Forever, beauty bone

Chapter 22 Just like your first makeup (2)
She focused, trying to hear clearly.

"Are you still afraid?" Zhou Shengchen seemed to be beside her, and he could see the change in her heart.

"A little bit..." she whispered, "Maybe someone likes the scenery of the water town too much, I heard footsteps."

"Sometimes the more people are afraid of something, the more they want to get close to it." Zhou Shengchen's voice has reassuring power, and he deliberately comforted her gently, "Don't open the door, go back to bed and try to fall asleep. If you can't fall asleep , I will always talk to you."

She was indeed a little scared, and went to bed obediently: "Will it delay your business..."

He smiled: "No."

Zhou Shengchen talked to her for a long time, and his voice gradually disappeared.Shi Yi fell asleep until after nine o'clock, and was woken up by Hong Xiaoyu, and they had breakfast together. She asked Hong Xiaoyu if he heard any strange noises last night, Xiaoyu was surprised and said no, and looked at Du Feng beside him, Go and ask him if he heard.

Du Feng just held the dish with his chopsticks and shook his head.

Seeing the reaction of the two of them, Shi Yi was a little scared. Before the final in the afternoon, he whispered to Mei Lin that he would live in another place.Mei Lin bit the cap of her pen, overjoyed: "I'll change it for you, you must still be afraid, otherwise you will share a room with me for the next two days?" Shi Yi was naturally happy.

Mei Lin asked her why she didn't call herself because she was afraid of ghosts in the middle of the night, Shi Yi thought of the phone call that stayed with her until dawn, and smiled cryptically.She lowered her head slightly, smiling so much that even Mei Lin, the same sex, couldn't look away for a moment, and muttered softly: "I bet, you really have the urge to make men all over the world."

Shi Yi stretched out his hand, gave her a slight push, and signaled the start of the competition.

Only then did the two get ready to watch the performances of the finalists.

At noon, Zhou Shengchen called on time and asked her about her evening arrangements. He was relieved to hear that she and Meilin lived in the same room.After today's game ended at three o'clock in the afternoon, she suddenly received a call, a very unexpected call.

It was Zhou Shengren.

She remembered that Zhou Shengchen's adoptive younger brother was very friendly to her, even closer than Zhou Wenchuan, a fellow brother.The little boy said on the phone that he happened to be a little free these few days and wanted to accompany her future brother-in-law. Although Shi Yi found it strange, he did not refuse.

She has long been mentally prepared for the title of "future brother and sister-in-law".

As long as Zhou Shengchen's mother doesn't recognize this marriage, even Zhou Shengchen's uncle Lin will always call her Miss Shi Yi, maybe this is the rule of the big family.She and Zhou Shengchen obviously live in modern society and are a legal couple, but they are not recognized in this family.

For these, Shi Yi sometimes thinks about it and feels aggrieved.

But this emotion is only fleeting. To her, nothing is more important than Zhou Shengchen.Ever since he proposed to her, she had decided that she wanted to be with him in this life.

Fame and recognition are not important.

Zhou Shengren arrived at dinner time, and except for two girls, all the people who accompanied him were men.Unlike the meeting in Zhenjiang, he was much more casual when traveling in private. He only wore a pair of light blue jeans and a white short-sleeved T-shirt, like an ordinary boy who just graduated from junior high school.

Shi Yi sat by the small stone bridge near the entrance of the scenic spot, and stood in the shade waiting to pick him up.

Unexpectedly, he came in so grandly, walked up to Shi Yi, raised the corners of his mouth, and called out to Shi Yi's sister.

"You came in directly?" She was a little strange.

After all, the scenic spot is not open now, and only the people and media from their competition are accepted.

Zhou Shengren nodded: "My mother was afraid that I would have an accident, so she specially arranged for someone to make preparations."

He spoke in a serious manner, somewhat reminiscent of Zhou Shengchen.

Shi Yi chuckled: "You talk to me like that, I thought I saw your brother." She lightly touched the little boy's forehead with her palm, "Sweating? Is it hot?"

The little boy grew up fast and was already about her height.

Perhaps it was because none of the sisters in the family dared to treat him like this, so she was a little taken aback, but soon smiled and nodded.

She met Xiaoren a few times and knew that he was not very talkative, so she didn't say much.

Sure enough, the Zhou family had made arrangements, and the person in charge of the scenic spot had already arranged the accommodation for Xiaoren and his entourage.When Shi Yi accompanied him to the attic room, the two girls had quickly arranged everything, even changing the tea set
Xiaoren didn't seem to have the habit of drinking tea. After the two girls went out, he took out two bottles of Coke from the small refrigerator in the room, opened them, and poured a cup for Shi Yi: "I heard from the Mei family that sister Shi Yi is very good at drinking tea." Make tea?"

Shi Yi took the glass: "It's not bad, it's just a small hobby."

"My sister seems to be... born to marry into our family."

"Is there?" Shi Yi laughed.

"No?" Xiao Ren lay back on the bamboo chair, carefully looking at Shi Yi.

She knew that what Xiao Ren was talking about was her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as her love for ancient literature: "Maybe I prefer ancient literature..." Xiao Ren shook his head and interrupted her: "Not only that, I heard that you are in Germany Sister, are you afraid? If you see gun battles, bloodshed, dead people, and... many very cruel things, are you afraid?"

The boy's voice was very clear, but he asked such a question.

Shi Yi didn't respond for a while, but when he thought of the German incident, he still had lingering fears: "I will be afraid."

Holding the glass, Zhou Shengren continued to look at her.

There is a calmness in the eyes that a 14-year-old boy should not have.

After a while, he pursed his lips, but comforted Shi Yi: "What I said just now was to scare my sister."

She has some natural sensibilities, especially towards people.

If it is a little subtle, you will notice it.

So she thought that Xiaoren's sudden visit to her future brother-in-law must not be just "dropping in" as he said.Xiaoren paid more attention to food and lodging than Zhou Shengchen, perhaps because he was the only son of Zhou Shengchen's uncle, although he was adopted by Zhou Shengchen's mother, he still loved him very much.

Her gestures are more or less pampering and coquettish.

But she really seemed to have a good impression of Shi Yi, at least she didn't feel any unfriendliness.

This little brother came over, brought a box of clothes along the way, and moved them to the room where Shi Yi and Mei Lin lived.The man who moved the box left the room with his front foot, and Mei Lin opened the unlocked box with his back foot.A box full of clothes, from close-fitting to outerwear, everything is available.

Shi Yi went through the clothes made by the Wang family and knew that they like to embroider two pearls on the inside of the cuffs.

So after flipping through it twice, I realized that these clothes were made by the Wang family.

While Mei Lin was looking through the clothes, someone brought a whole box of water.

"I heard from my brother that I heard a strange sound last night," Xiaoren explained briefly to her, "so if possible, for the next two days, we will try to avoid drinking water and eating here. These , whoever came with me will solve it.”

"So rigorous?" Shi Yi couldn't help laughing.

Xiaoren also laughed, and answered her half-truthfully: "Whether it's ghosts from the underworld or ghosts from the underworld, the Zhou family has encountered many, so naturally they have learned to be more careful."

Shi Yi just took it as a joke and teased him casually: "Have you ever met?"

Unexpectedly, the little boy didn't answer.

Seeing his expression, he didn't feel anything, but Shi Yi always felt that he said something that shouldn't be said.

When she talked to Zhou Shengchen on the phone at night, Zhou Shengchen pondered for a while: "Xiaoren's mother died unexpectedly, and the reason was a little special, so sometimes he talks and does things a little strangely."

Zhou Shengchen's explanation was very vague.

To be honest, Shi Yi didn't understand, and she rarely asked him: "What's the reason?"

He didn't answer.

Shi Yi thought for a while, and then said: "Sooner or later, I will know about these things."

"The Zhou family is a bit special, 96% of its assets are overseas, and there are also some businesses and friends under the sun," he said, "Xiaoren's mother's family, although we are family friends, but the reason for her personal marriage to the Zhou family is that Mainly because I wanted to investigate some things about the Zhou family. Later... it was an accidental death."

Shi Yi leaned against the window, and continued to listen to him explain the past.

About eight or nine years ago, when Zhou Shengren was a child, he boarded a gambling boat with his parents.The gambling boat belonged to the Zhou family. At that time, the Zhou family took the lead in making the deal in order to allocate a mine whose ownership was unknown. After Xiaoren's mother was found on the boat, she was executed by the family.

At that time, in order not to affect Xiaoren, this incident was made into an "accidental death" illusion.

But when the little boy grows up, some truths will come naturally.

That's why he kept silent on the topic of "Yangjian ghost".

She was surprised by Zhou Shengchen's description of her family, but she didn't ask any more questions.

Connecting the past, she felt more and more that she and his living environment were not in the same world at all.

"In some ways, I am not from the Zhou family," Zhou Shengchen said, "When this matter is over, everyone and everything will return to the original track."

"So...you don't want to inherit the Zhou family?"

"No plan at all."

Beside him, someone was speaking in a language she didn't understand, and it looked like work.

Shi Yi didn't say anything more, and ended the conversation.

The wind outside the window was a bit strong, swirling on the water, blowing the clothes of the passengers in the fishing boat.What followed was naturally laughter and noisy voices.

She thought she understood what he meant.

If Zhou Shengchen's belief in the two lives was to reverse the situation and reduce the number of unfortunate families, then her two lives were much simpler. She believed in him and would always stand by his side.

The next night was the final of the competition.

Xiaoren said he wanted to watch it, but Shi Yi told him solemnly that he couldn't specialize.For example, she could only enter the arena alone and sat in a corner of the media booth. She thought that this proud little boy would not abide by it, but she did not expect him to come, alone, with a book.Shi Yi sat on the judging table and couldn't take care of him most of the time, and only had time to see him when the competition was over.

Unexpectedly, when he glanced at the book in his hand, it turned out to be a foreign language textbook.

She didn't read the content carefully, but glanced at the familiar formula, which was physics.

"In the future, do you want to study physics?" Shi Yi finally saw the shadow of an ordinary person in him.

"En." Xiaoren nodded, closed the book, and laid it flat on his lap.

"Very good," she said in a low voice. "The deeper you learn, the less obvious the boundaries between subjects. Maybe you can surpass your brother in the future."

"Impossible, I can't surpass him," Xiaoren smiled, and he was a little shy. "He is a genius. He received an invitation for further study at the age of 12, entered university at the age of 14, and received a doctorate in chemical engineering at the age of 19. I have I'm 14 years old, but I haven't entered college yet..."

She had heard this passage from Zhou Wenchuan's mouth.

But obviously when Xiaoren said it, he was really proud and clearly admired.

"That's right," Shi Yi deliberately pretended to just know, and cooperated, surprised, "It's amazing."

"It's very powerful," Xiaoren looked at her, "otherwise, my second sister-in-law wouldn't still like him now."

"Second sister-in-law?"

"Tong Jiaren."

"Oh..." she laughed, "I heard that they had an engagement before."

"Yes," Xiaoren didn't have the idea to hide it, "Tong Jiaren is also my biological mother's sister. In short, the relationship is very complicated. At that time, because my biological mother married my father...uncle...she voluntarily canceled the engagement."

Was it her initiative?
Shi Yi said oh.

"But it's just what I heard. I wasn't born at that time."

Perhaps because the topic involved Zhou Shengchen, Xiaoren rarely talked a lot.

Shi Yi talked with him for a while, but carefully read his book, but couldn't quite understand it.This child also looks partly like Zhou Shengchen.She thought that if Xiaoren had the opportunity to study with Zhou Shengchen, maybe these "arrogant and charming" cultivated by the family could be completely smoothed out.

The two talked for a while, Shi Yi made an excuse to Mei Lin, and had dinner with Xiao Ren alone.

This is the last night of the finals. By tomorrow afternoon, everyone will leave here and return to their respective cities.Therefore, the timing is inevitable, and I always have to drink tea and chat with everyone.

Xiaoren insisted on staying by her side, and didn't talk too much, but occasionally responded with a few words when Hong Xiaoyu struck up a conversation out of curiosity.

In the end, all the voice actors of the older generation went to rest, and only the young people were left. Everyone discussed what to play, and somehow it came to Pai Gow.

"I didn't prepare these," Meilin smiled to dampen their enthusiasm, "I'm afraid it's too late to go out and buy it now?"

"Don't be so serious, we can find something and make tools now."

Everyone was in high spirits, Shi Yi didn't know much about these things, so he just listened.

Instead, Xiao Ren suddenly called a little girl not far away in a low voice, said a few words in a low voice, the girl who followed him left quickly, and appeared again holding a long box.

"What is it?" Shi Yi asked him curiously.

"Pai Gow can also be called dominoes."

Shi Yi looked at him in surprise.

Hong Xiaoyu and Du Feng sat next to the two of them. Xiaoyu was very interested when he heard it: "Someone really brought it. It's just right. Let's open it and let's play together."

The little girl only looked at Xiaoren, and after Xiaoren nodded, she put the long and narrow box on the table.

The shiny and yellowish ivory dominoes were stacked four times together and quickly stacked in eight rows.

The little girl didn't seem to leave, but stood in front of the table, as if she was a banker.Everyone was a little quiet. At first, they thought that Shi Yi's younger brother was just a spoiled rich second generation, and the little girl beside him must be someone who took care of food and daily life.

But look at the dominoes on the table, and look at the gesture of the little girl stacking the cards just now... I don't know, I thought I entered a casino in the old society, and they were VIPs, and they were alone at the table.

"The elders in the family like these, so in order to coax the elders, everyone has learned a little bit," Xiao Ren explained kindly, "This elder sister often plays with her father, so she is very familiar with it."

This explanation is a bit mysterious, but it is not difficult to understand.

With dominoes, those who were keen to play this game just now quickly diverted their attention and placed bets on the table.Because it's all for fun, and Meilin strictly forbids everyone to participate in money transactions, the little girl who sits in the village symbolically divides each person's chips, which are regarded as capital.

When the other side room became lively, Shi Yi was surprised, and asked Xiaoren softly: "Your father...uncle likes this very much?"

"Everyone in my family likes it very much," Xiao Ren looked at Shi Yi, "Didn't my brother say that?"

She shook her head.

"Your family is really interesting," Hong Xiaoyu felt that the little boy's speech and behavior were extremely interesting, "Do you?"

Zhou Shengren nodded: "Yes."

Hong Xiaoyu chuckled, and tugged Du Feng's arm: "Would you like to try it? For a while?"

"Since he doesn't bring any money, he can play." Du Feng also looked at Xiao Ren very interestingly, "I didn't expect a little boy to know how to play Pai Gow, is he good?"

Zhou Shengren looked at him: "Not very good at it, but it's more than enough to play with you."

"Heh," Du Feng laughed, "What a big tone. When I went to Macau, I didn't often lose."

Xiaoren thought for a while: "Do you know the saying of 'Alluring Pai Gow'?" He seemed to be thinking of someone or something, and his voice was a little laughing, "In the door of life and death in Pai Gow, you can be let go overnight. Lose a city. So don't touch this thing casually, especially when you are angry."

(End of this chapter)