Chapter 1054 The Returnee's Notes 128
Captain Xu ignored him, saying, "Boss Lan, what you're saying is useless to me. We chased this person for several blocks before finally catching her at the back gate of the theater. If it weren't for the guys in our team knowing how to take shortcuts, she would have really escaped."
If she's not a suspect, why is she running away?
Captain Xu squinted at Xi'er and knew that Xi'er was probably not the assassin, but even if she wasn't the assassin, she was still inextricably linked to the assassin.
"Take them away!"
Lan Yan knew he couldn't save Xi'er now, but he still wanted to try again, and then his arm was grabbed.
It was the troupe leader who had just arrived. "Lan Yan, think about the rest of the troupe."
Xi'er's recklessness has already implicated the rest of the opera troupe. Now, the important thing is to figure out how to clear the troupe of suspicion. Protecting Xi'er would be like sacrificing the lives of everyone in the troupe.
“Master, I know my limits.”
But Xi'er is a girl after all, and he wanted Captain Xu to take good care of her and let him... think of a way.
The troupe leader hesitated, his pupils trembling slightly. Xi'er was a girl?!
Xie Ning watched as Lan Yan stood in front of Xi'er. His expression was extremely complicated, as if he had expected it. Perhaps when Xi'er asked him how to write the character "寇", he had already thought that Xi'er would eventually have this day.
But I didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
It happened so fast that he was completely unprepared.
"Xi'er, you're an honest child. If you didn't do it, you didn't do it, understand?"
Captain Xu chuckled and didn't linger. He was only sparing the girl out of respect for the director, but others might not. The Japanese soldiers were still furious.
Xie Ning followed Lan Yan all the way to the troupe leader's courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, the troupe leader flew into a rage, yelling that Xi'er had ruined the troupe, was reckless, and didn't know to consult an elder. After scolding her for a while, he finally told the troupe leader's wife to fetch some money to bribe the troupe.
Not for Xi'er, but for themselves.
Lan Yan listened quietly, and when the troupe leader's wife entered the inner room, he bowed to the troupe leader and said, "Troupe leader, it is Lan Yan who has not taught the child well, and now he has caused a great disaster. He is naturally to blame. I still have some personal savings. Please take them."
…I have a good relationship with that director; I'll go make that trip over later.”
It wasn't that he had a good relationship with the police chief, but rather that the chief's elderly mother enjoyed listening to his operas, and that's how they gradually developed a acquaintance.
But this friendship is ultimately not enough.
After several days of hard work, there was finally hope of saving her, so Lan Yan went to the prison to take a look at Xi'er.
Despite being covered in bruises, Xi'er still smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt."
Although she was a bit naive, she had now realized she was in trouble. "Sir, is the opera troupe... alright?"
She wasn't afraid of her own pain, but she was afraid of others suffering because of her.
"How could you be so foolish as to do something like that?"
Lan Yan was quite disappointed in him, "You saved that person, but did that person come to save you? They probably ran away long ago!"
I've taught you since you were little that if you don't understand something, come ask me. You're not allowed to do what I forbid. Why are you becoming more and more disobedient as you grow up!
Listening to Lan Yan's rambling, Xi'er showed no impatience whatsoever. She waited until Lan Yan finished scolding before speaking, "Sir, do you know what spring is like in the North?"
"What?"
Xi'er looked up at the small window on the wall, where only a faint light shone through. "Sir, when I left the North, it was winter."
I was like a snowflake in winter, blown by the cold wind to the south, landing on the ground, and becoming a small blade of grass in the southern spring.
I remember the rain in the south, but I've forgotten what the spring breeze in the north tastes like.
Perhaps... I don't want to remember, because the wind smells of blood. Sir, could you go and see for me? I'm still young, and I don't remember what a clean spring in the North looks like.
Lan Yan turned his face away, "Why should I go see for you? If you want to see, go yourself!"
Xi'er's smile faded, and at that moment, her eyes were filled with sorrow. "Sir, Xi'er has learned a few lines of lyrics. Shall I sing them for you?"
You said this is your favorite word.
"What talk of beautiful flowers, a full moon, and long life? How much sorrow lies hidden across this vast land! The barbarian cavalry, like jackals and wolves, drink their fill on the Yellow River, its waters stained with blood. They endured hardship and humiliation, never bowing their heads in pride. Thoughts drift endlessly, filled with endless resentment; in which province does the moon shine bright over my homeland…?"
Xie Ning sighed softly. Xi'er was hinting at Lan Yan. In the past few days, in order to save Xi'er, Lan Yan had agreed to perform for the Japanese army to promote their Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ideology and brainwash the surrounding people.
And these few lines of lyrics... This play is a period drama that inspires the nation to unite against foreign aggression.
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