" Father…Father…Wait a minute. Explain yourself…" Meng Lin struggled to get up from the bed and chased after his father. However, his father had already disappeared without a trace.
" Father…Father…Don't go," Meng Lin shouted in his sleep. Bean-sized beads of sweat rolled down his face and dripped onto the pillow." Ah…Help!" With a scream, Meng Lin suddenly sat up and realized that he had been dreaming.
It was such a realistic dream. The words his father had told him, the sudden disappearance of his back, and his panic were all so real. Why did he dream of all these? He looked at the window. It was still dark outside. It might be the second half of the night, but he was not sleepy at all. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Menglin, are you alright?"
" It's Brother." Meng Lin quickly got out of bed and opened the door. Brother stood at the door and looked at her in surprise." What's wrong? There's so much sweat on your face." As he spoke, he wiped Meng Lin's forehead with his hand. Meng Lin was still in a state of shock and had yet to come back to his senses. Her brother's gentleness instantly made her limbs weak. She lost her balance and fell into his arms.
Azurepeak was shocked by his sister's sudden behavior, but he quickly regained his composure. He comforted his sister and helped her to the bed. Meng Lin sat on the bed and took a sip of the warm water his brother handed him. He then realized that he wanted to tell his brother about his dream.
After Azurepeak heard this, he pondered for a while and said,"This is just a dream, and it doesn't prove anything. If you're really worried, we'll go back to our hometown to take a look after we've investigated this matter.”
"Okay, okay, then it's settled. I've just started to adapt to work recently, so I really can't leave now.”
" Hurry up and sleep. It's useless to think too much." Azurepeak comforted Meng Lin to sleep before leaving the room.
The next day, the sun was shining brightly. The factory was bustling with activity. The workers were working hard. Meng Lin mingled with the workers in the factory, discussing and learning from each other. She checked reports and looked at the machines…The busyness made her forget the shock from last night. Ever since she came to the Xia residence, her days in the residence were not very pleasant. Every day, she was shrouded in a heavy haze. Although she was the daughter of a rich family, she was not very angry at home. She was not like the unruly and willful young ladies in novels. However, thinking about it, she was not the real Xia Menglin. What if she spoke too much and exposed herself? The environment in Shanghai was very suitable for him. There was a busy business here, and there was a familiar environment everywhere. There was no need to mention how intimate it was.
Just like that, the siblings 'lives slowly got back on track. Three months passed without them realizing…
Three months later, on a coincidental day.
A luxurious car stopped at the entrance of the Xia family's factory. A man came out of the car. Meng Lin, who was talking to Uncle Wang at the entrance of the factory, had sharp eyes and recognized this person at a glance. He was Master Wu's bodyguard, Ah Dong. Ah Dong and Meng Lin accidentally saw each other and walked over with smiles on their faces.""Miss Xia, our Master Wu is meeting a foreigner for business today. Master Wu wants you to go over. Is it convenient for you now?”
"Oh, can you wait for a while? I'll go with you after I'm done explaining things to Uncle Wang.”
"Alright, I'll do it. There's no hurry." Dong returned to the car. After about 20 minutes, Meng Lin walked over to the car."Brother Dong, let's go!"
"Miss Xia, you can call me Ah Dong. We are all lowly people, so we really don't dare to be called big brother."
" Hehe, everyone wants to be respected. Brother Dong, let's go."
" Hehe, thank you for thinking so highly of me, Miss Xia. Alright, please get in the car." As he spoke, he helped Meng Lin open the car door. Meng Lin sat in the back seat while Dong drove. He drew a beautiful arc on the ground and disappeared into the street.
"Dong dong dong", a knock was heard on the door. Master Wu replied from the office,"Come in."
Ah Dong opened the door. The moment Meng Lin entered, he saw Master Wu sitting in the main seat of the sofa. A foreigner in his thirties sat in the secondary seat. This foreigner had golden hair, a tall figure, and deep eyes. When he saw the beautiful Miss Xia, he took the initiative to stand up and extend his right hand to shake hands.“Howareyou?”
Meng Lin replied to the foreigner in fluent English. At this moment, Master Wu took the initiative to introduce him. This is my guest, Mr. David.
Meng Lin sat across from David and chatted with the foreigner for a while in a friendly manner. Then, he translated the foreigner's words to Master Wu,""He said that he likes Shanghai very much and likes to work with Master Wu. His father is friends with Master Wu."
Grand Wu smiled and nodded without saying anything. He continued to look at the foreigner. The foreigner continued to speak, and Meng Lin translated for him,"I wonder what you think about him coming here to work with you on the news agency?”
Wu Ye chuckled." That's exactly what I want." The foreigner saw that Wu Ye was also straightforward and took the initiative to stand up and shake hands. When the two pairs of hands tightly shook each other, the agreement was easily negotiated. In order to celebrate, Master Wu offered to have lunch together. Naturally, the Westerners were happy, but Meng Lin was still thinking about his family's factory business, so he was a little hesitant. Grand Wu could probably tell that Meng Lin was in a dilemma. He took the initiative to hug Meng Lin's shoulder. This action startled Meng Lin and he could not help but tremble.
"Menglin, my foreign friend is so happy. Why don't you come and have a meal with us? Without you around, I can't communicate with him."
Meng Lin saw that Master Wu's words made sense. Thinking about Uncle Wang in the factory, he nodded and agreed. However, the action of Grand Wu hugging her shoulders made her more vigilant.
In the private room of the restaurant, the foreigner had been talking about England. Meng Lin also took the opportunity to learn about the culture and customs of England from him. This would also be a good answer when others asked him about his studies abroad in the future. Grand Wu drank his wine and watched as the two of them chatted happily. He didn't feel awkward at all when the two of them ignored him. Instead, he looked at Meng Lin with an indescribable joy in his eyes. This gaze wasn't the gaze a father would have when looking at his daughter, but…Meng Lin and the foreigner were talking passionately when he unintentionally glanced at Lord Wu's eyes. His face instantly burned. The gentleness that was emitted from his eyes contained the steadiness and shrewdness of a mature man. It made it easy for an innocent girl to submit. Looking at the wine in the glass, there was not much left. He felt that it was time to leave after drinking this glass, so he had to think of a way to escape.
Meng Lin really couldn't think of a solution at the moment. Master Wu and the Westerners were both in high spirits. Men couldn't leave halfway through their drinking. If he left alone, he had to give them a reason to convince them. Just as Meng Lin was thinking about it, his hand accidentally touched the handbag on his lap. Suddenly, an idea came to him.
"Master Wu, let me show you a treasure. I guarantee you haven't seen it before.”
Grand Wu was stunned when he heard that. He thought to himself,'I've seen the world. What haven't I seen before? This girl actually has a so-called treasure that I haven't seen before?'
Meng Lin took out his own smartphone. This move was really effective. Not only Master Wu, but even the Westerners were stunned.
Master Wu looked at the item carefully, but he couldn't find anything strange about it. Even the Westerners had never seen such a high-level item. He said," Good,good…" When Meng Lin saw that the two of them had fallen for the trap, she told them that she had brought it back from England. She said this in Chinese, but the Westerners did not understand. However, she did not give up and asked in English where this thing came from. Meng Lin then said in English that it was brought back from Russia. Master Wu did not understand this sentence either, so she " deceived her superiors and subordinates ". She was so happy that she almost laughed out loud. Master Wu and the foreigner exchanged glances. Suddenly, their phones vibrated and music started playing.
The Westerner and Master Wu were shocked by this sudden situation. The phone rang and the screen lit up. They thought that it was a sign of a bomb going off, so they were so scared that they threw the phone out. This time, it happened to be thrown into the pot of fish soup in the middle of the table. The phone fell into the water.
Meng Lin was dumbfounded. The phone call was very likely from Wen Hui. Once it was flooded, there would definitely be no place to repair the phone in the Republic of China. At that moment, Meng Lin didn't think much and reached into the fish soup to take out the phone. This barbaric action really shocked Master Wu and the foreigner. Her phone was turned off again. It was wet and the fish soup was still flowing. She had wanted to get out of this predicament, but who knew that she would fall into another predicament. This time, the gains did not make up for the losses. Thinking of this, Meng Lin told the frightened Martial Lord that his treasure was broken and that he would have to leave first.
Master Wu agreed without thinking. Just as Meng Lin was about to leave, Master Wu seemed to have remembered something and suddenly said that this thing was a machine. He had a friend who worked in a machine factory and was famous for repairing machines. He might as well give it to him for repair. After all, throwing the " baby " into the fish soup was a good thing for them. This could be considered compensation. Meng Lin felt hope when he heard that and agreed immediately. He then suggested that they repair it as soon as possible. Master Wu called Dong who was at the door and asked him to bring Meng Lin to the Huangkou Machinery Factory.
Ah Dong was driving. Meng Lin had been worried about his phone the whole way and was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery outside the car. When he passed by the Westerner Cafe, he accidentally saw two men sitting by the window. The two men looked familiar. At this moment, a car came from the opposite side of the road. Ah Dong took the initiative to drive his car to the right and then slowed down. The moment he slowed down, he was close to the window of the cafe. Just as the car slowly drove past, he said, In the car, Meng Lin saw that the two men by the window were his brother and Hao Yashuo.
It was strange. Two men were here for coffee. It was working hours now. Her brother didn't seem like the kind of person who would slack off. Why was Yashuo here too? Were they here for business or personal matters? When men were together, most of the time, they would talk about women. Meng Lin thought about this and seemed a little jealous.
The car made a beautiful arc and arrived at the entrance of a factory." Miss Xia, we're here." Meng Lin opened the car door and followed Ah Dong into the factory. As Dong walked in, he grabbed a worker and asked him a few questions. The worker turned around and pointed to the depths of the factory. Meng Lin followed Dong into an iron house in the deepest part of the factory.
Inside sat a man wearing glasses. This man was about 50 years old and had a thin figure. He looked rigorous and capable like a science man. As soon as Ah Dong entered, he greeted him kindly,"Master Wang." Master Wang didn't raise his head and continued to fiddle with the watch in his hand as if he was repairing it."Dong, what's wrong?" Ah Dong handed Meng Lin's phone over. This time, Master Wang was shocked. He looked at it for a long time but still could not understand it. Then, he asked Ah Dong,"What is this?"
"This is a foreign product that Miss Xia brought back from abroad. It was soaked in water just now. No, specifically, it was soaked in soup, fish soup, so it's not working now.”
Master Wang picked up his phone and looked at it for a while. He nodded as if he understood something. He picked up a Screwdriver, but unfortunately, he couldn't find a screw that he could use. He didn't give up and continued to look for it, but he still couldn't find it. This made Master Wang very troubled. After a while, Master Wang raised his glasses and looked at Dong helplessly."I can't even open this thing, so I can't fix it at all."
" This…How can it not open?" Dong was puzzled.
"This is a very precise piece of equipment. I can't even find a screw, so I can't do it."
Dong took the phone and handed it to Meng Lin, saying,""Looks like it won't work. Master Wang is an old mechanic. If he can't do it, it'll be difficult for others to do it.”
All of this seemed to be within Meng Lin's expectations. She did not explain anything and walked out of the factory. Sigh, maybe this was fate. I had missed contact with Wenhui several times. It seemed that I could only rely on myself. She began to blame herself again. The last time she answered Wenhui's call, if she had spoken at that time, even if she exposed her identity in front of her brother, she would have at least talked to Wenhui and naturally explained some things. The more Meng Lin thought about it, the more annoyed he became. A tear unknowingly fell from his eyes. Seeing Meng Lin cry, Ah Dong was a little flustered. He quickly comforted Meng Lin and said that he could find another mechanic. Meng Lin did not seem to have much hope because she knew that it was a fantasy to repair things from the 21st century in the Republic of China. It was normal that they could not be repaired, so she rejected Ah Dong. Only then did she remember that her brother and Yashuo were at the coffee shop. She asked Ah Dong to send her to the coffee shop.
Azurepeak and Yashuo coming to the cafe at this time was definitely not because they were slacking off. It was because Yashuo had taken the initiative to ask him out. Azurepeak knew that he had gained something.
" I've been staying at the Steamed Bun Shop in the City God Temple for three months. During these three months, I've been pretending to be eating, squatting at the entrance as a smoker, and dressing up as a shoeshine worker for the whole day. Only then did I notice the commotion."
"What's going on?"
"The shopkeeper, the waiter and the beggar you saved were all in cahoots. Now I understand why you were followed by the beggar that day. It was because your illogical behavior of leaving the shop in a hurry before you finished your meal was discovered by the waiter, so they followed you. The purpose of following you was to prevent you from discovering their secret in time, not to hurt you. This is also why they did not shoot you and Menglin when you escaped.”
"I see. Have you found out their secret?”
"We expected them to be that group. I really didn't expect them to be the same."
"Really?" Azurepeak's eyes widened." Is it reliable?”
"Absolutely reliable. That beggar, the person you saved, is called Li Danong. He's a messenger. Among the people chasing after you, there's a leader with a beard. They call him Brother Beard. I don't know his exact name. You said that a man wearing a top hat gave a note to Li Danong, and Li Danong went back to give it to the telegram operator. All along, Li Danong has been in contact with them. Other than Li Danong, many of their important people have never met each other. Therefore, I speculate that Li Danong was being pursued on the ship that day because he had important information on him.”
"And then?"
" I haven't left the Steamed Bun Shop for three months. Whenever I hear the shopkeeper asking any of the shop's workers to buy salt and sugar, I'll send someone else to keep an eye on them. Every time they buy salt and sugar, they go to a fixed grocery store. Sometimes, there's nothing they want to buy in the shop. On the surface, they would rather come back empty-handed than go to other shops to buy. Therefore, I concluded that buying things was a pretense. It's very likely to contact their own people. Later, I sent people to the grocery store and found that the people who came out of the store were all dealing with the Eighth Route Army…"
"Oh? Really?"
"It's absolutely true. Several times, they had seen different Eighth Route Army soldiers interacting with them. It didn't seem like an act.”
"That's great. We found the right person. The war will definitely break out in less than three years. We must contact this organization before the war breaks out. However, we can't act rashly now. There's still some time before the war. Just in case, you have to continue to send people to follow them. Don't let us help the wrong person and become a sinner of the nation.”
"Yes, I understand."
"Only the two of us know about this. Don't tell a third person.”
Ya Shuo nodded. Azurepeak was about to continue when Ya Shuo saw a familiar figure walking in this direction behind Azurepeak. He coughed lightly and said,"Your sister is here…"
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