Siheyuan: Cooking journey

Lou Xiao'e and Ran Qiuye glanced at him tacitly and were about to leave together.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

"Director He, are you in there?" You Fengxia's voice came.

"I'm here. What's the matter?" He Yuzhu replied.

Lou Xiao'e frowned, not very fond of You Fengxia's delicate look.

Ran Qiuye's expression remained calm as usual, and no special reaction could be seen.

"Wang Deqing from the new factory called and came to look for you. President Yu asked me to see if you were in the factory."

You Fengxia did not enter the house, but spoke loudly at the door.

"I'll go and take a look..."

He Yuzhu nodded to Lou Xiao'e and Ran Qiuye, then opened the door and left, returning to his office.

As the door closed, the two looked at each other for a long time.

Lou Xiao'e sighed and asked, "Do you think there is something wrong?"

"I don't think there is anything..."

Ran Qiuye shook her head and said in confusion, "Xiao E, what exactly did you find? Are you overthinking it? He Yuzhu wouldn't be like that."

"I'm not overthinking it, there's really something wrong."

Lou Xiao'e explained with a frustrated look on her face: "Who would take so many showers and change clothes so many times a day? There is no other smell on the body, which makes it look even more suspicious."

Hearing this, Ran Qiuye felt complicated and was speechless for a moment.

After listening for a while, she realized that Lou Xiao'e was talking about this issue.

“Isn’t this too much of a stretch?”

Ran Qiuye couldn't help but retort, "If what you said is true, then only when he smells like us or someone else, then it's not considered hiding something?"

"That's not what I meant!"

Lou Xiao'e shook her head and added seriously, "If there really was such a perfume smell, I would have taken action against him a long time ago. But now that there is no such fragrance, it is also suspicious."

"Every time he comes to my office, he looks like he just took a shower, obviously trying to cover up something. You should have noticed just now that he took another shower."

"Think about it, we have been with him for such a long time. Is it necessary for him to take a shower before coming out to see us? This is obviously unnecessary!"

"Since it is an unnecessary behavior, but they still insist on doing it. The purpose must be to prevent us from noticing anything."

Although she initially thought that what Lou Xiao'e said made sense, after careful consideration, Ran Qiuye felt that it was completely untenable: Does a husband who loves cleanliness become a problematic person just because he takes a few more showers? Such suspicion is really too much.

"Xiao'e, stop imagining this."

Ran Qiuye consoled him earnestly, "He's not that kind of person. If that were the case, my relationship with him wouldn't have taken so long to develop."

"No matter what, I still believe him."

"I don't want excessive suspicion to affect our relationship."

Looking at the helpless expression on the face of her close friend, Lou Xiao'e fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he slowly asked, "But what if he is that kind of person? What should we do?"

"So what if that's the case?"

Ran Qiuye smiled gently and asked back, "As long as he doesn't say directly: 'I want to break up with you because I've fallen in love with someone else', I will always choose to believe him."

After hearing this, Lou Xiao'e fell silent, her heart full of entanglement and dissatisfaction. She wished she could find that man right now to argue with him...

in the office.

He Yuzhu called Wang Deqing back.

Wang Deqing said two things: first, Lao Fangtou did not lie; second, Lao Zhou invited him to dinner.

"Let's talk about it next time when you're free. I'm very busy lately." He Yuzhu said a few perfunctorily and hung up the phone.

He didn't want to see Lao Zhou, let alone have dinner with him.

When I returned to Lou Xiao'e's place, I saw Lou Xiao'e and Ran Qiuye standing there, neither playing chess nor talking.

It was obvious that the atmosphere was not right. He Yuzhu did not ask much, but simply explained the duty: "There are many foreign tourists in the hotel recently, and it is a bit chaotic. There is a lounge in our factory office, so let's stay there for the time being."

It was fine before, and there were not many people staying in the hotel.

Now that the country is open, many people have traveled to Japan, America and other places, and more and more foreigners are coming to the Red Country to travel. Even if they don't invest, the 5,000-year history and culture plus the beautiful mountains and rivers are enough to attract many people.

As a result, many problems arose, especially the severe shortage of hotels to accommodate foreign guests.

There were too many passengers and too few rooms, so they had to temporarily build some military guesthouses to cope with the situation.

I went to book a room several times but couldn't find it.

If Lou Xiao'e were allowed to continue living there with Ran Qiuye, there would be really no chance at all.

If they lived in the factory, at least Lou Xiao'e and Ran Qiuye could be separated.

It's not like in a hotel, where several people are squeezed together and can't even sleep on the sofa.

The proposal to work on duty today was also to find a reasonable reason to keep them living in the factory.

"understood."

Lou Xiao'e agreed readily. She had indeed noticed that there were a lot of foreigners in the hotel recently.

In comparison, it is quieter in the factory.

"I'm not living here. Nian Qiu and I will go home and live together." Ran Qiuye said after thinking for a while.

"I'll pick you two up when I get off work."

He Yuzhu looked at Ran Qiuye and then at Lou Xiaoe gently, "Ezi, if you feel it is inconvenient here and if you don't like it, you can take Sisi back to the courtyard. I have reserved a room for you in the backyard."

"Humph, I don't want it!"

Lou Xiao'e glared at him sideways and turned away angrily.

This sudden change in attitude left He Yuzhu confused. He was fine just now, how come he became like this in the blink of an eye?

I didn't do anything to make her angry.

If it wasn't in front of Ran Qiuye, perhaps he could have said something to coax her.

But in this situation, she was unwilling to let him do so.

"Remember to tell Kana about this. I still have to go to the TV station. Now I'm leaving."

Without saying anything more, He Yuzhu left the office.

Although I don’t know why Lou Xiao’e is angry, but since they have been separated, I will slowly find ways to comfort her later.

That's all for today.

The door closed gently and the office suddenly became quiet.

Ran Qiuye smiled slightly, as if what happened before had been forgotten by her.

"Xiao'e, let's play another game of chess, but this time we'll try something different."

"How about letting Xiao Deng and Nian Qiu play against each other, and we two will give them some advice from the side?"

"Oh……"

Although Lou Xiao'e was still feeling resentful, she did not object.

When He Nianqiu, who was standing by, heard this, his eyes widened. What kind of crazy idea was this?

Why do you have to play a game with Xiao Deng? Are you looking down on someone?

"I don't want to play with Xiao Deng, I want to find Si Si!"

He Nianliang looked at everyone raising their hands with eager eyes, hoping to teach this so-called little traitor a lesson.

What's the point of knowing so many languages?

As a genius girl with extremely high intelligence and a photographic memory, the reason she didn't show off was because there was no need to. If she really learned, she could crush the others in minutes.

"You can't call me by my name. You should call me sister."

Ran Qiuye corrected her daughter softly and touched her head.

"Nianqiu, Sisi is so much older than you, it's unfair to play chess like this. It's better for her to play with Xiaodeng." Lou Xiao'e explained with a smile.

"No, I just want to compete with Sisi..."

He Nianqiu started to act coquettishly, trying to fight for her right to choose.

Seeing this, Ran Qiuye couldn't help but laugh: "Xiao'e, since Nianqiu is so insistent, why not let Sisi play with her for the next game, just as a pastime."

"Okay, that's fine."

Finally agreeing to the suggestion, Lou Xiao'e called Sisi to come and join, and reminded her: "Sisi, remember that you are the elder sister, remember to give way to your younger sister appropriately."

Faced with this scene, Sisi just frowned slightly to show her acceptance, without saying much.

After quickly arranging the chess pieces neatly,

Sisi held the black side, while He Nianqiu held the white side.

"Since Nianqiu is younger, let Nianqiu take the first step."

Lou Xiao'e made a suggestion with a smile.

After hearing this, He Nianqiu actually wanted to let his favorite opponent take the first step to show a fair competition, but considering the actual situation - after all, he was just a child under five years old, so he had to bite the bullet and take the first step.

Even so, after careful consideration, He Nianqiu deliberately chose to start from the corner.

"Huh? Why is it arranged like this?"

Lou Xiao'e found it very interesting and observed curiously from the side, thinking that this little girl didn't seem to know how to plan.

Looking at this scene, Ran Qiuye sighed helplessly: She occupied the corner position right from the start. Apart from her extremely cute but often confused daughter, there might not be another one like her.

As for the other party, his expression remained as cold as ever, and he silently followed the white chess piece to the corresponding position.

Seeing this, He Nianqiu was not willing to be outdone, and set up two connected star positions near the position chosen by his opponent.

Just like that, the two of them took turns taking turns, and soon the entire area was filled with black and white chess pieces, until they gradually covered the entire space.

"Oh my, wasn't it agreed that we were going to play Gobang? Why does it look more like Go? Now there is almost no blank space?" Lou Xiao'e found it more and more interesting.

On the other hand, Ran Qiuye firmly believed that this was Sisi's deliberate behavior, knowing that the latter was extremely intelligent.

After all, his precious girl was young and had limited experience. Even if ten of them were tied together, they could not match the strength of the former alone.

When the game ended in a tie, Ran Qiuye suggested to Lou Xiao'e that they change players: "Xiao'e, I think we should just forget it and let the adults play chess. Their situation is really worrying."

"Okay..."

Lou Xiao'e agreed with a smile, hugged Sisi and said, "Sisi, help mom, let's beat your Aunt Ran together."

Sisi had a cold expression. She just stared at He Nianqiu without saying anything.

He Nianqiu glanced at her coquettishly, then raised her head and hugged Ran Qiuye and started to act coquettishly.

"Mom, Nian Qiu will help you too..."

"Um... "

Seeing my daughter has this heart,

Ran Qiuye smiled slightly, did not refuse, took Nian Qiu into his arms, and started playing chess with Lou Xiaoe.

They play chess back and forth, taking turns.

Ran Qiuye and Lou Xiaoe were both concentrating on the chess game.

Beside her, Sisi looked at He Nianqiu seriously, as if she was getting to know her all over again.

He Nianqiu glanced at her from time to time, with the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a little pride.

But when I saw Xiao Deng looking at Sisi with admiration, I felt uncomfortable.

It’s so annoying. I will never play with this little traitor again.

After the adjustment, the various program groups of the TV station were a little confused at first.

But there is order in this busyness, and it will gradually stabilize over time.

After arriving at the TV station, He Yuzhu visited each program group and felt that the entire organization was on the right track.

My work as a guide can also come to a temporary halt.

He held another meeting with various departments of the TV station.

He Yuzhu finished the work at hand ahead of time and then stopped coming here.

When it's almost time to get off work,

He Yuzhu went to the instant noodle factory to pick up Ran Qiuye and Nian Qiu.

After parking the car,

As soon as He Yuzhu got off the car, he felt something was wrong.

The door of a car not far away was opened and Zhou Zhennan walked out.

"Xiao He, it's really not easy to find you."