The heart of the pretender is sincere

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the headline in the newspaper was Black Friday. Tong Hu, the captain of the No. 76 First Action Team, and ten of his subordinates were all killed in the Moonlight Bar. Liang Zhongchun was furious and gathered the agents of No. 76 to put down his rhetoric. To bring the perpetrators to justice, the people in Shanghai were panicked for a while, causing the people to complain and complain that they couldn't live a good year.

Of course, no matter how the grass and trees outside are full of soldiers, the atmosphere in the Ming Mansion is still very good. Mingtai insists on pulling Axiang and Lingxi to play cards. Lost everything, of course playing cards during the Chinese New Year is just for fun, Lingxi generously gave all the money he won to Axiang, Axiang was very happy and quickly took the money and ran away, Ming Jing was also laughing Happy, the world where only Mingtai was injured has been achieved.

On the second floor, Ming Lou and Ah Cheng looked at the joyous scene downstairs, discussing whether the Black Friday in the newspaper was actually made by Ming Tai, but after all, Ming Tai was the only one, and he went home last night. The time also coincided, Minglou was suddenly a little depressed, he thought that maybe in the near future Mingtai would also point the gun at himself, and he didn't know what kind of scene it would be at that time.However, Minglou was never a person who looked forward and backward, and immediately restrained his depression. He still had a lot of things to do today, so he had to go out.

***

In the afternoon, Minglou and Ah Cheng hadn’t come back since they went out in the morning, and they didn’t eat lunch at home. Mingtai took the painting that Ah Cheng gave to his elder sister and went to the paper shop. Mingjing was reading the newspaper in the living room. I took a book and flipped through the room, but I heard a knock on the door after a while.

Lingxi got up to open the door, and was a little surprised to see Ah Cheng standing at the door, so she turned sideways to let him in, "Brother Ah Cheng, when did you come back?"

"Just came back." Ah Cheng closed the door, took Lingxi's hand and sat down on the small sofa at the end of her bed, then went to get the teapot and teacups on the table and poured water for both of them. I saw you staring at Eldest Sister's painting for a long time, do you like it very much?"

"That's my eldest brother's home. I'm not interested in painting, but who would be unhappy to receive gifts during the Chinese New Year?" Today they went out, and Ah Cheng gave the old "homeland" to his elder sister as a New Year's gift. This painting is from They started painting a few days after they got home, and what Lingxi likes is the thought of being valued in it.

"Eldest sister has a gift, so of course you have a gift, try it and see if you like it." Ah Cheng took out a long and thin box from his pocket and handed it to her.

Lingxi opened the box and found a milky white jade hairpin inside. She didn't know much about jade, so she took the hairpin into her hand and found that it was lighter than an emerald hairpin of the same size. She sat in front of the dressing table and tried to curl her hair up. "What kind of material is this? Suet jade?"

"Yeah, I've been picking it for a long time, and this one is not so heavy." Ah Cheng also squeezed and sat on Lingxi's dressing stool. The dressing stool is not too big, but it is still barely enough for two people. See Looking at the way Lingxi pulled up her hair and paired with him in the mirror, he suddenly had the illusion that he was married. He hugged Lingxi into his arms and rested his chin on her shoulder, "Long Send Wan Jun's heart, fortunately don't forget each other."

Lingxi was amused by him, and she pretended to be serious, "I'm not married, so your sentence is inappropriate."

"Anyway, you will be mine sooner or later." As he spoke, Ah Cheng gave Lingxi a resounding kiss on the face to declare his sovereignty.

Lingxi snorted in disgust, and wiped the kissed place on her face with her hand, "Smear my face with saliva."

"You know about the fact that Eldest Sister leased Ji Shi Da Pharmacy." Ah Cheng actually came here today not only to deliver things, but to have a more important matter.

He recently had a rescue operation, targeting the family of Boss Hu of Ji Shi Da Pharmacy. Ji Shi Da Pharmacy was originally the largest drug store in Shanghai. But Boss Hu doesn’t want to be a traitor and doesn’t want to cooperate with the Japanese. In private, he has been using his connections to help Chongqing and Yan’an deliver some western medicines that are in short supply. Last time, the medicine that my sister brought to Hong Kong was through Boss Hu’s connections brought over.

Now Boss Hu's family has been betrayed by his subordinates, and the Japanese seized the opportunity to ransack the house. Only Boss Hu and his youngest son are left in the family. rescued.When Ah Cheng was looking for information about this pharmacy, he found out that his eldest sister rented this pharmacy. In fact, it was nothing to rent, but he found some things at the customs. After discussing with his elder brother, he decided to split up. Fortunately, the eldest sister can stop.

Lingxi guessed what Ah Cheng meant, she smiled and didn't care, "I know, the contract they signed was drawn up by me, and there is no way people will not get sick if they eat whole grains. It's normal."

"If Eldest Sister is really only in the business of medicinal materials, I won't look for you. Don't you know what Eldest Sister has done?" Without Boss Hu's channel, Eldest Sister spent high prices on the black market to buy western medicines that were in short supply and shipped them to Yan'an. Western medicine is not easy to get now, so the number of times I do it is not too much. Of course, this is also very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces.

Since Ah Cheng asked, Lingxi knew that he must have checked and had some evidence, she turned to look at Ah Cheng, "Do I know if it has anything to do with it? Do you want me to persuade the eldest sister to stop?" ? Or is your customs going to investigate Eldest Sister’s smuggling? Every batch of Eldest Sister’s shipments has an approval document signed by Eldest Brother, the procedures are compliant and legal, and Eldest Sister is not the only one doing this these days.”

"Elder sister is also persuaded by elder brother. Now I want to know more about yourself, what role do you play in this process." Ah Cheng went to meet with the person in charge of Yan'an in Shanghai today, and he has already confirmed that Lingxi is not theirs. But looking at her usual way of doing things, he is now very worried that if Lingxi is also from Chongqing, then they will not only instigate Mingtai but also add Lingxi.

"Are you afraid that I will hurt you?"

Ah Cheng shook his head, "I'm not afraid that you will hurt me, I'm just worried about your safety, I just hope you are safe."

Lingxi smiled. In this war-torn era, safety is probably the biggest luxury. "My identity is the assistant of the elder sister."

"Do you remember what you asked me to say before?" Ah Cheng stared into Lingxi's eyes, "Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people!"

Lingxi couldn't help laughing, she rested her forehead on Ah Cheng's shoulder, "The Chinese don't lie to the Chinese, Brother Ah Cheng, I really didn't lie to you, I am the eldest sister's assistant."

"You know what I want to hear." Ah Cheng really hoped that Lingxi had no hidden identity and was just an ordinary citizen.

Lingxi is wearing a western dress today, she thought for a while and turned around and sat on A Cheng's lap, staring at A Cheng directly, holding his tie with her right hand, twirling the tie with her fingers slightly The hand was loosened again, and the left hand was not idle, but stuck to his chest from bottom to top through the thin shirt, slowly stroking and feeling the texture of his muscles, and finally hugging his neck, face Looking at his face, he whispered in his ear, "Brother Ah Cheng, if you want to ask for directions, you have to throw stones. You can't just expect me to say it without saying anything. It's too unfair, isn't it?" .”

Ah Cheng admitted that he was a little bit seduced by Lingxi's rubbing movements, but this did not affect his reaction speed, or in fact it did, but for someone like Lingxi who seemed to have no training at all It was still enough, he grabbed Lingxi's hand that had been put into his pocket, and that pocket contained a gun, Ah Cheng's habit as an agent, no matter whether he was at home or outside, his gun never left his body "If you want, you can tell me directly that a gun is not worth your beauty trap."

In fact, Lingxi just thought of some spy war movies she watched before and wanted to try this feeling. Now that the plan failed, she didn't feel ashamed. She took the gun handed over by Ah Cheng, and just looked at it in front of him. The gun was disassembled, the speed was not fast but every movement was very precise, and then the gun was restored and returned to Ah Cheng, "I don't want your gun, I dismantle and install it just to tell you that this is my biggest gun. to the extent that there is no more.”

Ah Cheng frowned, he didn't mean to understand Lingxi too much, but before he had time to ask in detail, Ah Xiang was knocking on the door outside, saying that the big brother Mingtang of the big house came to find Lingxi and asked her to go to his study. Things can only be put on hold for the time being.

***

Lingxi came to Minglou's study room and knocked on the door, and waited until someone shouted inside before pushing the door open, "Brother, Happy New Year, Brother Mingtang."

"Let's have fun, let's have fun together, Lingxi, come and sit down." Mingtang brought tea for Lingxi himself. Although he didn't like Ah Cheng very much, he did like Lingxi, a little girl.

Lingxi sat on the sofa, "Brother Mingtang is looking for me for something?"

"Are you really with Ah Cheng?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"You really don't think about my family Mingxi anymore?" Ming Tang looked regretful, but he couldn't help but continued to fight for his son. Ming Xi is the eldest son of Ming's parents, who is only 19 years old this year, and is only one year younger than Mingtai. When Lingxi helped Mingtang design the style of the perfume bottle before, he had contact with Mingxi. Mingxi was shocked when he saw Lingxi for the first time, but in the end he failed to confess his love. At that time, Minglou and Ah Cheng had not returned to China.

"Didn't we agree not to mention this matter again?" Lingxi was speechless, and said in front of her eldest brother, that was just telling Ah Cheng directly, and Ah Cheng would be jealous later.

Regardless of the original agreement, Ming Tang said, "You should think clearly, don't be blinded by the romantic events in front of you when you are young, Mingxi is the eldest son of my eldest son, and you will be the head of the elders and young mistress in the future with Ah Cheng. It's two completely different concepts, since you rejected him last time, it must be almost half a year, he's still unhappy at home."

"I'm your younger brother and sister when I'm with Ah Cheng, but I'm your daughter-in-law when I'm with Mingxi. Why should I be a generation younger than you?" Lingxi wanted to make this topic a joke. Bring it over, this matter is really not suitable for talking in front of the big brother, "You came to me for this?"

Of course Ming Tang didn't cooperate, "Hey, you little girl deliberately pretended not to understand, did you? What I'm telling you now is about seniority? Don't change the subject. What I'm talking about is your opinion of Ming Xi."

Lingxi looked at Minglou beside him with a silent expression on his face, and he felt a little headache, "Brother Mingtang! In my eyes, Mingxi is just a child. He is not my favorite type, and his family background is not my choice for a spouse. If you want him to be happy, urge him to go out and have fun with his classmates and friends. Isn’t there a saying that the best way to cure a broken relationship is to start a new relationship. How can you meet other more friends without going out? Excellent girl."

"With you in front of me, I think it's difficult to find a better girl." Mingtang sighed, he also knew that Lingxi's heart was firm and she would not change the things she had decided, so he said It is definitely useless.

"Is this really the reason you came to me?"

"Ah, no, I came here to find Minglou and you for a serious business." Mingtang told Lingxi about the matter again. Mingjiaxiang is a gold-lettered signboard in Shanghai and has always been leading in sales, although the sales in other cities are not as good. Shanghai is also very good, and since the perfume bottle that Lingxi helped him design came out last time, it has set off an unprecedented sales boom. Talking about a joint venture in the perfume business,

"She said that a joint venture is a joint venture. I definitely can't agree!" Mingtang got up from the sofa angrily at this point, "Minglou, you have to clear this matter for me, and Lingxi, you have to give it to me again." Designing a new set of perfume bottles, I just want my Ming Jiaxiang to sell more hotly, so that those Japanese can't eat it."

Minglou and Lingxi looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. Minglou remembered that the last time the eldest sister asked him to sign in the small ancestral hall, she was so arrogant. That’s the attitude of asking for help.”

"Hey, you little king...you." Mingtang almost blurted out you bastard, but he was afraid that Lingxi would save face for Minglou, so he held back, "Ming Jiaxiang doesn't have your shares. Well! Isn't it my Ming family that Lingxi will marry Ah Cheng in the future, and it's your own family, so it's your own business, you shouldn't figure out how to solve your own problems."

What he said seemed to make sense, but neither Minglou nor Lingxi could refute it.

"Okay, come on, brother, don't be angry, sit down." Minglou got up and pulled Mingtang back to the sofa and sat down, "Isn't she a Japanese woman, I will give you a trick to keep the medicine until the illness is cured .”

Mingtang looked at Minglou in surprise, "What trick?"

"Selling perfume is not allowed to advertise. I remember that the board of directors has an advertising fee every year. This year, you will invite a singer to be your sales agent."

"Singer?"

"Yes, the one who sang the evening scent."

Mingtang hesitated, "Chen Xuanyu? She's very famous recently, but why are you looking for her? Is there anything to say?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you about this in advance, because it will be announced soon. Chen Xuanyu is the illegitimate daughter of Yoshimasa Fujita, the chief of the Shanghai Gendarmerie Command. You can find her as a sales agent, and anyone who doesn't have eyes will come to you later." If you are in trouble, someone will come forward to help you solve it."

"Chen Xuanyu is Japanese? Isn't she Chinese?!" Lingxi thought that she was hallucinating, she and Chen Xuanyu are quite familiar, and occasionally they can make a phone call with each other, but she has never heard of this matter.

"Didn't Nantian go to your last press conference? She recognized it and took it to confirm that night. I also heard about it later in the Zhou Mansion. Fujita will hold a dance party to announce her identity on the sixth day of the junior high school. I want to come I'll send you an invitation at some point." Ming Lou didn't know how Fujita recognized his relatives, but he knew a little about Zhou Fohai's falling in love with Chen Xuanyu, and now that he found out that Chen Xuanyu was Japanese, Zhou Fohai's plan to hide her in the golden house was also Frustrated.

Lingxi felt very puzzled, "Last time Chen Xuanyu called me and said that she didn't need to move to the Zhou mansion and could continue to stay in the Shanghai Ballroom to sing. I was happy for her, so she is Japanese now, even if she is an illegitimate daughter." , Could it be that Fujita will let her daughter show up in public and continue to sing and do promotion?"

"I don't know the reason, but Chen Xuanyu will appear in the Shanghai Ballroom every day to sing although she only sings one song, and her poster is still hanging at the gate of the ballroom, so it is allowed to come to Fujita." Ming Lou actually felt very happy Strange, but it's not convenient for him to ask.

Mingtang was confused when he heard the discussion between the two, but he didn't care if Chen Xuanyu was Japanese or not, he was more concerned about whether he could be invited, "But since Lingxi's press conference last time, this Chen Xuanyu has been very popular, Most people can’t even meet her if they want to, let alone ask her to be a sales agent.”

This is not a big deal, Ming Lou said bluntly, "It's easy to handle, I'll hire you, and I'll pay for it, so don't worry this time."

There is such a good thing, Mingtang looked at Minglou with some uncertainty, "So it's a deal?"

Ming Lou nodded, "It's a deal."

Mingtang was happy to get Minglou's promise. As for his son's love, it's a trivial matter. No child has any setbacks. He looked at Lingxi, "Well, Lingxi, I'm waiting for your design draft, you have to get it yourself Draw it yourself, I can’t ask your subordinates to draw me to perfuse me. The people in the glass factory told me last time that they can directly make samples of your drafts without changing them. It can still be seen, but when making samples, either it is too thin here and it will leak or it will be blocked there, so the trouble of changing it and changing it is dead."

Lingxi smiled helplessly and nodded, "Okay, I will draw for you myself, and I will draw according to your requirements until you are satisfied."

"Also, when your new perfume bottle design comes out, I'm going to hold a press conference similar to yours last time. I'll leave it to you, no problem. You've already done it once. This time I think You are familiar with driving a light car, of course, the price will definitely not treat you badly."

"Brother Mingtang, it's not about money. Last time I had jewelry, that's why I held a catwalk launch. Perfume is for people to smell. This type of catwalk launch is not suitable."

Mingtang thought about it for a while, and it seemed that it was really inappropriate. The model couldn't go to the front desk with the perfume and just spray it on, but he was not reconciled, "Then you have to come up with a promotion plan for me. The Japanese must be pissed off."

"Then I'll write you a plan myself, and then I'll lend you Miaomiao under my hand. If it's really not possible, will I give you the bottom line?"

"Okay." Mingtang is satisfied this time. He doesn't need to spend money and someone helps him with a plan. There is nothing better than this. As for the son's relationship problem, it is not busy enough. This time Just let him take charge, and when he is really busy to the point where he forgets to eat and sleep, he will have no time to think about the broken relationship.