I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

As soon as he finished speaking, He Yuzhu, like a startled rabbit, buried himself in the blankets, covered his head tightly with his hands, and wrapped himself up completely.

Seeing his cowardly appearance, Zhou Weiguo felt a surge of anger rising in his heart. He wanted to get up and go back to his room to rest, but when he thought of Qin Huairu, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

He reached out and pulled He Yuzhu out of bed, saying, "Alright, you can't sleep here anymore, come with me."

He Yuzhu looked bewildered at Zhou Weiguo and asked, "Uncle, where are we going at this hour?"

Zhou Weiguo pulled He Yuzhu and walked out. When they reached the door, he said, "Go get your bicycle."

As they walked, Zhou Weiguo deliberately spoke in a loud and nonsensical manner. When they were almost at the courtyard gate, he lowered his voice and said, "Don't come back to stay tonight. I'm afraid that bitch Qin Huairu is still trying to trick you."

He Yuzhu was taken aback upon hearing this and said, "Uncle, no way, Sister Qin..."

Before he could finish speaking, "smack!" He received a slap on the head.

"Ouch! Uncle, why did you hit my head again!"

Zhou Weiguo's expression was serious: "Just do what I tell you to do! Tonight you'll stay in my technical department office at the steel rolling mill; there's a bed there. If anyone asks, just say you're rushing to get the marriage certificate tomorrow morning, want to get the letter of introduction as soon as possible, and then pick up Yu Li and get the certificate directly. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing the words "getting a marriage certificate," He Yuzhu's face instantly broke into a silly grin.

Zhou Weiguo raised his hand again and urged loudly, "Alright, hurry up and go, don't delay."

After He Yuzhu walked away, Zhou Weiguo turned and entered the courtyard, where he happened to bump into Yan Fugui staring at him with a curious expression.

Seeing him approach, Yan Fugui quickly smiled obsequiously and came closer: "Oh, Director Zhou, are you assigning tasks to Zhu Zi?"

Zhou Weiguo simply nodded without saying anything more, and then stepped inside.

Yan Fugui hurriedly caught up with him: "Director Zhou, I really had no choice about what happened that day. I assure you, I wasn't involved. I was tricked by... by Yi Zhonghai. Please don't take it to heart."

Zhou Weiguo glanced at him, nodded, and went straight home.

.........................

The next morning, Qin Huairu slowly opened her eyes, feeling weak and powerless all over, with a headache that felt like it was about to explode.

Glancing down at the messy bed, and feeling an unusual discomfort, she was suddenly overjoyed: "Did it work?"

She tried hard to recall, and finally remembered that she had hugged He Yuzhu last night, and then she felt a pain in her body and lost all memory of it.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly got out of bed and searched around the room, but she couldn't find He Yuzhu anywhere.

She turned her head and glanced at the messy bed, then looked up at the clock on the wall; it was already past ten o'clock.

A chill ran down her spine: "Is Zhu Zi really that fierce? Wait, how did I pass out? Does Zhu Zi like this kind of thing? It seems the old deaf woman's medicine was too strong; she probably didn't wash the teapot properly yesterday, which is why I was so dazed. Zhu Zi drank so much; he probably couldn't take it anymore and that's why he knocked me out, right?"

Thinking this, Qin Huairu blushed. Looking at the mess on the bed and feeling the strange sensation on her body, she thought to herself, "Silly Zhu, there was really no need to knock me out. If I had known you had this ability, I wouldn't have hesitated at all."

In her mind, He Yuzhu was deeply in love with her, and considering the events of last night and this morning, she never considered the possibility that "nothing had happened."

Suddenly, it dawned on her: "Where's the stick?"

He then hurriedly opened the door and rushed out.

In her panic, she didn't even notice that the door latch was already in place, nor did she realize that a "hero" was hiding under the bed.

As soon as I stepped outside, I ran into an older woman who looked hesitant. She said, "Huai Ru, you locked your door early last night. Bang Geng knocked for a long time but no one answered. I called out a few times but there was no response, so I had no choice but to let him sleep in my room. By the way, Bang Geng ate breakfast this morning and went out to play."

Looking at the old woman's expression, and remembering that the two houses were right next to each other, Qin Huairu felt a pang of anxiety. She was sure that the commotion from last night had been heard, and she blushed with embarrassment.

Seeing this, the older woman didn't say much, but just sighed, turned around and went back into the house, closing the door behind her.

Qin Huairu hesitated for a moment in the middle courtyard, then walked towards the back courtyard and the rear building.

She stood outside the door and knocked for a long time, but no one answered from inside.

Left with no other choice, she returned to the central courtyard and stared intently at He Yuzhu's door.

Suddenly, the words the deaf old woman had said last night flashed through her mind. Her expression changed drastically. She gritted her teeth, and her eyes instantly filled with tears, looking as if she had suffered a great injustice.

She staggered to the door of He Yuzhu's main house and pounded on it, shouting, "Zhu Zi! Zhu Zi! Come out here! Come out right now! You have to give me an explanation! Zhu Zi! Zhu Zi!"

She shouted until she was hoarse, not caring about the noise. Before long, neighbors started to peek out, and some even stood at the moon gate, looking on curiously.

Zhou Weiguo, who lived in the east courtyard, was also disturbed and opened the courtyard gate with a puzzled look on his face.

Seeing Qin Huairu's tearful appearance, he was taken aback at first, then remembered what happened yesterday, and sneered inwardly: "Looks like Qin Huairu's act isn't over yet?"

Qin Huairu gazed at Zhou Weiguo's handsome face, her heart skipping a beat again. But she quickly thought of He Yuzhu and sighed inwardly: From now on, she'd treat Zhou Weiguo as her uncle. Then she called out loudly, "Uncle Weiguo, where's Zhuzi? Where did he go?"

Hearing her call him "Uncle Weiguo" so naturally, Zhou Weiguo felt a pang of unease and couldn't help but wonder: Did Qin Huairu really think something had happened between her and Zhuzi? But he smiled and teased, "Qin Huairu, you're really funny! Didn't you see the door is locked? Are you mourning here? If you're going to cry, go back to your house and cry about Jia Dongxu, why are you wailing at my Zhuzi's door? Besides, what do you want with him? He's already gone out. If you have something to say, tell me."

Qin Huairu glanced at the group of onlookers at the moon gate, lowered her voice, and said with a sob in her voice, "Uncle Weiguo, yesterday... yesterday I..." As she spoke, she secretly observed Zhou Weiguo's reaction.

But Zhou Weiguo just stared at her with a half-smile, which made her feel even more uncertain.

She gritted her teeth and thought: I'll tell Zhou Weiguo about this in a low voice first. If he admits it, I won't make a big deal out of it; if he doesn't, then he can't blame me. Anyway, I was forced into this after being knocked unconscious last night!

Then, she continued sobbing, "Waaah, for Uncle Guo, last night, Zhu Zi knocked me unconscious when I wasn't looking, and then... and then..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Weiguo immediately understood that Qin Huairu had probably really blacked out last night, and he thought to himself, "Is this drug really that strong???"