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

Gu Shuhe looked at the insoles on the counter. "If you want your feet to be more comfortable, choose a softer pair. Otherwise, choose a pair that is more resistant to dirt. Anyway, since you wear them inside your shoes, no one can see whether they look good or not."

"Then take these two pairs."

Gu Shuhe then bought both pairs for him.

When Shi Bin paid the bill, he couldn't help but ask, "When is your next day off?"

"Someone gave me two movie tickets, and I... I'd like to invite you to see a movie." Ever since he saw Shuhe again in town, he had gone to great lengths to come here, all in an effort to win her over, so Shi Bin expressed his desire to invite her to a movie.

When Shi Bin mentioned movie tickets, Gu Shuhe immediately thought of the movie tickets Shen Tingci had given her. She thought Shi Bin was going to say, "I don't like watching movies, so I'll give you the tickets."

She almost blurted out to Shi Bin that unwanted movie tickets didn't need to be given away; they could be sold for money.

As a result, Shi Bin said he would treat her to a movie.

Gu Shuhe hesitated for only a moment before decisively refusing, "Comrade Shi, thank you for your kindness, but I don't have time recently."

She didn't like Shi Bin, and the blind date didn't work out. Then, in broad daylight, the two of them, a lone man and a lone woman, went to see a movie. What was it called?

Melons and plums under the fields?

Wouldn't that mean that if one's body is not upright, one's shadow will also be crooked?

Having mustered the courage to extend the invitation, even though he was mentally prepared for a rejection, Shi Bin couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He forced a smile and explained, "I just felt it would be a shame not to go see the two tickets that someone gave me for free. But if you don't have time, that's fine. I'll give them to someone else later."

Gu Shuhe didn't intend to interfere too much with what he did with the movie tickets.

Gu Shuhe remained silent. Shi Bin, clutching the insole in his hand, finally awkwardly raised his hand and said, "Then I'll be going now."

Gu Shuhe simply nodded.

Because they weren't exactly close friends to begin with.

She has always had this attitude towards people she barely knows.

However, in Shi Bin's view, Gu Shuhe's attitude meant that she hadn't taken a liking to him yet.

Although he understood the situation clearly, Shi Bin had no intention of giving up.

As long as Gu Shuhe is not married, he still has a chance.

He may not be a good match for Gu Shuhe in terms of looks, but a man doesn't rely on his appearance to make a living.

Now he works in the county town. If he works harder, Gu Shuhe will eventually see his good qualities.

Gu Yanli learned that Shi Bin had been transferred to the county town the day before, and went there the next day.

Upon seeing Shi Bin, Gu Yanli lost all interest in deliberately probing him.

Shi Bin is of average height, which is average for most men, but Gu Shuhe inherited their family's tall stature.

Gu Yanli reasonably suspected that his sister was taller than this man.

And he looks...

Sorry, he's a sucker for good looks.

He doesn't discriminate based on appearance, but he will make that distinction when it comes to a partner.

He will treat his sister's future partner differently.

Gu Yanli rode his bicycle to the county town today, wearing an indigo-blue Zhongshan-style jacket that belonged to Gu Juyuan, and his shoes had his toes sticking out.

He pushed his bicycle and stopped at the entrance of the grain station, staring intently at the few people working there, which quickly caught the attention of Shi Bin and the others.

Shi Bin was new, and the first thing they did was to expel someone as insignificant as Gu Yanli.

Because unauthorized personnel are not allowed to approach the grain station.

Shi Bin walked towards Gu Yanli and, before Gu Yanli could speak, told him to shoo him away, "This is not a place to look around. Don't linger here unless you have to!"

Gu Yanli understood, because it was a military stronghold and observation was not allowed.

So Gu Yanli thought for a moment and then spoke up, "Young man, I'd like to ask you about a place."

Shi Bin had just arrived in the county and was completely unfamiliar with it. Even if Gu Yanli asked, he wouldn't know the answer, so he refused in advance. He waved his hand and said, "Go ask somewhere else," his face showing impatience.

This is a habit he developed from his work.

When it's time to hand over the grain tax, if you don't wear your impatience on your face, you'll run into a lot more trouble.

Those who want to skip submitting their work, those who want to pass off inferior goods, all sorts of tricks are constantly emerging.

Therefore, these people are all impatient at work.

They are even more picky.

Having gotten used to it, Shi Bin couldn't change his attitude towards the people who appeared around the grain station.

After Shi Bin exchanged a few more words with Gu Yanli, someone on the other side began to suspect, "Shi Bin, what does he do?"

Shi Bin turned around and called out loudly, "I want to ask about a place."

The man said, "Tell him you don't know, tell him to go ask somewhere else, and don't cause trouble here."

"Ok!"

"Let's go!" Shi Bin urged Gu Yanli to leave.

Gu Yanli didn't know what Shi Bin was like when he was with acquaintances, but he really disliked Shi Bin's pedantic, official demeanor.

not to mention……

He's really not good-looking.

Not only is he short, but he's also not good-looking.

If I had to describe it, I'd say he has thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a square face!

Gu Yanli glanced at him again, then quickly rode off on his bicycle.

Shi Bin didn't take this little incident seriously.

He had no idea how important this little incident was to him.

When Gu Yanli returned home that evening, he said to Zhong Meixian and Gu Juyuan, "Let's put aside the one surnamed Shen for now, but the one surnamed Shi is absolutely unsuitable."

"If you find Shuhe a partner like that, people who don't know the situation will think that Shuhe is adopted."

Zhong Meixian really wanted to slap him, but considering that Wen Tang was carrying twins, she asked in a relatively gentle tone, "Isn't it a perfectly good child?"

"Having many brothers in the family means you won't be bullied, and you'll have a decent job. It's a rare find."

"You didn't say he was ugly?" Gu Yanli's words were quite blunt.

The directness of the conversation left Zhong Meixian speechless for a moment.

Gu Juyuan remarked, "You can't make a living off your looks!"

"But looking at that face makes it impossible to eat," Gu Yanli said bluntly!

Gu Juyuan “…”

Zhong Meixian "..."

Zhong Meixian, still annoyed, asked, "Can Xiaotang eat just by looking at your face?"

Before Zhong Meixian could say a word to him, he interrupted, "How can you be so vain?"

Wen Tang nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice, "Yes, Mom, I eat half a bowl more rice every time I look at his face."

Gu Yanli sat up straight the moment he sat down.

He even thoughtfully put meat on his wife's plate, saying, "Eat meat!"

Wen Tang immediately ate it obediently, "Mmm, the meat is really delicious."

Gu Yanli added two more pieces to his plate.

After Wen Tang finished eating, Gu Yanli looked at his mother and said with his eyes: I don't need to say anything about my abilities!

Zhong Meixian was furious. "Fine, fine, if being good-looking can put food on the table, then you can help your sister choose the good-looking one!"

"Xiao He can't possibly be interested in someone who's ugly, can she?"

Zhong Meixian "..."

Gu Yanli acted swiftly, and Shen Tingci acted just as swiftly.

Three days after Gu Yanli's "secret visit," Shen Tingci asked Wei Hongtao to accompany her to the Gu family.

The day before he left, Shen Tingci visited Gu Shuhe at the supply and marketing cooperative. He said to Gu Shuhe, "I'm going to your place tomorrow. Are you going home?"

Gu Shuhe shook her head. "I just took a vacation a couple of days ago, and I don't have any vacation days coming up."

"You can take a day off," Shen Tingci suggested.

Gu Shuhe, however, refused to listen to the advice to "have her salary docked."