Chapter 975 Gonghuo (please vote for me)

Back to Araki Harima’s office, Cheng Qianfan couldn’t help laughing when he looked at the somewhat dejected Araki Harima.

Araki Harima looked at him angrily, and then thought that thanks to his friend interceding for him today, all the anger was gone. He said helplessly, "Smile, Miyazaki-kun, I feel like a clown."

“No, no, no, I definitely didn’t mean to make fun of you.” Cheng Qianfan waved his hand, “Araki-kun, your response just now was correct.”

Just now Cheng Qianfan angrily reprimanded and questioned Araki Harima.

Being questioned, Araki Harima could only blush and apologize to Sanbonjiro:

Araki got carried away and was not steady enough in his work. He failed the class teacher's teachings and disappointed the class teacher.

 When he said this, Araki Harima did not even dare to raise his head.

 …

“That’s not me.” Araki Harima said with a wry smile, “I couldn’t say that before.”

“Has the section chief ordered to pay close attention to Cao Yu?”

“Does the Section Chief request that the secrets of the Red Party’s ‘Yuchang’ and Chenzhou be dug out?” "Cheng Qianfan asked Araki Harima continuously.

Araki Harima was stunned for a moment:

Sanbonjiro did order to pay close attention to Cao Yu, but that was when Cao Yu had just defected to the empire two years ago.

Sanbonjiro did give the order to dig deeper into the secrets between "Yuchang" and "Chenzhou", but that was the order given when Wang Kangnian was formally arrested by the empire.

How can these two incompatible commands with such a long time span be connected together?

Then, all of this turned out to be a wise move by Chizu Mimotojiro to control everything?

Araki Harima couldn’t figure it out.

 Or to be more precise, he understands, but is unwilling to accept it for the time being because he is angry.

 …

Cheng Qianfan smiled and did not continue to say anything on this topic. All that needed to be said had been said.

 He has treated Araki Harima with the utmost benevolence and righteousness.

This is not the time for him to continue to show off his ability to flatter Araki and teach Araki a lesson, let alone show off the favor of interceding for Araki.

That incident has passed, and it’s time to turn the page.

What Araki Harima needs now is not to understand these, but to "turn the page". Face is the most important thing.

If he continues to give Araki Harima lessons at this time, the effect of the favor just now will be greatly reduced!

 At this moment, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

 “Captain.” Haishi Haruki first saluted Araki Harima, then smiled and nodded to Miyazaki Kentaro, “Miyazaki-kun.”

“Miyazaki-kun has been ordered to investigate Lu Xinge’s case. The two of you will exchange information about the relevant information from the secret service headquarters.” Araki Harima said with a serious expression.

　　After Kaga Kaorya died, Araki Harima had to assign Haruki Haideshi to stay at the agent headquarters to 'guide' the work.

 …

“Captain, is this all the information?” Haishi Haruki looked thoughtful and hesitated before asking.

It's better to ask about this kind of thing clearly.

"Limited to relevant information that may involve Lu Xinge escaping capture." Araki Harima said solemnly, "You are in the light, Miyazaki-kun is in the dark."

 Cheng Qianfan stood aside with a smile and said nothing, and seemed not to mind.

“I understand.” Yushi Chunshu nodded, then said goodbye and left.

 "Araki-kun, thank you very much." Cheng Qianfan thanked him sincerely, with a smile in his eyes.

Araki Harima’s instructions to Haishi Haruki seem to be restrained, but in fact this sentence is very mysterious. The restriction of ‘may be involved’ actually has too much room for manipulation.

"Miyazaki-kun, my bottom line is clear." Araki Harima looked at his friend's happy eyes and had to say with a serious expression.

He felt that it was necessary to sound the alarm for this guy Miyazaki. Otherwise, Araki Harima was really worried that Kentaro Miyazaki would make money in the name of investigation, causing the secret service headquarters to go crazy and complain.

“Araki-kun is still worried about what I’m doing?” Kentaro Miyazaki said with a smile.

  Araki Harima took a deep look at Kentaro Miyazaki. His good friend treated his compatriots in the empire very well, but Miyazaki-kun looked down on the Chinese people. In Miyazaki's eyes, the Chinese people were probably worse than pigs and dogs.

Because of this, Araki Harima has reason to suspect that Kentaro Miyazaki, who holds the power of investigation, is not too friendly to the people at the secret service headquarters.

 …

At this time, the phone on Araki Harima’s desk rang.

Araki Harima picked up the microphone.

"I know." He hung up the phone and said to Miyazaki Kentaro, "It's Hayashita Yamao."

“It should be Mr. Kikube who recommended Linxia.” Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment after hearing this.

Just now in Sanbonjiro’s section chief’s office, the wise section chief keenly captured a possible connection between Cao Yu, ‘Chen Zhou’ and ‘Yuchang’, and the final decision he made was:

 Hold his troops and investigate Cao Yu secretly.

Araki Harima did not get the task of investigating Cao Yu, which is what makes Araki Harima most unhappy.

 Because Araki Harima is sure that there is something wrong with Cao Yu, this is obviously a big fish, and there may even be a super big fish behind Cao Yu.

This is a great achievement. It was obviously the clue he discovered, but the section chief asked others to be responsible. This was obviously unacceptable to Araki Harima.

Judging from the phone call just now, Sanbonjiro chose Kikube Hiroo to be responsible for this matter, and Hayashita Yamao, who was a close subordinate of Kikube Hiroo, was the person who carried out the task.

“Kikube-kun is quite capable of doing things.” Cheng Qianfan said calmly.

Araki Harima's face changed slightly and he glanced at his friend.

 …

 Cheng Qianfan and Araki Harima chatted for a while longer, then said goodbye and left.

 It is dark at night, and cars are driving on silent streets. Along the way, they will encounter Japanese soldiers patrolling with Type 38 rifles on their backs.

With these beasts around, who dares to go out on the streets late at night?

 Japanese soldiers would stop when they saw an approaching car, but their attitude was quite friendly. The license plate of Mr. Xiao Cheng’s car in the French Concession was something that even the Japanese soldiers had to give face to:

They can deny face to the British and French, and even deliberately make things difficult for the British and French, but they will not deliberately make things difficult for Cheng Qianfan.

Not to mention Mr. Cheng's power in the French Concession, they had long heard that he had contacts with the empire, and some soldiers had seen with their own eyes that Cheng Qianfan seemed to be friends with Master Atsuhito Kawada of the Military Police Headquarters.

 The most important thing is that Cheng Qianfan has always been very generous to the imperial soldiers, and no one will have trouble with the coupons or gifts from "Jiujiu Trading".

Haozi did not give the merchant coupons this time. Instead, he handed a golden cigarette from the passenger seat to the Japanese soldier.

The Japanese sergeant leading the team took it unceremoniously and nodded with satisfaction. Then he poked his head in and saw Cheng Qianfan in the back seat.

 “Thank you for your hard work.” Cheng Qianfan said hello to the Japanese military officer in Japanese.

 “Mr. Cheng.” The Japanese sergeant looked calm, nodded in greeting, held a cigarette under his arm and waved to let him go.

 …

 Breaking through the night, we entered the French Concession.

 “Haozi, stop the car.”

 A crunching sound.

Haozi brakes.

 “Brother Fan?” He turned to look at Brother Fan.

 “I’ll get out of the car and take a walk.” Cheng Qianfan said.

 He was walking on the streets of the French Concession in Shanghai at one o'clock in the morning.

 Night seems to be the eternal melody at this time.

 Looking up, you can occasionally see a tiny bit of human light.

Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette and slowly smoked while walking on the road.

 What he was thinking about now was the little boy from Fangyun Daily Grocery Store.

 Comrade Shan Fangyun was trapped by the enemy.

The only eight or nine-year-old boy left in the store was pitiful.

Cheng Qianfan guessed that there must be enemies squatting near the grocery store, and they wanted to fish.

In other words, it is currently impossible for the organization to approach Fangyun General Store, let alone rescue the boy.

 It was not clear who the boss Dan was before, so Cheng Qianfan remained calm and did not think too much about it.

Now that he knew that Boss Shan was a comrade in the party, Cheng Qianfan couldn't help but think more about it, and then he finally remembered who the little boy was.

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 I found out early in the morning that my child at home had a fever, and it was as high as 40 degrees. Alas.

　　

 (End of this chapter)