Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

When He Lai returned to the office, Yu Shui was sitting at his seat, reading a novel intently.

"What are you doing? Why don't you stay at your post every day? Why do you come to me?"

He Lai tapped Yu Shui's head and said.

"Humph, isn't Wu'er coming here? I have to keep an eye on her when you're not here."

Rain said.

"Oh? Where is that little girl?"

"He's downstairs playing with the kids."

"So, did you see loneliness?"

He Lai was speechless.

"That girl Wu'er was chattering and insisted on going out. How could I stop her?" Yu Shui said a little unhappily.

He Lai looked at Yu Shui's pouting expression of grievance and surrendered instantly.

"Okay, okay, I was just joking. Look at you, you're still angry. How is the novel? Is it good?"

"It's nice, but this Zhang Wuji is too fickle! He wants this and that, just like Brother Lai."

Rainwater joked with a smile.

"What nonsense are you talking about! You're the only one I know!"

"I don't believe it. I know a lot of people like Shiya, Xinran, and Qiuye!"

Yu Shui stretched out his fingers and counted them.

"Rainwater, you look so beautiful when you're jealous."

"Humph!"

"Okay, they are just my friends. You are the only woman who will be with me for the rest of my life."

He said this, then hugged Yu Shui and kissed her gently on the face.

Hearing He Lai's affectionate confession, Yu Shui's face turned even redder. She gently pushed He Lai and said, "Hate it. This is an office. What if someone sees us?"

He Lai smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? We are husband and wife, why should we be afraid of others seeing us?"

At this time, Wu'er and Meng'er ran in, scaring Yu Shui so much that she left He Lai's arms.

He Lai coughed and said, "Where have you two been?

"Brother, I want to drink soda." Wu'er did not respond to He Lai's words, but asked for water to drink instead.

Hearing this and seeing that they were sweating profusely, He Lai had no choice but to take out two bottles of soda from the drawer, opened the caps and gave them to Wu'er and the other girl.

"Brother Lai, why do you have soda here?" Yu Shui asked curiously.

"It's because of this girl. She runs around all day and gets thirsty after a while. I don't have any cold water, so I can only prepare a few bottles of soda for her to quench her thirst."

He Lai explained with a smile.

"Oh."

"Are you drinking?"

"I'm not a kid."

"You will always be a child in my heart, drink it."

"whee."

……

The two little girls finished drinking the soda and ran out again, and He Lai looked at the rain again.

"You're really not going back? It seems the announcer is quite free." He Lai joked.

"Brother Lai, you are laughing at me again. We broadcasters don't have much to do. In the morning and at noon, we just read the scripts and read the notices and documents issued by the factory."

Rainwater explained.

People who work in offices these days are all the same. They spend most of their time at work doing nothing.

"What a coincidence. I have nothing to do. Brother Liu and the others have done all the work."

He Lai smiled.

"Brother Lai, I heard from our Propaganda Department that Lu Zixuan has come to our Sijiu City, and you went to the lighter factory to see him yesterday. So are you here today?"

Rain said softly.

"You only think about these things. Didn't I tell you to ignore them and just do your own thing?"

"I'm worried."

"I see you're not worried, you're curious."

"whee."

……

After sending the rain away, He Lai could finally lie down for a while. Looking at the more and more meat accumulating in the space, He Lai felt for the first time that it would be a good idea to go to Hong Kong City. At least he could get all the meat out.

There are quite a few carnivores in the space. The two little wolves have grown up a long time ago and mated with the Labradors in the space to produce a number of mixed-breed dogs. They look more like wolves than dogs, but they are much taller than wolves.

He Lai felt that these dogs could form a wolf pack, but unfortunately, all they did now was play, and it was unknown how much of their wolf instincts they had left. They just strolled around in the space all day long. Of course, they didn't dare to bite the animals in there, after all, they had He Lai, their master, around.

But the amount of meat they can consume is still a little less. After all, the only animals that eat meat in this space are blind bears, badgers, sables, golden eagles, wolves and dogs.

Alas, I don’t know why other time travelers don’t deal with so much meat. He Lai doesn’t dare to sell it. After all, the quantity is too large, and now wild boars are castrated. I guess the quality is not like wild boars, but more like domestic pigs.

Forget it, forget it, just put it aside for now. Anyway, there is enough space now to put it aside for the time being.

As expected, something unexpected happened. Secretary Liang knocked on the door and came in.

"Chief He, this is some famous tea that Director Li brought back from the south for you. Take a look."

Secretary Liang said this and placed a bag of tea on He Lai's desk.

"Well, thank Director Li for me. Is Director Li back?"

He said this and put the bag directly under the table.

"I'm back. This time it's the same as before. I'd like to trouble Chief He to get me some good meat. You know what I mean."

Secretary Liang said.

"Okay, I get it, let's keep it the same as usual."

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Chief He."

"polite."

……

After He Lai sent Secretary Liang away, he thought that having such a Li Huaide was not a bad thing. At least with him around, many things that could not be made public could be done without worrying that he would expose himself.

I opened the bag and took a look. They were all high-quality teas, such as Pu'er tea, Longjing tea and the like. They must have been bought from the Canton Fair.

In the afternoon, He Lai drove out in his small truck and brought back the meat that Li Huaide needed before he got off work.

When He Lai returned to the office, Wu'er and Meng'er were already looking for food at their desks.

He Lai hugged Meng'er from behind. When Meng'er saw that it was He Lai, she sweetly called him "Uncle Lai".

"You little girl, you've been led astray by Wu'er, and now you dare to steal your uncle's food."

He Lai scratched Meng'er's nose and smiled.

"Brother, I'm not a bad person! Didn't you say that I can't take food from the cafeteria and asked me to ask you for food?"

Wu'er opened a bag of snacks and stuffed them into her mouth while speaking.

"Okay, okay, you are right, but remember, the food in my office can only be eaten in the office. You are not allowed to take it out. Remember?"

He Lai put Meng'er down and said.

"Brother, you are so long-winded. You have said this countless times. My ears are callused from hearing it."

Wu'er taunted.

When He Lai heard this, he became furious. He picked up Wu'er and slapped her on the butt twice.

"Speak properly in the future. Look at you, what do you look like? You are just like a little gangster. If you don't behave yourself in the future, I will let Dad take care of you. I won't care anymore."

"No, brother, I will speak nicely. Please don't send me to dad. Dad's beating hurts a lot." Wu'er agreed quickly.

Meng'er also nodded silently and ate the snacks carefully. After all, she had seen with her own eyes how He Zhan beat Wu'er.

"My silly sister, your big brother's hitting hurts even more!" He Lai said with a smile as he picked up Wu'er.

"Brother is the best to me, that's why he can't bear to hit me." Wu'er faced me and kissed He Lai on the forehead.

"You little girl, where did you learn that? How can a girl kiss others so casually?"

He Lai looked at Wu'er with amusement. After all, in later generations, it was very common for children to kiss adults, but it was still rare in this era.

"I learned it from you, big brother. You often kiss my sister-in-law on the forehead. Every time you do that, she's so happy." Wu'er replied.

He Lai held his forehead with his hand, he had forgotten about this.

"Come on, uncle, I want to kiss you too." Meng'er said shyly.

"You two have your mouths full of snack crumbs, why are you kissing? Just sit there and finish your food. We'll be going home soon."

"oh oh."

After hearing this, the two little girls obediently sat on the chairs and continued eating.

Fortunately, time passed quickly and I got off work soon.