Shen Ruoqiu's Rendezvous

"Miss Kiyoko, are you sure you don't need me to take you home?"

Murakami Takayuki followed him all the way to the car. Matsumoto Kiyoko got into the car and glanced at him.

"No need, we brought a driver."

"Hi, Kiyoko, take care."

Murakami Takayuki took a few steps back, bowed to Matsumoto Kiyoko sitting in the car, and remained in that position until the car started moving.

It was late at night. Lu Chen exhaled white smoke, finally able to go home.

Kiyoko Matsumoto sat in the back seat, while Lu Chen walked to the other side of the front seat, opened the car door, and prepared to get in.

"Lu Chen, you just came up like that?"

Seeing Lu Chen about to get into the car, Matsumoto Kiyoko frowned.

Having crawled out of the trenches, Lu Chen was covered in mud, which had dried and hardened into clumps.

Lu Chen looked down at it, then looked up at Matsumoto Kiyoko with a puzzled expression.

It was a bit dirty, but there was nothing I could do. The Japanese camp had a place to shower, but I couldn't possibly wash my clothes here. What would I wear if I did?

"Then you can go back."

Kiyoko Matsumoto left a sentence, and the driver slammed the car door shut, leaving Lu Chen alone, bewildered in the wind.

"I...this..."

Lu Chen glanced at Murakami Takayuki across from him, but Murakami Takayuki completely ignored him and turned to leave.

"Hey, Captain, um, do you have a car? Could you give me a ride home?"

Lu Chen rubbed his hands together, looking at Murakami Takayuki. He saw many military vehicles in the Japanese camp, so he should be able to send him back, right?

"Damn Japanese devils, they made me walk all the way back!"

He kicked away the stone at his feet in frustration and walked towards the French Concession, still seething with anger.

He tried everything to persuade Murakami Takayuki, using both soft and hard tactics, but Murakami Takayuki just wouldn't agree. He didn't know if it was because Lu Chen was Chinese or what.

He was almost ready to beg him, but Lu Chen couldn't bring himself to plead with the Japanese.

With no other option, Lu Chen had to walk back. Although Huajie wasn't large, that was relative to the car; for a person, it would still take half an hour to walk there.

"Hey bro, got a cigarette? Wow, this is pretty unique, got a pet mouse?"

Lu Chen was looking down in frustration when someone suddenly spoke to him and asked him for a cigarette.

Looking up, I saw that they were dressed like soldiers, but I didn't recognize them.

He thought no one was around, so he let the rat stand on his shoulder for some fresh air. He didn't expect there to be someone there, and that he had been seen. Luckily, he didn't recognize the rat, and no one else recognized him either.

Yes, yes.

He took out his cigarette case, handed over two cigarettes, naturally ignoring the rat on his shoulder.

"I don't......"

Just as Wang Xiaohu was about to say that he didn't smoke, Guo Zhiyuan quickly covered his mouth and chuckled as he spoke.

"Thanks, brother."

He then reached out and took the two cigarettes, so he could smoke two.

The two were preparing to go to the battlefield to collect spoils of war, and they arrived as soon as they returned.

The Japanese army certainly hasn't had time to clean up yet. Go sneak a couple of them; you might even find something useful.

Lu Chen felt that the two people seemed somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.

"Brother, take your little rat and hurry up. The Japanese army is not far ahead. Be careful."

Guo Zhiyuan kindly reminded Lu Chen, then borrowed a light from him before secretly pulling Wang Xiaohu along.

Lu Chen stared at their backs for a while before turning around and continuing to walk forward.

"They look like soldiers, but what are they up to doing so sneakily? That's strange."

After muttering something, Lu Chen ignored it and continued walking forward with his head down.

Even if they saw Rat One, Lu Chen felt it was nothing.

Since he didn't know the person or the code name "Rat," he didn't think it was a big problem and didn't pay much attention to it.

The walking time was too torturous for him. There was no entertainment at all, and he could only carry small stones. If it were in later times, he could have looked at his phone and arrived in a short while.

"Squeak squeak".

As Lu Chen was walking, he suddenly felt himself kick something different. The thing was kicked away and made two noises.

When the little thing ran up to him, Lu Chen still couldn't figure out what it was.

"Squeak squeak squeak".

The thing kept squeaking around my feet; it sounded like a mouse.

It was pitch black, and even if it were right in front of him, Lu Chen couldn't tell what it was, but judging from the sound, it seemed to be a rat.

When he squatted down to take a look, he finally saw what it was.

"Rat Two?"

Are you alright?

He quickly grabbed Mouse Two and gently patted the dust off its body.

I've only raised these six mice in total, and none of them can die. If any of them die, it will be even more painful than letting them eat me...

"Squeak squeak".

Rat Two squeaked twice more to indicate that it was alright. Rat One jumped off Lu Chen's shoulder and started playing around with Rat Two on Lu Chen's hand.

Seeing that Rat Two was still able to play around, Lu Chen finally felt relieved.

"Look at you! Aren't you animals able to see at night? You're so small and so sensitive, couldn't you have hidden yourself?"

Lu Chen poked Rat Two's head, looking at him with a disappointed expression.

"Squeak squeak".

"Squeak squeak".

Both Rat One and Rat Two froze in place upon hearing Lu Chen's words. The two rats squeaked twice, clearly communicating with each other.

"Stop whispering. Do you think I'm like everyone else, unable to understand your language? You have no secrets from me."

Lu Chen tilted his head back, looking smug. He lit a cigarette, put Rat One back on his shoulder, and put away his smile before looking at Rat Two and asking.

"Alright, stop fooling around. What happened that made you follow my scent all the way from home to find me?"

Lu Chen felt that something must have happened at home for Rat Er to make such a long trip to find him.

Or perhaps, Shen Ruoqiu went out to meet someone again...

"Squeak squeak squeak".

Rat Two stood on Lu Chen's hand, gesturing wildly and constantly conveying information to Lu Chen.

"I understand. Take me there."

Lu Chen nodded. Just as he had thought, he had told Shu Er that if Shen Ruoqiu went out to meet with other people again, he should come to him immediately.

The fact that Rat Two traveled so far to find her meant that Shen Ruoqiu had indeed gone out to meet people again.

Lu Chen then placed Rat Two on his other shoulder and followed Rat Two's directions toward the French Concession.

Two rats, one on the left and one on the right, made Lu Chen look like an anomaly in this blurry environment.

"Is it the same person as last time?"

Lu Chen asked Rat Two if the person Shen Ruoqiu met this time was the same person she had met before.

"Squeak squeak".

Rat Two said it was the same person.

Lu Chen felt that the person Shen Ruoqiu met was either her husband or a contact.

After all, she had told herself that she grew up abroad, and judging from her belly, she shouldn't be pregnant for very long.

That's why Lu Chen guessed that it was either her husband or her contact.

She is most likely a contact person. After all, if her husband was in the French Concession, why would she stay in the chaotic Chinese-controlled area as a doctor?