Chapter 129 Returning to the Capital

The captain was surprised that Jiang Ning would send such exquisite food to their family, but knowing that Jiang Ning was giving it sincerely, they accepted it without refusing.

However, in return, they gave Jiang Ning and the others some things they could take with them, such as smoked bacon and some homemade pickled vegetables.

On the way back to the Shen family home, Shen Mo carried a bag of cured meat in one hand and a large jar in the other, while Jiang Ning carried a small jar of sauerkraut.

The brigade leader's family was so hospitable that they insisted on accepting the gifts, and Jiang Ning couldn't refuse, so she accepted them.

Shen Mo seized the rare opportunity to be alone with Jiang Ning, saying, "Wife, marrying you was the best thing I ever did in my life."

Jiang Ning instinctively wanted to tease him, "Then give me a kiss?"

Shen Mo is still quite shy. Upon hearing his wife's request, he bent down and kissed Jiang Ning on the cheek without thinking.

Jiang Ning was surprised that he actually kissed her; it seemed this guy's skin was getting thicker and thicker.

Fortunately, there weren't many people on the road.

When I got home, the house was all cleaned up.

Shen Qianqian was overjoyed at the thought of embarking on her journey back to the capital; she skipped and hopped as she boarded the car.

As the car gradually drove out of Dahe Village, Shen Qianqian saw Zhou Anze by the roadside.

Zhou Anze also saw Shen Qianqian in the car, but Shen Qianqian only glanced at him before looking away, not even sparing him a glance.

Leaving Dahe Village meant saying goodbye to things from a few years ago.

However, at the village entrance, they were stopped by Jin Yuyan, who blocked the car and said, "If you're going to leave, you should take me with you!"

"Back then, I was sent to this place to suffer along with your Shen family. Now that you can go back, why should I have to stay in this kind of place?"

Jiang Ning leaned out of the car window, resting lazily against it. "Why? Don't you know best why?"

Jin Yuyan's face paled, and with a determined look, she blocked the car's path, saying, "If you want to leave, run me over! Otherwise, you're not going anywhere!"

Jiang Ning said, "Jin Yuyan, do you know that Li Dajun is stopping our car?"

A fleeting look of guilt crossed Jin Yuyan's face; of course, she had come out behind Li Dajun's back.

She didn't want to stay here. Leaving with the Shen family was her last hope. Suddenly, she took two steps to the car and knelt down without hesitation. "Please, take me back to the capital."

Jiang Ning smiled. "Now you know how to beg for help? When you and Zhou Anze were plotting against me, why didn't you think of this outcome?"

Jin Yuyan immediately realized what was happening. She pointed at Jiang Ning in disbelief, "You, you...it was you who called the captain and Li Dajun here..."

“It’s me.” Jiang Ning blinked and said, “Your affair with Li Dajun has been exposed, so you have to marry Li Dajun. For the rest of your life, you can only be a wife of Dahe Village.”

Jin Yuyan was speechless; she thought it was all just a coincidence.

It turns out that Jiang Ning was the one who stirred things up.

She didn't even need to ask Jiang Ning why she knew about her and Zhou Anze's scheme; asking would only bring her humiliation.

The more Jiang Ning talked, the less likely she was to return to the capital.

Jin Yuyan immediately knelt on the ground, completely disregarding how disheveled she looked, pleading, "Please, please take me with you."

As she spoke, she leaned against the car window of her parents' car, her face pitiful and tears streaming down her cheeks. "Dad, Mom, Ziming, I've been your daughter-in-law for several years now, you can't be so heartless."

Chen's mother was soft-hearted, and just as Jiang Ning was about to soften her heart, she saw a figure walking over from not far away.

She then peered out the car window to watch the spectacle.

When Li Dajun was told that his wife was running away, he immediately rushed out to look for her and found her in front of the car that the Shen family was leaving.

He rushed over and grabbed her, saying, "Jin Yuyan, you're my wife now, don't even think about leaving with someone else!"

Jiang Ning, having watched the spectacle, signaled to the soldiers in front to drive off.

Jin Yuyan watched the car get further and further away from her until it disappeared from sight.

She stared blankly at the endless mountain road ahead, perhaps knowing she would never get out of it in her lifetime.

Li Dajun grabbed Jin Yuyan's arm and dragged her home.

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The car first dropped off Xiao Liu at the county government before heading to the train station.

When Shen Mo arrived at the train station and was about to buy tickets, the soldier who had picked them up said that the tickets had already been purchased in advance.

The soldiers looked at Shen Mo with awe. During this time, Shen Mo's reputation as the chief instructor training new recruits had spread throughout the army.

Even the commander wanted to keep him, but Shen Mo refused.

The commander of the Qingxian Military Region bought Shen Mo a private box ticket.

The Shen family traveled comfortably back to the capital by train.

After a day and a night on the train, they finally arrived in the capital. No one knew where Commander Liang got the information, but he personally led a group of people to pick them up at the train station.

When Brigade Commander Liang saw the Shen family members coming out of the train station, especially Shen's father, he saluted him.

Mr. Shen recognized Brigade Commander Liang. "Little Liang, it's you."

After saying that, he reached out and patted Commander Liang on the shoulder, "Not bad, you're a brigade commander now."

Brigade Commander Liang was in his forties, while Shen's father was already sixty-five; their situation didn't seem out of place.

Jiang Ning was somewhat surprised by Commander Liang's attitude towards Shen's father. She had long suspected that Shen's father's past identity might not be simple, and it should be said that the Shen family's identities were not simple at all.

Brigade Commander Liang nodded. "Yes, I've been waiting for this day for you to come back. If you hadn't retired early back then, things wouldn't have turned out this way... The old commander was biased and never thought of helping you, which led to you suffering for so many years."

Father Shen smiled and said, "Let's not talk about the past anymore."

The conversation between Shen's father and Brigade Commander Liang puzzled not only Jiang Ning, but also Shen Mo, who wondered how Brigade Commander Liang knew his father.

However, Brigade Commander Liang and Mr. Shen did not seem to want to say much. Brigade Commander Liang invited everyone to get in the car and then went home to his family compound.

Just then, another military jeep drove up.

The car stopped right in front of them. A soldier got out of the car, and when he saw Shen's father, he saluted. "The old commander sent me to pick you up and take you home."

Mr. Shen recognized the other person and frowned, saying, "We won't go back for now."

The other person looked troubled. "This... it's the old commander's order. If you don't come back with me, I won't be able to explain myself."

Father Shen glanced at him indifferently, his imposing manner evident. "What? I'm not going back? Are you going to kidnap me and take me back?"

The soldier was startled. "Ah, no... I wouldn't dare."