Night,
It gradually dimmed.
The waves in the Huai River kept crashing against the banks, making clear, crisp sounds.
The undulating reed beds on the opposite bank gradually blurred.
A few water birds called out every now and then, but no one could be seen flying.
As the older brother, Qiu Yang, he naturally knew that his younger sister, Qiu Yue, could not accept their father's identity as a spy.
When he heard this news from his father last night, wasn't he also shocked and unable to accept it?
"Qiuyue, Dad killed that barber!"
Looking up at the sky, Qiu Yang asked softly.
It seems he was just telling a story, and it had nothing to do with his father.
Although it was something Qiuyue had expected, she still called out softly, then looked at Qiuyang and asked:
"Brother, did Dad really kill that barber? But why would Dad kill an old man, that barber?"
"Because that barber was Dad's superior, and also a Kuomintang agent, a hidden enemy agent!"
This information was undoubtedly revolutionary and explosive for Qiuyue.
"Brother, what did you say! That barber is also an enemy agent and a dog spy?"
For Akizuki, it was one surprise after another, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as terrifying.
She never imagined her father was a Kuomintang agent, and she was even more surprised that the barber was an enemy agent.
Next, Qiu Yang recounted how his father, Qiu Jingwen, was recruited into the Military Intelligence Bureau by Liu Han when he was fifteen years old.
He also told Qiuyue:
"Qiuyue, actually, Dad has always felt that he has lived a very pathetic life. Back then, he only wanted a few silver dollars, just to fill his stomach and not let his sister suffer. So he listened to Liu Han and was recruited as a member of the Kuomintang secret service. He was then trained in a training class for half a year."
"Later, the whole country was liberated, and Duliang was also liberated. In all these years, Dad has never done anything bad, and no one from that lurking spy organization has contacted him."
"Not long ago, his former superior, Liu Han, found my father and forced him to give him three thousand yuan, otherwise he would expose my father's identity as a spy. My father was worried that our family would be ruined, so he killed that spy."
After listening, Qiuyue seemed to be thinking about something, then looked at Qiuyang and suddenly asked:
"Brother, according to you, how could Dad be considered a spy? Dad killed a spy, wasn't that eliminating a scourge for the country? Shouldn't that be considered a meritorious act? Killing a spy, how could he be guilty?"
Qiu Yang looked at his younger sister and shook his head with a sigh.
“Qiuyue, you are still young and naive. This is not a time of war, but a time of peace and construction. Even if Liu Han is a spy, and I heard from your father that his hands are stained with the blood of many revolutionaries, it is not your father’s place to kill him. Liu Han should be punished by law. If I kill him, I must bear the legal responsibility.”
At this moment,
Qiuyue seemed to have grown up in an instant.
She suddenly understood everything, why her father had been acting like a different person lately, and why her parents' emotions had been so abnormal.
"But brother, what should we do now? Should Dad turn himself in, or should we wait for the police to solve the case?"
Qiuyue sat up and looked at Qiuyang, asking a question.
After Qiu Yang told his sister what was on his mind, he felt much relieved.
Since hearing his father tell him all the secrets last night, he felt as if a huge rock was pressing on his heart, making him feel suffocated at all times. But now that he had told his sister everything, he felt much more relaxed, even though his father had repeatedly told him not to tell his sister and brother until the police had solved the case.
"Qiuyue, promise me, when you get home, pretend you don't know anything. Eat your meals and laugh as usual. Otherwise, Dad will definitely blame me. He told me that I must never tell you, Qiushui, Qiuchan, or Qiushou the truth and the secret."
"Okay, brother, I understand. I'll pretend I don't know anything."
As Qiuyue spoke, she reached out and hugged her brother.
Tears welled up in her eyes again, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably from sobbing.
She immediately understood why her brother hadn't been able to eat lunch or dinner that day, and why he had been playing so wildly and desperately on the basketball court.
With his father's identity as a secret agent and the secret of his murders weighing on his mind, how could he, as the eldest son, bear and face such news?
"Autumn Moon".
"Um".
"If Dad's identity as a spy and his murders are discovered, do you know what that will mean?"
Qiuyue did not respond.
She didn't dare to think about it anymore.
At nineteen years old and already working, she could imagine serious consequences; the idea that she shouldn't be guilty was just a primary school student's thought.
If his father's identity as a spy is exposed, he will be treated as an enemy agent. The books he read said that anyone who is an enemy agent will either be executed or spend their life in prison. Although his father killed a spy, his father himself was also a spy. How could he get away with this double crime?
"Brother, what should we do? What can we do?"
"Just pretend you know nothing about it. Dad said he might be being watched by the police. He said he'll drag it out as long as possible. He doesn't want things to be exposed sooner, and he doesn't want to bring this family into a painful abyss. Moreover, Dad is also considering whether to turn himself in to the police."
"Brother, does that mean you know everything?"
"Dad told me that he told Mom all the secrets."
"I knew it, something strange has been happening at home lately."
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