"How?" Lu Jingcheng raised his red wine glass and looked at the elegant and quiet woman opposite with a smile.

"The wine is long-bodied and made in top quality oak barrels." Shang Yucheng shook the wine glass in his hand, "The color is soft and clear." Let me say that, she changed her mind and said with a smile, the store must have made a lot of money lately. ”

Lu Jingcheng laughed, "You are really in a word." ”

Shang Yucheng smiled, her eyes unintentionally swept over the wine glass in her hand, and suddenly paused.

She saw a familiar figure in the reflection of the glass.

On the night of the accident five years ago, she went to her friend Leng Hui's house to attend the Christmas ball. After the accident, Leng Hui never paid attention to her again, not even a simple greeting.

People are warm and cold, and they know everything. Shang Yucheng has no grudges against her, and he is no longer a friend.

"What's wrong, don't like to eat?" Lu Jingcheng saw her silent appearance and asked with concern.

Shang Yucheng looked away and smiled, "I'm just tasting the aftertaste of this red wine." Speaking of which, I'm a lot worse than you in this wine tasting, and I can't always taste the vintage—"

"Hey, Lu Jingcheng. Are you here too? A voice interrupted Shang Yucheng's words, and the expression on her face froze, and soon turned into a proper smile again.

"Miss Leng Hui." Lu Jingcheng stood up and said with a smile, "What a coincidence, you are also eating here?" ”

Leng Hui stood two steps away from Shang Yucheng's side, wearing an expensive white dress on her body, which made her very innocent and lovely.

"yes. My cousin had just returned from the United States, and he had asked him to pick him up—"

She seemed to have just noticed Shang Yucheng on the side, with a curious look on her face, "Who is this?" ”

"Yucheng, my girlfriend." Lu Jingcheng introduced, and then said to Shang Yucheng, who smiled at Chong Leng Hui, "This is Miss Leng, her family is in the jewelry business, and the Leng family gold store is a very honest time-honored brand, and it has always cooperated well with Huijin." ”

"Miss Leng." Shang Yucheng smiled lightly and said hello.

"It turns out that this is the famous Miss Shang!" Leng Hui smiled and said to Shang Yucheng, "I've always heard Lu Jingcheng mention Miss Shang and say that you are an expert in oriental art." Miss Shang is both talented and beautiful, which is really enviable. ”

Shang Yucheng said politely, "Where, where." The expert can't afford it, but it's just that the side is not good at learning, so he just barely made up the number after learning this subject. ”

"Miss Shang is too modest." Leng Hui smiled and said, "When I saw Lu Jingcheng, I wanted to come over to say hello, and I didn't want to disturb the date between the two." Go on and leave you alone. ”

As she spoke, Leng Hui turned around to leave.

"Wait." Lu Jingcheng stopped Leng Hui, turned his head to Shang Yucheng and said, "Leng Hui's cousin, Mr. Zhao, is also an old friend, I'll go say hello." ”

Shang Yucheng nodded, "Okay." ”

Lu Jingcheng and Leng Hui walked away together and walked towards a table in the back. Shang Yucheng raised his glass and took a sip, then moved the glass without a trace so that she could observe Leng Hui's movements from the reflection of the glass.

Leng Hui's cousin Zhao Wenxuan is a polite and polite Sven man, with a gold-rimmed glasses on his fair face, and he smiled before speaking, "It turns out that Jing Cheng really has a girlfriend, I thought it was because you looked down on us Leng Hui, so you excused it." ”

Lu Jingcheng smiled a little unnaturally, and Leng Hui hurriedly said, "Cousin! Don't make fun of him. Then he turned to Lu Jingcheng and said softly, "Since you brought Miss Shang on a date, it's not good to snub her." Let's go—we'll talk about that another day. ”

Lu Jingcheng nodded and said to Zhao Wenxuan, "Then we'll talk about it another day." ”

When Lu Jingcheng came back, he saw Shang Yucheng sitting quietly eating, and sat down a little surprised, "It's rare to have a meal with you, and I'm really sorry to meet a friend." ”

Shang Yucheng shook his head, "It doesn't matter. Friends always have to socialize, especially in business. ”

Lu Jingcheng nodded, seeing that Shang Yucheng's face was not abnormal, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Shang Yucheng raised his eyes to look at him and smiled slightly, "You and that Miss Leng—"

"We're just friends, don't think about it!" Lu Jingcheng was busy.

"I think Miss Leng is very close to you." Shang Yucheng said half-jokingly, "It's not to the point of thinking about it yet, what are you doing so nervously." ”

Lu Jingcheng picked up the knife and fork, "I'm not nervous." I am familiar with Miss Leng, but it is only because my eldest brother and her cousin Zhao Wenxuan are familiar with each other, and nothing else. ”

Shang Yucheng smiled and didn't ask this question again, "Big brother and Mr. Zhao also have business dealings?" ”

"Zhao Wenxuan and his eldest brother were friends when they were in college, and they only had business contacts later, about a year or two before I went abroad." Lu Jingcheng replied casually.

Shang Yucheng silently took a sip of wine, but he couldn't help but calculate in his heart, five years ago, it was the year Lu Jingpeng graduated, if they were friends in college, would they do evil with Zhao Wenxuan?

It wasn't until he returned home in the evening that Shang Yucheng found an opportunity to contact Shu Qiang, and she told him in detail about Wu Hong, and told him to temporarily give up keeping an eye on Wu Hong after Wu Hong was released.

Shu Qiang hesitated, "If Wu Hong knows anything inside, after this fright, he may be exposed, and it is a pity to give up now." ”

"It's also a helpless move." Shang Yucheng said, "Lu Jingpeng must not be suspicious. ”

Shu Qiang's voice paused, "I know, Miss Shang." ”

"There is one more thing I want to ask Mr. Shu to investigate." Shang Yucheng flipped through the list that Shu Qiang gave her, which was the person who had a close relationship with Lu Jingpeng five years ago, and was also her key suspect, but there was no such person as Zhao Wenxuan. "There is a Mr. Zhao Wenxuan, who is the cousin of Miss Leng Hui of Leng's gold store, you can help me check his details."

"Zhao Wenxuan, I remember." Shu Qiang agreed, and then asked, "Did Miss Shang make a new discovery?" ”

Shang Yucheng snorted, "Su Jingyao once mentioned to me a good friend, who is Miss Leng Hui. After the case that year, Leng Hui suddenly cut off contact with her. Originally, this was not surprising, after all, Miss Leng Hui had to think about her reputation and didn't want to be dragged into the water. Shang Yucheng's face was a little cold, "But I got a piece of news today, it turns out that Miss Leng Hui's cousin Zhao Wenxuan met Lu Jingpeng when he was in college, and he has been closely in business in recent years, so I think Zhao Wenxuan is also very suspicious." ”

"Understood, Miss Shang." Shu Qiang responded happily.

"Also, Wu Hong told me that the time when Lu Jingpeng and Ye Shen had an argument was only a week after the case, so Ye Shen should also pay attention to it. But it's a pity that Ye Shen already knows about our cooperation. If he is on his guard, you don't have to force it. ”

"Hmm." Shu Qiang responded, and then hesitated, "Mr. Ye's side—"

Shang Yucheng saw him spitting and spitting, so he asked, "What's wrong with Ye Shen?" ”

"After I left today, he didn't embarrass you, did he?" Shu Qiang is a little unnatural.

Shang Yucheng felt that Shu Qiang's reaction was a little strange, but this doubtful thought was fleeting. She smiled slightly, "Mr. Ye didn't embarrass me. ”

Shu Qiang on the other end of the phone seemed to be relieved, "That's good, that's good." ”

Shang Yucheng looked up at the wall clock on the wall, and the hour hand was already pointing to ten o'clock. "Okay, that's it. Goodbye, Mr. Shu. ”

After hanging up the phone, Shang Yucheng picked up the information on the table and gently opened it.

Ye Shen's photo was placed on the first page, and Shang Yucheng picked up the photo and looked at it carefully.

If it weren't for that sinful night five years ago, what would her life have been like? Shang Yucheng looked at the photo and couldn't help but be distracted.

The Su family's study business has been passed down for three generations, and when Su Jingyao was young, the Su family owned more than a dozen study stationery stores, which can be regarded as a small rich family. When he was ten years old, after his father died of illness, the Su family went downhill. If it weren't for what happened five years ago, Su Jingyao might never have intersected with people like the Lu family and Ye Shen.

Shang Yucheng thought about it for a long time, but she was at a loss in her heart, she couldn't imagine such a peaceful life, the future that Su Jingyao secretly fantasized about when she was pregnant with a young girl seemed to be completely stripped from her life and memory on that day, leaving not even a trace.

Shang Yucheng put the photo back into the file, accidentally knocked off the handbag she put aside, she hurriedly leaned over to pick up the rouge box and lipstick scattered on the ground, but didn't notice the moment she squatted, the corner of her clothes swept the document, and the photo immediately fell down and landed in the gap of the sofa.

At the same time, in Hongkou, far away from here, a major event has also occurred that is about to shock Shanghai.

Early the next morning, Shang Yucheng got up as usual and made coffee, and was about to sit down for breakfast, when he suddenly heard the shrill sound of a car horn outside the window.

She got up, lifted the curtain, and looked out the window. Lu Jingcheng and Lu Jingpeng's cars drove out of the Lu family's mansion one after another, and quickly galloped away, as if they were in a hurry.

Is something going on? Shang Yucheng frowned, turned back to the table and sat down, his eyes casually swept over the newspaper on the table, and a huge headline fell into her eyes - Japanese sailor Tako Asamitsu was sniped to death. She hurriedly picked up the newspaper and read it carefully.

On the evening of September 23, 1936, Japanese sailor Tako Asamitsu was sniped and killed in Hongkou, and two other Japanese sailors were wounded. The Japanese Marines began to heavily arm and expand their defensive lines.

Shang Yucheng understood the reason for the Lu family's strong reaction the moment he saw the news, most of the Lu family's goods were in and out of Shanghai from Hongkou Wharf, and if something happened to Hongkou, Huijin Company would also be seriously affected.

Shang Yucheng put down the newspaper, poured himself a cup of coffee, added milk and stirred it slowly. Shang Yucheng didn't care about the death of a Japanese soldier. However, in this way, I am afraid that many people will be innocently affected, and many goods will not be able to enter the port, and naturally many people will lose their livelihoods. She couldn't help but sigh when she thought of the stick bearers on the dock.