[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-spy-survival-guide":3,"chapter-spy-survival-guide-spy-survival-guide-chapter-46":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},2366362,4634,"Chapter 46: Forging Wanqiu","spy-survival-guide-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou returned to the station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a shower, put on a suit, and headed straight for the home of Mu Liancheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon arriving at the Mu residence, quite a few workers were busy moving crates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Mu, what are you doing?\" Hong Zhiyou asked with a cold smile, his hands tucked into his pockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hoarded a bit of flour before, and it was about to get moldy from sitting there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm donating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Making a contribution to the country, you know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Liancheng chuckled dryly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let them move it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s all mine once it’s dug up anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Lady Keiko not here? I was hoping to taste the sushi she made last time.\" Hong Zhiyou walked into the living room and looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She couldn't sit still, so she went to the club to dance,\" Mu Liancheng replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Mu, you're fast this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lady Keiko looks like she’s quite a handful; can you keep up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me some of those pills from last time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou feigned intimacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Easy, easy.\" Mu Liancheng had Steward Pang fetch the items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou set them aside for the moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve been running around so much lately, you aren't planning on running away, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Party-State's world, where, where could I possibly run?\" Mu Liancheng laughed awkwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That man surnamed Zhuang is likely already in the interrogation room by now,\" Hong Zhiyou said, his smile fading as he dropped the hint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Liancheng’s face changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't expected the Jinhai Station to have been watching him for so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm a bit tight on cash lately, so I hope Boss Mu can be generous,\" Hong Zhiyou said, openly extorting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secretary Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You and Wanqiu are almost betrothed; we're all family, so please go easy on me,\" Mu Liancheng said, hurriedly cupping his hands in a bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s precisely because we’re almost betrothed that I’ll have another mouth to feed, which is why I’m coming to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since we’re family, you surely wouldn't want to watch Wanqiu suffer with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to being thick-skinned, could Hong Zhiyou ever lose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes, I must show some sincerity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Liancheng knew these bastards were tigers and wolves; playing the emotional card was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately ordered Steward Pang to bring over five thousand US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou accepted it gladly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhiyou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were chatting, Wanqiu stood by the railing on the second floor and called to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You keep moving your things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm going to go keep Wanqiu company.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou stood up and went upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're so bad, extorting my uncle again,\" Wanqiu pouted and huffed the moment they met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're a young lady of status, you never have to worry about food or clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm different; I live on a fixed salary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any random cheongsam you wear costs over a dozen silver dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I don't squeeze your uncle a bit, what will I use to support you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou kissed her red lips and winked with a grand, roguish smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you have no money, I'll just eat chaff and vegetables with you,\" Wanqiu said tenderly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So obedient?\" Hong Zhiyou raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, who told you to be my man,\" Wanqiu said, her eyes filled with deep, amorous longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't, let me take a break today; I just spent my rations at noon, I'm a bit drained.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You really are a girl who gets into the mood the moment you're teased... Hong Zhiyou supported her shapely buttocks and begged for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't give it to me, you'll give it to someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why should I let those vixens benefit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanqiu huffed coquettishly, looking like a little fighting cock, puffed up with indignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're just... addicted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hateful, you're the one who's addicted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them laughed and rolled into a ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After endless tossing and turning until past ten, Hong Zhiyou decisively begged for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spent his days worrying and laboring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanqiu ate delicacies, her vitality was like a flood, and she had abundant energy and stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, she had developed a taste for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Hong Zhiyou didn't cherish himself, he really could be drained dry by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wanqiu, have you thought about how you want to walk your path in the future?\" Hong Zhiyou asked lovingly as he held her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven't thought about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll just follow you, living happily one day at a time; when the day comes that you leave, I'll just say goodbye to this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanqiu said with a touch of sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, why are you doing this again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are not allowed to say such ominous things when you're with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren't you a talented woman?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Write some poetry, become a poet or a writer, you can do it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, just write poetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Huiyin can be famous, and you can be famous too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can give you piano music; with your playing technique, as a poet and pianist, you will absolutely crush the likes of Lin Huiyin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou slapped her shapely buttocks and suggested excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I am Lin Huiyin, are you Liang Sicheng?\" Wanqiu stared at him, unable to get enough of looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No comparison there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was into architecture, I'm into women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Either way, I have to make you more famous than his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop holding me, get up, I have serious business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou brushed her little hands away and sat down by the table, naked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish, swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrote down three piano pieces in one breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two pop songs, \"A Curtain of Dreamy Sorrow\" and \"Story of a Small Town.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he wrote a poem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanqiu picked up a nightgown and draped it gently over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She watched quietly as those elf-like notes and characters danced on the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing he hadn't written it precisely enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou went to the piano himself and played it through once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanqiu was mesmerized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was certain that the music Hong Zhiyou had composed was a heavenly sound she had never heard before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ring-a-ling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room's telephone rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanqiu answered it and immediately handed it to Hong Zhiyou:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's for Station Chief Wu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou hurriedly got up to answer: \"Station Chief, it's me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I'll be back immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hung up the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou kissed Wanqiu and said a hurried goodbye:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something happened at the station, I have to rush back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These pieces must be practiced until you are proficient, and recite the poems more often.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In a few days, the Generalissimo is going to the Northeast, and the Lady might stay in Jinmen for a few days; there will be a reception for the literary circles then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is an excellent opportunity for you to remove the label of traitor and establish your reputation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he put on his clothes and walked quickly downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhiyou.\" Wanqiu chased after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" Hong Zhiyou asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You forgot to wear...\" Wanqiu reminded him, her face blushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, I'll be back tomorrow anyway, let it stay and keep you company for the night.\" Hong Zhiyou gave a wicked smile and walked away quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So wicked.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanqiu muttered, and returned to the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked up the poem. She recited it softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I Love This Land\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I were a bird,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would also sing with a hoarse throat:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—Then I would die,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And even my feathers would rot in the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are my eyes often filled with tears?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I love this land so deeply...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the recitation, Wanqiu covered her small mouth in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of excitement she had never felt before echoed in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why... why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhiyou, such a worldly and shrewd person, how could he write such profound poetry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhiyou didn't lie to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might not become Lin Huiyin, but he is certainly no less than Liang Sicheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of virtue did I accumulate in my past life, that Heaven would favor me so much, letting me meet him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanqiu suddenly felt a brightness in her heart and possessed infinite strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held the poem, and tears flowed down her cheeks like jade beads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong was not a person who liked to work overtime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should have been in his mansion counting greenbacks or appraising antiques, yet the phone calls had chased him all the way to Mu Liancheng's house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something is going to happen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou drove back to the station at top speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arrived at the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng was standing in punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong's face was ashen and terrifyingly gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Station Chief, what happened?\" Hong Zhiyou let his gaze sweep across both their faces and asked in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened? You ask him.\" Wu Jingzhong pointed at Yu Zecheng and flared up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1485,"2026-06-25T10:22:48.848Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4688e1389b46d5c9fbe93951359517f89fa6df2ddffd2290e61a4295e24bb0c2","spy-survival-guide-chapter-47","spy-survival-guide-chapter-45",395,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fspy-survival-guide-cover.jpg"]