Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

"You can move? Who can't move?"

Shen Jun said, puzzled.

Actually, he didn't mean it; he genuinely didn't understand the joke Elisa made when she said, "But I can move, you know."

Elisa was amused by Shen Jun.

She smiled shyly, pressed her head close to Shen Jun's ear, and whispered, "Would you like to experience it?"

"Hehehe!"

Even someone as simple-minded as Shen Jun understood.

His face flushed red, and he quickly shook his head, saying, "I don't want to experience it. Compared to life, life is more important. Without life, you can't do anything."

Elisa saw that Shen Jun wasn't falling for her attempts to seduce him.

She immediately lost interest, her pretty face darkening as she said, "You have no romance whatsoever, you're not like a man at all. No wonder you're single."

After saying that, Elisa took the two skewers of roasted lamb kidneys and went to find someone else.

Looking at Elisa's sexy and alluring back, Shen Jun thought to himself, "Who says I'm single? I have a girlfriend, okay?"

"I wouldn't dare touch a promiscuous woman like you. Even if I don't die from poisoning, I'm afraid I'll catch a disease."

not far away,

Under a big tree,

Xiao Zhan and Su Zixing leisurely ate barbecue, with all sorts of barbecue and snacks laid out on the small table in front of them.

The housekeeper kept bringing food over here.

Xiao Zhan and Su Zixing chatted casually.

In fact, Xiao Zhan had been listening to Shen Jun and Elisa talking through a wireless headset.

Xiao Zhan couldn't help but laugh, so he quickly threw a piece of grilled chicken wing into his mouth and started eating it...

Su Zixing noticed something was off. She looked at Xiao Zhan and asked, "What was that expression you were making just now? You seemed to want to laugh but were holding it in, and you even ate chicken wings to cover it up."

Su Zixing paused for a moment, then said, "Am I that funny?"

She thought Xiao Zhan was laughing at her.

After all, there were only the two of them under that tree.

Xiao Zhan smirked and said, "I wasn't laughing at you, you're overthinking it."

Actually, Su Zixing didn't have much of an appetite. She only ate a little bit of vegetables and drank a glass of lemon water.

After all, I'm not that carefree. I just found out I have a hereditary disease. If I could still eat and drink like this, I'd be a heartless oddball.

In other words, she has a strong and stubborn personality; an ordinary girl would probably have been terrified and collapsed long ago.

Su Zixing: "You really didn't laugh at me?"

The more Xiao Zhan denied it, the less she believed him.

"Ptooey!"

Xiao Zhan spat out a chicken bone and said, "I really wasn't laughing at you."

Su Zixing touched her face and asked, "Is there something on my face?"

Xiao Zhan took a picture with his phone and then handed it to Su Zixing: "Look at your face for yourself, is there anything there? Why have you suddenly become so insecure?"

Su Zixing took the phone and looked at it. Apart from looking a little haggard, there was nothing wrong with her face.

She returned the phone to Xiao Zhan.

Then, as if talking to himself, he said, "How much longer can I live?"

Xiao Zhan was drinking beer and almost choked to death...

"Cough cough cough..."

Xiao Zhan coughed several times, put down his beer, and said, "Aren't you very confident in yourself? Deng Zhi's test results have been out for half a year, and he's doing fine, hasn't he? Besides, medicine is so advanced now, and the United States has the world's top scientific and technological talents. Maybe they can find a treatment."

"The most important thing is that you're not short of money."

Su Zixing looked at Xiao Zhan and said, "Xiao Zhan, can you stop talking nonsense and say something practical?"

Xiao Zhan looked at Su Zixing seriously and said, "Relax, focus on treatment, handle your current affairs well, and find a beautiful place to live a normal life."

Su Zixing shook her head and said, "It was possible before, but not now. Even if I wanted to, those people wouldn't allow it."

Xiao Zhan: "Come back to the capital with me. With Deng Zhi and me around, at least no one will dare to bully you."

Su Zixing glanced at the crowd barbecuing not far away and shook his head, saying, "I'm afraid someone has already taken action."

Xiao Zhan said confidently, "With me here, I'll keep you safe and sound."

Su Zixing's face darkened as he said, "Why don't we strike first and kill Elisa?"

Xiao Zhan shook his head and said, "Only if the undercover agent is alive will we have a chance to turn the tide. Once the undercover agent dies, the other side will resort to unilateral action in order to get the information you have."

Su Zixing raised an eyebrow and said, "I'm not afraid. All my men are in position. The outcome is still uncertain."

Xiao Zhan laughed and said, "You said it yourself that the outcome is still uncertain, which means you're not confident because the opponent is too strong."

Su Zixing looked at Xiao Zhan in surprise and asked, "Do you know who the other party is?"

At this point, Xiao Zhan no longer wanted to hide anything and said, "If I didn't know, I wouldn't have come with you."

Su Zixing blinked, seemingly understanding something, and said, "So you knew I had a mole when you came from Beijing? And you knew someone wanted to steal the information from me?"

Xiao Zhan nodded.

Su Zixing: "If I hadn't asked you to send me to Los Angeles, would you still have come?"

Xiao Zhan laughed and said, "That's not necessarily true. Things might change along the way. For example, someone might suddenly die, all the dangers around you might be eliminated, or you might hand over what you have to me. In that case, I wouldn't need to come to Los Angeles with you."

Su Zixing stared into Xiao Zhan's deep eyes and asked, "Who exactly do you work for?"

Xiao Zhan smiled, picked up a skewer of lamb, and ate it all the way through, chewing until his mouth was full of oil. He then took a sip of beer before saying, "I work for my motherland."

Su Zixing curled her lips into a cold smile and said, "I really thought you were sent by Deng Zhi to rescue me."

Xiao Zhan: "In fact, Deng Zhi did send me to rescue you, protect your safety, and get what you have."

Su Zixing: "Are you and Deng Zhi in a cooperative relationship?"

Xiao Zhan: "If Deng Zhi pays me to come and save you, it would be a de facto cooperation. But the key issue is that Deng Zhi hasn't paid me, yet I still have to risk my life for him."

Su Zixing: "I understand. You are cooperating with Deng Zhi and doing things for the country. You have a military background, government backing, and Deng Zhi's personal entrustment. You have multiple identities, but your only target is me."

"Xiao Zhan, am I right?"

Xiao Zhan picked up a skewer of grilled lamb kidneys and started eating...

Su Zixing: "Not denying it is admitting it, hahaha. High-level hunters often appear in the form of prey."

After finishing his lamb kidneys, Xiao Zhan wiped his face and said, "A person must always have principles and bottom lines, especially in terms of their values."

Su Zixing smirked and said, "In today's society, it's best not to talk about ideals and ideologies. Most of the time, what drives this world is still the most primal desires and the most realistic interests."

"Otherwise, no one would bother with me."

"To put it bluntly, it's all about self-interest."

Xiao Zhan shook his head and said, "Money is never the key variable. The key variable is the marginal effect of deterrence. Why don't they dare to take action in Thailand? Because we have already taken control of everything there. You have to understand one fact: truth is only within the range of cannons, and dignity is only on the edge of a sword."

"Without a strong national defense, you might already be dead in this clash between T country and J country."

Su Zixing thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "Xiao Zhan, come with me."