"Xiaowei, let me ask you, if the god in your heart suddenly turns out to be not a god at all, and his image in your heart completely collapses, how would you feel? Could you bear it?"
“I can bear it, because even if I can’t bear it, I have to bear it. Just like my dad, he’s like a god to me, but one day someone took him away, saying he had problems and they were going to investigate him. He still can’t go home and there’s still no explanation.”
"But your father's case is ultimately an internal contradiction among the people, while my father---."
"What exactly is wrong with Uncle Qiu?"
"Xiao Wei, I'm telling you, but you must not tell anyone."
"Fool, I'm already your woman, how could I tell anyone else?"
"My dad was an enemy agent."
"Ah! Qiuyang, what did you say?---"
Although Su Xiaowei was mentally prepared, she was still stunned by Qiu Yang's news.
She gently pushed Qiu Yang aside and looked into her boyfriend's eyes by the starlight.
"Qiuyang, what are you saying? Your father is a spy?"
"Yes, that's absolutely true. My dad told me that himself."
Su Xiaowei seemed to have thought of a problem.
Qiu Yang is only twenty-two years old, and his father, Qiu Jingwen, seems to be only in his forties. If he was an enemy agent, he would have been a teenager back then.
"When did your dad become an enemy agent?"
"Right after liberation."
Su Xiaowei immediately became suspicious.
"That's not right. How old is your dad this year? When the whole country was liberated in 1949, your dad should still be a teenager, right?"
As they talked, they went ashore together.
Qiu Yang did not answer the question directly. He took Su Xiaowei's hand, and the two of them sat on a blue stone by the Huai River.
The wind is picking up.
The wind blew Su Xiaowei's wet hair, causing it to flutter, with a few strands sticking to her forehead.
Qiu Yang reached out and brushed a strand of hair from Su Xiaowei's forehead, then told his girlfriend all the stories about his father, Qiu Jingwen.
After hearing Qiu Jingwen's story, Su Xiaowei remained unconvinced and then smiled easily:
“Oh, Qiuyang, what kind of bad person is your dad? He’s just a name without substance. He’s never done anything wrong, and he’s never taken a penny. Even if the investigation team finds out, I don’t think it’s a big deal. After all, your dad was just a teenager back then, a minor.”
Although Qiu Yang told Su Xiaowei about how his father, Qiu Jingwen, joined the enemy's intelligence organization in order to fill his stomach, he did not tell his girlfriend about his father's murder of Liu Han. He was worried that his girlfriend would not be able to accept the fear of her father killing someone.
"Xiao Wei, things aren't that simple."
"Now, does the investigation team know your father's identity?"
"I'm not sure either; only my dad knows."
Su Xiaowei suddenly realized that her shorts had fallen into the water.
She pointed to her skirt towards the autumn sun and said shyly:
"Qiuyang, don't think about it so much. I suddenly remembered that my shorts fell into the water. Why don't you go into the water and retrieve them?"
Qiu Yang stared at Su Xiaowei in surprise:
"Xiao Wei, the Huai River area is so big, where am I supposed to find her? Isn't this like looking for a needle in a haystack?"
Su Xiaowei said coquettishly:
"Oh dear, those shorts cost me more than two yuan. It's such a waste to lose them. Why don't you go and wait for me on the rock? Let's see if you can find my shorts."
Qiu Yang shook his head, had no choice but to get up, walk to the riverbank, and plunge into the water.
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