After some negotiation, the office was located in a two-story building on Gongzhi Road.
A dedicated telephone line has been set up between the office and the garrison headquarters to prepare for communication at any time.
The thirty people brought by Tao Jianming were responsible for the security. According to Jiang Xinyu's request, they were all dressed in civilian clothes to avoid irritating the Japanese soldiers.
Vehicles, guns, ammunition and other supplies were all provided by the Japanese army.
“Tuk-tuk!”
"Come in."
"Lei Pen, a field service officer at Juntong Yanjin Station, is here to report!" Lei Pen stood at attention and saluted seriously.
Jiang Xinyu came out from behind the desk and said with a smile: "Lei-Ban, you're here. I've been waiting for you all afternoon, sit down quickly!"
Lei Pen said with a sullen face: "I dare not sit down. You are a majestic Major of the National Army, and I am just a temporary field officer during the inspection period. The difference in status is too big!"
Jiang Xinyu punched him in the chest and cursed with a smile: "Can you speak properly? If you talk like that again, get out of here!"
Lei Ban finally couldn't help but laugh and said: "Xinyu, okay, you are really strict, you have kept it from me for so long!"
Jiang Xinyu handed him a cigarette and said: "We are each other, and you are the same."
"Come on, you've known my identity for a long time, but you just didn't reveal it and kept pretending to be stupid with me!"
Jiang Xinyu smiled noncommittally.
Ray-Ban lit the cigarette, took a puff, and said: "A few days ago, I heard that you were wanted by the gendarmerie. Only then did I realize that we are in the same group!"
Jiang Xinyu: "It's not too late to know now."
Lei Ban whispered: "Xinyu, is this reliable?"
"What's up?"
"If the Japanese turn against us, we will be eaten by others!"
"Yesterday I talked with Uchida Ginnosuke. This guy wants to live, and it's too late to curry favor with us. Why is he so angry?"
Lei Ban was relieved, took two puffs of cigarette, and said: "Xinyu, I am very interested in you. Now that you have become the most popular person, you have to win over your brother no matter what!"
Jiang Xinyu smiled and said, "How do you want me to pull you?"
"I'm just a temporary field officer now. You have to help me enter the official establishment of the military command. From now on, we will also be members of the government!"
"Don't worry about this. The new webmaster will be arriving soon. I will report your situation then. There should be no problem!"
"Thank you in advance!" Ray-Ban pretended to bow.
Jiang Xinyu: "That's almost it. If you really thank me, pay off the debt first!"
Lei Ban chuckled and said: "Let's not talk about this, let's talk about something happy!"
Jiang Xinyu was reluctant and said: "For me, this is a happy thing!"
"Yesterday, Xiao Taohong and I saw Miss Mina in the park!"
"...How is she?"
"I'm so thin that I don't even dare to admit it. I'm sitting alone on a bench by the lake in a daze. Oh, it's really heart-wrenching to watch! Xinyu, if I have to be honest, you really made people suffer!"
Jiang Xinyu was silent for a while, then stood up and walked out. Lei Pen shouted from behind: "Hey, where are you going?"
"Go back home!"
"What should I do?"
"Go home and wait for notification!"
While talking, Jiang Xinyu walked out of the door of the building and got into a black car. Two guards hurried over, opened the door and got in.
Jiang Xinyu looked at the rearview mirror and said, "What are you doing?"
"Sir Jiang, Captain Tao specifically ordered us to protect your safety at all times and prevent the Japanese from doing evil secretly!"
"It's not necessary. If the Japanese want to attack me, it won't matter how many people they bring!"
"But, Captain Tao..."
"I will explain to him, get off the car!"
"yes!"
The two guards got out of the car, Jiang Xinyu stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped towards Qiaodong Road!
When passing by the flower shop, Jiang Xinyu bought a bouquet of roses. He secretly made up his mind to win back Mina Hattori's heart no matter what!
Half an hour later, the car slowly stopped on the side of Qiaodong Road.
Jiang Xinyu held flowers and walked towards home.
The courtyard door was ajar, and he pushed it open and walked into the courtyard. Hattori Mina sat on a wicker chair and looked at Jiang Xinyu blankly.
After not seeing each other for more than ten days, Hattori Mina suddenly lost weight, her eye sockets were sunken, and her face was as pale as a piece of paper.
Jiang Xinyu suppressed the sadness in his heart and said with a smile: "Mina, what are you doing?"
Hattori Mina stood up slightly awkwardly and said, "I'm basking in the sun. As you said, basking in the sun is good for your health..."
Halfway through her words, she suddenly stopped talking, tears burst into her eyes, and she sobbed: "I thought you were gone and I would never see you again..."
Jiang Xinyu walked a few steps, hugged Hattori Mina in his arms, and said comfortingly: "Am I back? Don't worry, I will never leave you!"
Hattori Mina cried louder and louder, beating Jiang Xinyu's chest with both hands, and the grievances, sadness, loss, and resentment in her heart were released to her heart's content at this moment.
Back in the house, Jiang Xinyu held the bouquet of roses in his hand and said softly: "Mina, look, what beautiful flowers, do you like them?"
Hattori Mina seemed to suddenly wake up again, broke away from Jiang Xinyu's hand, moved to the other side of the sofa, and said: "Don't think too much, I just..."
She hesitated for a long time and didn't give a reason.
Jiang Xinyu was not in a hurry about Hattori Mina's hot and cold attitude. The situation just now explained everything. She just needed time to resolve her knot.
"Mina, did you know? The war is over, bloodshed and death are all a thing of the past!"
Hattori Mina: "You finally won."
"What you said is wrong, we finally won!"
"us?"
"We refer to all peace-loving people in the world! Including you and me!"
Hattori Mina sighed and said: "Peace came a little late, otherwise my brother would not have died!"
Jiang Xinyu changed the subject and said, "Mina, have you eaten?"
Hattori Mina shook her head and said, "No, I can't eat it."
"How about we go out for a nice meal to celebrate the hard-won peace?"
"……Um."
After briefly tidying up, Hattori Mina followed Jiang Xinyu out of the house.
Jiang Xinyu was very happy in his heart. This was a good start. He believed in one sentence, where sincerity leads to gold and stone, Mei Na would be influenced by him sooner or later!
"Where are we going?" Hattori Mina took the initiative to say the first thing after getting in the car.
Jiang Xinyu drove slowly and said, "What do you want to eat?"
"I don't know, actually...I don't have much appetite."
"How about we go eat hotpot mutton?"
"whatever."
"The main purpose is to make up for you and get back all the lost meat!"
Jiang Xinyu tried to make the conversation as relaxed as possible, deliberately creating the sweet atmosphere between the two of them.
More than twenty minutes later, the car arrived outside the Donglaishun Restaurant.