A different kind of Lou Chun - "The Pretender" colleague

Ah Cheng came to the Army Hospital and took the opportunity to approach the advanced ward to inquire.But Wang Manchun was standing at the entrance of the corridor in military uniform, talking in Japanese with two Japanese gendarmes standing guard.Seeing him, Wang Manchun walked over after talking to the Japanese soldiers beside him.

"Director Wang, what a coincidence." He greeted with a smile.

"Ah Cheng, I was just looking for you. My car broke down, can you give me a ride?"

"Of course." Ah Cheng sensed that she had something urgent to do: "I'll go visit Secretary Li first, and we'll meet at the hospital gate later."

"Okay. I just went to see Secretary Li, and his ward is over there."

Wang Manchun pointed in the opposite direction, and said, "This is a special protection zone, I happened to meet some acquaintances for a chat."

Ah Cheng poked his head and said, "The special protection area, no wonder it feels heavily guarded."

"You must not go wrong."

Wang Manchun's expression was serious: "There is a Communist/Party changer here. Section Chief Nantian attaches great importance to it, so he is extremely careful. Look at this short corridor, but there are only three or five wards. There may be two teams of military police in ambush. Just Even I can only stand at the entrance of the corridor and chat with my friends like this."

Ah Cheng asked: "What important Communist Party is worthy of such a mobilization?"

"Section Chief Nantian keeps a secret, and even us No. 76 has nothing to do with it. I heard that he was seriously injured and has been in a coma, so I can't ask anything for the time being."

"Oh, I see."

"Okay, Cheng, aren't you going to see Secretary Li? Go quickly, Secretary Liu and Secretary Chen are also here."

"Okay, then I'll go first. Director Wang, see you later."

Wang Manchun waited for Ah Cheng to come out, and they both walked out of the hospital.After getting in the car, Ah Cheng asked her, "Go back to No. 76?"

She hummed, and asked: "How is Mingtai doing recently? Have you gone crazy during the holidays?"

"Isn't it! No, it's a class reunion tonight, and I'll help him iron his clothes when I come out!"

"Tonight?" Wang Manchun said, "Now you have to be careful when you go out at night. The world is in such a mess, it's better not to have anything happen."

"That's right, big brother and big sister are worried. But the young master himself is too playful and doesn't listen to advice."

Wang Manchun sighed: "Anti-Japanese elements are becoming more and more rampant, and now they even dare to break into the Japanese consulate! Tell me, where else is safe? But after Secretary Li's incident, Section Chief Nantian specially helped strengthen the security work of the consulate."

Ah Cheng's heart sank, and he said, "With Mr. Nantian in charge personally, the Japanese can rest assured."

"I have been to the Japanese consulate many times, and it is indeed heavily guarded. And their training program is that if something goes wrong, they will immediately guard all the exits and screen out suspicious persons. So if I commit a crime, I must not rush out .It is better to find a place to hide first, to avoid the limelight, and then find a chance to escape."

"Director Wang really knows how to joke. Once something happens, they will search every corner. Where can someone hide?"

"Of course not in the room, but not necessarily on the roof."

Wang Manchun explained very carefully: "There is a huge chimney on the roof of the main kitchen in the northeast corner of the consulate. There is a depression behind the chimney, which was left over after being struck by lightning that year. There are fine lightning rods around the chimney. If you choose that depression to hide , it is difficult to be found during the day, and it is even more invisible at night.”

Ah Cheng smiled: "Unexpectedly, Director Wang still has a lot of research on the Japanese consulate."

"Occupational diseases, I racked my brains everywhere to find the flaws."

Wang Manchun also looked at his watch with a smile: "I almost forgot, I'm going to do some shopping. Just put me down here."

"Ok."

Ah Cheng parked the car on the side of the road and asked her to get out of the car. Just as he was about to leave, Wang Manchun stopped him and said, "I see that my senior brother has been very tired recently. Be careful not to make him work too hard."

Ah Cheng nodded in agreement, drove all the way back to Ming Mansion, and immediately repeated the information Wang Manchun provided to Ming Lou.

"It's raining just in time!"

Minglou ordered: "Hurry up and find a way to tell Mingtai. Also, tell Uncle Li."

"Yes."

Ah Cheng felt much more relaxed when he came back, and said to Ming Lou, "It's all done."

Minglou asked, "Why is Manchun so familiar with the Japanese consulate?"

"If you think about it, there are often appointments."

Ah Cheng deliberately said: "Don't look at her in No. 76. She is scary, she doesn't know how many Japanese officers' dream lovers! They call her Shanghai Spring. Nan Tian sometimes uses her to get to know each garrison mood and morale.”

Minglou snorted coldly: "It's not a small skill!"

It was rare for Ah Cheng to see him showing resentment, and he secretly laughed, adding fuel to the flames: "Her previous boyfriends were all young and promising Japanese military officers. Don't you know?"

"Isn't it just that those who were killed were killed, those who were arrested were arrested, and none of them ended well? Even a lot of relatives and friends followed."

Ah Cheng laughed and said, "The last major, his uncle was a lieutenant general, and his cousin, both of whom died in a car accident in Tokyo for no apparent reason."

"I saw her for the first time when I came back. She told me that she killed her boyfriend. I was chilled at that time."

Thinking about the past, Ming Lou couldn't help feeling: "Actually, she was giving me hints at that time."

"So you suspected her identity when you checked later." Ah Cheng nodded: "I still have to say, she really trusts you."

"When you saw her today, did you notice anything unusual about her?" Ming Lou asked suddenly.

"Anomaly? No. By the way, before she left, she told me not to make you too tired, just like before."

As Cheng said, he couldn't help being a little puzzled: "Brother, why do you ask such a question?"

"Since I saw her last time, I have been uneasy in my heart."

Ming Lou frowned, with a worried look on her face: "I can't tell the details, but I feel that she is different from usual, she has become...softer."

"Soft?" Ah Cheng was at a loss.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this," Minglou didn't explain anymore, and couldn't explain clearly.

"You met her in the army hospital?"

"Yes, she is also investigating the guard situation in the advanced ward. She warned us that Xu He's defenses are too strict and it is difficult to do anything. She also said that Xu He has been seriously injured and comatose and unable to speak. She wants us to take it easy and wait patiently for the opportunity. "

"How did you find out about Xu He and the Japanese Communist Party?"

"Xu He's file is simple and clear. He was an orphan of the revolution. He was sent to the Soviet Union first, and then returned to the Central Soviet Area to work as a secretary in the General Health Department of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was sent to Shanghai at his strong request. Do underground work."

"I studied in the military communication school in the Soviet Union, and I was assigned to the General Health Department when I came back?" Ming Lou was surprised.

"It should be to protect him. Also," Ah Cheng said with a mysterious look on his face, "he is very lecherous. I heard about it in the Soviet Union. There are many girls in the Ministry of Health."

"The organization even considers this?"

"He's different. Several of his father's comrades-in-arms were of high rank."

Minglou became more and more worried: "So, he may have access to some secrets of the central government."

"It's possible, but not very likely. Because the General Health Department is not a combat department after all, and he is just an ordinary secretary. Our secrecy discipline is still very strict."

Minglou nodded.

Acheng went on to say: "As for the Japanese Communist Party, his name is Kitano Qingyuan. The investigation of his situation is relatively slow. The special high school is also investigating. I will try to find a way from Nantian to see if I can find out."

Minglou suddenly thought of something, and ordered: "You can cross-check this Kitano and Manchun's situation in Japan to see if there is any overlap."

"Brother suspects that they know each other?" Ah Cheng was a little surprised: "Sister Man Chun didn't say that."

"It is possible to contact the Chinese Communist Party and the Japanese Communist Party at the same time. All I can think of now is her."

Minglou was preoccupied: "Go and check first, let's see what we can find."