The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 456 Testing
"Although Sheng Dafu can be trusted, we are walking on the edge of a knife and must be cautious." Cheng Mo said, "If we want to help, we must also confirm whether Sheng Dafu is worthy of help."

Of course Shen Mo understood what Cheng Mo meant. He was the external liaison of the "Dark Fire" team. If anything happened to him, the "Dark Fire" might be wiped out.

He himself could not guarantee that if he was exposed and arrested, he could survive the torture and forced confession by No. 76 or the Japanese.

His safety is self-evident.

Otherwise, when Wan Lilang rebelled and implicated Zheng Xiuyuan, Cheng Mo would not have asked him to cut off contact with Shanghai District 1 without hesitation.

For the "Dark Fire" team, their own safety is the first priority, and everything else is secondary.

This sudden situation of Sheng Dafu may happen again in the future, so Shen Mo must handle it carefully. If Sheng Dafu is worth helping, then there is naturally no problem, but if he is someone's "bait", then now is the biggest crisis for the "Dark Fire" team.

"Mr. Cheng, have fun. I'll go first..." Seeing someone coming, Shen Mo quickly ended the conversation, bowed slightly, and walked around behind him.

The person who came over was a well-mannered young man. He was not tall, about two or three centimeters shorter than Cheng Mo.

"They all call you Mr. Cheng. It seems that you are a frequent visitor here?" The young man actually started chatting with Cheng Mo directly.

It is normal for a woman to chat up a man, or for a man to chat up a woman, after all, opposites attract.

But he is obviously a man, and the other party doesn't look like someone with special fetishes.

Cheng Mo frowned slightly: "You don't know me?"

The young man smiled and said, "Now we know each other, don't we?"

"Sorry, I have no intention of getting to know you. Excuse me." Cheng Mo didn't want to get entangled with this kind of person, although he didn't sense any hostility from the other party.

"Mr. Cheng, no matter what choice you make, always remember that you are Chinese."

Cheng Mo did not respond and just left.

Is this guy warning me not to be a "traitor"? But how could he understand what he was going to do? So, there is no way to explain it.

A patriotic young man who paid attention to himself?
Or is there some kind of force behind him?

However, this was the first time he had met someone who dared to warn him in person. Cheng Mo became interested in the identity of this young man.

"Check this person's background." Before leaving, Cheng Mo handed Shen Mo a napkin. On the napkin was the young man who had just warned him.

He only observed for a few seconds and had already memorized the other person's physical characteristics, then he found a napkin and drew a profile sketch.

"Got it. Give me two days."

……

Hongyun Hotel on Daxi Road.

Sheng Dafu's wife, Cheng Qing, who goes by the alias "Mu Xiaohong", lives in this hotel. She is no longer the glamorous dancer in Ciro's. Even if acquaintances see her now, they may not recognize her.

She is not even thirty years old yet, but now she looks like an old woman in her forties. She has washed away all the makeup and is a completely different person.

Of course, she also deliberately made her hair a little gray, and also treated her face and hands. In the winter, she basically didn't show too much skin. Her rough skin made her look like a country woman. No one would associate her with the popular dancer in Ciro's. She had the money to stay in a better hotel and eat better food, but she was very stingy and lived in the cheapest single room and ate cheap steamed buns and pickles.

With this disguise, no one would doubt her.

There were too many middle-aged women like her in the Shanghai Concession.

At the end of the year, the husband becomes addicted to gambling or opium smoking, leaving the family penniless, and then the family falls apart, leaving the woman with nowhere to go...

Such tragedies happen every day.

It's the end of the year again, and factories and shops have basically stopped hiring workers. I can only wait until after the New Year to see if I can find a job as a domestic helper, so that at least I can support myself.

Cheng Qing went out to "find a job" every day, and then came back dragging his tired body, with less and less money on him. After paying the rent, he had no more money for food.

Jessfield Park.

Sheng Dafu meets with his wife here every day to exchange information they have obtained.

The couple can now only enjoy this brief moment of tenderness, and they chose to do it at dusk for fear of being seen.

"Dafu, how are you?" Cheng Qing felt so distressed when she saw that the cotton wool on her husband's body was getting more and more torn, a corner of his hat was missing, his ears were covered with frostbite, his hands were cracked, his lips were torn, and his shoes were worn out, with his big toe exposed and red from the cold, like a radish.

"I'm fine. I went to see a friend I didn't know very well today. He should be able to help us."

"He doesn't even know you, why would he take the risk to help us?" Cheng Qing asked in surprise.

"Although we are not very familiar with each other, I trust his character. Don't worry, we will be able to get a boat ticket to Hong Kong soon. Once we arrive in Hong Kong, we will be safe." Sheng Dafu comforted his wife.

"I don't dare to stay in the hotel every day. I can only go out every day under the pretext of looking for work, but this is also very dangerous. I'm afraid of being recognized."

"Well, but our past activities were not around here, so no one should be able to find us out. The way you look now, no one will believe that you are the once popular dancer at Cinderella." Sheng Dafu said.

"Actually, I don't really want to be a famous dancer. As long as I can live a peaceful life with you, I'll be satisfied."

"It will be soon. We have saved some money in the past two years. Except for the gold bars, the rest will be exchanged into pounds. When we go to Hong Kong, we will use this money to open a small shop. We won't become rich, but we won't starve to death." Sheng Dafu said.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Cheng Qing said softly.

"We'll have an answer tomorrow on whether you can get a boat ticket. You should go back quickly and don't let anyone get suspicious," Sheng Dafu urged.

"I know, I'm leaving now." Although Cheng Qing was reluctant, she also knew the importance of the matter and left anyway.

As Cheng Qing turned onto the road, a speeding car stopped next to her. Just as Cheng Qing was shocked, two masked men got out of the car. One of them covered her mouth directly, and the other quickly lifted her into the car.

Then the car started and disappeared into the night.

At this time, Sheng Dafu didn't know that his wife had been "kidnapped". He was preparing to return to his base in the beggars' den and wait until the next day to go to Shen Mo's house to listen to the news.

(End of this chapter)