A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

An Ning's words were like a bucket of cold water in winter, chilling Song Wenyuan to the bone. However, there was nothing wrong with what she said, leaving him with a bitter pill to swallow and forcing him to tacitly avoid the issue together.

As she went to bed that night, Shen Changle quietly asked An Ning about the doubts that had been bothering her.

"Mom, why won't you accept Uncle Chen Hai's confession? Don't you like him too and want him to be my new dad?"

Anning pinched her nose and explained the facts about bigamy to her: "What does a little brat know about confessing your love? Mommy hasn't divorced your biological father yet! If I were to be with your Uncle Chen Hai, that would be bigamy, which is illegal. Besides, your father is a soldier, and Mommy and your father's marriage is a military marriage. If I were to be with your Uncle Chen Hai, he would probably have to go to a military court."

She should have been careful, but she had been too relaxed for the past two weeks and gradually lost herself in Chen Hai's sweet talk.

He might not mind spending a few years in jail, but she still has to consider whether her child will be able to take the civil service exam in the future!

"Then why don't you just divorce Dad, Mom?" Shen Changle asked again.

"Mom would like to, but the problem is that divorce requires two people. Your father hasn't come back, how can Mom get a divorce?"

When will Daddy be back?

The little child couldn't help but sigh, looking quite adorable. Anning couldn't resist cupping her face and kneading it for a while.

"That depends on when she can complete her mission."

The next day, Song Wenyuan had shaken off his disappointment from the previous day and returned to his usual self.

Overnight, he thought things through clearly. He could clearly sense his wife's affection for him. Her concerns had already been raised when he first expressed these thoughts. The problem was, how could he tell her that he was actually her husband?

He originally thought that once he won her over, he would tell her the truth.

But when it came to this point, he realized he couldn't bring himself to say it. He was afraid that if his wife found out the truth, she would turn her love into hatred and ruin their relationship. So he could only maintain the status quo and wait for an opportunity.

As the last machine was carried onto the ship by the soldiers, Anning and the others were about to board.

Song Wenyuan came to his wife's side and whispered, "I will wait for you."

An Ning's ears twitched, but she didn't turn around and followed him onto the boat.

The ship was found by the military, so there was no need to return to the county port. Instead, it would go directly to the military dock, deliver the machinery to the nearest place to the toy factory, and then have the soldiers carry it to the toy factory. This undoubtedly saved a lot of effort.

After disembarking, An Ning and Song Wenyuan watched as the soldiers moved the machines to the toy factory. They then politely said goodbye before installing the machines.

After staying in the guesthouse for more than half a month, Anning was finally able to return to her familiar bed to rest.

Zhao Xuemei was overjoyed to see Anning return and started talking non-stop while holding her hand.

“You don’t know, in the past two weeks you’ve been gone, Xiao Miao’er almost got into trouble. If Battalion Commander Zhao hadn’t been worried and gone home during his rest, Xiao Miao’er would probably be gone. Battalion Commander Zhao had a fight with his mother right then and there and insisted on sending her back to her hometown. The old lady threatened to kill herself to stop it. Now the mother and daughter are ignoring each other, and Guo Shuzhen doesn’t even dare to speak at home.”

Xiao Miao'er was the nickname Zhao Jihua gave to her premature daughter, hoping she would grow up healthy like a seedling. It was given after An Ning passed away and the child was discharged from the hospital.

"Even after all this, the old lady still refuses to go home?" Anning was very surprised.

Before she left, the Zhao family was already making a scene, and after she left, the scene not only didn't quiet down, but it got even bigger.

"Who says otherwise? No matter what Battalion Commander Zhao says, that old lady just won't leave. She's so resentful, like a ghost. She doesn't say a word all day, just stares at people who pass by. It's really creepy. Now everyone avoids her house."

Zhao Xuemei looked up at the sky and slapped her forehead: "Look at me, I've been keeping you talking. Have you eaten yet? If not, come to my house and have something to eat. I just picked some seafood today! Your house hasn't been cooked for almost half a month, you don't have anything, so don't bother cooking for yourself."

"No need to trouble yourself, we came back on the military's ship and ate at the mess hall."

Hearing An Ning say this, Zhao Xuemei seemed to have just remembered the matter and inquired about An Ning's trip: "Speaking of which, how was your trip? Was it alright?"

"It went smoothly overall!"

Zhao Xuemei understood the subtext in An Ning's words: "So, this also means things aren't going smoothly?"

An Ning told Zhao Xuemei about the good deeds done by the Guangshi Toy Factory, but avoided mentioning Master Luo.

If the military wanted to recruit someone as talented as Master Luo, it would definitely be done quietly, and it certainly couldn't be leaked from her.

"How could they do that? That's going too far! If it weren't for Commander Li speaking up for you, and the other leaders in the unit actually believed them and brought back a truckload of broken machinery, who knows what they would think of you then!"

Zhao Xuemei was also shocked by the bizarre actions of the Guangzhou Toy Factory.

"That county toy factory is so pitiful. Just because they didn't buy their equipment, they were brought down by them. Is nobody going to do anything about it?" she said indignantly.

“How can we manage this? There’s no way to manage it; they have no evidence.” An Ning shrugged.

"How can you say there's no evidence? Didn't they threaten the purchasing department to prevent them from buying toys from the county toy factory? Why not just have them testify?"

"Why didn't the purchasing department place the order with the county toy factory?" Anning asked her.

"Because I don't want to offend the city toy factory, I still want to buy things from them in the future," Zhao Xuemei replied.

"That settles it then. Placing an order with the county toy factory will offend the city toy factory, but does that mean testifying for the county toy factory won't offend them?"

"Oh, right!" Zhao Xuemei suddenly realized, but then immediately frowned. "Is there really no way to deal with this?"

An Ning couldn't comfort her with the same words Chen Hai had told her, so she could only say, "Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. They're so arrogant, sooner or later they'll mess with someone they can't afford to offend, and someone will definitely take care of them."

"What if we don't offend them? Wouldn't we be furious? Do you think reporting their misconduct would even work?"

"I don't think it will work out. Like I said, there are no witnesses and no evidence."

"Why aren't there any witnesses? Aren't you a witness?"

An Ning was about to retort when Zhao Xuemei continued, "They called the military base; they're trying to force a sale! As the person involved, it's only natural for you to ask them for an explanation, isn't it?"

An Ning had a sudden thought: "This might be feasible, but I need to think carefully about how to do it."

Although Anning was disgusted by the city toy factory's practices, her thoughts and habits were mostly stuck in the post-apocalyptic era. She never thought of reporting it and just felt that she had suffered a loss in silence.

But after hearing Zhao Xuemei's explanation, she felt that there was still some room for maneuver.

She was representing the island fleet to inspect the city's toy factory. What were they trying to achieve by doing this?

Forced buying and selling, in today's parlance, is the behavior of capitalists.

Furthermore, military property is state property. If they succeed and the military buys back a bunch of scrap metal, it's equivalent to the state's property being damaged. Isn't that a form of undermining socialism?

An Ning is not the kind of person who suffers in silence. She might have let it go before, but now that Zhao Xuemei has reminded her, she can't pretend nothing happened.

However, even if she successfully reports it, the other party could easily put forward a "temporary worker" to take responsibility.

It's not Anning's style to retaliate while leaving room for the other party; she needs to think of a way to add fuel to the fire.