Brother Wang's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "You know me?"

Ling Jiuyue, hands on her hips, spat out, "Of course we know each other! Last time you came to the countryside to visit Qin Shixiao's cousin Zhang Chunxiu, I saw you two kissing!"

Cai Lanfang looked at Brother Wang in disbelief. He actually had an affair with Zhang Chunxiu. She was so close to Zhang Chunxiu. It was Zhang Chunxiu who taught her how to plot to save Qin Shixiao when she fell into the water.

She had tried to please Zhang Chunxiu a lot in order to be with Qin Shixiao, and the two were as close as sisters. She had no idea that Zhang Chunxiu was actually related to Brother Wang.

Brother Wang approached Ling Jiuyue step by step: "What else do you know?"

Ling Jiuyue was completely unaware that danger was approaching:

"Hehe, I know quite a lot. I heard Zhang Chunxiu say that you gave that soldier some kind of heart-stimulating drug. If he does any strenuous exercise, he'll definitely die!"

That soldier was from your hometown. You knew he wasn't in good health, but you deliberately hid it from the medical exam and let him enlist, even assigning him to Qin Shixiao's unit. You've been trying to frame Qin Shixiao for a long time!

It was already dark, and the park was silent, save for the occasional bird that flew by and trembled the branches.

Brother Wang's face was blurred in the gradually darkening night.

"You know quite a lot. Does Qin Shixiao know you're here?"

Ling Jiuyue was baffled: "Why do I need him to know? I just want to follow that bitch Cai Lanfang!"

Cai Lanfang felt a chill run down her spine, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably:

"Ling Jiuyue, stop talking! Stop talking!"

How could anyone be so stupid? Couldn't she see that the man in front of her harbored murderous intent towards her?

She wasn't familiar with Brother Wang; it was her second brother who introduced her to him.

Brother Wang is a very capable person. Even Gao Pengcheng has to be careful when addressing him as "brother".

Cai Lanfang naturally wanted to curry favor with such a person.

But Brother Wang saw right through her thoughts: "Don't waste your time on me, but I can offer you another future!"

Later, he introduced her to Gao Pengcheng and told her that as long as she could give him a personal token that belonged to Qin Shixiao, he could grant her wish to become a city dweller.

Unfortunately, Qin Shixiao was too wary. Not only could she not get his personal belongings, she couldn't even get close to him.

Before, she didn't understand why this person went to such lengths to get Qin Shixiao's things, but now that Ling Jiuyue has acted foolishly and provoked this person to the point of wanting to kill her, there's nothing she doesn't understand now.

Brother Wang, he wants to deal with Qin Shixiao.

Ling Jiuyue seemed to realize what was happening at this moment: "Hey, what are you trying to do? You...you're not trying to kill me now that I've exposed you, are you? Hey, don't come any closer! I know you're a soldier, murder is illegal, do you know that?"

Under the cover of night, Brother Wang's expression twisted into a grimace: "Not bad, you know murder is illegal, but who told you to be so desperate as to come to this remote place? Even if you die, who would know!"

Ling Jiuyue retreated repeatedly, her voice trembling: "You...you don't come any closer! Let's talk this out! As long as you let me go, I won't tell anyone about your secret rendezvous with Cai Lanfang, your relationship with Zhang Chunxiu, or even that you killed your fellow villager!"

Brother Wang couldn't help but laugh: "Qin Shixiao, with his illustrious reputation, never expected him to fall for such a foolish woman like you. It seems fate is fair!"

Ling Jiuyue stopped and looked at him calmly: "Yes, Heaven is fair; those who do evil will be punished!"

Brother Wang had a bad feeling: "What do you mean by that?"

"Don't move!"

"Don't move!"

Before he could react, Ling Jiuyue suddenly changed. Several figures suddenly sprang out of the bushes beside him, their dark gun barrels pointed at him.

Wang Jianghai realized what was happening and turned around to grab Ling Jiuyue as a hostage, but Ling Jiuyue kicked him in the neck with a side kick, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.

The next moment, someone stepped forward and pinned him down.

He struggled to his feet and, by the faint moonlight, made out the men who had surrounded him.

"Instructor, Political Commissar, what's wrong with you...?"

He suddenly remembered something and looked at Ling Jiuyue's side. The person standing next to her was none other than Qin Shixiao.

"You bitch, you... you tricked me!"

Ling Jiuyue said helplessly, "How can this be called setting you up? There's an old saying, 'Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish.' You've committed numerous evils, and you don't even want people to find out?"

Political Commissar Xu looked at Wang Jianghai with utter disappointment: "Wang Jianghai, you've disappointed me so much. You and Xiao Qin enlisted in the same year, you're brothers who've been through thick and thin together. He's saved your life more than once, how could you..."

Qin Shixiao looked at his old comrade-in-arms, equally puzzled:

"Old Wang, have I not treated you well? After so many years of getting along, I've treated you like my own brother. Back then, you sent Xiao Hu here, saying he was from your hometown and that the child was a bit spoiled. Your family wanted him to come to the army to toughen him up, and you asked me to give you, a young man, more experience."

When Xiao Hu got into trouble, you comforted me, saying that you would communicate well with his family and try your best to mediate, and that you wouldn't let me be wronged.

Xiao Hu's parents had already reached a settlement with me, but overnight they suddenly changed their minds. Actually, it was you who deliberately stirred up the conflict between the two sides, wasn't it?

"Old Wang, I really want to know why you did this. What have I, Qin Shixiao, done to you that you would resort to such methods to frame me!"

That year, a border war broke out.

Wang Jianghai was shot in the leg, and enemy artillery fire kept closing in. Everyone thought the two of them wouldn't survive.

He risked his life to carry Wang Jianghai back.

Later, Wang Jianghai said that he vaguely saw demons and monsters coming to arrest him, but Qin Shixiao dragged him back halfway there.

"Shixiao, you snatched my life back from the jaws of death. From now on, you're my little brother!"

The words still ring in my ears, yet the brotherhood has somehow turned into a silent scheming.

Qin Shixiao preferred to believe he was just unlucky rather than suspect that his good friend was plotting against him.

He grabbed Wang Jianghai by the collar and punched him hard in the chin:

"I'm your good brother, and Xiao Hu is actually your distant nephew, so we're related in some way."

Tell me, why? Why did you do this to me, even risking Xiao Hu's life? Tell me!

Wang Jianghai, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, stared intently at Qin Shixiao.

"That year on the banks of the Red River, I was seriously injured and remained unconscious for several days before waking up. After I woke up, I said, 'I want you to do me a favor.' Did you agree at the time?"

Qin Shixiao was completely bewildered: "You only asked me to promise you one thing, and I promised that I could agree to anything that doesn't involve the safety and interests of the country and its people, but you didn't say what it is!"

"I didn't say that?" Wang Jianghai laughed loudly. "Qin Shixiao, you're so smart, can't you see it?"

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