Siheyuan: Smiling at the Birds

Li Tianyou’s office at the steel rolling mill.

Li Tianyou looked at Qin Huairu who came in with the documents, and frowned and said: "Sister Qin, do you have anything else to do?"

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll wait for you to approve the documents and then go out with them."

Li Tianyou sighed in his heart and said, "Sister Qin, I don't want to say any useless words of apology for what happened last night." Then he took out three big black ten from his pocket and put them on the table, and said, "Sister Qin, you can take this money. It's my compensation for my impulsiveness yesterday. In the future, I will definitely help you with work and hospital matters. Let's forget about what happened last night. Is that ok?"

Qin Huairu smiled and said: "Chief Li, if you feel that giving me money will make you feel better, I will accept the money. But I still say that I will never ask you for anything because of this matter, please rest assured." As she said that, she put away the three big black ten on the table.

After receiving the money, Qin Huairu turned around and left Li Tianyou's office, but as she walked out the door, her eyes turned red.

Li Tianyou looked at Qin Huairu who was leaving and sighed. Knowing it was impossible, he had to be decisive and arrange a position for Qin Huairu where she didn't have to see me.

Time passed slowly like running water, and it was time to get off work. Li Tianyou looked at his watch and decided to go meet his father's comrades-in-arms, just in case they might be useful in the future.

Li Tianyou came to the Public Security Bureau right after get off work. When he arrived at the door, he said to the guard: "Hello, comrade. I'm looking for Director Gao. Please inform him."

The guard said, "Hello, comrade. May I ask what you want to see Director Gao about? And who are you?"

Li Tianyou said: "Tell Director Gao that I am Li Tianyou, and he will let me in."

The guard looked at the calm Li Tianyou and said, "Okay, comrade, please wait a moment."

The guard called directly and said to Li Tianyou in less than a minute: "Comrade, Director Gao, please come in. Director Gao's office is on the innermost room on the second floor. There is a sign on the door."

Li Tianyou thanked him and went to the direction the guard said.

When Li Tianyou arrived on the second floor, he saw a middle-aged man about 40 years old looking out of an office door.

Seeing Li Tianyou, the middle-aged man also walked towards Li Tianyou with a smile, and said with a smile: "Tianyou, I haven't seen you for a long time. Uncle Gao thought you had forgotten me."

Li Tianyou hugged the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "Uncle Gao, we are the only two who can play together. Have you forgotten that it was you who took me to steal the chicken back then?"

Upon hearing this, Director Gao's face changed drastically. He coughed twice in embarrassment and said, "Tianyou, don't talk nonsense. When have I ever taken you to steal chickens?"

Li Tianyou looked at Uncle Gao who kept winking at him, rolled his eyes and said: "Uncle Gao, what are you doing?"

A voice came from the office: "Dad, you also took Brother Tianyou to steal chickens. Whose family did you steal from?"

Li Tianyou was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood why Uncle Gao had been winking at him and why his face changed drastically when he talked about stealing the chicken.

It turns out that it was the girl Gao Meiyu who was here. That’s not surprising.

Director Gao said: "Xiaoyu, don't listen to your brother Tianyou's nonsense, it's all untrue."

Gao Meiyu snorted and said, "Come in, what are you doing standing at the door?"

Gao Meiyu smiled at Li Tianyou who came into the room and said, "Brother Tianyou, do you still remember me?"

Li Tianyou entered the office and looked at Gao Meiyu. She had a pair of bright eyes, clear and bright as stars. He didn't know what she was thinking about. She smiled at him excitedly, her eyes curved like crescents, as if her spirit was overflowing. Between her frowns and smiles, her noble look was naturally revealed, and people couldn't help but marvel at her elegant and graceful radiance.

Li Tianyou patted Gao Meiyu's head and said, "Brother Tianyou, how could you forget the naughty elf Xiao Yuyu?"

Gao Meiyu did not push away Li Tianyou's hand that was touching her head, but snorted and said, "It's been four years, and Brother Tianyou hasn't come to see Xiao Yuyu."

Looking at Gao Meiyu's angry face, which was red with anger, Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Didn't Brother Tianyou join the army? Brother Tianyou has the final say on the military life in the army."

Gao Meiyu wrinkled her straight nose and said, "Brother Tianyou, can you come and play with me more often now?"

Li Tianyou said with a smile: "Xiao Yuyu, Brother Tianyou is working at the Third Steel Rolling Mill now. How can he have so much time?"

Gao Meiyu rolled her eyes and said, "I don't care. Brother Tianyou has to come and play with me more often, or I'll go to your steel mill to find you."

Li Tianyou smiled and said: "Xiao Yuyu, you are already 19 years old, already a grown-up girl, why are you still so unreasonable like when you were a child?"

Director Gao also smiled and said, "Tianyou, this girl has already graduated. If you are free, come and play with her more often, so that she won't bother me all day long."

Li Tianyou said with a smile: "Uncle Gao, if you do this, I will have to complain to Uncle Zhang, right?"

Director Gao laughed and scolded: "You little bastard, why are you going to complain to your old leader? I am your old leader's bodyguard, and he won't know me. So, Tianyou, go ahead and complain. Do you think I, your uncle Gao, will be afraid of you?"

Director Gao, whose real name is Gao Shanhai, is the current director of the Sijiucheng Public Security Bureau. He used to be Zhang Fuwang’s bodyguard, so he has known Li Tianyou since childhood.

Li Tianyou patted Gao Meiyu's head and said, "Xiao Yuyu, look at your dad. He's already the director, but he still treats the younger generation with disrespect. Don't be like your dad in the future, okay?"

Gao Meiyu covered her mouth and laughed secretly: "You two are really a pair of funny people."

Li Tianyou ruffled Gao Meiyu's hair and said, "Little girl, what are you talking about? You have no respect for your elders."

Gao Meiyu slapped away Li Tianyou's hand that was messing with her hair and snorted, "Brother Tianyou, you messed up my hair."

Li Tianyou was also amused by the lovely Gao Meiyu.

Gao Shanhai said with a smile: "Stop messing around, both of you. Sit down and talk. Tianyou, I heard from the old leader that you were injured. What happened? Are you okay?"

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Uncle Gao, do you think I look like someone with problems? Don't worry, I'm fine now."

Gao Meiyu also came to Li Tianyou, holding Li Tianyou's hands with both hands and said: "Brother Tianyou, how did you get hurt? Was he caught? Does it hurt?"

Looking at his daughter, Gao Shanhai sighed in his heart. Since she was little, his daughter liked to chase after Li Tianyou and play with Li Tianyou. Now that she has grown up, her daughter is still the same. She probably can't change. I just don't know what Li Tianyou means.

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "It's okay, it's healed now, and it doesn't hurt anymore, Xiao Yuyu, don't worry, Brother Tianyou is doing well and healthy now."

Gao Meiyu pushed Li Tianyou's hand away and said tenderly: "Hmph, it hurts so much that I kept you from coming to see me for so long."

Li Tianyou said, "Xiao Yuyu, Uncle Gao told me that after you graduate, where are you going to work?"

Gao Meiyu shook her head and said, "I don't know. My father wants me to join the army and start as a military doctor."

Li Tianyou nodded and said: "That's great. If you leave the army in the future, you can go directly to the hospital."

Gao Shanhai also said: "Yes, it's this girl who is still hesitating."

Li Tianyou looked at Gao Meiyu and said, "Xiao Yuyu, don't you want to join the army?"

Gao Meiyu rolled her eyes and said, "Shall I go to your Third Steel Rolling Mill?"

Li Tianyou had just taken a sip of water, but he spat it out and said, "Why are you going to the steel mill when you have troops?"

Gao Meiyu snorted and said, "Why do you think I should go to the steel mill?"

Li Tianyou sighed and said he couldn't pretend anymore. If he continued, he would be really stupid.

Li Tianyou said: "A steel mill is not like the army. Are you sure you want to go to the steel mill?"

Gao Shanhai looked at the two young people with a smile and did not say anything to disturb them.

Gao Meiyu looked at Li Tianyou with a red face and said, "Well, I'm sure."

Li Tianyou looked at Gao Shanhai and said, "Uncle Gao, if you didn't say anything, I would have almost kidnapped your precious daughter."

Gao Shanhai said with a smile: "Would I be afraid that you would kidnap my daughter? It's not certain who would kidnap whom."

Li Tianyou...

Gao Meiyu blushed and asked, "Dad, what are you talking about?"

Gao Shanhai curled his lips and said, "Girl, if you don't want to, then I won't tell the old leader."

Gao Meiyu didn't expect things to develop so unexpectedly, so she quickly said in a tender voice: "Dad, who said you don't want to."

Li Tianyou shook his head. He was still considering who to marry some time ago. He didn't expect that Gao Meiyu was just 4 years old four years ago. Li Tianyou had just traveled through time and received the memory, so he didn't expect it for a while.

Now Li Tianyou regrets even more what happened between him and Qin Huairu.

Li Tianyou said: "Uncle Gao, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. I really want to get married quickly. You know, my parents passed away early, and Uncle Zhang didn't have any children either. They've been waiting for me to get married and have children. I don't want to wait until Uncle Zhang can't hold the child before getting married and having children. That's not what I want to see. When I was first assigned to the steel mill, I was assigned a courtyard house. I also asked the manager of the courtyard to introduce me to a girl. We met yesterday, but the girl didn't come for a blind date. She actually wanted me to change her family background so that she could finish the university she didn't finish. She said she would marry me after she finished her studies in two years."

Gao Shanhai frowned and said, "How can there be such a person? Isn't this a joke? Tianyou, tell me which family they are from, and Uncle Gao will seek justice for you."

Gao Meiyu was somewhat relieved and a little angry. She was relieved that her brother Tianyou did not succeed in the blind date, but she was angry that her brother Tianyou did not succeed in the blind date.

Li Tianyou shook his head and said, "Uncle Gao, no need. We have different values. Some people are like this. They can't recognize the reality and can't figure out their own position. Even if you don't have an education, as long as you marry me, it doesn't matter."

Gao Shanhai laughed and said, "Tianyou, did you hide your identity? You didn't tell me where you work now."

Li Tianyou nodded and said, "Uncle Gao, I have my own plans, and I know that our country is now in the process of development. Perhaps in ten years or so, we will have an explosive growth period. So now we should honestly build the country to have a future. If we only know how to shout slogans, we will only harm the country and ourselves."

Gao Shanhai squinted his eyes and looked at Li Tianyou and said: "Tianyou, what did you see?"

Gao Meiyu also looked at Li Tianyou with her beautiful eyes, and her heart was filled with emotion.

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Uncle Gao, based on the development of the current situation, what do you think the country needs now? What will happen when the needs are met? It is economic development. How to develop the economy? This is what I mean by the current situation."

Gao Shanhai said: "Tianyou, you are being very cryptic, but I know you must have discovered something. I won't ask. Whenever you need Uncle Gao, as long as Uncle Gao can move, he will do his best to help you."

Li Tianyou looked at his future father-in-law and didn't know how to express himself. He came to meet an acquaintance and found a father for himself.