Chapter 71 Be sure to conceal yourself
Zhang Dahu, Li Jianwei and Jiang Wukui came to Gela City.
They quickly found the place to live according to the drawings given by Director Li. It was a two-story house, surrounded by what looked like residential houses, but there were paths leading in all directions.
Zhang Dahu looked around and made sure that there was no one following him, then he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" a woman's voice came from inside.
"I sell mugwort." Zhang Dahu replied.
The door opened, and a young and beautiful woman looked at Zhang Dahu and the others and said, "You've come to the wrong door. We don't sell mugwort here, and we don't do business here."
"You don't want to collect the mugwort? The beetles will definitely suffer!" Zhang Dahu continued to speak in secret.
"We are not doing business. We don't want anything except food. Please go away." said the woman.
"Just buying food? Well, we'll send you apples tomorrow." Zhang Dahu said.
"Apples? I don't like them. I only like pears," said the woman.
"The pears are not ripe yet," said Zhang Dahu.
"Okay, it's not the ripe season yet, I'll wait. You guys come in!" The woman stepped aside. After Zhang Dahu and the others entered the house, the woman looked around vigilantly and closed the door.
"You are here at last." said the woman with a smile.
Zhang Dahu was thinking in his heart, this code is really fucking troublesome. It is such a long code and has no connection. How did they come up with it?
"Thank you." Li Jianwei said with a smile as he looked at the young woman.
"You're welcome. Let me introduce myself. My name is Xie Mengqi, and I'm responsible for contacting you directly." Xie Mengqi stretched out her delicate white hand and held Li Jianwei's hand.
Zhang Dahu quickly pulled Li Jianwei's hand away, held Xie Mengqi's hand, and said with a smile: "My name is Zhang Dahu, Zhang as in bent bow, Da as in adult, Hu as in tiger. I am the leader of the three-person special team. The one who just shook hands with you is called Li Jianwei, Li as in Eighteen Sons, Jian as in sword..."
"Great Wei!" Li Jianwei interrupted Zhang Dahu with a smile.
"Insignificant!" Zhang Dahu uttered these two words inexplicably.
"Yes, it is the antonym of small." Li Jianwei said with a smile.
Xie Mengqi smiled, pulled Jiang's hand out of Zhang Dahu's large palm, held Jiang Wukui's hand, and said with a smile: "What's your name?"
"My name is Jiang Wukui." Jiang Wukui said with a smile.
"Let me introduce him to you, otherwise, it would be difficult for you to understand his name. He is very unfashionable!" Li Jianwei said with a smile.
"You!" Jiang Wukui glared at Li Jianwei.
"I'm not wrong! How about you explain your character Kui to Xie Mengqi so she can understand it. There's no need to explain the first two characters of your name, they're Jiang for wearing a straw hat in the future, Wu for martial arts, and the character Kui, with two Tu overlapping underneath it, what else could it be but a big Tu?" Li Jianwei laughed.
Xie Mengqi also laughed: "I see, Jiang Wukui, hello."
"Okay, Jianwei, stop teasing. Xie Mengqi, do you live here too?" Zhang Dahu looked at Xie Mengqi and asked with a smile.
"I don't live here. I'm just responsible for communicating with you one-on-one. I'm the only one who knows the place where you live, and no one else in our organization knows about it for the time being. This is for confidentiality. You may not know that our situation in front of the door is very difficult, and the confidentiality measures are of course very strict. After you settle down, don't rush to think about the mission, get familiar with the environment first. We received instructions from above, just to cooperate with you to complete an "Operation Sunflower". We don't know what the details are, and of course, we won't ask. Although it's just cooperation, we will fully support you to complete the mission. If you have any needs, just tell me." Xie Mengqi said.
"Thank you. We plan to use three days to familiarize ourselves with the environment. Can you make us a map of the city? It would be best if it could show the distribution of Japanese troops and their residences," said Zhang Dahu.
"I have prepared this for you a long time ago. Here you go. However, don't rush to look at the map. Go wash up first. I have prepared dinner for you. Let's have dinner first! I am welcoming you. From now on, you can take care of your own meals." Xie Mengqi said with a smile.
"Thank you. Li Jianwei, please go to the bathroom to change first! Xie Mengqi and I will find out about the situation here." Zhang Dahu said.
"Okay." Li Jianwei said as he took out some clean clothes and went into the bathroom.
Zhang Dahu began to ask Xie Mengqi some questions. Jiang Wukui looked at them with a smile.
Jiang Wukui listened and looked at Xie Mengqi, guessing her age and personality. He saw that she was very young, estimated to be no more than 23 years old, with a good smile, but appeared calm, and it seemed that she had received special agent training. Moreover, this Xie Mengqi, like several of his female instructors, was definitely a beauty.
Jiang Wukui didn't understand why the underground organization here sent a beautiful woman to communicate directly with the group. Didn't they know that all three members of this group were men?
"Team Leader Zhang, if you have anything else you need to know, just ask. I will contact you every day around five o'clock in the afternoon for the next three days. When you go out to familiarize yourself with the terrain, be sure to conceal yourself. Don't act on impulse. This is the Japanese-occupied area, and there will definitely be many things that you won't like, but you must always put the overall situation first ." Xie Mengqi said.
"We know this," said Zhang Dahu.
"Wu Kui, go ahead! I'm done washing." Li Jianwei walked out of the bathroom and said to Jiang Wu Kui.
"Li Jianwei, come here. Your team leader Zhang is more impatient than you, right?" Xie Mengqi looked at Li Jianwei with a smile.
"You know this too?"
"Since you asked this, it means it's true. Li Jianwei, we must remain calm when encountering things. You should remind Team Leader Zhang when you are next to him." Xie Mengqi said with a smile.
Zhang Dahu thought to himself, this Xie Mengqi is indeed not simple, but why should she say that about herself! After all, she is the commander of this operation, and you are just cooperating with our actions!
Zhang Dahu thought so, but on the surface he still pretended to be very humble and said, "Xie Mengqi, thank you for your concern."
"Zhang Dahu, don't be polite. In fact, I know you don't think so in your heart. You may be thinking that I am really nosy and I care about things that I shouldn't care about and I can't control my mouth, right? To be honest, I also know that the three of you are top students and have received formal training, but you have to know that actual combat is often more unexpected! The agents in the Japanese army are also well-trained professionals. Their noses are more effective than dogs' noses. I can say without exaggeration that they definitely know that you have sneaked into Ge La City and that you are here to implement "Operation Sunflower". Of course, they may not know what "Operation Sunflower" is specifically. How about this, after dinner, I will tell you about the current situation of the Japanese agents here." Xie Mengqi said, looking at Zhang Dahu, and then at Li Jianwei.
Zhang Dahu and Li Jianwei were surprised. They had not expected that the Japanese spies would be so powerful and would know so quickly that they had infiltrated and were going to implement "Operation Sunflower". Are they really that powerful?
What Xie Mengqi said was correct. When she was explaining the situation to Zhang Dahu, the Japanese agents had already received the news and were also discussing countermeasures.
Japanese agent Fujino Yoshiura is in charge of clearing out the infiltrating members of "Operation Sunflower". He has a capable female subordinate named Mishima Kawako.
Xie Mengqi told Zhang Dahu not to be too anxious, saying that there must be a way out of Chedao Mountain. Although the Japanese agents were powerful, the underground anti-Japanese movement was not only carried out by their own organization, but also by the Communist Party's underground organization and civilian underground anti-Japanese organizations. The Japanese agents were also troubled.
Zhang Dahu felt a little relieved after hearing what Xie Mengqi said. Xie Mengqi asked him to go to the bathroom to take a shower, and told him to relax first and have a good meal.
Zhang Dahu changed his clothes and Xie Mengqi invited them to dinner.
Xie Mengqi also prepared some wine for them, telling them that it was safe to rest at home after drinking and they should never go out at night.
Xie Mengqi herself doesn't drink alcohol, so she drank tea instead, saying it was to welcome them.
Zhang Dahu no longer had any negative feelings towards Xie Mengqi. He knew that Xie Mengqi’s admonitions about certain things were not because she looked down on him, but because she had developed a good habit of being cautious in a harsh environment.
"Xie Mengqi, can you tell me about your past? For example, how did you fight the Japanese army here, and where did you receive training?" Zhang Dahu looked at Zhang Mengqi curiously.
Zhang Mengqi smiled and said, "You should have heard this saying often: Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Your instructor told you this before. Remember, this saying is applicable to every agent here."
"What do you mean? Don't I know the situation?" Zhang Dahu said with a smile.
"If you want to know the situation, I will tell you in detail. For example, if you want to know every stronghold of the enemy, or the characteristics of Mishima Kawako , etc. However, as for my situation and the situation of the people we work with, I will naturally tell you what I should tell you. If I don't want to tell you, it's useless to ask. You should understand this." Xie Mengqi said with a smile.
"Ms. Xie Mengqi, you know, our team leader Zhang is a bit impatient, don't be surprised." Li Jianwei said with a smile.
"We are just a little curious." Jiang Wukui said with a smile.
"I'm explaining it to you so that you won't be offended. Come, have a drink!" Xie Mengqi said with a smile, raising her teacup.
"Okay, let's drink." Zhang Dahu raised his glass and looked at Xie Mengqi, thinking to himself, why is this woman maintaining such a certain feeling in front of us?
"Team Leader Zhang, you guys have been going out for a few days to understand the situation and familiarize yourself with the terrain. How are you going to cover up your identities?" Xie Mengqi looked at Zhang Dahu and smiled faintly.
"Zhang Mengqi, what do you think we should do?" Li Jianwei asked with a smile.
"This is your own business. I can't give you any ideas." Xie Mengqi drank some tea and moved her lips sexily.
