On the west side of the first floor of the National Axe Building on Yuehua Road, is the office of Deputy Director Gong of the Second Director of the Party Department.

"Xiao Yi, come here."

Deputy Director Gong, who was sitting behind the wide desk, raised his head, and naturally swept a few strands of naturally drooping hair, and his smooth forehead was even fairer and moister: "Sit, you have to fill out this form and be as detailed as possible." ”

An Yi sat on the guest chair in front of the table, looked at the four treasures of the study on the table, and pointed to the celadon pen holder: "Can you lend me a fountain pen?" ”

Deputy Director Gong smiled slightly, picked up the pen and handed it to An Yi: "I didn't expect Xiao Yi to be a new young man, most of you who work in the commercial bank are used to using fountain pens, which are easy to carry and write much faster, give!" ”

An Yi smiled honestly: "Maybe I'm an exception, I can't write well with my brush, and I'm still practicing." ”

Deputy Director Gong's eyebrows were slightly upturned, and she smiled and watched An Yi fill in the form attentively, her eyes were gentle as water, revealing a trace of care, her beautiful lips under her straight and beautiful nose were slightly closed, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned with a little smile, her slightly upturned beautiful chin was as white as jade, and the whole person looked dignified, beautiful, gentle and quiet. If it weren't for the high bun of a young woman, no one would have believed that this was a 31-year-old person, let alone that this young woman with a beautiful figure would be the deputy director of the Confidential Bureau of the Kuomintang Party Department.

Her gaze shifted from An Yi's pen to his slender fingers, then from fingers to his clean and neat dark blue youth suit, and finally stopped between An Yi's nose and eyebrows. She has never seen such a peculiar young man with Shen Yun, the closed lips are soft but very clear, the tall nose is upright, and there is a slight vertical light line in the middle and lower part of the slightly long chin, the outline is clear, faintly revealing a sense of perseverance and perseverance, especially An Yi's focused eyes, from the first sight of it made her feel a sense of pleasure, few men have such delicate long eyelashes, but with a pair of slightly upturned eyebrows, such delicate eyebrows have no sense of weakness, On the contrary, it exudes a heroic spirit and vitality. All this, combined with An Yi's upright body and slightly low and gentle voice, actually made this strange woman with a dignified and gentle appearance and perseverance in her heart feel extremely cordial and even a little loved, just like looking at her own brother, before that, she only learned such a complex and strange feeling from romance works, and this wonderful feeling suddenly appeared on herself, making her feel slightly surprised and a little confused and messy.

"Here, I'm sorry for you."

An Yi screwed the cap of the pen and politely pushed the form in front of Deputy Director Gong with both hands.

Deputy Director Gong's eyes were a little flustered, but he quickly regained his composure, stretched out his hand to pick up the form and inspected it with a smile, and she was greatly surprised by the neat and neat font that appeared in her eyes: "It's so beautiful!" Xiao Yi, are you fooling the eldest sister? Such a good handwriting still says that you are so unbearable, I really think you have never been to school, I think, even graduates of famous universities can not write such neat and beautiful imitation Song Zhengti. ”

An Yi embarrassedly explained: "In fact, this is related to my profession, as an apprentice at the beginning of the apprenticeship under the guidance of the master to see the design drawings of spare parts, after the master taught hand-in-hand, slowly learn the drawing writing processing procedures, from the beginning of the strict master required to write in accordance with the formal format, not sloppy at all, over time it became a habit." I can't write with a brush, and the old saying is that my brush words are like bones that have been gnawed by dogs, and there is no meat. ”

Deputy Director Gong pursed his lips and smiled: "It's so interesting, how can you describe it like that?" Who are you talking about? It can't be from a Taoist temple, right? ”

"No, no! It was one of my elders, I just arrived in Guangzhou and fell ill, unconscious, it was he and another brother named Luo Shaodong who cured me, the elder's name is Lao Shoudao, and he set up a fortune teller stall at the alley next to the Hongfa Silk Firm on Avenida Nandi, and I usually call him Lao Dao. An Yi explained in detail.

Deputy Director Gong nodded, in fact, in the past month and a half, in order to find An Yi, she has let her subordinates have an in-depth understanding, and she is very clear about the current situation of that old way, and she also knows Dongzi, who works as a clerk in the garment factory of the Guangzhou Provincial Civil Affairs Bureau, some time ago in order to make a large party flag, she went to the garment factory, and quietly observed the honest and diligent Dongzi under the reminder of her subordinates, and was quite impressed, but she did not break it, but stood up and leaned out and pointed to the line of origin on the form and asked softly: "Xiao Yi, this" Sichuan Dujiangyan 'is not standardized, Dujiangyan is a dam is not a place name, it should be Sichuan Guan County, and there is a column of immediate family members, your father An Shiping wrote it correctly, why didn't your mother write it? ”

"Oh? This...... I'm confused. ”

An Yi hurriedly picked up the pen and unscrewed the cap, a breeze blew, a strand of hair stroked to the tip of An Yi's high nose, a burst of orchid fragrance drilled into his nose and soaked into his heart and lungs, making him feel dizzy and difficult to concentrate, those few slender hairs swayed again, and the tips of the hair happened to drill into his nose, and under the stimulation, An Yi made a "Hello" without fighting, which startled Deputy Director Gong, and she realized the embarrassment just now when she saw the pen in An Yi's hand fall on the table, and immediately picked up the pen with a slightly red face: "You say, I'll fill it in for you." ”

An Yi held back his agitated feelings: "Deputy Director Gong, I'...... I don't have a mother, I am ...... It was my dad who picked it up from the trash can outside a clinic, so ......"

Deputy Director Gong was startled, looking at the faint pain in An Yi's eyes, and felt sad: "I see...... Understood, eldest sister will change it for you. ”

Deputy Director Gong used a pen to modify his hometown, added dozens of words in the following two columns, stood up and walked out of the door: "Xiao Yi, you sit down, I will help you do it in a while, when you are thirsty, add your own water, and if you want to drink tea, there is a can of West Lake Longjing on the low cabinet, you're welcome!" ”

An Yi did not add water or make tea, but silently looked at this simple and bright office, Sun Yat-sen's handwritten "The world is for the public" banner hung on the white wall in the center, and a bookcase on the left was full of books, several of which were still foreign language books. The iron cabinet on the right is neatly placed and all closed, and two pots of lush and vigorous evergreen are dotted on the mahogany shelves behind the Western-style leather sofa and in the corner, and the whole space looks elegant and simple without losing vitality, and there is no smell of fat powder in the office of the female surname at all.

Drinking a sip of boiled water and gently putting down the teacup, An Yi's eyes turned to the desk again, and he suddenly became interested in seeing a six-inch mahogany photo frame on the left side, he carefully took the photo frame and looked at it carefully, a man wearing rimless glasses and a three-piece dark suit The black and white photo of the side made An Yi quite surprised, he found that the person with a sincere and elegant smile in the photo was a little similar to himself, and felt incredible. Looking closely at the small print in the lower corner, An Yi immediately knew the name and identity of the man in the photo: Beloved Wife Remembrance, Ming Yang, in San Francisco in the spring of 1913.

The footsteps of Deputy Director Gong came from outside the door, and An Yi hurriedly put the photo frame back in its place, picked up the teacup and took a sip of it.

Deputy Director Gong had already seen An Yi's actions, she quietly returned to her seat, and put a cowhide envelope in front of An Yi: "It's done, you don't have to worry about your identity in the future." ”

An Yi picked up the envelope and opened it: "So fast? Don't you have to go to the Household Registration Division of the police station? ”

"Special affairs, take a good look, you have to keep it well, it's very troublesome to reissue." Deputy Director Gong couldn't help but glance at her husband's portrait and picked up the teacup to add water.

An Yi took out a piece of coarsely printed cardboard and looked at it carefully, and found that his address had become the address of the alley behind the "Taichang" commercial bank, which was the warehouse in the backyard of the commercial bank. An Yi thanked gratefully: "Thank you, Deputy Director Gong, I finally bid farewell to the black family." ”

Deputy Director Gong smiled interestingly: "It's very interesting to listen to you, it's always surprising and quite novel, although you say that you haven't read, but the eldest sister still doesn't believe it, you must have a lot of things to hide from me...... Forget it, it's up to you. ”

"Eldest sister, is the Nandi Branch the branch where Brother Li Tiekui is located?" An Yi didn't want to say much about himself.

Deputy Director Gong returned to his seat: "Exactly, your brother Li is a very great sharpshooter, and few people have the ability to raise his hand and kill the incense head fifty meters away with a single shot in the dark night, although he was born in the Pao Brother Gang in Sichuan and Shu, but he followed several veterans of the League in Sichuan as a guard very early, and later he chose to stay in Guangzhou due to internal divisions. I learned about him after the incident on the dock last time, and I thought that it was a talent who wanted to transfer him to our party headquarters, but Director Wu Tiecheng was unwilling to let him go, saying that the chaos in Guangzhou City needed to increase the police force, and your brother Li was a rare shooting instructor, and now he was transferred to the military police training camp in the East School Field, and was officially promoted to the rank of sergeant, lieutenant. ”

An Yi nodded: "No wonder I said I haven't seen him for a long time." ”

After saying this, An Yi didn't squeak, and he didn't know what to say, he hesitated for a moment and wanted to leave, but he looked at the photo frame in a ghostly manner: "You weren't there just now, I looked at the photo, the person in the photo is very handsome and easygoing, like a professor who stayed abroad......"

Deputy Director Gong glanced at the photo and turned to An Yi: "This is my husband Li Mingyang, the last batch of public students from the Qing Dynasty, who studied machinery." His hometown is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, very close to the heroine Qiu Jin's family, and he is also an early member of Mr. Sun's League, after returning to China, he devoted himself to the revolutionary cause, and developed many revolutionaries in Zhejiang. Ten years ago, just two months after we got married, he was killed by the Beiyang political axe......"

An Yi was shocked: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry Deputy Director Gong, I didn't mean to, I don't know ......"

"It's fine."

Deputy Director Gong pretended to open the drawer and secretly wiped away the overflowing tears, and only took out a brand-new German black fountain pen after a while, and stood up with a smile on his face: "Come, Xiaoyi, your handwriting is so good, the eldest sister will give you a pen if you don't have anything to give you, this is the last time the German Embassy gave it to our party department, the quality is very good, I heard that the nib is made of real gold and inlaid with a fine diamond, very wear-resistant, I already have one, you can take this one." ”

"No, no! I can't ask for it, I don't know how to thank you for getting my ID......"

"Obedient! Come here! ”

Deputy Director Gong stepped forward and inserted the pen into An Yi's jacket pocket: "This looks much better, the young man has to be equipped with a fountain pen to be complete, and he looks more elegant." ”

An Yi could only accept it gratefully, and thought of a way to repay it as soon as he had an idea: "Deputy Director Gong may not know, I originally had a fountain pen inserted in my jacket pocket, and one day the eldest sister in the store said that I looked like a college student, so I was excited to borrow the pen of Uncle Jiu of the accountant and plug it in, and deliberately walked out of the business house to see how passers-by reacted?" As a result, a girl from the provincial normal school who was passing by saw me inserting two pens with reverence in her eyes and asked me which school I was a professor in, but I was very happy! I immediately ran back to the backyard to borrow his fountain pen from Mr. Ou and plug it in, thinking to myself three fountain pens, this time others are not allowed to call me a great writer? So he plugged in three pens and went out to stand on the road, and immediately attracted a group of young students passing by, and the scene was very grand, guess what? ”

"What's wrong?"

Deputy Director Gong thought it was very interesting, and the smile in his eyes was shining.

An Yi sighed rather exaggeratedly: "Men and women enthusiastically gathered around and took out their pens and handed them to me, I am proud to see such a touching scene!" I felt that everyone regarded me as a big celebrity and wanted me to sign for a commemorative note, so I immediately ordered loudly: don't rush to come one by one. As a result, I was stunned when everyone told me the truth, and they said, "Master, my fountain pen is broken, fix it for me!" You see, people think of me as a pen repairer. ”

Director Gong was stunned for a moment, then laughed, the more he thought about it, the more funny he felt, and finally laughed so much that he covered his stomach and bent down and almost collapsed, barely holding on to the table and laughing so much that tears flowed, An Yi was really afraid that she would be frightened and stood by her side tightly just in case.

After a while, Gong Meiren, who was smiling and swaying, gasped with difficulty, straightened up while coughing, her fair left hand tightly covered her flat abdomen with a smile, and her right hand couldn't help but clench her pink fist and smash it at An Yi: "You little villain...... You're going to laugh to death big sister...... Hehe...... I'm laughing to death...... You bad guy, I didn't expect you to be honest on the outside, and there are so many ghosts hidden in your belly...... See if I don't clean you up......"

An Yile received a few punches: "I repent, I repent!" ”

"Poof...... What do you regret? Flim flam tongue ......"

Deputy Director Gong finally calmed down, his eyes were clear, and he looked at An Yi with a charming smile: "For so many years, the eldest sister has never been so happy as today, Xiao Yi, thank you." ”

"No, no...... That one...... It's not early, Deputy Director Gong is busy with official business, so I will leave first. Thank you, thank you! An Yi bowed politely.

Deputy Director Gong hurriedly stopped him, took out a business card from the small wooden box on the table and handed it to him: "Xiao Yi, it's not easy for you to be alone in a foreign land without relatives and no reason, if you need the eldest sister for anything in the future, just come to find the eldest sister." Also, we are all old acquaintances, don't be so angry, in the future, you can call me eldest sister. ”

"How can this be? No, I'm a young man from a trading house...... Not suitable, haha! Thank you very much, Deputy Director Gong, I will never forget your help to me for the rest of my life. You are busy, I see someone standing at the door, I guess waiting for you, I ...... Farewell! After An Yi finished speaking, he bowed again, turned around and strode away, not daring to take another look at the sadness and expectation in Gong Meiren's eyes.

Aunt Zhong, who was nearly fifty years old, came in with a stack of documents, saw Gong Meiren's lost eyes, and smiled slightly: "Girl, I have never heard you laugh so heartily and heartily, tell me any interesting things." ”

Gong Meiren took the document and returned to her seat, asked Aunt Zhong to sit down and said helplessly: "The young man who left just now is the An Yi I told you last time, this guy is not simple, he has a body of mechanical knowledge, and skilled driving skills, but he never shows off, our old friend Mr. Ou Yaoting values him very much, and gives him a good income every month, but this guy is dressed plainly and unassumingly, at first I thought he was poor and afraid and refused to spend money, but who knew that he did not hesitate to take out half a month's salary, Entertain his group of bitter brothers who are studying in Whampoa. Just now I gave him an identity certificate, and he was so grateful that he told me a joke about the pen, which made me so happy that I couldn't help myself, but I asked him to call him big sister, but he didn't want to, although he had a humble smile on his face, but I seemed to see a deep guard in his eyes, alas! It is estimated that he already knows what the Second Bureau of the Party Department is doing, and he is reluctant to approach it because of his scruples. ”

Aunt Zhong helped her reading glasses: "So smart? How old is that? I remember you said that he just turned eighteen into nineteen, where did this scheming come from? I think you're too worried, maybe you're young and thin-faced, right? ”

"No, Aunt Zhong, I have a hunch that this kid is by no means simple, there are few eighteen-year-old people who are so calm and old, and they don't have his quick thinking and impromptu reactions, I don't know how many things he has in his stomach, but I can be sure that he must have a good education, if he is not formally educated or has followed a famous teacher, otherwise how can he have such education and intelligence? I must dig hard, if I can recruit him into our confidential bureau, it will only take a few years of training to be able to take charge of himself, and talents are rare......"