An Moxue drove a long way until she reached a fork in the road. After looking around and finding it safe, she released the jeep and drove like a madman back to the city. She parked the jeep far from home, put it away, and then drove home.

The next morning, she went to her teacher's house on time, practiced the Five Animal Frolics with her teacher and his wife, had breakfast at her teacher's house, and then leisurely went home.

Before she even reached her front door, she saw a car parked outside.

As she approached, the person in the car got out and immediately began to joke cheerfully, "Jido, it's so hard to see you. If you had come back a few minutes later, I would have waited for you all morning for nothing."

An Moxue smiled and said, "Karl, it's been a long time. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Please come in."

"No, I didn't call beforehand. I just came to try my luck, and I didn't expect to be so lucky," Carl said with a smile.

"I went to my teacher's house and just got back after having dinner with my teacher and his wife."

Once inside, An Moxue brewed a pot of tea and poured Karl a cup.

Carl asked with a smile, "What have you been busy with lately? I've never seen you! You're such a busy man."

An Moxue joked, "I'm currently expanding my overseas business and might be leaving again soon. If you need anything, let me know now, or you won't be able to find me!"

"I was thinking of inviting you to our family's New Year's dance party, but it seems you don't have time?"

"I can't decide yet, but I'll definitely go when I have time. There's nothing I can do if I'm not home, so I'll have to disappoint you."

"It's nothing. I came here today to ask you if you know that the government is going to auction off the mining rights for an oil well?"

"I know, I'd like to try it too, but I don't know if it will work."

"Are you short of funds? I'll give you some money, and you can do the Ursiri family a favor later." Karl had a lot of faith in her.

"No need. We have plenty of funds, we don't lack them. The only concern is that we might not be able to withstand the interception from powerful families. It hasn't been made public yet, there's still time."

"Can I borrow some people from you?"

"No need. I have my own bodyguard team, but I've always felt it's unnecessary. If the situation requires it, we can have them appear then." An Moxue smiled and politely declined again. "So? I heard you're getting engaged? Is it true?"

"Really. It's because our smart and beautiful Miss Jido didn't give me a chance to pursue her! When you reach a certain age, you have to take on family responsibilities. Finding someone of equal social standing to marry at the appropriate age is also a good thing."

As An Moxue watched Karl talk about his marriage with such composure, it was as if she could no longer see the radiant young man she once knew.

She spoke with some sadness, "Karl!"

Carl interrupted her, saying, "No, I don't need pity or sympathy, just blessings are enough."

An Moxue smiled and offered her blessings: "Great! I wish you two will develop feelings for each other after marriage, fall in love after marriage, and grow old together in love."

Carl exclaimed somewhat dramatically, "I'm not even engaged yet! Aren't you sending your blessings too early?"

An Moxue chuckled and said, "How could that be? Of course, it's best to send out good wishes as soon as possible."

"Thank you. I've finished asking you on behalf of my family. Thank you for your refusal; it makes me feel that we can still be good friends."

"No, Karl, we're still good friends. While I can't agree to the oil well deal with you, I won't agree to any other powerful family's either. I don't want to lose this opportunity. However, we can cooperate elsewhere. Believe me, the profits won't be less than those from the oil well, and there won't be as much risk."

Carl asked, somewhat incredulously, "Really?"

"Of course, if you can't decide, why don't you go home and have a meeting, and we can continue talking about it? This isn't something that can be resolved in a day or two, don't you think?"

"good!"

Both were satisfied with the conversation and neither wanted to lose such a trustworthy friend over an oil well. As for the Ulrich family, An Moxue believed that although they wanted to get involved in the oil well, they would be more willing to accept her proposed cooperation once they realized they had no hope. After all, who would complain about having more money?

However, the cooperation may not be possible until the oil well issue is completely settled.

However, she's not in a hurry, and she doesn't have time right now; she's busy!

The drug she administered at the secret military base wouldn't take effect forty-eight hours. Even if the soldiers were in good physical condition, they would only wake up an hour and a half earlier, giving them plenty of time.

She doesn't plan to take the items out anytime soon. She's also afraid of attracting the attention of bad elements in China. Even if a large batch of items enters the country secretly, it will become a secret if it's handled by too many people.

Without strong backing, you have to think about every aspect. To make contributions, you have to not only be excellent, but outstanding. However, you can't be too outstanding, otherwise you will become a thorn in the side of certain families and hinder the development of their descendants. How could they let you go?

She had to survive in the cracks, and the further she went, the more cautious she became. Now, she was just hoping that the political reforms in Lan Kingdom would end soon. Once the reform and opening up came, things would be much easier for her, and she wouldn't have to be so timid and hesitant as she was now.

For the next two days, there was no news and everything was normal. Then, on the third night after the incident, a curfew was imposed on the streets, roadblocks were set up at street corners, and soldiers went into every household to conduct searches.

When I arrived at An Moxue's house, she was organizing the things she had put away.

There were just too many things, so she put them all on the ground in the first and second courtyards of the space, filling it completely, leaving no room to even step.

When the soldier knocked on the door, he was surprised to find such a beautiful woman opening it. She went inside, checked every corner of the house, asked a few questions, and then left without giving him any trouble, finding no clues.

What An Moxue didn't know was that the Russian military intended to transport this batch of firearms and supplies to the border between Russia and Lan Kingdom to deal with Lan Kingdom; the military there had already prepared its operational plans.

Ultimately, the plan was forced to be cancelled due to the loss of supplies, which inadvertently prevented a small-scale war from taking place.

The border military was furious when they heard the news, thinking it was the peace faction's doing, especially the arrangement of the guards. If the enemy had taken the supplies, why would they have spared all the soldiers' lives? And why would they have sent them all to the rest rooms to keep them warm?

An Moxue was unaware that her actions had caused a misunderstanding among the pro-war military, leading to a fierce conflict between the two factions of the Russian military.

If she knew, she'd probably laugh herself awake in her sleep.