Step by step, a gentle breeze leads to a smooth path

Chapter 210 Just One Step Away from Happiness

Years later, Yin Kai still remembers that day: the sun was shining brightly, a gentle breeze was blowing, and the courtyard was quiet.

Yin Kai took a deep breath and finally mustered up his courage. "Xingzi, sit down and rest for a while. I want to talk to you about something." Yin Kai didn't want to waste any more time.

Upon hearing this, Yin Xingzi wiped her hands clean and walked over. "Big brother, what do you want to say?"

"Please sit down and have a glass of milk. I heard Nan bought it."

"Great! It tastes very good, not fishy at all. Speaking of which, Nan and her apprentice are truly our benefactors."

“Yes, I never dared to dream of such a life before.” Yin Kai sat up straight, then stood up again. “Xingzi, we’ve lived together and been by each other’s side for so many years. We understand and trust each other. I’m thinking… I want to propose to you!”

"Ah! Big brother, no!" Yin Xingzi jumped up from her chair in fright.

Yin Kai looked somewhat dejected, finally managing to utter the marriage proposal, "Do you dislike me?"

Yin Xingzi quickly denied it: "No, big brother, I've been dragging you down all these years, how could I despise you?"

"Don't say it's a burden. You've always taken care of me without ever leaving me. Why don't you despise me, yet disagree with my decision? We've been through so much together, our fates are similar. Isn't it good to keep each other company? We'll be living here for a long time, and we'll have to deal with our neighbors. Ah Huo is helping out. He says he's going to get us new identities, and you should have a proper status too."

Yin Xingzi stammered, her face pale. Wasn't what was bound to happen? "Big brother, I...we..."

"Xingzi, are you worried about our future livelihood? Don't worry, my family..."

"Big brother, stop talking!" Yin Xingzi shouted, glancing around.

Yin Kai looked at her suspiciously. What was wrong?

"Yin Kai, I'm sorry! I lied to you!" Yin Xingzi slumped to the ground with her arms hanging down.

"What did you say? What do you mean?" Yin Kai clenched his fists tightly.

Yin Xingzi reached for the cup and drank the milk in one gulp. These good days were finally coming to an end, and she couldn't let them go to waste.

“Yin Kai, sit down, this is a long story. To be honest, I’ve been under Japan’s Plan B for twenty years, except for the last few years when we lost contact.”

"What? You...you're a Japanese spy? You were from the beginning? Getting close to me was also your mission?" Yin Kai felt dizzy. He shakily sat down, holding onto the back of the chair. Was God playing a cruel joke on him? Just when he felt he was about to find happiness, he was thrown back into hell.

"No, not at first. I wasn't a trained spy either. After I came to China, I was imprisoned in a concentration camp. I asked the consulate for help, but they told me to infiltrate the Nationalist army. I disagreed, and they threatened me with my family, saying that every Japanese should have the spirit to sacrifice for the greater Japan."

"Then why did you approach me? Didn't you deliver the message I asked you to...?"

Yin Xingzi hurriedly said, "No, I've already sent them out. I just secretly read some of the messages and copied them down in duplicate, which I also sent to our Japanese liaison officer."

The document I passed to your people was your original; please believe me on that point. I'm not lying, and I haven't revealed anything to the people in Plan B, not even a single word. Your people are very capable, especially in discerning the authenticity of information. I don't know how they managed to trick the Japanese into falling into their 'traps' several times, causing them to lose a significant amount of military strength. The people in Plan B thought I obtained the intelligence myself, so some of it was inaccurate.”

Yin Kai nodded. In those years, there was indeed no news that any comrades had been exposed because of him, and Ah Huo had never mentioned it either.

"After Ah Huo saved us, why didn't you leave? Why are you still following me? Do you have some other mission?" Yin Kai was very agitated.