Chapter 3: Qin Mei

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  Even a thousand words and ten thousand languages could hardly describe Liu Fei's complex emotions at this moment.

  She never thought that Yang Jie would make such a promise to her.

  Since her parents left their hometown, no one has ever cared for her with such sincerity. Liu Fei even thought that she would spend the rest of her life in loneliness and silently die alone in an unknown nursing home.

  Perhaps for her, this is a fate, a fate that has been destined since she was born, an unbreakable bond.

  Yang Jie's gaze was very clear and calm, without a hint of any malicious desire towards her. Liu Fei wasn't stupid, having seen many men with ill intentions towards her, so she could definitely tell that Yang Jie's previous words weren't directed at her personal beauty, but rather came from a sense of righteous indignation.

  It was precisely because Yang Jie had no ulterior motives that Liu Fei felt inexplicably moved.

  The long-awaited warmth and care moistened Liu Fei's dry and dying heart, just like a refreshing rain after a long drought. Yang Jie's promise made Liu Fei's charming yet determined eyes well up with tears of emotion.

  Actually, Liu Fei had thought about quitting and working elsewhere, but she was so delicate and charming, born with a national beauty, and majored in dance. Even if she left Yunhe County and went to a private enterprise, without any expertise, she would probably end up as someone's mistress.

  Moreover, as someone within the system, she has an iron rice bowl, and her unit takes care of everything from birth to death. For someone with congenital infertility who finds it difficult to form a normal family, it is hard for her to give up easily.

  Besides, the strong-willed her didn't want to admit defeat to Liao Fanwu like this. She hoped that she could prove herself in the workplace with her own abilities and show that she wasn't just a vase. The future is unpredictable, who knows what will happen next?

  "Thank you!" Liu Fei's heart was filled with a thousand words and ten thousand phrases, all of which were wrapped up in these two words "thank you".

  Yang Jie didn't have any special relationship with her, just a normal superior-subordinate relationship, but Yang Jie was able to go up against the municipal party committee's standing committee for this subordinate he had only recently met, which couldn't help but move Liu Fei.

  Looking at Liu Fei's emotional expression, Yang Jie didn't want to mention her sad affairs again, and jokingly said: "I just ate your tofu for a while, you've been holding my hand for almost ten minutes now! Does it feel good?"

  Liu Fei's emotions were still in a state of excitement and had not yet subsided. After hearing Yang Jie say that, she finally came to her senses and realized that she was still holding onto Yang Jie's hand without letting go. Her pretty face instantly turned bright red, and she hastily withdrew her small hand, looking at Yang Jie with a mischievous grin. Liu Fei couldn't help but wish she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into at this moment.

  "I touched you, you touched me, so we're even now! Look at yourself, you look so beautiful, a big beauty, always with a straight face, looking like you owe everyone money. From now on, just smile more and life will naturally become better!"

  Yang Jie said, seeing the train slowly stopping at Changyang City Station, looking at the platform with breakfast for sale, thinking that they were in a hurry to catch the train in the morning and neither of them had eaten anything. After asking Liu Fei what she wanted to eat, he opened the car window and let someone deliver some steamed dumplings and small buns to them.

  The floating population of Changyang City is much larger than that of Tonghe County. The passengers getting on the bus in Changyang City are like a sea of people, following one after another like ants, leaving Liu Fei stunned.

  She had never seen such a crowded train scene before. In the past, when she went to various places to perform, there were special cars to pick her up, and she would not experience this kind of crowding on trains.

  In the hard sleeper carriage, there were suddenly many more people, because this train was the earliest provincial northbound train in the morning, and the seats were relatively spacious. Therefore, those who went to Chengdu liked to take this train, and the train arrived at Chengdu on time at around 2 pm, which was convenient for everyone to do things in Chengdu.

  Yang Jie and Liu Fei's berths were both lower berths, which eliminated the trouble of climbing up and down. However, from Xunhe to Rongcheng is only more than six hours, so basically no one will sleep. The reason for buying a sleeper ticket is just to avoid squeezing with people in the hard-seat car.

  "Excuse me, is this your booth? Can I put my things underneath?"

  Many passengers got on the bus, and the luggage rack was soon filled up. A female student with short hair, a pretty face, sparkling eyes, tall and curvy figure, wearing a military school summer uniform, pulling a suitcase with one hand, walked in front of Yang Jie and Liu Fei, gave a salute and asked.

  Qin Mei got on the bus and didn't look for her seat, but instead looked around until she saw Yang Jie and Liu Fei already sitting in their seats. Only then did her eyes light up, knowing they were the people she was looking for, and she went forward to intentionally strike up a conversation.

  Liu Fei saw that she was carrying a bag and holding a suitcase, with no one accompanying her by her side. The little girl pointed to the seat where she had put her things, but Liu Fei smiled and nodded, "Go ahead! It's just a few hours to Chengdu, let's chat for a bit and we'll arrive before you know it."

  The berth on Qin Mei's ticket wasn't even in this car, but as Liu Fei said, since they would arrive at Rong City in just a few hours, people who got on the sleeper car wouldn't sleep or rest anyway, so no one cared where anyone sat, let alone checked tickets.

  After saying thank you, Qin Mei took off the bag on her back and put it on the berth, shortened the handle of the suitcase, put the box under the berth, slightly moved her shoulders, and then smiled at Liu Fei with a small hand. "Hello! My name is Qin Mei, sister, you can call me Meizi, I am a senior student in the computer department of Military Academy."

  "Hello! I'm Liu Fei, working in Tonghe County. This is Yang Jie, my leader!" Liu Fei smiled and shook hands with the lively Qin Mei before introducing the person sitting across from her, who was leaning over the table eating - Yang Jie.

  "Hello, Yang! Nice to meet you!" Qin Mei heard Liu Fei's introduction and knew that the handsome guy in front of her was indeed Yang Jie. A flash of unexpected sparkle appeared in her cunning eyes as she stretched out her hand with a calm demeanor.

  "Hello, Mei Zi! Nice to meet you!" Yang Jie heard the nickname Mei Zi and suddenly realized that the female hacker who was chatting with Cao Meng wasn't also called Mei Zi, could it be this little girl in front of him?

  Holding Mei Zi's soft and white small hand, I saw that her fingers were slender and beautiful, and her fingernails were trimmed very neatly. I don't know if it was because of the strict requirements of the military school, which did not allow long fingernails, or if she had trimmed them so short for convenience because she often used a keyboard.

  Yang Jie had some suspicions in his heart, but his face remained calm and expressionless. After releasing Qin Mei's small hand, he saw her sit down next to Liu Fei, then smiled and pointed at the breakfast on the table, asking: "Have you eaten breakfast? Let's eat together?"

  "Thank you! I've eaten already." Qin Mei smiled and shook her head in gratitude, seeing that Yang Jie was indeed as Cao Meng had said, a sunny and handsome big brother, and she couldn't help but feel curious about him.

  Looking at Liu Fei sitting next to him, she was elegant and beautiful, captivating. The two of them looked like a perfect match in terms of appearance. Was there something fishy going on between them? Thinking of this, Qin Mei curiously asked: "You two look like a perfect couple, are you together?"

  "Nowadays, kids are really open-minded. They ask such private questions as soon as they meet! Didn't you hear Liu Fei's introduction just now? I'm her colleague and her superior!" Yang Jie put down his chopsticks after finishing eating, looked at the train which had already started moving, and then glanced at Qin Mei.

  The little girl looks good, with a short haircut that sets off her refreshing and elegant demeanor. Qin Mei, dressed in military uniform, has an air of elegance that ordinary girls do not have, especially those bright big eyes, which are very beautiful.

  "Really? You're her boss?" Qin Mei looked at Yang Jie with a skeptical expression, sizing him up from head to toe, clearly disbelieving.

  "Little girl checking the household registration! You're also too casual about yourself!" Yang Jie saw Qin Mei's suspicion, and with a slight smile, didn't think to prove anything.

  Qin Mei rolled her eyes and said, "As the saying goes, it takes a hundred years to share a boat ride, and a thousand years to sleep on the same pillow. We're lucky to be sitting in the same train car, which is already a fate accumulated from our past lives. What's wrong with asking?"

  "You've watched too much 'New White Lady Legend'!" Yang Jie looked at Qin Mei with a matter-of-fact expression and responded with this sentence.

  Liu Fei saw Yang Jie and Qin Mei talking for a few sentences, and there were signs of a quarrel. She hurriedly interrupted the two with a smile, "You two are really interesting, speaking to each other as if you've known each other for a long time, teasing and mocking like little kids."

  "Who's a little kid now!" Yang Jie and Qin Mei exclaimed in unison after hearing Liu Fei's words.

  When the two finished speaking, they looked at each other with a smile, as if they found the tacit understanding between them somewhat amusing. The slight unpleasantness caused by their previous argument suddenly dissipated in that smile.