Anecdotes about the Seine

([-]) Stories always have endings

Two years later, Qian Beiting was promoted to an officer.Because of the huge attention she received in the espionage incident before, her promotion path was particularly smooth.In just over ten years, she went from the captain of the technical team, to the staff officer of the information department, to the deputy minister, and finally became the minister of the information department, in charge of all resources and work related to network information warfare.As the deputy minister, Lu Ting said with a smile that she can be regarded as the real "commander-in-chief of the cyber army", and can call an excellent cyber army in a real sense. "In this way, I am the deputy commander!" Lu Ting said.

In the third year of becoming the "Commander-in-Chief of the Cyber ​​Army", it happened to be the day when she had been in the army for 20 years.On this day, as usual, she worked on the intranet of the Combat Information Department.Suddenly, she received an anonymous email from an untraceable IP address.The letter had no content, only an attachment.Qian Beiting checked the attachment and found that it was a shell script.She checked the code and found that it was just asking the fax machine to print a document, and there was nothing unusual about it.So she executed the script in the sandbox.

Several sheets of paper came out of the fax machine.

Qian Beiting picked up the few sheets of paper and only read the first page, her blood seemed to have froze.

That name, that name that hasn't been seen again for 20 years.The name she had almost forgotten.

Kong Xiaoyin's military file form.She resisted the churning in her heart, and opened the next page with trembling hands.On the last line of Kong Xiaoyin's experience, it reads impressively: "In 20xx, the undercover part of Plan A failed. He was arrested. He was executed secretly."

She thought she had read it wrong, so she rubbed her eyes, and the four words came into view. "Undercover". "death penalty".

Her hand softened, the document fell to the ground, and she almost fell to the ground.

Then she saw that there were two more pieces of paper attached to the back, with her own name written on it impressively.

One reads: "Qian Beiting's physical examination results summary: the recovery ability is beyond ordinary people, and some cells can be regenerated. It is recommended to join Plan A." There is a black note next to it that reads: "Best Chess Piece".

The last one has a giant headline: "Plan A."The bottom line reads: "Signed by: Mo Han".

Qian Beiting's face was pale.She braced herself desperately to stand up.She clutched those pieces of paper so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

That day, the soldiers at the headquarters were all spreading gossip: Minister Qian of the Information Department, who had always been gentle and calm, was furious with Minister Mo of the Operation Department in his office, and even flipped the table; There was no response to this, neither to attack her, nor to retaliate afterwards, but quietly called the craftsman to repair the table.

It's weird. Strange.

([-]) The story also has the truth

The cameras in the office were turning silently, with red dots flashing, recording everything.

Qian Beiting walked into the office and slapped a stack of papers on the table, startling Mo Han who was working.She glanced at Qian Beiting, who was full of anger and cold eyes, and then at the paper on the table, and then she understood.

"You finally know." Mo Han sighed.

"If I hadn't received this, how long would I have been kept from you." Qian Beiting said coldly.

"Sacrifice is inevitable." Mo Han said softly, "For some more important things... there is no other choice."

"For what is more important, so many people's lives and futures can be sacrificed?" Qian Beiting asked sharply.

Mo Han was silent for a while, and said, "The mission you participated in itself did not fail."

"What do you mean without failure?"

"The secret data you want to obtain is actually the precise coordinates of all missile bases in country M." Mo Han pushed his glasses.

"Wait, you mean that precision strike in 20xx..." Qian Beiting suddenly remembered something.

"Yes, that's right. It is precisely because of the data you copied that time that our army can target and strike all the enemy's bases precisely, and this has confirmed our country's dominance militarily."

"But that equipment was never brought out!"

"No, it was brought out eventually."

"Who brought it out?"

"Brought out by you." Mo Han said word by word.

Qian Beiting was stunned.Suddenly, a light flashed in her mind, and suddenly, all the dots were connected.She smiled wryly, and said, "It's the bullet, isn't it?"

"Yes." Mo Han said sadly. "There were originally two plans for that operation. The first plan is that you get the data and successfully evacuate. The second plan is that if you can't evacuate, you need to transport the equipment out in another way. This way is , Pretend that country M has placed Lady B in a certain insider of our army, saying that the domestic operation has failed, so I want to use the mission to return to the base of country M. Of course, this second method is up to you."

"Because of my recovery ability." Qian Beiting smiled wryly. "Using a body like mine to bring out the secrets is really perfect."

"We have been planning this plan for many years."

"You recruited me to the Quick Response Unit during the draft, didn't you?"

Mo Han didn't speak, it was a tacit consent.

"Then it was planned for her to approach me during training?"

Mo Han sighed: "This plan is very risky, we all know it, so we have formulated many countermeasures. But we didn't expect you to cooperate so much... That's why the headquarters decided to plan ahead."

"You shameless people." Qian Beiting gritted her teeth. "You are so shameless!" She was so angry that she waved her hand and overturned the table next to the vase. "Crack!" The vase shattered to the ground.

"I understand your feelings." Mo Han said, "But 20 years have passed...what should have passed, has passed."

"No, there are some things that can never be passed." Qian Beiting said firmly.She glanced at Mo Han, unable to tell what kind of expression she had, then she turned and left.

"There is something that I should tell you." Mo Han said behind his back.

Qian Beiting stopped, but didn't look back.

"Kong Xiaoyin was arrested because she ran back from country M without the permission of her superiors." Mo Han paused, and then said: "The place where she was arrested was your hospital. She was already in the hospital at that time." Been there for a long time.”

Qian Beiting's body visibly shook.But she still didn't look back, she just strode forward, opened the door and went out, and fell hard on it.

Mo Han let out a heavy sigh.For a greater cause... Is it right after all?she thinks.

Outside the door, where the camera couldn't capture, Qian Beiting leaned against the wall, and slowly, slowly squatted down, making a suppressed sobbing sound that was almost exactly the same as behind the curtains in the hospital room 20 years ago.

【Easter Eggs】

20 years ago.prison.trial room.

"Comrade Kong Xiaoyin, we want you to pay attention, the content of this conversation will affect the organization's final decision on you. Do you understand the seriousness of this conversation?"

"I see."

"Very well, let's ask one last time: In your confession, you said you regretted that action. Do you still feel that way?"

"Yes, I regret it."

"If you were given another chance, would you still make the choice you made?"

"No, I will not."

"So how do you do it?"

After a long silence, the voice finally replied: "I will not fire that shot."

The person who asked the question on the other side finally had nothing to say.After a few seconds of silence, the man sighed deeply and said, "Okay, that's fine, that's it."

The girl who answered the question slowly stood up.The thin body doesn't match the loose prison uniform.She stood up and turned to go back to the cell.Before she left, she turned and smiled slightly at the person who asked the question.

That smile, so bleak, so helpless, yet so brilliant, so beautiful.