Zhou Yunwan's eyes flickered and she felt somewhat nervous, but the moment she stood up, she skillfully switched to social mode in a second. Following Guo Yulin's enthusiastic introduction, she greeted everyone in turn.
The people in front of her were almost all outstanding figures in various fields of this era. They had eaten more salt than she had eaten rice. Each of them looked smooth and sophisticated, and very "difficult to deal with".
The hospital's director and secretary have known Guo Yulin for many years. They are superiors and subordinates as well as good friends. However, they came not to get together but for business, not to mention the newspaper reporters who came specifically to interview him.
Since this is for public use, we cannot use the same approach we use to entertain elders in private.
Therefore, as long as you try to remain generous, decent, humble and polite, don't try to show off, and go through the process with a routine mentality, no one will be able to find any mistakes.
The reality was the same. After three or four rounds of pushing and pulling, Zhou Yunwan reluctantly accepted the gift of condolence brought by the other party, which was a box of canned fruits, fine grains such as rice and flour, and two cans of malted milk, a "luxury" product known as the tears of the times.
In addition, just as she thought, the hospital specially prepared a "heroic act" banner for Shen Yanli. After listening to their conversation, they also prepared the same banner for Xing Maohui and several other soldiers.
After seeing off the hospital leaders, Zhou Yunwan was interviewed in the study. When the two reporters heard that this was her first time to participate in an interview, they kept comforting her and told her not to be nervous.
But in fact, she was not nervous at all, but was very comfortable with it.
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Because the questions they prepared were too "ordinary and harmonious"! Compared to the various tricky and weird interview questions asked by entertainment reporters in later generations, it was nothing.
But she still had to pretend, because she was just a country girl. It's normal to feel nervous and scared when you come into contact with a newspaper for the first time in your life.
So during the whole process, she took a few deep breaths from time to time and deliberately spoke haltingly, but overall it went smoothly.
After she finished, Shen Yanli took her place.
In the living room, Xing Maohui was telling about the interesting things he encountered in the Northwest and the local customs and practices there. He spoke freely and elegantly, and while he spoke, people couldn't help but calm down and listen to him.
Zhou Yunwan couldn't help but look at him twice more. Xing Maohui was not wearing a military uniform or a military cap today. He was wearing a very casual black short coat and black trousers. He sat upright, with a tough and stylish crew cut, and exuded the unique aura of justice that only belongs to a soldier.
He was also very handsome, with deep and three-dimensional features and smooth facial lines. Without any hair or hat blocking his face, Zhou Yunwan only then discovered that he had a faint scar on the right side of his forehead, which added a bit of tough guy temperament to him.
After he finished speaking, Guo Yulin introduced them to each other formally.
Zhou Yunwan took the opportunity to express her gratitude: "The scene was too chaotic yesterday, and I didn't have the opportunity to thank you in person, Comrade Xing. Thank you for saving me at that time, and for helping me thank other military comrades."
Xing Maohui looked at her and answered in an official manner: "You're welcome. It is our duty to protect the people."
Having said this, he paused, as if he was lost in brief contemplation.
Although the Shen family nominally said they were taking her in, he could tell from the details just now that his master and mistress liked this girl very much, especially his mistress. Not only was she happy to help her expand her social circle, but she also showed affection in her words and actions, and it was obvious that she treated her like her own daughter.
And that day in the hospital, Shen Yanli was very caring towards her, and even rushed forward to help her block the knife regardless of the danger to his own life...
The Xing and Shen families are old friends, so naturally they have to show the proper attitude.
So he added: "Yanli told me that he treats you like a sister, so you are equivalent to my sister. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Hui in the future."
In fact, there was a bit of selfishness in his proposal. He was quite interested in her. She was beautiful, had a good personality, and was tenacious and courageous. It would be nice to use this opportunity to get closer to her.
Zhou Yunwan was stunned when she heard this, but did not change her words rashly. Instead, she turned to look at Guo Yulin beside her, as if she was a little hesitant and shy about the current situation and could only ask her elders for advice.
Guo Yulin smiled and said, "Maohui is a few years older than you, and he is of the same generation as our Yanli. It is only right for you to call him brother, and it will make you seem closer."
Now, Zhou Yunwan no longer had any concerns and called out softly, "Brother Hui."
Xing Maohui agreed, "Then I will call you Xiao Wan from now on, just like Master's wife."
Zhou Yunwan nodded: "Okay."
Looking at the two handsome boys and pretty girls in front of her, Guo Yulin couldn't help but smile like an auntie. She couldn't help but touch Shen Dewen beside her with her arm and gave him a secret look.
After being married for decades, Shen Dewen knew what she was planning at a glance. It was nothing more than her bad habit of wanting to be a matchmaker. As soon as she saw two outstanding young men and women, she wanted to bring them together.
She had wanted to bring Xiaowan and Yanli together before, but seeing that she couldn't persuade Yanli's stubborn temper, she gradually gave up. However, just a few days later, she started to set her sights on Xiaowan and Maohui again.
Shen Dewen sighed silently. He did not like arranged marriages, nor did he like blind dates dominated by parents. In his opinion, the most important thing was that young people liked each other and had a relationship that was in harmony with each other.
He and Guo Yulin were in a free love relationship when they were young, but they almost couldn't be together because of the interference of their elders. Unexpectedly, when he reached middle age, he would start to interfere in the affairs of young people.
Although he knew that she would not act forcefully, and would only observe secretly and intervene to persuade the two of them if they showed any signs of doing so, in his opinion, they were already at this age, wouldn't it be better for them to live the rest of their lives in peace and comfort? Why bother about them?
So he gave her a "disapproving" look in response, reminding her not to act rashly.
Guo Yulin could tell at a glance that he had misunderstood her meaning and rolled her eyes inwardly. She didn't want to match Xiao Wan and Mao Hui. She just simply thought that they were both good-looking and a good match.
But she couldn't explain it in front of her juniors, so she could only let him misunderstand.
Zhou Yunwan didn't notice the little movements of the two. If she had seen it, she would probably understand Guo Yulin's mood, which can be summed up in three words: CP.
The living room was filled with joy. When Chen Yanli came out of the study, he happened to hear Zhou Yunwan calling Xing Maohui "Brother Hui". Her soft voice coupled with her sweet smile made anyone's heart melt.
But he couldn't help frowning.
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