Rebirth: Inheriting Millions In The Eighties
Chapter 551 - 549: Scheme within a Scheme 5_1

Chapter 551: Chapter 549: Scheme within a Scheme 5_1

"Xia, from now on, you’ll live here with Lu Tingli." Once they were inside, Mrs. Song took her to a small two-story western-style house.

The western-style house was fresh and elegant, complete with a flower garden—it was incredibly beautiful.

Xia Ningxing looked around and nodded happily, "It’s so pretty here, I really like it!"

Mrs. Song smiled and said, "It’s a hundred times better than the environment at the research institute you were at before, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes! It is!" Xia Ningxing vigorously nodded her head.

After she had finished nodding, her expression turned to worry, and she held her chin, asking, "Song, how is Lu doing now? Has he come out yet?"

"Don’t worry, he’s being saved. You go and get some sleep first. I promise you when you wake up, you’ll definitely see your man!" Mrs. Song assured her with her hand over her heart, her tone full of confidence.

"Alright! I believe Song would never deceive me!"

Xia Ningxing’s face showed excitement as she tightly grasped Mrs. Song’s hand.

The bedroom in the western-style house was also decorated luxuriously, with velvet curtains, soft swan-down quilts, and spotless carpets over the hardwood floors.

Just as Xia Ningxing was getting ready to rest, the bedroom door opened.

Xia Ningxing turned her head and saw Mrs. Song’s figure: "Song?"

She looked at her with a puzzled face.

Mrs. Song stepped forward, her tone gentle, "I’ve made you a cup of milk. Drink something warm to warm up your body, and drinking a cup of milk before bed is also good for you and the baby in your belly."

"Thank you, Song." Xia Ningxing took the cup and was about to drink when she put the milk cup down again.

"What’s the matter?" Mrs. Song couldn’t help furrowing her brows, her eyes clearly showing a hint of displeasure.

Xia Ningxing bit her lip and said, "I would like to have some sugar in my milk. Could you get me some sugar, Song?"

"No problem." Despite Mrs. Song’s prompt agreement, deep down, she had already cursed Xia Ningxing’s ancestors for generations.

Such a hassle!

So finicky!

Needing sugar in her milk!

What Mrs. Song didn’t know was that after she left, Xia Ningxing swiftly made herself another cup of milk.

Hah!

She thought Xia didn’t know there was a sleeping drug in the milk!

"Found the sugar. Do you need me to add it for you?" It wasn’t long before Mrs. Song returned, handing over the sugar to her.

Xia Ningxing took it, "Thank you, Song, but there’s no need, I can add it myself."

Unnoticed by anyone, Xia Ningxing’s fingers brushed against Mrs. Song’s hand as she took the milk.

Mrs. Song didn’t notice, "Okay."

After Xia Ningxing added some sugar and downed the milk in one gulp, Mrs. Song couldn’t help curling her lips, and then inwardly she began to count down—

Three! Two! One!

Any second now, Xia Ningxing would pass out, and then she would lock her up and use her to blackmail Lu Tingli into joining the organization!

Just when Mrs. Song was brimming with self-satisfaction, she suddenly heard a "bang." Her own eyes went dark, and she collapsed to the floor.

In the moments before her consciousness faded, Mrs. Song stared intensely at the spot where Xia Ningxing was.

How could this be!

How could this be!

Her crimson eyes were filled with shock and disbelief. She had clearly added a drug to her milk that would cause unconsciousness, so why was she the one who ended up unconscious?

As she struggled to understand, Xia Ningxing had already approached with a crooked smile on her lips, gently patting her face and playfully asking, "Mrs. Song, how do you like my acting skills as a three-time Golden Award winner actress?"

Her mission was accomplished, the organization’s location had been found, and there was no longer any need for her to continue the charade.

Acting!?

"Have you been acting with me all along?" Mrs. Song’s pupils dilated in shock, as if she had suddenly realized something.

Xia Ningxing revealed a row of neat, sticky rice teeth, smiling innocently, and said to her, "Yes, indeed."

"!!!"

At this moment, Mrs. Song felt an overwhelming urge to harm someone. She wanted to reach out and strangle Xia Ningxing’s neck, but she ultimately couldn’t resist the sleeping drug in her body.

She bit her tongue hard, barely managing to use the pain to gain a moment of clarity.

"When exactly did you find out about my plan?" Mrs. Song couldn’t help asking, determined to die with a clear understanding of what happened.

Xia Ningxing stepped closer, looking down on her from high above with an indifferent tone, "When you shoved the typewriter into Nanny Wu’s room, you completely exposed yourself!"

In fact, from the very first glance at Mrs. Song, Xia Ningxing always felt that there was something strange about her.

It was only now that she fully understood that she was a spy, a traitor!

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Song clearly didn’t understand her words: "I was so discreet, and I placed it in Nanny Wu’s room. You shouldn’t have been able to find the typewriter!"

Hearing this, Xia Ningxing couldn’t help but sigh, seemingly pitying her, "Mrs. Song, you really shouldn’t have... the last thing you should have done was to put the typewriter in Nanny Wu’s room."

"Do you have any idea who Nanny Wu is?"

"Isn’t she just a nanny?" Mrs. Song said subconsciously.

Xia Ningxing couldn’t help but laugh out loud, her eyes full of irony, "You’re really clueless. Before making your plans, you didn’t even bother to investigate Nanny Wu. Let me tell you, Nanny Wu used to be a top scout for Grandpa Lu. It’s hilarious that you decided to stash something in a top scout’s room."

It was as if you wanted to be caught.

At these words, Mrs. Song’s face turned pale, her mind reeling from this unexpected revelation.

Regret!

Such regret!

If she had known it would turn out like this, she would never have done such a foolish thing!

It wasn’t entirely her fault, though; these details were top secret. Who would have thought that an ordinary nanny could have once accomplished such impressive feats.

"After Nanny Wu discovered the typewriter, she immediately informed me and Lu Tingli, then we relayed the information to the director. After that, Nanny Wu reconstructed a set of secret correspondence between you and the organization..."

The letter stated that the organization wanted Mrs. Song to find a way to enlist Lu Tingli for their cause, but Mrs. Song had no way to persuade Lu Tingli, so she reported her poor idea back to the organization.

"But you couldn’t decode our organization’s exact location, so you resorted to using me as bait to infiltrate the danger and discreetly learn the precise whereabouts of our organization, didn’t you?" Mrs. Song could see it all clearly now, a lump of old blood stuck in her throat, her eyeballs protruding with aggrieved inquiry.

"Finally, you’ve got something right," Xia Ningxing said with an approving smile.

Indeed, they had been unable to decipher the enemy’s location, so she had suggested using their trick against them.

Initially, both Lu Tingli and the director disagreed with her taking the risk, but she had eventually convinced them.

"Pfft!"

The old blood that Mrs. Song had been holding back in her throat finally burst forth.

Who would have thought that not only had she failed her mission, but she had also been tricked completely, and to make matters worse, she had inadvertently revealed their hideout!