"Tangcheng, where have you gone? The priest is almost dying of panic. We have searched all the places where you often go. If you hadn't come back in time, the priest would have gone to the police station to report you missing." Xie Bo drove the car himself.
Before the car was stable, the impatient Tang Cheng opened the door and jumped out. Hou Xiaotian, who was squatting at the door of the church with a frown that could kill a fly, was so happy when he saw this that he didn't care to say anything else. He pulled Tang Cheng and walked towards him.
He ran to the church, chattering to Tang Cheng while running, but he forgot about Xie Bo.
Sure enough, several young people who had been distributing flyers on the street corners to lobby for anti-Japanese donations in the morning were all in the church. Father Robert, who was dressed in black robes, was also there. It seemed that the priest was leading everyone to pray for him. "I'm back, why are you all here?"
In the church? Don't you have to go home?" After returning to the church, Tang Cheng's careless energy returned. Ignoring the warning in Father Robert's eyes, he just greeted Xiao Yalan and the others on his own.
"Father, since Tang Cheng has returned safely, let's leave. If it's too late, the family will blame us." Seeing that Tang Cheng has returned safely, Xiao Yalan secretly breathed a sigh of relief to Father Robert on behalf of several companions.
Say goodbye and prepare to leave. When we met the military police in the morning, everyone was just packing up their things and evacuating. No one paid attention to see what was going on in Tangcheng. After the military police left, when everyone met and counted people, they found that only the few
Tang Cheng was responsible for the lookout.
After searching the surrounding streets, Xiao Yalan and the others still couldn't find Tangcheng. Xiao Yalan, who felt guilty, had to go down to the church under the guidance of Hou Xiaotian and told Father Robert the whole story. Xiao Yalan also begged his friend Xie Xiaoli
, she used her family connections to call the military and police, but there was still no whereabouts of Tang Cheng. The military and police also confirmed that they had not arrested students at all today, let alone students. The military and police today
No one was arrested at all.
Is it possible that such a big living person disappeared for nothing? Xiao Yalan and the others didn't believe the military and police's claims. Depending on Hou Xiaotian's temper, it was better to use family connections to put pressure on the military and police to release him. However, Father Robert
Having lived in China for many years, I am quite aware of these things. After Father Robert tried his best to stop it, Hou Xiaotian and several powerful people in his family stopped talking about it. However, everyone who was worried still went out to find another person.
After the search was fruitless, everyone gathered in the church to pray for Tang Cheng's safety. Hou Xiaotian didn't like this tune, so he squatted at the door of the church and counted ants, but he didn't want to wait for Tang Cheng to come back.
After greeting everyone with "Hands out", Tang Cheng finally walked up to Father Robert. Regardless of Tang Cheng's pleading eyes, the cold-faced Father Robert ordered Tang Cheng to stretch out his right hand. This was to hit Tang Cheng's palm.
Xie Xiaoli, who had never dealt with Tang Cheng, suddenly became energetic. Hou Xiaotian and the other good guys also winked and made faces at Tang Cheng. I had long heard that Father Robert always treated Tang Cheng who had done wrong things.
It was just a warning, never too many punishments, but today it was true, even Xiao Yalan couldn't help but widen his eyes and look over.
There were three soft sounds of "pop", "pop" and "pop". When the bamboo piece carried by Father Robert was swung down, it looked very powerful, but when it fell into Tang Cheng's hand, it was no different from swatting a fly. Wait.
Xie Xiaoli, who was watching the Tangcheng joke, was very dissatisfied and rolled her eyes at Father Robert, still muttering, "What? This is like hitting the palm of your hand? Didn't the priest do it on purpose? My father hit me.
They were even better than this." Also dissatisfied with Xie Xiaoli were Hou Xiaotian and several other male students, especially Hou Xiaotian who discovered Tang Cheng's hidden smile. Isn't this an obvious prank? Treating everyone like fools
Woolen cloth.
"Do you know what's wrong?" The palm board has been beaten, but Father Robert has no intention of letting Tang Cheng go just like that. After the beating, he will also give a lecture. Different from the Chinese's strict discipline, Robert adopts a strict discipline method for Tang Cheng.
It has always been a free-range policy. As long as Tang Cheng doesn't cause any big trouble when he goes out, the most he can do after coming back is a few innocuous slaps. Tang Cheng has already memorized this policy. As long as he has a good attitude towards admitting his mistakes.
, the priest will probably forgive himself.
"I know, I shouldn't run around and worry you." Tang Cheng honestly lowered his head and admitted his mistake, but Robert clearly saw the slanted corner of Tang Cheng's mouth. If Xiao Yalan and the others hadn't left yet, Tang Cheng would have had to do it again.
After a few more slaps. The palms were slapped and the mistakes were admitted. Seeing that there was nothing exciting to see, Xiao Yalan and the others got up and left. Before leaving, Hou Xiaotian secretly gestured to Tang Cheng who turned around so that no one could see.
Unintelligible gestures.
"This young gentleman, the church has been closed. Please come back tomorrow." When sending Xiao Yalan and the others away, Robert noticed the car parked outside the church and Xie Bo standing next to the car. The sky had darkened at this time.
, Xiao Yalan and others only met Xie Bo face to face during the day, and did not see clearly what Xie Bo looked like. When Robert and Xie Bo were talking, Xiao Yalan and others only glanced at him from a distance and left together.
"You must be Father Robert, right? I am Xie Bo, the commander of the 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 524th Regiment, 88th Division, National Revolutionary Army." Xie Bo, dressed in casual clothes, extended his arm to say hello to Robert. Robert seemed a little confused about his identity.
After hesitating, he said with a smile, "Tang Cheng and I are considered friends. He helped us a lot today. I saw that Tang Cheng was very interested in military matters, so I took him to our barracks to play for a while. He was afraid of you.
I will blame him, I sent him back just to explain to you."
Although Xie Bo is wearing casual clothes, the military temperament that is faintly revealed on Xie Bo's body cannot be hidden, especially the murderous aura exuding from Xie Bo's body. It can be seen that Xie Bo has seen blood and killed people. "Oh, officer.
Since sir, you are specially sending the tiger head back, please come in and have a cup of coffee." Robert is also a soldier who has killed people, so he is no stranger to people like Xie Bo. Xie Bo said that he is specially sent to Tangcheng.
He had come back, so Robert couldn't just send him back. Under Tang Cheng's eager expectation, Robert had no choice but to invite Xie Bo into the church to drink coffee before leaving.
Tang Cheng, who was a waiter, went to make coffee. Robert asked Xie Bo to sit down. Xie Bo hadn't figured out how to tell Robert about letting Tang Cheng serve as a soldier, and was eager to find out the reason for Xie Bo's visit.
Robert spoke first. "Mr. Officer, you just said that Hutou helped you today. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to tell me what kind of help Hutou helped you. I am very interested in this matter.
"Robert took out his cigar and handed one to Xie Bo, and sat with Xie Bo. Robert naturally had a bit of military straightforwardness.
"Father, I can't tell you the specific details. Tangcheng just acted as our guide for a while and took us around Shanghai. There wasn't much else." Xie Bo didn't know Robert's character.
He had to be very general and vague. However, looking at Robert's slightly frowning brows, it was obvious that he was not satisfied with Xie Bo's answer. However, this involved military affairs, and Xie Bo couldn't explain it in detail to Robert. He could only give a few comments.
Chatting with Robert left and right.
"The coffee is here, Captain Xie. Try it. This is authentic Brazilian coffee. Father is the only one in Shanghai who has it." Xie Bo and Robert were chatting nonsense, and Tang Cheng appeared in time with coffee.
After having coffee, Xie Bo clearly saw the moment when Tangcheng appeared. There was a hint of doting on the child in Father Robert's eyes. Xie Bo, who is both a parent, knew that only elders would show this kind of look towards their children. See,
What he said about coming to Tangcheng was true. This American priest was really kind to Tangcheng.
"I'm going to make you laugh. Hutou is an abandoned baby I picked up from Shandong. I have kept him by my side for 19 years. I have treated him as my own child." After Tang Cheng put down his coffee, he was kicked out by Robert to clean the church.
After drinking whiskey, Robert started to talk more. Time has turned this former tough guy from the west into a lonely man who likes to reminisce after drinking. Although Robert's Chinese is not very fluent, it does not hinder his relationship with Xie Bo.
conversation.
"Father, there is another reason why I came today." Xie Bo took the wine bottle and filled it for Robert, and then continued, "Tangcheng is very smart and is better than our recruits who have received short-term training. Our 88th Division is
The elites of the ** are the best in terms of training, treatment and weapons and equipment. I wanted to recruit Tang Cheng into my company, but Tang Cheng said it depends on what you want. This is the reason why I came today."
"Tang Cheng is still a student. He is only 19 years old now. He is not suitable to be a soldier. Mr. Officer, please come back. I am tired and need to rest." Xie Bo wants to drag Tang Cheng to serve as a soldier. Robert understands
It's the same principle as those warlords who armed and captured strong men. If Xie Bo hadn't been polite, Robert might have just taken out the revolver hidden in the room, beat Xie Bo into a sieve, and thrown him out of the church.
"Father, Tang Cheng can speak and understand Japanese. The war between China and Japan is inevitable. Do you know what role such a talent will play in the war? Do you plan to let him clean the church for the rest of his life? He is a Chinese
It is the responsibility of every Chinese to protect our country and our country for future generations, especially young people like Tang Cheng. We have many young people like him in the 88th Division." Xie Bo stood up and prepared.
He said goodbye, but he found Tang Cheng peeking in through the crack in the door. Those words were actually meant for Tang Cheng. How could Robert, a foreigner with blue eyes, understand these words.