The name Kawashima Eiko seemed to freeze time, causing Jiang Yuping to stop in her tracks. At that moment, she was certain that her husband, Qiu Jingwen, knew her original name and many things about her past. She just couldn't understand how he knew about her childhood and adolescence.
After a long silence, Jiang Yuping paused for a moment before continuing to walk, saying as she went, "Jingwen, stop hiding things from me. How much do you really know about my childhood? I experienced that explosion when I was a child, and I've really forgotten a lot of things."
Jiang Yuping tried to get information out of her husband; she really didn't want him to know that she had a Japanese father.
Qiu Jingwen couldn't tell whether his wife was telling the truth or not, and he didn't want to uncover too many secrets. Besides, he couldn't be sure that Liu Han's letter was 100% true. He'd leave everything for later. Once Shao Jian read the letter, he would naturally investigate and verify his wife's claims, and then the truth would be revealed. He stopped and said, "Yu Ping, since you don't remember, then let it be. Let it become the past and history."
As Qiu Jingwen spoke, he reached out and embraced his wife again, taking her hand in his. Many things might come to light as time went on, and he didn't want to force her to reveal her childhood. He could imagine what would happen if his wife told him she was Japanese, and what would happen if their five children found out their mother was Japanese.
As darkness fell, the yellowing rice paddies gradually took on a greenish-yellow hue. Suddenly, a breeze picked up, causing Jiang Yuping's beautiful hair to flutter. Jiang Yuping released Qiu Jingwen's hand and tidied her disheveled hair, wanting to sort out her jumbled memories and past.
Although I thought of my father and the past, and some things that happened when I entered the Mei Agency, I still felt very vague when it came to specific things, especially how I entered the Mei Agency and how I received training. I had very few memories of these things.
When she was just over ten years old, she had clearly gone to assassinate Yingzuo, so why did she end up becoming a teenage agent for the Mei Agency? Jiang Yuping, trying desperately to recall that past event, suddenly felt a headache coming on. She gently clutched her head, a pained expression on her face. Qiu Jingwen, seeing this, immediately supported his wife's waist and asked anxiously, "Yuping, what's wrong? Is your headache acting up again?"
While holding her head, Jiang Yuping replied, "It should be. My head hurts terribly whenever I think about many things from the past."
"Okay, okay, let's not think about the past, let's not think about things from before, and I won't ask you about your childhood anymore."
Qiu Jingwen embraced his wife again, stroking her hair repeatedly.
"Jingwen, I'm fine. It's just an old ailment. I'm a doctor, I know how to treat it."
Jiang Yuping nestled in her husband's arms, not wanting him to worry about her. He already had enough anxiety and pressure. For Qiu Jingwen, whether his wife's Japanese identity was true or false was irrelevant. Even if, as Liu Han said, his wife was Japanese and had worked in the Mei Agency as a teenage agent, at that time, Jiang Yuping was only a teenager. According to her class background, she shouldn't be considered a Japanese spy. Besides, his wife had amnesia, and Liu Han only expressed suspicion in his letters.
"Yuping, let's go home. Don't worry about the children anymore."
"Okay, let's go home. Since you don't want to say anything, I won't force you."
“Yuping, you are my wife. Over the years, you should know my character. It’s not that I don’t trust you, but I’m worried that you’ll get involved in something again. I’ve already let you down and let this family down. I can’t let you down again.”
“Jingwen, you didn’t wrong me, I’m the one who wronged you. I’m really sad that you took the blame for me. But, as you said, we can’t both go to the police station at the same time. How can the children bear that? But now it seems that things may not be so bad. I never dreamed that Shao Jian and the others would let you go back to work at the factory so quickly.”
“Yuping, let’s not talk about this anymore. I’m very happy and content to be able to come back and live with you and the children. As for Shao Jian letting me go back to the factory, you may find out later.”
Qiu Jingwen really wanted to tell his wife about the Hidden Group and about the existence of Butterfly, but he couldn't. He didn't want his wife to worry about him anymore, and if he told her, he wouldn't be able to explain it to Shao Jian in the future.
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