Chapter 272 The story of the second master Song Jing and Li Xiaotan

  It is night, and the lights are just coming on.

  A black Mercedes-Benz parked in front of Ye Paris, Tan Yao got out of the car, walked around to the other side and opened the door.

  Shen Qian bowed out, two straight long legs wrapped in straight suit pants cut like a knife, his leather shoes were shiny, and his expression was cold and solemn.

   "Mr. Shen is so arrogant!" The big man in black said coldly, his eagle-like sharp eyes stared straight at the visitor, showing his murderous intent.

   Seeing this, Tan Yao took advantage of the situation and stepped forward to cut off the unfriendly scrutiny of the other party, "Compared to the last time the second master asked us to wait for nothing, who is more airy?"

"A Chong!" At this moment, a woman with long curly hair in black clothes and trousers appeared in front of everyone. She had a coquettish appearance, but her expression was as cold as frost. people fear.

   "Sister Li." The big man in black lowered his head slightly, speaking respectfully.

  A woman, appearing in this kind of place at this time, with such a calm demeanor, can make a man of five big and three rough honestly call her "sister", presumably she has a good status.

  "Mr. Shen is a distinguished guest, please be polite, do you know?" The red lips hooked lightly, although it was a lesson, the tone was neither salty nor weak, and there was no intention of reproach, but a kind of mockery that seemed to be a smile that was not a smile.

   As for who is being ridiculed, it is self-evident.

   Tan Yao frowned, and was about to speak, but was blocked by the woman's piercing gaze——

   "Please, both of you."

  The woman led the way, led the two to a carved wooden door, and pushed it open.

  The entrance is a huge ink screen, which just happens to completely block the situation inside.

  Passing around the screen, the field of vision suddenly opened up.

  The leather sofa surrounds a rosewood coffee table from all sides, and above the head is a bright crystal lamp, the pendant is swaying, and the fine light is projected on the beige wall, faintly.

  It is more formal than a bar private room, but far less solemn than a formal living room.

Just like the man sitting on the sofa, wearing a modified Tang suit, top and bottom trousers, his handsome appearance makes it impossible to tell his age, and a string of sandalwood beads in his hand, which emits a faint fragrance. At first glance, he looks like a monk, but The cyan tattoo that cannot be concealed by the sleeves spreads all over the neck, which is exactly the same as the "big guy with flower arms" in the movie, but the aura around him is as gentle as water, not aggressive at all.

   What is more contradictory than the room decoration is the people in it.

  Cultivators do not enter the secular world.

  Boss, take root in the world of mortals.

  So out of place, yet strangely harmonious.

  Shen Qian: "Second Lord, are you all right?"

  The man stood up, turned the prayer beads in his hand twice, and held back with the other hand, "Thanks to Mr. Shen, everything is fine."

   Two people are seated.

  Song Jing glanced over, and the woman who led them in before bowed and left.

  Shen Qian secretly nodded to Tan Yao, who understood and left.

  At that time, there were only two people left in the huge hall.

Shen Qian took out something, put it on the coffee table, stretched out his hand and pushed it in front of Song Jing, "At the beginning, in order to repay the grace of saving my life, the second master promised me a jade pendant with dragon patterns, and promised to help me if necessary in the future. Today I am I don’t know if the second master will recognize it or not?”

   "One word from a gentleman is hard to follow. Letting you come to me shows that the matter is not small."

   "For the second master, it is not difficult."

   "Really?" The man chuckled lightly. If Shen Qian is said to have a gentleness engraved in his bones, then he is the elegance that blends into his gestures.

   "All I want is a favor from you."

   "No." Song Jing shook his head slowly, "Money debts are easy to repay, but human debts are hard to repay."

  Shen Qian's expression remained unchanged, as if he didn't notice the threat and warning in his eyes, "As the second master said, if it wasn't difficult, I wouldn't come to the door."

  The man pondered for a moment, then sighed softly: "Tell me, what's the matter."

   That sigh seemed to say—if you come out to mess around, you will always have to pay it back.

   "Lu Shen has recently suppressed Tianshui Real Estate crazily, even using family resources."

   When the word "Lu Shen" came out, the man paused, and for the first time, the brows that had been stretched in a relaxed state since Shen Qian came in raised slightly.

   Soon, it became flat again, but it was no longer as relaxed and casual as before.

  Song Jing picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then slowly raised his eyes: "What do you want me to do?"

   "Second Master and Seventh Master are old acquaintances, and it is more convenient to communicate with each other. Could you please be a middleman and persuade Lu Shen to stop."

  Song Jing was speechless for a long while.

  Shen Qian didn't rush, but waited calmly.

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   "Although he and I are old acquaintances, we have fallen out long ago. I'm afraid...it won't be that easy."

   "I fell out, but the relationship is still there, it depends on whether the second master can put down his airs and speak first..."

  Song Jing sighed softly: "You are embarrassing me."

  Shen Qian didn't let go: "It's not difficult and I won't ask the second master to take action."

   The two phases are silent.

   After a long time, Song Jing reached out and picked up the dragon pattern pendant in front of him, "Have you figured it out? There is only one chance."

  Shen Qian only said: "Thank you."

   "Okay." Song Jing accepted the jade pendant, "Ah Li—"

   As soon as the voice fell, the woman pushed the door open and entered, stood still, bowed her head respectfully: "Second Master."

   "Seeing off guests."

"yes."

  When Shen Qian left with the woman, he passed by the big man in black who had clashed at the door before.

  While walking around the screen, Shen Qian turned sideways slightly. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the big man leaning over and whispering in Song Jing's ear.

   "Mr. Shen, please." The woman urged.

  Shen Qian couldn't help restraining his mind, quickened his pace slightly, patter—

  The door closes behind him.

   "Stay here." Shen Qian stopped the woman, signaling that there is no need to see her off.

  The woman didn't force it, and after lightly saying "walk slowly", the two of them left on their own.

   "Boss Shen, the deal is over?"

"Um."

   Tan Yao felt relieved, and was about to reach out to press the elevator, but was stopped by Shen Qian—

"Not urgent."

   "?"

   "Go to the bathroom first."

  Tan Yaogang wanted to say that he was waiting here, but Shen Qian said directly and forcefully—

   "You too."

   Tan Yao: "!"

   Despite his doubts, he went to the bathroom together.

  It wasn't until a series of neat footsteps came from the corridor, mixed with the sound of people talking, that Tan Yao suddenly realized that Shen Qian didn't want to go to the toilet, but just waited here!

  It wasn't until the slight knock sound of the elevator door closing that Shen Qian and Tan Yao went out from the bathroom and found that the elevator stopped on the second floor.

   "President Shen, we..."

   "Go, follow to see."

  Night Paris has a total of nine floors, the first to sixth floors are bars, and the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors are closed to the public.

  Now, they are on the seventh floor.

   I heard that Song Jing never came out to manage bar-related matters, and left them to the people below. Therefore, so far, the behind-the-scenes boss of Ye Paris has never been exposed.

   If it is said to go to the second floor to deal with things, it is obviously not true.

   And there are safe passages on the seventh to ninth floors. If Jing wants to leave, there is no need to go around like this.

  Shen Qian remembered that when the black-clothed bodyguard named "A Chong" leaned over to whisper to Song Jing, the half-smile expression on Song Jing's face, as if he had encountered something rare, made him come alive.

  …

   "Second Lord, the person is inside, she is a woman." Just as Song Jing got out of the elevator, a man in a manager's uniform stepped forward respectfully.

   "Female?" Song Jing raised his eyebrows, rolled the beads with his fingertips, and slowly picked two beads: "It's interesting."

  A Chong who came with him gave her a big stare, "I'll go in and teach her a lesson now!"

   "Stop!"

   "Second Lord?"

   "How many times have I told you, don't be so impatient, you haven't made any progress at all."

  A Chong: "..."

  The manager couldn't figure out what this master meant, rolled his eyes, and tentatively said, "Why don't you go and see for yourself?"

   A Chong immediately threw the knife in the eye, and the manager shrank his neck.

  Song Jing smiled and nodded, "Okay, then... let's take a look?"

  Ari frowned and looked at the dazed manager, "The door is still open?!"

  The manager finally realized that he was in a hurry.

  The door opened, A Chong entered first, his sharp eyes swept around, and after confirming that it was safe, he returned to Song Jing, nodding slightly.

   "What's your name?" Before entering the door, Song Jing suddenly asked.

   "Manager Gao, Er Ye asked, didn't you hear me?!"

  The manager came back to his senses immediately, with flattered flattery on his face, "Little Gao Ning, who is in charge of personnel affairs."

  Song Jing stopped talking and walked inside.

  …

  In the dimly lit private room, Shen Hou sat on the sofa, calmly glanced at the two black-clothed men in front of him, and after confirming that there was no chance of winning, he completely stopped thinking about fighting and began to think about other countermeasures.

  On the other side of the sofa, Li Xiaotan was holding a cigarette, but her fingertips couldn't help shaking. The ash fell onto her thigh and burned a hole in her stockings, but she didn't seem to feel any pain and didn't respond.

   "It's useless," she said suddenly, her indifferent eyes fell on Shen Yu's face, "We can't escape, and it's useless to toss about."

  The two big men in black in front looked at each other after hearing the words, and their eyes became more defensive.

  Shen Yu rolled his eyes, teammate Pig!

  Li Xiaotan seemed to know what she was thinking, and sneered, "It's useless to scold me, if you can't escape, you can't escape. Just like a person who fell into the water, the more he struggles, the faster he dies."

   "Do you really want to die?" Shen Yu looked at her coldly.

   "I don't want to, but it's useless."

   "Night Paris is already so arrogant that he can disregard human life?"

   Li Xiaotan looked at her with pity, "Will you say next sentence, what do you want the police to do?"

  Shen Yu: "..."

   "I've been here for so long, and I've seen all the tragic things with my own eyes. How do you think your end will be better than those people?"

  Shen Wei didn't have the fear or fear that Li Xiaotan expected to see on his face, and he curled his lips coldly: "How can your fate be better?"

  The woman paused, exhaled a shapeless smoke ring, and her eyes were dazed.

  Yeah, how could she be any better?

   "Heh...I didn't expect that my life, Li Xiaotan, would be like this? Hehehe..." She raised her hand to cover her eyes, shaking with laughter.

  Shen Yu frowned, "Cheer up."

   "Cheer up! It's all your **** fault! If I hadn't listened to you, I wouldn't have been caught by Gao Ning even if I wiped that **** file!"

   "Why don't you say that you are open-eyed when you see money, and you don't know people clearly?"

Shen Yu thought she would refute, but the woman just paused, then laughed at herself, and murmured softly, "Yeah, after all, it's my own fault... I don't like what I like, but I like money; I don't like anyone, but I follow Gao Ning That **** who doesn't recognize his six relatives!"

  Shen Yu's eyes moved slightly: "So, you didn't send the text message?"

   "What text message?" The woman looked blank.

  Shen Yu understood.

  After the shooting training was over, Quan Hanting sent her to the 4S store to pick up the car, and Shen Wei drove the brand new little red Martha back to Shen's house.

   On the way, I received a text message from Li Xiaotan, asking her to meet in a private room on the second floor of Paris at seven o'clock tonight, and pay the balance by the way.

  Shen Wei thought of her character of loving money like her life, and it was normal to be eager to get money, so she didn't have any doubts, and drove directly to Ye Paris.

   Unexpectedly, he became a turtle in the urn, and was caught straight!

   "It's Gao Ning! It must be him—that bitch!" Li Xiaotan screamed after hearing this.

  She was working hard, but Gao Ning called and asked her to go to the second floor. As soon as she entered the private room, two big men in black covered her mouth and nose and fell on the sofa.

  She didn't know what happened. It wasn't until Shen Yu was arrested that she realized that the erasure of the file had been exposed. Gao Ning set up a trick to kill her!

   "Are you stupid? I won't let you transfer the money directly, why bother to make an appointment?"

  Shen Wei sneered: "Transfer? Who kept saying that she only accepts cash?"

  Li Xiaotan: "..."

   "Hey! You seem to like money very much? Why?" Shen Wei was suddenly curious.

  In his previous life, Li Xiaotan was like falling into the eyes of money, and it is still the same in this life. But as far as she knew, Li Xiaotan had no elders to take care of her, and no children to take care of her below. It was typical for one person to eat enough and the whole family not hungry.

  The place where you usually need to spend money is nothing more than clothing. Although the price is not cheap, it is not considered a luxury.

   So, what does she need so much money for?

  The woman paused, as if she was stumped by this sudden question, and it took her a while to react, "Because, it's safe."

  Shen Wei: "?"

   "Money can give me a sense of security, just like a killer must hold a gun in his hand at all times, otherwise, I will be restless and unable to eat or sleep."

   "That's all?" Shen Wei suddenly felt funny.

Li Xiaotan's face suddenly became serious, and his expression became cold: "Maybe you think this reason is absurd, but to me, money is everything! I don't have to eat or drink, but I absolutely can't live without money." .”

   "What about life? Who is more important, money or life?"

   "For me, money is life, and the two are equal."

  Shen Yu was convinced.

"When I was young, my family was poor," she took a puff of a cigarette, and she seemed to have someone who could talk, her heart was not so scared, and her hands stopped shaking. "My parents are workers, and there is a sister who is fifteen years older than me." When I was young, I hardly ever wore new clothes. I either picked up my sister’s or the neighbors didn’t want them. When I went to school, the children around me could dance, sing, recite, and play various musical instruments, but I didn’t have any Yes, low self-esteem is like a shadow, following you all the time."

"My grades were not good. After finishing high school, I failed to enter university. I wanted to go to a junior college. After three years, I could find a decent job. But at that time, my parents fell ill one after another, and they left within two months. I asked later, although the disease cannot be cured, it can be delayed for three to five years or even longer with medication. My parents’ medical expenses and funeral affairs have used up all the savings in the family, and I can’t pay the tuition fees. I don’t have to read anymore, my sister disappeared again, and I don’t care about anything, so I can only come out to work.”

   "I went to Jingping with a few fellow villagers, and they all said that the foot of the imperial city was full of gold. I set foot on that land with high hopes, but I was hit hard by life. I was greedy for cheap when renting a house, met black intermediaries, and was raped..."

  Perhaps when a person is about to die, the misery and sorrow buried deep in his heart seem to become less difficult to express.

   Li Xiaotan suddenly wanted to talk to someone, talk about her grievances over the years, talk about the scars that had scabbed over but were deeply rotted, talk about the despair and bleakness of her life, as well as her unwillingness and injustice.

  Shen Wei listened quietly, no matter what the other party said, she was always calm, without surprise or sympathy.

   It's like reading stories in magazines and listening to cases in legal programs, and this kind of calmness and calmness, without pretending to be hypocritical, is exactly what Li Xiaotan hopes for.

  She said this, not to win sympathy, nor to find resonance, but she suddenly wanted to say it.

   That's all.

  The audience she needs doesn't need to echo or comment, just listen quietly.

"I thought about calling the police, but I gave up in the end. Because the man left 2,000 yuan after finishing the work, I decided to accept it without any hesitation. So, it was not rape, it was prostitution, and I took the money ah!"

Speaking of this, the woman laughed strangely: "You must think I am very cheap, and I think I am too cheap! But what can I do? I need to find a place to live, to eat, to survive, all of which need money .”

"Then, I found the first job in my life, washing dishes in a small restaurant near the hospital. The monthly salary was 2,500, including food and housing. Until now, I still remember the joyful mood at that time, just like... A ray of light suddenly appeared in the gloomy life, with hope."

"I've been doing this for about... three months," the woman took a puff of cigarette, her cold eyes were full of vicissitudes, but she was always calm, like a bystander telling a story that has nothing to do with her, no matter how ups and downs, she can remain indifferent, "then , The flu broke out, and I was infected. Fortunately, the hospital is opposite the restaurant, I just passed out in the middle of the road, was found by a nurse, sent to the emergency room, and then, I was isolated."

   "Do you know the isolation room in the hospital?" She tilted her head and asked Shen Wei.

   Shaking his head with a self-deprecating chuckle, "You must have never seen it."

Shen Yu's eyes were cold, "It's a small house, three walls are painted pale, and the remaining side is a whole piece of glass. Every day, a doctor will stand outside to record observations. You hope to see hope from their eyes in white coats. But they kept their heads down and moved the pens in their hands, unable to give you any response."

  The woman raised her eyebrows and looked at her in surprise, "It sounds like you've been in there before."

   "Maybe?" Shen Wei shrugged.

   Li Xiaotan didn't bother to find out the truth, he was going to die anyway, true and false, false and true, what's the point?

"You are right, three white walls, one white lamp, no one talks to you, and you dare not speak, because every time you speak, there is an echo. At that time, I thought I was dying. Looking back on the first half of my life, I lived in poverty. Down and out, and very useless. So my sister and I swear to God, as long as we get through it, we must make a lot of money and treat ourselves very well."

"It may be that life is hard. Many people died from the flu, but I saved my life. When I was discharged from the hospital, I ran out of money. I met a fortune-teller and told me that my life was full of troubles." Fortunately, I survived the catastrophe, but I can no longer bear the dragon's aura at the foot of the imperial city, let me go all the way south, and find a peaceful place to live a good life."

  Shen Wei: "Do you believe it?"

"Believe it! I was not afraid of death before, but after that time, I was afraid, so I believed it. The next day, I spent the only fifteen yuan I had on my body and took a black car all the way south. The car broke down halfway. , the driver asked for more money, otherwise he would dump the passenger. I had no money, so I was left behind. A local man was caught on the road and asked what this place was, and the man said it was Ningcheng."

   "I thought, didn't the fortune teller tell me to find a peaceful place to live? Just right, Ningcheng Ningcheng, is it peaceful enough? Later, through the introduction of an acquaintance, I entered Night Paris."

"When I was a beer girl at the beginning, I was often taken advantage of by others. After half a year, I simply switched to being a table hostess. I had a lot of money to eat and dress well, but I always felt that it was not enough. I And earn more.”

  Shen Wei listened to her downplaying the ups and downs of the first half of her life, and her heart was also complicated.

   It's ridiculous to say that they had been together for four years in their last life and were related by blood, but they had never heard Li Xiaotan talk about it. It's just a chance meeting in this life, and she has said everything that should be said and should not be said.

   "Money is a good thing," Li Xiaotan threw the burnt cigarette **** on the ground, and leaned back on the back of the sofa, "Unfortunately, it's almost dead."

   "Then if I let you use all the money in your hand to exchange your life, would you like it?"

  Shen Yu believes that almost everyone will be willing, after all, life is priceless.

  But Li Xiaotan hesitated!

   After a long while, she shook her head: "I survived the catastrophe. I'm afraid I won't have the courage to continue to be a stage lady. If I don't become a stage lady, I won't be able to earn money. If I don't have money, I might as well die."

  Shen Yu was dumbfounded.

  Suddenly, bang bang—

   There was a sound of clapping, and the two followed the sound...

  (end of this chapter)