As a middle-aged man and workshop director, and as a secret agent trained by the Kuomintang, Qiu Jingwen could naturally imagine the worst-case scenario.
He even considered that if Shao Jian and the others eventually suspected his wife and found enough evidence to prove that she killed Liu Han, she could defend herself from a female perspective, such as Liu Han using their children to threaten and coerce her into committing the crime.
Thus, the wife had sufficient motive to kill Liu Hanhan, and it even had an element of self-defense.
In that case, even if the wife breaks the law, she is unlikely to be sentenced to death, and the sentence might even be lighter.
However, Qiu Jingwen was unwilling to see such a thing happen.
He didn't want the news that his wife had been threatened by Liu Han to have a relationship with him to spread throughout the Hongqi Factory.
That wasn't just embarrassing for Qiu Jingwen; his five children were also worried about how they would face the public's gaze and the gossip behind their backs.
Even if everyone knows it was an attempted rape, it is still a huge humiliation and damage to the wife's reputation.
Qiu Jingwen told himself that he absolutely could not let such a thing happen.
Having understood the cause and effect, Qiu Jingwen didn't ask any more questions.
He reached out and hugged his wife, comforting her with tenderness:
"Yu Ping, don't worry. Your plan is so meticulous that Shao Jian and his investigation team may not be able to solve the case for a while."
As Qiu Jingwen spoke, he gently stroked his wife's beautiful hair.
He thought it would be best if Shao Jian and his team couldn't solve the case; it would be best if the murder case remained a mystery forever, buried deep in the past.
As a husband, he couldn't possibly expose his wife's murder. Although he was a factory cadre, he hadn't realized that he was betraying his wife and the person he loved most.
Moreover, the man his wife killed, Liu Han, was an utterly heinous enemy agent.
During his training course back then, he heard that Liu Han had killed many revolutionaries and that his hands were stained with their blood.
Regarding his wife's murder of Liu Han, Qiu Jingwen even felt that if this had happened during wartime, the government might not have convicted his wife of murdering a spy or a coworker; instead, she might have been rewarded as a meritorious person for eliminating traitors.
Of course, Qiu Jingwen was well aware that this was not the early days of liberation or before liberation. Even if Liu Han was guilty of heinous crimes and should be executed ten times over, it was not his wife who should end his life. If a wife kills someone, she should bear the corresponding legal consequences.
In fact, anxiety and fear had been with Qiu Jingwen ever since Liu Han appeared, hiding in every cell and nerve of his body.
After spending three thousand yuan, Qiu Jingwen's anxiety and fear subsided considerably.
Because Liu Han took three thousand yuan but did not provide him with any related telegrams from the other side of the sea, Qiu Jingwen quickly concluded that Liu Han had not made any contact with the other side at all. Like himself, he was just a kite with a broken string, a so-called member of the Military Intelligence Bureau abandoned by both the other side and the Military Intelligence Bureau. Liu Han's demand for the three thousand yuan was a blatant extortion attempt against him under the pretense of exposing his identity as a secret agent.
After extorting money, this lecherous old man developed lust for Qiu Jingwen's wife, which led to his wife plotting to kill him.
Qiu Jingwen stroked his wife's hair and kissed it.
On the one hand, he used this intimate gesture to relieve his own anxiety and fear; on the other hand, he also wanted to use it to relieve his wife's anxiety and fear.
Although his wife was a doctor and had studied anatomy, killing someone and dissecting anatomy are two completely different things.
Qiu Jingwen couldn't help but admire his wife's mental fortitude and her ability to disguise herself.
Facing his best friend Wei Hong in the infirmary, and back home in front of the children, she was able to act as if nothing had happened. His wife said she had received special agent training, and Qiu Jingwen had no choice but to believe her. However, his wife was unwilling to talk about that history, and he didn't want to ask too much. Everyone has their own secrets, just like his own, which he had always kept from his wife.
But as a secret agent, Qiu Jingwen believed that his wife's heart was filled with anxiety and fear at all times.
Qiu Jingwen's analysis is correct.
Despite Jiang Yuping's cheerful interactions with her best friend in class, she still cooks and does laundry at home.
However, she knew perfectly well that she had killed someone, and the truth would eventually come out. It was only a matter of time before the murderer pointed the finger at her. Once the police solved the case, Jiang Yuping's life would be over.
Even if she doesn't spend her life in prison, if Liu Han's identity as a spy cannot be confirmed, she might be publicly executed.
Yes, after eliminating Liu Han, Jiang Yuping also gave it careful consideration.
If Shao Jian's investigation team really traces her back to her, her thoughts coincide with Qiu Jingwen's: to defend herself by claiming that she was nearly forced into a sexual relationship by Liu Han. This might get her lenient treatment or a reduced sentence under the pretext of self-defense, since Liu Han is dead and cannot speak, leaving no one to testify.
On the other hand, if the investigation team can uncover Liu Han's identity as an enemy agent, her crime of murder may be mitigated. After all, a lurking spy, a reactionary, who raped a female doctor from a military-affiliated military enterprise, would be given leniency by the law in terms of her identity.
Of course, in that case, Jiang Yuping would face identity verification and might be suspected of being one of the members of the undercover team.
Jiang Yuping, who was also filled with anxiety and fear, instinctively reached out her hand when she saw her husband stroking her beautiful hair.
She unusually held her husband's face in her hands, gazing into his eyes, and then gave him a passionate kiss, just like a newlywed.
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