Chapter 711: Stopped

Fu Mingxue worked overtime again, finishing around midnight.

After all, having been away for a month, she had a lot of issues to sort through.

When she rode her bicycle home, she found the main gate was locked.

She couldn’t help but mutter, ’Did that Qin Wenhao go on another mission?’

Luckily, she had her own key and let herself in.

It wasn’t until she got inside and saw the note on her desk that she knew for sure: Qin Wenhao really had left for a mission.

And his return date was undetermined.

Reading this, she couldn’t help but sigh. As a married couple, they truly spent more time apart than together.

Still, it was a good thing that they each had their own careers.

She didn’t have much time for the sentimental aspects of married life anyway.

She put the note away, grabbed her clothes, and went to take a shower.

After her shower, she had no time to think about Qin Wenhao. She still had to reorganize her notes from the day’s meeting.

Once she got busy, two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The next day, Fu Mingxue woke up.

Just as she finished washing up, she heard a knock on the door.

Fu Mingxue was a little surprised. ’Who could be knocking at this hour?’

’Could it be Wang Xiang from next door?’

She walked over and opened the door. She was quite surprised to see a young soldier from the military unit.

"Comrade Fu, Qin Tuan ordered me to bring you breakfast while he’s away. This is today’s breakfast."

Fu Mingxue was stunned by his words.

"Qin Wenhao told you to bring me breakfast?"

"Yes, ma’am," the young soldier replied immediately.

Fu Mingxue felt the urge to press a hand to her forehead.

She reached out and took the breakfast. "Thank you. But starting tomorrow, you don’t need to bring breakfast. I’ll make it myself."

She was busy, but not so busy that she couldn’t find time to make a simple breakfast.

And of course, if she was truly running late, she could always eat at the factory cafeteria.

The factory cafeteria offered plenty of breakfast options.

"I can’t do that. This is a mission from Qin Tuan, and Director Xie personally gave the order. It’s my duty, and I must carry it out. Comrade Fu, I’ll be leaving now."

With that, the young soldier turned and ran off at top speed.

He vanished in the blink of an eye.

Fu Mingxue: ...?

’Is he some kind of sprinter?’

Glancing down at the meal container in her hand, she was rendered speechless.

’Qin Wenhao can leave if he has to, but why did he have to arrange something like this?’

’And Director Xie... If I heard correctly, Director Xie gave the order?’

’Whatever. I’ll just eat first and worry about it later.’

She would talk to Director Xie about this when she had time. Right now, she certainly didn’t have time to go looking for him.

The incident once again shattered the composure of the other residents in the family compound.

Look at how lucky she is! Even when Qin Tuan goes away on a mission, he arranges for someone to deliver breakfast specially for Fu Mingxue.

The comparison was just too much to bear.

But they didn’t dare gossip too much about it. Hadn’t they heard the young soldier mention that Director Xie himself had given the order?

Fu Mingxue paid no mind to what others thought.

She went back to the main room and opened up the breakfast container.

Inside were three meat buns, two hard-boiled eggs, and a container of plain congee.

’Wait, whose container is this?’

It was almost time for work. After finishing her breakfast and washing the container, Fu Mingxue hopped on her electric bicycle and headed to the factory.

When she was most of the way there, nearing the factory gate, two men suddenly jumped out in front of her.

They were holding clubs and stood in the middle of the road, their faces twisted into menacing scowls.