The night is getting darker, but the streets and alleys of Shanghai are still brightly lit at this moment.
Today is New Year's Eve, which is the most important festival for every Chinese person. It is also the only day of the year when no curfew is implemented.
At this time, Mingtai was standing by the river, looking at the slowly flowing river in front of him in trance, not knowing what he was thinking.
Suddenly, there was a strange "pop" sound in the distance, which suddenly brought him back from his thoughts. Then he subconsciously lowered his body, entered a state of alert, and quickly searched for anything strange around him.
But in the next moment, a faint smile appeared on Mingtai's face, and on the other side of her sight, Yu Manli was standing there lively. The fireworks that should have been colorful became her foil at this moment.
The reflection becomes even brighter and more dazzling.
"Look how scared you are!" Yu Manli joked as she walked toward Mingtai.
Mingtai immediately said harshly: "I'm not scared by you! This is a professional conditioned reflex!"
"You can't tell the difference between the sound of fireworks and the sound of gunfire, and you still say that you are a professional? You don't know how to be shy." After saying that, Yu Manli coughed lightly, deliberately imitating Wang Tianfeng's tone, and lectured, "Mingtai,
Did you know that sometimes, a subconscious action can lead to your identity being exposed? As an agent, you must know how to disguise yourself. When you don't have a mission, you must always disguise yourself as an ordinary person."
Hearing this, Mingtai couldn't help curling his lips, "You little girl, you've learned quite a bit! You're so brave now that you dare to laugh at your commander."
"The mission is over, so stop putting on airs! Our group has a grand opening tonight, so I'll give you an advantage by letting you set off a few fireworks with me."
"Otherwise? What else do you want?"
"I've done such a big deal with Mr. Lin. Shouldn't you invite me to get a hair perm, watch a movie, listen to a play in the big world, or watch horse racing at the racecourse?"
Mingtai, who had always regarded himself as a promiscuous woman and an expert in love, could naturally hear the implication of Yu Manli's words. However, Wang Tianfeng's warning before leaving still rang in his ears, which made him dare not go too far.
I could only silently hide the throbbing deep in my heart, smiled bitterly, and said with a low expression: "I am not Mr. Lin now, I am just the leader of an action group. I am afraid that these requests of the eldest lady, I
Can not afford."
As soon as these words came out, Yu Manli couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and said softly, "Thank you!"
"no need thank me?"
"Thank you for your hesitation at that moment. Although I don't know the reason, it shows that I still have a certain place in your heart. And this is enough for me." Yu Manli said
Then he handed the match in his hand to Mingtai, "As for now, I just want you to accompany me to set off a few fireworks, okay?"
"my pleasure!"
Soon, as the fireworks rose one after another, the entire night sky became colorful, blooming with dazzling and colorful fireworks.
"I think……"
"Mingtai..."
Looking at the fireworks in the sky, the two of them spoke almost at the same time, then looked at each other, and neither of them continued.
In the end, it was Yu Manli who spoke first and said, "You speak first."
"I miss my sister and my brother. Every New Year's Eve, our family will set off fireworks together. But now I am obviously in Shanghai but can't go home. They must miss me too." Mingtai said this a little bit.
After a pause, his eyes were filled with endless longing, "I know that what I am doing now must be hidden from them, but one day I will have to face them."
Hearing this, Yu Manli couldn't hide her disappointment, but she quickly cheered up and said to Mingtai with a smile: "You go home! Especially on such a special day today, you should go home. Now
When we go back, we might be able to catch the New Year’s Eve dinner. Just think of it as a little surprise for them!”
As soon as these words came out, Mingtai immediately turned from worry to joy, "Yes! Why didn't I think of that? Thank you, Manli!"
However, after he was happy, Mingtai asked worriedly, "What about you? How about..."
"No need, you are a family reunited, I will not join in the fun as an outsider."
Of course Mingtai knew that Yu Manli was trying to be brave, but he did not expose it, but thoughtfully chose to respect her wishes.
"I'm leaving?"
"Are you going back like this? Why don't you go back and change your clothes and pick up your luggage?"
"Yes, yes, do the whole thing. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if my elder brother sees it. You don't know that my elder brother..."
The two of them talked and laughed like this, and gradually disappeared into the night...
At this time, the atmosphere in the conference room of the secret service headquarters was completely opposite. Although it was filled with officials and agents of all sizes, the entire conference room was completely silent. It was so depressing and quiet that people could almost breathe.
At this moment, a figure pushed open the door and broke the eerie silence in the conference room.
"Is there any result?" Ding Mocun, who was sitting on the main seat, asked with great care.
Zheng Yao nodded first, then without even bothering to wipe the sweat off his face, he respectfully handed the folder in his hand to Ding Mocun.
However, Ding Mocun only took a cursory glance at it, and then handed it to Yingzuo Zhenzhao and Nanzo Yunzi who were sitting next to them for review.
It wasn't until both of them had read it that they handed the folder back to Zheng Yaoxian and said expressionlessly: "Read it!"
"Yes!" Zheng Yaoxian quickly stood at attention, then took the folder and read aloud, "After investigation, so far we have suffered eight premeditated bomb attacks, except for the Zhou Mansion and the Secret Service Headquarters due to
In addition to being discovered in time and causing no serious consequences, the remaining six places all caused varying degrees of personal and property losses to us; in addition, two murders occurred in the public concession, one of which was Professor Qian Wenbin Qian of Hujiang University.
He was attacked on his way home; in another incident, Wang Furui, deputy director of the Economic Department of the Ministry of Finance, was assassinated in the Xinlicha Western Restaurant and died unfortunately."
Hearing this, Ding Mocun scanned the people present with sharp eyes and said with great insight: "To be honest, the Huajie area has always been an area prone to such cases. What happened like this?"
I'm not surprised, but what I can't figure out is why, for the same bomb attack, the Zhou Mansion and the Secret Service Headquarters would have completely different results from the other six locations? In the end, it comes down to two words, 'careful'
'.If there were more careful people like Deputy Director Ming and Captain Jiang among us, I believe that such a tragedy could be completely avoided. What do you think?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately echoed them, and at this moment, Ding Mocun suddenly changed the subject, "But what worries me more is the two incidents that happened in the public concession at almost the same time.
A murder case occurred, can any of you tell me whether this is a coincidence or whether there is some inevitable connection?"
