The Courtyard House: The story begins with He Yuzhu beating up the White Widow.

Weng Tonghe said, "Comrade Wang Xia, your street office's pencil factory and home appliance factory have development potential. The district wants to take over these two factories and expand their scale."

Wang Xia then recalled what He Yuzhu had told her when he left the subdistrict office. Pretending to be deep in thought, Wang Xia said, "The district has no problem taking them over. But these two factories account for two-thirds of our subdistrict office's total revenue. Without the profits from these two factories, we can't carry out much of our work."

Weng Tonghe understood the underlying meaning in Wang Xia's words and said, "Comrade Wang Xia, we've discussed this issue in a meeting. The district has decided that 10% of the monthly revenue from these two factories will go to your subdistrict office. I think that's enough for your subdistrict office to carry out its work."

Wang Xia thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright! We'll obey the decision of our superiors. However, the 10% of the profits from the two factories each month going to our subdistrict office must be written into the official documents. In addition, our subdistrict office has the right to audit the accounts."

The district had already considered Wang Xia's request during a meeting. So when Wang Xia brought it up, Weng Tonghe immediately agreed. Weng Tonghe then chatted with Wang Xia about matters concerning the Nanluoguxiang Subdistrict Office before seeing her out of the office.

A little after 2 p.m., He Yuzhu rode his tricycle back to the police station. Just as he parked the motorcycle, Ma Huaimin appeared out of nowhere. Seeing Ma Huaimin, He Yuzhu asked, "Old Ma, what are you doing here?!"

Ma Huaimin said, "I just finished using the restroom and was heading back to the office. I saw you were back, so I came over to check on you." He then asked, "What did you get your hands on today?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "I passed by Qinghe today, and the village there was fishing. I waited for a while and brought back some fish and grain."

Ma Huaimin said with some disdain, "Zhu Zi, this fish is not easy to cook!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Whether it's easy to cook or not, it's good enough to have something to eat. Why are you being so picky?!"

Ma Huaimin said with a smile, "You can't blame me for this. Blame it on you, kid, for spoiling our palates."

"Okay! If you put it that way, I'll agree! I'll talk to the cafeteria staff later. From now on, whenever you go to get food, they'll give you two steamed buns!" After saying that, He Yuzhu called two free colleagues to help unload the goods.

After weighing the fish, He Yuzhu took the slip of paper to the finance department. The finance department registered the money and gave it to He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu then went to the canteen to teach the staff how to make dried fish. After finishing, He Yuzhu said goodbye to Deputy Chief Yao on duty and then rode his bicycle away from the police station.

He Yuzhu had just returned home and started working when He Yushui returned with Song Ran. As soon as they entered the courtyard, He Yushui, like a nightingale, introduced them: "Sister Ran, the three main rooms, one side room, and two east wing rooms in the courtyard all belong to our family. My father lives in the main rooms with my stepmother and younger brother. My brother and I live in the east wing rooms. However, my brother also has a house next door. If you marry my brother, you can live here if you want, or you can live next door if you don't."

Song Ran blushed and said, "Your brother and I aren't even officially dating yet! There's no rush!"

He Yushui smiled as she looked Song Ran up and down and said, "Sister Ran, you and my brother are not only in the same boat, but we're almost there too."

"You brat, you always tease me! I'll teach you a lesson!" With that, Song Ran started tickling He Yushui. Seeing this, He Yushui took off running. As she ran, she shouted towards the kitchen, "Brother, come out and do something about your boyfriend!"

The elderly men and women, young women and wives who were idle at home in the courtyard were all dumbfounded when He Yushui called out the word "boyfriend." Liu Gen's wife asked, "Auntie Pang, when did He Yuzhu get a boyfriend?!"

Aunt Pang replied, "I don't know about that. But Zhuzi is of marriageable age now, it's time for him to find someone and get married."

Aunt Zhou from the next courtyard asked, "Hey, Fatty Auntie, did you get a good look at that girl?! What did she look like?!"

The plump aunt replied, "I only glanced at her. The girl was quite pretty."

While the neighbors were gossiping about Song Ran, He Yuzhu came out of the kitchen and called out, "Xiao Ran, you're here!" Then He Yuzhu quickly walked to the outside of his room, took out his key, unlocked the door, and said, "Come in! Come in and sit for a while!"

Song Ran entered He Yuzhu's room, her eyes quickly scanning the furnishings. Although He Yuzhu lived alone, his room wasn't messy like other single men's rooms. Song Ran nodded in satisfaction, walked to the table, sat down, picked up a book He Yuzhu had placed on the table, glanced at it, and said, "Wow, He Yuzhu! I never knew you loved reading so much!"

He Yuzhu said, "This is a habit I developed when I was managing the production team of the street office. Back then, the production team had nothing. We had to start from scratch. As the leader, I not only had to know management, but also technology. Otherwise, no one would respect me." As he spoke, He Yuzhu made a cup of Le Koufu and placed it in front of Song Ran. Then he took out a snack box and said, "Have some snacks first to fill your stomach."

"Brother!" He Yushui appeared at that moment. He Yuzhu said, "You sit with your sister Xiaoran for a while, I'll go prepare the dishes."

"Hey!" He Yushui readily agreed, then trotted over to Song Ran's side and said, "Sister Ran, why don't you come sit in my room for a while?"

"No need! This place is fine!" After saying that, Song Ran took a piece of Sachima and handed it to He Yushui.

As He Yushui took the sachima, she said, "Sister Xiaoran, you should have some too! The pastries in this box were all made by my brother. They taste much better than what you buy outside."

Song Ran reminded her, "Even if it's delicious, you can't eat too much. If you eat too much, you won't be able to eat dinner."

He Yushui smiled and said, "Sister Xiaoran, don't worry! I know what I'm doing!" After saying that, He Yushui finished her sachima in a few bites and then said, "Sister Xiaoran, shall I take you to see the place next door?"

"Okay!" Song Ran agreed without hesitation.

He Yuzhu, busy in the kitchen, saw He Yushui take Song Ran out and immediately released his divine sense. Soon after, He Yuzhu saw through his divine sense that Song Ran was being harassed by several gossipy women from the neighboring courtyard. However, He Yushui didn't tolerate these gossipy women at all and easily dismissed them with a few words. Then, He Yushui took Song Ran to courtyard number 97.

Nearly half an hour later, He Daqing returned with Liang Wanping and He Yukun. Song Ran and He Yushui, who had just returned to He Yuzhu's room, came out upon hearing the commotion. He Yushui exclaimed, "Dad! You're back?!"