Swallowing the Seas

Ch 68

"When I was nine years old, my father was suddenly transferred to the border between Yunnan and Yunnan for an 'inspection'. My mother took a long leave from the work unit to accompany him there, and he was away for several months."

Bu Zhonghua didn't seem to notice Wu Yu's obvious expression of resistance, and said calmly looking at the tombstone.

"I waited every day for them to come back, but the so-called inspection seemed to be endless. Until the school vacation, my dad happily said on the phone that the matter was almost finished, and he was ready to hand over to his colleagues. They discussed with their colleagues from the Public Security Bureau You can take me with you when you go to Yundian, so that I can meet my parents in advance and come back with them."

"But what I didn't expect was that it would be the last time I saw my parents."

Wu Yu looked at the weeds at her feet and closed her eyes.

"Looking back now, there were all kinds of signs that something was wrong on the way to Yundian: Why did they live in such a remote place, and even had to cross several rivers and several armed police checkpoints? They had clearly passed the China-Myanmar border. Line? Why are there only the two of them stationed in the entire inspection base? There are various instruments and equipment inside and outside the house. What exactly are they going to inspect in the barren mountains and wild mountains? Even as a young person, I can feel that they have become tired and haggard in just a few months. I learned a lot, but the excitement of meeting my parents made me forget everything. I happily followed my father to the mountains to fish, and came back in the evening to have a meal as a family. I even checked the progress of my summer homework for my mother; because of the long journey, Laodun, I went to bed very early that night, until I was suddenly woken up by someone in the middle of the night. It was a little boy about the same age as me. His cold and trembling hands were covering my mouth desperately, telling me not to make any sound."

Wu Yu squeezed out a few words: "Stop talking..."

"From that moment until much later, my memory of that night was very confusing. I only remember him dragging me into the closet. The moment the closet door closed, the sounds of car engines and chaotic footsteps were heard outside the house, and then Someone broke in, and there were screams, collisions and roars..."

"do not talk!"

"Those are my parents." Bu Zhonghua said in a calm to indifferent tone. "A group of drug dealers broke into my house and asked them about the true identity of an undercover agent. After failing, they shot them in front of me."

"I told you to stop talking!" Wu Yu couldn't bear it anymore and raised his head suddenly.

Bu Zhonghua looked back at Wu Yu from the tombstone, his eyes full of bloodshot eyes, and asked softly: "Do you know how I survived? That little boy took me out of the fire scene and hid me in a tree pit halfway up the mountain. , in order to lure away drug dealers, a man endured the pain and rushed into the deep mountains and old forests where he couldn't see his fingers... I don't know where he came from, and I haven't seen him since, and no one knows who he is. He was like a ghost that suddenly appeared and hurriedly left in the bloody night, exchanged his own life for mine, and then rushed to the edge of the cliff and threw himself resolutely into hell."

"It was many years later that I learned that the mastermind behind that night was Wan Changwen, a Chinese drug trafficker who had fled to the Golden Triangle. My father's so-called inspection was actually to set up a radio station for a top-secret cross-border undercover operation, and my mother took a long leave to accompany him there. Just to cover up for his father. After the two of them were exposed, Wan Changwen sent people to torture and interrogate the key undercover agents in that operation, but they did not tell them until they died. Because they used their lives to provide the final cover, that Only by being undercover can you complete the mission safely and finally come back alive."