Chapter Thirty-Six: Dream Break
On the evening of the seventh day, Fang Mengwei drove the car and suddenly said to Ming Lou, "It's all ready." โ
Ming Lou nodded, stared at Fang Mengwei's side face in the rearview mirror, and said, "You go, send him out, you want to come back." โ
Fang Mengwei raised his eyes, his eyes met Minglou in the rearview mirror, his eyes flashed, and said, "Okay." โ
At that moment, Ming Lou was in a trance, and he almost blurted out a call: "Ah Cheng-" But Fang Mengwei's gaze immediately moved away, and his side face returned to a calm and indifferent appearance. Ming Lou's voice was stuck in his throat, and those two points of starlight became his misidentification in the night.
On the tenth day, Meng Wei disappeared as soon as he got off class. Secretary Zhang told Ming Lou: "Assistant Fang was found by Haneda Dazuo again, I don't know what to repair this time." โ
"Haneda Daizo called Assistant Fang away at every turn, which is too much." Secretary Zhang muttered quietly.
"Be cautious in your words," Ming Lou said in a low voice, Secretary Zhang is a good person, and he also has a heart to do something, he is a good target to fight, but Ming Lou thinks that it is not yet time to win him.
Secretary Zhang immediately lowered his head and said, "Yes." He coughed, and said, "Secretary Chen has prepared the car, and I will send you to the Moon Night Restaurant on Kaixuan Road later." โ
Ming Lou remembered that Fang Mengwei had already made an appointment with Fu Shanshan for dinner with him.
"At all times, your suspicions must be cleared." When Fang Mengwei said this, the smile on the corner of his mouth was thicker than usual, and it seemed that there was a little mockery.
When the explosion came, Ming Lou was explaining to Fu Shanshan how to distinguish different champagnes by just looking at the liquid in the glass. The earth suddenly trembled, and the glasses collided together, emitting a long, crisp "ding-" and the two bodyguards rushed in to block them.
Fu Shanshan's face turned pale all of a sudden, and she leaned into Minglou's arms, "Senior brother, what's going on?" โ
Ming Lou stretched out his arms around her, with a worried expression on his face and a hint of fear, "It seems that there has been an explosion somewhere." He patted Fu Shanshan's back soothingly, and said softly, "I have to go back to the office, I'll send someone to take you home, okay?" โ
"Don't, senior brother, don't leave me alone," Fu Shanshan grabbed his arm tightly, making him frown unconsciously, and forced himself to lower his eyebrows, and continued to say softly, "I must go back to the office, such a violent explosion, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no casualties, I don't want you to see this, be obedient, I will send someone to send you home." โ
His deliberately slowed tone and his characteristic hoarse voice had a hypnotic effect, and Fu Shanshan finally nodded and walked away with the two bodyguards.
As soon as he entered the compound of the general office, he saw Chen Zhong standing at the door of the car anxiously waiting, and when he got out of the car, he immediately stood up and said, "Chief Ming, there was an explosion at the dock of the outer harbor, the fire was very fierce, the special high school and the military department have already sent people over, and the personnel we can use have also been transferred over to fight the fire, but it is still uncontrollable at present." โ
Ming Lou felt a tremor in his heart, the fire was uncontrollable? What about the man?
"Go live!" Ming Lou dropped this sentence and got into Chen Zhong's car directly. On the way to the outer harbor, Ming Lou asked, "Why did the explosion occur?" What about casualties? โ
"The reason is unknown to the outside world, and we all know in our hearts that it must have been attacked by anti-Japanese elements." Chen Zhong replied, not daring to look back.
"Although there is a garrison in the outer port, it is usually only a transit port, and there are no ships in the port in the past two days, why is it attacked?"
"This-" Chen Zhong didn't know how to answer, the matter of prisoners of war being sold to Japan as laborers has been there since Liang Zhongchun was still there, not only laborers, but also opium paste. Chen Zhong was also involved, but as soon as Liang Zhongchun disappeared, Chen Zhong had no contact, and no matter how big the business in the outer harbor was, he could only stare dryly. Recently, I finally caught up with Fang Mengwei, and seeing that I could get a piece of the pie again this time, who knew that it would blow up.
Ming Lou glared at the back of Chen Zhong's neck, making him feel a chill on the back of his neck.
"I've heard that there are indeed ships going out of the outer harbor today." Chen Zhong said a little humbly.
"What? Got a ship to leave the port? I don't know? Doesn't the ship from the outer harbor need a seal from the Secret Service Headquarters anymore? Ming Lou was furious, jumped over the saddle and grabbed Chen Zhong's collar, almost breaking his neck.
"Chiefโsir, this matter was handled by Assistant Fang, how did I know you didn't knowโ" Chen Zhong held his breath and almost burst out crying.
"Fang Mengwei? What did he handle? Ming Lou's face softened slightly, but his subordinates did not relax at all.
"Yes, sir, it is said that Chief Haneda personally gave him the orderโ" Chen Zhong hurriedly threw out all the information he knew, so as to clear himself.
"You knew that?" Ming Lou suddenly smiled, but Chen Zhong's heart really trembled, "You know but I don't know." It seems that Haneda Daisa is right, I really have no way to go. โ
The car stopped at this time, the red light of the fire reflected the entire carriage, not only the dock was burning, even the river was burning, the people next to it reported to Minglou, the ship exploded less than ten minutes after leaving the port, the fuel leaked, and the river near the port was on fire. The oil stored on the wharf to be resupplied to the ships transferring to the port the day after tomorrow was also ignited, and it was impossible to extinguish it.
"According to this burning method, no one will survive on the ship or on the dock."
Ming Lou's heart sank, the dock was in a mess, and Ming Lou didn't bother to go to Chen Zhong again, he met with Haneda, and left without even saying hello.
For the whole night, Fang Mengwei did not come back. Minglou sat in the study until dawn, he had no way of knowing what happened to Mingtai, and he had no way of knowing what happened to Fang Mengwei.
The fire was not extinguished until the evening of the next day, and the entire outer harbor was reduced to ashes. Not to mention the survivors, not even a single body has been found.
Seven days later, Minglou received news that Mingtai had returned safely to northern Jiangsu with all the prisoners of war and rescuers.
However, Fang Mengwei never came back.
From this time on, Minglou often sat until early in the morning, and the headache made him unable to sleep.
However, there was no one who could help him with that pain.