Lost and Spy

Chapter 50 Goodbye Rose
Meng Shaoyuan's previous wound started to hurt again.

There is no good profit, so I ran to Shanghai to perform the task.

I didn't think much of it when I was throwing grenades and shooting submachine guns before, but as soon as the mission was over, the whole person relaxed, and the wound began to show him color.

It hurts terribly.

I went to a private clinic run by an American, looked at it, and said that the wound was cracked and somewhat inflamed. I re-treated the wound, put on a bandage, and prescribed some medicine.

Mu Dekai and the others ran out to visit the beautiful world of Shanghai, and Tian Qi also had his own things to do, leaving Meng Shaoyuan alone.

What kind of subordinates are these? The boss went to the hospital, at least let me know.

After tossing for a morning, I ate a bowl of big meat noodles at noon.The fat meat looked greasy, Meng Shaoyuan couldn't eat a few bites.

Back at the door of the hotel, I saw a black car parked at the door.

As soon as he saw the car's logo, Meng Shaoyuan's eyes suddenly lit up:
Benz!

You know, in 1936, Mercedes-Benz had just entered China, and in the Chinese auto market, Buick, Citroen, and Cadillac were basically popular, and almost no one knew the brand of Mercedes-Benz.

But Mercedes-Benz is smart, they took an approach that almost all companies in future generations will take:

Get celebrity endorsements.

Mercedes-Benz invited China's number one star to speak for it:

Mei Lanfang!
The slogan is also very distinctive:

The sword is given to the knight, and the incense car is given to the celebrity!
With Mei Lanfang's star effect bonus, Mercedes-Benz became an instant hit in the Chinese market.

"Hello, Mr. Meng."

Meng Shaoyuan was there admiring the slightly weird appearance of Mercedes-Benz in this era. A man in a gray gown got out of the car and came to Meng Shaoyuan.

Butler Qiu?
That Cai Xuefei's housekeeper?

"Ah, Steward Qiu, hello." Meng Shaoyuan greeted in a daze.

"Mr. Meng, our wife asked me to invite you to see if you have time to have afternoon tea together."

invite me?afternoon tea?

Meng Shaoyuan thought about it for a while, and there was nothing to do in the afternoon anyway, so he agreed.

Cai Xuefei's home lives on Alpei Road.

As soon as Meng Shaoyuan came, he immediately saw what the real wealthy people in Shanghai were.

This is a French-style garden villa, covering an area of ​​more than [-] square meters. It consists of a main building and two subsidiary buildings. The exterior walls are inlaid with colorful pebbles, and the roof is paved with Butler diamonds, which are extremely rare in China and imported from the United Kingdom. Cement tiles.

Not only the villa, but in front of the villa, there is a large lawn of several hundred square meters.At the end of the cobblestone path is a clear water.On both sides, there are French plane trees.

On the edge of the bushes, there are specially transported rockery from Taihu Lake.

How much is this villa worth?
Anyway, no matter how he did it, Meng Shaoyuan couldn't figure it out.

The door opened and the car drove straight in.

As soon as it stopped, Steward Qiu took the lead to get out of the car and opened the rear door:

"Mr. Meng, please."

Meng Shaoyuan got out of the car and saw on the lawn not far away, with a parasol, a rattan table, and a white rattan chair.

Cai Xuefei sat there leisurely, sipping a cup of coffee.

Today, she wore a cheongsam with small broken flowers and her hair in a bun, which was very different from the evening dress she saw that night, with a different style.

"Madam, Mr. Meng is here."

"Mr. Meng, please take a seat." Cai Xuefei smiled and asked Meng Shaoyuan to sit opposite her: "Mr. Meng, would you like tea or coffee?"

"Tea." Meng Shaoyuan was not used to drinking coffee.

Butler Qiu asked the servant to serve Meng Shaoyuan tea, and he stood aside from a distance.

The position he chooses is also very particular.

You can't hear their conversations, and you can always wait to be summoned.

"Mr. Meng, I'm so sorry to invite you here so rashly." Cai Xuefei was very charming when she laughed.

Meng Shaoyuan took a closer look, and on Cai Xuefei's face, he could not see what he wanted for the time being: "I heard that there are countless people in Shanghai, queuing up for Madam Qiangwei's invitation, Meng... Xiaoyuan is only a foreigner, so unexpectedly so Fortunately, that is my luck."

Fortunately, he still remembered that his name was "Meng Xiaoyuan".

"That day at the dance, Mr. Meng auctioned off my necklace and gave it back to me. Xue Fei was grateful, so she kept thinking about how to repay Mr. Meng. Today, I took the liberty to invite you here." Cai Xuefei's eyes fell on Meng Shaoyuan, who was hanging On the bandaged arm: "Mr. Meng is injured?"

"It fell." Meng Shaoyuan said perfunctorily: "Madam is too polite. Meng Xiaoyuan just came back from the United States and heard her name. That day, she could not only provide relief to the victims of Sichuan, but also do something for her, killing two birds with one stone, He Le instead of?"

"Thank you, how long is Mr. Meng going to stay in Shanghai?" Cai Xuefei asked suddenly.

"Ah, I help my uncle. Uncle is going to open a restaurant in Nanjing. Maybe he will send me to Nanjing to find a way."

"I remember, Lao Ge, your uncle is from Ningbo. In the ninth year of the Republic of China, he went to Shanghai alone. He was an apprentice of a foreign firm and made it step by step. Later, he was hired by the International Hotel as the general manager of the Chinese side." Cai Xuefei said: Hastily said:

"I've known Lao Ge for a long time. I remember that his hometown was long gone. When did a nephew who came back from studying in the United States appear?"

Meng Shaoyuan was startled.

Immediately, he found a playful look flashing in Cai Xuefei's eyes, and his heart was bright.

Don't think about it anymore, Cai Xuefei was probably already suspicious of her identity.

He was not too worried. After all, the task had been completed, and he would soon return to Nanjing. What if the other party knew about it?
He smiled and said: "It seems that this matter can't be hidden. Madam, I will not hide it from you. Manager Ge is a friend of one of my elders. I came to Shanghai this time for smuggling, for fear of encountering those anti-smuggling agents. , so I used an identity fraudulently."

Greater Shanghai is a smuggling paradise.

International foreign smuggling, gang smuggling, private smuggling.

Smuggling drugs, smuggling opium, smuggling arms, whatever makes money, someone will take the risk to smuggle.

No one from the Anti-Smuggling Bureau, the patrol room, or even Lixingshe's maritime anti-smuggling office in Shanghai has confiscated the benefits of these smugglers.

Even if they are caught, the smugglers will be fined a sum of money at most, and will be released within a day.

So in Shanghai, pretending to be a smuggler is the perfect disguise.

Cai Xuefei suddenly sighed softly: "A man's mouth, a liar, now I can't believe it any more. I thought Mr. Meng was an honest gentleman who could tell the truth."

"What do you mean, ma'am?"

Meng Shaoyuan's brows furrowed.

Cai Xuefei stared at him and said faintly:

"I'm afraid Mr. Meng is from Lixingshe?"

(End of this chapter)