The Second Road in the concession is very narrow, but it is the most important street on the south side of the concession. The endless flow of colorful expats makes this narrow street as lively as a market.
Walking eastward along Erma Road, there is a small alley near the intersection, which is called Lanpu Lane. It has a very nice name.
Enter Lanpu Lane and walk north. In the fifth door is Kitahara Yuko's home.
Yuko's home has two rooms, inside and outside, but they are both very small. The outside room is only six or seven square meters, with a small table and a few small stools, and a cupboard in the corner. The food and tableware for their whole family are all
Put it in this cupboard.
The back room is not big, about seven or eight square meters. There is a wardrobe and an old wooden box against the wall. The rest of the space is actually where they sleep. They don't have a bed, so the mother and daughter sleep on the wooden floor.
At this time, Yuko quickly cleaned up the house, pushed her eldest daughter Xianglan, who was still sleeping, and said, "Get up soon. When you get up, go get some water. When you come back, have breakfast, and then go to school."
Xianglan got up from the floor and stared at her mother with strange eyes, "Mom, who came last night?"
Yuko glared at her, "Don't worry! Get up quickly, get water, eat, and go to school! Hurry up!"
Half an hour later, Xianglan carried her cloth schoolbag and left the house.
Yuko carefully looked at her daughter's back through the crack in the door. She soon saw two men in black clothes staggering behind Pandan. God! They even watched my daughter!
She knew without thinking that there might be someone like this in black clothes nearby, hiding in some corner, she just didn't see it!
7-26
Last night, in fact, at three o'clock in the morning today, a man with a gloomy face knocked on her door.
"Kitahara Yuko, right?" the man asked in pure Japanese with a deep voice.
The outer room was too small, and two people could not move around while standing there. They had to sit down on small stools.
"I'm sorry, sir, who are you?" Yuko asked in a panic.
"I'm Takashi, it's our first time meeting you. Mrs. Kitahara, it's like this, someone is looking for you," said the man named Takashi.
"Who is it? Why? I have two children, and no one has been offended." Yuko sensed danger from his face, as if the person who came to see her was going to do something bad to her! This was what made her panic.
Takashi thought about it again and again, and decided to speak directly. Speaking clearly might make this woman understand her situation.
"Your husband, Mr. Beiyuan, something happened while he was performing a mission for the empire. He was caught by people from Chongqing!"
Yuko was shocked and looked at the man in front of her with wide eyes, too horrified to speak.
In her limited knowledge, she knew what her man did! It was a very dangerous job! Once he was caught by people from Chongqing, he would definitely not end well!
"They...they...will kill Cangsuke?" She became even more frightened.
If something happens to Sosuke, she really doesn’t know what to do in the future! With part of Sosuke’s salary, plus her current job, she can support her two daughters!
"Mrs. Kitahara, I don't know about this yet. I'm sorry. But some people want to find you. They just want you to go to Chongqing and persuade Kitahara-kun to confess! If he opens his mouth, it will be equivalent to admitting who he is! That is very dangerous.
Not good! However, I also want to ask you not to worry, we will definitely protect you and your two daughters! I can guarantee this!"
"Sir..." Yuko was too horrified to speak, "Then...then...where is Aosuke? What should he do?"
This is also the most embarrassing thing for Takashi! He can't save Kitahara Sosuke! To the empire, Kitahara Sosuke is already broken! But he just can't say that! It will scare the woman in front of him!
"Madam, we will definitely find a way to rescue Beihara-kun! Please don't worry about this!" He had no choice but to say this!
"Sir, is that...is this the matter?" Yuko looked at him with wide eyes.
"What I want to tell you is that we have people behind you and your daughter. We are following you to protect you! I will not let those guys succeed! So, if you find someone following you, please
Don't be surprised, that's the person who protects you. Madam, do I understand?"
Yuko stared at him dumbfounded, feeling completely confused and not knowing what to do!
7-27
At noon that day, Xianglan came back from school.
The three of them, mother and daughter, sat at the small table and had a simple lunch together.
They ate rice and vegetables. Both rice and vegetables were cooked by Yuko. The other two dishes, one was half a fish and the other was meat and potatoes stewed, were brought back from the restaurant where she worked.
Every night at the end of the day, Yuko and another waitress share the leftovers.
If there are a lot of leftovers, they will carefully remove the not so good parts, the parts that the guests have eaten messily. But when there are few leftovers, they have no choice but to dump the leftovers on their plates.
In the lunch box, take it home. This can save a lot of money.
During the meal, eight-year-old Xianglan kept staring at her mother. She wanted to ask her what happened last night. But she saw her mother's sadness and her heart softened. Her mother suffered a lot to take care of her and her sister.
She doesn't want to embarrass her mother too much!
After lunch, Xianglan sat down for a while, then picked up her schoolbag and went to school.
Yuko looked behind her daughter again. There were still two men in black clothes following her. But Yuko didn't know if they were the two men from the morning.
She sat at home for a while, then packed her things, especially the clothes and toys her little daughter needed, and put them into a cloth bag. She picked up the bag and led her little daughter out the door.
When she turned back to check the door lock, she saw two more men in black clothes leaving the corner and walking over. Needless to say, these two men had to follow her!
She didn't know how long this situation would last, but she was really worried about it!
She led her little daughter out of Lanpu Lane, onto Second Avenue and walked westward. The restaurant where she worked was at the west end of Second Avenue, near the canal. It was a small restaurant with only five or six tables.
8-1
As soon as Yuko entered the small restaurant, she started to get busy.
She first has to clean up, organize the dishes and menu, and then go to the kitchen to help. She picks vegetables, washes fish, cuts meat, and breaks the eggs for the chef into the basin. At this time, the little daughter has been playing in the corner of the kitchen.
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At around five o'clock, the eldest daughter came to the restaurant to help after school. The boss agreed that Yuko brought her younger daughter to work in the restaurant, just because her eldest daughter could work in the restaurant. She was an unpaid little girl.
work.
This restaurant only opens for dinner, and is busy from five o'clock in the afternoon until eleven o'clock at night.
After dark, Yuko arranged for her youngest daughter to sleep in the warehouse, while she and her eldest daughter continued to work, serving wine and food to the guests, clearing the table, and constantly bowing to the guests after they finished eating, saying, "Welcome to you."
Come again, wait.
After eleven o'clock, Yuko held her sleeping little daughter in her arms and led her exhausted eldest daughter on the way home.
She observed that there were not two people behind her at this time, but four people! In other words, the people following her daughter and the people following her were combined. She didn't know if this was safer!
When she got home, she first put her youngest daughter on the floor, then arranged for her eldest daughter to wash her face and feet before sending her to bed.
When she had a free moment, she glanced out the window. There was not a soul outside the window. She just felt that those who protected them must not have left! She just didn't know where they were hiding.
She doesn't know when those people eat or sleep. She can't worry about those people!
8-2
Small clinic, in the room.
Yang Wenfan quietly looked at the few people sitting in the room. Among them were Wu Jiancheng, Wang Luofeng, and Li Nan. She had gotten much better. The other two people were friends of the same party. No one introduced them.
Wu Jiancheng only knew that they were Yang Wenfan's subordinates!
At this time, Yang Wenfan looked at these people quietly and said softly: "This is the situation! The mother and daughter are all being targeted. This can be seen, and there are also invisible things, hidden in the dark.
People here! Mr. Wu, they are all waiting for you!"
Wu Jiancheng frowned, stared at his clasped and opened hands.
The mother and daughter have been found, which is a big step forward! But the Japanese have controlled the mother and daughter, and the arrangements are very strict! He went to observe for two days in person, but he couldn't find an opportunity to take action.
!
How to take the mother and daughter away safely is now the biggest problem in his mind!
Yang Wenfan said softly: "I didn't expect that you secretly came to Hangzhou to find the mother and daughter. How did the Japanese know?"
Wu Jiancheng forced a smile, "We have been dealing with that Ying Si for several years. As soon as we come, they will be able to guess our purpose! He is also a very cunning guy!"
Yang Wenfan turned to one of her men and said, "Lao Gu, tell me your opinion."
The man named Lao Gu nodded, dipped his finger in the water in the tea cup, and drew a sketch on the table.
He pointed out: "This is the second road. The west end leads to the Grand Canal, and the east end leads to Wulin Road."
Wu Jiancheng frowned and looked at him, "Wulin Road? That's not right."
Lao Gu saw what he meant and said, "Mr. Wu should be asking about Wulin Road next to the No. 1 Prison. There is also a Wulin Road in the Japanese Concession, and these two roads have the same name."
Wu Jiancheng nodded, "I understand, there are actually two martial arts paths! Go on."
Lao Gu said: "Come out of Erma Road and go to Wulin Road. About a hundred meters to the north is a Japanese bank. This is a small building with two floors. It is the best house in the concession! My opinion is that
Start here!”
Wu Jiancheng looked at him in surprise, "Do you mean to make an attack in the east and attack in the west?"