[The Pretender Lou Cheng] Non-public Notes

"Brother, here are your work and meeting arrangements for tomorrow." Mingcheng handed over the timetable he just got from the secretariat to Minglou, "I haven't heard of this 'Peacefully Build a New Shanghai Dance Party', the organizer It's number 76, look...?" He frowned and asked Minglou.

"The ball held at the Navy Club on the 76th was instigated by Yoko Nantian of the Super High School. It was intended to strengthen the cooperation between the Japanese and the new government, and it could also be regarded as an early celebration of the successful opening of the Peace Conference." Minglou explained.

I see.Mingcheng snorted coldly, "Demons, goblins, make a collective appearance."

Minglou looked at the timetable in his hand and thought for a while, then said, "Go to Yinlou to buy a piece of jewelry for Wang Manchun, anything but a ring."

"What about the price?"

"It's up to you."

The eldest sister is in charge of the Ming family's money, but Ming Cheng has always been in charge of Minglou's money.

Minglou took a look, and knew that Mingcheng had started to count his small account book again, "It's almost done, our Ming family is still short of money."

Mingcheng curled his lips and muttered softly, "You didn't earn the money, so of course you don't feel bad."

"Tsk, what are you muttering about!" It seems that if he doesn't show some majesty as a big brother and a boss, Mingcheng, this stinky boy, will go against the sky.

"Let me tell you, if you give Wang Manchun a ring, even if it's made of straw, she'll be ecstatic." Mingcheng, who was yelled at by Minglou, muttered.

"You're talking nonsense." Minglou rolled up the timetable in his hand into a tube shape, and raised his arm as if to hit Mingcheng, but he took a few big strides to hide.

The office door slammed shut, and Mingcheng, who walked out of the office, became the shrewd and capable director of Minglou's secretariat again. He couldn't be compared to the boyish boy just now.As for Minglou in the house, after being made such a fuss by Mingcheng, he immediately relaxed a lot, making people feel that this gloomy and depressing life seems to be able to persist for a while longer.

Mingcheng drove to Yinlou in the afternoon. The jewelry in Yinlou is second to none in Shanghai.

It is not easy to choose jewelry for Wang Manchun.Wang Manchun is sensitive, suspicious and critical, so Mingcheng looked at several pieces of jewelry but failed to make a final decision.

"Did you buy it for your fiancée, sir?"

Mingcheng's hesitation may have been interpreted by the female clerk at the counter as another meaning.He didn't want to explain more, he just answered vaguely.

"If these are not to your liking, why not take a look at this one?" The clerk took off the well-protected jewelry from the height of the window behind him, and at a glance, he knew that it was an extraordinary product.

"This is a new pair of rings in our store. There is only one pair in Shanghai. It can be said to be unique. Giving this to your fiancée will make her feel that she is your only true love."

This pair of rings is indeed unique in design and exquisite in workmanship, even a big man like Mingcheng who is not interested in jewelry can't help but take a second look.

The clerk saw that Mingcheng was a big sponsor, and recommended it with great enthusiasm, insisting that Mingcheng try it on.Mingcheng refused for a long time but failed to dispel the clerk's idea, so he tried according to her wishes.

"Sir, your hand is so beautiful, and wearing this ring on your hand is even more dazzling and dazzling." The clerk looked at countless hands, and Mingcheng's hand really caught her eyes, and she blurted out words of praise , not just complimenting customers, but also what she really thinks in her heart.

Mingcheng smiled at her, pinched the ring and turned it left and right on his finger.This ring is actually a bit big, Mingcheng guessed that it should be just right for the elder brother to wear it.Looking at the other female ring, Wang Manchun's ring should also complement each other.

Pity.

Regarding Wang Manchun, Mingcheng absolutely agrees with Minglou's statement--you are a beautiful woman, but you can't be a thief.

Mingcheng came to the Ming family when he was ten years old, and Wang Manchun was 11 years old at the time. Although Mingcheng and Wang Manchun spent far less time together than Minglou, they grew up together. At that time, Wang Manchun was by no means the cruel and cold-blooded person he is now. Executioner, at that time, he still felt a little guilty about Wang Manchun Minglou.

Mingcheng took off the ring and returned it to the clerk, pointing to a necklace among the pieces of jewelry he had just picked out, "Just this one, wrap it up."

Although the necklace is not as good as the pair of rings, it is still very valuable, so the saleswoman smiled even more attentively, "Sir, you have a good eye. You can see that these pearls are plump and round. Your fiancée will definitely like it!"

Mingcheng smiled perfunctorily, did not speak, and waited for the clerk to wrap up the necklace.

Coming out of the silver building, Mingcheng went back to the government office building to pick up Minglou from work.

When the car drove into the yard, I saw Minglou standing in front of the steps of the office building, talking to Liang Zhongchun and another woman. Judging from her behavior, she should be Liang Zhongchun's wife.

"Mr. Ming." Mingcheng walked over and saluted Minglou first, then nodded to Liang Zhongchun, "Director Liang."

"Oh, Mr. Ah Cheng, what are you doing here?" Liang Zhongchun always had an exaggerated look, and Mrs. Liang seemed a little reserved, so she forced a smile at Mingcheng to show her welcome.

"Just went back to the residence." Mingcheng didn't mean that he had to lie to Liang Zhongchun, but it was hard to say that he was shopping for Wang Manchun for Minglou, and he didn't want to explain other more troublesome things, so he lied casually.

Ming Lou and Liang Zhongchun and his wife said some official words of farewell, and then followed Mingcheng back to the car.

"This Mrs. Liang, is Liang Zhongchun's eldest wife or younger concubine?" Mingcheng couldn't help asking after closing the car door.

"It's Liang Zhongchun's original wife."

Mingcheng nodded "Oh" for a while, unable to hide his happy expression, Minglou saw him, "It seems that we want to go together again."

With a mischievous "hmph" laugh, Mingcheng couldn't help but look at Minglou proudly, "The one who knows me is none other than Big Brother."

"I'm full of bad water." Ming Lou put on a gesture of a Ming parent admonishing others, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face. Thinking about the dance, he asked again, "Have you bought something?"

"Don't worry, brother, it's already bought."

Minglou let out a "hmm" and nodded.

"Don't you care what you bought?" Mingcheng glanced at Minglou through the rear mirror from time to time while driving.

"There's nothing to be concerned about, anyway, you can't go wrong with what you bought." Minglou raised his legs calmly.

"Aren't you afraid that I really bought her a ring?"

Minglou was also staring at Mingcheng, and he laughed arrogantly when he heard this sentence, "You are not afraid, what am I afraid of."

Mingcheng bent his mouth helplessly and shook his head, anyway, he never won against Minglou.

Seeing that Mingcheng had been cleaned up by himself, Minglou smiled and picked up the newspaper in his hand, on which was the media report on him taking over the important position, "A Peacemaker." He finished reading the headline aloud, raised his head and asked Mingcheng, "Is the public image good?"

"The image of a traitor." Mingcheng, who still remembered his loss just now, murmured disdainfully.

"What did you say?" Minglou threatened with a high-pitched voice.

"The suit is nice." Mingcheng replied flatteringly.

"Thank you." Ming Lou said proudly, and turned his expression away, "It's business, you go to the dance party on the 76th tomorrow, one is to take care of Wang Manchun's emotions, and the other is to strive for further substantive contact with Yoko Nantian."

Speaking of business, Mingcheng also became serious, "I'm worried that Nantian won't trust me."

"Trust comes step by step, don't worry." Minglou comforted him, "She will definitely tell Wang Manchun the news of her win over you, so that Wang Manchun can remind me to pay attention and cause distrust between you and me."

"Heh, it's really rare that Section Chief Nantian worked so hard on it, so let's accompany her to perform this show well."

"If the fake show can be done for real, it will be a great success." Seeing Mingcheng nodded, Minglou continued, "Since she works so hard, we will use the dance party to continue the play of distrust between you and me. She wants to win you over, so we can get the best of both worlds by getting close to her. But your main task tomorrow is to find a way to get Nantian to stop Wang Manchun's fishing operation."

"Yeah." Thinking of the comrades in our party who fell because of Wang Manchun's fishing operation, Mingcheng nodded heavily with heartache.

Chapter Five 05

"Ah Cheng." Hearing Minglou's voice, Mingcheng turned his head and looked over, and saw him standing outside the dance floor with Wang Manchun waving to him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Nantian." Mingcheng turned around and apologized to Nantian, "Sometimes, I can't help myself. Let me go." Leaving such a suggestive sentence, Mingcheng turned sideways and walked quickly Catch up with the direction Minglou left.

Taking his coat and scarf from Mingcheng's hand, Minglou lowered his voice, "Zhou Fohai proposed that the important backbones participating in the peace conference go to Nanjing by boat."

"Is it the final decision?"

"Releasing this news so early is likely to be a cover, so let's not move."

Mingcheng nodded, thinking to himself, if this is a cover, then the most likely way for so many people to go to Nanjing is by train.

Wang Manchun watched Minglou's back drifting away, unable to recover for a moment, this is the man she admired since she was a child, even though he had abandoned her mercilessly before.There are many reasons for Minglou to come back from Paris, but she knows in her heart that she is definitely not among these reasons.She is no longer the Wang Manchun who foolishly waited for Minglou to come to love her. She wanted Minglou to be left with only herself in her life, completely her own.Thinking of this, Wang Manchun's slender fingers holding the wine glass couldn't help exerting strength, stretching until the veins were visible.

"Director Wang."

Wang Manchun suddenly turned around and saw that it was Liang Zhongchun.This person was always at odds with him, Wang Manchun looked at him warily, "Director Liang."

Liang Zhongchun lowered his eyes and took a look at Wang Manchun's pearl necklace, "Director Wang's necklace is really beautiful."

Wang Manchun felt strange, he didn't know what Liang Zhongchun meant when he said such a sentence out of nowhere, thinking of his struggle for power with him, he reckoned it was to satirize himself for taking advantage of his relationship with Minglou, so he didn't bother to talk to him .

"Director Liang is absurd." After Wang Manchun finished speaking, he turned around and left Liang Zhongchun with a back.

Liang Zhongchun was holding the wine glass, with an ambiguous smile on his face. He originally thought that Ah Cheng lied because of what he had done without telling Minglou, but now it seems that Minglou doesn't know how much sincerity he has for Wang Manchun. Woolen cloth.It is said that the winner is the one who laughs at the end. It seems that I still have a chance to compete for the top spot of No. 76.

Here, Minglou and Mingcheng walked out of the ball building and got into a private car.

"How's it going?" Minglou asked.

While driving, Mingcheng described the confrontation with Yoko Nantian to Minglou, "It should have worked. There is one more thing."

"what's up?"

The place where the dance was held was not far from the hotel where Minglou lived, and the car arrived in front of the hotel in a short while.The two got out of the car and talked quietly as they walked towards the room.

"The child who bumped into you today is Liang Zhongchun's son—Miao Miao."

Minglou turned to look at Mingcheng, his eyes lit up, "Oh?"

Mentioning this matter, Mingcheng also felt a little uncontrollable joy, "It can be said that God has helped me. Not only can I stop Wang Manchun's fishing operation today, but I just hit Liang Zhongchun's line."

"Okay." Ming Lou nodded, feeling much better, "By the way, the jewelry selection is good."

Mingcheng smiled, a little complacently, "I can't lose face, Mr. Ming." He took out the key to open the door as he spoke.

Mingcheng opened the door and entered the room first, Minglou came in after him, locked the lock, turned around and handed the briefcase, coat and scarf to Mingcheng's extended hand.

After putting away his clothes, Mingcheng went straight to the kitchen to boil water, while Minglou sat on the sofa and dealt with some unfinished business during the day.When the water was boiled, Mingcheng poured it into a cup and served it to Minglou.

Seeing Mingcheng approaching, Minglou put down the document in his hand and reached out to him, "Come here."

Mingcheng put the cup on the coffee table, held Minglou's hand, "What's wrong?"

With a little effort, Minglou pulled Mingcheng onto his lap and sat down.He held Mingcheng's hand, put his hands around his waist, and pressed his forehead against his neck from behind.

Mingcheng was itchy from his breathing, turned his head back and asked Minglou, "Let me go, I'm not a child anymore, don't you think it's heavy?"

Minglou replied in a muffled voice, "No. I won't dislike it for the rest of my life."

When Minglou faced Wang Manchun's acting, he really had a set of love words. However, the real him is actually a person who doesn't like to express his feelings. Mingcheng couldn't help frowning, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Minglou raised his face slightly, and instead of answering Mingcheng's question, he asked him instead, "Why didn't you buy that ring?"

"What ring?" Mingcheng looked at Minglou suspiciously, and then suddenly remembered after seeing his hesitant expression, and asked even more suspiciously, "How do you know that I tried on a ring in Yinlou? "

"Mrs. Liang saw it. Liang Zhongchun probably thought you were hiding something from me, so he came to me and ordered a few words." Minglou pinched Mingcheng's finger and played with it, "Why don't you buy it if you like it? Even if you can't wear it outside , we can still take it out and wear it when we are two."

Mingcheng looked at Minglou with a bit of amused expression, "It's a dispensable thing, why buy it?"

"Ah Cheng," Minglou's voice dropped, "I may not be able to let you wear the ring in this lifetime, do you feel regretful?"

"No." Mingcheng shook his head without the slightest hesitation, "I didn't expect this at all."

"But this will make me feel that I owe you." Minglou's eyes were stained with guilt, he seemed to have a lot to say to Mingcheng, but he seemed unable to say anything.

Mingcheng doesn't know what stimulated Minglou to make him suddenly feel this way, maybe it was because of the hypocrisy with Wang Manchun, or because he learned about Liang Zhongchun's familism, or maybe he has always had such thoughts but didn't show it. That's all.

Mingcheng pulled Kaiminglou's hand, sat on the coffee table opposite him, straightened his waist and looked at him as equals, "We have a relationship, there is an element of love in it, it is your love and my wish, so we say here In one point, my eldest brother never owed me. But there is not only love between us, the relationship between us is intertwined with love, friendship, kindness, and family affection. If we say that my eldest brother and I are connected by love , That’s too superficial. So the ring as a token of love, with or without it, is the same to me.” Mingcheng looked directly into Minglou’s eyes, and said firmly, “Since I was ten years old, , Big brother picked me up to the Ming family and pulled me up from hell, after that no matter what you did or didn’t do, the person you owe will not be me.”

Minglou's eyes were slightly red, and he hugged Mingcheng forward, hitting Mingcheng so hard that he almost fell down on the coffee table, so he had to support himself with one hand behind him and hug Minglou back with the other.

Minglou wanted to rub Mingcheng into his body, he hugged him tightly, as if hugging his own source of strength, he whispered in his ear, "I want to hug you."

Mingcheng didn't answer, he just tilted his head, and lightly bit the flesh on the side of Minglou's neck, leaving a shallow tooth mark, then withdrew his hand, and lay down on the coffee table.

Minglou urgently unbuttoned Mingcheng's belt and trousers, the more anxious he was, the more his hands trembled, causing Mingcheng to look at him and laugh.Mingcheng shook Minglou's hand to comfort him, then quickly unfastened his belt and took off his pants.

Minglou also calmed down and unbuttoned his trousers.He reached for the briefcase on the side, which contained the cream that Mingcheng had prepared in case his hands would dry out in autumn and winter.Originally, Minglou disliked this and never used it, but Mingcheng still insisted on keeping a spare in his briefcase. Now, Minglou has discovered its usefulness.Unscrewing the lid, Minglou dipped some of it with his index finger, and put the small box under Mingcheng's nose, "This smells pretty good."

When Mingcheng saw that it was the cream he had prepared, he couldn't help feeling like he had dug a hole and buried himself in it.