Zhao Yingnan, who was sitting at the table next to Zhou Chen and the others, kept his ears open to listen to the boys' conversation.
When she heard that Zhou Chen refused Qiu Shui to go to the movies and wanted to do more important things, a smile appeared on her lips.
"He hasn't forgotten."
Zhao Yingnan thought happily in her heart that she had been waiting for Zhou Chen to invite her to dinner, but it was a pity that they had never been able to leave the military camp. She did not want to miss such a good opportunity tomorrow.
It's just that she was embarrassed to take the initiative to find Zhou Chen, so she was waiting for Zhou Chen to invite her.
The important thing Zhou Chen mentioned was indeed to treat Zhao Yingnan to dinner. This was something he had agreed to a few months ago. Now that we have entered the new year, it is rare to take a day off tomorrow, so of course he must fulfill his promise.
Because there were too many people in the cafeteria, he planned to wait until the meal was over and tell Zhao Yingnan about it in private.
Zhou Chen deliberately slowed down his eating speed, and then asked Qiu Shui and others to leave first.
Zhao Yingnan also did something similar. She was waiting for Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen didn't leave, and she wasn't ready to leave either.
When the people in the cafeteria were almost gone, Zhou Chen stood up and prepared to explain tomorrow's events to Zhao Yingnan.
But as soon as he stood up and before he took a step, someone suddenly ran up to him.
"Zhou Chen."
"Liu Tingting."
Zhou Chen looked at Liu Tingting standing in front of him with a smiling face, and his expression was slightly surprised. He didn't have much contact with Liu Tingting.
Liu Tingting smiled and asked Zhou Chen: "Zhou Chen, where are you going to go on vacation tomorrow? My dad will send a car to pick me up tomorrow. If you go to the city, I can take you back and forth very quickly."
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Chen expectantly.
Zhou Chen immediately understood what Liu Tingting meant, so he said politely: "No, I won't go to the city tomorrow. Thank you, Liu Tingting."
"If you're not going to the city, where are you going? I'm not familiar with this place, how about we go out for a walk together?"
Liu Tingting, who was rejected, did not give up and invited Zhou Chen again. This time she wanted to go out with Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen refused again and said: "Sorry, Liu Tingting, I have already made an appointment tomorrow."
Liu Tingting's face suddenly changed and she asked: "Who did you date?"
"Make an appointment with me."
Zhao Yingnan walked over slowly, looked at Liu Tingting calmly, and said, "The person he made an appointment with is me, right, Zhou Chen."
Seeing that Zhao Yingnan admitted it openly, Zhou Chen naturally wouldn't hide it.
"Yes, Zhao Yingnan and I have already made an appointment to go to the county seat tomorrow, so I'm sorry, classmate Liu Tingting."
Being stared at by Zhao Yingnan's aggressive gaze, even the pampered Liu Tingting felt uncomfortable all over and looked embarrassed.
"Forget it, Zhou Chen, squad leader, I wish you have a good time tomorrow."
After saying that, he quickly fled the canteen.
After Liu Tingting left, Zhao Yingnan stopped his overbearing attitude and turned to Zhou Chen and said, "Zhou Chen, you are very charming. Liu Tingting even took the initiative to date you."
Zhou Chen chuckled lightly and said: "This is not important to me. What is important is that you just promised me to go to the county town for dinner together tomorrow?"
Zhao Yingnan's face turned red. She just saw Liu Tingting taking the initiative to ask Zhou Chen out, and she felt very unhappy, so she came over and drove Liu Tingting away with an imposing manner.
Now that I think about it, my posture just now clearly showed my thoughts.
"Why, squad leader, have you regretted it?"
Although Zhao Yingnan was shy, he still said firmly: "I do what I say. Since I promised you, I will not regret it. But where are you going to take me to eat?"
Zhou Chen had already made plans and replied: "I've already asked about it. It's definitely too late to go to Yanjing City, but the surrounding counties are still fine. There is a Western restaurant in the county, so go there."
"Western restaurant? Are there any Western restaurants in the county?"
Zhao Yingnan was surprised that Western restaurants were still very scarce in this era. She had grown up in a military compound and had never been to a Western restaurant.
"There is a family that I just don't know what to do with. Let's go check it out."
Zhou Chen naturally prefers Chinese food, but now except for big hotels in China, the environment of small restaurants is really average.
This time I am going out with a girl, so it is not suitable to stay in a small hotel. But are there any decent big hotels in the county? The environment of a western restaurant is relatively better and more stylish than a small hotel.
Zhao Yingnan said calmly: "I'll listen to you, but the military camp is quite far from the county seat. How about I borrow two bicycles and we can ride there?"
"no problem."
It was impossible to borrow a car in the military camp, and they couldn't walk there, so riding a bicycle was the best option.
That night, a group of people in the dormitory were still discussing where to go to play, and they talked until late at night before they took a rest.
Early the next morning, after Zhou Chen washed up, he went to the agreed place. When he arrived, Zhao Yingnan was already waiting.
"Zhao Yingnan, you're so early."
Zhao Yingnan said with a smile: "I got up early to borrow a car, but I only got one." He said with a regretful expression.
Zhou Chen secretly smiled in his heart, this girl also learned to lie.
However, Zhou Chen was not angry about such lies. Men and women could not always be honest with each other.
Being scheming is not a bad thing, as long as you look at how it is used, even if you are a little scheming for the person you like, it will not make people annoying.
"Just take one, I'll ride and take you."
"Really, can you?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "A man can't say no, leave it to me."
Today's Zhao Yingnan is completely different from before. He has short hair, wears a white turtleneck, a blue collarless jacket, dark blue jeans and white sneakers underneath. He has swept away the rigidity and seriousness of military training uniforms and looks particularly youthful and beautiful.
.
Although he sounded confident, to be honest, he had not ridden a bicycle for decades.
He took the bicycle from Zhao Yingnan, held the faucet, and rode on it. It felt okay, so he said to Zhao Yingnan: "Come on."
Zhao Yingnan sat in the back seat with a smile, Zhou Chen stepped on the pedal hard, and the bicycle immediately rode forward.
"good."
Zhou Chen was very satisfied with the smooth riding process. Except for the instability of the leading position at the beginning, everything went smoothly.
"Sit tight, I'm going to speed up."
Zhou Chen shouted loudly and immediately increased his pedaling speed. The speed of the bicycle soared instantly.
Zhao Yingnan originally grabbed Zhou Chen's clothes, but when Zhou Chen sped up, she was so frightened that she quickly hugged Zhou Chen's waist, and then stabilized her body.
Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't respond, Zhao Yingnan smiled sweetly, without letting go of his hand, and just hugged Zhou Chen's waist.
Although there was no mobile phone navigation, the route was relatively simple. Zhou Chen spent dozens of minutes arriving at the county town closest to the military camp.
Because they arrived early and there were still a few hours before lunch time, Zhou Chen and Zhao Yingnan were not in a hurry, but pushed their bicycles and started walking around the county town.
I don’t know what a good day it is today. There are a lot of people in the county town and all kinds of vendors selling things are very lively.
Zhao Yingnan, who has always been disciplined in his words and deeds, was like a child at the moment, looking around excitedly, sometimes looking at the jewelry on the stall, and sometimes looking at various fun toys.
After a while, Zhao Yingnan's hands were full of things, including a windmill and a crystal bracelet in his left hand, a marshmallow bigger than his head and a small candy man in his right hand.
Looking at the lively and cheerful Zhao Yingnan, Zhou Chen was very surprised. He didn't expect that the monitor had such an interesting side.
The two played for more than two hours, and then at Zhou Chen's invitation, Zhao Yingnan reluctantly left. Before leaving, he also brought a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts.
There is only one Western restaurant in this county, so Zhou Chen and the others found their destination easily.
There are still relatively few people eating Western food in the county. When Zhou Chen and the others arrived at the Western restaurant, there was only one table of customers in the large Western restaurant.
From Zhou Chen's point of view, the environment of this Western restaurant is really very low, but in this era, it is already considered good.
Zhao Yingnan didn't stop talking all the way here, so when he arrived at the restaurant, he didn't do much and just ordered a steak and a drink.
Zhao Yingnan held her chin with one hand and looked at Zhou Chen who was helping her cut the steak with a smile.
At this moment, she felt that Zhou Chen was very handsome, and she also felt that she was very sweet and happy.
"Here, it's cut, you can eat it with a fork."
Zhou Chen brought the steak cut into pieces in front of Zhao Yingnan.
Zhao Yingnan looked at the steak in front of him and asked curiously: "I saw on TV that steak needs to be medium-rare to be delicious. Why do you order medium-rare?"
Zhou Chen said: "This is your first time eating steak. You will definitely not be used to it if it is medium rare. Let alone you, even if it is me, it should be at least medium rare. Most of those on TV are acted.
Food is just for filling, not for showing off, so don’t think too much about it, let’s eat what we have.”
He has lived for decades and has seen too many different kinds of people. Not to mention eating medium-rare steaks, he has even seen them eaten raw.
However, he couldn't stand that kind of method anyway. Damn it, I don't eat the cooked ones, I have to eat the raw ones. Is it because the foreign way of eating is so delicious?
Unless there are special circumstances, he rarely goes to Western restaurants. Even if he goes to a Western restaurant, he will order dishes according to his own way of eating, without caring about other people's opinions.
Chinese cooking is extensive and profound, with thousands of years of tradition. Isn’t it as good as the centuries-old way of eating abroad?
"oh."
Zhao Yingnan didn't quite understand the twists and turns, but she absolutely believed what Zhou Chen said. She picked up her fork and started eating.
Although it is a small place, the consumption in the Western restaurant is really not low. If he had not received royalties, he would not have been able to afford it several times.
After the meal, Zhou Chen and Zhao Yingnan did not go back to the military camp immediately. Instead, they strolled around the county town again and bought a lot of gadgets.
Zhao Yingnan is a very educated person. Except for lunch, which was invited by Zhou Chen, she bought everything else with her own money. Even if Zhou Chen wanted to pay, she didn't want it.
Decades later, such quality would be really rare. In his time in the real world, when a man and a woman went out to play, many women wished they could move the shopping mall back home. If they wanted to buy things, the woman would have to pay for them.
, being called a scumbag is an understatement.
This era is better.
Zhao Yingnan had a great time during this trip to the county town, and the relationship between the two of them also improved a lot.
It wasn't until the evening that the two of them rode back. To Zhou Chen's surprise, they met an acquaintance before they even left the county town.
Qiu Shui and Xiao Hong.
I don't know when these two people got together, and they were also riding a bicycle.