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Yang Shengjun immediately gave a wink to the soldier next to him, and that man took off running towards the troops.

None of the family members around left; they all started chattering amongst themselves.

"No way? How could Old Li's vegetables be poisonous? We all grow the same kind of vegetables, so are ours all poisonous too? But we've been eating them all recently and haven't noticed anything wrong."

"That's right. Is there some mistake? It's just a dog, how can it be more powerful than a person? That doesn't make sense. We've all started vegetable gardens on the back hill, so it can't be just Old Li's vegetables that are poisonous, right? Aren't the others the same?"

"It's poisonous, there's only one possibility, someone poisoned it. But we all live in the family compound, who would be so malicious? Judging from the way Big Yellow is acting, it means it'll kill you instantly if you eat it?"

"That's for sure. Logically speaking, this shouldn't have happened in our residential compound. What kind of deep-seated grudge would lead someone to poison someone's vegetable garden?"

"Perhaps, it's some kind of enemy..."

...

The gossip fire of the older women was ignited, and they all began to speculate on how the dish could be poisoned. However, everyone knew that it couldn't have been Old Li who poisoned it.

Lin Cuicui's face turned deathly pale; this meant they were going to wipe out her entire family. She hated those Japanese spies, but how had they managed to infiltrate their unit so quietly?

Normally, no one comes to the military base without a reason. And for that person to even know which plot of land was her family's vegetable garden is really strange.

Lin Cuicui stared at Tang Yue. Tang Yue was also thinking about this. She had been busy with other things lately and hadn't paid much attention to her family. It seemed she had been too lax.

She thought that as long as her family lived in the family compound, they wouldn't be in much danger, but she underestimated the vicious methods of those spies.

Tang Yue walked over to Old Li and helped him up. "Grandpa, don't be afraid. Someone will come to handle this in a little while." The army can't just ignore it.

Upon hearing Tang Yue's soft, sweet voice, Old Li burst into tears. His voice choked with sobs, "Yueyue, Yueyue, Grandpa, Grandpa almost killed you, Grandpa... Waaaaah..."

Tang Yue wanted to pat Old Li's back, but the height difference was too great, and she couldn't reach him at all, so she could only pat Old Li's hand.

"Grandpa, what are you thinking about? It's nothing. Everything's fine, isn't it? I know you're doing this for my own good."

Old Li was filled with remorse, his heart aching with pain. He was a lonely old man, yet Tang Shengkai recognized him as his own father and brought him all the way from the far north to the far south to live a better life. He genuinely wanted to live a good life with this family.

Every member of Shengkai's family treated him like family. He also sincerely wanted to be good to these children. But his good intentions almost backfired, and Old Li felt cold from head to toe.

Even in the sweltering summer heat of the South Island, with early morning temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, he still couldn't recover.

It's terrifying, truly terrifying. Old Li naturally suspected it was the work of those spies. But those spies were really despicable; how could they target his vegetables? Those were vegetables! These days, many families are struggling to even get enough vegetables.

Did he open up those vegetable gardens in the sweltering heat just to be harmed by these spies?

Why can't they just go all out and fight? It's outrageous!

Old Li was furious. "We must find all those spies and send Grandpa to them. Grandpa will definitely shoot them all. These spies are truly despicable."

Tang Yue felt the same way. She was more anxious than anyone else, and she wanted her family to live a normal life more than anyone else. Sigh, her desire to go to Japan grew even stronger.

Before long, Commander Kang and Chang Yin led a group of soldiers rushing over here.

Commander Kang is already so old, but after running this far, he still doesn't seem out of breath. It seems that this old man exercises quite a lot.

Upon approaching, the crowd of onlookers immediately made way for Commander Kang and his entourage.

When Commander Kang saw Tang Yue standing there unharmed, he felt a sense of relief. He had been terrified; the person who had come to report hadn't explained things clearly, only saying that Tang Yue's vegetables had been poisoned.

Upon hearing this, Commander Kang was alarmed and, disregarding everything else, immediately ordered his men to run this way.

Seeing that Tang Yue's family was all alright, Commander Kang secretly caught his breath, straightened his expression, and asked, "What exactly happened?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the guard beside him went over and picked up the vegetable basket on the ground. Some of the vegetables spilled out, and the guard was unsure whether he should get his hands on them.

Tang Yue spoke up from the side, "Just pick them up, it should be fine. My grandfather picked those vegetables."

The meaning is obvious: if these vegetables were poisonous upon direct contact, her grandfather wouldn't be standing here unharmed.

Understanding Tang Yue's meaning, the guard didn't hesitate any longer and reached out to collect all the vegetables into the basket. Yang Shengjun had already begun reporting the situation from the side. Commander Kang's expression turned very grim after hearing the report.

Originally, Tang Yue's family situation wasn't made public to everyone in the residential compound, but now that this has happened, everyone is sure to know that Tang Yue's family has safety issues.

Commander Kang gritted his teeth and said, "Investigate! I'll investigate thoroughly! I'll see how these vegetables were poisoned. Go down and test all these vegetables to see what was put on them."

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