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Lu Baizhou suddenly paused, and a very obvious light flashed in his usually calm and calm dark eyes.

Sitting opposite him, Qiao Xinxin took in his subtle reactions and immediately narrowed her eyes, smiling like a little fox who had successfully stolen some fish.

Judging from his reaction, she knew he was absolutely thrilled with the meal!

Qiao Xinxin picked up her chopsticks and started eating heartily, secretly pleased with herself.

Of course, how could the food not be delicious?

Besides her skillful cooking and excellent control of the heat, the most crucial factors are good ingredients and good seasonings!

Before leaving Yuncheng, she practically ransacked the Qiao family's large kitchen!

The Qiao family was wealthy, and Qin Fangfang was a woman who loved to show off her wealth; all the seasonings in her kitchen were the most premium products available on the market.

Even if you stir-fry a shoe sole, the food made with those good ingredients will smell delicious!

Lu Baizhou remained silent, but noticeably increased the speed at which he ate with his chopsticks.

He had been eating at the military canteen for seven or eight years. The chefs there cooked the same old dishes over and over again, with very little oil. He was thoroughly tired of it.

But he's a rough person by nature and doesn't usually care much about his appetite. As long as he can fill his stomach and maintain high-intensity physical training, that's enough for him.

"It's delicious."

Lu Baizhou suddenly uttered three words, and the corners of his thin lips curled up slightly in a tiny arc, but the arc was so fleeting that even Qiao Xinxin opposite him did not notice it.

As he sipped his sweet mung bean porridge, he secretly reassessed the woman in front of him.

Suddenly, I realized that this audacious little hooligan, although his eyesight and hearing were not very good, still had many good points.

You little rascal, you're actually a pretty good cook!

Hearing the praise, Qiao Xinxin's smile brightened even more, and she replied in a sweet, soft voice, "If Comrade Lu likes it, please eat more. Don't be shy, there's still a big bowl left in the pot!"

The two enjoyed their meal immensely, and it was a harmonious affair.

"Comrade Lu," Qiao Xinxin put down her empty bowl, took a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, and tentatively inquired, "I'd like to ask when my brother, Bai Zhengyuan, is expected to return after completing his mission?"

Lu Baizhou gracefully put down his chopsticks. He ate extremely quickly, sweeping the table clean in a whirlwind, yet his every move showed no sign of clumsiness, maintaining the uprightness and composure of a soldier.

He thought for a moment and replied in a deep voice, "About a week, but the exact time is hard to say; it depends on the progress of the mission at the front."

As if remembering something, he looked up at Qiao Xinxin, his usually cold and hard tone softening slightly as he added:

"But you don't need to feel lonely. Your parents will be here soon. Before Zhengyuan left, he wrote a letter back to his hometown. Judging by the time, they should arrive in the outskirts of Beijing in the next few days."

"Clatter."

Qiao Xinxin gently tapped her chopsticks on the table and froze.

She nodded mechanically, but the hands hidden under the table, gripping the hem of her clothes tightly, turned white from the force, completely betraying the turmoil in her heart at that moment!

The original owner's adoptive parents... are also coming with the army?!

Qiao Xinxin's heart jumped into her throat.

If it were anyone else, it wouldn't matter, but those were the original owner's biological parents who had raised him for twenty years!

Even if there is no blood relation, after twenty years of living together day and night, the old couple would definitely know the original owner's every glance, every action, and every tone of voice better than anyone else!

Although she inherited the original owner's memories, Riko's soul had long since been replaced by another person!

Personality and behavior cannot be perfectly disguised.

Will they realize at a glance that they are not the original owner of this body at all?

If a living person changes their personality, and they find out that their daughter has been replaced by a different soul, will they treat her as a monster, capture her, and burn her alive?

How will she survive in this compound then? What will she do?!

Qiao Xinxin was preoccupied with the fatal crisis of being exposed, completely forgetting that there was a soldier sitting opposite her. Her fair and delicate face involuntarily revealed a hint of unease and panic.

Lu Baizhou's hand, which was about to pick up the water glass, suddenly stopped.

His eagle eyes, which were usually hidden in the shadows and could see through every little flaw, suddenly became as sharp as a knife, keenly capturing the unusual emotion in Qiao Xinxin's heart.

She's unhappy? Even...afraid?

Why?!

Upon hearing the news of their parents' impending arrival, shouldn't the first reaction be overwhelming joy and tears? How could it be panic?!

Staring intently at by those eyes that suddenly became sharp and inquisitive, Qiao Xinxin's heart skipped a beat, and a cold sweat broke out on her back.

Oh no! We've been exposed!

She quickly took a deep breath, abruptly raised her head, and forced a big smile.

"Great! This is really great!"

Her voice was deliberately raised an octave, and she even clapped her hands exaggeratedly, feigning excitement: "I haven't seen my parents in so long! This time, our family can finally reunite in the compound!"

"Comrade Lu, approximately when will my parents arrive? I'd like to buy some things in advance and make up the bed in that small room so they have somewhere to rest when they get there!"

Lu Baizhou did not respond.

His tall and upright figure sat steadily in the chair, gazing at her quietly with deep, penetrating eyes.

Her smile was too deliberate; the direction of her facial muscles looked stiff.

That excessively high-pitched tone sounded so fake to him, given his extremely rigorous counter-surveillance training, that it was almost laughable.

Almost instantly, Lu Baizhou heard the highest level of red alert in his mind!

He keenly sensed the potentially chilling problems that might exist within this!

What if... this woman in front of me isn't Bai Zhengyuan's sister at all?!

This is a family compound, just a stone's throw from the military region's important area! Every day, it's full of high-ranking military officers' families coming and going.

What if this woman in front of me is a spy who deliberately impersonated Bai Zhengyuan's sister to infiltrate the enemy?!

Zhengyuan had told him personally that he left home to join the army when he was thirteen, and the two siblings hadn't seen each other for ten years! Girls change a lot as they grow up, and even if Zhengyuan picked her up at the train station, he might not be able to recognize his grown-up sister 100% of the time.

If she's an imposter, then everything makes sense!

Only a counterfeit with a guilty conscience would react with fear and panic instead of joy upon hearing the news that her parents, whom she knows best, are coming soon!