After Xu Xinning helped Ouyang Changshan tie up, she taught him how to use it.

The crossbow is very useful; she learned it in no time when she was a child in her previous life, let alone Ouyang Changshan, an adult.

Xu Xinning: "Thank you for your hard work tonight. I'll bring you breakfast tomorrow."

Du Changpu immediately said, "Master, it would be even better if Auntie could make spicy soup."

Mu Jingheng kicked him without hesitation and said irritably, "Are you a pig reincarnated? All you think about all day is food. Be careful you don't become fat and never find a wife."

Du Changpu: "You're lucky to have found my master. Don't use your luck to embarrass people. If it weren't for my master, you might never have found a wife in your life."

Mu Jingheng wasn't angry. In his previous life, after Xu Xinning's accident, he could indeed say he couldn't find a wife. Xu Daya didn't count. He only gave her marriage because of Xu Xinning. Besides, in his heart, it was just a piece of paper. In his heart, only Xu Xinning was his wife, so Xu Daya didn't count.

Mu Jingheng said smugly, "It's a pity your 'if' wasn't false. I would have married Xin'er, I would have a wife, while your wife is still nowhere to be found!"

Xu Xinning rolled her eyes at Mu Jingheng; this guy could be really childish sometimes.

She took Mu Jingheng's hand and led him outside.

The second son of the Wu family followed them, amused, as if he saw his younger self reflected in them.

Those were truly happy times! He was always causing trouble, and would get into fights whenever he was unhappy. His parents couldn't control him, so they sent him to the army early on.

After joining the army, he thrived even more. The most upsetting thing in the past forty years was being tricked by his wife into marrying him. This is an indelible stain on his life, a mental hurdle he can never overcome.

After arriving at the compound, the three of them went directly to the large courtyard of Wu's second son. Without telling any of them, they dug up a biscuit tin in the place that Wu's second son's wife had mentioned.

Judging from the rust on the biscuit box, it hasn't been buried for long, since they haven't been there for very long.

Inside the cookie box was a thick notebook, a bankbook, a hairpin, and a brightly colored handkerchief.

Xu Xinning opened the notebook and found it to be a diary-like notebook.

The contents of the first page surprised the three of them.

It turns out that she didn't want to become a spy; it was Xiao Rizi who threatened her with the lives of her adoptive parents.

Further reading reveals a scene where she meets the second son of the Wu family, and the sentences suggest that she is very fond of him.

Then it describes the scene on their wedding day. She was both happy and nervous. She knew he didn't like her, but she was still very happy to become his wife.

The appearance of those people poured cold water on her, realizing that they could never truly be together. So later, she deliberately argued with him, threw tantrums, and made him ignore her, so that she wouldn't have to trick him into making mistakes.

The preceding pages mostly describe their married life, but suddenly on one page, the story begins with Mu Jingheng's mother, Song Shiwen.

She wrote down what she had overheard.

The enemy's plan was to drug Song Shiwen, kidnap her, and then find someone to replace her. After all, the Mu and Song families were not ordinary, and their members were few. They thought that if someone replaced Song Shiwen, the rough men of the Mu and Song families would not find out, which would be most beneficial for them to obtain intelligence. Unexpectedly, they made a mistake in their haste, which directly led to Song Shiwen's death from a heart attack.

To make matters worse, the Song family father and son discovered the clues. If they hadn't evacuated quickly, they might have been wiped out.

Fortunately, he escaped disaster thanks to the help of his comrades who had already infiltrated the upper echelons.

Later, he sent women to Mu Zhenting's side many times, but Mu Zhenting didn't even glance at them.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yuqin's luck was so good that her little trick succeeded.

The appearance of Shen Yuqin made the Song family very dissatisfied with Mu Zhenting. Then, the father and son took the initiative to be transferred to the frontier, which made these people breathe a sigh of relief.

Old Master Song's reputation was so powerful that enemy agents would be intimidated at the mere mention of his name.

After Grandpa Song left, they felt like they had come back to life.

They inadvertently discovered Wang Yanping's obsession with Shen Yuqin, so they turned Wang Yanping against them and sent him to Old Master Mu's side.

At that time, Wu's second son was still in the grassroots army, so his wife followed him there. As a result, she knew only a limited amount of information. She only knew that Song Shiwen was the wife of Wu's second son's good brother.

If you flip through the pages further, you'll find out why the adopted son became an adopted son.

That's because enemy agents knew that Wu Lao Er was going to be transferred back to Beijing, so they sent this person over. At that time, Wu Lao Er's wife was already in poor health, and they sent this person over saying that he was there to help her.

As I flipped through the pages, the handwriting suddenly changed towards the end.

Xu Xinning was all too familiar with the handwriting. After looking at the content, she finally confirmed it.

Unexpectedly, her intuition was correct; Wang Ying indeed came to the compound with a different face.

Coincidentally, when Wang Ying had her accident, her younger sister was just at the end of her life.

After being rescued by her companions, Wang Ying was sent to Kyoto. The two sisters already looked quite alike, so only slight modifications were needed. It just so happened that Wang Ying had been in the water for too long and her body was severely damaged, making her look even more like her sickly sister.

The two switched partners while they were in the hospital.

Wang Ying was depressed for a long time after her sister's death, until she saw Xu Xinning in the compound.

Unlike her sister, Wang Ying was more involved in enemy intelligence work and had a complicated background, so their team paid great attention to her.

Even in the most mundane life, there are factions. The Nakano family tried to get Zhong Tao to switch sides by using his status as an adopted son, but she had already lost interest. Her sister's death had been a huge blow to her, and with Xu Xinning as her emotional support, Zhong Tao, eager for quick success, drugged Wang Ying.

Based on her memory, Wang Ying wrote down a lot of things that would be useful to Mu Jingheng and Xu Xinning, but she didn't write about the important figures who were lurking in China.

Perhaps she didn't want to betray her country, or perhaps she really didn't know.

It contained a lot of things that Xu Xinning couldn't see, so Mu Jingheng delivered it to Grandpa Jiang overnight.

Knowing that Wu's second son's wife was Wang Ying made Xu Xinning even more uneasy; this feeling was truly too complicated.

She was an enemy to the country, but to her, she was family.

She infiltrated the country to sabotage national security, yet he cherished her like a treasure, repeatedly risking his own life to save her, and even abandoned his own mission because of her.

On a moral level, Xu Xinning should hate her, but emotionally she just can't bring herself to hate her, and even wants to save her life.

Xu Xinning couldn't sleep at all that night, and Mu Jingheng didn't return home after leaving.