It was getting late, and the two of them returned to the house. Mr. Dong was sitting on the bed, but An Yi was still sitting on the sofa knitting a sweater, with no intention of going back inside to rest.
"You didn't sleep last night, are you still not sleepy yet?" Mr. Dong asked.
"I was sleepy at first, but after drinking a cup of coffee, I feel energetic now. I said to you, Old Dong, how can you sleep when you drink so much coffee every day?" An Yi stopped what she was doing and asked.
"If you get used to drinking it, it won't affect your sleep." Mr. Dong said.
"Oh, are you sleepy and want to sleep?" An Yi became alert.
"No, I also drank too much coffee. I was a little excited and couldn't sleep for a while." Mr. Dong stood up and moved his arms.
There were two people, one standing by the bed and the other sitting on the sofa, a few feet apart.
An Yi had no intention of going into the room to sleep, so Mr. Dong couldn't go to the sofa to make a bed.
"Old Dong, this Lu Ming is very ghostly. He can actually tell it at a glance. How do you think we can be like a couple?" An Yi suddenly broke the dullness and said.
"What?" Mr. Dong almost choked on a mouthful of saliva when she asked him abruptly.
"I mean, how can we act like a normal couple? How can we act like a normal couple in front of outsiders?" An Yi asked again.
"This...I don't know, I'm not married either." Mr. Dong said with a wry smile.
"I think real couples are just like that, nothing special. Why can Lu Ming tell at a glance that we are pretending? Ordinarily he has never been married." An Yi fell into deep thought.
Mr. Dong thought for a while and couldn't answer it. This is an easy question that is not difficult, and a difficult question is not easy.
He usually doesn't pay attention to this at all, and of course he doesn't realize what a normal couple should look like.
"You don't have to think too much. Lu Ming may be the kind of person with keen senses. Such people are rare." Mr. Dong comforted himself.
"We can't be so careless. I originally thought that the enemy would not be able to get any information from me without saying a word. In the end, it aroused the enemy's suspicion, which was self-defeating. If there are a few sensitive people like Lu Ming among the enemy, we
Wouldn't his identity be suspected?" An Yi said worriedly.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Mr. Dong said helplessly.
"I'm not worried about anything else. I'm worried that once the enemy discovers something, it will affect this radio station. We will fight to the death to keep this radio station." An Yi raised the issue to a higher level.
"You make sense. We must learn to be like a real couple. Alas, neither of us understands. It's best to find someone to train us..." Mr. Dong couldn't think of a way to come up with such a bad idea.
"Why don't you ask the organization for instructions? If that doesn't work, let's just be a real couple. After all, I'm going to be lurking here for a long time. We can't keep pretending." An Yi said seriously.
"What?" Mr. Dong almost jumped up.
"What are you shouting for? It's so late at night, be careful not to disturb others." An Yi scolded.
"No, I'm just wondering, how could you fall in love with me and think of marrying me?" Mr. Dong said with a wry smile.
"For the sake of revolution, what's wrong with falling in love with you? Isn't it okay?" An Yi also said in surprise.
"You can't get married before you fall in love, right?" Mr. Dong didn't know how to express it.
"Marriage is marriage, there is nothing that can't be done. We are all revolutionaries. These vulgar tastes of love should have been put aside long ago. We will do whatever is conducive to the revolution, and we will do whatever is not conducive to the revolution.
Just resolutely not do it." An Yi said heroically.
"Ahem, this... whether you get married or not has no conflict with the revolution. You can still carry out the revolution even if you don't get married." Mr. Dong coughed repeatedly.
"Since there is no conflict, why don't you find a woman to marry?" An Yi said with a sly smile.
Mr. Dong was at a loss for words. Indeed, because of his work needs, he had been lurking in Shanghai for a long time, and he was carrying this secret radio station with him, so he could not fall in love, and naturally he could not get married.
This is only a superficial reason. In fact, after he ended his first love in order to join the revolution, he had already vowed that he would never start a family unless the revolution succeeded.
"Old Director, we are all members of the organization. In order to complete the tasks assigned by the organization, we can pretend to be a couple. So in order to better complete the tasks assigned by the organization, why can't we become a real couple?" An Yi said generously.
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"But... how can two people get married if they don't love each other?" Mr. Dong shook his head.
"Do you dislike me?" An Yi asked with her eyes wide open.
She considers herself to be a very good woman. Although she is not beautiful, she still has a good temperament.
In the base area, many single officers were interested in her, but like Mr. Dong, she felt that falling in love was a sin in an environment under constant fire, so she rejected them all.
"Of course I don't hate you, on the contrary I like you very much." Mr. Dong said with some embarrassment.
"That's enough, there's nothing to hesitate about." An Yi said decisively.
"But... liking doesn't mean... loving." Mr. Dong said hesitantly.
"Old Dong, don't be like the petty bourgeois literati who talk about love every day. We pretend to be husband and wife for the sake of revolutionary work, and we are real husband and wife to do revolutionary work better. As long as we mutually
Just don't hate it." After An Yi finished speaking, a blush appeared on her face.
"But... no, homosexuality and husband and wife are two completely different things." Mr. Dong really couldn't turn this corner as easily as An Yi.
He feels that the prerequisite for becoming a couple is to love each other. If two people who do not love each other come together, what is the difference between it and the arrangement by parents in feudal ethics?
"Old Dong, I asked you whether you are a man or not. Why are you so annoying? I am a woman. If we want to become a real couple, I will sacrifice more than you. I am willing to do it. What else are you not willing to do?"
An Yi was a little annoyed and asked reproachfully.
"No, An Yi, you have to let me think about it carefully. Besides, the organization may not agree with our idea." Mr. Dong explained hurriedly.
"That's why I asked you to ask for permission. Just tell me whether you are willing or not?" An Yi asked forcefully.
"No one asked us to do this. We don't have to get married, right?" Mr. Dong wondered.
"Why is it not necessary? If we don't become a real couple, our secrets may be exposed in front of outsiders. If our secrets are exposed, it will bring heavy losses to the organization. Do you think it is the relationship between the two of us that is important, or the mission entrusted to us by the organization?
Important?" An Yi's words were obviously full of gunpowder.
"Of course it is...but..." Mr. Dong was made a little incoherent by An Yi. He really didn't know what to say.
"Do I really make you so annoying?" An Yi said, tears welling up in her eyes, finally revealing her true nature as a woman.
"No, I really don't hate you. I told you that I like you a little, but I don't deserve it." Mr. Dong said, lowering his head.
What he didn't actually say was that when he first saw An Yi at the station, he was really amazed. Even when he faced the Yuan Mingzhu sisters, he didn't have such a sense of surprise.
An Yi had a special kind of beauty that shocked his heart and gave him a vague sense of inferiority. So although he and An Yi disagreed in many aspects, he still chose to tolerate it.
This special beauty belongs to a kind of spirit unique to soldiers, like a blooming rose stuck on a steel gun, which made Mr. Dong, who is also a revolutionary, shine.
What Mr. Dong said about being unworthy has another meaning, that is, the revolution has not yet succeeded and he is not worthy of marrying and starting a family. This was his original vow and he cannot give up easily.
"I have the final say whether you deserve it or not. Just tell me whether you want to ask the organization for instructions or not?" An Yi said domineeringly.
"Okay, let me ask for permission." Mr. Dong surrendered, but there was an inexplicable joy and a sense of unreality in his heart.
"Then you have a good rest. I will ask the organization for instructions tomorrow." An Yi packed up the half-knitted sweater and yarn, and went back to the room with a winner's mentality.
Mr. Dong lay face down on the bed, covering his face with his hands, feeling that his face was getting hot for no reason.
He felt that the heart in his body that had been silent for a long time was beating happily again, as if cheering for something.
Revolutionary partner. After thinking for a long time, Mr. Dong came up with this word. It is used to describe a new type of comradeship in the revolutionary ranks who come together for a common ideal and eventually become husband and wife.