"What's the progress over there?" Han Jingchen asked after leaving the hospital.

When in the ward, Jiang Ye gave Han Jingchen several looks, as if he wanted to say something.

"That's right! Brother Chen, the secret book was deciphered by Agent Song. Guess what it is?" Jiang Ye followed behind Han Jingchen, took a look, covered his mouth and lowered his voice, "It's a personnel list!"

Due to the "Up to the Countryside Movement" in recent years, the population of towns has been reduced and people have returned to their hometowns, and their jobs have changed. The addresses of many people have changed from time to time... The people responsible for contacting them need to remember these people's new addresses and contact methods.

As Zhou Bangguo grew older, his memory was not as good as before, so he could only record it in detail.

With this list, we can almost catch all of these people in one fell swoop.

It can be said that this personnel list is no less important than the telegrams they are supposed to intercept in this mission.

Han Jingchen raised his eyebrows. Would Zhou Bangguo record such an important thing in secret?

When they arrived at the conference room, Song Qiubai was already waiting there. Unexpectedly, he was the only one in the conference room.

"Old Han!" Song Qiubai stood up and signaled the two young warriors to close the door and guard outside. "This matter may be more complicated than we thought."

He handed the deciphered list to Han Jingchen, his expression solemn, "Take a look first."

After he deciphered this list, the content had not been seen by anyone else.

Han Jingchen took it and his expression became uglier the more he looked at it. "Don't make this known to anyone yet. I will report it to the higher-ups in secret."

Song Qiubai nodded. Although he wanted to make a report, he was afraid that he could not send it to the higher-ups and the time list would be destroyed or the crime would be exposed.

But given Han Jingchen's background, there was no way to send him up safely.

"Okay, I'll write a list later and put some unimportant people on it to confuse people," said Song Qiubai.

Han Jingchen nodded, "How many people in the intelligence team know about this?"

"At first, we didn't know it was a list of names. When it was being deciphered, many people in the intelligence group knew about it, but they didn't know the specific contents of the list." Song Qiubai also couldn't have imagined that the secret manual would record the list.

At the beginning, he asked everyone to decipher the name together, but after he deciphered the first person's name, he immediately stopped, and the rest were deciphered by himself.

Han Jingchen collected the paper and put it away along with the secret book: "Since many people already know about the list, I will report it as soon as possible."

…

Winter nights come especially quickly. As the sky gradually darkened, it became much quieter outside the window, with only a few dim street lights lit up on the tree-lined avenue. Pei Manning could hear the faint sound of a horn coming from outside the window.

Pei Manning was originally thinking about something, but when she heard the voice, she was stunned for a moment.

She slowly got up from the bed and walked to the window.

Then he tilted his head and listened attentively to the frequency and length of the bugle call, and found that it was exactly the same as what he heard that night.

That night, when Han Jingchen was questioning her, she also heard the same horn sound coming from outside the window, and the time was also the end of the You hour.

Is this hospital built inside the camp here?

Upon discovering this fact, Pei Manning was a little stunned.

Then after all she had done, she still couldn't leave that heavily guarded place. Wasn't it all in vain?

"Comrade, why are you up?" The nurse came in pushing a cart.

Noticing Pei Manning standing by the window, she couldn't help but look at her a few more times. Such a pretty lesbian looks so pretty even when she's angry. This is really bullying!

Pei Manning came back to her senses, her face a little pale, and she forced a smile, "Comrade Nurse, I'm much better now."

"That's good. Oh, by the way, this is what Comrade Han asked me to bring you. He said it's your luggage." The nurse took the things off the iron rack of the cart and put them on the cabinet for her. "Take a look. Is there anything missing?"

Pei Manning thanked him and immediately walked forward to check the bag.

She didn't doubt that Han Jingchen would take her things, but she knew that they must have carefully checked her personal belongings.

She wasn't sure if she had put something out of the ordinary in her bag.

Pei Manning opened the cloth bag. Fortunately, she was always cautious in her actions.

Inside was a set of clothes that Jiang Ye bought for Han Jingchen last time, and a bracelet with three cents in it. Han Jingchen had seen this bracelet before, and it was wearing a bracelet and a ring. There was also an aluminum lunch box, an enamel pot, half a bar of soap, a towel, and a needle and thread, all of which were used in Anxian Hospital before.

She collected everything that did not belong to this land in the Sumi Realm.

Pei Manning breathed a sigh of relief, and then she heard the nurse say, "You can't stay in the ward for a few days. If you need anything, you can tell the comrade guarding outside, and he will try his best to arrange it for you."

The nurse pointed outside the door.

Pei Manning's current identity is special and her identity is still uncertain. Therefore, she is neither detained like a spy nor allowed to walk around the hospital freely.

This single room has an independent balcony and bathroom, where one can wash clothes and take a shower. Food will also be brought in by someone, so there is basically no need to go out, and Pei Manning is cut off from contact with other people.

Pei Manning was not surprised and nodded.

…

In this way, Pei Manning stayed in the hospital peacefully for three days.

During these three days, when she had nothing to do during the day, she often stood by the window and drew all the topographic maps she saw.

Every morning and evening, the sound of trumpets could be heard outside the window. In the early morning, men in green military uniforms would clear the snow on the road, and from time to time they would march past in a line, shouting slogans.

At night, people were prohibited from going out after six o'clock. After ten o'clock, all lights, including street lights, would be turned off, and then people would line up with bayonets fixed and patrol at night.

Sometimes, there would be a loud roar in the distance, and something like a bird or a green dragonfly would fly into the sky, but she couldn't see it clearly because it was too far away.

Pei Manning couldn't help but start to wonder, if the worst happened, could she really escape? Where could she escape to after leaving this place?

With nowhere to go, she had no choice but to hide in the Sumi Realm.

But once she disappeared or ran away, people would think she was a thief, and then she would have no place in this world.

Pei Manning didn't want to fall into that situation, so she had to wait patiently for the result.

Every night, after closing the doors and windows, she would quietly enter the Sumi Realm and tend the several acres of land inside. Most of the vegetables she planted were already ready to be eaten, and some of the fruit tree seeds she had planted had grown into two-foot-tall saplings.

The chickens and ducklings she raised have also grown a lot. It looks like they will be fully grown in less than two months.

The enrichment of the Sumi world made her feel more at ease. At least, she still had one last way out.

…

On the fourth day, Pei Manning was sewing while she was absent-mindedly thinking, why is there no news at all after so many days?

Just as I was thinking about it, the door opened.

She was startled and hid the things in her hands behind her.

When I looked up, I saw the tall and straight Han Jingchen in a military uniform. I didn't know if he had been staying up late these days or what, but he looked a little tired.

Han Jingchen stood at the door, narrowed his long, dark eyes, and looked at Pei Manning who was sitting beside the bed. He knocked several times, but there was no response from inside. He almost thought that the woman had jumped out of the window and escaped.

"Comrade Han?" She greeted him stiffly with her hands behind her back.

Han Jing looked at her suspiciously: "What's in your hand?"

Pei Manning tightened her slender fingers, and subconsciously wanted to hide the things in the space, but Han Jingchen had already seen it, and it was unacceptable for the things to disappear out of thin air.

She looked up at Han Jingchen and saw his serious expression and cold eyes. She couldn't help but get nervous. "No, nothing."

"What do you mean by nothing?" Han Jing said in a cold voice.

Seeing her hiding the things in panic, he couldn't help but feel suspicious. This woman had a lot of little ideas, and who knew what kind of evil things she would think of.

From the very beginning, not a single word of truth came out of this woman's mouth.

They either pretend to be dumb or take the train with a fake letter of introduction and household register; they either dress up or act mysteriously.

"What are you hiding?"

Pei Manning looked embarrassed. She sat on the bed, hesitating and unable to speak, "That..."

Han Jingchen frowned fiercely, his eyes as sharp as a hawk: "Which one is that?"

"That's right, that's right..." At this point, even if you pry her mouth open, she can't say it.

Han Jingchen didn't ask any more questions. He walked forward and stretched out his hand, "Give it to me."

Pei Manning lowered her eyes and bit her red lips gently. Her voice was soft but her tone was stubborn. "I can't show it to you."

"Give it to me!" This time, his tone was a little more serious.

The sound was low and cold, as hard as a stone hitting the ground.

Pei Manning was startled. His attitude was very aggressive. If she used force, she would not be able to win.

The entire ward was silent for a few seconds. Then Pei Manning lowered her head and slowly placed the thing in her hand into the man's thickly clasped palm.

Han Jingchen lowered his eyes and examined the small object in his hand. It was a long piece of cotton cloth with layers of interlacing sewn in between and a thin strap on one side.

The crease between his brows deepened, and he asked, "What is this?"

Pei Manning raised her eyes, her cheeks flushed, and she was extremely embarrassed and angry. Seeing Han Jingchen's puzzled look, she just said, "Menstrual belt."

"Since it's your period..." I was just about to say, since it's your period, why should I hide it with you?

But before he could finish his words, Han Jingchen suddenly responded.

He looked at Pei Manning with a hard face, his whole body was frozen, his expression was a little blank, if I had to describe it, it was as if his brain had crashed on the spot.