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The snow was still falling, and two black umbrellas were propped up on the pier, and a young man in a suit and leather shoes came down from the deck with a suitcase.Wu Yang, who was in charge of welcoming him, saw the distinguished guest coming, revealed half of his face from under the umbrella, walked respectfully to the other party's side and bowed.

"Master Fenglang, I'm waiting for you."

Furo Miura nodded indifferently, his eyes skipped over Wu Yang's unattractive face, and his proud brows slightly stretched, "I heard people say that this seems to be the first snow in Tianjin this year when I was on the boat."

Wu Yang glanced at the falling snowflakes in his direction, not knowing what the words meant, so he could only lower his head and respond, "Yes, the first snow just started to fall this morning."

"It's a good day, it's very suitable to warm up with old friends and reminisce about the past." Furo Miura raised the corners of his mouth and smiled leisurely.

Wu Yang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then came to his senses. He quickly put away the black umbrella in his hand, leaned forward and invited Furo Miura into the car.

In the quiet courtyard, Bai Xiuying knelt in a kimono and sat on a soft mat in the quiet room, burning incense.Miss Huizi came in from the door carrying a dressing box, the tip of her nose was red from the cold, her hair was combed slickly and stuck tightly to her pale scalp.Su Mazhen called her over temporarily today to help Bai Xiuying do her makeup and hair.

"Good morning, Xiuying."

Miss Huizi and Bai Xiuying got along very well, and the two were of the same age, so after they got acquainted, they didn't care much about politeness and often called each other by their first names when they met.

Bai Xiuying wiped the ashes from her hands with a square towel, and greeted her with a smile, "Keiko, I put incense cakes in the hand stove, come here and smell it."

Miss Huizi put the clogs on her feet at the entrance, trotted to her side in white socks, sniffed at the small hand stove, her face showed surprise, "Ah, it smells like roses."

Bai Xiuying nodded triumphantly, turned to her side and said, "I made this fragrant cake myself, isn't it terrible?"

"Si Guoyi—" Miss Huizi looked at Bai Xiuying with her hands covering her slightly open mouth, and let out a low exclamation in Japanese.Then he added convincingly, "The young ladies in China are all amazing."

Bai Xiuying was a little embarrassed by her praise, she pursed her lips and smiled, "My mother's natal family used to do this business. When I was young, I was curious when I saw it, so I learned from the master incense maker. A little fur."

So, when Miss Huizi heard this, she highly praised the incense making skills of Bai Xiuying's mother's family.The two of them leaned together and chatted for a long time before they started to get down to business.

"Xiuying, your hair is very beautiful." Miss Huizi held Bai Xiuying's hair in one hand, and held the comb in the other hand, combing it smoothly to the end.

Bai Xiuying didn't take it seriously, and pinched out a strand of scorched hair from her shoulders to show her, "Look, it's all burned yellow by the tongs, so it doesn't look any better."

Miss Huizi gathered a handful of black hair from behind her and took a closer look, then sighed regretfully, "Don't perm next time, the original one is thick and dense, so pretty."

In fact, Ms. Keiko's hair is also quite long, but the volume is not proportional to the length, and it is easy to dry and static in winter.Therefore, before she goes out, she has to dry the osmanthus oil on the stove in advance, so that it is convenient for her to comb her hair close to her scalp.It was also because of this that Miss Huizi felt envious in her heart when she saw Bai Xiuying's hair so neatly arranged today.

"Keiko, do you know who Miss Zhen is going to invite to your house today?" Bai Xiuying couldn't help the doubts in her heart, and asked her.

Miss Huizi shook her head lightly and said to her, "Miss Su only told me on the phone that there is a young guest coming to my house today, and asked me to dress you decently. I don't know about the rest."

Bai Xiuying said "um", and said no more, she knelt silently on the soft mat and let Miss Huizi comb her hair, she put ten fingers on her knees and twisted them together distractedly.

Miss Huizi was combing her hair behind her back, but she didn't understand Bai Xiuying's depression, so she happily took out two kinds of cloth hairpins from the dressing box, shook them in front of Bai Xiuying's eyes and said, "Xiuying, which one do you like?" silk flower?"

The silk flower on the left is a palm-sized flower cluster ball, pink and white layered, tight and cute, while the light blue silk flower on the right is much smaller, simply decorated with a bunch of cloth tassels, which is better than exquisite workmanship.Bai Xiuying looked up, and felt that both of them matched her simple and elegant kimono, so she chose the more modest little blue silk flowers and asked Miss Huizi to put them on the bun for her.

"Keiko, will you stay here for dinner today?" Bai Xiuying lowered her eyes, her eyes fell on her hands, and asked softly.

"No, Mom is still waiting for me at home." Miss Huizi tucked her broken hair behind her ears and added, "Today is the first snow day, so we should go home and get together."

After hearing this, Bai Xiuying couldn't help thinking of the family living in a small apartment.At this time, her little sister has already returned home from school.Mother doesn't have the strength to get up and cook. If she doesn't have time to go home today, the younger sister can only eat the cold steamed buns in the cupboard with hot water.

Thinking of this, her heart throbbed in pain.During the heyday of the family business, the Bai family also enjoyed a luxurious life, but now they have fallen down, and they can't even find a decent place to stay.

Suddenly, there was a "Tuk Tuk" knock on the door outside.A while later, Su Mazhen walked in on high heels, holding a long cigarette stick in her hand, took a sip of the white mist, and squinted her eyes as she looked up and down at Bai Xiuying who had finished her makeup.

"She's not suitable for this." Su Mazhen's eyes fell on the small blue silk flowers on the side of Bai Xiuying's hair, and she made a leisurely comment.Miss Huizi immediately stepped forward and replaced Bai Xiuying with more eye-catching pink and white silk flowers.

Su Mazhen nodded, she was satisfied with the two of them.

"Sister Zhen, when can I go back today?" Bai Xiuying followed Su Mazhen all the way to the front living room, and asked anxiously.

"Why, I didn't pack the person up and sell it. Are you afraid that you will never return?" Su Mazhen snorted arrogantly, obviously impatient with her temptation.

"Sister Zhen, that's not what I mean." Bai Xiuying sat on the sofa and twisted her soft fingers gently, and said with a sad face, "Dad doesn't go home now, my mother is not in good health, and my sister is young. , and please bear with me a little more."

Su Mazhen heard that two streams of white mist spewed out of her nose, knocked the chimney on the corner of the table, and let her go, "Don't worry, I know what's in my heart. Today I just let you go through the motions. Then you are allowed to go home."

"Thank you Miss Zhen."

Bai Xiuying eased her frown, and couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after, Wu Yang brought over Furo Miura, a distinguished guest who came from afar.They arrived later than expected, because Furo Miura was not in a hurry to walk to Su Mazhen's door after getting in the car.He asked Wu Yang to drive the car around the Japanese Concession, watched Miura Shinhisa's closed mansion from a distance, and then turned back to the destination.

When Wu Yang was with Wu Yuezhou, he had heard about the two half-sons of the Miura family.According to the official statement, not only the status of these two people is very different, but their relationship is also in dire straits.But when he saw the gentleness in Furo Miura's eyes in the rearview mirror, he felt that the relationship between the two brothers was not as bad as the rumors said.

However, no matter what the facts are, it does not involve one's own interests anyway, and naturally there is no point in continuing to pursue it.Wu Yang sorted out his emotions and put his mind back to the present.

Su Mazhen heard Wu Yang's whistle outside the door to remind her in the living room, got up from the sofa, straightened her clothes, and then walked towards the door.Seeing this, Bai Xiuying wanted to get up, but Su Mazhen raised her hand to stop her, "Xiuying, you don't need to do other things, just stay here and wait to greet the guests."

Bai Xiuying sat back on the sofa in embarrassment, feeling like the celadon porcelain that Su Mazhen kept in a glass cabinet, or a carefully drawn landscape painting.

So, she just lay on the sofa and continued to be embarrassed, until Furo Miura entered the living room, and was allowed to move her footsteps.

"Xiuying, come and say hello to Master Fenglang."

Su Mazhen glanced away, and Bai Xiuying immediately put on a Japanese-style sweet smile on her face, and said hello to Furo Miura in a soft voice.

"Is this pretty lady Japanese?"

Furo Miura raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised.Su Mazhen spoke to Bai Xiuying in Chinese just now, but when Bai Xiuying greeted herself, she spoke good Japanese with a Kyoto accent.He stared intently at the other party's attire. It was also a well-regulated Japanese girl's reception attire, which made it impossible for people to tell the difference.

"Mr. Feng Lang, I am a Chinese girl." Before Su Mazhen could speak, Bai Xiuying calmly revealed her identity.

Furo Miura was a little surprised, and looked back at Su Mazhen. After getting affirmation, he nodded to Bai Xiuying and said, "You can speak Japanese very well. My mother is from Kyoto. I feel very kind when I hear your authentic accent."

Bai Xiuying accepted his praise generously, put aside her Japanese-style dignified manner, and smiled with two small canine teeth.

Su Mazhen stood aside and exchanged glances with Wu Yang, who immediately retreated to the door with light steps.Miura Furo came in a hurry this time, representing his uncle Miura Jianlong who supported him.As an interest node of Miura Jianlong in China, the Champs Elysees is naturally the primary place for Miura Furo to come to inspect this time.Su Mazhen tried her best to curry favor with this "future president", so she stared Wu Yang out in advance to make room for herself.