sbdcsierra Chapter 1 Mrs. Ma's Wardrobe
Chapter 1 Mrs. Ma's Wardrobe
"Little bitch!"
"You shameless bastard, you're stealing someone else's man!"
"I didn't! I'm innocent, I didn't!"
"You still say you didn't? We all saw it!"
"You're innocent? I'm more innocent than you! I'll beat you to death, you little bitch..."
"what……"
Hong Zhong felt dizzy, as if he had drunk three catties of fake liquor, and vaguely heard a woman's commotion.
He struggled to open his heavy eyelids, only to find himself in complete darkness.
Where am I?
Dizzy and confused, Hong Zhong tried to reach out and feel around. He touched the smooth silk fabric, the prickly woolen coat, and finally the hard wooden board.
The cramped space around him made it difficult for him to stand upright, and the pungent smell of mothballs mixed with perfume kept wafting into his nose.
This is... a wardrobe?
With just a little judgment, Hong Zhong figured out where he was.
But the question is, why was he in the closet?
"Wasn't I drinking with bank executives last night? How did I end up in the closet? And this doesn't even look like my closet!"
Confused, he instinctively reached out and pushed open the wardrobe door to go out.
But then, the noise outside grew clearer, accompanied by the clatter of high heels and the sound of a woman tearing things apart.
"Where do you think you're going? You think you can run away?"
"I'll beat you to death, you little bitch!"
"Ouch..."
Hong Zhong's outstretched hand recoiled instantly, as if he had been electrocuted.
What's going on here? A wife catching her husband cheating, beating up the mistress?
Considering that I'm currently hiding in the closet, isn't the answer obvious?
No, I'm not exactly a good person, but I'm not as good as Cao Cao either. How did I suddenly become the neighbor next door?
Could it be that I drank too much last night and, when I took President Ma home, I took him to the wrong place, to his mistress's place?
But why is she alone in the closet? Did the mistress of the boss, who has been eyeing her for help, succeed in her scheme?
Hong Zhong, whose mind was a complete mess, couldn't help but shudder at the thought.
It was only then that he realized he was completely naked, and his clothes were still in his hands!
Well, now my heart is completely dead!
Hong Zhong felt a pang of regret. It's true, boys really need to take good care of themselves when they're out and about!
Especially someone as handsome as him!
Ah Zhong's high school grades were not ideal, and after graduating from junior college, he couldn't find a good job at all, so he could only go to work as an insurance agent.
There's no other way; these days, only insurance companies are hiring in large numbers!
Because they're not hiring employees, they're hiring customers!
But Hong Zhong is different!
Besides being handsome, charming, quick-witted, and hardworking, he can also be quite daring!
This allows him to navigate these complex interpersonal relationships with ease, earning a considerable amount of insurance premiums without offending anyone!
Look, he's even going so far as to take care of the bank manager's family in his pursuit of advancement!
Having figured out the key points, Hong Zhong felt the surging winds of the giant pendulum below and couldn't help but hold his breath:
If I get caught right now, I'm afraid I'll be in deep trouble.
Fortunately, Hong Zhong didn't stay in the closet in fear for long before he heard the sounds of fighting fade away again, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Coming to his senses, he decided to stretch his back, which had been flexed until it went numb—after all, this was something that would last a lifetime!
However, he underestimated his own height and overestimated the height of the wardrobe.
As soon as he straightened up, "bang!" his head slammed solidly against the top of the wardrobe.
At that moment, the entire space-time seemed to freeze.
Although Hong Zhong gasped in pain, he dared not utter a sound because he sensed footsteps outside the wardrobe.
Why are there still people inside?
The approaching footsteps felt like each step was hitting his heart, causing Hong Zhong's heart to pound wildly as if it would burst out of his chest, and his fingernails to dig into the inside of the wardrobe.
Oh no, oh no, my lifelong reputation is completely ruined!
In his despair, the wardrobe door was suddenly pulled open, and a blinding ray of sunlight instantly illuminated Hong Zhong's entire world.
Hong Zhong squinted subconsciously, and after his eyes slowly adjusted to the light, he was able to see the woman standing in front of him clearly.
The woman's appearance was somewhat unfamiliar; she wasn't particularly pretty, and her eyes even carried a hint of shrewishness. Her large, blood-red mouth made her look like someone not to be trifled with.
She was wearing a dark-colored satin cheongsam with large floral patterns and an outdated wavy hairstyle, dressed like a lady from the Republican era.
But she didn't have the air of a noblewoman at all; she was more like a village shrew, like a shrew cosplaying Lin Daiyu—it was very incongruous!
The woman was also stunned, her eyes wide open as she scanned Hong Zhong in the wardrobe from bottom to top, her expression one of utter astonishment.
The moment their eyes met, a flood of memories rushed into Hong Zhong's mind, and a sharp, excruciating pain shot through his head.
Hong Zhong, courtesy name Zhiyou, was born in Shanghai in 1920 into a well-off family and received a good education from a young age.
After graduation, he was recruited by the Military Intelligence Bureau and entered the Eighth Special Training Class (Southeast Special Training Class) of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization to receive training, mainly focusing on intelligence, document processing, foreign languages and other special agent skills.
His grades were mediocre, his background was ordinary, and the special training class he attended was not a well-established one like Qingpu or Linli, which made him unknown in the Military Intelligence Bureau after graduation.
It wasn't until after the victory in the War of Resistance against Japan and the reconstruction of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Tianjin Station that his fortunes took a turn for the better.
Because of his foreign language skills and clean background, he was valued by Wu Jingzhong, the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Tianjin Station, and was recruited to be the station chief's secretary.
Is it possible that I've been transported into the world of Secretary Hong in the TV series "Lurking"?
Although "Lurking" is an old drama from many years ago, as the pinnacle of domestic spy dramas, Hong Zhong has watched it countless times since childhood, and he has a deep impression of the plot and characters in the drama.
Given the current situation, he didn't even need to access his predecessor's memories to guess that this must be the famous scene from the "Museum Twins," right?
At this moment, they were at the home of Ma Kui, the captain of the Jinhai Station action team.
Ma Kui was framed by the Kuomintang's Military Intelligence Bureau and the Communist Party of China, who falsely accused him of being a spy known as "Emei Peak." This incident is known as the "Third Nationalist/Supply-Resource Cooperation."
However, he was incredibly lucky and managed to escape while being escorted to Jinling.
Meanwhile, Cuiping, the wife of Yu Zecheng, the director of the confidential office of Jinhai Station, accidentally stumbled upon the station chief's wife, who had secretly come to Ma Kui's house alone and stayed for a long time. Cuiping mistakenly believed that the station chief and Ma's wife were having an affair.
So after the station manager left, the two of them rushed in and staged a scene of "the wife beating the mistress"!
Little did they know, the mistress wasn't Mrs. Ma, but his secretary, Hong!
Although Hong Zhong's mind was churning with thoughts, in reality it was just a fleeting moment.
Hong Zhong composed himself, looked at Cui Ping who was still in a daze, and quickly imitated the scene in his memory, looking at Cui Ping with pleading eyes, while putting his finger to his lips and making a shushing gesture.
Upon seeing this, Cuiping immediately came to her senses, her eyes filled with panic and confusion, and quickly closed the wardrobe door again.
Although darkness descended once again, Hong Zhong breathed a long sigh of relief.
Good news, I don't have to worry about the company dying anymore!
Bad news: I'm probably dead from my past life!
No, how did I end up in this time travel?
Or did he travel back in time to become Secretary Hong, more than half a century ago?
Isn't this too hasty?
Unlike most losers who are dissatisfied with life and want to turn their lives around by time travel, Hong Zhong doesn't want to time travel!
Although his job selling insurance was dishonorable, undignified, and annoying, it brought him hundreds of thousands of yuan every year, enough for him to live a comfortable life.
And now? I've actually transmigrated into the body of a junior secretary in the Secret Service, and into a chaotic world filled with war and danger?
Not only is my comfortable life gone, but I don't even know when I'll lose this life I've been reborn into!
Fortunately, Hong Zhong was very adaptable. He knew that complaining would be useless, so he might as well think about his future!
Upon arriving in this world, his first thought was naturally to surrender, but when he thought of his identity as a member of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the harsh conditions in Y'an, he immediately chickened out.
Forget it, I should focus on surviving and making sure I can live a good life first!
He's just an ordinary man after all; he wouldn't do something so reckless!
As he pondered, the sounds of fighting outside ceased, and Mrs. Ma's sweet, coquettish voice pulled Hong Zhong back to reality:
"The stationmaster came just to have me make a phone call so I could atone for my mistake!"
"A phone call? What phone call?"
"They made me... made me call that female representative of the BL army and say... say that I found important documents that Ma Kui had hidden in his house, and that if I met with her, they would arrest her..."
Hong Zhong's heart sank suddenly as he tried hard to recall this part of the plot:
Due to his exposed identity, Li Ya, a Kuomintang secret agent who was transferred back to Tianjin, took over as the captain of the Tianjin Station action team from Ma Kui.
He came up with a terrible idea as soon as he took office: to lure and capture Zuo Lan, the BL military investigation representative.
Zuo Lan was once Yu Zecheng's girlfriend. By doing this, he could not only accuse the *** of sabotaging the peace talks, but also find clues about her ex-boyfriend Yu Zecheng through her. It was a double kill!
Although Li Ya was incompetent at everything later on, his bad ideas were truly awful, and this particular trick was quite insidious.
Speaking of Zuo Lan, she is the white moonlight in the hearts of many drama fans!
She is gentle, beautiful, intelligent, capable, and a warrior who is willing to dedicate everything to her country and people.
Every aspect of her is worthy of Yu Zecheng's love, and also worthy of Hong Zhong's love!
Of course, Hong Zhong's affection for him was not the kind of romantic love between a man and a woman, but rather a profound love based on his reverence for heroes!
Hong Zhong is not a good person. He can be obsequious and fawning to make money, and even offer himself to superiors if necessary.
But when faced with such major issues of right and wrong, he remained very clear-headed!
Originally, he only wanted to live a good life, but in the end, he couldn't bear to see Zuo Lan facing death!
He believed that future generations, unless they were "five hundred thousand on the move," would not stand idly by and watch Zuo Lan's sacrifice.
He may not be able to be as selfless as they are, but that doesn't mean he can't help them in any way he can.
At that moment, he had an idea: no matter what kind of life he wanted to live in the future, he had to try to save Zuo Lan first!
But before that, I need to get out of the closet and quickly put on my clothes!
The strong summer wind made him shiver constantly!