[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-spy-survival-guide":3,"chapter-spy-survival-guide-spy-survival-guide-chapter-287":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Spy Survival Guide",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2366603,4634,"Chapter 287: Killing the Chicken to Warn the Others","spy-survival-guide-chapter-287",287,"\u003Cp>Jinhai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shengping Theater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Mei and his disciples gave a stirring performance of classic operas such as \"The Concubine Is Intoxicated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always been arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he moved the Jinhai performance forward was because he had been invited by Yong Jianqiu to cooperate with a friend's operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei knew who Yong Jianqiu was helping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had always been sympathetic and friendly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he agreed quite readily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the play was over, the ever-high-profile Ke Shufen naturally had to go up and present a flower basket or something similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Mei even deliberately feigned intimacy and exchanged a few pleasantries with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gave Ke Shufen’s vanity a great sense of satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had to know that Master Mei did not give face to just anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the show dispersed, Ke Shufen, accompanied by three guards, draped her sable cloak over her shoulders and walked outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she reached the theater entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with a hat, wearing a cotton-padded jacket and sporting a thick beard, stumbled toward her, drunk, and bumped straight into her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ouch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen was sent staggering by the collision. Being of such high status, she opened her mouth and started cursing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you blind? Do you know how to walk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stinking woman, who... who are you cursing? Do you know who your daddy is?\" the man pointed at Ke Shufen drunkenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of thing are you, daring to act wild in front of the Lady? If you don't get lost, I'll shoot you dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several guards reached into their suits at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yo-ho, playing with guns?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who doesn't have a few guns? Where are you from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drunkard, however, became stubborn; he parted his short jacket with both hands, revealing two gleaming, well-oiled box cannons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know who I am...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen still wanted to throw her weight around, but the guard captain hurriedly pulled her behind him, his expression turning somewhat stern:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, where are you from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I live off the land, I've crossed the mountains!\" the man sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My great-uncle is Old Mountain Tiger of the Silver Rice Bowl; we aren't outsiders. Let's just call it a day for today.\" The guard captain performed a strange hand gesture to offer a salute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Call it a day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch yourself when you sleep at night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man sneered without returning the salute, winked at Ke Shufen, and staggered away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did this little punk come from...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen still wanted to curse, but the guard captain, with a grave expression, shielded her as they walked toward the car: \"Lady, please get in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen, never having suffered such an indignity, pointed at the guard captain's nose and berated him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is wrong with you? We pay you to eat, and you can't even handle a little punk? When we get back to Jingling, you can all get out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lady, that was a bandit from the Guandong mountains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These people are bold and heartless; they are desperate men. We shouldn't provoke them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard captain explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bandits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Zuolin was already blown up by the Japanese; where would there still be bandits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, this is the Republic of China, not the Qing Dynasty or the Beiyang era. Xiong Shihui and Du Yuming all have to listen to your Officer Zheng; why should we be afraid of a mere petty thief?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think you are all cowardly, incompetent trash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen was so angry she felt like her lungs were about to explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lady, these people use very dirty tactics. We are in the light, and they are in the dark; it is impossible to guard against them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we can avoid offending them, it is best not to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard captain said cautiously, keeping his head lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bunch of trash, all of you get out of here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his useless demeanor, Ke Shufen became even more irritated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lady, Secretary Hong has already arranged the cards...\" a maid asked from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm so angry I'm dizzy, what cards are there to play?\" she scolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After venting her anger and washing up, Ke Shufen called Zheng Jiemin to complain before finally going to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou was smoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tian tore off the beard stuck to his face and said with a relaxed expression: \"Done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, tonight we'll start with an appetizer for her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember to keep it under control; don't you dare hurt her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need Sun Cheng and Old Zhou to help you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've seen her guard captain; he's an experienced character.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how experienced he is, he can't enter the boudoir of Zheng Jiemin's wife, can he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He can't get in, but I can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tian laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the money enough?\" Hong Zhiyou asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gang Leader Long gave me quite a bit of money,\" Lin Tian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't go looking for prostitutes again, did you?\" Hong Zhiyou asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, a hero shouldn't mention the shame of the past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tian blushed and whispered: \"Sister-in-law Ji got me a student identity. I'm seeing someone at Beiyang University, and we're getting along well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's fine then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I have things to do, I'm leaving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou turned out of the alley and got into his car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng was pacing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him, Hong Zhiyou raised a hand to stop him: \"If you have something to say, wait until I've finished eating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped through the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother, He Yinfeng, had already prepared the meal; his younger sister and Hong Yaozu were not there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are they?\" Hong Zhiyou asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your father went out to gamble and hasn't come back yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your sister didn't even eat two bites of her meal before someone called her away. I don't know what she's busy with every day,\" He Yinfeng complained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, a grown woman has her own mind; let her be.\" Hong Zhiyou picked up his chopsticks and began to eat heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you come back today?\" He Yinfeng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just on the way,\" Hong Zhiyou thought for a moment and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really couldn't say anything sentimental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true he had come back to the courtyard because he had something to tell Old Yu; most of the time he was with Rui Rui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of sorrow crossed He Yinfeng's eyes; Hong Zhiyou's heart trembled, but he pretended not to see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lele is a hundred days old now; she can go out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rui Rui and Mrs. Mei brought the baby to the house today and stayed for quite a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those ladies are actually quite nice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are officials, your superiors, and they didn't even make us change the child's surname to Wu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just for that, this family is worth associating with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When are you and Rui Rui going to hold the wedding? Don't keep dragging her along like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Yinfeng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's wait until the war is over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is too much going on right now; I really have no heart to think about this,\" Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Yinfeng did not say anything more, only letting out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was more than just a daughter growing up and not listening to her mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A son was exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This home was cold and cheerless, having long since lost any sense of what a home should be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, the stir-fried pork with chili peppers today is quite good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll come back for dinner again tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou said this while shoveling rice into his mouth to soothe the spiciness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was because he was used to the food made by the Wu family's chef.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating a home-cooked meal occasionally tasted incredibly authentic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stir-fried in a large iron wok over a wood fire, the spicy flavor of the screw peppers, the fried pork fat, and the thin slices of pork belly gave it a wonderful \"wok hei,\" making every bite fragrant; it was truly not bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, whatever dish you want to eat, call me in the morning and I'll go buy it,\" He Yinfeng said, a long-lost knowing smile appearing on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou went to the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng had already brewed tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard from the Station Chief that there are still documents of mine from Yang Family Village buried in Jiang Jianfeng's drawer; Li Ya is making such a big fuss this time, I'm afraid he's going to take a knife to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your senior sister has quite a few troublesome matters here as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When Liu Xiong was here, there were the hand grenade and Xiao Wuzi incidents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And there is the Autumn Shopkeeper from the Ma Kui era, and the Duan Gui and Qiao Sanmei recording incident; the station has archives for all of these.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Li Ya starts peeling the cocoon to find the silk from these, it will be very disadvantageous for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng said with great worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you panicking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have read these files many times; there shouldn't be any loopholes left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if there are loopholes, Li Ya won't be able to figure them out in a short while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, your current position is very awkward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\" Yu Zecheng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging by the level of support Jiang Jianfeng is giving Li Ya, he is inclined toward Li Ya becoming the Deputy Station Chief, or even the Station Chief.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Restoring Li Ya's Colonel rank is the best proof of that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is a Colonel, and you are a Lieutenant Colonel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Furthermore, in terms of seniority, he has always been active on the front lines and has certainly made many contributions in secret; on Jiang Jianfeng's merit list, killing one Li Haifeng and catching one Ji Weimin cannot compare to him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Station Chief's meaning is for you to vacate this Deputy Station Chief position.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let Li Ya and Lu Qiaoshan sit in it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu Qiaoshan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't the Intelligence Section currently held by Sheng Xiang?\" Yu Zecheng was very surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does Sheng Xiang count for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just stir up a little trouble and he can be blasted out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Station Chief wants to let Lu Qiaoshan come back to fight with Li Ya, to relieve the pressure on us, especially you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Asking me to come and ask you is also to consult your opinion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, you haven't sat in this position for many days, and he is afraid you won't be able to get over this hurdle in your heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am a little reluctant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Deputy Station Chief has the authority to view confidential documents from all departments.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng winked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, for us, the primary task is to be able to stay hidden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go back and see, find some way to get me down in a legitimate manner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said with a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have one, ready-made.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A fire in the confidential room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't those people in the confidential room always smoke inside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a fire starts and burns something, you are the direct manager, so you cannot avoid joint responsibility; wouldn't being removed as Deputy Station Chief be a logical outcome?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, you can burn some other things along the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brilliant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It just so happens I can burn the materials Ma Kui had regarding your senior sister; there are quite a few loopholes there, and I'm afraid Li Ya will follow the vine to find the melon and conduct a secret investigation in Yixian,\" Yu Zecheng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let's do it that way; you urge Li Ya to get him to archive the materials sooner,\" Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm just afraid Li Ya will be suspicious; would it be too coincidental?\" Yu Zecheng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is no longer a matter of whether he is suspicious or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether you do it or not, Li Ya has already targeted you as his primary investigation objective. Moreover, because of the James affair, you have already been pushed out to compete with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The relationship between you two cannot possibly be eased.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When two meet on a narrow path, the brave one wins; retreating and just taking hits is not a solution. You were here first, so Li Ya can accept you having some methods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Furthermore, Ke Shufen has always wanted to go to Hexi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Borrowing this fire, we can drag her along for a few more days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Done, then it's settled,\" Yu Zecheng agreed to the plan after thinking it over carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to go back to hold the baby.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou stood up and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go on then,\" Yu Zecheng laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou returned to No. 1 Changde Road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju was teasing the child with Rui Rui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, Rui Rui, thank you,\" Hong Zhiyou looked at the two of them and said with sincere gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything is fine, what are you thanking me for?\" Mei Qiuju rolled her eyes at him, feeling it was inexplicable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You brought the child back to the small courtyard,\" Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are all one family, why be so polite.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your mother felt uncomfortable coming to my place, and as an old person, she must miss her granddaughter, so I just went over with Rui Rui.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It just so happens that her health has recovered quite a bit now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't it nice to go for a walk together and go see the mother-in-law?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also came from a bitter background in the countryside, so I understand by putting myself in her shoes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, you and old Wu earn the money, and Rui Rui and I will definitely take good care of both families.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, thank you, Mom,\" Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's getting late, you two should rest early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait until next year when Rui Rui's health recovers, you two will have to have another one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju looked at the two of them and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still having more?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One was almost the death of me,\" Rui Rui wouldn't listen to that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's your father's idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is always worried about the money in his pocket, and that he'll have to change a surname later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has accepted the surname Hong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If there isn't a boy, and it has to be surnamed Chen or Zhang, he feels it's a loss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old miser!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rui Rui curled her lips and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhiyou, you wouldn't want the money you worked so hard to save to become someone else's, would you?\" Mei Qiuju said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, I listen to Rui Rui,\" Hong Zhiyou said while scratching his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give birth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give birth to eight or ten of them; if there isn't enough to go around then, go ask their grandfather for more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Rui smiled, held the child, and went into the inner room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hong Zhiyou, you must take this to heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking at your father's attitude and intentions, he still hopes you will have a boy to carry on the family line.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suffered because of the Japanese devils.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back then, when I was captured with Station Chief Qiao's wife, I was beaten, and my body was left with ailments; otherwise, how could there only be Rui?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are still young, you must hurry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju was afraid Hong Zhiyou would treat it as a joke, so she earnestly exhorted him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, Mom, once Rui has fully recovered, we will put it on the agenda next year,\" Hong Zhiyou nodded and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, go do your work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having received the answer, Mei Qiuju left with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pinched Rui right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ouch, Mom, what are you doing?\" Rui frowned in pain and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you stupid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't you know how many women Hong Zhiyou has outside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't have a son to hold things down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If another woman ends up having a boy later, won't all his money become someone else's?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju glared at her fiercely and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hong Zhiyou has a sense of propriety.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has me in his heart; even if there were a hundred children, he wouldn't leave me and the children short of our share.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he didn't have me in his heart, even if I gave birth to a pile of boys, I wouldn't get a single cent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Rui rubbed her arm and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That may be how you say it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But having a child and not being given anything is different from not having a child and being unable to be given anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom is someone who has been through it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The eldest son is the one who inherits the family business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you give birth to a son, your voice in the house will be louder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just listen to your mother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood, Mom,\" Wu Rui nodded and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a modern person, he could actually understand Mei Qiuju's way of thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this era, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lingering poison of the Qing Dynasty and feudal ideology could not be washed away all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying on the family line was an idea carved into the bones of the common people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What DINKs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boys and girls are the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These things were still very hard for anyone to understand in this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then let's have children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Wu family's foundation, plus the money he had made himself, raising a football team wouldn't be much of a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knock knock!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped on the door lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou pushed the door open and entered the study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong was reading a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was actually reading \"On Protracted War.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, you are reading this too?\" Hong Zhiyou was quite surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Boss Dai went to the afterlife, Wu Jingzhong had become increasingly passive regarding the Reds, and the station rarely carried out active clearing operations against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the reason why Jiang Jianfeng had complaints and was dissatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just didn't expect that Wu Jingzhong would also read this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This thing has been out for some years; it is said that when those dog things like Okamura Yasuji and Tojo Hideki read it, they were also terrified.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I read it roughly in the past, I didn't feel anything special about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thinking back on it now, from the Reds' encirclement and suppression in Ruijin to the Long March, crossing the grasslands and snow-capped mountains, and finally to being on equal footing with the Generalissimo today, it is simply an incredible miracle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honestly, seeing Hu Zongnan falsely reporting his achievements day after day, I am very worried about the future of the party and the state.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong closed the book and locked it in a small drawer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The manor in Xiangdao is almost finished being built.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not long ago, Ma Hansan transported another batch over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to leave, Teacher, even if the artillery shells reach the outskirts of Jinmen, we can still borrow a military plane from the American military to leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They cannot trap us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, the Reds don't dare to touch the Americans either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are close to them, and that is correct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong nodded and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is the ideological work going with Yu Zecheng?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The position of Deputy Station Chief is a tall tree that catches the wind; he expressed his understanding,\" Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it with Ke Shufen?\" Wu Jingzhong yawned and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tonight, she should receive a surprise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have estimated the value of the supplies sent to her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That red coral must be taken back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The other calligraphy, paintings, and vases add up to about ten or twenty thousand US dollars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty thousand US dollars, tsk, that's a bit too much,\" Wu Jingzhong said with a pained click of his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, Teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how much it is, won't Zheng Jiemin have to spit it out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is the news from the Ministry of National Defense?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hu Zongnan is pinning the twenty thousand US dollars of medical supplies on the Military Supplies Department managed by Zheng Jiemin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Generalissimo has always used a quota-based model for money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It would be fine if Zheng Jiemin could get it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he can't...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong glanced at him and started to laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time to sleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm getting old, I can't stay up, and I get drowsy when the time comes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he got up and walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Ke Shufen opened her eyes, she felt a pungent, fishy smell by her pillow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she turned her head to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw a sharp knife pinning a dead chicken to the pillow; the chicken had been dead for a long time, and blood was all over the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen let out a shrill scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lady, what happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard heard the cry and rushed over in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick, quick!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen could not care about the proprieties between men and women either; she ran out in her pajamas, pushing the door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Chang went in to take a look and could not help but frown:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lady, this is a method commonly used by the bandits of Guandong; he is warning you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warning me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does that mean?\" Ke Shufen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lady, just think, if this knife had been stabbed into your neck...\" Wei Chang whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s no wonder you are all good-for-nothings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did someone get in in the middle of the night? Is this your so-called twenty-four-hour patrol?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go, accompany me to the Secret Service Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to see whether he, Wu Jingzhong, will handle this or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I simply do not believe that the Jinhai Station, the Police Bureau, and the garrison cannot do anything about a mere bandit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ke Shufen put on a display of authority and said angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3695,"2026-06-25T10:22:50.793Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","8ab6245d7f259d318fba4f5d1abf82617d7dcd4224036e44ccb0312762b544bd","spy-survival-guide-chapter-288","spy-survival-guide-chapter-286",395,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fspy-survival-guide-cover.jpg"]