"Autumn Cicada, I'm asking you a question, why are you covered by the blanket?"

Qiu Chan suddenly threw off the blanket and looked at the face on it.

"Qiushui, I don't want to say anything, is that not allowed?"

Yes, Qiu Chan called her sister by her name, Qiu Shui, and decided not to say anything.

She couldn't very well tell her sister Qiushui that she had just seen her father naked in their parents' bedroom.

She was already fifteen years old and would be starting junior high school after summer vacation. She had also started menstruating and understood a bit about everything. Naturally, she wouldn't tell her older sister, Qiushui, about this, nor could she bring herself to say it.

Seeing that her younger sister didn't want to talk about it, Qiu Shui didn't ask any more questions, but continued to look through her little picture book.

The two rooms for the children were finally completely quiet.

At the same time, however, things were no longer peaceful in Qiu Jingwen and Jiang Yuping's bedroom.

Just moments ago, when Qiu Shou let out a scream, and her daughter Qiu Chan, who was standing in front of her, covered her eyes with her hands, Jiang Yuping had no idea what had happened.

But when she turned around and looked at her naked husband on the bed, she didn't know what to do.

The youngest son, Qiushou, was alright. He was only twelve years old and a boy, so it wasn't a big deal. Moreover, over the years, Qiu Jingwen had often taken Qiushou to the factory's bathhouse, so he had no problem seeing his father naked.

but,

Qiu Chan is already a grown girl and has started menstruating. It's really inappropriate for her to see her father naked, and it could have a negative impact on her. Based on her understanding of her children, apart from her youngest son Qiu Shou, who might not know much about matters between men and women, all four of Qiu Chan's other children know about sexual intercourse.

Thinking about all this, Jiang Yuping walked to the bedside, really wanting to yell at her husband.

However, when she thought of her husband's dying words, she suppressed her resentment.

Jiang Yuping gently lay down, fully clothed.

Compared to her husband's unusual behavior today, being naked in front of her children seemed insignificant.

Qiu Jingwen felt embarrassed because his body had been exposed, especially when he saw Qiu Chan standing in front of the door, he felt even more uncomfortable.

He turned to the side and began to complain to Jiang Yuping.

"You know I'm not wearing any clothes, why did you open the door?"

In Qiu Jingwen's view, even if his wife didn't open the bedroom door, he wouldn't let his daughter see him naked, since the child was already grown up.

Jiang Yuping, however, began to complain in an annoyed manner.

"How was I supposed to know that Qiushou would sneak in and pull the blanket off you? Oh well, it's nothing, they're all our own children."

At this point, she turned her head and stared intently at her husband.

"Qiu Jingwen, tell me, what did you mean by what you just said? Don't scare me. What will I, a woman, do if something really happens to me? My two children are still in school."

Qiu Jingwen did not respond, but instead reached out and pulled his wife into a tight embrace.

"Yu Ping, I'm sorry, there's something I've kept from you for many years."

Jiang Yuping nestled her face against her husband's chest and said gently:

"Jingwen, we've been married for so long, just tell me what happened, and I'll forgive you."

Qiu Jingwen shook his head sadly.

"Yuping, I'm sorry, I can't tell you because I'm afraid of losing you and the children."

Hearing her husband's words, Jiang Yuping felt a surge of tension.

She was really terrified!

What is the husband hiding in his heart?!

"Qiu Jingwen, I beg you, tell me, and I'll share the burden with you."

Jiang Yuping lifted her head from Qiu Jingwen's chest, looking at her husband with tears streaming down her face, shaking Qiu Jingwen's arm repeatedly with both hands.

She knew in her heart that her husband wasn't just joking around while drunk; he had something extremely important on his mind!

Qiu Jingwen stared blankly at his wife, then said in a low and earnest voice:

"Yu Ping, I need to get rid of the rattlesnake. Only by getting rid of the rattlesnake can all the danger be completely eliminated."

To be honest, Jiang Yuping was completely bewildered; she really didn't understand.

If the person lying next to her isn't her husband of over twenty years, but someone else says those things to her, she'll think that person is crazy or mentally ill.

"Rattlesnake? What rattlesnake?"

Jiang Yuping stared blankly at her husband and asked.

Little did she know that Rattlesnake would be the code name of an enemy agent named Liu Han.