Chapter 54: Dusk
Shen Yigong has been doing supernumerary work for a long time, and Shen Yigong doesn't know much about the specific situation of some members. But at this juncture, he was also a little confused when he was in such a hurry.
Looking up at the smoky gray curtain, Shen Yigong pulled Lao Lu aside and asked in a low voice, "You didn't say it before you came." β
"It's hard to say."
"What now?"
"My daughter-in-law is still helping to deliver the baby, and the mother-in-law and aunt in the neighborhood have also come over to help, if you really can't give birth......"
"Can't really be born?"
"I'm sorry to get you to the hospital."
"If you send it to the hospital, you have to register, and after registering, the Politburo will find out as soon as you check it."
Lao Lu had a bitter face: "But what about those two lives." Mr. Lu has already died, and we have to take care of his wife. β
Shen Yigong turned around and swept his face again in distress. The whimpering that the mother did not dare to shout loudly sounded too worrying.
"Does she know?"
Lao Lu shook his head: "I don't know yet." You have to know this, where the child can't be born. β
Shen Yigong took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and when he stuffed it back, he said to Lao Lu: "The longer the time drags on, the more difficult it will be to walk." I arranged the train tickets, but now it's like this, every time it's on time. β
Lao Lu didn't know about this, the longer it dragged on, the greater the danger, but under the current special circumstances, there was no way to urge it. He held Shen Yi's bowed arm: "Otherwise, let Mrs. Lu stay first, after the child is born, she will not be able to leave so quickly." Those two workers will drive you to the train station, as long as you get on the bus, and the organization will pick you up. Do you think this arrangement will work? β
Shen Yigong took a deep breath and swept back, and the two young men who were smoking also extinguished their cigarettes and looked up at him.
He patted Lao Lu on the back and agreed: "Okay, then let's do it first." β
Lao Lu immediately raised his hand with the two of them. The two of them immediately stood up with the boxes in their hands. Shen Yigong took them out of the house, and before going out, he turned around and asked Lao Lu, "Is it really okay for Mrs. Lu to be here?" β
"I'll figure it out."
"Then I'll go first." Shen Yigong opened the door and walked out first, looked left and right, and motioned for the two to follow. There was a stretch of road from here to the train station, and his task was to keep the two men safe on that stretch. According to the organization's instructions, when they arrived at the train station, they would be greeted by a "professor" who would take them out of Shanghai. The identity of this "professor" is only known to these two people, and even Lao Lu knows nothing about it.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, the cold wind was blowing, and the dark sky was faintly revealing the prospect of rain.
Huo Zuo's dance party was almost over as soon as it was dark. The dance party organized by Mrs. Fu basically plays a basic communication role, which is a good communication platform for young people, and for those who are a little older and come here to greet old friends, it is enough to take the opportunity to talk about things that have not been negotiated before, and to meet in person that needs to be met.
When Huo Zuo left, he was already a little dazed, yawning and waiting outside the door for You Yiman to pick up the car. He stood there alone, and suddenly heard someone behind him call him: "Mr. Huo." β
Hearing the sound, he turned his head, and there was a white-bearded old man standing half a meter away. Huo Zuo thought about it for a long time, and vaguely remembered which bank's economic adviser he should be, and which president he had stood with before.
Facing the old man, Huo Zuo still had the politeness he should have, so he also waved at him: "Hello, you are ......"
The old man introduced himself to him: "The contemptible person came with President Zhang, my surname is Zhuang, and my single name is a grace word." β
"Mr. Zhuang." Old Mr. Zhuang looked him up and down with a smile, there was no malice in his eyes, but such a kind gaze also made Huo Zuo strange, "What are you looking for me?" β
Old man Zhuang waved his hand: "It's not a big deal, I heard that you are young and successful, and you came here, and today I see that you are indeed the only candidate for the director of Shanghai Huajie." β
On weekdays, no one would find Huo Zuo to "get acquainted" like this. It's just that he has no malicious intent, and Huo Zuo doesn't have much to say, after thinking about it for a while, he turned sideways and said with a slight temptation: "You should be looking for me more than this, right?" β
"I just wanted to meet you. Let me see how the younger generation of talented people is. β
"Just to meet?"
"And thank you."
"No thanks." Since he said this, Huo Zuo knew in his heart, "I really didn't hold that cup." β
"You practice and can't hold the cup, what should you do with the weapon?" After speaking, the old man still gave him his hand very sincerely, "You don't need to explain more." Either way, thank you for today. β
Huo Zuo was about to say that he didn't need to say thank you, but when he saw that You Yiman had already driven the car over, he only blinked his eyes and looked back, and the old man Zhuang had already disappeared into the crowd.
You Yiman stopped the car in front of him and shouted to him through the window: "Get in the car, Boss Huo." β
Huo Zuo hesitated for a moment, but then pulled the car door and sat in. You Yiman glanced at him: "What, who did you meet just now?" β
"It's okay, just an old man."
"Say hello?"
Huo Zuo propped his head, watched the car slowly drive out of the villa and onto the main road, and smiled slightly: "Hmm." Just say hello. β
The car drifted away, two cold yellow lights splitting a path in the darkness.
Qin Mingyue stood on the balcony of the flower hall, watching indifferently as the white Bentley drove out of the central garden. The dance party outside the room was almost over, and the young men invited each other to take the car to another place to continue playing, but she left early and waited here. The dress she was wearing had been changed to a gray-blue coat, the gloves had been removed, and the gauze on the wound on her right hand was oozing blood.
Someone opened the door and came in, stood still and saluted her. Qin Mingyue's eyes sank slightly, and she turned her head sideways: "How is it, the person is gone?" β
Here came Qiu Yu, her nominal "boyfriend", "fiancΓ©", and substantive deputy. The man was still wearing the suit from the ball, standing there in a military posture, and his tone when answering Qin Mingyue was also extremely humble and sincere.
"He set off in a car, and I sent someone to keep an eye on him."
Qin Mingyue lowered her head and buttoned up the emerald green cufflinks and walked out: "Let those who follow the car not lose it." If we fail before, we will fail later, and we will be punished when we go back. β
When she was about to reach the door, Qiu Yu gently grabbed her right hand. He didn't speak, Qin Mingyue frowned and looked at him.
The other party had no choice but to let go of his hand again and asked tentatively, "You...... Should I change the bandaging on my hands? β
The woman swept her eyes at the wound and covered it with her left hand: "Don't waste this time, just go." With that, he opened the door. Qiu Yu hurriedly followed and left the mansion through the side door with her.
Qiu Yu drove, and Qin Mingyue sat in the co-pilot and looked at the upper part of his hand. She has been back for more than a year since she returned to China, and the workload in the past few months has not been as much as this month. Since the letter from Nanjing, the situation in Shanghai has become more and more tense. When she left her homeland, she was broken and embarrassed, and on the ship that went to the ocean, her mother washed her face with tears every day, and she herself shamefully accepted the "gift" given by the revenge of killing her father, leaving the name of the eldest lady empty, and was completely exiled to a strange country. But also thanks to this exile, otherwise Qin Mingyue would not have been able to find a way to compete with Huo Zuo after exhausting his life.
She was "recruited" on a ship bound for the United States. On that ship, in addition to the "homeless people" like her who were exiled by her brother and had to flee, there was also a team of soldiers who went to the United States to study and train. The leader of the team was Chen Ruifeng, the younger brother of the deputy director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. Qin Mingyue had some dealings with these officialdom people with her father in the past, and she could barely say his name when she saw him. There was nothing wrong with the two of them, but a female soldier was caught after escaping on the boat. The scene of secretly punishing him made Qin Mingyue, who was upset and unable to sleep in the middle of the night, bump into him, and with a little attention, he probably guessed Chen Ruifeng's intention to go to the United States this time.
At that time, Qin Mingyue was full of anger and pathos after being deceived and fooled by Huo Zuo, and felt powerless that she couldn't do anything about her father's death. The next day, she went to find the other party, and Mao recommended herself in the hope that he would accept her.
It just so happened that after the deserter left, a vacancy was left for Qin Mingyue to replace, Chen Ruifeng made it very clear to her that joining our party is likely to be a dead end, and in the future, your life will no longer be your own, your mother's, your life can only belong to the party-state. Your loyalty, your chastity, your body must and can only be dedicated to the party-state.
He said, you are the daughter of the party-state. From today onwards, everything you have will be infinitely devoted to the building and reunification of the party-state.
Qin Mingyue said, yes.
Her first salute was not standard, but it was resolute enough.
That night, she also sacrificed her youth, chastity, and body to her "party-state" as a sacrifice on the boat.
For the unwillingness and hatred in her heart, she endured the pain and suffering caused by high-intensity training, and everyone who used to cry out at the slightest break in her feet was like burying all the ignorant and innocent overnight, treating herself as a gun or a knife, as long as she could kill Huo Zuo, it didn't matter how hard she suffered.
After returning to China last year, she was almost impatient to hear about Huo Zuo's arrangements at the top, but the leader only told her that Huo Zuo's safety is still closely related to the maintenance of stability in Shanghai.
"It's the train station, Mingyue."
Qiu Yu's voice pulled Qin Mingyue back from her memories. She opened the pistol safety and pushed open the door after the car stopped, Qiu Yu wanted to follow in the car, but was stopped by her: "You wait for me here for this mission, the train station has a large flow of people, it is easy to lose, you stay at the door, outflank at any time." β
"You can let someone else stay here, and I'll pit with you."
Qin Mingyue had already greeted the following cars at this time, one assassination mission failed, and since they all came to the station the second time, they were not allowed to make any further mistakes.
Since the Fourth Plenary Session of the Third CPC Central Committee, Nanjing's attitude has been very clear: reactionary forces will never be allowed to take advantage of the Northern Expedition to develop their development, all suspects must cooperate with the investigation, and if anyone is found to be resisting, the law enforcers can shoot him dead on the spot.
Qin Mingyue closed the car door and shook her head slightly: "No need, there are enough people." You stay with four groups of people and stay safe. β
"I'm ......" Qiu Yu tried to say something more, but Qin Mingyue had already led people to the station. He could only watch the woman's back drift away, helplessly pulled out his gun from the car, and sighed secretly. Looking out, it was already dark.