Chapter Seventy-Five: Refusal
"Why?" Throwing a bag full of medicines on the sofa, Tang Cheng, who returned to his residence, asked coldly to Zhou Hongxiang, who was playing chess with Zhang Jianghe. "I just remembered now, those men in black I met last night should all be known to you, right? Don't tell me you don't know anything. On the way back to his residence, the faces of the men in black appeared in Tang Cheng's mind from time to time last night, especially the man in black who was the leader, and the expression after his sleeves were cut with an arc knife was still fresh in his memory.
The reaction and expression of the man who was the leader last night, Tang Cheng at that time thought that it was his own knife that made the other party timid, but in retrospect, the other party's fluttering eyes at that time did not seem to be looking at himself, but at Zhou Hongxiang, who was protected by himself. Thinking of Zhang Jianghe's analysis again, Tang Cheng, who drove back, was immediately angry, so at this moment, he ignored Zhou Hong's makeup in person.
In the face of Tang Cheng's questioning, Zhou Hongxiang, who was accompanying Zhang Jiang and playing chess, did not react at first, but after Tang Cheng asked the second paragraph, Zhou Hongxiang's heart flashed, and his heart said that he had found out. Zhou Hongxiang, who didn't know how to deal with it at the moment, had to lower her head and not speak, pinching the corners of her clothes with both hands and rubbing them, trying to use this weak appearance to let Zhang Jianghe, who was present, help her out of the siege.
It's just that Zhang Jianghe's reaction greatly surprised Zhou Hongxiang's expectations, and without waiting for Tang Cheng to look over, Zhang Jianghe got up from the sofa and stood up, and then went upstairs without looking back. "Alright, it's just the two of us here, what the hell was last night, you can give me an answer now, right?" Tang Cheng's voice carried a hint of anger, Tang Cheng actually didn't resent Zhou Hongxiang for lying to protect himself or testing himself, but the kind of method used by the other party last night was too dangerous, and if he was not careful, he might attract the attention of the concession gangsters.
In the face of Tang Cheng's questioning again, Zhou Hongxiang was completely confused, this situation seemed to be not quite the same as what Uncle Ma said, she didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Seeing that Zhou Hongxiang kept his head down and didn't make a sound, Tang Cheng immediately sat down on the sofa opposite Zhou Hongxiang, and then looked at the other party without blinking, he was waiting for Zhou Hongxiang to confess to him what happened last night.
Zhou Hongxiang, who lowered her head, couldn't hear Tang Cheng's voice, and thought that Tang Cheng who was angry had left, but who expected that she had just raised her head, and she happened to meet Tang Cheng's deep eyes. "Ahh In a panic, Zhou Hongxiang subconsciously leaned back, his head hit the back of the sofa, and under the pain of his voice, he reached out and rubbed the back of his head, and looked at Tang Cheng who was still smiling with wide eyes.
"You... What do you really want? Zhou Hongxiang didn't know which tendon didn't take the right place, it was obvious that Tang Cheng was questioning her, but she changed her appearance just now and bowed her head silently, and then said angrily at Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng, who didn't get an answer and was asked by the other party, had to look at Zhou Hongxiang with some tears and laughter, and secretly muttered in his heart that women are really unreasonable creatures.
"Miss Zhou, it's not what I want to do now, it's you and your people who are setting up a trap for me. I'm really weird, how dare you just ask me so justifiably? Miss Zhou, don't you think you should give me an answer? Tang Cheng took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit one, the feeling of the smoke entering the lung cavity made Tang Cheng soften his expression, but listening to his tone at the moment, the anger obviously did not completely dissipate.
Tang Cheng took the initiative to reconcile his tone and expression, and Zhou Hongxiang continued to stare at Tang Cheng, as if thinking about it slightly, Zhou Hongxiang picked up the phone next to him in Tang Cheng's vision. Zhou Hongxiang's phone call was made to Lao Ma, and this phone number was only known to Zhou Hongxiang, and it was the emergency contact information that Xu Huanshan asked Lao Ma to give her after she secretly left the residence that night to see Lao Ma.
After the phone was connected, it only rang three times, and it was picked up by the person on the other end of the phone, and when he heard a familiar voice ringing in the handle, Zhou Hongxiang's nerves, which had been tense, were finally able to relax a little. The person on the other end of the phone is Lao Ma, there is no news of Zhou Hongxiang for a whole night, and Lao Ma, who has always regarded Zhou Hongxiang as his junior, is very worried, and suddenly receives a call from Zhou Hongxiang at this moment.
"Don't speak, listen to me!" At this moment, Zhou Hongxiang was unusually strong, first spoke to prevent Lao Ma from speaking on the phone, and then used a dialect that Tang Cheng couldn't understand to inform Lao Ma on the other side of the phone. Lao Ma already knew the details of Tang Cheng's uncle and nephew from Xu Huanshankou in advance, but he didn't expect that in just one night, the kid named Tang Cheng had already seen through the arrangements made by the underground party according to Zhou Hongxiang's report, and in the current situation, it was obviously impossible to refuse to talk to Tang Cheng.
"Now, somebody's going to talk to you." Zhou Hongxiang, who had a hint of nervousness in his eyes, handed the phone in his hand to Tang Cheng, who did not take the phone immediately, but first looked at Zhou Hongxiang quietly for a while, and then pouted with a very reluctant look, and reached out to take the phone handed by Zhou Hongxiang. Zhou Hongxiang was angry with Tang Cheng's appearance, but she also knew the stakes, so she had to turn her head and stop looking at Tang Cheng.
"Old friend, I didn't expect to hear your voice in Shanghai!" A slightly familiar voice came from the other end of the phone, but for a moment, Tang Cheng couldn't remember who the owner of this voice was. However, the words old friend and can be in Shanghai gave Tang Cheng a hint, and just when Tang Cheng was secretly thinking about who the other party was, he heard the person on the other end of the phone continue. "Brother Tang, have you forgotten the Red Leaf Bookstore?"
Momiji Bookstore! After the other party said these four words, a face suddenly flashed in Tang Cheng's mind. "Are you Mr. Xu?" Tang Cheng said this with some hesitation, and there was a chuckle on the other end of the phone, which made Tang Cheng even more sure of the other party's identity. "Since it's Mr. Xu, it's really an old friend, but I don't know when Mr. Xu came to Shanghai?" Tang Cheng did not call out the other party's name on the phone, but only called the other party Mr. Xu in general terms.
There was no need for Tang Cheng to hint at anything, Xu Huanshan on the other end of the phone already understood Tang Cheng's intentions, so he only called Tang Cheng Tang Brother in the tone of a businessman on the phone. The two exchanged a few words on the phone, and then made an appointment for the place and time of the meeting, and Tang Cheng hung up the phone. "You stay at home, don't go anywhere, wait for me to come back, let's have a good fight." After explaining Zhou Hong's makeup without a clue, Tang Cheng left the residence and rushed to meet Xu Huanshan.
At this time, it is actually not a good time to meet with the underground party, but Tang Cheng has no choice, Zhou Hongxiang's actions last night are too dangerous, and Tang Cheng needs to know what the purpose of the underground party organization in Shanghai is. The meeting place agreed with Xu Huanshan was a theater, and Tang Cheng just got out of the car, and immediately a man in a short shirt gave Tang Cheng a movie ticket. Tang Cheng remained silent, followed a middle-aged couple into the theater, and looked for it according to the position of the ticket, Xu Huanshan was already sitting next to Tang Cheng.
"I just want to know why you're doing this?" Tang Cheng lowered his voice, not at all close to Xu Huanshantao, but just asked the other party directly. "Shanghai has been very chaotic for a while, especially some gang forces in the concession area, and now they are secretly helping the special high school to do things. Mobilizing so many people on the streets, like last night, is likely to attract the attention of the concession gangs. If they know, it means that the extra high class also knows, and it is dangerous to do so. ”
Tang Cheng said this, how could Xu Huanshan not know that if they followed their original plan last night, they were going to create an incident, and then coerce Tang Cheng to go to their secret base to meet. But they didn't expect that Tang Cheng would directly carry Zhou Hong's makeup and slip away, and when they caught up, they found that they had lost the traces of the two of them. Tang Cheng wanted an explanation, but Xu Huanshan was speechless, and he was a little speechless for a while.
After a slight pause, Xu Huanshan spoke, "There are some things in this, which I can't tell you in detail, in short, you have to believe that we have no ill will towards you." Xu Huanshan's answer made Tang Cheng pout, and said in his heart, "You have the ability to disadvantage me!" I came to you mainly because I needed your help, and last night's incident was only made up to find a chance to meet with you. ”
Xu Huanshan's words made Tang Cheng frown secretly, the underground party begged for help, and it would definitely not be good. Xu Huanshan didn't see Tang Cheng's frowning movements, but just lowered his voice and said to Tang Cheng. "There are traitors within us, and the last time we were besieged by the special high school, it was that the traitors handed the news to the special high school, otherwise they would not have found the stronghold of the Shanghai underground party in the French Concession so accurately."
Xu Huanshan's truthful statement made Tang Cheng's brows furrow even worse, and he said in his heart that this was really an eventful time, not only the traitors in the Shanghai Station of the Intelligence Department, but also the underground party. "Then what do you mean, that traitor who wants me to kill you?" Tang Cheng said his guess, but he didn't want Xu Huanshan to nod lightly.
"That's not right! Don't you underground party have your own anti-traitor team, why do you have to ask me for help? Besides, I have other things to attend to at this time, so I don't necessarily have time to get involved in your affairs. "Tang Cheng won't tell Xu Huanshan about Bai Zhanshan asking for his help, and so far, he hasn't been sure whether that incident is true or false." Mr. Xu, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you much, but I have some trauma medicine in my hand, and I can sell it to you at a discount. ”