Mu Qingwan listened to Lao Hou's words, and began to be silent, she was still unconvinced in her heart, she also felt incredible about Lao Hou's statement, in her opinion, even for work, it is not advisable to sacrifice her reputation. Therefore, she can only express her opinion in silence.

Lao Hou also found that Mu Qingwan was silent at this time, but she still had an unconvinced expression on her face, so Lao Hou felt a little headache for a while.

So, Lao Hou had to continue to enlighten Mu Qingwan and said: "Comrade Mu Qingwan, I know that you are still unconvinced. But I would say that there are a lot of things in the underground that are simply not subject to our own efforts. Many underground workers resolutely gave their lives for the sake of their firm revolutionary beliefs, for the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to them by the organization, and even for the sake of covering a party comradewhom they may have never met. They can even bravely give up their own lives, what is the little loss of reputation? Let's take Comrade Li Yixin as an example, the organization originally assigned him to Stone Town to operate as a businessman. But by chance, his college classmate when he was studying in Japan was now an officer of the Japanese special high school, and he accidentally met him, and then coerced and lured him, insisting that he join the puppet government to be a traitor. Comrade Li Yixin did not get emotional because he put on the hat of a traitor and completely damaged his reputation, but resolutely became a traitor who everyone could punish and work for the organization with the approval of the organization. And now his status as a traitor is becoming more and more influential, but he doesn't care at all, but is willing to collude with traitors and the Japanese without hesitation for the task assigned to him by the organization, this is the courage and sacrifice spirit that our underground workers have. ”

Lao Hou said a little dry, he saw that Mu Qingwan was still silent, so he poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp. Then he continued to explain to Mu Qingwan: "Comrade Mu Qingwan, to be honest, I really don't know why Minister Pan chose you to work beside Comrade Li Yixin in Stone Town. Because you've never done underground work at all, there's a serious lack of experience, almost zero. But what I want to say is that since the organization has sent you to Stone Town to participate in the underground work, then you have to accept many things that are usually incredible, and all the actions of our underground workers are for the revolutionary work, and there are no selfish distractions. Of course, Comrade Li Yixin's application to fake marriage with you is not something he can say alone. If you can't believe me or think that my attitude on this matter is wrong, then I will give up the right to approve Comrade Li Yixin's application this time, and leave it to Minister Pan and other leading comrades in the ministry to discuss before making a final decision. I think you should be able to understand and obey the decision of the Ministry of Social Affairs, right? If you feel that you still can't get over this hurdle in your heart, then I can only suggest that Minister Pan send another female comrade to work in Stone Town, but the most troublesome thing in this way is how to arrange the identity of the female comrade who came to replace you, and you have caused certain difficulties to the work of the organization. ”

Lao Hou's remarks are not only enlightening, but also reasoning with facts. In particular, Lao Hou mentioned that if he was replaced, it would add difficulties and troubles to the organization, which shocked Mu Qingwan's heart quite a lot.

This made Mu Qingwan waver for the first time in the matter of Li Yixin and her fake marriage, because she was asking herself if she was really wrong?

Mu Qingwan had gradually calmed down at this time, and she had to admit that Lao Hou was right, it was indeed very undesirable for her to be emotional in this matter, especially in the occupied area, and it should not be like this when doing underground work.

If this matter went to Minister Pan as Lao Hou said, Mu Qingwan suddenly felt that the comrades she knew were likely to talk behind her back, and she was so active in applying to come to Stone Town to work underground in the first place, which would make the comrades have an opinion of herself in their hearts.

Mu Qingwan was struggling with her thoughts at this time, her lips were tightly closed, and the expression on her face was a little cloudy.

Lao Hou found out about this, and did not rush to urge Mu Qingwan to express his position immediately, but picked up the pen and began to write a reply to Li Yixin, he was actually very worried that Li Yixin's radio station would be exposed, so he kept emphasizing the importance of hiding the radio station in his reply.

It wasn't until Lao Hou finished writing the reply and handed the reply note to Mu Qingwan that Mu Qingwan was freed from her contemplation.

She took the note, thought for a while and said, "Okay, I agree to have a fake marriage with Comrade Li Yixin." But I must first state that this is only done to cover people's eyes, and I hope that the organization can help me prove this later. ”

Mu Qingwan finally relented, Lao Hou's heart was full of joy and relief, and he nodded again and again and replied, "Now you finally realize how wrong it is for you to be emotional, right?" Fortunately, you have not caused any loss, and on behalf of the Party organization, I thank you for your decision, and at the same time, I officially approve your application for a fake marriage on behalf of the organization. If someone questions this matter in the future, I can be a witness to it. ”

Immediately afterwards, Lao Hou handed the reply note he wrote to Li Yixin to Mu Qingwan and advised: "This is still my reply to Comrade Li Yixin, you must take it and go back and hand it to him directly." ”

Mu Qingwan took the note and folded it carefully, then put it in her shoes and stepped on it with the soles of her feet, then nodded to Lao Hou and walked out of the room.

Lao Wu handed over a sack containing pigeon eggs again and sent Mu Qingwan out of the gate. After a while, he also went out and followed Mu Qingwan from a distance to see if someone was secretly following Mu Qingwan.

This is the last time Mu Qingwan came to the contact point at No. 5 Hongshizhu Street, Lao Hou specially assigned him the task, Mu Qingwan did not have much work experience behind enemy lines, Lao Hou out of security considerations, asked Lao Wu to protect Mu Qingwan in the back.

Li Yixin and Hu Yongqiang had returned to the small door behind Jianzhong Trading Company at this time, and after Hu Yongqiang paid for the rickshaw, he helped Li Yixin enter the building from the small door, and then went directly through the ground floor to the front gate.

The two anti-smuggling officers standing outside the gate were actually a little impatient, they did not stand guard outside the gate in a very regular manner, but gathered together and began to smoke and chat.