South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

"Shall we go climb the Great Wall tomorrow?" Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile.

Yuan Mu looked up at her and shook his head decisively. What a joke! He had been out and about for more than 20 days and was exhausted. He also missed a lot of classes and must have a good rest and classes. Climbing the Great Wall? No one would do that!

"Don't go!"

"Why?" Zhou Xiaobai was stunned.

"I don't have time. I just came back and I've missed a lot of classes. I still have to go to school."

"Aren't you on holiday?"

"You should have a good rest during the holidays. You must be exhausted after more than 20 days." Yuan Mu shook his head.

Zhou Xiaobai looked dissatisfied. She took the initiative to invite Yuan Mu out but he refused.

"Then come to my house and try the food I cook?"

"You can cook too?" Yuan Mu looked at Zhou Xiaobai in disbelief.

Seeing Yuan Mu's expression, Zhou Xiaobai was immediately furious.

"What are you talking about! How come I can't cook?"

"Look at you, why are you so angry? I'm just asking." Yuan Mu curled his lips.

"Then are you going?"

"No!" Yuan Mu answered decisively.

"It's your fault..." Zhou Xiaobai thought the other party agreed and was about to respond with a smile, but suddenly heard the other party refuse. He looked at Yuan Mu in disbelief.

"I personally cooked for you and you didn't even go!"

"I really have a lot of things to do, so please don't make things more complicated, okay?" Yuan Mu said helplessly.

"I'm causing trouble, right? Fine! I'll cause trouble for you!" Zhou Xiaobai felt like she was about to explode with anger. She stood up angrily, picked up her bag and turned around to leave.

"Hey!" Seeing this, Yuan Mu hurriedly called out to Zhou Xiaobai.

When Zhou Xiaobai heard Yuan Mu calling him, he felt a little proud, thinking that he was not completely stupid yet, so he turned around with a stern face and looked at Yuan Mu.

"What else?"

"Well, wasn't it you who treated us? You didn't pay." Yuan Mu chuckled.

"Yuan Mu!! If I ask you to have dinner with me again, I won't call you Zhou Xiaobai!" Zhou Xiaobai was almost fainted by anger after hearing this. He gritted his teeth and said something harsh, then turned around and left.

"Hey! Who is this? We agreed that you would treat us." After Zhou Xiaobai left, Yuan Mu was still muttering to himself.

As he spoke, Yuan Mu waved and called the waiter.

"Sir, what do you need?" A waitress came over with a smile on her face.

"Well, give me a bowl of rice."

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On the other side, Zhou Xiaobai was riding his bicycle towards home, cursing Yuan Mu all the way. The other party was really stupid. Even after he had hinted at him so much, he didn't respond at all.

In this regard, Yuan Mu is really not as good as Zhong Yuemin. At least Zhong Yuemin can make her very happy, but Yuan Mu can make her very angry. But this is also strange. The more Yuan Mu is like this, the more she wants to get closer to him.

After returning to the compound, she threw the bicycle directly at the door and went into the house. Seeing her daughter looking angry, Zhou's mother felt a little strange, so she walked into the living room and came to Mr. Zhou, who was lying in a rocking chair, drinking tea and reading the newspaper.

It’s not that he, as the commander of a large military region, has a lot of free time. Today happens to be his day off and it’s a rare opportunity for him to relax. He is usually very busy. There are a lot of things to do in a military region. He is not yet of retirement age, so naturally he doesn’t have much free time.

"Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou!"

"What's the matter?" Mr. Zhou looked at her and spoke.

"Xiaobai is back."

"She comes back if she wants. Do I have to welcome her?" Mr. Zhou said unhappily.

"Hey! Why are you speaking so harshly, old man?" Zhou's mother immediately became dissatisfied.

"The key point is that there is something wrong with what you said. Isn't it normal for Xiaobai to come back?" Old Zhou said helplessly.

"But she said she was going to have dinner with Xiao Yuan today. It's only a few hours ago that she came back."

Hearing this, Mr. Zhou also sat up and frowned.

"Hey, you're right. Why did she come back so early? She finished her meal in less than an hour?"

Normally, half an hour is more than enough for a meal, but Zhou Xiaobai and Yuan Mu will definitely have to chat, and considering the journey, one hour is not enough. What's going on?

"I saw Xiaobai was quite angry. Did she have a fight with Xiaoyuan?" asked Zhou's mother.

"Oh! That's not possible. What are they arguing about? Besides, I know Xiao Yuan best. He is very sensible." Old Zhou waved his hand.

In fact, the old couple had already noticed that Zhou Xiaobai was interested in Yuan Mu, and they did not object to this. The old couple were very satisfied with Yuan Mu, who was good-looking, capable, and highly conscious. The only shortcoming might be that her family background was not very good.

But this is nothing to them, because no matter how good Yuan Mu's family background is, it is not as good as theirs. Among the commanders of large military regions, except for a few people, who can have a family background as good as his?

The Zhou family does not need a political marriage, and they do not want to interfere in their daughter's choice of spouse. Before, their daughter liked Zhong Yuemin, so they never interfered, although Mr. Zhou was not very satisfied with Zhong Yuemin.

Because Mr. Zhou saw from the beginning that Zhong Yuemin was not a stable guy, but too erratic. If his daughter married him, her life would probably be full of ups and downs. It might seem good, but over time, all kinds of problems would arise.

But Yuan Mu was different. He had a calm temperament. Sometimes Mr. Zhou couldn't believe that he was a young man in his twenties. He thought he was in his forties or fifties and not much younger than him.

Moreover, Yuan Mu had done favors for his family, and he was very capable. He was destined to climb to a high position in the future. In this case, even if he retired, Yuan Mu would be able to hold on.

If Yuan Mu really got together with his daughter, he would be happy to see it happen, but after observing for several times, he found that this little Yuan didn't seem to have that kind of intention towards Xiao Bai.

"But look at Xiaobai, it's obvious that she had an argument with someone. I just heard her mumbling something, like she was talking about Yuan Mu, but I didn't hear it clearly." Zhou's mother continued.

"Oh, that's enough, don't worry about it. Young people naturally have their own way of getting along with each other. Why do you care so much!" Mr. Zhou thought for a while and then waved his hand indifferently.

"You're still young? Comrade Zhou Zhennan! Your daughter is not seventeen or eighteen years old anymore. She will be thirty this year. You still treat her like a little girl? I think you, as a father, are really not in a hurry at all!"

"Xiao Yuan is such a great kid. If Xiaobai can really get together with him, I won't have to worry so much!" Zhou's mother frowned.

"Then what can you do? There's no rush. I've observed Xiao Yuan, and he may not have that kind of interest in Xiao Bai!"

"It doesn't mean that. I think Xiao Yuan is just a little afraid of you. Call him home and I'll talk to him!"