Xu Hanli was so ashamed by Xu Ruantang's words that he wanted to disappear.
He was even angrier that Old Chen had betrayed him.
But now is not the time to pursue Old Chen. The most urgent task is to appease Xu Ruantang, otherwise he will suffer in silence later.
Xu Hanli rubbed his hands together and smiled sheepishly, "Sister-in-law, it's all for work, I'm so sorry."
"After all, the fewer people who know about this, the greater the chance of success."
He looked up sheepishly, "Sister-in-law, I promise I'll come to apologize another day!"
"Then, you can punish me however you want!"
Xu Ruantang immediately became serious. "Alright, let's put that aside for now. Tell me, when did Zhang Chao die?"
The commotion last night was huge, and Xu Hanli and his team are extremely busy today.
Xu Ruantang didn't talk to him for long before letting him go.
She slowly went downstairs, processing what she had just heard.
What is certain now is that Shen Youyou was officially targeted after Chen Gang's incident.
In other words, from the moment Shen Youyou stepped into the hospital, her every word and action was being monitored.
Xu Hanli didn't like her at all; he was just putting on an act to capture her.
What about Lu Shishen?
Xu Ruantang walked to the door of the ward, assuming that only Wang Xiuxiu was inside, and pushed the door open to go inside.
An enamel mug flew right in front of me.
If she hadn't reacted quickly, it would have hit her in the face.
"Lu Shishen, you're such a good actor, why don't you just become an actor?"
"What do you mean by telling me this now? We're divorced anyway, what does your business have to do with me?"
"Get out!"
Wang Xiuxiu was furious. She grabbed something from the table and threw it at Lu Shishen.
Who knew that instead of hitting him, it almost hit Xu Ruantang, who had just come in.
"Ruan Tang, are you alright?"
Wang Xiuxiu quickly asked her.
Xu Ruantang shook her head. "It's nothing."
She picked up the enamel mug from the ground and said, "Excuse me, you guys talk first."
I won't be so reckless next time.
I was so engrossed in thinking that I forgot to knock.
Wang Xiuxiu waved to her, "No need, come here."
Her face turned cold as she turned away. "I have nothing to talk to you about. Please leave."
Lu Shishen pursed his lips, his expression changing slightly.
In the end, he said nothing and turned to leave the ward.
As soon as he left, Xu Ruantang closed the ward door and bolted it shut.
"Sister Xiuxiu, did you hear the gunshots last night?"
Wang Xiuxiu, uninterested, raised her hand and pinched the space between her eyebrows. "Chen Youyou is dead."
Xu Ruantang hadn't even touched the stool when she jumped up again, "What?!"
"Shh!"
Xu Ruantang quickly lowered her voice, "Did Company Commander Lu say that?"
Wang Xiuxiu's face was full of indescribable expression. After a moment, she nodded, "Yes, he said it was all a lie. He said Shen Youyou is a spy and that she got close to him for ulterior motives."
"They also said that after discussing it with the troops, they told him to go along with the plan, and he had to obey orders."
Xu Ruantang was dumbfounded and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
"So, when Company Commander Lu hugged her, spoke to her, and even unconditionally believed her after she fell down the stairs, it was all just an act?"
Wang Xiuxiu nodded.
Xu Ruantang blinked. "Speechless. So bizarre. Hard to judge."
She really didn't know what to say.
"A bunch of grown men, catching spies through acting, are they going to say it's all to lure out the bigger fish behind the scenes?"
The thought of this possibility made Xu Ruantang's forehead twitch.
Wang Xiuxiu nodded emphatically, "You guessed exactly right, that's exactly how Lu Shishen explained it."
When she first heard this statement, she really didn't know how to react.
At that time, she asked Lu Shishen, "So what are you trying to do by telling me all this?"
The way Lu Shishen looked at her with such deep affection gave her goosebumps.
She anticipated what Lu Shishen was about to say and quickly spoke up to stop him: "Stop!"
"Our divorce has little to do with Shen Youyou."
Wang Xiuxiu calmly analyzed, "Even without her, we would still get a divorce."
At that moment, Lu Shishen's eyes were red, and he was very emotional.
He grabbed Wang Xiuxiu's arm and said, "I know you've been wronged, and it's understandable that you're angry with me, but we don't necessarily have to get a divorce."
Lu Shishen's Adam's apple bobbed. "Xiao Zhao is still so young. Can you bear to let him watch his parents separate?"
It would have been better if he hadn't said those things; they only made Wang Xiuxiu angrier.
Lu Shishen wasn't there to beg for peace; he seemed more like he was there to force a marriage.
Wang Xiuxiu sighed, “I told him to leave, but he wouldn’t. Then you saw what happened. I’m so sorry the enamel mug didn’t smash in his face!”
Xu Ruantang has finally gotten some real gossip.
She stared blankly at Wang Xiuxiu, mouth agape, "This Company Commander Lu is truly no ordinary person!"
"They are all birds of a feather."
Wang Xiuxiu closed her eyes and leaned wearily against the headboard. "I reckon there will be all sorts of people coming to see me next."
Lu Shishen sacrificed too much because of the mission.
The military will naturally send people to do ideological work on her.
"Sister Xiuxiu, what are your thoughts?"
Xu Ruantang put herself in Chen Ji's shoes and thought that if Chen Ji had done this, she would have smashed a dent in his head with an enamel mug.
No one could understand it.
Wang Xiuxiu shook her head. "If I can get a divorce, I won't go back."
Her expression was firm. "I'm just an ordinary person, living an ordinary life. He and I are not on the same path."
"At most, I won't blame him."
Xu Ruantang nodded thoughtfully, "Anyway, I'll support whatever you do."
Wang Xiuxiu smiled with satisfaction.
Thinking of something, Xu Ruantang asked curiously, "Did Company Commander Lu say how Shen Youyou died?"
The person I met yesterday is gone just like that.
She wasn't sympathizing with Shen Youyou; firstly, her identity didn't deserve sympathy, and secondly, the things she had done were indeed hateful.
"That's strange. Isn't she the female protagonist of your book?"
Generally speaking, even if a novel has questionable values, the author will not create a protagonist with an incorrect stance.
Wang Xiuxiu said with a serious expression, "I'm also curious about this. Lu Shishen said that based on the information they currently have, this Shen Youyou is very likely a fake."
"Really?"
Xu Ruantang felt a chill run down her spine for no reason.
Wang Xiuxiu shook her head, "I don't know, the chances of it being bad are slim."
"I estimate that because of my transmigration into the book, the magnetic field of the original novel's world has been damaged, and it is no longer the same as before."
"So it's not certain whether the original owner will appear or not."
Xu Ruantang suddenly fell silent.
Her eyes flickered slightly, and after a moment she asked, "Then how did she die?"
Wang Xiuxiu lowered her voice, "She and Yang Weidong are a couple, they are not cousins at all."
"Besides the gunshots last night, there were also explosives planted downstairs. It's said that there was enough to destroy the entire building!"
"Chen Youyou died while taking a bullet for Yang Weidong."
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