An Yi wandered around the streets under the guise of shopping, and she actually found Hou Liang's residence.
In fact, it is not difficult to find a hotel where Hou Liang lives. Because Hou Liang needs to go to the hospital frequently for treatment, he must live not far from the hospital. He still has some peace of mind.
Hou Liang was treated at the Army General Hospital after being tortured. This is an important clue.
Relying on this clue, An Yi found the White Swan Hotel where Hou Liang lived within one day.
The White Swan Hotel is only two blocks away from the Army General Hospital. After noon, An Yi squatted in the teahouse opposite the White Swan Hotel, drinking tea and monitoring what was happening on the other side.
In the afternoon, she saw Hou Liang, supported by two agents from the Fuxing Society, walking out of the door and getting into a car parked at the door, accompanied by only two agents.
An Yi sat still and didn't move. Two hours later, she saw the car come back and parked at the door of the hotel. Hou Liang got out of the car and walked into the hotel with the support of two agents.
An Yi came out of the teahouse and walked across the two streets carelessly, like a woman wandering around with nothing to do.
An Yi walked into the White Swan Hotel and asked at the counter if there were any vacancies. She wanted to book a room.
The female employee at the counter looked at her in surprise, thinking that she didn't look like someone coming to stay.
An Yi said that people from her hometown were coming to the Army General Hospital for treatment, and she was afraid that they would not be able to book a room when they arrived, so she came to take a look first.
The female employee then lowered her guard and told her that there were a lot of available rooms, so there was no need to rush to book in advance. Guests could just come and book a room at any time when they arrived.
An Yi felt strange, how could any hotel or inn refuse a guest's request to book a room in advance? You can get some handling fees in advance for booking a room. If the customer cancels the reservation, the handling fee will not be refunded.
"Can't you book a room in advance?" she asked.
"Of course, but... we don't recommend guests to do this." The female employee said and looked at a corner of the hall.
An Yi followed her gaze and saw a man wearing a white shirt and sunglasses sitting on the sofa in the hall reading a newspaper. She understood immediately.
"My family members have leg problems and cannot go upstairs. Can you guarantee that there is a room available on the first floor? Or I will book one now," An Yi said.
An Yi kept staring at the man sitting on the sofa from the corner of her eyes. Sure enough, she heard that she wanted to book a room on the first floor. The man raised his head and wanted to stand up, but then he thought for a moment and continued to look down at the newspaper.
The female employee looked in the direction of the man with some panic, and couldn't help but said in panic: "One, there are no... empty rooms on the first floor, they are all occupied."
An Yi asked again if there would be any guests checking out in the past few days. The female employee quickly shook her head, her expression almost not denying, but rejecting.
An deliberately asked the female employee for help, saying that her family members had leg problems and could not go upstairs and could only live on the first floor.
Suddenly, a little boy ran out of a room on the first floor, shouting for ice cream. A young woman behind him was chasing him, telling him not to run around, and then a man in a white shirt followed.
He came out with a gloomy expression on his face.
When they walked over, An Yi saw that the man's lower back was bulging, and there was obviously a pistol inside.
An Yi saw the room the little boy ran out of, which should be Room 104.
Then she saw Hou Liang again. He was sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed by a man. The other man was scanning the surroundings with warning eyes. Both men were wearing the same white shirt, black pants and black shoes, but they did not
Wear sunglasses.
An Yi did not continue to ask, as it would obviously cause problems if she asked any more, so she smiled apologetically and walked out leisurely.
When she passed Hou Liang in the wheelchair, she clearly felt a kind of tension. That kind of tension was not emanating from her, but from the two men.
From the corner of her eye, she saw both men reaching for their lower backs and stopping.
Hou Liang, who was sitting in a wheelchair, also looked at An Yi, but An Yi was wearing a straw hat and sunglasses, and he couldn't see An Yi's face clearly.
An Yi also had an impulse at that moment. At this time, she could just take out the pistol in her handbag and shoot Hou Liang to death, because Hou Liang's head was within reach.
However, An Yi resisted this temptation. She knew that even if she succeeded, she would be shot dead by two agents later.
Although An Yi moved slowly and her posture was elegant, her footsteps did not stop. As she walked past Hou Liang, the nervousness disappeared.
An Yi did not go to the teahouse opposite to drink tea. She walked out two streets and got into a rickshaw to go home.
"You mean Hou Liang has four spies from the Fuxing Society around him?" Mr. Dong asked after listening to An Yi's account.
"I only saw four. It's hard to say if there are other spies." An Yi said while taking a sip of herbal tea.
"You can't rush this matter. I'll go check out the situation tomorrow," Mr. Dong said.
"No, this mission is mine, you can't interfere." An Yi said decisively.
"Today you have been exposed to the spies of Fuxing Society. You cannot continue to monitor tomorrow, otherwise the spies will become suspicious." Mr. Dong was talking about common sense in underground work.
If a woman shows up at that hotel two days in a row, the agents will definitely become alert and may come forward to question her or even search her belongings.
That might be a bad thing, because An Yi has a pistol in his handbag. If he is found, he will be arrested on the spot.
"No surveillance tomorrow. Hou Liang's condition should require long-term treatment in the hospital. He will not leave the hotel in the short term. It will not be too late to take action when we find a suitable opportunity." An Yi said.
Returning to her old job, something about An Yi came back to life, and she seemed smart, capable and heroic again.
Mr. Dong noticed the changes in An Yi and he was very happy. He did not want to see An Yi become depressed day by day.
After sending the telegram to Frank, Lu Ming went to see Sheng Youde again.
It was not him who maintained close relations with Britain, but Sheng Youde.
Sheng Youde has a certain influence on the British government and can even talk to the British royal family. Lu Ming doesn't know why Sheng Youde has relations with the British upper class. He only knows that Sheng Youde is friends with the British Rothschilds.
Sir De is a very good friend.
"Do you know why I don't care about this incident?" Sheng Youde poured Lu Ming a glass of whiskey and said slowly.
Lu Ming looked at Sheng Youde. After a few years, Sheng Youde seemed to be getting younger, and his every move showed the aura of a business tycoon.
It seems that Sheng Youde has been exuding this kind of aura since Lu Ming could remember. Over the past ten years, the only changes that have occurred are the increase in wrinkles on Sheng Youde's face and the change in hair color.
The biggest change in the past two years was the period after Sheng Muyi disappeared. At that time, Sheng Youde was exhausted mentally and physically, like a decrepit old man.
After Sheng Di had an accident and the 128 Incident broke out, although Sheng Youde was very angry, his mental strength did not diminish, and he even accumulated some energy because of his anger.
At this time, Sheng Youde recharged his energy, and his whole figure seemed to have been filtered, and his energy and spirit seemed brand new.
However, when it came to Ning Xiner's kidnapping, Sheng Youde was unable to do anything. Lu Ming had long seen that, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Lu Ming hurried back to Shanghai from Nanjing, and was ambushed by Manchurian Railway agents on the way. All of this seemed to have been anticipated by Sheng Youde.
During this period, Lu Ming went to Liuyuan three times to meet Sheng Youde and expressed his concern about Ning Xiner's kidnapping.
Obviously, Lu Ming believed that the Japanese were causing trouble. If Sheng Youde followed his usual attitude towards Japan, he would have inquired carefully and might have helped Lu Ming make plans.
However, Sheng Youde just smiled, showing no indignation nor making any suggestions.
Lu Ming knew that Sheng Youde had never been interested in gang organizations and had little contact with the Cao Gang. It was because of him and Mingzhu that Sheng Youde had come forward to help the Cao Gang overcome the difficulty of smuggling arms.
Now that Lu Ming has made such a big noise, is Sheng Youde still indifferent?
Lu Ming was not sure, but also felt very puzzled. Why did Sheng Youde, who had always strongly supported him, remain silent on this issue?
Maybe Sheng Youde thought that the heat was not yet there and continued to sit firmly on Diaoyutai?
No, it's already so urgent, why can't it be heated up enough? I must ask him for an explanation today, and we can't let it go on like this any longer.
Lu Ming shouted in his heart. He had to use Sheng Youde's power to completely solve this problem.