The two sisters-in-law were right; the arrest operation was not progressing quickly.

The Shang family was arrested early this morning. Shang Qiu is definitely a spy. Xia Wenhua provided evidence. The investigation also found that Shang Qiu had been instructing other family members to say things they shouldn't have. There's no way to clear this up.

Apart from Shang Qiu, the Shang battalion commander's family seemed to be without any problems.

Shang Zhijie started crying foul as soon as he was arrested, speaking with righteous indignation. His wife and daughters, who were not exactly easy to deal with to begin with, caused a scene at the base.

In other times, if you could get involved with spies, you wouldn't need to give them any face; you could do whatever you wanted.

Shang Zhijie's wife had just given birth, and Shang Qiu came to the garrison to take care of his sister-in-law who was in confinement. There were so many grown men in the military camp, they couldn't possibly stoop to the level of a new mother, could they?

There's been absolutely no progress with the intelligence agents except for Shang Qiu. Since being arrested, Shang Qiu has remained silent and uncooperative, and he's also having to outwit Shang Zhijie's wife. Political Commissar Li, who's in charge of this matter, is nearly driven to his death by this ordeal.

Pei Songbai is destined to be transferred, and even though it hasn't been said outright yet, he needs to avoid any appearance of impropriety in this matter.

He had been secretly watching, but when he found there was no progress, he was in a bad mood all day, and his face looked unpleasant when he got home.

The conversation between her two sisters-in-law had already prepared Xia Wenhua mentally, so she knew this matter would definitely not be easy. Seeing that Pei Songbai's expression was not good when he returned, she was not surprised.

"Songbai, do you think this will be of any use?"

As soon as Pei Songbai entered the room, Xia Wenhua pulled him in and took out the sketches she had prepared that afternoon.

When the portraits of two strangers appeared before him, Pei Songbai hesitated for a moment, not quite realizing what was happening.

"Wife, what's this?"

“Besides Shang Qiu, I also saw two other people yesterday. They are both in the county. I thought it would be difficult for Commander Mo and his men to arrest them, so I drew their pictures. Do you think this will be useful?”

By drawing directly from the drawing, they skipped the investigation step and were able to capture people first, giving them a significant advantage.

Pei Songbai immediately stood up: "Wife, did you draw this? How similar is it to the real person?"

“The similarity is over 90%. As long as you are careful, I think we can catch the person 100%!” Xia Wenhua was obviously very confident in the two portraits and quickly gave her answer.

I'm going out for a bit.

With the matter still unresolved, Pei Songbai had no appetite. He told Xia Wenhua and hurriedly went out.

Xia Wenhua understood Pei Songbai's feelings. Even she herself was thinking about catching the person as soon as possible, so of course she wouldn't stop Pei Songbai.

After Pei Songbai left, she finished eating with her child, cleaned up the dishes as usual, and prepared to put the child to sleep.

When Xia Wenhua entered the room, Pei Xiangchen and Pei Xiangguang were already sitting on the bed with a small blanket in their arms.

"Mom, come quick!"

The two children were much more enthusiastic towards Xia Wenhua than usual. Xia Wenhua didn't understand why, but she still went over as the two little darlings told her to.

"What's wrong, baby?"

She touched Xiao Chen, and then she touched Xiao Guang as well.

Both twins have good tempers, but she and Pei Songbai have always paid close attention to how they treat the two children, trying their best to be fair to each other.

"Mom, are you in a bad mood?"

It was rare that Xiao Chen wasn't the one to speak first today. Pei Xiangguang, carrying a small blanket, knelt down and moved from the inside of the bed to Xia Wenhua's side.

Pei Xiangchen, who was standing nearby, also took Xia Wenhua's hand: "Mom, Xiaochen and Xiaoguang are both good. Mom, don't be upset."

Xia Wenhua and Pei Songbai are both good-looking, so their two children are naturally not bad-looking either.

They were frowning, their two identical, adorable little faces almost scrunched up like steamed buns.

Xia Wenhua was surprised by the children's keen perception. She paused for a moment, then hugged the two children to her arms.

"Why would you think Mom is in a bad mood?"

The two children, nestled obediently in Xia Wenhua's arms, looked up at her at the same time: "Mom is just in a bad mood. Mom hasn't smiled at all today."

"We agreed yesterday that we would continue to collect stones today, but Mom didn't go."

"Yes, we agreed to plant a sapling together, but Mom didn't buy one at all."

"..."

The two children are only three years old, but their memories are exceptionally good. They started counting the things Xia Wenhua had promised to do but hadn't done in the past two days.

Xia Wenhua looked at the two children and listened to their stories, her eyes reddening.

She lived here with great care and naturally poured her heart and soul into this courtyard.

However, she had only been there for two months and hadn't even had time to change the yard to the way she wanted before she ran out of time.

Reason told Xia Wenhua that leaving was the best choice. With Commander Mo's guarantee, she wouldn't be demoted, and her family would live happily together again. There was nothing luckier than this.

But when she returned to the courtyard and saw the home she had personally decorated, knowing that she would never return after leaving, the feelings in her heart were truly indescribable.

In both her past and present lives, this is her first home, the first home where she had family, a home filled with warmth in every corner.

She had many ideas for this courtyard, and every area was within Xia Wenhua's calculations. For the past two months, she had been slowly transforming it into her dream courtyard, but unfortunately, she had to leave.

The transfer order hadn't been issued yet, so Xia Wenhua couldn't tell anyone else what she was saying.

Pei Songbai was still busy with his espionage business, and Xia Wenhua couldn't let her sorrow and sadness interfere with his important matters. She originally wanted to deal with it herself, but she didn't expect the two children to notice.

She hugged her two children tightly, burying her face between their shoulders.

A gentle pat came from her back; the two children, acting like adults, were comforting Xia Wenhua in their own way.

"Mom, why are you unhappy?"

They remembered even Xia Wenhua's casual suggestion on how to renovate the courtyard, so of course they wouldn't forget their original purpose. Their eyes fell on Xia Wenhua, wanting an answer.

The two angel babies relentlessly tried to cheer Xia Wenhua up, and while Xia Wenhua was touched, she also felt a desire to confide in them.

"Xiao Chen, Xiao Guang, something has happened. We may have to leave here. Mom just doesn't want to leave."

She hadn't figured out how to tell her two children yet, but after just starting out, her heart full of sorrow and longing was quickly dispelled by the children.

"Leave here? Are we going back?"

“It’s really time to go back. We’ve been away from Grandma for so long, she must miss us.”

Instead of the reluctance Xia Wenhua had imagined, Xiao Chen and Xiao Guang clapped their hands and cheered.

They chatted for a long time, each offering a sentence, and didn't forget to turn back to Xia Wenhua for approval.

"Mom, are we really going back to find Grandma?"