Triple Mirror

The story begins in late autumn 1931. Fang Jueming, an intelligence officer of the CCP Special Branch, discovers that everyone around him could be the Japanese spy codenamed "Baku"—Old K leaves an unfinished name in his palm before dying, and his deputy Xiao Meng smiles with concern but keeps his right hand in his pocket. Forced to "defect," he uses the blood of his own people to earn the enemy's trust, embarking on a bloody path with no end in sight. There is always a pair of eyes watching him, every step like treading on a knife's edge. Fang Jueming successfully infiltrates the Japanese Mei Agency, and with Kuomintang agent Shen Hanzhou (Bai Hong), they move from suspicion and testing to tacit cooperation across the void. During the eight-year War of Resistance, they transmit intelligence in the dark and document evidence of the Nanjing Massacre; after the war, as the KMT and CCP become adversaries, she hands him the list of undercover agents and leaves for overseas, lurking beside the real "Baku" for years. Letters with only one line arrive from Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Taipei, spanning decades. She never returns and her fate remains unknown. "Triple Mirror" is not just a spy novel but a dirge for the nameless heroes of the hidden front. In the triple mirror, you cannot see yourself, but history will eventually see you. Open it and step into those turbulent years to feel the weight of faith. — Description from novelcodex.org