Chapter 6 Tenants
"Pu"
The wall clock above the door of Songtao Road Watch Store pointed at exactly 8 o'clock, and the door below opened. He Zifeng stuffed the key back into his pocket and walked into the door.
The morning time is always pleasant. He Zifeng boiled a pot of water, carefully took out a small handful of tea leaves and soaked it. He cherished it on his face and took a sip of tea slowly. He Zifeng let out a breath, and he felt refreshed and nodded with satisfaction. He leaned back slightly, and then leaned against the sofa and started to fall asleep.
The clock pointed to 8:30, and two apprentices came in. One of them was Xiaoma. Seeing He Zifeng taking a nap, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Teacher He asked us to go to work at 8:30, but he always arrived at 8:00. After so long, Xiaoqian and I were quite embarrassed."
He Zifeng didn't open his eyes when he heard this, but the corner of his mouth curled up slightly: "I'm trying to escape. You don't know. My lord can take the blind date three times in the morning. If it were you, I probably wouldn't be able to stand it."
The two of them couldn't help laughing when they heard this. The little Qian suddenly said, "Oh, Teacher He, Miss Qin came a few days ago, it's nice. I think she seems to be quite interesting to you."
"Why did I suddenly talk about her?" He Zifeng frowned slightly: "Ms. Qin is the daughter of my father's friend. You can never joke about this kind of thing."
"I'm not kidding." Xiao Qian smiled and said, "Last time Teacher He gave Miss Qin a tea ceremony. I think she is very concerned. I went to Xianghe Teahouse early in the morning, but how can you taste good tea in a place like a teahouse?"
He Zifeng suddenly sat up like a spring: "What did you say? Miss Qin went to Xianghe Teahouse? When did it happen?"
"Just just now, I watched her go in."
He Zifeng was silent and slowly leaned back to the back of the chair, but his mind was spinning rapidly.
He has only now discovered that he and Boss Wan had misunderstandings in their thinking. Indeed, Qin Hai is a person who is valued so much by the organization. He was already completely sure that it was Qin Hai at that time, but the situation seems to be a little different now. Qin Yue is also a returnee. If this important person refers to Qin Yue, then the situation will become extremely complicated.
He Zifeng's mind was a little confused. What he didn't want to happen was that it happened at this time.
Qin Yue's identity is too sensitive. If the person mentioned in the organization is sure that it is her, then the scope of the incident is too wide. This is a big game of chess, so big that He Zifeng dare not imagine it.
Unable to sort out his thoughts, He Zifeng poured a cup of tea in annoyance, but he couldn't feel the sweetness. He stood up and greeted the two apprentices, and he hurried out.
As a abandoned scholar, He Zifeng naturally has his own unique source of information.
Abandoned Scholars, this is a title that is widely circulated in the underground group of our party, and a title that is extremely worthy of respect. There is a group of people who have given up everything from the moment they become abandoned. In their eyes, their lives are the first ones to be given up.
In the struggle with the enemy, they fought alone, without comrades or support, but silently helped the underground organization to complete one task after another, or convey one important information after another through their own construction channels. Many underground workers returned to the base after completing the task, and then summarized and reported that someone who was suspected by the organization, or even the one who was quickly eliminated, were actually abandoned soldiers and excellent underground workers of our party.
In this cruel environment, abandoned scholars are also the most helpless group. Because of this, those who can become abandoned scholars are the elites among the elites.
He Zifeng walked quickly without any pause. The current situation has become less calm because of the sudden appearance of Qin Hai and his daughter. He needs news and news from the Japanese army. No matter who the organization wants, what he needs to do now is to ensure the safety of these two people.
The lack of resources and channels is He Zifeng's weakness. Since he returned to China to lurk, his only source of information was declaration. However, given that the group of abandoned scholars is inconvenient to manage, the content provided by the declaration is extremely vague. Many times, you need to figure it out by yourself. Only comrades at the transportation station will confirm it and obtain further instructions as soon as they get the declaration information and the base.
When the previous issue was declared, Boss Wan came to him. Xianghe Teahouse was a transportation station, which was the only transportation station that He Zifeng had. As for who was on and off the transportation station, he didn't know, so Boss Wan would naturally not tell him all.
After contacting Boss Wan for many years, He Zifeng secretly investigated. Xianghe Teahouse, only Boss Wan is a comrade, and the others are idle people.
From the perspective of organizational structure, Boss Wan is of a low level, so He Zifeng has basically taken protecting Boss Wan as his mission in recent years, which also makes him extremely sensitive to any movement in Xianghe Teahouse.
Turning into Dongqiao Hutong, He Zifeng paused and stopped.
There are two old houses of the He family, which have been empty. There is an email in the middle of the two rooms. Shortly after He Zifeng returned to China, he made a mark on the wall above the email. A few days later, there was a mark on the wall, both of which were the marks of abandoned scholars.
Since then, He Zifeng has come back to check it out every once in a while, because some information will appear there one after another, and information provided by another abandoned man.
Today, there was no mark on the wall, and He Zifeng was slightly disappointed.
"Oh, the young master of the He family is here. Are you here to see if anyone rents a house recently?"
He Zifeng was talking to a neighbor next door. He was stunned for a moment, walked forward a few steps and greeted him: "My mother next door, are you in good health recently?"
"Okay!"
He Zifeng nodded with a smile, reached out to take out the key and was about to open the door, but footsteps came from behind him. When he looked back, he saw a tall woman walking towards him.
The woman had a beautiful face and a decent dress. Her hairstyle was the most fashionable perm nowadays. Seeing He Zifeng standing there looking at him, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, isn't it a bit abrupt for you to stare at others like this?"
"Well……"
He Zifeng was a little embarrassed. Just as he was about to say something, the neighbor next to him spoke: "Oh, it's Miss Li, it's just right. This is Mr. He that I told you. The house you want to see is his family."
"I passed here some time ago and found that it was written for rent on the blackboard, but there was no contact information." Li Mei smiled and looked at He Zifeng and said, "Mr. He, it's really hard to find you. Aunt Zhang doesn't know where you live now, so I can only try my luck."
He Zifeng slapped his head in annoyance and said quickly: "I'm so sorry, Miss Li, I forgot the contact information. I have let you run so many times. Come with me, I'll take you in and see the house."
Li Mei chuckled and followed He Zifeng into the room.
"What kind of work does Miss Li do?" He Zifeng took Li Mei to visit various places, and carefully asked this question.
"Me?" Li Mei opened the window and looked around, and said carelessly: "I am a filing management person, where is Mr. He?"
"Me? I'm just a watchmaker and opened a watch shop on Songtao Road."
"Is it just Songtao Road Watch Store?" Seeing He Zifeng nodding, Li Mei's big eyes couldn't help but lit up: "Are you the rumored Boss He? Oh, it's better to meet than to meet. Your watch repair skills are in Shanghai!"
Seeing Li Mei giving her a thumbs up, He Zifeng couldn't help but smile shyly: "Miss Li has gone too far."
Chapter completed!