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At the beginning of May 1933, less than two months after the failure of the last encirclement and suppression campaign, the top leaders of the Kuomintang held three secret meetings in Chongqing, Shanghai, Nanjing and other places, preparing to gather a large number of troops to launch the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign. The puppet Manchurian regime established by the Japanese army in the three northeastern provinces had existed unknowingly and blatantly for a whole year in this piece of land that originally belonged to China.

In the military hospital, Zhou Mei would go out for a walk with Jing Yuan to bask in the sun in his free time. He would often see the soldiers of the Nationalist Party running past them practicing around the clock. The tense atmosphere seems to be on the verge of everything, ready to go.

On a night as quiet as ever, Zhou Mei, who was in a light sleep, was awakened by the rumbling car motor downstairs. She got up in a daze, went to the table to pour a cup of hot water, walked to the window, and observed the downstairs.

Downstairs is a military truck, on which many well-armed soldiers jumped off, and in the back compartment of the truck, a stretcher was lifted out, and a man with glasses was lying on the stretcher, and soldiers on both sides surrounded him tightly and escorted him. Entered the hospital gate.

Jing Yuan seemed to have been woken up too, he turned over and asked vaguely, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, let's go to sleep." Zhou Mei finished drinking the water, and walked back to the protective bed beside her as if nothing had happened. She opened her eyes and looked at the top of the wall at night, with a strange smile on the corner of her mouth.

In the afternoon of the next day, she huddled herself in the storage room of the Tang family, wrapped in a red kimono, humming to herself, and La Jinghu's opera singer Bai, who was impatient with the harsh sound of the whistle downstairs, yelled at Lulu to take a look. Which family's ghosts and snake gods broke ground in front of Tai Sui's gate, while speculating in his heart, it must be Jing Luo who came to the door again for some unknown reason.

She walked downstairs, didn't bother to change clothes, so she floated down with her red cape on.

Jing Luo was already sitting on the sofa in the living room on the first floor of the Tang family, and the smell of tobacco had already entered the opera singer Bai's nostrils. She fanned the air in front of her with her slender hands, and complained, "What are you doing? toxic"

"Tomorrow my brother will transfer from Nanjing to Chongqing to recuperate." Jing Luo didn't meander, and went straight to the point.

The actor was stunned for a moment, "The medical conditions here should not be comparable to those in Nanjing."

"It was arranged by me." Jing Luo took a long puff of cigarette, "Our intelligence office is in Nanjing, Shanghai, and Chongqing, and intercepted a message at the same time."

Heart hung up inexplicably, Xie Zibai swallowed with difficulty, and asked cautiously, "Why, what's the matter?"

"Do you know Chen Geng?"

Suddenly, my scalp felt cold. Although Chongqing hadn't warmed up yet, Xi Zibai's costume was not so breathable, and he broke out in a cold sweat unconsciously, "Ah? What? Morning plowing? Where, what do you want to plant?"

Jing Luo rolled his eyes, "You know how to farm. I was talking about Chen Geng, the commander of the Communist Party. He was just arrested in Shanghai in March, but he ran away from Nanjing a few days ago! We intercepted That telegram, totally F, specified that it would take place at the [-]th anniversary military parade of the Whampoa Military Academy in June. My brother was born in Whampoa. If he stayed in Nanjing, he would inevitably participate in that military parade. He was seriously injured this time. Without this excitement, I can no longer let him take risks.”

"Ah." Bai Yuan blinked, and lazily said, "That's none of my business."

In fact, she was so scared that she could hardly find Bei, and Chen Geng was rescued. During this period, Zhou Mei happened to be in Nanjing. Did she participate in it again?She is really terrible!The thought of such a person, mingling among them and holding the most core information, made Xie Bai feel terrified.

"The day after tomorrow, sister Zhou will come back with my brother"

The actor Bai frowned, "Can you not mention her to me in the future, she is your future sister-in-law, please read it to your brother!"

"It's good that you know." Jing Luo narrowed his eyes, "Xiaobai, if my brother knows about your relationship, he won't let you go, you, restrain yourself..."

"Yo~" Xie Bai satirized, "Miss Jing, whoever you ask me to seduce, I will seduce, and whoever you ask me to stay away from, I will stay away. Could it be that I am your dog?"

"noob..."

"Shut up!" Xie Bai gritted his teeth, "Jing Luo! I've made it clear to you today! If Zhou Mei is willing to marry your brother, I won't even look at her again from now on, but as long as she is a little unhappy, I won't let it go like this, even if your brother's gun is on my head!"

"Why don't you give up?!" After hearing this, Jing Luo simply bounced off the sofa, pointed at the actor Bai whose cheeks were flushed from emotion, "She treats you like this, and you still think about her everywhere!"

"What about me! I'm a bitch, I just like her, I like the way she treats me, I like her ignoring me, okay?! You don't understand at all!"

With a bang, Jing Luo sullenly picked up the teapot and put it on the opera singer's bald head, pouring her from head to toe. Fortunately, the tea was warm and could not scald her. Lulu hid in the living room and on the stairs. At the corner of the corner, hearing the two quarreling was already frightening, but this sudden appearance made her even more at a loss what to do.

After Jing Luo splashed her, he left the Tang family without looking back.

Xi Zibai wiped the tea leaves on his face with his cuff, and said in his heart that it was lucky that Lulu didn't make her a pot of boiling hot tea.

Seeing the broken jasmine stains on the cuffs, the opera singer smiled wryly, "It's all over now, it's really become a red sleeve.

three days later

Cao’s Pear Garden was full of guests, and the water was blocked. Many men passing by carrying poles to fetch water from the river temporarily unloaded the buckets on their shoulders, and poked their heads outside the fence that was neither high nor low. Some men carried their children on their shoulders. On the shoulders, huddled in line outside the theater, the troupe leader Cao Hongye wore a smile like a tiger, with one hand exposed outside the counter, holding all kinds of money in the crowded crowd, while spitting, in a pile of money. Twist one of the thick theater tickets out and hand it out. Several times, the movie ticket was torn into several pieces because too many hands were grabbing it. Shaped glasses, the abacus in his hand is fast, he looks up from time to time, and shakes his head with a light smile.

In fact, they are all considered veterans, and they are not surprised by this scene. The reason for the excitement today is not because there is a sign outside showing a drunken concubine. This scene is really rare in Chongqing. You know, people in Sichuan and Chongqing Most of the famous actresses are petite and exquisite, and none of them have the slender figure and graceful charm of Concubine Yang Guifei, so these famous actresses would rather not sing than sing badly, and ruin their own signs.But opera singer Bai is slender and tall, and possesses the skills of a swordsman. She sings this play with form and spirit.

Although it is hard to get a ticket for these individual customers outside, the owner who booked the private seat inside has already entered the venue quietly, and was served by someone to add special tea and snacks. Shi Liu, who is happy in a black mandarin jacket, is smoking a pipe Moved the plums and ginger candies on the table to Zhou Mei's hand.

Zhou Mei really gave Shi Liu a lot of face, and on the second day after returning to Chongqing, she went to see a play with him without saying a word, so Shi Liu was very happy about it, and on weekdays, it was not in vain to ask someone to look after her shop Business.

Zhou Mei sat on the right side of Shi Liu, and there was a small square table between them. Her eyes were slightly swollen, she was wearing a dark red cheongsam, with exaggerated makeup, as if she wanted to cover up her haggardness, and sat for two On the night train, although she was not in good spirits, her back was still sitting upright as usual.

She just returned to Chongqing last night, and this morning she took a nap to sort out the high-quality fabrics Shi Liu sent from Guangdong, and also learned about the business situation of the store during her absence from the account book made by Awang. She didn't expect that although she was away during this time, the new style cheongsams designed by her were selling very well. Awang was so handy that the things she made were exactly the same as hers, so she would often stay in his doze She was surprised, but also a little bit relieved when the lamps and cooking oil came out to rush out.

Shi Liu and Zhou Mei were seated on the second floor with the best view. They could basically overlook any corner of the theater. During the wait, Zhou Mei was a little sleepy, so he ate a few mouthfuls of sour plums to offset his sleepiness. Concerned, she looked at the crowded seats downstairs, and thought of the grand scene at the main entrance of the theater from a distance just now, she sighed in her heart, she didn't expect this melon baby to be so charming, singing this one, probably enough for the pear garden The boss eats a year's grain.She was thinking in her heart that at this time, someone was already seated in the private seat on the east side of the second floor. Zhou Mei raised her eyes and couldn't help being surprised. It was none other than Mr. Jing Junming and his wife.

Didn't Mr. Jing always look down on opera actor Bai, but the old lady loves to listen to operas, so it's hard to resist, it's really rare.Zhou Mei couldn't help laughing. In fact, she was wrong. What the old man disliked was the actor Bai's life style. What he didn't like was that she taught his daughter badly. It wasn't a play aimed at her. He can be regarded as a fan of Bai Yuan's drama.

Shi Liu also noticed Jing Junming, he and Zhou Mei exchanged glances, and immediately got up to greet her, when Jing Junming and the old lady saw Zhou Mei, their faces were full of smiles, telling her to come to eat at home when she was free, Zhou Mei said with a smile that she was being rude and failed to visit the elders first. Shi Liu watched the three of them shake hands and exchanged greetings, and thought to himself that the Jing family really regarded Zhou Mei as their own family.

After a few people exchanged pleasantries, people also came to the private seat on the west side. Zhou Mei looked over and suddenly felt dizzy. Shi Liu also seemed to feel that this trip was troublesome, so he raised his eyebrows helplessly. Going around to the west side, the people who booked the West Side Seat were the well-known Chongqing industrialist Hu Ziang and the financial celebrity Wen Shaohe. In particular, this Wen Shaohe was also one of the founders of Chongqing University, who was equivalent to Zhou Mei's immediate leader in the school. Zhou Mei talked and laughed enthusiastically, coping with the words freely, and teased that he would give up Zhengya's position to Wen Shaohe. They were all here for fun, and they didn't have so many rules to say. The drum masters were already in place, so they went back to their seats and waited for the opening.

After socializing with a fake smile, she was greatly relieved, Zhou Mei couldn't help but feel annoyed, she came here for entertainment, this time it's good, no one is left behind, it's rare to have a moment of leisure, if it wasn't for Liu Xiang at this time He is busy cleaning up the mess after the Second Liu Zhengchuan in Bayu and setting up a new line of defense. It is estimated that he will be indispensable today.

It's all the fault of the melon skin who sings!

It's not right, if she doesn't want to come, no one seems to force her to come, right?After getting angry with Xi Zibai, Zhou Mei started to get angry with herself again. After sitting down again, she acted like a puff, and casually grabbed some snacks and put them in her mouth to vent. Who knows, she actually grabbed broad beans, which she hated most.

If it wasn't for her scruples about her image in front of people, she would have taken off her shoes and thrown them over when the actor came out in vain.

In the whole scene, she was the only one who wanted to throw the shoe at the actor.

Accompanied by this mood, amidst the sound of gongs, drums and cymbals, she finally saw the noble concubine, who was being flattered and supported by Gao Lishi, and surrounded by all the female stars, slowly stepped onto the stage.

Parting from her, in fact, not long ago, she couldn't remember everything that happened during the parting, even if it happened just now, she only remembered the disappointed look of the woman and the hurried back when she parted.

"Pina is astonishing, graceful as a dragon"

Zhou Mei turned her head and saw that Shi Liu's eyes were bright, and she was sighing from the heart, so she rarely listened to the opera seriously. She has never had a deep understanding of opera, but she also heard that opera actor Bai told her that the imperial concubine was drunk The general content is just a woman waiting for the man she loves to accompany her, but the emperor is ruthless, and halfway to the Meifei Palace, Yuhuan is drunk and sentimental alone, and is comforted by an eunuch. Thinking of this, she inexplicably initiates I was taken aback.

Life is like a play, is this a coincidence, or did she do it on purpose?

But at this moment on the stage, the actor Bai, who seemed to be entering the play, squatted down and sniffed the flowers. He had just walked to the first lying fish, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Shi Liu, who was sitting in a dignified position, and the enchanting girl beside Shi Liu. There was no accident on her face, but her heart was inexplicably sore, and her eyes were filled with crystal clear tears, which were extremely conspicuous under the dim lights.

After lying down, she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her wide cuffs, and sang, "Yuhuan is like a dream tonight. I remember how Long Live treated you and loved you when you entered the palace. Until now Once you are ruthless, openly boast and secretly abandon, can it be said that the two will be separated from now on?"

She has already entered the play, and it can be said that once she enters the play, it is very difficult to get out.

The cheers and applause from the audience almost drowned out the sound of the opera drums. Zhou Mei's gaze was always on Bai Yuan. For some reason, her eyes were warm, and she unconsciously picked up the teacup on the table and drank it. with.

Listening to Shi Liu beside him ordering the attendants behind him to send flower baskets, and seeing the first two gentlemen in the elegant seats on the left all doing the same, Zhou Mei lowered her head, wondering what she was thinking about.

At the end of the play, there was applause inside and outside the theater, and the opera singer Bai stepped off the stage. She didn't care about the compliments before and after, she quickly took off the boa robe and headgear, took the kettle and adjusted the warm water, and prepared to remove the makeup on her face .

"Hey, Boss Bai, what are you in a hurry for? I'll let Yan'er serve you." Seeing this, Cao Hongye immediately went to call Yan'er.

"No need, no need." Xie Zibai squinted his eyes halfway, the soap in his hand had already covered his face, and because he was too anxious, it got into his eyes, and he couldn't open them. While hissing in pain, he used a soap soaked in warm water. Wiping the oil on her face with a towel, she recovered her original appearance almost as fast as she could, and then began to look around in a panic.

"Boss Bai" Cao Hongye sensed that she was not in the right mood, and followed her like a follower. The actor Bai didn't pay attention, and turned around, and the two of them bumped into each other, almost falling over.

"Whoops"

Cao Hongye was so old, he couldn't stand the blow of actor Bai's body, he rubbed his shoulders and complained, "Boss Bai, what are you looking for? I'll ask someone to help you find it. Don't panic."

"Clothes, where are my clothes?" The actor Bai muttered as if he had lost his soul.

"Well, what are you in a hurry for?" Yan'er hurriedly ran out of the dressing room, holding the black gown worn by the actor Bai last time.

The clothes have been washed, and they are folded squarely.

The opera singer was taken aback for a moment, and then, she stepped back step by step, and said brokenly, "No, don't want this, do you have a cheongsam, lend me to wear it! Hurry up!"

The people behind the stage received different levels of rewards for today's exceptionally wonderful performance. They planned to celebrate together, but unexpectedly, when the actor Bai stepped down from the stage, he changed into a different person. He behaved strangely. They didn't dare to show their anger. She looked terrified.

"Okay, why are you crazy!"

At this time, only Yan'er dared to talk back to her, but the actor stared straight at the blue short jacket and long black skirt on her body with white eyes, making Yan'er hairy. Bai Lian dragged her into the dressing room, and then closed the door with a bang.

The people outside the door looked at each other, Cao Hongye coughed lightly, thinking that the actor Bai had committed an old mistake again, and immediately shouted to everyone what to do and not to approach the dressing room, but as soon as he finished speaking, the door of the dressing room opened with a bang up.

Xie Zibai came out wearing the long green jacket and skirt on Yan'er's body. Because of the height difference between the two, Yan'er's skirt only reached the middle of her calves, which was very funny. Ignoring the exaggerated expressions of everyone, Xie Zibai went straight to the mirror and held his hand in front of the mirror. Dip the indigo daisy in the ink cartridge, draw the eyebrows long, hold the comb with the other hand, and smooth the hair on both sides vigorously. She walked out, pointing at her back and cursing, "Your head was hit by the door, didn't you? I really want to fuck you up!"

When the self in the mirror finally became a bit charming, the opera singer was relieved, she sat down in front of the mirror, looked at the nondescript self in the mirror resentfully, smiled wryly, she ignored Yan'er's scolding, Regardless of other people's winks, he didn't speak, just sat there quietly, waiting.

She saw her just now, she was definitely not hallucinating, Zhou Mei was present today and heard her sing the whole scene.

The actor Bai didn't want to lie to himself, she had expectations for her, so she was disappointed with her, she really missed her, and now she was waiting for her, when she came backstage like last time, walked behind her, Embrace yourself, tell yourself, don't mind everything before, they can still go on, give her a kiss, then everything that happened before, she can forget and forgive.

But at the end of the performance, when everything around him returned to calm, except for the cleaning grandpa who kept appearing in the mirror, the actor Bai woke up. She opened the curtain and looked at the empty theater and the A melon peel.

Although it was expected, it was inevitable to be empty. She shook her head, forcing herself to cheer up and prepare for a new round of battle.

At the corner of Datong Street, only this store's lights are still on.

The actor Bai came down from the sliding pole, and then involuntarily swayed outside the door of the false sleep. The light in the false sleep appeared ghostly because of the colorful cloth covering the glass. She stood still in front of the door, and after a long time, she patted the door lightly.

With a creak, the door opened. Zhou Mei was wearing a nightgown and a cardigan over it. He had removed his heavy makeup. His usually beautiful big eyes were slightly swollen, hidden in the colorful colors of his sleep, suddenly like a dream.

"You came just in time." Zhou Mei smiled, she took the actor Bai by the sleeve, and pulled her from the dark alley into the light.

Bai Yuan opened her mouth, and when she entered the doze, she found that everything inside seemed to be the same as before she left, except that there were more ready-made clothes on the two walls than before. She suddenly remembered something, and looked at herself. The funny clothes made her face turn red.

Zhou Mei walked around to the kettle, opened the lid, a gust of hot air came towards her face, the boiling water rolled a little bit of pear meat, bubbling, she hid back, threw the rock sugar in hand, stirred it with chopsticks, While she was stirring, she looked at the actor Bai who was standing there, and came into her line of sight as before, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What kind of look do you have? Did you go to rob others, or were you robbed by others?"

Bai Yuan bit her lip, ignored Zhou Mei's teasing, and hurriedly looked for clothes on the wall that suited her.

She was not polite to Zhou Mei at all, and she reached out to grab a valuable cheongsam with black background and gold trim. Purple, that one hasn't been buckled yet"

Almost pissed off.

Bai Yuan turned her head resentfully, her eyes almost spit fire, and she cursed in her heart, isn't it because of you, a bastard, that you are so embarrassing now?Although she was angry, she obediently took the top one, and changed it in threes and fives. After the change, she ignored Zhou Mei and opened the curtain of the single bed where Zhou Mei was resting. , Pull it up again, sit inside and can't come out.

Unable to hide her smile, Zhou Mei poured out the rock sugar Sydney from the pot, took the cup, opened the curtain, and handed it over.

"Give"

"What are you doing, killing people to silence your mouth?" Even though she said so, Xi Zibai still took it and took a sip, her throat immediately felt much more comfortable, the sweetness seemed to flow into her heart, but she almost shed tears.

Her uncle, it turned out that she had already guessed that she would come.

"I didn't expect you to come here tonight. I thought it would be better if I soaked it all night." Zhou Mei folded her arms and stood in front of Xi Zibai. The black hair accompanied by white skin, hidden in the apricot nightgown, seemed to be shining, very beautiful.

"Yo, I cut my hair~" Zhou Mei stretched out her hand and touched Bai Yuan's soft short hair. There was no displeasure on her face, and she continued softly, "I stopped reading and went back to sing opera again. It's true." , want to rebel~"

"...summer is coming, I'm afraid of the heat" Bai Xie lowered his head and muttered, which was quieter than the sound of mosquitoes.

Didn't she cut it on purpose? Didn't she do it on purpose to make her angry? She didn't want to do whatever Zhou Mei liked, but in the end, she confessed so quickly?

"Don't tell me, I won't bother with you in the future." Zhou Mei kicked Xie Bai with her foot as if it had nothing to do with her, "click inside"

With all kinds of resentment, Bai Yuan kicked off her shoes with a miserable expression on her face. She was sticking to the wall like a gecko. After Zhou Mei pulled the curtains and lay on the bed, she didn't dare to move again, but she thought in her heart, why didn't this woman close the door? lamp.

When the light is on, she is always afraid of her, afraid of her piercing eyes, afraid that she will open her mouth with heartless words, if the light is turned off, she can still play tricks, can't she?

Zhou Mei frowned, and directly pulled Xie Zibai's hand over, "Help me quickly"

Actor Bai was at a loss, "Huh?"

Zhou Mei pointed to her eyes, "My eyes are swollen like this, are you blind? Don't even ask what's going on?"

"what happened..."

"Melon skin! The heat is too humid. At this time, my wrists are prone to rashes. It's so itchy that I can't sleep all night. Please hurry up and scratch me so that I can sleep well."

"How can you scratch it? The more you scratch it, the worse it will be!" Xi Zibai looked at Zhou Mei's wrist, there was indeed a bulging red bump, and she lightly carved the bump with her nails.

"Yes, yes, that's it." Zhou Mei was intoxicated, she put her head in front of the actor Bai, and then fell asleep quickly, and even let out a slight snoring sound.

She fell asleep heartlessly. Could it be that he wanted to help her do this all night?

Wait a minute, what on earth is she here for today? ?She obviously came to settle accounts with her, but now it's over, if the accounts are not settled, it becomes hard work again.

Forget it, for the sake of her swollen eyes, let's not bother with her for now, looking at Zhou Mei's sleeping face, smelling her delicious hair fragrance, the corners of Bai Yuan's mouth twitched slightly, and she kissed her lightly. her forehead.

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The author has something to say:

Miss Zhou, abuse her lightly, okay?