Chapter 22 Hidden Thoughts
Tang Cheng likes Xiao Yalan, and when he was in Shanghai, this was something that almost all those friends knew. I haven't seen him for so many years, and suddenly I saw Xiao Yalan appear in front of me, saying that Tang Cheng was not surprised, it was a lie, but if Tang Cheng had anything else in mind, it was not. The current Tang Cheng is no longer the simple ignorant young man before, and Tang Cheng, who has experienced countless lives and deaths, is already an adult.
"Stunned, since you have known each other for a long time, why don't you hurry up and accompany Miss Xiao to the back garden for a walk." Although Mrs. Huang is a woman, she is also a progressive woman who has attended a foreign school, and her personality has some male boldness. Although the little movements when Tang Cheng and Xiao Yalan's eyes met were hidden, how could they hide from Mrs. Huang's eyes, but it was just that the woman surnamed Liu was still present and couldn't break it. However, she didn't leave too much affection for Tang Cheng, glaring at Tang Cheng, who was silent, and already snorted unhappily.
Those who reason with women are either fools or madmen, Tang Cheng has long been enlightened, brother-in-law Huang Hanju don't look majestic outside, but once he returns home, he will become a toothless tiger completely, and every qiē in the family is all up to Sister A. Not to mention that Mrs. Huang obviously didn't intend to reason with herself, even if Tang Cheng was unwilling, he could only respond respectfully, and then waved his hand at Xiao Yalan, who was ashamed, and said, "Old classmate, let's go, I'll take you to the backyard." ”
"Go, go, don't be afraid, there is an eldest sister here." Mrs. Huang stretched out her hand to grab Huang Duoduo, who wanted to go to the backyard with her, and secretly gave Tang Cheng a look, but Tang Cheng ignored Mu's stunned appearance, but Mrs. Huang was so angry that she just wanted to grit her teeth. Tang Cheng liked Xiao Yalan, Tang Cheng did not deny this, and he couldn't deny it. When they were in Shanghai, they often played together together, but that's all, after all, both of them are still young, far from the age of falling in love, and it is really hard to say what will happen in the future.
Tang Cheng liked Xiao Yalan, but he just wanted to go with the flow, and he didn't plan to tell Robert about it, but he didn't expect that there would be a war in Shanghai, and Robert would die. Now Xiao Yalan actually came to Kunming, and he just happened to come to the Huang family, this kind of coincidence arranged by God really made Tang Cheng a little crying and laughing. Originally, there was nothing to hide, but now that Mrs. Huang was going to force the palace, Tang Cheng naturally didn't want to lie nonsense.
Xiao Yalan didn't say anything, just lowered his head and silently went to the outside. Seeing this, Tang Cheng shrugged his shoulders boringly, and immediately ushered in a cold look from Mrs. Huang, which suddenly frightened Tang Cheng suddenly, turned around in a hurry, walked a few steps, and awkwardly accompanied Xiao Yalan. Tang Cheng is a man, he is still an officer, and such a thing as visiting the garden is something he definitely doesn't want to do, but Mrs. Huang is still sitting there, even if she is reluctant, she must have a good life when she should show her gentlemanly demeanor.
Out of the hall, the two of them were speechless all the way, the atmosphere was embarrassing and tight, Rao is Tang Cheng was calm, and he was also uncomfortable by this embarrassment, and he didn't know what to say to Xiao Yalan.
After all, the two haven't seen each other for several years, and everyone has grown up and even changed drastically. Besides, this kind of Lalang matching, which is not out of his heart, is not what Tang Cheng wants, so he naturally doesn't bother to open his mouth to ease the atmosphere, and Xiao Yalan seems to be still shy, completely losing the pungency of the fundraising speech on the streets of Shanghai, just blindly bowing his head and walking slowly. Xiao Yalan's reaction made Tang Cheng lose any interest in opening his mouth, but it was not easy to leave the other party and leave, so he could only accompany him with an indifferent face.
"Here you go!" Although the back garden of the Huang family is not small, it is also perfect, but it is obviously not a matter to always walk in silence. Tang Cheng is okay, if it is uncomfortable, it is uncomfortable, and the left and right sides are thick-skinned, and they are next to each other. But Xiao Yalan obviously couldn't hold his breath, and in a panic, he opened his hand and threw a small object that he had been holding in his hand into Tang Cheng's arms, and the person was already running away with his head down like a flustered deer.
Adversity...... Although Xiao Yalan threw something suddenly, Tang Cheng's reaction was extremely fast, and he copied it in his hand. looked down, only to find that what Xiao Yalan threw to himself was a sachet, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and when he came back to his senses, Xiao Yalan had already disappeared, which made Tang Cheng a little crying and laughing. Tang Cheng stood there and thought about it for a while, but he couldn't figure out what Xiao Yalan meant by throwing a sachet to himself, but he remembered that when he was in Shanghai, Xiao Yalan was the most disgusted with embroidery like a little woman, Tang Cheng still remembered that Xiao Yalan's biggest dream was to become a heroine who galloped on the battlefield like Mulan. Xiao Yalan was so contrasting that Tang Cheng, who was puzzled, shook his head, casually put the sachet in his pocket, and dragged his feet to the front yard.
Mrs. Huang and the woman surnamed Liu, who were sitting in the hall talking, didn't know what was happening in the back garden, seeing Tang Cheng and Xiao Yalan returning to the hall one after the other, Xiao Yalan looked like a shy face again, and the two women who had come over immediately had a sense of understanding, it seemed that this matter was a bit of a sprout. The woman surnamed Liu, who saw the signs, said that there was something at home and immediately said goodbye and left, but Mrs. Huang did not force her to stay, but just pulled Tang Cheng to send the woman surnamed Liu and Xiao Yalan out of the gate of the Huang family.
"Come on, tell me what's going on with you and this Xiao girl?" Back in the hall, Mrs. Huang began to ask about the relationship between Tang Cheng and Xiao Yalan, and the maids and maids of the family who were doing good things also secretly came over. Tang Cheng couldn't cry or laugh, and he could only tell Mrs. Huang the ins and outs of his and Xiao Ya's old acquaintances, which quieted Mrs. Huang, who suddenly broke out with strong curiosity.
Not to mention the Huang family, Mrs. Huang was asking Tang Cheng, even the woman surnamed Liu who had just left the Huang family was also talking to Xiao Yalan about it, but the content of their conversation didn't sound so relaxed and pleasant. "According to my understanding of Tang Cheng, he has changed a lot in recent years, when he was in Shanghai before, Tang Cheng liked to fight unevenly, and he didn't mix with people on the street all day long. But as you saw just now, Tang Cheng's current city government has become very deep, and I think it will be difficult for me to use the identity of my old acquaintance to gain his trust. ”
After listening to Xiao Yalan's words, a cold glint flashed in the eyes of the woman surnamed Liu who was sitting in the back seat of the car, "No, approaching Tangcheng is the task assigned by the stationmaster, no matter what, this Tangcheng must be used by our military commander." Probably sensing that the tone of her speech was a little heavier, the woman surnamed Liu smiled and reached out to help Xiao Yalan pull the hair hanging down from her ears, "Yalan, our two families are old friends, I watched you grow up, I know your thoughts, but you must know that this matter is related to the party-state affairs, and there is no room for sloppiness." ”
"The Japanese army in the Burma battlefield is retreating one after another, and the Pacific theater is about to win, and the Japanese army at home is about to lose its strength, and victory is coming. On the one hand, our military command Kunming Station must screen out the CCP madmen who have infiltrated the national army, and on the other hand, we must recruit more officers like Tang Cheng who are proficient in battle formations for our use, and once the Japanese army fully surrenders, the next thing will be a war between us and the Communist Party. The words of the woman surnamed Liu were like a heavy hammer hitting Xiao Yalan's heart, if it weren't for that, Tang Cheng would not have entered the sight of the military commander.
"This Tang Cheng is a man who can fight, his company has killed countless enemies on the battlefield in Burma, do you know why he is still just a little captain? It is because when he left the Xiaojieling battlefield and crossed the river to the south, he had contact with the guerrillas of the Chinese Communists, and he also cooperated with the guerrillas of the Chinese Communists. How could a person who has no political inclination and has had contact with the CCP be promised a heavy responsibility, otherwise he would have become a school official long ago based on Tang Cheng's military exploits. "The position of the woman surnamed Liu in the military command is higher than Xiao Yalan, and her understanding of Tang Cheng is naturally much more detailed, and Xiao Yalan knows these things for the first time.
If Tang Cheng is loyal to the party-state, the military commander wants to use his experience of working with the CCP guerrillas to send Tang Cheng to infiltrate the CCP's circle in the two lakes as an internal response. If it is found that Tang Cheng has a pro-communist tendency, then it is even more necessary to firmly control him, the combat power of the more than 100 veterans under Tang Cheng cannot be underestimated, if it is used well, it will definitely be a big help, and if Tang Cheng is controlled, those veterans are also controlled. ”
The car was slowly driving on the streets of Kunming, Xiao Yalan didn't speak, just listened to the woman surnamed Liu next to her talk about Tangcheng. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to meet Tang Cheng in a few years, although I was a little resistant to meeting Tang Cheng with a mission, but Xiao Yalan, who had already sworn to the flag, knew which was more important. For the sake of the great cause of the party and the state, Xiao Yalan made up his mind that even if he wanted to catch himself, he would complete the task that the military commander wanted to control Tang Cheng and the veterans under him.
Xiao Yalan didn't know that the military commander was eyeing Tang Cheng, not just for Tang Cheng alone, but also for the Huang family's industries in Kunming City. Tang Cheng, who was still in the Huang family and messed with Mrs. Huang, didn't know Xiao Yalan's true identity at all, just like when he was in Shanghai, he didn't know that Xiao Yalan had joined the military command, not only Tang Cheng, but even Mrs. Huang, who had always been shrewd, didn't expect that the woman surnamed Liu, who was deliberately stammered by herself, was also a member of the military command.