When Chen Ping returned, Xu Yaozu called him over, and the two went to the Xu family next door. They talked for a long time in Xu Yaozu's study.
Xu Xinning knew that Xu Yaozu was talking to him about Wang Ying, and she was actually quite worried about Chen Ping.
Put yourself in her shoes. If you found out that your lover wasn't really your lover, that she approached you with ulterior motives, yet you'd been living together for over ten years and you loved her so much, how could she possibly accept that all at once?
Chen Jianguo watched as Xu Yaozu and his father walked out of the courtyard. He stared at the gate, feeling extremely panicked.
How could his mother be an enemy agent?
Aren't enemy agents all menacing with pointed mouths, monkey cheeks, and triangular eyes?
In movies, enemy agents are usually portrayed like this: viewers can easily identify them, and they are then subjected to various tricks, eventually being captured, criticized by the public, and executed.
Chen Jianguo felt that his mother was the gentlest person in the world. She spoke softly and was always smiling. Her students all liked her very much. How could his mother be an enemy agent?
Chen Jianguo felt there must be a mistake.
Chen Jianguo greatly admired Xu Yaozu and wanted to ask him to help investigate the matter thoroughly, as he didn't want his mother to be wrongly accused after her death.
Just then, he saw Xu Yaozu and Chen Ping leave. He knew that his father and Xu Yaozu had a good relationship, and he hoped that his father thought the same way he did.
The truth is that Chen Ping was really devastated after hearing Xu Yaozu's words. He covered his face with his hands and couldn't calm himself down for a long time.
Xu Yaozu: "Wang Ying provided a lot of useful information. Nannan said she came back this time to retrieve a list that Wang Ying had hidden. Although Wang Ying was an enemy agent and her motives when she contacted you were impure, she was ultimately turned for the sake of you two. Becoming an enemy agent was not her wish, after all, she is not a citizen of our country. Speaking of which, her life is really quite tragic, being used by her country her whole life. If she hadn't been afraid that her identity would affect you and your son, she probably wouldn't have handed over all the information. So, Aping, you shouldn't care about her identity anymore. Even if she wasn't sincere towards you at first, after living together for so many years, she should have developed feelings for you long ago."
Chen Ping suddenly looked up and said, "Actually, Jianguo is not my child."
Xu Yaozu was stunned.
Chen Ping: "After we got married, she was very resistant to me touching her. At first, I thought she was just shy because she was a virgin, unlike me, a divorced man who was experienced in such matters. But the more she refused, the more suspicious I became, until I found out that she was using a sedative on me at night."
A drug?
Xu Yaozu opened his mouth wide in surprise.
Chen Ping rubbed his face and continued, "Although my performance in the army wasn't outstanding, I still had the necessary vigilance. I couldn't let our unit down. So we didn't sleep together for a long time after we got married. Then one day she suddenly became very enthusiastic towards me, and I was caught off guard and drugged. Not long after, she said she was pregnant. If it were my first marriage, I might have been kept in the dark, but she forgot that I was a divorced man with a son. Although I don't know if we slept together that time, the timing of the pregnancy doesn't match up."
Xu Yaozu: "You knew from the beginning that Jian Guo wasn't your son, so why were you still so good to him?"
Chen Ping: "Yaozu, maybe I really am bewitched. I don't know why I just like her. As long as she can live a good life with me, I'll accept it even if the child isn't mine. Besides, we already have a son, don't we?"
Hsu Yao-tsu: "Your later decision to retire must have been related to her, right?"
Chen Ping nodded and said, "We've been married for several years, and she's still lukewarm towards me. I thought that changing the environment, going to a place where I'm the only one she can rely on, might make her reciprocate my feelings. But speaking of which, our relationship has definitely changed since we came back. She no longer rejects me, and she hasn't used any more drugs on me. Only then did we start living a normal married life. Yaozu, do you know how happy I was back then? That's why I work so hard to earn money, just to make her comfortable."
Xu Yaozu sighed, never expecting his brother to feel so aggrieved.
Chen Ping: "Yaozu, I never imagined she would be an enemy agent. I just thought she married me because I admired my military profession and made her feel safe. Besides, she was a bit older at the time, and it was indeed not easy for her to find someone in the countryside. I never expected that she married me because of my profession, but not out of admiration. Instead, she wanted to steal intelligence more effectively."
Chen Ping chuckled wryly, "I was stupid back then. How could a divorced man like me be so lucky as to have such an outstanding girl chasing after me to marry me?"
Xu Yaozu patted Chen Ping on the shoulder and said, "It's all in the past. From the moment she said that she was born Chen Ping's person and died Chen Ping's ghost, it's clear that your feelings weren't unresponsive. Give her a proper burial and forget about the bad things."
Chen Ping glanced out the window and said softly, "Are you sure she did this for me and not for her son?"
Xu Yaozu: "Aping, let's not dwell on this. We all know how Wang Ying treats Nannan. Not only Nannan, but she's also very good to Guoqing and the others. This kindness isn't just superficial. If you're really uncomfortable, you can unilaterally file for divorce. In that case, Wang Ying can't be buried in your ancestral graveyard."
Chen Ping remained silent for a long time before waving his hand and saying, "Forget it, forget it. I indulged her while she was alive, so what's more, now that she's dead? I owe her something in this life."
The next day, Wang Ying was finally buried next to Chen Guoqing's mother. There was an empty space between the two graves, presumably reserved for Chen Ping.
Some people whispered behind his back that Chen Ping was lucky to have women on both sides, but they all died young.
Because of their pregnancies, Xu Xinning and Kuang Meizhu did not accompany Wang Ying up the mountain; they simply stood at the gate of the courtyard and watched the main group depart.
Since Wang Ying had already been cremated, there was no need to carry a coffin.
Chen Ping held Wang Ying's ashes, while Chen Jianguo held a photograph of Wang Ying from her lifetime.
Xu Laosan and Mu Jingheng helped hold the umbrella.
Xu Mingyang, along with Xiao Ning, several other soldiers, and able-bodied men from the village, went to help dig up the grave.
Wang Ying's grave was newly built; no one would prepare such things for themselves at such a young age.
Therefore, although Wang Ying's funeral was rushed, it was handled very neatly, without any sense of being flustered or overwhelmed.
When Xu Mingyang and Xiao Ning were going down the mountain, they ran into Old Man Xu and Old Woman Xu by the cowshed.
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