Many family members in the military compound had arrived after Feng Qingxue went to the capital, so they had not seen her before. Now, seeing how she and Xibao carried themselves, and the difference in their dress and demeanor, they were curious and envious. She was highly popular from the moment she arrived. As Lu Zhaodi started to share their past, more people began to gather around.
Seeing so many people interested in her story, Lu Zhaodi became increasingly animated.
"Feng Qingxue is ruthless. Don’t get close to her. Anyone who does ends up badly. You probably don’t know Major Zhu Rong. Before you joined the army, Major Zhu had already taken his family to guard a high mountain outpost. Being a sentry is the toughest position in the army, and Major Zhu chose it over a promising future. Why do you think that was?"
"Why? Did he offend Commander Lu’s family?" Jin Feng echoed the thoughts of many present.
Under the intense gaze of the audience, Lu Zhaodi nodded vehemently, "Exactly! He offended her! You have no idea how malicious she can be. On the first day Major Zhu’s wife and child arrived, she pushed them down with one kick. It took them half a day to get up!"
Someone asked uncertainly: "Did you see this with your own eyes?"
"Although I didn’t see it, I heard it with my own ears!" Lu Zhaodi deliberately omitted that she arrived at the army long after Zhu Rong had manned the outpost with his family, and that she had heard about it from her husband, "If you don’t believe me, you can ask around in the army. Who doesn’t know about Feng Qingxue knocking down Major Zhu’s partner with one kick!"
Everyone listening looked shocked, "Is she that ruthless?"
She knocked someone down without any repercussions and then continued to ruin their lives. She was covering the sky with one hand in the army.
Lu Zhaodi declared decisively: "That’s right, she is ruthless. Don’t mess with her. After all, our status is not comparable to Commander Lu’s. She is beautiful and has a son. Commander Lu is completely obedient to her. If she is upset, Commander Lu will take revenge for her. Moreover, she took advantage of joining the army before us. Apparently, after visiting family, she applied to join the army and stayed, then cozied up to the families of the high-ranking officers and despised us, the families of the lower and middle-ranking officers. Didn’t you already notice? She returned to the army last night and first thing in the morning she went to Colonel Ye’s house. The next one will definitely be Commander Zhao’s house, wait and see."
A few people didn’t believe Lu Zhaodi’s words, "Commander Zhao and Doctor Guo have high rankings, they don’t seem to live in the family compound, do they?"
Lu Zhaodi suddenly remembered this fact and hastily corrected herself: "That’s what I meant, she only associates with the families of high-ranking officers and doesn’t care about us, the families of the lower and middle-ranking officers. You see, after leaving Colonel Ye’s house, they went into Chief-of-Staff Wu’s house, didn’t they? Chief-of-Staff Wu’s partner Huang Xiuzhi has a good relationship with them."
Upon hearing Lu Zhaodi’s words, everyone turned to look.
Sure enough, they saw Huang Xiuzhi welcoming Feng Qingxue and her daughter with laughter. They had interacted with Huang Xiuzhi before but had never seen her so happy, her smile was as bright as the sun.
The high plateau’s climate is strange; it had snowed for a couple of days and now the sun was shining brightly, rapidly melting the snow.