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

On the long-distance bus, Ye Wenxi held her high school Chinese textbook and silently recited the text.

In this day and age, many people are illiterate, and it is even rarer to see someone like her reading a book on the train.

Ye Wenxi didn't think that much about it.

In the past, commuting to and from get off work often took one or two hours, and she was used to listening to audiobooks or memorizing vocabulary with headphones.

Now that those tools are gone, reading paper books is a way to pass the time and review efficiently.

However, this behavior was seen as eccentric by others.

A few hushed whispers came from the right-hand seats:

"What a show-off! She even carries a book while riding in a car, trying to appear cultured."

"What are you looking at? Looks like a textbook? You're such a grown-up, still looking at textbooks? Trying to act like a high school student?"

Ye Wenxi's eyes twitched slightly, and he slammed the book shut with a loud "snap".

She turned her head immediately, her gaze fixed on the source of the sound.

Two middle-aged women huddled together.

The two men were taken aback when she dared to turn around in front of them, and they choked up for a moment, then awkwardly shut their mouths.

But Ye Wenxi didn't look away. She just stared at them quietly, her eyes not showing any anger, but heavy and suffocating.

The two men felt extremely uncomfortable under her gaze, as if ants were crawling all over them.

One of them finally couldn't take it anymore, turning around and glaring back: "What's wrong with you? Why are you staring at us like that?"

"Am I watching you?" Ye Wenxi asked calmly.

"Why weren't you watching? Your eyes were practically glued to it!"

"Oh... then there might be a misunderstanding," Ye Wenxi said earnestly.

"I just heard a buzzing sound here, it was so noisy, I thought it was two flies that flew in."

She suddenly leaned close to the woman's face and said to her with "concern":

"Check quickly, did that fly get into your mouth? The sound it made sounds a bit like it."

A little girl standing diagonally in front of them couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this.

She heard what the two women were saying and thought they were being sarcastic and gossipy.

On the contrary, she had a good impression of Ye Wenxi, who was quietly reading.

I never expected this seemingly gentle woman to be so sharp-tongued when she talks back.

She couldn't help but laugh at that last sentence.

This laugh came out of nowhere, like a sudden rip off the middle-aged woman's fig leaf.

The woman's face flushed red instantly.

She didn't dare to confront Ye Wenxi head-on; his eyes and mouth clearly indicated he wasn't someone to be trifled with.

I'm so angry and have nowhere to vent.

She abruptly turned her head and yelled at the little girl:

"Hey! Who are you laughing at?!"

"Don't you have any manners? What are you laughing at when adults are talking? Didn't your parents teach you any manners?!"

The young woman was taken aback for a moment, then became somewhat angry: "I think you're the one who lacks manners. You were just talking nonsense about people."

"I heard everything. The person was quietly reading a book, and you were saying that they were pretending, saying they were pretending to be a high school student."

The woman, feeling humiliated and angry after being publicly shamed, stood up abruptly and reached out to shove the little girl.

Ye Wenxi immediately stood up and stepped between the two of them.

"Speak your mind, what kind of violence is this?" she shouted at the man.

The other passengers on the bus couldn't stand it anymore and started to criticize it.

"Exactly, why bother arguing with a little girl!"

"You started this gossip, so why can't people laugh at you?"

The woman, feeling humiliated, became even more enraged.

"You're bullying me! I...I..."

She suddenly turned around, grabbed a thermos, and made as if to splash it at Ye Wenxi!

As soon as she raised her arm, a large hand firmly gripped her wrist from the side.

The hand gripped her wrist tightly, causing a sharp pain. A calm male voice rang out from the side:

"If you poured that hot water into the thermos, it could scald you and peel off a layer of skin, do you know that?"

The speaker was a man wearing a dark Zhongshan suit and thin-rimmed glasses; it was Zhou Xuchen.

His gaze swept over the woman's face, contorted with rage.

"That's enough. Most of the people in this car are military families and personnel related to the military. I advise you not to cause trouble for your family."

Zhou Xuchen's rebuke, coupled with the increasingly dissatisfied gazes of those around him, finally quelled the woman's arrogance.

Her hand, holding the thermos, froze in mid-air, her face alternating between red and white.

"Exactly! How could you do that, trying to splash someone with hot water!"

"Luckily, this comrade stopped you in time, otherwise you would have been in big trouble today!"

"Tell me, which family are you from?!"

The accusations from the crowd came raining down on him.

The woman panicked completely. She lowered her head and dared not utter another sound, fearing that she would be recognized and cause her husband to be punished.

Ye Wenxi turned to look at the man who had come to her aid.

The other person happened to be looking at her and nodded slightly: "Hello, are you Comrade Xiao Ye?"

"Hmm...who are you?" Ye Wenxi felt that he looked familiar.

Suddenly she remembered: "On the way last night..."

"Yes, we met last night. My name is Zhou Xuchen."

"Hello, my name is Ye Wenxi, thank you for what you just said."

"You're welcome, it was nothing."

Zhou Xuchen silently repeated the name twice in his mind and memorized it.

There are no technical meetings today.

He took advantage of the break to go out and buy some things for himself.

I left in a hurry for this business trip and didn't bring all my winter clothes. With the temperature dropping, I need to prepare them as soon as possible.

Although the host had said that they could arrange transportation for him, he did not want to use public resources for such a private matter.

Since there was a long-distance bus and the journey wasn't far, I decided to go out alone.

When he got on the bus, he saw Ye Wenxi sitting in the front row.

It was crowded at the time, and as they pushed him forward, there was no chance to say hello, so he sat down in the back row, a few rows away from her.

After the farce, the two women glared at Ye Wenxi with shame and moved a few rows back, sitting right in Zhou Xuchen's original seat.

Zhou Xuchen opened his mouth but didn't say anything. He then sat down in the empty seat that the woman had made.

It was right to Ye Wenxi's right.

Ye Wenxi turned around and asked the little girl with braided pigtails softly, "Are you alright? Did she hurt you?"

"I'm fine, sister." The little girl shook her head. "Thank you for helping me."

"Don't mention it," Ye Wenxi smiled, "I should thank you for speaking up for me earlier."

The little girl glanced at the empty seat next to Ye Wenxi and asked softly, "Sister, can I sit here?"

"Of course, please have a seat."

"Sister, what book are you reading?" the little girl asked curiously, peeking over.

"High school Chinese textbook"

"High school textbooks?" The little girl's eyes widened. "Are you a teacher, sister?"

"No," Ye Wenxi shook her head, her tone casual, "I'm currently reviewing for next year's college entrance exam."

……

As Zhou Xuchen listened to the conversation beside him, Ye Wenxi's demeanor and temperament caused a hint of surprise to flash across his eyes.

He subconsciously kept glancing at the calm profile on his left.

Half an hour later, the long-distance bus entered the county town, and passengers got off at different stops.

Before getting off the bus, the little girl said goodbye to Ye Wenxi: "Sister, I'll come visit you when I have time."

Her name is Wang Xiaoyu. She is the younger sister of Commander Wang of the Second Independent Regiment. She usually attends middle school in the county and is visiting her unit for the weekend.

Ye Wenxi and Zhou Xuchen also got off at the same stop.

"Is Comrade Ye also here to buy something?" Zhou Xuchen asked.

"Hmm, I'd like to go to the county department store to look at washing machines."

"And you, Comrade Zhou?"

"We need to go there to buy some clothes," Zhou Xuchen said, his steps naturally following hers.

Ye Wenxi stopped and said, "Um... Comrade Zhou, you go ahead. I have some other things to take care of."

Zhou Xuchen paused for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, goodbye then."

"goodbye."

Ye Wenxi has some trivial matter to report.

She just didn't want to walk with people she didn't know well.

She felt awkward and uncomfortable.

Moreover, she is now so hungry that her stomach is practically touching her back.

I didn't eat anything last night, so I just had a few bites this morning.

Perhaps the argument in the car rekindled her energy, making her feel like she could devour a cow.

All she wants to do right now is find a restaurant and have a big meal.