On the other side, a dozen minutes later, Chen Xihua drove back to the service station and drove directly to the innermost part of the parking lot, stopping next to Chen Jinhua's SUV.

Chen Jinhua was about to get out of the car to get her own when her phone rang. It was a call from the lieutenant general.

"Comrade Chen Jinhua, someone in Yun City must have provided assistance to Si Tuying."

With things like trucks and explosives, and the fact that they could be prepared in a morning, that person must be quite formidable.

We need to hurry and capture them; we can't wait until tomorrow.

You have a mission tonight, so come to Yun City right now!

"Is Lu alright? You can give him a ride, and I'll arrange for someone to pick him up and take him to the hospital halfway there."

"Yes!" Chen Jinhua replied solemnly. Before getting out of the car, she said briefly to the other two people in the car, "Xiao Wu, I have a mission tonight. Master Lu, I'll take you to the hospital later."

"Okay, Second Sister, take good care of yourself and don't get hurt." Chen Xihua glanced at her and nodded slightly, offering her words of concern.

"Okay, I will, Xiao Wu!"

"Comrade Chen, my men will be here to pick me up soon. You can go ahead and get busy. I'll reply to the lieutenant general now."

A deep, slightly husky voice came from the back seat. Lu Zhengjing looked up and spoke politely.

"Is that so? Okay then!" Chen Jinhua seemed to sense something was amiss. Wasn't Master Lu supposed to be on a secret mission this time? Why would he have someone following him?

But because she had just received the assignment, she focused all her attention on her work and became serious and composed.

So he ignored these trivial details and quickly opened the car door and got out.

Soon, Chen Jinhua drove her SUV away from the service station.

At this moment, in Chen Xihua's SUV, she appeared calm, as if no one else was around, and quietly leaned back in her seat.

She closed her eyes to rest, while waiting for someone to come and pick up Master Lu from behind.

Actually, she felt quite uncomfortable, as if the person behind her was staring at her.

About ten minutes passed, and Chen Xihua grew impatient. Weren't Master Lu's men supposed to arrive soon?

She then moved her shoulders and neck. Actually, she was quite sleepy. It was almost midnight, but she didn't want to actually fall asleep.

"What will it take for you to calm down?" A deep voice suddenly sounded inside the car.

"Huh?" Chen Xihua tilted her head, somewhat stunned. She didn't react at first, but instantly understood what Master Lu meant.

"What do I need to do to appease you about what happened to your Chen family? I can apologize!" Lu Zhengjing asked again, somewhat uncertainly.

Chen Xihua casually replied, "I'm not angry!"

On the way here, she had also thought that the information the Lu family had found out couldn't be considered completely fabricated; it was just incomplete.

What angered her earlier was that outsiders overheard it and made it a laughing stock.

However, there are all sorts of gossip news stories in society every day, and how many people know who the Chen family is afterward?

Moreover, she believed that Master Lu and the others did not do it on purpose.

In addition, there's something else she only learned today: Master Lu is also someone who, like her second sister, would do anything for a mission.

Why should she make things difficult for herself over a man who has already handed over his property to the country?

And most importantly, what is the relationship between Seventh Master Lu and the Lu family? And what does it have to do with her Chen family?

My eldest sister is already married. Although Captain Zheng has a lot of ulterior motives, he will treat her well. The Zheng family is more suitable for my eldest sister than the Shen family.

Anyway, her family and the Lu family probably won't have any interaction.

If she continues to hold a grudge, it will seem as if she wants to cling to the Lu family, which is a bad move.

Lu Zhengjing didn't believe him: "Are you angry!"

"I don't!"

You're angry!

"Yeah, I was angry, and then what?" Chen Xihua was speechless and inexplicably irritated, even though she had just let it go.

He's so clueless, can't he understand human language? He keeps bringing it up, so let's just go along with him.

Lu Zhengjing was speechless for a moment: "..."

He had just thought of all sorts of ways to coax someone into apologizing, but he wasn't sure if they would work.

He had never done anything like this before, especially with a girl so much younger than him.

The fifth young lady was about the same age as the Lu family's nephews and nieces.

However, if his nephews dare to throw a tantrum at him, he will give them a hard time.

As long as he keeps a straight expression and gives them a serious look, they will be intimidated.

If this young lady in front really did that, the misunderstanding would be even greater!

Half an hour ago, through a conversation between Comrade Chen Jinhua and her, Lu Zhengjing basically confirmed the situation.

The legendary Fifth Sister is no ordinary person; she holds a very high position in the Chen family and her words carry great weight.

If we can appease Miss Wu, then the matter with the Chen family will basically be over.

Thinking that it might be better to ask him directly, he did so just now.

But Little Fifth Miss seems hard to coax, doesn't follow the rules, and even asked him, "And then what?"

He just wanted to know how he could apologize so she wouldn't be angry anymore. How did we end up back where we started?

After a moment's thought, Lu Zhengjing reorganized his thoughts and solemnly began, "Actually, at that time, we weren't targeting your Chen family, nor were we looking down on your Chen family, it's just..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xihua was genuinely displeased with the opening statement. "Seventh Master Lu, are you referring to the matter at hand, not to the person?"

But the things you found out did indeed happen to members of the Chen family. Isn't that just looking down on the Chen family?

"No, I mean... I sincerely apologize for what I did before and the trouble it caused your Chen family. I'm sorry!" Lu Zhengjing realized that the more he explained, the worse it got, so he had to change his tune immediately.

Actually, what he wanted to express just now was that the information he found about the Chen family was indeed somewhat unsavory, although he now guessed that the truth was probably not like that!

However, at that time, the other party was either an ordinary family or one of the major families in Beijing, even if they were quite well-off.

Even if someone's family is in such a terrible situation, he would still say those things.

Moreover, Lu Zhengjing was basically certain that the eldest daughter of the Chen family was not suitable for Changxing, and at least the second sister would definitely not agree.

He should speak up to remind Changxing and stop him, so that he can be prepared and consider things carefully.

That would have been better, as my second sister made a huge fuss and disagreed, making it known to everyone.

Unexpectedly, the final result was still the spread of bad rumors.

"...Uh, never mind, let's not bring that up again. I forgive you." Hearing Master Lu change his tune and sincerely apologize, Chen Xihua suddenly lost the will to argue with him. "Have your people arrived yet?"

Lu Zhengjing sensed that the girl's tone was indifferent, not like she really didn't mind, but he knew it was best not to say anything more for the time being: "Thank you, I'll call and ask."

After a moment, Lu Zhengjing hesitated for a moment after hearing what the person on the phone said. "My man was in a hurry to drive and crashed into another car. He won't be able to come for a while."

Little Fifth Sister, are you preparing to leave here, or do you want to rest?

"Then I'll get out of the car and go to the roadside to see if I can flag down another car."

Chen Xihua heard him say in an apologetic tone, as if he had disturbed her.

She sensed that this person was being hypocritical and couldn't help but mentally complain: Did he expect her to abandon the wounded soldiers that her second sister had worked so hard to save on the road?

She wouldn't do something like that, would she?

After thinking for a moment, Chen Xihua didn't turn around, but simply asked, "Which hospital are you going to? I'll take you there."

Click—that's the sound of the back door opening.

"I already said I'd deliver it..." Chen Xihua thought that Master Lu was really embarrassed to trouble her, so she immediately turned around and tried to call him back.

But they found that Lu Zhengjing had already struggled to get out of the car, and then, holding onto the car body, opened the passenger side door.

Slowly, he got back into the car and naturally fastened his seatbelt.

Then, he looked up, lowered his gaze, and said to her, "I'll trouble you, Miss Wu, with that military hospital in the northern district of Yun City."

Tsk tsk, Chen Xihua realized that this person really is like Lu Xiaoqi!

He was just faking it, wasn't he? Since he was going to Yun City, his second sister was going that way anyway, and she even said that her people would pick him up.

Chen Xihua suspected she had been tricked. She pursed her lips, not wanting to say anything more.

They immediately started the off-road vehicle and headed towards Yun City, the provincial capital.

At this moment, Lu Zhengjing, sitting in the passenger seat, had a slight smile on his lips. The little girl must have calmed down now.