Song Shutian smiled happily this time, "Little girl, you know quite a lot. To be honest with you, I came here with a goal in mind, but we can't be sure yet, so I may have to stay here for a while."
Jiang Qiao, we had a great time working together last time. How about this time, will you help me out?
Jiang Qiao sighed, "Brother, I'm about to take the high school entrance exam. Do you think I have the energy to deal with this?"
"Oh, you're taking the high school entrance exam? Good heavens, how old are you?"
"Don't worry about how old I am, I'm currently in the third year of junior high school and I'll be taking the high school entrance exam soon, that's a fact."
What's wrong? Did you run into trouble on this mission?
Song Shutian sighed, "It's more than that, we're completely clueless. I just don't understand, what could possibly attract so many spies to such a small county?"
Jiang Qiao raised an eyebrow. "If you can't understand it, then I understand it even less. Perhaps something is attracting them?"
Song Shutian nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Jiang Qiao with a probing gaze. "Little girl, if you have anything to say, just say it. How should I put it? We were comrades in the same trench back then, and we caught enemy agents together. You have to help me with this."
Jiang Qiao sighed, "Brother, there are only a few things that can attract them. Think about it, what do enemy agents need? Weapons. What do they want to do? Sabotage and assassination, just to grab the attention of those foreigners."
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Jiang Qiao's mind, so fast that it was almost impossible to catch.
However, she was also secretly surprised, mainly because she was frightened by her own thoughts.
If it's really as she thinks, she can't ignore this matter, since it involves too many people.
He tentatively asked, "Is it possible that this is an armory left behind by the Japanese?"
Song Shutian asked in surprise, "Why was it left by the Japanese soldiers, and not by someone else?"
Jiang Qiao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Figure it out yourself."
When Jiang Qiao reminded him like that, Song Shutian broke out in a cold sweat.
“Girl, this is a serious matter. I need to go back and report it to my superiors right away. Just keep this to yourself and don’t tell anyone. I’ll ask you for help again later.”
After Song Shutian left, Jiang Qiao had more on her mind. If it was really as she thought, what should she do?
She couldn't think of a better solution for the time being, so she could only clean up the dishes and wait for Chunming and the others to call her before the three of them rode their bikes to school.
In the afternoon, during the break between classes, Jiang Qiao spoke with her homeroom teacher and, of course, asked for leave.
The homeroom teacher was speechless when it came to Jiang Qiao. "You kid, why are you always up to something? Fine, I'll grant you leave this time because of your good exam results. But remember, just like before, you need to study hard."
Jiang Qiao smiled and nodded, "Teacher, don't worry. This concerns my future, how could I not take it seriously? Thank you."
Even the homeroom teacher felt helpless with a student like Jiang Qiao, and even Principal Zheng Aiguo could only offer words of comfort after hearing her complaints.
“For students like Jiang Qiao, we need to change our teaching methods appropriately. I’ve been observing this child, and she is really eager to learn. So, sometimes we can relax our discipline on her. She is a filial child; I’ve heard she’s really good to the elderly. Let’s treat special cases specially.”
Jiang Qiao thought Song Shutian was busy catching spies, but this guy came to see her again. However, this time, the two of them talked in a relatively secluded place.
"What? You mean I should go straight to high school? Dude, are you kidding me? I have exams coming up, what would I do there?"
Jiang Qiao suddenly thought of a possibility and stared straight at Song Shutian. "Don't tell me that anyone from the high school is a suspect."
Song Shutian clapped his hands and said, "What did I tell you? We two have a tacit understanding. You still don't believe me? Jiang Qiao, I'm not discussing this with you. It's a decision made by the organization. Only you are the most suitable."
Jiang Qiao actually felt some resistance in her heart. The things she did in the past were out of instinct and from the bottom of her heart. Once someone ordered her, she felt very uncomfortable. Only she knew why she felt uncomfortable. In her previous life, she lost her life because she followed orders, and she died at the hands of her own people.
"What do you mean I'm the most suitable? Are you kidding me? It's not that I don't want to follow orders, but this doesn't make sense and has a lot of loopholes."
Song Shutian didn't expect Jiang Qiao to react this way. This girl is supposed to be quite righteous, so why would she react so strongly to this matter?
Jiang Qiao could tell from his expression that this guy was too arbitrary, so she immediately started explaining to him.
"Do you know that many people in high school know me? Just yesterday, I got into a fight with eight boys. Tell me, if anyone had even a little bit of caution and did a little research, they would know that I, a junior high student, had somehow ended up studying in the first year of high school. Do you think there's nothing suspicious about that?"
Song Shutian suddenly realized, "Your cousin is in high school, right?"
Jiang Qiao pointed at Song Shutian with some annoyance, "I knew you had investigated me."
Song Shutian, feeling embarrassed, clasped his hands in apology to Jiang Qiao, "Sister, it's not that your brother wants to do anything to you. When you were looking for someone to testify for your uncle, I was involved. I didn't even need to investigate. After my brother Song Shuhai told me this, what else do I not understand?"
Don't worry, not many people know about this. I know what you're worried about, and I understand that, since you never lived in that family. But you still have to acknowledge your biological parents; no one will cause you trouble because of this.
Jiang Qiao pointed at Song Shutian and said, "We have a deal. If there's any leak, you have to protect me."
Song Shutian gave a wry smile. "Sister Qiao'er, you can protect yourself without me. You've already been implicated in the last incident. If you can help us this time, I guarantee no one will dare to do anything to you."
Jiang Qiao didn't believe a word of verbal assurance. "Your word doesn't count. What if one day you can't take care of me either?"
Song Shutian didn't know why Jiang Qiao said that, but he still nodded in agreement. "I will report this to my superiors. Tell me what you want and what your conditions are. If I can do it, I will try my best to do it for you."
Jiang Qiao sat down and pondered for a while. "I don't have any major flaws, and I don't intend to harm anyone. I just want to live freely. I don't want to be disturbed or interfered with by certain uncertain factors. If one day, some blind person brings up our family's background, I have to be able to protect myself and my family."
Don't give me any guarantees right now; those things are rather vague and unrealistic.
There are some things you probably understand in your heart. I need this talisman so that one day, when I take it out, no one will dare to challenge me. Of course, we're not bad people, and we don't intend to do anything bad; it's just for self-protection. You know how fierce the fighting for power was back then—”
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