Pulling the sleeve of Ye Weizhou's right hand twice, it was Zhong Guican, who was sitting next to her.

Ye Weizhou was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head slightly towards the little girl who was slightly shorter than her, and asked her softly, "What's wrong?"

Zhong Guican's originally paper-white face turned a little red. She reached out and gestured with a small gesture to the plate of walnut rolls furthest away from her. After pointing out, she raised her eyes to look at Ye Weizhou, and her apricot eyes were full of expectation.

Ye Weizhou immediately understood what the little girl meant.

The little girl was shy, and her favorite dishes were too far apart, maybe she was going to look for her brother, but the brother seemed to be talking about important things, not as if he could be disturbed casually. Therefore, the little girl plucked up her courage and pulled Ye Weizhou's sleeve.

After figuring it out, Ye Weizhou chuckled: "I'll help you." ”

Her arms were slender and she leaned forward slightly to catch the plate of walnut rolls. Ye Weizhou picked up the rice bowl in front of Zhong Guican with one hand and added two chopsticks to it.

Zhong Guican, who took the bowl, was full of joy in his eyes.

Ye Weizhou came to her again and said softly, "If you still want to eat, come and call me." Don't be embarrassed, got it?"

Zhong Guican blushed slightly and nodded.

Zhong An, who was sitting next to him, could naturally hear Ye Weizhou's voice. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of his sister's expression, and he was a little surprised in his heart, because of this, he almost lost his mind in the conversation with Ye Xiaozong.

By the time we had dinner, it was already dark outside.

Zhong An said goodbye to Ye Xiaozong and said some polite words. His gaze drifted over Ye Weizhou, who was concentrating on drinking tea next to him, but he didn't stay long.

On the way back to Zhong's house, the lights on both sides of the wide road were bright, and shadows and lights were intertwined, projecting into the interior of the car, reflecting the faces of people in mottled colors.

Zhong An drove the car unhurriedly, and when he turned out of Jing'an Temple Road, he suddenly said: "Like that Miss Ye?"

The question was Zhong Guican, who was holding his beloved doll in the back seat.

After listening to the question, Zhong Guican didn't hesitate much, said "um" softly, paused, and added two more words: "I like it." ”

She doesn't like to talk, I don't know if it's a good dinner today, or for some other reason, she is willing to speak. In this regard, Zhong An seemed a little surprised, but he didn't seem too surprised.

Zhong Guican's voice is naturally soft and clear, but the volume is very light and the tone is low. However, at night, the streets were empty, and there were no loud people, so Zhong Yen could hear her answer clearly.

After a pause, he suddenly smiled.

Zhong Guican didn't understand this smile, and always felt that it was different from the smile he had seen other people in the past. She tilted her head and looked at her brother who was driving in front of her.

Zhong An didn't say anything more.

——

Ye Weizhou wrote down the name of the newspaper "Sherlock Holmes" that Zhong An told her, and the next day she passed by the newsstand and paid for the latest one. It's a pity that she was about to turn over the paper, and she didn't find an article signed by "Liang Pingzhang".

Ye Weizhou couldn't help but suspect that Zhong An was bluffing her.

After getting off work, as soon as Ye Weizhou went back, he made a phone call to Zhao's house and asked thoughtfully: "I heard that Mr. Liang left the customs and went to the newspaper office, I don't know which one he went to?"

Zhao Ronghe on the other end told her: "It's "Sherlock Holmes". ”

Zhao Ronghe just woke up from a nap and was still a little sleepy. She leaned back on the sofa, yawned lazily, and asked again: "Didn't Mr. Zhong go to Ye's house last night, didn't he tell you?"

Regarding this point, Ye Weizhou really didn't know how to answer.

Zhao Ronghe teased her: "I heard that Mr. Zhong just arrived in Shanghai the night before yesterday, and the first person to go was your house, and even the shipping company didn't matter so much." He said that he brought his sister to visit, thank you for your concern, I don't think it's that simple. ”

Ye Weizhou cleared his throat: "He...... He came to see my grandfather. ”

Without leaving a gap for conversation, Ye Weizhou quickly changed the topic: "By the way, Lotus Lotus, I bought a copy of "Sherlock Holmes" today, but I didn't find Mr. Liang's name. Is it because his article didn't get published?"

"Yes," replied Zhao, "but he used a pen name." ”

"I remember that in the past, Mr. Liang didn't seem to like to use a pen name, saying that the husband was well-behaved and didn't need to hide it. ”

"This is my idea," Zhao Ronghe sighed, "Pingzhang's temperament has indeed always been to use his real name, but I heard that some people who write articles will be arrested, and some will even be assassinated, I am very nervous and worried, I am really afraid that Pingzhang will also have an accident, so I must ask him to write under a pen name." ”

Ye Weizhou suddenly realized.

It was also a pen name that was finalized the day before I went to the newspaper. Replaced the word in the middle of Zhou Dunyi's article "Ai Lian Said" with my name. ”

Hearing this, Ye Weizhou couldn't help laughing: "Aihe said! Lotus lotus, Mr. Liang's pen name is all about you." ”

Zhao Ronghe laughed proudly twice.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Weizhou quickly found an article written under the signature "Aihe Said", which was a critical article on the increase in customs tax rates and rampant smuggling.

The article reads: "If you don't do anything, you will be presumptuous." For example, opium smuggling. On the one hand, the authorities have already legalized such trade, and on the other hand, if opium is seized by customs, it must go to the anti-smoking bureau. In its name, the anti-smoking bureau is in fact selling opium itself. ”

The article also reads: "Those in power are constantly raising tariff rates in order to protect the domestic economy. Those who do business must seek profits, and once the tax rate is high, there is almost no profit to be sought after the goods have passed the customs, and escaping from high taxes by smuggling and concealing reports has become a way out. Opium, which should have been banned, was rampant, and anti-smuggling activities focused more on bulk commodities such as sugar, cotton, rayon, and salt. The General Department of Taxation collects the fines imposed by the customs at each port and the confiscated goods are auctioned. ”

Ye Weizhou finished reading it, and his thoughts were still stuck between the words.

With her head down, she read the article carefully from beginning to end.

"Sherlock Holmes" pays attention to news reporting, and is widely sought after for exposing shady scenes from all walks of life, and the newspapers also publish novels and other social novels, and most of the writers are first-class in the north and south. Therefore, in Shanghai, "Sherlock Holmes" sold very well, and together with three other tabloids of a similar nature, it was called the "Four King Kongs".

Ye Weizhou believes that Liang Pingzhang is suitable for writing articles in this newspaper. He writes articles like he is a man, he looks gentle and gentle, but in big things, he is serious and never ambiguous.

Later, Liang Pingzhang's continuous publication of articles also verified Ye Weizhou's "thought".

——

Entering April, the days passed a little flat.

On 10 April, Chairman Chiang announced to his generals in Nanchang that "anti-Japanese resistance must first be carried out against bandits." The weather in Shanghai was a little warmer, and the Jiangxi Customs was busy as usual.

Sun Shuli, who was at the next table, was halfway busy, stretched out on the chair, and smiled at Ye Weizhou: "There haven't been any special events at the customs recently, and it's not interesting for a while." ”

Ye Weizhou didn't raise his head, he only chuckled when he heard this, and replied: "It's a good thing that nothing big happened." ”

Sun Shuli answered "yes" half-seriously and half-jokingly. His fingers tapped on the table again and again, and after a while, he suddenly lowered his voice again, leaned over and asked, "By the way, Weizhou, have you watched Sherlock Holmes lately?"

Out of intuition, Ye Weizhou did not reply immediately, and maintained the posture of filling out the report carefully.

Sun Shuli didn't care about it and continued: "Recently, the customs has issued a clear order that you should read less of this kind of tabloids, so you can't see a copy of "Sherlock Holmes" in all the customs offices. But I've read a few of them at home, and the articles are really well written, especially the 'Aihe Theory', which has written a lot of inside information, even if we are customs officers in the customs, we don't know anything. But he dared to speak. ”

Ye Weizhou was still silent.

Sun Shuli sighed: "I don't know who wrote it, I always think, if I didn't really spend some time in the customs, who would have been able to write such an article?"

Ye Weizhou could feel a line of sight, cast from Sun Shuli next to him, and shot straight at her, with some scrutiny.

She finally raised her head from between the reports and looked to the side quietly: "Since the top said to see less, then look less." I'm also planning to be promoted to assistant this year, but are you going to harm me?"

Sun Shuli stroked his palms and laughed three times.

He nodded: "Yes, that's right." I can't hurt you. ”

Ye Weizhou continued to process the report in front of him, but he had some bad premonitions in his heart.

In the afternoon of the same day, Ye Weizhou was still the last to pack up and leave. She had just left the office of the Taxation Division when she saw Zhao Tianqing walking towards her.

At first, Ye Weizhou didn't see his expression, and only smiled and shouted at him.

Zhao Tianqing seemed to have something on her mind, frowned, and didn't respond to her. Ye Weizhou put away his smiling face, and waited until Zhao Tianqing got closer before he asked him, "What's wrong?

Zhao Tianqing's expression was not very good-looking, and he didn't reply.

Seeing him like this, Ye Weizhou couldn't help but get nervous: "What's wrong?"

She asked tentatively: "Could it be that something happened to your laboratory and appraisal department? Is it because you often take leave, so they are ready to fire you? In fact, dismissal is dismissal, there is no big problem, with your ability, it is not difficult to find a better paying position in other places, why don't you go to an oil company?"

Zhao Tianqing still didn't react.

"It doesn't seem to be the reason," Ye Weizhou thought for a moment, "Or ...... Are you bothered by current events? Is that the chairman's speech?"

Zhao Tianqing shook his head slowly.

He took a step closer to Ye Weizhou and lowered his voice: "...... Weizhou, do you know the Saito Kaisha in Japan?"

Ye Weizhou nodded: "What's wrong with Saito Club?"

"Today, three of us went to inspect the goods together," Zhao Tianqing's expression was very painful, "the inspection is a merchant ship of Saito Kaisha......"

Listening to Zhao Tianqing's soft voice, Ye Weizhou's pupils slowly dilated, revealing a look of disbelief.