Wen Xi took out a bright red apple from her bag, as big as a man’s fist, and handed it to the waiter.
The rich fruity aroma instantly rushed into one’s nose. Such a fresh, high-quality large apple made the waiter’s eyes light up.
The very next second, the waiter—who had still been stiff-faced and unwilling to engage—suddenly became enthusiastic and pointed her in the right direction.
“Girl, is this your first time here? The military district is still quite far and there’s no direct transport. It’s in the suburbs.
You need to take Bus No. 2 from the station outside, get off at the Machinery Factory stop, then transfer to Bus No. 7. I heard after getting off, you still have to walk about two kilometers.
The buses don’t come often either, usually one per hour. If you don’t want to wait, you can also pay more for a tricycle.”
Worried that Wen Xi might not understand, the waiter even personally took her outside to point out where the bus stop was.
Wen Xi thanked her, and after finishing breakfast, she carried her luggage to the bus stop to wait.
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Yunling County Hospital.
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He Chengxiao lay on the hospital bed. Liu Shengli only came over after finishing his work at the bureau.
“Did you find out about that female comrade yesterday?” He Chengxiao asked as soon as he saw him enter.
Liu Shengli sat down heavily in the chair by the bed and picked up the enamel mug on the bedside table, gulping down water. He had been running around all night—arrests, interrogations—so busy he hadn’t even had a sip of water. He was practically dying of thirst.
After finishing the whole mug, his dry throat finally felt better.
“When we sent people to the guesthouse this morning after finishing things at the bureau, she had already checked out and left.
The registration book got soaked in the chaos yesterday, the writing is all blurred. The receptionist was frightened and fell ill—she can’t remember anything.”
“Alright then.” He Chengxiao sighed. “Let’s handle the immediate matters first. We’ll look for her slowly. Maybe we’ll run into her one day.”
Liu Shengli nodded repeatedly. “You don’t need to worry about this, just focus on recovering. As long as she’s still in Yunling County, we’ll find her.
That girl is fat like a small hill. With such an obvious build, she should be easy to locate.”
In this era, a woman of such size was extremely rare, so Liu Shengli was very confident they would find her soon.
They chatted a bit more. Liu Shengli checked on He Chengxiao’s injury, and once he confirmed he was recovering well, he left in a hurry.
Because of the enemy espionage case, there wasn’t a single idle person in the bureau, and he could only spare this short time to visit the hospital.
Neither of them knew that the person they were desperately searching for was already more than a thousand kilometers away in Lanzhou.
After a long journey, when Wen Xi finally got off the bus and reached the military district, it was already noon.
After riding a train for over forty hours and standing all morning, her legs felt numb and cold, almost completely losing sensation.
But she was tired and happy at the same time—she felt like she had lost several pounds just from these two days on the train.
Dragging her heavy steps, Wen Xi walked toward the young sentry at the gate.
“Comrade, I’m here to see Song Mingyuan. This is my letter of introduction.”
She handed it over.
“You’re looking for Deputy Battalion Commander Song? Who are you to him?” the young soldier asked warily as he checked the letter.
But as soon as he saw it, his eyes nearly popped out—on it clearly stated: “wife coming to join the military.”
What’s going on? Wasn’t Deputy Battalion Commander Song’s wife supposed to be the daughter of Political Commissar Jiang?
They even lived together in the officers’ housing area!
Wen Xi cleared her throat and said loudly, “I am Song Mingyuan’s wife from his hometown. We married three years ago. I thought husband and wife shouldn’t live apart for too long, so I came to join him in the army.”
Join the army my ass—she was here to settle scores with Song Mingyuan!
There were quite a few people coming and going at the military gate, and upon hearing her words, everyone turned to look.
Wen Xi was about 1.75 meters tall, heavily built like a mountain, wearing a patched blue cotton jacket and faded black pants. Her hair was messy, and her round, chubby face looked like a platter.
Standing there silently, she could easily be mistaken for a man.
The area fell into a brief silence.
“Comrade, aren’t you a fraud from somewhere?” an old woman stepped forward. “Deputy Battalion Commander Song is the son-in-law of Political Commissar Jiang. He’s young, promising, and bright—how could he possibly have a wife like you?”
The old woman and others sized her up. That massive frame standing there looked like two Song Mingyuans put together.
Compared to Political Commissar Jiang’s daughter, it was like clouds in the sky versus mud on the ground.
With such a fairy-like beautiful fiancée, how could he possibly like a fat rural woman like her?
“Auntie, what did you say? Song Mingyuan already has a wife in the army? He’s the son-in-law of the political commissar? Then me? What am I?”
Wen Xi suddenly burst into tears in front of everyone and sat down on the ground.
“I traveled all the way here by hard-seat train after so much suffering…”
“Waaah… He must despise me, a country bumpkin ugly woman, because I’m fat and embarrassing.
He married the political commissar’s daughter—that’s just like Chen Shimei in the operas!
Sob sob… He abandoned his loyal wife for promotion and wealth. Song Mingyuan is Chen Shimei reborn!”
“Song Mingyuan, you heartless beast! When I married you, I even brought a dowry!
I served your parents at home, worked like a mule, and took care of everything in the household.
Even your parents’, uncles’, aunts’, and siblings’ underwear was washed by me—I was treated like a slave!”
The crowd watching made indescribable expressions at this.
No matter how harsh life was, making someone wash every male relative’s underwear was too much.
Most people couldn’t even imagine doing that.
“That’s not even the worst of it! When we married, he rushed back to the army without even consummating the marriage!
Turns out he already had someone outside, rushing to live a double life!”
“I’m a young unmarried girl, and they always called me a barren hen at home. How am I supposed to have children alone? Would they even acknowledge the child if I had one?”
“If I hadn’t come today, I wouldn’t even know he has two wives!
One serves his parents, the other warms his bed and helps his promotion—he’s even more comfortable than a landlord in the old society!”
The crowd grew larger and more excited as she wailed at the military gate, cursing Song Mingyuan as a shameless Chen Shimei and greedy landlord.
The military compound had not seen such explosive drama in a long time. The gate was surrounded by onlookers, and the atmosphere was unusually lively.
The guards were frantic. The military compound was not a place where someone could just cry and make a scene so brazenly.
Even if what she said was true, she shouldn’t be causing such a disturbance at the gate!
But clearly, they couldn’t handle it.
“Comrade…”
The soldier tried to persuade her further, but Wen Xi was already crying so hard she couldn’t catch her breath.
With a hiccup, her eyes rolled back—and she collapsed straight backward, fainting.