Chapter 273 People who appeared in my mind
Ye Xiaomei's heart sank, it was obvious that Shang Zhen had been detained.
As expected, there is no good result from hanging out with those rainbows. This guy just won't listen. Ye Xiaomei is very upset and extremely anxious.
This guy has only one father in Chaocheng who doesn't recognize any relatives. If Ye Xiaomei doesn't think of a solution, what will she do if her hand is really chopped off?
Before hanging up the phone, the other party added: "Half an hour, no waiting after that time."
After hanging up the phone, Ye Xiaomei returned to the house and saw that her mother had already put the money neatly away. She put her index finger on the corner of her mouth to wet some saliva and even smoothed out the curled corners of the money before she stopped.
"Mom, do you want to iron it?" Ye Xiaomei felt more at ease when she saw the upturned smile on her mother's lips.
Compared with the previous life, the only money her mother had ever touched was used for the food expenses of the whole family.
Zhao Mei chuckled: "That won't work, wouldn't it be burned?"
As he spoke, he drooled and counted them carefully one by one: "Twelve, fifteen, eighteen..."
"Mom, I'm going out for a while." Ye Xiaomei decided to go and check out the situation first.
"What are you doing so late?" Zhao Mei continued to count the money seriously: "It's not safe for girls to go out at night."
"School has just started, and many classmates from other places have just come here to get together." Ye Xiaomei lied.
"That's fine. You have to make more friends when you go to school. One generation of classmates is like three generations of relatives. Getting along well with others will open up more opportunities."
Ye Xiaomei hung up the cloth bag and went out.
Laurel House? Ye Xiaomei really had no impression of it. She had been in Chaocheng for more than half a year and had never properly strolled around there.
Take a taxi, the driver always knows.
I learned from the driver that Laurel House is a teahouse and leisure place, but it also has a mahjong room.
"The tea at Yueguilou is considered the best in Chaocheng. The tea is good, but a little expensive."
The driver talked eloquently with a hint of pride on his face, and you could tell at a glance that he had been there before.
Ye Xiaomei did not respond. If the best place to drink tea should be the Tang family residence, she had never heard of Laurel Tower, nor had she heard Tang Bushi mention it, which meant that he was not interested in it at all.
It took about twenty minutes to reach Laurel Building.
I don’t know if all teahouses are known for their ancient style, so the decoration style of this building is also very ancient, with a pointed roof and hanging feet, with a total of three floors.
The waiters inside were also dressed in vintage clothes, the cheongsam that was popular during the Republic of China period.
As soon as I entered the door, a waiter came forward to greet me: "Miss Ye Xiaomei."
Ye Xiaomei was startled for a moment, but quickly recovered. Those red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, and purple people had all seen her, so it was not that difficult to describe her appearance.
"Um."
"This way, please." The pretty girl had a slender waist, which was accentuated by the cheongsam, making her look charming and graceful.
Ye Xiaomei followed the girl up to the second floor and found that the style was still very retro. Every tea-drinking cubicle was antique and the window paper was also silk.
The hazy figures drinking tea were reflected inside, and outside each cubicle stood an elegant cheongsam girl.
Ye Xiaomei was brought to the innermost cubicle. After opening the door, the girl made a gesture of invitation.
Ye Xiaomei took a cautious look inside. There was a tea table, a small stove, and all kinds of tea sets. There was also a girl sitting cross-legged opposite her, her slender jade fingers moving flexibly among the cups and bowls.
Sitting opposite was a woman in her forties, dressed simply but exuding a graceful and elegant temperament.
Ye Xiaomei could tell at a glance that the necklace of large, round purple pearls on her neck was very valuable.
As soon as Ye Xiaomei came in, the woman took a look at her, and an imperceptible surprise flashed in her eyes, as if she was lamenting that her age was not kind to her, and that she had the appearance of this girl in her past.
"Ye Xiaomei?"
"Yes, I am." Ye Xiaomei did not sit down blindly. As the door was closed, she stood beside the sofa and looked at the woman's profile.
She suddenly recalled the images that had flashed through her mind before: the pearl necklace, the pearl earrings, and her holding a daughter of eleven or twelve years old in her arms, crying bitterly.
In shock, the two images overlapped and Ye Xiaomei's pupils shrank. It was her.
"Please!" The tea master made a gesture of invitation.
The woman picked up the teacup and took a sip, nodded appreciatively, and took another look at the tea.
"This tea is good, isn't it, ma'am? Our boss bought it from the Tang family residence at a high price. It's as valuable as gold."
The tea master introduced gently: "This tea is Yunnan Pu'er, with a rich aroma, warming the stomach and nourishing the skin, and a rosy color. If my wife likes it, you can come here often."
"You go down first."
After the tea master bowed, she walked out with an extremely graceful pace and bowed before closing the door.
Ye Xiaomei and this strange woman were the only ones left in the cubicle. Although there was a refreshing scent of tea in the air, Ye Xiaomei was not at peace at all.
How did she appear in his mind? Where did this memory come from?
The woman did not let Ye Xiaomei sit down.
"Let me get this straight. Shang Zhen lost 80,000 in my casino and wanted to run away. You are her business partner, so you have to pay for it."
With a bang, the woman dropped the teacup heavily on the tea table.
Ye Xiaomei then came back to her senses: "Your casino?" Ye Xiaomei looked around. Didn't the driver say that there was a casino here?
Is she the boss? No, no, no, the tea girl just said: This is the tea our boss bought from the Tang family residence.
And explained that she was not the owner of Laurel House.
Could it be that Shang Zhen is not here at all?
"nice."
After she finished speaking, Ye Xiaomei took a deep breath and said, "I must meet Shang Zhen in person. After all, 80,000 yuan is not a small amount for someone like me who came from the countryside."
Although Ye Xiaomei has hundreds of thousands of yuan in her account, how long will it take to sell dumplings with only 80,000 yuan? Oh my god, it makes my heart ache just thinking about it.
Ye Xiaomei looked at her while stalling for time. She wanted to try out whether the feeling of being able to see through people's hearts still existed.
"I can tell." The woman looked Ye Xiaomei up and down at her clothes. She was wearing a short-sleeved floral jacket, off-white pants that hung at her calves, a pair of black cloth shoes, and no socks.
Even the cloth bag slung across her shoulder looked hand-sewn, pieced together from several pieces of fabric in different colors.
If it weren't for his clean and tidy clothes, fair and pretty face, and neatly combed short hair, he would really look like a beggar.
"It's not difficult to see her. Take 30,000 first." The woman's manners were elegant, but her eyes were sharp and ruthless. The tone of her voice was always one of statement, command, judgment, and a condescending aura.
There was a sudden flash of clarity in Ye Xiaomei's eyes, and her heart surged several times, which made her heart ache.
"Mrs. Xue?" Ye Xiaomei asked tentatively.
Sure enough, Mrs. Xue's pupils shrank and she glanced at Ye Xiaomei: "Do you know me?"
Ye Xiaomei let out a long breath, and it seemed that what she saw was true: "I don't know him, I just heard about him. If I give you 30,000 yuan before you let me see Shang Zhen, then you have to wait for me."
Mrs. Xue hesitated for a moment, and looked Ye Xiaomei up and down. Seeing that she looked innocent and young, she probably didn't have deep scheming minds and couldn't play any tricks:
"Um."
"Then I'll make a phone call and ask someone to get the money for me." Ye Xiaomei said and was about to go out to call Sanmao.
As soon as I opened the door, I found two men in suits standing at the door.
At the same time, Mrs. Xue's voice came: "Hit right here."
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