The Bravest

On this day, early in the morning, Ye Zhantang's family sat in the hall, waiting for Li Shiqun and his wife to bring Lin Jie to propose marriage. Before nine o'clock, Lin Jie and his family arrived. According to traditional culture, the betrothal gifts were not less. Both parties sat down and talked happily. The elders stayed with Li Shiqun and his wife, who represented Lin Jie's family, to discuss the details. The young people went out to play. Ye Wulian's younger brother followed at the end. He walked out of the door, called him brother-in-law, and then ran away. Ye Wulian stomped her feet.

"Wulian, let's find a place to walk." The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and Lin Jie had to make small talk. This was originally a play. At first Lin Jie thought it was real, but later he found out it was fake. For the person he liked, Lin Jie also cooperated with the performance, and now it seemed to have become real. Lin Jie was happy, but also afraid that he was dreaming.

He said "hmm" softly and walked forward silently, not knowing where he was going. Lin Jie followed him not too far away, and the two of them walked slowly.

Ye Wulian's mood is very complicated now. He feels helpless in reality, but also seems to be happy. When he met his classmate again, he was kind enough to help him who lost his family and rented a small house for him. When he reported to the instructor that day, he mentioned it casually. He met an old classmate. Unexpectedly, he said that he was looking for a police-related job after studying in Japan. He didn't expect to be criticized by the instructor for having a good impression of Lin Jie, otherwise why did he lose the sensitivity that an agent should have. At that time, he answered no. Now think about it, did he? He is not sure.

The next time we met, I was sent by the instructor to ask questions. I found out that my old classmate said that he graduated from the police academy and studied investigation. He wanted to find a job related to the police station. I didn’t expect that the Tokyo Police Academy in Japan would have a course to train professional agents. My old classmate himself couldn’t explain why. He originally applied for the University of Tokyo, but when he arrived in Japan, he was thrown into the Tokyo Police Academy by the translator. At that time, he didn’t know Japanese. Since he was here, he made the best of it. He stayed there for four years. He came back a month ago and still hasn’t found a job. Everything that happened later was purposeful.

Maybe she felt that she had dragged Lin Jie into this quagmire, so she was particularly concerned and caring for him during the days when he was injured. She would not laugh at him for being a coward like others. Not everyone can be blown away without being afraid. I don't know when he started to like me, in middle school, when we met again, or when I was injured? I don't know, I haven't thought about it, and I don't care. I just use him.

But this cannot be blamed on her. Since middle school, she has been influenced by new ideas and has her own ideas and goals. Then there was the July 7 Incident. How could she care about the luxury of love between men and women? As for taking advantage of him, she still felt guilty. It was just a casual move, but she didn't expect it to become a pawn. The superiors paid attention to him and wanted to use the beauty trap on him. He was too professional and could not be fooled at all. She knew it, and the superiors also knew it, and they just wanted to take advantage of his feelings. Simple and clever. She turned herself into a devil as the instructor said.

Why was there joy? Ye Wulian didn't know, but she couldn't deceive her heart. If she told him that she was actually happy, and that she also began to like being with him, and that the happiness she felt with him was real, would he believe it? He should have believed it at first, but when we said goodbye at the door that day, he asked what our relationship was? From that moment on, he probably didn't believe it anymore, and he didn't dare to believe it anymore. He wouldn't believe it anymore.

But! I, Ye Wulian, am not an ordinary girl. Even if he doesn't believe me, I will protect our home well. I will confess everything to him on the day of victory, and he will definitely believe it. This is my second ideal. All ideals will eventually come true. I firmly believe it.

I want to laugh when I think of what he whispered yesterday: fake marriage? Sleeping in separate beds? Do you think I can't hear you? Humph, I'm also a professional agent, I just ran so fast because I heard it. Hehe, that's great, Xiaojie really likes me and respects me, he won't force me, I believe him, such a person is worthy of my love.

The New Year is coming soon. The weather in Shanghai is really cold, but the sun is particularly warm today, just like the smile on Ye Wulian’s face now.

"Xiao Jie, let's go to the movies." A pair of hands held Lin Jie's arms tightly, as if afraid that he would fly away.

"Okay, we haven't been there for a long time." Whether it's true love or a honey trap, I, Lin Jie, will not let the person I like suffer. I will protect her. Even in this darkest era.

Little people can also have passion, they just lack someone to awaken it.

The Ye family and Li Shiqun acted quickly. On the day of the marriage proposal, they decided to skip the engagement step and directly set the wedding on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month ten days later, just in time for Sanchao to return to her parents' home for the New Year. The wedding was simple. The reason was that the current situation was turbulent and the New Year was approaching. Lin Jie's identity would easily attract other people's attention. The Ye family and Li Shiqun jointly funded to buy a yard for the couple as a new house, and let them buy furniture and other things by themselves, so as not to be dissatisfied. At that time, the Ye family and Li Shiqun and his wife brought a few good colleagues of Lin Jie to have a simple meal in the new house. The Ye family and Lin Jie found opportunities to hold banquets for each other.

The new house was actually bought by Li Shiqun. There were many houses in No. 76 that were investigated, and Li Shiqun picked a house that was neither too big nor too small. The interior decoration was very new, the furniture was complete, and someone had been sent to clean it. The young couple only needed to buy some daily necessities and move in, which saved a lot of effort.

In the following days, Ye Wulian simply didn't go to work and was busy decorating the new house every day. Lin Jie went to work as usual, but occasionally he was absent-minded to make clothes, take pictures, and most importantly, register for a marriage certificate.

It seemed that everyone had forgotten that this was the Japanese-occupied area, and that apart from Shanghai, most of China had fallen into the hands of the Japanese invaders. The country was on the brink of collapse, and countless brave and fearless people were working hard to maintain this ancient country with many holes in it, waiting for its future revival.

Late one night, Boss Dai from the Chongqing Military Intelligence Bureau received a special telegram: "Xi Shi has successfully found a husband, and the betrothal gifts are on the way." After reading the telegram, Boss Dai felt relieved for a moment.

Even more distant, at the foot of the Pagoda Mountain, Comrade Kenong in the cave took a small note handed over by his confidential secretary, "Gu Yan is married. She is a member of the Military Control Commission and will definitely be a comrade in the future." After reading it, Comrade Kenong sighed and said, "I only found out today that Gu Yan is a female comrade. It seems that Gu Yan's situation is not very good, otherwise our comrades would not have started a family during the most difficult period, and the partner is not even one of our comrades."

"Leader, this seems to be a violation of discipline," the secretary whispered.

"Nonsense! Would Comrade Gu Yan marry the enemy unless it was absolutely necessary? And hasn't this been reported?" Comrade Kenong became angry and criticized loudly.

"Yes." The secretary answered loudly.

"You are very principled, but we comrades in the rear need to understand the practical difficulties faced by comrades on the front line. Comrade Gu Yan is so confident, it seems that the person she chose should not be wrong."

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On the night of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, after seeing off the Ye family, Li Shiqun and his wife, colleagues from No. 76, and Gangcun and Liu Yang who had hurried over, Lin Jie returned to the bedroom. He did not turn on the light, only the flame of the big red candle was dancing. The person under the candlelight was sitting on the edge of the bed. She had already lifted her veil. Her fair face was set off by the big red wedding dress, and her pair of silky eyes were facing his already stunned eyes. The corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, like a goblin in Liao Zhai, which could seduce people's souls. The two of them just stared at each other.

After a long time, the beautiful girl gently waved, "Come here," and finally called Lin Jie back to his senses. He walked over involuntarily. A little hand pulled him to sit next to the beautiful girl. Lin Jie's whole body was stiff, his Adam's apple slid up and down, and he swallowed hard. He said something that was inexplicably caused him to say, "Wulian, I, I, I'm going to sleep next door." After saying that, he wanted to slap himself. In this situation, he still wanted to go to the next door. Isn't this stupid? So even though he said that, he had no intention of standing up, but he didn't dare to move.

"Puchi, hahaha, why don't you go over there? Why don't you leave? Hahaha." The gentle and charming beauty just now smiled like this and became real.

"No, Wu Lian, I mean it's getting late, let's go to bed." Lin Jie reacted quickly. How could he possibly go to the next door? Only a fool would go there.

"Xiao Jie, I'm not ready yet. Is it true what you said about fake marriage and sleeping in separate beds? Thank you." Ye Wulian said softly, with her head lowered. She looked so pitiful, and turned back into a fairy. The voice made people reluctant to refuse.

"Ah, you heard it. No, I meant don't worry, of course it's true, I won't force you, well, I'll go over there. You should rest early, I, I'll go over there." Lin Jie tried to stand up reluctantly, his heart was desolate, my wedding night was gone.

"Haha, forget it. Stay tonight. You don't want to leave. Go blow out the candles." It changed again. It was really annoying. Lin Jie just raised his butt and sat down immediately.

"Oh, okay, Wu Lian, let me tell you something. Could you please stop changing so much? It's a bit difficult to adapt to it." Lin Jie still didn't dare to move, for fear that he would change again.

"Go ahead, why are you so stupid?" Hehe, nothing changed this time. Lin Jie moved quickly and blew out the candle in a whoosh. Fortunately, the moonlight was so beautiful tonight that he could vaguely see his bride was still there, lying on the bed with her back to him.

"Wulian, let's go to sleep." Lin Jie's voice was trembling with excitement as it was his first wedding night in this life.

"Um"

No objection, that means agreement. Lin Jie lay down beside Wu Lian with his clothes on, slowly approaching until the two of them were tightly together. Lin Jie stretched out one hand and gently hugged Ye Wu Lian's waist. Suddenly, he could clearly feel her body trembling. A cold little hand grabbed Lin Jie's hand that was about to move.

"Xiao Jie, I'm scared. Can you just hold me like this?" The voice was trembling. It didn't turn into a fairy, but it made one feel Wu Lian's real fear even more.

Lin Jie didn't want to hurt the girl he loved, so he just hugged her tightly and asked in a gentle tone, "Wulian, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid of me?"

"No, I'm afraid that we have no future, and I'm also afraid that our children have no future. Xiaojie, what if we are exposed?" Ye Wulian was really scared. She had seen the captured female comrades of our party and their children in the interrogation room of the Military Control Commission. At that moment, Ye Wulian's whole body was shaking and her face turned blue. If it weren't for the instructor, her teacher thought she was scared because she saw this scene for the first time, and the teacher privately disliked the internal fighting among the Chinese, so she pulled her out of the interrogation room. Ye Wulian might have shot her comrades to death with the pistol at her waist, and then ended her own life.

I haven't seen that scene for a long time. Today I married the person I love. These few days, I am filled with happiness. This little trick of seducing men is a must-learn for female students in the military training class. Today I just want to relieve my nervousness and tease Lin Jie. I didn't expect that when my happiest moment is about to come, that scene will appear again. Is it the sacrificed comrade who reminds me that it is not time for me to enjoy happiness?

"Wulian, believe me, we will have a future, and our children will have a future too." Lin Jie knew that long-term undercover agents, due to long-term mental stress, always remain highly alert to the surrounding environment and people, and their brain nerves cannot recover. Most undercover agents will suffer from insomnia and diseases similar to post-traumatic stress syndrome. This is often seen in American movies, and there is no corresponding term in this era. Ye Wulian should be this. Undercover agents are really not a job for humans.

"Wulian, I'm here, don't be afraid, just take a good sleep, go to sleep, I'm here." Lin Jie knew that the best medicine for mental illness is sleep. It was impossible for Lin Jie to do something to his lover that she didn't want to do at this time.

Lin Jie's comfort calmed Ye Wulian's body, and she leaned tightly into Lin Jie's arms, as if that was her last harbor, where she could avoid all the wind and rain. "Xiao Jie, will you be disappointed?" Ye Wulian was a little worried, after all, today was different, but she was really scared and she couldn't control it.

"No, don't think about it. Go to sleep. I'll sleep after you fall asleep. That way you won't be afraid. Go to sleep," Lin Jie's voice was like a lullaby. Ye Wulian slowly closed her eyes. The indescribable sense of security made her fall asleep quickly. After a while, a slight snoring sound was heard.

Lin Jie thought with concern that he probably hadn't had a good sleep for a long time.

Watching his beloved girl fall asleep in his arms, Lin Jie, who was tired after a day of work, also slowly fell asleep.

Late at night, Ye Wulian woke up as usual, sat up suddenly, and saw Lin Jie lying on his back, already asleep. She felt relieved, and reached out her hand to touch Lin Jie's face, but was afraid of waking him up, so she took it back, looked at him silently for a while, bent down and kissed the man's forehead gently, pulled the quilt that was still folded well over to cover her man, then got into the quilt, hugged him tightly, and thought to herself, from now on, you are my man...

The next day, Ye Wulian woke up, the sun shone in through the window, raised her hand to look at the watch on her hand, and found that it was already past ten o'clock. She hadn't slept until this time in a long time. She stretched and felt so comfortable.

Lin Jie didn't know when he got up and was not in the room. Ye Wulian looked at her bright red wedding dress, which was all wrinkled. She felt very distressed. She got up, found a new set of clothes in the closet to change into, smoothed out the beautiful wedding dress, and hung it up on a hanger. She thought to herself that she would go to the cheongsam shop to make a cover to cover her wedding dress and keep it well because it was her most valuable item.

"Wulian, wake up. I didn't wake you up because you were sleeping so soundly. You must be hungry. Wash your face and have dinner."

It’s great, this is my home, home for Lin Jie and me.