Yan Lin returned to his room and, after finishing his face wash, was about to call Xu Manzhi when he saw a group of people rushing into his room, accompanied by his division commander, Lü Liang.
"Yan Lin, there's something I need to talk to you about," Lü Liang said.
“Commander, you’re too kind. Please feel free to speak your mind,” Yan Lin said.
Lü Liang glanced at Yan Song beside him.
Yan Song's breath hitched.
His face turned ashen, and he couldn't utter a word.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Yan Lin had a bad feeling.
"Go ahead and say it, after all, you're quite familiar with them both," Lü Liang said thoughtfully.
Yan Song looked very uncomfortable.
He turned his face away, pondered for a moment, took a document from a soldier behind him, and handed it to Yan Lin: "Take a look for yourself. You should have seen it before, but this time it's different."
Yan Lin found it strange.
"Alright, everyone else who is not involved, get out and wait outside!" Lü Liang gave the order.
"yes."
Everyone present left at once. Even though Zou Xiaozhou wanted to stay, he could only follow orders and leave with everyone else.
Soon, only three people remained in the room.
Yan Lin opened the file folder, pulled out one of the papers, looked at it, and his expression immediately turned somewhat grim.
When his marriage was blocked, he came to the military region in person and had already seen the document mixed in with the application.
The content concerns Xu Manzhi's true background.
She is not a member of the Jiang family, nor is she the biological daughter of Jiang Mingda and Gu Meiyun. Back then, Jiang Hejun, the eldest son of the Jiang family, thought he had done everything perfectly, and no one knew the past. In fact, everything was under surveillance.
Xu Manzhi is a descendant of the Xu family, a powerful clan in the pseudo-state.
After the outbreak of war, the Xu family consistently supported the counter-revolutionaries, and even defected to the enemy, killing revolutionaries everywhere... Their intentions are despicable.
Originally, the Xu family evacuated together, but Du Yuzhi, Xu Manzhi's birth mother, was a courageous woman who secretly saved many revolutionaries and provided cover for them at every turn. When the Xu family forced her to leave, she secretly ran away, pregnant with Xu Manzhi.
Unfortunately, Du Yuzhi died in childbirth in the hospital.
Xu Manzhi was originally supposed to receive special treatment.
However, driven by greed, Jiang Hejun actually swapped Xu Manzhi with Xu Guidao's family in Xinghua Village, and insisted that Xu Manzhi was Jiang's own flesh and blood.
The Jiang family's own flesh and blood died less than two years after being sent to the orphanage...
Xu Manzhi was lucky to survive.
But she was a pawn used to persuade the Xu family to surrender.
Yan Lin wanted to marry her, and a group of leaders hesitated for a long time. At first, they refused, especially Yan Song, who repeatedly vouched for Yan Lin, assuring him that he was upright and devoted to the country...
Then, when Yan Lin broke into the military region last time, Lü Liang didn't hide anything and gave the document directly to Yan Lin, asking him, "Even so, are you still willing to marry her?"
Yan Lin immediately declared: "Xu Manzhi is the woman I've chosen. She has the blood of the Xu family, but she was raised in our new China. I believe in her and in the education she received from our country. She is definitely not a bad woman. I am willing to stake my future and my life on her."
Seeing this, Lü Liang decided to give Xu Manzhi a chance.
If it turns out that the Xu family did not have any secret contact with Xu Manzhi, then this matter will no longer be pursued, and Yan Lin will spend his entire life protecting this secret.
But she betrayed us.
Yan Lin pulled out another document.
A forged letter of introduction, a map of the city under lockdown, and information on various hidden outposts...
Then, he picked up another document.
The document contained the testimony of spy Chen Kaishui, who was secretly colluding with Xu Manzhi. In an attempt to clear her name, she left her clothes at the production team, hoping to gain Yan Lin's trust...
The last document is Jiang Pengyue's testimony.
She said, "Xu Manzhi colluded with the spy Chen Kaishui, and frequently went to the Jiang family's basement, leaving secret letters on several occasions, and was secretly communicating with a mysterious person..."
"That's impossible!" Yan Lin slammed the document down.
He didn't believe a single word.
He handled the Chen Kaishui matter personally, and Xu Manzhi was with him the whole time. How could it be her doing? Doesn't that prove he's an idiot?
“Yan Lin, I know you’re infatuated with Xu Manzhi, but she has ulterior motives. The mysterious person Jiang Pengyue mentioned is a spy for the Xu family. Are you still going to play dumb?” Lü Liang said helplessly.
The Xu family had already colluded with Xu Manzhi.
They have never given up the idea of subverting the country.
There's a problem with the blood vessels.
Xu Manzhi was born and raised in Xinhua, but she is still...
"No, no, I don't believe it. Give me time, and I will definitely find out the truth. She must have been wronged," Yan Lin said vehemently.
He absolutely refused to believe it.
I would never believe it, not even if you killed me.
Lü Liang knew that Xu Manzhi would have a hard time accepting this, but since they hadn't caught the Xu family's spy yet, they couldn't easily take action against Xu Manzhi. They had to use her as bait to lure out this big fish...
“Take your time to process this. We’ll give you a month. If you’ve thought it through, then we can discuss it again. You have to choose between your country and your wife,” Lü Liang said earnestly.
*Snap*
Yan Lin's expression changed drastically.
He nearly lost his balance, swaying for a moment before regaining his footing.
Yan Song's face was already covered in tears.
He was the person least willing to accept it.
How could such a thing happen to such a promising talent that we've worked so hard to cultivate?
The impact on him was self-evident.
But to say that Xu Manzhi was a bad woman, he also deeply doubted it; his inner resistance was no less than anyone else's. So he remained caught in the vortex, trying every means to get Lü Liang to give him more time...
They only managed to get a month to do it.
"Think about it carefully."
"I want to go back to Haicheng!"
Yan Lin rushed outside without regard for anything, but was stopped.
Yan Song said urgently, "Don't be impulsive. This concerns Zhizhi's life or death. If you're not careful, she'll lose her life. Don't do anything reckless."
"But--"
Yan Lin felt a pang of heartache at the thought that his wife was surrounded by spies.
He couldn't stand it for even a second longer.
His eyes were bloodshot as he said, "I believe in my country, I believe in the organization, but who can say for sure what will happen these past few years? Da Niu's death just happened..."
Some things cannot be said.
When it comes to talking about life and death.
But even if people don't talk about the past, don't they understand it in their hearts?
Yan Song was also helpless.
He changed the subject, saying, "How about this, I'll have Zhou Wen investigate secretly. If there are any problems, there's bound to be a turning point..."
"And Qian Lei, and Secretary Ling."
Haicheng isn't completely deserted.
They are all people who care about Xu Manzhi, so they should be willing to help.
Yan Lin's mind was completely in turmoil.
But he flatly rejected Yan Song's suggestion, saying firmly, "No, I want to investigate this matter myself. I'll use everything I have right now as collateral. If she has any problems, I'm willing to stand trial with her... to the death."
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