Chapter 413: She Is That Fu Mingxue

The drive was about an hour, but the hike up the mountain took a full two hours.

It wasn’t because the mountain was high, but because the path was too narrow for a car to drive on.

Fortunately, Fu Mingxue had slept all day.

She was full of energy.

Plus, she had taken a Constitution Pill—so she didn’t find the climb all that tiring.

Director Xie was surprised to see that even after a two-hour hike on the mountain path, she had barely broken a sweat.

"Fu Mingxue, I’m surprised. Your physical conditioning is quite impressive!"

’She looks so thin and frail, like a strong gust of wind could knock her over, but her stamina is incredible.’

’If she were in our unit, she’d be a promising recruit.’

"It’s fine. I’ve been strong since I was a kid and I like to work out, so my stamina is pretty good!"

Fu Mingxue casually offered an excuse.

However, it was true that she had been strong since she was young.

She had actually been a decent fighter as a child. The members of the Fu family and some of the neighborhood kids would mock her for not having a father and gang up to bully and hit her.

To keep her mother from seeing her injuries and worrying, she did her best to avoid getting hurt.

After hiking the mountain path for two hours, Fu Mingxue saw the fighter jet parked on a flat slope in the distance.

’Tsk, we finally made it.’

"Director Xie, how long has this jet been grounded here?"

"Three days. We brought in professional aircraft maintenance engineers to fix it first, but they failed."

Unfortunately, they had worked on it for several days to no avail.

They said it was an engine failure.

Deep in the mountains—how were they supposed to replace it?

That was when Director Xie remembered Fu Mingxue. Wasn’t she the one who developed these things?

’Even if she can’t fix it, she should at least be able to identify the problem, right?’

He had originally planned to go to her factory to get her, assuming she was at work.

Luckily, he had made a trip to her home first.

Fu Mingxue remained silent.

When they arrived, they found that there were already several other people there.

They were met with confused and incredulous stares.

Director Xie cut straight to the point and introduced her. "This is Fu Mingxue. She’s an expert when it comes to engines. Let her take a look first."

The group was speechless.

’Are you kidding me?’

’Her? This young girl?’

’Is she even twenty?’

’Has she ever even seen a plane up close?’

’Besides, this fighter is a priceless asset. How can they just let some little girl look at it?’

They thought Director Xie’s actions were completely absurd.

’So what if he couldn’t get a professional maintenance engineer? That’s no reason to let a little girl come here and touch our fighter jet!’

The maintenance engineer, a man surnamed Lu, had a particularly thunderous expression on his face.

"Director Xie, she can’t do this! You know how important this fighter is. How could you let this girl take a look?"

Director Xie couldn’t very well reveal Fu Mingxue’s true identity.

He shot back, "If anything happens, I’ll take full responsibility. I brought her here because I know what she’s capable of. If you could have fixed it, would I have needed to ask her to come?"

"Besides, I’m just asking her to take a look, not to start working on it immediately. You can’t do it yourself, so you won’t allow someone else to be better than you? Haven’t you ever heard that there’s always someone better out there?"

Fu Mingxue looked at Director Xie with a surprised expression.

’This is the first time I’ve ever seen him be so sharp-tongued.’

The maintenance engineer, Mr. Lu, was thoroughly infuriated by Director Xie’s words.

Someone tugged on his sleeve. "Mr. Lu, I think she might be *that* Fu Mingxue."

Lu Xinghua was fuming. "I don’t care what her name is—wait, did you say her name is Fu Mingxue?"

The person nodded. "Yes. Didn’t Director Xie just introduce her?"

Hearing this, Lu Xinghua whipped his head around to look at Director Xie for confirmation. "Her name is Fu Mingxue?"