Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly suppressed the smile on her lips, cleared her throat and responded, "Nothing to laugh at."
It seems that Meng Shuchi didn't realize that he had inadvertently mentioned the sensitive issue of age, and Chen Yanli was not a petty person who would make a big deal out of such a small matter, so she shouldn't remind him specifically, as it would be embarrassing.
After hearing this answer, Meng Shuchi vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but unfortunately, after thinking about it, he still couldn't think of anything funny he had done, except that he happened to be wearing the same clothes as his second brother today.
Alas, he just wanted to clean up well and leave a brand new impression on his sweetheart, but how come he ended up making things worse? Looking at his second brother's tall and handsome figure, he sighed again and tugged at the corner of his clothes uncomfortably.
"I'm going out."
Chen Yanli is going to the research institute to report for leave today, sort out his previous work content, and connect with his colleagues for follow-up work, so he has to go out immediately.
"Be careful on the road." Zhou Yunwan leaned out and raised a flower-like smile at the corner of her mouth.
Shen Yanli also curled his lips and prepared to leave, but when he just opened the door to the living room, the cold wind rushed in and a heavy sneeze sounded behind him.
He paused for a moment, turned his head and said, "Auntie Wang, go to my room and get him a coat."
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"Okay." Aunt Wang looked at Meng Shuchi, whose nose was running due to the cold, and agreed readily.
With the help of the coat, Meng Shuchi finally didn't have to suffer from the cold. While wiping his nose with a tissue, he showed Zhou Yunwan his well-preserved textbooks.
Zhou Yunwan randomly opened one and found that apart from a few horizontal lines, there were basically not many notes on it. It was "clean and tidy". The handwriting was also very sloppy, almost scribbles, which was a world of difference from the notebook Shen Yanli gave her yesterday.
She wasn't a student either, but her parents had expectations of her, so even if she didn't like it, she had to maintain decent grades. In high school, she was always ranked in the top 20 in her grade, and occasionally she would perform exceptionally well and maybe make it into the top three.
After graduating from high school, she went abroad to study. She was discovered by a scout during college and made her debut. She was so busy that she had no time to balance her studies and in the end she could only barely get a diploma.
She had been very confident when she was planning before, but actually she was not sure if she could get into university if she were to go back to being 18 years old.
Looking at the dozen thick textbooks in front of her, Zhou Yunwan silently encouraged herself, she could definitely do it! Pass next year's college entrance examination, get admitted to a university, be assigned to a state-owned unit, and live the rest of my life without any effort. It makes me happy just thinking about it.
There is still one year left to prepare for the college entrance examination, which is quite sufficient time.
Seeing how hard she studied, Shen Dewen gave his study room to her so that she could have a comfortable and quiet study environment.
Chen Yanli was very busy and could not be seen during the day. When he came back in the evening and had dinner together, it was almost time to rest. Zhou Yunwan saw the fatigue in his eyes and was too embarrassed to ask him to trouble her. She could basically handle most of the things.
A few days passed and soon it was New Year's Eve.
Zhou Yunwan studied for almost three hours as usual. After completing the required progress, she planned to go out for a walk to relax. At this time, Meng Shuchi, who was sitting on the other side, approached stealthily.
After this period of getting to know each other, the two of them had become familiar with each other. She could tell at a glance that he had ulterior motives, so she raised her eyebrows and asked, "What?"
Meng Shuchi grinned with his white teeth and whispered to her with a bright smile: "Yunwan, tonight is New Year's Eve, you should know that, right?"
Zhou Yunwan didn't say anything, just stared at him quietly, with an expression on her fair and tender little face saying: So what?
Her eyes were moist and rippled, and Meng Shuchi's cheeks flushed. The courage he had finally mustered was mostly gone. After hesitating for a long time, he stammered, "I want to ask you to spend New Year's Eve with me."
The answer was the same as Zhou Yunwan expected, he wanted to date her.
After two seconds of silence, she uttered two words cruelly in his expectant gaze: "No."
Boys like him are not her type, and there is no destined to be any Mary Sue development between them, so she will not give him hope easily, otherwise she will be in trouble in the end.
Seeing being rejected, Meng Shuchi's face changed, and a trace of hurt flashed across his eyes, but he would not give up easily, and whispered: "Don't go out with me alone, go with my friends."
"They are all friends who grew up together in the compound, both boys and girls. They are all very curious about you and asked me to bring you with me. If you don't go, they will beat me to death. Please, just come with me."
The young man spoke earnestly, clasped his hands together, and looked at her pitifully, just like his Chinese native dog when it was acting coquettishly, making it hard for people to bear to really reject him.
Zhou Yunwan was annoyed and softened her heart, and said, "What are you going to do?"
He didn't look like he was lying to ask her out, and if it was with a group of people, she might consider it, but if she went out alone with him, she would definitely refuse.
"We plan to ride our bikes around the streets, buy some food and firecrackers, and have a barbecue and set off fireworks together in the evening."
Meng Shuchi told all of his friends about the plan he had made yesterday, and said persistently, "Yunwan, you've been in Beijing for so long, you probably haven't been to places farther away, right? I can be your tour guide and show you the local customs and practices of Beijing."
After hearing the latter part, Zhou Yunwan was a little excited. Although she had been to Beijing countless times in her previous life and visited scenic spots such as the Forbidden City and the Great Wall no less than five times, she was still really curious about what the mayor of Beijing was like in the 1970s.
Besides, she really hasn't been out much since she came to Beijing. It's not a good thing to stay at home for a long time. It's also good to go out and meet new friends.
After thinking for a moment, he agreed: "Okay."
Meng Shuchi immediately smiled happily and said impatiently: "Then I will go home and ride my bike over, and then go tell my friends."
The two agreed to meet at the door of Shen's house half an hour later.
Zhou Yunwan went to Shen Dewen to borrow the family's bicycle, then returned to her room to change into a short cotton jacket, put on gloves, a hat, a scarf and other warm clothes, and then pushed the bicycle out of the storage room.
The Shen family has two 28-bar bicycles. One of them is used by Aunt Wang to buy groceries on weekdays, and the other is idle in the storage room and no one rides it on weekdays.
Zhou Yunwan hadn't ridden a bicycle for a long time, so she felt a little uncomfortable. She planned to try to get familiar with the ride before Meng Shuchi brought her over. Relying on the muscle memory engraved in her mind, she quickly got the hang of it. Not only could she ride very fast, but she could also operate it with one hand like before.
Meng Shuchi, who was not far away, was stunned by this scene. His dream of taking his sweetheart around Beijing was extinguished in an instant.
At this time, a group of young men from the compound riding bicycles all set their eyes on Zhou Yunwan.
"Oh my god, Shu Chi really didn't lie to us. This country girl is really pretty."
"No wonder you go to the Shen family every day. It turns out you have other intentions. Hey, Meng Shuchi, you don't like her, do you?"
"Hahahahahaha, don't say he likes it. I like it too. She's prettier than the belle in our school."
"Tsk, do you have good taste? I think she's just average looking, not even half as pretty as Sister Wanwan."
The square-faced girl who spoke last was called Liang Shuqin. She was a good sister of the sister Wanwan as she referred to her. Naturally, she had to speak up for her sister when she was being bullied.
Zhao Wanwan's face had already turned dark. She stared at the beautiful figure in front of her, clenching her palms secretly.
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