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Chapter 157 The Two Women Meet (I'm Back After Surgery!)
What would be a girl's QQ nickname if she were a little lemon?

While Guan Qiaoyun was watching "War and Beauty" in the living room, Guan Ren, with the mindset of opening a blind box, opened QQ.

Because when Guan Ren added her, he didn't notice her ID.

As the saying goes, haste makes waste.

Although Guan Ren wasn't trying to eat anyone...

It's just about making friends with Little Lemon, like going to her house for lemonade if I'm thirsty in the future, that's all.

In short, in order to appear calm and gentle, Guan Ren kept everything simple, and when adding people on QQ, he only glanced at his phone twice and that was it.

Looking back at the girl's ID now, Guan Ren couldn't help but smile.

"Safety…"

Guan Ren originally thought she would be called "Lemon" because she was trying hard to learn English.

Or, just like calling a small pear blossom "Little Pear," let's be straightforward and call it "Lemon."

In reality, it is 【peace】.

The two characters simply convey the most basic beauty and sincerity.

This reminded Guan Ren of his elementary school days when Guan Qiaoyun helped him register his first QQ account and gave him a very simple ID called "Childhood".

Looking back now, Guan Ren thinks that the ID was actually pretty good.

Unfortunately, around sixth grade, he changed it to [Give up ●□ Love].

This is practically an essential piece of "black history" for those born in the 80s and 90s.

Back then, it was only the early 2000s, and high school students and older kids were the main force behind the "Shamate" style. Elementary school students like Guan Ren were mainly influenced by the older kids and weren't deeply "obsessed."

Therefore, Guan Ren didn't use the ID 【放弃●□噯】 for very long.

Soon, amidst Luo Xiaobei's constant teasing and mockery, such as "Guan Ren, Guan Ren, whose love are you going to give up? It's not me, is it?", Guan Ren quickly gave up on all of that.

Drop drop-

Guan Ren's fingers flew across the keyboard as he sent the first message to [Ping An].

【关关雎鸠: test, test】

Then I browsed the book review section of "The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism" while waiting.

Ten minutes passed, and there was no response.

Guan Ren chatted casually with Gu Youli and Luo Xiaobei while waiting for a while longer.

Half an hour passed, and there was still no response.

This was entirely within Guan Ren's expectations.

"Her phone is definitely a bit outdated..."

If I remember correctly, An Ning's phone was a model from the early days when color screen phones were just becoming popular, roughly the same level as the Nokia 2610.

It doesn't even have many usable Java programs, and it's not even as good as the current knock-off phones like Zhang Chi's.

Fortunately, mobile QQ is widely compatible, and An Ning can use it, although it can't run in the background.

Having to log in again every time to send or receive messages is inconvenient, similar to the feeling of a white-background-blue-text WAP webpage.

So Guan Ren sent her a message, not expecting her to reply quickly.

It's even less likely that they'll reply instantly like Luo Xiaobei and Gu Youli.

Speaking of which…

Guan Ren was used to Luo Xiaobei's instant replies since childhood.

However, every time Guan Ren saw Gu Youli's instant reply, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

Because Gu Youli uses two-finger typing.

Therefore, Guan Ren could always easily imagine Xiao Lihua staring intently at the keyboard when she wanted to reply to him instantly, carefully extending a beautiful finger on each side, both nervous and anxious, as she tapped each key one by one.

If she accidentally presses the wrong button, she will furrow her equally beautiful eyebrows, purse her lips, and press the backspace key.

If she makes another mistake, her tension will increase, her lips will purse even tighter, and her clean white toes will curl up inside her socks, exuding a special kind of cuteness that only a top student can have.

"hey-hey…"

Guan Ren stared at the ceiling, imagining for a while how Gu Youli would poke with her two fingers, and found it quite amusing.

In reality, Guan Ren doesn't have much opportunity to admire Xiao Lihua's toes.

However, when he first went for a morning run with Gu Wancheng, Guan Ren had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of Gu Wancheng's beautiful, jade-like toes through the semi-transparent toes of her lace boat stockings.

In terms of beauty, she is in no way inferior to my mother.

Therefore, it's not hard to imagine that Xiaolihua's small feet would be no less impressive than her older sister's in any way.

The only difference will be in style.

This is naturally not a problem.

After all, Guan Ren has always been very diverse and inclusive in terms of aesthetics.

"Oh right, I haven't told today's joke yet..."

Daily task 0/1, Guan Ren immediately started typing.

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Sister Gu, let me tell you a joke, it's from the Three Kingdoms period, and it's currently my personal favorite joke, a real gem.]

[Xiao Li: Okay, go ahead and tell me.]

Guan Ren started typing, and couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he typed.

"hiss…"

But then he stopped abruptly, thought about it, and felt that saying it like that was a bit of a waste.

So I simply made a phone call.

beep--

"Hey?"

“Hey, Sister Gu, this is a great joke. I think it’s better to tell it to your face.”

"Oh... then you tell me."

"Take Liu Bei for example, the horse he rode, Dilu... uh..."

Guan Ren stopped talking right after he started?

"what happened?"

"After thinking about it again, I think it might be most effective to say it face-to-face!"

"..."

"So let's just keep today's joke and tell it to you when you come over for dinner the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow?" Gu Youli's puzzled voice came from the phone.
"Didn't we agree that the next time would be tomorrow?"

"tomorrow?"

Guan Ren was taken aback. He looked at the date and realized that it really was arranged that way.

But he didn't know when he started, he had been accidentally counting an extra day, so he had always mistakenly thought that Gu Youli's next meal was the day after tomorrow.

but…

If it's tomorrow, then that involves a different issue.

Guan Qiaoyun had previously mentioned that her room was like a donkey shed, which prompted Guan Ren to complain to Luo Xiaobei. As a result, after a few exchanges, Guan Ren invited her to visit his home after a long time.

The time I had arranged with Luo Xiaobei was tomorrow.

"Uh…"

This is awkward.

He himself didn't mind; at worst, it would just be a matter of having an extra pair of chopsticks.

Guan Ren just felt that Luo Xiaobei and Gu Youli didn't usually interact much, so if they appeared together like this, wouldn't they feel a little uncomfortable because of each other?
"Guan Ren?"

"Hey, well, it's nothing, it's tomorrow, and tomorrow... Luo Xiaobei is coming too."

"..."

"She's my childhood sweetheart. It's been a long time since I've been here, and I'd been saying I wanted to come visit."

"..."

"Perfect, I'll cook a few more dishes then, so you can try a variety of my cooking skills~"
"..."

On the other side, Gu Youli held up the phone, her thin lips already moving for quite some time.

To be honest, when she first received the news that "Luo Xiaobei is going to Guan Ren's house tomorrow," the first thing that came to her mind was the sweet smile of that lovely girl, and she immediately thought of saying, "Then I'll go another day."

But when she tried to say it, Gu Youli didn't know what strange emotions were preventing her from saying it. She stuck the words in her throat and couldn't say them for a long time.

Or perhaps, because of a sudden surge of strange emotions, she was a little... unwilling to say it aloud.

"Sister Gu, if there's anything you'd like to eat, just tell me now."

"I... am easygoing."

"Whatever again? Okay... Hmm, I'll go ask Xiao Bei first, we'll eat together anyway."

"and many more!"

"?"

"I…"

Gu Youli slightly raised her chin, her clear eyes looking straight ahead:

"Guan Ren, I'd like to eat fish tomorrow, is that okay?"

"Fish? Sure, you can cook it however you like. We'll see how big the fish is. If it's big, we'll braise it; if it's small, we'll steam it."

"Ah."

After finishing his phone call with Gu Youli, Guan Ren immediately called Luo Xiaobei.

"Hey~ what's up?"

"Bei, there's something I forgot about before."

"What's going on?"

"You're coming to my house tomorrow, right? And Gu Youli, she was supposed to come over for dinner tomorrow too. I had forgotten, so I just wanted to let you know."

On the phone, Luo Xiaobei remained silent for a moment.

Then he said "Oh".

"okay."

"You don't mind, do you? It seems like you and her don't usually have much contact."

"I'd say yes, and quite frequently."

"what?"

"Yes, but some species, like pigs, wouldn't know."

"..."

Qingmei was full of empty talk, and Guan Ren was only half convinced.

"Hey... does Gu Youli know I'm going tomorrow?"

"Yes, I just told her."

"Oh."

Luo Xiaobei paused for a moment:
"So, knowing this... will she still come tomorrow?"

"Come on, it's just an extra pair of chopsticks. She probably doesn't need to change the time, right?"

"..."

"North? Hello?"

"explain."

"You're not coming tomorrow, are you?"

"Of course I'm coming!"

Luo Xiaobei suddenly raised her voice so high that it made Guan Ren's ears hurt a little.

"Then when you come over tomorrow, is there anything you'd like to eat?"

"Well…"

Luo Xiaobei thought for a moment:

"We don't have any food, but can you make us some drinks?"

"Sure, you can tell me, as long as it's not something like..."

"Stewed pear with rock sugar".

beep--

Luo Xiaobei dropped the small request, hung up the phone, and then stood blankly in front of the full-length mirror in the bedroom for a full minute before walking out.

"Mother--"

"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you shouting like that?"

"Let me see all my other winter clothes!"

(End of this chapter)