Findings at sea

After being exposed, Ruoyu became "frank" and no longer had to put on an air in front of Su Shaojiu.Besides, he didn't know how Ji Xingtang was cheated away, and Su Shaojiu couldn't figure out why.Su Shaojiu didn't make things difficult for him either, not only provided him with fine clothes and fine food, but also invited two German doctors to detoxify him, but he was not allowed to step out of Mogan Mountain, and he was clearly imprisoned.

Du Ziming's figure elongates in the morning light of September in Shanghai. He looks at the autumn chrysanthemums he planted in the pavilion, and the dewdrops on the petals are full of vitality.He lowered his head and took a closer look. The chrysanthemum branch was holding the remaining spider web after the rain, and the morning dew connected on it was crystal clear.

Until he coughed twice, the dewdrops finally fell and dripped on his pale fingertips.Such a small matter also made him feel disappointed.

He turned the wheelchair back to the room, and Yamadera Yuki was sitting on the sofa looking at a photo.He was so engrossed in watching that Du Ziming didn't even notice when he approached and put his hand on his wrist.

The photo was the size of an adult's palm, and it had become rough and yellowed over time, with burnt marks on the corners. It showed a family of three in kimonos.The boy in the middle who still has baby fat is Yuki Yamadera. His facial features are not exquisite but they are correct, and his eyes reveal childishness and a kind of agility, full of vitality.There was still this kind of look in his eyes, even this could not eliminate Du Ziming's sickness and lifelessness.

Qiao Ming stretched out his hand to pinch the corner of the photo, and said angrily, "You were very cute when you were young."

Yamadera Yuki tore a small slit in the photo with trembling fingers, as if surprised, and, he suspected that he had heard wrong, he praised himself... very cute.Shan Sixing turned to look at him, Qiao Ming smiled slightly with dry lips, pointed to the photo and said, "You are more like your father, your eyes, bridge of nose, and lips are very similar."

After finishing speaking, he clenched his fist and put it to his lips and coughed. Shan Sixing wanted to get up and make medicine for him, but Du Ziming weakly grabbed his hem, "It's okay. By the way, when are you and Mingchen Watanabe making an appointment? "

Shan Sixing took the photo and said, "Tonight, I will see him after you rest."

Du Ziming nodded and asked Shan Sixing to drink some wine with him, which would make him warmer.Without alcohol or medicine, the blood in his whole body would stagnate.

Yuki Yamadera often imagined what he looked like, but when he touched his face, it was just a piece of wrinkled skin. Why was it all burned?Not a single good place left.His father's face was reflected in his mind, but it was not cute. The square face with protruding browbones and downturned corners of the eyes, not to mention that it was not worth admiring in Qiao Yiwan's eyes, even he himself didn't think it was good-looking. Thinking of this, he put down his hands inside the leather.

After Akito Watanabe went back to Japan to collect the ashes of Watanabe Temple Law, he immediately returned to China. He was bound to take Ruoyu back to his father's burial.Just when he was struggling to find someone, a letter signed "Yantai" was delivered to him, which said it could provide him with clues.Sure enough, he learned of Ruoyu's life experience in the second letter, and Mingchen Watanabe found out about Mu's family. The news was true but there was no news about Ruoyu.

Watanabe Akitomi waits for important guests at a teahouse. "Yantai" is a man who seeks power behind his back. He originally thought that his appearance should be mean and indifferent, but when he met him, he found that he was a handsome man with a smile like a spring. He was just sitting, and his whole body was surrounded by a gentle and simple temperament. , and even made his eyes shine a little bit.

Akito Watanabe smiled politely, "Sir, it's not what I thought at all."

Yamadera Yuki held the tea cover, "How about it? A dandy who circulates in the streets and alleys?"

Akito Watanabe shook his head, "No."

Yamadera Yuki said, "I grew up here since I was a child, and I may have been infected with the local flavor. Previously, Shanghai was just a small fishing village by the Huangpu River, with low walls, low walls and shallow houses. The local people are as plain and gentle as sheep."

Akito Watanabe has the spirit of samurai in his bones, with the virtues of loyalty and benevolence. However, after militarism became militaristic, this spirit has been distorted. It is aggression and expansion or killing and decisiveness, always carrying some hostility.Fortunately, Yamadera was born in Japan and grew up in China, especially when he stays with Du Ziming. He is like a nameless flower blooming on the moss-covered walls of ordinary people's houses in the old city, always shining in the dark.

Akito Watanabe looked out of the window through the glass, and was dazzled by advertising posters in the bright lights, foreign cigarettes imported from the West, French perfume, jazz, and Hollywood in the United States.He said, "I didn't know Shanghai before, but now I'm amazed by her civilization. After all, during the Sino-Japanese War, the Orientals were Japanese devils, and the Americans, French and Italians were foreign devils. Westerners don't have the etiquette of worshiping the emperor." , They foolishly think that Westerners can't bend their knees and have strange hair colors, so foreigners become ghosts in ancient cultures."

Yamadera Yuki said, "Yes, it is indeed ignorant. But it was the former Qing Dynasty, and now it is the Republic of China, and there is no theory of ghosts and gods."

Akito Watanabe made a joke for him, "The next time the natives see me, they will still say that the devil is here."

The two chatted for a while and got to the point, Yamadera Yuki said, "Sir, I made it very clear in the letter that I will send Yin Zixuan to you, and you have to help me get to the Mu family's mine, all of which are outside All shares."

Akito Watanabe smiled, hiding a needle in his cotton, a little disdainful in his joy, "Of course. Today's invitation, I just want some assurance that I will indeed see my sister-in-law."

Yamadera Yuki said, "For sure, he is in my hand, and no one can give it to you until I see what I want." He took out a pocket towel and wiped the tea stains on his lips, got up and left.

Akito Watanabe was sitting with his back straight and his hands on his knees, then he raised his wrist to look at his watch and said, "There is another guest."

Mu Hua has already packed everything up and is ready to go to the appointment. The person who invited him is of course Mingchen Watanabe. Ever since he took the liberty to visit during the Spring Festival last year, he has been visiting Mu's residence every few days. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that he is being targeted.

Just as Mu Hua stepped out of the gate, Mu Ke stopped him from behind, "Brother, what are you doing? Go look for that Watanabe again, don't go!"

Mu Hua looked back and saw that Mu Ke's face was flushed as if he had eaten gunpowder. He said, "Are you drinking too much again? Even if I don't go, he will come to your door. Zixuan is in his hands, you can't let Dad fix it." The soul of the sky is restless?"

"If you are not allowed to go, you are not allowed to go!" Mu Ke grabbed his arm and pushed into the yard, "He is a **** bastard, you can believe whatever you say? If someone is in his hands, why would he refuse?" Let's meet? If you get so close to him, you'll become a traitor if you get caught! You're shameless and I want to. I'm a regiment leader anyway, how do you ask me to explain to my brothers? And say no One day you will be shot and shot by the traitor! You go back to me!"

Mu Hua was not as strong as him, and was pushed and staggered by him, so she raised her leg and kicked him, "Such a big person doesn't know what to do first, what's the use of you arguing with me here, you can't dodge it on the first day of the junior high school Fifteen! How did Zixuan disappear from the world? You are not in a hurry, I am still in a hurry!"

Mu Ke slammed his fist on the vermilion lacquered stone pillar next to him, "I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry! I almost turned Shanghai Bund upside down, he'll hide it very well!"

Hearing a crisp sound, Mu Hua grabbed Mu Ke's fist and patted it, and said with a sigh of relief, "Don't worry, everything will be fine." Mu Hua patted Mu Ke's shoulder and left with his fully crumpled suit.

Mu Hua arrived as scheduled, and Mingchen Watanabe made the tea himself this time.He put the kettle for making tea on the fire, and the clear spring water flowed down. When the fire was just right, he put the tea cakes into the kettle, boiled the floating tea powder into the bowl beside the table, and poured the tea into the pot again. Jujube, cinnamon, dogwood and mint are added to the water, and the waves are rolling under the water, and the fragrance on the water is overflowing.

Although Mu Hua doesn't understand the tea ceremony, anyone with a bit of taste knows that there are small camellias and big camellias in the floating powder, which is the essence of a pot of tea, and Mingchen Watanabe actually boiled it off.

Mu Hua took the tea from Ming Chen of the Transition Department and said with a smile, "Sir, remove the essence of the tea. Although this tea has the fragrance of auxiliary ingredients, it has long lost its strong tea flavor."

He picked up the spoon and put the foam in the bowl back into the cauldron, and what wafted again was not the strange fragrance but the pleasant tea fragrance, and the aftertaste of other auxiliary ingredients was next to the tea fragrance.

When the tea powder sank to the bottom of the cup, Akito Watanabe took another sip, "Well, indeed. It turns out that after brewing for so many years, I haven't tasted the essence of the tea, and the taste is all in the scum."

Mu Hua learned that he had traveled to England for in-depth training, and he was well-informed, but Akito Watanabe gave him an arty feeling. He often talked about opera, wine culture, pharmacy, and tea ceremony. He knew little but was very interested. , Once you talk about it, you will chatter endlessly.

Mu Hua said, "Sir, I have already discussed it with my father. You also know that the mine is the lifeblood of our Mu family. Coal is used for boats, cars, and machine factories. Use it for your Japanese ordnance processing." It’s not impossible to use it in a factory... It’s just that the mines are not all managed by our Mu family, and there are other directors in the council. The current situation is turbulent, and coal mines, large and small, are locked up by the government to prepare for war. To be precise , we all work for the government, your requirements are really harsh, and even if you want to do it, you have more than enough energy."

Mingchen Watanabe was still sipping tea, and said with a smile, "I didn't mean to embarrass you, and you don't have to worry about it. The Manchurian military department issued an order to destroy China in March. Then you will still work for the government. You It's Zixuan's elder brother, he's my stepmother's son, so do we..."

"No!" Mu Hua vetoed the ridiculous relationship, and his arrogant tone, and then the palms of his hands became wet, "Sir, we don't have independent mining rights in Shanghai, but the mines in the northeast Fully independent, my father said that it can be handed over to Mr. Watanabe, can I let my father see the third brother?"

Akito Watanabe continued, "Are we considered relatives?"

After a moment of silence, Mu Hua nodded slightly, "...that's it."

Akito Watanabe was always noncommittal to his words, and he naturally procrastinated and perfunctory before the person was in his hands.He had to wipe out the Mu family first before he could make a replacement. If the Mu family didn't see anyone, it wouldn't do him any good. It seemed that there was a stalemate.It would be better to take over the mining industry in the Northeast first, and he really wanted to meet Ruoyu at Yantai.