Chapter Sixteen: A Heart-to-Heart Talk

  Xu Shaowen deliberately delayed for a long time in the toilet, thinking that the girl must have left already. He opened the door and walked out, but was shocked to find that the girl was still standing outside the door, as if waiting for him. It's really hard to understand how a young lady could wait so long in such a place.

  The girl, after seeing Xu Shao Wen come out, only cast a glance at him, her expression looking somewhat dejected, like a little deer that had lost its food. In her quiet moments, she indeed had an indescribable pure charm.

  "Uh, miss, do you want to go to the bathroom too?" Xu Shao Wen was made very uncomfortable by the girl's gaze, and he really couldn't understand what this girl was thinking, what she wanted to do, or why she thought and acted like this.

  "I have something to ask you." The girl was quite different from her previous self, and even her tone had become soft and weak. She slightly lowered her head, it was unclear whether she was feeling embarrassed or heartbroken.

  Xu Shaowen found that the girl looked a bit pitiful, and his heart was moved. He asked in a sharp voice: "What's wrong? Has something happened?"

  "No, I just want to ask you, am I very annoying?" The girl asked timidly, like a child who had done something wrong, and was completely different from her previous boldness.

  Xu Shaowen was somewhat stunned, he hesitated for a moment, silently pondering with a thoughtful expression. Looking at the other person's pitiful appearance, he didn't feel too good about speaking directly either. After some hesitation, he said: "Actually, maybe it's just that people don't quite understand your style of dealing with things, haha."

  "So you understand me?" Upon hearing Xu Shao Wen say this, the girl became excited and looked at Xu Shao Wen seriously, her big eyes filled with anticipation.

  "Actually, I'm just a worldly person, and you and I are just passing by, how can I understand your character?" Xu Shao Wen said with a smile, thinking that his words were already very tactful.

  "Oh! So you dislike me too!" The girl suddenly became angry, staring at Xu Shaowen with a look that seemed to be on the verge of tears. "It seems like nobody in this world likes me." She said, turning around and walking away, returning to where she was lost in thought earlier, continuing to gaze out the car window, but a pair of clear eyes were visibly reddened.

  Xu Shao didn't expect the other person to actually hear his unspoken words, and he was stunned for a moment. Looking at the girl's painful and sorrowful expression, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy in his heart. In the 21st century, whether it was family or classmates, they all said that he had a good heart, which is also why he went to take the entrance exam for the Central Police Academy.

  He let out a slight sigh, walked up to the girl, and chose his words carefully before saying: "Miss, I haven't said anything unpleasant about you. Moreover, we've only met a few times, so what's there to like or dislike? What I said earlier was also true."

  The girl didn't turn her head to look at Xu Shaowen. Her eyes were still staring out of the car window, but her expression had obviously relaxed a lot.

  Xu Shao Wen looked at the girl's improved mood and didn't plan to continue chatting here. Anyway, there was nothing good to talk about with this girl. He found a way to end the conversation and said: "Actually, I've been thinking that as a young lady like you, with no worries about food or clothing, you shouldn't have so many troubles. And previously, you were very lively too. Changing your mood so frequently will make you age quickly. I hope in the future you can learn to make yourself happier. Well, I'll take my leave now."

  He finished speaking and turned around to return to his own seat.

  But just at this moment, the girl suddenly spoke up again: "Wait."

  Xu Shaowen turned around, looked at the girl with a hint of puzzlement. The girl's expression was still somewhat downcast, but in her beautiful eyes, there were many expectations. He smiled slightly and asked: "Miss, is there anything I can help you with?"

  "To be honest... I've never been as unhappy as I am today, because in the past I rarely went out and my dad and family all spoiled me, so I thought my life was very good. But today I encountered many things that made me unhappy, at the station you all treated me harshly, and... and just now you also..." At this point, the girl's face looked a bit embarrassed, with a faint blush on her small cheeks.

  Xu Shao Wen was taken aback, he hadn't done anything to the girl just now. In his puzzlement, he couldn't help but ask: "Miss, what's wrong with me? I didn't offend you, did I?"

  "No," the girl said in a small voice, "usually when I say my father is an inspector of the Ministry of War, many people would be intimidated. Why don't you have any reaction at all? It's precisely because of this that I feel very disappointed. If even my father's title has no significance, then today is truly heartbreaking for me."

  Xu Shaowen couldn't help but laugh, he had originally thought that this rich young lady was moody, but it turned out that she wasn't getting attention because her father's name was brought up, so she felt wronged.

  "May I have the pleasure of knowing your name, miss?" Xu Shao Wen asked instead of answering her question.

  The girl hesitated for a moment, pouting her small mouth as if thinking about whether to reveal her name. After thinking for a while, she said: "Okay, I think you're not bad, so I'll tell you my name, my name is Hu Min'er."

  Xu Shaowen nodded thoughtfully, as if searching for something in his memory, and said: "If I'm not mistaken, your respected father should be Hu Mingyu, the supervisor of the Ministry of War?"

  "Huh? You know my dad?" Hu Min'er was somewhat surprised.

  "Haha, I am a student of the Army University. Although I know your respected father, he doesn't know me. In fact, the names of the three ministers of the War Department, five directors and twelve deputy directors are mostly familiar to us Beijing military personnel. Among the twelve deputy directors, only two have the surname Hu, but judging from their age, Lord Hu Mingyu should be the most suitable." Xu Shaowen explained.

  "Are you a student at the Military Academy? You're not a soldier, are you?" Hu Min'er was even more surprised, and took a good look at Xu Shao Wen. The other party was wearing a neat military uniform, with leather boots that only military officers could wear, plus his young but strong military demeanor, he looked like a mid-level military officer through and through.

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