Siheyuan: Living in the People's Community, with a Heart for the Red Star

Zhang Jingyi looked at the serious old Yang, sorted out her thoughts, and slowly told him about their past.

After Zhao Jingyi finished speaking, Lao Yang turned to look at Li Yuping and asked, "Is there anything wrong with what Jingyi said? What is different from what you think?"

Li Yuping pointed out what she thought was wrong.

After he finished speaking, Lao Yang analyzed, "The conflict between you two is mainly concentrated at two turning points. The two turning points seem to have no connection, but a careful analysis will reveal several suspicious points. One is that a character named Gu Yanming appeared in both times, and the other is that these things only affect you two, and other people have no impact and can only watch the show. The third suspicious point is that after you had a conflict, no one tried to reconcile you two, and the conflict has never been resolved. I think the reason behind your falling out may be someone's design, and the fundamental goal is to destroy your friendship. In fact, you two don't have many conflicts."

"I think there must be a follow-up to this incident, but because the two of you went your separate ways, the follow-up didn't work. I think the focus of this incident may be on Gu Yanming. He either likes one of you, or he has a grudge against you, so he tried every means to break you up. From now on, you just need to be careful of Gu Yanming."

After listening to Lao Yang's analysis, the two women looked at each other without saying anything, and no one knew what they were thinking.

Lao Yang looked at his watch and said, "Okay, you two don't have to argue anymore. It's getting late. Let's go to bed early! We still have things to do tomorrow."

When Zhao Jingyi and Li Yuping heard Lao Yang say to take a break, they immediately looked at each other with blushing faces, their eyes full of provocation.

Li Yuping asked forcefully: "Husband, do you want her or me?"

Old Yang grabbed Li Yuping's arm and said, "Only losers would make choices!..."

The next morning, Lao Yang got up early, left the courtyard and went to Shichahai to practice martial arts.

The two girls who slept late woke up slowly around noon. They looked at each other provocatively before getting dressed, washing up, and going to their respective units to work.

Lao Yang came to Shichahai and found a deserted corner to start boxing. While immersed in boxing, he suddenly found Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun appeared not far away, squatting on the side watching Lao Yang boxing, and discussing something from time to time.

After the boxing match, Lao Yang walked towards the two girls and greeted them. He smiled at the two shy girls, sat on the stone bench next to him, took out a bottle of soda from the space and started drinking.

Luo Yun reached out and pulled Xiaobai's clothes and winked at her. Zhou Xiaobai looked at Lao Yang, gritted her teeth, nodded to Luo Yun, and the two women rushed towards Lao Yang.

Old Yang was about to say something as he looked at the two women who were ready to sacrifice themselves. But Zhou Xiaobai rushed over and threw himself into Old Yang's arms, hugging his body and trapping his arms. He shouted, "Hurry up!"

Old Yang was very surprised. What was he doing? Luo Yun rushed over, grabbed Old Yang's face with both hands, pouted and kissed him fiercely.

After the kiss, he pulled Zhou Xiaobai and said, "I don't feel anything! It's just like kissing a piece of pork! It's different from what you said. Did you lie to me?"

Old Yang looked at the two speechlessly and said, "Are you guys being hooligans here? What are you doing? How can I feel when you kiss me like this? You are just taking advantage of me. It's inexplicable!"

After saying that, he stood up and walked away, leaving the two silly Beijing girls behind.

Seeing Lao Yang leave, Luo Yun pulled Zhou Xiaobai's arm and asked, "Did we make him angry? Does he not like me and only likes you?"

Zhou Xiaobai slapped Luo Yun's hand away and said, "Hurry up and follow!"

Luo Yun asked in confusion: "Xiaobai, why are we still following them? It's boring, let's go find someone else to play with!"

Zhou Xiaobai ignored her and quickly chased after her, shouting, "Then go play, I'll follow and see."

He chased after Lao Yang without looking back. Luo Yun looked at Zhou Xiaobai running away, thought about it and chased after him. While chasing, he shouted, "Xiaobai, wait for me, I'll go with you!"

When Lao Yang heard Luo Yun's shouting from behind, he turned his head and saw Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun chasing after him. He couldn't help but stop and turned around to look at the two of them.

Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun were a little embarrassed for a moment, and they also stopped and looked at him. Seeing that they were not coming over, Lao Yang turned around and continued to walk forward. After walking a distance, he turned around and saw that the two women were standing not far behind him, pretending to talk but actually staring at Lao Yang. They were mumbling something and no one knew what they were saying.

Old Yang helplessly shouted, "Come here, both of you!"

When the two heard Lao Yang calling them, they walked over shyly and looked at Lao Yang.

Lao Yang continued to ask: "Why are you two following me? Don't you have anything to do? Don't you have to go to school?"

Luo Yun said as a matter of course: "There are no classes! The teacher asked us to review, so it doesn't matter whether we go or not. We will be in high school soon, and the teacher is not strict. Plus, someone is thinking about you, so we came to find you."

Old Yang looked at Zhou Xiaobai and said, "You know I'm dating Li Yuping, but there's no future for us! You should just go back to school and stop daydreaming! Dating right now isn't the right time for you!"

Hearing what Lao Yang said, Zhou Xiaobai's eyes immediately turned red, and he lowered his head and said nothing. Luo Yun immediately stood up for the injustice and scolded Lao Yang: "You bastard, you are not admitting your mistakes after playing tricks on us, right? You kissed us knowing that there would be no result, and then you turned your head away and denied it after the kiss. Our Xiaobai treats you so well, and her appearance is not worse than Li Yuping's. Why do you want to drive us away?"

Old Yang looked at the tough Luo Yun and said, "You know the situation, so what do you want? Tell me, I'll think about it!"

Luo Yun pulled Zhou Xiaobai and turned around to mutter, watching the two nod and shake their heads, not knowing what they were discussing. After a while, the two finished their discussion, and Luo Yun walked up to them and asked, "What does Brother Yang do for a living?"

Lao Yang spread his hands and said, "I don't have a job. I have nothing to do all day. To put it nicely, I'm a vagrant. To put it bluntly, I'm just a street urchin."

Luo Yun gestured to Zhou Xiaobai and continued to ask: "What are your hobbies? What do you do?"

Luo Yun's question stumped Lao Yang. After traveling to this world dominated by courtyards, he seemed to have no hobbies or interests. Apart from cultivation, he just ran around. He didn't seem to have much of an obsession with food, wine, or beauties. He did things as he thought of them. He was not content with what he had, and he didn't have any grand goals.

It's just that in his past and present lives, he has always been obsessed with doing something for the country and the people. So shouldn't he cultivate a few hobbies? Think about the next few decades of life. If he practices martial arts or messes around all day, wouldn't it be too tragic?

The two girls felt a little disappointed as they saw Lao Yang falling into silence. He didn't even tell them his interests and hobbies, which meant he didn't want to play with them.

Luo Yun coughed and continued to ask: "How is your family situation?"

Old Yang was awakened by Luo Yun's cough. He looked at her and replied, "I don't really have any hobbies. I fell into deep thought when you asked me just now. As for my family conditions, they are not bad. I have a house and a car. My parents are both dead. I have no brothers, sisters, relatives or friends. The only thing left is money!"

When they heard that both his mother and father had passed away and he had no relatives, they felt sad for Lao Yang, but when they heard the last sentence, they couldn't help laughing.

Luo Yun said directly: "I didn't expect you to be such a humorous person. With your good looks, you must have fascinated thousands of girls! Tell us how many people you have been with?"

Old Yang turned around and walked away, ignoring Luo Yun, saying, "You're a girl, why are you asking about other people's privacy? I'm not going to chat with you anymore. I'm leaving now. Go have fun by yourselves. Bye!"

Luo Yun quickly pulled Zhou Xiaobai over and said, "When asked about women, he refused to talk and ran away. He must be a playboy who doesn't dare to tell the truth. Let's go and catch up with him!"

Zhou Xiaobai grabbed Luo Yun and analyzed, "It's too rude for us to ask like this. He definitely doesn't want to tell us. But he doesn't have anything to do and is idle all day, so it won't be a problem for us to pester him. I just don't know why Sister Yuping likes him. Is he really a gigolo?"

Luo Ping nodded and agreed, "That's possible. I heard from my family that there are many men who live off women. They are tall and handsome, but they don't earn money through their own labor. They rely on women to support them."

The two of them looked at Old Yang who was walking away and continued, "If I had the conditions, I would also like to have a handsome man like him!"

Zhou Xiaobai hit her and said, "Don't be so crazy. Your family won't agree. Should we go find other people in the compound to play with? There's still a lot of time left today!"

Luo Yun thought for a moment and said, "The boys in the compound are too childish. They just think about hitting on women and fighting all day long. It's boring! Why don't we catch up with him and see what he does? That way, when we look for a partner in the future, we'll know where to start and won't be fooled by others."

Zhou Xiaobai looked at the excited Luo Yun, wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth and said, "Okay, let's catch up and see what he is doing. Maybe we can find some big secrets!"

After they finished talking, they chased in the direction where Lao Yang left.

Lao Yang was about to reach the park entrance when he heard footsteps behind him and turned his head to look. He saw the two women following behind him exhaled heavily, then pushed their bicycles and walked out of the park. The two women also hurried forward to find their own bicycles and followed Lao Yang out.

Old Yang ignored the two of them, got on his bike, and rode leisurely along the street towards Qianmen Street.

Old Yang rode his bicycle around for more than an hour and arrived at Qianmen Street. Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun followed behind him at a leisurely pace.

It was already past 11 noon when they arrived at Qianmen Street. Old Yang didn't feel anything, but Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun were thirsty and hungry. They hadn't eaten much in the morning. The two girls chatted non-stop along the way and had no time to find water to drink. The two of them stared at Old Yang with resentment, as if they were arguing with him.

Old Yang took a stroll along Qianmen Street, looking at the many time-honored shops that he remembered, one after another, and he felt sad: how many of them will be left in 40 or 50 years? They will eventually be eliminated as the economy develops.

Lao Yang looked at the two women following behind him, stopped their bicycles, pushed them to the door of Quanjude, parked the bicycles, and walked towards Quanjude.

When the two girls saw Lao Yang enter Quanjude, they quickly parked their bicycles at the door and followed Lao Yang into Quanjude.

The two women parked their car and wasted time. After entering, they could not see Lao Yang. The two women walked around the hall but could not find Lao Yang. They were wondering. A waiter came up and asked, "Are you two looking for someone?"

Luo Yun immediately replied: "We came in right after a tall and handsome guy. Where did he go? We couldn't find him!"

The waiter thought for a moment and asked, "Is it a handsome young man who is about 1 meters tall, wearing a Tang suit?"

The two girls nodded quickly and asked, "Yes. Do you know where he went?"

The waiter looked at the two women and said, "That comrade came and entered the room, but he didn't say there were other people. Are you sure you were together?"

Luo Yun nodded immediately and said, "Of course I am, otherwise why would I ask you? Take us there quickly."

The waiter saw that the two women did not look like bad people, so he took them to Lao Yang's box and knocked on the door.

I heard Lao Yang's voice coming from inside: "Come in!"

The waiter opened the door and led the two women into the room. He confirmed with Lao Yang, "Comrade, these two ladies said they were with you. Do you think that's true?"

Old Yang looked at the two miserable women and nodded to the waiter, "Yes. Let them come in and sit down!"

The waiter immediately made way for the two women and said, "Please come in!"

Then he turned and left the room and closed the door.

Old Yang looked at the two girls and asked, "Why are you always following me? Can't you go out and play by yourselves? Wouldn't you have more topics to talk about if you find your classmates or playmates of the same age?"

Luo Yun pulled Zhou Xiaobai to sit at the dining table and said to Lao Yang, "What's fun in following them? They only know how to slap their wives and fight. It's not as fun as following you!"

After saying that, he looked at the teapot on the table, picked it up, poured himself and Zhou Xiaobai a cup of tea and drank it. The two were really thirsty, and drank two cups in a row before stopping.

Luo Yun looked at Lao Yang and asked, "Brother Yang, have you ordered? Aren't we just going to sit here and drink water?"

Old Yang looked at Luo Yun who was not polite and said, "The only authentic roast duck here is this one. I ordered two and asked for a few side dishes. How much can you two eat? You can order yourselves. Don't be polite to me!"

Luo Yun immediately patted Lao Yang on the shoulder happily and said, "Brother Yang, you are really nice! Then we won't be polite."

Luo Yun pulled Zhou Xiaobai over and whispered something in her ear. Zhou Xiaobai shook his head first, then nodded, and whispered something in Luo Yun's ear. The two finally reached a consensus.

Luo Yun pressed the call bell on the table, and soon the door of the private room opened and a waiter came in.

Luo Yun started ordering food.