Chapter 174: A grand welcome banquet
Lin Xueyi and Tao Ruoge, who were peering behind the door, saw the strange-looking car leaving, and a stone in their hearts fell to the ground.
Tao Ruoge shouted to Qu Qinghe in the building: "Qinghe, you can get down, the Japanese are gone!"
A rustling sound immediately appeared upstairs, and Qu Qinghe appeared on the stairs and went down to the first floor. Lin Xueyi discovered that she was covered in dust.
"A Japanese scared you like this?" Tao Ruoge smiled.
Qu Qinghe's expression was no longer panicked, but her expression seemed strange, as if she was immersed in some kind of recollection. Tao Ruoge's words immediately interrupted her thoughts. She immediately came back to her senses and smiled bitterly: "As soon as I saw the Japanese devils, I was trembling all over!"
Lin Xueyi knew the root of Qu Qinghe's fear, so she changed the topic, "Look at you being dirty, where are you hiding?"
"Under the bed..." Qu Qinghe said proudly, "Even if the Japanese go up to the second floor, they may not find me."
"Tsk!" Lin Xueyi said disdainfully: "Do you think the Japanese are all fools? He just entered the inner bedroom, and the first thing he did was to look under the bed!"
Qu Qinghe stopped saying a word, absent-mindedly handed Lin Xueyi the clothes and cloth bags he brought from Lin Xueyi, and said, "Your mother has packed all the clothes you can wear, and I'll bring them together."
Lin Xueyi took the cloth bag, entered the bedroom, opened the cloth bag, took out all the clothes, carefully organized it on the bed, picked out what Qu Qinghe could wear, repacked it, and placed what she needed at the head of the bed.
After packing up, Lin Xueyi picked up the cloth bag and was about to go out, but suddenly her eyes were unintentionally focused on an item!
It's a cartridge of film.
Lin Xueyi thought it was left by someone in Xinyan Photo Studio. She bent down and picked it up and saw that the shell was full of Japanese and could not recognize a single word. Seeing this, Lin Xueyi suddenly looked like the Japanese officer bowing to visit.
It must have been the Japanese officer who accidentally left behind when he was lying on the ground.
Thinking of this, Lin Xueyi quickly put the film into his pocket.
At this time, a familiar car horn sounded outside the door. Lin Xueyi knew that it must be Du Yulong who came to pick Tao Ruoge up home.
Sure enough, Du Yulong shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Tao Ruoge, your grandfather called you to go home for dinner!"
"Let's go right away!" Tao Ruoge glanced at Lin Xueyi and said softly: "Sister Xueyi, I'm leaving."
Just when she was straightforward not long ago, after the cooling of time and space, Tao Ruoge seemed unnatural. She didn't dare to look directly at Lin Xueyi, lowered her head to clean up, turned her head and quickly walked out of the room.
Du Yulong, Lin Xueyi and Qu Qinghe greeted each other for a while, but did not want Tao Ruoge to wait for a long time, so he hurriedly left.
Lin Xueyi suddenly thought of something, chased out of the door, and shouted at Du Yulong who was about to walk to the car: "Brother Du, wait a moment, I have something to ask you for trouble."
Du Yulong stopped and found Lin Xueyi again.
Lin Xueyi pulled Du Yulong aside, took out the film and stuffed it into Du Yulong's hand.
"Brother Du, help me wash out this cartridge of film."
Du Yulong put the film into his pocket, "Okay... what photo is it?" Du Yulong asked unintentionally.
Lin Xueyi didn't want to hide it from him: "A Japanese came to the clinic just now, and this cartridge of film should have been left behind by him."
"What the hell is going on?" Du Yulong asked curiously.
Lin Xueyi told him everything that happened.
"No problem, I'll wash it myself, how about you tomorrow?"
"Not very urgent... I'm just curious about the photos in this cartridge of film. I want to know what exactly it took? Maybe it's meaningless."
...
As night fell, Morikawa walked out of the Rest House.
Behind him was the Grandmaster Anoko of the Ancient House and Yuichi Kawamoto.
He wanted to take them to attend a welcome banquet for Liu Qixiong tonight.
The banquet was at Green Willow House on Taiping Road. Nie Boxuan, deputy warden of Tiger Bridge Prison, should have booked a private room long ago.
Tonight's banquet was unprecedentedly powerful. Not only was there the chief and deputy warden of Tiger Bridge Prison, Morikawa also specially invited Tang Yi'an from Qinhuai District Office.
The three major district offices under Morikawa are the best impression of Tang Yi'an. It's not that Tang Yi'an gave Morikawa gifts many times, but Morikawa felt that this slightly fat Chinese really helped the Imperial Army. He worked hard and was almost meticulous. He completed everything Morikawa told him without fail. In addition, this person also developed the habit of reporting every day, which all shows that this person respected Morikawa very much. In comparison, the other two directors are much inferior. Let's talk about Zeng Futang first. This person has always been lip service and brought all his bad habits into his current job. The other director, Morikawa, although Morikawa has a good impression of him, he is now the biggest suspect in the cultural leak incident, and it is impossible to take him to such a banquet.
The car whizzed out of the hut, followed by several guards and military motorcycles.
As the car was halfway through, Morikawa suddenly felt that something was missing.
After thinking for a while, Morikawa suddenly realized that he had forgotten to call Tao Jiaqu.
Tao Jiaqu, who is the president of Nanjing Self-Rescue Association and the president of Longmeng Association.
Besides, Tao Jiaqu still owes Morikawa an explanation about Lei Yuan’s arrest! After all, Lei Yuan was arrested at Xinyan Photo Studio, which can’t be separated from Tao Jiaqu no matter how much it is.
Today's opportunity is rare. Morikawa wants to let the dead-stricken Tao Jiaqu see. Even Liu Qixiong, the brigade commander of the Chinese major general, changed his course. What can Tao Jiaqu take and let go? He wants Tao Jiaqu to understand one truth: in the face of life and death, the so-called national integrity is nothing!
"Go to Tao Jiaqu Mansion in Sanyuan Lane first." Morikawa ordered the driver.
The night in winter is darker than ever before. Before we arrived at Tao Mansion, the night was already drooping in a blink of an eye.
The Tao Mansion is brightly lit.
Morikawa parked the car in front of the door and got out of the car. He showed great humility and courtesy, and asked the doorman to inform Tao Jiaqu, then called out the ancient house. The two stood in front of the door and waited for Tao Jiaqu to appear.
Sure enough, Tao Jiaqu heard that General Morikawa, the head of the Eagle Agency, came here in person. He felt uneasy in panic, walked out quickly and greeted Morikawa into the mansion politely.
"Look at the tea!" Tao Jiaqu quickly ordered Lao Zhou.
"No need!" Morikawa waved his hand to stop him, "I came here to invite President Tao to the banquet."
"Oh? Why are you happy?" Tao Jiaqu was surprised. "What banquet made the general condescend to the humble house? I am so frightened!"
"You'll know when you go."
"It's better to obey your orders than respect!" Tao Jiaqu no longer refused, "I'll change my clothes, please wait for a moment."
After Tao Jiaqu finished speaking, he was about to enter the room, but suddenly he saw a young girl running out of another room and rushed directly to Morikawa.
This girl is Tao Ruoge who just returned home from Huimin Clinic.
Tao Jiaqu was about to introduce his granddaughter to Morikawa, but heard Tao Ruoge first ask Morikawa: "Are you the General Morikawa of the Eagle Organ?"
Morikawa looked at her and smiled and said, "That's right!...Who are you?"
"My name is Tao Ruoge, and Tao Jiaqu is my grandfather."
Tao Jiaqu, who was standing beside him, could only give up the idea of changing clothes, walked to Morikawa, and introduced: "This is my old granddaughter."
"Hello!" Morikawa looked like he was teasing the child.
"I'm not good!" Tao Ruoge said angrily: "I heard that it was your Eagle Agency who captured Lei Yuan?"
Tao Ruoge's question surprised Morikawa very much. He was stunned for a moment, and said unconsciously: "Why, do you know that Lei Yuan?"
Tao Ruoge's unreasonable question not only shocked Tao Jiaqu, but also surprised the ancient house beside him, and he had to take a look at the young girl again.
"He is my boyfriend!" Tao Ruoge's words scared Tao Jiaqu again. He couldn't help but open his mouth and looked at his granddaughter in front of him in shock.
"Oh? So that's the case..." Morikawa suddenly became interested, "Are you saying that your boyfriend is Lei Yuan?"
Before Tao Ruoge could answer, Tao Jiaqu shouted, "What are the kids doing?! When did Mr. Lei become your boyfriend?! Why didn't I know at all?" He said, and quickly said to Morikawa, "She is just a child, so the general ignores it!" As he said that, Tao Jiaqu glared at her fiercely.
Tao Ruoge turned a blind eye and continued to say to Morikawa: "General, I want to ask, how can you let him go?"
Tao Jiaqu is well aware of his granddaughter's temper. She also knows that this granddaughter who has been spoiled since childhood has always been doing what she wants. She can't stop her at this time, so she just calmly came. He also knows that Lei Yuan's arrest will definitely be made by Morikawa. Morikawa's visit tonight is obviously a bad person. Since this moment will come sooner or later, it's better to come earlier and avoid that torture.
Thinking of this, Tao Jiaqu stopped evading and said to Morikawa calmly: "I know that Mr. Lei, that night you tortured him on the playground of Jinling Women's Arts and Science College in the safe area. I think Ge'er should have known him that night. Later, I saw that he is pretty good, so I found him an errand for me. After all this time, I saw that he was diligent and satisfied, but as for his specific identity, I don't know anything about him... Just now Ge'er said that he was her boyfriend, and I think this must be Ge'er's wishful thinking. I saw that Mr. Lei has another girlfriend, and he is mature and will definitely not like us Ge'er!"
"So, Mr. Tao, who is the girlfriend of Mr. Lei you are talking about?" Guwu asked curiously.
"Then I don't know, it's just a feeling!"
"Can it be called Lin Xueyi?" The ancient house guided Tao Jiaqu.
Tao Jiaqu didn't expect the ancient house to say the name "Lin Xueyi". He was stunned for a moment, and said, "You have to ask him yourself, have he been arrested by you?"
Guwu ignored Tao Jiaqu anymore and turned to Tao Ruoge and said, "How much do you like him?"
Tao Ruoge glanced at her and said disdainfully: "Have you ever loved someone?"
As a woman, if there were no one present, Guwu really wanted to discuss his understanding of love with this little girl, but it was obviously not possible now. A desolate smile flashed between Guwu's eyebrows and turned his head aside.
"If he is released, it is obviously not the time now!" Morikawa's words were an answer to Tao Ruoge's previous question.
"When will we have to wait?" Tao Ruoge bit her.
"A most appropriate time!" Morikawa no longer wanted to get entangled with this young girl, and was worried about the banquet tonight. He was afraid that time would delay too long and let others wait for a long time. He quickly smiled at Tao Ruoge and said, "I'll find an opportunity to discuss this issue with you." As he said that, he shrugged at Tao Jiaqu, "President Tao, let's hurry up and don't let guests wait for us!"
Chapter completed!