The Pretender--Liang Yan Dangshuanggui

Chapter 6 Showdown

Ming Jing came down from upstairs, Ah Xiang was putting breakfast on the dining table.Ming Jing sat down at the dining table, took a sip of milk, and saw the newspaper on the side.As soon as he picked it up and didn't have time to look at it, Ah Cheng walked down the stairs, wearing a tie while walking down.

"Good morning, sister."

"Good morning." Ming Jing looked at the stairs, "Where's Ming Lou?"

Ah Cheng was picking up the spoon to drink the porridge, when he heard Ming Jing's question, the spoon was put into the bowl again.

"Brother, you were not at home last night."

"Huh? Then where did he go?"

"This," Ah Cheng was thinking about how to say it, but he saw the photo and headline in the morning paper at a glance.

Ming Jing followed his gaze, squinted at him, and spread out the newspaper.

"A certain captain of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai was shot dead, and the activities of anti-Japanese elements were rampant." It is normal.It is also normal to repeat the version, "The economic downturn is caused by government inaction or the general trend."Another version, "The chief executive of the new government will stay overnight in the beautiful woman's apartment, and the Ming and Wang families may marry Qin and Jin".

From the corner of Ah Cheng's eyes, he looked over, and Ming Jing's hands were shaking, thinking whether he was angry or angry.After quickly finishing a bowl of porridge, he picked up his clothes and just stood up.

"Ah Cheng!" Ming Jing said, "Go and bring Minglou back now."

"Sister, I'm going to work soon." Ah Cheng had a bitter face.

Ming Jing thought for a while, then slapped the newspaper on the table, "Tonight, commuting to and from get off work, he is not allowed to go anywhere, let him wait for me at home."

"Hey. Sister, I'm leaving first."

"Go." Ming Jing looked at the photos in the newspaper, Ming Lou and a woman hugged each other very intimately, and walked into an apartment.She remembered the news she heard from other people a few days ago, and then looked at this photo, the woman looked very similar to Wang Manchun.She picked up the chopsticks, put them down again, and sighed.She remembered that at the flour mill that day, at the moment Wang Manchun died, Minglou was standing next to her corpse, motionless, just watching, her eyes were a little red, full of sadness and guilt.Only then did she understand how much Minglou loved Wang Manchun.She also remembered that when she was injured, Minglou occasionally kept watch for her in the hospital, sometimes she couldn't sleep well in the middle of the night, and woke up calling Wang Manchun's name.Thinking of Wang Manchun's determination again, I hated this woman so much, but liked her courage to pursue love.

When she came back to her senses, the breakfast in front of her was a little cold.She also lost her appetite, so she went upstairs, changed her clothes and prepared to go to the company.

When Wang Manchun woke up, Minglou was no longer on the sofa, and the quilt he found for him last night was casually thrown aside.She got up and tied her hair, and folded the quilt.When she finished washing and was about to change clothes, Ming Lou pushed the door open and entered.At that time, Wang Manchun's nightgown just reached the bare shoulder position.

Wang Manchun glanced at him, put on his nightgown again, "I thought you had already left."

Minglou coughed at the door and turned his head, "Well, Ah Cheng bought breakfast." He glanced at Wang Manchun, "I'll go out first, you change your clothes first."

Ah Cheng was setting the table and chopsticks when he saw Minglou coming out, "Elder sister has been asking you where you were last night since morning?"

"Miss, have you seen the newspaper?"

"I didn't see it at first, but after I took a few glances, she saw it."

Ming Lou sat on a chair and looked at the breakfast, "For three, you came out without breakfast?"

Ah Cheng picked up the bowl and chopsticks, "I thought the news would come out tomorrow, but who would have thought that I would let the elder sister know today." He took a bite of the sandwich, "I just drank a bowl of porridge and ran out."

"No promise."

"The eldest sister said, get off work tonight, go home directly, and wait to be summoned."

This time it was Minglou's turn to be stunned, "I expected that the tabloids would have this effect only if there were a few more copies."

Wang Manchun came out of the bedroom wearing a willow-green cheongsam. Hearing Minglou's words, he said directly: "You three brothers from the Ming family, seeing Mingjing is like a mouse seeing a cat. What's the matter?"

"Manchun, you can't hide this matter from my eldest sister, you..."

"Minglou," Wang Manchun interrupted him, "if I go, do you think there is room for negotiation on this matter?"

The harmony that I tried to maintain seemed to be cracked, and all the deceit and lies at the beginning seemed to be visible at a glance.

Minglou remained silent.

Minglou lived in the darkness, and never felt that a day passed as quickly as today.

In the morning, the editor-in-chief of the Wang Manchun newspaper specially called to thank him for his editorial; It's off-duty time.

Back home, Ming Jing was already sitting in the living room with a dark face.

Ming Lou handed the things to Ah Cheng, and heard Ming Jing say: "Follow me to the small ancestral hall." His tone was quite calm.

Once the door of the small ancestral hall is closed, it seems to have entered another small world.

Ming Jing sat on a chair, seeing Ming Lou kneeling on the cushion spontaneously, but didn't know how to speak.She thought a lot today, thinking of that once beautiful woman, of the 16-year-old Wang Manchun who was drenched in the rain all day in front of Ming's house, for some reason, it seemed that after a person died, what she remembered was those benefits that were more important. clearer.

Mingjing put the newspaper in front of Minglou, "I want to know what you say about this matter."

Before going home, Minglou thought of countless excuses and made up countless reasons, but when the words came to his lips, there was only one sentence left: "I want to marry her."

silence.Ming Jing looked at this younger brother who had taken responsibility too early, who would give everything for this family. He didn't know when the end of the road he was walking, and when he would see the light.He carried too many things on his shoulders.

"Must it be her?"

"It must be her."

Again there was silence.Ming Jing's heart was full of twists and turns. She knew that if she objected this time, Minglou would not marry this woman.But Ming Lou, I am afraid that he will be single for the rest of his life.She wants to compromise.

"Then find a convenient day and bring her back to meet me."

Minglou heard these words, looked up at Mingjing, and showed a very happy smile.Ming Jing knew that he was really happy.

Minglou suddenly kowtowed to the ranking on the table, then turned to look at Mingjing.

Ming Jing was puzzled, "What are you doing?"

"The unworthy descendant Minglou, please ask the ancestors of the Ming family."

"Why? I didn't just..." Ming Jing suddenly realized that there might be something wrong with the lady she let go of just now.

Minglou took out an envelope from his pocket, "After reading this, you will understand."

Ming Jing took it, a very thick one, with nothing written on the envelope.When it was disassembled, it turned out to be a photo of Wang Manchun wearing a military uniform.Looking down, it was Wang Manchun's resume before joining No. 76.Turning over one by one, they are all written with the words 'Top Secret'.The last one was the telegram from the previous two days that Ming Lou asked Ah Cheng to copy again.He knew it was dangerous to do so, but he had to.

Ming Jing's hands holding the documents were trembling, "What do you mean?!"

Ming Lou took the materials from Ming Jing, took out a small porcelain basin in the drawer, and started to light the last one.

"Are you telling me again that Wang Manchun is innocent and we failed her?" Ming Jing suddenly stood up from his chair, seeing that Minglou did not speak, "Are you crazy? Wang Manchun is dead, you Don't you want to get married, don't you want your wife to come in and be Wang Manchun's substitute?"

Ming Jing walked over and over in the small space, looked at Minglou where the materials were being burned, and suddenly asked, "Who are you going to marry?"

Just as Minglou burned the photo of the military uniform, his hands froze.He put down the matches in his hand.

"Her name is Wang Zuiqiu. In the past, she was called Wang Manchun."

Ming Jing suddenly understood what Minglou's kowtow was for.The words left by the father will be broken after all.Ming Jing suppressed his anger, "What if I don't agree?"

"Sister, this is my task."

"Do you dare to say that you didn't really marry her?"

"I really want to marry her."

Minglou answered bluntly, but Mingjing didn't know what to say about him.

Minglou lowered his head and knelt there like that, "Man Chun and I met when we were young. When I went to Paris that year, whether it was for my family or the Communist International, I had to leave and I had to leave her here. When I come back, I will use her, deceive her, and send her..." Minglou's voice suddenly became hoarse, "and send her to a dead end. Because I can't bet on Mingtai's life, I can only send her to Die." He was silent for a long time, as if waiting for the sadness in his heart to pass, he straightened his back and looked up at the mirror, "Eldest sister, such a task is what I wish for."

Holding the unburned photo in his hand, Ming Lou knelt there upright, facing the ancestors of the Ming family.Ming Jing sat there looking at him, she didn't know Ming Lou's forbearance and helplessness.

"After that year, did you blame me?"

"Minglou dare not."

"That means complaining." Ming Jing sighed deeply, "I never thought that you and Wang Manchun would get to where they are today." She seemed to be thinking of that determined woman.

"Minglou, as a member of the Ming family, has never forgotten it. It's just that in such a world, our love is so innocent." Minglou tried his best to speak in his normal voice, "Sister, I have never been on this road before. I have never regretted it. I have never regretted everything I have done for this road. I, Minglou, feel worthy of being a Chinese and a patriot. But..."

Minglou seemed to be deliberating. He wanted to say that he was ashamed of his family and Wang Manchun, but when the words came to his lips, he became, "I knew she was still alive, so I decided to pay her the rest of my life."

Ding Jing was silent after listening.

After a long silence, Ming Jing took down the whip from the wall, came behind Minglou, and whipped him three times, as if using all the strength in his body, and shed tears after beating.Then he knelt beside Minglou, "The unfilial daughter Mingjing pleaded guilty to the ancestors of the Ming family."

Minglou was beside her, and finally shed a tear.

After kneeling for half an hour, Ming Jing stood up and said to Minglou, "You go out first." After Minglou stood up, she continued, "Another day, bring her to see me. Go and call Ah Cheng in." .”

When Ming Lou went downstairs, he saw Ah Cheng coming up to meet him. Ming Lou waved at him, "Eldest Sister let you go."

After all, he lifted his foot and walked to the study.

When Ah Cheng walked to the small ancestral hall, Ming Jing's eyes were still red.He called big sister, turned around and closed the door.

"How much do you know about these things?"

"Miss Manchun," Ah Cheng thought for a moment, "I was the one who was ordered to save her."

"You know about marriage?"

"Yes."

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Ming Lou sat in his study, looking at the photo in his hand.The whole of Shanghai didn't know what Wang Manchun looked like back then. What they remembered was the femme fatale Director Wang, not the real Wang Manchun.

In the photo, she stood in a standard military posture, with her head raised slightly, exuding a sense of arrogance, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised, just because she was standing opposite him at that time.He almost forgot what Man Chun looked like, that she had also been trained in a military academy, and she had a military spirit in her bones.I almost forgot the aura of that high-spirited girl in the military academy who wanted to point out the country, and I almost forgot her pair of bright eyes back then.

After a long time, Ah Cheng opened the door and came in, holding medicine and a change of clothes.

With three whips, the back of Minglou's suit is already in disrepair.

After finishing the medicine, Ming Lou called Ah Cheng to stop: "Why did you tell the elder sister?"

Ah Cheng was holding something in his hand and didn't put it down. He lowered his head and thought for a while, "I told my eldest sister that in the whole of Shanghai, I am the only one who is going with you now. When you get married, there will be more one."

Yes, Man Chun is their fellow traveler.

Ming Lou rubbed his forehead and sighed: "We are forcing Eldest Sister."

Ah Cheng was speechless, stood there for a while, and finally said, "Elder Sister knows about us."

Ming Lou waved his hand to let Ah Cheng go out, feeling that he was extremely tired, he took out the ashtray in the drawer, looked at the photo in his hand again, lit it, and looked at the corner of the lightly raised mouth in the ashtray, becoming ashes.