When Wei Ran was woken up again by Qiushi in the basement without sunlight to drink medicine, it was already the afternoon of July 30.

"Tinmen fell"

Just as Wei Ran and Andy put down their bowls of soup and medicine, Mei Xiang also put down the handset of the telephone on her desk, and helplessly told the bad news that everyone had guessed last night.

Then, she continued, "Jasmine just received the news that the Japs have occupied Nankai University. They sent several cars of Japs over and robbed a lot of things from there. They also took away several people including Nankai University.

All the schools were set on fire, and the Japanese planes just went there and bombed them again, killing many people who spontaneously went to put out the fire."

Andy, Guan Bingwen, and even the cigarette vendor Chen Xiuyu all sighed heavily. Although Wei Ran was not surprised by this, he also squeezed the porcelain bowl in his hand. Compared with the historical records of later generations,

The record, the retelling that was actually heard, is undoubtedly more heartbreaking and painful.

"Take good care of yourself"

Mei Xiang said calmly, "No matter what you want to do, the first thing you have to do is to heal your injuries. The only good news at the moment is that the Japanese seem to have no intention of attacking the British, French and Italian concessions."

"Tao Canhua!"

Wei Ran reminded keenly, "Once the war is over, the Japanese Zeda will definitely ask Canhua to play the piano for him to find out about the situation in the Love Letter Apartment, and will also ask you if you have come back."

Hearing this, Mei Xiang immediately frowned.

"And I"

Wei Ran stood up as he spoke, "Zhitian has arranged for someone to buy information from me to verify the authenticity of the information obtained by Canhua. If I don't show up, I'm afraid it will also arouse the other party's vigilance."

"No," Mei Xiang frowned immediately, "You are also injured, let the mute uncle go and see Canhua off every day."

"Cousin, please don't make things difficult for Ueda."

Wei Ran suddenly smiled playfully and joked, "Uncle Mute's mouth is too strict. They have to work hard to get anything out of Uncle Mute's mouth."

"How long have you been making jokes about the mute uncle?" Mei Xiang rolled her eyes at Wei Ran angrily.

"So I'd better go"

Wei Ran pretended to be relaxed and said, "Except for the injury on the head, all other injuries can be covered with clothes. I just need to wear a hat. Anyway, I only go out once a day, so it won't have any impact."

Before Mei Xiang could speak, Wei Ran added extra seriously, "Cousin, only if everything is normal here can we not attract the attention of the Japanese. I'm sure they won't dare to easily send troops to occupy the Three Kingdoms before the overall war situation changes.

It’s in the concession, but if that Ueda treats our place as a breakthrough point, he will arrange for people to keep an eye on this place if the security is not intact.”

Hearing this, Mei Xiang frowned and walked back and forth for a few steps, and finally said, "Okay...it seems like this is the only way..."

"When does cousin plan to go home?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, changing the subject.

"No. 5," Mei Xiang replied, "If nothing else happens, Miss Gu's family will send a car over late at night on the 5th, and I will follow that car back."

"Cousin Andy, are you coming back with us?" Wei Ran said and looked at Andy in the bed next to him.

"How do I get back?"

Andy rolled his eyes and asked angrily, "Your cousin and I went to see a play in Peking, and then we came back with our legs broken? What became of me?"

"In this case, how about cousin Andy choosing to flee south when the situation is not good?" Wei Ran suggested.

"That's all we can do." Mei Xiang nodded.

"I asked you to borrow some money and flee to my grandma's house in southern Fujian for refuge."

Andy lit a cigarette and said, "It's far enough there. Even a trip back and forth is enough time for me to recover from my injuries."

"also"

Meixiang nodded, then looked at Guan Bingwen, "Xiaoguan, you will stay here to recuperate until the injury is healed."

"Sister Meixiang, can... can you help me ask how my family is doing, and how is Mr. Feng?" Guan Bingwen tried his best to raise his head and asked, "Also, there are my classmates over at school.

..”

"Do not worry"

Mei Xiang comforted her gently, "I will contact your family as soon as possible and find Mr. Feng as soon as possible."

"Cousin Wei Ran, come here."

While Mei Xiang was communicating with Guan Bingwen, Andy also called Wei Ran and sat beside her bed, "Take off your clothes and I'll change your dressing."

"Excuse me, Cousin Andy"

Wei Ran walked to the other party's bed, sat down obediently, and let her help him take off the shirt that was already on him. The latter also called Qiushi to help him get the medicine box.

"My cousin's grandma lives in southern Fujian?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"You are very sweet-tongued, and this cousin is really skilled at calling."

Andy joked while changing Weiran's dressing, and then added, "My grandma's home is in Citong, have you been there?"

"Never been there." Wei Ran shook his head.

“I haven’t been there either”

Andy smiled and said as if he was telling someone else's story, "My mother told me when she was alive that my grandfather sold her to my father for 100 yuan in order to find a wife for my uncle.

of.

Now that the money and goods have been cleared, there is no need to move around anymore. I don’t even know if anyone in my grandma’s family is still alive.”

Hearing this, Wei Ran grinned and wisely did not continue to ask.

After Andy helped Wei Ran change the medicine for various wounds, Wei Ran, who could only use one hand, also directed Qiushi to help, and changed the medicine for the wounds of Andy, Guan Bingwen and Chen Xiuyu.

After everything was done, Wei Ran put on a white shirt with Qiushi's help to cover the wounds all over his body. He also put on a newsboy hat that Qiushi found from the closet, and even used it to hang

The strips of cloth and rope hanging from his right arm were all removed.

After trying to move the five fingers of his right hand, Wei Ran said, "Cousin, I'm going up right now. If anything happens..."

"Let Jasmine teach you how to use the telephone."

Mei Xiang didn't wait for Wei Ran to finish and said, "In addition, you should pay attention to the situation outside. When it is safe, let Cao Duba take you to find Mr. Feng. Also, go to Xiaoguan's house to see the situation."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As she spoke, Mei Xiang motioned to Wei Ran to go out, and she followed and left the room.

When the two of them reached the end of the passage, Mei Xiang motioned to Wei Ran to bend down slightly. She also stood on tiptoes, put her mouth to Wei Ran's ear and whispered, "Xiao Guan's mother passed away several years ago.

Yes, his father is half a traitor, so you must not have any contact with him, let alone let him know that Xiaoguan is here with us.

You just need to focus on seeing how Xiaoguan's sister is doing. Uncle Mute knows how to find her. If the situation is not good, he will secretly bring her here."

"Understood" Wei Ran nodded and responded.

Mei Xiang took one last look at Wei Ran, then reached out and flipped an old-fashioned switch on the wall.

At the same time, in Jasmine's room on the second floor, the radio that had been playing suddenly stopped working.

At this time, Jasmine, who was cleaning the living room on the second floor, immediately stopped what she was doing, trotted into the room and flipped the switch on the wall beside the bed. When the radio started working again, she immediately trotted down again.

Floor, first made a gesture to Cao Yuba, who immediately ran to the door of the small courtyard, inspected the iron fence door that was sewn tightly with wooden boards and the two door bars that were as thick as calves, and then did not forget to step on them.

He took the ladder set up on the flower wall, climbed to the top of the wall and took a look outside, then came down and gestured to Jasmine who was standing at the door of the small building.

After getting the signal, Jasmine immediately ran into the kitchen and turned on the lights in the kitchen. At the same time that the power was turned on, two small yellow lights also lit up in the basement passage where Wei Ran and Mei Xiang were.

"Come up," Mei Xiang said, reaching out to try to support Wei Ran, who could only use one hand.

"It's okay, I'll do it myself."

Wei Ran smiled and declined the other party's help. He climbed up the ladder little by little, leaning on the wall with his back.

Opening the wooden door which was not that big, Wei Ran took out a flashlight and observed it, then reached out and pulled out the wooden wedge stuck on the slide rail, and then pulled the linkage rod fixed on the wall until he heard

With a click, the huge mirror was immediately moved slowly to make way for the entrance.

After helping to close the door and return the mirror to its original position, Wei Ran fumbled and used wooden wedges to tighten the slide rail. Then he quickly walked to the stairwell and returned the corner of the stair handrail to its original angle, blocking the mirror frame perfectly.

.

He had just finished his work here, and Jasmine had already gone downstairs and wiped the handrail with a greasy rag.

"Why did you come up here?" Jasmine asked in surprise.

"I wasn't hurt that badly, so I came up." Wei Ran replied with a smile, "How is the situation outside?"

"not too good"

Jasmine shook her head, and walked up with Wei Ran while saying, "In the morning, I followed Uncle Mute to the edge of the concession to take a look at it from a distance. I heard people who escaped said that the little Japs were killing people all the way."

It's especially serious over there.

In addition, although our large forces have withdrawn from the city to the south, there are still sporadic exchanges of fire in the city."

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded, changed the subject and said, "My cousin asked you to teach me how to use the telephone."

"Come with me." Jasmine didn't seem surprised by this, and left the storage room with Wei Ran and walked to the second floor.

When passing by the kitchen, Wei Ran also saw Yang's mother, who was cooking on a briquette stove, and Tao Canhua, who was busy boiling medicine on a small red mud charcoal stove in the small open space behind the kitchen.

Without saying hello to the two people who were busy, Wei Ran followed Jasmine to the second floor. The latter skillfully removed the phone cord, then removed the carved baffle of the radiator, pulled out a set of telephones and demonstrated it to Wei Ran.

Fan, by the way, also got the instructions from Mei Xiang that she had just given to Wei Ran through the phone.

After hanging up the phone and restoring everything to the original state, Wei Ran asked curiously, "Did you do this yourself?"

"You mean this phone line?"

Seeing Wei Ran nod, Jasmine clapped her hands and explained, "The previous landlord was a British missionary. Except for the ginkgo tree, which was planted by the lady herself when she bought this place, the rest of the decorations were left by the British missionary.

At that time, the missionary had a servant named Asan who was responsible for guarding the house. He told us all these institutions."

"Where is that servant?" Wei Ran asked with a frown.

"died"

Jasmine glanced at Wei Ran and said very bluntly, "Uncle Mute bought him a ticket to Shanghai, and after the ferry set sail, he sank into the Haihe River, otherwise there would be no way to keep the secret here."

"Haihe is really tolerant of all things," Wei Ran muttered, and then asked, "Does Little Su's mother know about the hidden basement?"

Jasmine shook her head and said helplessly, "When the young lady discovered the hidden basement, she originally planned to use it to hide from Little Su's mother. At that time, Little Su's mother brought guests here almost every day.
To be continued...