Autumn sun, autumn moon, autumn water—relatively speaking, they are all grown up. Even if the fact that her husband, Qiu Jingwen, was an enemy agent is revealed, they may be able to bear it in their hearts.

However, the cicadas in autumn are harvested on the 12th and the autumn harvest on the 15th, respectively.

When they learned that their god-like father was actually a Kuomintang agent, a dog spy, the shock they felt was unimaginable!

This is also why Jiang Yuping is worried that Qiu Shou and Qiu Chan will find out about the situation.

When his mother asked, Qiu Shou said to her:

"Mom, my sister Qiuchan and I were reading in the small library in the dormitory area when we heard people talking. They said a jeep parked downstairs at our building, and three police officers came upstairs and even knocked on our door---"

"Mom, has something terrible happened to our family?"

As Qiu Shou spoke, tears blurred her vision, and she began to weep.

Jiang Yuping understood that although her son didn't know what had happened at home, he must know that the police coming to their house was not a good thing.

Thinking of all this, she hugged her son tightly and gently comforted him:

“Son, don’t be afraid or worried. The police officers came to our house just to find out some things. You know, anyone who has had contact with that old man with the scar on his face will be questioned. Didn’t you tell the police about that old man?”

Qiu Shou looked at his mother with a puzzled expression:

"Why did the police come to our house? Who were they asking questions of? Why didn't they go to someone else's house?"

Jiang Yuping was speechless for a moment, and after a long silence, she finally said:

“During the autumn harvest, the police officers came to our house, of course they wanted to question me.”

Autumn Harvest's dark eyes were brimming with tears.

"Mom, where's Dad?"

Jiang Yuping naturally thought of the conversation between Chen Youlan and Zhou Huaihai, and casually told Qiushou, also in passing, about it to Qiushui and Qiuchan:

"Your dad has been sent on a business trip to another city by the factory leaders."

Qiu Chan, who had remained silent, also looked at Jiang Yuping with a puzzled expression.

"Mom, I hope nothing bad has happened to Dad. Has the police arrested him?"

In fact, just now, when Qiu Chan and her younger brother Qiu Shou were reading in the small library in the dormitory area, she vaguely heard some people talking that her father, Qiu Jingwen, might have gotten into serious trouble, and that it might be related to the murder of the barber.

Jiang Yuping knew in her heart that since Wu Dinghuai had brought people to search the house, the children would find out about her husband's involvement with the Kuomintang and the murder sooner or later. However, she felt that she could keep it a secret for as long as possible, and that each day she kept it a secret would reduce the children's anxiety, pain, and even fear.

The daughter, Qiu Chan, was not only asking questions, but also questioning.

Jiang Yuping looked at Qiu Chan and shouted:

“Qiu Chan, who told you that the police arrested your father? I’ll say it again, your father is away on a business trip. You can’t listen to other people’s nonsense. Don’t you know what kind of person your father is? Is your father a bad person? Why would the police arrest him?”

Jiang Yuping was speaking to Qiushou and Qiuchan. Qiushui already knew her father's identity as a Kuomintang agent and a murder suspect. Therefore, as she spoke, she gave her daughter Qiushui a look, signaling Qiushui not to tell her sister Qiuchan and brother Qiushou the truth about her father.

The mother's series of questions left Qiushou and Qiuchan bewildered.

Yes, their father, Qiu Jingwen, is like a god in their hearts. How could their father be a bad person? How could the police have arrested him?

The autumn harvest and the autumn cicadas stared at each other.

You look at me, I look at you, and they think their mother's words make sense.

Seeing that her youngest son and daughter had stopped talking, Jiang Yuping continued to comfort them:

"Don't overthink it. Go do what you're supposed to do. I'll make you dinner."

Yes, when she got home from get off work and read the letter her husband left for her, she finally understood why he had taken the blame for the murder. The family couldn't afford to lose both of them at the same time, and the children couldn't bear the thought of losing both their parents.

After Jiang Yuping finished speaking, she went straight into the kitchen and began preparing dinner for the children.

Her husband was taken away by Shao Jian, and it was foreseeable that he was in grave danger. It was also something she could think of and understand that Wu Dinghuai brought people to search her family.

As a member of the investigation team, the husband, Qiu Jingwen, turned himself in, admitting that he was an agent codenamed Cobra and that he was the murderer of Liu Han. How could the investigation team not come to their home to search for other clues and evidence?

While cooking porridge, Jiang Yuping suddenly remembered that the letter her husband had asked her to burn was still in her daughter Qiushui's hands.

Qiushou and Qiuchan had returned to the living room, sat on the sofa, turned on the electric fan, and each was flipping through a small picture book. However, neither of them seemed to be paying attention to the contents, and they exchanged glances as if to confirm that something serious must have happened in the house.

Jiang Yuping hurriedly pushed open the door and entered Qiu Shui's room, where she saw Qiu Shui already reading through the letters quickly.

Tears welled up in her daughter's eyes and streamed down her face.

Qiu Shui, who aspires to be a great writer, is deeply moved by the way her father addresses her mother.

Yuping, my love!

This form of address appears many times in my father's letters.

Qiu Shui had only ever encountered these titles in literary works.

She never expected that her father, who usually seemed conservative and gentle, loved her mother so deeply, and that the contents of his letters were so romantic!

It should be said that Qiu Jingwen's letter to his wife is not particularly noteworthy unless one looks closely. It simply outlines the arrangements after his identity as a spy is exposed, instructing Jiang Yuping to take good care of the family, their two daughters who are not working, and their son Qiushou.

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