coobybook Chapter 105 Crab Invitation
Chapter 105 Crab Invitation
11 o'clock.
Ode to Joy 2001.
Fan Shengmei has already been sent back to Ode to Joy by Wang Baichuan. Just like in the original drama, she got off the car at the entrance of the residential area and walked back to the twentieth floor by herself. She met Andy at the entrance, and the two decided to call Guan and Qiu to chat for a while longer.
"Yingying, what did you say to each other when you got to the end?" Guan Juer was very curious about what Qiu Yingying and Ji Xiaotong had talked about, even though it was the first time she had met them.
"Sister Xiaotong said that Brother Zhang doesn't have a girlfriend!" Qiu Yingying calmly relayed Ji Xiaotong's words to the others.
Fan Shengmei ignored what Qiu Yingying was saying and stared blankly at her. "Little Earthworm, are you possessed? Who's in there! Come out! Give me back Little Earthworm!" As she spoke, she shook Qiu Yingying's shoulders violently, causing Qiu Yingying's head to swing back and forth wildly.
"Sister Fan, spare me! Sister Fan, I can't take it anymore! My head is going to fall off!"
Fan Shengmei stopped her antics and sat down on the sofa with Guan Juer, looking at Qiu Yingying. "Little Qiu, why have you suddenly changed your personality? You used to jump around and scream about things like this! Why are you so calm this time? Wait, are you and Ji Xiaotong that familiar? Are you calling her Sister Xiaotong?"
"Sister Xiaotong told me to call her that, and don't you guys think that Sister Xiaotong, how should I put it? She gives me the feeling of an empress from a TV drama! I feel that the perfect woman should be like her, so I wanted to imitate her!" Qiu Yingying said, "If you don't have enough IQ, you can make up for it with TV dramas!"
Fan Shengmei scoffed at this claim, "Empress! Then what about the Empress Dowager? To be honest, Ji Xiaotong has an air of wealth, and Qu Xiaoxiao, they both seem rich, and they even paid for Wang Baichuan's bill! Wang Baichuan said I have good connections in Shanghai, and that people always pay for me wherever I go!"
Guan Juer also said, "I think Sister Xiaotong has a kind of affinity, and she feels like a real older sister to me."
Andy summarized, "The three of you have slightly different focuses. I think she seems to have some of the characteristics you mentioned. Ji Xiaotong seems to be a leader, decisive and authoritative, at least Qu Xiaoxiao trusts her. Their clothes are also from high-end brands. Ji Xiaotong has a reserved temperament, but you can feel her kindness and she likes to think of others, which makes her very easy to like!"
Qiu Yingying asked, "Sister Andy, do you also like Sister Xiaotong?"
"I wouldn't say I like or dislike him, but at least my first impression of him was very good. It would be a good idea to make friends with him."
Fan Shengmei interjected, "You guys say Ji Xiaotong and Qu Xiaoxiao are both rich, so could Zhang Liangjun also be rich?"
"Qu Xiaoxiao said he's a junior leader!" Qiu Yingying raised her hand.
“That won’t stop us! He has at least two apartments in Shanghai, one of which he doesn’t rent out. He shouldn’t be short of money!” Fan Shengmei analyzed the situation for Qiu Yingying.
"Brother Zhang doesn't have a girlfriend!" Qiu Yingying declared forcefully.
Fan Shengmei covered her forehead again, "Forget it! I'm tired! Let's just destroy it!"
Andy casually remarked, "Perhaps we could call him over and get to know him better. That way, we can help vet Qiu Yingying." This contradicted her previous understanding; she had previously said that Qiu Yingying should grow on her own. However, she was feeling a bit panicked recently because she needed to meet with an online friend and wanted some comfort. Subconsciously, she thought of Zhang Liangjun.
Upon hearing this, Guan Juer said enthusiastically, "But how can we invite Brother Zhang? Asking him to come directly seems too deliberate!"
"Tomorrow, my friend invited me to a summit forum and prepared a lot of hairy crabs. I can bring some back with me and invite him over by treating him to hairy crabs! There's just one problem that hasn't been solved yet, which is that I don't know how to cook hairy crabs!" Andy had already thought it all out.
Fan Shengmei stepped forward, "Leave it to me! Cooking is no problem for me!"
The next day.
Andy accepted Tan Zongming's invitation. When she returned, Tan Zongming gave her a box of hairy crabs. Andy was about to speak when Tan Zongming stopped her, saying, "Andy, whether you want to eat them or not is your business, but whether I give them to you or not is my business!"
Andy was both amused and exasperated. "What I meant was, one box isn't enough! I have a lot of people over there, so we need three boxes!"
Tan Zongming: "...?"
Back in Ode to Joy, Andy dialed Zhang Liangjun's number.
"Hello? Andy?"
Andy rarely felt uneasy, but this time he was indeed a little nervous. "It's me. A friend gave me some hairy crabs, and I need to eat them all today. Xiao Qiu just wanted to thank you for your help, so she wanted to invite you to eat with her. Do you have time tonight?"
"Hairy crabs? Oh, can I bring two people with me?" Zhang Liangjun recalled this bizarre scene.
"Is it Ji Xiaotong and Qu Xiaoxiao? If so, please come along!"
Zhang Liangjun was surprised. "You know those two?"
Andy explained, "Last time, we went out to eat with Xiao Qiu and happened to run into the two of them. Qu Xiaoxiao recognized Xiao Qiu, so we ate together."
"Oh, is that so? Okay, see you later!" After hanging up the phone, Zhang Liangjun got up and went to find Ji Xiaotong and Qu Xiaoxiao in the next office. The two walked together and whispered something to each other.
Zhang Liangjun announced the decision directly: "Let's go to Joyful Ode tonight. Andy, whom you met last time, will treat us to hairy crabs!"
"it is good!"
"understood!"
Both responded to Zhang Liangjun at the same time.
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3 PM.
Ode to Joy 2001.
Fan Shengmei looked at the three boxes of hairy crabs Andy had brought back and asked, "You brought back so many, are you sure you can finish them all?"
As Andy helped Fan Shengmei untie the drawstring on the packaging, she explained, "I'm just afraid there won't be enough to eat! Zhang Liangjun said he brought Ji Xiaotong and Qu Xiaoxiao with him."
"That's not enough. I'll cook two more dishes later," Fan Shengmei said, deftly removing the rope binding the crabs. She then began scrubbing the crabs by their shells. Suddenly remembering something, she asked Andy, "By the way, you probably don't have a steamer this big, do you?"
Andy pointed to an appliance built into the cabinet. "Would a steam oven work? I have one here, but I've never used it." He opened the steam oven door, peered inside, pulled out an instruction manual, and handed it to Fan Shengmei. "Can you handle this?"
"What do I do? I'm an old-fashioned Chinese medicine doctor, specializing in treating braggarts..." Fan Shengmei's expression froze for a second, "...specializing in treating difficult and complicated diseases!"
Andy leaned against the cabinet, arms crossed, and smiled at Fan Shengmei, saying, "Actually, I was born in 1985, so I should be a year older than you! But on this floor, you can always be the eldest sister!"
Fan Shengmei's stiff expression, which had just eased, froze again instantly! "You're really something! You've called me 'sister' for so many days! Please don't call me that anymore. At our age, being a year older or younger is a matter of principle, and we can't be careless about it. Sister Andy, please call me 'Little Sister Fan' from now on, thank you!"
Andy was amused by Fan Shengmei's exaggerated manner, "Okay, little sister Fan! Hehe."