Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Breakfast was eaten in silence.

In the room on the second floor, the heavy door panels blocked out the faint noise from downstairs, and the sunlight filtered through the window lattices, casting mottled shadows on the wooden floor.

Lin Xi, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally couldn't hold it in any longer. She turned to Shen Jingyuan, who was leaning against the window and looking at the street below, and asked hesitantly, "Who... is the Red Party?"

When she was in Shanghai, she had actually heard some words about the "Red Party" from her father, Commander Lin.

For example, comments like "a group of ignorant peasants" and "they spend all day in remote villages having wild ideas and misleading people".

Therefore, in Lin Xi's inherent impression, the so-called "Red Party" seemed to be just a mob that was insignificant and wanted to fight for power.

However, thinking back to the emergency search last night and the low-voice conversation between the diners and the waiter just now, words like "assassinating Japanese officers" and "making revolution" were sporadically leaked.

Combining these fragments together, Lin Xi felt that the "Red Party" was not as terrible as Commander Lin described.

Even... when hearing about the Communists assassinating Japanese officers and the scenes of them raising their arms and cheering even on the execution ground, Lin Xi was shocked and felt an indescribable throbbing.

Shen Jingyuan, who was standing by the window, paused imperceptibly when he heard this. He turned around with no expression on his face, but a very complicated emotion flashed across his eyes, like vigilance, and some kind of indescribable prudence.

"They are a group of..." Shen Jingyuan paused, as if he was choosing his words. After a moment, he uttered a word that was neither praise nor criticism, "idealists."

"Ah?" Lin Xi had been waiting for a long time. She thought that Shen Jingyuan, who was trained by his father, would make a similar judgment on the Communist Party as his father, but she never expected this to be the answer.

Shen Jingyuan raised his eyes to meet Lin Xi's gaze, his gaze calm and his tone steady, "They claim to represent the poor masses, advocate equal distribution of land, and drive out foreign aggression. They have quite an influence in some southern provinces, especially in the countryside."

"Expelling foreign aggression is understandable, but dividing the land equally..." Upon hearing this, Lin Xi immediately understood why Shen Jingyuan made such an evaluation.

Although Mr. Wen upheld the idea of ​​"the world belongs to the public" when he overthrew the previous dynasty, China's accumulated problems became more and more serious, even without the emperor who oppressed the people and established a new government.

But nowadays, there are many warlords in the party who are fighting for territory and ruling over different areas. Although these forces have generally maintained peace in some areas, once officials are in high positions, they will naturally hold on to their own territory tightly.

Proposing the idea of ​​"dividing the land equally" at this time is tantamount to challenging the will of the gods and is simply a foolish dream.

Glancing at Lin Xi's shocked expression, Shen Jingyuan paused before adding, "Precisely because their ideologies contradict the existing order, and their actions... are often too radical, they are considered a serious threat by the authorities and are the subject of strict investigations in various places."

At this point, he looked at Lin Xi, his eyes becoming sharper and his tone becoming more serious. "Remember, whatever these people do, regardless of their original intentions, is a serious crime in the eyes of the government. They are surrounded by a lot of trouble and are extremely dangerous. If you encounter them, you must stay away from them. Never have any curiosity or contact with them."

Lin Xi met his unusually serious gaze and couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. She quickly suppressed the inexplicable strange emotion in her heart and nodded solemnly, "I understand."

Seeing Lin Xi agreed, Shen Jingyuan's expression eased a little and he turned and went into the inner room.

When he came out again, he was holding the box of cloth samples that he had used as a disguise. He took a hat from the shelf beside him and put it on his head. He said to Lin Xi, "I'm going out for a while."

"Where are you going?" Lin Xi was shocked when she heard this and couldn't help asking, "Didn't we agree to take action tomorrow?"

"I'll go check the street." His answer was as concise as ever. "You stay in your room and lock the door. And again, don't open the door to anyone except me."

"Okay..." Lin Xi thought that it might be because of the Red Party. Although she was a little panicked, she nodded in the end and did not ask any more questions.

Shen Jingyuan walked towards the door with the box in hand, but stopped at the last second before stepping out, turned around and spoke.

"Don't leave the dagger I gave you. If I'm not back by dark, go to the Yuxiang Teahouse in the north of the city and find Manager Liu, as I instructed."

"Okay..." Lin Xi's already nervous mood became even more uneasy because of his words. She pursed her lips and finally couldn't help but remind him, "Then you...be careful."

"Yeah." Shen Jingyuan nodded, said nothing more, turned around and walked out.

The door creaked shut, the footsteps faded away, and the room suddenly became quiet.

Lin Xi bolted the door, walked to the window, and watched Shen Jingyuan walk out of the inn gate, merge into the bustling crowd, and soon disappeared.

Time passed minute by minute, and Lin Xi was fidgeting in the room. Shen Jingyuan was afraid that she would be bored, so he left her two books, but she couldn't read a single word. She felt her heart was in turmoil and she couldn't settle down.

Even she herself couldn't tell whether she was so nervous because she was afraid or because she was worried about Shen Jingyuan.

Every time she heard footsteps in the corridor, she would hold her breath nervously, quietly walk to the door, stick her fingers against the door and listen carefully to the movements outside, only when the footsteps faded away would she slowly relax.

I don't know how long I endured like this. As the sun set and the sky darkened, just when Lin Xi couldn't help but want to go out to check the situation, the expected three long and two short knocks finally came from outside the door.

Hearing the voice, Lin Xi almost jumped up from her chair immediately and hurried to the door. Just as she was about to open it, she stopped abruptly and asked in a cautious voice, "Who is it?"

"It's me." A familiar voice came through the door. Lin Xi let out a breath and hurriedly opened the door.

Shen Jingyuan flashed in, his expression much more serious than when he left in the morning.

"How is it?" Lin Xi caught a glimpse of his expression, and her heart, which had finally calmed down, was suddenly lifted up again. She asked hurriedly with concern.

Shen Jingyuan took off his suit jacket and hung it on the hanger, his brow furrowed. "Mr. Baker of Lihe Foreign Trade is not in Tianjin. His secretary said that he returned to Berlin due to a family emergency and his return date is uncertain."

"What? What should we do?" Lin Xi's heart tightened when he heard that. Although he had to contact several foreign companies on this trip north, he had already had a bad start in Tianjin, which was the first stop, so he was inevitably nervous.

"We can only wait or find other ways." Shen Jingyuan walked to the window, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out. "But I always feel that there is something strange about this matter. Mr. Baker and I have agreed to meet in two days. If it is not an extremely urgent matter, he would not leave suddenly without leaving any message."

As he spoke, he lowered the curtains and turned around with a thoughtful look in his eyes, "The water in Tianjin is probably deeper than we expected."

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