Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 145 Mio Meets the Landlady

After finishing his conversation with Liu Junze at the villa on Beidan Road, Chen Jiehua drove home, parked his car, and entered the house to find Fujiwara Mio, Aoto Shichi, and the landlady Zhu Huiwu staring at each other in the lobby on the first floor!
Oh my god, I forgot Mio was coming back today. Not only did I not go to the dock to pick her up, but I also blatantly left such a pretty girl at home!

Because of Aotoshichi's existence, Zhu Duanshou couldn't tell Meixu the truth. He could only say that he was brought back by General Aoki, and he couldn't say anything else. This caused a huge misunderstanding!

"Teng Qi, go and cook first. My wife and I have something to discuss."

"Yes!"

"General Aoki, dinner is ready."

"Oh? It's ready, then let's eat first. Teng Qi, go help Miss Zhu serve the food."

After the three finished their meal in silence, they went upstairs together, leaving Qing Tengqi to clean up the dishes.

After going upstairs, Chen Jiehua closed the door and gestured for the two to be quiet. He then closed his eyes by the door and listened to Qing Tengqi's movements downstairs. Normally, according to the family rules, Qing Tengqi was a maid, and she could only eat after she had finished clearing away the dishes.

Chen Jiehua was listening to the noise. Qing Tengqi hadn't desensitized and was cautious in everything she did.

For a full five minutes, there was no unusual noise. Chen Jiehua turned around and looked at the two people staring at each other, and smiled. "Meixu, this is Ms. Zhu Huiwu, one of our comrades. Because of Gu Shunzhang's betrayal, they didn't have time to evacuate. The section chief entrusted us to take over their comrades."

"Ah, hello Comrade Zhu!"

"Hello, Comrade Fujiwara Mio!"

"From now on, she will be your radio operator, codename Wagtail. You two will act as a firewall for each other. Comrade Zhu Huiwu will be mainly responsible for liaison within our group's Green Vine Group."

"The Qing Teng Group's telegram codebooks are these two books: 'The Sun' is used for sending telegrams, and 'The Fly' is used for receiving telegrams."

"Qing Tengyi and Qing Tengwu have accepted the secret mission as I arranged and successfully entered the target area. You don't need to worry about them anymore, Mio. They are completely out of contact. I will personally contact them."

"receive."

"Qing Teng San and Qing Teng Si have arrived in Jinling, Qing Teng Ba and Qing Teng Jiu have safely arrived in North China, and Qing Teng Liu is in the Northeast. You are responsible for contacting them."

“Qing Teng Qi at home hasn’t undergone any desensitization tests. Just now, when she went upstairs, I felt she glanced at the stairs out of the corner of her eye. So, Mio, you need to keep a close eye on her. Make sure she doesn’t notice our daily communication, telegrams, and most importantly, the use of the codebook.”

"And then there's our relationship. I brought Comrade Huiwu back in front of Miyazaki and Tang Chuan with a lecherous grin, saying at the time that the family needed a butler. Now that I've put on this lecherous persona, I'll have to keep it up. Anyway, I've already taken in so many maids, one more won't hurt."

Upon hearing Chen Jiehua's words, both beautiful women instinctively covered their mouths and chuckled.

“Mio, don’t laugh. You are the eldest daughter of the noble Fujiwara family. While maintaining the good upbringing of a young lady, you also need to have a woman’s exclusiveness. Your husband openly brings such a beautiful woman home to live and act as the housekeeper. Rumors will soon spread in Japanese circles. You need to show your inner contradictions and struggles, but you can’t make it seem like you’re acting too much. Do you understand?”

"I understand, I know how to be jealous." "Miss Mio, I think it's not just about being jealous. You should act angry, boss me around, but you can't lose face. So you can only boss me around, not hit or scold me. In public, you also have to act harmonious and friendly. Am I right?"

"Comrade Huiwu is absolutely right, that's exactly the point. You can decide the appropriate measure yourselves."

"Alright, it's the first day, so we can't chat for too long. The room on the west side will be Comrade Huiwu's bedroom from now on. I'll take you in to familiarize yourself with it. Mio, go downstairs and see Fujishichi."

Chen Jiehua led Zhu Duanshou to the west bedroom and gave him detailed instructions on how to open and close the secret room in the west.

Inspired by Gu Shunzhang's defection, Chen Jiehua proposed that each group member should know and contact as few core members as possible, each person should manage their own group, and there should be as little contact as possible between groups within the larger group, but there should be a mechanism for seeking help and identification in case of emergencies.

Chen Jiehua divided the "Devil" special agent team into three groups. The first group, the "Green Vine Group," was led by Zhu Huiwu, and its members were all Green Vine maids, except for Green Vine One and Green Vine Five. Green Vine Seven could not be included before she was desensitized. This way, even if Zhu Huiwu had a problem, at least she would be unaware of the existence of the other group members.

The second group, the "Red Phoenix Group," is led by Lu Shi himself. It is centered around Lu Shi members, including Zhou Yongsu, Liu Junze, Zhao Shiyu, Xiong Youwu, Yang Dengying, Zhao Yiyue (who was planned to be lured in), and Chen Lanfeng. Each member operates in different areas and fields and has their own mission. If any one of them is exposed, even if they are arrested and betray the group, they will at most confess to themselves and will not be able to arrest the others.

The third group, "Red Vine Group," led by Fujiwara Mio, is comprised of Ozaki Hotsumi and his team and is responsible for gathering information within Japan and carrying out missions.

After settling Zhu Huiwu in, Chen Jiehua returned to his bedroom.

"Mio, has Fujishichi downstairs shown any unusual behavior?"

"I didn't notice anything unusual. When I went downstairs, she was tidying up the tableware. Based on the time it took, there shouldn't be any problem."

“Okay, I just explained the secret room and radio station to Zhu Huiwu. From now on, she will only be in charge of the Qing Teng Group's work. Try not to let her know about other people. This is our basic working principle from now on. It is a lesson and inspiration I learned from the Gu Shunzhang incident.”

"I understand. I've seen the news and newspaper reports. Gu Shunzhang betrayed his comrades, and the Red Team's elimination of the traitor must have been your doing, right?"

"I only care about killing and saving people; I can't care about anything else."

"Please make arrangements for the special class at Tongwen Academy. I want to participate in the graduation assessment as a member of the Navy to select outstanding cadets for the Marine Corps."

"There's one more thing. The Yoshiko Kawashima I told you about last time, it's been months and the Marine Corps still can't find her. They're fast, but the network can't find any trace of her. This is very abnormal. Shanghai is only so big. Tomorrow we'll go to the Aoki Agency together to see if there are any other areas that are still untraceable."

"I refuse to believe she can just vanish into thin air. If she really did vanish, that would be great, saving me the trouble of doing it myself."

"She might be dressed as a woman, or she might be a woman disguised as a man, so it's normal that ordinary errand runners wouldn't be able to tell the difference, right?"

At this point, it was indeed troublesome to conduct a thorough search by the military and police, as Shanghai is neither too big nor too small.

Yoshiko Kawashima appeared in Shanghai and showed no signs of leaving. As the September 18 Incident drew closer, Chen Jiehua felt that she was there for this purpose. Moreover, it was ultimately very unsafe for such a famous spy to be out of his sight.

Must find out!
(End of this chapter)