Hibiscus blooms on the edge of the city wall

In the office of Yoshimasa Fujita in the special high school, Takagi stood upright in front of the desk and respectfully handed Yoshimasa Fujita two rental contracts.

"This was found by Lone Wolf at Poison Scorpion's house," Takagi said.

Fujita Yoshimasa looked at the renter's name and his heart skipped a beat.Xu Rumei, how could it be her?

"These two houses are No. 137 and No. 28 Scott Road, which is the place where Mr. Nan Tian was killed."

"You mean that Xu Rumei has something to do with Nantian's death, don't you?" Fujita Yoshimasa said in a low voice, unable to detect any emotion.

"We have basically confirmed that he and Du Xie are in the same group, they are a gangster. Du Xie is dead, and capturing Xu Rumei will be the only way to uncover the underground party in Shanghai."

Fujita Yoshimasa sighed and said, "Then go catch it."

"Yes." Takagi took the order to leave, but just as he was about to leave the office, he was stopped by Fujita Yoshimasa: "Don't embarrass her family, just bring Xu Rumei back. Be polite to Xu Zhiqiu." Fujita Yoshimasa lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly. Takagi didn't understand Fujita Yoshimasa's intentions, but he was smart enough not to talk too much, and just obeyed the order and left.

When Xu Rumei left Uncle Li's place, it was already very late. Among them was a comrade, Xiao Luo. His cover identity was a rickshaw driver, so he insisted on sending Xu Rumei home, and Xu Rumei didn't refuse.

When approaching Xu's mansion, Xu Rumei and the two saw the Japanese soldiers surrounding Xu's mansion.Both were shocked.

"Why are there so many Japanese soldiers? Could it be that you were exposed?" Ronaldinho asked nervously.

Xu Rumei took a closer look. It was very quiet inside. There was no sound of fighting or crying. Did all the people inside have been killed, or. . .Xu Rumei thought of another possibility, and felt a little relieved, but just to be on the safe side, she immediately said to Xiao Luo: "Go to Uncle Li right now, and tell him to retreat immediately, remember, to retreat immediately."

"What about you? Aren't you going to retreat with us?"

"My grandfather is still at home. I must go back." Xu Rumei said firmly.

"No, if you go in now, you are throwing yourself into a trap."

"No, I have to go in. Don't worry, even if I am arrested, I will have a way to protect myself."

"Don't you know what the Japanese look like? How can you protect yourself?"

"You don't need to worry about these things. If I say there is a way, there is a way. You should immediately inform Uncle Li, bring my original words, and tell Uncle Li, don't try to save me."

"No." Ronaldinho insisted.

"Go quickly, if the Japanese find out, it will be over." Xu Rumei said with a firm expression, "Remember, tell Uncle Li that I, Xu Rumei, was born as a Chinese, and I will die as a Chinese soul, and I will never betray you!"

She pushed Xiao Luo who was still hesitant: "Go."

Xu Rumei looked at Xiao Luo's figure disappearing into the night, put away her mournful expression, and quickly sorted out the possible situations that might happen when she went in, thought of a good countermeasure, and then walked out of Xu's house step by step.

Xu Zhiqiu was sitting upright on the sofa in the living room, and the image of a national entrepreneur who was righteous and fearless of life and death jumped out.Sitting on the other side of the sofa is Takagi from the Japanese Special High School.

"Grandpa, I'm back." Xu Rumei said as usual, her voice was calm.

Xu Zhiqiu raised his head to look at Xu Rumei, his eyes were full of resentment, reluctance, and the sorrow of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man.

"Since Miss Xu is back, come with us." Takagi said.

"Who are you? Why should I go with you?" Xu Rumei looked at Gao Mu arrogantly, speaking neither humble nor overbearing.

"I'm Takagi from the Japanese Special High School, please come with me, Ms. Xu." Takagi said it again patiently.

"Extra high class? What am I going to do there?"

"Miss Xu, please don't challenge my patience. You should know what to do."

Xu Ru's brows sank. It turned out that it wasn't what she thought, she was really exposed.Are you really too optimistic?How could a Japanese like him suddenly think of her?But fortunately, I have already made Uncle Li retreat, even if I can't resist the torture, I won't implicate my comrades.Xu Rumei said calmly: "I'll go with you, but my grandfather doesn't know anything, so don't hurt him."

"Don't worry, Chief Fujita has specifically explained that only you will be arrested, and your family will not be implicated."

Xu Ru lowered his eyebrows and sneered, "I really have to thank him."

"Then let's go." Takagi urged impatiently.

"Wait a minute." Xu Rumei took two quick steps, knelt down in front of Xu Zhiqiu, and kowtowed three times.When I looked up again, tears were streaming down my face: "Grandpa, I'm sorry, I let you bear the pain of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man to you again, but Rumei will never regret walking on this road. It's just that I can no longer be by your bedside." As a filial piety, I hope grandpa will take care of you."

Xu Zhiqiu was also in tears, but he just said the words sonorously: "Good boy, go, don't worry about me, I know what to do. Do what you think is right, and stick to it."

"I'm sorry, Grandpa." Xu Rumei kowtowed again, without any further hesitation, he got up neatly and left with the Japanese soldiers.Tragic, unrestrained, without any anxiety.

After all the Japanese left, Xu Zhiqiu quickly dialed the number of Ming Mansion.

"Hello, is this the Ming mansion? I'm Xu Zhiqiu, Mr. Minglou please answer the phone. Xu Zhiqiu said eagerly.

Minglou wondered why Xu Zhiqiu called suddenly, but he connected immediately, and asked politely, "Chairman Xu, I'm Minglou, what can I do for you?"

"Mr. Ming, please save Rumei."

"What happened to Rumei?"

"Rumei was taken away by the extra-high school just now, and she was said to be a gangster."

"What did you say?" Minglou turned pale with shock.

Here, Xiao Luo came to Uncle Li at the fastest speed, and without taking a breath, he said anxiously: "Xu Rumei has been arrested, let us retreat quickly."

Uncle Li was shocked: "What's going on? Tell me carefully."

"Yes." Xiao Luo nodded, and relayed to Uncle Li verbatim what Xu Rumei said just now.

"You said she went in by herself?" Uncle Li asked in surprise.

"Yes, she also said that she has a way to escape." Ronaldinho replied affirmatively.

Uncle Li pondered for a moment, and immediately decided to retreat. "Notify all comrades and retreat immediately."

At this time Mingtai rushed out from the back room, and asked Uncle Li angrily: "You are going to retreat, don't you care about it?"

"We must retreat first to ensure the safety of most of our comrades." Uncle Li said without rebuttal.

"Okay, so it turns out that this is how you treat your comrades, be wise and protect yourself. If you don't save her, I'll go." After Mingtai finished speaking, he rushed outside.

"Stop." Uncle Li stopped Mingtai: "You go? Are you going to die? Not to mention the strict security of the special high school, but your own injury is still not healed, can you save people?"

"If you can't save it, you have to save it. I have already lost Manli, and I can't lose Rumei again." Mingtai said with red eyes.

"Nonsense, you go back, we will definitely not leave our comrades alone, I will find a way to save Xu Rumei, but the top priority now is to retreat quickly, otherwise the Japanese will all die when they come."

Mingtai also knew that he was impulsive this time, lowered his head, and said stubbornly: "I believe that Rumei will never rebel."

"I also believe in my comrades." Uncle Li said firmly.

Fujita Yoshimasa sat in the office with a gloomy face, and Takagi who stood aside said, "Mr. Fujita, Xu Rumei has been arrested."

"Then let's go to trial." Fujita Yoshimasa said without hesitation: "Just try not to use torture."

"Why? If you don't use torture, I'm afraid there won't be anything in the trial." Takagi asked puzzled.

Fujita Yoshimasa sighed, closed his eyes, and compromised: "My bottom line is, she can't die."

In the torture room of the Special Higher Class, Xu Rumei calmly said to Gao Mu: "You don't have to interrogate me, and you don't have to torture me. I won't say anything. I want to see Fujita Yoshimasa."

"Chairman Fujita, is it something you can say to see?" Takagi said.

"Go and tell him, I want to see him, and he will come to see me. Except for Fujita Yoshimasa, I will not tell anyone anything you want to know."

Takagi hesitated for a moment, but decided to go to Fujita Yoshimasa, and ordered his subordinates: "Look at her, don't torture her, I'll go to Chief Fujita."

Xu Rumei lowered her head slightly, her mind was spinning rapidly.She cannot be tortured, she must maintain absolute sobriety, so that she can analyze calmly and negotiate with Fujita to obtain the maximum benefit.

When Fujita Yoshimasa walked into the interrogation room, he saw Xu Ru sitting in front of the only table in the room with straight eyebrows, his head slightly lowered, very calm, like a calm lake without waves.Looking at her profile, Fujita's heart softened suddenly.She is really like her mother, but she is not. She is not as gentle as her mother, but she has more fortitude that her mother does not have.

"Listen to them, you want to see me." Fujita Yoshimasa said.

Xu Rumei didn't raise her head, nor did she speak, but her body seemed to be shaken.

Fujita Yoshimasa went to sit opposite her and sat down, not minding her indifference: "What do you want to say, just say it." Fujita Yoshimasa knew that she came to him not just to explain to him about the gangsters, but even her He didn't want to explain at all, but he came anyway, he wanted to see her.

Xu Ru raised his eyebrows, looked at Yoshimasa Fujita carefully, and said in a cold voice, "I just want to see you, to see if you look like my mother?"

"Then do we resemble?"

"Not like. My mother is so gentle and kind, but you are so cruel and cruel. How can you be alike?"

"But we are very similar, especially the eyes, they look exactly the same."

"But what comes out of the eyes is different."

"She betrayed the empire." Fujita Yoshimasa suddenly raised his voice.

"But she was true to her heart, her love!"

"Love?" Fujita Yoshimasa snorted coldly: "When she came to China with your father, I told her that there would be a war between China and Japan. As long as she was in Japan, I could protect her safety. But she didn't listen to me Advice, insist on following your father to China."

"So what?" Xu Ru stared at Yoshimasa Fujita and asked coldly.

"So, everything is her own fault!" Fujita Yoshimasa was furious.

But Xu Rumei calmed down, still lowered her head, and her voice became softer: "My mother said that Japan has long since lost her concern, except for her brother. My mother has always told me that her brother will Forgive her."

Fujita Yoshimasa's heart suddenly softened, his eyes were reddish, and he closed his eyes sadly.The next moment, he took out two rental contracts and put them on the table, and his voice calmed down: "Explain this."

Xu Rumei looked up at the two rental contracts, her heart skipped a beat.These are the two houses that were rented when the assassination of Yoko Nanada was carried out.It’s just that when I was renting a house, I met Mingtai, and because I didn’t have enough money, I borrowed some money from Mingtai, but Mingtai half-coaxed and half-robbed the rental contract. I didn't care, I didn't expect it to be because of this exposure.Xu Rumei scolded Mingtai in her heart.

"I have nothing to explain, as you can see." Xu Rumei's voice was cold.

"Why, the blood of the empire flows in your body, you are half Japanese." Fujita Yoshimasa roared.

"No, I'm Chinese. I was born here, grew up here, raised here, and taught here. I am an upright Chinese!" Xu Rumei said with a heavy and firm voice.

"Chinese?" Fujita Yoshimasa snorted coldly: "Then why are you looking for me today?"

"I just want to meet my uncle." A line of tears rolled down Xu Rumei's cheeks.

Fujita Yoshimasa saw that his heart, which had been frozen just now, softened again. After all, they are still blood relatives!

"My mother told me before she died that my uncle is the best soldier and he will definitely come to China. If he comes to Shanghai and asks me to find him, he will definitely protect me."

"Did she really say that?" Yoshimasa Fujita's voice was choked with imperceptible sobs: "Then why didn't you come to me?"

Xu Rumei nodded and wept. "When you came to Shanghai, I thought you would come to me, but you didn't, never did."

"I'm still angry with your mother, so I don't want to see you. But even so, I have been protecting your Xu family and letting the Xu family survive this troubled world. If you don't participate, your Xu family will It will always be safe and sound.”

"My grandpa and I both know that our Xu family has not been invaded by the Japanese all these years, it's all because of you."

"Then why are you still fighting me?"

"I am not fighting against you, but against Japan, against the invaders who invaded our country!"

"But I'm your uncle, and I won't hurt you."

"But now you won't let me go."

"As long as you say what I want, I can act as if nothing happened."

"really?"

"Believe me, if you die, I will have no face to face your mother."

"Is my grandpa okay?"

"I didn't make it difficult for him, but you should know that he is very sad."

"I want to live, for my grandfather." After saying this, Xu Rumei lay down on the table and cried bitterly.

Afterwards, Xu Rumei was arranged in a separate room, which was not luxurious, but very clean.Xu Ru's brows were touched a little, for the sake of his mother, in fact, he is really the only relative of her mother!

The next day, Fujita Yoshimasa came to Xu Rumei angrily: "You lied to me? There is no one in the place you mentioned!"

"I didn't lie to you, maybe they already knew that I was arrested, so they chose to evacuate." Xu Rumei sat calmly by the bed, but her eyes were a little sad.

Fujita Yoshimasa took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down: "Will they come to rescue you?"

"No." Xu Rumei replied affirmatively.

"Why? Didn't you say never give up or give up?"

"But if I betray, they will definitely have someone guarding nearby. If your people go, they will know that I have betrayed. So instead of saving me, they will kill me instead." Xu Rumei sneered sneering at herself.

"Then do you know other contact points?" Fujita Yoshimasa asked unwillingly.

"I don't know, I only know there, we have always had a one-way connection."

"Really?"

"At this point, I don't need to lie to you."

Fujita Yoshimasa looked at Xu Rumei carefully, but found no flaws, finally heaved a long sigh, turned and left.

The next day, Xu Rumei was sent back to the Xu residence.

It has been several days since I came back to Xu's mansion, but Xu Rumei locked herself in the room all the time, neither crying nor making noise, nor laughing, eating and sleeping on time, but seeing no one, like a walking dead.

"Rumei, everything is over." Xu Zhiqiu said through the door.

Xu Rumei was lying on the bed, looking at the ceiling, her eyelashes moved slightly, but she didn't speak.

That night, Xu Rumei came to Ming's house.

When Mingfu saw Xu Rumei, she couldn't stop crying, Xu Rumei was no longer lively and radiant in the past, but now she is haggard and weak, as if she would fall down when the wind blows.

"I'm fine, I'm still alive, that's fine." Xu Rumei said in a low tone with a sad expression.

"I go to your house every day, I want to see you, but why don't you see me?"

"Sorry, I want to be alone."

Mingfu hugged Xu Rumei and burst into tears.

"I want to meet Brother Minglou." After Mingfu calmed down, Xu Rumei said.

Mingfu wiped away her tears and said, "He's in the study, do you want me to take you there?"

"No need, I want to go by myself." Xu Rumei refused.

Mingfu nodded and didn't insist anymore.

Standing in front of the window, Minglou recalled the past between him and Wang Manchun, the love that was once beautiful but fruitless, there were too many things between the two of them, national enmity, family enmity, destined to go different ways!

Xu Rumei knocked on Minglou's study, looked at Minglou's Xiao Suo's back, and after a long time, said softly: "I heard that Wang Manchun is dead."

Minglou turned his head abruptly, and looked at Xu Rumei in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Come to report to you." Xu Rumei replied in a deep voice.

"Reporting work, you shouldn't be looking for me." Minglou said in a cold tone.

"But I can't find my superior right now." Xu Rumei looked straight into Minglou's eyes, sincere, firm, without fear or apology.

Minglou looked at Xu Rumei carefully, and finally said after a long time, "Okay, but I want to hear the whole truth."

Xu Rumei walked to the table and poured herself a glass of red wine. There was only one glass, which was obviously used by Ming Lou, but Xu Rumei didn't mind, and took a sip.She cast her empty gaze out the window, not knowing what she was looking at.He raised his hand and drank all the wine in the glass.

"Our Xu family is in the medical business and has practiced medicine for generations. My father went to Japan to study in the early years. He went to study medicine in name, but in fact he went to the military school behind my grandfather's back. He and Fujita Yoshimasa were classmates. , I was invited to visit Fujita’s house once, and I met my mother. My mother is not the direct daughter of the Fujita family, she was raised by an outhouse, and was brought back to the Fujita house after the outhouse died. Fujita Fangzheng is my mother's eldest brother. At that time, my mother was young and of low status, my aunt was strict, and my father was not particularly fond of him, so my mother's childhood life was very difficult. Fortunately, there was another elder brother who was kind , taking care of her from time to time, so that she grew up safely to adulthood. My father was attracted by my mother's beauty, gentleness, and a touch of sadness, so he pursued him crazily, and fell in love with my mother naturally. And my mother didn't care about Fujita Fang Dissuaded by the government, I returned to China with my father. Later, when Japan invaded China, my father resolutely went to the battlefield and died for the country. My mother was ill and died soon after. Safe, dare not speak out, only announced that my father contracted a serious illness suddenly, and my mother passed away due to excessive depression.”

Minglou listened quietly without interrupting Xu Rumei. He knew that although Xu Rumei was calm on the surface, the inside was full of waves. All this was just the calm before the storm!

"In the same year, I joined the party, but I didn't dare to report this matter to the organization because I was afraid that I would not be accepted by the organization because of my mother's status." Xu Rumei took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued. : "Since Yoshimasa Fujita came to Shanghai, we have not met or contacted each other. This time, I was arrested because I rented two houses on Scott Road when I assassinated Yoko Minami last time. The contract was with Mingtai, and somehow it was discovered by the special high school, so I was exposed."

Minglou's heart skipped a beat when he heard it, Xu Rumei didn't know why, but he knew that the lone wolf at home was still moving.

Minglou asked: "I heard from Uncle Li that you could have escaped at that time."

"Yes, but my grandfather is still at home, he's getting old...and..." Xu Rumei's voice has ups and downs, and it's no longer as calm as it was at the beginning.

"The other thing is that you want to take a gamble. Because of your mother, you don't hate Fujita Yoshimasa like other Japanese people. You have a little affection and fantasy for him. It is because of this that you decide to take a desperate gamble. One, isn't it?" Ming Lou asked sharply, for some reason, Ming Lou suddenly became very angry.

"Yes!" Xu Rumei was finally pushed to the brink of collapse by Minglou's series of questioning, and cried, "I just took a gamble, and I won, didn't I? I succeeded! I'm still alive, intact, Our organization has not suffered any damage, which is a good result, isn't it?"

"It's very good, but what if the result is not as good as you expected? What if Fujita Yoshimasa didn't feel sympathy for you? What if Fujita Yoshimasa found out that what you told them was an abandoned contact What if I kill you in a fit of rage?"

"Since there is no way to retreat, then there is no need to retreat. Go all out, fight to the death, and live after death. Why not take a gamble?"

"Okay, great! Then why are you sad? Everything is perfect."

"I'm just sorry for my mother. Fujita Yoshimasa is her last relative in this world. If she knows that I have used and deceived her elder brother in this way, will she blame me? And Fujita Yoshimasa, I really didn't expect , he will just let me go, in fact, he is really good to me!" Xu Rumei couldn't help crying anymore.

Minglou couldn't bear it, walked over and hugged her.

Xu Rumei leaned against Minglou's arms, feeling Minglou's warm body, and wept loudly.

After Xu Rumei left, Mingcheng walked in.

Minglou rubbed his eyebrows wearily, and asked, "Did you hear that?"

"Yes." Mingcheng replied simply.

"Do you think it's believable?"

"I think it's believable."

"I would also like to believe her, but just to be on the safe side, let's check."

"Yes."