"Luhua, you take it first!" Sheng Laosan volunteered.
"Okay!" Shen Luhua was filled with questions and couldnât wait to stand up to answer the phone, while the others sensibly waited outside.
"Hello, Ningning?"
As the phone rang, Sheng Ning was pondering if she needed to introduce herself again as Little Yamaâs wife, when Shen Luhuaâs familiar voice came through.
"Mom! Itâs me, itâs me." Sheng Ning was ecstatic. "Mom, how are you and Dad doing?"
"Weâre both fine, weâre all good."
"And at home? Is everything okay at home?"
"You little girl, your dad and I are fine, so of course, the home is fine too. Besides us, who else is there at home? Anâan was taken away by you."
Sheng Ning felt quite guilty. She had long known she would face Shen Luhuaâs blame and had mentally prepared herself.
"Sorry, Mom, itâs my fault, but Iâve always felt that Anâan shouldnât stay in the countryside forever."
"Iâm not blaming you!"
"Thank you, Mom, I knew you love us the most."
"Ningning, I want to ask you something." Shen Luhuaâs tone became very serious, giving Sheng Ning a sudden bad premonition.
"Mom, go ahead, Iâm listening!"
"Today your dad and I went to town, and Mayor Liuâs whole family had bad luck, his sonâs hand was blown off by a bullet. Do you know about this?"
Sheng Ning tightened her grip on the phone, and the comrades at the War Wolf Rescue Team communication office, seeing her suddenly go silent, became tense as well.
The matter she had discussed with Su Hai just yesterday was already taken care of today. She knew how ruthless he was, but she didnât expect it to be done so swiftly.
"Mom..." She said hesitantly in a lowered voice: "Did you see this?" She hadnât planned to tell anyone, but Shen Luhua, being so sharp, had guessed it was her right away.
Thinking about it, Shen Luhua really wasnât like a rural woman; even now, people in the village still said that having her as a wife was a blessing Mr. Sheng earned in a past life.
After deliberating, she decided to come clean, "Mom, youâre not mad at me, are you?"
"Was it really you? How did you do it?"
"Yes!" Sheng Ning nodded, then remembered it was a phone call, and nodding couldnât be seen, so she explained, "I asked Su Hai to do it. How did he do?"
"Clean, swift, precise, Iâm very satisfied. Ningning, thank you, having a daughter like you in this life is very gratifying."
"Huh?" Sheng Ning was dumbfounded, thinking she would be scolded, only to be praised instead.
"I know itâs for Anâan."
"Yes!" Sheng Ning felt quite guilty, knowing that Shen Luhua was aware of Mayor Liuâs foolish sonâs true nature, which made her especially grateful. But if she knew about Anâanâs experiences in the past life, sheâd surely hate her.
Even she herself hated herself sometimes.
Sheng Ning ended up talking on the phone for a whole hour, and by the time she went out, Renault was no longer outside. That brat had followed her around all day, and when she planned to sneak a visit to National Security University to see Anâan, he caught on, leaving her no choice but to return to the War Wolf Rescue Team.
"Take care, sister-in-law."
"Take care, sister-in-law."
Leaving the communication office, she turned a corner towards the residential courtyard, and as she looked up, she saw Xu Qigang standing in the middle of the road wearing his rescue uniform. Sheng Ning stopped and stood quietly watching him.
"Come here." Xu Qigang beckoned, seeing Sheng Ning unhappy, he quickly explained, "The injury isnât healed yet..."