Chapter 38: One Day
It was already past eight o'clock when I came out of the cinema. After more than an hour, there was a curfew on the street, and of course there was a power outage.
Since the fall of Shanghai, bombings have been frequent, and power plants have been an important target. They are often bombed and severely damaged, and the power supply is tight. After ten o'clock, ordinary residents directly shut down the power limit.
"Rickshaw." Lu Xiyan raised his hand and called a rickshaw.
"Sir, Madam, where are you going?"
"French Concession, No. 46 Hualien Li, Betton Road."
"Oh, I'm afraid I can't get through to the French Concession at this time?" The rickshaw driver stood up and said.
"It's okay, I have a pass."
"Then it's OK."
...
"Brother An Zi, the sisters in the movie just now are so pitiful. They were forced to go to that place to do that kind of thing at such a young age." Meng Fanxing said with red eyes before she could get out of the mood of the movie.
"In reality, I'm afraid there are more people than them." Lu Xiyan sighed slightly.
The name of the movie is "The Angel of the Road".
"Brother Anzi, it's great to meet you again." Meng Fanxing gently put his head on Lu Xiyan's shoulder and slowly closed his eyes.
Lu Xiyan looked at Meng Fanxing's quiet smile, as if everything had become better. Maybe the world was difficult, but as long as you have someone you love, nothing matters.
The temperature was a little lower at night, and Meng Fanxing unconsciously leaned towards Lu Xiyan's arms.
A hint of throbbing.
Having one person is like owning the whole world.
Sometimes, love comes and cannot be stopped.
"Meimei, wake up, are we home?" At the door of the pharmacy, Lu Xiyan gently pushed Meng Fanxing who was already asleep in his arms.
"Well, you're home?" He looked up in a daze and saw the signboard of his own pharmacy, and then he realized.
"Oh, my legs are numb..."
His legs were numb? Lu Xiyan didn't avoid it. He hugged Meng Fanxing from the car by the waist and looked at him. Meng Fanxing felt that he had never felt before.
"Sir, you are so loving, madam." The rickshaw driver smiled.
Lu Xiyan handed him a 50-cent note and said, "Don't look for it anymore, I'll give you the rest."
"Thank you sir, thank you ma'am!"
It was not until I got up the stairs and arrived at the door of my house that Meng Fanxing felt embarrassed and said, "Let me down."
"You said it earlier, it's quite heavy." Lu Xiyan joked.
"Hate, do you think I'm fat?" Meng Fanxing glared at the phoenix eyes, and reached out and hit Lu Xiyan's chest naturally, and the child's mentality was fully revealed.
"Meimei, I hope that every day we will be like today, okay?" Lu Xiyan grabbed Meng Fanxiang's little hand and said with a look.
"We, let's talk about the future, and then..." Meng Fanxing's eyes dodged for a moment, and pulled them out of Lu Xiyan's hand.
Lu Xiyan is not the kind of impatient man. He smiled slightly and took out the key to open the door.
...
The next day, Hongkou arresting room, Asano Ichiro's office.
"Nakamura, is Wu Sibao here?"
"It's already here."
"As soon as the person arrives, call me to my office." Asano Ichiro ordered.
“Hayi.”
About an hour later, Asano Ichiro was a little impatient, his face was so dark that it was about to break out, and Wu Sibao finally came late.
"Mr. Asano, I'm sorry, come from the French Concession and check several levels, which will delay your precious time." Wu Sibao nodded and said.
"Wu Sang, I don't want to listen to you. What I want to know is the whereabouts of Lu Xiyan and his fiancée Meng Fanxing yesterday and what they did. This is the purpose of me coming to you!"
"I understand, understand, as you told me, I sent someone to stare at them for 24 hours." Wu Sibao said.
"Then tell me where they went yesterday and what did they do?" Asano Ichiro asked.
Wu Sibao's eyes rolled and he looked at Asano Ichiro with a strange look.
"Wu Sang, what do you think I do?"
"Mr. Asano, have you met them at Yipinka yesterday?"
"I have seen them, but before and after this, do I know what they did, too?" Asano Ichiro scolded.
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm confused." Wu Sibao hurriedly said, "Yesterday, Dr. Lu took the tram to Zhendan University early this morning. You also know that my people can enter the university casually. My people were waiting at the entrance of the university. At about 11 o'clock, Dr. Lu came out and got on a rickshaw."
"Eleventh, are you sure it's this time?"
"Certainly, my people heard the bell ringing in the big bell tower and then only saw Dr. Lu coming out after eleven times." Wu Sibao explained.
"Then what?"
"My people kept following from Dongxinqiao to enter the public concession, and then they heard the road closure ahead, and the martial law was coming. They took Doctor Lu's rickshaw and took the rickshaw to go over Hubei Road..."
"Wait, when will he arrive at Yipinxiang Hotel?"
"The specific time is not clear, but I walked for at least an hour and took a lot of detours."
"Where is his fiancée, Meng Fanxing?"
"I went out at about 10:45. I arrived at Xiafei Road first by tram, and then called a rickshaw. It was also because of a gunfight at the Greater China Hotel, which wasted time and arrived about twenty minutes earlier than Dr. Lu."
"What after?"
"After the meal, they walked from Nanjing Road to Bund Road, then returned, walked back along Nanjing Road, ate noodles in a noodle restaurant, and then went to the Daguangming Cinema. The Daguangming Cinema screened "Road Angel" last night..."
"Who asked you what movies they watched?"
"Mr. Asano, what else do you want to know?" Wu Sibao was stunned. If he was like this, what else could he say?
"I want to know, what did they do after watching the movie?"
"Go home and sleep, what else can I do?"
"Wu Sang, yours, damn it!" Asano Ichiro was confused, but he couldn't accuse Wu Sibao of saying anything wrong. After watching the movie, it was past eight o'clock and he returned home at least nine o'clock. It was all this, what else could he do?
But it's all about sleeping.
"Mr. Asano, do you want it..." Wu Sibao asked carefully.
"What else do you want?"
"Do you want to continue staring at Dr. Lu?" Wu Sibao hadn't seen Ichiro Asano's fierce side before, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
"Continue, keep an eye on me, do you understand?"
"I understand, understand, Mr. Asano, please let me do something for you, so you can always give me some..." Wu Sibao reached out for money and asked for money.
"Nakajima, come in!" Asano Ichiro looked at Wu Sibao in disgust. He hated such people who were jealous of money, but now, he had to rely on such people.
"Sir."
"Take Wu Sang to our account to pay one thousand French dollars." Asano Ichiro waved his hand and paid Yipinxiang's account.
The next day was the weekend, and I agreed to go home at noon to see Uncle Xiangsheng. Lu Xiyan was not used to calling him "Dad" for a while. The old man met and scolded him once.
"Dad, we're back."
"I'm back, Xiao Anzi, come and help me kill the chicken." In the yard, the old man grabbed a knife in his hand and ran around the yard with a reed chicken. When he saw Lu Xiyan and Meng Fanxing coming in, he hurriedly called out.
"Dad, you are in poor health, how can you let you do this job, Xiao Hao?" Meng Fanxing was anxious. The old man had an old problem with asthma. If someone could catch up, it would be fine.
"That boy said he had something to do and came back to the arresting room and had lunch." The old man said.
"Then you'll kill us when we come back?"
"Uncle..."
"Um?"
"Dad, I'll do it." Lu Xiyan quickly changed his words and stepped forward to take the kitchen knife from the old man's hand.
"Xiao Anzi, be careful. This knife is sharp, don't hurt yourself?" the old man instructed.
Chapter completed!