Faced with Chen Yanfei’s ridiculous behavior, Sister Liu was truly helpless. “What do you suggest we do? She’s the chief’s daughter. You have to look at it from the perspective of her father. The chief has contributed so much to the base and has also helped my family. I can’t just report her for something like this, can I? 

Forget it. She doesn’t seem cut out for the job anyway. She’ll probably resign on her own whenever she doesn’t feel like working.” 

“How many jobs has she switched already? Everywhere she goes, its chaos,” the shop assistant said with frustration. “We’re really unlucky. You shouldn’t have stopped them today. Let those people give her a good lesson; if she gets scared, she won’t dare come back to work.” 

Sister Liu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Okay, let’s not talk about people behind their backs. We just need to do our job well.” 

After two days of rest, Jiang Ning took the submarine manual and planned to go back to study it carefully. 

After returning to the independent courtyard, she hurriedly washed herself from head to toe, changed into clean and soft casual clothes, and took out delicious food to reward himself. 

Chen Yanfei ran home crying, but she forgot her bag in the mall in such a hurry. She didn’t have the key to open the door, so she had to knock on it with her hands. 

Song Yaling opened the door and said with a smile, “Old Gu, you’re back?” 

Seeing her daughter with tears in her eyes, she was stunned for a moment and immediately asked with concern, “Yanfei, weren’t you at work? Why did you come back early? Don’t be late and leave early all the time. It will be bad for your reputation if it gets out, and I can’t explain to your dad.” 

After being bullied in the store and being scolded again when she got home, Chen Yanfei was full of anger, “Mom, am I still your daughter? Why do you always use Dad to pressure me?” 

When she entered the house and saw the cake on the table and the carefully prepared meals in the kitchen, she couldn’t help but mock her, “Mom, don’t waste your time preparing. He won’t come back to celebrate your birthday with you.” 

Song Yaling frowned, “Who made you angry? You’re talking nonsense. Your dad promised he’d come back a few days ago. Hurry up and control your temper. He will be back soon.” 

Looking at her mother’s beautiful dress and the cake and food she made herself, Chen Yanfei felt extremely ironic, “Mom, don’t deceive yourself. When did he come back to accompany you on your birthday?” 

“You…” Song Yaling was choked by her daughter’s words and her face turned ugly. “He was too busy to come before, but this time he promised it himself. He is a man of his word and will not break his promise.” 

“He won’t come back.” Chen Yanfei stared at her mother, trembling with anger. “Jiang Ning is here!” 

Song Yaling was stunned. “What did you say?” 

“Jiang Ning came to the base and humiliated me in the mall.” 

Song Yaling was shocked and fell on the sofa for a long time. “Why would she come to the military base?” 

Chen Yanfei had no idea why Jiang Ning came. In recent years, natural disasters had been frequent, with people dying every day, while Jiang Ning seemed unaffected and had even come to the base to act powerful. 

Jiang Ning looks so much like her, especially her mother. If he meets Gu Tinglin one day… 

Chen Yanfei knew Jiang Ning’s methods well. If the truth were to come out, the consequences would be unimaginable. 

She couldn’t help but panic, “Mom, what should we do?” 

“There are always similar people in the world. Whoever I say is Old Gu’s daughter is.” After the shock, Song Yaling quickly calmed down. “Yanfei, from now on, you must not mention Jiang Ning, especially in front of your dad. Act like you don’t know her.” 

“But…” 

Song Yaling warned her daughter, “There are no buts. The base hospital cannot do a paternity test. You are his biological child.” 

Right, Chen Yanfei almost forgot that the hospital didn’t offer paternity tests. There was no need to panic. 

As long as she and her mother refuse to acknowledge it, even if Gu Tinglin suspects something, what can he do? 

However, Chen Yanfei was still worried, “Mom, do you think he found out something? Otherwise, you have been so good to him in the past few years, but he is still cold and doesn’t come back for ten days or half a month, and never stays at home overnight.” 

This statement made Song Yaling feel a bit embarrassed. 

“Your father is an important person in charge of the base. He is indispensable for big and small things. He has long regarded the office as his home.” 

Chen Yanfei was unconvinced. “Mom, other leaders are busy too, but they still manage to balance work and family. It’s not like they never go home.” 

She had secretly asked a long time ago. Gu Tinglin was very busy, but he used to live in the family area. 

When she and her mother first came, it was understandable that their relationship was a bit distant. But after all these years, he remained as cold as a stone. 

If she said he didn’t like her, it would be odd because he not only accepted her and her mother but also tried to meet their needs as much as possible.  

However, when her mother suggested she change her surname to her father’s, Gu Tinglin refused again, saying that she was raised by the Chen family and should be grateful. It’s fine to keep the adoptive father’s surname, and there is no need to change it. 

Her mother had been widowed for many years and still retained her charm. Gu Tinglin had never married, and he was her first love. Emotionally and logically, he should have responded with warmth to her mother’s advances, yet he showed no desire… 

So, Chen Yanfei always felt something was off. 

Gu Tinglin was calm and wise, and his sharp eyes seemed to be able to see through everything. There was a kind of indifferent barrier that made it impossible for people to get close to him. 

Perhaps it was the military’s harsh aura that made Chen Yanfei fearful and cautious in his presence. 

In fact, his absence from home wasn’t entirely bad. At least she was well taken care of in the military quarters and didn’t have to pretend to be exhausted. The military families were also afraid of her because she was Gu Tinglin’s daughter. 

However, Jiang Ning appeared. 

Although her mother said it very confidently, Chen Yanfei had a bad feeling that Jiang Ning would take away everything she had now. 

Her mother refused to acknowledge it out of pride, but Chen Yanfei’s eyes were not blind. Perhaps Gu Tinglin had long since lost his feelings for her. 

The reason why she was accepted and taken care of was because they had a child together. 

She has to say that her mother was quite good at making up stories, and she almost believed it. 

Chen Yanfei was anxious, while Song Yaling was also lost in her memories… 

During the endless night, the thugs stormed into the villa area, and the Chen family fell victim to their assault. 

Song Yaling was fortunate to survive, but with a daughter to feed and two more children to raise at home. She had been used to a rich life all her life and was simply unable to support the entire family. 

She put down her dignity and went to find Jiang Ning, but what she got in return was ruthless humiliation. 

In desperation, she could only go to Gu Tinglin. 

Before the natural disaster, she attended a charity exchange party and accidentally learned about Gu Tinglin. Not only did he not have a family, but he was already a senior military official. 

When her daughter had a swimming pool party, Young Master Rong got drunk and didn’t control his mouth. In order to show the ability of the Rong family, he revealed a list of the heads of official bases and military bases. 

Only then did she know that Gu Tinglin was at the military base. 

Jiang Ning was cold-blooded and heartless. She always hated her for abandoning her out of necessity. She would never care about her life or death. 

But if she had a choice, how could she be willing to break up with the one she loved, and even give up her own flesh and blood? She could only wait for death if she stayed in the villa area. She had no choice but to take a gamble…