How about I kill you here, and then find some excuse to kill you on the way? "
This is what Meng Shaoyuan said to Qin Fuyu.
Then, he specifically added: "You are sure that I am not a reporter, but I am not sent here by Hawes. Oh, I am from the military commander. Do you know the military commander? Do you know the secret agents?"
Of course Qin Fuyu knows, and he is also a smart man.
He barely hesitated at all: "Sir, I don't want to die. I still have a mother and a younger brother at home. I work hard to help foreigners, just because I want to make more money to support my family. So you can ask whatever you want. Just leave me a way to survive."
Meng Shaoyuan was very satisfied with his attitude: "Go on, say what you think you should say. Talk as you walk, don't try to escape. There is no place for you to run in this state-controlled area."
"Yes, sir, I promise not to run away." Qin Fuyu was very humble: "I help Mr. Rick and the others do things. I work very hard. Mr. Rick and Ms. Kayla also gave me a lot of money. You probably also Knowing that medicines were in short supply, Mr. Rick once murmured to himself that he would even give the leather shoes he was wearing to anyone who could get medicines, and would rather return home barefoot in the future.
I was tempted as soon as I heard it. I know that before the war started, there was a drugstore in Sanheqiao. I worked there and the shopkeeper bought a lot of western medicine. Later, when the war started, the shopkeeper hid all the medicine in the cellar. I helped him along. Hidden, the shopkeeper also gave me a sum of money and asked me to keep it secret for him, so I wondered if I could get this batch of medicine out.
Sanhe Bridge was occupied by the Japanese, and I heard that there were military-controlled areas everywhere, making it impossible for ordinary people to pass by. So I came up with an idea, stole a set of military uniforms of wounded soldiers, pretended to be a national army, and wanted to Get through the controlled area. When we get to Sanhe Bridge, I will change out of my military uniform. With my familiarity with the place, I should be fine.
When I left, I told Ms. Kayla and asked her not to tell Mr. Rick. Ms. Kayla also wished me good luck. But no luck. As soon as I arrived in the state-controlled area, I happened to meet a group of national troops. The commander put me into his team to fight without any explanation. I was frightened, but I couldn't Dare to tell the truth.
The position was quickly destroyed by the Japanese, and all the survivors and I became prisoners. I thought I was dead if I fell into the hands of the Japanese this time, but you showed up, sir, and you saved me. "
In the distance, a black car was parked.
Seeing Meng Shaoyuan appear, the agent driving the car immediately ran over: "The car is ready."
Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "Get in the car."
Qin Fuyu followed Meng Shaoyuan obediently.
The person who saved him must be very capable.
You see, his men have prepared the cars a long time ago.
Meng Shaoyuan asked Qin Fuyu to sit in the passenger seat and started the car: "What's going on between you and Hawes?"
"Mr. Huo?" Qin Fuyu immediately replied: "He came to Shanghai earlier than Mr. Rick and Ms. Kayla. I didn't get to know him until later. I know a little English, which I learned when I was helping people. .After I met Mr. Huo, I quickly gained Mr. Huo's favor by virtue of my intelligence and ability to observe people's emotions.
I'm not bragging, really, sir, Mr. Huo admired me very much and even gave me a foreign watch once. This person doesn't have many friends in Shanghai. Even Mr. Rick and Ms. Kayla, they only have a working relationship. He didn't speak Chinese and wasn't familiar with Shanghai, so he left some things to me.
I helped him go to the dock several times to get things, most of which were medicines. Every time I got them, I hid them in a place. After a few days, when Mr. Hawes needed them, I would go and get them to him. "
"Wait a minute." Meng Shaoyuan interrupted: "Why not deliver it to Hawes immediately instead of hiding it first?"
Qin Fuyu hesitated for a moment: "I'm not particularly sure, but Mr. Huo often disappears for several days."
"Missing?"
"No, no, it's not accurate to say he's missing." Qin Fuyu thought for a moment and said, "He's also surprised that he doesn't live in a bungalow, but in a gauze factory. The owner of that gauze factory went bankrupt. Mr. Huo I bought it and would often stay there for several days. During these few days, no matter how big the problem was, I couldn’t go to him.”
Understood.
Although he didn't know what Hawes was hiding in that bungalow, it was certain that he needed a reliable errand boy.
And Qin Fuyu obviously meets this requirement.
In fact, Meng Shaoyuan could be sure that Hawes must have followed Qin Fuyu when he went to pick up the goods for the first and second time. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with this person, he completely trusted him.
But something happened this time.
"Qin Fuyu, where did you hide the things Hawes asked you to take this time?"
Qin Fuyu obviously hesitated.
Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Look, you have said so much, what else can you hide? I know that you are doing your best to help Hawes, but don't you think this person is weird? I need to know What are those things? If you cooperate with me, I guarantee that your family will be safe, do you understand what I mean?"
Qin Fuyu shuddered.
"If you cooperate with me, I guarantee that your family will be safe." This sentence in turn means that if you don't cooperate with me, your mother and brother will be in danger.
In Shanghai, missing two people is nothing.
"Sir, I will cooperate with you. I will cooperate with you." Qin Fuyu made up his mind: "This time, I went to get a suitcase. I got it from the first mate of the American cargo ship Brave Fighter. It was a very big suitcase. It was a big suitcase with a lock on it. As soon as I got it, I took it home and hid it in my home, where it was very safe."
"Aren't you afraid that your mother and brother will be suspicious of you?"
"Don't be afraid. My mother is blind and my brother has to go out to work during the day to make money. No one knows that I brought a suitcase home."
Meng Shaoyuan sped up the car: "Take me to your home."
Mr. Hawes's belongings looked lost.
I'm afraid my job will be gone too.
But what can be done?
The person sitting next to him is a spy.
Qin Fuyu composed himself: "Sir, you will protect me, right?"
"Yes." A smile appeared at the corner of Meng Shaoyuan's mouth: "Follow me, you are absolutely safe. If you are willing, I can also send you to Chongqing, so you no longer have to worry about Hawes coming I’m causing trouble for you.”
"Okay, sir, Chengdu Road, my family lives there."
Qin Fuyu's home also belongs to the slums of Shanghai's public concession.
By the way, Ji Yunqing also lives on Chengdu Road.
Speaking of which, I haven't seen this big gangster leader for a while.
Whenever you are free, go and find trouble for him.
Qin Fuyu opened the door: "Mom, Mom."
"The boss is back."
An old lady, sitting there, stood up gropingly.
"Mom, I brought a friend to sit at home."
"Oh, that's good. Hello, sir. The house is a mess, sir. Don't dislike it." The old lady was very polite.
"Mom of the Qin family, I'm not suspicious, I'm not suspicious." Meng Shaoyuan looked at the old lady, came closer, and stared into her eyes carefully: "Old lady, I can't see how long it is."
"It's been more than ten years. I used to see things blurry, but then it became less and less blurry."
"Mom of the Qin family, let me take a look at it." Meng Shaoyuan checked for a while: "Qin Fuyu, your mother's eyes may be saved."
"Huh? Really? Even if you are blind, you can be saved?"
"This is not blindness, this is cataract. It's hard to say whether it has reached the mature stage. If it has really reached the mature stage, it cannot be cured. But if it has not, it can be improved by taking medicine."
Meng Shaoyuan is not particularly sure whether cataracts can be treated in this era.
Qin Fuyu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir. Although I don't understand what you said, at least I can ask the doctor to try."
The old lady didn't seem particularly concerned.
I'm already this old, so if I'm blind, I'll be blind. Don't let my son spend that unjust money again. How about saving this money and marrying a wife?
Neither of the two sons is married. What should we do about the old Qin family's big problem of continuing the family line?
"Sir, follow me."
Qin Fuyu brought Meng Shaoyuan into the room.
There are two beds in the room, the one on the left is Qin Fuyu's.
He knelt down, lifted the sheets that had been dragged to the floor, and pulled out a large suitcase from inside.
Thief?
What thief would come to a place like this without opening his eyes?
"Sir, this is the box."
There was a lock hanging on the box. Qin Fuyu was smarter and immediately found a hammer.
Meng Shaoyuan smashed it several times and broke the lock.
He opened the box carefully.
drug? arms?
But when he opened the box, it was completely different from what he had imagined.
There are no medicines inside, let alone weapons.
Instead, most of the boxes were filled with stacks of paper.
On top of the paper, there are more than ten bottles, which seem to be of various kinds?
pigment?
Meng Shaoyuan picked up a bottle, looked at it, opened the cap, put it under his nose and smelled it.
It's not like a paint, more like a special dye.
what is this?
Hawes traveled thousands of miles to get it, and even paid a large sum of dollars to rescue Qin Fuyu from the Japanese, just to get back this box of things that at least seemed worthless?
Paper...dye...
Meng Shaoyuan suddenly asked: "Qin Fuyu, where do you think Hawes lives?"
"It used to be a gauze factory, opened by a Changshu boss. Later, there were too many foreign goods and the Changshu boss couldn't continue the business and went bankrupt. Mr. Hawes bought it and has been living there. I heard that he was planning to sell the gauze factory The factory is back in operation, and foreign technicians have come in to take a look at it a few times.”
Meng Shaoyuan frowned and remained silent. After a long time, he suddenly let out a sigh:
"I think I know what Hawes is doing there!"
