Life in siheyuan era

Han Xue left in a huff, He Yushui hurriedly chased after her, while Zhou Zhiyuan quickly walked into Hongfu Hall.

Seeing him enter, Shen Lanyin asked strangely, "I asked Han Xue to find you, where is she?"

Zhou Zhiyuan sat beside her and whispered, "He Yushui said Han Xue is my woman, and Han Xue heard it and ran away in anger."

Hearing him explain the reason, Shen Lanyin turned to look at him and asked softly, "Isn't Han Xue your woman?"

Zhou Zhiyuan immediately raised his right hand and said loudly, "I only have you in this life."

Shen Lanyin grabbed his arm and put it down, replying softly, "No need to pledge your loyalty. Do you know why I asked Han Xue to find you, and why Han Xue went so willingly?"

Zhou Zhiyuan looked at her in confusion, listening to her whisper, "A country has its laws, and a family has its rules. If you want to enter my family's door, you must abide by the rules."

Saying this, Shen Lanyin gave him a cold look, and seeing him staring with his mouth open, she immediately asked, "Are you so happy that you're dumbstruck?"

He had to answer this question, so he quickly closed his mouth, reopened it, and said softly, "Do you know one thing? If a man wants to never have peace in his life, he should find two women."

Hearing this, Shen Lanyin chuckled, reached out to gently stroke his face, and said softly, "You understand this principle so well, you're a good boy."

Shen Lanyin was happy and praised him, then suddenly remembered a question and said softly, "I just wonder if Prince Rui knows this principle?"

She brought up Prince Rui again, and Zhou Zhiyuan quickly said, "I've thought it over. My relationship with Prince Rui should be one of cultivation, like fellow Daoists. There's no other relationship. When the time comes, I'll bring you along, and the three of us can form a study group, wouldn't that be great?"

He proposed a new concept and even prepared to establish a new organization.

Shen Lanyin nodded gently, pondered for a moment, and said softly, "Lin Ya is very afraid of Prince Rui, which shows that his abilities are very strong. For the sake of prudence, I have to bring Han Xue. The study group can have four people."

Shen Lanyin wanted to expand the organization, and Zhou Zhiyuan accepted it, even offering a suggestion, "Then you two should get along well."

Shen Lanyin nodded again and replied softly, "Making friends isn't reliable, let's be sisters. I'm the older sister, and she's the younger sister, so she should listen to me."

Zhou Zhiyuan reminded her, "Han Xue is older than you."

Shen Lanyin said angrily, "I'm older, she's younger. Even if she's older than me in age, she's still younger."

Zhou Zhiyuan exclaimed, "Why are you bringing this up again?"

Their conversation circled back to the starting point, drawing a circle.

However, the conversation between He Yushui and Han Xue went straight to the point, "You like Zhou Zhiyuan, and you're single, what's there to hide?"

Han Xue said angrily, "So what if I say it? Become his mistress?"

He Yushui said anxiously, "This won't work, that won't work, what do you want?"

"This is fine."

Han Xue said calmly, and seeing the puzzled expression on He Yushui's face, she explained, "Zhiyuan and I will never cross that line. Being friends will last longer."

"Because we both stick to this line, Shen Lanyin is only wary of me, she won't stop us from interacting."

"If we tear off the pretense and force Zhiyuan to choose, Zhiyuan will definitely choose Shen Lanyin. He was missing for more than three years, and Shen Lanyin paid a lot for him and his parents. Zhiyuan has always felt like he owes her."

"Zhiyuan also feels like he owes me, that's because my unfortunate marriage aroused his sympathy. This kind of feeling can't compare to Shen Lanyin."

Hearing her calm analysis, He Yushui said softly, "Zhiyuan admits that he likes you."

Han Xue smiled and said, "Of course I know he likes me, and he genuinely likes me, but so what?"

"If Shen Lanyin hadn't appeared, he would have married me." Han Xue said with certainty. She now understood that Shen Lanyin was only guarding against Prince Rui and her.

And judging from Shen Lanyin's preparation to join forces with her to fight against Prince Rui, this Prince Rui was her greatest enemy in her mind, and also her own greatest enemy.

She had hated Prince Rui because he took Zhou Zhiyuan away, putting her in a passive state.

At that time, she didn't have Shen Lanyin's advantages. Shen Lanyin's persistence had Shen Lanbo's full support, and Shen Lanyin's parents wouldn't force her.

And Lin Shurong's serious illness also left her with no opportunity to help. Shen Lanyin was responsible for the illness, and Qin Huairu was responsible for serving her. Apart from visiting her often, she had no other means.

Moreover, she wasn't Zhou Zhiyuan's girlfriend, while Shen Lanyin was the rightful one.

At that time, she, like Shen Lanyin, firmly believed that Zhou Zhiyuan would return, but she knew that if she continued to persist, Zhou Zhiyuan would be very embarrassed when he returned.

So she married Li Bo, and also prepared to be a good wife steadily, but she didn't expect Li Bo to cheat on her while she was pregnant.

This was something she couldn't tolerate, but looking at the crying Li Jing, she endured it and didn't get a divorce until Zhou Zhiyuan returned and she made up her mind.

Her divorce from Li Bo wasn't to be with Zhou Zhiyuan, but because she didn't have to worry about Li Jing's future anymore. Zhou Zhiyuan would protect her.

So she got divorced, and Zhou Zhiyuan also fulfilled his duty to protect her. Li Jing's classmates all thought Zhou Zhiyuan was her father.

On this point, she was very grateful to Shen Lanyin. Shen Lanyin's words and actions were very contradictory. On the one hand, she guarded against her, but on the other hand, she was very good to Li Jing.

This strange feeling suddenly became clear just now. Shen Lanyin wasn't guarding against the two of them, but was jealous.

Because before she and Zhou Zhiyuan had a clear relationship, Zhou Zhiyuan and her had a very good relationship. Their cooperation had always been very tacit. Shen Lanyin understood that if she hadn't appeared, Zhou Zhiyuan would have married her.

Understanding this point, Han Xue's heart suddenly brightened. She was very important in Zhou Zhiyuan's mind.

And Shen Lanyin should also understand the complex relationship here. As long as the two of them didn't cross that line, she could only be secretly jealous.

Understanding this principle, Han Xue wouldn't give Shen Lanyin a chance to tear off the pretense. Even if the two of them talked very well, and Shen Lanyin hinted at her, she wouldn't fall for it.

Han Xue knew that Shen Lanyin would never allow Zhou Zhiyuan to have another woman, this was her bottom line.

And her attitude just now was just a manifestation of jealousy, because Prince Rui and Zhou Zhiyuan had been together for more than three years.

If Han Xue didn't understand the secrets here, and mistakenly thought that Shen Lanyin had loosened her grip and acted accordingly, the consequences would be irreversible. Shen Lanyin would have a reason to stop Zhou Zhiyuan from interacting with her.

She understood clearly, so she wouldn't touch Shen Lanyin's bottom line. Moreover, she, like Shen Lanyin, was jealous of Prince Rui, and on this point, the two of them could form an alliance.

Han Xue made a decision and also prepared to take the initiative to invite Shen Lanyin, and the two would discuss specific cooperation matters.

And He Yushui watched Han Xue's back disappear into the distance, and after carefully thinking about what Han Xue said, she suddenly understood that Han Xue was reminding her that Zhou Zhiyuan had no other thoughts about her.

And what about her? After carefully thinking about her own mentality, she admitted that she still liked Zhou Zhiyuan, and making up stories about him having many women was a manifestation of jealousy.

But did she have any other ideas? Wang Aimin was very good to her, and she was also the mother of two children. Any other ideas were just illusory.

Thinking this way, He Yushui also felt relieved. Han Xue was right, maintaining this kind of relationship would last longer.

Han Xue figured it out, and He Yushui also figured it out, but Shen Lanyin just couldn't figure it out.

She just wanted to be jealous. Even if Zhou Zhiyuan was eloquent and spewed out golden lotuses, wrapping her in golden light, she still wanted to be jealous.

The two walked along the way, and Zhou Zhiyuan talked all the way, trying to dispel her inexplicable jealousy.

But Shen Lanyin just wanted to be jealous. The two walked into the hospital gate, and Zhou Zhiyuan still couldn't extinguish her jealousy.

At this time, he had to continue talking, and Shen Lanyin saw a figure walking out of the inpatient department door, immediately stopped and said softly, "Liu Mingxue invited me to lunch yesterday noon, but I didn't go. If he invites me again, I'll be embarrassed to refuse."

Hearing this, Zhou Zhiyuan's face immediately showed anger, and he roared softly, "This is simple, I'll knock out all his teeth, so he can't open his mouth."

Zhou Zhiyuan roared softly and took a step forward, but Shen Lanyin quickly grabbed his arm and said softly, "Don't be reckless, I can just refuse him."

She said this with a smile on her face. Zhou Zhiyuan's attitude made her happy, but Zhou Zhiyuan, who had stopped, still wanted to roar softly, "I'll do things that make you embarrassed."

"I'm not embarrassed."

Hearing this, Zhou Zhiyuan turned to look at her, and seeing her happy smile, he asked seriously, "Really not embarrassed?"

"Not difficult at all." Shen Lanyin said softly, and also reached out to touch his hair, continuing, "Be obedient, be good."

Shen Lanyin had said these words to Zhou Shuwen and Zhou Shuxin before. She hadn't said them to the two of them in the past two years, but now she said them to Zhou Zhiyuan instead.

She had a reason. The two sons were growing up slowly, and now they needed strict management, but she was used to saying these words, and there needed to be a recipient, and that was him.

This reason seemed to be able to stand, and Zhou Zhiyuan understood it that way.