Chapter 34 December 13

The two red balls were hung and the people all went in.But what am I going in for?Life and death are like dust to me!The fat pig-like landlady was still yelling, if it weren't for her "good intentions", I would have slept a little longer, how nice it is!It was three o'clock when I came back last night. It was around nine o'clock last night, and I was about to go to bed when Fatty Chen sent someone to send me a note. "Probably belonged to Xiao Zhao." When I unpacked it, I was full of hope, but when I saw it, there were seven crooked words: "The wind is blowing, be calm and alert!" Duh, you need to remind me of this!

But when I took off the cheongsam, just as I felt that my waist had become thinner recently, and I was feeling depressed, the wind really came.There were two or three knocks on the door recklessly.I hurriedly put on my coat, my heart beating a little.It turned out to be my order.Can't wait for tomorrow, this "wind" is so strong! When I arrived at the destination, it was another accident; the person in charge of "talking" with me was a stranger. Smiling slightly, his expression is very kind, and his eyes are not scary, but I know that behind all this may not be "friendly"; otherwise, Fatty Chen would not tell me: calm and alert!

Politely asked me to sit down, and asked some irrelevant things first——Where is my hometown?What school did you go to and so on.It seemed that Fatty Chen's note had some effect, and I was very calm. Suddenly, Ping's name came out of his mouth, and he also praised her, as if treating her as a "comrade", and finally asked: "You are old classmates, you must understand what she is like?" "I don't know very well. The reason is..." "There are probably not a few of your old classmates here?" He interrupted me. "Not many," I replied, but suddenly I had an idea and said, "Not long ago, a new lady came from Shanghai. She was the wife of the former Provincial Party Committee of K Province. Now..."

He smiled, and interrupted me again, "I also know the couple. There is a person named Xu who is also their close friend. I think you have met them at their home?" "Oh—" I was stunned for a moment, feeling that the words had weight, but I couldn't figure out the way for a moment, I just felt that denying was better than admitting, so I quickly and resolutely replied: "I haven't seen it before." "Really?" He smiled mysteriously. "Then, there is another one, short, fat, with a southern accent, also surnamed Xu, you must have seen it."

I couldn't stop my heart from jumping a little bit. I knew that this was by no means irrelevant gossip, but I still embraced denialism and replied with a smile: "I really don't have one. I don't remember that there is someone named Xu." Suddenly he put his face down, but his accent was still peaceful, and he looked at my face and said: "You have to tell the truth! Now some people say that you are good at tricks and dishonest in your work, but I don't believe it. Such words. You can still do it, and your grades were good in the past!" He paused, rubbing his chin, as if deliberately giving me a chance to defend myself.

But I kept silent, just smiled. "Who introduced you to that man surnamed Wang?" He spoke quickly, obviously trying to test me.Fortunately, I had already prepared. As soon as I heard the surname Wang, I knew it was the so-called "witness." So the "conversation" turned to this topic.He made many inquiries about the various points of my report on G, before and after, and both pros and cons.In the end, because there were no flaws, he expressed his satisfaction and said, "We are loyal to the party-state and should be more vigilant. You are doing the right thing."

When I got up to leave, he stopped me suddenly and said with a smile, "What's the matter with your old classmate Ping? Some people say she's a reactionary, but another report says she's not bad. And that K, too." Same thing. What does it look like to you?" I was stunned for a moment, but how could I believe that this was not irony?People are saying that I colluded with them, so am I going to throw myself into a trap and give them a credential?I can't help but defend myself! "Both look suspicious to me!" "Then it's quite problematic to say they're all right?"

"Well, I dare not say; but there are too many suspicious things about the two of them!" "Oh——" He thought about it for a while, and said with a smile, "What did you say about K in the last report to R?" I tried my best to calm down my heartbeat, and replied decisively: "At that time I had not found any serious evidence of K. But I found out later that he did have important organizational tasks, and Ping—" "How about Ping?" His eyes flashed on me. "Ping is his lover!" I said in my heart, but I felt a pair of legs trembling there.

He looked at me with a smile for a while, and then said very politely: "Your report is valuable. Are you tired? You can go back." I walked to the road in a daze, walking indiscriminately.What did I do, was it in a dream?But worse than a dream.It was late at night and there was no one on the road.I dragged my feet one step at a time, and it was about three o'clock when I got home. The alarm is off, and I don't think so.A new resolution slowly formed in me during the alarm period.I'm going to find them both and give them a warning. But how to find them?I have to take care that I also have a "tail" behind me.

Wouldn't it be a waste of worry if they ignored my words and leaked them out again? Even if you want to find one, you can find one first; naturally, K is relatively rational, and he may be worthy of my profession.But K was the hardest to find, he was like a wandering spirit, who knew where he was. My decision was wavered again.There is no obligation to find them.The cover has already been done, and they themselves don't appreciate it.It would be a joke to say I did something against them again last night.A few words are nothing, and besides, I was on the verge of breaking out, so I had no choice but to say it.Their real danger is that they have spies in their own circle, while they are still sleeping in the drums, and that's none of my business!

If they keep sleeping in the drum, then maybe all the words I said to them in the past few days will fall into the ears of the "spies", and then I will be finished? Even if not, they will suddenly "disappear" one day. At that time, can they be as strong as Xiao Zhao and "never get you involved"?At that time, I was finished too. From this point of view, it is better to find them.Although it is not an obligation to them, it is indeed a risk that I should take for myself! ... I decided to go to them again, changed my clothes, and was about to go out when Shunying sent someone to invite me to her home. "It must be going,"—I put on my overcoat and went.But with a sudden movement in his heart, he turned around and hid a few important things.