On Friday, December 5, 1941, at five o'clock in the morning, the members of the Chunhua Troupe got up on time as usual and lined up to start washing.

In the room on the third floor, Yumi, who was well prepared, had plugged her ears with cotton balls in advance - even though this could not block much noise, it was a small psychological comfort and allowed her to continue sleeping.

In the morning of that day, the members of the Chunhua Opera Troupe were still busy practicing and rehearsing, while Wei Ran drove Jasmine out, first ordering a table of Western-style cold meals, and then rushed to Walker's Matheson.

"Mr. Walker"

Wei Ran greeted the other party enthusiastically in German and smoked a cigarette. At the same time, he complained, "Why didn't you go to the tea party yesterday?"

"I was too busy yesterday," Walker replied with a grimace. "I was busy processing a batch of goods arriving at the port all day yesterday."

"You didn't go yesterday, but you caused me to lose a lot of money at the poker table."

Wei Ran said with a pained look on his face, "Second Sister You won more than 20 yuan from me, alas!"

"I have long said not to play mahjong with those ladies, you cannot win money from them." Walker said with deep sympathy.

"I really should listen to your advice."

Wei Ran spread his hands with a regretful look on his face, "Let's get down to business. My cousin asked me to come to your place to buy a few bottles of good wine to drink at the dance party in the evening. What do you think? Will you go then?"

"Of course I want to go," Walker replied without thinking. "I've been working hard all week, but I just want to relax at the dance on Friday night."

"In that case, let's have a few more drinks tonight."

Wei Ran waved the hand holding the cigarette, took out a big letter from his pocket and handed it to the other party, "We have to go to the Golden Boat Dance Club later, so hurry up and take us to choose some bars. By the way.

, can you go and deliver the wine for us a little earlier in the evening?"

"sure"

Walker responded happily and called for Wei Ran and Jasmine to follow him into the warehouse where the foreign wine was stored.

They carefully selected three wooden boxes of foreign wine and entrusted Walker to take them to the study apartment in the evening. Wei Ran and Jasmine said goodbye politely and drove straight to the Seventh Heaven in the Japanese Concession.

"I still can't figure it out," Jasmine said abruptly, "I still can't figure out why Walker betrayed Brother Tang."

"Someone will ask him to explain clearly." Wei Ran snorted, while slightly increasing the speed of the car.

Wei Ran didn't bother to go to the Golden Boat Dance Hall to invite geishas, ​​so he simply didn't follow Jasmine there, and casually summoned a cigarette vendor to complete his daily task of buying cigarettes.

By the time the two of them drove back to the study apartment, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning. Yumi and Meixiang got up one after another after sleeping well. At this time, they were drinking tea in the living room on the third floor looking at the terrace outside.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or Mei Xiang's deliberate arrangement, but before lunch, a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit also came to the door and expressed in a respectful tone that he wanted to borrow Miss Mei Xiang's car for Sister You.

Naturally, Meixiang would not refuse this request, and happily asked Wei Ran to give the key to the other party, allowing the middle-aged man to drive the Japanese car out of the yard.

That afternoon, the members of the Chunhua Troupe worked together to carry out a routine cleaning of the upstairs, downstairs and even the yard.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, after a simple dinner, the older girls and boys put on cheongsams or Chinese tunic suits, while the younger ones put on coats, skirts or robes, and stood up early.

Went to the entrance of the small courtyard and waited to welcome guests.

Just after six o'clock in the afternoon, the Western-style cold meals that Jasmine had ordered in advance were placed on the dining table on the second floor. Shortly after, Walker also drove a car and parked at the entrance of the courtyard.

"Volk, bring the car in."

Wei Ran came up to him and greeted him from afar, "Back into the garage directly, so I can save two steps."

"You are really lazy"

Walker shook his head helplessly, drove the car into the yard, and drove backwards into the garage that was vacant because the car was temporarily borrowed.

"Where's your car?" Walker opened the door and asked curiously.

"I was borrowed by Sister You before lunch."

As Wei Ran spoke, he opened the trunk of the car driven by Walker, called to the young men following him, and took out the three boxes of foreign wine and sent them directly to the second floor.

"You need to find a place to sit first."

As if he didn't treat Walker as an outsider at all, Wei Ran invited him to sit down in the living room on the second floor. He himself was busy selecting a few bottles of wine and pouring them into a glass decanter in advance.

Walker seemed to be used to this. He picked up a piece of Chinese pastry from the table and ate it in a few bites. Then he sat in front of the piano in the banquet hall on the second floor and asked in German, "Victor, what do you want?"

What music are you listening to?”

"How about the Waltz of Flowers?" Wei Ran asked in a leisurely manner.

"I'll give it a try," Walker said, placing his hands on the keys and starting to play.

You should be allowed to play Chopin's Funeral March, but unfortunately, you are not worthy...

Wei Ran muttered something in a low voice in this extremely familiar piano music, and the killing intent in his lowered eyes almost overflowed and dripped into the scarlet wine.

Before the song was finished, young men or girls in dresses came in one after another, either alone or in groups, enthusiastic and also wearing dresses, with Yumei waiting on the first floor.

Meixiang said hello.

However, these young people call Meixiang "Teacher Meixiang" with respect and a hint of kindness.

Almost immediately, the rich ladies came over. Perhaps due to some tacit understanding, not many of these rich ladies had dancing partners.

Especially the resentful young woman who impressed Wei Ran deeply. She poured two glasses of wine on her own without waiting for the dance to begin, and chatted with a rather decent-looking young man in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. And looking at her

The way her smile was trembling showed that she was very satisfied with this potential dance partner.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! By around 6:30, the sky had completely darkened, and with the last wave of the late Someya couple arriving, the dance officially began.

He danced the first dance with Mei Xiang first, and when Qiushi, who was in charge of playing the piano, started playing the second piece, Wei Ran immediately approached Yu Mei with a shy face and stretched out his arms towards her like a dog.

hand.

When she saw Wei Ran's face, Youmei subconsciously thought of the big treasures in the boxes on top of the darkroom cabinet on the second floor. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel that the hand Wei Ran stretched out didn't seem so clean.

After a moment's hesitation, she suppressed her nausea and put her lace-gloved hand on Wei Ran's.

At the same time, Wei Ran also held the opponent's injured hand with a little force, and at the same time used his other hand to wrap his arms around the opponent's slim waist, and even lowered it towards the buttocks intentionally or unintentionally.

"Please respect yourself," Yumi reminded her in Japanese with a cold face, enduring the pain in her fingertips.

"I should have known better to learn Japanese language, but I can't even understand what this little bitch is saying."

Wei Ran muttered something, then he held Yumi closer to him, and at the same time started dancing to the music.

Under the dim light, Yumei rolled her eyes. After patiently dancing with Wei Ran, she simply distanced herself from Wei Ran and even deliberately sat next to Tao Canhua.

Seeing this, Wei Ran deliberately put on a gloomy expression, and then he took a glass of wine and approached Walker, who had just finished dancing with Mei Xiang.

"It seems that the pretty girl is not interested in you?" Walker and Wei Ran touched their glasses lightly, took a sip of red wine, and teased in German.

"Who do you think she is?" After Wei Ran asked, he drank half the glass of wine in one gulp.

"Who?" Walker asked with interest.

"Mr. Tian's daughter"

"Mr. Tian?" Walker frowned and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Ueda?"

"Who else could it be?"

Wei Ran reluctantly confirmed the other party's guess, and then raised his chin towards the geisha who was performing a Japanese dance for everyone, "Did you see the one dancing? That was my cousin who specially came from the Golden Boat Dance Hall

We found a geisha from Dongjing, saying that she was worried about Ms. Youmi’s loneliness, so she invited her to chat with you. I heard from Jasmine that the geisha was just 16 years old."

"Are you also interested in that geisha?" Walker asked with a smile as he took a big sip of red wine.

"I?"

Wei Ran smiled and said, "I'm not interested in that geisha, but Miss Youmei, tsk tsk tsk, it's a pity, I can't eat it when I see it."

Hearing this, Walker smiled and said, "I heard that you just provoked the eldest lady of the Guan family, and you fell in love with someone new so soon?"

"It's nothing, don't listen to the rumors outside." Wei Ran denied it flatly, while filling the other party's glass with wine, "Drink, drink."

"Really?" Walker asked with a smile, "Maybe I can ask Mr. Guan to help you beg for mercy."

Hearing this, Wei Ran's face couldn't help but reveal a hint of emotion, but then he seemed to remember something and quickly shook his head and denied it again, "The eldest lady of the Guan family and I are innocent.

, there is really nothing, and I don’t know which bastard spread the gossip.”

"have a drink"

Walker took the initiative to clink glasses with Wei Ran, and seeing Wei Ran drink up all the wine in the glass in one gulp, he seemed to have confirmed some suspicions, and drank it down in one gulp with peace of mind.

Soon, the third song started, and Wei Ran immediately put down his wine glass and invited a beautiful female student who seemed to be learning dancing from Mei Xiang to enter the dance floor.

Whose child is she carrying...

Walker murmured something secretly in his heart, and then invited a rich lady to the dance floor.

After the third dance, Wei Ran held a wine glass and once again approached Yumi who was chatting with the geisha. Unfortunately, the other party just saw him coming and immediately walked towards Tao Canhua. Seeing this, Wei Ran's

There was also a gloomy look on his face.

"Victor"

Walker came over with a glass of wine and gloated in German, "Your cousin asked me to remind you not to continue to embarrass her. If you drink too much, go downstairs and rest. You will have to drive after the dance is over."

Take that geisha back to the Golden Boat Dance Hall."

"I almost forgot about this"

Wei Ran patted his forehead, touched Walker with his cup, and said nonchalantly, "Just find a rickshaw for her then, she's just a lonely girl."
To be continued...