This time, the phone call between Chen Lei and the old party took less than a minute, and they had a clear and unambiguous exchange in the form of "code words".

After hanging up the phone, Chen Lei first stood in the public phone booth on Xiafei Road, observed the surrounding situation, and found that no one paid attention to his existence, so he quickly pushed open the door of the public phone booth and walked away quickly.

Xiafei Road is a relatively prosperous commercial street in the French Concession, with various western restaurants and cafes on both sides of the street, and foreigners with blue eyes, yellow hair and white skin can be seen everywhere.

As usual, when Chen Lei was passing by Xiafei Road, he went to a western restaurant called "Lesdon" and ordered an eight-ripe steak and a glass of Bordeaux Red Bull.

Through the memories left in his head, it can be seen that when Chen Lei was asked by Iwai Ichiro why he chose to live in Yong'an Lane on Xiafei Road, he prevaricated on the pretext that he likes to eat Western food.

Originally, Iwai Ichiro wanted to arrange for Chen Lei to live in the Zhabei area of Baoshan Road, and he had already found a two-story house for him, which was also to facilitate Chen Lei to go to work in Iwai Mansion.

However, Chen Lei felt that if he lived in the Zhabei area, which was currently in the occupied area and had already been occupied by the Japanese army, if he wanted to connect with the old side, it would be extremely inconvenient and the risk of exposure would be greatly increased.

After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Lei rented this two-room building in Yong'an Lane on Xiafei Road, although it was a little simple, but it was more comfortable to live in.

Because Chen Lei had such a panic before, in order to hide people's eyes, he had to often go to the Western restaurant on Xiafei Road to eat, he didn't like to eat Western food, so he insisted on eating Western food at least once a day, as a routine, and he was used to it.

Not only does Chen Lei not like to eat Western food, even the so-called Japanese food, he also feels that it tastes like chewing wax, but when he occasionally gathers with Iwai Ichiro, he will basically arrange Japanese restaurants in Shanghai, and he can only barely cope with it.

When the nine-ripe steak and a glass of Bordeaux red wine were served, Chen Lei spent less than three minutes, and after a few bites, he ate the steak and drank the red wine.

After paying, Chen Lei left the Lesden Western restaurant and returned to his residence in Yong'an Lane, where he was ready to sleep well tonight.

Just like when he left his residence more than half an hour ago, after Chen Lei unlocked the door on the first floor, he first checked the ground inside the threshold, as well as the thin layer of incense ash sprinkled on the two window sills facing the bedroom and bathroom on the second floor.

found that there was still no trace on the incense ash, Chen Lei relaxed his whole body, lay on the bed, didn't even take off his clothes, just closed his eyes, and fell asleep in less than five minutes.

Soon, three days have passed!

During these three days, Chen Lei, who was dismissed by the newspaper, spent most of his time in the Iwai Mansion, but before the media went to work in the morning, he went to St. Mary's Hospital in the French Concession to change the dressing for his wounds.

I don't know if Chen Lei's wound is not serious enough, or the effect of the medicine is very good, or his physical fitness is very good, in this short period of three days, his wound has been fine, even if he does some strenuous activities, he rarely feels pain in his chest.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Lei came to the office on the third floor of Building A of Iwai Mansion, with an old knife brand cigarette in his mouth, and he seemed a little preoccupied, which made him a little restless.

Because today is the third day after the phone call with Lao Fang, that is to say, he will report the plot against Wang Tianmu at the No. 76 Agent Headquarters to Deputy Director Dai of the Military Command Bureau today.

However, in the current situation, Chen Lei could not send a report to the military headquarters in Shancheng through the Iwai Mansion, because the cipher code of all the action groups of the Shanghai Tang Military United Front was the same, even the international intelligence group of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command led by Chen Lei.

Whether it is in the Iwai Mansion, or by mail, or through a commercial radio station, Chen Lei feels that the possibility of him exposing his identity will be extremely great, and when the time comes, the special high school and bamboo agency led by the Japanese intelligence chief Tu Feiyuan, as well as the No. 76 agent headquarters led by Ding Mocun and Li Shijun, will definitely try their best to confirm his identity as an agent of the military command, and Iwai Ichiro, who trusts him very much, will definitely turn against him.

After thinking about it for about an hour, Chen Lei finally came up with a brilliant idea, at about half past five in the afternoon, after Chen Lei got off work from Iwai Ichiro, he did not return to his residence in the French Concession, but went directly to the Public Concession.

Chen Lei, who was riding in a rickshaw, got off in front of a Western restaurant on Nanjing Road in the public concession.

After Chen Lei paid the money, he watched the figure of the rickshaw driver disappear into the night and the crowd, and then he turned around, but did not enter the nearby Western restaurant, but continued to walk along Nanjing Road.

After walking for about five minutes, Chen Lei slowed down in front of a clothing store called "Modern Dress" on the side of the road.

Chen Lei, who stopped, first looked around a few times, and then walked into this modern dress, and when he walked in, he saw that the various styles and styles of dresses inside were dazzling.

"Welcome, sir!" A little girl who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, after seeing Chen Lei in a suit and leather shoes walking in, she hurried forward and greeted with a smile on her face.

After nodding slightly, Chen Lei, who had no intention of watching the various dresses on the hanger, immediately asked: "Little girl, are you Boss Liu here?" I made an appointment with him to meet this evening, and asked him to measure it for me, saying that he cut my clothes by himself, and that he was there? ”

When the little girl heard that this person was seeing Boss Liu, she hurriedly said politely: "Sir, please wait a while, our Boss Liu is cutting clothes in the workshop inside, I'll go in and call him out!" ”

After watching the little girl leave bouncing away, Chen Lei couldn't help but sigh: This Lao Liu, a big man, not only makes good clothes, but in less than two years, he is already a well-known tailor in Shanghai. But how did this guy change the clerk so diligently, he didn't come for a week in his memory, and he changed to a female clerk. If you count this little girl, there are not ten female clerks replaced by Lao Liu, but there are eight!

Just as Chen Lei was secretly wondering why Lao Liu was so diligent in replacing the female clerk, and when the female clerk was getting younger and younger, he saw Lao Liu striding towards him, and the little girl was still jumping behind Lao Liu.

"Boss Chen, I haven't seen you for many days, like every three autumns! Just now, I was doing a tricky job in the workshop, and I missed the distance, and I hope that Boss Chen Haihan! Lao Liu walked closer and said to Chen Lei in a half-joking tone.

When Chen Lei, who was waiting to stand in place, heard this, he immediately urged angrily: "Okay, okay, Boss Liu, you don't compliment me." What, I'm also in a hurry to wear the clothes cut by Boss Liu himself. This job of mine should be even more tricky for you. Take me to your workshop and measure it for me, and try to get my clothes ready tomorrow night, and I'll be waiting for them tomorrow night!" ”

So, Chen Lei and this Lao Liu, the two of them talked and laughed and walked into the workshop in the modern dress shop, and Lao Liu also locked the big iron door of the workshop from the inside, which means that no one is allowed to disturb it.