Life in siheyuan era

Zhou Zhinning's pretentiousness was in his personality, while Shen Lanyin's was mainly concentrated on her face. That cold, oval face always made Zhou Zhiyuan feel like he owed her eight hundred yuan.

This feeling wasn't pleasant. Zhou Zhiyuan shifted his gaze to the corridor, where several young doctors and nurses were craning their necks, peering this way with the secretive air of detectives solving a case.

In their minds, they must have thought it was a mysterious case. At a little past eleven, this young man walked up to the fifth floor and politely said to a nurse: "Nurse, please help me call out for Lanyin, oh, Shen Lanyin, tell her Zhou Zhiyuan is looking for her."

He spoke very politely, but the nurse asked her first question with suspicion in her eyes: "How did you get up here?"

Zhou Zhiyuan took out his demobilized officer certificate and said gently, "I am a demobilized officer."

"Boyfriend?" the nurse exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes..." Zhou Zhiyuan said gently, "Please keep it a secret. Lanyin doesn't want others to know she's dating. I only came because it's urgent. Please keep it confidential, thank you."

"Why keep it a secret?" the nurse asked her third question.

"I don't know..." Zhou Zhiyuan replied honestly, "She said to keep it a secret, so I will. I listen to her."

"You are quite obedient."

The nurse affirmed his statement, turned her face, saw Shen Lanyin walking this way, and cheerfully shouted, "Lanyin, your boyfriend is looking for you."

Her voice was loud, as if announcing a major news item, and then she happily left, presumably to start a discussion.

Zhou Zhiyuan looked at the few heads at the end of the corridor, retracted his gaze, and said in a low voice, "Shouldn't you smile when you see your boyfriend, and then give a loving look?"

Shen Lanyin looked down at the cloth shoes on her feet and said coldly, "I'm not wearing leather shoes."

"I will never buy you leather shoes."

Zhou Zhiyuan retorted, then said in a low voice, "Let's walk around downstairs, then you go to the cafeteria to eat, and I'll go back to my unit. I brought my lunch today."

Shen Lanyin said coldly, "I want to eat braised beef in a pot from Modi Western Restaurant."

Zhou Zhiyuan said in a low voice, "Do you know why E Country women are so fat? It's from eating braised beef in a pot. We should eat more vegetables, which are nutritious and help maintain our figure. Let me take you to eat vegetarian buns."

But Shen Lanyin didn't respond to him and continued, "And a serving of borscht."

Zhou Zhiyuan hurriedly dissuaded her, "Borscht clogs blood vessels."

But Shen Lanyin still ignored him and said to herself, "And a serving of baked fish with cream sauce."

Zhou Zhiyuan said in horror, "You dare to eat cream? One bite will make you gain ten pounds."

For a woman, this was a very frightening thing, but Shen Lanyin still didn't hear what he said. She thought carefully again and then said, "What other dishes are there? I'll order when we get there."

After saying this, she walked downstairs. Zhou Zhiyuan walked side by side with her and said in a low voice, "You can't give up on yourself to the point of binge eating. Once you become a balloon, it will be difficult to deal with. Gaining weight is very fast..."

At this point, he paused, seeing Hao Zhiwen standing at the stairwell, looking at them in surprise.

Shen Lanyin looked at him and continued walking downstairs.

Zhou Zhiyuan waved to Hao Zhiwen, walked to Shen Lanyin's side, and continued, "The old-fashioned wontons are indeed good."

Arriving on the third floor, seeing Yang Dan looking at them in surprise, Zhou Zhiyuan continued to wave, and then continued to say to Shen Lanyin, "The meat pies at Yuanhang Restaurant are delicious."

At this moment, Hao Zhiwen's shout came, "Lanyin..."

Shen Lanyin stopped. Zhou Zhiyuan turned to look at Hao Zhiwen running down the stairs and preemptively said solemnly, "Doctor Hao, you should call Shen Lanyin comrade."

He issued a warning, but Hao Zhiwen ignored him, ran to Shen Lanyin, and asked urgently, "Lanyin, you and Zhou Zhiyuan..."

Shen Lanyin didn't speak, so Zhou Zhiyuan had to say loudly, "Doctor Hao, let me solemnly declare that Lanyin is my girlfriend."

"Impossible..." Hao Zhiwen shouted, then asked urgently, "Lanyin, is Zhou Zhiyuan lying?"

Shen Lanyin turned to look at Zhou Zhiyuan, turned her head back, and said softly, "Zhou Zhiyuan is my boyfriend."

Then, after taking a look at the stunned Hao Zhiwen, she continued walking downstairs.

At this time, Zhou Zhiyuan stopped talking. The two walked silently downstairs and saw Liu Junling walking over. She looked at Zhou Zhiyuan in surprise, then turned to Shen Lanyin and said, "What's the situation?"

Zhou Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Doctor Liu, Lanyin and I are going to eat. Want to join us?"

Shen Lanyin turned to look at Zhou Zhiyuan again, turned her head back, and said, "Zhou Zhiyuan and I have already clearly established our relationship."

"Boyfriend?"

Liu Junling exclaimed in surprise, then glanced at Zhou Zhiyuan, turned her gaze back, and said in a low voice, "This kid is ruthless, but he has a simple heart and is quite popular with women, but he's not a good match for you."

Her words confused Zhou Zhiyuan, and he asked, "Are you praising me or mocking me?"

"Just stating the facts."

Liu Junling responded readily, then turned and left, muttering to herself, "I need to go back and think carefully."

Liu Junling left. Shen Lanyin looked at her back hesitantly, then continued to walk forward.

The two silently walked out of the military hospital and silently walked into Modi Western Restaurant. Shen Lanyin ordered, and Zhou Zhiyuan didn't say a word.

Then the two sat opposite each other in silence. After the waiter brought up the braised beef in a pot, Shen Lanyin took a bite, raised her eyes to look at Zhou Zhiyuan, and he was putting a piece of potato in his mouth.

So Shen Lanyin took a sip of borscht and saw Zhou Zhiyuan eating his second piece of potato. Modi Western Restaurant's Capital Salad was just potatoes mixed with cheese.

And Shen Lanyin looked at him again, forked up a piece of baked fish with cream sauce, and Zhou Zhiyuan started eating his third piece of potato.

This time Shen Lanyin looked at him and asked coldly, "Saving money?"

"Yes..." Zhou Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Saving money starts with oneself."

So Shen Lanyin said coldly, "You can eat braised beef with rice."

"You come and eat it..." Zhou Zhiyuan replied with a smile, "I heard that sad women can eat a lot."

Seeing his smiling expression, Shen Lanyin said angrily, "Are you happy that I'm sad?"

Zhou Zhiyuan replied in a low voice, "If you're sad, and I have a sad expression, it's like we're eating a farewell dinner."

Hearing him say this, Shen Lanyin became alert and was about to turn her head to look around when she heard Zhou Zhiyuan say in a low voice, "Don't look around. It's suspicious."

Shen Lanyin stopped turning her head and asked coldly, "Are you and my brother on a special mission?"

Zhou Zhiyuan asked faintly, "What did Lanbo tell you?"

Shen Lanyin replied coldly, "He didn't say anything."

Zhou Zhiyuan smiled and said in a low voice, "Do you think I would say?"

Shen Lanyin replied helplessly, "You're my boyfriend."

"Fake." Zhou Zhiyuan said decisively.

Then he said in a low voice, "You don't believe in my IQ. If you consider the plan of substituting one thing for another, I will definitely cooperate. Remember not to mention this to your parents or Lanbo."

"Are you so eager to get out of this?"

"I can't afford it!" Zhou Zhiyuan sighed.

Shen Lanyin said coldly, "I'll pay."

Zhou Zhiyuan replied readily, "Okay, but not here. I'll pay the bill later. After we go out, find a secluded place and you can reimburse me."

Shen Lanyin stared at him blankly. Seeing her expression, Zhou Zhiyuan looked at her strangely and heard her say in a low voice, "If you're so stingy, no woman will stay with you."

Zhou Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I don't want any woman to stay with me. Why should I be generous?"

"What do you mean?"

"It doesn't mean anything. It's just a feeling. Eat quickly. The beef won't taste good when it's cold."

He didn't want to say it, but Shen Lanyin continued to ask, "Because of the special mission?"

Zhou Zhiyuan asked faintly, "You're thinking too much. If there were a special mission, why would Lanbo still get married?"

"He uses his brain, you use your hands."

Shen Lanyin made this deduction. Zhou Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Am I that stupid?"

"You're an idiot." Shen Lanyin concluded.

"Alright..." Zhou Zhiyuan admitted, "I'm very stupid." Saying this, he looked in a direction. Wu Shan was walking this way.

Wu Shan saw him, came over to say hello, glanced at Shen Lanyin in surprise, and then said pleasantly, "Zhiyuan is always surrounded by beautiful women."

Then he called the waiter and added a plate of pickled cucumbers for him, and left with great grace.

Looking at the plate of cucumbers, Zhou Zhiyuan frowned and asked, "If I can't finish it, can I take it away?"

Shen Lanyin replied coldly, "No."

Zhou Zhiyuan chuckled and then said in a low voice, "Comrade Shen Lanyin, I don't have a big appetite. This plate of salad is enough for me. You must finish these dishes. Let me remind you, 'Corruption and waste are the greatest crimes.'"

Shen Lanyin must know one thing: the feeling of being stuffed isn't pleasant.