Chapter 30: Confrontation in front of the service center
The desk lamp in the study cast a small circle of warm yellow light. Gu Qiuyue was writing on the manuscript paper with a pen in her hand. After Gu Shiyu finished cleaning up the dishes, he also entered the study and read quietly.
The cold moonlight outside the window filtered through the glass and silently sprinkled into the room. Gu Qiuyue's mind suddenly flashed with Wang Sufen's resentful eyes and the icy words "Just wait and see". A cold anger mixed with vigilance quietly crept up her spine.
She took a deep breath and pulled her thoughts back from their wandering state. Concentration was the best shield.
When the enemy comes, we will fight them; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. Gu Qiuyue is never afraid of evil spirits and monsters.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, her hand was held down. Gu Qiuyue looked up and saw Xie Shiyu. The meaning behind it couldn't be more obvious. "Since you are not concentrating now, why don't you rest early today and do something beneficial to your body and mind."
Just before he pressed her down, Gu Qiuyue reached out and pushed his chest, staring at him with her watery eyes.
Xie Shiyu was a little impatient, "What's wrong?"
"How did you know I was distracted?" Gu Qiuyue asked doubtfully. Xie Shiyu smiled a little frivolously: "You're my wife, how could I not tell whether I was distracted or not?"
"Why don't you ask me why I'm distracted?"
Xie Shiyu leaned over and whispered in her ear: "I will help you solve any problem you are worried about. If you want to solve it yourself, then go ahead and do it. I will take care of anything that goes wrong."
After saying that, Xie Shiyu didn't give Gu Qiuyue another chance to speak and directly blocked her mouth.
Gu Qiuyue didn't know when it ended. She only knew that Xie Shiyu carried her to take a shower. She fell into a deep sleep, and when she opened her eyes, he was gone, but his words still lingered in her ears.
The next day, in the Propaganda Department’s office.
Gu Qiuyue was sorting the documents on the table. She caught a glimpse of Lin Xiuzheng burying her head, sorting a stack of briefings. She was still wearing the washed-out cloth jacket, with two pigtails hanging on her shoulders. Her profile looked quiet and timid.
Gu Qiuyue picked up a half-worn English novel and turned to the place where the bookmark was.
Just as her fingertips touched the page of the book, she keenly caught a gaze - coming from Lin Xiu's direction.
His gaze quickly swept across the cover of the book in her hand, and then lingered for a moment on the densely packed foreign letters between the pages.
There was curiosity, inquiry, and even... a faint, almost imperceptible understanding in her eyes. It was definitely not the look of a "timid" girl.
However, when Gu Qiuyue looked up seemingly unintentionally, Lin Xiu had already quickly lowered his head and returned to his bullied look.
"Is it an illusion?" Gu Qiuyue muttered to herself. She felt that Lin Xiu's look was a little inconsistent, but she closed the book calmly and put it in the drawer.
At this time, Sun Juan strolled over with a teacup in hand and lowered her voice: "Did you see that? Secretary Meng's face is longer than a donkey's. Just now, Lin Xiu poured him a glass of water, but he didn't even lift his eyelids. He even said 'hmm'. That tone was so cold, tsk tsk." Sun Juan nodded at Meng Hui and said, "I think the life of this 'fiancée' will be difficult."
Gu Qiuyue picked up her teacup and took a sip. She had sensed Meng Hui's irritability and deliberate alienation yesterday. This drama became even more intriguing.
A few days later in the evening, Gu Qiuyue was planning to go to the service center to buy some seasonings after work. As soon as she approached the service center, she saw a group of people gathered around to watch the fun.
In the center of the crowd stood a strange woman, about thirty years old, thin, wearing a rough, patched, and obviously too big shirt. Her face was sallow, and her brows were filled with fatigue from the long journey and cowardice deep in her bones. She was holding tightly the hand of a little girl, about four or five years old. The girl timidly snuggled up to her mother's legs, her big eyes looking around anxiously.
Is this—a new military family member? Gu Qiuyue slowed down her pace, but had no intention of taking the initiative to greet them. She wasn't one to make friends easily.
At this moment, a figure that Gu Qiuyue least wanted to see squeezed over with a deliberately created warmth - it was Wang Sufen.
"Oh my!" Wang Sufen's voice was so enthusiastic that it seemed to squeeze out honey. Her face was full of smiles, but her eyes swept back and forth over Zheng Chuncao like a searchlight. "Is this the new sister-in-law? You look unfamiliar. Which comrade are you looking for?" She wanted to hold Zheng Chuncao's hand affectionately, but there was a flash of disgust in her eyes.
Zheng Chuncao was startled by the sudden enthusiasm and subconsciously shrank back, saying in a weak voice: "My name is Zheng Chuncao, and I'm looking for my man... Zhang, Zhang Jianguo..."
"Oh, it's Captain Zhang's sister-in-law!" Wang Sufen's voice suddenly rose, and the smile on her face became even wider. But her eyes were like poisoned hooks, accurately passing through the crowd and hooking onto Gu Qiuyue who was passing by. "Welcome, welcome! Our family compound is great. The neighbors are all friendly and help each other, but..."
She suddenly changed the subject, her voice neither too loud nor too low, but loud enough for everyone around to hear clearly. "Some people are different. They rely on their husbands' high positions and their own comfortable office jobs to look down on them. They don't even bother to look at ordinary family members like us, for fear that being around us would make them look poor and lose their status. Sister-in-law, you're new here, so you'd better be careful. Don't be so foolish as to put your warm face on others' cold butts and make yourself unhappy."
Every word was like a poisonous needle wrapped in sugar, accurately shot at Gu Qiuyue, and at the same time pierced the heart of Zheng Chuncao, who had just arrived and was already extremely sensitive and inferior.
Zheng Chuncao's face turned pale in an instant. She subconsciously hid her daughter behind her, her body trembling slightly.
Gu Qiuyue's footsteps completely stopped. She was very calm, and the corners of her lips slowly curled up into an arc, but there was no smile in the depths of her eyes. She completely ignored Wang Sufen's face full of malice and complacency, and her eyes fell calmly on the trembling Zheng Chuncao, and she walked over.
"Mrs. Zheng?" Gu Qiuyue's voice was not loud, but it was unusually clear and gentle. "Hello, I am Gu Qiuyue, the wife of Deputy Commander Xie of the First Regiment. Welcome to the family compound."
She paused, her eyes met Zheng Chuncao's frightened and evasive gaze calmly, her voice steady and powerful, "Don't listen to some people talking nonsense here, stirring up trouble and hoping for chaos in the world.
Most of the women in our compound are warm-hearted and sensible. Your Captain Zhang and my old Xie know each other. If you need any help in your daily life, or if you're unclear about the rules of the compound," she glanced pointedly at Wang Sufen, whose face was beginning to stiffen, "feel free to ask me, or go directly to the women's director, Sister Li. It's all fine. Don't be afraid to ask, and get to know the questions you need to know."
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