Siheyuan, don't mess with me

"Yeah, I didn't think highly of him at all. He has a long face, just like a horse's face!" Lou Xiao'e had a look of disgust on her face. In fact, in her heart, Chen Zhiguo was her Prince Charming. This was why Lou Xiao'e always carried calligraphy with her, just in the hope of meeting him by chance, and having an excuse to talk!

Chen Zhiguo and Xu Damao are worlds apart in temperament and appearance, so Lou Xiaoe is very resistant to the blind date arranged by her family! She doesn't like Xu Damao at all. Xu Damao's self-proclaimed sweet talk works well in front of other young wives and older girls, but Lou Xiaoe already has a prejudice, so how can she like him?

Whether this is the butterfly effect brought about by Chen Zhiguo's time travel is unknown!

Chen Zhiguo was also puzzled. Lou Xiao'e didn't think highly of Xu Damao? Wasn't Xu Damao good at talking? If a naive girl like Lou Xiao'e couldn't be coaxed? Xu Damao couldn't do it either!

He had never thought that Lou Xiao'e would like him, after just meeting him once? Who would be so confident?

"Horse Face, is that man's surname Xu?"

"Ah! How did you know? Do you know him?" Lou Xiao'e asked in surprise.

"If his name is Xu Damao, then I know him. He and I live in the same courtyard!"

"Great, please tell me what kind of person he is. I always feel that he is not a good person. He is smooth-talking and has two lecherous eyes!" This is what Lou Xiao'e was happy about.

"If you don't like him, why do you want to marry him? This is a lifelong thing. You will be unhappy for the rest of your life!"

"I don't like him, but my mom likes him and my dad also supports me and wants me to marry him, saying that he is a worker and my life will be safe in the future!" Lou Xiao'e is really a naive person. She dares to say such words to Chen Zhiguo, which shows how much she trusts Chen Zhiguo!

Chen Zhiguo did not hesitate. Lou Xiao'e cared so much about his affairs, and he could not just watch her life being ruined by Xu Damao!

"Xu Damao, I'm not very familiar with him and have had very little contact with him!"

"Ah! No way! Neighbors don't talk?" Lou Xiao'e was a little disappointed. It was rare for her to see a glimmer of hope, but it was about to be shattered!

"Don't be impatient, just listen to what I have to say!" Chen Zhiguo's face turned serious.

"Oh!" Lou Xiao'e realized that she was wrong. She lowered her head and looked like a wronged young wife!

"I am not familiar with Xu Damao, but I am familiar with his neighbor and childhood friend He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu is also an employee of the steel mill and the chef of the cafeteria! His evaluation of Xu Damao is that he is eloquent, clever, and has a lot of tricks! Moreover, he has a strong desire for revenge. If he suffers a loss, he will find a way to get back!

He didn't tell me what exactly happened, but I think you can be tougher. If they really want you to marry Xu Damao, you can ask your father to investigate Xu Damao. And one more thing, pre-marital check-up is very important. If he fools around outside and has a dirty disease, it will be troublesome. You must remember these two points!" Chen Zhiguo said seriously. He couldn't say that Xu Damao couldn't have children. It was hard to explain such a prediction, but he could still ask for a check-up!

"I know. I'll tell my dad when I get home. If he doesn't investigate, I'll ignore him!" Lou Xiao'e thought for a moment, "Can I go to your courtyard and take a look around? It's a good opportunity for me to get to know Xu Damao, too?"

Chen Zhiguo thought for a moment and said, "You can go. Xu Damao hasn't been home recently. It's the busy farming season soon. He went to the countryside to show movies. But if you want to go, don't tell others who you are. There are many people in the courtyard and Xu Damao will know if you let it slip. Besides, you don't know who has a good relationship with Xu Damao, right?"

"Great! Great! Is this what we call pseudonym investigation? I saw it in Sherlock Holmes. I can be a detective!" Lou Xiao'e was so happy. In her opinion, simple play was covered with a mysterious veil and became a fun thing! Then, Lou Xiao'e whispered, "Should we take a code name for the operation? That's how it's played in the movies!"

Chen Zhiguo was speechless!

I really grew up in a greenhouse and am a little too naive!

"Shall we go there after we finish our meal?" Lou Xiao'e said excitedly.

"Okay, but the investigation has to wait until the evening, when you're off work. There are only a few middle-aged women in the yard right now, and you have no excuse to go in!"

"Yeah!"

"Are you okay coming home late at night? Aren't your parents worried?" Chen Zhiguo was still a little worried.

"I'll call home later and tell them I'm going to my best friend's house for two days!" Lou Xiao'e was determined to do it. One reason was to investigate Xu Damao, and the other was to get in touch with Chen Zhiguo.

As they were talking, the dishes came up. They ate the dishes first, as they had to wait a while for the roast duck. Chen Zhiguo ordered two more ducks so that when they finished their meal and left, they could pack up some to eat at home in the evening!

Chen Zhiguo thinks the roast duck at Bianyifang is delicious. The meat is very fragrant when you eat it. The duck skin is certainly not as crispy as Quanjude, but it is also delicious! Overall, the duck at Bianyifang is more cost-effective!

Lou Xiao'e spent one dollar, borrowed the phone number of the Bianyifang Hotel, and informed her family of her itinerary!

"You take me with you on your bike!" Lou Xiao'e handed the bicycle key to Chen Zhiguo, "Can't you take me with you?"

"I have never led anyone before, so don't blame me if you fall!" Lou Xiao'e said worriedly. Chen Zhiguo looked at his long legs and then at the back seat of the 26-inch bicycle, "No, it's not your fault if you fall!" Anyway, he just supported himself with his legs, so it wouldn't be him who fell!

"Okay, I'll try riding it!" Lou Xiao'e had never ridden a bike with someone else before, especially with Chen Zhiguo behind her, which made her nervous!

Lou Xiao'e got on the bike first, and Chen Zhiguo took a few quick steps and sat on it. "Ah!" Lou Xiao'e screamed immediately, and the handlebars of the bike began to spin around. "Don't panic, hold steady! That's right, just like that, use some strength, and pedal hard." Chen Zhiguo directed her from behind, and at the same time, his two long legs supported her from behind. After Lou Xiao'e got over the initial panic and discomfort, the handlebars stopped shaking as the bike's speed increased. It was just that riding with Chen Zhiguo on board was a bit tiring. Not long after they went, Lou Xiao'e was out of breath. "You don't have enough physical strength, stop!"

Lou Xiao'e thought that it was Chen Zhiguo's turn to ride the bike to give her a ride, and she was thinking happily, what a thoughtful and warm man!

Should I put my arm around his waist or put my face on his back? These are all described in romance novels, and Lou Xiaoe certainly wants to try them!

"Hold it, what are you doing? Are you standing there in a daze?" Chen Zhiguo handed the roast duck in his hand to Lou Xiaoe.

"Ah! Oh!" Lou Xiao'e blushed, as if Chen Zhiguo knew what she was thinking!

However, just when Lou Xiao'e was considering how to get on the bicycle, she saw Chen Zhiguo picked up Lou Xiao'e's bicycle and stuffed it directly into the back of a jeep on the side of the road!

"Ah! You drove here! Then you still want me to give you a ride? I'm so tired!" Lou Xiao'e chased Chen Zhiguo and hit him angrily, but her soft fists were just like tickling Chen Zhiguo!

"You have to ride the bicycle here anyway, and you have learned how to carry people. At the same time, your physical strength is seriously insufficient. You need to strengthen your training. With so many good things, do you still feel that you are losing out?" Lou Xiao'e was stunned by what Chen Zhiguo said. Really? Is that right?

"What are you daydreaming about? Get in the car and go!" Chen Zhiguo now felt that calling her Silly Moth was not a wrong name, she was really a bit cute!

"Oh! I see!" Lou Xiao'e clumsily got into the jeep carrying the roast duck!

"You are amazing. You can even drive a car. It took me half a year to learn how to ride a bicycle. Am I really stupid?"

"My dad is an experienced driver. I learned to drive when I was very young. It's very simple. If you learn it, you can learn it in half a day. As long as you have the strength, you can do it! You learned to ride a bicycle for half a year. You are just afraid of falling and getting hurt. If you fall a few more times, you will have learned it long ago!"

"It's true. After falling down a few times, I finally learned to ride a bike! It turns out I'm not stupid, just timid, hehe!" He was such a naive person that he laughed heartlessly!

Chen Zhiguo was driving the car. A man holding the steering wheel with one hand was handsome. Lou Xiaoe's eyes lit up and she would giggle from time to time. Chen Zhiguo was used to her being stunned like this! "When you go to the courtyard, you can't say your name is Lou Xiaoe. Why don't you give yourself a name?"

"Okay! What's a good name?"

"Wang Erya, Li Chunhua, Liu Cuihua, Zhang Xiaoni, any of them are fine," Chen Zhiguo said without hesitation. People these days choose names very casually, and there are a lot of people with the same name!

"Humph! I don't want it. It doesn't sound good at all!" Lou Xiao'e pouted, very dissatisfied and angry.

"Then think about it yourself!" Things with women are troublesome. Why not just pick one at random? Some are nice to hear, and you don't have to use them all the time. Chen Zhiguo didn't indulge her and just ignored her!

Chapter 112 He Yuzhu’s past!

"I think that's what I think, and what I think must sound better than yours!"

"Okay, tell me one?"

"How about Juliet?" Lou Xiao'e said excitedly. She had just watched "Romeo and Juliet". Such a romantic and lingering love story made her unable to stop. In pursuit of free love, they dared to ignore family feuds, disobey their father's orders, and even died for love, which made her cry several times. At the same time, she also deeply felt the same way. Wasn't she also forced to marry a person she didn't like under family pressure?

Therefore, there is a deep meaning behind Lou Xiao'e's choice of the name Juliet. She also wants to break through the shackles and pursue her own love!

"Juliet? Romeo and Juliet, this name is not good, too tragic! Romeo, although loyal, is not a good match!" Chen Zhiguo said disdainfully.

“Why? Romeo committed suicide by taking poison for love, isn’t that good enough?” Lou Xiao’e said unconvinced. She was so moved that she shed tears several times while reading the book, and this bad guy actually said that he was bad?

"He did this in the end, but what if he had been calmer before? Wouldn't it be a tragic story? Look, he stabbed Juliet's cousin to death when he was young and impetuous, which created obstacles between him and Juliet! Juliet pretended to be dead for him, and he was also hot-headed and dueled with Paris who came. After finding out that Juliet was dead, he took poison and committed suicide without caring about anything! If he hadn't been so impulsive, would he and Juliet have not died, and could they have lived happily together!"

Lou Xiao'e thought about it carefully. Yes! If there was no impulse, wouldn't these things happen? Wouldn't everything be smooth? She didn't think about it. If there were no twists and turns in the plot, would anyone still read Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? Without the tragic ending, how many people would remember this book?

Chen Zhiguo also thought to himself, this silly guy is easier to coax!

"Don't call me Juliet, call me Julianne!"

"Julian? Julian? This name is fine! Then I will be called Julian now!" Lou Xiaoe chewed on it and thought it was fine.

"Okay! Little An An!"

"What? Who told you to call me that? Little An An, you're not even as old as me?"

"Then I'll call you Xiao Zhuzhu? Or Xiaoli? Oh, no, my sister's name is Chen Xiaoli, I can't call you Xiaoli, I'll call you Zhuzhu!"

"You are the pig! Call me by my name, An An, Lian are all fine, but you are not allowed to bring a boy in front!" Lou Xiao'e twisted Chen Zhiguo's arm. This is a move that all women know, but it was the first time Lou Xiao'e used it on a boy today. After twisting it, her face turned red!

"Okay, then I'll call you An An!"

"Row!"

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After Lou Xiao'e entered the Chen family, she quickly became good friends with Chen Xiaoli, and became the leader of the four of them. Taking the opportunity of visiting He Yushui's new room, Lou Xiao'e entered the courtyard. She was smart and knew to send Xiaojun and Xiaoyong to investigate in advance. She learned that Xu Damao was not at home, so she entered the courtyard surrounded by a group of children!

After a quick walk around the courtyard, Lou Xiao'e asked He Yushui, Xiaojun, Xiaoyong and Grandma Hu about Xu Damao. Since they were friends brought back by Chen Zhiguo, they did not hide anything from Lou Xiao'e and told her everything they knew!

Just like what Chen Zhiguo said, everyone's evaluation of Xu Damao is the same: he is treacherous, petty, vindictive, and cannot afford to suffer any loss! But there is no real evidence to prove what Xu Damao did outside!

After walking around the courtyard, Lou Xiao'e started to play outside with the four sisters, skipping rubber ropes, playing tag, throwing sandbags, and hopscotch. The children didn't seem to mind because they played these games every day, but Lou Xiao'e was having a lot of fun and kept shouting and yelling!

He Yuzhu, who came over to cook, was stunned. Whose girl is this? She can't even do these things. She's so stupid!

Chen Zhiguo finished writing his thesis after dinner was served. After bringing Lou Xiaoe home, he left her to his younger sister and went into his room without paying any attention to her. Now, looking at Lou Xiaoe's red and sweaty face, he asked, "What are you doing? Were you chased by a dog? Why are you sweating so much?"

"You were chased by the dog. I was playing "Eagle Catches Chicken" with them! Let me tell you, it's fun," Lou Xiao'e said happily, while playing with Chen Xiaoli.

Chen Zhiguo had been concentrating on writing his thesis in his room. He automatically filtered out the shouts of joy from the girls playing games outside! With the addition of Lou Xiaoe, the eight-person table at Chen Zhiguo's house was a bit crowded. Chen Zhiguo secretly made a note that after the east wing was built, he would go shopping for furniture and choose a large round table for twelve people!

For Lou Xiao'e, Chen Zhiguo brought up the topic, "Why haven't I seen Xu Damao in so many days?"

"He! He went to the countryside this month to bring warmth to the farmers!" He Yuzhu took a sip of wine and replied.

"What kind of person is he? I've heard from many people that he is not a good person?" Chen Zhiguo continued to ask. Lou Xiao'e, who was standing next to him, pricked up her ears and stared at He Yuzhu with her big eyes, waiting for his answer.

He Yuzhu took a slow bite of food and a sip of wine before saying, "This grandson has not been a good person since he was young. He has always been a thief. When he was a teenager, he did a lot of things like climbing over walls and leaving a crack in the door to watch people taking a bath!"

"How do you know? Did you follow them?" Chen Zhiguo said jokingly.

"Nonsense, am I that kind of person?" He Yuzhu suddenly became angry. Although he knew Chen Zhiguo was joking, he still loudly refuted, "I just heard him say that. Every time he does something shameful, he comes back to show off in front of me!"

"You and he had a pretty good relationship, and you could talk about anything. Why did you start fighting like this as soon as you met?"

"I don't know when it started, but I just dislike him more and more!" He Yuzhu was also puzzled. When they were young, they were playmates and played together every day, but they never had any quarrels?

"Is this what happened after your father passed away?" Chen Zhiguo asked uncertainly.

"That's about right. It seems like it was not long after my father passed away that I had a fight with him. Xu Damao was beaten pretty badly. Since then, our relationship has become bad." He Yuzhu was also confused, but he still remembered the fight with Xu Damao clearly.

Chen Zhiguo was also puzzled, "Is it Yi Zhonghai who instigated you? Did he say something bad about Xu Damao in front of you?"

"That's true. Yi Zhonghai always criticizes Xu Damao, saying this is not good, that is not good, and he wants me not to play with him!"

Chen Zhiguo was basically certain that He Yuzhu was brainwashed by Yi Zhonghai in the matter of Xu Damao. Yi Zhonghai didn't want He Yuzhu to have friends and no one to help him. He wanted He Yuzhu to be alone so that he could be controlled. It can be seen that Yi Zhonghai is meticulous and a shady old man! Chen Zhiguo's vigilance against Yi Zhonghai increased a bit. If he wanted revenge, ordinary methods would not work. He had to knock him down once and for all, and never give him a chance to turn over!

"Now that you're getting married, if you don't go to see your father, you should at least write a letter to him and ask him to come back!"

"I won't go. I'll just assume he's dead out there!" He Yuzhu said hatefully. Whose father is like his father, who suddenly abandoned him and his sister and disappeared, and never cared about them again? He has never seen such a cold-blooded father!

"You, you can't say that," Chen Zhiguo said after clinking glasses of tea with He Yuzhu because he had to write a paper that night. "Let me give you an analogy. If one day your father comes back and becomes too old to work, and stays at home, can you still chase him away? Can you not support him? Can you do such a thing?"

He Yuzhu held the wine glass and pondered for a long time. After a while, he drank the wine in the glass. "I can't do it. If he comes back, I still have to support him!"

"Is that right? Since you want to raise him, why not call him back sooner? He can also help you two! How great!"

"Yes, brother, call dad back!" He Yushui also looked at He Yuzhu with tears in her eyes.

"I just can't get over it. I left without saying goodbye and went to look for him, but he didn't even show up! How can I not hate him?"