Zhuang Ran: "Today is my birthday, and he said he wanted to treat me to dinner, so I went out with him."

Fu Yanlin glanced at the girl beside him, who looked dashing and spirited, and asked Lu Zhixia, "And who is this?"

Lu Zhixia said, "This person is in the same profession as you. You two should get to know each other."

Upon hearing that the man was a colleague, Zhou An'an glanced at him again and then spoke to him.

"Hello, I'm Zhou An'an!"

"Hello, I'm Fu Yanlin!"

Then they exchanged information and discovered they had some connection: Fu Yanlin had spent a few months in Kyoto and, coincidentally, knew Zhou An'an's father!

Zhou An'an: "What a small world, I even ran into someone I know."

Fu Yanlin: "It is quite a coincidence. The last time I participated in a case was two years ago."

Zhuang Ran watched them chatting happily, and the noodles in her mouth suddenly tasted sour; she didn't know why.

The girl in front of me and Fu Yanlin look like a perfect match.

The waiter came over and said warmly, "I'm so sorry, we haven't been very hospitable. There are just too many people today. May I ask what you two would like to eat?"

Lu Zhixia: "I'll just have beef noodles."

Zhou An'an looked around and said, "The portions here are quite large. I want to eat both beef noodles and fried noodles."

The waiter smiled and said, "Then you can order the small portions of everything. Don't worry, they all taste the same."

Zhou An'an: "Then I'll have one serving of beef noodles and one serving of fried noodles."

The waiter looked at them and said, "Are you together, or are you each paying separately?"

Fu Yanlin quickly said, "I'll pay the bill."

Lu Zhixia said, "How could I possibly accept that? Let's just each get our own!"

Fu Yanlin: "If you do this, what am I supposed to say to Lao Gu next time I see him?"

Lu Zhixia was persuaded by him, so she told the waiter...

"Listen to him, let him get married."

The waiter lowered his head and wrote down the bill. "Then I'll put your bills together."

Fu Yanlin waved his hand, "With so many people, we can't just eat noodles. We need to cut half a pound of mutton and half a pound of beef for you too."

The waiter quickly made a note of it, saying, "If you need anything else, just let me know!"

She turned and left to go to the kitchen to place her order.

Fu Yanlin looked at them and asked, "Didn't Lao Gu come this time?"

Lu Zhixia said, "He didn't have time to come this time. To be honest, I came here to find my child."

Fu Yanlin, "Another clue?"

Zhuang Ran: "Is there a precise location?"

Lu Zhixia said, "I have some clues, but they are a bit vague. Actually, even if I hadn't met you, I would still have come to visit you and asked for your help."

Fu Yanlin immediately stated his position, "Just say what you want to say, there's no need for us to hide anything from each other."

Lu Zhixia took out a piece of paper from her bag. "This is an address someone found for me, but it's too vague. There's no house number, only a name!"

Fu Yanlin took it and looked at it. "This place is quite close to my sister's house. Although there is no house number, we can find the street address."

"Okay, let's find a place to meet tomorrow, and I'll take you there!"

Lu Zhixia felt it was really helpful to have an acquaintance, who solved a big problem for her in one fell swoop. "Then I'll have to trouble you."

Fu Yanlin laughed, "We're all friends, aren't friends just for use?"

Zhou An'an thought this person was very eloquent, "I like what you said!"

Fu Yanlin: "Really? That's just my personality; I like to get involved whenever something happens."

Zhou An'an was immediately struck by the words, "That's my personality too, I love to meddle in other people's business, they always say that about me, that I'll suffer because of it."

Fu Yanlin said, "I can tell that, to be honest, your dad's personality is actually quite similar to ours."

This was the first time Zhou An'an had heard such a comment about her father from an outsider, and she couldn't stop laughing.

The two were in the same industry and hit it off immediately, chatting away as they went.

When the waiter brought out the noodles he had prepared, Zhou An'an picked up his chopsticks and ate them heartily.

Zhuang Ran observed all of this; they looked so well-matched, so perfectly suited—

After taking a few bites, Lu Zhixia asked Fu Yanlin, "How did that matter go?"

Fu Yanlin whispered to them, "That kid was sentenced to six months, and his father has been suspended from his job! He'll never get a promotion in his life."

Lu Zhixia was a little surprised, "So fast?"

Fu Yanlin: "It shouldn't have happened so quickly originally, but it was because his nemesis wanted to kill him. If it had happened a few years ago, someone like him would have been sent to a labor camp directly."

Lu Zhixia felt relieved, thinking, "God has finally opened his eyes for once."

Fu Yanlin took out a cigarette to smoke, but considering that they were all women, especially recently under Zhuang Ran's strict control, they could only smoke one cigarette every few days and had to hide outside.

At this moment, they noticed that Zhuang Ran was acting strangely. He was stirring his chopsticks around in his bowl but wouldn't eat a single bite.

"What's wrong? Don't you like it?"

"I just suddenly don't want to eat anymore." Zhuang Ran felt that he didn't need to pretend anymore since he had been found out, so he casually put down his chopsticks.

"Not to your liking?" Fu Yanlin asked with concern. "How about I order you another kind of noodles? Their wontons are pretty good too, shall I order you a bowl?"

Zhuang Ran shook his head. "I don't want to eat."

Fu Yanlin found it strange; they had been chatting and laughing just moments before. Women's minds were truly incomprehensible.

During his time at his sister's house, they went from their initial acquaintance to their constant laughter and jokes, which gradually made him want to settle down and start a family.

He had considered staying single forever, because in his opinion, as long as he had a job, that would be enough.

Lu Zhixia took a sip of noodle soup, and as she put down the bowl, she glanced at Fu Yanlin. There was affection in his eyes; he had fallen for Zhuang Ran.

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