in her waist casually In the holster of his gun, he took Zhou Mei's hand and walked out, "I'll take you there directly"

It's really not that easy to go here. Zhou Mei and Jing Luo are used to living in the south bank, but Mingyuan Academy, where the Ding family's children study, is far away from Dongshuimen in the east of Chongqing City, near Huguang. At the guild hall, the two got off the car halfway, crossed the river by boat, climbed the stone ladder, and finally arrived at Bajiaoyuan Street. The bustling market here is completely different from the exquisite scenery of the South Bank. Zhou Mei and Jing Luo tossed and tossed for a long time, his mouth was a little dry, so he found a nearby teahouse and ordered a pot of herbal tea to quench his thirst.

Jing Luo fanned the scorching air in front of him with his hands, and took out the watch in his arms, "Fortunately, I finally arrived before school ends."

Zhou Mei drank tea by herself and remained silent. Although she was sweating thinly on her forehead, her every move was still very elegant. She looked at Jing Luo's reddish cheeks and wondered. But Jing Luo didn't take it seriously, which really surprised her.

Seeing Zhou Mei silently looking at herself, as if she could read her mind, Jing Luo burst out laughing, "Sister Zhou, you don't have to look at me like that, I don't have any wrong thoughts."

"Why is there such a big difference?" Zhou Mei still couldn't help asking.

"Hey" Jing Luo tapped the ancient wooden table with her fingertips, and said slowly, "First, you are my future sister-in-law, and you and I will be a family sooner or later. How long can we go with her? Anyway, you and I have the same fate. No matter how much you love someone, the final outcome is up to you. Since there is no result, why should I bother with that? Third, you are not Zhang Jianrong's gentleness and obedience to her Xiaobai will only be moved by that kind of person, so I am naturally more afraid of Zhang Jianrong~"

"Can't promise her, and don't allow others to give her, you have a bad temper..."

"Aren't you the same, or would you be sitting here drinking tea with me now?" Jing Luo's face showed a trace of sophistication that didn't match her age, "Sister Zhou, we are the same kind of people, so I don't want to see me. Brother hurt you, I protect you just like I protect myself, people like us have sorrow, but also glory naturally, marry a rich husband, live in a bungalow with foreign goods, youth can be squandered recklessly, and we don’t have to run around for daily necessities all our lives. This is beyond the reach of many low-level people. If you gain something, you will lose something."

"If she gave you a chance, would you have another choice?" Seemingly brainwashed by Jing Luo's words, Zhou Mei was inexplicably dazed.

"Pfft, hahaha, sister Zhou, you are really emotional. It's really not like you are asking such stupid words."

"I'm just asking"

"She gave me a chance, maybe I won't love her anymore"

These words were like a sedative injected into Zhou Meiben's blood that was about to move, making her mind go blank. She and Jing Luo looked at each other for a long time, but in the end, they both showed a tacit smile.