The heart of the pretender is sincere

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Ming Tang, the chairman of Ming Jiaxiang, invited the famous actress Chen Xuanyu to be the spokesperson to hold a press conference in a Shanghai hotel. Chen Xuanyu's identity has been announced to the world by Fujita. With the blessing of the status of the officer, Ming Family Dafang and Ming Jiaxiang were in the same spotlight in Shanghai for a while, and this press conference was extraordinarily grand.

Everyone in the Ming Mansion was naturally going to join in the show, and they all changed into grand dresses. It was the first time Lingxi saw Ah Cheng in a tuxedo. The swallowtail hung below his hips and swayed as he walked, making his hips look extraordinarily straight Alice, Lingxi couldn't help but grabbed twice in a place where no one was around. Ah Cheng was taken aback by Lingxi's bold action. The eldest brother and the eldest sister just came over at this time, Ah Cheng had no choice but to let go of Lingxi, watching her run to the eldest sister and take the hand of the eldest sister, making a cute look, anyone who saw it would feel happy but Didn't know she just did something bad.

Mingtai was supposed to go to the press conference, but Mingtai told his brothers and sisters that he would stay at home and do the test because he was going to the Japanese consulate for a mission. I am gratified at Mingtai's hard work, and bluntly said that Mingtai is really getting more and more sensible.

When they arrived at the Shanghai Hotel, Lingxi and Ah Cheng were dragged away by Ming Tang. Lingxi was the planner of this press conference and naturally had to watch the progress, and Ah Cheng, let Lingxi do it.Mingtang's main purpose is to let Mingxi see that the girl he's thinking about has a boyfriend, and this boyfriend is still his uncle, so it's better to give up as soon as possible.

Sure enough, Mingxi heard that Lingxi had arrived, and ran to look for her happily, but she didn't want to see her talking with the people around her from afar, she was very busy, and Uncle Cheng was standing beside her, not talking much. But their eyes kept falling on her, and the two of them would look at each other and smile very tacitly when they had eye contact. One was tall and handsome, the other was beautiful and generous. Standing together, they were a perfect match.

When Mingtang was busy, he saw his son hiding in a corner looking lost, and knew that the effect he wanted had been achieved, but seeing his lonely eyes, he could only go forward and pat him on the shoulder, which was considered to be some comfort.

Seeing her father, Mingxi suddenly felt particularly wronged. For the first time, a young boy had the urge to cry, but he knew that tears should not be shed at this time, so the tears rolled in his eyes and slowly accumulated. The eye sockets were full, and they were about to fall down. At this time, Ah Cheng happened to pass by, and Ming Xi hurriedly wiped away the tears and called to stop him.

"Uncle Cheng, can I talk to you?"

Ah Cheng looked at Ming Xi's eyes as red as rabbits, and nodded with some doubts, what's wrong with this child?

The press conference went smoothly. Lingxi used the form of a short film to show the process from the birth to development of the perfume and the introduction of new products, which made people feel refreshed. Chen Xuanyu sang the last public event of her life, Tuberose , For a while, everyone was fascinated by it.

It's just that before Chen Xuanyu finished singing a song, Mingtang received news that Wang Manchun had surrounded the restaurant with people, saying that he was going to arrest the anti-Japanese elements. Seeing Mingtai sneaking in, holding a flower in his hand in a seemingly casual manner, but his eyes were rolling around, Mingtang wondered if this little guy had fallen into Wang Manchun's hands?

Mingtang hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the collar of Mingtai's clothes and pulled the person aside to inquire about the situation, but Mingtai was very slippery for a long time and didn't say why. At this time, everyone was applauding at the end of Chen Xuanyu's song, and Wang Manchun also took A group of people rushed in and were looking around, Mingtang had no choice but to carry Mingtai by his side and took him to the stage together.

"Thanks to Ms. Chen Xuanyu for bringing the evening primrose. Next, my brother and I will bring you a four-handed evening primrose. I hope you like it."

There was warm applause again from the audience, Mingtai sat on the stage and played the piano openly, thinking that the big brother is really too smart, but Minglou and Ah Cheng saw Mingtai suddenly appearing on the stage, and the two exchanged words. At a glance, he knew that Mingtai was messing up again, but Wang Manchun was making a big noise. Seeing that the VIPs around him were complaining, Ah Cheng got up and went to talk to Wang Manchun.

Mingtang and Mingtai's piano version of Ye Lai Xiang was a big hit. After everyone applauded and waited for Mingtang to express his thanks, the press conference officially ended. When Mingjing and Lingxi came out, they saw Wang Manchun with A man who had obviously been beaten badly was searching the door.Of course Lingxi didn't care about this, she was ready to go home holding her elder sister's hand, but she didn't want to be stopped by Chen Xuanyu at the door.

Chen Xuanyu hesitated, knowing that her request was a bit abrupt, but she still said, "Miss Li can accompany me to the hospital to see Mr. Qin, he is sick, I want to go and see him."

Because of Chen Xuanyu's Japanese identity, Lingxi was actually not sure if she wanted to keep in touch with her, she looked back at Minglou, but Minglou nodded, "It's fine, but let's go in this suit? "

At this time, both of them were wearing dresses, and Chen Xuanyu's dress was a bit European-style with a large skirt, which was really not suitable for visiting patients in the hospital.

Chen Xuanyu breathed a sigh of relief, showing a grateful smile, "I have prepared clothes, come with me and we will change and leave, thank you."

From Chen Xuanyu's mouth, Lingxi knew that Qin San was indeed ill and had been ill for many days. The cause was that he contracted a cold on the sixth day of the lunar new year, and had a high fever for a while. Now he is finally better and can see people, so she Just decided to visit.Lingxi just wanted to roll her eyes when she heard it, she fell into the water on the sixth day and today is fifteen, although a cold can be fatal in this era of lack of special medicines and antibiotics, but she doesn't believe him Qin San's family has no other medicines to cure colds ? !Lingxi felt that Qin Sansan was probably pretending to be ill, just to win Chen Xuanyu's sympathy!

***

Nantian took Gao Mu to the Army Hospital to visit Xu He, the former convert in Yan’an. Xu He’s condition was very bad. His eyes were infected and he might die at any time. Nantian ordered the doctors and nurses to save this person at all costs. When Nantian came out from the high-level ward, she saw her teacher's newly recognized daughter Fujita Yuriko and Li Lingxi from the Ming family carrying a fruit basket together, looking in the direction they should be visiting Mr. Qin.

Nantian knew about Qin Sanye being pushed into the fountain pool by Ling Xi at the entrance of the Navy Club. Although no one knew what they said, Qin Sanye was transferred to the army hospital because of a cold and turned into pneumonia. Nantian Thinking of the two photos she just got today, she suddenly had an idea in her mind. With a satisfied smile on her lips, she followed the two of them and headed towards the third master Qin's ward.

Qin San's ward was a suite, and there was a small living room outside the ward. At this moment, Chen Xuanyu was talking to Qin San alone in the ward, while Lingxi was sitting awkwardly on the sofa in the small living room. Qin San's sister, Qin San, was receiving her. Yue, the Qin family is three brothers and sisters, the eldest son Qin Feng, the second daughter Qin Yue, and the third son is Qin Lang, the third son of Qin. Lingxi has met Qin Yue a few times, and they are not particularly familiar with each other, but they have a good relationship.

"Sister Yue, why is the third master so sick? I heard it's just a cold." Lingxi asked weakly. She saw Qin San coughing in such a way that his lungs would come out. , I'm afraid it's not pneumonia.When she was still at the Shanghai Hotel, she still wanted to send a bouquet of white chrysanthemums to Qin San who was pretending to be sick, but she gave up because it was still the Lantern Festival. He was afraid that Qin San would be pissed to death if he didn't cough to death.

Qin Yue brought Lingxi a glass of water, she didn't know that there was something about Lingxi, "Before he stayed alone at the entrance of the Navy Club for two hours, and then drove around for an hour, although It was in the car, but the weather is so cold and the iron body can't stand it. It's no wonder that he doesn't get sick. The doctor said that he is not only suffering from a cold, but also overthinking and stagnant, so it has become like this. Fortunately, there is nothing wrong now. We'll be out of the hospital soon."

"That's good, that's good..." Lingxi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little guilty in her heart and at the same time felt that Qin San deserved it, wearing wet clothes and not hurrying home to change and running around, it's a good thing it's Qin San, If it were an ordinary people's congress, they would have been arrested by No. 76 for running around at night.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the servants of the Qin family stepped forward to open the door. Qin Yue and Ling Xi looked at the door together, thinking that it was another visitor, but they didn't want the door to open and come in. Nantian and Takagi carrying a fruit basket.The elders of Qin's family are similar to Ming Jing, and they never like to be with the Japanese. Before, Fujita hinted to Qin's family that he wanted to get married, but Qin's family rejected it decisively. What are these two people doing now?

Of course, from Lingxi's point of view, these things have nothing to do with her. She just stood up with Qin Yue and nodded as a greeting, then sat down, picked up the oranges on the table and peeled them, but she didn't want Nantian to just talk to Qin Yue. After exchanging some pleasantries, Yue sat down on the single sofa next to her, and asked nonchalantly, "I heard that Miss Li and Mr. Ah Cheng are boyfriend and girlfriend."

To be honest, facing Nantian Lingxi alone is actually a little nervous. Before that, Minglou and Ah Cheng were there, so she could act as if nothing had happened, but now she is alone. Lingxi subconsciously wants to grab something, but at this time She only had an orange in her hand, and Qin Yue at the side knew that Lingxi was a little scared when she saw it. She sat down next to Lingxi and didn't speak, but it gave Lingxi a great sense of security. Lingxi turned her head to Qin Yue showed a grateful smile before looking at Nantian, "Yes, is there any problem with Mr. Nantian?"

Nantian could see that the corner of the girl's tense mouth curled into a smug smile. She enjoyed the look of her prey being terrified in front of her, "Miss Li, I'm curious. Although Mr. Ah Cheng is excellent, he is still inferior to Mr. Minglou." Why do you like Mr. Ah Cheng and not Mr. Ming?"

"The elder brother is the elder brother. There is a Chinese saying that an elder brother is like a father, and the elder brother has someone he likes. He likes Director Wang. You should know that." Lingxi thought what Nantian was going to say, but didn't want to ask about feelings?Gossip?

"So if Mr. Ah Cheng is like Mr. Ming, and there is someone like Ms. Wang in his love life, I wonder if Ms. Li would mind?"

"???" Lingxi didn't understand what Nantian meant, she looked at Nantian suspiciously and hoped that she would continue.

Nantian smiled meaningfully. She took two photos from Gao Mu and pushed one of them in front of Lingxi, "This is my gift to Miss Li."

Taking Nan Tian's hand away, Lingxi saw a slightly yellowed photo, the corners of which were a little rough, presumably it was often taken out to watch and touch, the background should be in France, next to Ah Cheng in his early twenties There was a girl of about the same age standing, the two of them were very close, standing together under a huge sycamore tree, smiling very happily, Lingxi subconsciously grasped the orange in her hand, and pinched the orange with her fingers In the flesh, just before Lingxi was sad, Gao Mu heard a sudden "hiss" and took a deep breath.

The three of them looked up together, and found that Takagi was covering his eyes and taking out a handkerchief to wipe his face, and there was obviously a yellow liquid of unknown origin remaining on his face. Lingxi looked at the orange in his hand, and then at Takagi's face before responding Come over, I grabbed the orange too hard just now, and the orange juice shot into Takagi's eyes, "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Takagi, I didn't mean it..."

This turn of events was unexpected, Qin Yue held back her laughter, and the three of them watched the dark-faced Takagi go out to wash his face. After this trouble, she calmed down and took out her handkerchief from her bag with a smile Come to wipe your hands, "Thank you, Mr. Nantian, for your trouble, but these days, free love is important. Who doesn't have an ex? Ah Cheng is good regardless of his appearance, body, family background, background and education. There must be many girls who like him. He is ahead of me. It's normal to have talked about a few girlfriends, if he puts his mind to it, maybe all the girlfriends can make up the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac."

Lingxi's reaction was within Nantian's expectation, so Nantian handed over another photo unhurriedly, "So Miss Li said it was so easy, why don't you take a look at this photo again."

This photo looks very new, as if it was taken recently. The location in the photo is in a restaurant. Although Ah Cheng's back is facing and he cannot see his face, but Lingxi is too familiar with him, so he just took a look. You can recognize it, and the girl sitting opposite Ah Cheng is still the girl in the previous photo, but she looks a few years older. The girl looks a little shy and smiles with her head down, and the most important thing, from the photo Ah Cheng's hand seemed to be covering that of the girl opposite.

Seeing this photo, Lingxi was relieved. She sneered and looked at Nantian, "So? Section Chief Nantian wants to use these two photos to tell me that Ah Cheng is cheating? It turns out that Section Chief Nantian is nosy too. .”

"Miss Li, don't you mind?" Nantian was a little surprised. She had such a strong reaction to the first photo, but now she is calm.

Lingxi picked up the photo on the coffee table and looked at it before putting it down, "Mr. Nan Tian may not know, but I also know a little about photography. The size of your photo is 6cm*4cm, and the size of the dining table is generally 1.35" m*0.8m This table should only be larger than this size and not smaller. Ah Cheng’s height is 1.83m. According to your first photo, the girl’s height is about 1.6m, and the length of human arms is generally around Between 0.65m and 0.75m, calculated according to the ratio, the distance between the hands of these two people is at least [-] centimeters, but it’s just a misplaced photo, I don’t care about it.”

Nan Tian was taken aback by this remark, and after a long time she also laughed and continued to applaud, "Miss Li is indeed a talented student who returned from studying in the United States, which really impressed me, it seems that Mr. girlfriend."

"Mr. Nantian is over the top."

Seeing that the provocation was unsuccessful, Nantian didn't stay long, left the two photos on the table, and left with Takagi who had just returned from washing his face.But Lingxi looked at those two photos, and her mood suddenly fell to the bottom.

***

The two girls were unhappy during this trip to the hospital. Chen Xuanyu told Lingxi that she would never have anything to do with Qin San in the future.And Lingxi put those two photos in her bag, she comforted herself who doesn't have an ex-girlfriend, Qin Yue and Chen Xuanyu also advised her, if you are unhappy, just go to Ah Cheng and ask for clarification, don't hold back Let the problem ferment in her heart, even if she has 100% trust in Ah Cheng, she still feels uncomfortable in her heart.

In the study, Ah Cheng had something to go out, Lingxi sat on the sofa with a dazed expression, she took out the old photo, "Do you know this girl, brother?"

Of course the girl in the photo, Minglou, knew her. She was Ah Cheng’s first girlfriend, and she took her back to have dinner with him and Mingtai. The two of them had a good relationship at first, but suddenly they quarreled for a while. After getting up, the quarrel was very serious. Not long after, the girl broke up and returned to China quickly. She didn't even have a chance to respond to Ah Cheng. Ah Cheng was sad for a long time because of this, "Ah Cheng's previous girlfriend, but the breakup has already happened. It's been four or five years, and Ah Cheng hasn't had any other girlfriends during this time, you can ask Ah Cheng for the details, where did this photo come from?"

"Given by Nantian."

Ming Lou's heart skipped a beat, "Yoko Nantian?"

Lingxi nodded, and told the story of meeting Nantian at the hospital today. She was very puzzled, "I don't know what her purpose is. It doesn't seem to matter to her whether I'm with Brother Ah Cheng or not."

"It has something to do with it." Minglou explained to Lingxi how he got along with Ah Cheng outside, "If you break up with Ah Cheng because of this matter, in her opinion, Ah Cheng's status in this family will be even worse. Embarrassment can make Ah Cheng defect."

Lingxi frowned, thinking that people who engage in politics are full of gossip, it is really confusing, and people who engage in intelligence work are even more confusing, so let's not think about it. Thinking of the handkerchief Takagi used to wipe his face today, "I remember that there is a female secretary next to my brother, her surname is Liu, right?"

"Correct."

"I saw Takagi today. The handkerchief he used was the same as that of Secretary Liu, and the perfume on the handkerchief was similar. I don't use perfume very much, so I can't be sure. Brother, you can go and find out if the two are related. .”

Minglou was startled, but he still acted as if nothing had happened, just nodded, "Okay, I see."

Lingxi was in a better mood, got up and was about to leave, but didn't want to be stopped by Minglou again, "Lingxi, wait a minute, there is one more important thing."

Minglou got up and took out a stack of blueprints from the drawer. After a closer look, it was given to Ah Cheng by Lingxi two days ago, "I will help you with the purchase of seamless steel pipes, but don't draw any more of your blueprints. I will also destroy the few cards here, and don’t even think about exchanging them for anything in the future, it’s very dangerous, including those in Yan’an that are not allowed to give them for the time being.”

To be honest, Lou didn't quite understand what was on Lingxi's drawing, but he had vaguely heard of the molecular formulas written on it, so he took two of the drawings to find a reliable person who has researched in this area. It was only after he went to identify it that he realized the existence of this thing. While he was shocked by it, he was also frightened for a while. This kind of devastating and lethal weapon, Lingxi, could understand it and was unanimously praised by experts. Fortunately, he I didn't hand it in directly, otherwise Lingxi might have been taken away by now.

"Oh." Lingxi actually didn't think much about it. If the elder brother doesn't allow it, then she won't allow it. She dared to do this to Ah Cheng just because of her foresight. And the things she gave were all theoretical knowledge, after all, she was only in her senior year and really couldn't do anything earth-shattering.

***

Because of the photos, Lingxi waited for Ah Cheng until he fell asleep and he didn't come back, and Ah Cheng had already gone out when he had breakfast the next morning, which made Lingxi feel very uncomfortable. The acting is the same, the hero and heroine have a misunderstanding because of the ex, but they hold back and don't say anything, but now she doesn't even have a chance to ask clearly.

Of course, Lingxi can't wait for Ah Cheng to come back at home. She has to go to work from today, and the first thing to do at work is to recruit. Ming's Jewelry has become very popular. The original manpower is not enough, so I need to recruit more. People come to do things.

And Lingxi met the girl who took a photo with Ah Cheng among the applicants, the fate is so wonderful, Lingxi found the resume filled out by this girl,

Liu Lili, 24 years old, single.

Lingxi put down what she was doing and decided to interview the girl in person.

The author has something to say:

Chapter 24 changed a little bit about what Lingxi drew in the drawings for Ah Cheng.Then all the saved manuscripts are used up, and now I am in a desperate state, I try to code as soon as possible (っ?;ω;`с)