She didn't know where Xianxian's malice towards Lu Yi came from; all she knew was that she deeply resented this person.

That day at the train station, she saw the murderous intent in her daughter's gaze as she looked at Lu Yi, yet it seemed as if she didn't know where to strike.

Don't know? She'll help her.

Amidst the howling wind, Shan Jing braved the bleak winter wind and ran to several nearby houses to steal a few pairs of men's shoes of different sizes to stage the scene.

It's a very crude method. It might fool the police, but it certainly won't fool the Lu family, who will investigate Lu Yi's death to the end. It's alright, by then she'll probably be on the other side of the strait.

Having done everything, Shan Jing didn't hesitate any longer and boarded a train heading south, while Lu Yi remained completely stranded on that snowy night filled with wind and snow.

...

The next morning, having recovered her energy, Ruan Xianxian was able to drink sweet soy milk as she wished. After eating and drinking her fill, she got up.

"Grandma, I'm going out for a bit. I'll be staying out for the next couple of days, so I won't have to travel back and forth. I'll definitely be back before the Lunar New Year to celebrate with you."

The old man didn't ask her what she was going to do, but told her to be careful and wrapped her up like a dumpling before letting her leave.

After the people left, the grandparents didn't say anything. They tidied themselves up and also left home silently, heading in two different directions.

Having figured out where the National Security Bureau was holding people, Ruan Xianxian took a bottle of invisibility potion and waited for the opportunity to ambush the prisoners in their exercise area.

The invisibility potion couldn't pass through walls, and searching room by room was too troublesome, so she simply waited in the large exercise yard where the prisoners were allowed to exercise.

Ruan Xianxian couldn't find anyone this morning.

However, she was patient, and it wasn't until the afternoon's exercise period that she finally found the Jing family father and son, who seemed to be in good spirits, behind a group of people.

While Jing's father was answering a question from one of the leaders, Ruan Xianxian quickly moved, covering Jing Si's mouth from behind and dragging him to a shadowy corner by the wall.

Jing Si opened his eyes wide, but his mouth was covered. Unable to break free of the restraints, his face grew increasingly terrified until a piercing pain shot through his kneecap.

As he convulsed in pain, his eyes bloodshot and bulging, something cold pressed against his little finger, followed by an even more intense, excruciating pain.

Even though he was blinded by his shackles, he knew that his little finger had been cut off with a knife.

The fear in my heart outweighs the pain. After cutting off my finger, will my head be the next step?

Jing Si was knocked unconscious in extreme fear.

When the assembly call sounded, the prison guards who noticed one person was missing during roll call took action and soon found Jing Si in the corner with a broken left kneecap and a missing little finger.

An investigation was launched overnight.

This incident alarmed the higher-ups; it wasn't just a simple case of a prisoner being injured. The wound was clean, and the military doctor diagnosed it as being caused by a sharp blade.

So, are there prisoners carrying knives, planning to escape?

The detention center organized a thorough investigation overnight.

Just as Mr. Jing was being called to the office for a talk and a notification, Ruan Xianxian had already arrived at the Jing family's three-story villa.

The house isn't luxuriously decorated, but you can tell that thoughtful attention was paid to the details.

Su Tingrong has been discharged from the hospital and is currently resting in bed, tossing and turning in bed unable to sleep.

The door opened, and it was Wang Ma, who was delivering medicine. What they couldn't see was that Ruan Xianxian was following behind her invisibly.

After taking the medicine, Su Tingrong asked directly, "Is everything arranged?"

Wang Ma nodded cautiously, "Don't worry, we've already explained things to the hospital. Commander Ruan won't be able to get off the operating table."

Like a country bumpkin visiting the Grand View Garden, Ruan Xianxian raised an eyebrow. Sure enough, the old hag wouldn't sit idly by and wait to be killed!

She was willing to risk her own life, so Ruan Kangri's life was even less valuable.

He's definitely a ruthless person.

While the two were talking, Ruan Xianxian put down the "gift" and left with Wang Ma.

A moment later, a piercing wail came from Su Tingrong's room, "My son."

The instigator clicked his tongue, left the Jing family, and headed to the next battlefield.

After deactivating his stealth mode, Ruan Xian didn't bother with any pretense this time and arrived at the hospital empty-handed.

Fearing infection of patients, Ruan Kangri occupied a ward by himself.

Only a few days have passed? Ruan Kangri, who still had a robust physique even in his old age, looked like a shrunken sweater, hunched over in bed.

"You've come?" His voice was hoarse, and his eyes were dull and lifeless, like those of a cataract patient.

Ruan Xianxian didn't speak, standing quietly by the bed with her hands in her pockets.

This is the man who has committed countless evil deeds and whose hands are stained with blood. He has no moral bottom line whatsoever, let alone that of a soldier.

She thought that if they met again, she would be unable to resist tearing him apart with her own hands, but that didn't happen. She just stood calmly and indifferently at the head of the bed.

When Ruan Kangri, who had been waiting for a reply for a long time, turned his head in surprise and met a pair of almond-shaped eyes that were as deep as an abyss and revealed no true emotion.

For some reason, his heart suddenly started racing, and a very ominous premonition washed over him.

She opened her chapped lips as if to speak, but just then, the ward door opened, and a middle-aged doctor, fully armed, entered and directly called out Ruan Xianxian's name.

"You're a family member, right? I came out here because, besides the surgery fees, I also need to explain the condition of some other patients to you."

Ruan Xianxian: "Say it, say it right here."

The doctor pushed up his glasses, intending to say something that might upset the patient if he heard it, but when he met the woman's cool gaze, he swallowed back what he was about to say.

To rephrase it, there's not much to rephrase, so I'll just say it bluntly: "Besides needing his eyeball removed and dealing with syphilis, Commander Ruan is also here with us..."

The doctor pointed to his liver and said, "I've been diagnosed with liver cancer."

"What?" Ruan Kangri reacted the most violently. He sprang up from the hospital bed like a zombie, his face showing a variety of emotions.

Pain, confusion, fear... all of it eventually turned into a self-deceiving shake of the head, "No, it's impossible."

The military conducts annual physical examinations, and last year's report showed that he was still in good health, meeting the standards of a healthy middle-aged man, if not a young man.

How could someone suffer a stroke, hepatitis A, syphilis, and have their eyeball removed in less than a year?

If the above can still be managed with medication and medical interventions, then isn't liver cancer essentially a death sentence?

Ruan Kangri felt dizzy and disoriented. He ignored the IV needle in his hand and frantically rushed off the bed, trying to pull at the doctor.

"Impossible! You've all conspired to deceive me. There's absolutely no way I could have liver cancer."

Seeing his crazy demeanor, as if he were saying, "Even if I can't live, I'll drag everyone down to hell with me," the middle-aged doctor was so frightened that he kept backing away.

The patient was emotionally unstable and also carried highly contagious syphilis, which is why the hospital dared not truthfully disclose the patient's condition even though there were no family members present.

Everyone was afraid that he might suddenly attack and hurt someone.

When people are at their wits' end, there's nothing they won't do.

Just as Ruan Kangri was about to pounce on the doctor, Ruan Xianxian stretched out her leg and tripped him.

Ruan Kangri was already at his limit, and driven mad by a mixture of fear and anger, he fell and hit his head hard on the cement floor, unable to get up again.

Ruan Xianxian: "Continue."

The doctor took a breath and said, "The advice here is that after the removal surgery, there is no need for further treatment of syphilis."

"Let the patient... well, have whatever they want to eat."