Life in siheyuan era

Zhou Zhiyuan knew he had a sharp tongue. His one sentence, "I'm your brother," had created conflict with Shen Lanyin.

He wanted to make amends, but Shen Lanyin wouldn't reconcile with him. In this passive state, he could only be stubborn in his heart, calling her a "little brat" to achieve mental victory, standing by the first-floor window watching the four people outside the door.

Zhou Zhiyuan recognized three of them: Shen Lanyin, Yang Dan, and Hao Zhiwen. He hadn't seen the burly young man before.

He didn't know Fang Xiang, nor would he know that Fang Xiang had come to invite Shen Lanyin to lunch.

But he could tell that the burly young man was very annoyed, and Shen Lanyin was in a difficult position, which was evident from the expression on her face.

Hao Zhiwen was also in a difficult position, while Yang Dan's expression was a bit awkward.

Watching the scene before him, Zhou Zhiyuan immediately mobilized his brain cells and quickly came up with three possibilities.

"Possibility one: The burly young man is the high-ranking cadre's son that Old Mo mentioned. He's here to make Shen Lanyin choose, 'It's either him or me.'"

"Negative. If this were the case, Yang Dan's expression shouldn't be awkward."

"Possibility two: The high-ranking cadre's son invited Shen Lanyin out to dinner, and Hao Zhiwen is trying to stop it."

"Negative. Hao Zhiwen doesn't have the guts, and Shen Lanyin doesn't have that good of a temper."

"Possibility three: The high-ranking cadre's son and Hao Zhiwen have collided. Both are insisting, so Shen Lanyin is in a difficult position, and Yang Dan is embarrassed."

"Affirmative. This possibility is the most likely."

Having made his judgment, Zhou Zhiyuan decided to help Shen Lanyin. They had a feud, but it was better to resolve it than to prolong it.

He was a man of action. When it was time to act, he would act. He strode out the door, came to Shen Lanyin's side, and asked with a smile, "Dr. Shen, do you need any help?"

Shen Lanyin turned to look at him, then turned back and said coldly, "It's none of your business."

She didn't think Zhou Zhiyuan could help. This was a difficult multiple-choice question.

At this moment, she was indeed in a dilemma. She had agreed to Hao Zhiwen's invitation to go out to dinner with him and Yang Dan, and as she walked out the door, she encountered Fang Xiang.

Fang Xiang had also come to invite her out to dinner, and seeing Hao Zhiwen, he was immediately consumed by jealousy and insisted on embarrassing Hao Zhiwen.

Just as she was in a dilemma, Zhou Zhiyuan appeared and offered to help.

She understood Zhou Zhiyuan's intentions at a glance. He wanted to make amends, but she didn't want to give him the opportunity.

But her reply revealed a piece of information: the two knew each other.

Hao Zhiwen and Yang Dan looked at Zhou Zhiyuan in surprise, then looked at Shen Lanyin.

But Shen Lanyin didn't explain, and Fang Xiang's heart stirred. He asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

"Zhou Zhiyuan," Zhou Zhiyuan answered readily.

Hearing this name, Fang Xiang knew that Shen Lanbo had made a move, and immediately replied, "My name is Fang Xiang. I'm here to invite Lanyin out to dinner."

Fang Xiang's reply surprised Hao Zhiwen and Yang Dan again. A high-ranking cadre's son was actually explaining himself to Zhou Zhiyuan?

They didn't know that Fang Xiang was most afraid of Shen Lanbo, and Shen Lanbo had said in advance, "I will arrange for Zhiyuan to take care of this matter."

Zhou Zhiyuan represented Shen Lanbo, and Fang Xiang didn't want to offend him, but this attitude puzzled Hao Zhiwen and Yang Dan.

Shen Lanyin was also puzzled. When she met Zhou Zhiyuan this morning, she suspected something, "Did my brother send Zhou Zhiyuan?"

She returned to the office with this question, wanting to make a phone call, but gave up. If Shen Lanbo was clear, would she cooperate or not?

In this unclear situation, the best method was to pretend to be ignorant.

She did just that, and continued to pretend to be ignorant at this moment.

Everyone was silent, giving Zhou Zhiyuan an opportunity. He could act according to his own ideas, first raising a question: "Have you ever seen fierce animals?"

This question made everyone wonder what he wanted to say, neither nodding nor shaking their heads, listening attentively.

Having created this environment, Zhou Zhiyuan could talk eloquently, "The fiercer the animal, the more bloodthirsty it is. A major duty of male animals is to protect female animals. When encountering the intrusion of another male animal, they must fight back."

Hearing this, Hao Zhiwen and Yang Dan were dumbfounded. Was he telling them to fight?

Fang Xiang secretly supported this suggestion. As a former soldier, he could defeat two Hao Zhiwens.

But Shen Lanyin was very angry. Zhou Zhiyuan dared to call her a female animal?

Just as she was about to refute, she suddenly remembered something. From a biological point of view, she really was a female animal.

Shen Lanyin's grades in biology were excellent. As someone who valued science, she couldn't refute such scientific words, but that didn't stop her from holding a grudge. They had another feud now, a feud over being a "female animal."

But Zhou Zhiyuan didn't know her little thoughts. Thinking he had taken the initiative, he continued to pontificate: "Although we are fierce animals, we are civilized higher animals. Away from the battlefield, we must put on the cloak of civilization. I have a civilized method..."

He was good at pontificating, and a speech was instantly formed in his mind.

Fortunately, the influence of yesterday's self-criticism was still there. He stopped himself in time, handed the cloth bag in his hand to Shen Lanyin, and reached into his pocket to fumble around.

Shen Lanyin subconsciously took the cloth bag, but immediately regretted it. "Why should I carry your bag for you?"

But regret didn't affect her observation. She looked down at the cloth bag, which contained a silver-white thermos.

Seeing this thermos, Shen Lanyin thought of Mo Youji. She had seen an old man carrying this thermos downstairs before. The silver-white thermos was quite conspicuous, which also proved that this old man was very clean.

She had a deep impression of Old Man Mo. White hair, a white beard, and a pair of deep eyes. Hao Zhiwen and Yang Dan had mentioned him before, an old man without children, without a wife, all alone, quite pitiful.

Thinking of Old Man Mo, Shen Lanyin wondered, "How does he know that old man?"

Then she thought, Zhou Zhiyuan is carrying a thermos at this time, he must be buying food for Old Man Mo.

"He's doing a good deed." Thinking this, Shen Lanyin felt relieved.

But at this moment, Zhou Zhiyuan said, "A man should have a broad mind. Whether it's Dr. Hao treating, or Comrade Fang Xiang treating, everyone present should be included. Only then can a man's mind be reflected. You two have no objections, right?"

Shen Lanyin had no objections to this suggestion. If Fang Xiang and Hao Zhiwen had such a broad mind as he said, she wouldn't be in such a difficult position.

Yang Dan nodded slightly. Men should have such a broad mind.

Fang Xiang couldn't object. He was pinned down by the phrase "a man's mind." To object would be unmanly.

Hao Zhiwen would definitely not object, otherwise, he wouldn't have let Shen Lanyin decide.

So Zhou Zhiyuan continued, "To reflect fairness, I will not participate in any of your treats. I will flip a coin to decide who treats."

The suggestion made everyone wake up. This method was very simple, but no one had thought of it, and Zhou Zhiyuan thought of it, making him the host.

But the host's actions were a bit strange. He took out a coin, looked at it, then put it in his pocket. Then he took out another coin, looked at it, and put it back in. His left hand groped around in his pocket, and finally, he took out a one-cent coin.

Holding up the coin, Zhou Zhiyuan's face showed a smile, and he asked with satisfaction, "Which of you wants heads and which wants tails?"

Seeing him hold up the coin, Shen Lanyin pursed her lips slightly, as if she saw the words "stingy" engraved on Zhou Zhiyuan's forehead.

She had a way to deal with stinginess. That one yuan deposit would definitely not be returned to him, making him feel heartache whenever he thought of it, crying bitterly under the covers.

She didn't object to using a coin toss to solve the problem. Zhou Zhiyuan had solved her problem.

Yang Dan also agreed with Zhou Zhiyuan's method. The previous situation was very embarrassing.

Fang Xiang regretted it in his heart. He didn't think of this method, but he didn't expect that he was a party involved. Even if he thought of this method, he couldn't use it.

At this time, he couldn't hesitate. He took the lead and said, "I want heads."

Hao Zhiwen nodded helplessly. He was tails.

As a top student of the Capital Medical College, Hao Zhiwen had always been proud of his intelligence, but he had just lost points.

The two of them looked at Zhou Zhiyuan with different thoughts, seeing him flip the coin with his left thumb.

The coin tumbled in the air and fell to the ground, spinning around a few times. With a 'pa' sound, the coin fell. Zhou Zhiyuan glanced at the coin and announced the result, "Heads, Fang Xiang treats."

After announcing the result, he squatted down to pick up the coin, but a slender hand suddenly appeared on the coin, and then the coin disappeared.

Zhou Zhiyuan was surprised. He turned his face and saw Shen Lanyin put a coin in her pocket, put the cloth bag on the ground, and got up to walk forward.

This scene made him unbelievable. He looked up at her back, then looked down at the ground. The one cent was indeed gone.

So he was glad, "Fortunately, I put away the five cents."

He was also secretly pleased that he hadn't taken out the two-cent coin.

Facts proved that he had foresight. He knew that this coin would not be put back in his pocket.

Discovering that he had the ability to foresee things, Zhou Zhiyuan felt relieved.

But the others were surprised, "Shen Lanyin actually put this coin in her pocket?"

Fang Xiang didn't understand why, but he didn't want to ask. With Shen Lanyin's personality, if she didn't want to say something, even Shen Lanbo couldn't get her to say it.

Hao Zhiwen was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask. With Shen Lanyin's personality, he didn't know which sentence would offend her.

But Yang Dan asked softly, "Why did you take the one cent?"

"To make him feel heartache." Shen Lanyin's answer puzzled Yang Dan, and Fang Xiang and Hao Zhiwen, who were behind them, understood even less.

Yang Dan turned her face to look behind her. Zhou Zhiyuan was keeping a distance of more than ten meters from them. She turned her head back and said softly, "I see him looking so cheerful."

"Don't be fooled by him..." Shen Lanyin replied solemnly, "The more cheerful he smiles, the more it proves that his heart is bleeding."

Shen Lanyin's conclusion made everyone feel inexplicable. Could she see a bleeding heart from cheerfulness?

Fang Xiang didn't believe it, but Hao Zhiwen felt uneasy.

"What's the relationship between them?" Hao Zhiwen thought about this question, and his sensitive heart began to feel uneasy.

He knew the relationship between Shen Lanyin and Fang Xiang. "We grew up together, what are you?" This was what Fang Xiang said to him.

But he didn't know the relationship between Shen Lanyin and Zhou Zhiyuan. Shen Lanyin knew Zhou Zhiyuan, that was certain. The cold attitude didn't explain anything. Zhou Zhiyuan said to flip a coin to decide, and she accepted it.

What was important was that Shen Lanyin took away Zhou Zhiyuan's one cent and said "His heart is bleeding."

Hao Zhiwen didn't know that Shen Lanyin had a grudge against Zhou Zhiyuan. In order to attack Zhou Zhiyuan, Shen Lanyin must take away this cent.

But Fang Xiang knew that they had a grudge. Although he didn't believe that one cent could bring a bleeding heart, he understood Shen Lanyin's words and actions.

At this time, he was worried about Shen Lanbo's attitude. Zhou Zhiyuan appeared in the military hospital, Shen Lanbo must know what happened, how would he explain to Shen Lanbo?