Chapter 118 Several celebrities mysteriously disappeared
Xie Mengqi answered Zhang Dahu and asked him why he picked so few vegetables. His purpose was to cover himself up. She was still thinking about "anti-aircraft guns" in her mind.
Jiang Wukui's younger brother was discouraged. He thought that he should go out and talk to them while Li Jianwei was not back, as if nothing had happened. Otherwise, when Li Jianwei came back, he would talk too much and if he found out something, it would be even more difficult to deal with him.
Zhang Dahu wanted to see Xie Mengqi's expression, but he held back. He thought, this was all his fault, so he shouldn't embarrass Xie Mengqi again.
"Xie Mengqi, you're here! Do you two want to pick vegetables together?" Jiang Dahu went out and into the kitchen.
"Here they come." Xie Mengqi lowered her head and picked vegetables.
Zhang Dahu pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Wu Kui, Xie Mengqi will cook for you, so you can eat half a bowl of rice more."
"That's right, that's right. When she cooks, I can indeed eat more rice." Jiang Wukui pretended to be nonchalant. He had to pretend. He couldn't embarrass Xie Mengqi.
"Pretend! Pretend!" Xie Mengqi said in her heart.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Jianwei is back, I'll go open the door." Zhang Dahu said as he walked out of the kitchen.
"You are quite good at pretending. If these two people knew about this, I would be so ashamed." Xie Mengqi raised her eyes and glanced at Jiang Wukui. She thought, no matter how you pretend, the two people who have been involved in this matter also know about it.
"How could I not pretend? It would be terrible if he knew. I'm sorry, I thought it was Zhang Dahu who messed with my ears at that time," said Jiang Wukui.
"Stop talking, they're coming." Xie Mengqi said softly.
"Xie Mengqi, what delicious food are you going to make for us?" Li Jianwei asked loudly as he entered the door.
"Look what delicious food this is." Xie Mengqi said with a smile.
"Actually, whatever you cook tastes delicious to me." Li Jianwei said with a smile.
"You have a really sweet mouth and what you say is really nice. What did you do outside? Zhang Dahu asked everyone to lie in wait, so you better not run around like a calf without a rope!" Xie Mengqi said with a smile.
"What are you talking about? Do you think I'm a cat running for spring? I just went out for a while to see if there were any delicious fresh fruits. I wanted to bring you some, but unfortunately, I didn't see anyone selling them." Li Jianwei didn't want Xie Mengqi to know the truth, so he lied.
Li Jianwei's lie was not clever at all. He even mentioned "a cat that runs away from spring" before he lied. Under normal circumstances, Jiang Wukui and Zhang Dahu would have made fun of him. However, the situation was different today. Neither of them followed the "cat that runs away from spring" joke. They didn't talk to each other.
Xie Mengqi didn't joke with him and followed his words: "Thank you for your kindness. I'll cook now, you guys go out, so as not to be choked by the fumes."
Zhang Dahu stood up and walked out the door, followed by Li Jianwei. Xie Mengqi looked at Jiang Wukui and winked at him, asking him to hurry out as well. Jiang Wukui smiled and followed Li Jianwei.
Li Jianwei took a few quick steps and asked Zhang Dahu softly, "Why do you all look so serious?"
"I'm afraid of being exposed, so I'd better talk less. You're not a good lie, you know? If we tell it, Xie Mengqi will ask more and know that we are spying on him behind his back, which will not be good." Zhang Dahu said.
"Dahu is right. We can't let her know this. Don't let anything slip during dinner later." Jiang Wukui said, thinking to himself that Zhang Dahu is always cautious in his work. He didn't know that Zhang Dahu's real intention was to cover up for him and Xie Mengqi and didn't want to embarrass Xie Mengqi.
Zhang Dahu knew that Xie Mengqi understood that "cat running in spring" meant that a female cat was like a young girl in love, feeling uneasy inside, so she ran out and screamed at night in the hope of attracting the attention of a male cat. If he emphasized this matter again or made a joke about it, Xie Mengqi would be really embarrassed.
After dinner, Zhang Dahu briefly told Xie Mengqi to stay dormant and not make any noise, waiting for the task from above. Xie Mengqi agreed to him and said she was going home.
After Xie Mengqi left, Zhang Dahu asked Li Jianwei if he had discovered any new situation.
"There's nothing going on. I just saw a motorcycle driving into the city from the other side of the mountain with two Japanese soldiers on it. It was probably the one that delivered the vegetables. The two Japanese soldiers must have eaten in the mountains before returning!" Li Jianwei looked at Jiang Wukui.
"I think so. I didn't see the motorcycle coming back," said Jiang Wukui.
"Their 'Operation Praying Mantis' has not been officially launched yet, and we have no way of figuring out what exactly they want to do. It's so anxious! Dongjin, why haven't you come back yet?" Zhang Dahu said, grabbing his hair with his hands.
"Go east ! Mantis! Go east! Mantis! Go east! Mantis!" Li Jianwei muttered.
"Jianwei, what's wrong with you? What's the relationship between Dongjin and Mantis? Dongjin is our good friend, how can you put him together with Mantis?" Jiang Wukui said.
"Dahu, Wukui, Dongjin and I were taking a walk in the mountains one day. When we saw a praying mantis jumping, Dongjin told me the story of the praying mantis. You know, Dongjin has a very rich imagination. After telling me the story of the praying mantis, he also talked about the Japanese." Li Jianwei stopped and glanced at Zhang Dahu and Jiang Wukui.
"What did he say? Tell me quickly! Maybe it's related to 'Operation Praying Mantis'!" said Zhang Dahu.
"No way. Dongjin is not a god, and he doesn't have foresight." Jiang Wukui said.
"Wu Kui, don't interrupt, let Jian Wei speak." Zhang Dahu stopped Jiang Wu Kui.
Li Jianwei took a sip of water and said, "When Dongjin and I were walking and saw a mantis, he asked me if I had ever seen the whole process of a mantis making love. He said he had observed it and it was very strange. Later, he looked up information and found that it had actually been recorded a long time ago."
"Why is it strange? Of course it's different from humans, but they should also be hugging each other when making love!" Jiang Weikui said with a smile.
"Don't interrupt! Jianwei, go ahead." Zhang Dahu patted Jiang Wukui's thigh.
"Dong Jin said that a male mantis has to sacrifice his life to woo a female mantis. Before mating, the male mantis will approach the female mantis from behind very carefully and stealthily, crawling and stopping. This whole process takes about an hour before he timidly sneaks up to the female mantis and musters up the courage to suddenly hold down the female mantis' body to mate with her..." Li Jianwei said seriously.
"Oh my god! One hour, this male mantis can really endure!" Jiang Wukui couldn't help but interrupt .
"Wu Kui, I told you not to interrupt Jian Wei, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Dahu looked at Jiang Wu Kui.
"Okay, okay! I won't talk."
"Jianwei, keep talking. Tell us what Que Dongjin said." Zhang Dahu urged Li Jianwei.
"Dong Jin said that a male mantis would have to pay with his life to woo a female mantis. I was also surprised when I first heard it. However, Dong Jin said that just when the male mantis was intoxicated, the female mantis would turn around like lightning and bite off the male mantis's head and eat it into her stomach!" Li Jianwei stopped here.
"Oh? Is there really such a strange thing? When a male and a female mantis are making love, the female mantis will suddenly turn around and bite the male mantis? Too cruel! Dongjin has checked the information, what does this say?" Jiang Wukui couldn't help asking again.
Zhang Dahu didn't say anything this time. He looked at Li Jianwei, wanting to hear him continue.
"Dongjin looked up the information and was told that there was only a record of this process and biologists had not solved the mystery. Dongjin found it very strange and told me his guess." Li Jianwei looked at Jiang Wukui, waiting for him to continue asking questions.
"Go on!" Zhang Dahu urged.
"Haha, I'm used to waiting for Wu Kui to interrupt." Li Jianwei looked at Jiang Wu Kui with a smile.
"Hurry up and tell me, don't keep us in suspense." Jiang Wukui said.
"Dong Jin said that he found that the female mantis was biting the male mantis's head while mating, eating from the head to the tail, and then stopped at the male mantis's abdomen. At this time, the female mantis was probably full and stopped. Dong Jin estimated that at this time, the eggs in the female mantis's body should have been fertilized. The female mantis eats the male mantis in order to obtain rich nutrition and reproduce her offspring." After Li Jianwei finished speaking, he picked up the cup and took a big sip of water.
"How did the eastward advance get linked to the Japanese from the mantis?" asked Zhang Dahu.
"Dongjin said that the Japanese did not stay in their own country but came to China. How many people are there in Japan? We Chinese will not surrender and will fight them slowly. All the men in Japan have come out. These men have comfort women outside, but what about the women in their own country? And these men who have sex with comfort women are like male praying mantises. They can't go back to their country. It seems that Japan has to import men from other countries!" Li Jianwei laughed after he finished speaking, "This Dongjin, he actually thought of Japanese women from praying mantises!"
"Jianwei, we all know that Dongjin is very smart. But does what he said really have anything to do with the 'Operation Mantis' we talked about?" Jiang Wukui said.
"We're still not sure at the moment, so of course we need to conduct further reconnaissance. However, the special mating method of mantises that Dongjin mentioned really reminded us. Okay, you two discuss it first, and I'll contact the higher-ups by telegram to see if they have any intelligence for us." Zhang Dahu said as he walked into the secret room where the radio was sent.
Jiang Wukui thought about the closeness of the mantis, and then thought about what happened with Xie Mengqi today. He felt a little scared. He thought, if he walked in and pressed down Xie Mengqi at that time, and she bit his ear hard, it would be tragic!
"Jianwei, I think the story about the mantis you told is very timely! Otherwise, we might not be able to think of it even if we rack our brains!" Zhang Dahu said as he walked over.
"What? Is the mantis story I told really related to their 'Operation Mantis'?" Li Jianwei looked at Zhang Dahu curiously.
"I just received a call from above saying that several celebrities disappeared mysteriously in the nearby Ganbu City today ! These missing people are all young and middle-aged men, and they are outstanding figures in various fields. The strange thing is that their families are safe and sound!" said Zhang Dahu.
