Qiu Jingwen naturally wouldn't tell the children the truth. He only told them that there had been a meeting at the higher-ups recently, and that there were signs of spies trying to sabotage things, so they should be on high alert.
The children brushed it off, but Jiang Yuping felt that things weren't so simple. Her husband must have encountered something again, otherwise he wouldn't have made so many unreasonable demands on the children.
After more than half a month, life seemed to have returned to normal, but today's abnormality made Jiang Yuping certain that there must be a problem. It was possible that another spy similar to Liu Han had appeared and established contact with her husband.
Around 9 p.m., after taking a shower and getting into bed, Jiang Yuping saw that the children had all gone into her bedroom and were quiet. She locked the bedroom door, lay down next to her husband fully clothed, turned her head and stared into her husband's eyes under the light, and asked, "Jingwen, do you still consider me your wife?"
Qiu Jingwen was taken aback by Jiang Yuping's sudden question. He reached out and hugged his wife, saying gently, "Yuping, we've been married for a long time, why would you ask me something like that?"
Jiang Yuping pushed her husband's hand away and said angrily, "If you consider me your wife, then tell me everything."
"Yu Ping, what do you want me to tell you?"
"You know what I want to know."
"I really don't know."
"Did you run into another spy from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, forcing you to work for them again?"
"That's not true."
"Really? Then tell me, why did you make those demands on the child?"
"Yuping, didn't I tell you? The higher-ups have ordered us to be on high alert."
At this point, he reached out and hugged his wife again. Jiang Yuping tried to break free, but he held her tightly. Qiu Jingwen stroked his wife's back as he said, "Yuping, I am now the deputy factory director. Have you thought about what I should do if spies use the children to force me to do something? So, everything is to prevent problems before they occur."
“I understand, but it’s been more than half a year and I haven’t heard anything about what’s happened at the factory. Jingwen, if anything happens, you must tell me. You’ve already taken the blame for me for killing Liu Han. I don’t want anything to happen to me, otherwise I’ll never have peace of mind for the rest of my life.”
"Okay, honey, it's really nothing, I'll be fine."
Jiang Yuping knew that her husband didn't want to tell her the truth because he didn't want her to worry. She also knew that if her husband didn't want to talk about it, there would be no use in pressuring him. So she stopped asking and instead asked about work. Then the couple hugged each other and gradually drifted off to sleep.
The next afternoon, no call came until the end of the workday, and there was no message from Butterfly. Qiu Jingwen didn't wait any longer, left the office, got on his bicycle, and prepared to go straight home. Just then, the phone rang. Qiu Jingwen hurried back to the office, grabbed the receiver, and put it to his ear.
"Aren't you getting a little impatient?"
This is a sound that butterflies are familiar with.
“Speak your mind, or shut up. If you have something to say, go ahead and report me to the police for being a spy. It’s not like I haven’t been suspected before.”
"Rattlesnake, don't get agitated. Listen carefully, tomorrow is a day off. Bring some cash and let's meet. We can talk about many things when we meet."
Butterfly told Qiu Jingwen the meeting address over the phone, and also told him the code word and what to wear when meeting. Finally, she emphasized: "If I find that there are police lying in ambush around, I'm sorry, I will cancel the meeting. I also guarantee that within three days, your wife and children will wish they were dead. If you anger me, I will make them see God."
The other party hung up immediately after speaking, giving Qiu Jingwen no chance to get angry.
After putting down the microphone, Qiu Jingwen slumped into a chair. He didn't even know whether to tell Shao Jian the information. If he did, Shao Jian would definitely arrange for people to be on guard at the meeting place. And if Butterfly discovered the guarding, judging from his intuition and the tone of Butterfly's voice, she would really target his wife and children.
He decided not to report the situation to Shao Jian, and to wait until he met Butterfly to make a decision.
Qiu Jingwen left the office again, got on his bicycle, and when he arrived home, Jiang Yuping told him that a phone call had just been made to their home, but after asking around for a while, no one answered, and then the call was hung up.
"Jingwen, are you still not going to tell me?"
Finally, Jiang Yuping looked into her husband's eyes and asked.
"What do you want me to say?"
"You know what I want to know?"
"Yu Ping, it's really nothing, don't overthink it."
Just as the couple were talking, the phone on the bedside table rang again.
After Qiu Jingwen answered the phone, upon hearing that it was Shao Jian calling, he said to Jiang Yuping, "Yuping, this is a call from a leader of the Provincial Bureau of Industry. We need to discuss work. Could you please excuse us for a moment?"
Jiang Yuping naturally realized that her husband was lying, but since he had already said that, she couldn't bring herself to stay and listen to the phone call. So she left the bedroom on her own and closed the door behind her.
"Qiu Jingwen, why haven't I heard from you? What did that butterfly say? Where did you two agree to meet?"
"Director Shao, he was worried about being monitored by you, so he canceled our appointment at the last minute and said we would reschedule for another day, so I didn't report it to you."
"Alright then, report any situation immediately and do not act alone."
"Boss, I've noted it down. Thank you for your concern about safety."
Qiu Jingwen initially wanted to say that the other party hadn't called to ask him out at all, but then he realized that hiding it from Shao Jian was impossible. The daily calls would be easily traced back to the switchboard, and the truth could be found out with a simple check. As for the fact that she had been in contact with Butterfly, it meant the other party had changed the date, which Shao Jian could accept.
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