At the beginning of the Republic of China, everything was renewed. In fact, Shanghai Bund was still the same Shanghai Bund, and those who made the most decisions on Shanghai Bund were still the same group of people, but they just changed their names.
"Master Lu, don't you know? The eldest daughter of the Sheng family is missing," Song Qing said.
"What, the eldest daughter of the Sheng family is missing? This is tabloid gossip, right?" Lu Ming looked disdainful.
"Whoever dares to spread rumors about the Sheng family in Shanghai is probably too tired to live. Let me tell you, yes, the biggest news in Shanghai right now is that Miss Sheng Muyi is missing." Song Qing said with wide eyes.
"Ah? This is really happening!"
Lu Ming and Yuan Mingzhu exclaimed at the same time.
"A month ago, I was drinking with sister Mu Yi in Shanghai. Was she kidnapped? Who is so brave?" Yuan Mingzhu said in shock.
"Maybe she ran away with someone. I'm just telling you nonsense. Don't take it seriously." Song Qing winked and said with a smile.
Lu Ming ignored him and frowned as he thought about it. To him, this news was as puzzling as hearing that the sun disappeared and was eaten by a tengu.
"Aren't there four bodyguards and a dozen maids around Sister Muyi? Are they missing too?" Yuan Mingzhu followed Song Qing's line of thinking and guessed, but her tone was rhetorical. Obviously, she didn't believe it.
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"Only Miss Sheng is missing, everyone else is fine. No one can tell clearly what happened." Song Qing said with a bitter smile.
"Are these people in the Shanghai Police Department just for a living? They all only know how to eat and drink, but don't do anything serious." Yuan Mingzhu was furious, and after thinking about it, she added, "It's cheap to call them idiots.
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"Ms. Yuan's words are serious. According to people at the police station, she might have been targeted by some ignorant gang and kidnapped." Song Qing said seriously.
"Kidnapped? Who dares to kidnap the eldest daughter of the Sheng family in Shanghai?" Lu Ming shook his head repeatedly. He knew the status of the Sheng family in Shanghai very well.
"I'm telling you, Master Lu, these days are not stable. It's hard to say that there won't be a few people who take advantage of others." Song Qing said with a dark expression.
"So, you are also..." Lu Ming understood a little bit.
"Yes, we received an order from the summit to strictly check every passing ship to prevent anyone from kidnapping Miss Shanda."
"Oh, I have wronged you to say so. I'm sorry." Yuan Mingzhu said a little embarrassed.
She and Sheng Muyi were close friends. Since the other party was looking for the missing Miss Shanda, she should actively cooperate, but she kicked the person on duty into the water. The little girl was indiscriminate and was a bit reckless.
Yuan Mingzhu blushed a little at this time.
"Haha, it's nothing. It's okay to ask them to open their eyes and see the methods of Shanghai Beach Pearl." Song Qing laughed loudly.
Lu Ming smiled and said nothing. This Song Qing probably didn't have a good relationship with those two subordinates. This time he obviously wanted them to learn a lesson from their bad luck. Otherwise, he should have come out long ago instead of staying in the cabin all the time.
inside.
While they were talking, another boat came not far away. Song Qing hurriedly said goodbye to Lu Ming and the others, then rowed the boat to meet the boat and began to board the boat to search.
Zhang Ben rowed away, and it was almost night. There were hundreds of boats on the river, and a light was lit on the bow of each boat. It was like all the stars in the sky had fallen on the river. It was really beautiful.
At this time, Mrs. Qiaoshou had already prepared the meal and asked the two of them to go into the middle cabin to dine.
The main course for dinner is Yuan Mingzhu’s favorite dish, the sweet and sour fish that Qiaoshou is good at, and then Lu Ming’s favorite dish, braised pork with dried plums and vegetables. Half of the remaining six bowls of dishes are sweet, in order to cater to Yuan Mingzhu
Of the tastes, the other half is salty, because Lu Ming and Yuan Mingzhu have opposite tastes, and sweets are basically unpalatable.
The food was their favorite dish, and the wine was their favorite old wine brewed in their hometown. However, both of them felt like there was a stone in their chests, and they couldn't move their chopsticks.
"Why did sister Muyi disappear? I don't understand." Yuan Mingzhu tilted her head and thought for a long time before saying this.
"I believe she ran away from home, but I don't believe she disappeared or was kidnapped. Sheng Muyi can't be lost." Lu Ming said thoughtfully.
Lu Ming knew that Sheng Muyi's private security was second to none in Shanghai. No matter where she went, she had four personal bodyguards with guns, and these four were all specially trained sharpshooters.
Everyone knows that Sheng Youde spent a lot of money to hire four extraordinary sharpshooters as bodyguards for his daughter. Some people say that they are masters hidden in the Qing Gang, others say that they come from the Beiyang Army, and some even say that they were originally for Yuan
The president serves as a bodyguard. In short, the origins of these four people are very mysterious.
Lu Ming had seen these four people shooting in the courtyard of the Sheng family. They were indeed shooting at a distance of tens of meters. More than a dozen bullets left only a hole in the target. This shooting impressed Lu Ming, who opened the detective agency.
's body fell to the ground.
He didn't dare to show his shame. It is estimated that if he went up, his results would not be much worse, but it would leave only a bullet hole, which was absolutely impossible. Unless the distance was shortened to less than ten meters, it might still be possible.
"What do you mean? Sheng Muyi can't be lost, so if I lose it one day, it's the right thing to do?" Yuan Mingzhu was unwilling.
"Because of your arrogant attitude every day, I should have been embarrassed a long time ago, but I haven't been embarrassed yet. It can be called the eighth wonder of the world." Lu Ming laughed.
"I'll beat you to death. Who's embarrassed? How dare you say that?" Yuan Mingzhu held up her chopsticks as if to hit him.
Lu Ming hurriedly shrank his neck and made a sign of fear: "A gentleman talks but never moves."
"I am a woman, not a gentleman. I just like to do things."
Qiao'er, who had been watching from the cabin door, hurriedly shouted: "Mom, come on, Master Lu and Miss Yuan are fighting."
Sister-in-law Qiaoshou was startled when she heard this, and hurriedly came in to take a look. She was amused to see that the two of them were not fighting, they were clearly flirting.
"Why don't you two use your chopsticks? Is my cooking not to your taste?" Sister Qiaoshou asked knowingly.
She was quite confident in her cooking skills. Lu Ming once discussed with her to give the couple a sum of money to open a restaurant in Shanghai. With her skillful cooking skills, she would surely have customers every day.
The door is so full that you can't even push it open. If you do that, you will become rich in just a few years.
Although Qiaoshou and his wife are poor, their ambitions are different from those of ordinary people. They like the scenery and life on the water and do not want to compete with others for profit and cause trouble on the shore. Although Qiaoshou's cooking is good, not everyone can eat it.
Except for family members, only a few people with close relationships such as Lu Ming and Yuan Mingzhu had this good fortune.
Lu Ming thought about it. It was not easy to gain a foothold in Shanghai. Although he could support them, disputes were unavoidable. There was no need to accept that idleness for copper coins.
Although you can't get rich by punting on the river, as long as you work hard, it won't be a problem to support your family, especially since they only have three people in the family.
Looking at the cute Qiaoer and the hard-working and capable Qiaoshou sister-in-law, Lu Ming couldn't help but think of it. Rich people in Europe and America like to buy yachts. In their free time, they drive yachts to sea, fish, surf and bask in the sun, and live a magical life for a few days. Thinking about it this way,
Aren’t Qiaoshou’s family of three living a magical life every day?
"Sister Qiaoshou, it's not your fault, it's just something on our minds and we can't eat." Yuan Mingzhu took back the pair of chopsticks that were hanging in the air, sat up straight, and sighed.
"If you can't eat, you have to eat some. It's easy to get seasick on an empty stomach." Sister Qiaoshou advised.
"Sister-in-law Qiaoshou, have you also heard about Miss Shanda's disappearance?" Lu Ming asked.
"Of course I heard about it. Maybe you two didn't hear it at home, but no one believes it. How could the eldest lady of the Sheng family disappear? If someone has kidnapped her, her bodyguards and maids are not dead, so how could it be possible?
Let your young lady be kidnapped? And she disappeared in the most luxurious hotel built in Shanghai. This is almost a made-up drama."
"A made-up drama? Why do you say that?" Lu Ming was curious and asked.
"The hotel is crowded with people, and there are many foreign devils with hooked noses and furry bodies. I heard that in order to protect these foreign devils, the police station has sent many people to guard the outside. With this formation, who can kill Miss Shanda?"
Kidnapped? This is almost like a drama." Mrs. Qiaoshou said while pouring wine and vegetables for the two of them.
"The one who disappeared in the hotel? Is it the newly built Chinachem Hotel? This is the only one that will open in Shanghai recently." Yuan Mingzhu asked.
"It seems like it's called Hua Mao Hotel, but why is the hotel called such a name? It's quite funny. Foreigners come up with all kinds of tricks." Mrs. Qiaoshou said with a smile.
Lu Ming and Yuan Mingzhu both laughed, knowing that Mrs. Qiaoshou was deliberately trying to make them happy. Even if they didn't know the meaning of the word Huamao, they wouldn't think that a big hotel would be named after Huamao.
After Mrs. Qiaoshou said this, the stone blocking their chests opened a crack, and a ray of light shone in. The two of them saw that Mrs. Qiaoshou had been busy for a long time and could not survive without eating, so they raised their glasses and held chopsticks in their hands.
Start choosing what you like to eat.
"That's right, let me tell you, Miss Shanda may have been angry with Mr. Sheng and secretly ran out to play. Just like Miss Yuan, isn't Huzhou looking for you now?" Qiao Shou
My sister-in-law smiled again.
Yuan Mingzhu smiled a little shyly, and Lu Ming also felt a little embarrassed. The two of them escaped happily, but they left behind a mess that the family still didn't know how to clean up.
"Do you think we are a little too selfish?" Yuan Mingzhu whispered.
"Don't talk about us, I didn't let you run away, you ran faster than me." Lu Ming quickly clarified.
"I'm not running away for you. Why should I run away if not for you?" Yuan Mingzhu's eyebrows immediately arched up.
If others definitely don't understand them, Sister Qiaoshou has been with them for a long time, but she can understand. She knows that these two people have no other intentions. They just don't want to be arranged by others. They have to make their own decisions in their own affairs, even if their parents make the decisions for them.
willing.
"But……"
Lu Ming didn't say anything about Ziwu Maoyou for a long time. He also knew that Yuan Mingzhu did this for himself, and of course for herself.