"Hmm! Why is it so noisy this early in the morning? Are you not even allowed to have a good night's sleep?"
While Li Qiang and Minglou were talking, Mingtai sat up from the sofa sleepily and said angrily.
Minglou straightened his face, "Who asked you to sleep here? You caught a cold again!"
"You think I do? You are all asleep. If I don't clean, who will clean? I'm so tired that I don't even have the strength to go upstairs. Even this blanket was given to me by Brother A Qiang."
As he spoke, Mingtai yawned exaggeratedly.
"Mingtai, you had breakfast and went to the department store to buy back the things that you broke yesterday." Cheng said as he took out a list from his pocket and handed it to Mingtai, "Also, don't forget
Go to the framing shop and buy a picture frame. If you don’t know how, don’t frame it. I’ll do it when I come back.”
Mingtai put the list away without saying a word, then walked to Minglou and stretched out his hand.
"What are you doing?" Minglou asked knowingly.
"What else can I do? There are so many things that I, a poor student, can't afford."
Minglou had no choice but to take out his wallet and pull out a wad of bills, "Here!"
However, after Mingtai took the banknote, he was not satisfied. Instead, he stretched out his hand again, pouted and said coquettishly: "Not enough!"
Minglou suppressed his anger and took out a few more large-denomination banknotes, stuffed them into Mingtai's hand distressedly, and said through gritted teeth: "Is that enough?"
Mingtai then chuckled, then grabbed the banknotes and said with satisfaction: "That's enough! Brother, I suddenly found that you were very cool when giving me money!"
"Yeah?"
"of course!"
"Hmph! Don't think that everything will be fine if you just flatter me. Remember, only you know my identity. Even if you assign tasks again in the future, you must go through formal channels. I will convey it to you through the radio."
"I understand, we can't make our home look like a military intelligence station."
"It is to maintain normalcy and prevent the Japanese spies and the monitoring agency No. 76 from discovering abnormalities. But you are right, home is home, not an intelligence station. From today on, I will establish a rule. From now on, there will only be family members in this home.
There are no superiors or subordinates. In addition to not being allowed to talk about politics openly, you should not talk about official matters unless necessary, lest the walls have ears. Do you understand?"
"Yes, brother!" the three of them said in unison.
And at this moment, Mingtai asked as if he suddenly remembered something, "Brother, does Guo Qiyun know that you are a poisonous snake?"
"have no idea."
"Is it true that I don't know, or..." Mingtai said with obvious disbelief.
Xiang Minglou didn't want to continue this topic, but glanced at his watch, "Okay, it's almost time. Those who should go to work go to work, those who should have breakfast go to have breakfast, I have to go back to the room to recuperate."
After saying that, he turned around and left the living room, going back to his room to rest.
However, just as Cheng and Li Qiang were preparing to go to work, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Who could it be this early in the morning?
With such doubts, Ah Cheng walked to the porch and opened the door. He found that the person standing at the door was none other than Liang Zhongchun!
"Director Liang? What are you..."
"I was shocked to hear that Chief Ming was assassinated. I couldn't sleep or eat well all night, so I came here to apologize to Chief Ming."
Ah Cheng smiled and said, "Director Liang is overly concerned. This incident happened on a Japanese gambling boat and has nothing to do with No. 76. What crime is Director Liang guilty of?"
"Protecting the personal safety of the chief is the duty of No. 76, so it is our dereliction of duty when Chief Ming is in danger." After speaking, Liang Zhongchun thrust the gift box he was carrying into Cheng's hand, "Brother Cheng
, these are some supplements I bought at the market early in the morning, they are good things for replenishing energy and strengthening the body, please be sure to accept them, Brother Cheng."
"Director Liang is thoughtful. Although Mr. Ming was assassinated, fortunately, the rescue was timely and he is out of danger. This is a blessing among misfortunes, so you don't have to blame yourself too much."
Only then did Liang Zhongchun let out a sigh of relief, "As long as it's okay, it's okay, then... I won't bother you too much..."
"Wait a minute, Director Liang!"
Just when Liang Zhongchun was about to turn around and leave, he was stopped by Ah Cheng, who then pulled him aside mysteriously and whispered...
…
In the office, Cheng, who was temporarily handling official duties for Minglou, sat across from Minglou's desk and listened carefully to the reports of the secretaries.
"The lack of fluctuations in the stock market today indicates that the Japanese should have blocked the news of Chief Ming's assassination. However, we cannot take it lightly. Once the news of Chief Ming's assassination is leaked, the public will lose confidence in Chairman Wang's economic success. This will
This kind of thing often affects the whole body. At such a critical moment, confidentiality must be given top priority. Once something goes wrong, none of us can bear the responsibility, do you understand?"
"Understood!" all the secretaries replied in unison.
After hearing this, Acheng nodded with satisfaction at first, but then frowned and asked, "Why isn't Secretary Li here? Are you late?"
"Oh, he just called and said he was sick and asked for a day of sick leave." Secretary Liu said.
Ah Cheng couldn't help but sneer after hearing this, "I think it must be a mental illness, right? Ever since the commander-in-chief swapped his job with Secretary Chen, he has complained about it and asked for leave every now and then. It's obvious that he is sick.
You are just silently protesting to Chief Ming! Tell him that if you don’t want to do it, don’t come back to work in the future! His big Buddha is something that our small temple in the Secretariat cannot afford!”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room, despite their different expressions, remained surprisingly unanimous in their silence.
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. I hope everyone can unite and tide over the difficulties together during the absence of Commander Ming. Go get to work!"
Upon hearing this, everyone else retreated as if they had been granted amnesty, except Secretary Chen who remained motionless, as if he had something to say, and did not leave for a long time.
"Secretary Chen, do you have something to tell me?"
"Yes, Mr. Ming, there is something important that I feel the need to report to you."
"What's the matter? Tell me!"
"You guessed it right. That Secretary Li was sick, but he was not idle either. Instead, he often wandered around the Ming Mansion and stayed there all day long. Most likely, he was secretly monitoring every move in the mansion.
Move."
"Is there such a thing?" Although Acheng was shocked after hearing Secretary Chen's words, he still tried to ask in a calm tone, "How did you know?"
"After get off work the night before yesterday, I accidentally left my house keys in the office. When I went back to get them, I heard Secretary Li talking on the phone. He said it himself on the phone."
"Do you know who he called that phone call?"
"I know, it's Wang Manchun, the director of Intelligence Division No. 76!"
