The Bravest

After two months of preparation, the Japan-China Charity Welfare House will officially open tomorrow. As early as a month ago, the welfare house, which was converted from an abandoned primary school, was widely publicized in several newspapers controlled by the Japanese.

The board of directors was composed of Gangcun, the representative of the Military Police Headquarters, Li Youmin, the representative of the Reform Government in charge of civil affairs, and Lin Jie. They held a press conference at the entrance of the welfare home which was under construction. Newspapers in Shanghai were invited. The director Lin Jie gave a speech:

"Dear journalists, welcome to learn about and supervise the work of our Japan-China Charity Welfare Home in your busy schedule. As the director of the welfare home, I would like to thank you all." Bow "Let me introduce you to Mr. Masao Okamura, a representative of the Military Police Headquarters and the initiator of the welfare home."

"I am Masao Okamura, please take care of me." Okamura also bowed after saying this.

"Thank you, Mr. Gangcun, and this is Mr. Li Youmin, from the Civil Affairs Department of the Shanghai Municipal Government, a representative of the government."

"I am Li Youmin. Please support the work of the welfare home in the future. Thank you!" He bowed again.

"Okay, the three of us are the board members of the welfare home. I believe you have all seen about the welfare home in the newspapers. If you still have any questions, please raise your hands and ask." Lin Jie was the host and started the question-and-answer session.

"Mr. Lin, what was your original identity? Why did you become the dean?" A European and American reporter was chosen by Lin Jie to ask questions.

"Thank you for the concern of this journalist friend. I am a section chief of the Special Agent Headquarters, engaged in investigation and research. As for why I was appointed as the director, it is also related to my work. After investigation, I found that there are many children who have lost their families and need the care of the government and society. After the situation was reported to the Military Police Headquarters, Mr. Masao Okamura initiated the work of this charity welfare home. Since I am Chinese, most of the adopted children are Chinese. For the convenience of work, the Military Police Headquarters entrusted me to serve as the director. I hope that everyone will pay more attention to our work, support it, and correct us. Thank you. Now, please let the beautiful blonde lady be the next one." Lin Jie has listened to many reports from his leaders, and his answers were flawless.

"Mr. Lin, you are a secret agent, which has nothing to do with charity. One cannot help but suspect that the welfare home has some conspiracy. Please explain." The reporter was very beautiful and had a sharp tongue, and she went straight to the point.

"Oh, beautiful lady, I think you have some misunderstanding about my work. The Secret Service Headquarters is not a spy agency. It is just engaged in some special work. For example, I spent more than a month investigating the lives of orphans. It was shocking. Ladies and gentlemen, I urge everyone to appeal to people from all walks of life in the newspapers to pay more attention to this. Now our welfare home is being built at a rapid pace, and the first batch of children will move in soon. Now the home is short of funds, food, and clothes. Staff, please help me send the photos to everyone, thank you."

The three children, Liu Sheng, Liu Yidao and Li Jing, who acted as staff, began to distribute the photos they had prepared long ago to the reporters. They were all street children. Lin Jie successfully avoided the question about the agents. "Now we would like to invite the reporter friend in the blue suit to ask questions." After calling two European and American reporters in a row, Lin Jie began to control the situation and called a Japanese who had greeted him.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin. I would like to ask Mr. Gangcun, what is the management method of the welfare home like?" The Japanese man returned to the subject.

"Okay, I think this is the issue that everyone should be most concerned about. The preliminary design of the welfare home is that it will be managed entirely by Chinese people. The main work will be arranged by Director Lin, and the staff will be recruited publicly in the society. Please help me post a recruitment advertisement for free. After all, the welfare home is really short of funds. If you save one dollar, the children can have more food. Please." Gangcun bowed, stood up and continued: "Now we will temporarily recruit two Chinese teachers, two Japanese teachers, and five life aunties. The welfare home will do its best to make the children live a better life, and all of this cannot be separated from the participation of people from all walks of life. The Military Police Command will also continue to pay attention. Thank you everyone"

"Next, the lady in the white dress." Lin Jie called the reporter who had been arranged in advance.

"Thank you, President Lin. I would like to ask Mr. Li, is this welfare home a joint venture between Japan and China? Why is the Japanese side not involved in the management?"

"Okay, let me answer this question. Yes, the welfare home is a joint cooperation between Japan and China. The initial funds were jointly funded by the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Military Police Headquarters. As for the Chinese management, there is only one reason, that is, for the children. After all, the children do not speak Japanese. If you still have doubts, we can only answer in one sentence, that is, welcome everyone to supervise at any time. After the opening of the home, we will make public the contact information of the directors of the board of directors. If you find any problems, you can also report to the Military Police Headquarters or the Municipal Government."

"Everyone, time is limited. Please go inside for a visit. As it is still under construction, please be careful of your steps. Today's press conference ends here. We will send invitations to you before the hospital opens. Thank you."

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"Okamura, the welfare home will open tomorrow, are you ready?" Doihara asked Okamura Masao casually.

"Teacher, everything is ready. The newspapers have been invited, as well as some Europeans and Americans and people from the upper class. In addition, Lin Jie especially suggested that each guest bring his wife. He has been emphasizing the diplomacy of wives and so on. I don't quite understand. The men of our Great Japanese Empire do not need women to tell them what to do." Masao Okamura was not very convinced.

"Stupid, you have to understand that pillow talk is often more effective than any lobbyist. If you want to get involved in politics, you have to adapt and compromise. When you have time, communicate more with Lin Jie. He is a natural diplomat. The answers you gave last time were all from his scripts. As for talking nonsense and diplomacy, they were all introduced to Japan from China."

"Yes, teacher, I understand."

"There's no rush for this. Tomorrow is the key. Are all the people ready?"

"Teacher, we are all ready. We are four people, all of whom can speak Chinese. Our weapons are all old, and we don't have any identification documents."

"Okay, tell them that Lin Jie cannot die, and must be loyal to the Emperor if necessary. It would be best if we could kill one or two Europeans and Americans in the chaos. But not too many. Go ahead and explain everything."

"Yes, teacher, isn't Miss Ye a better target? If she dies, Lin Jie's hatred will drive him crazy. Wouldn't that be a better choice?"

"No, too much is as bad as too little. We need to leave some room. If Lin Jie notices, he will push him to the other side. If he is just injured, Ye Wulian will be fine. Even if he finds out, he can explain it as a self-torture tactic. This is the essence of this sentence. Do you understand? Also, observe the Chinese staff and the older children from a distance to see if there is anything unusual."

"Yes"

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"The welfare home will officially start operating tomorrow. A ceremony will be held at nine o'clock. All teachers must take good care of the children under their charge, and the other children must stay in the classroom." Lin Jie was holding a meeting with the foreman of four teachers and aunties.

"Dean, didn't they say that we should bring all the children to welcome us at the door? Director Gangcun personally instructed us to do so," a Japanese teacher asked.

"Well, there will be too many people coming tomorrow. I'm afraid there will be trouble. Since Gangcun Director has said so, let's compromise. Those under twelve years old will be left waiting on the playground with the aunties. The others will be assigned to the teachers. Each person will take care of four children. The extra ones will stay to help the aunties look after the younger ones. The children at seven, eight or nine o'clock will wander around and the aunties can't keep an eye on them. I'll give some candies to the aunties tomorrow, and I can coax them then. Aunt Wu, remember, after the guests come in, just say a few words of welcome to the children. I'll tell you to take the children down, and you can ask the older ones to help carry the children back to the dormitory. If a child cries, it's okay, and there's no need to coax him. Just go and coax him after receiving the report. Everyone, please work hard and hold on. They will leave at noon. There must be no trouble. This will affect the plan to accept more children in the future. Does anyone have any questions?"

"Okay, everyone go back and prepare. By the way, Aunt Wu, have you notified Chef Zhang and the others in the kitchen? You need to arrive at 6 a.m. early. We will have an extra breakfast tomorrow. Cook porridge for the children. I don't know when the ceremony will be completed. Normally, we only have two meals a day. We will have an extra meal tomorrow. I will sign the account book."

"Okay," Aunt Wu said. "Well, Aunt Wu, we have to ask Master Chang to help look after the child tomorrow. Just tell him that I told him to do it. Everything will go smoothly after tomorrow. We adjourn the meeting."

Lin Jie packed up his things and went out to go home. After taking a few steps, he suddenly caught up with the beautiful young female teacher in front of him: "Teacher Liu, wait a moment, I'll take you home." The others turned around and looked at Lin Jie and Teacher Liu strangely.

"Dean Lin, no need. I live close by, just a few steps away. Thank you." Teacher Liu was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Lin Jie grabbed her hand and pulled Teacher Liu to his side. "Teacher Liu, it's too late. It's not safe,"

"Dean, what are you doing? I said it's not necessary." Teacher Liu scolded Lin Jie angrily. When the people around saw this, they ran away quickly.

"Teacher Liu, please be careful." Lin Jie let go of Teacher Liu's hand. "Oh, I almost forgot, the kid named Tiezhu who listens to you very much, you should leave him to Aunt Wu to help tomorrow. It's okay, you can go back first."

Teacher Liu turned and walked away, walking very fast, as if being chased by a wolf, and kept muttering "pervert".

Unexpectedly, Lin Jie called out to him from behind, "Teacher Liu, remember, let Tiezhu stay to help tomorrow, and also let the two people who are with you all day stay to help."

After hearing this, Teacher Liu ran faster.

Teacher Liu was originally a teacher in this abandoned school. She was very young and pretty. Her father was the principal and lived nearby. Now the school has become an orphanage. Her previous experience helped her get the job. When she got home, she slammed the door and sat on a chair in the living room, panting. Her face was red. I don't know if it was because she was tired from running fast or because of the rudeness of the pervert. When my father heard the sound of the door slamming, he hurried out from the inner room.

"What happened?" The father was very nervous. It was too late and it was not safe for a girl to be on the road alone.

"Dad, it's okay." Teacher Liu was reluctant to say it. It was too embarrassing. His hand was touched by a traitor. If it wasn't for work, he would have slapped him in the face.

"Don't be so mad. Report everything that happens in the orphanage to me." This is the discipline. Her father pulled her into the inner room, closed the door, and said sternly.

"There's nothing to do today, just like usual. We'll have a meeting after get off work to discuss the arrangements for tomorrow's opening." Teacher Liu calmed down and reported to her father, who is also her superior.

"You ran so fast just now, what happened?"

"Oh, Dad, I said it's okay." Teacher Liu was reluctant to say, "Dad, I'm going back to my room to sleep. I have to go at six o'clock tomorrow." After saying that, he was about to leave.

"Come back and tell me what happened." My daughter knows it herself.

"Dad, you don't know, that guy just now, that Lin Jie is a pervert, he just touched me." Teacher Liu finally couldn't help but say it out loud.

The father was horrified and asked, "Where did he touch you? Where did he touch you?"

"It was at school. I had just finished a meeting and was coming out. I hadn't even taken a few steps when he caught up with me and said he would take me home. Everyone was there. How could a married man take a girl home at night? Is that appropriate?" Teacher Liu became angry again when he talked about this.

"Oh," the father breathed a sigh of relief. How many people? "He dared to touch you in front of so many people? Have you ever been alone with him before? Has he harassed you?" Although it was unlikely, as a father, he still had to ask clearly. Moreover, the organization attached great importance to Lin Jie and specially activated the father-daughter team that had been silent for more than a year.

"Not before, that was during the day. Now he's showing his tail at night. Humph, you're a pervert. Dad, you want me to have more contact with you." Teacher Liu snorted.

"Don't be silly, tell me what happened in detail." The father felt that it was impossible for Lin Jie to behave like a hooligan in public, and he had no criminal record, so he did it for no reason.

"Oh, after the meeting, we all left together. After walking about ten meters, Lin Jie caught up with me from behind and said it was too late and wanted to take me home. There were so many people around. How could he, a married man, dare to do that? Of course I refused. Unexpectedly, he grabbed my hand and wouldn't let me go. I was so angry. If I hadn't had a mission, I would have slapped him to death."

"Aren't all the teachers here? What next?" the father asked.

"It's not bad. At first they looked at me, as if there was something wrong between me and Lin Jie. Of course I shouted at him, and then they ran away. They must be afraid of offending Lin Jie."

"And then? Did he say anything?"

"Lin Jie let me go when he saw that I was talking too loudly. He even made an excuse that he wanted Tie Zhu and the other two to help take care of the kids tomorrow. Originally, the older kids were supposed to greet us at the door."

"Anything else?"

"It was gone, so I ran away. Oh, and then I was told to remember it. It was gone. So I came back."

My father was silent, turned back and thought again, then said, "Did you bring the minutes back? Show them to me. Quick."

Seeing the gloomy face of his father, Teacher Liu quickly took out the meeting minutes from his bag and handed them to his father.

As the father watched, he asked about what had happened in the past few days since he entered the welfare home.

After my father finished reading, Teacher Liu dared to ask, "Dad, is there something wrong? Otherwise, I will go back to school immediately to let Tiezhu and the others evacuate, and you go first." Teacher Liu now recalled Lin Jie's behavior. He had known each other for three days and he had always been very polite to me. I also thought to myself that Lin Jie was not like the spy No. 76 at all. Why was he so anxious today? He completely ignored the presence of others and not only held my hand, but also pulled me close to him. Otherwise, I would not have reacted so strongly and scolded him on the spot. Now thinking back, he seemed to have deliberately scared away those teachers. Did he have something to say to me? Otherwise, I would not have been able to break free. He took the initiative to let go after he saw that the people had left.

"No, go there ten minutes early tomorrow and find Tiezhu to tell him that the three of them should not get too close to each other in the future. The same goes for you. Don't be too deliberate. Everything else should be normal. There may be dangers during the ceremony, so don't overreact. Be afraid when you should be afraid, and lie down when you should lie down. Just be like an ordinary person." The father never tired of explaining the things to pay attention to. If the country had not reached such a situation, as a father, how could he bear to let his beautiful daughter throw herself into this cruel struggle. Finally, he added, "Be careful when you speak in the future. People just hold you and touch you. Don't be reserved."

"Hey, Dad, he just touched my hand. And don't worry, Dad, I won't let you down, nor will I make things difficult for you." After Teacher Liu finished speaking, he took out a pill from his pocket and showed it to his father, "This is what mom left for me." His tone was so calm.

The father's eyes were red and he just whispered, "Be careful."

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