Half an hour later, Li Qiang arrived at the coffee shop on Dou Le'an Road as promised.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Qiang spotted a familiar figure from behind among the many customers in the store, and then he was shocked.
And while he was stunned, the man turned around and waved to him with a smile.
"This way!"
Li Qiang was slightly startled, and then he silently prayed to Haitang not to be impulsive and walked towards the man.
As soon as we sat down, the waiter brought us two cups of coffee and a piece of chestnut cake.
"I've heard that the food in this store tastes good, so I ordered it for you in advance. Try it?"
However, before he finished speaking, Li Qiang frowned, "You know I'm not used to drinking coffee."
"Of course! So this cup of coffee is not for you, this chestnut cake is." After saying that, the man straightened his body and deliberately raised his voice, and said to himself, "Now that you are here, don't hide.
Come, let’s talk about old times together!”
As soon as these words came out, Haitang simply turned out from behind a stone pillar, walked straight over and sat down next to Li Qiang.
Seeing this scene, the smile on the man's face stiffened slightly, but soon returned to normal. While stirring the cup of coffee in front of him, he asked quietly: "I heard... you are married?"
"That's right!" Before Li Qiang could say anything, Haitang took Li Qiang's arm affectionately, as if to declare his sovereignty, and said proudly with a victor's attitude.
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, the man's eyes turned red instantly, and then the tears fell uncontrollably like broken beads. The pear blossoms with rain and pitiful appearance immediately attracted the attention of the people around him.
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Li Qiang quickly took out a handkerchief from his body and handed it over.
"Thank you. You are still the same as before. You can deal with any emergencies calmly." After saying that, the man took the handkerchief and gently wiped away his tears. "I'm sorry for soiling your handkerchief. I'll clean it up."
It will be returned to you after it is cleaned."
Before she finished speaking, Haitang replied in an angry tone: "No need! We have many handkerchiefs like this at home, and you are not missing one!"
The man couldn't help but look dim after hearing this, "Sister Haitang..."
"Stop it!" I didn't expect that person to start talking, but was interrupted rudely by Haitang, "I'm just an ordinary person, how dare I call the eldest lady of the Matsuoka family a sister? It really offends me.
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"I admit that I did deliberately conceal my identity from you, but I had no choice but to do so. You also know that the relationship between the Manchurian Railway and the Kwantung Army was very tense at that time, so General Ueda, the commander at the time, planned to broker a deal
The marriage between me and the grandson of Ryohei Uchida, the leader of the Black Dragon Society, was to ease the relationship. That’s why I had to pretend to be Chinese..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted again by Haitang, "That's enough! Miss Du, uh, I think I should call you Miss Matsuoka Yui now, right?"
Matsuoka Yui said with expectation: "If possible, I hope you can call me Wangshu sister like before."
"Well, Miss Matsuoka, I hope you can understand that some things are just done, no matter what the reason, you must be prepared to bear the consequences! As for me, I'm sorry, I will not do it anyway.
Never give any more trust to someone who has deceived me."
As she spoke, Haitang spilled the cup of coffee in front of her on the ground.
"Begonia!" Upon seeing this, Li Qiang hurriedly said to Haitang in a reproachful tone, and then smiled at Matsuoka Yui and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Miss Matsuoka, you also know Haitang's temperament, she is so straightforward.
Yes, I apologize to you on her behalf for the offense."
Ms. Matsuoka?
Somehow, when she heard Li Qiang calling her, Matsuoka Yui's heart twitched hard, and she immediately felt a heartbreaking pain coming from her chest, which was so painful that she almost couldn't breathe.
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I don't know how long it took, but I finally managed to force out a smile and said, "It's okay, but I still hope you can call me by my Chinese name, please!"
With that said, he took out another envelope and handed it to Li Qiang, "Brother Qiang, Sister Haitang, although I missed your wedding ceremony, I still want to say a happy wedding to you from the bottom of my heart! This is my
Please be sure to accept your little kindness."
When I opened it, I found a cash check for 50,000 yen and a handwritten letter signed by Yosuke Matsuoka!
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"No, absolutely not! Why should we ask her to move to our house? What on earth is that old guy Yosuke Matsuoka going to do?" Returning to Ming Mansion, Haitang immediately expressed her attitude resolutely.
"Shh!" This startled Li Qiang, and he hurriedly made a gesture of silence, "Keep your voice down, you don't know, Wang Shu's ears are very good!"
Haitang curled her lips and said, "Wangshu? Huh! What you called is so kind! I just want her to hear that she is not welcome in this home!"
"That's true, but you've also seen that letter. Is it so difficult for me to refuse?"
"Hmph! That old guy is the same. He got tuberculosis sooner rather than later, but he got tuberculosis at this time. I don't know if it's true or not..."
"Is it important to us whether it is true or false?" Li Qiang asked, "Anyway, in my opinion, she is Matsuoka Yoyo's spy, and she is not so much here to monitor me as to monitor and observe.
The trends of the entire Qingxiang Committee.”
"Really?" Haitang asked suspiciously.
"Of course, although we have...but she is Japanese after all, so there will be no results between me and her."
"But didn't you also say that even Japanese people are divided into good and bad?"
"Having said that, the hurdle in my heart has always been difficult to overcome. Don't forget, Uncle Gen died under the guillotine of the Japanese back then."
Hearing this, Haitang's eyes suddenly became gentle, full of distress, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't doubt you."
"It doesn't matter. Some things are better to be discussed openly to avoid misunderstandings."
After saying that, Li Qiang stood up and straightened his clothes before turning and leaving the room.
At this time, Ming Lou came back from work. When he saw Matsuoka Yui sitting on the sofa, he couldn't help but asked curiously, "Aqiang, who is this lady?"
"Oh, brother, let me introduce to you. This is a friend I met in the Northeast, Du Wangshu. He just came from the Northeast to visit relatives." After saying that, Li Qiang turned to look at Matsuoka Yui,
"Wang Shu, this is my eldest brother, Ming Lou, deputy director of the Economic Department of the Ministry of Finance."
Hearing Li Qiang introduce himself in this way, Minglou already had some concerns in his heart, so he showed a very professional smile and took the initiative to say hello, "It's Miss Du, hello! Nice to meet you!"
"Me too, Mr. Ming."
After a few simple polite words, Minglou quietly winked at Li Qiang.
Li Qiang understood immediately, said "Excuse me for a moment", and then followed Minglou into the study.
"Explain to me, what's going on with that beautiful woman outside?"
"What else could be going on?" Li Qiang shrugged, "Matsuoka Yoyo's lie turned out to be true. He was really infected with tuberculosis. He had no choice but to send his precious granddaughter over. This way he could avoid being infected and also put her in my care.
As an eyeliner, she kills two birds with one stone. Of course, her current public identity is that of a columnist who writes columns for magazines."
"You just got married and you asked a young beauty to move into your home. Aren't you afraid of making people gossip?"
"Afraid! Why aren't you afraid? That's why I brought her back!" Li Qiang replied confidently.
"So you want me to give him a false identity?"
"Well, brother, isn't this your strength?"
Minglou replied angrily: "Huh! Look, you can think of me at this time!"
"How could it be? Little brother, I am thinking about you all the time, big brother!"
"Don't do this! You can ask me to help you, but you also have to do one thing for me. In exchange for equal value, how about it?"
"I'll fight to the death, brother!"
Minglou then cleared his throat and asked: "Recently, I found that someone was selling a large amount of China Reserve Bonds in the foreign exchange market, and then buying a large amount of corresponding Japanese yen or US dollars. Then the stock market and black market
News began to spread that the economy of Shanghai, and even the entire new government, would be in trouble, and it was also predicted that the China Reserve Bonds would depreciate significantly."
"Brother, are you asking me to find out the mastermind behind this matter?"
"No, on the contrary, I want you to find a way to use the media to continue to create panic. It is best to let everyone see the TV again. After the relevant comments in the newspapers, they will all sell the China Reserve Bonds to stop the loss and exchange them for Japanese yen or US dollars.
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Hearing this, Li Qiang was already confused, "Brother, where did this song come from? Why am I getting more and more confused the more I listen to it?"
Minglou explained patiently: "This issue is called 'short selling' in economics. No one knows better than me how much foreign exchange reserves the Wang puppet government has. To put it simply, it cannot resist large-scale
Once there is a crazy run, the Reserve Bank of China will have no choice but to passively allow the Reserve Bank of China to depreciate significantly in order to preserve the foreign exchange that they regard as their lifeblood."
"That's it, high! It's really high!" After saying this, Li Qiang changed his mind and couldn't help but ask, "No, I'm talking about brother, the one who recently sold a large number of China Reserve Bonds in the foreign exchange market.
, and then bought a large amount of corresponding Japanese yen or US dollars, and went to the stock market and black market tirelessly to release false news. Couldn’t it be you, brother? No, maybe I should call you Mr. Zeng Jin.”
"What did you call me?"
However, Li Qiang did not answer this question, but continued to talk to himself: "Ming's enterprise had two banks in Shanghai. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the eldest sister moved two banks to Hong Kong one after another. One of them
It was reorganized into a financial company, while the other bank raised funds with a secret society in Hong Kong and established a cooperative bank. Although this cooperative bank is still under the name of the eldest sister, the boss behind it is someone else, and that is someone within the Southern Bureau.
The famous financial genius Zeng Jin. And this boss Zeng also has a public identity in Hong Kong, that is, he is an economics professor at the University of Hong Kong. Am I right, brother?"
However, Minglou did not comment on this, and just frowned and asked: "After such a big excuse, what do you want to say?"
"Nothing, I just think that since you have been operating in Hong Kong for many years, you must be very familiar with the code name 'Xiao Kai', right?"
Minglou didn't hide anything and blurted out directly: "Of course, who doesn't know that almost all of the underground transportation lines from Shanghai to Huainan and then to Northern Jiangsu were organized and established by him?"
"No, no, no, brother, what I want to know is, do you know him personally? Have you ever met him in person?"
As soon as these words came out, Minglou suddenly became alert, "Why do you ask this?"
Li Qiang had no choice but to repeat to Minglou in detail the process of the secret mission that Yang Shuhui had given him.
It's okay that Minglou didn't listen. After hearing what Li Qiang said, he immediately became nervous and asked quickly: "Where is the book?"
Li Qiang pointed to the desk upstairs without thinking.
Immediately, he was so angry that Minglou slammed the table and scolded angrily: "You kid, you are getting more and more unruly! Who told you to sneak into my study?"
Li Qiang looked aggrieved, "You can't blame me, brother. Such an important thing must be kept in a safe place, right? I also wanted to discuss it with you, but you have been so busy lately that no one is around, so
I had no choice but to make this decision."
"You! That's all, business is important. I'll settle the score with you later!" After saying that, Minglou took out the key from his pocket and opened the locked drawer under the desk, but just as he put the key in
When he entered the keyhole, he immediately became angry and said to Li Qiang with a stern face, "No, the lock of my drawer is specially made. How did you open it?"
"Well..." Li Qiang immediately scratched his head guiltily after hearing this, "Brother, business is important. I think you should not be distracted by these insignificant details."
"No, I think sometimes the little things are more important to pay attention to." As he said that, Minglou assumed the posture of a grown-up man and said without any argument, "Why don't you give me an honest explanation quickly?"
"It's... Mingtai, he took the key and secretly copied one while you weren't paying attention."
"Impossible. I always carry this key with me, even when I sleep. Wouldn't I know if someone stole it?"
"Of course he can't do it alone. The reason why he succeeded is mainly due to my eldest sister."
"Sister?" Minglou was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but soon he was relieved, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously. Maybe only in front of the eldest sister, he would let go of all his defenses...
