The heart of the pretender is sincere

The story of Chairman Ming's massacre at the Shanghai Hotel quickly spread throughout the upper class circles in Shanghai. Although everyone is talking about it in private, they dare not say more on the surface, but if you want to ask Chairman Ming what he did in detail , in summary, there are three points.

One was to publicly humiliate Director Wang Manchun of Operation No. 76, the other was to slap on the table in public to challenge the deputy director of the new government's Economics Department, Wang Fuqu, and the third was to publicly slap her younger brother, the financial adviser and special committee of the new government's Economics Department Deputy Director Ming Lou.Which of these three people is a well-known figure in Shanghai, and only Chairman Ming can do these three things at the same time and still be able to retreat unscathed. Even the Japanese may not be able to do it. Everyone has to admire Director Ming. Chang is indeed a hero in the female middle school.

Now that Minglou and Mingcheng returned to the Ming mansion, they saw the eldest sister sitting in the living room reading the newspaper, with a serious expression on her face.The two obediently greeted the elder sister, not even daring to sit down and could only stand. Mingcheng handed over the luggage and coat to Ah Xiang. He and his elder brother returned to China and stayed at the Shanghai Hotel for more than a month. No wonder the elder sister would Angry, he scanned the entire living room quietly, as if he didn't see Lingxi, it's not too late, did he go to bed or he wasn't home at all?

Ming Jing saw her two younger brothers standing in front of her, tall and upright, and didn't get angry. They stayed in a hotel instead of going home after going abroad for ten years. Did she take her as a big sister seriously? !Mingjing suppressed the anger in his heart at this moment, put down the newspaper in his hand, skipped over Minglou and looked at Mingcheng, "Ah Cheng."

"Yes, big sister." Ah Cheng nodded.

"Now drive to the train station to pick up Lingxi. She was supposed to come back from Suzhou with me today, but I had something to do and came back early, so she can only take the train. According to the time, it should be a quarter past seven." It’s not safe for a little girl like her to come back this late at night.” Speaking of Lingxi, Ming Jing’s expression softened a lot, if she hadn’t suddenly learned that the two brothers had returned to China and served in the new government, she would have She won't drive back early and leave Lingxi alone in Suzhou. Originally, if Minglou and Ah Cheng came back late, she would have sent her family's driver to pick them up. Now the time is just right for Ah Cheng to take the trip. of.

"Okay big sister, I'll go now." Ah Cheng looked at his watch, it was already 06:30 and he still had less than an hour to drive there. He was feeling a little excited and even jumping for joy.

Ah Cheng took the car keys, took his coat, turned around and went out, and behind him came the voice of the older sister who seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Big brother can't get away with this family law today.

At the train station, Ah Cheng took advantage of his position to easily find out the specific train number and seat number of Lingxi's train, and confirmed her exact arrival time. Ah Cheng was actually a little nervous and disturbed. I have known each other for more than a year, and they have made many phone calls and written many letters to each other. He feels that they are both interested in each other, which can be regarded as a tactful expression of affection, but today is the first time they have officially met. .

In fact, to talk about meeting, Ah Cheng met Lingxi not long ago. He and his elder brother had just returned to China and transited through Hong Kong a month ago. He stopped by the bathroom of a hotel in Hong Kong and dealt with Kumaji Harada, the economic advisor of the Japanese War Guidance Section. It was on that day that Ah Cheng met Lingxi himself.

Lingxi's appearance is too outstanding, no matter where she goes, she is the focus of everyone, and Ah Cheng is also amazed by her. For the first time, he has a deep understanding of the word "smiling and looking forward to brilliance".At that time, Ah Cheng was pretending to be a cleaner. He thought maybe Lingxi didn't recognize him, or she already recognized him, and knew what he was doing but didn't make it clear. She just walked forward with a smile Came to give him a button, and then left as if nothing had happened.It was that glimpse at that time, those vivid eyes and that long waist-length hair that entered Ah Cheng's dreams many times, and he couldn't forget it no matter what.

Afterwards, Ah Cheng checked his clothes and found that the button had fallen from his own clothes. Maybe it was loosened by the struggling Harada Kumaji, or it might have been loose in the first place, but if the button fell on the The vicinity of the death scene of Harada Kumaji will indeed be a hidden danger.He discussed this matter with his eldest brother, and his eldest brother was not sure whether Lingxi had recognized him, but she was able to help with the aftermath, and she was someone close to her eldest sister, and besides, she also helped them a lot when they were abroad. Friends are not enemies, they go to Shanghai now, and there will be many opportunities to meet in the future.

Seeing that more and more people came out of the station one after another, Ah Cheng quickly pulled up his clothes, holding a bunch of sunflowers in his arms and staring at the crowd coming out. Of course, soon Ah Cheng knew that he actually You don't need to stare so closely. Lingxi's appearance has obvious advantages. Wherever you stand, you can see the scenery, and you don't need to look for it at all.

He watched Lingxi come out of the station carrying a suitcase, the warm yellow light pouring down from her head seemed to cover her body with a hazy and soft gauze, her long hair was braided into a big braid hanging down on her right The full forehead is exposed on the shoulders, unlike the neat braids of girls nowadays, it looks a little loose but not loose, and it is a bit more messy.Ah Cheng took two steps closer to let himself see more clearly. The moon-white cheongsam was covered with a beige coat, and his big eyes were misty and wet with water vapor. Coupled with his palm-sized face, his charming appearance made many Passers-by couldn't help but stare sideways at him.

Ah Cheng knew that Lingxi had seen him too. He saw in Lingxi's eyes the whole process from her initial shock and disbelief to doubts and then to happiness and relief. The water vapor in her eyes turned into countless little stars. , making her eyes look full of stars and dazzling.

Ah Cheng came to stand in front of Lingxi, took the luggage from her, and handed her the sunflower in her hand, "Lingxi, I'm back, and I will stay in China and will not go abroad again."

Lingxi looked up at Ah Cheng but didn't go to pick up the bouquet of flowers. The person in front of him was as tall and handsome as in his photo, and now he was standing in front of her alive, as if he had been in front of him for more than a year. The ambiguous relationship between them has finally ushered in the dawn. She still remembers that two months ago she asked Ah Cheng on the phone "Do you have any plans to return to China?" At that time, Ah Cheng gave a "short-term I have no plans to return to China", the two of them were silent on the phone for a long time, and in the end Lingxi didn't want to look at each other like this and hung up the phone.Afterwards, Lingxi reflected on herself for a long time. At the beginning, she felt that Ah Cheng was a young man with a bright heart. The light in his heart was what she lacked and urgently needed, so she unconsciously chased after the light she wanted, but she didn't think about it. There is a question of whether she needs her, she is too confident in the sense of superiority brought by her appearance, but in fact Ah Cheng has never seen her at all, there is only a colorless photo between them.

So after thinking about it, she felt that she should calm down. Everyone is an adult and needs to be responsible for their actions. She decided to reduce the communication with Cheng to let herself think clearly. Later, her elder brother said that the road construction in France would affect the telephone line. Overseas calls can no longer be made, and they have no communication.

Now that this person is standing in front of her, Lingxi knows that there must be other reasons that prompted him to make the decision to return to China, but it is not known how much of it is due to her consideration.

Finally, Lingxi still took Ah Cheng's flowers, and the corners of her mouth raised unconsciously, drawing a beautiful arc, "Thank you, the flowers are very beautiful, I like them very much."

Ah Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, he was even prepared, the worst outcome would be that Lingxi ignored him at all, if that was the case, he must have the cheek to apologize and beg for forgiveness.Ah Cheng stretched out his elbow towards Lingxi to signal Lingxi to pull it up, "Then let's go home."

This gesture can be regarded as a kind of social etiquette in this era, and it does not represent any special meaning, so Lingxi took Ah Cheng's hand without hesitation, "Okay, go home."

***

Ah Cheng drove Lingxi and sat in the co-pilot, her luggage and flowers were placed in the back seat, she looked sideways at Ah Cheng, "When did you come back?"

Regarding the matter of returning to China, Ah Cheng told the truth, "I have been back to China for more than a month, and I just returned home today."

"More than a month?" Lingxi counted the time, "It was the time when the eldest brother said that France was under construction and the phone line could not be reached, but you actually unplugged the phone line?"

"You know?" Ah Cheng was surprised.

"I just have some doubts. In fact, a line failure is not the same as the blind tone of unplugging the telephone line. The eldest sister subconsciously called you that day, and it was only when I heard the blind tone that I remembered that you said that you can't make calls. The voice did not seem to be There is a deliberate blind tone on the line." At that time, Lingxi just thought that the blind tone on the phone was a bit strange and didn't think much about it. It was when she met Ah Cheng in Hong Kong that the two things were connected together. She guessed that it was the two brothers. She couldn't contact her family because of what she was doing, but she never thought about the possibility of returning to China. After all, Ah Cheng said that she had no plans to return to China for the time being. Afterwards, she and her eldest sister went to Suzhou for nearly a month before returning today. Forget about it.

"Brother is currently serving as a financial consultant and deputy director of the Special Committee of the Economic Department in the new government, and I am his secretary. We have been staying at the Shanghai Hotel when we returned to China. Today, the eldest sister found out, so we have moved back to the Ming Mansion." Ah Cheng sighed and continued to confess that these things are well known and there is nothing to hide, "You asked me before if I had any plans to return to China. At that time, I really didn't know if I would return to China. Working with my eldest brother, it is not up to me whether to return to China or not. After that, my eldest brother received a letter from his teacher Wang Fuqu, inviting him to serve in the new government. It was my eldest brother who accepted Wang Fuqu's invitation, so I was able to follow. The elder brother returned home together."

Ah Cheng is actually very helpless, before he and Lingxi lived thousands of miles away in France and Shanghai, their relationship was destined to be bumpy, but when they first had signs of relationship, they both subconsciously avoided the issue of distance.I still remember the long silence when Lingxi got the answer that he would not return to China for the time being. At that time, he couldn't even find anything to defend himself, because he really couldn't promise when she would come back.

Later, when he learned that his elder brother decided to accept Wang Fuqi's invitation, Ah Cheng was really ecstatic. Even if he couldn't reveal a single word to Lingxi because he was worried about his elder sister's opposition, he was satisfied in his heart. Returning to China represented hope, whether he was Not doing the most dangerous thing, at least he can get along with his beloved girl day and night.

Regarding Ah Cheng's explanation, Lingxi is trying hard to make herself accept it, no matter what happened before, at least now that she is back, she shouldn't hang on to the past, "So you came back to China to be traitors?"

Ah Cheng has always known that Lingxi is very talkative. In the past, she often silenced Mingtai with a single sentence. Now that he thinks about it, it really is the turn of heaven and reincarnation. He slowly stopped the car and looked sideways. Looking at her, "Lingxi, I know the doubts in your heart, but I want to say that many things are not black and white. If Shanghai's economy needs to run, someone needs to stand up and take charge of the overall situation. Someone must do this, even if it is not Eldest brother will have other people too. As for myself, I only know that I am helping elder brother to do things now, I will choose whatever elder brother chooses, and I unconditionally believe in any decision elder brother makes."

Ah Cheng looked at the dark road in front of him, only the place where his headlights were illuminated had some light, just like the current situation in Shanghai, he was surrounded by darkness, he thought for a while and added, "I hope you can also do it unconditionally." trust me."

Lingxi looked at Ah Cheng, "Do I believe you are important?"

"Important!" Ah Cheng looked back into Lingxi's eyes and replied seriously, "At least it is very important to me."

Seeing Ah Cheng's serious look, Lingxi suddenly smiled, showing her neat and white teeth. She didn't answer Ah Cheng again, but just put her body on the passenger seat and closed her eyes to rest her mind, "Hurry up and drive, it's late at night. Stop in the middle of the road and wait until it's time to attract the patrol."

Ah Cheng looked at Lingxi's side face, and found that she still had a smile on her face, but he was a little lost now, he didn't know what Lingxi was thinking, whether he trusted him, Ah Cheng always remembered He thought that it was the first time he and Lingxi met, so he couldn't be abrupt, otherwise he was afraid that he would really want to hug her and kiss her, until they returned to the Ming Mansion, they couldn't say a word.

Lingxi actually figured out some things along the way. She was sure that she liked Ah Cheng. They had almost lost contact in the past two months. Today, she suddenly saw that the excitement in his heart couldn't be faked. She decided to try Go and get along with Ah Cheng. After all, it doesn't matter whether he returned to China because of her. Now he is in front of her eyes, the sunny boy she chased at first.

The car parked in the courtyard of Ming Mansion, Ah Cheng opened the car door for Lingxi and watched her get off, then went to the back seat to get her luggage and flowers to go in, but was stopped by Lingxi again.

"Brother Ah Cheng."

"Ok?"

Lingxi looked up at him, and the difference in height between the two of them became more obvious when they stood closer. Even if Lingxi wore five centimeters of high heels, the height could only reach the position of his lips, "Actually, what you said before, I I probably understand what you mean. Since I can’t explain many things for the time being, I won’t talk about them. We are not historians who write history books. It’s not up to us to judge what is right or wrong. As long as you have a clear conscience, you can do whatever you want. , we are still very young, and there is still a long time to come, we will stick to what is right, and correct what is wrong in time, after all, we still have a lot of time."

If Ah Cheng didn't have too many things in his hands, he would really hug Lingxi. He knew that Lingxi was expressing his trust in him. He nodded with a smile, and then there were some unspeakable thoughts in his mind. , said bluntly, "Okay, we will have a long time to come."

Lingxi could tell that Ah Cheng's words were puns, she didn't get annoyed with him, but nodded along with his words, "Well, we will have a long life."

After finishing speaking, she gently hugged Ah Cheng's waist through the sunflower, and then quickly let go. When Ah Cheng was still in shock and hadn't recovered, she took the sunflower from his hand and smiled. He went to the living room alone.

When Ah Cheng reacted, Lingxi had already walked to the door of the living room, and he hurriedly chased after him, the smile on his face could not stop, "Lingxi, wait for me."

"No, brother Ah Cheng, you are dying slowly."