Chapter 1183 of the War Photographer's Notes. In the basement where the nephew, cousin and businesswoman were not allowed to smoke, Wei Ran, as the only audience member, patiently accompanied Mei Xiang, Qiu Shi and Yao Canhua to sing the entire play.

Taking advantage of Jasmine's delivery of a large pot of chrysanthemum tea, Wei Ran finally got the chance to leave the basement temporarily on the pretext of going to the bathroom.

At this time, the weather outside was still hot, but Cao Duba was carefully wiping the milky white car in the small shadow provided by the still young ginkgo tree.

Behind the kitchen, Ma Yang was once again sitting on the horse at the door of the boiler room, busy selecting and washing vegetables.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Wei Ran walked around the room on the first floor, and finally saw the long strip hidden between the outer wall of the small building and the courtyard wall through the floor-to-ceiling window with a balcony on the west end.

of flower beds.

One end of this long strip of flower bed connected to the yard to the south is a particularly beautiful cast iron fence. The other end is close to the corner of the northwest corner of the yard wall, but it is blocked tightly by a large vat with a diameter of two meters.

In the not-so-big gap between the big tank and the corner of the wall, a smiling flower tree as thick as a wrist grows with difficulty. Between the branches of this tree and the water tank under the branches,

There is also a wooden shelf fixed to the water tank.

In addition to a small bowl, there is also a colorful macaw serving a sentence with a silver chain tied to its foot.

In that large water tank, not only was there a cluster of lotus flowers, but it seemed that a few goldfish could be seen swimming around in the rippling water.

Looking at the long flower bed between the iron fence and the water tank, the two stone lamps that are suspected of hiding the ventilation holes in the basement are not conspicuous.

Because they have been covered by the lush rose flowers with dense spikes in the flower bed, only the two octagonal pavilion-shaped tops can be vaguely seen.

He stretched out his hand to open the window, and immediately, the rich fragrance of flowers floated into the room along with the slightly harsh chirping of the parrot. Wei Ran, who looked out, also noticed a green awning above the floor-to-ceiling window that seemed to be openable.

Looking left and right, Wei Ran gently shook a metal handle on the wall. Driven by the steel wire, the awning outside slowly stretched out. Not only did it block the western sun, it also almost perfectly connected the other end of the awning.

It was placed on the courtyard wall, perfectly covering the flower bed outside the window.

Secretly admiring this exquisite design, Wei Ran shook the metal handle to close the awning, and then closed the window to block the hot wind mixed with the fragrance of flowers and noise.

With nothing to do, Wei Ran simply took out his camera and took a few photos of the room. Then he went to the yard and took a few photos of the small building from different angles.

He did this naturally because he wanted to wait until he returned to that familiar world and, if possible, try to restore the almost abandoned small building to its beautiful appearance at this moment.

Almost as soon as he returned to the room and put the second box of film on the camera in his hand, Mei Xiang also walked out of the basement with Jasmine and others.

"Wei Ran, come upstairs with me." Meixiang didn't stop going upstairs when she said this, "Canhua, come upstairs with me too."

Hearing this, Wei Ran, who heard the noise and walked out of the room with his camera, silently followed Jasmine and others, and climbed the wooden stairs to the second floor, where he had been told not to go up.

Compared with the first floor, the second floor is much spacious. One-third of the area is a banquet hall with extravagant decoration. Not only is there a white piano, but there are also two sets of beautiful chandeliers.

But they are all unavailable in later generations.

In addition to the hall used for dancing, there is also a dining room with a long table and a spacious living room on this floor. Together, these two rooms occupy at least one third of the area.

As for the remaining space, there are several seemingly bedrooms and functional rooms such as bathrooms, kitchenettes, and study rooms.

After following Mei Xiang for a brief tour on the second floor, Mei Xiang took them to the spacious banquet hall and said, "Tomorrow night some friends will come here to hold a dance together. Wei Ran, I will let you invite which lady

You can go dancing, and you are not allowed to refuse any lady who asks you to dance, but you are not allowed to accept their invitation to go out."

"No problem" Wei Ran agreed wholeheartedly, even though this new job seemed to involve "being a duck".

"In this case, starting from tomorrow, secretly you are my bodyguard, but on the surface, you are my fourth aunt's cousin, and you come to me to find a job to eat. Do you remember?"

"Remember, cousin Meixiang." Wei Ran smiled and responded with an answer that made the other party extremely satisfied.

"Canhua"

Mei Xiang turned to look at Yao Canhua, "Your Aunt Jasmine and I have always gotten along as sisters, so it's not too much for you to call me aunt, right?"

"It's not too much," Canhua replied somewhat at a loss.

Turning to look at Jasmine, Mei Xiang said with a smile, "In this case, from now on you will be my nephew and I will be your aunt. How about you take my surname of Tao from now on?"

"Ah?" Yao Canhua raised his head in surprise, then looked at his Aunt Jasmine for help, and asked reluctantly, "Change your surname."

"If you are asked to sing Wang Long, are you really Wang Long?" Jasmine explained to Mei Xiang without waiting for her eldest nephew to finish.

"What Xiao Su said is actually right."

Meixiang said while walking towards the living room, "After all, this is a study apartment where I do business for men. It is really inappropriate to suddenly have two more men, so it is more appropriate for you to pretend to be my relatives."

"When you no longer work for Miss, why don't you change your surname back to Yao?"

Jasmine angrily joked about her eldest nephew, "It's not like I'm adopting you to a young lady, it's just a show. Why don't you want to?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Meixiang gave Jasmine an annoyed look, then looked at Yao Canhua who was obviously relieved, with a thick smile on her face, and asked jokingly, "Canhua, are you willing to sing this play with me?

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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I, I do," Yao Canhua replied with a steady voice.

Mei Xiang seemed to enjoy teasing this introverted young man who was ten years younger than herself, "How about calling me aunt?"

After saying this, Yao Canhua blushed and stammered, calling her aunt in a voice that was no louder than a mosquito farting.

"Qiushi, go get 50 yuan to buy candy for my eldest nephew Canhua." Meixiang said with a smile while sitting on the leather sofa in the living room on the second floor.

"Yes" Qiushi, who was suppressing a smile, responded, turned around and walked up the stairs to the third floor.

"Thank you, Miss." As Jasmine spoke, she did not forget to poke Yao, who had a surprised face, with her finger. No, Tao Canhua.

Yao Canhua, the eldest nephew who was bought by Fifty Dayang, finally reacted to this reminder and said in a calm voice, "Thank you, little one."

"What?" Mei Xiang looked at the red-faced young man with a smile.

"Call Auntie"

Wei Ran, who was holding back his bad words, kindly reminded her, and then deliberately raised his voice and said, "You can just have fun with such a beautiful aunt. Why are you embarrassed?"

"My cousin can still talk," Mei Xiang joked with a smile, "right? Canhua's eldest nephew?"

"Yes Yes"

Tao Canhua responded with a hint of embarrassment, and then added "Thank you, aunt" in a low voice.

After a while, Qiushi also came down from the third floor holding a wooden tray. There was also a letter of silver dollars on the tray.

"Okay, go to the practice room by yourself."

Meixiang waved her hand, picked up the cigarette case on the table, took out one and held it in her mouth, letting Weiran light it for her with a lighter. While puffing out the smoke, she pointed to a screen on the edge of the living room and said, "There will be one tomorrow morning.

A Japanese businessman came to visit us, and even before the dance started in the evening, you were responsible for hiding behind the screen and playing the piano and singing for us.

Before that, go and practice your best verses. If you sing well then, those gentlemen and ladies might even reward you with some big bucks."

At this point, Mei Xiang took another puff of cigarette, and when the smoke came out of her mouth, she continued slowly, "Anyway, if you call me aunt, then whatever they reward you will be yours, and I won't

It’s done.”

"Thank you quickly, miss"

Jasmine poked Tao Canhua again, who was still unaware of anything. The latter, who looked confused, subconsciously bowed and said "Thank you, aunt" again, and his tone became slightly smoother.

"Go ahead"

Meixiang smiled and waved her hand, letting Jasmine change her last name to Canhua "due to work needs" and leave the second floor.

"Where did you get your camera?" Mei Xiang asked Wei Ran, who had already found a single sofa and sat down with his legs crossed.

"I picked it up by chance when I was killing people and stealing goods."

As Wei Ran spoke, he had already pointed the camera at Mei Xiang, "Straighten your waist, lean forward a little, and retract your chin a little."

Hearing this, Mei Xiang, who was smiling, followed Wei Ran's instructions and made some adjustments. At the same time, she asked, "Why do you want to take photos of me? Are you going to sell my photos to those tabloid reporters?"

"Fengyue Pictorial?"

Wei Ran smiled and shook his head, "I'm not interested in them. I just think that beauty ages quickly, so I should record them while they are at their best. Now keep this posture, take a puff of cigarette and puff out."

"A beauty ages easily. Ha."

Mei Xiang murmured to herself, Youya raised her hand and took a puff of the cigarette, then puffed it out again according to Wei Ran's request.

When this puff of cigarette was no longer enough to fill her lungs, but just swirled around in Mei Xiang's mouth, and a pale white veil covered the side of her face, Wei Ran also took the opportunity to press the shutter.

It was only at this time that Wei Ran said, "After the shooting is completed, I will give you the film negatives. Whether I am from the perspective of a bodyguard or a cousin, I have the responsibility to protect your privacy."

Hearing this, a bright smile appeared on Meixiang's face, "In that case, please help me take a few more pictures."

"It's my pleasure" Wei Ran responded in a pretentious manner.

"That locked room is a darkroom."

Mei Xiang raised her finger and pointed to a room on the second floor that seemed to be directly above the storage room on the first floor, and casually said some good news, "If you can develop photos, you can help me develop them."

"My cousin also likes photography?"

The shameless Wei Ran asked Mei Xiang to return to the banquet hall, leaning on the piano, and the cousin he called became more and more skillful and natural.

“Sometimes I need to take some photos.”

Meixiang posed according to Wei Ran's request, and did not forget to explain, "The photographers hired from outside always sell the photos to the tabloids in advance, so they had no choice but to hire someone to build a darkroom. Every time they take a photo

After all, they were washed on site and the negatives were collected before letting them go."

"It seems that I saved my cousin the money to hire a photographer."
To be continued...