[The Pretender Lou Cheng] Non-public Notes

"Where did you go today?" Uncle Li walked towards the dining table carrying a casserole, full of the sweet smell of braised pork.

Mingtai was so greedy that his saliva was about to flow down, but when he heard Uncle Li's question, he quickly retracted his extended chopsticks. He lowered his head and raised his eyes, looking at Uncle Li pitifully.

Uncle Li was not in a hurry, he just slowly put the lid on the casserole and said, "If you don't make it clear, don't even think about eating."

Mingtai wailed, seeing that Uncle Li showed no sign of softening his heart, so he could only reply in a low voice, "I went to Ming Mansion today."

The voice did not fall.Uncle Li started to take the braised pork away.

Mingtai was anxious, jumped up from the stool, pressed Uncle Li's arm, and hurriedly explained, "It happened for a reason! Wang Manchun escaped from prison, so she must have gone to the Ming Mansion to find my eldest sister. She hates my eldest sister so much, she doesn't know what will happen to me." What is the elder sister doing, why don’t I go, that’s my elder sister! But when I got there, I saw that brother Ah Cheng had already captured Wang Manchun, so I didn’t show up. Don’t worry, no one saw my face during the whole process.” As he said that, Mingtai raised his eyes to sneak a peek at Uncle Li, seeing that his expression had eased a lot, he hurriedly continued, "I promise, if there is any unexpected situation in the future, I will report it to you first."

Only then did Uncle Li put down the braised pork, and pretended to be stern and reprimanded, "Next time, I won't give you the soup!" However, the stern expression hadn't lasted for a minute, and he was like a child in Mingtai. His gluttonous face was amused.

Uncle Li picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into Mingtai's bowl, but he didn't rush to move his chopsticks. He just looked at Mingtai lovingly and said softly, "You're starving, eat quickly."

Mingtai was not too polite, he happily ate after he answered, not forgetting to praise Uncle Li's good craftsmanship from time to time.

Sitting in front of him is his son, the son he has been looking for for nearly 20 years.

Uncle Li looked at Mingtai and felt his eyes were a little hot. In fact, he still had a lot of good dishes that he wanted to cook for Mingtai, and he also had many old memories that he wanted to tell him, but I am afraid that time is not allowed.It is said that children are the continuation of their parents' lives, because people can always see the shadow of adults from a child.It's a pity that I and my wife spend too little time with Mingtai. Mingtai has grown into a different appearance in a place they don't know. The growth is even better, but when Uncle Li looks at Mingtai, he can only catch the blurred look of his wife's eyebrows with difficulty, and he can't help but feel a little regretful.

Uncle Li quietly wiped his eyes, cleared his throat, and said as calmly as possible, "The leader of the intelligence team of the Shanghai Underground Party wants to see you tomorrow."

"Leader?" Mingtai raised his head after hearing this, and asked a little inarticulately because he still had food in his mouth.

"Yes," Uncle Li nodded, and continued, "The leader has already read your materials. Because you were born in the military, the situation is a bit special, so there is a new organizational decision regarding your work arrangement."

Mingtai jumped up when he heard this, and asked joyfully, "Then can I stay?"

Facing his son's expectant eyes, Uncle Li couldn't bear it, but he still told the truth, "Your identity has been completely exposed in Shanghai. If you want to stay here, I'm afraid it will be impossible."

Mingtai was a little disappointed, and dropped his chopsticks angrily, "He didn't let me stay, and he didn't tell me where he wanted me to go, what exactly does he want me to do?!"

"What are you in a hurry for?" Uncle Li put on a straight face, and put down his chopsticks, "Since you have decided to go with us, you should obey the organization's arrangements, and you can't just let your temper run like before." Seeing Mingtai felt aggrieved Uncle Li couldn't help softening his tone after showing a childish face that had done something wrong, "The superior will consider your situation and make proper arrangements, don't worry."

Mingtai couldn't say anything more, but the expression on his face couldn't hide his disappointment.

Uncle Li picked up another piece of braised pork and put it into Mingtai's bowl, coaxing, "Come, eat."

Hearing Uncle Li's gentle tone, Mingtai suddenly thought that he wasn't the only one who didn't want to leave his family, but Uncle Li, who had been looking for nearly 20 years and just found his own son, didn't want to leave his family either.Mingtai felt sore in his heart, he picked up the braised pork in the bowl and took a bite, raised his face like a child and gave Uncle Li a big smile.

The next day, Mingtai followed Uncle Li's instructions and came to the place where he was connected with the leader of the Shanghai underground party's intelligence team.He pushed open the old iron door on the top of the building, making a loud "creaking" sound, bringing out a sense of tension that the secret may be discovered by others at any time, but none of this is more surprising than the familiar figure in front of him - "Brother Ah Cheng?"

Compared with Mingtai's surprised and stunned expression, Mingcheng looked calm and composed. He just slightly curled the corner of his mouth and said calmly, "Come on, someone is waiting for you up there."

Mingcheng's appearance seemed to indicate who the person waiting upstairs was.Mingtai already had the outline of a person in his mind, but he didn't dare to guess that person's name, for fear that his words would become a prophecy.

As Mingtai approached step by step, the outline in his heart became more and more clear, and finally at the moment when he stood face to face with the other party, it completely matched what he thought in his heart.

"Big brother."

Mingcheng was far away from the two of them, and couldn't hear what they were talking about, so he could only catch a little bit of information through their movements.

After a while, Mingcheng heard Mingtai's wailing from above.Ming Tai is not a child who loves to cry, he has been like this since he was a child, most of the time he cried when he was a child was to act like a baby to Ming Jing.

This is the saddest time Mingtai has ever heard.

It was an accusation of losing his comrades in arms, his respected teacher, and his beloved. He knelt in front of Minglou, wailing like a child, but with a man's forbearance and pretending to be strong.

However, there was an uncontrollable grief in that voice.

Mingtai came down from the roof, his eye sockets and the tip of his nose were red.Mingcheng was about to step forward to comfort him, but he bowed deeply to Mingcheng.

"Brother Ah Cheng," Mingtai's ending sound was still choked with sobs, "Before I was ignorant and caused so much trouble for you, so it turns out that you and your eldest brother have suffered so much silently."

Mingcheng felt a sense of relief that "Mingtai has finally grown up". He stepped forward, hugged Mingtai tightly, and said, "We are a family. Family members, sometimes we just need to trouble you."

After Mingtai heard this, his face was finally no longer so tense, but he revealed a bit of sadness, "I'm leaving, and the only one who can take care of my elder brother and elder sister in the future is Brother Ah Cheng."

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, big brother and big sister will be fine." Mingcheng's firm tone can always make people feel at ease.

Mingtai smiled, gave Mingcheng a military salute, then turned around and strode away without daring to look back.

Until Mingcheng couldn't see Mingtai's back at all, Minglou still didn't come down. Mingcheng looked up and saw Minglou standing in front of the fence. His hands were on the railing in front of him, and his expression couldn't be seen clearly. His eyes looked in the direction of the distance.

This figure was obviously tall and resolute, but at the moment his whole body was full of loneliness.Mingcheng took two quick steps, wanting to stand beside Minglou and stand shoulder to shoulder with him. He didn't really want to ask what Minglou had said to Mingtai just now, because at this moment, he just wanted to take Minglou away from all this.

Minglou heard Mingcheng's approaching footsteps, and he came back to his senses. He turned around and waved to Mingcheng, slightly bent the corners of his lips, and called out in a low voice, "Come."

Similarly, Minglou doesn't want Mingcheng to worry too much about himself.

So he pointed to an alley not far away, and said in a relaxed tone, "Look, the food in that store seems to be delicious, and many people are queuing there. Go buy it and try it."

"Okay." Mingcheng nodded emphatically, looked at the direction Minglou pointed, and laughed too.