Mahjong

Chapter 57

Back at the operation, Chen Shen met Xu Bicheng in the corridor and just came out of the office.After the two chatted for a few words, Tang Shanhai also appeared.Xu Bicheng completely ignored Tang Shanhai, found an excuse and left directly.Chen Shen obviously felt the unhappiness between Tang Shanhai and Xu Bicheng, but he didn't expose the embarrassment.He first expressed his gratitude to Tang Shanhai, and then told Tang Shanhai that Li Xiaonan would move in next door to them in the future, and asked them to forgive this silly girl who didn't understand anything.

That night when Tang Shanhai walked into the house, he saw Xu Bicheng writing something rustlingly on the table.He glanced at the kitchen, where there was no fire, and he said, "Secretary Sun paid for the dinner tonight. I don't have the nerve to bring you something to eat. If you haven't eaten yet, I'll accompany you." Go out and eat."

Without raising his head, Xu Bicheng continued to write and said, "Wait for me for a minute, I will finish writing soon."

Tang Shanhai went over to take a look, only to see "Gentlemen's Agreement" written on the head.After Xu Bicheng wrote the last line, he handed it to Tang Shanhai, "Look, if you have no objection, please sign it."

Tang Shanhai didn't look at it, and sat down opposite Xu Bicheng, "It seems that we should really talk..."

Xu Bicheng directly interrupted Tang Shanhai's words with a firm attitude, "You don't want to read it, do you? Then I will read it to you. The first rule is that Tang Shanhai is not allowed to have any unnecessary physical contact with Xu Bicheng; the second rule is that Avoid communication outside of work when you get home; third..."

Tang Shanhai asked: "Can I interrupt you?"

Xu Bicheng continued without hesitation: "I didn't discuss it with you. If you can't accept this agreement, then I will immediately apply to my superiors to be transferred back to Chongqing."

As soon as the words fell, there was a knock on the door suddenly.Xu Bicheng glanced at the gate, then at Tang Shanhai.Tang Shanhai said in a low voice: "Put away the things first."

Xu Bicheng was stunned, and immediately cleaned up the paper and pens on the table, and put them in the drawer of the cabinet next to the dining table.After Xu Bicheng cleared everything up, Tang Shanhai went to the door and opened it. Outside the door was Li Xiaonan's bright smile.

Xu Bicheng was a little surprised: "Miss Li?"

Li Xiaonan smiled all over his face, "Mr. Tang, Mrs. Tang, Biantou said that you live next door. I'll come and identify the door. Don't bother me?"

Tang Shanhai came over with a cup of tea and explained to Xu Bicheng: "I forgot to tell you that the director just arranged for Ms. Li to live in the apartment next door to us."

Xu Bicheng nodded and welcomed Li Xiaonan into the door.Li Xiaonan sat on the sofa and handed over a box of pastries in his hand, "The red silk cakes from Xinghualou, Chen Shen often buys them for me, Mrs. Tang may also like them."

Xu Bicheng looked at the box of red silk crisps, a sad look flashed across his face, but then he smiled all over his face, "Miss Li just come and sit down, you don't need to bring anything."

Li Xiaonan looked at Xu Bicheng, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry! Mrs. Tang, Mr. Tang made you worry about him in order to save Chen Shen at a risk that day."

Xu Bicheng said, "Oh, not at all."

Looking at Xu Bicheng while peeling apples at the beach in Tangshan, he smiled, "I'll be fine, I said I'll take care of her for the rest of my life."

Li Xiaonan looked at Xu Bicheng, who was blushing and lowered his head, a little envious, "Oh, I really envy you. Mrs. Tang, can you teach me how to catch a man's heart? When will Chen Shen treat me like that?" When I say this, I am satisfied."

Xu Bicheng was startled, speechless for a while.Tang Shanhai handed the apple to Li Xiaonan and said: "Isn't Captain Chen also very kind to Miss Li? I heard that you are getting engaged soon."

When Li Xiaonan heard the word engagement, he immediately smiled.She took a bite of the apple, nodded and said, "I also think that although he doesn't admit it, he will still be kind to me in his heart. Today he also helped me beat up the little hooligan who bullied me. He is a man. It should be like him to give women a sense of security."

After Li Xiaonan left, as soon as the door closed, the smile that was still overflowing on Xu Bicheng's face disappeared quickly.Without even looking at Tang Shanhai, she turned around and walked towards the dining table, took out the letterhead with "Gentlemen's Agreement" from the cabinet drawer and handed it to Tang Shanhai.

Tang Shanhai glanced at Xu Bicheng, but did not speak.He took it directly, quickly signed his name on it, handed it to Xu Bicheng and said, "If this can make you feel safe, I agree." After Tang Shanhai finished speaking, he handed over another gun, "Take this Putting it under the pillow will make you feel more secure."

Xu Bicheng was startled, but reached out to take the gun.She saw Tang Shanhai's eyes getting sad, and heard Tang Shanhai say: "I apologize to you for my inappropriate words and deeds that day. In this kind of life where I don't know whether I can see the sun tomorrow, I still think about those things that are out of reach. This is stupid in itself. I am sorry for causing trouble to you because of my stupidity. I can guarantee that I will never cross the line in the future. If you do, you will shoot me in the head."

The calm but sad look in Tang Shanhai's eyes shocked Xu Bicheng a little.For a moment she didn't know what to say.

After Tang Shanhai finished speaking, he went straight upstairs, leaving only Xu Bicheng standing there, watching his figure disappear at the stairs with complicated eyes.

On the second night, Tang Shanhai prepared pens and paper in the study.He turned on the radio, and the popular song "Peach Blossom with a Human Face" came from it.Xu Bicheng came in with a cup of tea and put it in front of Tang Shanhai.Tang Shanhai took it politely, and said thank you politely.Xu Bicheng picked up the pen and paper prepared by Tang Shanhai and said, "Let me record it."

Tang Shanhai retreated two steps subconsciously, keeping a safe distance from Xu Bicheng.Seeing it, Xu Bicheng couldn't help being taken aback.The music on the radio stopped, and a female voice familiar to both Tang Shanhai and Xu Bicheng came: "The following call please Rehmannia glutinosa, 9322, 526, 318, 6547, 3307..."

Xu Bicheng memorized these numbers carefully.Tang Shanhai flipped through "Wuthering Heights" and wrote Chinese characters while comparing it: It is reported that the CCP's spy elite "Sparrow" is looking for Wang's puppet high-level secret "Return to Zero Project", and he must try to find this information before "Sparrow".

Xu Bicheng asked, "What kind of plan is this?"

Tang Shanhai looked at the telegram in front of him and shook his head, "'Return to zero plan'? The superior didn't make it clear."

Xu Bicheng was puzzled, "Then how do we find it? Usually we don't have access to high-level secrets."

Tang Shanhai frowned and thought for a moment, "Let me think about it, before we came, the Operation Department seemed to be busy catching 'sparrows'."

Xu Bicheng suddenly remembered something, and said hastily: "By the way, the female 'Prime Minister' of the Communist Party that I sent to Nanjing but was killed on the way was the boss of 'Sparrow'."

Tang Shanhai said: "It is said that all the people who entered the prison of the Operation Department are dead except those who betrayed. It is a miracle that this woman can leave the Operation Department alive."

Xu Bicheng sighed, "It's a pity that she died on the road. Who do you think will be the one who beat her to death?"

Tang Shanhai thought for a while, "It's hard to say."

Xu Bicheng asked the question in his heart, "Could it be one of the CCP's own people?"

Tang Shanhai was silent for a while, and said, "It's not impossible. If there is no chance to rescue...letting her die is also a relief."

Xu Bicheng nodded with emotion, "If I'm exposed in the future, you can shoot me too, and let me die happily."

Tang Shanhai was taken aback, looked at the innocent Xu Bicheng, and smiled, "If you are exposed, can I still be alone? We have the same code name, 'Rehmannia glutinosa'."

After Tang Shanhai finished speaking, he took out the match, struck it, and lit the translating note.Staring at the burning note, Xu Bicheng suddenly said: "In the future, I will definitely be more cautious and try not to get you involved."

Tang Shanhai smiled, "What are you talking about?"

Xu Bicheng also smiled, and changed the subject, "The 'Prime Minister' would rather die than protect the 'Sparrow', the identity of this sparrow must be very important. You said that if we can find the 'Sparrow', will we be able to find the 'Zero Plan'?" '?"

"sparrow"?Tang Shanhai's eyes flashed, and Chen Shen's cynical smile suddenly appeared in his mind. He asked Xu Bicheng, "How much do you know about Chen Shen's experience?"

Xu Bicheng was a little surprised, "You don't doubt it's him, do you? He was my teacher when he was in Hanzhong, and then he went to the battlefield, and then came to Shanghai with Bi Zhongliang to join the puppet Wang. How could he have time to get involved with the CCP? relation?"

Tang Shanhai knows the CCP's ability to bury hidden games, so it will definitely not be easily detected by others. "Sparrow" is so powerful, but Wang Puppet has been unable to find him, it must be because this person's identity background is so clean that it is impeccable.

He kept thinking, why did Chen Shen help him and Xu Bicheng?The superiors have confirmed that Chen Shen is not one of them.Then if it was just because Xu Bicheng was his student, he wouldn't have to take such a big risk for them.Tang Shanhai always felt that there were actually many doubts on the way to escort the "Prime Minister" to Nanjing, but he couldn't sort them out now.

Tang Shanhai told Xu Bicheng all his thoughts.Xu Bicheng asked thoughtfully: "What we can think of, Bi Zhongliang can't think of it. If Chen Shen is really the CCP, how can he hide it from Bi Zhongliang?"

Tang Shanhai looked at Xu Bicheng and said word by word: "This only shows that Chen Shen is better than Bi Zhongliang."

At this moment, the phone downstairs rang sharply.Tang Shanhai and Xu Bicheng looked at each other, Tang Shanhai hurried downstairs to answer the phone, and returned to the study after a while.He told Xu Bicheng that Li Moqun asked them to have dinner at Huamao Hotel the next night.

(End of this chapter)