Chapter 388

Suzuki Saburo was also doing well.

It was not a hard job for him to inquire about the Japanese military top brass.

Suzuki Saburo quickly set up a banquet in the Japanese Concession’s high-class material pavilion, and took turns to invite the Japanese military’s top management to the banquet.

Then he turned around and invited Zhu Yuyan to join him.

In order to accomplish his goal, he even made a special personal visit to convince him.

Suzuki Saburo: “Yanji, please rest assured that I have absolutely no ill will. The Japanese side’s way of governing China is to invite the Chinese to participate in daily affairs, and it is our common wish to befriend and unite your figures, which is also the reason why I am releasing to with you. We are friendly.”

Zhu Yuyan certainly will not go, even if she is not afraid of death, but also not what danger are willing to trip, without enough benefits, do not want her to the tiger’s den.

Suzuki Saburo’s banquet is obviously not qualified.

So she quickly refused, the reason is: “my master does not allow me to drink outside, of course, can not go outside to eat with men.”

This reason was too legitimate. It was better than any illness, and it was hard for Saburo Suzuki to say, “Leave your husband alone and come to dinner with us.”

But Suzuki Saburo made some effort before he had to die.

Because Su Chunjun had rushed over when he heard he was coming, and enthusiastically dragged Suzuki Saburo away to his office to talk.

He’s been a little overprotective of her lately.

Well, it’s kind of like that feeling of being married for years and realizing that your husband has started giving Valentine’s Day gifts again, or like being an adult and having Children’s Day on June 1 again.

A bit of adult snickering.

It wasn’t that he was usually bad to her. It’s just that after the two of them had long ago had an understanding, she’d been to a lot of dangerous places and encountered a lot of dangers, and she assumed that both she and he should have gotten used to it.

Since they were used to it, they should be at ease with her.

Unexpectedly, he was still not at ease.

Alas.

Zhu Yuyan returned to the room, rare did not do things, did not read the notepad, did not write a letter to write an article, but in the bookcase to turn out when she was at home in the diary and workbook to see.

Journal of things read now are too far away, she can even look down on that year’s little girl, counting out how many kinds of mistakes she has, because it is their own, so from the bottom of their hearts to criticize themselves to be extraordinarily convenient, flipped half of the book can not stand to close it.

It’s the workbook that’s more interesting. Back then, her handwriting was still a little stiff and childish, because at that time, it was her own writing that she wanted to please, so she insisted on writing in flowery script for a while in one of her English assignments, which was fun and interesting to write. When she switched to reading assignments, she used pens and pencils to write in different fonts, one in Liu Style, the other in Thin Gold, constantly showing off her skills.

I don’t know if Su Chunjun laughed at her in his heart when he read her homework.

I don’t know if Su Chunjun laughed at her in his mind when he read her work.

His words would have been mean.

Zhu Yuyan smiled to herself, her mood growing clearer.

She rested like this for an hour and a half when a phone call called her back to her desk.

Before she answered the phone, the operator told her that the call was from someone who worked as a security guard at the Zhu Family Building.

She followed Su Chunjun to move to his official residence, Zhujia Lou there of course does not live there, but it is not for nothing to leave an empty house not to care, but it is set up a sentry inside. According to Su Chunjun said, call a person there to look at the house, if there are people who do not know they moved to find the past, or send letters, or send gifts, there is also a person can receive a little.

This person’s name was Fang.

The operator took it, and she said into the phone, “Little Fang, is there something wrong with you? Is the water pipe broken?”

Xiao Fang was a middle-aged man, and the person was arranged by Su Chunjun, whom she did not know well. But the one who can be put there to say that he is picking up the letter and receiving the gift is certainly not someone who is okay, and should be someone Su Chunjun trusts.

Xiao Fang said, “Second Miss, I am really in a difficult position.”

This Xiaofang is very interesting, he works as a security guard in Zhu family building, and back and forth, he addresses her as Second Miss, not Mrs. Su.

Zhu Yuyan said, “What is the problem, just tell me.”

Xiaofang said, “About last week’s Thursday, I went out to take out the garbage, and I found a girl hiding behind our door.”

I wish the family building outside the main door has steps, steps on both sides of a corner, there used to be beggars or something will hide there. As soon as Xiao Fang said it, Zhu Yuyan knew where it was.

She asked, “What kind of girl? How old? Does she have a name? Did she say where she came from?”

Xiao Fang said, “She didn’t say at first, and ran away when she saw me. But then I realized that she would still come back and hide. I brought her food, and now that it’s cold, I gave her a piece of clothing, and she told me that her surname is Wu, and that she used to study with our family’s eldest daughter here, and now she’s just looking for me.”

Zhu Yuyan: “Wu?” Wu Xiaoping? That female student of Yang Yuchan?

How did she suddenly appear?

Back then, she suddenly stopped coming after she defaulted on many tutoring fees, Yang Yucan wanted to go look for her, Zhu Yanshu had stopped her.

Zhu Yanshu: “I think it must be because the family has no money that they don’t come to study anymore, if you go to the door, she thinks you are going to ask for debts, how embarrassing that would be. We don’t care about that little money, so don’t go.”

Yang Yucan: “Mom, I’m worried that something happened to her family.”

Zhu Yanshu: “There’s only one thing that can happen to her family, and that’s lack of money. Alas, big sister, there is no end to saving the poor in the world. Wu Xiaoping has her own parents to take care of her, her mom and dad both have hands, feet and jobs, although they are poor, they are not so poor that they have to sell their children, at most they are a little poorer than before.”

Thinking about that time, Zhu Yuyan returned to her senses and said to the other side of the phone, “You bring this little Miss Wu to me.”

Xiao Fang: “Second Miss, you know her?”

Zhu Yuyan: “Probably someone I know. Just send the person over.”

She put down the phone and went out to have someone arrange a room for Wu Xiaoping. Since Xiao Fang said that, probably Wu Xiaoping should not be having a good time right now, when the person comes, let her eat first, change clothes and take a bath, and then talk about her after she relaxes.

She then sat down and waited for someone, about an hour later, Xiao Fang sent Wu Xiaoping over.

Su Chunjun had also sent Suzuki Saburo away a long time ago, and waited with her here. He had also met that little girl who studied with Yang Yucan in the Zhu family’s living room, and remembered that at that time, she was only ten years old, and now she should be fifteen or sixteen years old as well.

As soon as Wu Xiaoping walked in behind Xiao Fang, Zhu Yuyan and Su Chunjun were stunned.

Because this girl looked too thin.

Because of her thinness, the skin on her face was all thin and dry, and she looked like an old woman with wrinkles on her face. She hid behind Xiaofang, cowering very much, her eyes are also very timid, can only see a little bit of the shadow of that little girl from her features.

Zhu Yuyan recognized that it was really Wu Xiaoping.

She took the initiative to walk up, full of heartache, pulled Wu Xiaoping’s hand and said: ”I am Yang Yuyan, do you still remember? Little Ping. I am Yang Yuchan’s younger sister. You’ve seen me at my house, and I even gave you my old fountain pen.”

Wu Xiaoping looked at her seriously for a few moments and nodded her head vigorously in succession, her voice like a mosquito mumble, “I remember, good day second miss.” After saying that, she took half a step back and gave her a deep bow, and when she finished her bow, she simply knelt down and kowtowed hard a few times, saying, “Second Miss, please keep me as a maid! Please, Second Miss, let me be a maid for you!”

Zhu Yuyan had developed a stone heart after her family members left one by one, and she herself felt that she had matured. But when she saw Wu Xiaoping today, she realized that she hadn’t matured at all, and she couldn’t mature towards the people she used to know.

She immediately picked up Wu Xiaoping and said: ”Good, you will be my maid. Little Ping, I’ll take you to change clothes and eat, and you tell me where you’ve been these past few years, okay?”

She pulled Wu Xiaoping away and gave Su Chunjun a wink, telling him to wait and ask before saying anything, even if he suspected Wu Xiaoping’s intentions, he should wait until she had inquired first.

Su Chunjun nodded and watched her take Wu Xiaoping away.

He turned his head to Xiao Fang and said, “Xiao Fang, tell me about the situation.”

Xiao Fang looked at Wu Xiaoping and whispered, “I’ve poked around, there shouldn’t be any problems behind this little girl.”

Su Chunjun: “So it’s really just a neighbor you used to know finding her back again? What’s the situation with her family? I remember she has parents, have you inquired about them.”

Xiaofang: “I found out. Wu Xiaoping’s father has long abandoned their mother and son ran away, Wu Xiaoping’s mother with three children have been wandering around, can find a job when there is food, can not find on the street as a beggar. Wu Xiaoping should be thrown away by her mom, when the mom can not bring three children, and can not afford to give up the small, can only throw away the big one.”

In the room, Zhu Yuyan let Wu Xiaoping change out of her ill-fitting clothes. The clothes she was wearing should have been found for her by Xiao Fang.

Zhu Yuyan brought her own old clothes. She didn’t have many silk clothes anymore, they were all cotton. Both of them were about the same size, Wu Xiaoping was a little taller than her.

Zhu Yuyan smiled as she watched her change her clothes and said, “It’s good that you’ve grown so tall.”

There were prepared snacks and hot tea on the table. She didn’t ask the kitchen to make a new meal again, so she let her eat the dim sum with the hot tea.

Wu Xiaoping didn’t quite dare to eat it, and after changing her clothes and still sitting on the chair in a formal manner, she asked uneasily, “Second Miss, are you really willing to let me be a maid? You’re not coaxing me, are you?”

Zhu Yuyan: “Not coaxing you. What’s so strange about me using a few maids? It’s such a big house, where can’t I fit one of you? We used to know each other, and you’ve read books, so it’s a good thing that I’ve earned the right to be my maid.”

Wu Xiaoping took several deep breaths, tears in her eyes, she wiped them away and nodded her head vigorously, “Second Miss, I will be a good maid. I will be obedient, I can do everything, I can wash clothes and carry sandbags, I am very strong.”

Zhu Yu Yan hold her hand, see her hand completely unlike a young girl’s hand, joints red, swollen and swollen, fingers are full of wounds, finger belly and palm is full of thick calluses.

Zhu Yu Yan: “Xiao Ping, can you tell me, where are your parents? Why don’t they care about you? Where are your brothers?”

Wu Xiaoping’s eyes blinked and tears rolled down, but her expression was calm.

She said, “My dad said he wanted to buy a ticket to take us back home, so my mom gave him all the money in the house, they also sold the furniture in the house, the luggage was all packed and our family went to the station. My dad told us to wait by the side of the road and he never came back.”

“He left us on the side of the road.”

Wu Xiaoping’s mother and four daughters have had to wander ever since.

They had no way to go back to the rental house, because at the time they thought they would leave and never come back, Wu Xiaoping knew that his dad had not only returned the rented house, but also borrowed several loansharks.

They could not go back to the rental house, and there was no other place to go.

Wu Xiaoping’s mom could only take the kids over to the dump. She and Wu Xiaoping went to do the laundry, and her two sons were left to run around and play at the dump.

Wu Xiaoping: “The little brother ran away and lost, I don’t know if he was abducted or he ran out on his own and had an accident.”

The big brother should take the little brother, the little brother ran away after the loss, the big brother is also very sad and scared. Wu Xiaoping’s mother after a few beatings can only hold the only remaining son and daughter crying, crying, the next day can only continue to take the daughter to do the laundry, but also can only continue to have no way to manage the son.

Big brother no longer dare to go out to play, Wu Xiaoping and mom washing clothes, big brother will obediently guard the side, will help them pour water to carry clothes.

Later, a new group of laundry workers came and drove them away.

Wu Xiaoping: “They snapped the urinal in our washtub, I couldn’t fight them with my mom, and then I had to pay for the clothes, so I had to stop going over there to do it.”

The gang also lived in the dump, Wu Xiaoping’s mother could only take them away, but the whole city could not find a cheaper place than the dump, they could only live on the street.

Wu Xiaoping: “Then we went to the docks to find work, we could carry big bags, I carried them with my mom, although it was tiring, but not many people came over there to take the work, everyone had their own place to work.”

There were gangs at the docks, and the gangs worked in separate areas, so they carried big bags in the gangs’ own territory.

The work was just too hard and the money earned was too little.

Wu Xiaoping and her mother had to rest for a few days of work, or their bodies wouldn’t hold up.

As a result of too much rest, the dock side didn’t want them anymore.

They could only wander the streets.