The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 30 Missed
  "Mr. Morita, you bought so much at once, can you carry it? Do you need me to arrange for someone to help you take it back together?"

"No, I can do that." Cheng Mo bowed, then easily picked up the pile of newspapers and magazines and left the bookstore.

"Mr. Morita, please walk slowly." Akira Kikuchi bowed politely.

He couldn't take these newspapers and periodicals back, lest his sister Cheng Hua discover them. Therefore, he could only find a hotel, get a room, and find what he wanted first.

Although getting a room with a press card will leave traces, in Hongkou hotels, if you don’t have a Japanese ID, you can’t get a room at all.

Cheng Mo spoke fluent Japanese and had a genuine press card, so he easily found a room in a hotel.

He doesn't have time to read these newspapers and periodicals one by one now, so he can only choose key newspapers and periodicals, because he used them to convey information when he was a traffic officer.

There are some code words that others cannot understand, and small and inconspicuous notices such as job openings and missing property notices may convey relevant information.

He had trained these in Tokyo, so he could recall them directly from his memory.

For example, there is information about pet adoption hidden in the "Tokyo Daily News". The information actually contained is that the owner of the pet has recently left Tokyo and is preparing to go to Tianjin, China. By comparing the publication date of the newspaper, it can be inferred that he came to Shanghai. time.

A war broke out between China and Japan in Songhu. To come to China from Japan, you could only go to Tianjin or Qingdao first, and then take a boat to Shanghai.

But it’s hard to buy ferry tickets, so I don’t know when I can get there.

He knew that the person he was waiting for had arrived, but he went to Tianjin first, and then took the road from Tianjin to Shanghai, but he didn't know the specific time.

The information in the newspaper said that the departure was in early September, and in September and October, China and Japan were fighting in Songhu. Although the flights between Tianjin and Shanghai were not interrupted, he did not know what he had to wait due to the huge crowds. Who is he and how to find him?
  If someone comes to Shanghai, he will definitely find a way to contact him. The original plan was to wait until he arrived in Shanghai and publish a missing person notice in the "East Asia Ilbo". As long as he saw it, he would be able to get the information about the meeting.

Now I can only try my luck.

There are generally two channels for selling newspapers in Shanghai. The first is public bookstores and newsstands, and the second is newsboys who sell newspapers.

Most Chinese people are unwilling to buy Japanese newspapers, and they are basically sold in the Japanese expatriate residential area in Hongkou.

Generally, newspapers that cannot be sold out will be taken back by the newspaper company, but sometimes bookstores also have the habit of collecting newspapers by themselves and will keep a copy for themselves.

This is what Cheng Mo said was a matter of luck. The newspapers from a month or two ago should not be thrown away, and they might even be bound for bookstore customers to borrow and browse.

However, they are constantly changing, so it is a bit difficult to find the information you want without leaving a trace.

Cheng Mo came out of the hotel and went into several bookstores, but he couldn't find the East Asia Daily in the time period he wanted.

At this moment, he saw a few Japanese ronin posting notices on the street, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he thought of a way.

His hard work paid off, and finally he bought a stack of Dong-A Ilbo from a newsstand on the pretext of buying some scrap newspapers to paste on the wall.

Finally, he found the information he wanted in the cracks of the fourth page of the Dong-A Ilbo published on October 10th.

The problem is, this news is already twenty days old.

What should you do? The contact person can't always wait for you at the meeting place. If he can't wait, leaves, and gives up, then he will really become a kite with a broken string.

What Cheng Mo didn't know was that just when he left Juxiang Bookstore, the boss Kikuchi Akira quietly picked up the phone, dialed a number, lowered his voice and said in Japanese: "Nakamura-kun, the waiter finally finally coming."

No one responded on the other end of the phone, but someone must have answered.

The person Cheng Mo was waiting for was actually looking for him. If it hadn't been for this sudden war, they would have met him long ago.

Both sides are working hard.     But they are all helpless.

It has been so long, and no one can guarantee whether the other party has a problem. Therefore, even if the news is received now, no one dares to contact them rashly.

But Cheng Mo had no choice. The time was almost up and he had to go back, otherwise he would have to wait until the next day, otherwise his sister would become suspicious.

If I miss it this time, I don’t know when I will get the chance next time.

……

When he returned to his sister's house, as expected, Cheng Hua was sitting in the living room waiting for him with an unhappy look on his face. He was obviously unhappy that he had not been seen for a long time. Of course, he was more worried.

"Commander Kai's cheesecake, sister, it's my favorite." Cheng Mo was naturally prepared and handed over a box of cheesecake he had just bought from Commander Kai.

When Cheng Hua saw the cake in Cheng Mo's hand, his dissatisfaction disappeared instantly. His younger brother still felt sorry for him and knew how to buy what he liked to eat.

"Where have you been? I don't know how worried I am about you. It's a mess outside. Don't you know?"

"I've been holding back in Zhabei for three months, and you're not allowed to find a chance to have fun?" Cheng Mo explained lightly.

"Cheng Mo, I'm warning you, don't go to that kind of place."

"Sister, I'm hungry. What should we eat tonight?" Cheng Mo changed the topic directly. He was a married man now. He really wanted to solve the problem, so he went directly to Jiren Hospital to find Jiang Yun.

Cheng Hua stood up with the cake and went back to his room. Before closing the door, he heard a voice: "I'm full, I don't want to eat."

Cheng Mo smiled helplessly, luckily he kept a piece, otherwise he would have been hungry at night.

But this piece of cake is of no use. He is a young man in his early twenties, with a strong body, strong firepower, and high consumption.

In the middle of the night, Cheng Mo woke up from hunger and wanted to find something to eat. He found that the light in the kitchen was on, and his sister Cheng Hua was bent over, using a kerosene stove to cook noodles and fried eggs for him.

Leaning against the door frame, his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

No matter what happens to this woman in the future, she is his biological sister, and this flesh and blood relationship cannot be separated.

"Xiao Mo, why are you walking without making any sound?" Cheng Hua suddenly turned around and saw Cheng Mo behind him, and almost dropped the chopsticks in his hand to the ground in fear.

Cheng Mo stepped forward and gave Cheng Hua a big hug: "Sister, I'll just go to my brother-in-law's place."
  "Which brother-in-law?" Cheng Hua blurted out, and then cursed, "You brat, you got me involved."

"Sister, that guy named Dai doesn't look like a good guy, so don't trust him too much." Cheng Mo said from the bottom of his heart, "I think his smile is quite hypocritical."

The famous Boss Dai is famous for being lecherous. Although his sister is not bad in appearance and has helped him a lot in starting a business, most men like the new and dislike the old.

"You brat, there's no need for you to remind me, hurry up and eat the noodles." Cheng Hua hit Cheng Mo on the back and scolded him with a smile.

"Hey, sister, do you have any fruit at home? I want to eat an apple..."

"I'll go out and buy it for you tomorrow. Eat, eat, just know how to eat. When will you get married and give me a nephew?" Cheng Hua said.

"Sister, don't count on me, I don't want to get married and have children yet." Cheng Mo said while lowering his head and eating noodles.

　Continue to collect!

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)