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Chapter Thirty-One

"What's going on here?" Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling looked at each other in bewilderment at the health center.

"I guess it's because of the military's self-inspection earlier, which uncovered some serious problems, and some people couldn't sit still anymore," Hua Fangling guessed.

"But what does this have to do with me? I'm just an ordinary person with no real power. This person first sneaked into my house, and then came to my door. Anyone who didn't know better would think I was some important figure worth all this trouble from these spies." Yao Anhui said with a bitter face. She hadn't even encountered this kind of thing many times in the harem.

"Maybe you're some bloodline of some adult who was left behind, and someone doesn't want you to go back, so they had you killed," Hua Fangling said, her imagination running wild.

"Impossible, don't overthink it. They're not brainless. Who would kill someone in a military compound? If they really wanted to kill someone, they'd do it outside." Assassins have brains too. Even a military compound belongs to the military region and isn't easy to enter.

"Why not? Didn't that fake Guan Xi'er run right up to us? And didn't you say someone broke into your house?" Hua Fangling recalled the fighting prowess of the Volunteer Army she had read about—it was so formidable that even novels wouldn't dare to portray it that way. So no one could guarantee that there weren't such people among the spies.

"Let's see if she can escape first. The spies shouldn't be so stupid as to trade one life for another."

"That's true." Hua Fangling thought for a moment. As far as she knew, only her own family had many ancestors who sacrificed their lives for the country, the people, and their beliefs. She had never heard of such stories in other countries. (Hua Fangling was a bit of a pedant.)

"So why did that person come to my house? Did I have something so important that they were willing to risk their life to get it? But that doesn't make sense. If it were something really important, why would Lu Yuanqing just leave it at home?" I couldn't figure it out, I racked my brains but still couldn't understand.

"If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it. Let's leave these things to the professionals. Let's think about what to eat tonight."

"Why bother eating? You should think about what to do with all the ingredients at home." Just thinking about Hua Fangling saying she had already bought all the ingredients, and that she was only now able to go home and cook, is heartbreaking.

Her spicy pork ribs, her spicy stir-fried pork intestines, her chopped chili fish head—Yao Anhui was immediately filled with resentment: These damned spies, couldn't they just let her have a proper meal? Couldn't they let her eat her fill before coming here?

"Should I send someone to my house to get the ingredients? Or should I not? What if someone gets hurt because of this? Oh well, it's better to let the ingredients go to waste than for someone to get hurt," Hua Fangling said to herself.

Yao Anhui was only complaining about not having the idea of ​​letting people take risks, so when she heard Hua Fangling say this, she could only feel depressed to herself: "So why did that person sneak into my house?"

Hua Fangling said with great interest, "So you think this is like a novel plot? Look, you and your Commander Lu are both orphans, and coincidentally, neither of your parents has any relatives. Think about it, isn't that a bit abnormal? How could there be no one else in four families besides the two of you?"

“It’s not impossible that there was war in the early years. Tens of millions of people were killed before, and it’s normal to lose all your relatives.” Yao Anhui hesitated. After all, she herself came from ancient times, and Hua Fangling was not only the female protagonist of a book but also an author. Hua Fangling’s words immediately disturbed Yao Anhui’s thoughts.

"But this happened today, didn't it? Too many coincidences together can't be coincidences anymore. How can there be so many coincidences?"

Hua Fangling became more and more excited as she spoke: "An Hui, think carefully, are there any differences between you and Commander Lu's parents?"

Yao Anhui actually recalled Hua Fangling's words. Lu Yuanqing had told her that his parents met and fell in love during the War of Resistance Against Japan, but both died on the battlefield of liberation. Later, they were adopted by adoptive parents. However, Lu Yuanqing's adoptive parents had already passed away, so it was hard to say whether Lu Yuanqing's parents still had any relatives alive.

According to Yao Anhui herself, Yao Ruifeng has no living relatives left. His parents, grandparents and the whole family were killed by the Japanese devils. As a result, Yao Ruifeng joined the Eighth Route Army at a very young age.

Yao Anhui doesn't know much about the original owner's mother. It's said that both her parents passed away. However, the original owner's mother was very beautiful, but in poor health, and her personality was like a parasitic vine.

Yao Anhui frowned: "It doesn't feel any different. It was very common for relatives to be separated in those days."

"That's why it's possible. They were just separated, so it's only natural that they'd be found."

Hua Fangling was letting her imagination run wild, while Yao Anhui listened in complete confusion. In fact, the truth had nothing to do with this at all.

That's not quite right either. To say that it has absolutely nothing to do with Yao Anhui wouldn't be accurate either.

Soon Yao Anhui found out what had happened; the fake Guan Xier confessed quickly after being caught.

With the real Guan Xier being rescued in time, the truth becomes clear when the two are compared.

It turns out that the key was the culprit.

The fake Guan Xier was named Yang Mengzhi. She was actually Guan Xier's friend and Shi Ziang's accomplice. After Shi Ziang established himself here, he unexpectedly discovered that she looked somewhat similar to Guan Xier, so he transferred Yang Mengzhi over.

On the surface, Yang Mengzhi was a victim of war. Her maternal grandparents and their entire family were killed by the Japanese. It seemed like she had a blood feud with the Japanese. But in reality, Yang Mengzhi's mother was a love-struck woman who fell in love with a Japanese soldier and gave birth to Yang Mengzhi. After the Japanese surrendered in 1945, they didn't take the mother and child with them. Instead, they kept them as pawns.

Yang Mengzhi was brainwashed by her mother and others into becoming a staunch traitor and sellout.

With Shi Ziang's secret help, Yang Mengzhi became a saleswoman at a supply and marketing cooperative in a nearby town. Taking advantage of her resemblance to Guan Xier and the convenience of working at the cooperative, she successfully became friends with Guan Xier.

After successfully getting in touch with Guan Xier, Yang Mengzhi pretended to casually try to get information out of her. However, Guan Xier was not very cunning, but she listened to her husband. Her husband said that they should not tell outsiders about what was happening in the military region, so Guan Xier kept quiet.

When Shi Ziang was arrested, Yang Mengzhi received a mission to take Shi Ziang's information and deliver it.

Yang Mengzhi unexpectedly obtained the information smoothly.

However, martial law is in effect here, making it impossible to easily send the information out. She can only succeed by traversing the deep mountains behind the area.

However, Yang Mengzhi's combat strength is weaker than Shi Ziang's, so it's a pipe dream for her to cross the deep mountains. Therefore, she can only risk going to get the key that Yao Anhui replaced.

Only by obtaining the key could she obtain the weapon and have a chance to escape from the deep mountains, so she sneaked into Yao Anhui's house.

Yang Mengzhi thought her plan was good, believing that since the troops were busy interrogating the arrested people, her operation in the family compound would go smoothly.

Little did she know that this was just bait laid out by Lu Yuanqing. Very few people in the entire military region knew about this; it was all deliberately leaked to the spies. The family compound had long since set up a trap, just waiting for the spies to fall into it.

However, everyone knew there were spies, but no one expected it to be a female spy. Well, no, everyone was paying attention to both male and female spies, but the soldiers were all straight men who had never seen the Four Great Evil Arts of the Future. Yang Mengzhi had also come in disguised as Guan Xier, which is why they made the mistake of being blind to what was right under their noses.

Here we have to mention Guan Xier again; it's hard to say whether she was lucky or unlucky.

She was lucky, but she didn't even know there were spies around her, and she almost got tricked into revealing information. It's unknown whether this incident will implicate her man.

To put it bluntly, Yang Mengzhi bumped into her as soon as she entered the family compound, and was even injured because of it. If Yao Anhui and the others hadn't rescued her in time, Guan Xier would have almost lost her life.

I guess I was mostly lucky.

Guan Xier is a beauty enthusiast and a foodie. She thinks Yao Anhui is too beautiful and is impressed by Hua Fangling's amazing cooking skills. She wants to be friends with them.

However, because Guan Xier is timid and shy, and Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling are not the type of people who love socializing and going out, they have not made any friends yet.

However, because Guan Xier really wanted to be friends with Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling, and because Yang Mengzhi often asked her about life in the family compound, she felt guilty for not being able to tell her many things. So, Guan Xier learned to make up stories.

In Guan Xier's story, she first became good friends with Hua Fangling, often talking about what delicious food her sister-in-law had made. Later, through Hua Fangling, she met the beautiful Huihui, and the three became good friends.

Then, when Yang Mengzhi wanted to inquire about information, Guan Xier made up some stories about her good friends being together and told them to her. Yang Mengzhi believed Guan Xier's words, which is why she spoke so intimately to Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling when she met them.

That's why Yao Anhui and Hua Fangling immediately recognized her as not Guan Xier.

In that sense, Guan Xier was quite lucky, after all, she kept her mouth shut and never revealed anything about the military, and she even got hit and almost lost her life.

the next day.

When Hua Fangling and Yao Anhui learned the whole story from Lu Yuanqing, they were both dumbfounded. The twists and turns were so numerous that even a story wouldn't have so many coincidences.

"This Guan Xi'er is quite a talent." It took Hua Fangling a long time to finally manage to utter this sentence.

"How good is she at making up stories? She even convinced the spies!" Yao Anhui exclaimed. "If I had the chance, I'd really like to hear the stories she made up."

“Not just you, I think I should also talk to him, I’ll probably benefit a lot.” As an author, Hua Fangling did not give up her old profession after coming here, and often published articles in newspapers and magazines. She is also a well-known cultural figure in the family compound.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have the confidence to cook delicious meals at home every few days. Without an open income, she would probably have been reported for embezzlement and bribery long ago.

"By the way, will Guan Xier's family be implicated in this matter and have to leave the army?" Otherwise, we'll just have to miss out on such an interesting person.

"No, Guan Xier is also a victim, but her family will be affected to some extent. She can forget about getting a promotion in the next few years."

"Who told her to suffer such an undeserved misfortune?" It's really hard to say who's right and who's wrong in this matter, but considering the overall situation, being cautious is the right thing to do.

The atmosphere became somewhat heavy for a moment.

Yao Anhui suddenly asked, "Brother Qing, is everything really resolved this time? There won't be any more accidents, right?" She was really scared, afraid that something else might happen to her family.

"Really, really, everything has been resolved. We've thoroughly checked inside and outside the house, and there are absolutely no more safety hazards." Lu Yuanqing was practically raising his hand to swear.

Then, barring any unforeseen circumstances, something unexpected is bound to happen.

A few days later, Yao Anhui finally returned home, only to find another stranger standing at her doorstep.

Yao Anhui: ... (Hua Fangling's style) Smiling on the surface, but secretly cursing.

Lu Yuanqing: ... He couldn't help but look up at the sky. Apart from "a bolt from the blue," he couldn't think of any other words to describe his current feelings.

Only Hua Fangling stared at the wide-eyed woman dressed in fashionable clothes. Just by looking into her eyes, anyone familiar with her would know that Hua Fangling had already started brainstorming.