There were many Chinese working in the consulate under Sukawa Shun in Binhai, not only men, but also many women. Almost none of them were engaged in confidential work, and everyone was doing some ordinary administrative work, such as building a school, vigorously popularizing the Japanese language, encouraging Sino-Japanese intermarriage, or organizing the wives of the upper class of the coastal society to set up some hobby groups such as flower arrangement and tea ceremony.

Sukawa Shun is a rare moderate in Japan, but the moderates are more terrible than the military department, because they know how to completely conquer a nation.

The work of the consulate is back to normal – or rather, it is not out of the ordinary, except for the meeting in the consular boardroom, where the political security bureau and the Primorsky secret service have begun to fight, but the consulate remains silent. Ono Meidai guessed that Sukawa Shun should have locked the suspicion in the consulate insiders, calling Xie Liunian and Fujii Shoulai, probably to make a noise.

She was in the office dealing with the documents submitted downstairs that needed to be reviewed by Sukawa Shun, and she was distracted while processing, and she didn't even hear Sukawa Shun ringing the bell inside to call her.

"You're a little absent-minded." Sukawa Shun came out of the office and gently placed a file bag on her desk, "Something on your mind?" ”

Ono was startled, she stood up and casually made up a lie: "Consul...... A few days ago, I received a letter from my mother, mentioning that my grandfather was occasionally suffering from a cold and was not in good health, so he was a little worried. ”

Qi Chuan raised his eyebrows: "Does your mother want you to return to China?" ”

"She wanted me to dedicate my life to the Great Japanese Empire." Ono said, "Unless you don't want to keep me." ”

"Meade is my right-hand man, and I hope to work with her until I retire." Qi Chuan Shun smiled at her, "But if you need to go back to your hometown to fulfill your filial piety because of your family's illness, I am also happy to give you time...... Mei Dai doesn't have a father, does she? Your mother and grandparents worked together to raise you, and you should be rewarded for your kindness. ”

Mida Ono bowed to Sukawa Shun and said words of thanks. The document brought by Sukawa was placed on her desktop, and her eyes moved down to see a few words on the file bag: Translation of the secret telegram of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated July 2.

Her heart jumped suddenly, and Qi Chuan Shun spoke again: "Now please Mei Dai seal this document and send it to the confidential room for archiving." ”

Midai Ono immediately took the order, and at the same time handed over the documents she had already sorted out to Sukawa Shun, and watched her return to the office, before hurriedly taking the file bag and going downstairs. This style of file bag is not common, and the last time Ono saw it, it contained the information that leaked out this time: the news of Kong Xiangxi's secret talks with the Japanese side.

The file bag is not sealed, just scrawled with a thread around the back of the bag, the same as last time. Ono Meidai went downstairs slowly, hesitating to open it and look at the contents, the previous piece of information had just flowed out, and according to the character of Sugawa Shun, he should be more cautious...... Unless she did it on purpose.

Deliberately not sealed.

Then she's suspicious of me. Ono broke out in a cold sweat at this inference, and the file bag was soaked with a blurred fingerprint from the damp sweat of her palm.

She was suspicious of all those who had access to the file, and Ono thought to herself, going out of the consular office and entering the confidential room to seal the file, all the processes in the meantime, and every pair of hands that passed, were the object of her suspicions.