"Take me home?" Ah Xiu thought that she had misheard, and after being stunned for two moments, she asked Chen Lei who was standing in front of her in an incredible tone.

Chen Lei, who was smiling, replied in a faint tone: "Yes, Ah Xiu, the thing this afternoon is to send you home." ”

After listening to Chen Lei's answer, Ah Xiu was very surprised, because before entering the Haokelai bakery, he also said that in the afternoon, let her go with her to do important things.

At that time, Ah Xiu was still a little excited about this, because she secretly felt that Mr. Chen was a person who did big things, and the important things that she took her to do in the afternoon would definitely open her eyes.

As a result, she just walked out of the bakery, but was told that the most important thing this afternoon was to send her home, which was naturally a little unacceptable to her for a while.

Ah Xiu, who was a little annoyed by this, complained with a somewhat unhappy face: "Mr. Chen, on the way here, didn't you want to say that because you have something important to do this afternoon, the lunch you invited me to eat is simple, please eat bread?" Why, as soon as we finished buying bread, we said that the most important thing this afternoon was to take me home? I don't need to be sent home, I can go home myself. ”

Seeing Ah Xiu's angry look, Chen Lei hurriedly reassured: "Ah Xiu, I mean, I'll send you home later, so that you can reunite with your family." You must know that after you start work tomorrow, you will have to live in the office place, and you are not allowed to go home without special circumstances. ”

Hearing Chen Lei say this, Ah Xiu's mood was a little better, and he reluctantly said, "Okay, Mr. Chen, then please send me home." ”

After appeasing Ah Xiu, Chen Lei called two rickshaws, and he and Ah Xiu sat on them separately, and Ah Xiu told the two rickshaw drivers her home address, and then went straight to the slum area of Zhabei in Shanghai.

After about half an hour, he arrived in front of the alley where Ah Xiu's family lived, Chen Lei paid the two rickshaw drivers, and after watching them disappear from his sight, he stood in place and looked around a few times.

What Chen Lei never expected was that although he had only met Ah Xiu three times in the modern dress store opened by Liu Jianren, every time he met, he saw Ah Xiu, a young girl with a delicate appearance, dressed plainly, but all dressed cleanly.

However, the living environment of this slum that Chen Lei saw in front of him can be described in three words, that is: dirty and messy.

If it weren't for sending Ah Xiu here today, for Chen Lei, who usually loves cleanliness, he wouldn't want to stay here for a minute.

After settling down, Chen Lei turned around and asked Ah Xiu who was standing in front of him in an incredible tone: "Ah Xiu, does your family live here?" ”

Ah Xiu, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, was asked by Chen Lei, so he immediately lowered his forehead, nodded slightly, and replied with some shame: "Yes, Mr. Chen, my family lives here." ”

After answering, Ah Xiu paused twice, then slowly raised her head, glanced at Chen Lei standing in front of her twice, and asked with some inferiority: "Mr. Chen, do you know that after I live in the slums of Zhabei area, are you frightened, do you not want to hire me as your secretary?" ”

Seeing Ah Xiu's serious face, Chen Lei didn't have time to think about it, so he replied without thinking: "Ah Xiu, to be honest, I was really scared. However, I have not dispelled the idea of not hiring you. ”

At this time, Chen Lei looked down and looked at the watch on his left hand, and saw that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and he desperately wanted to leave here and go to work alone.

After reading the time on the watch, Chen Lei said goodbye to Ah Xiu and said, "Ah Xiu, I'll go back to help you go through the entry procedures later, and I will send you here if I have work to do in the afternoon." Another day, I'll visit you in person and say hello to your family on my behalf. ”

After saying goodbye, Chen Lei suddenly remembered another thing, and he hurriedly added: "By the way, Ah Xiu, if you can, I will complete the entry procedures for you this afternoon, and you can move to the dormitory of your place of work this evening." If you move here, I can come and pick you up, Ann has a dinner in the evening, and I can take you with you if you want. ”

When Chen Lei finished saying goodbye, Ah Xiu's mood was still very low, and when Chen Lei finished saying the additional words, Ah Xiu's mood was a little happier.

As soon as Chen Lei's words fell, Ah Xiu nodded and agreed, "Okay, Mr. Chen." If I can move to the dormitory where I work this evening, of course I would be very willing. I can't ask for a banquet with Mr. Chen. ”

Speaking of this, Ah Xiu stopped again, thought for a few seconds, changed his head, shook his head, and continued: "However, Mr. Chen, you don't have to pick me up, you can tell me the address of the place of work, and I can go over by myself." ”

Therefore, Chen Lei told Ah Xiu the address of the Special Investigation Office (Iwai Mansion), and told Ah Xiu that he must arrive between five o'clock and half past five o'clock this afternoon, and that there was a guard at the gate, and told the guard that he wanted him, just mention his name, and he would greet the guard in advance.

After the exhortation, Chen Lei said goodbye to Ah Xiu, turned around and left, he walked for more than ten minutes, turned onto a main road, then left the slum, called a rickshaw, and went straight to his home in Yong'an Lane, Feixia Road, French Concession in Shanghai, because when he was a reporter, he participated in many news events in Shanghai to conduct interviews.

When he was a reporter, Chen Lei had a habit of taking pictures with other newspaper reporters who came to the scene after the interview.

In these photos, almost all of these newspaper reporters hang their cameras on their chests, and Chen Lei wants to see which newspaper reporters in Shanghai use Leica cameras in this way.

A few days ago, he sent Sun Chenglin to disguise himself as a reporter to infiltrate the Japanese Navy Club, and then carried out the bombing of the Japanese Navy Headquarters' arms depot across the wall.

After returning home, Chen Lei relied on his memory to quickly turn over the photos that were placed in the bedside table drawer, and he was glad that on the back of the thank you photos, the newspapers to which the reporters belonged and their names were noted.

After about an hour of sorting and analysis, Chen Lei found that in addition to himself, there were seven other newspaper reporters using Leica cameras, and he immediately selected one of the newspaper reporters to carry the black pot.