My years of espionage

Chapter 1808 Double Pride
"That's great." The woman said happily, "My friend's surname is Bai and his given name is Shuang. He is from Lu'an."

"Bai Shuang, what a good name." Liu Xia nodded, "I drink with you in my heart, the night is white with frost, the golden bed is as clear as the jade well, and the water is majestic."

"There are just a few branches of cold plum blossoms on the stream, and the frost at night makes them fragrant." The woman said with a smile.

"'White frost'." Liu Xia said with a smile.

"'Qiqiao Flower'." The woman also said softly.

"I am thinking of the wine, the night is white with frost, the jade bed is full of golden water. The plum blossoms on the stream are just beginning to fill the branches, the frosty moon shines through the fragrance at night" is from Li Bai's "Reply to Wang Twelve Drinking Alone on a Cold Night" in the Tang Dynasty. The two people just said two words in the poem, which is the connection code.

Liu Xia squinted her eyes and looked at her.

……

"Chai Yixin meets Secretary Liu." Chai Yixin said.

"Do you know me?" Liu Xia asked.

"Secretary Liu is a frequent visitor to Xiangyunju. I recognized her as soon as I came in, but I didn't expect that she was the officer I wanted to see." Chai Yixin said. Now you..."

"What is your current identity?" Liu Xia asked.

"The owner of Xiangyunju is my distant cousin. I will work in Xiangyunju from now on." Chai Yixin said.

"What about before?" Liu Xia frowned and asked, "You and I may have frequent contact in the future. My identity is special, and you may come into the sight of the secret service headquarters and other departments, so your resume must be absolutely clean."

"I used to teach Chinese at Wencui Primary School in Hangzhou. Now I come to Nanjing to live with my relatives. My resume is clean," said Chai Yixin.

"That's good." Liu Xia nodded. "Boss Dai suddenly asked you to come see me. I guess it must be something urgent."

"A Japanese agent code-named 'Ruler' was captured at Hangzhou Station, and we learned from him that the enemy had an 'Octopus' plan against the Kuomintang government." Chai Yixin said.

"This plan was a conspiracy between the Wang Puppet regime and the Japanese." Chai Yixin said, "Boss Dai asked me to come and see the commander just for this matter."

"The Octopus Project..." Liu Xia groaned, "I have never heard of any rumors about this project before."

She asked Chai Yixin, "Any further information about the 'Octopus' project?"

……

"'Ruler' confessed that the Japanese sent a special expert from their country to be in charge of the 'Octopus' project." Chai Yixin said, "Other than that, there is no more relevant information."

"Experts, since they are called experts, they should have special talents and accomplishments in some areas." Liu Xia pondered, "Is he a telecommunications expert, or a weapons expert? Or an expert in poison gas bombs?"

Chai Yixin shook her head. She didn’t know any more relevant information.

"Okay, I will find a way to secretly find out about this 'Octopus' plan." Liu Xia nodded and said, "If there is a need in the future, I will come here to see you. Unless it is really necessary, you must not take the initiative to see me."

"I understand." Chai Yixin nodded. "If there is an emergency, I will call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and tell them that the book you requested has arrived."

"What book?" Liu Xia looked at Chai Yien and asked.

"I will organize a page of the book according to your reading habits, show it to you next time, and decide on an emergency contact code." Chai Yixin said after thinking for a while.

"Okay." Liu Xia nodded with satisfaction.

This 'Shuangbai' was very smart and cautious, which made her feel relieved. She was really worried that Chongqing would send her a subordinate who lacked experience and acted rashly.

"This is the latest issue of Good Friend," Chai Yixin said, "It's not good for the commander to come here empty-handed."

"Not bad." Liu Xia nodded.

"Liangyou" magazine is the magazine she likes to read, and Chai Yixin is very thoughtful.

……

For several days, until New Year's Eve was approaching, even though Liu Xia was very careful and secretly inquired, she still did not get any news about the "Octopus" plan.

This not only did not discourage her, but made her even more excited. This showed that the enemy's "Octopus" plan was very important, and she had tried to investigate it with her current status but found nothing.

After grinding a cup of coffee, Liu Xia sat in the office chair and thought to herself.

expert.

After much thought, she decided to focus on the word "expert".

Just as she had thought before, "expert" itself is a word with a certain direction.

Weapons expert?

Even an expert in deadly weapons like poison gas bombs?

Her heart skipped a beat.

Is it possible that the enemy is researching large-scale lethal weapons that are harmful to the environment, such as poison gas bombs?
"Octopus", thinking of the many tentacles of an octopus, Liu Xia couldn't help but get goose bumps all over her body, which made her more suspicious whether the enemy was going to develop and drop poison gas bombs on the Kuomintang-controlled areas.

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the office door. Liu Xia looked up and saw Chu Mingyu pushing the door open.

……

"Minister." Liu Xia quickly stood up to greet him.

"Xiaoxia, did you personally draw up the list of people to receive New Year's gifts?" Chu Mingyu asked.

"Yes, Minister." Liu Xia nodded, "But what went wrong?"

"Never mind. It has nothing to do with you. I forgot to remind you." Chu Mingyu said, "Arrange someone to deliver the New Year's gift to Mr. Oizumi Takashi of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan immediately."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Liu Xia nodded, then she showed a look of surprise and asked, "Minister, this Mr. Oizumi is just from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology..."

"You don't understand." Chu Mingyu did not explain much, but just said, "You just need to know that this person is qualified to be on the list."

"I understand." Liu Xia nodded.

After Chu Mingyu left, Liu Xia picked up the phone and called the General Affairs Department. "Please prepare a New Year gift for me. No need. I'll deliver it myself."

……

Cheng Qianfan was smoking and chatting with his colleagues from the Asia Department in the yard when he saw Liu Xia directing people to move things into the trunk. He greeted his colleagues and hurried over to help.

"Sister Xia, is this a gift for me?" Cheng Qianfan said jokingly, "Just call me and I'll take it back to the guild hall myself."

"Secretary Cheng, do you need these?" Liu Xia exhaled a puff of white mist from her mouth and blew on her hands. "Okay, stop talking nonsense. This is a New Year gift from the Minister himself to His Excellency Oizumi Takaya."

"Wasn't the New Year's gift sent out a few days ago?" Cheng Qianfan heard that the New Year's gift was for Oizumi Takashi, and he immediately became suspicious. "Why are you in such a hurry now? You even have to send it in person, Sister Xia?"

"The secretary general just reminded me," Liu Xia said. "It was my carelessness that caused the mistake."

"I see you're in a hurry, so let me drive you there." Cheng Qianfan said.

"Let's just forget it..." Liu Xia felt a little annoyed, but she didn't have a good reason to refuse.

Just now in the office, she was quite surprised when she thought that Chu Mingyu actually came to her in person and asked her to deliver a New Year gift to Oizumi Chongya.

This is because this person is just an official of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Cabinet, which is not a powerful department of the Japanese Cabinet.

Of course, considering the new regime's respect and courtesy towards people from friendly foreign countries, it is not impossible for even a lesser-known figure like Oizumi Takaya to receive an annual gift from the new regime's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

However, originally Minister Chu only needed to send someone to talk to her, or just make a phone call to give her instructions, but Chu Mingyu came to her office in person to explain the matter, which was obviously a little unusual.

Therefore, Liu Xia became interested in this official from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Cabinet who had held an art exhibition a few days ago and seemed to be not doing his job properly.

Her intuition told her that this person's identity might be more important than she currently knew.

Therefore, Liu Xia decided to personally deliver the New Year gift to Oizumi Takashige, which could not only show the importance the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attached to this person, which Chu Mingyu would be happy to see, but she could also take this opportunity to secretly observe and inquire about Oizumi Takashige's background.

But I didn't expect Cheng Qianfan to be so annoying and post it right away.

……

"Forget it, forget it." Cheng Qianfan said, and without waiting for Liu Xia to object, he opened the car door and got into the driver's seat. "Sister Xia, you are in a hurry. You know how bad you drive. For safety reasons, I'll drive you there."

"Okay then." Liu Xia nodded.

She knew that given her close relationship with Cheng Qianfan, it would be unreasonable to reject Cheng Qianfan's kindness, so she could only smile and say, "It's just too hard for you."

"That's right, Sister Xia." Cheng Qianfan said, "I'm happy to work like a cow or a horse for you, Sister Xia."

"You look like a dead person." Liu Xia glared at Cheng Qianfan.

……

Liu Xia sat in the back seat.

She stared at the back of Cheng Qianfan's head and really wanted to slap him.

"Sister Xia, you can't carry so many gifts by yourself." Cheng Qianfan said, "It's a good thing I'm with you, Sister Xia, otherwise, you would have suffered a lot."

"Yes, yes, thanks to you." Liu Xia sneered and said, "Sister, I didn't recognize you as my brother in vain."

She was shocked in her heart, thinking that she had made a mistake subconsciously. She only wanted to take the opportunity to contact Oizumi Takaya and find out his background. In order to avoid arousing suspicion from others, she delivered the New Year gift personally and did not bring anyone else with her.

This is actually an oversight:

As a weak woman, she should not be able to carry those New Year gifts.

This was a subconscious action, because with her actual strength, there was no problem in picking up these New Year gifts.

"Sister Xia, this Lord Oizumi is just from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Is it necessary to send the New Year gift in such a hurry?" Cheng Qianfan asked doubtfully.

"I don't know either." Liu Xia said, "The minister suddenly informed me and asked me to arrange to send the New Year gift to Mr. Daquan immediately."

As she spoke, she looked at the back of Cheng Qianfan's head and said, "I heard you talking to Lord Oizumi at the exhibition that day. Didn't you say that your friend named Sakamoto Ryono admires Lord Oizumi very much? So you should know something about Lord Oizumi."

"It's not like I know him that well." Cheng Qianfan shook his head slightly and said, "Sakamoto Ryouno likes painting. He admires Oizumi Takashi as a painter, not Oizumi Takashi of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Cabinet."

"The minister didn't reveal anything else." Liu Xia asked tentatively, "Do you know what department Mr. Oizumi is in charge of at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology?"

Liu Xia chuckled and continued, "I just remembered that I didn't think anything was wrong with the previous art exhibition. Now that I think about it, many of my colleagues in the Executive Yuan liked to watch art exhibitions. It seems that Mr. Daquan is a hidden talent."

……

"How can there be so many hidden talents? This Lord Daquan should not have a very strong background." Cheng Qianfan honked the horn, turned the steering wheel, thought for a moment, and said, "I heard Sakamoto Ryouno mention it..."

He lowered his voice and said, "It is said that this Lord Oizumi is here to inspect the promotion of Sino-Japanese friendship culture in Nanjing."

"Really?" Liu Xia nodded. "This is useful information. When I meet His Excellency Daquan later, I finally know what to talk about."

"Sister Xia, why don't you thank me quickly?" Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.

He was wondering in his heart, aren't they going to give New Year gifts? Just a few polite words will do, why did Liu Xia mean to stay and chat with Oizumi Takashi?
This made Cheng Qianfan feel strange.

However, he was happy to see it happen.

In this way, he would have a legitimate reason to stay longer and try to obtain some clues and information from Oizumi Takaya.

"So, it's right for me to accompany Sister Xia." Cheng Qianfan said proudly, "At least Lord Daquan and I are half-acquaintances. With me here, the atmosphere won't be awkward at least."

……

"Stop showing off. Do you want me to thank you all the time?" Liu Xia said unhappily.

She suddenly started to ponder in her mind.

She suddenly realized that her words just now did not show the "businesslike" attitude of leaving after giving the New Year gifts, but instead she wanted to stay and chat.

This seems to be fine, but if you look into it more deeply, it is still slightly unreasonable.

Because she is a woman, a beautiful woman, in this situation, she should try to avoid suspicion and avoid staying with this Japanese man for too long.

Therefore, it was a little unreasonable for her to show interest in chatting with Oizumi Takaya.

Although the degree of unreasonableness is relatively low, it is not enough to arouse any suspicion.

However, in covert and covert work, the most fatal thing is actually the slight unreasonableness that seems to have no problem, because they basically will not make the unreasonableness that will cause big problems. What they are afraid of is the tiny unreasonableness that can easily leave clues.

Based on her understanding of Cheng Qianfan, this guy is actually quite smart.

And given her close relationship with Cheng Qianfan, in this situation, Cheng Qianfan would normally joke, "Sister Xia is about to chat with Lord Daquan," "It seems that Sister Xia likes painters. I really regret not becoming a famous painter," and so on.

However, Cheng Qianfan did not do so. Instead, he repeatedly "showed off his achievements".

Liu Xia's heart suddenly moved. She recalled and counted silently in her heart. Cheng Qianfan said the word "accompany" four times along the way. Twice it was "accompany you" and twice it was "accompany sister Xia".

It means 'accompany you', not 'send you'.

At first, Liu Xia didn't pay attention to this word. Now, Cheng Qianfan said that he was a "half-acquaintance" of Oizumi Takaya and wanted to accompany her to meet Oizumi Takaya!

Noticing this, Liu Xia reacted instantly:

Her intuition told her that Cheng Qianfan had been planning to come along from the beginning with the purpose of meeting Oizumi Takaya with her!

This immediately aroused Liu Xia's strong interest.

Why does Cheng Qianfan want to see Daquan Chongzai?

In order to meet Oizumi Takaya, he even put aside his "teasing" intention and went along with her attitude.

This isn't right.

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