Chapter 3 Mistress

  Dong Zhiyu and Zheng Xilin bid each other farewell with a military salute, exiting his office and walking downstairs. At this time, from the window of the building across the way, Yu Shuheng gazed at Dong Zhiyu, who was deep in thought, and a hint of a relieved smile appeared on his face.

  Dong Zhiyu indeed had some excellent conditions that others didn't have, but after all, she was a new trainee who had just graduated from the training class. If it weren't for Yu Shuheng secretly using her influence to support her, perhaps no one would have thought of her, nor dared to use her. So why did Yu Shuheng go to great lengths to make this appointment happen? There were indeed profound reasons behind it.

  Originally, Duan Yunong had already spotted this young woman named Dong Xiannian among the students in the same class when the second period of spy training began. He had been thinking about her ever since and wanted to get close to her, but unfortunately, she only showed him respect without crossing the boundaries, and the rest was just indifference. Yu Shuheng soon found out that Duan Yunong didn't have any true feelings for her, just like he didn't have any for those women who were all over him; it was just a temporary infatuation. However, Yu Shuheng's ambitions went beyond this. She wanted to use Duan Yunong as a stepping stone to get what she wanted: either become Mrs. Duan and go down in history or study abroad like Duan's previous mistress Ye Xiayu. But Dong Xiannian had now become an obstacle to her dreams, and she had to eliminate her. Nevertheless, Yu Shuheng also knew that Duan Yunong usually liked women with a delicate and elegant demeanor. Since he was currently interested in this young woman only because of her uniqueness, the more she ignored him, the more he would develop a desire to pursue her. So, all she needed to do was make this woman disappear, and soon enough, Duan Yunong would forget about her completely.

  As Yu Shuheng's secretary and lover, it was not difficult for her to find out that the Xuan Tong Si was looking for a young officer who understood foreign languages to be sent to the puppet government of Xuan Wu to transmit intelligence. There was another mission, which was to serve as a vanguard for a big man with the code name "Que" in the puppet government of Xuan Wu. Who "Que" was, she did not know, only knowing that this person had been providing important military intelligence to Huifang and was also responsible for turning against and recruiting the puppet troops of Wang Jingwei. If something happened to this person, it would be a huge loss to the Xuan Wu government. Therefore, sending a small soldier over to help him transfer risks, and if necessary, "Que" could also sacrifice the small soldier to protect himself.

  Yu Shuheng reviewed Dong Xiaonian's file, a smile gradually unfolding. Who else could be more suitable? It was truly heaven helping Xuanwu! Heaven helping Yu Shuheng! With his current identity, it wasn't difficult to get several old subordinates in the Xuantong Temple to recommend this woman. When Duan Yunong received Zheng Xilin, Gong Xianfang, and even Shen Zui's "memorials", he was indeed troubled for a while, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved. Duan Yunong didn't lack women by his side, so since Dong Xiaonian was the best candidate to be placed as a chess piece in Xuanwu at this moment, he sent her there. However, there was one condition: originally, Yu Shuheng had instigated Zheng, Gong, and Shen to offer strategies to Duan Yunong, letting Dong Xiaonian go to Shanghai to find Tang Shengming, who was hiding in the puppet special operations headquarters of Wang Jingwei, to be his mistress, and then wait for an opportunity to go to Ningbo. This was something that Duan Yunong couldn't allow to happen - he himself hadn't been able to get his hands on this excellent woman, so how could he let Tang Shengming have her?

  He personally sent a confidential telegram to Tang Fa in Shanghai: "Miss Dong Zhiyu, the niece of my old friend and former manager of the credit department of the American Flag Bank's Shanghai branch, Mr. Zeng Weili, is about to arrive in Shanghai. I hope you will take care of her with the kindness of an elder, and I will be very grateful."

  This telegram was sent by Tang Shengming after he received the notification of this task, and it said that in Shanghai, Tang Shengming first received a secret letter from Yu Pei, and then received a telegram from Duan Yunyang. When did such a small role need Duan to personally send a telegram? Tang Shengming found Dong's uncle, Zeng Weili, the head of the credit department of the HSBC in the French Concession, according to plan, and said that he had a big deal to cooperate with HSBC, to test the waters. The other party was obviously informed by Yu Pei's people through whispers beforehand, but also showed no signs of having a previous relationship with Duan Yunyang. Tang Shengming immediately understood in his heart that Dong and Duan Yunyang seemed to have an extraordinary relationship, and Duan Yunyang had given himself a preventive shot.

  Anyway, Dong Xiaonian was gone, perhaps never to return again. Yu Shuheng watched her gradually disappearing back and smiled even more charmingly.

  And so, since Dong Zhiyu walked out of Zheng Xilin's office building, she had a faint feeling that someone was following her. It seemed that from now on, she would be under the surveillance of the Xuantong Agency. At this moment, she remembered her contact person, Old Chen. For the safety of all comrades in the intelligence network and for the greater good, she must find a way to inform him of her departure.

  On the other hand, Old Chen also encountered a fatal mutation. It turned out that he was detected by Xuan Tong Si when sending a telegram at home the night before. Xuan Tong Si did not immediately arrest him, but chose to follow and try to find out who was in contact with Old Chen. When he went out in the morning, Old Chen vaguely felt that something was wrong. He arrived at the post office door, set up his stall, and had already confirmed that he was being followed. The person following him was hiding in a lane on one side.

  He was a very experienced underground party member, and the other side didn't catch him, they must be waiting for something valuable. He had already exposed himself, and the only thing of value was his superior. For the whole day, he was thinking about how to pass on the signal to Dong Zhiyu, he couldn't leave anything behind after closing up shop, otherwise it would definitely be taken away by the Xuantongsi secret agents, or they could even stay nearby using this as bait to wait for a chance to pounce. He couldn't say or do anything when he saw her, or she would expose herself... Just then, he saw Dong Zhiyu appear at the head of the alley with a white handbag in her arms, and he knew it was time to take action. The white handbag represented intelligence, and once Dong Zhiyu walked near and passed on the intelligence to him, the secret agents in the alley would come and catch them off guard.

  He was already a dead man, with no way out. At this moment, he had to fight openly with the special agent and stop Dong Zhiyu's next move, using his own life to protect the safety of his comrades. That's how the previous gun battle happened.

  Dong Zhiyu had already understood the reason behind Old Chen's last move, but she couldn't let it go. Since four or five years ago when she accidentally came into contact with progressive ideas from a schoolmate at St. Mary's Girls' School, to joining the Communist Party of China through Shen Dan's introduction, and even doing undercover work in Chongqing for the past two years, she had always done things with a student-like passion and romantic feelings. Now, her comrade Old Chen had sacrificed himself right in front of her, this was her first time facing such bloody reality, at this moment she realized that revolution wasn't just about loyalty and passion to one's beliefs, but also about the death that could happen at any moment.

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