After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 114, Episode 0118: They're finally back!
Lin Yuexi was also a little dumbfounded; this matter seemed to be quite Muggle-like.

Well, from any perspective, as long as Mr. Xu is still alive, Xu Dezhi is not very active.

Even setting aside Mr. Xu himself, whether from a public or private perspective, he probably doesn't want his image to be ruined.

Lin Yuexi clicked her tongue in exasperation, speechless in the face of Chief Ning.

"Don't get involved in this matter. Just pretend you don't know anything. Your father and I will keep an eye on Jiuquan. If we can really get the book and find a way to prove certain things, we will try to use it to get the Star Book out. However, we can't touch Xu Dezhi in the short term."

Lin Yuexi remained silent.

Chief Ning thought she was expressing her dissatisfaction silently because she was young and hot-tempered, and he felt a little annoyed and helpless.

What else could he do? This brat was the daughter of his best friend who had saved his life several times, so even if she caused trouble for him, he didn't dare to scold her loudly.

Ning Yuanqun and Leng Zhi went to support C together back then, and the two participated in several battles together. Leng Zhi was good at shooting from a distance and often took charge of ensuring the safety of his teammates from the rear. Ning Yuanqun was hot-tempered and liked to charge into battle. He would rush in and fight without hesitation if there was a disagreement. From this division of labor, it is not hard to guess that Leng Zhi saved Ning Yuanqun from the enemy's gun emplacements several times.

Since they weren't originally in the same team, they went back to their respective homes after returning to China. However, because of their life-or-death friendship, they maintained contact and can still support each other even though the circumstances have changed.

It was only after receiving Leng Zhi's veiled advice that Lin Yuexi sought help from Chief Ning as soon as she returned from the farm, because seeking help from him was tantamount to directly seeking help from Leng Zhi.

Commander Ning is the commander of the Northeast Corps, while Leng Zhi is the commander of the Northwest Corps. Jiuquan is located in the Northwest Gobi Desert. If you want to investigate things in Jiuquan, it would be more convenient and less likely to arouse suspicion if you went to Leng Zhi, since the Northwest Corps is responsible for the security of Jiuquan's perimeter.

The reason she didn't contact her father directly was because it would be too easy to expose her. But it's different with Commander Ning. Next month, the two army corps will have a competition, so it's normal for the two leaders to contact each other occasionally.

Chief Ning understood why Lin Yuexi had come to him, and he wasn't upset that she had implicated him. In fact, he approved of her actions.

Children shouldn't worry about so much; these are the kinds of troubles that adults should be concerned about.

“I originally thought it was just my older brother’s bad luck, but now it seems that the other party was specifically targeting him.”

Chief Ning nodded with satisfaction. "Girl, you finally understand. Your older brother just happened to be at the right time and at the right place, and coincidentally, he encountered the right thing, which just became an opportunity for some people to pry open a crack in the Leng family."

"Don't you think about why your father and grandfather let your older brother suffer on the farm?"

Old Master Leng is not as good as Old Master Xu, but if Old Master Leng wanted to rescue Leng Xingshu from the farm, there was definitely a way. So why did he not only fail to rescue his grandson, but also send his most prized son from the capital to the Northwest?

These words were like sunlight breaking through a hole in the smog, and Lin Yuexi's back, which had been feeling heavy, suddenly felt much lighter.

She gave a rare, genuine smile. "Thank you, Uncle Ning."

Seeing that the girl had truly understood, Chief Ning breathed a sigh of relief. "No need for thanks. I'm just glad you don't mind your uncle being a bother."

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"Hey~ isn't that a military vehicle? What's going on? Which company is it heading to?"

Upon seeing the military green vehicles approaching their brigade from afar, the group of people chatting idly under the big tree at the village entrance all fell silent. Their expressions darkened as they looked at the increasingly vivid green. They were from a brigade that both wanted to see military vehicles and feared seeing them, and even more so, feared that officers were riding inside.

The vehicle slowly approached and stopped not far from the tree. The rear door opened, and a slender figure stepped out.

Aunt Wu slapped her thigh and exclaimed "Wow!" as she ran over with lightning speed, shouting, "Lin Zhiqing, you're finally back!"

Aunt Lu, while running, rolled up and packed the towels and yarn in her hands, her voice even louder than Aunt Wu's: "Lin Zhiqing, are you feeling any better? I heard from Sister Guihua that you went to the military hospital for treatment. Judging from your condition now, are you better?"

Aunt Zheng, who was only a step slower than her, gave her a kick, almost making her stumble. "Can't you speak properly?"

Turning his head, he grinned and called out to Lin Yuexi, "Lin Zhiqing, have you had lunch yet? My family steamed some sticky rice cakes for lunch. Come over to my house for a bite."

After dropping Lin Yuexi off, the car continued driving into the village, albeit slowly. Everyone in the car could see that Lin Yuexi was soon surrounded by a group of elderly women.

Leng Xingchen forced a smile and nudged Leng Xingran beside her with her elbow, "Is our Xibao really that popular in the village?"

He originally thought it would be the same as in the compound, where people liked him but were also genuinely afraid, and few dared to actually get close.

I didn't expect everyone here to be so enthusiastic, and Xi Bao seems to like them very much too.

Leng Xingran acted as if Leng Xingchen was making a fuss over nothing, saying, "This is nothing. If you were there before the Lunar New Year, you would have been really scared. There were guests at home every moment. In the end, we had no choice but to close the door."

Fortunately, the group had a tacit understanding that once the door was closed, it meant that guests were not welcome, and unless they were people with whom they had a good relationship, they would not come to bother them.

Leng Xingchen was shocked and didn't understand why.

Is it simply because Xi Bao is pretty?

Unlikely?
Leng Xingran immediately cleared up his doubts, "The villagers around here used to only eat the mountain produce they got from the mountains, or at most they would get some to sell at the purchasing store. But you should know the prices at the purchasing store, Second Brother. They are so low that the whole family might not be able to earn twenty or thirty yuan even after working hard for a month or two."

As for tickets, forget about them; the purchasing shops only give money, not tickets, when they buy things.

To put it simply, in previous years, unless someone's family was truly struggling to make ends meet, almost no one would go out of their way to collect mountain products and send them to the purchasing store.

“Our Xibao helped the village find a way. This year, department stores and several supply and marketing cooperatives from Shanghai came to the village to buy mountain products. The person in charge from Shanghai also made an appointment with the village to come again next year.”

Leng Xingran grinned smugly, "Second brother, did you notice? A lot of the old ladies at the village entrance were wearing new clothes just now."

Leng Xingchen ignored him and instead lowered the car window, sticking her head out to look back. [Don't imitate this!]

As expected of his daughter, Xi Bao. While others go to the countryside claiming to support rural areas but actually just to take advantage of the villagers, she doesn't mince words and genuinely comes to support rural areas.