Chapter 1023: Perception

Che Meilai Stone has been working underground in Shanghai for several years before, although she is mainly engaged in some auxiliary work, such as watching the wind and transmitting intelligence, but it is precisely because of these jobs that she is particularly sensitive to whether there are any suspicious people around her.

There were even a few times when she saw her comrades being captured by the enemy before she reached her destination in the process of transmitting information, and then after a while the news of the death of these comrades appeared in the newspapers. This kind of encounter made her particularly cautious, and it was precisely for this reason that Lao Hou specially selected her and sent her to Li Yixin's side, and the identity of a servant was used as a cover to pass on information to Li Yixin.

Sanguantang Street is a street with good scenery and a little secluded in Stone Town, and it is located in the downtown area, it is a bit of a quiet taste, so it is especially favored by traitors, many traitors with names and surnames in Stone Town will settle down on this street, and most of the ordinary people in Stone Town know that this street is full of powerful government officials, so few people are willing to come to this street, because there are many doglegs standing guard at the door of each residence.

As soon as Che Mei went out that day, she said hello to the anti-smuggling team member in charge of the guard at the door and walked forward for more than 100 meters before she noticed that something was wrong.

Today, there are several more stalls on this street, buying all kinds of goods, and two food stalls with stoves. This has never been the case before.

You must know that Sanguantang Street usually has few pedestrians, so it is basically impossible to set up a stall on this street to have any business. And the dignitaries who live on this street are even less likely to buy the things from these stalls. So in Che Mei's eyes, these small stalls are very eye-catching on Sanguantang Street.

And the two food stalls also seem a little strange, if the target customers of these two food stalls are the guards on duty at the gates of these houses, then it is somewhat suspicious to appear on this street during the day.

Because no matter which door of the house, the guards can't go to the food stall to eat during the day, these people all need to change shifts, and generally come to work after eating. Unless the guards on night duty are there likely to be food needs, so in the past, there were only food stalls set up at night on Sanguantang Street to do business, and I had never seen food stalls set up during the day.

What is even more suspicious is that there are several people sitting in the stalls of these two food stalls during the day to eat or drink, although the attire of these people does not indicate what kind of occupation they are, but all of them are some sturdy men, and they all look relatively short.

Che Mei didn't keep staring at these people, just glanced at them casually and then hurried away, she was carrying a small basket today, dressed as if she was going out to buy groceries.

These suspicious signs on the streets of Sanguantang made Che Mei's heart a little unstable, she walked quickly to the street, and then disappeared in a corner. Immediately, two people at the food stall paid the owner of the food stall as if they had finished eating something on the second floor, and they also hurried towards the street, and the speed was quite fast.

As soon as the two men turned the corner, they found that Che Mei was picking out a mirror from a shop on the other side of the street, as if she wanted to buy one, and kept holding up small mirrors of various shapes to reflect on herself.

These two people were a little flustered by Che Mei's behavior, at least their expressions were a little unnatural at the moment they just turned the street, because they were completely unprepared for Che Mei's actions, and it was possible for Che Mei to see them when she looked in the mirror.

But after this moment, these two people did not stop very tacitly, but slowed down their walking, separated on both sides of the street and walked slowly, and slowly approached Chemei.

After haggling with the owner of the shop, Che Mei seemed to think that the price was too expensive, so she put down the mirror and continued to walk forward.

The two people in charge of tracking Che Mei breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts at the same time, because they were originally very worried that if Che Mei stopped in place, no matter how slowly they walked forward, they would eventually overtake Che Mei and go to the front.

And from the perspective of tracking and surveillance, tracking behind the target person is definitely better than in front of the target person, after all, no one has eyes on the back of the head.

And they have always regarded Che Mei as a servant who has come to Stone Town in the countryside and doesn't know anything, and they don't realize that Che Mei is a veteran of underground work.

In fact, Che Mei was also tempting, and the signs she saw on Sanguantang Street just now were only a little suspicious, but when she saw the expressions and movements of the two people turning from the corner of the street to this street through the reflection of the small mirror, she was already convinced in her heart that these two people were here to follow and spy on her.

Che Mei was also a little strange in her heart, why would someone specifically follow her as a servant?

She thought a lot in her heart, could it be that the main target of these people on Sanguantang Street was to secretly spy on Li Yixin's family? Could it be that these people were sent by the Japanese? Could it be that someone in Li Yixin's group was suspected, and there was a mistake that attracted these secret surveillance personnel?

Che Mei didn't have answers to these questions, but she made it clear that she definitely couldn't go to Lao Wu, the traffic officer at No. 5 Hongshizhu Heng Street, today. Because that would expose the traffic officer Lao Wu to the sight of the 'tail' behind him!

So Che Mei decided to turn around again and go to the small street of South Avenue that spontaneously became a city to buy groceries, which would explain why she went out with a basket. Of course, it would be better if Lao Wu also set up a stall selling pigeon eggs on that side street, she could quietly give Lao Wu's brother a look when she passed by Lao Wu, even if Lao Wu didn't understand the situation, Lao Wu could detect that she had been followed and monitored.

When Che Mei walked to that small street, it was the peak period for ordinary people to come out to buy vegetables, there were a lot of people here, and because all kinds of stalls selling vegetables were placed on both sides of the small street, and the road surface of this small street was relatively narrow, so after Che Mei walked into the small street, the two people who followed her far behind her couldn't help but secretly complain in their hearts.

Because they have to close the distance between them and Che Mei who is being tracked in such a situation, if they are far away, maybe in this crowded environment, there is no guarantee that they will be 100% able to keep an eye on all of Che Mei's movements.

So the two men walked briskly into the little street, squeezing forward as hard as they could, ignoring the curses of those they had bumped or stepped on. But they ignore the fact that they don't behave like people who come here to buy groceries.