"It's okay. When I was learning to dance in the United States, I stepped on the instructor's feet and swollen them." Lu Ming deliberately joked.
He had long noticed that Ning Xiner might be prone to saying the wrong things because she rarely interacted with others and talked less.
"Hey, Miss Mingzhu has good eyesight and has taken a fancy to you. You are much better than me." Ning Xiner took a long time to return to normal and said quietly.
Lu Ming smiled and said: "The reason why we fall in love with each other is not because of our eyesight, but because our parents have eyesight. This is fate, and no one can resist his fate."
"That's right. After this incident, my brother told me that in the future, I have to follow the example of Pearl Girl when looking for someone. I would rather find a loser who can't do anything than a man who is too scheming and shady."
Lu Ming laughed. It sounded like a curse. Was he a coward who couldn't do anything?
Maybe Caobang really thinks so, a man who doesn't know how to gamble, make dirty money, or mix in society is a waste.
"No, I said the wrong thing again. It's not that you can't do anything, you are a man who does big things." Ning Xiner suddenly reacted and was so embarrassed that she couldn't raise her head. She almost wanted to crawl into the ground again.
"That's right, I've been hanging out in Shanghai for several years, and I really haven't accomplished anything." Lu Ming thought to himself, according to Caobang's standards, it would be more practical for me to be a quiet good-for-nothing.
"I really didn't mean it this way. Don't get me wrong. Big brother and the others have changed their views on you now. They always use you as an example to teach their subordinates in the gang." Ning Xiner was anxious.
"I know you don't mean it this way, and I won't misunderstand you. But don't imitate me. It will delay the Cao Gang's major events." Lu Ming also meant what he said. If the people in the Cao Gang imitated him, they would be neither fish nor fowl.
Well.
"I usually have too little contact with people, especially men. I can't see a person's true face clearly, and I think I am self-righteous. That's why I was deceived by that man named Gao." Ning Xiner sighed.
"You have to pay some tuition first before you can learn anything. You will learn something through the experience. You don't have to think too much. As long as you are good, you can start over from the beginning." Lu Ming comforted.
"Now I know that they are not interested in me at all, they are only interested in the foundation of our Caobang. I am just a springboard." Ning Xiner said with a sense of inferiority.
"Nonsense, you are such a beautiful woman, any man will be attracted to you, how come you are not interested?" Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Then are you interested? If so, I'll give it to you." Ning Xiner suddenly became bold and teased.
"Of course I'm interested, but it's a pity that I don't dare. Mingzhu will strangle me to death. Don't you know her temper?" Lu Ming didn't dare to cause trouble, so he could only use Mingzhu to block her.
"I asked Miss Mingzhu, she said she doesn't care, it's up to you." Ning Xiner said both truthfully and falsely.
"You may have misunderstood. She means she doesn't mind strangling me to death." Lu Ming loosened his arms around her and made them look like chicken claws.
Ning Xiner wanted to say something else, but the dance music stopped.
Ning Xiner smiled and said: "No wonder Miss Mingzhu loves you so much. Being with you and talking to you is a pleasure. You are really an interesting man."
Lu Ming did not answer. The relationship between him and Mingzhu seemed to have transcended the realm of love and dislike, and had risen to the height of destiny.
It is also possible that there really is an old man under the moon who tied a red thread to them when they were born. From then on, the two of them were forever connected, and they could not break away.
Lu Ming took turns dancing with Yuan Mingzhu and Ning Xiner until midnight. These two people also had to be Lu Ming's dancing partners. Others who asked to dance were ruthlessly rejected.
Zhang Ziyang has never ended up. It's not that he can't dance, but that he's not interested.
His hobbies are eating, drinking, gambling, and making money and oil from everywhere. In his words, if a buckwheat peel is in his hands, he can make four ounces of oil.
Cai Lian really doesn't like dancing. In order to make money these years, her feet have become calluses from dancing with others. It's hard to relax now, so why suffer through that.
Many people coveted Cai Lian's beauty and came over to strike up a conversation. But before they even got close, they were scared away by Zhang Ziyang's police station ID card.
Two bully-level gangsters were not convinced and ran to Cai Lian to start a fight. When they saw the pistol handle exposed on Zhang Ziyang's waist, they immediately gave up.
The steward of Paramount had noticed Zhang Ziyang a long time ago. At first, he was worried that he was using his identity as police detective to cause trouble and extort money. After a while, he saw that Zhang Ziyang made no movement and just stood quietly watching his companions dance. He finally felt relieved.
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From top to bottom in Paramount, everyone knows Yuan Mingzhu and Ning Xiner, but Lu Ming, who has been dancing with them, is a stranger, as if he has never been to a ballroom, although his dancing looks pretty good.
The manager of Paramount is an old man, and all the drinks ordered by Zhang Ziyang are free. Not all money can be earned, and the money that should be spent cannot be saved. This is also the secret of doing business.
In the middle of the night, Ning Xiner was almost exhausted and collapsed in Lu Ming's arms. She couldn't dance anymore. Needless to say, Yuan Mingzhu's next few dances didn't end at all.
"Lu Ming, compared with you, Gao Leping's dancing skills are at the level of a private school student. Mingzhu, I will borrow Lu Ming often from now on. It's okay. I promise it's just dancing." Ning Xiner drank a glass of strong wine.
Only then did he have the strength to smile.
"It's okay. He can borrow it at any time, whether it's for dancing or anything else. It's free. Anyway, he's in good health and not too tired." Yuan Mingzhu waved her hand generously.
Zhang Ziyang and Cai Lian both laughed. Ning Xin'er originally wanted to tease Ming Zhu, but didn't want to make a big red face herself.
Lu Ming protested: "You two are working together to bully others. I am a human, not a cow."
When he said this, Cai Lian and Zhang Ziyang laughed so hard that they almost couldn't breathe. Even Yuan Mingzhu, who had always been aggressive, felt embarrassed, and Ning Xiner couldn't wait to get into the cracks again.
"Did I say something wrong?" Lu Ming didn't know why.
"Brother, you are right, you are just a cow who forgets to eat and sleep, works hard and specializes in plowing the fields." Zhang Ziyang held back his laughter and patted Lu Ming on the back.
"Zhang Ziyang, I'm not telling you, your thoughts are too dirty, I didn't mean that at all." Lu Ming finally understood and smiled himself.
Ning Xiner couldn't stand listening, so she ran away with a smile, settling the bill for the dance and giving her a generous tip.
The manager of Paramount smiled so much that he not only got back the money for the drinks he sent out, but also doubled it several times.
After leaving the dance hall, everyone went home. Lu Ming was worried that Ning Xiner, who had drunk a lot of alcohol, would drive, so he asked Mingzhu to drive Ning Xiner's car back on the pretext that he still needed to use the car.
Zhang Ziyang drove Cailian back to their residence, while Lu Ming drove back to Wanguo Apartment alone.
The next morning, Lu Ming drove to several places and purchased some decent gifts.
Yesterday, he made an agreement with Ning Xiner that he would go over to pay New Year's greetings to Yuan Mingzhu's godmother today and "go home for dinner" on the way. Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.
This frivolous son-in-law of his has to meet his mother-in-law after all. Mother-in-law in Shanghai has always been difficult to serve, so Lu Ming has been avoiding her, but this time she can't escape.
If it was just a dinner invitation, Lu Ming might find an excuse to politely refuse, but Ning Xiner revealed the news that the owner of the arms shipment wanted to thank him in person.
Of course Lu Ming knew who the owner of the cargo was, so he couldn't help but become curious and wanted to find out.
The term "Communist" was very familiar to him. He often saw and heard it in newspapers, periodicals and on the radio, but he had never seen a living Communist.
He really wanted to see what the Communists, who were regarded as savage beasts by the Nationalist government and described as green-faced and fanged, looked like.
The Peter and Andrei he knew were also Communists, but they were Communists of the Soviet Union, not the Communist Party of China. He didn't know what the difference was between the two.
Lu Ming secretly asked Mingzhu what her godmother liked to eat and use.
Mingzhu answered simply, she didn't know either, and told him that he didn't need to go to so much trouble and just bring something with him. His godmother had everything and wouldn't care what gifts he gave her.
Lu Ming was stumped by this casualness. After thinking for a long time, he finally bought a bunch of gifts according to his mother's preferences. He didn't know if she would like them.