Xu Xinning had already given the Phoenix Jade Pendant to Lin Qingyan, and he was heartbroken about it, so he didn't want to talk to Xu Xinning anymore.

However, since the Dong family still possesses a Flying Dragon Jade Pendant, Xu Xinning's help is needed to obtain it.

Xu Xinning sat down opposite him, unsure how to ask if he was an enemy agent.

It's definitely not something you can ask directly. Even if she asked in a roundabout way, Wu Zhigang understood what she meant. If he really was an enemy agent, he wouldn't tell her so easily, would he?

Suddenly, she had an idea and said to Wu Zhigang, "Zhigang, I came here to tell you that I want to marry you. Let's get married."

Faced with such a major life event, Wu Zhigang should be able to be honest with her about some things.

Wu Zhigang was startled by her thunderous words.

Somewhat incoherently, "Wh-what? Xinning, you said you want to marry me?"

Seeing his terrified expression, Xu Xinning asked, "What's wrong, Zhigang? Don't you want to marry me?"

"No, I just feel that it might be a bit rushed for us to get married so soon after we started dating."

“I don’t feel rushed. I like to follow my feelings. Zhigang, I like you. I think you are the person I can entrust my life to. I have made up my mind about you. I want you to be my partner for life. If we get married soon, we can spend more time together and I can take better care of you.”

Wu Zhigang was naturally resistant, after all, he had no feelings for Xu Xinning at all.

However, after thinking about it, he realized that he was just using this woman. By marrying her, he could get closer to the Dong family through her.

When he finishes his mission and returns home, he can just throw this woman aside like a rag.

"Xinning, have you made up your mind? Do you really want to marry me now?"

"I've made up my mind, Zhigang, let's get married."

"Okay, let's get our marriage certificate tomorrow, is that alright?"

To confirm whether Wu Zhigang was an enemy agent, Xu Xinning said, "Zhigang, I'm very happy that you immediately agreed to my marriage proposal. It proves that you care about me and love me very much. However, marriage is a big deal, and we haven't met each other's parents yet. I'd like to visit your home first to meet my future in-laws. Otherwise, if we act first and inform them later, they will definitely be unhappy. Harmony in the family is the most important thing. I will be their daughter-in-law in the future, and naturally I don't want to have any unpleasantness with them."

Wu Zhigang thought to himself that she had a lot of trouble.

“My parents aren’t here. If you want to see them, you’ll have to go to my hometown. How about this, we both take a couple of days off and go to my hometown together. We’ll get our marriage certificate when we get back.”

"Can."

The two agreed that a nurse would come and call Xu Xinning: "Dr. Xu, a pregnant woman wants to see you for a check-up."

"Okay, I understand. I'll go back right away."

Both of them had their own ulterior motives, but on the surface, they seemed to be having a good discussion.

However, fate did not grant their wish.

The very next day, when Xu Xinning came to find Wu Zhigang, she suddenly saw people from the Political Department's Security Section come and take Wu Zhigang away. She overheard her colleagues, who were watching the commotion, discussing that Wu Zhigang was probably an enemy agent.

Enemy agents!

Wu Zhigang really was an enemy agent, but unfortunately, he had already been arrested just as I learned of his identity.

In this way, she could no longer even use Wu Zhigang.

But she really wanted to go abroad.

After much thought, she realized that she could only rely on that jade pendant.

She spoke too harshly to Mr. Dong yesterday and angered him. She needs to go over quickly to apologize and say some nice things to ease the tension between them.

She made this plan with two contingency plans in mind.

First, it would help repair the relationship with Grandpa Dong, maintain the sisterly bond with Lin Qingyan, get closer to her, and retrieve the phoenix jade pendant.

Secondly, maintaining relations with the Dong family was also a way to leave myself a way out. If I couldn't get the jade pendant and couldn't leave the country, I could still continue to live in the Dong family.

After getting off work at noon, she wanted to go find Grandpa Dong and Grandma Lin. Before she even left the hospital, she saw Grandpa Dong, Grandma Lin, and Lin Qingyan talking together.

"Grandma, Grandpa, what brings you here?" Lin Qingyan asked the two elderly people.

“Your grandma and I bought some seasonings at the supply and marketing cooperative. We figured we had nothing to do back home, so we wandered around and ended up here without realizing it.”

"You can ride home with me."

"OK."

Lin Qingyan still had her mother-in-law sit in front of the bicycle, while Grandpa Dong sat in the back.

Only after the three members of the family left did Xu Xinning walk out of the hospital gate.

Seeing this scene made her feel sad again.

But what could she do?

Yesterday she said some harsh words to Mr. Dong, and thought that Mr. Dong was upset by her.

But he was still very happy today, chatting and laughing with Grandma Lin and Lin Qingyan. They even rode on the same bicycle together, creating a warm and harmonious scene, as if yesterday's events had no effect on him at all.

She suddenly realized that she was no longer important to Old Master Dong, so no matter what she did, she couldn't affect him.

On the contrary, the more she angered Old Master Dong, the more she pushed him towards Lin Qingyan; the more distant she became from Old Master Dong, the closer he became to Lin Qingyan; the more tense things became on her side, the more harmonious things became on the other side.

Although she was very reluctant to see the three of them getting along so well, she still had to go to Lin Qingyan's house to please Old Master Dong, and incidentally, she could also stir up trouble between Old Master Dong and Lin Qingyan, so that they wouldn't all be living too well.

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