Chapter 240 Zhan Qiuran

This was Chen Yanming's first blind date in his life.

When he was young, he always watched his older comrades go on blind dates. Most of them were nervous and worried that the girls would not like them. Some of them said nothing when they came back, while others kept talking to the girls and analyzing what the girls meant to him and whether they liked him or not.

He thought that he must not act so... childish.

What's wrong with blind dates? Can it be more challenging than going to the battlefield?

So he went there with a heroic spirit.

The introducer arranged for them to meet at the People's Park on Renmin Road at 10 noon. They could have lunch there, and if they had a good chat, they could continue watching a movie. If... they didn't like each other, they probably wouldn't even have to eat.

The distance was not very far, so Chen Yanming rode his bike there. It was only 9:45 when he arrived at the People's Park.

He locked his bike on the side of the road, holding a copy of People's Pictorial with the White-Haired Girl on the cover and walked towards the portrait of the great man.

This was requested by the introducer, saying that each person should bring a copy of People's Pictorial and then put them under the portrait of the great man.

Chen Yanming felt that it was a bit silly, it would be better to just show him the photo, then he would definitely recognize the other person at the first sight.

However, the first blind date must be heard by the introducer, after all, they informed him directly, and he had no right to express his opinion, right?

He strode towards that place with the pictorial.

The park in late March and early April is not yet covered with deep green, but there is a sweetness floating in the wind. Not far away, the branches are covered with lavender sycamore flowers. Walking over, there are several fruit trees blooming one after another. Pear blossoms, apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, some flowers are falling like rain, and some are in full bloom. People walking by can only smell the sweet fragrance.

There are also some purple wild flowers and tender yellow winter jasmine blooming under the trees, decorating the spring scenery.

Chen Yanming was in a good mood and was not nervous at all.

"You are here!" A medium-sized girl with a braided hair walked towards him happily, but when she was three steps away, she stopped her steps, lowered her head and shook her shoulders shyly.

Chen Yanming didn't look at the person, but first looked at the magazine in her hand. The girl had her hands behind her back so he couldn't see it.

The girl raised her head slightly and glared at him, "Why did you come just now? You made me wait."

Although she said reproachful words, her eyes were full of satisfaction. She was a little unhappy when the introducer said that the man's appearance was not very outstanding, but now she was very satisfied.

Chen Yanming: "Comrade Zhan?"

The smile on the girl's face was immediately frozen, "What? What's your name?"

Chen Yanming: "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person."

The girl stomped her feet in anger, "Huh!"

Chen Yanming quickly dodged and looked at his watch. It was not yet ten o'clock, so he had to wait a little longer.

When they arrived at the statue of the great man, wow, my goodness, there are so many blind dates?

There were men and women, some had already left in pairs, and some were waiting here.

Nowadays, everyone likes to hold a blind date under the statue of the Great Man, which is a very romantic thing, because the Great Man translated a sentence from the great writer Shakespeare in the blind date: love that is not for the purpose of marriage is hooliganism.

So everyone who comes to the blind date is aiming for marriage, and absolutely cannot be a hooligan.

Chen Yanming stood aside and waited silently for a long time. It was half past ten and Comrade Zhan had not come yet. He sighed, it seems that the situation has changed.

Although he may be stood up, he is not angry.

For people like him who have been carrying out squatting tasks all year round, waiting is not a problem. The only bad thing is that it wastes time.

At this time, the couple who were on a blind date next to them broke down and swore at each other.

The woman said, "You brought two cold steamed buns to a blind date? You can't even afford a meal, you're such a stingy person!"

The man said, "A meal in a restaurant costs at least $1.5, why don't you save the money to buy meat after we get married?"

The woman said, "With your stingy attitude, don't expect to get married!"

Chen Yanming said, "..."

Wouldn't he have to mediate this matter?

He didn't need to intervene, the woman ran over to him directly, "You, were you abandoned by your blind date? I think you're not bad, why don't we give it a try?"

The man was angry, "Why are you so shameless?" He turned to Chen Yanming and said, "Brother, don't pay attention to her, this woman just wants to marry a rich man, she's not sincere."

Chen Yanming looked at the braided braid he had just seen, and quietly moved away a little, not getting involved in the fight with others.

But the braided braided braid chased Chen Yanming, "Come on, I'll treat you to a meal, let's go to a restaurant!"

Chen Yanming was so scared that he hurried away.

The man was so angry that he cursed loudly: "You shameless bastard, you can't eat my food but you want to treat others to it!"

The girl with a pigtail: "Who made you so ugly! If you were pretty, I would treat you too!"

Chen Yanming quickly dodged and planned to ride back.

He unlocked the car and was about to leave when a girl in a red and white plaid cotton coat ran over. She also had two pigtails that were popular at the time and a pink and white gauze scarf around her.

She ran out of breath and waved at him while holding up a magazine, "Comrade Chen, Chen Yanming!"

Chen Yanming paused and turned his head to look at her. The girl was very beautiful, with big watery eyes and white skin, but... she was too young!

She doesn't look like a 26-year-old female surgeon at all. She looks more like... a student.

He asked tentatively, "Comrade Zhan?"

The girl nodded vigorously, "I'm sorry, I'm late and didn't catch the bus. As a gift of apology, I'll treat you to a meal."

Chen Yanming stood still, "Are you Comrade Zhan Qiuran?"

The girl blinked her long eyelashes and laughed, "Yes."

Chen Yanming's face was serious, "Little comrade, do you think I'm a fool?"

The girl tilted her head to look at him, then looked at him from another angle, "Not at all, I think you're very smart!"

Chen Yanming: "Then do you still want to lie to me?"

The girl stuck out her tongue, and immediately put her hands together and shook them, "Sorry, sorry, my sister was temporarily called away by the unit. It seems that someone's cavity was pierced by steel bars, and many doctors were meeting to diagnose, and my sister was called over."

She looked at Chen Yanming's face to see if he looked unhappy, and continued, "My sister asked me to come and tell you that she is sorry for breaking the appointment. She will call you to apologize later and will also arrange a time to treat you to a meal."

Chen Yanming smiled and said, "This is her job. There is nothing to apologize for. We can make an appointment another day."

Lao Lu said that in order to let him go on a blind date, he would rearrange his work plan.

He asked the girl's name again.

The girl smiled and patted her chest and said, "My name is Zhan Jiali. Actually, my sister originally called her Zhan Jiaren, but unfortunately she refused."

Chen Yanming looked at the time. It was still early, not yet time for lunch, and he couldn't take the blind date's sister around, and it was not convenient to treat her to a meal, so he said he would send her back by bus.

Zhan Jiali was curious about her sister's blind date. She had a good impression of him and wanted to know more about him to see if he was suitable for her sister.

Her grandma, grandpa, grandma and parents were all worried about her sister's marriage, fearing that she didn't want to get married and be an old maid. They had introduced various types of men to her in the past.

Handsome, heroic, elegant, humorous, and even ruffian men had been introduced, but her sister didn't like any of them because she felt that men would affect her work.

Why did her sister agree to a blind date and get married this year?

Others don't know, but she does.

Because her sister told her that her career had reached a bottleneck, that is, after her medical skills had advanced to a certain stage, there was no major breakthrough, and after she was promoted to deputy director of surgery, there was no breakthrough in her career, which made her feel panic that her life seemed to have come to an end.

If she were allowed to study abroad, she would still be very motivated, but isn't this... not allowed by the policy?

So she felt that her life had stagnated in the given environment, and she wanted to break this stagnation, and thought that getting married was also an attempt.

Of course, she couldn't say this to her sister's blind date, otherwise people would think that her sister had a problem.

She had a good first impression of Chen Yanming and wanted to know more about him, such as whether he liked children? Was he willing to do housework? Did he mind that his wife was busy at work? Did he mind accompanying his wife to her parents' home more often? Was it a problem if his wife didn't serve her parents-in-law, etc.

Chen Yanming didn't give her a chance. He sent her to the bus station to wait for the bus to come, and then motioned for her to get on the bus.

Zhan Jiali stepped on the bus with one foot, and the other foot was still on the ground. She turned around and asked anxiously: "Brother Chen, are you going on a blind date with my sister alone, or are there several other blind dates lined up?"

The driver and the people in the car pricked up their ears to listen to the gossip.

Chen Yanming urged her to get on quickly, "Blind dates are not like picking cabbages, how can you line up? I'm going on a blind date with her alone."

Zhan Jiali stood on the bus, and the bus started slowly. She turned her neck and talked to him: "Then wait, my sister will call you later!"

Chen Yanming rode back. His unit gave him a blind date leave, so he didn't have to go to work today, and he went straight back to No. 8 Courtyard.

Lin Shu was taking Xiao Zhuang to the yard to trim the vegetable patches and plant seedlings. When she saw Chen Yanming coming in with a bicycle, her heart skipped a beat, "Yanming, why did you come back at this time? Didn't you invite anyone to dinner?"

He didn't even get the chance to invite anyone to dinner. Was he being rejected or what?

Chen Yanming pushed the bike into the carport and was about to explain to Lin Shu when Xiaozhuang said with sympathy, "Captain Chen, don't be discouraged. You've

just blew it up, so you'll have to work harder next time." Chen Yanming hit Xiaozhuang on the head with a magazine, "You're the one who blew it up. You didn't see it at all."

Xiaozhuang felt even more sympathetic, "You didn't even see it? Sister-in-law, what's wrong with our Captain Chen? Why didn't you see it?" Lin

Shu saw that Chen Yanming was smiling and didn't seem to be up to no good, so she asked Xiaozhuang to shut up.

Chen Yanming explained the matter.

Xiaozhuang sighed and shook his head. Hey, Captain Chen is too dull. He just chased away his future sister-in-law?

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Good things take time, but this also shows that Comrade Zhan is an excellent doctor and a backbone of the hospital."

Chen Yanming wanted to help Lin Shu plant the seedlings, but she sent him away, "You go and do your own thing."

As a result, Chen Yanming waited for a whole day but didn't get a call from Zhan Qiuran. Then, he and Lu Shaotang led their teams out at dawn the next day because they had urgent work.

At around 8 o'clock in the morning, the unit operator received a call from Zhan Qiuran to Chen Yanming. He apologized and told the other party that Captain Chen was on a business trip and might not be back for two or three days.

Zheng Jie, the introducer, even whispered to Lin Shu, "You said that Director Chen and Doctor Zhan... have a bad start."

Zhan's mother was very anxious and asked her to ask if the man had any opinions about the woman's busy work.

Lin Shu smiled and said, "It's nothing. Nowadays, many people live apart after marriage. When you go on a blind date, you should adapt to it first, so that you won't be nervous later."

She also praised Dr. Zhan's sister to Zheng Jie, "Chen Yanming said that Dr. Zhan's sister is so sensible, so her sister must be a good one."

This is not what Chen Yanming said, but what Lin Shu thinks.

She feels that the Zhan family has a good family atmosphere, the parents support their daughter's work, the sisters have a good relationship, and the sister is playful and cute, so the sister must be generous and sensible.

If the Zhan family's parents were not anxious, they probably wouldn't have considered Chen Yanming's family conditions before.

Many parents look for a partner for their children first to see the other person's character, the character of their parents, etc., and then look at their ability.

Lin Shu helped Chen Yanming find a date. In fact, the first person she went to was the girl's parents. Only parents who have a good relationship and are open-minded and upright can raise beautiful and generous children.

Two days later, Lu Shaotang did not come back, but Chen Yanming came back first.

In order to support Chen Yanming's blind date, Lu Shaotang took on a heavier business trip this time.

He went to the unit to deal with his work first and then returned to the No. 8 Courtyard.

Seeing that he was unharmed and nothing serious, Lin Shu asked him to call Dr. Zhan. "Dr. Zhan called you the morning you left. I guess he was busy saving people until late the day before and didn't want to disturb you, so he called you the next day at work." Chen

Yanming looked at the sky. It was getting dark, so he could only meet tomorrow.

He put down his bag and went to make the call first.

Zhan Qiuran had two surgeries today and her cervical spine was sore. She planned to ask a colleague to help her apply some plaster and arrange to take a day off tomorrow.

The director had said that she would be given a blind date leave, but in the end, not only was she given a blind date leave, she was not even given a proper rest day.

She had to take three consecutive days off to recover.

Of course, that was just her willingness. The director only gave her half a day, and the rest was for her blind date, saying that if she needed a blind date, she could take the day off, and if she didn't, she could take the day

off. She secretly complained in her heart that the director was really a jerk, but she couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation. Was it that she and the blind date had incompatible horoscopes? Why was it so difficult to meet?

In the past, when she was not interested, it was a perfect excuse for not being suitable for a blind date, but now she wanted to meet the other party.

She came back from the pharmacy after applying the plaster and found Gao Tingting was on the phone.

She didn't know why, but when she saw her coming, she covered the microphone.

She smiled and said, "Xiao Gao is on the phone with the person?"

If the person wasn't so secretive, why would he do that?

Gao Tingting smiled, and after watching Zhan Qiuran walk away, she whispered into the phone, "Okay, okay."

After hanging up the phone, she turned her head and looked around, and when she saw that no one was paying attention to her, she hurried away.

After Chen Yanming finished the call, he came out and told Lin Shu that they had an appointment to meet tomorrow morning.

Zhan Qiuran was out when he made the call, so he asked her colleague to pass on the message.

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Then you can make a plan based on Dr. Zhan's hobbies, go to the bookstore, take a walk, then have a meal, watch a movie, and if you have enough time, you can go to the amusement park."

Chen Yanming: "Amusement park? Isn't that for children?"

Lin Shu: "Do you understand lesbians or do I?"

Chen Yanming: "Of course you understand."

He felt lucky to have Lin Shu as his military advisor, otherwise he would not be able to handle blind dates alone. It was really tiring, and the key was that he didn't even see the girl after all the hard work.

This time, he had to dress up again, take a bath, scrub his body, get a haircut and shave, and finally went out wearing the best-looking light blue shirt.

Because Lin Shu said she would buy fabric and make two new ones for him, Lu Shaotang generously gave it to him.

This time, Chen Yanming arranged to meet at a state-owned hotel two stops away from the PLA Hospital.

It was convenient for her to come by bike or bus.

Chen Yanming also brought a can of beef chili sauce given by Lin Shu. Beef was hard to come by, and neither he nor Lu Shaotang had it. While

he was drinking a glass of water, a girl in a green military uniform came in from outside. She shouted with surprise, "Chen Yanming!"

Chen Yanming stood up and looked at her in confusion, "You are... Oh, I remember, you are Dr. Zhan's colleague, the one who answered the phone yesterday."

Although he didn't know the person, he was still sensitive to the voice.

He asked her to tell Dr. Zhan to meet here today, why is she here?

Gao Tingting's smile froze, "Chen Yanming, you, you don't recognize me?"

Chen Yanming looked at her hard, as if he had some impression of me? But he really didn't remember.

Gao Tingting was very angry, "You are with Lu Shaotang, why don't you learn some good things?"

As soon as she mentioned Lu Shaotang, Chen Yanming immediately remembered him.

"Are you... a relative of Lu Shaotang's wife's family?"

Lu Shaotang was called by Yan Ping to pick up Yan Xin. It was okay once or twice, but from the third time onwards, he would bring Chen Yanming or someone else.

Once, Lu Shaotang happened to bring Chen Yanming to pick up Yan Xin and Gao Tingting, and they met.

Chen Yanming is two years older than Lu Shaotang. At the time, he thought Lu Shaotang was going on a blind date with her, but when Lu Shaotang said he was not interested, he stopped paying attention.

After they started to go on their own missions, he almost never met Yan Xin and the others alone again.

Seeing that he remembered, Gao Tingting sat down and poured herself some tea, and said with a smile, "It seems that you have a better memory than Lu Shaotang."

Chen Yanming wanted to end the conversation, "Comrade Gao, do you have any advice?"

Gao Tingting took a sip of the inferior tea, "I am telling you secretly at the risk of offending others because of our previous acquaintance. Don't betray me." She stared at Chen Yanming and whispered, "Doctor Zhan doesn't think much of you. She thinks you come from a peasant family, and your parents and brother are not honest people, and you are not worthy of being in public."

Chen Yanming remained calm, "Doctor Zhan has a good relationship with you?"

Gao Tingting sighed, "Not really, I accidentally heard her complaining to others, and I came to remind you with good intentions."

Chen Yanming's eyes were heavy, "Why don't you come with me to find Doctor Zhan and ask her clearly, if she is that kind of person..."

"Hey, I'm telling you this out of kindness, don't hurt me!" Gao Tingting stood up, "She's the deputy director, she'll be the director when he retires in a few years, the dean also respects her, if you let me offend her, won't that cut off my future?"

Chen Yanming: "I don't think our friendship is deeper than that of my colleagues, after all, we just met once a few years ago and exchanged a few polite words."

He pulled out that memory, when Lu Shaotang picked them up to go to the military district club, where everyone was dancing.

Yan Xin and Gao Tingting both invited Lu Shaotang to dance but were rejected, he found it funny to see Lu Shaotang poking there like a javelin, and even sacrificed himself to invite Lu Shaotang to dance.

There were many women and men dancing on the dance floor, and they were no different.

Of course, he was rejected by Lu Shaotang.

Gao Tingting was so angry at Chen Yanming that her face changed color, "You are so stubborn, a dog bites Lu Dongbin!"

She turned around and left in anger.

Chen Yanming did not play dirty, just said: "I will verify with Doctor Zhan."

Seeing Gao Tingting's reaction, he was sure that Doctor Zhan had never said this at all. That was Gao Tingting jealous of Doctor Zhan and deliberately did something bad?

Gao Tingting was really mad at Chen Yanming. She did do something bad to Zhan Qiuran out of jealousy.

Of course, she also wanted to get in touch with Chen Yanming and try to make him fall in love with her.

Even the dean praised Chen Yanming as a young and promising young man who was a perfect match for Doctor Zhan. Why couldn't such a good man be a perfect match for her?

As long as Chen Yanming was provoked by her, she would have a chance to snatch him away!

But she never expected Chen Yanming to be so stubborn and not only didn't give her face but also wanted to drag her into a confrontation.

She rode her bike back to the hospital and quickly went to the surgery department to find Zhan Qiuran. She was relieved when she heard that Director Zhan was resting.

But the more she thought about it, the more panicked she became. What if Chen Yanming really confronted Doctor Zhan?

She was just impulsive at the time and really didn't think about the consequences. She didn't even think about Chen Yanming not believing her.

After a while of panic, she thought to herself: No matter what Chen Yanming said, I will deny it to the death. Anyway, he has no evidence.

Chen Yanming didn't go directly to Dr. Zhan, but called the hospital office again.

The person there said that Dr. Zhan was resting this morning and went back to the dormitory to take care of the hygiene.

Chen Yanming smiled and begged, "Can you please call her?"

The other party smiled and said, "You are the person that Director Zhan is dating, right? Let me tell you, you are so lucky to meet our Director Zhan. Wait, I will call her for you."

Zhan Qiuran took a break in the morning and slept a little longer. She got up and soaked a bowl of biscuits in hot water for breakfast and went to the bathhouse to take a bath. She came back to wash clothes and clean up, thinking that she would still eat in the cafeteria for lunch.

She was changing the sheets and quilt covers and was going to take them back for her father to wash, when she heard someone shouting downstairs, "Zhan Qiuran, your date is calling!"

Wow, what a loud voice!

Zhan Qiuran hurriedly pushed the window to look out, "What are you talking about!"

The colleague laughed, "Hurry up, she is waiting."

Zhan Qiuran hurriedly dropped the quilt and ran downstairs to answer the phone.

Chen Yanming was just hesitating whether to hang up first and call back later, when he heard the phone being picked up and a gasp coming from inside.

"Hello? This is Zhan Qiuran, are you Comrade Chen Yanming?"

Chen Yanming said hurriedly, "Hello, Doctor Zhan, I'm Chen Yanming. I was on a business trip two days ago and didn't receive your call. I just came back yesterday afternoon. I wonder if you are free to have dinner together these two days?"

Zhan Qiuran: "I'm free now."

The colleague next to her poked her, why are you not reserved? Even if you are free, you should say you are not free and try to arrange it.

Chen Yanming was very happy to hear, "Then... I'll pick you up now?"

Zhan Qiuran: "Is it troublesome? Or you can tell us a place and we can go there to save time."

Mainly because she was hungry.

Her colleague wanted to strangle her to death. Even if you are satisfied with him, you don't have to rush so hard.

Chen Yanming: "I drove out today. It's not far from your hospital. I'll pick you up."

Zhan Qiuran's voice became more cheerful, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, her colleague was about to catch her. He was really disappointed. "Xiao Zhan, you can't be so proactive. You have to be more reserved when you are on a blind date. Take the initiative after you get married."

Zhan Qiuran smiled and said, "If you don't like him, there will be no marriage. Why be so reserved?"

She didn't want to tire herself.

She is just that kind of person. No matter how good the other person is, she will be like this, and she will not deliberately embarrass the other person.

Everyone should be sincere. If you get along well, you can be together. If you don't get along, just have a meal together.

It's not far away, so she didn't take the bus, but rode there.

Chen Yanming was waiting at the entrance of the hotel, and he was finally called to the intersection.

The main reason was that a female comrade came by on a bicycle, and he thought it was Dr. Zhan, so he walked towards her with big strides. As a result, she was frightened and ran away. In order to save his face, he went to the intersection to greet her.

After a while, he saw a girl wearing a loose military uniform and loose hair riding a bicycle. He raised his hand, and the other party immediately responded with a bell.

Finally, he got the right one!

Zhan Qiuran got off the bike,

stretched out her hand to him and said with a smile: "Comrade Chen Yanming, it's not easy to meet each other." Chen Yanming shook hands with her, took the bike and helped push it, "Did the man with the steel bars that day come back?"

Zhan Qiuran nodded and said proudly: "Of course! We worked until midnight!"