Chapter 761 Bracelet
Zhao Kai has been called "Young Master Tang" in recent years and is no longer the lowly housekeeper's son.
But the appearance of Ji Chunming immediately brought him back to his original form.
His endurance skills were not well-developed, and he stared at Ji Chunming with bloodshot eyes, as if he was going to pounce on him and bite him in the next second.
Zhao Ziru noticed that the atmosphere here was not right, and hurriedly pulled Zhao Kai to her side: "Master Ji, please come in."
Ji Chunming snorted coldly, bumped Zhao Kai's shoulder hard, and protected Ye Rou into the banquet hall.
"Ji Chunming!" Zhao Kai covered his shoulders and stared at Ji Chunming's back, his voice sounding like it was squeezed out from between his teeth.
"That's enough." Zhao Ziru didn't know why her heart was beating so fast. She was very upset, and Zhao Kai kept adding to the chaos. His tone became more and more impatient: "Put away your bad temper and don't miss today's important event!"
Zhao Kai nodded reluctantly, turned around and took his people to collect the items.
Those who attended the banquet also brought some of their own personal collections. The exquisite ones were packed in boxes, while the more casual ones were wrapped in a piece of cloth.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Kai and his men took it away, saying that it would be displayed at the banquet.
Those who received the invitation letter were all Tang Congwen's long-time friends. Although they had not seen each other for many years, they still believed in Tang Congwen's character.
Knowing that he would not covet these collections, he handed the things in his hand to the servants of the Tang family without worry.
Soon, boxes and cloth bags filled up half of the small warehouse.
Zhao Kai smiled happily, and the anger that Ji Chunming had provoked disappeared for the most part.
Suddenly, a shifty-looking man came in through the small door, trotted over to Zhao Kai, and whispered, "We've caught him."
Zhao Kai was overjoyed when he heard this. He suppressed his smile and warned, "Keep an eye on her. Don't let her get away."
"Yes!" The man agreed, but was stopped by Zhao Kai just as he was about to leave.
Zhao Kai felt so angry when he thought of Ji Chunming's appearance just now that he called someone over and whispered a few instructions.
After hearing this, the man nodded and returned to the inner courtyard along the same route.
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Tang Panxia woke up again in a completely unfamiliar place.
The room where firewood and coal were stored was filled with dust. There was a tattered wooden bed in it, and Tang Panxia was sitting on it.
She ignored her aching neck and tried to escape, but the windows were nailed shut from the outside and she couldn't push them open no matter how hard she tried.
I caught a glimpse of the stool out of the corner of my eye, picked it up and was about to smash the window when I suddenly heard voices outside, getting closer and closer.
He quickly put down the stool, lay back on the bed, closed his eyes tightly, and pretended to be still asleep.
A somewhat sharp voice said outside the door: "Young Master needs something that can prove this woman's identity."
The person next to him responded muffledly, followed by the jingling of keys.
A sharp voice urged, "Hurry up."
After a while, there was a creaking sound and the door was pushed open.
Tang Panxia closed her eyes tightly and heard two footsteps, one light and one heavy, slowly coming towards her.
She subconsciously clenched her hands under her body and tried her best to breathe steadily, fearing that she would be discovered to be awake.
Finally, the footsteps stopped beside the bed. With her eyes closed, Tang Panxia could still feel a pair of eyes searching her.
A sharp voice muttered, "This woman isn't wearing any jewelry."
A dull voice sounded, reminding him: "Bracelet."
The sharp voice said with satisfaction: "The bracelet is OK."
Tang Panxia's hand wearing the bracelet trembled slightly.
This bracelet was a gift that Xiaorou brought back for her when she went shopping. She said it would be very valuable in the future and asked her to wear it well.
Tang Panxia wore it very carefully, fearing that it would be damaged.
But now the situation was beyond anyone's control. A sharp voice commanded with all strength, "Take it off."
Tang Panxia's breathing quickened.
With eyes closed, other sensations become particularly vivid.
A damp and smelly hand suddenly touched her, the palm wet with sweat. Tang Panxia's breathing became disordered for a moment, and she used all her strength to not shake off the hand in disgust.
A rough big hand grabbed her hand, and as if shocked by the touch of her delicate skin, he hooked Tang Panxia's wrist and touched it a few times like a hooligan.
Tang Panxia felt a chill of disgust.
The bracelet was roughly taken off, and a sharp voice took it: "Okay, I'll give it to the young master, you stay here and keep an eye on her."
A muffled voice responded.
The two men retreated one after the other.
Tang Panxia breathed a sigh of relief, but still didn't dare to move, for fear that the two men would strike back.
Only when the door was locked again did she sit up again, wiped her hands that had been touched, and began to think about how to escape.
Just then, the locked door rang again.
Tang Panxia's breathing quickened. She caught a glimpse of a sharp wooden branch out of the corner of her eye. She quickly picked it up, held it tightly in her hand, closed her eyes and lay back on the bed.
The door creaked open and heavy footsteps were heard.
Tang Panxia had a bad feeling, and her nails dug into the flesh, like a frozen fish lying dead on a chopping board.
The footsteps became louder and louder, getting closer and closer, and the first one stopped beside the bed, and the rough big hand touched it again, almost impatiently.
It felt like coarse sandpaper scraping against the skin, and after the stinging, there was a nausea that came from the bottom of my heart.
The shadows of the past were reset, and the despair of being suffocated by Zhao Kai when he entered the cabin at the age of 18 and being beaten by Zhang Chunsheng for more than ten years all came to his mind.
Fear had a tight grip on Tang Panxia. She felt like she was frozen, her hands and feet were out of control, she lay stiffly, wanting to move but unable to.
She turned back into Zheng Xiu, who was scared by men.
Tang Panxia silently called for help in her heart.
Save me, someone save me!
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Ji Chunming's heart suddenly skipped a beat, but he didn't know where the cause came from.
Seeing his face suddenly darken, Ye Rou asked, "Uncle Ji, what's wrong with you?"
Ji Chunming thought about Tang Panxia who should be waiting at home and shook his head: "Nothing."
Seeing that he said it was okay, Ye Rou stopped asking and looked towards the banquet hall, stunned.
Ji Chunming followed her and looked towards the banquet hall. After seeing the layout inside, he sneered.
The Tang family's ancestors were all officials, and the family has a rich literary heritage. The ancestral home is also decorated in an antique style.
Ji Chunming often came to the Tang family to play when he was a child, and he was more familiar with the layout of the Tang family than his own home.
All the furniture in my memory is gone, replaced by Western-style furniture, placed randomly. It has neither the charm of Chinese furniture nor the elegance of Western style. It looks neither fish nor fowl, and is a mess that makes people frown.
But that wasn’t all. As if to shock the people attending the banquet, they also invited a Western band.
Most of the seats in the originally spacious banquet hall were occupied, and the music and echoes collided with each other, making the listeners want to cover their ears.
What was even worse was that the servants were running around at the banquet without any rules. Those serving drinks bumped into those serving desserts, making for a complete mess.
Everyone who came to the banquet frowned, but the amazing thing was that no one complained. They slowly moved closer to Ji Chunming and formed a circle with Ji Chunming and Ye Rou as the center.
Almost all the guests had arrived, and Zhao Kai went to pick up his father.
Ye Rou leaned over to look.
Zhao Quan was sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a black silk vest and a beard. There were some fire scars on his left cheek. He was very thin, which gave Ye Rou a sense of incongruity.
It's like a person who is tense all over but trying to pretend to be calm, which is weird and makes others feel uncomfortable.
He spoke in a hoarse voice, like the hissing of a snake.
The unified explanation given to the public was that their throats were damaged by smoke at the fire scene.
Ye Rou whispered to Ji Chunming: "Does he look a lot like my aunt's father?"
"Form without spirit." Ji Chunming snorted coldly, "Uncle Tang told me that the Zhao Kai family was originally from a branch of the Tang family. They came to seek refuge with the main family during the war, but Uncle Tang was soft-hearted and kept them."
Ye Rou sighed, "Another story of a farmer and a snake."
Ji Chunming was puzzled: "Again?"
He didn't know about the feud between Ye Rou's family and the Li family. In the current situation, Ye Rou couldn't elaborate and reminded him, "You're off topic."
Ji Chunming came back to his senses: "Yes, we have to deal with this family first."
He stared at Zhao Quan with an unfriendly look, which Zhao Quan keenly noticed.
Zhao Quan frowned slightly and waved his hand to call Zhao Kai over: "Did Ji Chunming know something?"
Zhao Kai smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dad. I have a way to make him shut up."
Zhao Quan nodded and warned, "Don't let anything happen, understand?"
Zhao Kai nodded.
He walked around the crowd, approached Ji Chunming, and said warmly: "Master Ji, I haven't seen you for so many years, so I want to give you a meeting gift."
"Wu San, come here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks came over carrying a wooden box.
Hearing this name, Ye Rou raised her eyebrows slightly.
Could it be that Wu San and Wu Xi, whom they captured a few days ago, are brothers?
The wooden box was placed in front of Ji Chunming. Ji Chunming took it casually, opened the lid and took a peek. He saw a jade bracelet and said impatiently, "What do you mean by giving me a bracelet?"
Zhao Kai stared at Ji Chunming closely, and frowned when he saw that he showed no signs of abnormality.
Ji Chunming didn’t know that Tang Panxia had returned?
Otherwise, how could he not recognize her bracelet?
Ji Chunming didn't recognize him, but Ye Rou did.
The moment she saw the jade bracelet, Ye Rou's eyes froze and her breathing stuttered for a moment.
Neither of them noticed her.
After trying to find no results, Zhao Kai felt bored and casually handed the wooden box containing the bracelet to Ji Chunming, smiling maliciously: "Take it, it's a souvenir after all."
Ji Chunming was confused by what he said.
Ye Rou understood and looked at Zhao Kai's back with a cold expression.
My aunt was caught by him.
As the banquet continued, Ji Chunming repeatedly checked the bracelet and opened the wooden box. He found nothing wrong with it, and with a confused look on his face, he asked Ye Rou, "Why is this guy keeping us in suspense?"
Ye Rou looked at him deeply, without any explanation, she just stood up and said, "Uncle Ji, I'm going to the bathroom."
Ji Chunming also stood up: "I'll go with you."
Ye Rou pushed him down and said calmly, "No need, I can do it alone."
Ji Chunming had no choice but to say, "Be careful and come back as soon as possible."
Ye Rou nodded, picked up her pearl bag, and walked towards the door of the banquet hall.
Just as he was about to go out, two people blocked his way.
"During the banquet, you are not allowed to enter or leave at will."
Ye Rou pretended to be domineering and said unhappily, "Why?"
"This is the rule," the two insisted. "If you want to enter or exit, you can only leave."
Ye Rou tightened her grip on the pearl bag.
Thinking of her aunt whose life or death was uncertain, Ye Rou did not retreat. She glanced at the two of them with her slightly raised fox eyes, reached into the pearl bag, and was about to take action.
The strange woman's arrogant voice suddenly exploded:
"Tang Sheng, you bastard!"
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