Chapter 43: Confession
Bund, Shiliupu Pier.
A steamship heading to Hong Kong.
Meng Fanxing stood among the crowd seeing off, and after many celebrities and politicians in the French Concession put pressure on the French Concession authorities, Yang Hanliang, the editor-in-chief of the Awakening News Agency, was released on bail.
However, the French Concession authorities did not want him to stay in the concession and expel him.
The concessions have become isolated islands. As long as Yang Hanliang, a person who is on the blacklist of Japanese intelligence agencies, takes a step beyond the French concession, he may be directly arrested.
So, some people raised some money and sent him to Hong Kong.
When Meng Fanxing embarked on this path, Yang Hanliang had a great influence on her. Otherwise, she would not have gone to the Awakening Newspaper to see him.
The teacher was leaving, of course she wanted to give her a gift. Even if she didn't have the chance to meet her, she felt at ease when she could watch him leave safely.
"Sister, are you afraid that Brother An Zi will misunderstand if you come to send this person to Yang?" Meng Hao accompanied Meng Fanxing. If it weren't for Meng Hao, she wouldn't have known that Yang Hanliang had already come out and left Shanghai today.
"I'm just here to send a gift to the teacher, and there's nothing else. What's he misunderstood?" Meng Fanxing said.
"I can tell that the person named Yang likes you. The look of a man looking at a woman he likes is completely different." Meng Hao said confidently.
In the crowd, Yang Hanliang saw Meng Fanxing who was coming to see him off. He wanted to come over, but was pushed onto the boat step by step by step by step. In his eyes, the emotion could not be hidden from Meng Fanxing.
"You're not even a girlfriend, what do you know?"
"Really, sister, fortunately, this Yang surname has left. Otherwise, he would definitely pursue you crazy..." Meng Hao caught up with Meng Fanxing and said.
"Okay, I should go back. You have nothing to do today?" Meng Fanxing gave his younger brother a blank look.
"No matter how big the matter is, it is not important to escort your sister, you will go back safely."
"You are just sweet-mouthed, let's do it. Come with me to buy fish at Xiaodongmen. Brother Anzi likes to eat sea bass. I will buy one tonight and steam it." Meng Fanxing always felt a feeling of indebtedness.
"Haha, I'll have a good time tonight. Sister, can I have a free meal?" Meng Hao said happily.
"I'll buy one more, you can take it back for dad..." Meng Fanxing shook his head slightly, this heartless brother.
"Stingy, I forgot my brother when I have a lover."
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"It's so fragrant, Meimei, did we make fish today?" As soon as Lu Xiyan got home from get off work, he asked about an attractive fragrance, which was the smell of steamed sea bass.
"Well, I went to Shiliupu Wharf to see Teacher Yang this afternoon, and went to Xiaodongmen to buy two sea bass." Meng Fanxing brought a plate of vegetables from the kitchen with an apron.
"Why is it just one?" Lu Xiyan asked with a lifting of the lid on the fish plate on the table.
"I have done another one and let Xiaohao take it back." Meng Fanxing explained.
"Haozi has been here?"
"Just leave." Meng Fanxing brought the last dish, reached out and unbuttoned the apron, hung it on the hanger, sat down, and "eat."
Lu Xiyan has helped Meng Fanxing to serve the rice. The two have lived together for more than a month and are quite familiar with each other now.
Meng Fanxing doesn't eat much and eats less at night. However, every time Lu Xiyan serves her with rice, she likes to add a little more.
When I first met her, her body was too thin and her hair was not as shiny as it is now. After raising it this month, it was much better.
"Don't eat vegetables naked, eat more fish. The fish meat is good, nutritious, and the fat content is not high." Seeing Meng Fanxing lower his head and eat with his food, he only picked up the vegetables in front of him, Lu Xiyan couldn't bear it anymore, so he picked up a piece of fish meat and put it in her bowl.
"It's better to eat lighter at night."
"Then do you buy me fish?"
"You are a man, different..."
"Apart from the different physiological structures of men are different from those of women, they are no different in other aspects. Of course, except for having children, only you women can do this."
Meng Fanxing stirred the rice in the bowl with chopsticks and lowered his head: "Brother Anzi, you told me that night, you didn't kill anyone?"
Lu Xiyan stopped the chopsticks and put them down. He knew that what should come would come eventually.
"I know I can't hide it from you, Meimei, I'm forced to do it too. I don't want to hurt anyone, but they want to hurt me. What can I do?" Lu Xiyan said helplessly.
"I know, those three people are not good people, and have done a lot of things that are harmful to the world. You are also doing things for the world." Meng Fanxing looked up and a trace of mist rose in his eyes. "Brother An Zi, I just feel sorry for you. Do you understand?"
"Meimei, I shouldn't have hidden it from you, after all, this matter has nothing to do with you."
"Brother An Zi, you tried your best to protect me. Can't I do something for you?" Meng Fanxing looked at Lu Xiyan and said.
"Meimei, thank you."
"Brother Anzi, I hope we can communicate more, okay?" Meng Fanxing said.
"Okay, eat the food soon, it's all cold." Lu Xiyan nodded.
"Today, someone came from the police station. I deliberately shortened your time to come back by an hour." Meng Fanxing lowered his head and sipped his mouth.
"So too." Lu Xiyan smiled slightly.
The two of them had no agreement in advance, but they made the same decision and said the same words at the same time. This was already a considerable level of tacit understanding.
Weng Xiong is still quite powerful, and he also sent someone to find Meng Fanxing and him. If the two of them talk inconsistently, then this will be troublesome.
Especially the time of return, one hour before and after, there can be many things.
This is also the reason why he was shocked when he received a call from Meng Fanxing in the hospital.
From a criminal psychology perspective, if a person kills someone, he will not tell anyone, even the closest person, because this is a kind of self-protection.
If you know more people, you will have more danger of exposure unless there is no way to hide it.
Weng Xiong went to the hospital without any hello in advance. This is a psychological tactic. Generally, in this case, the person who is exposed will be nervous, and the nervousness will reveal flaws.
But he met Lu Xiyan. If Weng Xiong knew about Lu Xiyan's experience in France, he would probably not have done so.
There is really no one who can become a Chinese detective in the French Concession.
In Shanghai, you must have a backer first, and second, you must have a brain. Only by having both can you be able to get along. Weng Xiong belongs to this kind of person.
"By the way, I'm going to the dock to see Teacher Yang today, and Xiaohao accompanied me." After dinner, Meng Fanxing got up to clean up the dishes and suddenly remembered.
"Editor Yang has regained his freedom?"
"Well, thanks to Mr. Song and others' help, the French Concession authorities were under pressure to make a guarantee and released Teacher Yang. However, they did not allow Teacher Yang to stay in the French Concession anymore."
"It's better to leave. The French Concession is now a place of right and wrong. People like him are not suitable to stay. Maybe one day they will be given away their lives." Lu Xiyan nodded.
Everyone has their own beliefs, and their fighting style in the face of oppression and aggression. It is worth doing what they should do.
There must be sacrifices in the struggle. He is not qualified to evaluate whether this struggle is a meaningless sacrifice, but at least it makes the Japanese invaders understand that the Chinese are not afraid of them, and their determination to resist aggression will never be shaken.
He admired such people very much and put his life and death aside. Although he knew what the consequences of publishing those photos would be, they made a resolute choice. Although they failed, these evidences would eventually be presented to the world.
"The French Concession authorities are increasingly compromising with the Japanese. If this continues, I am afraid that the French Concession will not have freedom of speech."
"This is a matter of time sooner or later. The economic crisis in Europe and the United States has not yet recovered. They need the Japanese market, and compromise will become the norm." Lu Xiyan said.
"You actually understand this?" Meng Fanxing looked up in surprise.
"It's just a little bit of fur. My teacher and I often come into contact with some sociologists, economists, etc. After listening to it, we will understand a little more." Lu Xiyan explained.
"Brother Anzi, can you tell me?"
Chapter completed!