After learning about her father's identity as a spy and murderer, Qiu Yue maintained an ambiguous and distant relationship with Liang Guoping. She never allowed him to be too close or intimate. Unlike Su Xiaowei, who had a sexual relationship with her brother, they had never actually kissed, only held hands. She often thought that if her father's identity as a spy and the truth about his murder were ever fully revealed, Liang Guoping would definitely break up with her. No family would want to marry the daughter of an enemy agent and a murderer. She didn't want to force a relationship; a breakup would be painful, and once a girl was no longer a virgin, it would be difficult for her to get married again.
In the 1970s, men from all walks of life, regardless of their family background, harbored a deep-seated obsession with virginity; no one wanted to marry a girl who had slept with other men. Therefore, during their six months together, she maintained a distant and ambiguous relationship with Liang Guoping.
Liang Guoping told Qiuyue the contents of the official document issued by the factory, his excitement as if he were the one being promoted, referring to his father, Liang Damin. Qiuyue, upon hearing this, mocked, "Liang Guoping, what does this have to do with you? Look how happy you are."
Liang Guoping wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled sheepishly and said, "Qiuyue, how can you say it has nothing to do with me? Your father is my future husband, my father-in-law."
Qiu Yue deliberately got angry and said, "Liang Guoping, don't talk nonsense. Who agreed to be your girlfriend? You can't just say things like that, do you hear me?"
Liang Guoping quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, Qiuyue, I won't talk nonsense. I'll only talk nonsense after I marry you, okay?"
"Shameless! I'm hanging up. No romance during work hours."
After Qiu Yue finished speaking, she really hung up the phone. Liang Guoping on the other end of the line was still holding the receiver, looking hurt. When he got home that night, he discussed Qiu Jingwen's promotion with his father, Liang Damin: "Dad, didn't you say that Qiu Yue's father was able to stay in the position of director for his whole life because his ancestors burned incense? You saw the official document issued by the factory, right? Qiu Yue's father has been promoted to the factory leadership team."
Liang Damin did not respond immediately. He smoked while thinking, and after a while he shook his head and said, "Kid, even your old man didn't expect that Qiu Jingwen would be promoted and join the leadership team. I really don't understand."
She thought to herself, "Could it be that everything that happened before was just a dream, and Qiu Jingwen's identity was wrong from the beginning? But what about his surrender?"
Indeed, over the past six months, Liang Damin had often played chess, drank, and lamented the ruthlessness of time with Qiu Jingwen. Before they knew it, it was the end of the year, and the investigation team had received very little news since then.
"Dad, what do you mean? What do you mean you really didn't understand?"
Liang Guoping seemed not to understand the meaning behind his father's words and stared into Liang Damin's eyes to ask.
Liang Damin really wanted to tell his son everything that had happened to Qiu Jingwen six months ago, especially the matter of turning himself in, but he was afraid that his son would tell Qiu Jingwen's daughter, so he kept it to himself. Besides, as the head of the security department, he knew the importance of organizational discipline and confidentiality.
"It's nothing. By the way, how far has your relationship with Qiuyue progressed?"
Liang Damin turned to his son and asked, trying to avoid mentioning Qiu Jingwen. When Liang Guoping heard his father mention Qiu Yue, he scratched his head sheepishly and said with a sheepish grin, "Dad, there's not much progress, it's practically standing still."
Liang Damin hurriedly urged his son, "Then you'd better hurry up. Qiuyue is a good girl. If you're too late, she might be snatched away by another man."
Liang Damin used the word "assistant," which was in line with his style as a retired soldier. But Liang Guoping objected immediately, loudly retorting, "Dad, what do you mean by 'assistant'? You're a revolutionary cadre, how can you talk like that? Your values are questionable."
Liang Damin laughed and retorted, "You little brat, do you know what values are? What I mean is, if you really like Qiuyue, then put in some effort. Chasing a girl requires sincerity."
Liang Guoping retorted, "Of course I know I should pursue her, but for the past six months, Qiu Yue has been lukewarm towards me. I don't know how to make a move."
Liang Damin laughed at his son and gave him advice: "Guoping, when you make your move, just be bolder and quicker. As long as you don't cross the line, just make sure Qiuyue feels that you are a hooligan."
These words were blatant encouragement for his son to go astray. Liang Guoping stared wide-eyed at his father: "Dad, aren't you teaching me to go astray? I wouldn't dare do that to Qiuyue."
"Forget it, that's your problem, it has nothing to do with me."
After saying this, Liang Damin lit a cigarette and went to the balcony to smoke. In fact, Qiu Jingwen's sudden promotion to deputy factory director, in charge of production, was something Liang Damin had never dreamed of. He remembered clearly what had happened six months ago. He knew about Shao Jian's arrest of Qiu Jingwen and Qiu Jingwen's surrender. But he couldn't understand why Shao Jian had released Qiu Jingwen.
The promotion of Qiu Jingwen was even more perplexing to him. After all, Qiu Jingwen was an enemy agent and the murderer of Liu Yanhan. Although Liu Yanhan was also an agent, an agent killing another agent couldn't escape legal punishment, could it? Of course, Liang Damin was the head of the security section; he knew what could be said and what couldn't.
While Liang Damin and his son were discussing Qiu Jingwen's promotion, the same topic was also being discussed at Qiu Jingwen's home. Qiu Shou and Qiu Chan were naturally excited and thrilled to learn that their father had been promoted to deputy factory director. Although they were both children and in school, they knew that deputy factory director was a very high-ranking official, much higher than workshop director, and with a higher salary and benefits.
After hearing this, Qiu Shui ran straight to Qiu Jingwen and made her request: "Dad, being in a good position makes it easier to get what you want. I've been unemployed at home for a long time. As the deputy factory director, shouldn't you arrange a job for me?"
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