Mother Zhao also laughed when she heard this, she squatted down and hugged Xiaoqiang's shoulder: "Oh, that's really good." Xiaoqiang, you shouldn't call Mr. Shen Uncle from today onwards. ”

Xu Zhiqiang was stunned: "Then what am I going to call?" ”

"Daddy, of course."

The child's eyes dimmed, Shen Yigong and Zhao's mother cast their eyes, signaling her to go down first, and he put away the document, squatting down and looking at Xiaoqiang: "It's okay, I also like you to call me uncle." ”

"I don't think you're treating me badly, Uncle Shen." Xu Zhiqiang pursed his mouth, grabbed his fingers and shook his head a little at a loss, and said, "It's just...... It's just that...... If I call you Daddy, then, my Daddy, will it be ...... Isn't it going to come back? ”

"You're still too young, and there are things I've said that maybe you don't understand yet. Xiaoqiang, uncle did his best...... But there are some things, and I'm sorry I couldn't do it. ”

The child's eyes were red: "I used to ...... Don't dare to ask. ”

Shen Yigong hugged him into his arms.

"I'm afraid Mom and Dad won't come back. You are very good, Uncle Shen, and mother-in-law, Uncle Dong, you are all very good to me. The child pneumatic his mouth, and finally cried out with tears after holding back the words he had been holding for a year, "But I really miss my parents." I'm sorry...... Mom said that good children can't cry often. But I really miss them, I miss them so much. ”

The traces of war were silently imprinted on a six-year-old child. Even if you don't say it, don't mention it, don't read it, but the child will still feel it after all. Shen Yigong had no other choice than treating him as his own child to make up for his lack of father's love and mother's love.

Shanghai is not only an isolated island, but also a battlefield without gunpowder, and a series of radio waves hovering and disappearing over the city. And the most terrible thing about a "war" is that all participants actually see themselves as messengers of justice. For the sake of the party-state, for peace, for faith, and for the interests of the people...... Almost everyone involved has their own reasons, and those reasons are irrefutable.

The sound of the radio brought Qin Mingyue's attention back. She stood by the half-open window, the cigarette in her fingertips burning out, and she extinguished the cigarette on the windowsill before it burned to her skin.

The office of more than 20 square meters is almost full of radio equipment, and on the wall facing the window is a large-scale map of the East China Political and Military Branch. It was densely covered with small red dots, and strings of black numbers were written next to them. These are radio cornets that have been monitored or confiscated, and in the past few months, they have almost completely cleared the floor, and the year is coming to an end, and the work is coming to an end.

But Qin Mingyue knew that it was not time to relax now, and the reduction of underground party radio stations in Shanghai might be that the long-term high-density search and assassination had made them die down, and on the other hand, it was also possible that they had changed their passwords and wavelengths privately. Since last month, they have received fewer and fewer signals from enemy stations in the Shanghai area, and it remains to be seen whether they will suspend intelligence transmission or withdraw from Shanghai. Half a month ago, the comrades in Cangnan sent back the news that they had intercepted the group of underground party members and sent the radio station found from them back to Shanghai. Unfortunately, the machine was completely damaged and could not be cracked.

"Deputy Minister, Major General let you pass."

Qin Mingyue rubbed her fingertips that were stained with the smell of smoke, and walked out of the intelligence office with the general's hat straightened.

The days when she was transferred back to the intelligence department did not last long, before the undercover mission, her identity has been kept secret, some time ago after cracking a number of spy cases in the Shanghai cultural department, Chen Ruifeng finally fulfilled his promise and returned her military uniform to her. Along with it, there was also a one-star military rank.

Pushing open the door, there was a strong aroma of coffee. Chen Ruifeng sat on a rosewood chair in the office in a dark green straight military uniform. Obviously he is past the age of not being confused, but he doesn't see how much gray hair he has on his temples, except for the fine lines at the corners of his eyes that slightly reveal his age, it is difficult to see his real age.

Qin Mingyue stood inside the door and saluted him, and then stood in place with his hands behind his back: "Do you have any instructions, sir." ”

Chen Ruifeng held a small coffee cup in one hand and a book in the other, even if he knew that Qin Mingyue had come in, he didn't look up, but just read the first sentence: "Sleepy and worried, it is to hone the hero, and Yuru is successful." ”

After finishing speaking, he Qin Mingyue raised his chin and motioned for her to continue. The woman spoke, as if she was reciting it backwards: "Li Shenfu never said anything about his anger, he blindly endured it, and Xu Tu was self-reliant." Because of the proverb that says: 'A good man loses his teeth and swallows blood.' It's the key to gritting your teeth and making up your mind for the rest of your life. ”

Chen Ruifeng put the book on the small table at hand, and the pages of the book were closed, which was "The Book of Zeng Guofan's Family".

"Yuru Yucheng, since you returned to China, I have greatly admired your ability, Xiao Qin. I am also very touched that after you returned to Shanghai, you were not blinded by hatred, you took the country as your home, and you did not act rashly. ”

Qin Mingyue's face was expressionless: "Everything is thanks to the cultivation of the party-state." ”

"But you're still in a bit of a hurry." Chen Ruifeng took a sip of coffee unhurriedly and continued, "You shouldn't go to Penglai Market alone today. ”

"You're going to be there tomorrow at the opening ceremony, and I just want to explore and make sure the site is safe so that terrorists don't take the opportunity to assassinate you."

"This matter has Xiao Liu, and it is not your scope of work."

Qin Mingyue pursed her lips slightly, and the palm behind her back was sweating slightly: "As a vice minister, I hope to be able to do everything in detail and fully ensure your safety." ”

"Mr. Shen Yigong, the director of Penglai Market, you know." Chen Ruifeng beckoned to her and motioned for her to come over. The woman's eyes were slightly frightened, but she still walked up to him obediently and slowly knelt down. The man reached out and stroked her cheek behind her ear, and with unquestionable strength, pressed her head down, "You shouldn't be 'seen' so quickly, your rank, your strength, these should be revealed little by little in secret." ”

Qin Mingyue's eyes were filled with fluid, and she closed her eyes in humiliation.

The hands were still on her. Those hands that represent the party-state, the fathers, and the noblest instructions of the superiors.

"Sleepy, hone the hero, if you are in a hurry, you will be caught by the enemy. And this one handle that you think is insignificant can sometimes make the difference between success and failure. Chen Ruifeng didn't even change his breathing rate, he just pressed Qin Mingyue's head like that, calmly recounting these contents like a lecturer, "I've reminded you many times, kid. If you still can't learn to be self-controlled, the punishment will be even more uncomfortable. Do you understand? ”

Qin Mingyue was choked hard, coughing and coughing to meet him, nodding and answering him. At the end, Chen Ruifeng gently patted her face and wiped the remaining body fluids from the corners of her mouth: "Good girl." Tomorrow I hope you can behave better in front of me. ”

"I will, sir." Qin Mingyue wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and stood up straight. The man waved his hand so that she could go out. As she closed the door to that office, she finally shuddered uncontrollably. She stood there, rubbing the corners of her mouth over and over again until the skin was so red that it was almost oozing blood.

It was getting dark. I don't know when it will be dawn.

When Huo Zuo arrived home, it was nearly midnight, and Xu's mother waited for him all night, knowing that he was coming back, and a bowl of red bean soup was heated on the stove. When Huo Zuo came out of the shower, the old aunt had already sent the hot supper to his bedside. Huo Zuo took a towel and sat down on the edge of the bed with his wet hair wrapped in it. Before he picked up the spoon, Xu Ma naturally took the towel and helped him wipe his hair carefully.

She asked, "Have you seen Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng on a trip to Peking this time?" ”

He replied, "Yes." They're good. ”

"Then are they coming back for the New Year?"

"Come back with me. Home is here, how can you not come back for the New Year? ”

Mother Xu smiled kindly: "What about Xiao Xinyi, have you grown taller?" ”

"Grow taller, children are just the same every day, by the way, they can sing two sentences of night running."

"Gee, that's still like a child, that's great."

After Huo Zuo finished drinking the bowl of red bean soup, Xu's mother also helped him wipe his hair almost well. Huo Zuo asked her to rest early, and when he saw her go out with a tray and close the door, his face sank instantly. He leaned on the side of the bed and took the phone, and after the number was dialed, he said to the other side: "Tell you boss You to listen to the phone." ”

You Yiman was mostly receiving guests in the dance hall at this time, and when she heard that Huo Zuo called her, she hurriedly said goodbye to several bosses who were talking and laughing and said goodbye to the office.

Huo Zuo listened to the woman on the other end of the phone panting and picked it up, and before she could speak first, she said first: "The business in Beiping can't be done, so the Japanese have eaten it thoroughly." ”

The words You Yiman originally wanted to say were stuck in his throat, and there was only silence for a while. After a while, he asked, "What's the matter?" Besides, you originally asked Cheng Changyu to speak Japanese in the past, didn't you also deal with this situation? ”

"I used to think about the form too simply, thinking that business is business, and business does not touch politics, which also confuses Beiping and Shanghai. Changyu didn't know what to do, and he never confessed the specific situation. If I hadn't been there this time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have known that it had been turned like that. ”

"Which one?"

"There are Japanese spies everywhere, plainclothes everywhere, and you can see a few people wearing Japanese clothes in almost every alley."

"What about foreigners?"

"If the Japanese make trouble in a foreigner's tavern, they have to sell them three points of face first."

“…… Is this like this in the North now? ”

"If you go too, take a look and you'll understand."