A whirlwind marriage with a high-ranking official: Lights out, don't force me to take the initi

Ye Wenxi looked bewildered: "What are you laughing at?"

Su Feng took a deep breath to stop laughing and told Ye Wenxi about how they ate grasshoppers, frogs, and rats during their wilderness survival training yesterday.

"Eek—!" Ye Wenxi let out a strange cry, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

She grimaced and rubbed the goosebumps on her arms: "We still have to do this kind of training?"

"It's necessary, but it's nothing serious, it doesn't hurt much," Su Feng said calmly, looking at the road ahead.

"How come all your team members can force themselves to eat? What about those who don't want to eat?"

"Not eating?" Su Feng turned his head, a smirk playing on his lips. "If he doesn't eat, I have plenty of ways to deal with him."

When he turned around, he saw Ye Wenxi looking at him like he was a pervert.

Su Feng: "........"

"Besides these, what other torturous training is there?" Ye Wenxi suddenly became interested in the special forces training.

"Interrogation and coercion, anti-prisoner training." Su Feng's smile faded, and his tone turned serious.

"Prisoner of war?" Ye Wenxi felt a little terrified when he heard it.

Su Feng nodded and said calmly:

"Beatings, bright light exposure, inability to sleep, working non-stop for dozens of hours at a time."

"There is also intimidation, verbal humiliation, and psychological torture training."

Ye Wenxi was stunned, and his steps became stiff.

She secretly sized up Su Feng, feeling that he was "even less than human".

She began to feel worried for Lu Xiaojun, her brows furrowing tightly.

"Xiao Jun can't access these things yet; that's for the future," Su Feng added casually, as if sensing Ye Wenxi's worry.

"Alright, I'm leaving." Su Feng raised his chin, turned around, and turned into the side road next to him.

"Oh, goodbye Section Chief Su." Ye Wenxi realized what was happening and called out to him.

Su Feng didn't turn around, but just raised his hand to gesture, and strode towards the officers' dormitory.

The following afternoon, in the small meeting room of the garment company.

Several leaders from the Women's Federation, Ye Wenxi, and Wang Yingxue sat around the table.

Section Chief Liang cleared his throat and formally informed Wang Yingxue:

Her exemplary deeds will be published in the bi-monthly magazine "Longjiang Women" in mid-August, earlier than the special report on Ye Wenxi, the March 8th Red Banner Pacesetter.

This is a draft that was added at the last minute; it will be published in a few days.

"Comrade Wang, I'm formally discussing this with you today to inform you and obtain your personal consent. Do you have any comments or thoughts?"

Wang Yingxue stood there stunned, turned to look at Ye Wenxi, and blinked: "When did this happen, Wenxi?"

"Never mind that, just tell me if you agree or not."

Wang Yingxue stammered, her head spinning from the overwhelming amount of information.

Such a big thing has happened to me. Once it's published in the newspapers, the whole of Heilongjiang Province will see it.

Wang Yingxue opened her mouth, but for a moment she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Ye Wenxi smiled and said, "Section Chief Liang, we should ask it this way: we're planning to publish your story. If there are no objections, then it's settled."

"Hahaha," Section Chief Liang laughed, "Alright, if there are no problems, then it's settled. We'll go back and work on this draft in the next couple of days, and we should be able to see it in the middle of this month, barring any unforeseen circumstances."

Wang Yingxue stood up from her seat and bowed to Section Chief Liang: "It's such an honor. Thank you so much to the Women's Federation for showing interest in the story of someone as insignificant as me. I really don't have anything worth reporting..."

"Comrade Wang, we won't just select anyone to report on." Section Chief Liang waved his hand, his tone serious. "You must have something special to be chosen."

She turned to Ye Wenxi and said, "If we really want to thank someone, let's thank Comrade Ye Wenxi. She's the one who provided us with this story. Actually, after you came to my office and told me about the March 8th Red Banner Pacesetter, she handed us the materials the very next day."

Wang Yingxue suddenly remembered that Ye Wenxi had talked on the phone with Lu Weidong for a long time that night.

She was also wondering why the phone call could take so long.

Her eyes welled up with tears, and she was about to speak—

"Hey? Hold it back! Don't say those mushy things." Ye Wenxi glared at him.

Wang Yingxue was immediately silenced by those words.

That's how it was settled.

After Ye Wenxi saw the Women's Federation leaders off, Wang Yingxue pushed her back into the office: "Wenxi, what will the higher-ups say about me? I'm a little nervous."

"Why did you put my article on the list? Those are only published for March 8th Red Banner Pacesetters and Advanced Workers. I'm just a widow..."

"Hey? I don't like hearing you say that!" Ye Wenxi turned around and pointed at Wang Yingxue, whose eyes were red and about to cry again. "Actually, about this... I have a little bit of selfish motives."

Ye Wenxi gestured to Wang Yingxue to come in and then closed the door tightly.

"I wanted to use your story to spread the word, and then gradually bring our garment company along as a backdrop."

"Besides you, I may also report on the deeds of other people in the clothing company, or other people in the mutual aid society or the military region in the future."

"This will allow us to gradually promote our products and increase our brand awareness."

"Because...this is our only option right now."

Ye Wenxi sounded a little uncomfortable when she said this.

She is not entirely selfless. As popular movie reviews suggest, everything she does seems to be for the benefit of others, but it is always accompanied by her own motives.

"I just did it on a whim, Xiaoxue. Don't look at me like that, as if I did something noble."

Wang Yingxue shook her head: "Wenxi... Although I haven't read many books, I know a saying: A gentleman judges by actions, not intentions."

"No matter what your purpose is, you've helped me by doing this. You've helped everyone by running the clothing company and the mutual aid society."

"You can say you had your own reasons or selfish motives once or twice, but it's come to this."

Wang Yingxue smiled and said, "You are a gentleman! The most outstanding kind of gentleman."

Ye Wenxi blushed and quickly pushed Wang Yingxue out, saying, "Oh dear~~~ Alright, alright, alright! Get out of here! Go and call Xie Linfeng over for me!"

Ye Wenxi sat back in her chair, a faint smile on her lips, and turned to look at the light and shadow under the slender willow trees outside the window.

She recalled the first time she met Wang Yingxue.

He kept his head down and shoulders hunched, his eyes devoid of light.

Now look at Wang Yingxue, standing tall and proud, her eyes crinkling when she smiles, and she walks with a confident stride.

From gloom to brightness, it's like a seed buried in the soil finally breaking through the mud and sprouting its own branches.