As soon as Chen Yan saw him, she hid behind the fat man. This socially awkward appearance made her seem "shy" and hurt Sha Zhu deeply.
The fat man blocked Chen Yan's path with an unfriendly expression: "Master, is there something you need?"
Sha Zhu glared at him: "Go stand over there!"
Before the fat man could speak, Chen Yan interrupted, "How dare you talk like that? What kind of person are you? You have no manners at all! Let's go, little brother!"
Seeing the fat man's defiant look as he left, Sha Zhu was furious. If it weren't for Chen Yan's presence, he would have taught him a lesson today!
At the Jia family residence, Qin Huairu had already heard the commotion in the courtyard. She and Jia Zhangshi were currently peeking through the window to watch the excitement.
Jia Zhangshi said, "I think this silly Zhu has taken a fancy to Fatty's sister, hasn't he?"
Qin Huairu rolled her eyes: "He did take a liking to her, but she didn't like him!"
Xu Damao was right when he said, "Ask anyone in our factory if they know He Yuzhu. If even one person says they do, we'll give you the camera. And if you ask anyone else if they don't know Shazhu, we'll give it to you too."
See? A good person like him would fall for someone like that. And isn't all of this thanks to Qin Huairu?
Let's not mention that unlucky Sha Zhu.
Fatty and Chen Yan walked out of the alley together, passing Dongmianhua Alley. This alley is said to be named after Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu County in Sichuan, who had his female soldiers spin cotton in the garrison to earn military funds despite having no military funds.
There's a drama academy here, only a hundred or so meters from the center of Nanluoguxiang. Every early morning, the girls and boys from the academy start practicing their singing together: "Ee~ya!" It's quite a sight in Nanluoguxiang.
We headed north from there, and after walking for about ten minutes, we arrived at our meeting place: the entrance of Xinhua Bookstore.
People in this era generally have a strong sense of time, and even girls are no exception.
There won't be a situation like in later generations where you ask her on WeChat, "I'm at the movie theater entrance, where are you?" and she replies, "Almost there, I'm at the concealer."
Don't understand? There's also foundation, eyeliner, eyeshadow, under-eye concealer, aegyo sal (lower eyelid), eyelashes, blush, contouring, highlighter, loose powder, lipstick, and colored contact lenses.
Do you understand?
When the fat guy and his friends arrived, there was already a girl waiting at the entrance of the bookstore.
As soon as Chen Yan saw her, she happily pulled the fat man over and said, "Yu Li, you're here so early!"
As the fat man looked at Yu Li, she also looked over here.
Their eyes met across the street, which was several meters wide. Time seemed to have come to a standstill, and this destined encounter bound them tightly together.
The whole street seemed to slowly fade in color, only Fatty and Yu Li remained vibrant.
Yu Li was tall and slender, the tallest girl the fat man had ever seen.
Her face was like a peach blossom, and her eyes like water apricots; here, "peach blossom" does not refer to her bright and beautiful appearance like peach blossoms, but rather to her shape.
Yu Li has a very typical Eastern beauty face, which was called an oval face at that time. After the release of "Calabash Brothers" in 1986, it was called a "snake spirit face". In the world that the fat man traveled to, it was called an "internet celebrity face".
Yu Li's face lacked luster and instead had a yellowish-green tinge, clearly indicating that she often went hungry and suffered from malnutrition.
Looking at her, she was wearing an old cotton-padded jacket that looked like it had been made from men's clothes and had faded from washing. On her legs, she wore a pair of bulky, baggy black trousers that looked extremely awkward.
However, in those days, everyone's clothes were pretty much the same; Chen Yan was also wearing the cotton-padded jacket and trousers that the fat man had discarded, it's just that Yu Li's looked newer and the cotton was thicker.
What surprised the fat man the most was Yu Li's figure. Even wearing a thick cotton-padded coat, it did not affect her "imposing" stature at all.
Among the "impressive" people that Fatty has met, Aunt Fatty ranks first, Qin Huairu ranks second, and she ranks third!
While he was observing Yu Li, Yu Li was also observing the fat man.
When you gain weight, nothing looks good on you. They say women are judged by their size and men by their shape, but if your shape turns into a barrel, what's the point of looking good?
But the aesthetics of today are different from those of another world; it's not the world that judges people by their appearance.
Even the chubby guy had a forward-thinking eye. Utilizing the limited technology of the time, he styled his hair into a "face-slimming" look: a voluminous top, short sides, and exposed forehead. This visually elongated his face, giving him an air of rebellious, roguish charm…
Fat man's hairstyle
Unlike Sha Zhu, who has a round face but insists on wearing bangs, making him look like he has half a watermelon rind on a bucket, Fatty is reminded of Runtu every time he sees his hairstyle.
For men, as long as their hairstyle is suitable and they are clean and tidy, they can give women a good impression.
If you could be a little more confident, stand up straight, and put more effort into your speech and behavior, you would develop your own style.
Overall, the fat man gave Yu Li a good first impression.
Chen Yan introduced them to each other, and the fat man then learned that Yu Li hadn't grown up with her parents, but rather at her aunt's house. After returning to Beijing, she was disliked by her parents and had a younger sister named Yu Haitang…
Yu Haitang was He Yushui's high school classmate, and later the broadcaster at the Red Star Factory. In the TV series, she was just a minor character who played a supporting role in advancing the romance between the male and female leads, so Fatty didn't have a deep impression of her.
Yu Li's experience reminded Fatty of his mother in another world.
In that world, Fatty's mother was like that; she was left to grow up in her ancestral home in the north. Only after being sent to the countryside did she return to Fatty's maternal grandparents.
She wasn't close to her siblings and wasn't favored by her parents. The whole family would sit at the table to eat, but she would be made to take her bowl to the toilet door to eat...
Looking at Yu Li in front of him, a sense of familiarity and warmth quietly flowed through the fat man's eyes.
Yu Li also felt an unprecedented warmth in his gaze. Yes, warmth; not the malicious gaze that seemed to be after her. In an instant, her liking for the fat man increased.
Seeing that the two of them had hit it off, Chen Yan thought to herself that today's mission could be considered a complete success. She then decided to quietly walk away, leaving them some space.
Unexpectedly, the fat man called out to her again: "Second sister, there's an ice cream shop not far from here."
Chen Yan glared at him angrily: "Are you out of your mind, in the dead of winter?"
The fat man glanced at her helplessly: "There are cans of yogurt for sale. Today is the first time I've met Yu Li, so I'll treat you to a can of yogurt."
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