Chapter 39: Wu Songkou
Wusongkou Wharf.
Ah Cheng was dressed in black, standing in the shadows, as if dissolving into the darkness. Liang Zhongchun was behind those wooden boxes, he didn't need to make any movement, Ah Cheng could feel it. His unusual talent and rigorous training thirteen years ago had given him a special ability: he could quickly distinguish the breath of different people—especially pheromones—and remember to recognize them as soon as he met them within three feet in the future.
Liang Zhongchun is not alone. Ah Cheng knew that he couldn't come here just to see himself. The business that is not seen in the dark night of this dock is the real support for his spending of money, and it is also the real reason why he will raise himself and Xiaofei.
Liang Zhongchun raised him for fifteen years, and he was grateful for it. Especially when Liang Zhongchun brought him out of that hellish demon cave, Ah Cheng thought that he could really be a cow and a horse in return. However, when he was thrown into another Shura field and began to receive special training for "dead" level spies, he finally understood that this troubled world could not tolerate the slightest warmth. In Liang Zhongchun's eyes, nothing compares to Huang Chengcheng's gold bars, and he bought him just because he could earn more for himself.
Mother doesn't want him anymore, in fact, he is not surprised. From the time I can remember, my mother hated him, and at night, especially on the night of the full moon, my mother would scold him and prick him with needles, all in an invisible place. Because the next day, he had to go to learn literacy with his eldest brother, so that he would have the opportunity to help the eldest lady watch the little young master study in the future - the eldest brother said that this was his task in the future.
He didn't know why his mother hated him, this hatred had always been there, but he was used to it.
However, the eldest brother didn't want him anymore.
Big brother, the only one who knew his scars, the one who gently taught him to read every day, the one who gave him his name.
I don't want him anymore.
The days when there was no light again, wisps of hatred were woven into the deep fear in his heart, and all the memories of his eldest brother were densely wrapped. It is this memory that is cocooned and sealed by him to support his vitality, he wants to survive, he wants to stand in front of Minglou one day, let him see how strong the people who have been abandoned by him are. Liang Zhongchun asked him to learn, and he tried his best to learn everything. He became the best dead soldier in Liang Zhongchun's organization, and every bit of it was what Liang Zhongchun expected to be when he bought him, or even better. It was this memory that made him immediately agree to Liang Zhongchun's request after reuniting with Ming Lou unexpectedly: return to Ming's house and monitor Ming Lou.
However, this world will never follow anyone's wishes.
If it weren't for the dusty old newspaper in the attic, how could he believe that the Ming family really spent all their efforts to find him? When he begged God to let his eldest brother save his life, his eldest brother really used all the power he could use and never gave up. In Minglou's book, there is still a sticker that he put down when he first learned to write, the paper has been yellowed, and fine hairs have bloomed from the creases, as if it is about to break. Ah Cheng knew that it was because he often opened it to see.
For more than ten years, his hateful memories suddenly had nowhere to put them.
He returned to Ming's house for half a year, things and people have not changed, and the bits and pieces of childhood slowly poured back, and he was actually in love.
As a result, Liang Zhongchun's greed could no longer hide the rancid smell.
Ah Cheng stood closer across the wooden box, and vaguely heard Liang Zhongchun's words in conversation with the Japanese, and the flattery in Liang Zhongchun's laughter made him feel sick in his stomach.
The Japanese finally left, Ah Cheng waited for Liang Zhongchun to explain the follow-up matters to his subordinates, raised his hand to look at the watch, the pointer pointed up to ten o'clock, he stepped hard, and stepped on the sound.
"Father-in-law." Ah Cheng saluted Liang Zhongchun and stood aside, waiting for questioning.
"What's the recent movement in Minglou?"
"Around the New Year, assassinations were frequent, and Chief Ming devoted all his energy to hunting down anti-Japanese elements, and his daily itinerary was very regular, except for a few visits to the mayor's house, there were no other special arrangements."
"He's renewing his relationship with the mayor's daughter?" Liang Zhongchun and Ming Lou also held the position of deputy director of the secret service headquarters, but he relied on his original background from the Central Unification to make a meritorious living, but Ming Lou was parachuted into the same level as himself as soon as he came up, not only responsible for the implementation but also in charge of police rectification and management, holding real power, and he was only responsible for intelligence work.
How willing did this make him. It is said that this time when he came back, it was their immediate boss Mr. Zhu who personally wrote a letter to invite him, who saw that he had taken Mr. Zhu's class when he was a student, and he had a teacher-student feeling, so he resigned from the position given by the Japanese military and returned to Shanghai. Such a person can easily not be an enemy of his face.
"Miss Fu is very interested in Chief Ming, and often asks Chief Ming to meet, and Chief Ming has also sent several gifts to Miss Fu." I still picked the gift, Ah Cheng secretly added in his heart. I don't know why, when talking about this Miss Fu, Ah Cheng always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"This Ming chief is really like a fish in water, if he really does the east bed of the mayor's house, it will be even more difficult to move him," Liang Zhongchun's eyes showed a murderous intent, "What's suspicious?" ”
"He was not found to have been in contact with any suspicious persons, and nothing unusual was found in his office or home." Ah Cheng reported mechanically.
Liang Zhongchun frowned and pondered. More than half a year ago, he received information from the Central Command that the military command would send a new leader to rebuild the Shanghai liaison station, and the rank was not low. This Ming Lou happened to return to Shanghai at that time, which was too coincidental. A character like Ming Lou has an identity and status, and he can eat both black and white, if he can't find a big enough hat, he can't be deducted at all.
Ah Cheng then said, "Father-in-law, in the eyes of his subordinates, based on the rumored relationship between Minglou and the Japanese military, if there is really a suspicion of anti-Japanese elements, the special high school will never let it go. ”
"That makes sense. Xiao Ke, do you still have a grudge against me for sending you back? ”
"The subordinates don't dare."
"Xiao Ke, I know you resent the Ming family, but when Ming Lou comes back at this time, only you are the best person to lurk beside him, and I can't help it."
"The righteous father is serious, and it is a subordinate matter to be able to contribute to the righteous father," Ah Cheng said calmly, "Besides, the subordinates have nothing to do with the Ming family, please rest assured." ”
Liang Zhongchun looked at the completely different costumes but equally obedient expressions of his powerful subordinates, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Okay, you have been wronged for a while, if Minglou is really not suspicious, I will find a way to take you out." ”
Ah Cheng agreed, but a sneer appeared in his heart.