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

Su's mother tried to persuade her for a long time from upstairs, but ultimately returned home empty-handed.

She returned to Su Changqing's side, gently shook her head, and looked solemn.

Seeing his wife's expression, Su Changqing's face also darkened.

His two daughters, the younger one, Su Yue, is unruly and willful, as always.

But Su Ran, who is usually very intelligent, ambitious, sensible, and knows when to advance and retreat, never makes such a foolish mistake.

Zhang Zhenguo was incredibly perceptive and immediately guessed what had happened.

Su Changqing sighed, somewhat angrily saying:

"This child, I don't know what's gotten into her today. Don't worry, I'll definitely discipline her properly."

Zhang Zhenguo waved his hand and gently persuaded him.

"Don't get angry. Xiao Ran is very smart and outstanding, and she excels in everything. It's inevitable that she's a little proud and arrogant, and it's understandable that she can't understand it for a while."

Su Changqing gave a wry smile: "Don't speak up for her."

"If it's because of a talented young man like Lu Weidong, I can understand."

"Now they've gotten into a dispute with a military family member, and it's escalated to this point..."

He shook his head: "That's outrageous."

"Old Su," Zhang Zhenguo said slowly after a moment's thought.

"That military dependent is indeed quite extraordinary."

"Oh?"

Zhang Zhenguo then recounted the previous events to Su Changqing in detail.

He speculated that Ye Wenxi had anticipated and orchestrated the model selection process in advance to calmly handle the "public apology."

There's also her running of a clothing company, along with her ability to perfectly grasp the latest policies.

"I heard she's only been in the family compound for a little over a month."

"And before that, she was just a country girl who hadn't received much formal education."

Su Ran, however, suffers repeated defeats in love, in her reputation, and even in her job, which she is so proud of.

We lost completely.

"These things keep happening one after another."

"No wonder Xiao Ran is having trouble understanding."

Zhang Zhenguo poured a cup of tea and pushed it over.

Su Changqing frowned slightly after hearing Zhang Zhenguo's words.

If his old friend hadn't said it himself, he would have found it hard to believe that a military family member could do such a thing.

"You don't need to worry too much." Zhang Zhenguo picked up his teacup.

"When Su Feng comes to the exercise in a while, let him talk to Xiao Ran. Maybe she will understand."

"Sigh..." Su Changqing shook his head.

"Just thinking about it makes me even more worried. Of these three children, he's the one who gives me the most headaches."

Zhang Zhenguo looked at him with a smile: "Old Su, if you say that, I'd think you're showing off."

"The youngest training section chief in the special operations brigade, and the all-around champion in the national skills competition for three consecutive years." Zhang Zhenguo shook his head with a smile.

"Does a son like this still give you a headache?"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

The laughter of the two old friends echoed in the quiet living room, temporarily easing the previous tension.

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The sky in the courtyard was just beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

Around 5 a.m., Lu Weidong woke up and gently kissed the forehead of the sleeping Ye Wenxi.

He got up quietly and put on his clothes.

"Mmm..." came a soft moan from the bed.

Ye Wenxi also sat up.

Still half asleep, she reached for the clothes by the bedside.

"Why are you up?"

Lu Weidong, buttoning his shirt, turned to look at her.

"Sleep a little longer."

"Aha..."

Ye Wenxi yawned widely, and a few tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

"No, I've got too much going on lately."

She rubbed her eyes, her voice still a little slurred.

"I've arranged to meet with Section Chief Wei from the Publicity Department today to discuss your exercise publicity with them."

"You've been given work again?" Lu Weidong frowned.

"Hmm... Ah ha—"

Ye Wenxi yawned again as he spoke.

"You can refuse," Lu Weidong said, leaning against the doorframe.

"If it's inconvenient, I'll go talk to him."

Ye Wenxi handed him a toothbrush with toothpaste already squeezed out.

He also squeezed some onto his own toothbrush.

"No need for that. I'm actually quite interested in what he mentioned this time."

He said you have a large-scale exercise.

"They want me to help them design commemorative medals, plaques, certificates, and the like."

"I'd like to give it a try and exchange ideas."

"You don't need to get up so early."

Lu Weidong took the toothbrush, and the two stood side by side in front of the sink.

"I need to finish drawing a few unfinished fabric pieces before the meeting."

"I'll be going back to Harbin in a few days. The work of these women here can't be interrupted."

Ye Wenxi mumbled something, her mouth full of toothpaste foam.

Lu Weidong looked at Ye Wenxi brushing her teeth diligently in the mirror.

She filled almost every spare moment.

Any one of the things she's doing right now would keep others busy.

Preparing for high school and university exams, managing design for the food factory, pattern making for my own clothing store, overseeing the work arrangements for several helpers, and now even the publicity department is knocking on my door...

Ye Wenxi was brushing her teeth when she suddenly met Lu Weidong's gaze in the mirror.

"What's wrong?" she asked vaguely.

Lu Weidong spat out the foam in his mouth, wiped his mouth with a towel, and turned to look at her.

"I'm actually starting to believe you're a spy."

Ye Wenxi abruptly stopped brushing her teeth, her whole body stiffening.

Lu Weidong couldn't help but laugh when he saw her face turn pale instantly.

"Our Comrade Ye Wenxi is truly a capable man."

He smiled and patted Ye Wenxi on the shoulder.

Ye Wenxi remained motionless, still in the same position as when she was brushing her teeth.

She slowly turned her head and watched Lu Weidong walk out of the bathroom.

She snapped out of her daze, quickly rinsed her mouth, and couldn't help but mutter to herself: I should have avoided getting involved in the propaganda department.

But... we could design medals and badges for the military.

This is much more interesting than designing pastry boxes.

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At 10:00 AM, in the small conference room of the publicity department.

The blackboard had a prominent title: "Snowfield Iron Fist Exercise Promotional Material Design Launch Meeting".

There were seven or eight propaganda officers, both men and women, sitting in the room.

When Ye Wenxi pushed open the door, several people stood up and led the applause.

She was a little embarrassed, so she nodded as a greeting.

His gaze swept around.

Su Ran is not here today.

I don't know if Section Chief Wei deliberately didn't arrange for her to come, or if she herself didn't want to come.

The thought flashed through Ye Wenxi's mind for a moment, then passed.

Unimportant people are not worth her time and effort.

Wei Changzheng stood at the front of the conference room.

He introduced the background of the meeting to the attendees.

This military region is about to conduct an important joint military exercise.

This is a multi-party joint exercise between the military region's special operations forces and the army's regular forces, with the support of a team of technical experts.

This exercise was large in scale, involved many units, and had significant political implications and propaganda value.

"The publicity department has a lot of work to do this time."

"So we specially invited Comrade Ye Wenxi here in the hope that he could give us some professional advice on the design of souvenirs and visual materials."

Ye Wenxi nodded and agreed.

She herself is not a formally employed staff member and therefore cannot be directly in charge.

The suggestions were just suggestions, and the timing wasn't too bad.

Of course, there won't be any bonuses or rewards; at most, they'll give some gifts.

But she had another consideration in mind.

Because she had heard Lu Weidong mention it.

His regiment will be the main force participating in this exercise.

He is highly likely to be in charge of the assault direction.

She wanted him to wear the medals and plaques she had helped design.