Chaos

Shanghai at night is another kind of carnival, a city that never sleeps and dances after drunkenness.

Holding a wine glass, Li Shu greeted the celebrities at the ball.

Li Shu's identities are as many as several people.The former chairman of Lai's Tea House, the owner of Fengyuan Casino, the owner of the nightclub "Night Shanghai", and the Chinese governor of the French arms dealer.If it is just that her business has crossed many boundaries, then the identity of Li Nan, the former first heir of the Li family in the two major families straddling the two worlds of the gangster chamber of commerce in Shanghai, can make people feel that her background is too strong. Estimate.But she did not inherit the Li family business, but suddenly left the Li family when she was about to take over at the age of 17, and changed her name and surname, which caused a great shock for a while.Later, she left Shanghai to do tea business in Southwest China. In a few years, the branch of the tea shop has opened back to Shanghai, opened a casino, sold all the shares of Lishi Tea House, and cooperated with French arms dealers in the arms business.The import of arms required her to sign and supervise in person, so she returned to Shanghai and settled down in the French Concession.Not long ago, the owner of "Ye Shanghai" was executed for being a Japanese traitor, and "Ye Shanghai" had no leader for a while. Li Shu spent money to buy "Ye Shanghai", renovated it, and reopened it today.

A young host came up on the stage, cleared his throat into the microphone, and said: "Everyone, please be quiet! Please be quiet! First of all, thank you for coming. This dance is our 'Ye Shanghai' current The boss, that is, Boss Li Shuli organized it. We all know that 'Ye Shanghai' is the largest and oldest nightclub in Shanghai, but the store is just like people, and it is inevitable that there will be bumps and bumps after a long time. Boss Li bought it. The old "Ye Shanghai" bought the best equipment from all over the world at a high price, renovated it from the inside out, and made it look new again. This is really a great thing for us! Today On the first day of opening, Boss Li invited all the celebrities from all walks of life in Shanghai to celebrate the opening. It is our honor for you to come, and you make our place flourish! Let us applaud and thank Boss Li!"

Li Shu smiled and nodded to everyone who applauded.

"In the end, Boss Li prepared a song and dance performance for everyone to cheer for everyone..."

Li Shu sat on the balcony on the second floor, looked at the dancers below and the singer on stage, and smiled with satisfaction.

A bodyguard with black and yellow skin, looking lean but powerful, came in through the curtain and said, "Mrs. Li, Mrs. Feng is here!"

Li Shu stood up and said, "Please come in!"

An old man stepped out from behind the curtain, with silver hair and bright eyes.Li Shu smiled and went up to hold the old lady's hand.

Old Mrs. Feng is the other of the two big families—Feng Chulan, the eldest lady of the Feng family who has abdicated. Although she is nearly seventy years old, she is full of energy, sharp ears and eyesight, no worse than young people.

"Look at me, I didn't go to pick you up!" Li Shu smiled and helped the old lady to sit down.

"I don't want you to pick it up, as if I'm an old woman with limited mobility!" the old lady joked.

"Okay, okay, I'm talking too much!" Li Shu smiled and patted the old lady's hand and said, "A few days ago, Yunnan made a batch of tea pillows, and added some medicinal materials to the selected good tea, soothe the nerves without causing headaches. , I specially picked two oolong tea pillows for you, and I have already sent them to Feng's residence!"

"You are so careful, you can still think of me!" The old lady was very happy, "Think about the time when you locked the door or the Li family would come to pick you up. It has been 20 years now. I knew at that time that you are so smart. And you are so assertive, you will definitely not be wrong in the future. Look, I have only been away from Shanghai for a few years, and I am really talking about it!"

"The old lady flattered me! Without your help for so many years, I wouldn't be able to get to where I am today!" Li Shu smiled moderately, and kept a distance from old lady Feng politely.

"Where is this talking! How is the tea house talking with Boss Liang?"

"It has been negotiated in the morning, and we will start to deal with the following formalities tomorrow."

"So soon... Shu, are you really going to sell all the tea business?" The old lady felt a little regretful.

Li Shu's smile faded, and he said slowly: "Really. You know, I have been traveling back and forth for more than ten years. Cheng Yu always told me that Xiuzhu was asking about her mother again, where did she go? Why didn't he see him? He could only show her the photo and said over and over again that his mother was coming back soon. In the past few years I have been away, Xiuzhu has grown up. I came back to accompany Xiumei and let Xiuzhu Come back from college and learn some business stuff."

"That's right. Cheng Yu has taken care of Xiu Zhu and Xiu Mei for more than ten years, so it's time to rest." In fact, the reason for Li Shu's return is well known to Mrs. Feng, and what Li Shu said was just a matter of business love words.

"But having said that, where's Cheng Yu? Why haven't you seen him?" The old lady looked around.

"Oh, he's entertaining banquet guests below, he should be here soon."

Before the words fell, the curtain was raised, revealing a beautiful man's face, with a fair face, regular facial features, tenderness in waving hands, charming but not gaudy, not young, but there seemed to be a boy hidden in his eyes, There are thousands of unspeakable melancholy in his brows.

Cheng Yu used to be the leading male actress in Liyuan, and he was very popular in Shanghai at that time. Almost all the bosses from all over the country who came to Shanghai to do business and discuss business made a special trip to listen to Boss Cheng's play. Cheng Yu played Liu Lanzhi's "" "The Peacock Flies to the Southeast" is even more difficult to find.In the past, Li Shu never listened to operas due to some personal reasons, but when she was discussing business with a boss that day, the boss insisted that she come and listen to Cheng Yu's opera. He was fascinated by Liu Lanzhi, and later the boss married Cheng Yu as a matchmaker, and Cheng Yu quit Liyuan ever since.On the day of the wedding, several of his fans were crying outside.After marriage, Li Shu still went around talking about business, and only gave birth to their eldest daughter, Li Xiuzhu, who stayed at home.

"Old lady Feng!" Cheng Yu nodded in greeting.

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be there," the old lady smiled, "We're talking about you."

"The old lady didn't come to say hello when she came, why don't you hurry up and make up for it?" Li Shu blamed with a smile.

"Blame me, blame me, and I hope the old lady won't blame me!" Cheng Yu smiled and bowed his hands.

"All right, all right, if you two sing together, I'll become an unreasonable villain!" The old lady smiled, "I just came to see you, it's getting late, I have to go back!"

"Alright, I still have guests today, so I won't keep you. I will definitely visit you some other day! Guo Liu, take the old lady downstairs!"

The black-and-yellow-skinned bodyguard moved in response: "Hey! Old lady, please..."

Li Shu and Cheng Yu watched the old lady go downstairs and sit back on her chair.

"How is the tea house going?"

"It's going well, and I can go through the formalities tomorrow."

"You're finally back!" Cheng Yu smiled as if seeing her for the first time.

"Yeah, I'm finally back." Li Shu turned her head to look at Cheng Yu. If she was at home, she would have reached out to touch Cheng Yu's tired face, but this is Ye Shanghai, so she just looked at him with a smile , feel lucky to have such a beauty as Cheng Yu.

Guo Liu lifted the curtain and came in and said, "Mrs. Li, Mr. Li Gong is here."

Li Shu put away his smile, frowned slightly, lowered his head in thought, and let Cheng Yu go out first.

Soon, an old man with a cane came out from behind the door. He was thin, with a high nose and thin lips, and a pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle.

Li Gong is the current Mr. Li of the Li family, and the younger brother of the previous Mr. Li Heng. Mr. Heng died early, and the children were still young at that time, so he inherited and trained several children of the eldest brother to take over.He is about to pass the age of [-]. Compared with his eldest brother, Mr. Heng, he is born with a ruthless look and acts more ruthlessly. He is no better than his elder brother when he was in office.Although the Li family was in black business, Li Heng had a good reputation when he was there, but now people are a little scared when they talk about the Li family.Although Li Gong was ruthless, he just couldn't do anything with his late elder brother's children, especially Li Shu who left the Li family.

Li Gong saw that Li Shu was looking down on the balcony with his back to the door, so he asked, "Can I sit?"

"Please." Li Shu turned his head and raised his hand politely.

Li Gong walked across to Li Shu, sat down, supported his crutches on his chest, and said, "It's going to rain again outside, the weather is really bad."

"Is there anything Mr. Gong wants from me?" Li Shu ignored him and asked calmly.

It stands to reason that Li Shu's father is Li Gong's elder brother, and Li Shu should call Li Gong second uncle, but she has been away from home for many years and has no direct relationship with Li's family, so she calls him by the honorific title like others.

"Yes, I come to congratulate you."

Li Shu twitched the corners of his mouth, smiled discordantly, and thanked him.

"And this." Li Gong asked his followers to take out a red invitation and put it on the table.

"I'll send the invitation in person, please don't worry about it." Li Shu glanced at the invitation, but didn't move.

"Don't you want to ask who is going to get married?" Li Gong folded his hands on the crutches, unconsciously touching the topaz wrench on his thumb.

Li Shu sneered, straightened his clothes, and said, "Except for Li Lu, who is about to take over, who else in the Li family has such a big face?"

Li Gong smiled and said: "Nothing can be hidden from you. You know, Shen Jinghu and Lu are baby relatives, and they have been at odds ever since they passed the door. A few days ago, an accident happened in the flour factory of Shen's family. She was so sad that she was bedridden and went out. It was raining again, and he had a high fever for eight days. He had children in his second and third bedrooms, and he didn't want to live with Li Lu. Li Lu spent a lot of time, and a few days ago, he fell in love with Miss Wu's second daughter. , and want to marry as the main wife, the time is so fast that we won't listen to any persuasion and can only let him go."

"What day will it be?"

"Eleven next month."

Li Shu took a sip of tea and said slowly: "It's so urgent, but I just opened at night here, so I really don't know if there will be any delays at that time."

Li Gong pursed his lips, as if he had guessed the result, and said, "Boss Li, you are a celebrity in Shanghai now, how can you be absent from the Li family's wedding?"

Li Shu didn't speak, took a sip of tea and put down the cup.

Li Gong paused, leaning on his crutches, stood up with some difficulty, and said: "The invitation has been delivered, I should go too." Li Gong walked towards the door without waiting for Li Shu's response.

"Wait," Li Gong heard the sound stopped and turned around.

Li Shu stood up, turned around and said calmly: "I won't go, even if it's an invitation you personally sent. I said I would never step into Li's house again, you know that."

Li Gong showed a smile that had expected Li Shu to say this, and said: "This is not what it used to be, Mrs. Li. You will come." After speaking, he picked up the curtain and went out.

Li Shu frowned slightly and sat back on the chair in thought.

Seeing that Li Gong had left, Cheng Yu went back to the terrace, sat next to Li Shu, and saw the invitation on the table.

"Invitation? Who in the Li family wants to get married?"

Li Shu didn't answer, and after a while, he squinted his eyes and asked, "Is Shen Jinghu dead?"

"Yes, the Li family said it was because of the cold, but some people said it was because Shen Jinghu didn't agree to divorce Li Lu and marry Wu Mohan, so he poured a glass of wine on Li Lu at the family banquet, and Li Lu killed her because he was so angry."

Li Shu smiled lightly and asked, "Who do you trust?"

"Li Lu is known to be cruel and merciless, and it is not difficult to kill Shen."

"The invitation is from Li Lu, who wants to marry Wu Mohan."

Seeing what Li Shu was thinking about, Cheng Yu asked, "You don't want to go?"

"It's not a matter of thinking. Even if I don't care about the tabloid reporters' nonsense, I can't slap myself in the face like this. I said I would never step into Li's house, so I just went. Wouldn't I be sorry for those three loud heads? "Li Shu thought, and smiled contemptuously.