3pm.

The sky was gloomy. A cold wave had swept through since last night, and the temperature had plummeted. Now the temperature outside had dropped below zero, and snowflakes were falling from the sky.

On the street, many people walked quickly with their hands on their heads, and only a few people held up umbrellas.

Zhang Yunhe was driving the car and asked, "How much money do you have?"

Liu Huilan said, "Twenty dollars and 100 French francs!"

Zhang Yunhe reached into his coat pocket, pulled out a wad of French francs, and handed it to his wife, saying, "You're traveling alone, so it's best not to carry too much money with you, lest someone have bad intentions. Here are a hundred French francs for you to take. When you get to Jiangzhou, if you don't have enough, send me a telegram and I'll post it to you. Don't send the telegram home, send it to the foreign bank!"

"I understand!" Liu Huilan took the money, bent down and hid it in her socks.

Zhang Yunhe took a look and felt a little relieved. At least his wife knew that she couldn't hide all the money together, and she was still a little thoughtful.

When the car was about to reach Pier No. 3, Zhang Yunhe saw the gate of the pier from a distance, and he parked the car on the side of the street.

"Why are we stopping here? Aren't we going to Pier 5 to board the cruise ship?" Liu Huilan asked in confusion.

Zhang Yunhe shook his head and said, "No, we're going to the freighter at Pier 3. This freighter belongs to our company and often runs the route from Annan to Songhu. I'm very familiar with everyone from the captain to the crew. I'll feel more at ease if you go to Hong Kong with them!"

After saying that, he took out a telescope from under his seat and observed the area around the dock gate. He then handed the telescope to his wife and said, "Look around the dock gate to see if there is anything unusual!"

Puzzled, Liu Huilan took the telescope and began to observe. After a while, she said, "I don't see anything unusual!"

"Look again!" Zhang Yunhe said, opened the car window and lit a cigarette.

Liu Huilan continued to observe through the telescope, and this time she actually noticed something unusual. She said with surprise, "There seems to be something wrong with that cigarette vendor. He seems to be holding a photo and constantly observing passersby!"

Zhang Yunhe asked, "What else?"

"Anything else... Oh, there's something wrong with that shoeshine guy too. Instead of polishing his shoes properly, why does he keep staring at people entering and leaving the dock? The three people next to the public telephone booth don't look like good people either!" Liu Huilan felt shocked and panicked as she spoke.

Zhang Yunhe smoked a cigarette and said, "Don't panic. You're still some distance away from there and you're in the car. They can't possibly see you!"

"The shoe shiner and the cigarette vendor are undoubtedly Japanese spies in disguise. They're waiting here for you and Chen Xiangling. The Special High Technology Department has your photos in their hands, and they're scouting the streets looking for you two!"

Liu Huilan was surprised again: "How do you know this?"

Zhang Yunhe retorted, "Do you think your husband is just sitting there doing nothing? I've been observing and gathering information these past few days. Military police and plainclothes agents at checkpoints at train stations, major docks, and major transportation routes all have your photos. As for where they got the photos, that's actually not important!"

"If you want to know, I can also tell you that although the spies don't know you, many teachers and students in the school know you two. The spies can just capture a few teachers, especially one or two art teachers, and draw your portraits. Do you understand now?"

"Although I'm not in your line of work, I can bluntly say that you're still too naive for intelligence work. Don't trust anyone easily in the future. I mean everyone. You must remember this. If you don't mature quickly, I'm really worried about you!"

Liu Huilan suppressed the fear in her heart and asked, "What should we do now?"

"I am just an ordinary person, and you work in intelligence. You ask me what to do? I am just your husband, not your superior!" Zhang Yunhe said.

Liu Huilan paused, frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "We have to find a way to lure them away, or attract their attention, and then we can take the opportunity to enter the dock!"

Zhang Yunhe's expression softened after hearing this and he said, "It seems you're not that stupid. At least your brain hasn't turned into a mess because of fear. Get out of the car!"

"what?"

After getting out of the car, Zhang Yunhe opened the trunk, took out the suitcase and walked towards the public telephone booth next to him. Liu Huilan hurriedly followed with her handbag.

Arriving at the public telephone booth, Zhang Yunhe put down his suitcase and said to his wife, "I'll make a call and take care of it!"

After entering the phone booth, Zhang Yunhe inserted a coin and dialed a number.

Soon, the phone rang in the public telephone booth next to the gate of Pier 3.

Ah Gui, wearing a top hat and leaning against the phone booth, heard the phone ring, spit out the cigarette butt from his mouth, walked in, picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"

"Did you see the cigarette vendor and the shoe shiner?" Zhang Yunhe asked.

Ah Gui took the microphone and looked at the cigarette vendor and the shoe shiner across the street and said, "I see!"

"They are plainclothes Japanese spies. Now you have to follow my instructions. After you hang up, call Ge Chao and Zuo Tong and go left together. There is a Dodge car with license plate number on the street 200 meters away. There are three crew uniforms in the trunk. The three of you take them and get in the car and change into one each. Then go back to the dock gate and find a reason to cause trouble for the cigarette vendor and the shoe shiner. The more noise you make, the better. In a quarter of an hour you can enter the dock and board the Coral freighter. I have already made arrangements with the freighter. After you board, someone will arrange cabins for you. Is that clear?"

"I understand. I will explain it to Ge Chao and Zuo Tong and try my best to divert the spies' attention and sight!" Ah Gui said and hung up the phone.

Coming out of the phone booth, he raised his hand to Ge Chao and Zuo Tong who were squatting on the ground: "Let's go, get to work!"

The two immediately stood up and followed. Ge Chao asked, "Where are you going?"

"Follow me and talk as we walk!"

Zhang Yunhe carried the suitcase and took his wife to a pastry shop on the street. When Ah Gui and the other two came to get clothes to change, he bought some pastries for his wife.

"Take it with you and eat it on the way!" said Zhang Yunhe.

Liu Huilan looked at the packaged cakes and sighed, "I don't know when I can eat cakes from here again!"

When the two came out of the pastry shop, Ah Gui and the other two, who had changed into crew uniforms, had already returned to the dock gate.

"Give me a pack of three-pack!" Ah Gui walked up to the cigarette vendor and handed him two cents.

The cigarette seller kept glancing at the dock gate to observe the people coming in and out, then he took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Ah Gui.

Ah Gui looked at the cigarette, then looked up at the cigarette vendor and suddenly slapped him, causing the vendor to see stars and feel a stinging pain on his cheek.

The cigarette dealer was immediately furious, his face showing a ferocious look, but then he remembered his current identity, immediately suppressed his anger, pretended to be aggrieved and asked: "Why, why are you hitting me?"

"I bought a San Pao Tai, and you gave me a Bai He. If I don't beat you, who should I beat? Are you a cigarette seller? Are you blind? You can't even tell the difference between a San Pao Tai and a Bai He?" Ah Gui grabbed the cigarette seller's collar and started making a fuss.

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