When Luo Xiangdong and I went upstairs to sleep, the sky outside was already dark. I don’t know how long I slept for, but I vaguely heard the sound of conversations coming from downstairs. Because I was still half asleep and half awake, I forgot where I was, so I didn’t pay attention.
With my eyes closed, there was no light in the room, so I continued to sleep. When I clearly heard the man's laughter coming from outside the door, and: "Hurry up, hurry up, Dongzi Jinwu is hiding his beauty, I have to see who it is..."
Accompanied by laughter and footsteps getting closer and closer, before I could fully wake up, I heard the door being pushed open, and the next second, the room became bright.
Several strange men rushed to the room where I was and stood less than three meters away from me. I almost screamed and subconsciously covered my face with the quilt.
Under the quilt, I suddenly lost all sleep. My eyes widened and I didn't know what was happening. Outside, several strange men laughed wildly, and someone said jokingly: "Hey, why are you in the guest bedroom? The master bedroom can't accommodate you?"
I was shaking a little with fright, and huddled under the quilt, not daring to show my head.
Not long after, I finally heard a familiar voice. It was Luo Xiangdong. He said helplessly: "You guys didn't say anything before coming. Why are you planning a surprise attack?"
A man replied with a smile: "If I had told you this in advance, I would still have bumped into your hidden beauty."
Another man also joked: "Just let people come out quickly. Don't hold it in anymore. An ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law sooner or later, right?"
Luo Xiangdong replied angrily: "Get lost."
Then I heard Luo Xiangdong's voice, and he said to me: "Liang Zijin, come out."
As if I had been given an order, I dared to slowly reveal my head from under the quilt. Four grown men stood at the door, including Luo Xiangdong. They all looked at me, and I felt like I was being watched. It was understandably embarrassing.
One of the young men wearing a dark purple coat looked at me, raised his eyes, and said with some surprise: "Huh? Why isn't it Du Ting?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was scolded by the other two men around him.
"What are you talking about? It doesn't make sense."
"Sister, come out quickly and stay out of sight. We are all Dongzi's friends."
I had long been frightened by the intrusion in front of me and the "caught in bed" aura. Only then did I realize that I was still lying on the bed, so I quickly opened the quilt and got out of bed. I nodded politely and said: " Hello, I am Liang Zijin.”
I don’t know what I said wrong, but the three men opposite me couldn’t stop laughing. The man in the dark purple coat simply joked: "It's not like the girl has no clothes on, so why are you hiding?"
My eyes dodge, thinking that whenever a woman is lying on her bed and suddenly sees a few strange men breaking into the door, her first reaction is to cover herself with a quilt, right
I didn't reply, just smiled awkwardly.
Luo Xiangdong said: "You guys, don't make trouble, this is my assistant."
"Ah? Aren't you explicitly forbidden by your old man not to eat grass from the side of the nest?"
I finally discovered that the man in the purple coat had a very mean mouth, and Luo Xiangdong had nothing to do with him. He rolled his eyes and replied indifferently: "I have a cold, and she came over to bring me food."
"So you took the opportunity to take a nap?" The man winked at Luo Xiangdong.
I was so embarrassed that I had to bite the bullet and interrupt loudly: "Well... I am Mr. Luo's assistant, but I call him brother in private. We are... good friends."
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Am I not trying to curry favor with Luo Xiangdong
I felt somewhat guilty when I said this, but when I saw Luo Xiangdong's face calm, he looked at me and said, "Don't explain to him. He is full of thoughts about male thieves and female prostitutes. You can't explain it."
When the man in the purple coat saw Luo Xiangdong openly throwing dirty water on him, he immediately raised his eyebrows and said to me: "Sister, don't listen to his nonsense, I'm just joking with you."
After that, he smiled and said to me: "Look, I forgot to introduce myself after talking for a long time. My name is Dou Chao."
The first reaction in my mind was: he should be called Doubi.
I smiled, nodded, and replied: "Hello." I was so afraid that I might slip up and call him a tease.
The other two men also reported their names to me, one was Shen Zisong and the other was Yang Hao.
In the next ten minutes, I learned from the conversation between them and Luo Xiangdong that they were all from out of town. Dou Chao and Shen Zisong were from Haicheng, and Yang Hao was from Ningcheng. The three of them drove to other places to do errands together. They passed by the night city and stopped by to raid Luo Xiangdong.
A few people were sitting on the sofa in the living room downstairs chatting, and I naturally acted as a nanny, serving them tea and water.
Luo Xiangdong returned upstairs, probably to change clothes.
Dou Chao said to me with a smile: "Stop being busy. You will be tired from taking care of Dongzi for a day. Please sit down and rest."
It was a normal greeting, but when it came from Dou Bu, no, it was Dou Chao, I always felt weird. Especially when he looked at me and said the word "tired", I caught a hint of meaning.
I could only comfort myself, thinking that Dou Chao had no other intentions. I smiled and sat on the side of the sofa.
Shen Zisong and Yang Hao were both very friendly people. I chatted with them for a while, and not long after, Luo Xiangdong came down from upstairs.
He changed into dark green casual trousers, a shirt and an orange-red sweater. I really like the combination of shirts and sweaters, and Luo Xiangdong seems to like wearing it this way, which suits me perfectly.
After he came downstairs, he looked at us and asked, "What do you want to eat tonight?"
Shen Zisong said: "You have the final say on your territory."
We all stood up from the sofa, and I said aloud: "Brother Dong, then you go have dinner with your friends, I'll go back first."
Before Luo Xiangdong could respond, Dou Chao was the first to say: "Don't worry, let's go together. Why are you going back first?"
I smiled lightly and replied: "No, you haven't seen each other for a long time, so I won't delay you."
Dou Chao said: "What shameful things can we grown men do together? Don't be afraid of delaying us. Let's go together."
I laughed more and more awkwardly because Dou Chao was so funny.
Yang Hao and Shen Zisong both asked me to come with them, and Luo Xiangdong also said, "Let's go, otherwise you will have to eat alone at night."
He said I was so pitiful, but this is my current situation.
As a result, the five of us went downstairs together. The three of them drove their own cars, and I took Luo Xiangdong's car. On the way to the hotel, I glanced sideways at Luo Xiangdong and asked aloud, "Are you feeling better?"
Luo Xiangdong groaned, and then said: "It's okay."
Seeing that he was also refreshed, I breathed a sigh of relief and said aloud: "After I come back in the evening, I will take the medicine again to consolidate it."
Luo Xiangdong said: "When I went to bed in the afternoon, I felt hot for a while. I thought it was drug poisoning. Don't let the cold be cured and leave other problems."
I frowned and replied: "It's okay, I'm a woman taking medicine like this, what are you, a grown man, afraid of?"
Hearing this, Luo Xiangdong raised the corners of his lips slightly and said, "You have Northeastern ancestry, but I don't."
He used this to tease me again. I dropped my face, looked away, and refused to defend myself at all.
Luo Xiangdong drove to the Ningguofu Hotel. It was such a familiar place. I thought he was going to invite Dou Chao and the others to eat here, but I didn’t expect that after getting out of the car, Luo Xiangdong said to them: "I will take you to a nice hotel." It’s a place you’ve never tasted before.”
After saying that, Luo Xiangdong raised his chin, pointed at me, and said, "She took me there."
I widened my eyes slightly, looked at Luo Xiangdong, and asked with some surprise: "Wanglaowu Hotel?"
Luo Xiangdong hummed, then walked across the street.
We walked all the way through the streets and came to the Wanglaowu store. Dou Chao's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "I'll go, is there still this place in Yecheng?"
Luo Xiangdong said: "It suits your identity very well."
Dou Chao smiled and replied: "Indeed."
The five of us walked into the store. Because the weather is getting cold now, we basically don’t eat outside unless there is not enough space inside the store.
I saw three tables outside and guessed that there must be no empty seats inside the store. Luo Xiangdong is now half-rested and not very busy. I'm afraid he will get cold if he eats out.
After entering the store, the tangy aroma of barbecue and hot pot was felt, and it was very warm. The entire store was packed with people, and the noise filled my ears.
The boss happened to pass by us. When he saw it was me and Luo Xiangdong, he smiled and said hello: "Come?"
I said, "Boss, are there no seats left?"
The boss groaned, and then said: "There are no seats inside, unless we add a table outside."
I said, "How long until the guests in the private room leave?"
The boss said: "There is a table that has been here for a long time, but I just don't know..."
Just as he was talking, the door of a private room on the right opened and a table of guests left. When the boss saw this, he immediately smiled and said: "It's just right. I'll ask someone to clean it up. You can just sit in the private room."
Because last time I cleverly suppressed the conflict between the two groups and did not fight in the boss's store, the boss was very grateful to me, so he took more care of me than others.
We entered the private room and Luo Xiangdong directly asked me to order. I asked Dou Chao, Shen Zisong and Yang Hao about their tastes. Haicheng people still prefer seafood, while Ningcheng people eat lighter food, so I ordered what they like to eat based on their different tastes.
During the dinner, Dou Chao still made fun of me and asked me: "Zijin, do you know that Dongzi has a girlfriend, right?"
I subconsciously glanced at Luo Xiangdong and saw that his face was as usual and he was picking up vegetables, so I raised the corners of my lips and replied with a slight smile: "I know, Du Ting."
Dou Chao continued to ask: "Then you said that since you live in Dongzi's house, you are not afraid that the person who rushes in today is not us, but Du Ting?"
My first reaction was to retort: "I don't live in his house, it happens to be..." I explained this.
Dou Chao smiled and said, "What if Du Ting comes in and she suspects you are with Dongzi?"