Wan Xiaozhen walked up to Lu Ze and gathered her hair that had fallen to the side.
The moment she opened her mouth, she abandoned her usual domineering and arrogant demeanor, her voice unconsciously becoming slightly affected and awkward.
"Hello comrade, I am Wan Xiaozhen."
Her gaze was fixed on the man in front of her; he was all she could think about.
He was so handsome and tall, with deep-set features and a straight nose.
A single glance from those eyes could send a chill down your spine.
No wonder he became a battalion commander at such a young age.
Even his cold, furrowed brows are beautiful.
Lu Ze looked at her coldly, his face calm and indifferent. "Is there something you need?"
His voice was flat and monotone, devoid of any emotion other than cold indifference.
"Comrade Song, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Wan Xiaozhen mistakenly thought he was angry, so her voice involuntarily became gentler, and her initial arrogance disappeared as she explained in a low voice:
"I didn't know you were coming, which caused the delay. I didn't mean to keep you waiting so long."
The voice was so delicate that it gave Fang Qiaoqiao goosebumps.
Lu Ze doesn't like getting too close to people, especially women he doesn't know.
As soon as Wan Xiaozhen walked over, he subconsciously took a few steps back.
He frowned, looking at the strangely dressed woman in front of him with polite distance.
"Comrade, you've mistaken me for someone else. My surname isn't Song, and I'm not here to see you."
Wan Xiaozhen froze, looking up at Lu Ze with astonishment in her eyes, "If you're not here to see me, then who are you here to see?"
At this moment, Fang Qiaoqiao's voice came from behind, her tone carrying a hint of schadenfreude, as if she didn't want things to get out of hand.
"Of course we're here to see our Yu Yao."
Wan Xiaozhen's smile froze, and she turned to ask Lu Ze, "How could you possibly be here to see Yu Yao?"
"She's right."
Lu Ze walked past Wan Xiaozhen, stood in front of Yu Yao, and naturally took the things from Yu Yao's hands.
He then tidied the stray hairs that had fallen beside her cheek and asked, "Have you finished everything?"
Yu Yao hummed in agreement. "How long have you been waiting?"
"Not long ago, I just arrived."
The two talked about everyday things, yet their intimacy was palpable to those around them.
Moreover, he waited outside in the scorching sun for at least an hour, but Yu Yao felt guilty and said that she had just arrived.
Wan Xiaozhen was dumbfounded when she saw this.
The woman standing by the window, who was looking at the young couple dating, and Aunt Liu looked at each other and were both stunned.
Wan Xiaozhen suppressed her heartache, took two steps forward, and, clinging to a sliver of hope, asked Lu Ze, "What is your relationship with her?"
Yu Yao stood next to Lu Ze, wearing a light blue dress, looking graceful and elegant, with a smile as bright as the morning sun.
"Our relationship goes without saying, it's obvious to everyone."
My man is indeed very outstanding; you have good taste, it's just that your eyesight isn't great.
What?
Is he Yu Yao's man?
This news was like a bolt from the blue, leaving Wan Xiaozhen stunned and speechless.
The female worker who had witnessed the farce burst out laughing, her gaze towards Wan Xiaozhen filled with mockery and ridicule.
Wan Xiaozhen was extremely embarrassed.
She never expected Yu Yao to be so scheming!
She could have revealed Lu Ze's identity earlier, but she deliberately concealed it, only revealing it after she made a fool of herself.
Unfortunately, the matter was already settled, and no matter how she tried to make amends, she was destined to lose face.
While feeling humiliated, Wan Xiaozhen was even more unwilling to accept it.
Unable to accept that the man she had longed for for so long was actually Yu Yao's husband?
Looking at the handsome and tall Lu Ze, Wan Xiaozhen felt extremely distressed.
She couldn't help but wonder if she had been the one to meet him earlier, would she be the one he's looking at now?
Upon hearing Yu Yao say "my man," Lu Ze maintained his usual cold expression, but the slight upturn of his lips betrayed the turmoil and joy in his heart.
After finishing her sentence, Yu Yao ignored Wan Xiaozhen and turned to formally introduce Liu Da Niang and the others: "Auntie, this is my husband, Lu Ze."
Lu Ze distributed the candies and snacks he had bought in his net bag to Yu Yao's colleagues.
"Hello comrades, my name is Lu Ze. Thank you for taking care of Yu Yao during this time."
Aunt Liu and the woman came to their senses and, looking at the food in their hands, quickly declined, saying, "Comrade Lu, you're too kind. We can't accept your food."
Yu Yao smiled and said, "Auntie, please accept this. Consider it a farewell gift. I'll be going to the sugar water workshop next week. Even though we're in the same factory, it won't be easy to see each other often."
Fang Qiaoqiao didn't stand on ceremony. She peeled open a candy orange, popped it into her mouth, and said:
"It's quite remarkable that this person is good-looking; even the man she married is someone as tall and handsome as Comrade Lu. Thanks to Yu Yao, she got to enjoy free candy."
She deliberately walked over to Wan Xiaozhen and casually muttered to herself, "It seems I won't have a chance to eat this candy from the battalion commander's wife."
Hearing this, Wan Xiaozhen felt as if she had been pricked by a needle.
The words that had just spoken disparagingly of Yu Yao, now uttered by Fang Qiaoqiao, were tantamount to stabbing Wan Xiaozhen in the back a few more times.
She never imagined that the old and ugly rural soldier Yu Yao, whom she secretly mocked, would be the person she had been longing for for so many days.
These days, her fantasies of marrying him and living in a military compound, having two big, healthy sons, and living a sweet life as a wife and mother have all turned into wishful thinking, self-importance, and arrogance.
The more smug she was in front of Yu Yao before, the more embarrassed she became now.
She couldn't help but look at Lu Ze, hoping he could put in a good word for her.
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