However, although Jiang Yan Hai was in good spirits, he was also very tired on the surface.
The fishing boat quickly left the dock and sailed on the sea, and Silver Fox and the others were obviously relieved and went to the sea. There were no Coast Guard ships around, which meant that everything went smoothly for them. According to the current progress, they could reach their destination in three or four hours.
In fact, once they enter the high seas, everything will go relatively smoothly.
"Why do you want to be a spy?" Jiang Yan Hai suddenly spoke after the ship moved forward steadily for about twenty minutes. When the distant coast and dock became very small and could not even be seen, and there were almost no ships around them, Jiang Yan Hai suddenly spoke.
Silver Fox They have all started to rest, but even if some people are resting, there is always someone staring at Jiang Yan Hai.
Silver Fox was stunned for Jiang Yan Hai's sudden question, but he knew that Jiang Yan Hai was not asking him. After a moment of hesitation, Silver Fox ignored it because he and the middle-aged man did not know each other before this mission.
The middle-aged man who was sailing the boat turned back and glanced at Jiang Yan Hai, then turned back and said calmly, "Academician Jiang Ling, right? I have seen you on TV, and I know that you are the kind of real genius. I don't know if you understand, but I can only say that there are some things that are not my choice."
"There is nothing in this world that you cannot choose." Jiang Yan Hai looked at the middle-aged man's profile and asked.
The middle-aged man smiled and then shook his head lightly, "It's not that simple. There are some things that once you become curious about them, or you do them, you will never be able to get out of them in this life."
"My wife and I were already like this when we were in our twenties. We didn't love each other. When we first got married, we just depended on each other because of the same status and the same mission, and we just lived together."
"Later on, our days gradually became normal. Everything around us seemed to have returned to normal, and we lived an ordinary life like ordinary people. Later, we had children, which was inevitable."
"So far, in the past more than 20 years, I have basically not performed any tasks. Many times, both of us have wondered whether we had a dream when we were young."
"But some information, some contact information, and some extra money in our bank cards that appear in our hands from time to time tell us that this is not a dream, but really happened. The reason why we have been so ordinary for more than 20 years is that some things are not worth using us." The middle-aged man didn't seem to care at all about talking about these things.
What he said was so straightforward that even Silver Fox and the others listened silently without refuting, or it may be that they in this industry are well aware of such things.
Not every spy is great, like James Bond, and not every agent is like Ethan Hunt.
In other words, the existence of people like Ethan Hunt, James Bond, Jason Bourne, etc. The reason why they have such seemingly vigorous actions is that they are supported by countless ordinary spies like this middle-aged man.
They are all so ordinary.
"Have you thought about surrendering?" Jiang Yan Hai asked again thoughtfully.
The middle-aged man showed another smile that was either bitter or relieved, and said lightly, "I thought about it more than once. For several years in our thirties, my wife and I thought about it more than once."
"It's just that we already have children, what can we do? In this industry, you can't surrender just because you want to."
"To put it bluntly, we have actually been deceiving ourselves and others. We all hope that we have been forgotten, or will not be used in this life, or that we are already sixty or seventy years old when we are used. At that time, no matter what the outcome will be, what will happen?"
"Actually, we all know in our hearts that it is impossible to forget. To put it bluntly, if you surrender, you will have to pay for more than ten or twenty years in prison. Even if you don't have children, life in prison for more than ten years will be worse than death."
"What's more, if we come out, people will try to eliminate us, such as people like Silver Fox." The middle-aged man's eyes never left the sea ahead.
"Then why do you persist? Faith?" Jiang Yan Hai looked at him.
"Faith? Hahaha." The middle-aged man picked up a cigarette from the console next to him and put it in his mouth, then lit it and said calmly, "I'm not afraid of your jokes. I believe in socialism now, and my faith is no different from yours."
Jiang Yan Hai paused and did not continue to ask. Silver Fox and the other two men also heard it, but they did not say anything after hearing it. There are some things that if you have not experienced it, you have no right to speak.
You can't understand it from someone else's perspective.
"What? I don't believe it." The middle-aged man stopped asking after seeing Jiang Yan Hai, thinking that he didn't believe it, so he asked with a smile.
"I believe it, why don't you believe it." Jiang Yan Hai suddenly smiled and nodded.
"Although Academician Jiang Ling you have many achievements, I can't understand you at your age." The middle-aged man shook his head.
"There's nothing I can't understand. I can understand it." Jiang Yan Hai nodded. "Everyone has been young, and young people will make mistakes. No one has to pay for their own mistakes. Whether the mistake is big or small depends on ourselves."
"In your circle, it's like that saying, people in the world can't help themselves."
The middle-aged man turned back and glanced at Jiang Yan Hai. After a long time, he smiled and said, "To be honest, before sending you off, I thought about whether I should take this opportunity to surrender and make atonement for my sins, because I know how important you are."
"Then why didn't you choose this?" Jiang Yan Hai looked at him and asked.
"You are timid. People live longer and have more worries. They always take chances and become less and less courageous." The middle-aged man said calmly.
Jiang Yan Hai smiled and stopped talking. The entire cabin immediately became quiet again.
Away from the coast, although it was calm today, the waves were not small, the boats were ups and downs, and the speed of the fishing boats was not fast, but none of them were in a hurry, including Silver Fox.
Everyone is waiting for the most critical moment. For example, based on a certain amount of time, they will soon leave the high seas.