The heart of the pretender is sincere

Ah Cheng helped Liang Zhongchun send his wife and children to "Wuhan". Firstly, it was really not safe to come to Shanghai, and secondly, it was Liang Zhongchun's own wish. If the red flags at home were not down, colorful flags fluttered outside, so he could follow his wife and children away. The little lover stays and flies together, of course Liang Zhongchun doesn't love his lover too much, it's just that his wife can take care of his big and small things here but his lover can't. He lives alone now, and he feels a little reluctant to leave.

Ah Cheng despised Liang Zhongchun in his heart, but as their cooperation deepened day by day, there was always an inextricable and inextricable connection. When Ah Cheng came back from the train station, he saw Mingtai in sportswear pushing Lingxi to hurry I went to change clothes to play badminton with him. The eldest brother who was also in sportswear and the eldest sister who never played ball and still wore a cheongsam sat on the side drinking tea and chatting.

"Then Mingtai, let me say it first, you can play if you want me to play, but since you begged me to play, firstly, don't play tricks if you lose, and secondly, I won't stop, you must accompany me to play until the end I am satisfied."

Mingtai was shown by these two conditions, he looked at Lingxi's smiling eyes, shining like stars, speechless, "I can win Brother Ah Cheng, and I can win Big Brother once in a while, are you very good?" With such a strong tone, be careful that Fengda flashes his tongue."

"Just say whether you agree or not." Lingxi didn't answer Mingtai's question. She heard Ah Cheng say that Mingtai would play tricks if he lost in France. She had to get vaccinated first.

Mingtai suddenly remembered that when he was just learning tennis two years ago, he accidentally smashed the glass in brother Ah Cheng's room, waking him up from his sleep. Taught him tennis together, and then Ah Cheng told him the same thing, don’t play tricks and don’t give up if you lose, and then he was beaten to autism by Ah Cheng and vowed never to play tennis again. Today’s beginning is very similar to that day .

It’s just that Mingtai is trying to make amends for himself. At that time, he was only a tennis novice. He only encountered this situation after learning tennis for three days. There was a pit in the road ahead, and Mingtai still jumped down half-believingly, "Yes, why don't you agree, then I also agreed that if you lose, you are not allowed to complain to the elder sister!"

In today's Ming family, it is better for Mingtai to complain to the eldest sister, and it is better for Lingxi to complain to the eldest sister. The rest of Ming's elder sister is a mother, so the rest are boys, so they always dote on girls more, but Ming Tai prides himself on being a good boy, and he disdains to compete with Lingxi for this kind of thing, so what if he gives her some of the eldest sister's favor.

"Okay, come here after I go and change my clothes, big brother and big sister Ah Cheng, you can testify, wait a minute and I won't stop until I tell you to stop."

Mingtai was a little annoyed, he is such a person that he still looks for witnesses, "Then you also testify for me, Lingxi is not allowed to play tricks if he loses."

The three people on the side nodded at the same time to express their understanding, while Mingtai looked at Lingxi's back and suddenly felt a little unconfident. He knew that Lingxi had a good brain, good at reading, learning, and good memory, but the old saying is that his limbs are well developed. A simple mind, or a well-developed mind and simple limbs, have never been able to have both. Could it be possible that a spirit is uniquely blessed with a well-developed mind and well-developed limbs?He decided to check it out.

"Sister, is Lingxi good at badminton?"

Ming Jing naturally knew what Mingtai was thinking, so he answered truthfully, "I don't know, I have seen her play badminton a few times with Axiang in the past two years, but Axiang didn't like badminton and gave up after playing a few times, but She is good at running, she can run around the Ming Mansion ten laps in one breath without panting, but she runs less, once or twice a week."

Sunyue Mulou on the side didn't speak, and took a sip of coffee silently. He has always done things methodically. Recently, he has a plan for a morning run. He won't do such a radical approach of running ten laps at a time. It is also not conducive to health preservation. With his steady progress, he has been able to run to the third lap today, which is also very good.

Mingtai looked at Ah Cheng again, "Brother Ah Cheng, do you know if Lingxi can play badminton?"

"I really don't know about this. Lingxi never told me that she can play badminton." Although she never said it, Ah Cheng felt that his family Lingxi was different from ordinary people. Since she could say such things Come, it must not be aimless, he suddenly looked forward to this badminton match that Lingxi couldn't stop without saying stop.

Hearing this, Mingtai was determined. He felt that a lady from a family like Lingxi didn't rely on badminton for her life.

So when Lingxi changed into sportswear, combed her hair into a ponytail and washed off the makeup on her face, she looked very youthful and energetic like a young girl, and then started doing some simple warm-up exercises aside, Mingtai was still a little Xu Xuan's heart was completely relieved, it really was a bluff, it was the first time he saw playing badminton and had to warm up.

Lingxi has practiced badminton since she was a child, and her family specially invited a professional badminton player to be her coach. She has taught her from the age of four to 14. Compared with other things such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is serious about badminton The learning time is longer.

So today is not destined to be an auspicious day for Mingtai. At the beginning, Lingxi played fairly mildly and kept in touch with Mingtai. For the two of them, Lingxi didn't expose Ah Cheng so much before, but now that Mingtai is showing up like this, Lingxi decides to teach him a lesson.

So soon Mingtai realized that something was wrong. Lingxi hit every ball very hard, fast and fierce, and the angle was very tricky. For a while, Mingtai almost lost the power to parry, but Mingtai felt that Lingxi must not have enough physical strength. This style of play is drinking poison to quench thirst and can't last long, so Mingtai is working hard to persist, but he can persist. Lingxi can also persist, and she began to consume Mingtai's physical strength, and Mingtai began to fill the court. But Lingxi didn't move much. No matter how Mingtai played, the ball seemed to be equipped with a directional device, and it would definitely fly back to the range where Lingxi was standing. Lingxi almost turned the badminton into a hand. Under the pressure of this obvious strength, Mingtai has no chance of winning.

Half an hour later, Lingxi didn't call to stop, so Mingtai held his breath and thought that he must regain the victory, at least let Lingxi's feet move a little bit, and Mingjing on the side watched it for so long Some felt sorry for Mingtai and thought it was funny, "Okay, you two, hurry up and sit down and rest for a while and drink some water."

The eldest sister rescued the field, and Lingxi naturally went down the donkey. Although Mingtai was unhappy, he actually didn't want to continue fighting, so they all calmed down and sat down on the small round table to drink tea together.

Ah Cheng got water for Lingxi and took a clean towel to wipe her sweat. Mingtai became a little self-conscious again, "Why are you so good at badminton, Lingxi?"

Lingxi took a sip of her boiled water, and said casually, "It's okay, I was very active and lively when I was young, but there were too many restrictions at home. Badminton is one of the few things that is allowed by my family and I also specialize in it." I invited a coach to teach the sport, and I learned it seriously, it’s normal for you to not win.”

Mingtai is a little unconvinced by Lingxi's indifferent attitude, but there is a difference in strength. His understanding of the family's restrictions is that Lingxi's family wants her to be demure and elegant, but he is a little incomprehensible because he only teaches badminton, "It shouldn't be. Is it to teach some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?"

"I also need to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but learning badminton is for health considerations, and it's rare that I don't reject it myself. I don't like those courses. Only one class of badminton has not been missed, and I have learned it for a whole ten years."

"What is the relationship between badminton and health?" Mingtai was even more confused.

"As for me, I was discovered to be allergic to congenital anesthesia when I was about four years old. This thing is not fatal and does not affect my daily life, but once I am seriously injured or seriously ill, it will be particularly troublesome, especially if there is something in the internal organs. Something wrong."

This is the first time Mingtai has heard of this, but when he thinks about it carefully, it seems that allergies to anesthesia are indeed a very troublesome problem, especially if injuries like theirs, which are often life-threatening, are inevitable, he can't imagine what if he is also allergic to anesthesia. what will happen.

"So my parents have been planning this for me since I was a child. I don't want to eat delicious food, but I want to be nutritious, clean and hygienic. I am not allowed to eat any small snacks outside, and I am not allowed to do any dangerous sports, such as horse riding. Even if it is banned, of course, I have to exercise my father carefully selected badminton, the amount of exercise will not be too high, the speed will not be too fast, and it will not be easy to be injured, even if there is a collision, it is just a small bump."

Mingtai pursed his lips. He felt that Papa Li made a mistake, "But you don't move much when you play, so how can you achieve the effect of sports."

"Yeah, so I was asked by my father to run again. I was able to run a full marathon when I was at my peak, but I can't do it now. Many good habits have been lost since I went to the United States to study and no one supervised me."

"So you drink plain water because of this?"

"It's not entirely because I was very busy studying abroad, so I drank a lot of coffee, almost drinking it as water, and I was able to rely on coffee to continue my life. Later, when I helped my eldest sister do things, I subconsciously took Quit coffee, after all, coffee is not a good thing.”

When Ah Cheng was still in France, he knew that Lingxi had an allergy to anesthesia, but he didn't think it was a problem at the time. Now that Lingxi said this, he suddenly felt that it was a big problem. He couldn't get seriously ill, let alone get injured. Looking up coincided with the elder brother's eyes, and looking at the elder sister, the three of them exchanged glances and understood each other's meaning. It seems that Lingxi's parents are doing the right thing. Even though Lingxi is now an adult, she can still continue to do many things. , such as exercising more, eating and drinking, restricting nutritional balance and the like.

Lingxi didn't know that she would start eating and drinking in dire straits again in the future, and she happily told Ah Cheng how she fought wits with her parents when she was a child and stole snacks. Ah Cheng smiled and couldn't help but listen to it. Nodding and keeping these methods in mind, the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoy the shade. Ah Cheng once again lamented that the future father-in-law and mother-in-law are amazing.

***

After the badminton game, Ming Tai went back to his room to study the topographic map of the Japanese Consulate, Ming Lou also went back to his study to read the newspaper, and Ming Jing decided to go to the kitchen for lunch because of Ling Xi’s allergy to anesthesia. Ah Cheng was dragged into his room by Ling Xi.

"I have two things to tell you now."

"Well, tell me." Ah Cheng nodded.

"The first thing, I hope you can help me find out about Aunt Gui." Lingxi wanted to bypass Ah Cheng and tell Minglou directly about this matter, after all, she could see that Ah Cheng still treats Aunt Gui very well. There were some feelings, but she also thought that if the eldest brother really wanted to check Aunt Gui, it would be Ah Cheng who would do the work in the end, so she simply talked to Ah Cheng directly.

"Which direction are you going to check?" Ah Cheng frowned. After discussing with his elder brother for a long time, he felt that Aunt Gui was more likely to be a lone wolf. Now that Lingxi wanted to check her, did she do something at home?

"She flipped through the room of my eldest sister and me. She flipped through it very secretly. She did a lot better than ordinary people in restoring it, but I still remember how my own things were put and where they were. The flipping method was different from Ah Xiang's cleaning method. , I left a mark on the eldest sister, and I have always been suspicious of her coming on the night of the New Year's Eve. I don't know what kind of person she is, but I think her surname is neither the country nor the Communist Party. There is a high probability Came for Big Brother and you."

"Okay, leave this matter to me." Ah Cheng sighed, and he hugged Lingxi into his arms, "Are you afraid, because our shady identities make you step into the quagmire, even at home? Be vigilant."

"I will be a little worried, but I am not afraid. I believe that if I am really in danger, whether it is you, elder brother, elder sister, or even Mingtai, they will protect me desperately, so I am not afraid. I am just worried that I will give you Hold back."

"You will not hold me back, you are my booster and the light in my heart. Whenever I am confused and at a loss, as long as I think of you, I will have a direction in my heart."

Lingxi smiled, she held Ah Cheng's face and kissed him on the lips, got up and took out a big boxy box from the drawer and put it on the bed, "And the second thing, I want Use this to make a deal with Big Brother or, more bluntly, with the Military Command.”

The box looks angular, and it is obviously put together piece by piece, but it is so seamless that there is no place where the keyhole is not opened. Ah Cheng carefully looked through it for a long time, but couldn't find a way, "Luban lock?"

"Yes, Luban lock." Lingxi nodded, and began to open the box in front of Ah Cheng. The process of unlocking the lock is very complicated and requires a set of complicated techniques, "A worker I knew in the Suzhou factory before was a very powerful He taught me the principle of the Luban lock, and then I drew a new design and added a self-destruct program, so if the lock is not unlocked correctly, the contents of the box will be destroyed.”

"Exchange with a Luban lock?" Ah Cheng didn't know. It might be useful to put things in this box in private, but it's not enough to exchange with the military commander.

"Of course not." Lingxi finally opened the box. There were not many things in the box, a stack of letters, a pocket watch, a bracelet as dusty as a stone, and a stack of draft paper held in a large clip. Together.

Xin Acheng knows that he wrote to Lingxi when he was still in France, and he also kept the ones that Lingxi wrote to him very well, but there are still a few letters, and there is no writing on the envelope, so it is impossible to tell who wrote it to whom Ah Cheng also knew the pocket watch. It was the meal money he paid for Lingxi in Nanjing that year, but Lingxi didn't know that it was him. It was because of this pocket watch that the elder sister decided to put Lingxi, who was already on the verge of death, with a high fever. Xi took it back for treatment, but she didn't expect that she could keep the pocket watch so well. As for the stack of draft paper, it was the highlight of Lingxi's day.

"Eldest sister recently found a seller and is going to buy a batch of seamless steel pipes. I think this transaction is expensive and troublesome and unsafe, but I can't stop elder sister. Naturally, the seamless steel pipes are for weapons, so I If you want to send a batch of finished products here, brother, the weapons of the military command are much better than those in Yan'an, and your people's transportation will naturally save our manpower and material resources. Of course, in exchange, I will not let my brother suffer. "

Lingxi gave the stack of draft papers to Ah Cheng, "There are 11 drawings here, all drawn by myself, you may not understand it, but you must have talents in this field in Chongqing, they will know For the value of this blueprint, I only need a small batch of weapons, which is very cheap for you."

"What is this?" Ah Cheng majored in economics at university, and he really couldn't understand Lingxi's drawings, and there were many parameter formulas written on them.

Lingxi didn't answer directly, but just smiled, "A new type of weapon with huge lethality."

Ah Cheng raised his eyebrows, "It's all here, give them all to me, why don't you keep a few for yourself?"

Lingxi knew that Ah Cheng was reminding her that she couldn't hand over all the hole cards in order to exchange them, "Of course I didn't give you all of them. There is still a long way to go. Originally, I planned to finish all the drawings and send them to Yan'an together. This thing not only burns money, but also consumes incalculable manpower and material resources. What I have here are only some theoretical foundations, which are far from meeting the conditions to complete this weapon. I won’t give this steel pipe in exchange, but I don’t want people in Chongqing to know that I drew this drawing, and I will leave other things to the big brother and you to play freely.”

Ah Cheng doesn't know what to say, is Lingxi brave?A few days ago, she was scratched by the brand-new legal currency and her fingers hurt for a long time. Do you want to say that she is timid?She dared to do business with Juntong and asked Juntong to send weapons to Yan'an. She had no credence in this place, but she just trusted the Ming family as her own family.

"Silly girl." Ah Cheng hugged Lingxi back into his arms, "You can't trust others so much outside, or you will sell you and count the money for others."

"I'm not stupid. I have a high IQ. I've been a well-known young genius since I was a child. I don't believe everyone. I only tell you that you are from my own family."

Hearing the girl's accusation, Ah Cheng couldn't help laughing. Yes, his Lingxi is a genius girl, but she was protected by her family too well since she was a child. She is strong, but she is always kind and soft in her bones. When she came to the Ming family, she was protected by her eldest sister. Even if she helped Yan'an complete some tasks, she still had too little social experience. Her heart is red.

***

Today's lunch menu is very light. Ming Lou and Ah Cheng didn't say anything and sat down to eat, but Ming Tai and Ling Xi had some complaints and then Qi Qi was reprimanded by the eldest brother. The two of them didn't understand, so they exchanged glances and didn't eat lunch. How much, I decided to go out and have a meal.

After the meal, it was said that Brother Mingtang's press conference was scheduled for Lantern Festival, which was a big event. Ming's family members were going to join him, and Mingtai was going to fly to Hong Kong on the [-]th of the first lunar month to continue his studies, and the air tickets had already been booked.

Of course, the idea of ​​going out for a meal was shattered. Before the two of them had time to find an excuse to go out to Mingtai, they were carried back to the room by the elder brother to do the papers. He was going to be a graduate student at the University of Paris.And Lingxi went out smoothly, but was abducted by Ah Cheng and wandered around the river holding hands. Lingxi didn't resist such a leisurely date, but Ah Cheng said that it was really a stroll, she didn't eat lunch What, after shopping for a long time and hungry, I wanted to buy some snacks. Ah Cheng didn’t allow this or that, but in the end Lingxi lost his temper and reluctantly bought half a catty of sugar-fried chestnuts, and he ate most of them by himself. She only ate a few, So when the last one was about to enter Ah Cheng's stomach, Lingxi rushed to grab it and stuffed it into his mouth, eating happily.

Lingxi looked at Ah Cheng proudly, full of joy of victory.

Ah Cheng naturally wouldn't care about this last chestnut with his girlfriend, but Lingxi's proud expression was too cute and his cheeks were bulging like a squirrel, he couldn't help but put one hand on the back of Lingxi's head, and the other around her waist He bowed his head and kissed it, snatched most of it from Lingxi's mouth with his tongue rolled, and ate it contentedly, not forgetting to lick his own lips.

"So sweet!"