"Don't worry, I know!" Qiao Gaoyang didn't waste any time and quickly went to report the mission.
Su Yueya explained the situation to Minister Hu very quickly. After she finished speaking in a few words, she waited for Qiao Gaoyang.
After Qiao Gaoyang finished reporting his mission, he came to find Su Yueya. The two of them immediately hid in the space and began to review what they had heard that day.
"Second brother, did you hear Leng Yingying's inner thoughts by the river today?" Su Yueya asked to confirm.
Although the two had guessed the answer from each other's reactions, now that it was time for debriefing, they had to double-check all the details to prevent any errors from occurring.
"Yes! That's amazing!" Qiao Gaoyang said.
Fortunately, after experiencing Su Yueya's space, his ability to accept strange events is now very strong.
"She even said you're the heroine of some novel..."
I can accept it, but I also genuinely don't understand it.
“I don’t understand either,” Su Yueya shook her head, her expression equally puzzled, but her tone was firm. “Although I can’t understand it, I have a strange feeling that what she said was true!”
“I feel the same way,” Qiao Gaoyang agreed.
After all, an ordinary person couldn't really come up with something so outrageous, so the more unbelievable it seemed, the more credible it was, at least that's what they both thought.
"Forget it, if you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out. Let's put aside the matter of hearing her thoughts for now and discuss the matter of Zhengjun faking her death on a mission. Yueya, did Zhengjun tell you anything about it?" Qiao Gaoyang asked.
Actually, the answer to this question is already quite obvious.
The fact that it required faking death speaks volumes about the difficulty of this task.
The higher the difficulty level, the higher the level of secrecy of the mission. Even in the most intimate relationship, such as that between husband and wife, the mission taker must never tell their partner.
Otherwise, why bother faking death? Wouldn't that be redundant?
“Absolutely not!” Su Yueya was very certain, and she believed that Lu Zhengjun would never tell her, because he was definitely not the kind of person who would violate military regulations. “He would never tell me, but he has been acting very strangely lately, that's for sure…”
"For example?" Qiao Gaoyang asked.
He tried to gather more information so that it would be easier for the two of them to analyze the matter.
"For example, he suddenly takes a two-week leave!"
“Yes!” Qiao Gaoyang wholeheartedly agreed.
In the military, it's impossible to take such a long leave without a legitimate reason. At the time, Lu Zhengjun even said that it was a make-up leave because of her previous injury—and they actually believed her!
They trusted Lu Zhengjun too much; even with such an outrageous excuse, not a single member of the family suspected anything.
"Also, he's been practicing the secret manual with an unusually high intensity lately, and... he's become even more clingy than before." Su Yueya said, sounding a little embarrassed.
Although she was the second brother, she felt awkward talking to anyone about her private matters with Lu Zhengjun.
Qiao Gaoyang: "..."
He didn't want to comment on his sister and brother-in-law's private affairs, but he had witnessed their relentless practice firsthand, and he had even mocked his older brother at the time!
“Yes, my brother complained that Zhengjun was too frivolous. I even laughed at him at the time, but actually Zhengjun really was frivolous. I think he was preparing for the mission!” Qiao Gaoyang said belatedly.
“I can understand carrying out a mission, but why fake your death?” Su Yueya didn’t understand. Lu Zhengjun had carried out missions before, but he had never done this.
Even before Lu Zhengjun goes on a mission, he can tell her that he is going on a mission, but he will not mention the specific details of the mission.
“It is indeed possible to fake death,” Qiao Gaoyang began to analyze.
“Some missions are very difficult, such as spy missions. In such cases, it is necessary to arrange for the mission taker to fake their death so that they can start the mission under a new identity.”
“If I don’t change my identity, the enemy can easily see through my disguise. What’s more, they can match me with someone in the military. If I were just an ordinary person in the military and not famous, it wouldn’t matter, but I don’t fall into that category. So faking my death is the best option. A completely new identity is the best and safest disguise.”
"Leng Yingying's inner thoughts reveal that the Emperor's feigned death will last for three years, which means that this mission will last for at least three years... The fact that it still takes him so long, given his abilities, further illustrates the high difficulty of the mission."
In particular, Leng Yingying mentioned that Lu Zhengjun initially wanted to refuse the mission because he was worried that his faked death would upset Su Yueya. He only changed his mind after learning that the other candidate was Qiao Shouyan.
Ultimately, it was all for Su Yueya's sake.
"Should I tell my family about this?" Su Yueya hesitated.
If Lu Zhengjun faked her death, she wouldn't be the only one heartbroken; Lu Anguo and Bai Xiuhui would also be devastated...
Thinking of her mother-in-law, Su Yueya's heart clenched. How sad she must be!
As for the Qiao family, they must be very sad, since they now completely consider Lu Zhengjun as one of their own.
But this is Lu Zhengjun's mission after all. With so many soldiers in the family, they all understand the importance and necessity of keeping it a secret. If they find out by accident and then tell all their family members about it, would that be appropriate?
"We can't tell you, we have to keep it a secret," Qiao Gaoyang said cautiously.
Since it concerns the mission, it also concerns Lu Zhengjun's safety.
If they find out about it, and the Qiao family and the Lu family react inappropriately after Lu Zhengjun fakes her death, Lu Zhengjun's new identity might be put in danger. This is something we absolutely cannot gamble on!
"Okay!" Su Yueya trusted her second brother's judgment and nodded. "Then only the two of us will know, and we'll keep it from the rest of the family. And... after the news of the faked death comes out, we have to put on an act!"
"Yes, especially you. Your acting skills are of utmost importance. You have to make your performance as Crescent Moon more realistic!" Qiao Gaoyang reminded him.
With Lu Zhengjun dead, Su Yueya's reaction will definitely be huge.
Qiao Gaoyang also feels sad and upset, but his reactions are all understandable.
As for the other family members, since they were unaware of the situation, any reaction they make will be their most genuine reaction, and there won't be any problem with that.
"You'll have a tough time in the coming period—no, the next three years," Qiao Gaoyang said, his voice tinged with concern.
However, Su Yueya couldn't care less about anything else.
She couldn't blame Lu Zhengjun for his choice—because Lu Zhengjun accepted the mission for her and for Qiao Shouyan, and it was also for the sake of protecting the country. From any perspective, Su Yueya wouldn't blame him!
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