Chapter 30: Rainstorm Plan Launched

Riben Consulate.

Yanping Tailang, Jiujing Meihuizi, and the other members of the Japanese Special Higher Police were holding a celebration banquet.

In order to celebrate the complete success of this operation, Yanping Tailang, that old devil, not only had people prepare lavish food and drink for the main personnel involved in the operation such as Jiujing Meihuizi, but also...

He even arranged a young, beautiful female companion for each male agent to drink with.

As a woman, Jiujing Meihuizi naturally had no female companion.

Yanping Tailang could see that she was somewhat tired of this ambiguous atmosphere at the drinking party, so he raised his glass and called her out.

The two walked one after the other to the corridor and looked out at the garden outside.

Yanping Tailang was the first to raise his glass toward Jiujing Meihuizi, saying: "Meihuizi, you did a great job this time; I will report to the General Headquarters to request credit for you and all the comrades at the Shanghai Station."

Jiujing Meihuizi returned the toast with a slight smile, saying: "Thank you, Section Chief; it's all thanks to your wise leadership."

After the two took a small sip of their drinks, Jiujing Meihuizi asked proactively: "Section Chief, what is our next mission?"

"According to reliable intelligence, those bastards in the City Government are coordinating with various departments to allocate supplies for the Central Army to support the National Government's operations against the Imperial Japanese Navy Marines."

"The General Headquarters demands that we punish the main officials of the City Government to disrupt their actions."

Yanping Tailang took another sip of wine, his tone grim: "Operation Rainstorm will now be officially implemented; let's first strike at those City Government bastards."

"Hai!", Jiujing Meihuizi immediately bowed her head: "Subordinate will take care of this right away."

Yanping Tailang narrowed his eyes and asked again: "What about the Military Statistics Bureau Section Chief?"

"He is unconscious from severe wounds and has already been sent to the hospital for treatment by us." Jiujing Meihuizi bowed slightly: "Once he wakes up, we will immediately interrogate him to root out the remnants of the Military Statistics Bureau in Shanghai."

Yanping Tailang nodded satisfied, his gaze falling on Jiujing Meihuizi's prominent chest, he patted her shoulder and said: "Meihuizi, you must perform well; I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

"Hai!", Jiujing Meihuizi stood straight and bowed.

……

A certain secret site of the Military Intelligence Bureau Shanghai Station.

When Chen Xing received the news from the Jinling Emergency Radio that the Action Team had suffered heavy casualties in Gourd Alley, with only Chen Yongren and Zhang Haifeng managing to escape,

he immediately notified all departments to evacuate urgently.

At the same time, he issued another death order.

No matter what, we must definitely find Chen and Zhang.

The Japanese spies were captured by them.

The intelligence was also extracted by them.

In order to wipe out the Japanese spies lurking in Shanghai in one fell swoop, the elite forces of the Military Intelligence Bureau Shanghai Station were all deployed, yet they suffered defeat in Gourd Alley.

As a result, only they managed to escape, and no matter how you look at it, these two are very suspicious.

This matter must be investigated thoroughly!

……

Liu Family Villa.

Living Room.

When Liu Shuyun and Liu Ying returned, they each had an extra plate of delicate pastries in their hands.

Liu Ying spoke gently: "Sorry, both of you; there's not much prepared at home tonight, so I can only have you eat some pastries for now; tomorrow I will prepare a modest feast to properly entertain you two."

"Madam Liu, we're the ones who should apologize for the sudden disturbance; you've gone to a lot of trouble." Chen Yong stood up to express his apology.

Zhang Haifeng also stood up and said respectfully: "Sorry for the disturbance."

"It's fine; this girl Shuyun doesn't have many friends in Shanghai, so please keep her company for these days." Liu Ying waved her hand lightly.

"Just treat this place as your own home; no need to be polite."

"I have other matters, so I won't disturb your young people's chat."

Liu Ying got up and walked to the stairwell, then suddenly turned her head to look at Liu Shuyun.

"Girl, things have been unsettled lately; don't run around at night, lest you worry your aunt."

"I know, Aunt." Liu Shuyun glanced guiltily at Chen Yongren.

Only then did Liu Ying twist her shapely hips, step in her high heels, and leave behind a graceful, elegant silhouette.

The three remained in the living room to sit and chat, while the maid A Cai also had the bedding ready.

It was already late, and everyone was a bit tired.

"You can rest here tonight." Liu Shuyun took Chen Yongren and Zhang Haifeng to a guest room at the end of the first-floor hallway.

"The wiring in the other guest rooms is faulty and still under repair, so I can only have you share a room for now."

"It's fine; as long as you're with me, it doesn't matter where we sleep." Chen Yongren gave a slight smile.

"Nonsense, get some rest early!" Upon hearing this, Liu Shuyun blushed slightly, left a lingering, reluctant glance, and turned to leave.

She actually wanted to have another friendly match with Chen Yongren.

But now, it's obviously not a good time.

Only after Liu Shuyun's figure disappeared from sight did Zhang Haifeng look at Chen Yongren.

Before he could speak, Chen Yongren made a silencing gesture, quickly opened the door, pulled him inside, turned on the hanging lamp, and swiftly closed the door.

In the center of the room stood a solid wood round table covered with a white tablecloth that almost hung to the floor, with a bed placed on each side of the room.

Under Zhang Haifeng's suspicious gaze, Chen Yongren rapidly carried out a carpet‑search of the room.

This damn place is the turf of the Party Affairs Department.

They know that Military Statistics Bureau personnel are moving in, and moreover that they are individuals of 'suspicious' identity, so they might have prepared some 'little gifts' for you.

Chen Yongren carefully inspected the room and found no listening devices or surveillance equipment, nor any hollow walls.

At least from what we can see so far, the room is very clean.

That makes sense, since the incident happened suddenly; even if the Party Affairs Department wanted to do something, there wasn't enough time.

Chen Yongren let out a breath of relief, sat on the sofa, and gestured for Haifeng to sit opposite.

"A Ren, what are you doing? We're at Miss Liu's house, there are no Riben spies around." Zhang Haifeng looked startled.

Why does A Ren look like he's being surrounded and wiretapped by the enemy?

"Liu Ying and her group are from the Party Affairs Office." After confirming there were no surveillance devices, Chen Yongren didn't waste words and directly revealed his discovery on the train.

Recently, all I've been busy with is catching Riben spies, so Chen Yongren temporarily forgot about this.

Now that we're in the Party Affairs Office's den, we must make Zhang Haifeng understand our situation.

"What?"

After Chen Yongren finished speaking, Zhang Haifeng almost shouted, then immediately lowered his voice and said in astonishment, "You mean, as soon as we set out, we were already being watched by the Party Affairs Office?"

Chen Yongren gave an awkward nod and then said, "You think they agreed to let us move in for what reason?"

We just arrived in Upon-the-Sea, and the Military Statistics Bureau's Upon-the-Sea station suffered heavy losses, and only the two of us escaped; no matter how you look at it, our identities are suspicious.

"The Party Affairs Office people would rather have us wandering outside; it's better to place us within their surveillance range, making it easier to determine whether we've defected."

Listening to Chen Yongren's analysis.

Zhang Haifeng felt ashamed; A Ren had noticed from the start that Liu Shuyun's identity was off, while he himself had been completely oblivious.

"What should we do next?" Zhang Haifeng felt somewhat at a loss.

Chen Yongren said coldly, "What else can we do? Of course we must find a way to root out those damn Riben spies and avenge our fallen comrades."

"But we also need to know their plan of action, right?" Zhang Haifeng said: "Besides, we don't know how to contact other comrades, and the reinforcements from Gold Hill are already on the way."

"Just the two of us—can we manage?"

Chen Yongren looked at Zhang Haifeng and said firmly, "Haifeng, remember this."

"From now on, before we clear our suspicions, we must not lightly contact the Military Intelligence Bureau, and we must absolutely not let them know where we are!"

Zhang Haifeng had never seen Chen Yongren so solemn before; he nodded and then asked, "What about the Party Affairs Office? Liu Shuyun doesn't know our identities, does she?"

"They won't hand us back over to the Military Intelligence Bureau, will they?"

This Zhang Haifeng is really as pure as a blank sheet, his words inside and out revealing a clear stupidity; Chen Yongren muttered a complaint in his mind and shook his head.

"The Party Affairs Office and the Military Intelligence Bureau have always been at odds, especially the Gold Hill spy case; they suffered a major loss at our hands and lost face badly."

"Do you think Master Zhao would give up the chance for revenge and hand us over?"

"What if they frame us with false charges?" Zhang Haifeng immediately thought of a possibility.

Chen Yongren shook his head and said coldly, "Don't forget what we're here for; if the Party Affairs Office were to perjure itself to overthrow the Military Intelligence Bureau..."

"Not to mention the boss, even the old man would personally skin them."

"We just dislike each other; only an idiot would do something that hurts the enemy a thousand while damaging ourselves eight hundred."

Zhang Haifeng nodded in deep agreement.

Chen Yongren took a deep breath and then said, "The Military Statistics Bureau's Upon-the-Sea station suffered heavy losses, and we also can't free up resources to deal with them."

"Japanese devil spies will surely take advantage of now to launch the Rainstorm Plan."

"So tomorrow we must go to the city hall, warehouses, and bridges—these important targets—for reconnaissance; we might just discover some crucial clues."