"Are you coming or not?"

Lu Jili glanced at Ruan Xiaohui who was sticking to him.

He had no good impression of her at all now and snorted.

Letting go of Master Meng's shoulder, Lu Jili jumped out of the desk with one hand and pulled someone to the podium, "Sister Yan, come with us in the evening."

Bai Yan was pulled away unexpectedly, with chalk dust all over her body, "Captain Lu!"

"I apologize to my sister!" Lu Jili was not serious. He hunched over and brushed off the dust for Bai Yan. "Sister Yan, I heard that you were given two or three injections last night? Tsk tsk, you have to work today even though you are sick. Our Chief Engineer Meng is too unkind. He thinks everyone is like him and is made of iron. Today is Laba Festival. Come with me tonight and I will nourish your body."

Bai Yan made up a story: "I don't eat dumplings and raw garlic."

She asked again curiously, "Captain Lu, how do you know I was given two or three injections?"

Lu Jili laughed dryly and said, "If you don't want to eat dumplings, I'll ask the kitchen to make you some Laba porridge."

...

...

"Wait a minute--" Before Bai Yan could finish her words, a dark shadow appeared in front of her eyes.

Meng Hechuan's voice sounded, "Do you have anything else to do tonight?"

Does Bai Yan have other jobs? Isn't it Mr. Meng who arranges them all?

She shook her head.

Meng Hechuan knocked away Lu Jili's hand that was still hooked on Bai Yan's clothes, and stood up straight, "Then let's go together tonight."

After saying this, Lu Jili whispered into Bai Yan's ear, "The gathering of the children from the compound has borrowed my territory. Xu Qingqing will also go tonight. You can't let our brother Meng fall into the tiger's mouth!"

Bai Yan's face froze and she pushed him away. What was going on?

Lu Jili laughed shamelessly.

"Brother Hechuan, where are you going tonight? Time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, we have been in the team for almost a month. It's already Laba Festival."

Ruan Xiaohui, who had been ignored for a long time, finally found an opportunity and hurriedly interrupted, "Wasn't Sister Bai Yan still sick yesterday? She probably didn't have a good appetite, so she should rest more. I'm fine, if you don't mind, Brother Hechuan, Captain Lu, you guys have a party tonight, can I go and help?"

To put it nicely, Bai Yan is a person who becomes stronger when facing a stronger opponent.

To be calculative means to be very meticulous.

I haven't even settled the score with her this morning, and Ruan Xiaohui is planning to step on me to get to the top so soon.

For some reason, she became quite impatient from the moment Ruan Xiaohui showed up in the afternoon.

Bai Yan didn't even try to pretend, she curled her lips and said, "Comrade Ruan Xiaohui is wrong. If you have a poor appetite, you should eat porridge. If you have a good appetite, don't wrong yourself."

…

Bai Yan had changed her clothes in the morning. She wanted to go directly to Chief Lu's yard, but was stopped by Meng Hechuan halfway.

The words revealed that Bai Yan could go change her clothes.

From morning till now, Meng Hechuan has been asking him to change his clothes all day long.

Bai Yan was confused.

But judging from his expression he wouldn't say it directly, Bai Yan had to assume that Master Meng was disgusted by the fact that she was wearing someone else's clothes and bringing shame to the research center.

She returned to the dormitory, took out the clothes Aunt Zhang had given her, and picked out a colorful sweater and wide-leg pants.

When I was cleaning up, I found another lipstick.

Aunt Zhang must have felt that she had no use for it, so she gave it to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan washed her face, applied a thin layer of cream in front of the mirror, and then dotted it on her cheeks.

The pale face regained color, dispelling the sickly look.

Calculating the time, Bai Yan went downstairs.

Only the head of the setting sun was left, just sinking into the horizon.

The afterglow cast a layer of golden light on Meng Hechuan, who was leaning on his bicycle with his hands in his pockets downstairs.

Bai Yan was stunned and stood on the last step motionless.

Meng Hechuan stood up straight and looked at her for a moment.

Bai Yan reached out and wiped her face, inexplicably feeling that her action of putting makeup on in front of the mirror just now was a little deliberate.

"You're not leaving?"

Bai Yan shuddered and finally moved, walking down the stairs, "Why are you here?"

"There are guards all the way to the chief's courtyard. You can't get in without someone to lead you."

He got on his bike and gave a brief explanation.

He reached out again, took the bag off the handlebars and handed it to her.

Bai Yan opened it and took a look. It was a pair of red-striped Huili sneakers.

"Your shoes have become so unglued, you should throw them away." Meng Hechuan had noticed her shoes since the time they skated in Shichahai.

Bai Yan lowered her head and saw that the front of her shoes had been taped over and over again, but they were still leaking air.

That's why she deliberately wore a pair of wide-leg pants tonight, trying to cover the opening.

She has self-esteem, but the premise of self-esteem is based on her ability.

Bai Yan knew clearly that she had no choice now. Not only were the degummed shoes unsightly, but they also often caused her to trip.

She couldn't leave the team during this period and had no income. She had no reason not to accept it as she knew how to adapt to the times.

"Thank you. How much are these shoes? I'll pay you back when I get my allowance."

Meng Hechuan probably guessed what she was thinking, and in order to relieve her psychological burden, he casually said a number: "2 yuan."

Bai Yan secretly kept it in mind.

After changing into new shoes, I feel like walking is smoother.

She got on the back seat of Meng Hechuan's bicycle, and he pushed with his long legs, riding the bicycle steadily towards the chief's courtyard.

There were not many guards along the way, but because Meng Hechuan was riding a bicycle with someone else, the two of them were treated as the protagonists and were saluted by the passing team members.

Bai Yan gradually realized that something was wrong.

She held onto the back seat with both hands, trying not to have physical contact with Meng Hechuan, and asked him, "Chief Engineer Meng, how long will it take us to get there? I wasted time changing my shoes, will we be late?"

Meng Hechuan, who was riding a bicycle, raised his eyebrows, feeling that her words were simply a provocation to him.

He glanced back calmly, then turned back, "Are you afraid of being late?"

"Not really." Bai Yan lowered her head: "... too many people are looking at us..."

Meng Hechuan was also not used to being surrounded by gossip. He nodded and said, "Hold on tight."

His feet suddenly moved faster and the wheels started to turn very fast.

Bai Yan screamed and gripped the back seat tightly to prevent herself from falling.

And the people I met along the way were almost only blurry shadows.

The two finally arrived.

Since Lu Zhenhua lent the courtyard to the young man, he must not be here at this time.

Lu Jili opened the gate of the courtyard, and Gou Zi was called to help and stood at the door to welcome the guests.

Gouzi snapped at Meng Hechuan and saluted as usual.

Turning to Bai Yan, he was even more enthusiastic, "Teacher Bai, I'll take you in."

Bai Yan was also very happy to see Gou Zi. She didn't know how many young men in the compound that Lu Jili mentioned there were, but it was always good to have someone she knew.

Gouzi didn't know that Bai Yan had eaten in the chief's courtyard before, so he happily introduced her, "Teacher Bai, today is Laba Festival, and it is also Captain Lu's birthday, so all the brothers and sisters in the team are here."

Bai Yan subconsciously turned her head and silently asked Meng Hechuan behind her, "Really?"

He nodded slightly.

Bai Yan looked annoyed. It would have been fine if Lu Jili didn't say anything, but Meng Hechuan had already gone to the dormitory building to pick her up in advance, so why didn't he just say a word of reminder!

"Why didn't you tell me?" Bai Yan took two steps back and lowered her voice, glancing at Meng Hechuan with some reproach, "I didn't prepare anything!"

The man said frankly, "I forgot."

Bai Yan didn't believe it.

"What did you forget?" The birthday boy, Lu Jili, changed out of his usual flight uniform tonight and put on a light grey wide-shouldered suit.

He wore a black and white patterned shirt underneath, with two buttons undone at the collar and a tie hanging loosely on it.

Paired with Lu Jili's honey-colored skin, it has a rather elegant and casual style.

Bai Yan felt guilty for not bringing any gifts, so she just started to speak nicely, "Nothing, Captain Lu, you look so handsome today!"

Lu Jili was a mouthful and teased her deliberately, "Am I more handsome than you, Chief Engineer Meng?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Jili was kicked in the butt.

A footprint appeared on the high-end trousers.

Lu Jili cursed and patted the dust, knowing that he was the one who spoke badly, and he did not dare to shout at Master Meng.

He casually placed his hand on his friend's shoulder and asked curiously, "Brother Meng, didn't you come out of the research institute a long time ago? How come you are here with Sister Yan?"

Meng Hechuan pushed it away with his backhand, "Have you eaten salt again?"

Lu Jili snorted, "Are you angry? Why are you so angry?"

He didn't intend to get angry on his 'big day', so he left Meng Hechuan behind and happily went to pick up Bai Yan, "It's OK that you're here, sister A Yan, come here, I'll introduce you to some brothers."