In a typical Japanese-style wooden house on the outskirts of Tokyo, a burst of laughter and singing comes from inside. The owner of the house, Chi Buzhou, who was wearing a shirt with a scan, looked at the visitors with a smile, and his wife Eiko Shirahama was busy before and after, and the guests were also staggered, singing and dancing.

Bang bang bang! There was a knock on the door, and Eiko Shirahama pushed open the sliding door, and a man wearing a peaked cap, a knife-faced face, and sharp eyes appeared in front of him.

"Hello, who are you looking for?" Eiko Shirahama asked politely, leaning on the door frame of the door.

The man took off the cap on his head, smiled awkwardly, and said in a language of Japanese that he was not proficient in: "Hello, I am a friend of Mr. Chi Buzhou......" This scene was seen by Chi Buzhou, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Yingzi, that's my friend, let him come in." ”

Yingzi smiled slightly, made a gesture of invitation, and invited the man in. Chi Buzhou invited the man to his inner room, and after closing the door, the man introduced himself in Chinese: "Hello, Mr. Chi Buzhou, I am a liaison officer sent to Tokyo by the Pre-cadre Department of the Ministry of National Defense of China, and my name is Zhao Ziming. Listen to me, you are now under surveillance by the Japanese police, and the situation is urgent! 'At home' instructed us to bring you and your wife back home safely as soon as possible, so please prepare. ”

Chi Buzhou was a little apprehensive when he heard this, soon after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, he was determined to return to his country to serve the country, although he had his own family, house and everything stable in Tokyo, but seeing the motherland suffering like this, he was determined to return to China. He got in touch with Nanjing through a friend, and soon after Nanjing sent personnel to keep in touch with him, Chi Buzhou wanted to wait for a while before leaving, after all, his wife Shirahama Eiko is Japanese, and there are children at home or something, and they need to discuss all this, after all, this is a difficult choice, but now it seems that the situation is stronger than people, and it seems that you have to make a choice in advance.

"Well, I'll give you an answer after discussing it with my wife." Chi Buzhou, who was silent for a moment, replied.

Zhao Ziming nodded, he raised his hand to look at his watch and said, "Because of special circumstances, you'd better make a decision before eight o'clock tomorrow." I'll leave you my number and call me if you're up to the task. It's a porcelain shop, and if you say, 'Is there any new Jingdezhen porcelain?' and our people will be responsible for answering you." ”

Chi Buzhou nodded, Zhao Ziming didn't greet him, and after explaining, he took his cap and left in a hurry.

Yingzi stood at the door and Chi Buzhou watched Zhao Ziming's back for a long time, Zhao Ziming gently put his hand on Yingzi's shoulder, and murmured: "Yingzi, it seems that we are leaving here!" ”

That night, after telling the whole story of the matter, Eiko Shirahama froze. Although Chi Buzhou mentioned these things to her before, she thought that these were still far away from her life, but now it seems that these are close at hand.

Chi Buzhou walked to the window with his hands in his pockets, looked at the beautiful scenery outside and said, "Yingzi, I can't force you." But I have to go back to my homeland, you also have your own choice, whatever you choose, I will respect and understand. ”

Shirahama Eiko sobbed softly, her heart was extremely conflicted at the moment. In fact, as early as the beginning of her marriage, the family strongly opposed him being with a Chinese, but the power of love finally allowed her to overcome the resistance of the family, and she came together with Chi Buzhou desperately.

But now that there is a war between the two countries, the last thing she wants to see has happened, and she doesn't understand why anyone likes war? Is it a good thing to leave countless individuals disabled or dead, and countless families torn apart?

Whenever she saw the hot-blooded young people on the street chanting "Occupy China, dominate the world", Shirahama Eiko did not understand how pitiful and pathetic this group of people was, they had no thoughts of their own like walking corpses, and were bewitched by the authorities into believing that Japan was threatened and wanted to build a vast empire with iron and blood...... These people will eventually pay a terrible price for their stupid thoughts and actions.

Shirahama Eiko sobbed for a moment and then the tears in the corners of her eyes cleared, she walked behind Chi Buzhou and hugged him gently: "No matter where you are, I will follow you, because we are a loving couple." ”

Tears also flowed from the corners of Chi Buzhou's eyes after hearing this, and he hugged Shirahama Eiko into his arms......

On the second day, the two went to the suburbs to say goodbye to Yingzi's parents, and it was not surprising that Yingzi's parents were very angry, but they did not stop them when they saw that the child had made up their minds. Yingzi and Chi Buzhou bowed deeply to her parents and left there.

Under the coordination of Zhao Ziming, Chi Buzhou and his children boarded a ship from Tokyo, Japan to Hong Kong, and after more than a week of sailing, they finally arrived in Hong Kong, and then transferred from Hong Kong to Nanjing, where a new life greeted them.

After arriving in Nanjing, Chi Buzhou's family felt the oppressive atmosphere brought about by the war along the way. In Nanjing, the atmosphere of war is even more overwhelming; from time to time you can see cruising warplanes in the sky, the roads and railway stations are full of troops mobilizing, and tanks, artillery, and various equipment armed with tree branches are being transported to all parts of the country.

Zhao Ziming escorted Chi Buzhou and his wife all the way to Nanjing, and after the vehicle arrived in Nanjing, it drove directly to the Nanjing Building of the Pre-Dry Office. After passing several tight sentry posts, the vehicle stopped in front of a European-style building, and Zhao Ziming got out of the car and introduced Chi Buzhou's family into the hall.

The hall is not large, with red tables, chairs and benches, and a set of ordinary fabric sofas in the innermost part. The staff wearing blue lapels went back and forth, and the ringing phones kept ringing, and there was a busy scene inside.

"You guys sit here for a while, and I'll go and inform Director Dai." Zhao Ziming asked Chi Buzhou's family to sit down on the sofa, and then a young staff member brought a few glasses of boiled water and politely asked Chi Buzhou and others to drink water. Chi Buzhou and Yingzi looked at each other and smiled reluctantly, and the children looked around at this strange place.

Looking at it, a middle-aged man wearing a blue lapel national uniform with his hair combed back walked down with Zhao Ziming, and he smiled heartily before he went downstairs: "Welcome Mr. Chi Buzhou to return to China to serve!" ”

Chi Buzhou and Yingzi hurriedly stood up, and the middle-aged man shook hands with him and politely asked them to sit down: "It's been a long way!" Let me introduce myself, my name is Dai Li, and I am in charge of the affairs of the return of overseas patriots from the pre-cadre department. ”

After a few simple greetings, Dai Li turned back to Zhao Ziming and said, "Comrade Ziming, let someone arrange a first-class box to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Mr. Chi's family." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Ziming nodded and then retreated, Dai Li said with a smile: "At noon, Comrade Yang Yibing, director of our pre-cadre department, has official business, and he said that he will definitely come to pick up Mr. Chi's family in the evening." In this case, let's go to dinner first, and after dinner, I will take you to see the accommodation that has been arranged. Now is an extraordinary time, there are many returnees, and the accommodation we have arranged has many deficiencies in some aspects, and we hope that the two of you will bear with us. ”

Chi Buzhou smiled slightly and said that it was okay, he didn't care too much about the aspect of living, after all, the national disaster was at the head, as long as it was not particularly bad, it could still be justified. When he got to the place, he realized that he was too worried.

After eating at noon, Dai Li took Chi Buzhou's family to a residence not far away. Located in the inner city of Nanjing, this apartment is neatly arranged on three floors on a newly named asphalt road, with various flowers and gardens in front of it, surrounded by walls, and sentries standing guard with guns at the door.

Pushing open the door, the huge living room and bedroom are completely Japanese-style, not only the kitchen, flush toilet, but also the records that Chi Buzhou likes to listen to are neatly placed.

Chi Buzhou was a little surprised, and his wife Yingzi and his family were even more surprised, they didn't expect to arrange it in such detail, and they even deliberately arranged the Japanese decoration style.

Dai Li looked at the expressions of Chi Buzhou's family and knew that he had achieved the effect in advance, he smiled and said: "This place was personally supervised and approved by Minister Huang Ke, specifically for the return of patriots to settle down, in order to build these houses, Minister Huang also donated his own salary income for a year, and the senior commanders of the whole army also donated money and materials, in order to let the returned patriots have a good home." ”

"The road in front is full of maple trees, it is called Fenglin Road, and you can go straight to Xuanwu Lake. We equipped Mr. Chi with a sedan and a driver. That's all for the time being, if there's anything you need to respond to me, we'll try to meet it. ”

After Dai Li finished speaking, Chi Buzhou's family had already swept away the fatigue of the journey, Dai Li looked at his watch and said, "Mr. Chi is staying here now, and we have something to do to go back first." In the evening, I will send someone to pick you up, and the volunteer comrades will come to pick you up. ”

After a brief harassment, Dai Li left Fenglin Road, and Chi Buzhou's family began to get acquainted with this new home. In the evening, Yang Yibing went to the appointment on time and enthusiastically added food to the children.

Before I knew it, it had been a few hours, and the children were sleepy, so Yingzi took the children home first. Chi Buzhou saw that there were only a few of them in the box, so he said frankly; "Director Yang, Director Dai, the country has paid a lot for my return to China, and now it has given me such superior living conditions, what department I want to ask after I return to China? How do you work? ”

Yang Yibing and Dai Li glanced at each other, and Dai Li put some vegetables into his bowl and said, "That's right, Mr. Chi." The recent Sino-Japanese war has prompted us to need a large number of code-breaking talents, and in order to better fight against Japan, the Ministry of National Defense has approved the establishment of a special agency specifically responsible for deciphering the enemy's code, and you are one of the important ones. ”

Yang Yibing nodded and added: "This organization is located in the headquarters of the pre-cadre department, there is no specific name, and you are the person from the confidential department of the pre-cadre department, and it only has a code name - China Black Room." ”