hell cycle

"come out!"

No movement.

Ah Cheng said helplessly and impatiently: "There are only two exits in this alley, and the other exit is closed for road construction, and I am here, you can't run out if you don't come out."

Behind the wall, Mingtai stuck his head out, looked at Ah Cheng angrily, and said, "Brother Ah Cheng! How come you can catch me no matter where I go!"

Ah Cheng looked at Mingtai very seriously, and said: "Because you are not very creative." I have played cat and mouse with you for so many lives, and I know which direction you are going when you lift your foot!

Mingtai, who had already grown into an adult and was about the same height as Mingtai, came out from behind the wall and stood there with an angry expression on his face, Ah Cheng said helplessly and impatiently: "Will you come here by yourself or I will go?" To bring you here?"

Mingtai was so angry that he stared at Ah Cheng with puffy cheeks, but he knew that Ah Cheng was neither his eldest sister nor his elder brother, it was useless to act like a baby, acting wild...Although he has grown up now, he had a hand with Brother Ah Cheng once. Afterwards, he didn't dare anymore, he was helpless... Finally he had to hold back his anger and obediently follow Ah Cheng to the entrance of the alley. Ah Cheng walked up to a car and opened the door.

When Mingtai saw the car, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Brother Ah Cheng, did you buy a car?"

Ah Cheng tilted his head slightly, looked at Mingtai, revealed the "devil" smile that Mingtai was most afraid of, and said, "Shut up, get in the car."

Ming Xiongzi Tai knows that whenever Cheng shows this kind of smile, it means that the other party is on the verge of breaking out, and it is best not to provoke him. That is, he knew that from now on, when Ah Cheng showed such a smile, he must not provoke him.

Mingtai got into the car, still very excited. He went up and down silently, looked it up for a while, and said, "Brother Ah Cheng, what brand is your car? I think it's a little smaller than the one at home."

Ah Cheng opened the front door, started the car, and said naturally: "I'm poor, and I can't afford a car as good as Ming's."

Mingtai heard Ah Cheng's words, pouted and said: "What about the Ming family and the Ming family? Brother Ah Cheng, you said that you are a family, and you still say such things."

Ah Cheng held the steering wheel and drove on the road, saying: "Your surname is Ming, I don't. You are the young master of the Ming family, but I am not."

Mingtai pouted and said, "But I think elder brother and elder sister love you more, they don't scold you, they praise you every day in front of me."

A Cheng didn't speak.

The car drove near the French Concession, Ah Zheng and Ah Li were waiting at an intersection, saw Ah Cheng driving over, Ah Li and Ah Zheng walked over, Ah Cheng got out of the car, and said to Ali: "Get in the car, look at Mingtai , He talks to you, you shut up and don’t talk, if he wants to get out of the car, you take him back, let him stay in the car, he can’t go anywhere.”

Ah Li got into the car in response, sat on the driver's seat, and stared at Mingtai in the back seat through the magnifying glass. He had a good look, and made Mingtai feel a little bit about running away when he saw Ah Cheng get off the car. I was able to stay quietly with a bitter face.

Looking out from the car window, Mingtai saw Ah Cheng leading Ah Zheng into a rather luxurious dining hall. Looking through the glass window of the dining hall, Mingtai could see the seat by the window There was a blond foreigner next to him. Ah Cheng smiled and shook hands with the foreigner, then sat down, not knowing what he was talking about.

After an unknown period of time, Ah Zheng sat down with a very charming woman. Once seated, the foreigner never took his eyes off the woman. The woman leaves.

Mingtai frowned slightly looking at this scene, he suddenly remembered what his elder brother said to Ming Jing in the study last time when he came home, Mingtai who was supposed to sleep that day got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, and found that the light in the elder brother's room was still on, There was a voice from inside.

He secretly listened to it, and the voice of his elder brother was faintly heard:

"Ah Cheng has dealt with too many people in the past few years..." The eldest brother's voice was vaguely worried, "This kid has been smart and precocious since he was a child, I'm worried that he will go astray..."

The elder sister's voice was softer, he didn't hear what the elder sister said clearly, and then he heard Axiang's footsteps going upstairs, he guessed that Axiang was bringing supper to the elder brother and elder sister, he was afraid that the elder brother would find out and reprimand him, so he quietly ran away.

Looking at the scene in the restaurant, Mingtai has already begun to understand the things in the adult world. For some reason, he thought of what the elder brother heard outside the elder brother's study that day.

After sending the Frenchman away, Ah Cheng's smile cooled down. He stood up, walked to a closed private room in the hotel, opened the door and went in.

Inside the box, Wu Qiming's eldest brother, Wu Qide, saw Ah Cheng, smiled pleasantly, reached out to shake hands with Ah Cheng, and said, "Brother Ah Cheng."

Ah Cheng sat at the table naturally, poured himself a glass of wine, ignored Wu Qide, and said flatly: "Next time, don't come to me again for such a thing."

Wu Qide has known Ah Cheng for a long time. Seeing Ah Cheng like this, he knew that the other party was a little unhappy, and he was not angry at Ah Cheng's "rudeness". Are you safe, I don't worry about handing it over to other people." After speaking, Wu Qide took out an envelope from his pocket, put it on the table, and handed it to Ah Cheng.

Ah Cheng glanced at the envelope, took it, opened it, looked at the number on the inside, closed the envelope again, then handed the envelope to Ah Zheng who was behind him, and said, "Isn't the orphanage short of money recently to buy winter clothes?" The money? You take it back to Mammy, it’s cold, don’t let the children freeze.”

Ah Zheng took the check and responded solemnly.

Seeing this scene, Wu Qide smiled and said, "Brother Ah Cheng is still so kind."

Ah Cheng smiled and said, "One cannot forget one's roots."

Wu Qide nodded, stood up and took out a small box from the cabinet next to him, walked up to Ah Cheng, and said, "Brother Ah Cheng doesn't want money, this must be accepted, it's a new wine."

Ah Cheng opened the small box, glanced at the bottles inside, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "How does Mr. Wu know that I like this brand of wine?"

Wu Qide said: "You and Qiming are friends, don't call me out of the ordinary, just call me big brother."

When the word "big brother" came out of Wu Qide's mouth, Ah Cheng frowned slightly imperceptibly, but after taking a slight breath, Ah Cheng's expression returned to normal, and said: "Mr. Wu's kindness, Ah Cheng is ashamed " Put the wine game back into the box, picked it up and stuffed it to Ah Zheng, Ah Cheng said, "I have something else to do, so I won't bother Mr. Wu."

After speaking, he nodded slightly as a salute and farewell.

Wu Qide seemed to be used to Ah Cheng's behavior, and he felt a little amusing looking at the back of Ah Cheng, who looked slender and graceful in a windbreaker.

Ah Cheng is his younger brother's classmate, and most of his younger brother's friends are cronies, but this Ah Cheng is too special. Compared with his younger brother and his younger brother's friends, he is so much better than him. , smart, capable, precocious, and thoughtful, can be said to be watertight.

The first time we met was because my family was doing business with a French businessman. The interpreter I found before was temporarily ill. In the end, Wu Qiming said that he had a friend in school who could speak French. Wu Qide asked Wu Qiming to quickly find someone to take the post, and he met Ah Cheng for the first time.

That business negotiation went very smoothly, thanks to Ah Cheng's translation.

Since then, Wu Qide and Ah Cheng have dealt with each other more often.

Ah Cheng is very interesting.

Wu Qide knew that Ah Cheng's background was not good, he was an orphan, and was later adopted by the servants of the Ming family. With such a background, he didn't have the slightest bit of inferiority or cringe when meeting people, neither humble nor overbearing, and somewhat unbearably polite. Alien Congrui, who treats each other separately, is a proud person, and more importantly, he has a head worthy of this pride.

Ah Cheng is making money from the Wu family, but inexplicably, Wu Qide can feel that Ah Cheng doesn't care about money that much, and when some things cross the line, he will simply let go, no matter how much money he can't buy. He will be angry and express it to you clearly, but it will not be unpleasant, such as today's incident.

He is an interesting person, with principles, arrogance and bottom line, high emotional intelligence and high IQ, a rare talent, looks... looks are one of the best in a hundred.

It's a pity that it is a mean.

Wu Qide thought with a little regret in his heart.

I don't know if the rumors about him and the young master of the Ming family are true or not.

Ah Cheng came out of the restaurant, and said to Ah Zheng who was beside him as he walked: "You and Ali will go back later and ask Ali to get rid of the wine stored in the warehouse. The Wu family's business is completed. This brand The wine is about to drop." There are many people doing the buying and selling business on the beach, and the Wu family only deals with one or two of these brands. The Wu family will not and dare not touch the big ones, because there are more brands there. Big crocodiles are fighting and devouring the territory.This is where the Wu family is smart. They only specialize in these two items, so how much the Wu family buys for these two brands of wine is a barometer of price fluctuations in Shanghai.

Ah Cheng said non-stop: "I'll take Mingtai home in a while, Ali runs to the warehouse, you go to the stock market and ask the accountant to sell all the stocks in our hands and exchange them into British pounds."

Hearing this, Ah Zheng hesitated and said, "The pound is falling..."

Ah Cheng said: "Don't talk too much, just do as you are told." After a pause, Ah Cheng said, "Forget it, I will go to the stock market in person. You are too bad at math, so you can't explain clearly when you go." Ali and Ah Zheng Both of them were forced to study by Ah Cheng, but the two of them were really not good at studying. They were forced to hit by Ah Cheng, and they were barely illiterate, let alone math... let alone.Ah Cheng paused at this point, and said, "You wait here, wait for that lady... to come out, send her back, and the commission will be doubled."

The French businessman loves women, Ah Cheng vaguely told Ah Zheng to find a "woman who can charm him".Ah Zheng was thinking about it, and decisively found Kunze, and it was done, but seeing Ah Cheng's slightly gloomy expression when he heard the woman, and the suppressed disgust in his eyes, Ah Zheng didn't dare to say more What.

Is Ah Cheng loathing that woman?Hate that woman who is "dirty" in the eyes of many people?

Of course not very much, how could Ah Cheng hate those poor women who, like him before, were all out of the bottom to make a living and survive.

He just didn't like the smell of despair, filth, and rot, because he was too familiar with the smell that accompanied poverty.

Perhaps it was because of the disgust he clearly showed, and the matter of the son of the chief of the examination, that the people around him never dared to say anything to him about this matter.

Later, Ah Cheng recalled these details, and sometimes felt that not only God was brushing him, but also himself...how could he be so big-hearted that he ignored all these things that should have caused him to notice the difference.

"Brother Ah Cheng." After hesitating for a while, Ah Zheng decided to tell the truth and said, "The guy who looked at the warehouse yesterday said that there are boats at the pier..."

Ah Cheng's eyes moved, and he said, "A Japanese ship?"

Ah Zhengdao: "Yes, it's like... the kind of surveying and mapping ship you mentioned, Brother Cheng, that goes back and forth in the middle of the night."

Ah Cheng's eyes flickered, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he said for a while, "After you send... back, go to Zhang's mansion and tell Zhang Xingguo's father the news."

Ah Zheng hesitated, and said, "Should we get involved? We can't afford to mess with the Japanese."

Ah Cheng said lightly: "Just be obedient, don't talk too much."

Back in the car, Ah Li, who was watching Mingtai from the car, got out of the car. Mingtai saw Ah Cheng coming up, and said with a pout, "I'm almost bored to death."

Before taking Ah Cheng to speak, suddenly, Ah Cheng sneezed, took out a handkerchief from his arms to wipe his itchy nose, Mingtai in the back seat made a fuss, and said: "Brother Ah Cheng, you have a cold gone?"

Ah Cheng wiped his nose, feeling a little strange in his heart. He has been sneezing for the past two days, and feels a little hot from time to time. Could it be that he really has a cold?

"Brother Ah Cheng, have you sprayed perfume in this car? Why is there a scent?" Mingtai suddenly yelled.

"Shut up!" Ah Cheng felt that Mingtai's yelling was annoying to death, and he was a little dizzy and uncomfortable, so he couldn't help but yelled.

Mingtai saw that Ah Cheng seemed really angry, so he didn't dare to speak, but just now he really smelled the fragrance, it smelled very good, like...like the smell of oranges, very clean and fragrant, but...at this time Smell it carefully again, and the fragrance seems to have disappeared.

I felt dizzy for a while, but it passed quickly. Ah Cheng shook his head, thinking: Is it really a cold?Why don't you go back to the hospital to have a look, but you still have to send this young master home first.

Thinking so, Ah Cheng started the car.