A Young Woman's Heart

After all, the bathrobe was already on the larger side, so for him it was just not very loose.

Zhou Yong, wrapped in a pink bathrobe, walked out awkwardly and carefully went downstairs, afraid that it would slip off his body.

When Tian Tingchan saw him come down, she stared at him intently, then her eyes darted around, her phoenix eyes narrowed, and she said with a mischievous smile, "Aren't you wearing anything underneath?"

"Cough! Of course... I have nothing to wear..." Zhou Yong coughed awkwardly, "Uh... where should I sit?"

"Why don't we go upstairs and sit? We can watch TV there." Tian Tingchan picked up the fruit plate from the table. "Would you like some oranges?"

"Um, let's eat upstairs..."

"Ah."

Tian Tingchan glanced at him sideways, her mischievous smile never fading. As she walked past him, she even deliberately bumped into him.

Zhou Yong felt as if he had been teased.

Moreover, in this vacuum state, all kinds of reactions are extremely sensitive.

No matter what, he's a young man full of energy and vitality. A man and a woman alone in a room, and he's only wearing a bathrobe. It would be a lie to say he didn't have some thoughts.

He awkwardly hunched over and followed Tian Tingchan all the way to the third floor.

He immediately found a corner seat and sat down. Tian Tingchan looked at him with some confusion: "Aren't you going to lean back on the sofa?"

"Uh, no need, no need!" Zhou Yong quickly waved his hand. "I'll sit here, it's fine here."

Tian Tingchan pretended not to know what he was thinking and turned on the TV.

However, Zhou Yong's attention was completely off the television program; in a daze, he even felt that the television was playing **.

He shook his head and realized that it was his own head that was 'playing' the audio.

"Oh, right, I'll go wash your clothes for you and then dry them with the electric heater."

"Okay, thanks, Brother Chan." Zhou Yong tried to hypnotize and admonish himself.

No matter what terrible things a person thinks about, as long as he never puts them into practice, he is definitely a virtuous person.

Zhou Yong is probably that kind of person.

As if afraid he would get cold, the air conditioner in the room was turned on, making Zhou Yong so warm that he even broke out in a sweat.

He felt that his brain had been congested with blood for too long, and it even ached a little.

He then leaned against the wall to rest.

I drifted off to sleep in a daze.

When he suddenly woke up, it was already completely dark outside. The streetlights outside the window were on, and pedestrians with umbrellas were coming and going like a group of mushrooms in a hurry.

"what……"

"woke up?"

"Uh, how long have I been asleep?"

It's already 6:30.

"So late?" Zhou Yong patted his cheek, chuckled sheepishly, and sat up. "Are my clothes dry?"

"It should be almost dry."

"Phew, thanks...cough!" Zhou Yong had just sat up when he noticed a bulge in his bathrobe. He awkwardly clamped it between his legs and changed the subject, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet, do you want noodles for dinner?" Tian Tingchan didn't turn around; her attention seemed to be entirely focused on the TV series in front of her.

"Okay, uh, how about I treat you tonight?" Zhou Yong had just finished speaking when he slapped his forehead and said with a wry smile, "Uh, I didn't bring my wallet, so I guess I can't treat you. I only brought enough money for the bus fare..."

"Okay, then let's have noodles later."

"Where are my clothes?" he asked cautiously, standing up with his back to Tian Tingchan.

"Second floor, you'll see it when you go down."

"it is good……"

Zhou Yong walked nervously to the stairwell. He felt that Tian Tingchan had glanced at him, but when he turned around, he found that she was still intently watching TV.

The clothes were dry, and because they were tumble-dried, they were especially warm to wear.

His heart felt warm as a result.

Since other people do my laundry, I feel embarrassed to ask them to cook dinner.

After changing his clothes, Zhou Yong felt much calmer and busied himself in the kitchen, preparing to cook a pot of noodles.

But Tian Tingchan had followed him down at some point: "Let me do it."

"Uh, okay...do you need any help?"

"Need not."

"By the way, when did you come down?"

"I came down with you." Tian Tingchan winked mischievously.

"Huh?" Zhou Yong was extremely embarrassed. "Just now...uh...when I was changing clothes?"

"Hmm," Tian Tingchan said with a teasing laugh, "The size is rather average."

"Cough cough cough cough!!" Zhou Yong almost choked on his own saliva.

But Tian Tingchan smiled mischievously and said, "I was just kidding. I came down after you changed your clothes."

"...How did you know when I had changed my clothes?"

"Hmm... guess?"

Zhou Yong still felt like he had been seen naked.

Although he didn't mind being seen naked, it still made him feel strange.

"What's wrong? I didn't actually see it. Could it be that your size is really small?"

"Hey! Who said that? It's eighteen centimeters!"

"Nonsense." Tian Tingchan clearly didn't believe it.

It's not unusual for Tian Tingchan to make such jokes. In fact, she makes farcical jokes even more often when chatting on the forum. Otherwise, why would Zhou Yong have thought she was a man?

She just rarely says these things in real life, perhaps out of a girl's modesty.

However, after getting to know her better, she gradually opened up and slowly became one with the persona she was on the forum.

Of course, this only applies when facing Zhou Yong.

How about braised noodles?

"Great! You can even make braised meat sauce?"

"Of course," she said with a hint of pride. "My braised meat sauce is delicious."

Only at times like this did Zhou Yong feel that she was like a little child who liked to show off.

"Hehe, then I'll have to try it and see just how delicious it is!"

Zhou Yong watched her cook noodles, mainly watching her make the gravy, also known as the sauce.

This type of noodle is quite easy to make; in just over ten minutes, two bowls of fragrant noodles are ready.

Zhou Yong stirred the sauce, then scooped up a large mouthful with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.

"How about it?"

"Hmm—not bad?"

"Ok?"

"It's so delicious!!"

……

Chapter 155 Tea and Roadside Tea Stalls

Located on the outskirts of Hangzhou, this area was originally a small town. Although it has been incorporated into the city in recent years, it has not undergone much development; the power grid has simply been reorganized.

The town has a somewhat old-fashioned feel. The roads are newly paved with cement, but they haven't been widened and are only wide enough for one car to pass at a time.

If another car is coming from the other end, one car must back up to the intersection to allow the other car to pass.

Fortunately, there aren't many cars driving on the small roads in the town; most of the vehicles that do come park in the newly built square outside.

Walking into these maze of alleys, it's easy to get lost. Cha Li wandered around for ages without finding her way out, so she simply sat down in front of a tea stall that she had only ever seen on TV. A waiter-like man came over and asked solicitously, "Sir, what would you like to order?"

"Oh, are you a waiter?"

"Haha, you're both the waiter and the boss." The middle-aged man flicked the towel hanging on his shoulder. "These days, there aren't many waiters anymore."

"There aren't many people in town," Cha Li said, tilting her head to look outside. "But it's not too deserted either."

"This place was only lively twenty or thirty years ago, when I was just over ten years old..." It seems that every adult becomes quite talkative when talking about the past, as if they have so much to say and so many memories to recall. Fortunately, the shop owner didn't forget that this was his business, and stopped after a few words. "It's gotten better in recent years, but I heard that in a few years this place will be demolished to build those high-rise buildings..."

"The building." Cha Li coughed softly.

"Oh, the building? Haha, I'm not very educated, all I can do is keep accounts," the boss laughed. "This place will be lively again, who knows, it might even become a new center!"

"Will you still be running the shop then?"

"Why open a shop? Take the money you lose and buy some shops, then rent them out and collect rent every month, wouldn't that be better?" the boss laughed. "Young lady, would you like tea or wine?"

"Tea is fine, what kind of tea do you have?"

"We have Longjing tea, Tieguanyin tea, barley tea, and our local tea. I recommend you choose the local tea; it's cheap and delicious, and the taste is not much worse than Longjing!"

"Then let's use local tea leaves."

Would you like some side dishes?

"Any side dishes?"

"Of course, a teahouse can't just be about drinking tea."

Cha Li thought of the tavern in Kong Yiji, her eyes darting around, and said, "Then... how about a plate of fennel beans?"