Chapter 137 The Moon of Yesteryear
The snowfall at dusk felt especially cold.
Lu Yong stood at the door and smoked for a while. He only put out his cigarette after Lü Yueran was led into the cave. Then came the hypnotic interrogation that they had cooperated with countless times before.
Lu Yueran's gentle voice echoed in the cave, "...First, stretch your body, take a deep breath, and relax... Perhaps you have entered a tunnel filled with soft white light. Before your eyes, you may see blue, purple, golden, or multicolored lights. Your mood is incredibly peaceful, as if you have never felt so light and joyful before..."
Tell me, who are you?
“Yan Hui.”
The moment that name was mentioned, everyone in the cave tensed up; there was definitely something wrong!
What brings you to Yan'an?
"I...I..."
Seeing that Yan Lixuan was struggling, Lü Yueran frowned and still added a little hallucinogen to his drink.
"To cooperate with Silver Serpent in the assassination operation."
Who is Silver Snake?
"Ji Ming... Shu..."
As Lu Yueran gradually extracted information from Lu Yong, Lu Yong's face grew increasingly dark.
As it turned out, Xie Ning's suggestion was correct. If they hadn't extracted information from Yan Lixuan in time, they would have suffered huge losses! Ji Mingshu... is the chief's clerk!
Lu Yong glanced at Yan Lixuan, whose eyes were dazed, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He wanted to send someone to find the deeply hidden silver snake, but he quickly restrained himself. He had Lü Yueran erase Yan Lixuan's memories of being hypnotized and then released him.
We must not alert the enemy. Now that we know who the spy is, the relationship between us and the enemy has changed. Rather than letting the enemy send more people, we should leave the exposed spy behind to mislead the enemy and gain the upper hand.
Lu Yong went out for a while and didn't return until it was completely dark. He braved the wind and snow to get back. After dismissing the people around him, Lu Yong said to Lü Yueran, "Mr. Lü, as you know, it's very difficult for you to gain the freedom you imagine with your abilities. However, the higher-ups are planning to give you a chance. As long as you get close to Ji Mingshu and extract information from him... you will have a certain degree of freedom."
Lu Yueran's face was somewhat numb. He was very naive. He had always thought that as long as he sent the intelligence back, the Japanese army would not do anything to his wife and children. But his wife and children had died long ago, on the night he left Shenyang.
He was foolish.
"Okay, but I need to see Wu Li first." He felt sorry for Wu Li; the mistake had been made, and it couldn't be made up for simply by doing so. But he still wanted to do something, otherwise he no longer knew what the meaning of life was.
With the arrangement of the security department, Lü Yueran soon met Wu Li.
The two remained silent. Wu Li sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed) expressionlessly and said coldly, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Lu Yueran looked at Wu Li's increasingly thin face, raised his hand, but ultimately did not touch her. Even though he wanted to touch Wu Li, she probably disliked him.
In the end, Lü Yueran could only mumble, "You've lost weight."
Wu Li then turned her gaze to Lü Yueran. "Finished talking? If you're done, then I'm leaving." She felt suffocated being in the same cave with this person; so this is what it feels like to hate someone.
"Wait!" Lu Yueran took a deep breath. "I know you hate me now. What I did is indeed unforgivable, and I don't expect your forgiveness. But I am still the father of my child, and I want to do something for him."
The mistakes I made in the past cannot be undone, but I can still decide my future. I am now working for the organization, and my salary is quite good. I have saved up some things for my child, and I hope you can accept them. They are for the child, and you cannot refuse them on behalf of the child. You cannot let a father not even have the opportunity to raise his child…”
Lu Yueran talked a lot, all about the child, because he knew that if he told Wu Li, given her personality, she would absolutely not accept it, but the child was Wu Li's weakness.
Therefore, Wu Li would not refuse, even though she loathed herself.
Wu Li did not refuse again. She would not let her child suffer because of her emotions. However, she would not forgive Lü Yueran, not only because of Lü Yueran's deception, but also for the comrades who lost their lives because of Lü Yueran!
Before leaving, Wu Li turned back and looked at Lü Yueran steadily. Her expression and voice were not as cold as before, but very calm. "Lü Yueran, children should not be the only reason for you to live and fight. You used to be an ambitious young man. A husband's ambition should be to restore the country."
The husband was determined to restore the nation.
Lu Yueran remained silent, stunned. Had he ever had such ambition? Perhaps, but it was too bitter, too painful, and he gave in.
He has failed to repay a deep debt of gratitude.
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