Chapter XXXVIII.

Li Caihong and Zhou Mu are engaged. On the day of the engagement, she drank a lot of wine, and when she left the church, she told Zhou Mu that she had drunk ten men by herself. This sentence was mixed with a lot of water, but Zhou Mu did not debunk her. He helped the drunken Li Caihong home, feeling like a straw that would be blown away by the wind at any time, and it was the drunken woman in front of him who stood him up.

The current situation makes him have no choice but to go with the flow. And he hated the feeling of powerlessness.

It snowed in Chongqing that night, and snowflakes fell on Zhou Mu and Li Caihong's heads. They walked back because the church was not far from their house. Zhou Mu heard Li Caihong's voice rise and fall, not real, just like her current pace.

Zhou Mu said, you should learn drunken boxing.

Li Caihong heard his words, shook his right arm, and stumbled again. If it weren't for Zhou Mu supporting her, she would have fallen on the icy stone road and knocked out two teeth.

She said, "My fists won't be strong, but I'll be drunk."

At this time, a cold wind blew, and Li Caihong sobered up a lot. She remembered that when she was alone, she always dared not get drunk outside, otherwise she might not be able to return home at night. And now, Li Caihong has no such concerns. She had a man she could rely on, even if that man would soon be on his way to the front.

She held Zhou Mu's left hand, which was wearing black leather gloves, and then sang a popular song in her voice. After that, she asked Zhou Mu if she sang well, and Zhou Mu said it was good.

Li Caihong smiled, she leaned on Zhou Mu's body, and finally Zhou Mu walked into the house with her on his back.

It is strictly forbidden to engage in office romances, but Zhou Mu accepts the persuasion to return to the battlefield. So they left him alone, and even attended Zhou Mu's engagement banquet. At the banquet, Zhou Mu saw Dai Lihe and Shen Drunk, who won his trust.

Just as the engagement ceremony was taking place, he saw Shen drunk sitting in an inconspicuous corner, talking to a man in a gray and blue suit. Zhou Mu couldn't hear their whispers clearly, and he unconsciously looked away. It wasn't until Li Caihong grabbed his left hand that he suddenly came back to his senses. Zhou Mu stretched out his left hand, he looked at Li Caihong's beautiful willow eyebrows and her bright eyes, and his heart suddenly shook a little.

He said, "Rainbow, put the ring on your index finger."

Why? Isn't it all middle or ring finger? Li Caihong raised her eyelids and looked at Zhou Mu, she was very confused and scared. She was afraid that Zhou Mu would regret it temporarily, just like her previous fiancΓ©. At the engagement ceremony, leave her behind.

The war is not over. Zhou Mu said that he looked directly into her eyes and did not hide it.

In the end, Li Caihong compromised, and she put the silver ring on Zhou Mu's index finger.

Now that spring is about to begin, Zhou Mu doesn't feel any warmth. He learned about Lin Hai's defection to the enemy two days ago, and it was said that an information station had been exposed because of him, and the hoe team had also suffered heavy losses. He had to make the decision to rush to the front. And the task of smashing the purge plan has already been lost.

Zhou Mu looked at Li Caihong, who was lying on the sofa drowsy and full of alcohol, and remembered that Lin Hai was also lying on the hospital bed like this at that time, and heard him say that he was about to leave Shanghai. The scar on his hand began to show its presence, and in the dim light, Zhou Mu looked at the ugly burn.

Unlike Chongqing's short-lived beauty, Shanghai has always been in a bloody position. Takeki Ya is a man who is good at manipulating situations, but it is clear that now he has miscalculated. Because of the early collection of the network intelligence station, the chess pieces on the Chongqing side were out of control. However, he did not show any gaffes, but hummed "Sakura" softly.

Chief Zhumu, what should I do with Lin Hai now. Shiro Kawamura couldn't read him.

Should we cross the river and tear down the bridge?

I don't understand what you mean.

Zhu Muya didn't cover it up, he said that Lin Hai was of little use, and then he changed his mind and asked about the whereabouts of the previously lost penicillin.

Shiro Kawamura replied to him that it was indeed related to the Tang family. One of the CCP underground parties who were captured alive confessed.

That night, Takekiya had a long conversation with Kazuya Tachibana at the consulate, and Lin Hai stood behind him. Lin Hai looked at this man with an ordinary face and only fierce eyes, and said about the beauty of Japan to his subordinates in front of him. Takekiya speaks of Japan as prosperous, and his words are full of longing for his hometown.

Eventually, he told Kazuya Tachibana that he said the Chinese were not worth trusting.

Lin Hai suddenly remembered that this sentence was also said by Arakawa Yuanxuan. He looked at Takekiya in front of him with some surprise, and the latter didn't even give him a look. This made Lin Hai tense his nerves, because he was a Chinese himself.

But the day after that, Lin Hai was given "freedom" by Zhumuya. He said that he could report to the consulate every day, wherever he lived, whether it was Sakuragi or outside the concession, as long as he wanted. In addition, Zhu Muya also gave Lin Hai a sum of money, which he said was Lin Hai's salary during this time. And this made Lin Hai even more vigilant.

Takekiya finally played a farewell song for Lin Hai in the study. He said, Lin Hai, do whatever you want, go anywhere you want. It's just that I want you to be dumb, deaf, and blind.

Lin Hai took the suitcase, and he saw that Zhu Muya had personally packed his luggage for him before. So, his heart suddenly waved. He thought of the purge plan, Lin Zhou, and Tang Yin.

He wanted to change the subject and make himself look more relaxed. At this moment, Lin Hai noticed that Zhu Muya's left index finger also had a silver ring, so he asked.

Mr. Takeki, do you have a lover?

Zhu Muya didn't expect Lin Hai to ask this question, his hand playing the piano paused for a moment, and the beautiful sound of the piano stopped abruptly. Not anymore, he said.

Lin Hai glanced at him deeply and thought of a sentence - there is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed. Then he walked out of Takekiya's study with his suitcase.

After Lin Hai left, Takekiya began to count down gently.

145、144、143、142…… 95、94……

Takekiya suddenly felt a sense of remorse, he hadn't felt this way for many years. When he walked to the window, he saw Lin Hai's back. The latter wore a new khaki scarf, and his steps seemed resolute and lonely against the background of the morning light and silver snow.

Kawamura, go and stop Lin Hai.

Takekiya repented, his eyes down at the silver ring on his left index finger, which might have wanted to merge with the snow outside the huge floor-to-ceiling window. In this world covered in silver, he remembered the dumplings that Lin Hai cooked for him on the day of the Chinese New Year. In Takekiya's impression, the sound of firecrackers that day sounded like the sound of the Type 89 grenadier on the battlefield, full of hope and death, and also swept away some gunsmoke feeling.

Mr. Takeki, it's too late. Shiro Kawamura didn't understand Takeki's words, and he rarely disobeyed him, but this time, he noticed that Takekiya was different from before. He had to admit that this officer, who used to be very sensible, was now a little out of shape.

Takeki Ya forced himself to calm down, sat down at the piano again, and began to play the song "Cherry Blossoms" that he had already memorized.

Even when he heard the loud explosion, he didn't stop moving, but muttered something to himself in the smell of gunsmoke that didn't exist.

Lin Hai, goodbye.

He was sure that Lin Hai would not die. However, he was not otherwise sure.

Chief Zhumu, I have already sent someone to inform Tang Yin, I believe that the whereabouts of that batch of medicines will surface soon.