“I regret killing Liu Liuhan, but your investigation team has entered the Hongqi Factory. I feel that Liu Liuhan’s existence is a time bomb for me and my family. I must remove this bomb and kill him.”
"What kind of spy or agent am I? All these years I've been labeled a spy, but I've never done a single spy job, nor have I ever taken any money from the undercover team or the military intelligence agency. I'm just a rookie agent."
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When Qiu Jingwen got emotional, his eyes turned red and tears streamed down his face.
He actually used a term that would later become a popular internet slang term: newbie.
Despite being a veteran police officer, Shao Jian found the term "rookie" quite novel.
But the meaning is still easy to understand literally.
From Qiu Jingwen's emotional description, Shao Jian, who was observing carefully, could sense that Qiu Jingwen was not pretending and was not lying.
He just didn't expect that the person who really killed Liu Han was not Qiu Jingwen, but his wife Jiang Yuping.
Neither of them spoke again; they simply looked at each other.
In other words, both sides were preoccupied with their own affairs.
As for Qiu Jingwen, since he was a spy anyway, he had only one goal: to make Shao Jian believe that he was the one who killed Liu Hanhan, not his wife Jiang Yuping, and that everything was caused by him.
He couldn't let his beloved wife's life be completely ruined by murder.
For Shao Jian, however, there were even more things to consider.
Qiu Jingwen, the agent codenamed Cobra, has actually not done anything really bad over the years. After all, he was just an ignorant teenager in the early days of the People's Republic of China. It is no easy feat for him to have survived all these years.
At the same time, he thought of the information Liang Damin had obtained from Wei Dongmei: Qiu Jingwen had someone with a letter of introduction from the Field Army Headquarters to arrange a job for him and instructed the unit leaders to take good care of Qiu Jingwen. This information indicated that Qiu Jingwen's family background was not simple; at least he was a descendant of revolutionary martyrs. This complex and mixed identity gave Shao Jian a bold idea.
"If we try to win over Qiu Jingwen, it might be a good way to uncover the entire Kuomintang's hidden infiltrator group."
In Shao Jian's mind, there was a high possibility that Qiu Jingwen could be turned against his employer, since Qiu Jingwen had already settled down and started a family at the Hongqi Factory.
Thinking of all this, he looked at Qiu Jingwen.
"Qiu Jingwen, the past is the past. I'll believe you for now. Over the years, you may have been just a rookie agent, as you yourself said. I also believe you haven't done anything heinous. How about this---"
Before Shao Jian could finish speaking, Wu Dinghuai knocked on the door and hurriedly came in.
He held an anonymous letter in his hand, the envelope clearly marked "To be opened by Shao Jian, head of the investigation team."
"Director Shao, this anonymous letter is requested to be delivered directly to you."
As he spoke, Wu Dinghuai handed the anonymous letter to Shao Jian.
Shao Jian looked at the anonymous letter, then glanced at Qiu Jingwen.
He didn't say anything, but casually opened the letter.
His expression changed slightly after he read the contents of the anonymous letter.
Shao Jian handed the letter to Wu Dinghuai and instructed him:
"Dinghuai, keep this anonymous letter safe. I'll bring it back to the special task force when I return to the Municipal Bureau later."
Wu Dinghuai accepted the anonymous letter, responded, and turned to leave.
Shao Jian lit a cigarette for himself, took a couple of puffs, and then remembered that he should also offer one to Qiu Jingwen.
Since the idea of turning Qiu Jingwen against his will has been conceived, at least some respect for Qiu Jingwen is necessary.
Qiu Jingwen accepted the cigarette and thanked Shao Jian, then picked up a match and lit it for himself.
Shao Jian smoked while looking at Qiu Jingwen. He didn't speak, but was thinking about some things.
Suddenly, he asked:
"Qiu Jingwen, as a member of the Hidden Team, do you know that there is a person in this team with the code name Butterfly?"
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