After Liu Ruyan settled down, she went to work at the "National News" newspaper. She was tasked with editing the fourth edition. The fourth edition is the literary edition, which publishes some literary works, such as poems, essays, stories, etc. According to the arrangement of the superiors, there will be literary and artistic young people who will take the initiative to submit their papers. The person who submitted the manuscript will connect with her according to the pre-prepared connector code.

Day 3. In the evening. The reporters and editors of the editorial department have been off work one after another. Liu Ruyan was still bowing her head to deal with some free manuscripts, and didn't notice Huang Yan walking in.

The footsteps of "tuk tuk tuk" came, and Liu Ruyan saw Huang Yan with a spring breeze on her face, holding a stack of manuscript paper in her hand.

Huang Yan asked: "Excuse me, is this the supplement department?" ”

Liu Ruyan couldn't help but be stunned. Today is the time for the joint. She waited for a day, and actually waited for a girl in her early twenties, and the imaginary "bobcat" should be a man.

"It's the Supplement Department."

"Oh. Editor, you're new here, aren't you? ”

"Yes. I'm new here. How can I help you? ”

Liu Ruyan stood up respectfully, looking a little cramped and uneasy. She didn't expect that the little girl in front of her was the legendary "lynx". As an agent who broke into No. 76, "Lynx" once transmitted a large amount of valuable information to the base area in northern Jiangsu.

"I'm here to contribute. Teacher, I wrote an essay entitled "The Most Memorable is Hometown" and would like to beg for your guidance and selection. ”

"Let's put the manuscript here first. I'll give you advice when I'm done. ”

"Oh well. Why don't I invite you to dinner tonight and let's talk about literature? ”

The most critical code of the joint is the essay "The most memorable is the hometown"! When Liu Ruyan saw this article, he could be sure that the person who came was a lynx. As an editor, it's not a violation to eat with your own author. Liu Ruyan hurriedly cleaned up the table, and walked out of the door with Huang Yan. At this time, everyone in the editorial department was off work.

The editor-in-chief, Hu Cheng, happened to come in from the outside and was surprised to see Liu Ruyan and Huang Yan going out.

Hu Cheng asked, "Do you two know each other?" ”

Liu Ruyan hurriedly explained: "She is here to contribute, we just met." ”

Huang Yan knows Hu Cheng and knows this bespectacled, polite guy, a full traitor literati.

"Editor-in-Chief Hu, are you going back to the unit to work overtime so late?"

"In accordance with Director Li's request, I should rush to write an editorial to advocate the theory of peaceful nation-building." Hu Lancheng glanced at Huang Yan with a squint, and a strange light flashed behind the lenses of her glasses: "Huang Yan is young and beautiful, but we are a famous talented girl at No. 76." Now we have a young and beautiful editor in our newspaper. The two of them are so fateful, they stick together as soon as they meet. I, the editor-in-chief, also have a light on my face. Okay, you guys talk slowly, I've got to catch up on the manuscript. ”

......

Wanguo Commercial Building. Nongqing Coffee House.

Huang Yan and Liu Ruyan sat opposite each other.

Liu Ruyan lowered her head and stirred the coffee, speechless for a while. After a long time, she said, "I didn't expect you to be so young." ”

Huang Yan asked mischievously, "What do you imagine a bobcat to be like?" ”

"At least, he's a man. It should be more ordinary, more old-fashioned, and mysterious. ”

Huang Yan was amused by Liu Ruyan. However, the "bobcat" described by Liu Ruyan is indeed true. However, that person was Huang Yan's predecessor Qian Cheng, who died in an arrest operation to cover Deng Fei's evacuation. Huang Yan, who was still an active member of the party at the time, accidentally entered No. 76, and Deng Fei asked her to use this code name in order to commemorate Qian Cheng.

"Actually, your feeling is quite accurate." Huang Yan took a sip of coffee and felt a little bitter.

Hearing Qian Cheng's story, Liu Ruyan realized the cruelty of the struggle behind enemy lines. As one comrade said, every morning when I wake up, I will subconsciously touch my head to see if my head is still there? When you go to bed every night, you don't know if you'll wake up safely tomorrow morning.

"You're very famous on our side, and many chiefs know about your existence." Liu Ruyan said with some envy: "Actually, people like me are really not the material for this business. Two days ago, there was a Shanghai boy who was always staring at my window, and I was scared. Fortunately, Cheng Muyang is here, otherwise I wouldn't dare to sleep alone. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you that. ”

"Who is Cheng Muyang?"

"My husband." Afraid that Huang Yan would misunderstand, Liu Ruyan added another sentence "nominal".

Huang Yan said a little eagerly: "Ruyan, you tell me about that Shanghai little deflated three again, the more detailed, the better." ”

Liu Ruyan said it again, trying to be as detailed as possible. After listening to her narration, Huang Yan was a little silent.

There is no love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason. Xiao Qisan definitely didn't stare at Cheng Muyang and Liu Ruyan nonsensically. What is his motivation? Why is this happening? There's a reason for that!

"You think it never happened. The identities of both of you are carefully arranged by the organization and stand up to scrutiny. The next time that little deflated San dares to stay at your house, you call me, and I will let people clean him up fiercely, so that he can't find a place to cry. ”

Huang Yan is more familiar with the situation and has basically guessed what happened. Today's Liu Ruyan can also be regarded as a peripheral member of No. 76, if he is threatened, it is still very easy for Liu Da to send a few people out, and he will not be suspected by the enemy.

Liu Ruyan is a newspaper editor, and Huang Yan is her amateur writer. In the future, contact with each other will be more natural.

When parting, Huang Yan confessed: "The newspaper is an information distribution center, and you can get a lot of information openly. You have to make good use of it. ”

"Hmm."

They exchanged telephone numbers and went back to their respective homes. When Liu Ruyan returned to the residential area, there was still a person sitting under the big locust tree, but this time it was a middle-aged man with long hair, a long beard, and as thin as a hemp pole.

Cheng Muyang has already prepared dinner. Liu Ruyan saw the dishes on the table, and then remembered that she met Huang Yan tonight, just talking, and didn't eat anything. She picked up the rice bowl, not a gentleman at all, and ate two bowls of rice at once.

After eating, Liu Ruyan sighed sincerely: "There is no such good food in northern Jiangsu." ”

Cheng Muyang asked while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, "Have you seen a bobcat?" ”

"Don't ask what you shouldn't. It's discipline. ”

"Hey, hey. It's really curious to hurt cats. I forgot about such an important organizational discipline. Okay, I have to get ready for class, and I have class tomorrow. Good night. ”

Cheng Muyang picked up a stack of textbooks and returned to his room. As soon as the door closes, it is a world of two people. Liu Ruyan is really not used to this kind of life. Although Cheng Muyang is a good person, lonely men and widows live in the same room, he has never had any bad thoughts. But this kind of life is really embarrassing for young men and women who have not yet been married.