As Jiang Tingxia walked into the yard, he heard a melodious music. He thought it must be Mo Yunyang holding a cocktail party at home.

He often entertained friends at his home for his money-losing businesses.

She didn't care, pushed the door open and walked in, but saw the room was gray-blue. She frowned, and obvious disgust flashed between her brows.

The blue-eyed foreign man's eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Tingxia. He walked over with a glass of champagne and wanted to greet Jiang Tingxia.

Jiang Tingxia was disgusted when she saw the man's gray-blue military uniform and the shiny leather boots on his feet.

If it weren't for these soldiers from the Suo Kingdom, nothing would have happened to Li Changpu, and everything that happened afterwards would not have happened. She should now be living the most peaceful and quiet life in the small courtyard where they grow vegetables and flowers together.

Without even looking at the man, Jiang Tingxia walked straight up the stairs and returned to her room.

The blue-eyed foreign man had not yet taken back his hand holding the champagne, but he was not angry at Jiang Tingxia's disrespectful behavior. Instead, he turned around and shrugged at Mo Yunyang.

"I think I know why she hates me."

Mo Yunyang curled the corners of his mouth, smiled awkwardly and politely, glanced upstairs, and looked a little guilty.

……

Mo Yunyang glanced at Jiang Tingxia's door, holding a plate with a few slices of bread and fried eggs on it.

He smiled at Jiang Tingxia and said, "You have been locking yourself in the room since you came back and have not even had dinner."

Jiang Tingxia refused to take off her veil at home, revealing only a pair of unhappy eyes, "Brother Yunyang, I said, I don't like those soldiers from Suo Country coming to my house, I don't want to see them."

Mo Yunyang looked apologetic.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you would be back so early today."

"I promise you, it won't happen again."

Jiang Tingxia looked better. She nodded and took the plate from Mo Yunyang.

She was about to turn around and go back to her room, but Mo Yunyang reminded her again: "Tingxia, the situation has been tense recently. It is said that the two countries are about to go to war. The news in Suoguo's newspapers are full of inflammatory remarks. I heard that there have been robberies and attacks targeting people with oriental faces. You should be careful when going to and from get off work."

Jiang Tingxia nodded.

Because there is a high possibility that a war is about to break out, the streets of So Country are like a powder keg, and no one knows what will explode. Even outside the library where she works, there are banners inciting war, and there are parades everywhere, which makes people feel very dangerous.

The weather was a bit cold. Jiang Tingxia covered her face with a scarf and walked quickly past the parade crowd with her head down.

The streets were full of black and white propaganda newspapers. Jiang Tingxia didn't care about them at first, but her attention was attracted by a picture.

As a former family member of a soldier, she was very familiar with the military uniforms worn by the soldiers in the accompanying picture. She picked up the newspaper, rolled it up, and hurriedly left the chaotic crowd. After entering the library, she took out the newspaper she had just picked up and read it.

Her brows were furrowed more and more. This newspaper promoted the bravery of its own country's soldiers, but stigmatized Li Changpu and other thousands of soldiers who fought for their country. It arbitrarily tampered with their heroic deeds of killing the enemies on the battlefield, calling them ruthless killing machines. Jiang Tingxia clenched her fingers tighter and tighter. She couldn't let these foreigners slander the soldiers who fought for their country.

Jiang Tingxia insisted that the newspaper issue an apology statement. At that time, many compatriots living in Somalia left letters to express their support. However, in a foreign country, Jiang Tingxia felt that he was facing obstacles everywhere.

The newspaper did not agree to her request, so Jiang Tingxia took the newspaper to court. Because her story was in the newspaper and attracted a lot of attention, Jiang Tingxia was fired from the library, lost her job, and was protested and driven away by her neighbors...

Fortunately, the trial went smoothly in the end. The moment Jiang Tingxia heard the judge's final decision, she and her compatriots present almost burst into tears.

Jiang Tingxia came out of the court and was walking on the way home. There were not many people in the small park. A couple and their young daughter were feeding pigeons. Jiang Tingxia couldn't help but watch them for a long time.

It had been a long time since she had deliberately thought about the past, but she had seen news about her homeland in the newspapers recently, and she had just been through a lawsuit, all of which brought back memories. In this cold and bleak autumn day, she suddenly couldn't lie to herself anymore.

She missed Li Changpu very much.

Jiang Tingxia felt a dull pain in her chest. She almost lost her balance and squatted down, holding her chest. Suddenly, with a "whoosh", Jiang Tingxia felt a heat beside her ear. Before she could react, she saw the pigeons on the ground scattering in panic. The crowd screamed miserably, and they squatted down, holding their ears...

Jiang Tingxia then realized that what she heard just now was the sound of gunfire.

She found a place to hide nearby, squatted down with her head in her hands, and felt her palms were wet. Jiang Tingxia saw bloodstains on her palms.

It turned out that the shot was not an accident, it was aimed at her.

……

"Ting Xia, are you okay?"

Mo Yunyang saw Jiang Tingxia staggering into the yard with a pale face. He hurried to meet him and saw that blood was still oozing from Jiang Tingxia's ear.

Their yard was not far from the small park where Jiang Tingxia was shot. Mo Yunyang was shocked, "Is this the gunshot I just heard at home?"

Jiang Tingxia's heart was as calm as an ancient well, as if he was talking about something that couldn't be more ordinary.

"It may be because of the recent lawsuit I filed, and I was retaliated against."

Mo Yunyang pulled Jiang Tingxia to go to the hospital, but Jiang Tingxia was unwilling. If it was not necessary, she was unwilling to deal with outsiders.

Mo Yunyang knew that her temperament had changed drastically, so he had no choice but to bandage Jiang Tingxia at home.

He helped Jiang Tingxia disinfect the wound. In just two years, Jiang Tingxia, who had always been afraid of pain, had changed a lot and looked calm.

Mo Yunyang said with a worried look on his face: "I don't know when the war will start. Now everyone is in danger. I have advised you many times before not to get involved in those things."

He sounded a little angry, "Luckily the bullet just grazed your ear, if it was a little off, you..."

Mo Yunyang couldn't bear to say anything more. Jiang Tingxia had been very silent in the past two years. He didn't even dare to guess whether she was seeking death on purpose.

He advised, "Ting Xia, we have been abroad for two years, isn't it time to go back?"

Jiang Tingxia immediately shook her head, "I'm not going back."

Seeing Jiang Tingxia's evasive look, Mo Yunyang grabbed her hand and said, "The situation between the two countries is tense. Once a war breaks out, we won't be able to live abroad with our identities. We might be beaten for no reason while walking on the street."

"You have been caught by surprise, and our situation here will only become more dangerous."

Jiang Tingxia didn't want to listen to that. She absolutely didn't want to go back. How could she face those people from the past in her current state?

"Besides," Mo Yunyang said, "I have received an invitation from the country to assist in the construction of ships. I must go back, otherwise there will be no chance to go back, and we will become traitors in the country."

Jiang Tingxia excitedly shook off Mo Yunyang's hand, stood up and was about to leave.

"It's your freedom to choose what you want. I won't interfere with you. I won't go back."

Mo Yunyang stood up and stood behind Jiang Tingxia. He spread his hands helplessly, "But we are husband and wife!"

"You should have come back with me."

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