Chapter 105: How Old Are You, How Old Are They

Originally, Zhou Xinran was very happy today.

Because she had secretly watched Zhou Yi's video again in private.

Don't ask me why; people are just like that—saying no with their mouths, but their bodies are very honest.

While watching the video, Zhou Xinran discovered that many people were taking a different approach in the bullet comments, directly starting to shout things like "Beautiful Lawyer Sister" the moment she appeared!

And everyone said that although the Up Master had put a Mosaic over the beautiful lawyer, one could tell just by looking at her figure and voice that this was a beautiful sister!

So everyone started spamming, to the point that later on, Zhou Xinran even discovered that these people had built threads for her in the comment section.

Things like, "Protect the best lawyer sister, defeat the evil Lawless Madman Zhang San!"

After taking a quick look, those threads had been spammed for several hundred levels, which gave Zhou Xinran an unexpected surprise.

Although she had become a lawyer, this profession doesn't look at one's face, but as a young woman, who wouldn't care about their own appearance?

In fact, back when she was in school, Zhou Xinran had received many pursuits, but she was obsessed with the law and didn't have much of an extracurricular life.

Later on, while in graduate school and working, although others would praise her looks, it seemed to be just that; her age was slowly creeping up, and she was no longer a little girl.

As a result, seeing a bunch of people here praising her for being good-looking and calling her "Beautiful Lawyer Sister" made Zhou Xinran feel inexplicably happy!

It's just that... the threads were originally just "protect and defeat," but later on, they slowly went off the rails...

Such as, "Lawyer sister, please whip me!"

Good heavens, what is all this...

Of course, it was also because Zhou Xinran spent little time online; otherwise, she would definitely know one thing: that on the internet, on many video websites, the masters in the audience have a "professional bonus" when looking at beautiful girls!

These four words can probably only be understood by the old lechers... old viewers who have frequented major video websites for years.

Your good looks are one aspect, but your profession can add many filters to you!

Thus, upon seeing Zhou Xinran, many people felt that her black suit struck their fetish.

Coupled with the two consecutive cases where Zhou Xinran was in such a miserable state, not only being roasted by Lawyer Fang but also having such clients...

So everyone collectively called to "defeat the Lawless Madman Zhang San"!

As a result, she had only been happy for a day before her defenses were broken by Zhou Yi's words that evening.

Do you know why I didn't go to the Court with you? Isn't it because I felt I was redundant!

And now you say with that strange look on your face, "Lawyer Zhou, you've come too," what does that mean? Should I leave?

One cannot do this in front of Lawyer Fang.

Therefore, Zhou Xinran could only smile reluctantly: "Yes, I came too; Teacher Fang insisted that I come."

"Oh... insisted, then it's fine."

"Lawyer Fang, what made you think of treating me to dinner today?"

Zhou Xinran looked up at the sky; there seems to be some meaning in your words.

Lawyer Fang smiled upon hearing this: "As soulmates from different fathers and mothers, we must communicate more."

"Is that so?" Zhou Yi looked suspicious.

To a certain extent, he and Lawyer Fang were indeed soulmates; no matter what they said or discussed, they were very similar.

But, a soulmate is not necessarily a friend you can be with all day.

The ancients said that the friendship of a gentleman is as pure as water; he and Lawyer Fang, due to age, experience, and other aspects, could be extremely tacit in their cooperation, but they were not suited to sit together for food and drink.

"Let's not talk about this, let's order food first."

Zhou Yi nodded, then took the menu and began to order.

"Beef tripe, luncheon meat, pig brain..."

This was Zhou Yi's favorite; every time he went to this kind of spicy hot pot restaurant, he had to order these.

But looking at the menu, he soon felt a bit uncomfortable, because there was always the sound of children making a loud ruckus nearby.

It seemed to be from the table on the left, which had brought two children; those two children were like wild horses that had broken their reins, treating the entire hall as their playground!

At this moment, there were many people in the hall, and it was almost full; Zhou Yi could see just by looking up that many diners had already revealed expressions of dissatisfaction.

If this happened to anyone, they would be unhappy; you're having a good meal, and there's always someone screaming nearby—how would you feel?

Of course, unhappy is unhappy, but after all, they were children, so many people just endured it and didn't say anything.

Zhou Yi turned his head to look; it was a family of four. The two adults were sitting there eating hot pot and chatting, looking up at the children occasionally, and then chatting to themselves again.

Especially when they looked up at the children, they seemed to feel gratified that the children were playing like this.

Zhou Yi shook his head; he was thinking about whether to go up and give a reminder. After all, people were coming and going in this hall, and waiters were constantly weaving through, sometimes even carrying boiling hot pot.

If they bumped into one, that would be terrible...

"Lawyer Fang, I've finished ordering, you go ahead."

Lawyer Fang took the menu and began to order.

However, perhaps the noise of the two children was really a bit too loud, so Zhou Yi saw a family sitting nearby lose their patience.

"Hello, miss, come over here for a moment!"

A waitress quickly walked over, and that family said: "Hello, could you please notify that family and have them manage their children? Don't let them make so much noise."

The waitress nodded, then walked over to the side, bent down, and said very politely: "Sir, Madam, excuse me, some guests have reported that your children's voices are a bit loud; could you please ask them to keep it down a little?"

"Also, our waiters in the hall often bring hot pot and dishes; if they bump into them, it's possible they might scald your children."

The waitress spoke very politely, and since others said it was too noisy, she even changed it to "the voices are a bit loud."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but retort: "Is that just a bit loud?"

Lawyer Fang smiled and said: "It's a pity you didn't bring your decibel meter; otherwise, you could go and reason with her."

"From now on, no one is allowed to speak loudly to me!" Zhou Yi chuckled: "Didn't I move to the Company recently? When I moved, I put this thing in my bag and forgot to take it out."

However, what the three of them didn't expect was that as soon as the couple heard this, the woman said directly: "Who says so? Let him come and tell us himself. The children are only this small, how could their voices be loud!"

"What's wrong with your restaurant? Just because those two children are playing, it's bothering them?"

As she spoke, the woman stood up directly and shouted: "Who is it? Let me see who is so precious that they are being disturbed by you, right?"

The older man who had just spoken couldn't help but want to stand up, but he was persuaded otherwise by the person at his table.

"Don't go, this kind of person is unreasonable."

Seeing that no one stood up, the woman became even more agitated, pointing at the waitress nearby and shouting: "It's not that I'm picking on you, is there something wrong with your brain?"

"Just because he said the noise was loud, it's loud? I could also say that the sound of them eating is loud!"

"Alright, sit down and eat. Tongtong and Yuanyuan, remember to come over and eat in a while!"

Under the persuasion of the man beside her, the woman finally sat down; the waitress had tears in her eyes from being scolded, but someone else called for a waiter, so she hurriedly went over.

Facts proved that there were indeed many people in the lobby now, and there were indeed many waiters serving dishes.

With people coming and going, it wasn't that the children were running particularly fast, but mainly because they were small, making them hard to avoid.

Finally, when a waiter was serving a plate of tripe, he saw a child rushing straight toward him.

He hurriedly dodged, but he didn't expect to dodge too quickly and fell down all of a sudden; he didn't keep a firm grip on the plate in his hand, and with a crash, it fell to the ground and shattered everywhere.

"Hey, what's wrong? What's wrong, Tongtong? Are you okay? You didn't get hurt, did you?"

Hearing the commotion, the woman ran over hurriedly to hold her child and check, and the child pursed his lips and started crying immediately.

"Tongtong is fine, Mommy is here, it's okay."

Probably because he didn't see any injuries, the man beside him turned his head and shouted at the waiter: "How are you waiters doing your job? What if you hurt our child!"

A conflict had actually broken out, and Zhou Yi subconsciously turned on his camera and leaned in to start filming; it was an old habit, he couldn't help but film whenever he saw things like this.

Especially since this couple looked like they were being a bit unreasonable.

Oh wait, not "looked like," they *were* being unreasonable!

The poor waiter had just taken a fall and was clearly bruised on his arm after being helped up; hearing this, he defended himself: "It was your child who ran into me, I was even trying hard to avoid him, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen either."

As a result, the man exploded upon hearing this, stepping forward to grab the waiter by the collar and saying: "How old are you and how old is he? Are you the child or is he the child? Can't you look ahead a bit?"

The waitress nearby hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up: "Sir, I reminded you before not to let the child run around here, it's a bit dangerous."

"What is wrong with your restaurant anyway? If you can't run it, then don't, huh!"

"You haven't even settled the account for hurting my child yet, go check the Monitoring!"

Perhaps because the couple's words were indeed a bit excessive, someone nearby couldn't help but say: "We were watching right here, the waiter didn't even touch your child."

"Exactly, your child was running so wildly, is this a place to play? You should keep an eye on him!"

"Who isn't keeping an eye on him? Who are you talking about!"

Seeing that both sides were arguing, the Hall Manager hurriedly ran over and said: "Hey, everyone don't argue, it's fine, it's fine. Xiao Liu, are you okay? If you're fine, go serve another plate of tripe."

"This gentleman, I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry. It's our waiter's lack of skill, I'm sorry. Everyone, please sit down, it's fine now, it's fine."

"You say it's fine, so it's fine? No way, check the Monitoring!"

They went to check the Monitoring with the Hall Manager again, and probably because they discovered that the waiter had indeed dodged, the two of them finally sat down calmly.

And as soon as the two sat down, the child stopped wailing and started messing around again.

The waiter could only continue heading toward the back kitchen, while the Hall Manager beside him kept saying something.

Perhaps this time the two of them also realized that letting their child run around the lobby was indeed dangerous; if it had been a pot of soup instead of a plate of tripe just now, the child would have been in danger.

By then, even paying money wouldn't have helped.

Therefore, the two let the child play by their side and didn't allow him to run far.

Having filmed some content, Zhou Yi placed his camera beside him; the lens on this thing wasn't cheap.

Ever since his phone screen was smashed by Xu Yufeng's son last time, and he only got a few hundred yuan in compensation, Zhou Yi had bought this camera.

Later, he had been using this thing to film videos.

And the lens was bought later; this thing was more expensive than his camera body...

Yes, you heard that right, his camera lens was more expensive than the body itself.

They say photography drains three generations of wealth and SLRs ruin your life; anyone who plays with photography knows just how ridiculously expensive lenses are!

And Zhou Yi's lens was something he bought for over fifty thousand; it couldn't compare to those outrageous lenses, but it was already very luxurious for him.

Because he had just been filming something, Zhou Yi casually placed it to the side and then started chatting with Fang Dazhuang about some trivial matters.

However, poor Zhou Mouren overlooked one thing.

His camera was very attractive to children!

Furthermore, although the couple didn't let the child run far, they didn't stop the child from frequently going to nearby tables to grab things.

Instead, they would happily encourage the child.

Because they were all just insignificant dishes, the guests at the nearby tables didn't say anything.

Then, one of the children set his sights on Zhou Yi's camera.

In the child's worldview, since those things could be taken, this thing could be taken too.

Just like that child from Zhou Yi's cousin's family.

Why is it that pouring drinks into *that* piano is fine, but pouring them into *this* piano gets me hit...

You have to teach a child; everyone knows the story of "stealing a needle when young, stealing gold when old."

When he does this while young, you must use some means to let him know that what he is doing is wrong!

Including but not limited to: verbal education, hitting the palm, "bamboo shoots fried with meat," and the "seven wolves" belt, etc...

And so, taking advantage of Zhou Yi not paying attention, one of the children came up and grabbed the camera strap, pulling the camera off the table in one go.

Everyone knows how long a camera strap is; with such a hard pull, the lens kissed the floor perfectly... Bang!

Amidst the sound of the bang, there was a crisp noise that made Zhou Yi feel as if his soul was shattering...

"Damn it, my lens!"

Hurriedly standing up, Zhou Yi snatched the strap from the little brat's hand; at this point, who cared about whether it was a child or not.

He took the shoulder strap and immediately began to lower his head to carefully inspect his camera lens.

However, it was obvious that a lens is fragile by nature; isn't everyone who plays with SLR photography protective of theirs in every way?

This thing didn't even have the lens cap on just a moment ago, and it hit the ground directly...

Wah! Perhaps startled by Zhou Yi's shout, that child started crying again, and the other child began to cry along with them.

"What's wrong, what's wrong again? Don't cry, Tongtong, you didn't get hurt, did you!"

While speaking, she looked at Zhou Yi and roared: "What are you doing? Can't you speak gently if there's an issue? Look at how you've scared my child!"

Zhou Yi had already finished inspecting the lens and shrugged at Fang Dazhuang and Zhou Xinran, who had also stood up behind him, saying: "Well, it's totaled, but the good news is that I can get a new one."

The make-up for missed chapters is here again; I currently owe eight chapters. Today I'm bursting out 16,000 words, please give me monthly votes!

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