The temporary office is located in the East Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This building was once the "Guest House" converted from the Baoyuan Bureau by Emperor Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty to welcome the German Crown Prince's visit to China. The south-facing main entrance is double-story, with a balcony on the upper floor and a magnificent and solemn gate on the lower floor.
The mahogany door frame is inlaid with thick glass, which is specially made and has two giant dragons protruding on it.
When Ji Xia entered the room, she felt that someone was looking down at her from upstairs, with his eyes fixed on her. When she looked up, she saw a figure quickly shrinking back. The other person moved very quickly, so she couldn't see his facial features clearly, but she could see that he was wearing a camel-colored cashmere coat, which seemed to have a red base underneath.
Ji Xia didn't pay much attention. The meeting was on the second floor, and people were coming in one after another.
Ji Xia was not in this line of work and basically didn't know anyone here. If someone was friendly, she would nod and greet them appropriately.
After turning the corner of the stairs, Ji Xia saw Liang Qingjun, who came down quickly. "Teacher Ji, you're here. I was worried that you were too busy recently and couldn't spare the time."
The two had dealt with each other for a period of time before to handle the large aircraft incident between the United States and Xiao Rizi. Ji Xia liked Liang Qingjun's professionalism and his free and easy personality.
Liang Qingjun was full of admiration for Ji Xia. Not only was she a scientific research expert, but there seemed to be nothing that could stump her technically. Her dedication to the country and the people was even more admirable.
The two women admire each other.
"No matter how busy I am, I will definitely support your work!" Ji Xia said with a smile.
Liang Qingjun suddenly felt proud, even though few people who came to attend the preparatory meeting today knew Ji Xia's name, let alone her glorious deeds.
But Liang Qingjun was proud enough that Ji Xia treated her as a friend.
"You said you would support me. If there's anything I don't know and need your help, don't bother me." Liang Qingjun said in a coquettish tone.
Ji Xia smiled and said, "No problem, when did you come to me and did I bother you?"
What's more, this is a matter of national security. No matter how busy Ji Xia is, he must take time to support the work here.
Liang Qingjun felt very proud and tilted her head towards Ji Xia, "Of course not, Teacher Ji is the best!"
Meng Yuzhen was wearing a fashionable camel coat with a red sweater underneath. Unlike the two thick, black and shiny braids that are popular nowadays, her hair was slightly curled and draped over her shoulders, giving her a touch of Western romanticism.
Seeing Ji Xia and Liang Qingjun coming in intimately, Meng Yuzhen looked at Ji Xia deeply. When Ji Xia looked back at her with a little feeling, she walked around the round table and walked towards the two of them.
"Qingjun, okay, you've forgotten the old ones because you have new ones. Why don't you introduce your new friend to me!" Meng Yuzhen said in a reproachful tone. Her small round face was smeared with pearl cream, and it looked a little abnormally white. Her eyes were full of scrutiny at Ji Xia.
Ji Xia believed that he had never seen this person before.
"Let me introduce you. This is Meng Yuzhen, an officer from the European Division of the International Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She just returned from Country F. Since she speaks English, she will be working with us for a while."
Liang Qingjun introduced Ji Xia again, "This is Teacher Ji Xia!"
As a staff member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liang Qingjun's etiquette is naturally impeccable. Therefore, when introducing people, he introduced Meng Yuzhen first. Because Meng Yuzhen's status is lower than Ji Xia, it is natural to introduce younger people or people of lower status first.
Meng Yuzhen felt a little resentful. She only knew that Ji Xia married into the Qin family and was a girl from the countryside. Perhaps it was because of the Qin family that she came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do odd jobs.
In order to curry favor with the Qin family, Liang Qingjun has lost all her dignity?
Meng Yuzhen smiled, "Qingjun, you just introduced Comrade Ji Xia so simply, aren't you afraid that he will get angry?"
Ji Xia was certain that this woman had no good intentions towards her. She glanced at her and said, "No need. Ms. Meng and I are strangers and we won't have any future encounters. We don't need to know too much about each other's backgrounds."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Liang Qingjun and said, "Qingjun, can I just find a seat?"
"That won't do. Teacher Ji must sit here!"
Liang Qingjun gave up the main seat and let Ji Xia sit in the second seat. He also explained to her in a low voice, "The minister will be attending the preparatory meeting today."
Then, she sat down next to Ji Xia.
Meng Yuzhen didn't expect Ji Xia to be so direct and embarrass her in front of so many people. She was so angry that her face turned blue.
After all, she was a promising person in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and she had a good family background. She and Qin Xiao were childhood sweethearts. Before going abroad, she asked about Qin Xiao. She had heard that he had no plans to get married for the time being, so she thought of taking this opportunity to gild her resume and prepare more chips for marrying into the Qin family in the future.
It just so happened that the ambassador to F was Qin Yuandong, and Meng Yuzhen could speak French, so she took the opportunity to go out and serve as an embassy interpreter.
In fact, her foreign language skills were not very good, but in this era, there were not many people who could speak foreign languages. The reason why she dared to be an interpreter in the embassy with such a half-baked knowledge was because there was more than one translator in the embassy. Qin Yuandong had studied in France for many years and her French was very authentic.
With this overseas experience, Meng Yuzhen's status in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rose sharply after her return.
Everyone looked up to her. At least, she had been to Western countries and seen the world.
The seat Meng Yuzhen was assigned was a million miles away from Ji Xia. She was almost moved to the row of chairs against the wall.
The round table is not big and there are not enough chairs, so chairs are placed against the walls on three sides, and unimportant people sit against the walls.
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