He turned around and closed the shop door, then followed the man from a distance. He saw that he had been following Ren Dashi until Ren Dashi entered his home. Then he walked into the Sichuan West Hotel, which was diagonally opposite Ren Dashi's home a few dozen meters away.

He was basically certain that this person was following Ren Dashi, and this person was probably Ren Dashi's cousin Ren Zhiping, because Ren Dashi said that he found Ren Zhiping following him that night.

It seemed to be true, and he felt a little nervous. He wondered if Ren Dashi's visit to his grocery store had aroused Ren Zhiping's suspicion.

He thought about it for a while and felt that this possibility was not high for the time being. Ren Dashi bought a pack of cigarettes and came out soon. There was nothing suspicious about this. It was impossible that Ren Zhiping would be suspicious of this place just because Ren Dashi bought a pack of cigarettes here, right?

What's more, the grocery store was on the way Ren Dashi returned home. If the grocery store was not on this road but somewhere else, and Ren Dashi came here on purpose, Ren Zhiping would definitely be suspicious.

However, he still decided to report the situation to Dulang.

In the afternoon, Ren Dashi returned to the office. After making a cup of tea, he sat behind his desk, thinking about what Li Xiang had told him to do when he got off work in the morning.

After thinking for a while, he took out the account books for materials received by various departments, found the account book for materials received by the Operations Department, and read it carefully.

He discovered that in recent times, the Operations Department had received a large amount of photo developing materials, which had never happened before. This meant that the Operations Department had developed a large number of photos. Judging from the number, there were at least thousands of photos. What did the Operations Department need so many photos for?

He also thought that during this period, a large number of people from the Operations Department went out, leaving early and returning late, so there must be some connection between these two things.

These photos should be used by these operatives, so the purpose of using these photos is self-evident, that is, to use these photos to find and arrest people. Needless to say, the target is naturally Japanese spies.

The two missing Japanese spies must be related to this!

Ren Dashi shuddered at the thought of this. Where did the Operations Department get this information?

He once again felt a deep sense of crisis in his heart. After Chu Yuntian came to Shancheng, the atmosphere was indeed different. He was still being secretly monitored by his cousin Ren Zhiping, and the person behind the scenes should also be Chu Yuntian.

He wanted to apply for evacuation, but Dulang disagreed. The Japanese, for their own benefit, did not care about his life at all, but it was no use to regret, he had already boarded the pirate ship and had no way to get off, he could only take it one step at a time.

Now I have to be more careful.

After get off work, when he passed by Li Ji Grocery Store, he wanted to tell Li Xiang what he had discovered, but he saw that the store door was closed and there was a wooden sign hanging on the door saying that the owner was out for something. He knew what this meant, that he was told not to contact him for the time being and to wait for his notification.

He wondered if something happened in the organization, otherwise Li Xiang would not have temporarily cut off contact with him. This had never happened before.

When he thought of this, he became even more uneasy and returned home listlessly.

Ren Zhiping followed him all the way and found nothing unusual. He then returned to his room in the Sichuan West Hotel and continued to monitor Ren Dashi's home.

Ren Zhiping was becoming more and more unsure. Did he really suspect the wrong thing about his cousin?

Since there was no order from above to stop his secret investigation, he had no choice but to continue.

What he didn't know was that before he came back, a new guest moved in next door. This person secretly opened his room with a lock-picking tool, searched his room, and found a telescope and a notebook he had placed under his pillow. With the telescope, he could clearly observe the situation in Ren Dashi's yard through the window. The notebook recorded the daily tracking and surveillance of Ren Dashi, which seemed normal.

He felt relieved, put the notebook back to its place, and then tiptoed out of Ren Zhiping's room.

This person was Li Xiang, the owner of the grocery store. After he reported to Dulang, Dulang, after careful consideration, asked Li Xiang to temporarily close the store and go to the Sichuan West Hotel to search Ren Zhiping's room to see if he could find anything.

Based on the findings, decide whether to retain this contact point.

It would be better to close it temporarily. If Ren Dashi goes to the grocery store to contact again soon, it might arouse Ren Zhiping's suspicion.

Although Ren Zhiping is a threat to Ren Dashi, they cannot take action against him now. If Ren Zhiping is killed, it will further deepen the Military Control Commission's suspicion of Ren Dashi. Unless it is absolutely necessary, they cannot do anything about it.

This means that Ren Zhiping has discovered something that is enough to threaten Ren Dashi's safety. Judging from the current situation, it is far from reaching this level.

After Li Xiang returned, he reported what he found in Ren Zhiping's room to Dulang. Dulang was relieved and asked Li Xiang to go back in two days to restore the contact point. Dulang did not intend to give up this contact point unless it was absolutely necessary, because the location of this contact point was very good.

It was very close to the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters, only a few dozen meters away. As the saying goes, the more dangerous the place, the safer it is. The Military Intelligence Bureau could not have imagined that there was a Japanese contact point right under its nose.

Because it was close, people from the Military Control Commission often bought things in this grocery store, such as cigarettes.

Moreover, it is on the route that Ren Dashi must take to go home, so it is very convenient to get in touch with him.

At the same time, Dulang sent people to continue monitoring Ren Zhiping and keep track of his whereabouts.

……

Yuan Ye received a call back from Chu Yuntian, which said that he should become Huang Yiguang's superior, establish a single-line contact, and carry out underground work.

Yuan Ye decided to contact Huang Yi Guang tomorrow and tell him the organization's decision and his thoughts on Huang Yi Guang's future work.

The telegram also talked about the current progress of the counter-espionage work and asked him to be prepared. If after a period of time, the counter-espionage work still made no progress, he should arrange the work at hand, find a suitable reason to leave Shanghai, return to the mountain city, and help Chu Yuntian open up the situation.

In fact, Yuan Ye also wanted to go back to the mountain city. With his abilities, he would be able to catch these Japanese spies and complete the task in a very short time.

Chu Yuntian also laid some foundation for him. The three captured Japanese spies were the breakthrough point, and he really wanted to verify whether Ren Dashi was the traitor. After all, he was the first to suspect, and his suspicion was very reasonable.

He had already thought of the reason for leaving Shanghai, which was to go to Hong Kong under the pretext of visiting his parents and investigating business.

After a short stay in Hong Kong, he immediately flew to the mountain city, and he would be back to Shanghai in about ten days at most.

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