Chapter 55: An unexpected event: Iron-blooded tenderness in the Republic of China

Unlike the politeness he showed to his daughter's classmates just now, Mr. Zhao subconsciously asked this question with respect for Rongzhen.

Rongzhen didn't want to say much, just saying that they had met a few times.

The bearded man nodded without denying it.

His facial expression was hidden by his beard. Only the eyes beneath his hat shone with a shrewd and sharp light, making people dare not look at him, let alone observe his appearance.

But this does not include Rong Zhen. She felt that the man's back and figure were very familiar when she was at the door just now. She originally thought that they were someone they knew before, but now after observing him closely, she suddenly had a strange guess in her mind.

Both of them were interested, so Zhao's father tactfully made room for them and took his daughter and others to entertain other guests.

Before the president and Zhao left, they whispered to Rongzhen, "If he asks you to do something you don't want to do, remember to send someone to find us."

"Don't worry, he is not that kind of person. We really know each other." Rong Zhen's words reached the bearded man's ears, causing his brows to relax slightly.

Rongzhen didn't stay for no reason. She wanted to confirm the identity of the person next to her.

The fact that these two people, who had nothing in common with each other, were standing together had unknowingly attracted the attention of many people present.

The bearded man glanced around sharply. Most people had wisely looked away, but there were still many who were secretly watching the situation on their side.

Rong Zhen was not completely unaware of this either. She wanted to ask directly, but when she saw this, she couldn't help but frown.

The bearded man lowered his eyes and saw it, then turned around and said, "Follow me."

Rongzhen followed him silently, turning left and right, and soon got rid of the many eyes staring at them from behind, and came to a secluded corner.

The bearded man brought her here, avoided her questioning gaze, and said to himself, "Stay here for now. Don't run around."

After saying that, he turned around and walked past Rongzhen and wanted to leave.

When they passed each other, Rongzhen grabbed the hem of his coat and easily stopped him without much force.

"Jiang Yu?"

The bearded man paused, turned his back to Rong Zhen, and did not respond, but he did not move again, as if he was sealed by the name she called out tentatively.

"Is it you?" Rongzhen asked stubbornly.

The bearded man still didn't answer or turn around. He reached back and accurately pressed his big hand on Rong Zhen's small hand that was grabbing the hem of his clothes, and rubbed it twice vaguely.

Rong Zhen was delighted, but before the joy of reunion could show on her face, she saw him slowly pull her fingers apart and said in a rough voice, "Stay still."

Then he flicked his clothes and strode away.

Rong Zhen: “…”

Okay, okay, you are handsome and you can show off. If you have the guts, don’t come back!

Rongzhen kicked the wall angrily and accidentally hit her big toe. The pain made her turn around on the spot and it took her a while to recover.

The bearded man had already disappeared in a few seconds. She didn't want to make trouble for the time being, so she decisively put him out of her mind and planned to go to the side hall to see A Cui.

But before she could act, the lights above her head suddenly went out and a sudden bang was heard in the banquet hall in the distance.

Then someone shouted: "Shooting! Run!"

The crowd suddenly screamed, panicked in the darkness, and rushed towards the light from the doors and windows.

In the crowd, someone deliberately guided the idlers to leave quickly. In the end, only a few groups who took the opportunity to cause trouble and their common target were left.

Rongzhen was relatively safe as there was a small window nearby. She ran over and wanted to open the window to escape, but suddenly a gunshot was heard behind her.

"Baga!" The Japanese soldier was shot and fell to the ground not far from her. He screamed once and then there was no movement.

Rongzhen was startled and stepped back with a chill in his head, ready to open the small window and escape.

Under her vigilance, she realized that the person who came out of the darkness was not a vicious man, but the bearded man who had just left.

No one knew where he had been. His gray-green military coat was gone. He was holding a gun in one hand and a guy wearing a Japanese samurai uniform in the other.

The guy was unconscious and was dragged over by him.

Rongzhen glanced at him and stopped looking. He wanted to say something to the bearded man, but he raised his index finger and shushed his thin lips.

At this moment, a Fuso man discovered the truth about his own siege and assassination, and shouted angrily, "Everyone, be careful! We have been deceived! They are hunting us down! This is a Hongmen Feast!"

The other Fuso executives who were left at the banquet hall heard it, but unfortunately the person who reminded them also exposed his own position.

Before he could finish his words, several gunshots were heard heading towards him.

The bearded man didn't shoot, probably because he was worried about exposing his position.

Rongzhen took advantage of the loud noise to open the window, but found that it could not be opened at all, as if it was locked from the outside.

The bearded man walked up to her and pulled her aside. He tapped the window three times with the fingers of his gun-holding hand, one long and two short, the sound so weak that it was barely audible.

The window creaked open, and someone in the darkness heard a sound of shooting towards this side. The bullets hit the glass with a crackling sound, shattering.

The bearded man quickly moved in front of Rongzhen as the bullets came, and raised the Fuso in his hand to block a bullet flying towards them.

The unconscious Japanese soldier was hit in the kidney, woke up with a scream, and fainted again.

The bearded man showed no mercy and threw the man out of the window, but no one heard the sound of him hitting the ground.

Because there was someone waiting outside the window, after successfully picking up the half-dead Fuso executive, he immediately put him into a sack, carried it on his back and retreated quickly.

The Japanese soldier who fired the gun in the meeting hall thought he had accidentally hit one of his own people, and quickly moved to another place with a guilty conscience.

The bearded man took the opportunity to pick up Rong Zhen and jumped out of the window and left.

Shortly after they left, A Cui and another person dressed as a waiter arrived here at the same time, each dragging an unconscious Fuso executive in their hands.

Both sides wanted to use this small window to escape, but they met here in a narrow road, staring at each other and facing each other, neither of them moving for a while.

But time waits for no one, they have already caught their target, and if they don't leave now, they may never be able to leave.

So the two of them did not hesitate. Since their targets were both the Japanese devils, they exchanged a few silent blows and quickly recognized each other's identities.

The waiter stopped first and whispered a secret signal: "The mountains are covered with red azaleas."

A Cui's face flashed with excitement, and she whispered back, "A flock of kingfishers soared into the sky!"

After confirming with each other's eyes, we know we are all family.

What else is there to say? Just lend a hand and go.

So following the escape route opened by the bearded man, A Cui and his group retreated quickly.

Rong Zhen and Big Beard, who had evacuated long ago, did not have an easy time walking outside, because since the Fuso high-level officials dared to come to the Chinese banquet and intended to force the wealthy Zhao family to submit to them, they were definitely not unprepared.

As soon as they arrived, they brought a large group of gendarmes and surrounded the hotel.

The accident that happened at the banquet hall was too sudden, and before these people could react, those Fuso dogs were surrounded and captured by several groups of people.

By the time Big Beard took Rongzhen and the spoils out, they had already discovered the situation and took quick action.

Most of the military police rushed into the banquet hall to rescue their superiors, and a small number were arranged outside to forcibly interrogate and inspect people who came out.

The guests who had finally escaped were trapped there and couldn't leave. They were all in a mess and full of resentment, but they dared not say anything to the Fuso military police.

When the bearded man saw the situation, he went over to negotiate.

The person in charge of the interception was his old acquaintance, Captain Nakata.

Captain Nakata saw the disgrace on the bearded man and was very happy: "Yu Jun, have you ever fled in such a hurry?"

The bearded man straightened his collar and said nonchalantly, "Captain Nakata, you're joking. When something as deadly as this happens, who wouldn't want to escape first? I'm no exception."

Captain Nakata's eyes flashed with disdain, but he nodded politely and understood, "This is human nature. You don't have to be ashamed of it, Lord Yu."

The bearded man's expression remained unchanged, thinking to himself, how did you, a little Japanese soldier, know that I am ashamed?

He suppressed his inner complaints and asked directly, "Captain Nakata, can you please let me go? I need to hurry back to report this matter."

Captain Nakata shook his head. "I'm afraid that's not possible. Yu Jun, why don't you first tell me the purpose of coming to this banquet."

The bearded man said frankly, "What other purpose could there be? I guessed your plan and came here to watch the fun, but something like this happened. Captain Nakata, shouldn't you rush in to rescue them? Be careful that someone else steals the credit."

Captain Nakata's expression changed several times as he spoke.

Just then, one of the bearded men arrived and reported from outside the defense line, "Commander, Mr. Chen from Shancheng has an urgent call saying the principal wants to see you."

"Captain Nakata, what do you see?" The bearded man spread his hands helplessly.

Captain Nakata gritted his teeth and said, "Let them go!"

They were allowed to go, but only Da Huzi was allowed to go. The others had to stay here and wait for review.

The bearded man didn't leave immediately. Instead, he leaned closer to discuss with Captain Nakata, "Is it okay for me to take one more person with me?"

Captain Nakata immediately became alert and asked who it was.

The bearded man waved back, and Rong Zhen walked out from the crowd with his head lowered and in small steps.

"Hello, Nakata-kun, we meet again." She greeted him in Japanese, and was immediately embraced by the bearded man, with the back of her head firmly pressed by his big hands, preventing her from showing her entire face.

Captain Nakata still remembered her voice, and when he recognized her, he understood what the bearded man, Jiang Yu, was thinking. "You, Lord Yu, even brought your beautiful lady along with you when you came to join in the fun. Are you here to watch the fun, or do you want to meet your beautiful lady?"

The bearded man embraced the beautiful woman and laughed heartily, "Some things are better left unsaid than revealed. Can we go now?"

Captain Nakata took a deep look at the person in his arms. Rongzhen turned his head to the side and nodded at him in a pretentious manner. It was not known what signal he misunderstood, but he really let them go very readily.

Seeing this, the people behind started to protest. There was so much chaos that Captain Nakata and his men had no time to take care of anything else. Therefore, they did not notice that after Jiang Yu and Rong Zhen got out of the car, they did not go the way they left, but went around to the back door of the hotel.

The car was driven by Jiang Yu's subordinate himself. Rong Zhen was an old acquaintance of him. After getting in the car and greeting him, he turned around and stretched out his "evil hand" towards the bearded man on Jiang Yu's face.

Don’t think that I won’t recognize you just because you changed your username. Show me your true colors!

Jiang Yu was caught off guard by her grabbing his beard. He subconsciously leaned back and pulled her into his arms, laughing muffledly and begging for mercy: "Don't pull, don't pull, it's sticky!"