Volume 1: White Clothes Unbeaten by Snow Chapter 3: Killing People Like Cutting Grass Without a Sound

  Zuo Yu Xi was almost in despair.

  Today, the new office building of Qingzhou No. 1 Middle School was laid, and Mayor Zhou Yuanting, who had just taken office in March, Vice Mayor Liu Sheng, Secretary-General of the Municipal Government Huang Wei, Director of Education Bureau Li Dingguo, and the school leaders of No. 1 Middle School attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. After the meeting, the principal of No. 1 Middle School invited the leaders to have a working lunch at Fuqing Building. Yu Xixi was reluctant to participate, but couldn't resist Li Dingguo's repeated requests, so she came over to accompany the leaders for dinner. At this sensitive moment, she could not and did not dare to act as freely as before.

  After the March People's Congress, Father Zuo Jing was transferred from Qingzhou Municipal Party Secretary to Lingyang Municipal Party Secretary, completing a difficult leap from regular hall to deputy province. During this period, various forces were intertwined, and several factions fought each other fiercely, with shocking results. Especially Zuo Jing's arch-nemesis, Fang Ming Tang, the strongest candidate competing for the top spot in Lingyang and the former mayor of Qingzhou, was not only defeated but also lost his position as secretary of the Qingzhou Municipal Party Committee, a post that was originally considered a mere formality, and was directly demoted to director of the People's Congress.

  Although Zuo Jing didn't get along with Fang Ming Tang, he also didn't want to completely destroy him. After all, if things went this far, Fang Ming Tang's future would be ruined, and the two would have formed a deadly feud. The officialdom was originally a public vessel, and forming such an irreconcilable enemy would not be worth it for Zuo Jing. However, as things progressed to this point, many personal matters were entangled, and it was no longer something that Zuo Jing alone could control.

  So, as the saying goes, "people leave and tea cools", especially in official circles, where emotions can change overnight. Although Lingyang is the largest city in Jiangdong Province after Guanshan, Zuo Jing's rank has reached deputy provincial level. But once he left, his influence on Qingzhou quickly dropped to a minimum. If Zuo Yuxi still acts as usual, it not only shows that he is extremely naive in politics but also invites trouble for himself.

  Everything on the wine table has fully explained the problem, Zuo Yuxi is a well-known "three-cup cadre" in Qingzhou. One cup for leaders, one cup for organizers, and one cup for colleagues, it has been like this for years. Not to mention that Li Dingguo always helps her block wine, even Zhou Yuanting often says that we are equal at work, but at the wine table, we should protect our female colleagues, let Little Zuo drink a little less.

  Zhou Yuanting was previously the vice mayor in charge of education, and Zuo Yuxi had many opportunities to interact with him.

  But today was different, although on the surface everyone was still as enthusiastic as ever, Zhou Yuanting smiled and talked to her about work matters, asking if she had any difficulties. However, Zuo Yuxi knew that the former kindly and caring Vice Mayor Zhou was gone, replaced by Zhou Yuanting, the dead loyalist of Qingzhou Mayor Fang Mingdao, the de facto absolute power holder of Qingzhou.

  Several municipal staff began to toast, Li Dingguo habitually stood up to help Zuo Yuxi block the wine, but accidentally saw Mayor Zhou turning his head to talk to Liu Sheng, not smiling at Zuo Yuxi as usual, seemingly unaware of the actions of his subordinates. Li Dingguo's heart skipped a beat, and he slipped out on the pretext of going to the bathroom. When he returned, Zuo Yuxi was already quite drunk. Li Dingguo coldly smiled to himself: Without me backing you up, see how you can still pretend to be noble!

  There is a subordinate named Zuo Yu Xi, Director Li is happy but also a bit annoyed. He's happy to have a direct connection with Zuo Jing, but Miss Zuo's temper always makes him feel like he's swallowed a fly. Now that the situation in Qingzhou has changed, although he won't kick someone while they're down, it's still satisfying to see the usually proud and beautiful Zuo Da eat humble pie.

  It wasn't until the banquet ended that Zhou Yuanting seemed to notice that Zuo Yuxi had drunk too much, scolding those who had egged him on to drink a few sentences, and that was it. Who would have thought that something like that would happen on Zuo Yuxi's way home...

  Zuo Yuxi felt her strength was about to be exhausted, with a smelly vest stuffed in her mouth, no matter how hard she shouted, she could only make muffled sounds. The person on top of her was tearing at her clothes with increasing force, and she could even hear his heavy breathing. Although Zuo Yuxi had never been intimate with anyone before, having had boyfriends in college, she knew what that heavy breathing meant. Two lines of tears flowed down silently, a feeling of desperation spreading through her body.

  She has given up all hope!

  Suddenly, the man let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground. Before Zuo Yu Xi could react, she saw a small boy raise his hand high and heavily smash something on the man's knee, followed by a kick in his lower body. The man who had almost taken everything from her didn't even have time to let out a second cry before he fainted from pain.

  Zuo Yuxi stared blankly at all of this, the impact of going from great sorrow to great joy surging back and forth in her heart, a tremendous shock of being reborn after dying twisted her absolutely beautiful face.

  She stared at the little boy in disbelief, was he her angel?

  He took a deep breath and as soon as he reached the alley entrance, he saw the young thug pouncing on Xiao Yuqi's body, frantically tearing at her clothes. He immediately crept over quietly and took advantage of the moment when the thug stood up to unbuckle his belt, using all his strength to strike the thug's waist. That was where a person's vital energy converged, and once hit hard, one would instantly lose fighting power. Wen Cang was still not at ease, so he followed up with another blow to the thug's knee, determined to either break it into pieces or make sure the thug wouldn't be able to get back up again.

  As for the last kick, it was purely a vent of anger.

  One of Wenjie's most hated behaviors is forcing women to have sex, ranking first!

  "How are you?"

  He bent down slightly, gazing at this ill-fated enchanting woman. Yes, enchanting!

  The light from the roadside lamp posts shone in faintly, black

  Her long hair, like satin, set off her pale face even more brightly. Under her slender and delicate eyebrows was a pair of big eyes as black as ink, which seemed to have ripples of water flowing in them when she blinked lightly. Xiuyuxi slightly raised her head, with tears diluting the rosy color on her cheeks, her enchanting lips slightly opened, as if sobbing and complaining.

  The black shirt was torn open, revealing a cluster of white and tender flesh on her chest. The deep cleavage followed the fallen buttons, and he let out a gentle sigh as he took off his own short-sleeved shirt to drape over her. "Get up first, it's okay, it's okay..."

  Zuo Yu Xi only felt a pair of black and shiny eyes staring at him, with a voice that seemed both distant and low, like a spark of fire on a cold winter's night, warm, comforting and slightly bewitching. Until many years later, when he thought back to that night, what was deeply etched in Zuo Yu Xi's heart was the pair of eyes as warm as jade and the gentle charm that was mesmerizing.

  Zuo Yuxi, having been in the official circles for many years, would not have been so flustered if it were any other matter. After all, tonight's experience was the most terrifying ordeal for any woman. As Wen Ze helped her put on her clothes, Zuo Yuxi regained her composure and stood up, staring at Wen Ze's young and tender face, saying in a low voice: "Thank you!"

  Wen Qian shook his head and pointed at the little rascal who had fainted on the ground: "No need to thank... what's going to happen to him?"

  Zuo Yuxi swept a glance, tidied up her clothes, and walked hand in hand with Wen Yan to the car. She opened the window and took out a silver-gray Ericsson GH337 mobile phone. Wen Yan looked at it and thought it was quite something - this 220-gram phone that had just been released in January was the terminator of the first-generation "Big Brother" phones, and owning one at this time was truly a symbol of status.

  "Is it 110? I am..."

  "Goodbye!"

  Wen Qian snatched the phone away, and upon seeing Zuo Yuxi's shocked expression, she suddenly realized her mistake. Zuo Yuxi had just gone through a lot of suffering and was definitely very sensitive, so she didn't want to be misunderstood as being motivated by greed...

  He hastily handed over his already hung-up phone and apologized: "Sorry sorry, don't be afraid, I didn't mean any harm..."

  She burst out laughing at Zuo Yu Xi's words, and gently patted Wen Qian's head with a warm smile in her eyes, her tone sincere: "How could I be afraid? You saved me, you're my benefactor... I'm just surprised why we can't call the police..."

  Perhaps it was the sudden appearance of Wen Cai in his desperation, perhaps it was the vicious expression on his face when he hit someone, or perhaps it was the strong contrast between Wen Cai's slender body and his resolute actions that made Zuo Yu Xi feel a strange sense of familiarity in his heart, as if they had known each other for a long time, without suspicion or doubt, trustworthy and reliable.

  Women are always emotional, especially after experiencing great difficulties.

  Wen Cheng felt the beauty's sincerity and thought, "Since I'm going to help, I'll do it all the way." "Sister, you're a girl after all," he turned around and pointed behind him, "It's better not to report this kind of thing to the police, if it gets out..."

  A clever person understands at once, Zuo Yu Xi let out a "yeah" and was even more grateful to lightly hug Wen Qian: "I'm a bit confused, little brother you're really clever! Right, can't report to the police! Must not!"

  Zuo Yuxi repeated herself, and almost instantly broke out in a cold sweat. Maybe some girls could call the police, after all they hadn't really been harmed, but for her it was impossible, not only because she was a public figure, but also because she had a powerful father.

  If the alarm sounds, even with toes, it's clear that this matter will be exposed and distorted. In this officialdom, there are too many people with ulterior motives! Moreover, how many enemies did my father make during this transition, and how many people are waiting to see him make a fool of himself?

  Once someone brings this up with malicious intent, Father's reputation in Lingyang will be ruined and his prestige lost. At the thought of this, Zuo Yuxi subconsciously tightened his grip on Wen Qian's hand.

  A warm short-sleeved shirt draped over the beauty's body, her bare upper body tightly pressed against Li Yu Xi's soft chest, almost feeling the two slightly raised points through the thin clothing, a faint fragrance wafted from the tip of her nose, refreshing and invigorating.

  Saving someone in leisure time doesn't seem bad either. Wen Ze leaned on Yuexi's shoulder and smiled with a crooked mouth.

  Loosen the little boy in his arms, Zuo Yu Xi raised his hand to smooth out the hair by his ear, and his face suddenly turned cold. His eyes filled with hatred scanned the depths of the alley, then he walked aside and dialed a number: "Lao Jiu? En, East Street Hutong middle... A dead end alley, bring a few people... Right... Take care of him..."

  Wen Cheng jumped in fright and hastily retreated a few steps, pretending he hadn't heard anything. In his heart, he couldn't help but feel: What's even more terrifying than offending a beautiful woman is offending a beautiful woman in the official circle. Amidst his feelings of dismay, he also felt a bit puzzled - Zuo Yuxi's coquettish appearance didn't match her ruthless tactics, and wasn't she being too reckless in the official circle?

  It wasn't until later that Wen Qian realized that this was what people referred to as the Qingzhou style.

  After Zuo Yu Xi finished the phone call, he seemed nonchalant, opening his mouth to say something but swallowing his words instead. Although Zuo Yu Xi's revenge was justified and righteous, it still made him secretly vigilant.

  What kind of people are in official circles?

  Killing people like cutting grass without making a sound!

  With this understanding, Wen Jian hesitated a little, unsure whether he should tell Zuo Yu Xi his own views.

  Because he thought tonight's thing was a conspiracy.