A lonely, unlucky military officer with a stubborn fate insisted on marrying me.

The night was as dark as ink, and Li Jinye moved freely through the jungles of Yue Kingdom like a ghostly shadow.

At the foot of the mountain, in an inconspicuous courtyard, Li Jinye approached with light footsteps. However, a wolfhound pricked up its ears alertly. Just as it was about to bark, a cold glint flashed, and Li Jinye's military dagger precisely slit its throat.

The wolfhound collapsed to the ground before it could even whimper.

He ignored the warm blood splattered on his boots, pressed himself against the windowsill, holding his breath.

The room was filled with noise, and a group of Yue soldiers were speaking nonsense in the Yue dialect.

"China is just an empty shell!" someone shouted.

"You know, they turned a blind eye to our instigation of border unrest a few days ago. And those overseas Chinese were chased away like stray dogs, and they didn't dare utter a single word!"

"They're scared!"

Another voice joined in the laughter, "We have lots of mountains and rivers here. The tropical jungles are incredibly dense. Although their army has a large number of soldiers, they don't have much experience in jungle warfare. They can't beat us!"

"Exactly, our strategy is to retreat when the enemy advances, harass when the enemy camps, attack when the enemy is exhausted, and pursue when the enemy retreats. It's designed to annoy people."

"Hahaha, you're right!"

"Our special agent team will make our move tomorrow night!"

When the main force arrives, we'll advance and seize their food and supplies!

"Yes, yes, yes! China has given us so much aid before. Now that we've won, our supplies will definitely be ten times better than usual!"

Li Jinye pressed himself against the window, a cold smile curving his lips.

This is the special forces of Yue Kingdom? Famous for surprise attacks? That's laughable.

Just as he was about to make his next move, a soldier swaggered out, pulling up his trousers.

He caught sight of a dark figure under the window, and before he could even open his mouth, Li Jinye pounced on him like a cheetah, slashing his throat with a military dagger, leaving blood everywhere.

After finishing, Li Jinye quickly took out a specially made smoke bomb from his backpack.

This was made using a type of sleeping gas that had been used by the Chinese military industry for thousands of years. Not long after, Yue Fei's soldiers lay sprawled haphazardly on the floor of the room.

Li Jinye made a gesture, and Chi Peng quickly came in from outside to help drag the people in the room to different rooms for separate interrogation.

The first prisoner who was dragged out had just woken up when he saw a tall man.

His face was covered in paint, a blurry mess that was impossible to see, but his voice was as cold as ice as he spoke in Yue dialect, "How many people are on this mission? What's the plan?"

The next moment he glanced at his watch, calmly counting, "5—" "4—"

Before Yue Bing could react to the sudden interrogation, a sharp knife pierced his palm.

"Ah—!" A piercing scream shattered the night sky.

His palm was nailed to the table!

Fresh blood flowed down the edge of the table and onto the floor.

"I can only endure for five seconds." The calm voice rang out again.

"5—" "4—"

Yue Bing immediately retorted, "Doesn't your China treat prisoners of war well?"

"3–" "2—" "1"

Li Jinye swung his knife again with a backhand motion, pinning his other hand firmly to the table!

"Ah—" The prisoner convulsed in pain, crying out, "I'll talk! I'll talk!" Is this man a devil?

However, the other person continued counting expressionlessly: "5—" "4—"

The numbers sounded like death knells, and the prisoners spoke so fast it was as if they were about to bite their tongues: "We are the vanguard company of the 305th Special Forces Division!"

I'm in the first platoon of the first company. There are 30 men in the platoon. Our job is to keep watch and pass on intelligence!

Li Jinye's eyes remained unmoved upon hearing this. With a flick of his wrist, he drew his dagger, looked at the man's thigh, and continued counting, "5—" "4—"

Yue Bing was terrified, his voice trembling: "The remaining two platoons are at the hidden outposts on the east and west sides! They're responsible for supporting the main force!"

Li Jinye then stopped counting. "Where is the main force of the 305th Special Agent Division located?"

Yue Bing's hands were trembling from the pain, and he dared not hide a word, so he stammered out a string of coordinates.

Within a quarter of an hour, Li Jinye swiftly interrogated the other eight prisoners, arriving at the same conclusion.

He changed into the uniform of the Yue Kingdom army and went to the target location to verify.

Chi Peng turned back to look at the eight dead people and shook his head. His family's Yama-like demeanor remained unchanged.

Li Jinye dragged a prisoner towards the vehicle.

He was the only prisoner with his hands intact.

Because he was terrified from the very beginning, he blurted out everything he knew before Li Jinye's military dagger even landed.

At this moment, his legs felt as weak as if they had no bones, and a bomb was strapped to his waist and crotch, with the fuse held in Li Jinye's hand.

"Walk."

The prisoner staggered and walked slowly, afraid that if he made any sudden movements, he would be blown to pieces.

Chi Peng started the truck and headed to the next special agent regiment's position.

The truck bumped along in the night. Li Jinye leaned back in his seat, his fingers stroking the ring he wore.

"Yinyin, I'll be back soon."

***

Beijing.

That night, Lin Yinyin had a dream.

In her dream, she saw a figure curled up in a pool of blood in a thicket of thorns.

When she pushed aside the thorns and saw what it looked like, her breath caught in her throat.

It was that cheetah, her old companion from her dreams.

At this moment, a hideous wound was torn open on its shoulder blade, the flesh was turned inside out, and blood was gushing out.

His eyes, which were once as sharp as cold stars, were now half-closed, and he was on the verge of death.

Lin Yinyin felt as if her heart was being squeezed tightly by a hand. She wanted to go and help it, but she couldn't take a single step.

Overwhelmed by anxiety and helplessness, tears streamed down my face.

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through her chest, and she sat bolt upright in bed.

Lin Yinyin clutched her pounding heart, still shaken.

Turning to look out the window, the sky was still dark, with only a few stars remaining in the inky night sky, dim and oppressive.

Lin Yinyin was wide awake. She stared at the ceiling until dawn.

"Yinyin, are you awake?" It was her mother-in-law knocking on the door.

"Mom, I've been up for ages!"

"Then come out here for a moment!"

"OK."

After washing up, Lin Yinyin came to the living room and saw an unexpected person.

"elder sister!"

Hearing the noise, Lin Huizhi turned around, a smile in her eyes, and quickly reached out to help her: "Yinyin, walk slowly."

He Jingxian, standing to the side, breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the two sisters being so affectionate.

"Yinyin, the food is in the living room. You can eat and chat while I go to the department store to take care of some things."

"Okay, Mom, be careful on the road."

"If there's anything, have Xiao Zhao call your brother or your dad."

"Okay, Mom."

Lin Yinyin found it a little strange; what could possibly be going on at home? But she didn't dwell on it; her eyes were only on her sister.

He Jingxian grabbed her bag and left, leaving only the two sisters in the living room.

Lin Yinyin said in a coquettish tone, "Sister, I missed you."

Lin Huizhi reached out and gently tapped her forehead: "You, you're almost a mother, why are you still acting like a little girl?"

As she spoke, her gaze fell on Lin Yinyin's prominently protruding belly. "You look alright, your belly is so big, you're taking good care of yourself."

"That's right, my mother-in-law is very good to me. Recently, the babies have been growing very fast, and I can't bend over anymore. I can't even see my toes when I'm standing."

"By the way, sister, what brings you here all of a sudden?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Huizhi unconsciously swallowed, "That Yinyin..."

Her voice was weak as she slowly spoke, "I told you, you're not allowed to get angry."