Chapter Fifty-One Spring Light

  When Lao Da was caught, he had already been shot in the leg, his face pale as he leaned on the ground, under him, blood mixed with the polluted water from the river, turning into a strange orange color.

  "Take him away!" Inoue Chōsuke waved his hand. He knew that the Akakawa Party's stall was generally not too large, a food cart, hiding two Akakawa Party members who were in contact with each other, this was their usual form, as for others, maybe there would be some fish that slipped through the net, but without a target and evidence, it was hard to interrogate, letting them go and then secretly following them was not a bad strategy.

  Dong Xun and the others all hunched their shoulders and lowered their heads, he knew that Dou Yunfang was not going to make it, not only that, but he himself was also on the line between life and death. Tu Lao Ban was his and Xiao Sun's superior, after the massacre, the family was broken and the people were scattered, he first followed the Xuan Tong Si's anti-Japanese team, later followed a progressive student in the team to take this red road, until winning the trust of the organization, following Tu Lao Ban set up this base in Dou Yunfang, he knew that his life was always on the line, now this sudden change, this base is going to be withdrawn, Tu Lao Ban nine deaths and one life, is there any way to rescue him? Will he not be able to hold on and betray himself? This thought flashed through his mind, but was quickly suppressed, no, he believed in revolutionary comrades.

  Huaijin found out about Mr. Tu's arrest on the second day in the afternoon.

  It's not news that a few Red Scarf thugs were caught, but the rumor is that this time they were caught with information obtained from Chongqing.

  "How did you know that the intelligence was obtained by Yu Pei? Did he confess?" Huai Jin asked the confidential secretary, who was chatting enthusiastically about this matter in the tea room. At this time, she was still unsure of who had been captured.

  "Carrying a plan, the content of that intelligence is about the route of Yu Pei's army escorting Ye Ting, we've cracked it."

  Huai Jin only felt a loud thunderbolt flashing through her mind, and in an instant, it was fragmented, but she couldn't let them scatter, reassembling the pieces seamlessly, without leaving any trace. "How did our encrypted message get broken?"

  "I heard that this radio wave has been monitored for a long time, and the cryptographer cracked it with 'frequency analysis' a few days ago. You'll have to ask the communications department for details, but this base is very cunning. Every time we detect the radio wave and send out a search party, they fall silent. But last night, I don't know if it was an emergency or not, they actually let us catch them."

  Huajing gently closed her eyes and walked out of the tea room. So, it seemed that Boss Tu had been captured, and at the time of his capture, he had revealed the information he had exchanged himself. Would he betray himself? She only felt her heart shrink violently, losing blood circulation all over her body, and a chill ran down her spine for an instant. When she recovered from this shock, she carefully recalled every detail of her dealings with Boss Tu over the past two years. She was very careful not to reveal anything about Ye Jinling and Fu Qisheng, nor did she reveal any other comrades. If he really betrayed himself, Wang Wei would investigate the source of the information and her motives for providing it to Boss Tu. Both points were easy to explain. As for exchanging information, that was absolutely impossible to say. What if Wang Wei found out that their ambush had been discovered? They would definitely redeploy. Hopefully, Boss Tu would hold on and not reveal everything, even if he confessed to himself, he shouldn't reveal the information they exchanged this time.

  Another thought occurred to her, and she thought of Dong Zhiyu. What if she was caught? The softest corner of her heart was struck by something, and it hurt so much that she almost shed tears. If she didn't have much time left, she had to see her once, had to see her once.

  Returned to the office to find a file for cover and then drove to Jiming Temple.

  Unconsciously, the spring light is bright and beautiful. Although it's not very warm, the sunshine on people's hair and skin seems to evaporate all the gloom. It's a bit comforting. Coming out of the machine room, it's already lunchtime. Huaijin stands in the middle of the Qiling Pavilion, overlooking the flat lotus pond beside the pavilion. Although the spring light is good, it can't be detained. This thought startled herself, and this kind of melancholy and bitterness is not suitable for the occasion or her status.

  "May I ask, miss, who are you waiting for?"

  A soft and gentle voice with a hint of playfulness, no need to turn around, I already know who it is.

  Huaijin smiled at her and saw that she was holding a square food box in her hand. "Have you eaten?"

  "Just about to come and enjoy the sunshine while having my lunch, how about you, have you eaten?"

  Huai Jin shook her head.

  "That's just right, let's eliminate them together," Dong Zhiyu opened the food box, revealing several crystal-like and lovely siu mai, "Just bought from Liu Changxing."

  "Don't rush to eat, go back later, if someone asks, just say I helped Ye Ming deliver a message for you."

  "Hey, stop being a sneak, no one asked you, don't be so guilty, I'm starving."

  "Go ahead and eat, I'll talk to you while walking," Huai Jin sat down at the edge of the pavilion. She wanted to savor this moment of joy for a bit longer; bad news was best left till last. "You scolded me as a thief, but let me ask you, what did I steal?"

  "You stole... a person, you stole a heart." After saying this, her own face turned slightly red.

  Huai Jin glanced at her, with seven parts doting and three parts helplessness. She then shifted her gaze to the scenery outside the pavilion. The spring light momentarily filled her eyes, and the unspeakable tenderness made Dong Zhiyu beside her look infatuated.

  "Yu'er." She suddenly turned her face back.

  Dong Zhiyu was stunned, "......Ah? Me?"

  "Sometimes I think, if only I could take you with me, far away from the smoke and strife, like a pair of white birds, flying freely, playing on the waves, forgotten by time, it would not be a bad kind of happiness."

  Dong Zhiyu suddenly felt a lump in her throat, and in this bright spring light, she felt an inexplicable sense of sorrow and helplessness. She was dazed for a long time before regaining her composure. "Huaijin, that day will come."

  Huai Jin sighed and said, "I hope so."

  Dong Zhiyu had never heard her sigh before, nor had she ever seen her so sympathetic, "What... happened to you?"

  Huai Jin looked at her face and couldn't bear it, wishing that he had only come today to talk about love with her.

  "Yu'er, no matter what happens, you must be strong and hold on."

  "What's going on?"

  She had already sensed it and didn't need to pretend, "Do you still remember Lao Du of the Douhuafang?"

  Dong Zhiyu's scalp felt a chill run down, and the tangled speculation that had been unclear and vague all along surged up, and he nodded woodenly.

  He was caught.

  "What about Uncle Dong?"

  "He's fine for the time being, I asked around, only Old Man Tu and one of his apprentices were caught, the latter was killed on the spot," Huaijin thought it a bit strange in her heart, "What kind of person is Uncle Dong?"

  "Don't know, but they're together, so I'm worried."

  "Do you know who they are and why they were caught?"

  Dong Zhiyu lowered her eyelashes, "I don't know, why?"

  "They are the Scarlet Void Sect." Huai Jin said in a low voice.

  "How about you?"

  "Me?"

  Dong Zhiyu raised his head and looked into Huai Jin's eyes: "Who are you? Are you in danger now?"

  Yu'er, I'm the same as you in this regard, don't doubt it. Do you still remember the antique dealer's case? At that time, I said I had a channel, and Dou Yunfeng was my channel. I only exchanged information with Tu Boss when necessary, nothing more.

  Dong Zhiyu's eyes kept flickering, and at this moment, her heart was filled with contradictions. For months, she had dreamed of contacting the organization, and now that she had found one of their strongholds, Dong Shu might very well be one of her own people. Yet, she didn't feel happy - on the one hand, it was because of the capture and sacrifice of her comrades; on the other hand, with Tu Lao being captured, Hua Jin would fall into crisis - would he betray Hua Jin?

  Furthermore, she had always secretly hoped that Huai Jin was also a double agent. However, at this moment, she said she was the same as herself, and in her eyes, she was just a person from the Xuan Tong Bureau. Was she just a person from the Xuan Tong Bureau? Her heart felt somewhat disappointed.

  "So, Huaijin, you're in danger now, Tou might betray you, right?"

  Huai Jin fell silent for a moment, "Originally I didn't have to worry too much, but when he was captured, the intelligence sent out was what I provided."

  Dong Zhiyu covered her mouth with one hand, and the food box in her hand almost fell to the ground. She thought of that day on the Douyun boat, where Huaijin went to pick the cauliflower fish, she was clearly exchanging information with Tu boss.

  "Come with me."

  "Where are you going?" Huai Jin asked.

  "Don't ask for now, just follow me." Dong Zhiyu said persistently, and then turned his head to walk out of the pavilion.

  Huan Yintong hesitated for a moment before following her.

  Dong Zhiyu walked down from the pavilion and all the way out of the west gate, still walking forward without looking back.

  "Where are you going?"

  "Just follow me."

  Out of the door and heading south, passing through Chengxian Street, Huaijin saw her walking in the direction of her own home, stopped in her tracks, "Yu'er."

  Dong Zhiyu also stopped and said, "Let's go."

  Huai Jin stopped for a moment, then followed her forward, turning into Youxin Fang. She had never been to Dong Zhiyu's place before. If she was about to be exposed and punishment and death were beckoning ahead, it wasn't bad to choose this moment to be alone with her for a while.

  From the suspended staircase, he walked up to the attic, opened the door, and Dong Zhiyu pulled Huai Jin over, closed the door tightly, and hugged her tightly. "I can't let you continue to be exposed outside, it's too dangerous! Too dangerous Huai Jin!!"

  Yu'er!

  "It's safe here for the time being, Huai Jin. I'll think of a way to send you off... no, I'll go with you, transform into a white bird and go to another world, how about it? I..."

  Her words were sealed, those were Huai Jin's trembling lips, trembling to the point of not being able to complete a kiss. Dong Zhiyu placed his hands on her face, slightly pulling away from her, looking into her eyes. The two pairs of eyes staring at each other could spit out fire at this moment, the red flames were anger, the blue flames were helplessness, the gray flames were desolation, and there was a fiery flame that had no color, that was love.

  She pressed her lips to hers again, from gentle sips to biting and grinding, entwining tongues that grew hotter by the second, breaths that rose in temperature. Huai Jin pushed her away, "Yu'er..."

  Two tears rolled down, "Huai Jin, I can't watch you go and throw yourself into the net, I won't let you leave me."

  "Yu'er, we trusted the Red Vast Party once, and we trusted Boss Tu once. At this time, I cannot disappear."

  Dong Zhiyu gently stroked Huai Jin's wet cheek with his hand, "Huai Jin, don't forget 'Ge Que Action', I'm your cannon fodder, at the critical moment, sacrifice the pawn to protect the horse."

  "Dong Zhiyu," Huai Jin grasped her hand and put it down, "I'm ordering you, listen to my command, this matter has nothing to do with 'Ge Que Action'. If Old Gu really betrays me, you won't be able to stop it, at that time we can only die together. This kind of foolish thing, even if it were someone else, I wouldn't agree to it either. Do you understand?"

  "Also, the other owners of the Douhuang boat are definitely under surveillance. I know you and Dong Shu have a good relationship, but if you want to find him, be careful not to let Jinjing catch your handle."

  "Where is it now?"

  "Not bad, it's that Nohara from the tea party the other day who you were rude to and I stopped you, so be extra careful, got it?"

  "Hmm." Dong Zhiyu lowered his head.

  "I should go, can't stay too long. Going back to Dingjia Bridge, I can still inquire about some progress. You take care." Huaijin smoothed out Dong Zhiyu's hair.

  "Huai Jin, we're all good." Dong Zhiyu hugged her tightly, cherishing the warmth of this last moment, a moment that may not be repeated in the future.

  "Good." Huai Jin let her go, opened the door and walked out. Tears, one drop at a time, were too heavy, even the spring breeze couldn't dissipate them.

  Only Dong Zhiyu was left, who sat down on the edge of the bed in a daze and burst into tears, feeling desolate and helpless.

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