Big Stubble Man looked left and right. There was only a small bag on Ye Qingning’s body, and it was clear she hadn’t managed to bring out any medicine at all.
“I’m leaving. We’ll meet again if fate allows.” Of course, Ye Qingning understood why they were reacting like this.
She had accidentally put in a little extra besides the medicine. To avoid being questioned endlessly, she slipped away first.
“Hey, hey, little girl! We haven’t even asked your name yet!”
“Ye Qingning.”
“Little girl, I’ll remember you! Grow up well!”
“Head east for fifty meters, behind the dirt mound.”
“Huh?”
Ye Qingning gave no further explanation and walked off happily in her little rain boots.
Captain and Big Stubble Man exchanged a look, both seeing disbelief in each other’s eyes.
“Captain… this isn’t what I think it is, right?”
“Maybe?”
Yes. There had already been too many “maybes.”
The two of them hurried toward the dirt mound.
“Good heavens!” Big Stubble Man couldn’t help but slap himself twice. “I’m not seeing things.”
“It’s actually a vehicle!”
“Stubble, you should be thankful your Captain’s family is rich—I’ve actually touched a car before.”
Otherwise, the two of them would just be staring blankly, neither knowing how to drive it away.
“Yes, yes, yes… hahaha…”
“Not only is there medicine in this car, there are also thirty caps, ten pistols, five machine guns, five boxes of bullets, and a box of grenades.”
Big Stubble Man swallowed hard, unable to believe it.
“Damn… this definitely isn’t something Liu Laoda could get his hands on. How did that little girl even get this? This equipment is more than our entire company!”
“Don’t worry about that. Hurry back and save our brothers! Kill those Japanese devils!”
“Yes, yes!”
Big Stubble Man opened the passenger door and climbed in, then suddenly froze again.
“Damn it… steamed buns with white flour and meat filling. It’s been years since I’ve seen these! They smell amazing!”
“Don’t drool over it. Bring them back and share with everyone to ease their cravings!”
“Yes!”
Big Stubble Man hugged the buns tightly and sat down. When he moved his foot, he noticed something else.
“Captain, look under my foot!”
The Captain glanced and started the car.
“Money.”
“Did that little girl stuff the car full of everything?!”
“Report everything truthfully when we go back. We’ll hurry on our way!”
“Of course!”
They did not yet know that when they returned, their comrades had already begun using the medicine.
It was said to be donated by a patriotic benefactor.
By the time Ye Qingning returned to the city, it was already deep into the night. She stared at the two or three stars in the sky for a moment in a daze.
“Better go loosen up a bit. I’ll sleep better afterward.”
She wandered over to the places she had marked earlier where the Japanese patrols were. Surprisingly, they were already resting so early.
Then she would move a bit more quietly tonight—no need to listen to all the noise.
Let the Japanese devils just keep sleeping like that.
At dawn, a new day began.
“Patrol Chief Zhu, you’ve arrived! Please come inside!”
Ye Qingning had been wondering what to eat for breakfast when she saw a shop assistant bowing and inviting a man in a pointed cap—an official from Hua Country’s police force—inside. She casually followed him in.
The shop assistant assumed she was with him and didn’t ask questions, especially since Patrol Chief Zhu had a notoriously bad temper.
“Patrol Chief Zhu, what tea would you like today?”
“Do you have Shui Xian?”
“We just received some this morning. I’ll brew it right away. What about this young lady?”
“Same.”
Tea before breakfast? What kind of habit was that? And wasn’t Shui Xian a flower?
“Right away.”
Patrol Chief Zhu looked at the little girl sitting beside him, who was imitating his posture.
“Which family are you from? You’re unfamiliar.”
“You don’t know them.”
“Oh? There’s no big shot in Shanghai City I don’t know. New here?”
“Just arrived by ship yesterday.”
The shop assistant brought the tea over and felt relieved that he had treated the girl politely earlier. She didn’t look like an ordinary child—he wondered which family she belonged to.
“Patrol Chief Zhu, miss, please enjoy your tea.”
“Mm. You may go.”
“Yes, call me if you need anything.”
“From the northwest?”
Ye Qingning thought for a moment. West was left, north was up… Swastika Country was indeed northwest of Hua Country.
“How did you know?”
“Then I know who you are. There’s nothing in Shanghai City I don’t know.”
“You’re very impressive.”
“Not at all, not at all. My name is Zhu Zhiping. I work as a patrol officer in the Concessions. If you encounter any trouble in the future, feel free to look for me. I may not have much authority, but I know people. As for those colonial police… they’re ruthless.”
“Then I’ll trouble you.”
Perhaps she could ask him to help find someone. Otherwise, the world was too vast—she had no idea where to begin.
Of course, Ye Qingning knew he had mistaken her identity, but it didn’t matter.
She just needed to build familiarity first.
“Miss, please speak well of me if possible.”
“Don’t you care?” Ye Qingning tilted her head toward the two Japanese military police outside who were bullying civilians.
“Miss, I’ll tell you the first rule of survival in Shanghai: don’t stir trouble, don’t create trouble. Everything else… isn’t your concern.
We’re only slightly better off than ordinary people. If I go over there, I might not even keep my head on my shoulders.
Look at what they’re carrying—pistols. I only have this electric baton.”
“I understand.”
“Miss enjoys tea. Would you like another pot?”
“No. My stomach feels a bit full.”
She had drunk cup after cup of tea with Patrol Chief Zhu, yet he still hadn’t ordered food—so this really was just drinking tea?
She should have checked first. Who drank tea first thing in the morning like this?
Still, after drinking it, her mouth carried a faint orchid fragrance. It was unexpectedly pleasant.
She even bought some to store and paid for Patrol Chief Zhu’s tea.
“You’re generous, Miss. Let’s have tea again next time.”
“Mm.”
Ye Qingning left. She needed to find a place to enter her space and use the toilet—she absolutely refused to use the facilities of this era.
After coming out, she no longer followed anyone. Instead, she went to a wonton stall for breakfast.
Now she was quite interested in those military police—they would be her practice targets for today.
After eating, she didn’t forget to look for the refugees from yesterday.
But she discovered someone was actually tailing them. Trying to rob her?
She hadn’t even gone looking for trouble yesterday.
Instead of going to the stalls, Ye Qingning walked into a secluded alley.
“Little brat! Hand over your money!”
“Yeah! Otherwise, we’ll show you what’s coming!”
“And what exactly is that?”
“Best you don’t find out.”
Ye Qingning curled her lips. She directly used her ability to lift one of the thin men like a stick and smashed the others with him.
When she got tired, she tossed him aside and put her hands on her hips.
“I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll go easy on you. If you keep doing evil again, I’ll take your lives next time!”
“We won’t dare… we won’t dare… please spare us!”
They were dizzy and disoriented, unable to tell north from south, begging purely on instinct to survive.
Ye Qingning stepped past them and walked toward the person peeking from the alley entrance.