Espionage: You're tasked with spying, but you'll blow up the Special Higher Police?

"Hey, have you heard? A new antique shop has opened in the former French Concession, and the lady working there is said to be a princess of a fallen kingdom."

"I heard about it, I heard about it. The other day, a newsboy was spreading the word that this woman wears a mask even in broad daylight and that her identity is extremely mysterious."

"What is this? I've heard that beneath her mask lies a face that could topple kingdoms."

"A beauty that could topple kingdoms? That's a bit of an exaggeration."

"Exaggeration? You'll see for yourself whether I'm exaggerating or not. I went to that antique shop with the foreign name and bought some things to prove it. Although the girl was wearing a mask, it was easy to tell from her figure, voice and features that she was definitely a rare beauty. More importantly, that cold and noble temperament could not be faked."

"Oh, in that case, I'd like to go and see what that antique shop is called."

“I can’t read it either, but I copied it down and wrote it down for you to see.”

With the deliberate promotion by the newsboys and Zhou Hongyi, Beckham's name quickly spread throughout the nearby upscale residential area.

Men are most interested in these mysterious and noble young women. Not only that, many wives also make appointments to visit them, after all, she is a "princess of a fallen kingdom", her identity is too intriguing.

"Everyone, make way, make way! If you're not buying anything, please make way, you're blocking our shop entrance. Hey guys, we can't just come here to freeload, can we? Why don't you take a look at our antique jewelry? It's absolutely top-notch in Shanghai, some of it even came from royal palaces in Western countries."

A blind man can lie without batting an eye. While many nosy men wanted to catch a glimpse of the "princess of a fallen kingdom," he took the opportunity to sell his wares, even fabricating a noble identity for the decorations Zhou Hongyi used to make up the numbers.

Men are all competitive, and whenever they come, they'll buy one or two items just to save face. Before long, Zhou Hongyi's antique shop, which was originally just a front, actually sold out.

"Brother Zhou, look, we need to hurry up and get more stock, we don't have enough to sell."

That evening, when Zhou Hongyi came to find out what was going on, he discovered that a large portion of the store's shelves were empty.

He was speechless for a moment, then looked at the blind man and said, "Stop right now. I don't want my shop to become so famous. Our main focus is on promoting Miss Elizabeth. Remember our shop's motto: our antiques are all of high status, and we sell them to customers of status. We don't sell to just anyone who comes with money, understand?"

The blind man suddenly realized what was going on, and pretended to slap himself twice in the face, saying, "Brother Zhou, your move is brilliant! You'll make sure they can't buy it even if they have the money, and that will drive them crazy."

Zhou Hongyi shook his head helplessly, walked over to Xiao Bei, and asked her about her studies over the past few days. Unexpectedly, Xiao Bei applied what she had learned immediately, strictly following the blind mother's instructions, always staying in her new role, and even when Zhou Hongyi asked her questions, she only gave half-hearted answers.

"Great, very good, you're already in character, keep it up. I'm here to tell you some good news, I've successfully registered you for the Miss Rose beauty pageant, affiliated with the Paramount. Here are two songs I wrote for you, which are also our competition pieces, so practice them whenever you have some free time these next few days."

Zhou Hongyi selected two songs from his "Chinese Little Music Library": one was "Shuidiao Getou: When Will the Moon Be Bright?" which perfectly suited the temperament of the icy beauty, and the other was "Li Xianglan", a classic song from nightclubs that had been adapted.

When Zhou Hongyi handed the lyrics and sheet music to Xiao Bei, the latter, though wearing a mask, still showed a look of surprise in his eyes.

"Brother Zhou, you...you really can compose music and write lyrics?"

In the past few days, Xiao Bei had heard the two new songs playing on gramophones on the street quite often, and she also learned that Zhou Hongyi was the one who wrote the lyrics and composed the music. However, she thought that someone else had written the lyrics and composed the music, and that Zhou Hongyi was just credited. But after seeing it today, she realized that the rumors were true. This Brother Zhou actually has such abilities.

"It's just songwriting and lyrics, something I do on a whim, as long as it helps our mission. I'm capable of doing even more outrageous things. Okay, these two songs are very close to your identity and persona. Practice more, and remember to calm down and get into character. After all, your reputation has already spread, and there might even be admirers spying on you at night. I'll have my colleagues at the police station keep an eye on this area to prevent any harassment."

Zhou Hongyi was absolutely right. Just before he entered, he noticed a suspicious-looking man hiding across from the antique shop. After some coaxing and intimidation, he learned that he had come to spy on "Princess Elizabeth of a Fallen Kingdom."

Zhou Hongyi cursed under his breath, called him a "pervert," kicked the man in the butt, and threatened to throw him in the police station's dungeon, which scared the man away.

The blind woman came out from inside, carrying her child, and said, "Young Master Zhou, don't worry. With me here, no one can get close to Miss Elizabeth. And there's the blind man too. Don't let his appearance fool you, he's very good at fighting."

"Hehe, then I must thank Sister Qingxia for coming to oversee things for me. It really saved me a lot of trouble."

"Young Master Zhou, you're too kind. You found us blind men jobs, a place to stay, and even bought imported baby formula for the children. We should be thanking you. You've been kind to our whole family. Please don't be so formal in the future. If there's any errand or physical work to be done, just tell the blind man to do it."

Zhou Hongyi nodded and said, "There is indeed something that needs to be done by the blind man recently, but before that, I need to give him some training."

Upon hearing this, the blind man hurriedly put down what he was doing and came over.

Zhou Hongyi said, “Our shop is located in the former French Concession, and our customers are not only locals but also many foreigners, so you must master the most basic English, French, and Japanese communication as soon as possible. I know this is a bit difficult for you, but I am just saying to master ‘listening’ and ‘speaking’ as soon as possible, and ‘writing’ can be put off for a while.”

"You want to learn English, French, and Japanese? Speaking so many foreign languages ​​all at once... I can manage a few words of Japanese and English, but French..."

Zhou Hongyi gave the blind man an encouraging look and said, "Don't worry, you can ask me anything you don't understand. When we get back tonight, I'll list some commonly used spoken dialogues for you and mark them with Chinese characters so you can memorize them."

Zhou Hongyi's words shocked everyone once again. They really couldn't understand how the young master Zhou, who was only two years older than them, could know so many things. No wonder they had heard that he was a top student from a Western military academy. This was the difference between cultured people and them, these "peasants".

However, just as Zhou Hongyi was giving instructions to the others, the bell hanging at the door started ringing, and a man in his forties, wearing a dark blue robe and a top hat, pushed open the door and walked in.