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On the pier, the siren blared.

This is the military pier used by the Japanese military. Ryo Misawa, dressed formally, stood on the pier to welcome their distinguished guests. He had been standing here for about an hour.

"Report to the head of the agency, Your Excellency Commander's ship has reached the open sea ten miles ahead." The miscellaneous soldiers came to report to him again.

Sanze Liao nodded expressionlessly and continued to wait.

Three or ten minutes later, the ship docked at the pier, and the well-trained soldiers at the station opened the way first, and stood on both sides. Misawa Liao bowed deeply to salute, until a tall man wearing a Japanese Imperial Army uniform walked slowly. Walked up to him, patted his back, motioned him to get up.

"Thank you, Misawa-kun." The man who got off the boat said.

"Everything is for the Emperor." Misawa replied respectfully.

"Come on, let's go back and talk first, Sanze-kun." The man handed the suitcase in his hand to Sanzeliao.Sanze Liao took it respectfully and followed behind the man.

Qing Shihui, directly under the Emperor of Japan, the high-level commander of the empire, was appointed to serve as a work guide for the Japanese agency in Shanghai.

At 03:30 in the afternoon, the Japanese office.

"Your Excellency Qingshi, please." Misawa Liao filled the wine glass with sake.

"Your Excellency Sanze, I have to say. You did not do well in the task assigned to you by the empire before!" Qing Shihui suddenly put down his wine glass.

"Hi!" Sanze Liao bowed his head deeply: "I am very sorry, Your Excellency Qingshi, I am ashamed of my incompetence."

"When you were in Japan, you were a capable and decisive person. Why did you not complete the simple task of integrating Shanghai's economy and controlling Shanghai's banks!" Qing Shihui put down his glass, "The Emperor is very disappointed in this."

Misawa Liao prostrated himself deeply on the ground, "I'm very sorry!"

"Do you know that you should go directly to commit suicide by gutting yourself in order to show the dignity of our empire."

"Yes."

Qing Shihui took a look, "But the empire is now employing people, and it is very difficult for the empire to cultivate people like you. This time, the emperor decided to tolerate you. But next time, he will never be merciful!"

"Hi!" Sanze Liao raised his body, his eyes were filled with hatred.

"One more thing." Qing Shihui finished enjoying the fresh sashimi on the table: "Shanghai secret agent plan."

"Agent?"

"Chongqing is inland, and our army can't break through for a while. We can only gradually disintegrate from Shanghai. You know, they evacuated from Shanghai, but their eyes and shadows did not exit the Shanghai stage. For this reason, we need to use the fastest Goug out their eyes at a high speed, chase away their shadows, and clear our route so that our army's actions in Chongqing will not be hindered."

"Yes."

"Focus on this matter first, determine the execution location of the Shanghai secret agent plan as soon as possible, and determine the personnel, no matter what method is used, we must achieve the goal as soon as possible!" Qing Shihui stood up: "Mr. Sanze, this is the last thing the empire gave you. a chance!"

"Hi."

Ah Ci's work alone in the attic of the small stone alley is secretive and tense. Since his legs and feet are not particularly convenient, he does not often go downstairs to walk around. Auntie is ready and serves it up.

The conditions were definitely not as good as when he lived at home, but Ah Ci didn't feel too bitter, he was not someone who couldn't afford hardship.

On the willow tip of the moon, Ah Ci put down his earphones and squeezed his stiff shoulders. Before he could stretch and move a few times, he heard a "squeak" behind him, the wooden board loosened, and a hidden wooden door It was opened, and Ah Chu came out, carrying a soup pot and two lunch boxes.

"How is it? Are you still used to it?" Ah Chu placed the food on the small square table.

"Fortunately, there is no inconvenience." Ah Ci pulled the wheelchair over and looked at A Chubucai: "Brother has to ask this question every day."

"You still have to eat every day." Ah Chu paused, "You still make fun of me." He squinted his eyes while smiling, and reached out to rub Ah Ci's hair.

Ah Ci patted off Ah Chu's unruly hand, and then began to eat dinner.

The dinner Ah Chu brought was very simple, green vegetable tofu, braised crucian carp, stir-fried diced chicken, radish stewed ribs soup.It's a long distance from Jing'an Temple Road to here, but the food brought by Ah Chu is not only full of color, fragrance and taste, but also steaming hot, just right for the taste.As soon as Ah Ci ate, he knew how much his elder brother had put in for him.

"Okay, let's eat." Ah Chu prepared the dishes and handed the chopsticks to Ah Ci.

Ah Ci buried his head in eating, because his neck was still a little stiff after sitting in front of the radio all day, he ate with his right hand, and pinched his shoulder blade with his left hand casually.

Ah Chu's eyes were sharp, and while watching Ah Ci eat, he casually went around behind Ah Ci's back, put his palms on Ah Ci's shoulder blades, and massaged his cervical spine slowly but forcefully.

"Uh..." There was a sore and comfortable feeling from the massaged place, Ah Ci wanted to turn around and say thank you, but gave Ah Chu the first: "Eat, the food won't taste good when it's cold."

Ah Ci's chopsticks stopped, because of Ah Chu's movements, he felt his nose a little sore.

But the words of thanks could not be uttered anymore, Ah Ci paused for a while before continuing to eat, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish meat and was just about to stuff it into his mouth, when suddenly his face hurt, but Ah Chu stretched out his hand and pinched it cheeks.

Ah Chu pulled up a chair and sat down beside Ah Ci, put the piece of fish in a spoon, removed the bone, and handed it to Ah Ci's mouth: "If there are so many thorns on the back of the chopsticks, you dare to stuff it directly into your mouth. Don't be afraid to get your mouth full.

Ah Ci smiled knowingly, and opened his mouth to eat the fish that Ah Chu handed over. Ah Chu's pampering is like honey, which makes people irresistible. The feeling of being cared for and cared for, even if you are strong and endure living alone Ah Ci, who was used to it, became more and more irresistible indulging in it.

At this moment, night fell, and the outside of the house was engulfed in darkness, and the attics and alleys near and far were lit with lights, dimly on and off.They sat around together, eating and chatting, enjoying the peaceful warmth of this moment.

"I'm full." Ah Ci wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.

Ah Chu picked up the leftovers, "I have something for you."

"what?"

After tidying up the dining table and dipping a handkerchief in water to wipe off his hands, Ah Chu sat down in front of Ah Ci again, took out what Xia Yuechun gave him from his suit pocket, and put it in front of Ah Ci.

"This..." Ah Ci glanced at the content, and his face was a little dignified.

"You have to be careful yourself, do you hear me?" Ah Chu reminded me, and then said: "You can send this back to Chongqing, and also send a copy to Du Luning and the others to see how they react. Let Yu Xiaojiang know."

"Yeah." Ah Ci agreed.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of cautious footsteps in the distance, Ah Chu and Ah Ci are such vigilant people, Ah Ci more quickly hid the thing in his hand into the inconspicuous dark compartment under the dining table.Ah Chu raised his head to look, only to see a little boy who was only seven or eight years old, wearing pudding but very clean cotton clothes, a chubby little face, fleshy fingers, and a small onion braid on the top of his head.

When he saw Ah Chu and Ah Ci sitting together, he seemed to be shocked for a moment. Looking at the two identical faces, the child stood aside and hesitated as if he couldn't tell them apart.

Ah Chu glanced at Ah Ci, meaning to ask who this child is.

Ah Ci frowned and shook his head, expressing that he hadn't seen it.

Ah Chu turned around and waved: "Come here."

The little boy jumped up and ran over as soon as he was happy, but before Ah Chu could speak, he slid under their dining table like a loach.

Ah Chu and Ah Ci were relatively stunned. Before they could figure out the situation, they heard the voice of another little boy downstairs accompanied by his footsteps: "Ah Gui, why did you run in? Mommy told you not to let me go." Allah came here!"

The voice fell silent, and then a little boy ran up and stood at the door looking around. When he saw Ah Ci and Ah Chu sitting in the room, he let out a "Huh" in surprise.

"Uncle, do you have brothers too?" The chubby face of a child at the door, with fleshy fingers, looked very clever: "Mum said there is only one person living here?"

It was only then that Ah Ci remembered that the family surnamed Zhao downstairs had two children, and the youngest one seemed to be named A Gui.The older one is called Ah Fu.

"It's okay, this should be the kid downstairs." Ah Ci whispered to Ah Chu.

"I'm here to see my brother, I live elsewhere." Ah Chu said kindly, "You are also brothers, right?"

The kid at the door was sharp-eyed and short-sighted, so he saw the ball under the table first, and hurried over to catch him: "Ah Gui, you're still hiding, be careful of Mama's feather duster!"

Ah Chu looked down at the little guy hiding beside his lap: "His name is A Gui?" He then looked at the child who came to arrest him: "Then you are his brother, A Fu?"

"That's right." Ah Fu concentrated on grabbing his younger brother, trying to grab him out from under the table: "Ah Gui overturned the dried plums that Momma had dried. Let's go, Momma called."

As a result, the child named Agui under the table hugged Ah Chu's leg and began to cry.

Ah Ci said: "There's nothing to cry about, just go down and admit your mistakes." He was used to being strict, and asked bluntly, which seemed to him to be a casual question, but it sounded like a scolding to a child's ears. , Agui cried even harder.

"Hey! Uncle, why are you yelling at my younger brother?" Afu looked at Agui crying pitifully, turned his head and shouted at Aci: "He didn't knock it over on purpose. I will help when Mom scolds me. Yes, you bad guy, don't be cruel."

This time, Ah Ci was even more dumbfounded.

Ah Chu pursed his lips, stretched out his hand to hug the child who was holding his leg, and coaxed him in a low voice, amusing the child in no time.

Seeing Ah Chu's way of coaxing the children, Ah Ci suddenly felt that he really didn't have the talent to get along with such little guys.Amusedly, he reached out and patted Ah Fu's little head, who was still staring at him.

In the eyes of the child, this action was probably intended to be flattering, so Ah Fu snorted and ignored him: "Ah Gui, I'm leaving, Mommy is really going to scold me."

Ah Chu put the children down, touched their heads and said, "Be obedient." After thinking for a while, he took out two candies wrapped in paper from his pocket, and gave one to each of them.

As expected, the children were children, they all smiled when they saw the candies, took them quickly, and ran downstairs holding hands.

Ah Ci stared at Ah Chu in astonishment: "Do you still have candy?"

Ah Chu didn't answer, he squinted his eyes and smiled like a fox.

"Yuechun? Why are you calling me here in such a hurry?" After receiving a call from Xia Yuechun, Ah Chu hurried from the company to the office of the director of Chunhe Hospital.

"Some things are not good." Xia Yuechun frowned, not interested in joking when seeing friends coming over.

Ah Chu withdrew his expression and said solemnly: "What happened?"

"Five brothers died yesterday." Xia Yuechun handed the report to Ah Chu: "According to the investigation of our special service personnel, a high-ranking Japanese commander came to the Japanese agency in Shanghai three days ago, and yesterday, Five of our brothers had a shootout with the Japanese side near No. 76 Daxi Road in Shanghai, and then three of them died on the spot and two were captured alive. This report comes from a secret sentry hidden on Daxi Road.”

"You mean... the Japanese side..."

"If the attack you received before, that is, the day Ah Ci was discharged from the hospital, could be said to be the personal revenge of the Japanese agency Zhang Sanzeli, this time, it was a targeted bloodbath. I'm afraid...they will... Carry out a blanket search of the whole of Shanghai, they will use this to eradicate potential spies in Shanghai, if this is the case, then the small stone alley..."

"I won't let Ah Ci have trouble." Ah Chu was firm.

"But not everything can be controlled so well by you." Xia Yuechun adjusted his glasses. Recently, his eyesight seems to have increased a little, and he may need to get a new pair of glasses again: "Take this document back Give it to Ah Ci, let him pass the news to Chongqing as soon as possible, and see what they say there. Remember to tell him to also pass a copy to Du Luning."

"Okay." Ah Chu folded the document into small pieces and put it in the compartment pocket inside his suit.

"Also, let him be cautious." Xia Yuechun thought for a while and added.

"Yuechun, I will never be ready for Ah Ci to sacrifice." Ah Chu said word by word.

Xia Yuechun said helplessly: "I knew it, it's useless to remind you."

"Why don't you take care of your own life and property? Dean Xia, are you one of the people who are very likely to be targeted?" Ah Chu showed some concern.

"Don't worry, you are the life of the cockroach, and I am the life of the mouse." Xia Yuechun laughed: "It's worse than you."

"Why don't I let Ah Si follow you for the next two days." Ah Chu said, "The storm is too severe, so I'm still worried."

"Then what do you do?" Xia Yuechun did not reject Ah Chu's kindness, after all, Liu Ah Si is a rare bodyguard who is skilled and quiet.

"I have another way." Ah Chu said.

Liu Ahsi, who was standing aside, didn't react much. He didn't show much expression when he heard the boss told him to follow Dean Xia for the next two days. He just inexplicably remembered the look on his face when Dean Xia checked his wound that night. With that strange expression on his face, he frowned slightly.

Sometimes secret reporting work like the radio station can torment dead people all night and all night. Ah Ci drove Ah Chu away early after dinner yesterday, just to prevent him from seeing him staying up all night for work.

If the eldest brother knew about such a thing, he would definitely feel distressed, swear, curse, and maybe even want to hit someone.

The sun had risen, and when he raised his head, he felt that the light piercing his eyes made him sleepy. He picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of the strong tea inside.

The tea was so cold that he brewed it in the middle of the night. If Ah Chu saw it, he would never allow him to drink such a stimulating strong tea, so the tea he asked Uncle Zhao to bring was secretly placed in the elder brother who would not open it. in the drawer.

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I just soak a cup to refresh my mind, and wash it off quickly the next day, lest the doctor with a series of truths nagging.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Ah Ci took off the earphones and moved his stiff neck a little. The scene of Ah Chu giving him a massage inevitably appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but smile slightly on the corner of his mouth.

There was movement at the door, but Ah Ci, who was used to it, could tell which kitten had crawled to the door.

A small head poked out, looked in, and did not speak.

"Gui?"

He knew that the eloquent one was his older brother Ah Fu, and the taciturn one was his younger brother Agui.

I saw Agui holding a small bowl in his hand, walked in and put it carefully on the table, it was fragrant and hot.

The door was pushed open again with a creak, and another little head followed in. The difference was that this one started chattering as soon as he entered the door.

"Uncle, Mommy just bought breakfast and asked us to bring it to you."

Ah Fu put the flatbread and fried dough sticks wrapped in paper on the table, and pointed to the bowl, "Tofu paste, I don't know if uncle likes it sweet or salty, my brother and I like sweet ones, so Mu Mom bought sweet ones."

Really hungry, Ah Ci picked up the pancake and quickly took a bite. He really doesn't eat much of this kind of street snack.

Whether it was the time of the young master of the Yang family or the time when he was with Ah Chu, he never had to worry about what to eat. In his impression, he really didn't have much memory of the street food stalls.

"Uncle, you have to wrap the fried dough sticks tightly in the pancake and eat it together, here..."

Ah Fu looked at his strange way of eating, and his little hand reached out to help him put the golden fried dough sticks in the center of the pancake.

"Oh……"

I have never eaten it like this before. Ah Ci squeezed the big cake tightly, it was neither hard nor soft, it was baked just right, wrapped in crispy fried dough sticks, it was very delicious.

However, it was really dry, and when he could hardly swallow it, Agui picked up a small bowl and handed it to his mouth.

After taking a sip of soy milk, the feeling of choking is gone instantly. The salty and crunchy taste is accompanied by the sweet and sweet bean fragrance, which has a special taste.

Ah Ci couldn't help laughing. At such an age, he actually needed two children under the age of ten to teach him how to eat this traditional Shanghai breakfast.

The two children in front of them have exactly the same appearance, but their tempers and personalities are still very different.The elder brother loves and protects his younger brother so much, even though they are twins of the same age.

He couldn't help but think of his elder brother, maybe this is the unique consonance of twins. He was a little envious of the two children in front of him, because they were together since they were born.

Until I was 25 years old, I didn't even know that there was an older brother in this world. The loneliness of childhood and the indifference of the family made him lonely and cold, and he learned to bear everything alone.

These two children are undoubtedly very happy. They can grow up holding hands and accompany each other.They also have parents who love them. Although they live frugally, there is no lack of love in their childhood.

"Uncle, Uncle, hurry up and eat, the tofu paste is going to be cold."

Thinking of the immature child's voice, Ah Ci came back to his senses, looking at this fussy little Ah Fu, he looked a bit like Ah Chu.

If they had grown up together, he would have been disciplined by Ah Chuduo for 25 years.

"Oh, good." He quickly drank a big mouthful of soy milk, "Ah Fu, Ah Gui, have you two been together since childhood?"

"Yeah. We've always been together."

Ah Fu rushed to answer, and Ah Gui on the side also nodded vigorously.

"Besides, Mommy said that I am an elder brother and I have to take care of my younger brother."

"Uncle, your brother has been visiting you too. Then why don't you live together?"

Sometimes the children's childish words are so innocent, and they really can't answer, Ah Ci feels a little bitter in his heart, why doesn't he want to live together.

"My brother is very busy..."

"He's busy why don't you help him?"

"because……"

Ah Ci realized that, let alone facing the real Ah Chu, even facing such a small Ah Chu, he couldn't handle it.

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Day after day, Ah Ci continued to defend his ideals in that dilapidated alley house.

"Beep beep beep beep beep" The sound of radio waves rang slightly in the small attic, accompanied by the dim light, Ah Ci was working nervously.

Receive, send, translate, and organize documents.

It can be said that it is a test of perseverance for one person to complete these boring tasks with a high degree of concentration every day.

"Please complete the task of assassinating the commander of the Japanese agency."

Ah Ci held the white paper and repeatedly looked at the news sent by the telegram. Outside the window, gusts of cold wind mixed with rain were blowing, and the chill was penetrating to the bones.Assassination... This is the task assigned to him by the organization, but he...

"Ah Ci, do you see what I brought you?"

Suddenly, Ah Chu's voice came from behind him. Ah Ci was startled and shuddered. He instinctively stuffed the paper into his sleeve, turned around, and saw Ah Chu's figure when he turned around. He blamed himself for going out. Confused: "Brother, you are here."

"What's the matter?" Ah Chu set up the bowls and chopsticks, felt that Ah Ci's expression was different, and observed a few times, "What happened?"

"No...no...no."

"Ah Ci." Ah Chu walked up to Ah Ci and squatted down, looked up into Ah Ci's eyes: "You really can't lie at all." He could catch the subtle change in Ah Ci's eyes all at once: "Have you received any bad news?"

"No." Ah Ci said.

"You don't want to say it doesn't mean there is nothing." Ah Chu said in a deep voice, "The more you hide it from me, the more you worry me?"

"But this matter..."

"Say."

"very dangerous……"

"I'm in danger every day." Ah Chu told him word by word, looking straight into his eyes.

Ah Ci finally trembled his lips, held back for a while, and said in a low voice, "Assassination."

"Assassination?"

Ah Ci took out the white paper in his sleeve and handed it to Ah Chu: "They asked me to assassinate the commander of the Japanese agency."

Ah Chu looked at the note: "You mean the one named Qing Shihui?"

Ah Ci was a little surprised at Ah Chu's wealth of information, and nodded: "Yes. It's very dangerous."

"Because since he came, the eyeliners they ambushed here in Shanghai have been killed and wounded, and their concealment has been broken one by one. Are they angry from embarrassment?" Ah Chu snorted.

Ah Ci lowered his head, dodged and said, "They probably don't know about our situation here, so they thought you were me."

"I am you." Ah Chu was not nervous, took the note and lit a match casually: "I have a sense of proportion in this matter, so you don't have to worry. It's not difficult to kill a person. Don't worry about it." , eat first, the food will be cold in a while."

"But..." Ah Ci opened his mouth and looked at Ah Chu. He was about to say something, but Ah Chu got up and hugged him.

"Fool, do you think that if you don't have the heart to tell me, this matter will not be resolved? I said that I will walk this road with you. Your business is my business, and your task is my task, but... Your life is also mine, don't forget this." Ah Chu gently stroked Ah Ci's shoulder.

"Brother." Ah Ci was embraced in his arms, Ah Chu's chest, Ah Chu's arms, and Ah Chu's body temperature seemed to be able to withstand the coming autumn cold and winter snow.