Coming out of the police station, Tang Zichuan, the "cousin" Liu Huilan had been referring to, shook Zhang Yunhe's hand and said gratefully, "Mr. Zhang, I'm truly grateful for this. If it weren't for you and Teacher Liu, I don't know when I'd be able to get out!"

Zhang Yunhe looked at Tang Zichuan and asked, "Mr. Tang, you don't seem to be a teacher at Wenchang Primary School, right? Otherwise, I often go to Wenchang Primary School to pick up Huilan. How come I haven't seen you before?"

"Uh, this..." Tang Zichuan looked a little embarrassed.

At this time, Chen Xiangling said, "Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry, he is my cousin. I had no choice but to ask Huilan for help and asked her to say that he is her cousin, so that Mr. Zhang can come forward to bail him out!"

Zhang Yunhe was furious after hearing this. "How many of the words you say are true? Teacher Chen, if you told me you wanted me to help you rescue someone, would I refuse? What's your real purpose behind all this nonsense?"

Everyone felt a little guilty. Chen Xiangling said with a look of shame, "Mr. Zhang, all the mistakes are my fault. I have no ill will towards Mr. Zhang and Huilan. I said this to avoid unnecessary trouble. I didn't mean to lie to Mr. Zhang. I'll treat Mr. Zhang and Huilan to dinner someday to make amends!"

Zhang Yunhe waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about dinner later! By the way, I spent four small yellow croakers to fish Mr. Tang out. I can help, but you can't ask me to pay for it, right?"

Chen Xiangning and Tang Zichuan exchanged a glance. Tang Zichuan's heart ached. Four small yellow croakers! That much money could do a lot for the organization. But he could only bite the bullet and say, "I'm deeply touched by Mr. Zhang's willingness to help. I'll find a way to gather the money and send it to you as soon as possible!"

Seeing him say this, Zhang Yunhe stopped asking for money and said immediately, "Since that's the case, it's getting late. Huilan and I will take our leave first!"

After saying that, he took Liu Huilan to the street and waved for a rickshaw. The two of them got in the rickshaw and left the police station.

Watching the two people ride away in a rickshaw, Chen Xiangling sighed, turned to Tang Zichuan and said, "Old Tang, let's leave quickly. I have to report to the higher-ups!"

"Okay, let's go our separate ways!"

After returning home, Zhang Yunhe sat on the sofa and smoked silently.

Liu Huilan took off her coat and hung it on the hanger, then found a waistcoat and put it on and sat next to Zhang Yunhe.

She took his arm and said with an attitude of admitting her mistake: "Yunhe, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you about the parade because I didn't want to worry you!"

Zhang Yunhe turned to look at his wife and asked, "Do you think I won't worry anymore just because you've been arrested by the police?"

Liu Huilan almost dropped her head to her chest. "We didn't expect the police would dare to shoot and arrest people without any scruples in a place like the concession!"

Zhang Yunhe sneered at this: "What do you think? I think you are too naive. Westerners have always had a double standard when it comes to democracy and freedom. They want democracy and freedom themselves, but won't allow others to have democracy and freedom!"

He changed the subject, "I'm wondering, the arrest of Hongguang Middle School's principal, Dong Sishu, and several other teachers has anything to do with you, a teacher at Wenchang Primary School? Do you know each other, or are you related? And you even took time off to participate in the march. Tell me, what were you thinking?"

Liu Huilan bravely raised her head and looked Zhang Yunhe in the eye. "Just because we don't know him, can we remain indifferent to this matter? Principal Dong's status and reputation in the Songhu education community are extremely important. If the police dared to arrest him today, wouldn't they be able to kill a nobody like me tomorrow if they wanted to?"

"If we don't unite to support Principal Dong and let him face the injustice, who will speak up for me if the same thing happens to me in the future?"

"Those powerful people and foreigners can decide life and death with just a word. If ordinary people like us don't unite and fight against evil forces and violent rule, we will be crushed to death by those powerful people and foreigners easily and arbitrarily, just like an ant being crushed to death!"

Of course, Zhang Yunhe knew how Dong Sishu and others were arrested. He had deliberately reported the matter to the police station in order to prevent them from being arrested by the Special High Technology Bureau, and asked the police station to send people to intercept them. In his opinion, it was better for Dong Sishu and others to be arrested by the police station than by the Special High Technology Bureau.

Now he began to doubt Liu Huilan's identity. Could it be that his wife was an underground party member? Her words sounded reasonable, but how could an ordinary woman say such a thing?

At this time, Liu Huilan hugged Zhang Yunhe's arm and said, "Yunhe, since you were able to get Mr. Tang and me out, can you find a way to get Principal Dong and the other teachers who were arrested out as well?"

"Huh?" Zhang Yunhe turned his head and looked at his wife in disbelief.

Liu Huilan's heart skipped a beat when her husband looked at her. She quickly explained, "Yunhe, I know I shouldn't ask you to do this, but there's one thing I haven't told you. Our Liu family and Principal Dong's family have always been family friends, and my father and Principal Dong have been close friends since childhood. When my father passed away, my siblings and I were still young, and it was Principal Dong who presided over the funeral and gave him a grand burial!"

"When we got married, Principal Dong was supposed to rush back to attend our wedding, but he was delayed in Beijing by something. He still sent a telegram to congratulate us. Even my teaching position at Wenchang Primary School was arranged by Uncle Dong."

"Can you... help Principal Dong and the others for my sake? Just... consider it as accumulating blessings for our future children."

Zhang Yunhe couldn't help but smile bitterly. "You really think highly of your husband," she said. "Dong Sishu and his men are members of the underground party. The police station was able to snatch these people from the Special High Technology Bureau. How could they not know the identities of these people? How could they dare to release them so easily when the Japanese were watching them so covetously?"

Zhang Yunhe took a few puffs of his cigarette, exhaled a long stream of smoke, and said, "I'll try to think of a way, but I can only do my best. As for whether I can get it out, I can't guarantee it!"

Liu Huilan immediately stopped crying and smiled, and gave him a big kiss on the face.

An hour later, Zhang Yunhe turned over and lay down beside his wife, panting heavily. He picked up the cigarette box and matches from the bedside table and lit a cigarette.

Liu Huilan struggled to get up and put on her clothes.

Zhang Yunhe smoked a cigarette and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll get some hot water for you to wash!" said the wife with a satisfied smile on her face.

Zhang Yunhe waved his hand and began to think about how to get Dong Sishu and others out. After all, these people were arrested because he secretly called the police station to report them. Finding a way to get them out would make them even.

After a while, Liu Huilan brought a basin of hot water and cleaned him with a hot towel.

"Hiss--" Zhang Yunhe couldn't help but take a breath, while his wife looked amused.

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