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The Eve (2023) 前夜 Episode 2 Recap & Review

Episode 2: Zhou Yingqun and Lin Xi met for the first time

Zhou Yingqun was ordered to come to Shanghai Station. When he entered Dexin Trading Company, he recognized that the boss was Xing Lixian, the head of Shanghai Station. Xing Lixian told Zhou Yingqun the specific situation and said that Dexin Trading Company was the latest contact point for the military commander after Sun Ran’s rebellion. Zhou Yingqun’s cover identity was that of a commercial bank manager, and he was responsible for fieldwork in place of Wang Muqing.

Su Nan obtained Ling Hongjun’s consent and decided to investigate Lin Xi’s background. Lin Xi was woken up by Li Yunfei, who told him that Lao Lu was dead. Lin Xi was not surprised because he had known about it for a long time. Lin Xi reminded his good brother that the investigation was done by the patrol room, and he should not be involved. Li Yunfei didn’t know the inside story, so he just felt that Lin Xi today was abnormal and inexplicable.

Lin Xi’s so-called serious job was to pull a rickshaw, but Li Yunfei dismissed it. He felt that he came all the way from northern Jiangsu to Shanghai just to get ahead. There are many ways to make money, and he will never put down his face to pull a cart. Lin Xi didn’t care about him, and took the other brothers to work. Li Yunfei turned his head to Fuyuanji and plunged into the smoky gambling game.

Lin Xi took a turn and went to the patrol room, trying to find out some news about yesterday from Jiang Wei, the detective in the patrol room, but Jiang Wei didn’t know much. He only knew that the shots fired yesterday were fired by No. 76, and he died. The person in charge is Lu Linhan. Su Nan found Lin Xi, and found out that the key was indeed in Lin Xi’s hands after testing, but Lin Xi didn’t believe her, so he didn’t hand over the key.

After Zhou Yingqun looked through the files, he went out to work and sneaked into Sun Ran’s house to rummage, and found the seal of the Bank of America and China from the wine bottle. Lin Xi came back from pulling a rickshaw all day, and shared the money he earned with his brothers. Although Li Yunfei didn’t pull the rickshaw, he also had a share. Li Yunfei felt deeply ashamed, but he still didn’t ask for the money.

Lin Xi sent the money to her younger sister, and told her to exchange the money into Dayang to pay for the books tomorrow. Lin Yuan suddenly asked about Lu Linhan. Lin Xi admitted that Lao Lu was dead, and Lin Yuan was very sad. The siblings and Lu Linhan have known each other for many years, and they often eat wontons at his stall. Although they are not relatives, they are better than relatives. Lin Xi decided to clean up the mess left by Lao Lu, and the next day Li Yunfei put down his face and took the initiative to pull a rickshaw.

Lin Xi printed out the shape of the key and after asking a brother, he learned that the key was the key to the safe of Meihua Bank. Zhou Yingqun secretly followed Lin Xi many times and saw him cleaning up Lao Lu’s stall, and also saw him asking the thief about the key. He went directly to Lin Xi and talked to him straight to the point. Zhou Yingqun had investigated Lin Xi, so he knew everything about him.

Lin Xi had doubts about him, and Zhou Yingqun didn’t push him any further. He left his business card before leaving, and he could contact him when Lin Xi figured it out. Hideo Takeda found Zhu Qiwen and took out Lin Xi’s photo, hoping that Zhu Qiwen could help him get the key from Lin Xi. In exchange, the Japanese could help Zhu Qiwen become the king of Shanghai Bund, and Zhu Qiwen agreed.

The brothers who were pulling the cart had just left the house when two people who claimed to be from the power bureau came in uninvited. Another brother stayed at home, obviously aware that these two were not good people, but they claimed to be from the power bureau, obviously, they were acting.

The brother realized that if he said the wrong thing, the other person would probably take something out of his bag and kill him, so he also acted, deliberately pretending that the two of them were from the Electricity Bureau. Lin Xi and the two passed by, turned around, and stopped and asked who they were.