Chapter 300

Hirata Yoshiko pushed down the vague feeling of triumph in her heart and returned to Suzuki Saburo.

Suzuki Saburo put down his glass when he saw her, and the others at the table stopped talking, but all averted their eyes and looked at the table or the glass in front of them.

Yoshiko Hirata said in a thin voice, “Suzuki-kun, I’m back.”

Suzuki Saburo gave a faint hmmm and said, “Tough luck.” Then he poured a glass of wine for Hirata Yoshiko and pushed it over.

Hirata Yoshiko lifted her glass and finished it, then put it back with dignity.

She said, “Ms. Zhu is indeed friendly to Japan, as rumor has it, and we had a nice chat. Her Japanese was taught by none other than her fiancé,and it seems to me that neither of the couple has any ill will towards Japan.”

At these words, the Japanese at the table relaxed.

They were Japanese businessmen, not Japanese soldiers, and they could certainly gun down the Chinese to work in their factories, but they could not gun down the Chinese to buy their goods.

This was a city of great potential, and the Chinese here were very rich! They used the best products in the world, drank French wine, smoked American cigarettes, and the streets were filled with all kinds of cars.

The Japanese businessmen only hoped that one day all the stores in the city would be run by Japanese, and that they would sell all Japanese brands.

Suzuki Saburo: “You could have been fooled by her too.”

The smug Yoshiko Hirata immediately lowered her head and said nervously, “I’m sorry, yes, you’re right.”

The atmosphere at the table turned tense again.

As if he didn’t notice, Suzuki Saburo comforted Yoshiko, “It’s okay, you’ve done well. Did she make friends with you?”

Hirata Yoshiko nodded quickly, “Yes, she invited me to her house tomorrow.”

Suzuki Saburo immediately asked, “Oh? What did she say?”

Hirata Yoshiko learned word for word, “She said, I will prepare Japanese sake and quietly wait for your visit.”

Suzuki Saburo then satisfied a little,stroked Hirata Yoshiko’s hair and softly said, “Yoshiko, you did a good job.”

Early the next morning, the Zhu family building was very lively.

Because Ms. Zhu invited the Japanese to come to the house today, so at the breakfast table everyone agreed that Ms. Zhu, Zhang Ma and Prof. Dai would all move to Mr. Su’s villa in the French Concession first.

Ms. Zhu: “Then the house won’t be empty? It’s not like that.”

To be honest, the Zhu family’s building is really rich now, revealing the air of a rich old man everywhere. It was obviously not appropriate to have two masters living in such a large building.

Zhu Yuyan: “Then living with a family and only letting Zhang Ma work alone, that’s not appropriate either.”

Who would want to let Zhang Ma work now?

Zhang Ma sat at the end of the table and said, “I don’t think it’s appropriate either, there should be three or five people at the beck and call, otherwise, wouldn’t that be a loss of face for Mr. Su?”

Su Chunjun said, “This doesn’t matter, in a moment, Mr. Jiang will send people over, those who wait in the house and those who work in the kitchen, all of them.”

He also took the initiative to ask for manpower in order to show his loyalty to VIP Jiang. Now that the people had finally been sent over, he had no reason not to keep them.

Zhang Ma said, “It’s also because you guys are talking too fast, or else it would be fine to go out on the street and hire two big sisters.”

Su Chunjun said, “Zhang Ma, the people sent by the VIPs are counted as official business and don’t need to be paid by me.”

Immediately, Zhang Ma said, “Ouch, that’s good! By the way, I remember that Little Chen driver wasn’t paid by you either, right? No wonder those big officials’ homes are full of servants, so they don’t have to pay their own salaries.”

Su Chunjun said, “I’m just asking you to move there for now, and then move back when things are over.”

Prof. Dai said, “That’s fine. By the way, can I take two more people over to the house in the French Concession?”

Su Chunjun said, “Of course, you can take anyone you want. Is it Principal Tang’s family?”

Professor Dai nodded and said to everyone, “All the teachers in the school have left, leaving only Principal Tang and me. Principal Tang said that he would stay and go last because if something happens in the school, they will definitely look for the principal, and if they can’t find the principal they will realize that something is wrong. So he couldn’t go. He asked me to take his wife first, so I wanted to pick up the people first. Besides Principal Tang’s wife, there’s another one who’s an old envoy of their family, called Tang Ma. This one is also to be brought along to go. Just these two people.”

As soon as she heard this, Zhang Ma said, “Will they get along? People who don’t know each other will fight if they don’t get along.”

Professor Dai said, “I’ve met Principal Tang’s wife, she’s a very loving wife. As for the Tang mom, don’t worry about it, if they get along well, they get along, if they don’t get along well, they don’t get along, everything is important to our own people.”

Professor Dai stood squarely on this point, he was able to distinguish between inside and outside, his willingness to help Principal Tang’s family didn’t mean he had to condescend to his own family.

Zhang Ma: “I’m relieved when you say so.”

Zhang Ma and Professor Dai went to pack their things, then Professor Dai and Su Chunjun drove and took the family to the French Concession.

The villa in the French Concession used to be said to have been built by a Swedish businessman and was quite beautiful. Later, the Swedish businessman sold the villa to a Jewish businessman. It was sold to a Jewish businessman, and Su Chunjun’s hands are now unknown.

The villa is idyllic, with gray brick walls, white arched windows, three floors up and down, and a small garden at the back.

The first floor is the ballroom, dining room and kitchen. The second floor was the master bedroom and the third floor was the guest bedroom.

Say so, but there is no furniture inside.

Su Chunjun and Professor Dai both knew more about the world than these three women at home, and the two went out, looking for a pawnshop.

The two of them rented back some basic furniture from the pawnshop, like beds and tables.

They could only think of something else to eat and drink.

Su Chunjun said, “I’ll send it over in the afternoon.”

Prof. Dai said, “No, I’ll figure it out. Don’t worry about what’s going on here.”

Su Chunjun still believed in Prof. Dai’s ability, and looking at the time it was almost eleven o’clock, he took Zhu Er Miss to leave first.

Zhu Yuyan was pulling Zhang Ma and whispering, “When Principal Tang’s side comes, don’t take the initiative to work. Once you take the initiative, the work will all be yours.”

Zhang Ma laughed and said, “You’re a little person! Don’t worry, can I still not understand this?”

Ms. Zhu said, “Don’t worry, I’ll ask Zhang Ma to hire a big sister to support her for a few days.”

Zhu Yuyan: “Good. When the Japanese side of the matter is over, I will come to take you back.”

On the way back to the car, Zhu Yuyan said, “I don’t know when Prof. Dai is planning to take Mom and Zhang Ma away.”

According to the rules, they could leave when Prof. Dai came back. He said that he would wait for Zhu Yuyan and Su Chunjun to get married, so if they get married, then they can get married, and with Su Chunjun’s current status, they can book a hotel right away.

But Prof. Dai seems to have something else to do.

Su Chunjun: “Professor Dai wants to take Principal Tang with him. He’s worried that Principal Tang is in danger.”

Principal Tang was going to stay behind to wrap things up for everyone, but his own safety couldn’t be guaranteed. Now that everyone and everything in the school had been arranged, only Professor Dai and Principal Tang were left, and Professor Dai was worried that if he really took Principal Tang’s wife away, Principal Tang might even dare to sacrifice a handful.

Su Chunjun was early to see it, Ms. Zhu probably also saw it.

Zhu Yuyan: “So that’s what happened.”

The two of them returned to the Zhu family building, and Driver Chen had already brought the servants. The home and outside of the home had already been arranged.

As soon as the car stopped, a Chen driver came over to open the door.

When Second Miss Zhu walked in, she saw two pretty maids and two witty listeners standing at the door, saying in unison, “Greetings, Second Miss.”

Zhu Er Miss smiled and said “Hello”, then went upstairs by herself, the two pretty maids wanted to follow up and wait for them, but Zhu Er Miss said “No need”.

Su Chunjun stood downstairs and watched Ms. Zhu run up the stairs like a deer, then turned to Chen driver and said, “Send these two girls back.”

Driver Chen fumed, “Mr. Su, this is also a good intention of the VIP.”

Su Chunjun: “I can’t use the girls, take them away when you leave later, forget it, send them away now.”

Driver Chen: “This is too much of a rush.”

Su Chunjun: “In a while, the second miss will come down to have lunch after changing clothes and then see them, you’ll see if your Mr. Su still has any good fruit to eat.”

Driver Chen laughed not at all politely and hurriedly covered his mouth, saying, “Mr. Su, at least let them wait here for half a day, you can’t call the listener to serve when the Japanese come in a little while, that’s not appropriate.”

At this time, the kitchen cook came out and said, “Mr. Su, lunch is ready. Where would you like to have it?”

Su Chunjun then went upstairs to knock on Second Miss’s door, and Driver Chen followed out of curiosity.

Su Chunjun knocked twice on the door and said softly, “Yan Yan, come down once you’ve changed, it’s time for lunch.”

Zhu Er Miss said through the door, “I’m not hungry, I’m not eating.”

Driver Chen was about to laugh again when Su Chunjun pulled him downstairs and said, “Hurry up and send the person back and change the two grannies over.”

Seeing this, Chen driver had to call the two pretty maids to get into the car and drove back to VIP Jiang.

VIP Jiang listened to him and shook his head.

Secretary Zhao said, “In that case, VIP, it’s better to send the two grannies over.”

VIP Jiang nodded, and Secretary Zhao took Driver Chen to pick out the people.

When Driver Chen drove off with the men, Secretary Zhao returned.

VIP Jiang said, “Is Su Chunjun really managed like this? You don’t even dare to ask for a better looking girl?” He shook his head, “After the play is over, it’s not believable.”

Secretary Zhao: “It’s just an act, it only shows that the couple is of one mind, so little effort to enter the door, not a single word was mentioned, and they’ve colluded.” He paused for a moment and added, “However, I do think that with Second Miss Zhu’s temperament, I guess there are a few moments of truth in it. Su Chunjun might just be going along for the ride.”

Essential Jiang: “Well, that’s true. This Zhu family girl is still raised to be naive, smart but not worldly. While she is sincere in pinning down Su Chunjun, Su Chunjun may not not be using this arrogant temper of hers to reject people.”

Secretary Zhao: “It’s just that, he even took in so many people, how come he didn’t take in women alone?”

Essential Jiang: “You say he is a communist ……?”

Essential Jiang shook his head, really couldn’t make up his mind, and said, “Let’s get through this hurdle first. When you have passed this hurdle, send him to the military academy to take classes and see what his beliefs really are.”

Secretary Zhao said, “I think that he may not be either. Although he doesn’t love beauty, Miss Zhu Er’s appearance out is extremely outstanding. He might just be in love and not have a heart yet. He still receives a lot of money.” Essential Jiang: “What a thing to say, I see, really need to leave you behind to watch over him to make it work.”

Secretary Zhao pondered for a moment and asked, “You’ve made up your mind? Must I stay behind?”

Essential Jiang calmed him down, “It won’t be long, half a year at the most, I’ll have you back, things over here are important too, Su Chunjun’s time with us is still too short, we have to put someone by his side to be safe.”

Secretary Zhao: “Alright then.”