Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

Gu Yanli's lack of tact made Tu Manman feel utterly humiliated. Unable to bear it any longer, she said, "Comrade Gu, if you hold a grudge against me because of Su Xiuxiu, then I apologize to you."

Wen Tang looked at Gu Yanli: Hmm? There's more?

Wen Tang could see through Tu Manman's ulterior motives at a glance.

did not expect……

Gu Yanli felt truly wronged. "This really has nothing to do with me."

Tu Manman looked at Gu Yanli, who was eager to explain, and continued, "Even if you don't consider me a friend, we're still acquaintances, right?"

"You don't need to be so eager to distance yourself just because this woman is around, do you?"

"I just wanted to help Xiuxiu back then, what did I do wrong?"

Gu Yanli “…”

"My mistake, I'll kowtow three times next time I see you."

"Exactly, does the country allow it?" Gu Yanli sneered.

Tu Manman "..."

Tu Manman's blind date, who was waiting at the counter for his food to be packed, noticed the apparent argument and stepped over.

Tu Manman's eyes reddened with righteous indignation.

Jiang Yanfei walked over and asked, "Comrade Tu, what's wrong?"

He glanced at Tu Manman, whose eyes were red, and then at Gu Yanli, who stood straight with a mocking expression. "Hello, I am a friend of Comrade Tu."

Gu Yanli nodded to the other party.

"My wife and I are about to have our food served. Could you please move to another table?"

Upon hearing this, Tu Manman, disregarding her sadness, glanced at Wen Tang with some surprise, then at Zhang Qingqing, implying that the information she had obtained was inaccurate.

Zhang Qingqing didn't believe it and gestured to Tu Manman with her eyes that Gu Yanli was lying.

But after Gu Yanli finished speaking, Jiang Yanfei suggested, "Comrade Tu, how about we switch seats?"

Tu Manman already felt embarrassed, and when Jiang Yanfei said those words, she felt as if her face had been rubbed into the ground.

So she stamped her foot and said, "I only came to say hello to you because of Xiuxiu. If you say you don't know me, then you don't know me. I have things to do, so I won't bother you... You have dinner with this woman."

Gu Yanli felt his anger rising to the top of his head because of her words, especially when he saw Wen Tang's teasing look. "Comrade Tu, let me reiterate, I am not familiar with you, nor am I familiar with the Comrade Xiuxiu you mentioned."

After Gu Yanli finished speaking, Tu Manman looked incredulous and uttered her final, sarcastic remark, "Commander Gu, you are truly heartless."

After saying that, he rushed out of the restaurant.

Zhang Qingqing also left the restaurant, but said as she left, "What a waste of Xiuxiu's good intentions."

Gu Yanli “…”

Tu Manman left with Zhang Qingqing, and Jiang Yanfei quickly followed.

Wen Tang and Gu Yanli didn't know what Jiang Yanfei said to Tu Manman at the restaurant entrance.

But after Tu Manman and Zhang Qingqing left, Gu Yanli immediately cursed, "You're crazy!"

After he finished cursing, he cautiously glanced at Wen Tang.

Wen Tang, however, was unaffected by this incident and sat down comfortably. "Tell the truth, and I'll treat you leniently."

"I'm really not familiar with this guy surnamed Tu."

"Where's Xiuxiu?"

When Su Xiuxiu was mentioned, Gu Yanli fell silent for a moment.

Wen Tang immediately leaned her head in front of him and asked, "Is there really something going on?"

Gu Yanli quickly denied it, "No!"

"She did express interest in me and even asked our political commissar to bring it up, but I wasn't interested, so the matter was dropped."

Wen Tang pulled her head back. "But it doesn't sound like it!"

Gu Yanli was a little anxious. He grabbed Wen Tang's hand and said, "Let's go and confront them."

He spoke of a confrontation, and Wen Tang knew who he was referring to.

They quickly stopped him and pressed him back into his seat, saying, "Hey, hey, just kidding, just kidding."

"I believe you, I believe you. Let's eat, let's eat, I'm hungry."

As Wen Tang was speaking, the dishes were served.

Wen Tang picked up her chopsticks. "We're going to see a movie this afternoon. We can't let unimportant people waste our time."

Gu Yanli picked up his chopsticks and leaned slightly closer to her. "You really believe me?"

Wen Tang nodded as she ate her meat. "Yeah, you've practically broken the bed legs. If I don't trust you, who do I trust?"

Wen Tang patted his arm with one hand and said, "Relax, your body is very honest."

Gu Yanli's ear tips turned red.

After Tu Manman left the state-run restaurant, Jiang Yanfei caught up with her and said, "Comrade Tu, why don't you eat something before you go?"

Tu Manman shook her head. "No, there are still many things to do in the group, we have to go back."

He gestured for Zhang Qingqing to follow.

Zhang Qingqing waved to Jiang Yanfei, and after they had walked a little further away, she began to mutter, "Manman, this guy surnamed Jiang is plain-looking and just a director at a cotton mill. He's not good enough for you at all. Why did you even go on a blind date with him?"

Tu Manman looked helpless. "It was Director Wu who recommended me, so it wouldn't be right for me not to come."

Zhang Qingqing thought about it and agreed.

Then they asked, "Where are we going?"

"Let's go get something to eat, and then we'll go back to the group," Tu Manman said.

Zhang Qingqing immediately hugged her arm happily, "Okay!" She loved going out with Tu Manman the most because she didn't have to pay for food or drinks at all.

Moreover, she gets much more than just these small benefits. All the gifts that the men who like Tu Manman give her, even those that Tu Manman doesn't like, end up in her possession.

Therefore, Zhang Qingqing likes Tu Manman very much because Tu Manman is very generous.

Zhang Qingqing whispered to Tu Manman, "Commander Gu said that flea fox is his wife from the countryside. Manman, do you believe it?"

Tu Manman blinked her innocent eyes. "He wouldn't need to lie about something like this, would he?"

Tu Manman and Zhang Qingqing ate their noodles and then went home.

Gu Yanli and Wen Tang went back after watching the movie.

After Tu Manman returned home, she found her friend Su Xiuxiu and said to her, "Xiuxiu, did you know that Battalion Commander Gu's wife came from the countryside?"

Su Xiuxiu remained silent, but she stopped what she was doing.

Zhang Qingqing, standing nearby, said quickly, "We ran into them when we entered the city."

"Tsk tsk, what a stunning woman!"

"But I heard that Battalion Commander Gu's wife from the countryside is dark-skinned, rustic, and not pretty."

"Tsk tsk, I really couldn't tell."

At this point in Zhang Qingqing's speech, Tu Manman stopped her, saying, "Qingqing, don't talk nonsense."

"Commander Gu said it himself, that's his wife, it must be his wife."

Zhang Qingqing gave me a knowing look and said, "Okay, okay, I got it."

Then she said to Tu Manman, "Manman, you're just too naive. You believe whatever people tell you."

The two of them were exchanging pleasantries, and Su Xiuxiu couldn't help but ask, "Where did you see that?"

"In the city, Director Wu introduced Manman to a potential partner. They met at a state-run restaurant in the city."

"Tsk, the two of them even sit right next to each other while eating. What kind of respectable couple does that?" Zhang Qingqing said with disdain.

Su Xiuxiu was indeed annoyed after hearing this.

She is a native of Haishi, with few siblings, and both her parents have regular jobs. She herself works in a cultural troupe.

People used to visit her house to act as matchmakers and introduce potential partners; they practically wore out her doorstep.

But she didn't like any of them.