Chapter 208: Alarm! Alarm!

Even her whole demeanor seemed much improved, her brows and eyes full of joy.

It wasn’t until they reached their stop and Gu Jianing and Grandma Sang got off the bus that the stream of compliments finally ended.

“Ningning, going out with you today has truly made me so happy,” Grandma Sang said. It was the first time she’d ever received so many compliments—praise for Gu Jianing, and for her own good judgment.

Of course she had good judgment! She’d insisted on Gu Jianing as her granddaughter-in-law, unlike that old fool Sheng Xinhao, who never appreciated Ningning.

See? Everyone likes Ningning so much.

Going out with Ningning today was definitely the right choice.

It took Grandma Sang a while to calm down, and then the two of them arrived at the department store and started shopping.

Peking specialties, roast duck—they bought everything.

But as they strolled through the store, suddenly two alarm bells rang out in Gu Jianing’s mind.

[Alarm! Alarm! A person with a malice value toward the host exceeding 98% has been detected. Please be alert.]

[Alarm! Enemy agent detected!]

The moment the alarms sounded in her mind, Gu Jianing felt a chill run through her.

What’s going on? Two alarms at once!

She could understand the one about someone with over 98% malice toward her.

That had happened before.

But this—an enemy agent!

Just then, Gu Jianing sensed a malicious gaze from behind her.

She turned, searching for the source of the stare.

Actually, there was no need to search.

Because the person giving her that malicious look was the same one marked by her alarm system.

Through the crowd, Gu Jianing spotted the owner of that hostile gaze—it was Li Shuyao, holding a cat!

Of course. All along, Li Shuyao had held the highest malice value toward her.

Li Shuyao was indeed in Beijing.

So it wasn’t surprising that her appearance triggered the malice alarm.

But…

Gu Jianing’s gaze fell on the top of Li Shuyao’s head, where the system had marked her with the words “enemy agent.”

The two blood-red characters were large and conspicuous, standing out even in the crowd.

Of course, only Gu Jianing could see them.

So, Li Shuyao not only had a malice value over 98% toward her, but was also an enemy agent!

But wasn’t she from the Li family? How could she be an enemy agent?

This “enemy agent” marker was actually a reward Gu Jianing had received after treating Hua Zhenrong.

As long as an enemy agent appeared within a hundred meters, they would be automatically marked and an alarm would sound.

She hadn’t expected that, not long after receiving this reward, an enemy agent would be exposed like this.

Seemingly noticing Gu Jianing’s attention, Li Shuyao, still holding her cat, walked over.

But she headed straight for Grandma Sang, greeting her with a smile.

“Hello, Grandma Sang. I didn’t expect to see you here today.” When Li Shuyao wasn’t acting spoiled or arrogant and actually smiled, she looked quite well-behaved.

Grandma Sang hadn’t expected to see Li Shuyao here either.

She knew about Li Shuyao’s fondness for her grandson.

Li Shuyao had visited her and her husband before, clearly trying to get in their good graces.

The old couple had sensed Li Shuyao’s intentions, so their impression of her was neither particularly good nor bad.

The key, of course, was Sheng Zexi’s attitude.

Once they realized Sheng Zexi had no interest in Li Shuyao, their attitude toward her became rather indifferent.

After all, if there was no intention, it was best not to give someone false hope.

So, Li Shuyao’s visits became less frequent.

And ever since Sheng Zexi married Ningning, Li Shuyao had never come again.

Grandma Sang had almost forgotten about her, and didn’t expect to run into her now.

Grandma Sang, her arm linked with Gu Jianing’s, looked at Li Shuyao with a friendly yet distant smile.

“Oh, Shuyao, what a coincidence to see you here.”

“By the way, this is my granddaughter-in-law, Gu Jianing. Ningning, this is Li Shuyao from the Li family.” Grandma Sang didn’t know if Gu Jianing was familiar with Li Shuyao, so she introduced them.

“Hello, Dr. Gu,” Li Shuyao said, forcing a smile as she looked at Gu Jianing.

Gu Jianing nodded. “Hello, Comrade Li.”

Then she turned to Grandma Sang. “Grandma, I know Comrade Li. She performed at the Northwest Military District during the Spring Festival. Her performance was quite memorable.”

She’d been the opening and closing act, had a fall, and ended up leaving in embarrassment—definitely memorable.

As soon as Gu Jianing said this, Li Shuyao’s face darkened instantly.

She was brought right back to those memories.

Those two performances in the Northwest Military District were something Li Shuyao never wanted to mention again, but Gu Jianing just had to bring them up now.

Sure enough, she and Gu Jianing were destined to be rivals.

[Alarm! Alarm! Malice value exceeds 100%! Host, be extremely cautious.]

Gu Jianing glanced at the top of Li Shuyao’s head—the “enemy agent” marker and the 100% malice value were glaringly obvious.

Gu Jianing thought: Just one sentence, and her malice value shot up again.

But Gu Jianing didn’t really care. After all, Li Shuyao had always been hostile to her, and that wasn’t going to change.

Li Shuyao’s malice toward her was probably murderous!

So why bother being polite?

Besides, the moment she saw the “enemy agent” marker above Li Shuyao’s head, she’d mentally blacklisted her for good.

Grandma Sang, of course, didn’t know about the grudge between Li Shuyao and Gu Jianing, nor about Li Shuyao’s embarrassing performance in the Northwest Military District, so she said, “Really? Shuyao is with the Beijing Song and Dance Troupe. If Ningning found her performance memorable, it must have been quite a show.”

Gu Jianing smiled. “It was certainly impressive.”

Li Shuyao: …

Li Shuyao’s gaze toward Gu Jianing grew even more dangerous.

“Comrade Li, my grandma and I have things to do, so we won’t keep you,” Gu Jianing said, not wanting to interact with Li Shuyao any further, and prepared to leave with Grandma Sang.

Li Shuyao nodded, but her eyes lingered on Gu Jianing’s face and her pregnant belly, her gaze deep and unreadable.

Gu Jianing could sense the intense malice in that look.

Just as Gu Jianing was about to turn and leave with Grandma Sang, she suddenly heard a voice coming from the cat in Li Shuyao’s arms.

When she caught the cat’s fragmented words, Gu Jianing’s heart skipped a beat and her expression changed slightly.

“Dr. Gu, is something wrong? Are you interested in my cat?” Li Shuyao noticed Gu Jianing looking at the cat in her arms and couldn’t help but ask.

“I didn’t expect you to love cats so much, Comrade Li. I heard you even brought your cat with you when you performed at the Northwest Military District, and now you’re out shopping with it too.”

Perhaps because Gu Jianing mentioned it, the cat became even more lively, chattering away, and Gu Jianing caught even more information from its words."