At this moment, Chu Mingxu felt the aura emanating from Shen Mu Ning.

He felt as if his heart had been struck hard. The women he had met were either well-educated and reasonable or unruly and arrogant.

Although there are female soldiers in the army, very few of them are combat-ready; they all have personalities similar to men.

No woman has ever been like Shen Mu Ning, who appears gentle but is actually aloof.

Although she kept a low profile, at this moment he knew that this was the real Shen Mu Ning before.

However, this only deepened Chu Mingxu's confusion.

Based on the information he had gathered before, Shen Mu Ning was just a girl from an ordinary family.

Even if her father was a martyr, he should never have developed the same imposing manner as Shen Mu Ning.

Thinking of this, Chu Mingxu forcefully suppressed his emotions.

He is not alone now; his grandparents are here with him.

He absolutely cannot develop feelings for Shen Mu Ning right now; at the very least, he needs to know that Shen Mu Ning is harmless to him.

After saying this, Shen Mu Ning left without waiting for Cao Jin's response.

Naturally, they didn't see Cao Jin and Chu Mingxu's expressions; one had a look of infatuation mixed with a sense of determination, while the other seemed to want to see through her.

After Shen Mu Ning left, Chu Ming Xu naturally followed. He found that Shen Mu Ning had returned to her usual indifferent demeanor.

The two walked back in silence without saying a word.

In fact, Shen Mu Ning had just sensed that Chu Ming Xu seemed to have become even more suspicious of her.

However, Shen Mu Ning was not worried that he would investigate her, because no one knew the secret of time travel except herself.

Chu Mingxu's investigation was destined to end in vain, and his unusual nature would remain a mystery in his heart.

Unfortunately, Shen Mu Ning never imagined that one day she would reveal this secret herself.

She will personally resolve the doubts in Chu Mingxu's heart.

At this moment, she still thought that as long as Chu Mingxu knew that he would not harm him or his family, he wouldn't care about so much.

Since he couldn't find the cause, he wouldn't dwell on it.

Since that's the case, there's nothing to worry about. Anyway, she just wants to stay here and live a carefree life.

Cao Jin, who was still drying his food on the dam, was surrounded by men who had many questions for him.

"Brother Cao, do you want to date Shen Zhiqing?" someone finally asked.

The people around immediately quieted down, waiting to hear Cao Jin's explanation.

Cao Jin calmed his racing heart and said confidently, "Of course."

Upon hearing Cao Jin's words, the group immediately erupted in excitement. "Brother Cao Jin, you're so confident!"

"Yes, yes, that educated youth Shen clearly didn't want to find a partner."

"How do you know you're capable? There aren't any matchmakers around who want to arrange a marriage for you."

Everyone fell silent when those words, which touched a raw nerve with Cao Jin, were spoken.

Cao Jin looked around but couldn't find out who had said those words.

He was naturally angry at the person who said those words and wanted to teach him a lesson, but because there were too many people talking, he couldn't catch him.

But even if that was his situation before, once he marries Shen Mu Ning, he will only slap them in the face.

Cao Jin sneered and said, "So what? You'll see what happens when I make you happy."

Cao Jin pushed through the crowd and headed home; he needed to make proper arrangements for what was to come.

Only after Cao Jin had gone far away did these young men resume their enthusiastic discussion.

"What makes Cao Jin so confident that Shen Zhiqing would be interested in him?"

"I don't know. In our surrounding villages, unless they're families selling their daughters, nobody would want him."

"Yes, judging from the way Shen Zhiqing looked just now, he was very disgusted by what he said."

"Forget it, let's go home and eat. It's none of our business anyway."

The group scattered and hurried home to eat.

Only Cao Guofu lagged behind the crowd. As soon as he noticed Cao Jin, he couldn't help but observe Shen Mu Ning and the others.

Seeing Cao Jin and Shen Mu Ning talking, he deliberately stood closer, wanting to hear what they were saying.

He only relaxed when he heard Shen Mu Ning refute Cao Jin's words without any mercy.

His parents had previously valued Shen Zhiqing's competence and had even asked for his opinion.

He naturally agreed at the time, even though most of the educated youth from their Xinshan Brigade did not marry into the brigade.

But he still wanted to try and see if Shen Zhiqing was interested in him.

I only heard from my aunt that Shen Zhiqing refused.

When my aunt came back, she said that Shen Mu Ning disagreed and that Shen Mu Ning looked down on people from the countryside.

He didn't believe what his aunt said. Although he had little contact with Shen Mu Ning, he knew that Shen Mu Ning was not the kind of person who looked down on people from the countryside.

Although Shen Mu Ning doesn't usually interact with other people in the brigade, she gets along quite well with Aunt Gui Hua and the others.

In addition, he had always disapproved of his aunt's behavior, so after she left, he told his parents at home that they should not believe her.

Sure enough, Aunt Guihua told my mother the truth later when she was teaching people how to dry vegetables.

It turned out that Shen Zhiqing was too young and didn't understand matters of marriage, which was why she refused.

When they got back, my mother complained to my father in private, saying that if it weren't for the fact that it was difficult to ask outsiders for help, she would never have let my aunt know.

Later, after Cao Jin revealed his interest in Shen Zhiqing, Cao Guofu was still very worried.

Although he didn't know how well Cao Jin was doing outside, in his opinion, Cao Jin's personality and family background were not worthy of Shen Zhiqing.

He was also afraid that Shen, the educated youth, would be misled by Cao Jin's sweet talk and fall into the fire pit that was Cao Jin's family.

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