Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 917

Luo Binhan quickly calmed down from his surprise.Among his acquaintances, no one had ever discussed such a topic with him so directly.But at the end of the day, they are old enough and in a social relationship that values ​​that.So he just shrugged, not wanting to sound too fussy, and went back to his familiar gossiping mode.

He remembered the coffee shop he and Yu Xiaorong strayed into on Monday, and the unusual atmosphere in the shop, so he asked Shi Qi if he had an appointment there too.His asking this also proves that he is indeed not familiar with the surrounding situation, because there are more than a dozen stores nearby that provide similar services, making it look like an urban dating circle.There are several membership-only dating chat groups like organizing here.They will strictly check whether the identity information of each joiner is true, and then chat freely among group friends according to their interests, or participate in offline activities organized by them.If couples in the process are looking for a place to create some ambiance, these stores also have a few little tricks in store.

When he said this, Shi Qi stopped.Luo Binhan curiously asked what these tricks meant, but she just shook her head, with a mysterious smile on her face that only people with secrets could show.This can't help but make people feel that there is some element of prank (or even real deception) in it, but Luo Binhan couldn't guess it yet.Nan Mingguang is still an old-school person at heart, and he likes the traditional, reliable and private network of acquaintances.In his eyes, things like urban dating groups are probably just child's play, or they are suspected of conspiracy and fraud.

At this point, Luo Binhan himself also feels that the identity verification from the merchant is not reliable.Shi Qi comes from a wealthy family and has an introverted personality. He is the type who is most likely to be plotted against.Out of the friendship between classmates, he couldn't help but want to remind her that sitting in a cafe and chatting is not enough to understand a person's whole picture.He put it quite tactfully when he mentioned this, but I'm afraid it was still a bit presumptuous and crossed the line.Shi Qi's attitude was very calm and she did not provide any explanation for the activities she was participating in.But Luo Binhan still suspected that she had said the wrong thing, so she was a little unhappy.

"So," he changed the subject flexibly, "when will your date start today?"

"An hour more."

"You came early enough." Luo Binhan said doubtfully.However, he noticed that she was dressed up carefully. Maybe the blind date was just one of today's arrangements.This was none of his business, and it wasn't his date anyway. He was about to leave after just two more words, but Shi Qi asked, "Are you free today?"

"Yes?" Luo Binhan said reflexively, "What's wrong?"

"If it's convenient, let's go sit in a teahouse together for a while?"

"……Now?"

"There are some things I really want to ask you about, so just think of it as doing me a favor."

When he heard what she said, Luo Binhan's instinctive thought was that Shi Qi wanted him to help advise on blind dates.There's something presumptuous about thinking this way, but his cousin has actually done it before, as if men can identify each other's moral standards just by looking at them from a distance.Who has such a discerning eye?Anyway, Luo Binhan felt that he couldn't do it.Just as he was about to refuse this risky task, Shi Qi continued: "It's been a long time since I saw the people I met in high school. Have you ever bumped into them?"

"I've met a few of them."

"Where is Zhou Yu? Are you still in contact? I remember you two have always had a good relationship, right?"

When she mentioned Zhou Yu, Luo Binhan couldn't help but think of many old things from high school.This is an undeniable fact. They were inseparable in high school. Anyone who remembers him will never forget Zhou Yu, and vice versa. "Zhou Yu is also staying in the city." He quickly told Shi Qi, "We met last week."

"Is he working in the hospital now?"

"No," Luo Binhan said, and immediately became a little surprised, "Did you know that he studied medicine?"

"Didn't he always read some strange books before? I remember one about human anatomy. The illustrations on it were very scary."

This kind of accurate memory for minutiae is remarkable.He glanced at Shi Qi and was surprised that she remembered Zhou Yu so well.This matter suddenly became mysterious, because although Zhou Yu is a bit maverick, he is an invisible figure who is often forgotten in the boys' circle.He secretly thought about this and unconsciously followed Shi Qi forward. "You still remember him," he said. "When did you read his book?"

"I saw it once when the blackboard newspaper was published."

They were already walking along the main road.While walking, Shi Qi talked about this little episode from his student days.She used to be the literary and art committee member of her class (Luo Binhan actually didn’t remember it at all). Before the sprint stage of her senior year, she and the art class representatives would rack their brains every two weeks to use various patterns, excerpts and quotations from famous people to write Fill up the blackboard at the back of the classroom.

This kind of blackboard newspaper has always been regarded as superficial by Luo Binhan, but competition among classes is quite fierce.They always lose a little bit because the class next door does so well.There is a student who can write particularly beautiful chalk calligraphy, which is as neat and beautiful as the printed regular script calligraphy; there is also a painter who is good at using colors, and uses those extremely monotonous chalks very wonderfully, almost lifelike. It's hard for anyone to look away.Of course, these people included Shi Qi. She became very interested in this painter. Later she found out that the other person was Zhou Yu's sister——

"Huh?" Luo Binhan said, and he stopped.Before they knew it, they reached the end of the market and stood under the bright and bright ice-blue shed.There are various restaurants across the street.He had completely forgotten about the blind date group, he just looked at Shi Qi in shock.

"What's wrong?" Shi Qi asked.

The light turned green at this moment, and she walked towards the other side of the street.Luo Binhan habitually blocked her right side, staring at the intersection on the left. "Zhou Yu's sister?" He repeated, "You mean the particularly gloomy girl in the next class?"

Shi Qi turned his head and looked at him blankly, as if he, not her, had said something particularly bizarre.She almost stopped in the middle of the street.Although Luo Binhan was attracted by the words, he could also realize that their behavior was both seeking death and scolding, so he quickly pushed her gently and let them cross the sidewalk quickly.The pedestrian street across the road was also very narrow, and it was difficult for two people to stand still and talk, so they naturally walked into the nearest teahouse.At this moment, Luo Binhan was walking in front.The original unfamiliarity and estrangement no longer mattered. He was determined to clarify this bizarre campus past today - actually today, some people still regard Zhou Yu as Zhou Yu's sister!

He and Shi Qi sat down in the corner by the window, casually ordered a set meal, and then eagerly asked her to finish the story.Just where Luo Binhan was ignorant, his own class's blackboard newspaper group was engaged in a cruel college battle with "Zhou Yu's sister".They felt that she was a bit too professional, so they had to ask Zhou Yu about the origin of this competitor.Only then did they learn that Zhou Yu had a painter father ("Not at all!" Luo Binhan interrupted painfully.), and that he had completely passed on his talent to his second child (Luo Binhan almost buried his head in the teapot.).At this time, they felt that it was difficult to win, but they still made a last effort to ask Zhou Yu whether those strange-style paintings were copied from other works.Zhou Yu went to ask for them, and later handed them a bag of photocopied drawings printed in volumes.The drawings all looked like personal works, but for some reason, two rather scary books were mixed into them.One is an anatomy book with the words "Given to Zhou Yu" written on the title page, and it comes with large color-printed illustrations; the other is a book about torture in the Middle Ages, also equipped with detailed and detailed illustrations.

Those books may not seem like much to adults today, but they were frightened at the time.Shi Qi recalled her own student days and relaxed because she was away from the current topic.She would even smile when talking about the nightmares she had over those strange books.Zhou Yu or her sister must have made a mistake.She said this to Luo Binhan.I accidentally mixed my usual reading material into the picture album - but it's weird enough to read these things normally!She still doesn't have the nerve to ask who the book "A Detailed Explanation of Medieval Torture" belongs to.

What she said had a completely different meaning in Luo Binhan's ears.Basically, he didn't believe that any of the bad things Zhou Yu did was unintentional. The woman undoubtedly mixed two unrelated books into the drawing on purpose, and made a little nasty joke with Shi Qi.Why did she play tricks on Shi Qi like this?In Luo Binhan's opinion, this prank did not seem to be out of disgust - in fact, Zhou Yu was more inclined to ignore people she disliked, and instead showed her slightly mean humor to acquaintances.However, no matter how you look at it, Shi Qi has nothing to do with her, and Shi Qi doesn't even know the real relationship between her and Zhou Yu.

"I never thought blackboard newspapers could be such a cruel thing," he said with mock seriousness.Shi Qi was immediately embarrassed, but still argued that there was nothing wrong with it.No matter how meaningless it is, once you invest in it for too long, it will be difficult for you not to be serious. "So," Luo Binhan asked seriously, "you also spent a lot of time learning painting?"

"I just learned it for a while when I was a kid."

"Sketch? Chinese painting? Or watercolor painting?"

"It's a sketch." The black and white lotus picture appeared in front of Luo Binhan again.He observed Shi Qi through the reflection in the tea cup, thinking that this could indeed be considered a common ground.But it was still too forced.Zhou Yu is not the kind of person who shows a good face to you just because of their common interests. "Did you stop painting later?" he asked casually, "Are you still painting now?"

Shi Qi turned the teacup, and after a while he said, "I haven't painted in many years."

"What's wrong?" Luo Binhan asked sharply.

"It's nothing. I don't need it in my usual work, and I don't like it very much. When I was a child, I only went to interest classes because my parents signed me up. What about you? What is your hobby?"

The way she changed the subject was a little blunt, as if she didn't want to mention painting. "I don't have any special hobbies," Luo Binhan said along with her. "Playing some games, reading some novels, and traveling are just such low-level pastimes."

"You said you spent two years abroad. Is it traveling? Or studying abroad?"

It’s time to bring out the African story again.Luo Binhan has now recited it so well that he almost believes it himself.Shi Qi is a very good listener, he won't pry everywhere like Hannah Zahn, which makes people feel frightened.She rested her hand on her chin the whole time and listened politely, even though her eyes were suspicious, she refused to ask questions.They talked about animals in Africa for a while, and then returned to Zhou Yu from African art.Shi Qi is still calling Zhou Yu "Sister Zhou Yu", as if to avenge Luo Binhan's nonsense on his trip to Africa, but her naivety and credulity have already stamped Luo Binhan's heart.Even such an outrageous lie could deceive her for ten years!
Luo Binhan felt that he should correct this completely wrong perception for her.Before he found the right time, Shi Qi suddenly asked him: "Have you met her?"

"Who?"

"Zhou Yu's sister. Since you are still in contact with Zhou Yu, you must have met her, right?"

Luo Binhan's hand fidgeting with the tea cup paused. "Well," he said vaguely, "I met two years ago. She...is no longer in the city."

He didn't want to talk about that incident in front of Shi Qi, lest this accidental reminiscing become unpleasant.Shi Qi didn't notice his dodge, but asked intently: "Do you think her personality is gloomy?"

"Isn't it?" Luo Binhan asked, "Who have you ever seen her look good on?"

"But, you had a good relationship with her back then, right?"

Luo Binhan immediately wanted to clarify this rumor righteously, but there was a vague emotion that made him unable to bring himself to do it.When a person is alive, people avoid him, but after death, he is everywhere like air, filled with all kinds of trivial details. This is the processing of memory by death.Moreover, he quickly thought that from Shi Qi's point of view, Zhou Yu, who would come to his rescue in embarrassing moments with a cold face, was certainly on good terms with him.

"I'm Zhou Yu's buddy." He finally admitted, "I must be familiar with her."

Shi Qi stared at him blankly.There was an indescribable emotion in those eyes. It couldn't be said to be friendly, but it couldn't be said to be disgusting either.She seemed to be looking at him from a distance outside the camera, through the screen. "So, you also met through Zhou Yu?"

"Yes." Luo Binhan said.He suddenly felt that Shi Qi paid too much attention to Zhou Yu.This concern may be due to the talent gap.However, if the level of artistic talent must be directly proportional to the degree of shame, it is not bad to choose a path of life.

He was about to say a few bad words about Zhou Yu from this perspective, to comfort the frustrated man who had quit the art palace, but Shi Qi changed the subject himself.She asked endlessly about Luo Binhan's life after returning to China, the parrots he raised, and the life of his foreign sister.Luo Binhan also casually asked a few trivial matters, such as the current situation of their teacher and whether the school's uniforms had been updated.When he mentioned school, Luo Binhan thought of the colorful papers tucked into the back of the graduation album.

"You wrote me a graduation speech, do you remember it?" He asked on a whim, "Guess how many words there are in total?"

Shi Qi's face immediately turned red, probably because of the heat of the tea.She must have not forgotten this performance. "I don't think it's necessary to write too much," she defended. "To write those kind words is too... unnecessary anyway."

"Then you can't just write four words, right? At least give a comment to your classmates."

"I don't comment on others." Shi Qi said immediately.Her words contained the most decisive and resolute tone in the entire reminiscing today, showing that this was indeed an important principle for her.Luo Binhan wanted to say, "You can just say a few polite words," but he wisely stopped.He couldn't think of what to say for a moment, because he and Shi Qi had never had much interaction.So he pretended to open the phone accidentally, and then screamed in surprise - the surprise was not entirely fake.

"Crap," he said, "We've been talking for an hour and a half!"

Shi Qi was as surprised as he was that the impromptu chat took so long.She stood up in a hurry and wanted to ask the waiter to pay the bill.Luo Binhan suggested: "You go to the appointment first. I'll pay the bill."

Shi Qi shook his head and looked down at the time again.There was a bit of anxiety between her brows, but she didn't feel regretful.Thanks to Luo Binhan, she would probably let someone's pigeon fly today.However, Luo Binhan felt that it was not all his fault because the tea room was too quiet.From beginning to end, neither his nor Shi Qi's cell phones rang. It felt like they had only been sitting there for 10 minutes.

The waiter is here.Shi Qi shared the bill with him but did not leave immediately.She stood in front of the store and thought for a moment, then suddenly turned to Luo Binhan and said, "Actually, I don't have an appointment today."

"Huh?" Robin Han said.

"I'm just here for show."

"What kind of appearance?"

"Like a daughter," she said.Luo Binhan wanted to ask more, but she had already waved her arms in a farewell gesture.

"Let's talk next time we meet." She said and walked away quickly.Luo Binhan watched her disappear at the crossroads, feeling that she was even more mysterious and unpredictable than Zhou Yu.

(End of this chapter)