My spy diary

Chapter 429: Marriage (asking for monthly ticket)

After coming out of Boss Dai’s office, Zhang Yi took Chen Kaiyan to his own office.

"Tea or coffee?"

"I drink plain water."

"Oh." Zhang Yi silently poured a glass of water and handed it to her, then made himself a cup of tea and sat behind his desk.

It’s still the same chair that I often sit on, but my mood today is particularly different.

Zhang Yi originally thought that after catching the so-called Red Party members, his contact with Chen Kaiyan would come to an end, but he did not expect that the end was the real beginning.

Boss Dai is a shrewd man, and he has obviously made a big move, intending to put a chew on himself through marriage.

Zhang Yi drank the tea silently. It was a little hot to his mouth and even hotter to his heart.

The steam in the cup rises up, bringing with it a hint of sadness.

Perhaps from the moment he embarked on the path of a spy, he was destined to lose his true freedom, and in the end he could not even decide his own marriage.

Sad?
Perhaps this is the fate of spies.

He glanced at Chen Kaiyan and asked, "Is it delicious?"

"Don't all boiled water taste the same?"

Chen Kaiyan seemed calm and composed. She held the cup in both hands to warm them and looked up at him.

Zhang Yi finished the last sip of tea and chewed a tea leaf slowly: "Plain water is bland and tasteless. I still like to drink tea. I know the bitterness and sweetness."

Chen Kaiyan seemed not to understand the hidden meaning of his words and smiled sweetly:
"If you like tea, I can drink tea too."

"Haha." Zhang Yi laughed sarcastically and looked up at her. "Is it necessary? You want me to pretend to meet you by chance to get close to you."

Chen Kaiyan smiled and said, "Director Dai said that doing this will allow our relationship to develop naturally. In the eyes of outsiders, everything will go smoothly."

"And it allows you to monitor my every move, right?"

Chen Kaiyan shrugged: "He didn't say that."

"Really? What about your job at the power plant? Did you find it now?"

“That’s my public identity, and it started a year ago.”

"Are you used to it? A top student from the foreign language department becomes a worker."

"Everything else is fine, but I can't stand the mice in my house. When I first moved in, I slept with my eyes open at night."

"The foreign affairs class also has operational training, right? They're not afraid of bullets, but rats?"

"Yes, we should be afraid. The instructors in the training class told us that women should act like women and be afraid of what they should be afraid of. If we are not afraid of rats and snakes, which are the things that ordinary people fear, it will be easy for people to notice."

"Your instructor is quite professional." Zhang Yi looked up at her, "Of course, your acting skills are also very good."

He recalled the moment he saw the woman's profile, to their first meeting, chatting her up, being wary, and then rejecting her. She acted every scene realistically and on point.

High-level hunters often appear as prey. If I didn’t have a system, I might have been deceived by her.

"I have always been trained in this area." Chen Kaiyan said calmly. After a moment of silence, she added,
"I will do whatever Director Dai tells me to do."

"Oh."

Zhang Yi looked at her and continued to ask, "As far as I know, your mother was a member of the Red Party. Later, she was secretly executed by the Central Bureau of Investigation for crimes that were red. I think no matter what the truth is, it is a painful memory for you. You should hate the Central Bureau of Investigation and the party-state. Shouldn't you follow in your mother's footsteps and join the Red Party? Why did you join the Military Bureau of Investigation?"

Chen Kaiyan's expression changed, biting her lip and saying, "I not only hate the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, but I hate the Red Party even more. If it weren't for their instigation, my mother wouldn't have died. I joined the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics for revenge. I hate them too, my father, my mother, they abandoned me."

She said this coldly, tears streaming down her face.

Zhang Yi didn't know whether this old case was true or not, and he couldn't empathize with her love and hatred, so he chose to end the topic and continued to ask:
"The young man who pursued you is called Chen Jie. Is he also a member of the Military Control Commission?"

Chen Kaiyan held back her tears and shook her head: "No, he is not. He is an outsider and he knows nothing."

"It seems like he really likes you."

"What about you?" Chen Kaiyan asked back.

Zhang Yi was slightly stunned and didn't say anything.

Good love comes from mutual attraction. The spark between two people is not only passion, but also common ambitions, mutual respect, understanding, trust and loyalty, tolerance and so on.

Of course this is just theory. In reality, marriage is more utilitarian because we have to face reality, even though both parties will not admit it.

But no matter what, even if they have to get married, no one would choose to marry a spy from the enemy side, which would leave them with no secrets at all.

Silence means dislike.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Chen Kaiyan changed her words:

"I mean, if there were no orders, would you still like me? I, I'm just curious."

"maybe."

"Do you remember what you said when we first met?"

Zhang Yi nodded and looked at her intently, not knowing what she was going to say.

"You said you were looking for your cousin. His last name is Dai."

"and then?"

"Even though it's made up, you said he's your cousin, so he's an elder. Does this count as the parents' order or the matchmaker's words?"

This is what it means to shoot oneself in the foot. Zhang Yi had no interest in answering, but just smiled self-deprecatingly and asked:

"What about you? Are you so willing?"

"I'll listen to Director Dai."

"Instinctive fear of authority, resulting in habitual obedience?"

Chen Kaiyan didn't expect Zhang Yi to say that. She stared at him blankly. After a while, she suddenly burst into laughter.

Zhang Yi looked at her and started laughing too. His laughter became louder and louder, filled with sadness.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the General Affairs Office.

Although there is a Ministry of Civil Affairs these days, it is not in charge of marriages, and there is no dedicated unified agency to issue marriage certificates.

Some official agencies do participate in the management of marriage registration affairs, such as city and county governments, but most of them implement the "Group Marriage Regulations." Yes, group, not collective.

That is, it is sponsored by the government agency where the person is employed, and in rural areas it is sponsored by the township office.

Another type of wedding is the church wedding, where Christians have their marriage witnessed by a pastor and registered in the church.

Traditional folk weddings do not have marriage certificates. They are held at home or in the ancestral hall in the presence of elders and relatives. The folk marriage certificate or family ancestral hall records serve as proof of the marriage.

"Where's Director Shen?"

"in office."

The female clerk who received Zhang Yi looked at Chen Kaiyan behind Zhang Yi with curiosity, "Deputy Director Zhang, who is this?"

Before Zhang Yi could even open his mouth, Chen Kaiyan came forward and said, "I'm Mrs. Zhang."

The female clerk looked surprised, stared at her suspiciously for a few times, then glanced at Zhang Yi, then picked up the phone on the table and dialed.

Soon, Shen Xishan appeared. He smiled and said, "Brother, you don't come to me for no reason. Why do you have time to come to my place today?"

Zhang Yi looked at him, hesitated for a while, and then said:

"Come to get married."

Shen Xishan was stunned for a moment, stole a glance at Chen Kaiyan, and quickly pulled Zhang Yi to the office. "Brother, what do you think? Where did this woman come from? I've never heard of her before. Why is she so mysterious? Tell me, which family is this famous lady from?"

After a while, Zhang Yicai said, "It was introduced by someone else. Let's go through the formalities."

Shen Xishan circled around him in surprise, completely confused: "You've confused me, what are you talking about?"

Then he seemed to realize something, leaned closer and whispered:

"A beautiful woman hidden in a golden house, brother, you didn't get her pregnant, did you?"

Zhang Yi was speechless. Do you think everyone would get their female student pregnant like you did? He shrugged and said, "Let's go through the formalities."

"Okay, I won't bother asking if you don't tell me. Don't forget me when you eat the wedding candy."

He took a few steps forward, then suddenly stopped and asked carefully, "What does she do? I need to check her background. Oh, by the way, does the director know about this? If he doesn't approve, you're breaking the family rules."

"You might as well give him a call and ask."

"From the tone of your voice, it seems that the boss has agreed?"

As he spoke, he picked up the phone on the table and dialed, "Mr. Dai, Deputy Director Zhang is here with me, did you know? Yes, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xishan looked at Zhang Yi with a complicated expression, and patted his shoulder silently: "Go through the formalities."

"Bang——" A bright red seal of the General Affairs Office of the Military Control Commission was neatly stamped on the marriage certificate, which was a bit dazzling.

"Thanks."

"Thank you, Director Shen."

Shen Xishan smiled awkwardly, signed his name again, and then took out a deed and a bunch of keys from the drawer and handed them to Zhang Yi:

"This is a wedding gift from the Bureau Chief to you."

Before Zhang Yi could say anything, Chen Kaiyan had already happily taken it.

"Director Shen, thank Director Dai for me."

"Okay, I will bring it to you."

After getting the marriage certificate, Chen Kaiyan walked forward and took Zhang Yi's arm affectionately.

After walking out of the General Affairs Office, Zhang Yi gently broke free from her hand.

The two walked to Zhang Yi's car in the yard one after the other. At this moment, Zhang Yi needed to see Zheng Huhe, "I'm going home to pack my things."

Chen Kaiyan's hand was already on the passenger door handle. She looked at him and said, "I'll go with you."

"no need."

"Okay then, I'll pack up and go there early. Today is our wedding and the celebration of our new home. I'll buy some more food and have a drink with you tonight."

Zhang Yi was speechless. He looked at her expressionlessly and asked, "Is this also part of the order?"

Chen Kaiyan was stunned and said nothing.

Zhang Yi opened the car door, started the car, and drove away recklessly.

Chen Kaiyan stood alone in the courtyard, watching the car go away in a daze.

The car drove out of No. 19 Luojia Bay. Zhang Yi drove fast and slow, and even turned several street corners. Only after he was sure that there was no one following him did he feel a little relieved.

Living under the same roof with a female spy in the future, his situation will become more dangerous and difficult. Contacting Zheng Huhe and transferring intelligence will inevitably be difficult. The details of future work must be worked out in today's meeting.

Jialai Bookstore, Zheng Huhe’s cover identity is the owner of this store.

It was a cramped little shop of only a few square meters, with slow business and no staff.

Zhang Yi stopped the car far away, lit a cigarette, and observed the situation around the bookstore while smoking.

There is a sign saying "New Books Arrived" hanging at the door of the bookstore, which means that everything is normal in the bookstore and contacts are allowed.

Everything was normal around the bookstore. There were no spies, no spy, no suspicious people. Except for a few pedestrians, everything was normal. This was good.

Zhang Yi immediately took out a fake license plate with a hook from under the driver's seat, put it on the license plate after getting out of the car, and then walked slowly towards the bookstore.

Once inside, the two went directly to the secret room at the back of the bookstore.

"Two things. First, all 52 democratic progressives have been safely transferred to the Soviet area. They will go to Pagoda Mountain via a secret route. The superiors asked Director Ye to give us a verbal commendation. Our efforts are very worthwhile!"

Zhang Yi was very happy: "Thank you."

“The second thing is to plan to rescue our comrades detained in the detention center.

The Shancheng underground organization has arranged a comrade to infiltrate the Wanglongmen Detention Center, and will support our actions when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll try to figure out the exact list and come up with a specific plan then."

"It's your turn. What instructions do you have for me?"

Zhang Yi smiled bitterly: "I'm married."

"That's great. When will you eat your wedding candy?"

After saying this, he saw Zhang Yi was worried, and suddenly came back to his senses and asked, "Who is the bride?"

"He was arranged by Dai Chunfeng, a military spy."

Zheng Huhe was silent for a while and asked, "He started to doubt you?"

"Yes, he doubts everyone, but I didn't expose myself. Sometimes I even doubt myself, let alone him."

"But this is not a solution. With a well-trained person watching you all the time, it's only a matter of time before you're exposed. Otherwise, the organization can think of other ways to rescue you."

"Our business is like dancing on the edge of a knife. We can only take one step at a time."

Zhang Yi pondered and said, "Although he suspected me and sent someone like this to monitor me, he must have believed that I dared not make any moves recently. On the contrary, the most dangerous person is actually the safest person. Isn't it a challenge to complete the work under the eyes of others?"

"We still can't be careless."

Zheng Huhe frowned, "I will report this matter to my superiors immediately and assess the risks.

031, remember, you are not alone now, you have me and the organization behind you. "

"Thank you." Zhang Yi was very touched. After thinking for a while, he said, "I can still handle it for now. By the way, can you help me check someone?"

"Who?"

"The more detailed information about Chen Kaiyan's mother, the better. And his father is said to be missing, but I always feel that this matter is not simple."

"Okay, is there any more?"

Zhang Yi thought about it, shook his head and said, "I should go now."

He gave a new address and said, "This is my new home. Please investigate first and then decide how to contact me in the future."

"Okay, promise."

"Do not worry."

After leaving the bookstore, Zhang Yi changed the license plate and drove directly to his former home.

After packing his clothes, he lay silent on the sofa for a moment, picked up the two suitcases that had been packed, then stood at the door, took one last look at this warm home, and walked out without looking back.

Next, he was destined to embark on a more dangerous road, walking on thin ice, walking more lonely, but also farther.

……

(It’s the end of the year, and I’m so busy with meetings every day that I can’t update in time. My fault, sorry. I bow to all the book friends! Finally, I want to ask you one last question: have you gone home? Last question: do you have a partner? Are your family members urging you to do so?)

(End of this chapter)