"Hmm? Why?"

Ru Mei held the fish tank in her hand and looked at Huo Zhenduo with wide eyes in confusion.

Huo Zhenduo met those eyes, and after two seconds, he lowered his gaze calmly, but met the goldfish in the tank again.

The goldfish, like its owner, stared at him with its big eyes.

Huo Zhenduo was annoyed by the stupid stare and suddenly said fiercely, "I am an educated youth who sneaked back from the place where I was sent to work in the countryside. You sent a banner to the steel plant. Isn't that just exposing me openly?"

Rumei was horrified and quickly shook her head, "I didn't mean that!"

Thinking about how the banner of praise she had sent with good intentions had brought trouble to Huo Zhenduo, Ru Mei felt so upset that she wanted to cry.

"I don't know. You only told me that you were from the steel factory, but you didn't say that you were an educated youth who came back to work in the countryside..."

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!"

Ru Mei had a sad face and kept bowing to Huo Zhenduo. She looked as if she wanted to cut her heart out to prove that she had no bad intentions, which made Huo Zhenduo stunned.

In fact, he was just joking.

Who would have thought that this woman couldn't help being teased.

"Ahem..." He felt a little sweaty in the twelfth lunar month, "That..."

Just when Huo Zhenduo didn't know what to say, Qin Hanshu and Liu Ercui came over.

Seeing Rumei bowing and nodding to a ferocious man with a face full of fear, Liu Ercui thought Rumei was being bullied and immediately shouted in a loud voice:

"What are you doing? Bullying female lesbians in broad daylight?"

Qin Hanshu knew Huo Zhenduo and felt that things might not be as they seemed, so he pulled Liu Ercui who was about to roll up her sleeves.

"Rumei, what happened?" Qin Hanshu asked.

Ru Mei turned around and pointed at Huo Zhenduo and said, "I was almost robbed just now. He helped me. I am thanking him."

Liu Ercui: “...Thank him?” If I didn’t know, I would have thought you were visiting a grave.

While Rumei was talking to Qin Hanshu, Huo Zhenduo left quietly.

When Ru Mei turned around and wanted to say something to Huo Zhenduo, he had disappeared.

Rumei: "... elusive."

Qin Hanshu glanced at the direction where Huo Zhenduo disappeared, and had an incredible premonition in his heart.

She glanced at Rumei's profile and said, "Xiaomei, you and Huo Zhenduo are quite predestined."

With Liu Ercui around, Qin Hanshu couldn't explain it too clearly, but Rumei understood what she meant.

Ru Mei smiled happily and said, "Yes! Huo Zhenduo is a very good person, kind-hearted and capable of doing good deeds. Some people may have a kind heart like him, but at the critical moment, they may not have the courage to stand up and do good deeds!"

Qin Hanshu: “…”

There is no way Huo Zhenduo can be associated with "goodness", right?

Of course, the only contact between Ru Mei and Huo Zhenduo was that he was helping her, so it was normal for her to have such an understanding.

People are multifaceted and complex. Qin Hanshu will not deny everything about Huo Zhenduo just because she knows what shady things he has done or will do in the future.

Qin Hanshu was more concerned about the strange premonition in his heart.

Huo Zhenduo had never been married in his previous life. On the surface, many people speculated that he was deeply in love with Hu Wenwen, but the real reason was unknown.

I don’t think she knows Rumei either.

The two of them have accidentally met each other in this life, and not just once. Maybe this is the beginning of the gears of fate!

But... Qin Hanshu looked at Rumei carefully. This girl looked like a pure white little white rabbit who grew up in a good family. She didn't seem to be the same type as Huo Zhenduo.

Rumei noticed that Qin Hanshu was looking at her, nodding and shaking his head, and she couldn't help but free up one hand to touch her face.

"What's wrong, Xiaoshu? Is there something on my face?"

Qin Hanshu came back to his senses and shook his head, saying, "I just think you are pretty, but I wonder who has the ability to take you home."

Liu Ercui was very interested in this topic and immediately said, "Sister Rumei, you don't have a boyfriend yet? Can I introduce one to you?"

Qin Hanshu discovered that the female comrades around her, once they reached a certain age, became particularly keen on matchmaking.

Fan Hongxia downstairs is one, and so is Liu Ercui upstairs.

Wu Yingxia and Sister Zheng in the office often discussed topics like this and that, who didn't have a partner, and whether they should bring them together. Qin Hanshu was so glad that she got married before joining the company.

After hearing Liu Ercui's suggestion, Rumei quickly shook her head.

The main reason is that I had dated an unreliable guy before, and I have a psychological trauma from that.

Liu Ercui thought Rumei was embarrassed and wanted to continue talking, but was interrupted by Qin Hanshu, "Hey, we've reached the stall selling flowers and plants, Sister-in-law Ercui, hurry up and pick something."

Winter in the south is not too cold, so there are still many flowers that can be grown. There are several kinds of plum blossoms, daffodils and camellias on the stall, all in good bloom.

Greenhouses were not yet popular at that time, so these animals should have been grown in a natural environment.

Because Ru Mei's name contains the word "mei", she has always had a special liking for plum blossoms. She lives on the first floor and there is a green-calyx plum tree planted in the yard, which has not bloomed yet.

Seeing so many plum blossoms on the stall, her attention was immediately drawn to them.

Qin Hanshu was not interested in the flowers on the stall and asked the stall owner if he had flower seeds for sale.

This stall owner was the one Qin Hanshu bought flowers from last time. He recognized Qin Hanshu immediately and saw that Qin Hanshu had brought him a new customer, so he served her even more attentively.

He pulled out several paper packages from his backpack.

"There are crabapples, geraniums, azaleas, roses, chrysanthemums, and dahlias. It's warm in Jiangcheng this year, so we can grow all of these. But growing flowers is a technical job, so I can't guarantee that you can grow them when you take them back."

Qin Hanshu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't bother you even if the crops don't survive."

The stall owner also smiled and reminded: "If the temperature gets colder, it's best to move the pots indoors, but keep them ventilated every day."

Qin Hanshu nodded and bought geraniums, chrysanthemums, and roses. The stall owner said that the rose seeds were not the same variety as the ones she bought last time.

Liu Ercui looked at it for a long time but didn't buy it.

She thought a pot of flowers was not worth much money, but when she asked the price, she was shocked and immediately gave up and decided not to buy it.

Qin Hanshu knew what was going on, so he whispered to her, "The flowers in my house are growing very well and can be divided. I'll give you two pots later. Why spend this money to buy them?"

"Really?" Liu Ercui hesitated and asked, "Is this taking advantage of you?"

Qin Hanshu laughed and shook his head, "How can this be called taking advantage? The flowerpot is too small, and the flowers should be separated. Otherwise, they will not grow well if they are crowded together."

She was watered with water from the space, and grew very lushly, so she really needed to be divided into pots.

Liu Ercui smiled and said, "Sister, thank you in advance!"

Rumei was holding the fish tank and it was inconvenient for her to carry too many things, so she only bought a pot of wintersweet for two dollars.

Plum blossoms are difficult to grow and are the most expensive. The seeds Qin Hanshu bought were the cheapest, costing only ten cents in total.

Liu Ercui was amazed when she saw it. Even if her husband's salary was in her hands, she would not be willing to spend two dollars to buy a pot of flowers that could not be eaten or drunk!

Rumei did not go back to the military family compound with Qin Hanshu. She took the flowerpot that Liu Ercui was holding for her and planned to take a bus home directly.

Seeing her walking shakily with a fish tank in one hand and a flower pot in the other, Qin Hanshu couldn't help but ask, "Can you do it? How about you let me keep the flowers first, and I'll send them to your workplace when you go to work?"

Rumei shook her head. "No, no, I can do it. I'm just afraid that the water in the fish tank will spill out, so I have to walk slowly."

Qin Hanshu ignored her and after they separated, he walked towards the staff quarters with Liu Ercui.

Halfway through the walk, she seemed to have an intuition and turned her head to look in Ru Mei's direction, and actually saw Huo Zhenduo.

The fish tank has been moved into Huo Zhenduo's hands.

They were already very far away, and Qin Hanshu couldn’t hear what they were saying, but the couple’s backs looked... quite harmonious?