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

It's raining, gloomy and sticky, and the world is desolate.

Japanese Army Hospital.

Akita Yoshio stood at the door of the building, with a straight back and a serious face. He looked at the pale and emaciated person in front of him with the sharp eyes of a doctor, and his thick black eyebrows were tightly knit together.

"Mr. Akita," Minglou felt a little guilty under such gazes, glanced at Ah Cheng who put away his umbrella and was walking towards them, coughed lightly and tried his best to hold back, and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go."

"Are you coughing again?" Akita grasped the point and asked.

"I also started to have a fever again, intermittently. The wound has not healed for a long time, and the whole person is supported by aspirin."

Ah Cheng took the words with a worried face: "Mr. Akita, it's rare that the eldest brother is willing to come over, please check carefully to see what the problem is..."

"Acheng!"

Minglou couldn't help but frowned, and lowered his voice to reprimand: "It's getting more and more unruly! We're here to discuss business."

"Brother's body is the biggest business!"

I don't want Ah Cheng to lose the respect and humility in front of others this time, so he replied this sentence confidently, and stared at him stubbornly.

It's not big or small, it's the opposite of the sky.

Minglou thought to himself, but somehow he couldn't lose his temper, but inexplicably softened his voice: "It's just that I've been too busy and tired recently. Just take a rest. Didn't you feel better a while ago? Don't make a fuss. "

Ah Cheng subconsciously wanted to refute, but Minglou had already strode into the hospital first, so he had no choice but to follow quickly with Akita.I remembered that Minglou's health did improve some time ago, but now it is deteriorating under great pressure day and night.Ah Cheng sighed secretly, and made up his mind in his heart: this time the task was completed, he would leapfrog to ask the leaders of both the KMT and the Communist Party to send his eldest brother to Hong Kong, let his eldest sister watch over him, and then come back after recuperating.

In Dr. Akita's private lounge, Ming Lou looked with admiration at the pretty woman standing straight in front of him in a military posture standing at attention, raised her lips and nodded, with a kind and gentle expression: "Your task has been completed very well."

"Thank you, Chief Ming, for your compliment." The woman lowered her eyebrows and whispered.He looked dignified and stood meticulously.

"You are no longer a recruit, don't be so nervous." Minglou smiled and pointed to the sofa: "Come, sit."

"Yes, sir."

Ming Lou frowned slightly: "I'm not here this time as a military serpent."

"Ah, I'm sorry, Chief." The woman blushed and hastily corrected: "I used to call it before, so I don't remember to change it."

"This is our first official meeting, right? Sir... Chief..."

Minglou muttered these two titles, the smile on his face suddenly dimmed, and a misty light appeared in his deep pupils:

"I thought we would meet in another relationship."

He whispered these words in a low voice.In a flat tone, there was an unbearable sadness.

The woman on the opposite side burst into tears.

"Big brother..."

Ah Cheng beside him wanted to comfort him, but when he was able to speak, he felt that he was lacking in words.

"Sorry, it's getting too far."

However, just this soft call brought back Minglou's fluttering thoughts.He tried his best to cheer himself up, the sadness disappeared, and there was that warm smile like the rising sun again:

"Comrade Yu Manli, the organization is very satisfied with your performance this time. When you return to the base area, the Jiangbei Command of the New Fourth Army will remember and celebrate you."

"Thanks to the organization for placing their trust in me. So, what's next for me?"

Ming Lou said: "Your mission here has been successfully completed. Next, Mr. Akita will arrange for you to evacuate from Shanghai and leave immediately."

"Evacuate?"

Yu Manli was surprised: "We have now fully controlled Kumamoto, and we can get the pass today. The 'Liaoyuan' operation can start immediately, why do we need to evacuate?"

"Manli, you are only responsible for getting close to Kumamoto and obtaining information. Going deep into the base is not your task."

"But, I want to join the battle."

"Individual work has a different division of labor. Comrade Yu Manli, you must obey the organization's arrangements."

After Minglou said that, Yu Manli lowered her head aggrievedly.After a moment of silence, her voice was very low, but she said stubbornly: "Although Yu Manli was born in the military, she sincerely joins the Communist Party and is willing to accept any test from the Party organization."

"You mean, I don't trust you?"

Minglou heard her subtext, amused and angry: "Capturing Kumamoto alive is the most critical step in this plan. And you have already been exposed in Shanghai, so you shouldn't have come out to act again. If I don't trust you, I will take this risk The most important task to you?"

Yu Manli's heart moved, and she raised her big watery eyes, full of searching.

"Our operation team has already contacted the underground party in Hangzhou. In addition to Mr. Akita's Japanese Communist Party organization, you are not the only one missing. Manli, you are a natural spy. A good knife must be used wisely ,Understand?"

"Understood." Yu Manli suddenly understood, nodded and said, "I'm too narrow-minded."

Minglou showed a look of relief, but Yu Manli felt inexplicably embarrassed.

"I..." She murmured, "Can I ask another question?"

"Mingtai is in Beiping, everything is fine."

Ming Lou said clearly: "He also misses you very much. He asked me about your situation and asked me to take care of you."

"Please tell him that I am doing well, don't read."

Yu Manli smiled poignantly, and said sincerely: "I wish him and Miss Cheng a happy life together hand in hand."

"Your sister, the first time she saw you, she praised you a lot. Now I know why."

Ming Lou looked deeply at the woman in front of him, his eyes became hazy and distant, as if looking at another person through her: "She will be very happy to see you like this."

"Brother, it's getting late." Ah Cheng looked at his watch and reminded him in a low voice.

"Okay, that's it." Minglou restrained his emotions, stood up and shook hands with her cordially: "Manli, take good care of yourself."

"Thank you,..." She opened her mouth, but still didn't know how to address him.

"I know that Manchun accepted you as his younger sister to give you family affection and support. From now on, you will no longer be a lonely person without relatives or reasons."

Ming Lou said each word slowly and with difficulty: "Man Li, I hope that in your eyes I am not just a superior. You remember, no matter whether it is the relationship between Man Chun or Ming Tai, Ah Cheng and I are yours. No matter where we are, as long as we are still alive, the Ming family is your home."

"Sister—husband—"

Big teardrops fell from Yu Manli's eyes.She stared blankly at Minglou, her lips trembling.Finally, finally issued this blood-weeping call.

"If my sister is still here, she will definitely be willing to hear me call you that—brother-in-law."

Minglou closed his eyes, smiled and nodded with tears in his eyes.

Whether it is pain or comfort, I have mixed feelings, and in the end it only turns into a farewell wish:

"Take care and have a good trip."

After sending Yu Manli away, Minglou closed the door and had a private conversation with Akita for nearly an hour.When he went out and sat in the car, he was already in a haggard and exhausted appearance, leaning against the back seat as if exhausted, motionless and silent for a long time.

Ah Cheng slowed down, tried to drive the car as smoothly and comfortably as possible, and checked Minglou's face from the rearview mirror from time to time.It wasn't until he opened his eyes slightly, as if he was about to recover, that he asked, "Have you checked out your injuries? What did Mr. Akita say?"

"What else can I say? It's just rest, recuperation, taking medicine and rechecking on time." Minglou replied lightly.

"But you didn't listen to anything!" Ah Cheng snorted dissatisfiedly.

Minglou didn't reply, but silently turned his gaze to the misty rain outside the car.The whole person seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

"Actually, there's no need for you to meet Manli in person. You're already busy, so you might as well take this time to rest."

Ah Cheng felt that he was becoming more and more like a nagging old woman, but he couldn't help it.The pity and worry accumulated in his chest will explode sooner or later if he doesn't vent it out from time to time.

"Mingtai's partner in life and death, Man Chun's little girl, I've always wanted to see her."

Minglou stared out of the window, his voice was surprisingly gentle, and the corners of his lips even raised a slight arc: "No wonder Manchun fell in love with her at first sight. Apart from the lack of Manchun's arrogance, this girl has a gentle and humble appearance, but there is a stubbornness in her bones Persistence, the determination to never turn back at any cost, is really exactly the same as Manchun."

"Of course. Sister Manchun's vision, is she looking at the wrong person?"

Ah Cheng raised his eyebrows and smiled, and there was something clearly in his eyes: "It's strange, they don't look alike at all, but just now I felt like I saw Sister Manchun ten years ago."

Minglou couldn't help turning his gaze back to Ah Cheng.Having been together day and night for many years, an inadvertent look and tone is enough to fully reveal this second brother in front of him.

Ah Cheng felt uncomfortable when he saw him, and quickly changed the subject: "Brother, have you communicated with Mr. Akita about our action plan?"

Minglou nodded.

"The Japanese Communist Party will send an action team to support our operation together with the Hangzhou underground party. At that time, we will split up the main building, warehouse, and prisoner-of-war camp to rescue the prisoners and destroy the base. Now that we know the warehouses and With the chemical reagents stored in the laboratory, everything is easy. As long as we go in, we don't need to carry explosives, with these chemicals, we can cause fires and explosions."

"Yes. It is really important to us to successfully hijack Kumamoto."

Ah Cheng became excited: "Having him not only solves the problem of the pass, but also adds eyes to the base. No wonder the eldest brother wants to reward Yu Manli in person."

Ming Lou stared at the front in silence, his dark eyes were bottomless, and he seemed to be half-hearing, as if he was trying to calculate something again.

"Brother, the pass will be ready before get off work today. We haven't finalized the specific time for the Liaoyuan operation. I think it's better sooner rather than later. Before anyone finds out about Kumamoto's disappearance, we can act immediately when we get the pass. "

"Ah Cheng, don't go back to the new government office yet."

Minglou suddenly opened his mouth and ordered: "Take me to Kumamoto, I need to question him again carefully."

"What? Brother, what do you suspect?" Ah Cheng felt a little nervous.

"It's hard to say right now."

Minglou's expression was serious and heavy: "After I have talked with him, let's deduce the specific details of the operation again."

"Yes."

Ah Cheng turned the car into a cold alley and turned around.

The wheels splashed water and slid across the bluestone alley repeatedly washed by the drizzle, making a shrill friction sound.