On the bitterly cold street, Wei Ran drove Somegu's car slowly toward the study apartment, but his hand holding a cigarette on the steering wheel could not stop trembling.

Glancing at Tao Canhua, who was covering his entire face with a hat from the passenger seat, Wei Ran tremblingly brought the cigarette to his mouth and took a deep breath, hoarsely saying, "It's better to die in our hands than to die in our hands."

It's better than dying by a Japanese gun."

"I killed Keqin," Tao Canhua said with a cry through his hat.

"I know"

Wei Ran sighed, "We're almost home, wipe away your tears. Come... smoke a cigarette, it will make you feel better."

Hearing this, Tao Canhua wiped his face vigorously with the newsboy cap in his hand and blew his nose. Then he reached out with trembling hands, took out a cigarette from the silver cigarette case handed over by Wei Ran and put it in his mouth.

, letting Wei Ran change the cigarette case into a lighter to light it for him.

"Take a small sip and inhale it into your lungs." Wei Ran guided this young man who never smoked to protect his throat to smoke the first cigarette in his miserable life.

"Cough——! Cough cough cough!"

As expected, Tao Canhua was choked by the smoke that was sucked into his lungs and coughed repeatedly. But even so, he still breathed in one breath after another, choked and coughed again and again, and even coughed up tears that he had been holding back for a long time.

Finally, when he had smoked about half of the cigarette with difficulty, Wei Ran drove the car into the yard of Xu Qing's apartment again.

Before he could stop, Tao Canhua hurriedly opened the car door, supported the ginkgo tree in the yard that had already lost all its leaves, and started vomiting again.

"What's going on? What's going on?" Yang's mother, who was cleaning the yard, ran over and took out a handkerchief from her pocket to wipe it with Tao Canhua.

"Yang Ma, Yang Ma." Wei Ran called to the other party.

"Are you bullying Canhua again?" Yang's mother immediately complained when she saw that Meixiang and Shunzi had walked out of the hall.

"Mother Yang, stop asking."

Wei Ran glanced at Mei Xiang who was hesitant to speak, and then said, "Mother Yang, go boil some bath water for Can Hua, find him some clean clothes, and clean up the vomit in the car."

"Why!"

When Yang Ma knew it was not a good question, she simply responded, greeted Uncle Meng who limped over from the boiler room, and started working.

"What happened?" Mei Xiang asked, standing at the door.

"Mrs. Shunzi, can I have a few words with my cousin alone?" Wei Ran asked Shunzi apologetically.

"Of course, you guys can chat." Junko Sometani bowed slightly, and under Jasmine's guidance, turned and walked into the hall, closing the door from the inside.

It wasn't until he saw her and Jasmine going up to the second floor through the floor-to-ceiling windows not far away that Wei Ran sighed, and with Mei Xiang's ear in mind, he recounted everything that happened after going out in detail.

once.

"You...what did you say..."

When Mei Xiang heard that Wei Ran and Tao Canhua were forced to kill Chen Pike and Xu Keqin, she was in a daze. If Wei Ran hadn't quickly grabbed her arm with quick eyesight, she would have sat down on the ground.

"Don't mention this matter to anyone," Wei Ran continued to whisper into the other person's ear, "Especially..."

"I know"

Mei Xiang nodded, slightly panicked, holding on to the stone handrail on the doorstep to support her body, and took several deep breaths in an effort to calm herself down.

"Smoke a cigarette." Wei Ran took out the cigarette case again and used the only comfort method at present.

Taking the cigarette from Wei Ran, Mei Xiang held it in her mouth without even using the holder. After letting Wei Ran light it for her, she took several puffs in succession.

"Are you going out later?" Mei Xiang asked.

"go out"

Wei Ran, who also lit a cigarette, nodded, "I still need to help Mr. Someya."

"Go ahead"

Mei Xiang whispered into Wei Ran's ear, "Look around carefully. If any cigarette vendor has red or black cloth tied to the handle of his cigarette case, ask him to buy all the cigarettes except the cigarettes you want to buy."

Fairy brand cigarettes, remember to ask for an extra pack of matches, just one more pack."

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded and replied in a low voice, "I remember."

"When are you going?" Mei Xiang asked, slightly opening the distance of less than half a meter.

Wei Ran sighed, "I'll change my clothes too, and then I'll go."

“There’s no need to worry about Chanhua.”

Meixiang sighed, flicked the cigarette from her fingertips, took a few deep breaths again, then opened the door and walked up to the second floor alone with a smile on her face.

It wasn't until the other person's thin but strong back was completely blocked by the stairs that Wei Ran walked in and walked into his own room.

After carefully cleaning the Type 26 pistol that still had vomit in his pocket and removing all the bullets except for the single empty shell, he walked out of the room and gently knocked on the gun that was being used.

bathroom door.

"Who?" In the bathroom, Tao Canhua, who was scrubbing his hands vigorously, asked hoarsely.

"I"

Wei Ran responded, then opened the unlocked door and walked into the bathroom.

Looking at Tao Canhua's red hands and red and swollen eyes, Wei Ran sighed secretly and forced the pistol in his hand into the other person's hand.

However, for Tao Canhua, this pistol was as hot as a red-hot coal. As soon as Wei Ran took his hand away, he subconsciously shivered, and the pistol also fell to the ground with a "clang".

on the floor tiles.

Bending down again to pick up the blood-stained pistol, Wei Ran handed it to the other party again and said against his ear, "Take it and use it later to avenge them."

Hearing this, Tao Canhua's body trembled involuntarily, and he finally held the pistol tightly.

"There are outsiders in the study apartment, as well as younger brothers, sisters and family members who need your protection."

Wei Ran continued to whisper into the other person's ear, "No matter how sad you are, don't let them see it."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I...I know...I know..." Tao Canhua gritted his teeth and replied in a low voice.

"Take a good bath, and then go back to your room and take a nap." Wei Ran paused and finally said, "Keqin...he won't blame you."

After saying that, he patted Tao Canhua's shoulder gently, turned around and walked out of the bathroom, and gently closed the door for him.

In the bathroom, Tao Canhua slowly leaned against the bathtub and looked at the pistol in his hand with tears in his eyes. He slowly put the barrel of the gun against his chin, and with a little more force on his finger, he finally pulled the trigger.

.

"despair!"

With a faint sound, the firing pin of the pistol hit the primer of the remaining cartridge case. Tao Canhua also trembled violently, and then like crazy, he continuously pulled the trigger. In this bathroom, too

There was a continuous clicking sound.

Finally, Tao Canhua stopped, struggled to get up, turned on the faucet as high as possible, put his head under the faucet, and let the cold water pour on his head.

"Revenge, revenge, revenge."

Tao Canhua murmured vaguely as the water washed over him, and his hands firmly grasped the edge of the sink.

Outside the bathroom, Wei Ran lit the second cigarette after entering. He tried his best to raise his neck and looked up at the gorgeous chandelier above the hall, looking at the crystal pendants that looked like teardrops, trying not to let them smash.

Come down.

After taking a few deep breaths, Wei Ran finished the cigarette in his hand, walked into his room, put on a new tunic suit and a clean woolen coat, and then dressed them carefully.

I put on my shoes, gloves, and hat, and walked out of the hall alone with an expressionless face.

After glancing at Yang's mother who was cleaning the car, Wei Ran drove the car belonging to Li and left the courtyard. While slowing down, he looked for cigarette vendors on the streets.

It's a pity that in this chaotic British concession, there are no vendors on the streets at this time. Instead, there are more corpses lying dead on the roadside, white women who have been stripped naked, and even being humiliated in the street.

When he drove the car to the edge of the Haihe River again, the recruiting soldiers had already withdrawn, and the bodies of Chen Xiuyu and others were casually discarded on the frozen Haihe River ice.

At this time, the only person left on the shore was Yukio Sometani, who was holding a camera to take pictures of the corpses.

"Sent it back?" Yukio Sometani asked when he saw Wei Ran coming over.

"Send it back." Wei Ran nodded, "It seems that I can only help you drive and be your assistant."

"sorry"

Yukio Sometani looked at the Haihe River filled with cold fog and said with a guilty look, "I really can't help you with anything, I..."

"We should thank you"

Wei Ran said with a smile, "Otherwise, how would we have the chance to avenge Walker? As for Canhua, don't worry, it's just his first time killing someone. He will be fine in two days."

Hearing this, Yukio Sometani was stunned for a moment, then he sighed lonelyly, then cheered up again, and said with a smile, "Now that I'm relieved, let's go and take me back to Japan."

The concession, Shunzi and I rushed there in a hurry this morning, but there are still a lot of things we haven’t picked up.”

"good"

Wei Ran nodded, helped the other person open the door, and helped him close it after he sat in. Then he got into the cab and drove straight to the direction of the Japanese Concession.

Along the way, the two did not communicate at all, they just lit a cigarette and smoked it silently.

Soon after, Wei Ran drove the car into the Japanese Concession.

Compared to the panic-stricken British Concession, this place was as lively as ever. Not to mention the dead bodies and humiliated women along the street, there were not even one or two Japanese soldiers to be seen.
To be continued...