freenovelworld Chapter 175: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land
Chapter 175: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land
The banquet at the Bund Hotel was delicious. Wu Ziyang and Li Xiaoya changed their clothes and laughed hand in hand. As for the thoughts hidden in their eyes, no one tried to explore them.
The hotel lobby is decorated festively.
The guests clapped and cheered from time to time, toasted each other and had a great time.
If it weren't for the heavy makeup on Li Xiaoya's face, it would seem as if everything that happened in the church that morning had never happened.
Wei Miao ate very restrainedly and politely, or perhaps she had no appetite at all.
Sitting next to her, Yukiko Matsui smiled and said, "I remember you like food very much."
After Wei Miao swallowed the braised pork in his mouth, he smiled shyly at the lively and lovely girl in front of him:
"When I was a kid, I was always hungry, so I couldn't help but eat more."
Matsui Yukiko took a sip of the sugar-water bird's nest in front of her and sighed:
"Your country is rich in resources. There are dozens or even hundreds of cooking methods for simple foods. It's really amazing."
Wei Miao blushed like a young boy who was praised by a beautiful person of the opposite sex.
Yukiko Matsui looked at the young man with blushing cheeks with interest, and suddenly picked up a handkerchief and approached Wei Miao.
The chopsticks in Wei Miao's hand suddenly fell to the ground. She hurriedly bent down to pick them up. When she stood up, she found that Matsui Yukiko's hands were raised in the air, looking at her with aggrieved eyes.
"Wei Sang, I see there is oil stain on the corner of your mouth, I want to wipe it for you."
The girl's sweet voice made everyone around her smile in a playful manner.
A Japanese man next to Yukiko said jealously: "Ms. Yukiko, you are still so considerate."
"Wei Sang, Miss Xue Zi is a relative of our imperial family. You should be honored that she treats you so well."
The group of people nearby either joked or looked at Wei Miao with envy.
Wei Miao felt impatient. What imperial royal family? Matsui Yukiko's family was just a declining samurai family in Japan. Her father married someone from an unknown number of generations of the royal family.
If it weren't for the China strategy, Yukiko Matsui's uncle Matsui Tsuchigen would have jumped up and down and used the whole family's strength to support the war of aggression.
The royal family didn't even know that they had a distant relative.
She just wanted to have a good feast. She missed out on Cui Liping's feast and was unhappy at Xiao Wu's feast.
She muttered in her heart and smiled shyly. Her two dimples made her look harmless and well-behaved:
"I saw that Miss Xue Zi and my brother Lu were having a good chat. If he knew that Miss Xue Zi treated me like this, I'm afraid my life would be difficult..."
After hearing this, the group of people laughed proudly and exaggeratedly.
Only Matsui Yukiko looked at Wei Miao with burning eyes, her heart burning with excitement. She liked such a well-behaved and cute child the most, which made her more excited than the forbearing little pitiful Li Xiaoya.
The maliciousness that came over her made Wei Miao very uncomfortable. If she didn’t want to cause any more trouble to Brother Wu’s wedding...
"David, come for a walk with me." Louis walked behind Wei Miao and spoke softly to her.
"Then can I come together, Louis?" Compared to Wei Miao, Louis, this handsome boy who is arrogant to the core, is more to her liking.
Louis glanced at her and politely declined: "Sorry, I don't want to invite you."
Yukiko Matsui tilted her head and watched the two boys leave, her innocent eyes full of interest.
"Xuezi, time is urgent now, put away your little hobbies." The man beside her whispered to remind her.
Matsui Yukiko smiled sweetly, but said with an impatient tone:
"I know my limits."
After Louis went out, he sat in the partitioned rest room with Wei Miao, "David, do you have a feeling that the world is about to become chaotic?"
The young man did not wait for Wei Miao to speak and continued:
"Two countries in Europe have already been caught up in war. I always feel that things are not as simple as they seem..."
This involves Wei Miao's blind spot in knowledge, but she is very interested. "How did you come to this conclusion?"
"My intuition, and I think your country should be careful of the Japanese. Recently they..."
The young man spoke in a calm tone as he looked into Wei Miao's clear eyes. Louis was considering what to say next when he was suddenly hugged in someone's arms.
"Dear Louis, your father is looking for you to accompany Princess Charlotte."
The young man frowned, very unhappy, but still left with Durand.
Because the bride fainted again, the evening dance was cancelled.
Lu Pingsheng smiled and rejected Matsui Yukiko's invitation. Wei Miao looked at the sweet and lovely girl bending over in the rearview mirror and rolled his eyes.
"Why, there's one more person you hate?"
Wei Miao did not respond, but repeated what he heard the two Chao people say on the lawn.
"It should be that the Japanese government used the white, pink and red pills obtained by the ronin to give them to the Koreans to sell. The mastermind behind this is the Inoue Mansion, which has the backing of the Black Dragon Society, to make money."
In just a few words, Lu Pingsheng thoroughly analyzed the fragmentary information provided by Wei Miao.
Wei Miao's brain was working very well at this moment, and he took over the conversation and said:
"I heard from those two courtiers that they have found two ronin and are planning to stage a gangster-on-gangster showdown. Brother Lu, I want to be the one who gets robbed."
Lu Pingsheng raised his eyebrows, "Ah Miao, gold is good, but you have to be alive to get it."
Wei Miao smiled and said, "Brother Lu, I am familiar with the wharf they are talking about. It is the wharf where my mother used to sell braised meat. It is now a no-man's land. If something happens there, neither the Chinese area nor the concession wants to intervene."
It has been a long time since the kid showed his fox-like smile.
Lu Pingsheng suddenly became interested, "Then tell me."
Wei Miao said: "That dock is full of good and bad people, but Brother Cai is the only one that dominates."
When Lu Pingsheng heard that other people would be involved, he immediately felt it was too risky.
Wei Miao said: "Brother Lu, we want gold, and Brother Cai wants opium."
Lu Pingsheng shook his head and said firmly:
"No, there can't be any trace of us involved in this kind of thing."
Wei Miao bewitched, "Brother Lu, one ton of gold is worth one million US dollars."
Lu Pingsheng paused for a moment as he gripped the steering wheel. It was indeed a lot. No wonder those two Koreans turned against them so openly.
Wei Miao saw that she was moved and continued:
"One ton of gold is two thousand kilograms, the weight of twenty bags of rice. All we need is a boat loaded with gold, blending into the group of boats on Suzhou River, and then slowly transporting it home after the storm has passed..."
Lu Pingsheng looked at the little boy's head, whose head was turning rapidly when he heard the golden sound, and frowned as he thought for a while.
"Ah Miao, just pretend you haven't heard of this. None of us can get involved!"
Looking at Lu Pingsheng's serious expression, Wei Miao lowered his eyes and stopped talking obediently.
Lu Pingsheng thought about the thin layer of gold left in the little devil's secret room, rubbed his brow with one hand, and said patiently:
"A Miao, the Japanese spy network is denser and more terrifying than we imagined. I can't let you take risks, and neither can I."
"I understand, Brother Lu." Wei Miao replied sullenly.
Lu Pingsheng comforted her and said, "Ah Miao, I will take you to the bank tomorrow to withdraw the gold used to sell sulfa."
"Ok."