Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife Chapter 1921 - 1923: With an Agenda

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Previously on Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife...
Ning Ge is upset that Cheng Su didn't inform him about something important, but Cheng Su apologizes and promises to help Ning Ge win Song Jiaying back. Cheng Yaozu is concerned about Song Jiaying, who is resting after being left alone. Cheng Su finds a receipt from the orphanage for money sent to Little Cheng Su and asks Ning Ge to investigate the sender, suspecting an assassin. Meanwhile, Old Master Cheng plays chess with Qi Xiaoqi, who quotes his mother saying "A man without integrity cannot stand firm," stunning the old man.

Cheng Su asked Ning Ge if he knew the details about Qi Taiguo’s aid mission to Africa, as that was the thing she cared about the most.

These past two days, she hadn’t received any call about his departure, and she didn’t know when he was leaving either.

Ning Ge replied, "These days, I’ve been busy chasing after Song Jiaying, I didn’t even spend the New Year well, and I’ve had little opportunity to be at home, so I haven’t heard anything from my brother."

"Then, will there be any serious danger?" Cheng Su asked again.

Ning Ge saw the undisguised worry in her eyes and said, "Actually, whether it’s dangerous or not, it’s hard to say. For soldiers and military personnel, they can encounter any kind of danger. Not to mention aid missions to Africa, or even peacekeeping missions, actually those are a bit easier to talk about, since they are stationed places and more long-term. If we’re talking about greater danger, I’d say it’s during regular missions."

During regular missions, one must deal with unexpected situations. Without solid skills, it’s not uncommon to lose one’s life. Take the incident where Ning Le stepped on a landmine; Qi Taiguo took over for him. Without that, just relying on Ning Le himself, it’s hard to say if he’d have been able to save his life, let alone come out unscathed.

As for the aid mission to Africa, it’s not much different from peacekeeping. Both are stationed tasks, not sudden missions, so there’s no need to constantly adapt on the fly, at least there’s some time to prepare.

"Isn’t he going there to fight?" Cheng Su hesitated to ask.

"As of now, that’s not the case!" Ning Ge said: "Don’t worry too much, Qi Taiguo can handle it."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Su forced a faint smile.

"But you, are you going back to Qing City in the next six months?" Ning Ge asked.

Cheng Su nodded: "I’ll graduate this year. I plan to wait until I get my diploma before coming to Guangcheng, but with Qi Taiguo going on the aid mission to Africa, who knows when I’ll come, no hurry!"

"With him not around, take care of Xiao Qi on your own."

Cheng Su was taken aback and asked, "Why, is there something happening with Chiang Qing?"

"For now, no." Ning Ge shook his head and said: "Earlier, to stay in the Capital, she didn’t hesitate to stage a bitter act, even attempted suicide and stayed in the hospital for a while."

"Suicide?" Cheng Su was a bit surprised.

Ning Ge sneered: "Fake. Someone like her wouldn’t dare. It’s just a bitter ploy, she really goes hard on herself."

"Didn’t Shen Rong buy into it?" Cheng Su chuckled a couple of times.

Ning Ge nodded, that’s exactly the case. It’s said that currently, Shen Rong is quite compliant with her whims.

"Why does that woman insist on staying in the Capital?" Cheng Yaozu asked: "With Ning Ge targeting her there, why would she still want to stay? Is she trying to make Shen Rong pamper her? Wouldn’t it be better to play to her strengths and avoid weaknesses? Knowing that you’re targeting her, there’s no way the Shen Family would let her rise. The Shen Family must also know that if this goes on, they might grow discontent with her, right? Chiang Qing herself must know that losing favor means she can’t do much, yet she insists on staying in the Capital—what a strange person!"

Why would she risk losing favor just to stay in the Capital? What’s going on in her mind?

"Either it’s for revenge, or she wants something," Cheng Su said: "Or maybe it’s both."

Ning Ge touched his lips and said: "We’ll know once we investigate. Anyway, please help me think of a way to win over Song Jiaying’s heart. My big brother said, we must bring Tianyi back to the Ning Family!"

Seeing his anxious expression, Cheng Su pushed thoughts of Chiang Qing aside and asked Cheng Yaozu for Wan Baozhu’s contact information, so she could find Song Jiaying and invite her to bring the kids out to play together.