Qi Yue said: "That big yellow cat is a little weird..."
Bai Xue said puzzledly: "It was just frightened. What's so weird about it?"
"Why is it frightened?"
"You've seen us. Wild cats are afraid of people."
"It jumped out from the bushes, saw us making a sharp turn, and then ran away from the flower bed on the other side. What does this mean?"
"What does it mean?"
"It means it wasn't us who scared it."
"..."
"If we had scared it, it wouldn't have come over in the first place."
"If it's not us, who could it be?"
"You said...is there anything else in the bushes?"
Qi Yue looked at Bai Xue.
Bai Xue forced a smile: "No way?"
"I'll take a look again!"
Qi Yue pretended to go to the back garden.
In desperation, Bai Xue grabbed Qi Yue's hand.
Xiao Cui happened to catch this scene.
She didn't dare to disturb him and left in a hurry.
Even though her daughter would not go far when she went out so late, it still made people uneasy. Mrs. Bai specially asked her maid Xiaocui to come out and look for her.
A dark shadow flashed past the Moon Gate.
Just as Bai Xue was about to let go, seeing this scene, she quickly grabbed Qi Yue's hand again.
Qi Yue said: "It's easy for people to misunderstand us when we look like this."
Bai Xue let go: "I was scared by that big yellow cat just now. I don't dare to stay here alone. I'm afraid that if you leave, no one will give me courage..."
Qi Yue looked at her: "You are really an unpredictable girl."
Bai Xue said: "Why can't you figure it out?"
Qi Yue smiled: "Sometimes he is bold and reckless, and sometimes he is weak."
Bai Xue thought for a while: "These two sentences don't seem to mean the same thing, right?"
"It's just right for you."
Qi Yue turned back to look at the Moon Gate and murmured: "I always feel a chill down my spine and a gloomy air. Could it be that it is really haunted..."
"The more you talk, the scarier it becomes. Let's leave quickly."
Bai Xue urged.
Qi Yue pointed to the Bagua brooch on his clothes: "Do you know what this is? It's a magic weapon that Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain has blessed, which can defeat all kinds of monsters and ghosts!"
The brooch was a gift from his fiancée, Miss Xu Er. Knowing that Qi Yue likes to study Qi Men Dun Jia and Five Elements Bagua, she specially gave it to him as a small gift when he graduated from middle school.
Qi Yue said this deliberately, but he was actually observing Bai Xue's reaction.
He was sure that there was a person hiding in the bushes in the back garden. The big yellow cat just happened to pass by and was frightened by the person. Bai Xue's behavior was really inconsistent with the calm character she had shown before.
"It's so magical, why not give it to me and wear it to ward off evil spirits."
"That's not okay, this is mine..."
"Where's your birthday present?"
"Leave it to Butler Liu."
"What is it?"
"A pair of cloisonné vases."
"The gift is too light, add this."
Bai Xue pulled off the brooch, turned around and left.
She was sure that after taking Qi Yue's beloved things, he would not go to the back garden again.
Sure enough, Qi Yue quickly followed up: "Is this your nature to take advantage of others?"
"If it were anyone else, no matter how valuable it is, I wouldn't care if it were given to me for free."
Bai Xue put the brooch into her pocket.
Back to the dance scene.
Bai Xue's best friends gathered around and chatted non-stop, and then Mrs. Bai took her to socialize with the guests, toast, greet, and so on.
Qi Yue held a glass of wine and occasionally chatted with acquaintances from the police station. He spent most of his time walking around in the crowd.
Ten o'clock at night.
The birthday party is over.
Mrs. Bai came to her daughter's room.
Bai Xue leaned on the bedside, fiddling with the Bagua brooch boredly.
The brooch is very exquisite in workmanship, heavily colored, and clearly black and white. It looks like it should be made of sterling silver, but it is not a cheap item that cannot be put on the countertop.
Seeing her mother come in, Bai Xue sat up from the bed and said helplessly: "My dear mother, can I give you some advice?"
"Knock on the door. I know."
Mrs. Bai sat down with a smile.
Bai Xue sighed: "Just pretend I didn't say..."
Mrs. Bai said: "Xue'er, how far has it progressed?"
Bai Xue was stunned: "What step?"
"You and Qi Yue."
Mrs. Bai had a knowing expression.
Bai Xue muttered: "What about July and August? You must have misunderstood..."
"What's the misunderstanding? Don't interrupt... Xue'er, Mom is here, but I have to remind you that the girl should be more reserved and not let him do whatever he wants. It's okay to pull her little hands. You can take your time in other things."
Mrs. Bai gave her instructions in a serious tone.
Bai Xue's face turned red: "Where did the handle come from... The same goes for the handle, it's also a misunderstanding!"
Mrs. Bai smiled and said: "Yes, yes, it's a misunderstanding. Dancing is a misunderstanding. Going for a walk in the back garden together is a misunderstanding. Of course holding hands is also a misunderstanding."
Bai Xue was speechless and simply shut up.
"If you misunderstand, just misunderstand. It's been a tiring day. Take a hot bath and go to bed early."
Mrs. Bai left the room happily.
Bai Xue sat in silence for a while, preparing to change clothes and take a shower. She had many red envelopes stuffed by the elder women's family members in her pockets, and took them out one by one and placed them on the dressing table.
Among the many red envelopes, a piece of folded white paper is particularly eye-catching. When unfolded, there is a line of words written crookedly on it with a pen: Yi Tian has been exposed, do not contact him, stop all activities, there is danger!!! Burn after reading.
Remember, remember!!!
The signature is: one of my own.
Continuous exclamation points indicate the seriousness of the matter.
Bai Xue sat stunned for a long time.
Who gave this note to themselves?
She recalled it carefully for a while, but she still had no clue. There were too many people she came into contact with tonight. In theory, anyone could have a chance to slip the note in.
…
In fact, the note was written by Qi Yue.
There is a traitor hiding in the upper echelons of the National Police Agency - this is an incredible hypothesis.
Even the wily Gao Kejian didn't believe it at all. For his own benefit, he believed that Junichiro Shibuya deliberately created a tense atmosphere in order to find opportunities for more Japanese to enter the Secret Service.
In fact, Qi Yue didn't quite believe it either.
The Red Riders are a secret organization founded by the Japanese Communist Party in the past two years. The top brass of the National Police Agency are all over forty years old and have no chance of contacting the Red Riders.
The probability of this being true is extremely low.
Attending a birthday party, Qi Yue was just going through the motions.
Shibuya Junichiro asked him to keep an eye on Idaharao.
From this moment on, things gradually changed.
After the dance started, Idaharao kept chatting with his acquaintances, but his eyes seemed to glance at Bai Xue intentionally or unintentionally.
As the saying goes, a gentle lady is like a gentleman.
Idaharao is less than thirty years old and has not been married yet. It is normal for him to look twice at a beautiful girl when he sees her.
Seeing this scene, Qi Yue suddenly had a bold idea in his heart: Could the person who sent the report in Japanese be Bai Xue?