Chapter 119: ...Chen Xiaomi takes the initiative to show favor (Please subscribe!)

Neither the English teacher nor 'Dimwit' wanted to go out for a late-night snack. After Li Heng took a shower and washed his hair, he propped his pillow against his lower back, half-leaned against the head of the bed, and began to examine his every move since arriving in Jingcheng.

This was a habit he had cultivated when he was a civil servant; every time he encountered something, he would take time in the evening to reflect on whether there was any impropriety in his actions today.

Although his relationship with Chen Zijin was already like this, logically speaking, he should go to the Chen family to pay a visit. But as soon as he thought about how the Chen family's sisters-in-law treated his mother, he could only stop.

Pondering the relationship between the Chen and Li families, he couldn't help but think of a sentence: the hardest thing to grasp in this world is the human heart.

A little more forward, a little more backward, would lead to an imbalance in the relationship. Even though he had lived two lives, he still felt it was tricky.

After reflecting on today's actions, he began to continue conceiving his next novel.

*To Live* made him famous overnight, but the next novel was even more important to him. After all, the godhead was initially formed. If it collapsed without being consolidated, it would make people think of "wounding the prodigy," make many people who "wished for his failure" gloat, and make people laugh at the vision of *Harvest* magazine and Old Man Ba.

It would even question whether the royalty was appropriate?

In order to powerfully strike back at the public opinion storm about royalties outside, he could only use hard power to slap faces fiercely. So, whether for himself, or not to live up to Chen Laoyezi Ba's deep love, or not to let those who supported him down, he had to be cautious about the next novel and continue to maintain a high standard.

What should he write?

The shadows of several novels flashed through his heart. Weighing and weighing, the night was already very deep, and he gradually fell asleep.

The next day.

Just as he woke up, the English teacher had already knocked on his door.

Wang Runwen outside the door hugged her chest: "You wash up quickly, Chen Zijin and her father are already here."

Li Heng looked back at the sky outside: "Already here?"

Wang Runwen said: "Almost, I just saw the three of them by the window."

"Three?"

"And Chen Xiaomi who came to No. 1 Middle School last time."

"Oh, okay, thank you, Teacher."

After saying that, although Li Heng was confused in his heart why Chen Xiaomi came? But he still quickly drilled into the washroom and began to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth.

The English teacher thought for a while, followed him into the room, tidied up his messy bed, and opened the window to let the fresh air outside come in.

After doing all this, she quickly left and returned to her room, the purpose was not to let the Chen family misunderstand.

Although the English teacher had always been relatively cold in words, she had a deep understanding of her sexy and plump figure. Many men liked to sneak a few more glances. If she appeared in Li Heng's room early in the morning, many things would not be explained clearly.

Before long, Chen Zijin appeared outside the door and began to knock.

"Li Heng."

"Eh, coming."

Li Heng wiped his hair in a hurry and opened the room door, but only found Chen Zijin standing outside the door.

Looking at each other, she smiled and said: "Dad and Little Aunt are here, waiting in the lobby downstairs. I was afraid your room would be messy, so I didn't let them come up."

"Those who know me, wife also."

Li Heng happily pulled her into the room, and as soon as the door closed, he kissed her for a long time before letting go: "Haven't seen you for a night, wife's mouth is sweeter again."

"Sweet-tongued." Chen Zijin liked this romantic interaction with small surprises at any time, and then urged him: "Clean up quickly, go downstairs with me."

Li Heng pointed to the clean and tidy bed and said without blushing or heartbeat: "Thinking of having breakfast with you, I cleaned it up early."

Chen Zijin was a bit surprised. She had known this man for more than ten years, when did he become so particular? Didn't he usually put things casually except for his own hygiene and love for bathing?

Could it be that there was a big change in the year she left him?

Surprise was surprise, but she didn't think much, and then asked: "Is the English teacher in the next room? I haven't seen her for a long time, I'll go call her."

Li Heng opened his bag and counted the money and the items he carried with him:

"Okay, you go call Teacher, I'll go call Dimwit to get up. Don't let Uncle and the others wait too long."

The two divided the work, one entered the English teacher's room, and the other called Zhang Zhiyong's door open.

"Teacher, I haven't seen you in a long time; you're still as beautiful as ever." Because of Li Heng, Chen Zijin had always had a good relationship with the English teacher and would occasionally tag along to bum a meal.

The two women were not strangers, and could even be called very familiar.

"Zijin is here, come in and sit for a while, I'll put on makeup." The English teacher put on makeup every time she went out.

She didn't like heavy makeup, she liked the kind of light makeup that couldn't be seen at a glance.

According to her words, although people are old, they must live exquisitely.

After learning makeup technology from her college best friend Yu Shuheng, she had retained this habit of wearing light makeup over the years.

"Okay." Chen Zijin was naturally beautiful, but she also looked at the teacher drawing eyebrows and applying powder with great interest, but as she looked, she suddenly swept her peripheral vision to the teacher's bed.

Just one look, and she was stunned.

How is it the same?

How is Li Heng's bedding arrangement method the same as the teacher's bedding arrangement method? Even the position of the quilt is the same, could it be the work of the same person?

Thinking of Li Heng's past living habits, could it be that the teacher helped him tidy up the bed?

She was startled by this thought of her own, but she was still steady.

Because she felt that she thought too much, Xiao Han and Song Yu, which one is not a peerless beauty? They are the most beautiful girls she has ever seen. Even if he wants to be unfaithful, it should be those two, not the teacher.

Besides, the English teacher had always taken good care of him, bringing him breakfast from time to time in the first and second year of high school, and even giving him English tutoring. Sometimes she would even call herself to eat together.

Recalling the English teacher's generosity and lack of pretense in the past, Chen Zijin suppressed the last trace of doubt, and later came to the window and looked out, looking in the direction she came from.

She seemed to have seen the English teacher standing here for a while when she was riding a bicycle just now. Was it because she saw herself and her father and little aunt coming? Only then went to call Li Heng to get up? Only then helped tidy up the bed?

Li Heng's window was closed before, but when she arrived downstairs, it was open, and he had washed up in a short time. It should be like this: afraid that her father and little aunt would see the chaotic scene, the English teacher helped him tidy up the bed.

A few minutes later, the English teacher put the eyebrow pencil and other items into her bag and said to Chen Zijin, who was looking at her with a smile: "Let's go, Zhang Zhiyong should also be ready."

"Okay." Chen Zijin responded and followed Wang Runwen out of the room.

Coincidentally, at this time, Li Heng and Zhang Zhiyong also appeared in the aisle, preparing to call the two women.

"Dimwit, haven't seen you for a long time, you are still so spirited and slippery." Chen Zijin took the initiative to greet.

"Sister-in-law." Don't look at Zhang Zhiyong who is often cheap, and often fought with Yang Yingwen when he was a child, but he has always been a bit afraid of Chen Zijin. Every time he sees her, he is like a mouse seeing a cat, and he is very well-behaved every time.

This should be called one thing subduing another.

The four chatted and went downstairs to the first floor, Li Heng walked toward Chen Gaoyuan.

"Uncle, good morning, I didn't expect you to come over so early. I was still discussing with Zijin to find an opportunity to visit you."

Say human words when seeing people, say ghost words when seeing ghosts. This is a necessary survival skill that every mature man must learn. Although the other party might have already seen through his thoughts of not wanting to go to the Chen family in the short term, he still had to give enough respect in words.

Chen Gaoyuan had a kind and amiable smile on his face, "When I went home last night, I heard Zijin say you came, so I came to see you with her today. How do you feel about coming to Jingcheng for the first time? Are you used to it?"

Li Heng replied: "Uncle, although I am coming to Jingcheng for the first time, I have been yearning for it in spirit for a long time. Everything is used to it, and it is even better than expected."

This made Chen Xiaomi think of the novel *The Troubleshooter* which is full of Jing flavor. She felt that Li Heng's words were not false, and he must have read many books about Jingcheng's local humanities and customs.

After a few pleasantries, the two sides introduced each other. Actually, they all knew each other, mainly introducing the English teacher.

Breakfast was treated by Chen Gaoyuan, and he also led the way, eating at a time-honored restaurant nearby.

At the dinner table, there was no politeness at all. Chen Gaoyuan, who came from a rural family, was very understanding, put down his official airs, and got together with several people. Especially asking about Li Heng's well-being, it was like looking at a son-in-law.

This change made Li Heng secretly surprised.

Although Uncle Chen had always been gentle with him in his previous life, treating him so well from the bottom of his heart was something that would only happen many years later in his previous life.

In this life, the huge success of the novel *To Live* and his identity as a writer seemed to have accelerated the relationship, directly raising Uncle Chen's treatment of him to the top level.

In fact, Li Heng didn't know that Chen Gaoyuan was like this today, besides Li Heng's own success and his identity as a writer, it also had to do with what Chen Chen Laoyezi said last night.

Especially the five words "let your little sister send" which were full of meaning, Chen Gaoyuan tasted many things different from the past.

Of course, the one who ate the happiest at this meal was Chen Zijin.

Dad came, sweetheart came, and the little aunt who had always been hostile to Li Heng actually came too. All of this seemed to indicate something: her relationship with Li Heng, after a dark cold period, seemed to have ushered in a major turning point.

Do you think she really doesn't love her mother?

Do you think she really wants to go against her family?

Not at all!

She just cares too much about her family, so she fights with her family, the purpose is to get their blessing.

If her heart was cold, her heart was completely cold, then she would definitely treat it with indifference, even if arguing a word with her mother would count as losing.

And now, everything is developing for the better, Chen Zijin's mood is inexplicably open, which is directly reflected at the dinner table, helping everyone serve food and pour water, smiling and taking care of everyone's emotions at the table, even Dimwit didn't feel any coldness, completely a hostess image.

When eating, Chen Xiaomi took out a copy of *To Live* and handed it to Li Heng:

"This single volume was bought by the old man out of his own pocket. He has already read it twice, and there are his old man's insights and notes on it. He said he loves reading your book very much, let you sign it for commemoration."

Saying that, she also handed a pen to him.

Li Heng was somewhat flattered, and very happily took the pen and signed the writer's name.

Chen Xiaomi reminded on the side: "Your real name might be more useful."

Li Heng glanced at her and wrote his real name.

Seeing this, Chen Xiaomi took out two more books, one *To Live* and one *Zeng Guofan's Family Letters*.

She said: "This *Zeng Guofan's Family Letters* is the old man's favorite, he asked me to pass it to you."

Li Heng knew this book. In his previous life, he saw Chen Chen Laoyezi flipping through it whenever he had nothing to do. He didn't expect it to fall on him in this life.

He took the book and said thank you sincerely.

Chen Xiaomi nodded, and then worded: "This *To Live* is mine, I have read it 5 times. As a reader, I admire your talent very much, you can also sign it for me."

Hearing this, Chen Gaoyuan looked at his little sister several times.

And Chen Zijin was dumbfounded.

Last night, her little aunt said she regretted treating Li Heng like that before, and was very impressed by his ability to turn the tide against the wind, and admired his genius degree.

But that was only in private!

Who knew that her little aunt would make such a big move today, actually putting those words into practice, publicly revealing them to Li Heng, and still in front of her father and herself, and in front of the English teacher and Dimwit.

For a little aunt who is prouder than a peacock, how much courage does this take?

What does this represent?

Isn't this directly apologizing to Li Heng?

Even if there is no word about "apology" in the lines, everyone sees Chen Xiaomi's attitude, who can't tell?

Look, Zhang Zhiyong's mouth opened wider than a toad, his eyes opened to the top of his head, very shocked! How shocked it was!

The English teacher heard Li Heng mention the grievances between the two families, glanced at Li Heng, then at Chen Xiaomi, then at Li Heng, then at Chen Xiaomi, smiling slightly, very gratified inside.

To be honest, Li Heng was also a bit surprised.

No, he was quite surprised!

In his previous life, even if his family assets were close to 100 million and his bank deposits were as high as tens of millions, Chen Xiaomi never looked at him, never looked at him straight, and never gave him any good face.

But now, an identity as a great writer and literati directly conquered Chen Xiaomi, directly making her have a 180-degree turn.

Even if this apology is very tactful, for a mature adult, doing this in front of family is almost putting down all pride.

This...

Who can reason with this!

At this moment, Li Heng's sense of achievement in bad taste exploded, but his heart was also quite complicated.

Perhaps, in the eyes of people from big families like them, tens of millions are nothing, and they are not worth a penny compared to the identity of a writer.

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Heng looked at Chen Xiaomi for two seconds, then smiled and took the *To Live* in her hand, "I didn't expect Little Aunt to love reading my book too, it's really an unexpected joy, should I sign my real name too?"

This "Little Aunt" made Chen Gaoyuan smile kindly.

He had deliberately paid attention to it. Just now when they met at the hotel, Li Heng only smiled reluctantly at his little sister, which was considered a greeting, and his attitude was as perfunctory as it could be.

And now, after his little sister took the initiative to admit her mistake and show favor, Li Heng didn't act small-minded anymore, and followed Zijin to call her Little Aunt.

Actually, Li Heng wasn't particularly willing to call her Little Aunt, unless one day the other party apologized to his mother.

Seeing Li Heng call her Little Aunt, Chen Xiaomi's tense heart relaxed. She was afraid that the other party would be young and impetuous and not give her a step down, which would be a bit awkward.

Although she had regretted it in the past, she couldn't pull her face down to show favor to Li Heng for a while. The reason why she was able to take the initiative to clarify and tactfully apologize to Li Heng today was actually inspired by the old man.

The old man specifically pointed out that she should personally send the book as a return gift. Isn't this providing her with an excellent opportunity to shake hands and make peace with Li Heng?

Based on her understanding of the old man, the old man definitely had this layer of meaning in it, so she simply went all out.

Fortunately, Li Heng was smart enough, and should have understood the old man's meaning, giving her face.

Chen Xiaomi smiled and said: "The real name is worth the price, the real name must be signed."

With flying dragons and dancing phoenixes, Li Heng signed his real name and writer's pen name.

After signing the book, the atmosphere at the dinner table reached a climax. Even Chen Xiaomi, who hadn't participated much in the chat just now, was a bit more enthusiastic, helping her niece entertain the English teacher.

Chen Gaoyuan asked Li Heng: "How was the college entrance examination? Which first choice did you fill in?"

Li Heng said truthfully: "I feel the exam was okay, the first choice filled in Peking University."

Chen Gaoyuan glanced at his happy daughter and nodded: "Very good, come to the house more often with Zijin when the time comes."

Li Heng thought to himself that he might not be able to pass the exam, wait until he passes the exam. But naturally, he promised well.

At the end of the meal, Chen Xiaomi suddenly asked him, "Listening to Zijin, you only stay in Jingcheng for 4 days?"

Li Heng said: "There are still things to go to Gansu."

Chen Xiaomi calculated the days, "That is leaving on the 21st, what time on the 21st? Did you buy the ticket?"

Li Heng said: "Teacher and Zhiyong bought the train ticket yesterday, the 8 o'clock train in the morning."

Seeing that they had already bought the train ticket, Chen Xiaomi suppressed the idea of helping them buy air tickets, and turned to say: "Then on the evening of the 20th, let's have a meal together.

I know a very famous old Chinese doctor, he has a plaster for treating the spine. I will ask for some in these two days, and you can bring it back then. However..."

When it came to this, she paused and suggested: "However, if you can bring Jianguo brother to Jingcheng for on-site medical treatment, the effect will be better. If you have any needs, I can help you arrange it."

This sentence surprised everyone present again, including Li Heng.

This woman has courage!

If she doesn't do it, she doesn't do it. Once she does it, she directly gathers the apologies to Li Jianguo and Tian Run'e together, and uses this huge temptation of treating Li Jianguo's illness to hit Li's family's soft spot at once.

Chen Zijin asked with concern: "Little Aunt, if it is on-site medical treatment, can Uncle Li recover?"

Chen Xiaomi looked at Chen Gaoyuan, pondered and said: "I dare not say too full, the actual condition can only be concluded after diagnosis.

But don't worry, this old Chinese doctor is very famous in Jingcheng, and ordinary people don't have the opportunity to see him."

Chen Gaoyuan also said to Li Heng at this time: "I roughly have a number in my heart about who the little sister is talking about. She and the old Chinese doctor's granddaughter are alumni and best friends, and there is indeed a lot of convenience in this regard."

Damn, this is a naked sugar-coated cannonball!

In his previous life, his old father's body completely collapsed because of this illness. He saw many doctors and went to many hospitals, but there was no effect, and he left relatively early.

Regarding life and death, Li Heng couldn't refuse at once, and said seriously: "I will go back and discuss it with the two elders."

Leaving the time-honored breakfast shop, when they were about to separate, Chen Xiaomi asked tentatively: "Li Heng, do you have a plan for your next novel?"

Hearing this, Chen Gaoyuan, Chen Zijin, the English teacher, and Zhang Zhiqiang looked at him in unison.

Seeing Chen Xiaomi's expectant look, Li Heng shook his head, "Currently there is only a rough outline, not yet determined."

Hearing this, Chen Xiaomi looked at him as if looking at a monster. Originally, it was just a tentative question, and she didn't hold much hope.

After all, it is not so easy for a writer to write a novel. A set of processes such as inspiration, material collection, conception, and detail perfection takes a long time.

There are many writers who spend three or five years, or even longer, to boil a work, unlike Li Heng who is so prolific?

Li Heng is now like a delicious big meal. Chen Xiaomi stared at him, wanting to speak but stopping, really wanting to ask what kind of subject the new novel is?

When will you start writing?

Do you have any intention to submit to a new magazine?

Is it going to be handed over to *Harvest* magazine again, etc...

Many, many questions popped up in her mind, but Chen Xiaomi finally restrained the impulse to take a bite of this huge fragrant bun, understanding that now is not the time.

On the way back, Chen Gaoyuan saw his little sister silent, and couldn't help asking: "Why? Still thinking about Li Heng's new novel?"

Chen Xiaomi didn't answer directly, but sighed: "Tian Run'e has good fortune, giving birth to such a good son."

Chen Gaoyuan nodded after listening, and said earnestly for a long time: "Run'e's stubborn temper is no smaller than your sister-in-law's, it must be troublesome."

The person who unties the bell must tie the bell. Both brothers and sisters understand this truth, but neither said it.

Just like Chen Xiaomi, she can take the initiative to seek reconciliation with Li Heng and the Li family according to the old man's meaning because she admires Li Heng's talent.

But the sister-in-law, big sister, and second sister are different. They are not literati, nor do they work in literature. They will not be so sensitive to Li Heng's talent at the first time, nor will they be so shocked in the spiritual core, and they have lag.

Of course, if Li Heng continues to maintain the level of *To Live*, and writes one or two such works in his lifetime, that might be another scene.

But how high is the level of *To Live*, everyone sees it, can Li Heng still write works that compare?

Chen Xiaomi shook her head secretly, too difficult, too difficult!

It's not that she looks down on him, but rationally analyzes with objective facts.

After all, many people are at their peak as soon as they debut, and it is difficult to write such big fire works later.

Such as Mr. Cao's *Lei Yu*, which is an insurmountable monument in the history of Chinese drama. Even if Mr. Cao didn't stop writing later and produced many good works, the outside world generally thinks it is not as good as *Lei Yu*.

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