Lu Lei was unwilling to be met with indifference, so he immediately took a step back.
He wouldn't have come here if it weren't for Dr. Cheng.
Li Shuhe stepped forward to help Li Shuyang, "Sit down first, Ruan Ruan, didn't you need to go to the restroom?"
Xu Ruantang nodded, "Then wait for me, I'll be right back."
After she left, Lu Lei walked towards Chen Ji, extended his hand and said, "Commander Chen, I've heard so much about you. I'm Lu Lei, from the Air Force compound."
Chen Ji remained calm, extended his hand, shook it briefly, and quickly released it. "Hello."
Cheng Dan hadn't seen Chen Ji for a long time, and seeing him again filled her with mixed feelings. She stood there without going forward, just watching silently.
Li Shuhe was leaning over the table with a pen and paper, writing something quickly on the paper. Li Shuyang leaned over to take a look and saw strings of numbers.
"Sis, what are you doing?" he asked curiously.
Li Shuhe kept writing, "Shh, don't talk."
She was doing the math; one brain can only do one thing at a time, so she couldn't afford to be distracted.
Soon, she put down her pen and paper, let out a long sigh, and waved the paper at Li Shuyang, saying, "I'm calculating how much money I've saved up since I was a child."
Despite the previous unpleasantness, Cheng Dan felt that since they lived in the same courtyard, there was no need to become estranged.
She stepped forward and said with a smile, "Shuhe, I heard you've been going on blind dates lately, and they seem to be going well. You're even thinking about including it in your dowry."
Cheng Dan spoke gently, feeling that she was simply joking and that it was harmless.
Li Shuhe gave her a strange look. "What dowry? My family has arranged a blind date for me, but I haven't gone yet. I'm not calculating the money to give to a man. Dr. Cheng, you're overthinking it."
Now that she's been spending a lot of time with Xu Ruantang, she really dislikes the kind of talk where everything is done for a man.
Couldn't it be for yourself? For your friends? Or for your family?
Cheng Dan's smile froze for a moment, leaving her speechless after being rebuked.
Lu Lei walked over to her, put his arm around Cheng Dan's shoulder, and said protectively, "Comrade Li, Dr. Cheng was just asking a question, you don't need to be so aggressive."
Li Shuhe was truly exasperated. "Oh, is there something else?"
They chose to stay here, and Cheng Dan approached them on her own initiative. Besides, what did she say that was aggressive?
In Xu Ruantang's words, her heart is made of glass, a glass heart!
Even if Lu Lei was stupid, he could tell that those words meant to kick people out.
He turned to Cheng Dan and asked in a low voice, "Are you hungry? Shall we go eat?"
Cheng Dan didn't hear his words at all. From the moment Lu Lei put his arm around her shoulder, her first reaction was to look at Chen Ji.
Unfortunately, Chen Ji stood to the side expressionlessly, not even glancing at her.
Cheng Dan bit her lip, gently avoiding Lu Lei's touch. "I'm here to pick up Shuyang from the hospital today. If you have something to do, you can go back first."
Li Shuhe didn't care about the two talented actors. Pointing to the last number on the paper, she said to Li Shuyang, "Since you're resting at home anyway, take my savings book tomorrow and withdraw two thousand yuan for me."
"What are you doing?" Li Shuyang didn't understand her sister's mysterious behavior.
Li Shuhe whispered, "Ruan Ruan wants to buy a courtyard. I'll sponsor her a little money, and she can pay me back when she earns some."
From the moment she heard that Xu Ruantang wanted to buy a courtyard house but had temporarily put the plan on hold, she wanted to help her.
Li Shuhe knew that Xu Ruantang was short of money. Since she didn't need the money, there was no difference between keeping it in her savings account and lending it to her.
These days, two thousand is a huge sum of money in other people's eyes, but she doesn't have many places to spend money. Her own salary plus the money she receives during holidays is nothing.
Chen Ji, who had been silent until now, finally looked over upon hearing this and, for the first time ever, asked, "The courtyard?"
Li Shuhe nodded. "Yes, I looked for her this afternoon, and she was talking to Sister Juan about this."
Chen Ji's expression revealed nothing.
"Isn't the military compound big enough for her?" Cheng Dan couldn't help but chime in. "Isn't her ambition a bit too much?"
Lu Lei nodded in agreement. "Shouldn't a married couple live together? Commander Chen, is your wife moving out?"
Li Shuhe didn't like hearing this. She had just chased them away, so why were they still here? They were shameless.
"Aren't you leaving yet? Waiting to have dinner together?" Li Shuhe put away the paper. "It's their family matter, why are you interfering? Just because you buy a yard doesn't mean you have to live there, and you can't do business with it? People who aren't quick-witted are destined not to make money!"
“I also have great ambitions. Having ambition is a good thing; it gives people something to strive for,” Li Shuyang chimed in from the side.
Xu Ruantang had just entered the room when she heard this sentence.
She smiled and said, "Let's go back to my house, I'll cook for you."
Li Shuhe looked at Li Shuyang, and Li Shuyang looked at Li Shuhe; both of them had expressions that were hard to describe.
"Shuyang is being discharged from the hospital today. Shall we go to a restaurant for dinner?"
Although Cheng Dan was picking up Li Shuyang from the hospital, she was actually speaking to Chen Ji.
Xu Ruantang frowned. "No need, Chen Ji, we..."
"Okay, let's go."
Chen Ji, who was the least likely to agree, surprisingly agreed to Cheng Dan's request today.
Xu Ruantang's eyes widened in surprise. Before she could say anything, an arm was draped over her shoulder. "Yes, yes, I'm hungry. There's no time to go back and make something."
Li Shuhe's main idea is to avoid Xu Ruantang's meals whenever possible.
She didn't notice Chen Ji's unusual behavior at all, and thought that Chen Ji didn't want Xu Ruantang to be tired.
Li Shuyang agreed.
Everyone agreed, and Xu Ruantang naturally had no objections. She and Li Shuhe left the hospital arm in arm.
Li Shuyang rode in Lu Lei's car, while Xu Ruantang and Li Shuhe rode in Chen Ji's motorcycle.
The group agreed to meet at the restaurant entrance.
They went to the same place where Li Shuhe and Xu Ruantang got drunk last time, and the owner recognized them as soon as they entered.
The shopkeeper asked with a smile, "Still baijiu?"
Xu Ruantang waved her hand, "No need, we're just having dinner today. There are six of us, so please find us a bigger table."
They arrived first on motorcycles, followed by Li Shuyang and the other two.
As soon as Lu Lei sat down, he asked the proprietress for some wine. "Shuyang is injured and won't drink. Commander Chen, shall we have a drink?"
Xu Ruantang's heart skipped a beat when she thought of how Chen Ji had been drunk the last time. "He's been taking allergy medication lately and doesn't drink."
Xu Ruantang had already prepared excuses for him, and even secretly tapped Chen Ji's thigh under the table.
Chen Ji reached out and grasped her hand tightly, looking at Lu Lei with an expressionless face: "Drinking a little won't hurt."
He gripped it so tightly that Xu Ruantang felt a little pain from his grip.
Chen Ji is acting strangely today. He agreed to have dinner with Cheng Dan, but then he wanted to have a drinking contest with Lu Lei. What's wrong with him?
Xu Ruantang looked up and suddenly saw Cheng Dan's gaze fixed on Chen Ji, her eyes slightly red as she stared at him.
Xu Ruantang frowned.
Is it possible that Chen Ji suddenly discovered Cheng Dan and Lu Lei were together and he couldn't accept it?
She just agreed to have dinner together, and now she's talking about going on a shopping spree with Lu Lei?
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