Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

The atmosphere gradually became ambiguous as Li Yu and Bai Ling exchanged toasts.

Li Yu looked at Bai Ling, whose face was flushed, and couldn't help but move closer.

Bai Ling also watched with a dazed look as Li Yu got closer and closer to her, when Li Yu's face suddenly drew near Bai Ling.

She only felt her lips being gently kissed. Bai Ling's eyes suddenly widened, and she instinctively wanted to push the other person away, but the hand she raised turned into an embrace.

Under the influence of alcohol, Bai Ling responded more actively to Li Yu.

A few minutes later, just as Bai Ling was starting to feel breathless, Li Yu's lips parted from Bai Ling's.

Looking into Bai Ling's eyes, Li Yu said sincerely and firmly, "Marry me!"

Bai Ling looked at the man in front of her and sensed his sincerity, but now she was unsure whether she should agree.

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Ling nodded.

Upon seeing this, Li Yu immediately embraced Bai Ling.

"I'll go to your house tomorrow to meet your parents. I'd like to pay them a visit," Li Yu whispered in Bai Ling's ear.

Bai Ling nodded without saying anything.

Even now, Bai Ling's mind is still a mess.

She blushed with embarrassment whenever she thought about what her father had said to her back then.

Just as Li Yu and Bai Ling were feeling each other's heartbeats, Xu Damao, supported by Qin Jingru, staggered back to the courtyard house.

Xu Damao and Qin Jingru did not spend the Spring Festival at their own home, but went to Xu Damao's parents' house instead.

Xu's father managed to get a bottle of Fenjiu liquor, which he and Xu Damao shared during their meal.

Before his father could even react, Xu Damao had already drunk himself into a stupor. However, since Xu Damao's sister had also returned home, there was no room for the two of them to sleep in.

Xu Damao kept calling Lou Xiao'e's name the whole way, which made Qin Jingru wish she could just leave him on the street to freeze to death.

As soon as Qin Jingru got home and threw Xu Damao onto the bed, Qin Huairu called out from outside, "Jingru~ Jingru".

Qin Jingru recognized her cousin Qin Huairu immediately upon hearing the name and opened the door impatiently, saying, "What do you want!"

Seeing that Qin Jingru didn't like her, Qin Huairu wasn't angry. She just said, "I'm here to chat with you at my sister's house today for the New Year."

"What do I have to talk to you about?" Qin Jingru said.

Qin Huairu looked at Qin Jingru and said, "I know there's been some misunderstanding between us. I think we can talk about it."

Hearing Qin Huairu say this, and considering it was the Lunar New Year, Qin Jingru agreed to Qin Huairu's request. After closing the door, she and Qin Huairu went to Sha Zhu's house.

As soon as she entered, Qin Jingru asked, "Isn't Sha Zhu here?"

Qin Huairu said somewhat awkwardly, "Oh, he probably went to the restroom."

Qin Jingru had no doubts and sat down by the fire.

While the two were chatting at Sha Zhu's house.

Sha Zhu sneaked into Xu Damao's room.

He first stuffed Qin Huairu's underwear into Xu Damao's pocket, and then pulled down Xu Damao's pants.

Then he carried Xu Damao to the Intermediate People's Court.

After leaving Xu Damao by the water pipe in the middle courtyard, Sha Zhu returned to his own home as if nothing had happened.

When Sha Zhu returned home and saw Qin Jingru, he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Jingru, what are you doing here?"

Qin Huairu quickly said, "I saw you went to the restroom just now, so I called Jingru over to chat."

Sha Zhu laughed and said, "It's the New Year, so we should visit each other."

After saying that, Sha Zhu grabbed a handful of melon seeds for Qin Jingru and Qin Huairu respectively.

Just as Qin Jingru felt it was getting late and was about to go back, a scream came from the courtyard.

When I went outside, I found out it was Grandma Zhang's granddaughter from the backyard.

The little girl was bored after dinner and planned to go to the yard to find some unburnt firecrackers to play with.

Who knew that as soon as I arrived at the Intermediate People's Court, I saw someone lying by the water tap.

Her scream immediately drew many people out of the yard.

Even Li Yu and Bai Ling rushed out to see what was going on.

As soon as they came out, everyone saw Xu Damao lying naked in the pool.

Seeing this, Qin Jingru tried to drag Xu Damao to the backyard.

However, she couldn't move it by herself, so Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui both sent their sons to help.

"Xu Damao has gone too far! He's practically a hooligan! We'll hold a hospital-wide meeting tomorrow to deal with him," Liu Haizhong said to the crowd in the courtyard.

Standing at the door of Li Yu's house, Bai Ling said, "Xu Damao is so drunk, how could he come out on his own? There's something wrong with him."

Li Yu, with a look of utter astonishment, said, "This must have been done by Sha Zhu."

Bai Ling nodded and said, "It should be."

Actually, Sha Zhu saw it when Xu Damao returned to the courtyard, so he asked Qin Huairu to find a way to get Qin Jingru away.

This led to Qin Huairu going to have a heart-to-heart talk with Qin Jingru.

Inside the room, Sha Zhu danced around excitedly, saying, "This is just the beginning. We'll deal with him at the hospital-wide meeting tomorrow."

After saying that, Sha Zhu grabbed Qin Huairu and kissed her passionately.

Then Sha Zhu felt himself getting aroused, so he carried Qin Huairu to the bed.

Two minutes later, Qin Huairu put on her clothes with little interest.

When Qin Huairu first learned that Sha Zhu's device was still usable, she was filled with anticipation.

Because Jia Dongxu was already short and small before, even smaller than the little bit of Sha Zhu left.

But I didn't expect that Shazhu was the same way; every time, it would end as soon as he got into the mood.

During this period, Qin Huairu was in a state of high anxiety, in addition to Xu Damao's occasional flirting with her at the steel rolling mill.

This made her feel even worse.

Looking at Xu Damao on the bed, Qin Jingru felt increasingly irritated.

At Liu Haizhong's house, Liu Guangqi said to Liu Haizhong and his wife, "I plan to marry Xiaolan after the New Year."

Liu Haizhong took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Okay, I'll hang a curtain in our room and put a bed in it for you."

Liu Guangqi immediately refused, saying, "I plan to move to the dormitory at the machine repair shop with Xiaolan."

Liu Haizhong immediately roared, "No way! I'm not even dead yet, and you want to split the family business?"

As Liu Haizhong's pride, he absolutely would not allow Liu Guangqi to move out.

Liu Guangqi glanced at Liu Haizhong but didn't say anything, then nodded in agreement.

But his fists were clenched tightly under the table.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu sat to the side, not daring to utter a sound.

The two were afraid that Liu Haizhong would take his anger out on them, and at the same time they were also resentful that Liu Guangqi had provoked Liu Haizhong for no reason.

The next day, right after everyone had breakfast, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu went door to door calling for a general meeting for the entire hospital.

As soon as Liu Guangfu knocked on Li Yu's door, he smelled a strong aroma of dumplings.

He swallowed hard and said, "Li Yu, let's have a general meeting of the entire academy."

After saying that, he hurriedly went to knock on the next door.

Once everyone had arrived in the courtyard, Liu Haizhong leisurely brought out a pot of tea.