Xu Ruoling seemed somewhat surprised. "Not bad, you have guts."

She knew Yu Yao knew martial arts, but a girl who had learned from the village militia was no match for a specially trained agent like herself.

However, just in case, she took a pair of handcuffs out of her pocket and threw them in front of Yu Yao.

"Cuff your hands and come over here."

Wu Wanying said anxiously, "Yu Yao, don't agree to her request. She wants a hostage. Mom can be a hostage. It's not that I have to take you."

Yu Yao comforted Wu Wanying instead: "Mom, don't worry. Didn't she say that she would let me go as long as she sees Mo Ruqing? Go find Battalion Commander Wu in a little while and have him inform Lu Ze."

After saying that, she picked up the handcuffs and cuffed her hands. "If I agree to be handcuffed, you can release my mother and let her go and tell Lu Ze to bring Mo Ruqing over?"

Xu Ruoling sneered: "That's right, do you dare?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Anyway, Mo Ruqing is in Lu Ze's hands, you wouldn't dare not let me go." Yu Yao said this deliberately to lower Xu Ruoling's guard, and walked up to her, "Can you let my mother go now?"

Xu Ruoling did not act immediately, but instead looked her up and down.

After confirming that this frail woman would not have a chance to do anything bad, he released Wu Wanying and grabbed at Yu Yao.

Yu Yao lowered her eyes, poised to strike.

Right now.

In the blink of an eye, Yu Yao's handcuffed hands reached for Xu Ruoling's gun-wielding hand.

Xu Ruoling sensed something was wrong and immediately fired her gun.

Yu Yao grabbed Xu Ruoling's hand and pulled her aside. Gunshots rang out in the family compound, but were drowned out by the storm.

"Yu Yao, how dare you lie to me?!"

Xu Ruoling realized what was happening and, in a fit of rage, decided to kill Yu Yao with a gun.

As the two fought, Yu Yao, unable to unleash her full strength due to her hands being bound, was slightly at a disadvantage in the struggle for the pistol with Xu Ruoling.

She suddenly frowned. During the fight, her hand had been pricked by something. Her gaze fell on the hem of Xu Ruoling's clothes.

It's the thorns of the iron fence.

Wu Wanying grabbed the kimchi jar with flowers on the cabinet, intending to ambush Xu Ruoling, but Xu Ruoling dodged it and was almost hit by the accidentally discharged pistol.

"Mom, go find Battalion Commander Wu quickly and tell him to find Lu Ze."

Knowing that staying would only hold them back, Wu Wanying decisively ran towards the door.

Xu Ruoling's expression changed, and she moved her pistol to sweep it toward Yu Yao's back, but Yu Yao stopped her.

Wu Wanying stumbled and ran out.

A violent storm raged, with strong winds blowing so hard that people couldn't open their eyes.

When she found Battalion Commander Wu, her face and body were covered in mud. "Battalion Commander Wu, quickly notify Lu Ze! Xu Ruoling has taken me hostage! To save me, Yu Yao, handcuffed, fought with Xu Ruoling."

Battalion Commander Wu's expression changed. "Regimental Commander Lu hasn't gone far yet. Go and inform him quickly. I'll take some men and head over there first."

Upon learning of Yu Yao and Xu Ruoling's situation, Lu Ze immediately turned around and ran home.

The soldiers chased after them relentlessly, but were left further and further behind, experiencing for the first time the speed of a true elite soldier.

Just as Battalion Commander Wu's men arrived at Yu Yao's doorstep, Lu Ze had already arrived.

He gave a brief instruction without explanation: "Battalion Commander Wu, Zhou Yuju is the mole. Take men to arrest her and don't let her escape."

Another gunshot rang out, and Lu Ze's expression changed drastically as he rushed into the courtyard.

Yu Yao was almost exhausted. She sat on Xu Ruoling, the handcuffs pressed tightly against Xu Ruoling's neck, while Xu Ruoling's hands were choking her neck.

Xu Ruoling was so choked she almost rolled her eyes back, and Yu Yao's face turned red.

The soldiers surrounded Xu Ruoling, raising their pistols at her: "Xu Ruoling, you are surrounded. Surrender now."

When Yu Yao saw Lu Ze, she forced a smile and said, "You've finally arrived."

The soldiers came over and restrained Xu Ruoling.

Before Xu Ruoling was taken away, she looked at Yu Yao and asked, "You just said that Ru Qing is still alive, were you lying to me?"

Yu Yao leaned on Lu Ze, barely managing to stay upright.

Upon hearing this, he looked at Xu Ruoling with a cold expression, "Of course I'm lying to you. Mo Ruqing killed so many soldiers; she deserved to die."

Xu Ruoling confirmed the news, laughed heartily, her eyes filled with tears, and then looked at Yu Yao and Lu Ze.

The concern in Lu Ze's eyes was something he had never shown when interacting with his own daughter, which stung Xu Ruoling's heart.

She cursed viciously, "Lu Ze, Yu Yao, you will never be happy. The military will never find out who the mole is from me. It would be best if the military were to live in constant suspicion and fear forever."

Unexpectedly, Yu Yao was not afraid of her words; instead, she even smiled.

"Xu Ruoling, you're overestimating the mole. Is it Zhou Yinhua, Cai Minlan, Zhou Yuju... one of them?"

When Xu Ruoling heard a certain name, her eyes flashed for a moment. "I won't say it. Don't even think about getting a single word out of me."

Yu Yao shrugged. "No need. It's Zhou Yuju, right?"

Xu Ruoling looked up abruptly, staring at her as if she had seen a ghost, utterly bewildered: "Impossible! How could you know? I didn't give myself away at all from beginning to end, how could you know!"

Lu Ze and the others also cast surprised glances at Yu Yao. They had only just learned of this news themselves, so how did Yu Yao find out about it?

Yu Yao looked at Xu Ruoling, "You really want to know?"

Seeing Xu Ruoling's eager gaze, she changed the subject, a half-smile on her face: "Of course, it's because I can predict the future."

A few chuckles rippled through the crowd; the young soldiers present were amused by the woman's answer.

"You dare to play me!" Xu Ruoling was furious and embarrassed after being tricked.

Yu Yao looked at her coldly: "The more you want to know, the less I'll tell you. I heard you have OCD, and you can't sleep or eat until you solve a mystery. Then you should think carefully about where you slipped up from the moment you stepped into my house."

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