Shanghai morning

Footsteps approached slowly from outside the door, stopped in front of the door, and then came the sound of keys opening the door.

Who else is here?Wanwan's sluggish brain struggled to think about this question.It seems that the food delivery person has just left. Could it be that half a day has passed so quickly?

The person who came in did not put down his things, nor did he leave immediately, but walked towards her step by step.Wanwan raised his eyelids and turned 90 degrees to see a pair of leather boots, which seemed to be... a woman?

Those feet came to her eyes, stopped a step away from her, and could step on her face with one step closer.It was difficult for Wanwan to lift her head up, she could only slowly turn her eyes upwards, and then saw a face she knew, she opened her mouth, but couldn't make a sound.

"It's so dirty!" the woman scoffed in disgust.

"Hai...Hai Lanzhu?" Wanwan finally remembered the woman's name.

"Yo, do you still remember me?" Hai Lanzhu said proudly.

"You..." Wanwan's thinking couldn't keep up, she knew that the woman in front of her was not a good person, but after so many days of confinement, she just wanted to get close to someone, no matter who it was.

"It's ugly! Look at you!" Hai Lanzhu kicked Wanwan's face and shoulders with the tip of her shoe. Although she didn't use much force, it still made Wanwan feel uncomfortable and curled up her body even tighter.

After humiliating Wanwan enough, Hai Lanzhu strolled towards the window, opened the window, and dispersed the stale air accumulated over the past few days: "Don't worry, Brother Ju won't kill you for the time being, you are still useful. You will be very happy to die in this room, but you still have to do what Brother Ju told you.” She walked slowly back to the side of Wanwan as she spoke, knelt down and said in a drawn out voice, “Brother Ju said, let me Come to feed you some food, save your life for him to deal with."

Wan Wan hadn't digested Hai Lanzhu's words before he was grabbed by the hair and lifted up violently. Hai Lanzhu's vicious roar was next to his ears: "Get up! You bitch! You stink to death!"

Wanwan let out a hoarse cry of pain, struggled and slapped his feeble hands, protecting the roots of his hair with tears, but his scalp was still burning hot.

Hai Lanzhu stuffed some rough food into Wanwan's mouth: "Give it to me! Otherwise, I'll slit your throat and drink it down!"

The sound of cursing and screams in the room came out of the window, and the passers-by downstairs looked up curiously after hearing it, and then continued on their way indifferently.

In the past few days, Wang Yao found that the Luther family's attitude towards him had changed quietly. Perhaps it was out of cheap sympathy, or maybe Luther really felt ashamed of him. not necessary.Every time they try to keep him for dinner, if the timing is unlucky, they will also invite him to have afternoon tea. Wang Yao readily accepts these entertainments. Life has changed from poverty to poverty. Wang Yao does not need the so-called integrity to refuse others kindness.

But the attitude of the servant named Torris was a bit subtle, Wang Yao always felt vaguely sympathetic from Torris, but when he wanted to confirm, he found that the servant was as usual, as if he was overhearted up.

That day, Wang Yao finished his modeling work, and not long after leaving Luther's house, he ran into an acquaintance——Wang Nianjing.

"Mr. Wang, have you found a job in a foreigner's home recently?" Wang Nianjing asked concerned.

"It's not really a job, it's just temporarily doing something for a friend," Wang Yao said.

Wang Nianjing was not surprised: "It's good that Mr. Wang has an income."

Wang Yao vaguely felt that Wang Nianjing already knew what he was doing, and today was not like meeting him by chance, but as if he came here specially to meet him: "Ah Jing, what can I do for you?"

Wang Nianjing showed a determined expression: "Mr. Wang, I really have something to ask you for today."

"What's the matter?" Wang Yao had a vague bad feeling, he thought of Yun Jian, the same tone that Yun Jian gave him the last entrustment.

Wang Nianjing said in a low voice, "Let's talk in another place."

The two came to a small teahouse, Wang Nianjing said a few words to the boss, and then invited them to sit at a table together.

"Mr. Wang, I have regarded you as a trustworthy person since the incident in Yunjian," Wang Nianjing said, "Now I have something to ask, I wonder if Mr. Wang can help me."

"Ah Jing, just say it straight." Wang Yao took a sip of weak tea to relieve his thirst.

Wang Nianjing said: "Will Mr. Wang do one more thing for our friend?"

Wang Yao almost spit out the tea, he bent over and coughed into a shrimp, Wang Nianjing patted his back intimately: "Mr. Wang, be careful!" He looked around vigilantly, but luckily he didn't attract any unnecessary attention .

Wang Yao managed to cough for a while, and came to the gentle end of the cough: "You said...cough cough...what...cough cough...friend?"

Wang Nianjing said: "To be honest, I have been working for the Revolutionary Party. Yunjian was originally my contact person, but he has died now. Before he died, he asked me to trust you in case of emergency, so I can only come to Please help me."

"Want to rob the prison again? Or do you want to send people out of the city?" Wang Yao asked angrily.

"No, I'm coming in this time," Wang Nianjing said, "A friend is going to lurk in Shanghai. Now the limelight is tight and the hotel is under strict inspection. I want you to take him in for a few days."

This is really a big favor, getting a dangerous person into your home?Wang Yao didn't know if he could afford to help.

Wang Nianjing said earnestly: "Mr. Wang, this friend will stay at your house for at most three days, which will not be too long. We will try our best to ensure your safety."

Wang Yao squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "As much as possible?" That means he still has the possibility of suffering.

"As much as possible." Wang Nianjing could only guarantee this level.

"I have a Russian upstairs, and the neighbor is a jerk, what should they do if they spread the news about your friend?" Wang Yao asked.

Wang Nianjing was secretly happy, and it was obvious that Wang Yao's tone was relaxed: "That woman has been arrested, I will let her stay in prison for a few days, she will not know anything. As for that Russian, he has no society. relationship, you just need to claim that my friend is your cousin and find a way to convince him."

"You don't underestimate Ivan too much, do you? Or overestimate me?" Wang Yao still didn't agree.

Wang Nianjing pleaded again: "Mr. Wang, now Shanghai seems to be in the pocket of the Japanese. Although these things we do seem like ants shaking a big tree, they are all against the Japanese. If the Chinese can't help Chinese, who else in this world is willing to help us?"

"What did you say? Are you going to deal with the Japanese?" Wang Yao's eyes lit up.

"Exactly. Whether this friend can successfully stay in Shanghai depends on your wishes." Wang Nianjing said.

"Let him come." Wang Yao took a big sip of tea and made a "dong" sound when he put the rough bowl back on the table.

Wang Nianjing thanked with relief: "Thank you, Mr. Wang!"

On the third day after that, Wang Nianjing brought his "friend" to look for Wang Yao. Wang Yao had seen this person before. He remembered that his name was Liang Ziyu. This person's Cantonese accent was very noticeable. Wang Yao told him to talk less with others. Speak up in case others suspect.

Ivan was extremely opposed to Wang Yao's behavior: "How can you bring a stranger home? Who knows who he is!"

"I said, this is my cousin." Wang Yao emphasized.

Ivan sneered: "I can tell at a glance when you are lying. You never mentioned your relatives. How could there be a cousin who can defect to you?"

Wang Yao knew that he couldn't hide it from Ivan, and he became angry from embarrassment: "You meddle in my own business! I want to take my cousin in for three days, and it has nothing to do with you!"

Ivan didn't like Wang Yao's attitude towards him: "You've already provoked the Japanese, and you're still making trouble for yourself. Do you think you've lived too long?"

Wang Yao also knew the danger, but he had made up his mind: "Anyway, this matter is settled like this. If you are afraid, don't stay at home. Anyway, my cousin must stay for these three days!"

Seeing that Wang Yao refused to listen, Iwan said angrily: "Well, do whatever you want, I hope you don't regret it!" After that, he went upstairs.

In this way, Liang Ziyu stayed at Wang Yao's house. He expressed his gratitude to Wang Yao, and at the same time he was very worried about the suspicious Russian man on his head: "Mr. Wang, you are a good man. I don't want you to be killed like Yunjian. The Russian is not a good guy, you have to watch out for him."

"You don't have to worry about it, as long as you drive the Japanese out of Shanghai, no one will be killed." Wang Yao felt sad and angry, only hating himself for not being able to kill Honda Chrysanthemum and rescue Wanwan, and even himself being treated lightly by the damn Japanese All of a sudden.

Wang Yao tried his best not to let Iwan and Liang Ziyu face each other, but in such a big place, you can't look up and look down. When the two meet, they will touch [-] yuan. They don't say a word, and their eyes seem to strangle each other. .But what Wang Yao was most worried about was that other people bumped into Liang Ziyu, and if things were revealed, they would lose their heads.Fortunately, Liang Ziyu was cautious, never left the hospital for three days, and stayed in the room most of the time, no one could see him except Wang Yao and Iwan.As for Xiaofei, she really hasn't come back these few days. It seems that Wang Nianjing is serious about throwing her into prison.

Three days later, Wang Nianjing found Liang Ziyu a place to stay, and gave him a job to disguise his identity as a clerk in a grocery store.Liang Ziyu thanked Wang Yao well before leaving: "Mr. Wang, thank you for taking me in. If there is any danger in the future, please send me a message at Lao Zhou's grocery store, and I will do my best to help!"

Wang Yao shook his head: "I didn't keep you for repayment. My sister is in the hands of the Japanese. You should beat the Japanese away as soon as possible so that she can go home."

"Your sister?" Liang Ziyu asked, "Where is she locked up now?"

"I don't know, maybe she wasn't locked up, she..." Wang Yao felt embarrassed, "She became the lover of a Japanese officer and refused to go home."

"So that's how it is!" Liang Ziyu felt a little sympathetic, "What's her name? If there is any news about her, I will try to let you know!"

"Her name is Wang Wanwan, if you can let me meet her, let me work hard for you!" Wang Yao said sadly.

"Mr. Wang doesn't have to be like this, I will try my best." Liang Ziyu said goodbye to Wang Yao, and moved out of the alley.

Two days after Liang Ziyu left, Xiaofei came back dejectedly.Her face was gray, her hair was disheveled, and her clothes were dirty as never before.

Ivan joked with a smile: "Hey! Did you go back to the pigsty to pick up the guests? Are the guests raising pigs?"

"Ouch! I haven't opened for five days! I'm so poor!" Xiaofei cried, "These bags don't know what's wrong with them, they hold me down and put me in jail, and they don't say what crime I committed, and now Kick me out again and tell me to go, these gangsters! Rascals!"

Wang Yao couldn't help sniggering from the sidelines, but he also felt a little sorry for Xiaofei, so he said, "Xiaofei, brother Wang just bought siu mai, come over and eat together."

As soon as Xiaofei heard that there was something to eat, she immediately cheered up: "Hey! That's great! Brother Wang, you are the best!"

Ivan squinted at Wang Yao: "Brother Wang is the best!"

Wang Yao blocked his mouth with a siu mai: "Eat yours!"