Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

"Xiaoye, I always feel that something big is going to happen."

A week before the final, when Li Ye drove Luo Xiazhi to donate money to the Children's Children's Bureau in Zhabei District.As soon as the car passed the old gate bridge, a beggar squatting by the bridge suddenly rushed over and slammed straight into the side of their car, looking desperate.

Li Ye was startled, and then slammed the steering wheel, and the car made a small S turn, away from the beggars who were trying to touch porcelain.

But after stopping, he just opened the door of the driver's cab, and before he had time to get out of the car, he was hugged by a little beggar who didn't know where he was, and asked for alms while hugging him.

"Master, don't get out of the car! Close the window!"

While closing the door hard, he dragged out the other two children who were trying to walk into the car to grab something, and turned around and yelled loudly.

Luo Xiazhi hurriedly rolled over to the driver's seat and honked the horn.

Nearby is the Zhabei police station.

A few minutes later, five or six police officers rushed over brandishing batons and dispersed the little beggars before Luo Xiazhi was able to get out of the car.

"Third Master, are you okay?"

The head of the Freedom Children's Bureau went out to greet her in person, and made an apology.

Luo Xiazhi waved his hand, but he was fine.Li Ye was even more miserable, those were children, and he couldn't use force to fight back.So the good clothes were torn apart.The small change in the pocket, the scarf around the neck, and the hat were all snatched by those little beggars.

"How did Zhabei become like this? No one cares about these refugees?"

Luo Xiazhi took a sip of tea and asked Li Ye to hand over the check to the director.

"It's not bad here. The third master doesn't know how chaotic it is going to the north. The train carrying coal at the North Station can be robbed. As soon as the car stops, the coal is lost by half. It is said that Yancheng and Xinghua in northern Jiangsu There was a disaster there this year, and 10,000+ victims went to Shanghai. Except for a few concessions, there are disaster victims everywhere... hey..."

The maid who brought the tea kept nodding and pointed to her ear.

The maid's right earlobe was actually missing a piece, revealing a patch of hideous stitches.

"A few days ago I went shopping for vegetables and came back in a rickshaw. When I got off the bridge, a little bastard grabbed my silver earring and almost tore my ear off. It was bloody...etc. The rickshaw driver stopped his car and looked back—there was no one there, not a single one of the group of hozens! You little bastard who killed a thousand knives."

The maid went mad with anger, "We came to the Children's Children's Bureau to do things for good, and these little bastards still treat me like this. Kill a thousand knives, kill a thousand knives!"

Luo Xiazhi heard this, exchanged glances with Li Ye, and left quickly.

"I originally thought that when the temporary nursery was built here, my mother and Xiaoxiao would also come to attend. Now that I think about it, it's better to avoid it. This time our foundation-laying ceremony will be simple. All the female relatives of the wealthy businessmen's families Don’t invite me anymore. Hurry up and build the house, and hurry up to gather the refugees.”

They drove back to the foreign concession this time, and the Zhabei police station specially arranged a police tricycle to clear the way in front, which saved them from being harassed.

Even so, he witnessed a robbery on the bridge.

A man in a rickshaw lowered his head as he got off a bridge, revealing a gold necklace hidden in his shirt collar.

Luo Xiazhi's car was attached to this rickshaw at the time, and he saw a nimble little beggar like a monkey, squatting on the railing by the bridge, and grabbed the necklace in an instant.

The necklace was not thin, and it was not torn off all at once.Because it was getting off the bridge, the rickshaw itself was very heavy, and the man in the car was pulled back all of a sudden, and the rickshaw with him rolled over to one side.

Fortunately, they didn't turn over to Luo Xiazhi's car, otherwise the rickshaw driver might have slid directly under the car.

After such a big incident, the police car that cleared the way ahead quickly stopped.

It was unbelievable that these little bastards dared to rob under my nose, so a policeman shot into the sky.

All of a sudden, there was chaos on and off the bridge, and that daring little bum didn't give up. He couldn't grab the gold necklace, so he quickly fumbled in the pocket of the man who had been strangled and passed out. He snatched a wallet and ran away quickly.

The man left unconscious on the ground, the rickshaw that fell to and fro, the driver who fell on the ground and cursed at the driver, and a whole bridge blocked by cars, bicycles, and rickshaws...

"It's terrible. I don't rent out the building for a few days, and I can't even imagine the chaos outside."

Back at Shimai Department Store, Luo Xiazhi suddenly remembered the "kidnapping case of an oolong dung boat" that he had encountered when he first came to this world.

What he met at that time was not a vicious person.The so-called Ah San and Aunt Ah San were probably not as vicious as the little beggars I met on the bridge today.

"Add more people to protect my mother and Xiaoxiao. Especially Xiaoxiao!"

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it was a time when local thefts and robberies frequently occurred, and now with the addition of this group of desperate refugees...

Oh, and his second elder brother and second sister-in-law who must be a demon if they are always quiet.

"In the past few days, you have brought me the guns. The bodyguards who escorted Xiaoxiao, my mother, and elder brother to travel also brought guns. Ask Liang Shaolong if there are not enough bullets."

Luo Xiazhi walked around the office, and finally said solemnly, "I have a hunch that something big will happen."

Apart from dealing with the beauty contest with Luo Xiazhi recently, Li Ye basically stays at the Seventh Heaven Hotel.Because at the end of the year, more and more people booked banquets and rooms, which made him a little tired.

"After the new year, let your third master give you a vacation, let's go out and have fun."

Liang Shaolong lay on the sofa, reading foreign magazines.

Naturally, he couldn't understand foreign characters, so he just looked at the beautiful pictures on it, and found the clothes and buildings of foreigners very interesting.

"Tell me, is Europe really as beautiful as it is in the pictorials? I haven't been to Europe, I've been to Nanyang. The homes of the Chinese in Nanyang are no different from those in Fujian and eastern Zhejiang that I've been to, except The servants are black, the weather is hot, and there are more fruits... Anyway, they don't fight anymore, how about we go to Europe to have fun?"

He has recently become a celebrity in Shanghai, and he is very proud.Luo Xiazhi opened a Spanish-style room for him, and asked him not to go out blindly before the game, reduce exposure, and maintain a low-key and mysterious image.

How could Liang Shaolong be such an obedient person, he always wanted to sneak out to play every day.No matter what, Li Ye had no choice but to move in the documents for work, and monitor him while working.

"The third master said that something will happen..."

Li Ye didn't have time to listen to him talking nonsense about unrealistic travel plans, and thinking of the scene that happened on the bridge in the morning, he still had lingering fears.

"Is that so...the hospital you sent that man to in the end?"

Liang Shaolong rubbed his chin, "Your third master is right, you have your gun ready... I also think something big will happen soon."

On the night of the finals, Li Ye, who was one of the coordinators of the entire competition, did not rush around in front of and behind the scenes. He sat beside Luo Yunze throughout the entire process.

It should be said that he was on guard by Uncle Luo's side the whole time, with his right hand always inserted inside the suit, maintaining the posture of being ready to shoot at any time.

Half of Liang Shaolong's former subordinates were outside the Luo mansion tonight, and the other half were sitting in this venue.

The game went smoothly, and several nodes that he suspected of possible accidents were passed safely.All heavy equipment such as lights and speakers have been checked repeatedly, and there is absolutely no possibility of temporary loosening.

Until Luo Yunze came to the stage to present the awards, he still maintained a high degree of vigilance.

"Xiao Ye, tell the lighting engineer not to focus all the light on the stage."

At this moment, Luo Sanye came over with a serious face, leaned sideways and whispered in his ear.

After a while, Liang Shaolong snatched the microphone from Feng Sihui's hand, and shouted to the excited audience below, "Friends! Please come up to the carnival with us!"

Then, he took the initiative to take off his coat, and in a burst of cheerful songs, he pulled the beauty beside him to sway.

The audience in the audience was stunned for a moment, and then flooded onto the stage like a tide.

"Flying dragon! Flying dragon!"

"Black girl! Black girl!"

They called their idols by their names, and their idols smiled and extended their hands to them.

The lighting engineer who received the order scattered the light with the brisk music.Immediately, the entire cinema was filled with colorful lights, almost like a post-80s discotheque.

After walking along the wall for a while, Li Ye quietly fell onto the iron frame above the stage, crawled on all fours, and climbed to the end of the entire cinema.

On his right is Gu Hanlin who also turned over neatly and put himself on airs.

A few bright lights illuminated the auditorium at a glance. He squinted his eyes and saw two men acting strangely.

They neither cheered with the crowd, nor drifted to the stage to dance.Instead, he squinted his eyes as well, as if he was avoiding the light, but also as if he was observing something.

Li Ye took out a pistol with a suppressor installed, and licked his lips.

Liang Shaolong once boasted to Luo Xiazhi that Li Ye's marksmanship is not so good.

Li Ye also felt that he was very talented. When he was hunting with Liang Shaolong in the countryside of Suzhou, he basically hunted east and west, and never failed.

But he has never killed anyone, never pointed his gun at a living person.

Those are people, not pheasants and ducks, let alone glass wine bottles.

With one shot like this, a life will disappear...

Thinking about it this way, the gun in his hand actually became heavy, so heavy that he seemed to be unable to hold it anymore.

Then, he saw one of the men, who was separated by hundreds of people, stepped on the seat and raised his arms in the direction of Mr. Luo...

"Bang! Bang!"

People swinging on the stage were startled by the loud noise, and then they heard the voice of the female announcer from the broadcasting room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in order to celebrate the success of this beauty pageant and to leave the best memories for everyone on this Christmas Eve, I announce that the Christmas Fireworks Show has begun!"

"Ah! Today is the last Sunday of this month, and it is the day when Shimai Department Store has a fixed firework show every month! Let's go outside and have a look?"

Several "knowledgeable" Shimai old customers said excitedly.

But more people still choose to dance with the "Flying Dragon" and so many beautiful beauties instead of going outside in the cold to watch some fireworks.

Another two gun salutes sounded. I don’t know who opened the paper cannon indoors. Large pieces of gold and silver colored films and multicolored streamers fell from the stage. The girls screamed and the boys stomped their legs on the floor excitedly. , the whole stage turned into a jubilant ocean.

"Dear listeners, the "Tianwaitian Radio Station" will broadcast live to you tonight, the beauty contest of "Sister Has You" and "Miss Shimai" is over here. Have you felt the joy of the scene? What? Merry Christmas and good night!"

The hostess played the earphones, picked up the wine that had been poured by the side, and celebrated with the friends in the studio.

"MerryChristmas! Cheers!"

Putting down the gun, Li Ye panted heavily, looking at the two fallen not far away.

Just now, he was lying on top of them, taking advantage of the moment when the light flickered, he caught them.

Within a second, he and Gu Hanlin shot one after another.In the blink of an eye, the two were killed one after another.

He raised his trembling right hand and slowly closed his eyes.Then he fell off the iron shelf, found an empty seat and sat down, unable to stand up for a long time.

The strong lights of various colors are still flickering around, and people's eyes can't help but feel a little sore after looking at it for a long time.

The safety doors on both sides were opened silently, and two teams of people also dressed in black sneaked in.Before any spectators noticed something was wrong, they dragged the two corpses out.

Standing above the stage, Luo Xiazhi, who had witnessed all this, lowered his head, gritted his teeth and smiled, and bent over to Xiao Feiyan, who didn't know anything but kept clapping.

Xiao Feiyan smiled reservedly, put her little hands on his shoulders, and the two slid all the way to the center of the stage.

Gu Hanlin patted the dust off his body, walked quickly onto the stage, skillfully passed the two girls who wanted to dance with him, and walked to Liang Shaolong's side.

"It's all settled. Go down and comfort him."

An ordinary man, killing someone for the first time.Regardless of whether that person is a killer or a Japanese, Li Ye's temporary collapse is understandable.

He whispered, the latter nodded, and conveniently changed the partner to Gu Hanlin.

"Principal Gu?"

The little girl said in surprise, "I am a graduate of Charity Girls School. Principal Gu came to give us a lecture before. Do you remember me?"

Tsubaki Yingko was lying on the window sill, watching the two fireworks blooming on the tall building not far away.

The cold wind blew her hair loose, and she stared wide-eyed at the splendid seven-story building.

In this bleak winter day, the brilliant fireworks seemed to be imprinted into the sky. Tsubaki Yingko could even guarantee that she heard the admiration of the people downstairs.

This winter is too cold and too bitter. This year's Christmas is not as lively as in previous years. Fortunately, there are still this Christmas fireworks, which gives a little comfort to the pedestrians who are still on the road at this moment.

But obviously, the two people in the room didn't feel it.

"Wait a little longer... Even if they manage to come here, they will have to walk for a few minutes."

Luo Muze ran around the room like a caged bear.

Tsubaki Yingko turned around and closed the window with deep suspicion in her eyes.

5 minutes later,

10 minutes later,

Time passed little by little, and just before Tsubaki Sakura was about to explode, someone finally knocked on the door.

A man walked in, clutching his neck, and reported to Tsubaki Yingko in a hoarse voice: The assassination failed, and the two assassins specially invited from Tokyo, Japan, failed to come out of the Seventh Heaven Hotel.

"No, it's impossible... there must be something wrong!"

Luo Muze said in disbelief.

"Radio... radio station. Yes! I'll turn it on now, 'Tianwaitian' must be messed up, listen to it if you don't believe me!"

He turned off the record player, then turned on the radio station, and switched the frequency from the Japanese radio station he was accustomed to to the frequency of Tianwaitian.

Then I heard lively dance music, one after another.

Rumba, exactly, as if it wasn't a movie theater, but a Paramount.

After the dance, "Ode to Joy" was played on the radio.

"The goddess of joy is holy and beautiful, and her light shines on the earth.

With enthusiasm in our hearts, we come to your sanctuary..."

He heard many people singing at the scene.

Men, women, applause, stomping, just through the radio waves, he can feel the joyous atmosphere of the scene.

Finally, the host congratulated everyone on a happy holiday, and the broadcast ended.

The ad sounded...

"That's what you said, let me give you one last chance?"

After the man clutching his throat left, Chun Yingzi sneered like this, and walked in front of Luo Muze who was already kneeling on the ground.

"Father told me that you have internal connections with foreign enemies. On the surface, you are the son-in-law of our Chun family. In fact, you have always helped the Luo family. There is nothing wrong with it."

The ferocious face of the woman looked even more terrifying against the flickering fireworks outside the window.

"I didn't believe it at first—it turned out that the Luo family has been sending money to you in your account, your private account! Since you returned to Shanghai until now, it hasn't stopped for a moment!"

"That's the account I had before I went abroad! I haven't used it since I went abroad. They want to transfer money into my account, what can I do?"

If it wasn't for Tsubaki Yingko's special investigation this time, he would have almost forgotten that he still has such an account.

"What about your 'outdoors'? The apartments where you raise your concubine are all under the name of Luo's family, and a group of concubines you raise all live in your elder brother's and your younger brother's property!"

"The Luo family's properties are all over Shanghai, and the high-end apartment I want to rent happens to be in their name. I don't know if the broker doesn't tell me..."

Luo Muze couldn't argue with anything.

"Then you admit it? Admit that you have more than one or two little wives?"

When Chun Yingzi changed the subject, Luo Muze almost missed the answer.

"I……"

"I'm afraid you don't know. Those two whores I sent back to Japan, guess what—they even received remittances from Rorschach in their bank accounts in Tokyo! That pregnant slut is more Got a sum of money. Tell me, how did Luo Xiazhi know about those two people's bank accounts!"

"I... I... I really don't know."

Luo Muze really didn't know.

He kept these "outdoors" in secret all the time, even Chun Yingzi didn't dare to let her know, how did Luo Xiazhi know?

"It was your brother's 'bitter trick' that Mai Department Store succeeded in the first fire. It was the 'Certificate of Voting' that Luo Xiazhi specially gave you and asked you to hand over to me. It made me relax my vigilance, thinking that you were really helping me and helping me. Our Tsubaki family, help us the Great Japanese Empire!"

"I am real……"

"After that, there was no 'success' again. Every so-called 'trick' of yours made your brother's department store more prosperous. We spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and it all ended up being cheaper for your brother. What are you doing? How much do you like him, fancy him?"

"No, it's all a coincidence, it's really a coincidence! I swear!"

Luo Muze raised his right hand.

"You swear? You once swore that you only love me, and I'm the only one in this life. What's the result? Is your vow valid? Can it be taken seriously?"

The more Tsubaki Yingzi thought about it, the more she felt that she was completely deceived by this man's rhetoric, and her father lost the chance to take down the Luo family in one fell swoop and capture Shanghai's economy.

"It was the same in Jiashan before. You let them go on purpose, so that they could do some cruel tricks... It must be true, you told your third brother in advance, otherwise how could he have killed him in just one morning? The situation is completely reversed! It was you! It was you who leaked the news!"

In the office, there were hysterical screams from a woman and the sound of a vase breaking.

The man standing at the door covered his neck and couldn't help coughing heavily.

"Are you okay?"

The bodyguard standing opposite him asked with concern.

"It's okay, Shanghai is too cold, I just came from Tokyo, and I'm not used to it."

"Yeah, it's really cold in Shanghai this winter. You have to take care of yourself."

The man opposite smiled.

The man covering his neck also smiled, then put down his hands, silently listening to the beating sound coming from inside.

On his neck, there is a circle of strangle marks.

It was when he returned to Hongkou from Zhabei on business last week, he was dragged out by a beggar on the bridge who tried to rob him of his necklace.

He passed out from the force of the impact, and when he awoke he found himself sleeping in a hospital ward.

Then I saw a well-mannered man sitting beside him holding his stolen wallet.

He was a little flustered. Before he was sent to work in China, he also learned some Chinese.

But now lying here, for some reason, his brain was so blurred that he couldn't even say a word.

Behind this elegant man in his 30s, stood a young man in his early 20s. When the young man spoke, he actually spoke Japanese.

"You're Japanese? You're Tsubaki Sakurako's subordinate, aren't you?"

The young man should be translating the words of the man who looks like a scholar.

He opened his mouth, wanting to defend himself.

Then he thought of keeping his passport and work certificate in his wallet.

"Do you want to make money? A lot of money."

asked the handsome young man.

It was only later that he found out that besides him, there was more than one person in Sakura Department Store who took the young man's money.

That young man should be under the respected Luo Sanye of "Shimai Department Store", and he has been buying people like him for him.

He took the Japanese yen, the silver dollars, and the American dollars that the boy gave him.The sums are not large, and it is easy to spend them in the fancy world of Shanghai.

He sold the layout of the assassination on Christmas night for 2000 yuan.

2000 yuan, a price that he could not earn by selling oden in Tokyo for a lifetime.

He is also very tormented. He has just arrived in Shanghai, and he is faced with the choice of whether to betray his boss.

Then this afternoon, before the opening of what others called a "beauty contest", he dialed the phone.

Before that elegant man and handsome young man leave, leave him a phone number.Tell him to call them when he needs money.

Don't put too much pressure on him, all he has to do is sell some information.

Some information about Tsubaki's and Sakura Department Store.

He is not from the military department, nor is he from the old department of the Chun family, he is just an ordinary person who wants to make money in troubled times.

In his hometown, he had heard that in the east of China, there was a place called Shanghai, which was an "adventurer's paradise".

There, gold is everywhere, and as long as you have the ability, a beggar can quickly become a rich man.

So he came, volunteered to come here.In just one week, he had made money that he would never have earned in a lifetime of hard work.

Miss Tsubaki Yingko opened the door angrily, he and the man standing opposite him immediately bowed and followed the lady out.

As soon as he stepped out of the gate of Sakura Department Store, he felt a chill on his face. The colleague who came earlier than him smiled at him and invited him to drink after work.Said he knew where to get a good drink, and there were even Japanese girls dancing around.

He touched the roll of bills in his pocket, and nodded cheerfully.

Yes, he's about to start enjoying life.

He knew that Tsubaki Yingko, who received the money tonight, had more than one subordinate, but so what?

He wants to enjoy, live the best life in this fancy world, in the ten-mile foreign farm!

"Dad is back! Dad! Third Uncle!"

"My son is back!"

Decorated with lanterns and festoons, the Luo Mansion, decorated in a festive atmosphere, was steaming.Hearing the horn at the door, Xiaoxiao and Baifenghuang, who had been waiting in the living room for a long time, suddenly became excited.

"Ah! Principal Gu is here too! Brother Li Ye is here too!"

Seeing the two people walking in behind Luo Xiazhi and Luo Yunze holding gifts, they smiled a rare smile,

"Isn't there me?"

Liang Shaolong took off his hat and walked in with the crowd.

As Luo Xiazhi's good friend and Principal Gu's cousin, he has "entered the hall" for a long time in the Luo mansion.

"Haha, isn't this 'Flying Dragon'! Nong is really getting more and more handsome!"

This time, Bai Fenghuang paid close attention to the beauty pageant. She knew exactly how Liang Shaolong turned into a "flying dragon".

"Merry Christmas! Aunt Li has prepared the turkey! Let's eat together!"

The butler came over, took everyone's coats, and looked at the snowflakes falling outside in surprise.

"Snowing!"

Qiaodi followed the housekeeper's fingers and looked out, "Miss, it's snowing."

"Really! It's a white Christmas this year!"

Xiaoxiao ran to the bed and called out in surprise.

"It's snowing, don't those refugees and children..."

Luo Xiazhi said with some worry.

"Hush, let's worry about these things tomorrow. Besides, you can't worry about everything."

Gu Hanlin shook his finger at him, and Luo Xiazhi nodded helplessly.

Yes, he can't take everything on himself.I can barely manage my own affairs.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they "nearly escaped death" today.

It's just that he can't say, can't tell his mother and Xiaoxiao, and teach them to worry.

Let everyone have a merry Christmas!

"Merry Christmas!"

The banquet by the fire started, everyone toasted together, and the whole family was in harmony.

"boom!"

On the banks of the Suzhou River at the junction of Hongkou and Zhabei, a man was pushed off a bridge.

He tried to struggle and swam to the bank several times, but was beaten back to the middle of the river mercilessly with a bamboo pole.After a few times, the man who had lost his strength due to the cold gave up struggling and sank to the bottom of the icy water little by little.

Snowflakes sprinkled on the silvery Suzhou River one after another, and even thin ice floes formed in the middle of the river.

On this cold winter night, no one noticed that a life just disappeared.

"Goddess of Joy, holy and beautiful, she shines brightly on the earth.

With enthusiasm in our hearts, we come to your holy temple.

Your power enables people to erase all traces.

Beneath your radiance, men are united in brotherhood. "

In the record player, the music of "Ode to Joy" sounded, and everyone in the Luo Mansion sang repeatedly while clapping their hands.

Luo Xiazhi turned his face to the side, looked at the snowflakes outside the window, and smiled slightly.

The author has something to say: Congratulations to the second brother C for his funeral~

是的，怎么光能让二哥收买人欺负小夏呢，比钱我们也不比谁差啊。感谢在2020-11-1421:15:46~2020-11-1520:03:16期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: 40 bottles of Xiaoshimei came to patrol the mountain; 5 bottles of Yu Yi; 1 bottle of Beiliang persimmon for Xiaosi;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!