In his letter, Liu Yihan told Qiu Jingwen:

"Butterfly is a man about my age. A month before I extorted three thousand yuan from you, he came to my barbershop, but he was fully armed, wearing sunglasses and covering half of his face with a straw hat. He was about my height and build, and he was a man."

“He definitely knew your identity. He also told me that he had made contact with the Taiwan Strait. I don’t know if it’s true or not. He also said that he was preparing to launch ‘Project Mushroom’ and asked me to wake you up. I was just careful at the time and didn’t tell you your current name. He may know that you are Cobra, or he may not know that you are a spy.”

"I don't know what this butterfly's real name is. Back in the training class, he trained you students for a few days, but only for a few days. I don't know if you can recognize you from his appearance?"

Back then, the organization we infiltrated was called the Hidden Group. Although I was the deputy leader, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics would never entrust power to a traitor like me. All I knew was that the group had eleven members, including two women.

"Because it was all one-way communication, I didn't know anything about these eleven people. Only Butterfly knew about them. But I think that after so many years of liberation, many people may have long forgotten their identity as spies. If no one wakes them up, they may be living the ordinary life of a barber, just like me, and never thought of serving the secret service that Little Bird went up to."

“Qiu Jingwen, I am a guilty man, especially towards you, Qiu Jingwen, and the Qiu family. I have told you everything I know. Whether you turn yourself in or tell the police anonymously, if it helps the police to crack down on the hidden spy organization, my conscience will be at peace even in the afterlife.”

"I'm sorry, Qiu Jingwen. I was the one who harmed your parents back then. But I still doubt whether your parents died in that raid, because the bodies that died in the cloth shop were unrecognizable."

"Time flies like an arrow, and decades have passed in the blink of an eye. Back when you were in the training class, you were just a teenager, but you were born to be a special agent. You were always at the top of your class, and you also had a wolf-like nature. I hope that your wolf-like nature can be fully unleashed."

“After Butterfly contacted me that time, I thought about Project Mushroom. What he said might be true. Moreover, I felt that he had established contact with the Taiwan Strait, but he didn’t tell me.”

"I'm sorry to your parents and to the organization. I'm the one who ruined your parents. I hope this information can help you awaken your wolfish nature, dig out Butterfly, and destroy Project Mushroom. Oh, by the stream in Orange Gully, I left your gun with you. I think you might be able to use it when dealing with Butterfly and his gang."

“I’m sorry to you, and even more sorry to your parents and your entire Qiu family---”

After quietly reading the letter, Qiu Jingwen burst into tears.

He never expected that he would learn about his parents' pre-liberation identity and many other details from this letter from his so-called superior, Liu Han. Many of his memories of his parents were also activated by this letter.

"Dad, Mom, your son misses you so much! Are you still alive?"

Qiu Jingwen gripped the letter tightly, calling out to it from the depths of his heart.

Just then, Zheng Yanshi knocked on the door and came in. He was very surprised to see Qiu Jingwen's face covered in tears, and quickly stopped in his tracks. Qiu Jingwen calmed her complicated emotions, looked up at Zheng Yanshi, and whispered, "Deputy Director Zheng, come in, come in. Is there something you need?"

Zheng Yanshi didn't know why Qiu Jingwen, a grown man, was covered in tears, but he was too embarrassed to ask, since Qiu Jingwen was his superior. So, he sent Qiu Jingwen a Pegasus and then briefly reported on the summer overhaul work plan and arrangements.

Qiu Jingwen had no time to think about work. He smiled gently at Zheng Yanshi and said, "Zheng Yanshi, I trust you to handle things. I've already reviewed the plan, so just follow it."

Zheng Yanshi was naturally pleased to hear this, and without saying anything, he agreed and turned to leave. However, before leaving, he glanced at the letter in Qiu Jingwen's hand and thought to himself that Qiu Jingwen must have been very excited after reading the contents of the letter, otherwise a man would not shed tears alone.

Seeing Zheng Yanshi leave, Qiu Jingwen immediately put away the letter, lit the Pegasus cigarette Zheng Yanshi had given him, took a few puffs, and then stuffed the letter into his tool bag.

Memories flooded back, vivid as ever. He vaguely remembered his parents' youth, the alley near Jing'an Temple in Shanghai, their busy figures every day, and his entire childhood slowly came to life before his eyes. He never imagined his parents were underground workers. Even more unexpected was that his superior, Liu Han, had also been an underground worker.

Thinking of all this, he felt a pang of guilt. Right now, he was a spy. If his parents were to die in the encirclement, their souls in the afterlife would grieve for him. Although he was just a teenager back then, he was still a spy for the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, a hidden agent.

The letter contained far too much information, and Qiu Jingwen felt that not a minute could be wasted; he had to provide it to Shao Jian immediately.

With these thoughts in mind, he slung his tool bag over his shoulder, left the office, got on his bicycle, and headed straight for the guesthouse.

A few days ago, after Chen Sheng, a leader from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, reported Qiu Jingwen's situation to the Provincial Public Security Department, the department sent people to Beijing to investigate and decrypt the identities of Qiu Jingwen's parents. Simultaneously, after deliberation, they approved Shao Jian's plan to persuade Qiu Jingwen to defect. This allowed the Municipal Public Security Bureau to arrange for Qiu Jingwen to leave the detention center unharmed. However, Shao Jian did not expect that Qiu Jingwen would be attacked and hospitalized shortly after leaving the detention center, before even boarding a bus.

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