A Love Never Lost Episode 29 Recap
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Yang Kaizhi could understand Xie Shuhong’s confusion and helplessness after losing Wu Tianbai, but what Xie Shuhong did in Tokyo was something no other woman could have done. Xie Shuhong, however, found it quite simple—after all, she needed to survive in Tokyo. Yang Kaizhi immediately responded, saying that this was faith. Losing a loved one causes sorrow, but still being able to grow and thrive—that is human faith.
When Liang Xiang returned home, he saw his mother idly playing with the softshell turtles and goldfish in the tank. She made a remark with hidden meaning, and Liang Xiang asked Duo Mei to fetch the young boy staying with Yang Kaizhi. Yang Kaizhi invited Second Beile to a meal and got straight to the point by presenting silver notes, expressing his desire for Second Beile to deliver the money to King Qing. Yang Kaizhi's words were elegant and pleasant.
Second Beile went from initial refusal to sitting down with a smile to converse with Yang Kaizhi in the blink of an eye. That evening, Yang Kaizhi told Xie Shuhong about it. Xie Shuhong believed it was a business deal, and therefore involved profit margins—she worried King Qing might find the amount insufficient. But Yang Kaizhi believed there should be no way out left.
Xie Shuhong advised him to put aside his pride and ask Liang Xiang for help, since in the end, this was a transaction—never clean to begin with. Earlier that day, Xie Shuhong had aired out the bedding for Yang Kaizhi, which pleased him. Hearing that she was doing laundry for the child next door, he took the laundry soap over to her himself. The Military Advisory Bureau had officially been established, and Beile Zai Tao sat proudly in his seat.
But when the topic turned to King Qing appointing Yang Kaizhi as the commander of the Sixth Town, Zai Tao was visibly displeased. He had heard that back in Tokyo, Yang Kaizhi had many dealings with revolutionaries and feared Liang Xiang might have a personal stake in this. Liang Xiang handled the situation with ease, and Zai Tao quickly changed the subject.
At the alumni gathering for Japanese-trained military cadets, Liang Xiang was openly recruiting talent but deliberately avoided Yang Kaizhi, afraid that Yang Kaizhi would ask about the Sixth Town command. Instructor Hirata showed up with Miss Yoshiko, and Liang Xiang brought them to meet Yang Kaizhi. Instructor Hirata even bowed deeply to Yang Kaizhi, out of admiration for his actions in Yanji.
Someone from Liang Mansion came to ask whether Wu Bugu and his mother could come over the next day. Yang Kaizhi thought it was a minor matter and, not knowing the child’s connection to Liang Xiang, readily agreed. Xie Shuhong was speechless and turned back into the house. As the inspector general, Zai Tao took a train to the Third Town.
Liang Xiang reminded him to observe more and speak less when he got there, so as not to show his inexperience. But to truly win people over, Zai Tao needed genuine ability. Before the inspector even arrived, the Third Town under Beiyang’s new army in Baoding was lit up all night, busy forging financial records.
Li Renjun commented that it was no wonder the commander insisted on sending him to Tianjin to buy Western-style porcelain toilets, premium cigars, and an endless supply of shark fins and sea cucumbers. During the inspection, Liang Xiang did not enter but waited in a carriage outside the camp. After the inspection, Second Beile and others audited the accounts and found them falsified. The people of the Third Town were sharp and quickly offered Second Beile a cigar.
Second Beile took a puff, then immediately turned stern. When the commander learned of this, he sent Li Renjun to handle the situation. Li Renjun, far more experienced, led Second Beile and his fellow playboys to the red-light district and instructed the madam to keep them there until noon the next day. Zai Tao entered a room to rest but found it filled with pearls and antiques, each of great value. The Third Town’s intentions were crystal clear to him.
