Chapter 169: , The Name Mai Sui, A Major Event That Shocked Fudan University

"I don't know where in Shanghai they sell this thing. Once I find it, I'll let you broaden your horizons." Li Heng said while listening to the beautiful ocarina sound.

Mai Sui was a bit expectant and said okay.

After listening to three pieces in a row, the editor Zou Ping came over through the rain.

The weather was gradually turning cool. Li Heng asked, "Old Zou, it's this late; why did you come?"

Zou Ping carried two large bags down from the van: "These are all reader letters. The magazine office can't hold them anymore, so I picked some and brought them to you."

As he spoke, the other party grabbed Li Heng's hand and expressed with particular excitement:

"Your 'Culture Travel' is too popular. The August issue has already accumulated sales of 1.68 million copies so far.

Do you know what the concept of 1.68 million copies is? It broke the magazine's record again, making 'Harvest' surpass 'People's Literature' to become the number one literary journal in the country in terms of sales! The editor-in-chief said you have made a great contribution!"

A while ago, Li Heng specifically flipped through the newspapers; the discussion was intense, and the reviews were mostly positive. He had an idea that he could achieve such results.

However, even though he had an idea, hearing 1.78 million copies still made him very happy, especially being able to surpass "People's Literature." Although it was short-lived, it was truly a remarkable achievement!

As a man of letters, this was a symbol of strength and honor. In the future, when he went out to brag, he wouldn't even feel guilty; he was just that confident!

Mai Sui poured two cups of hot tea, one for each.

Then she asked Li Heng in a low voice, "It's mealtime; do you want to cook to entertain Editor Zou?"

Li Heng asked back, "Can you cook? Don't you only know how to fry eggs?"

Mai Sui smiled embarrassedly, and after a while said, "I can wash the rice and vegetables and help you."

Li Heng waved his hand, "I'm too lazy to move today; let's eat outside."

Hearing this, Mai Sui didn't ask anymore, but sat on the side listening to the two of them engaging in commercial mutual flattery.

After chatting for about 10 minutes, Zou Ping suddenly slapped his head and said, "I almost forgot the main business. The October issue is already being typeset. Old Li, I'm here to get the manuscript today."

Li Heng asked, "How many do you want?"

Zou Ping said, "We've already cleared space for 10 chapters. Do you have that many?"

"10 chapters? I do!" Li Heng got up and went to the study, taking down 10 chapters of the manuscript.

Currently, he had written up to Chapter 22. Excluding the 6 chapters from August and these 10 chapters, he only had 6 chapters left in his hand, which wasn't enough for the next issue. He suddenly felt a sense of urgency.

"Here."

"Eh."

Zou Ping took it happily, then ignored everything and flipped through it right in front of the two. Calling it reading was also accepting the quality.

Including him, including Editor-in-Chief Liao, including everyone up and down the "Harvest" magazine, everyone was looking forward to the follow-up of "Culture Travel." There was no other way; the influence was too great. The magazine office had finally managed to surpass "People's Literature" for once, and everyone was feeling proud and elated.

When walking outside, their backs were straight!

After reading two chapters in one breath, the joy on Zou Ping's face increased rather than decreased, and his joy was beyond words: "Old Li, it's really well written!"

Li Heng smiled and nodded. Good is good!

Besides, having spent so much effort, and with the foundation of the original work being so awesome, could it not be good?

If anyone dared to say it wasn't good, he could roll up his sleeves and slap them to death.

Carefully putting away the 10 chapters of the manuscript, Zou Ping suddenly issued an invitation: "Old Li, you are now our great hero of 'Harvest.' Do you want to go to the magazine office for a visit?"

Li Heng was a bit moved, but refused a moment later, "After I'm busy, after I finish writing 'Culture Travel,' I will definitely go take a look."

He meant this sincerely. Having been in Shanghai for so long, he naturally had to go see his great benefactor, Old Man Ba.

However, he didn't know what gifts to bring when visiting. At that level, they lacked nothing. It was best to just finish writing "Culture Travel" and use this as a gimmick to visit.

Zou Ping had been in the magazine office for so many years and was also quite shrewd; he understood his meaning in seconds, "Okay, call me when the time comes, and I'll come pick you up."

Li Heng nodded.

After chatting for a while, Zou Ping drove the van away, not even eating, saying Editor-in-Chief Liao was still waiting at the magazine office and he had to rush back.

Watching the car disappear at the entrance, Li Heng returned to the room and opened the two packages. Instantly, hundreds or thousands of reader letters came into view.

Checking them simply, he found they came from all over the country; they were from everywhere.

This was the first time Mai Sui had experienced this scene. The shock in her heart was even more intense than Li Heng, the person involved. She rummaged through them for a while, looked up, and asked, "Are you going to reply?"

He was too busy, and Li Heng's willingness to reply wasn't very high. But seeing the indescribable light flashing in her eyes, he said, "Help me pick 5, and I'll find time to reply."

"Good." Having received the task, Mai Sui immersed herself in the reader letters.

However, the workload was too large, and she wasn't willing to fool around casually. It took her half an hour to pick out 2.

Seeing this, Li Heng pulled her out the door, "My aunt, stop picking. Let's go eat first; I'm almost starving to death."

Mai Sui smiled delicately, pulled her hand back calmly, turned around to lock the door, and got on the bicycle.

"Where are we going to eat?" After leaving Lushan Village, Li Heng put his feet on the ground and stopped at a fork in the road to ask.

Mai Sui raised her right wrist to look, and apologized, "At this time, the cafeteria doesn't have much food left. Either order stir-fry or go outside to a restaurant."

Speaking of stir-fry, the Fudan University cafeteria had also just launched it not long ago, but the dishes were damn expensive. For example, a vinegar-shredded cabbage cost one yuan.

Eating cafeteria food, a meat dish and a vegetable dish full of meat only cost 4 to 6 mao.

Damn it, wasn't this robbery?

But even with such expensive dishes, there were still people eating them, and quite a few. Most were city people with relatively good family conditions, or they were calling friends, or bringing someone of the opposite sex to save face.

It was almost dark. Thinking that Mai Sui's graceful figure was quite attractive to men and not that safe, he gave up the idea of going to a restaurant outside. He turned the handlebars, stepped hard on the pedals, and headed straight for the cafeteria.

Sure enough, as expected, there wasn't much cafeteria food left, only some soup and water. However, the stir-fry section was still relatively lively.

Fortunately, it was past mealtime, so the two didn't have to queue for too long. They luxuriously ordered three dishes: sweet and sour fish, stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts, and a small cabbage.

Finding a seat, Mai Sui lowered her voice and joked, "We ordered too much. Just now, many people next to us were looking at you."

"Really?" Li Heng looked around and unexpectedly discovered a classmate from his class, Bai Wanying.

Bai Wanying was sitting in a wheelchair, moving slowly toward a corner seat. But when she reached the middle, the spoon in her hand was knocked to the ground. The group of boys was laughing and talking loudly and didn't notice this situation.

Seeing this girl trying hard to pick up the spoon, Li Heng didn't think much and subconsciously got up to go over, helping to pick up the spoon and even helping to wash it under the faucet in front. "Classmate Bai, here."

"Thank you!" Bai Wanying thanked him with a full smile.

Li Heng asked, "Which seat are you going to sit at?"

Bai Wanying pointed to the front right: "There."

"I'll push you over." Li Heng said.

Bai Wanying waved her hand: "No need, no need, I can do it myself."

Seeing her self-reliance, Li Heng didn't force his way in. He followed her to the seat and asked, "Are you here alone today?"

Bai Wanying shook her head and looked behind him.

Li Heng turned around and didn't expect Zhang Bing to appear in his line of sight, holding two bottles of soda in his hand. He thought he had just gone to buy soda.

Their eyes met. Zhang Bing reacted quickly, gave a bottle of soda to Bai Wanying and one to Li Heng, and asked, "Old Li, are you here to eat alone?"

Li Heng didn't want the soda, put it on the table, and said, "I came with a high school classmate."

Following his finger, Zhang Bing and Bai Wanying saw Mai Sui.

Bai Wanying asked, "Her name is Mai Sui, right?"

Li Heng asked, "Do you know each other?"

Bai Wanying shook her head: "I don't know her, but her beauty is quite famous among the girls in our Management School."

Zhang Bing chimed in at this time: "That's true. These past two days, I've often heard the name 'Mai Sui' in the men's dormitory."

Bai Wanying asked, "Are you two dating?"

Li Heng said: "We were very good friends in high school."

After chatting for a while, Li Heng got up and left, worried about neglecting Mai Sui.

At the same time, he also felt that the friendship between Zhang Bing and Bai Wanying was developing too fast, vaguely excluding outsiders. This could be seen from the mealtime they chose and the corner seat.

Actually, after thinking about it carefully, Li Heng understood the logic. Zhang Bing was married, and he didn't really want others to see him getting along with friends of the opposite sex.

And because of her disability, Bai Wanying looked very optimistic on the surface, but she had an instinctive defense mechanism in her heart. She was very strong, but also fragile, and didn't want to be treated with sympathy or strange looks.

When Li Heng sat down, Mai Sui had already brought the three dishes and even served two bowls of rice, handing him a pair of chopsticks: "Didn't you say you were starving? Eat something to pad your stomach."

Li Heng took the chopsticks and asked, "Aren't you curious about what I went to do just now?"

Mai Sui smiled and said: "If you are willing to share with me, you will take the initiative to say it. If you don't say it, there must be a reason, and I shouldn't ask."

Li Heng sighed: "You are really understanding. Whoever marries you in the future will be lucky for three lifetimes; they must have accumulated blessings for eighteen generations of ancestors."

Mai Sui was rarely playful once: "Didn't you say before that my looks bring prosperity to my husband?"

Li Heng gave a thumbs up: "Right."

At this point, the two smiled at each other and began to pick up dishes to eat.

During the meal, Li Heng briefly talked about Zhang Bing and Bai Wanying's information.

Mai Sui was surprised: "He is Zhang Bing?"

Li Heng said "Hmm."

Mai Sui looked back at the corner seat calmly, "I understand a bit now why the two of them sat there."

Li Heng nodded: "They are still limited by the concepts of the era and still can't let go. When they get familiar with university life in the future, they will slowly get better."

Speaking of the concepts of the era, Mai Sui glanced at him and couldn't help but think of him entangling with three women: Song Yu, Xiao Han, and Chen Zijin.

Receiving her strange look, Li Heng narrowed his eyes, "Don't let your imagination run wild."

Mai Sui lowered her head and smiled, not making a sound.

After the meal, the two took a walk around the campus. Li Heng said: "Why don't you buy a bicycle, too? It'll be convenient for you to take Man Ning to my place to visit."

He didn't offer to help buy it because there was no need. First, this girl's family was damn rich, and second, she would definitely refuse.

Mai Sui looked at him and didn't say she agreed.

Li Heng said: "Tomorrow I'll go to the bank to cash the money order and deposit it. At that time, I'll return the 500 to you."

This time Mai Sui opened her mouth and said okay.

He had been busy all this time and hadn't had time to go to the bank. He didn't know if banks in a big place like Shanghai were open on holidays?

Walking along the tree-lined path for more than half the campus, they were a bit tired. When the two planned to find a place in Yan Garden to rest, they ran into a passionate couple under the shade of the Red Building, secretly kissing behind a tree trunk.

Mai Sui was a bit stunned, her mouth wide open in shock, and she stopped in her tracks with an emergency brake.

Li Heng was also a bit surprised. He placed his index finger on her red lips in time, made a "shh" sound, pulled her back, and then turned and left, not disturbing the other party.

The scene just now was very intense. Analyzing from the amplitude and proficiency of the kiss, the couple was definitely a repeat offender. That French romantic tongue-kissing entanglement shocked Mai Sui's worldview quite a bit.

And so, this girl kept walking, kept walking forward, and it took a long time for her to come back to her senses and ask: "Aren't they afraid of being caught by the school?"

Li Heng smiled: "Isn't it because they are afraid of being caught that they hid in that ghostly place? It's just that I didn't expect us two to be so 'un-martial' and walk toward that small path."

Mai Sui was thin-skinned after all. After coming back to her senses, she just followed and smiled, not picking up the topic again.

After 8 o'clock in the evening, the two separated downstairs at the 12th women's dormitory building.

Mai Sui returned to the dormitory.

Li Heng watched her enter the dormitory lobby before returning to his own dormitory.

He hadn't returned to the dormitory for two days. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he heard Li Guang, Hu Ping, Li Guoyi, Tang Dailing, and Zhou Zhangming arguing and debating endlessly.

Zhang Bing was smoking a paper-rolled cigarette on the side, watching them argue.

The five were arguing about whether Wei Xiaozhu from the Philosophy Department was better looking, or Liu Yue from their own class, or perhaps Mai Sui from Finance Class 1?

The five damn goods each held their own opinions, rolled up their sleeves, and spat flew. They argued with noses and eyes, each having their own basis. Who the hell would submit to whom?

Hu Ping said Wei Xiaozhu was the best looking. Her eyebrows, eyes, nose, and lips were all very three-dimensional and distinctive. She belonged to the kind that stood out from the crowd when thrown into a crowd, and still stood out from the crowd when thrown among beauties.

Li Guang was a firm supporter of Liu Yue. He attacked Hu Ping for not distinguishing between public and private, and for taking revenge for private grudges. It was just because Liu Yue threw his three love letters into the trash can that he kept biting that Liu Yue couldn't compare to Wei Xiaozhu.

Zhou Zhangming said Mai Sui had the most feminine charm, the kind that one would never get tired of looking at for a lifetime. Such a woman became more charming as she grew older.

Hearing this, Li Heng took the paper-rolled cigarette handed over by Zhang Bing, lit it, took two puffs, and interjected:

"Brothers, what's going on? What about Zhou Shihe, whom you guys were praising before?"

Zhou Zhangming said: "Zhou Shihe is hard to compare. Putting her in makes it unbalanced."

Oh, so that's how it was. Li Heng understood, then said: "You guys continue, continue. Argue if you want to argue, fight if you want to fight. If you lose the fight, Old Zhang and I are responsible for sending you to the hospital."

A sentence of fanning the flames made the five people who were already unconvinced start bickering again. Their eyes were almost popping out, and they were red-faced and almost ready to fight.

In order to win the support of Li Guoyi and Tang Dailing, Li Guang, Hu Ping, and Zhou Zhangming all engaged in the work of later-generation salesmen, vigorously promoting their supporters to the two.

Li Guoyi was a bit troubled, saying that each had their own merits, and favoring anyone would be unfair to his conscience.

Tang Dailing had a clear bias, supporting Wei Xiaozhu.

His reason was that he hadn't talked to Liu Yue, let alone knew Mai Sui, so he didn't understand them. On the contrary, because of eating together at a joint dormitory meal, he was relatively most familiar with Wei Xiaozhu.

Hearing this, Hu Ping grinned and happily hugged Tang Dailing and spun him around.

Li Guang and Zhou Zhangming were unconvinced! While trying to win over Li Guoyi, they also aimed their fire at Zhang Bing and Li Heng.

Li Heng was the first to wave his hand: "Don't call me. This is unfair. After all, I haven't seen Wei Xiaozhu."

Several people felt it made sense, and then they all poured their firepower onto Zhang Bing.

Zhang Bing said: "I'm married. This is your young people's business; I won't get involved."

But it was useless. Li Guang's sentence, "Don't think we don't know you're close to Bai Wanying," pulled Zhang Bing into the vortex.

Seeing their team growing larger and larger, and the situation becoming more intense, and the means of pulling people becoming more and more despicable, it was hard to tell who was higher or lower. Li Heng suddenly stood up and called a halt: "Stop! Stop! Stop!"

Hearing the sound, the 6 people stopped firing in unison and turned to look at Li Heng.

Li Heng closed the door and said: "Don't argue like this. Arguing like this has no meaning. There won't be a result even if you argue until tomorrow. I suggest you guys come up with a gimmick.

First, think seriously for 3 minutes each. No talking is allowed during this period, and then start voting. You can write one or two names on each piece of paper, but you are not allowed to write all three. The one with the most votes wins."

Hu Ping asked: "Old Li, what is the gimmick?"

Li Heng said: "The gimmick must be heavy, otherwise you won't think seriously. I think we can do this..."

As Li Heng told them the means of pranking people, the complexions of the 6 people changed drastically, and they wished they could swallow Li Heng alive on the spot.

Li Heng quietly retreated to the door, ready to run if the situation wasn't right.

After a long silence, Li Guoyi said fiercely: "It's worth doing, I support it!"

Hu Ping followed suit: "I think it's pretty good."

Li Guang frowned, "Isn't it too embarrassing for the loser?"

Hu Ping provoked him: "If you can't let go, don't play, and admit Liu Yue is inferior."

Li Guang jumped: "Damn it! Bring it on, I'm not afraid of you, you bastard."

The three agreed, and then looked at the other three.

Tang Dailing and Zhou Zhangming raised their hands at the same time.

Finally, only Zhang Bing was left. Facing the siege of the 5 people, he had no choice and was forced to participate.

Next, Li Heng acted as the host, let them prepare paper and pens, and timed them: "Ready...!

Timing starts. You have 3 minutes to think. Whoever talks in the middle will be considered to have automatically abstained and will be counted as the losing side."

The 6 people sat in their seats, looking at each other, none of them daring to make a sound.

The scene was very much like cowboys about to have a duel; the atmosphere was very suffocating.

Li Heng was very leisurely, taking a bag of five-spice melon seeds from the drawer and slowly cracking them. He even asked Zhang Bing, who was closest to him: "Old Zhang, want some melon seeds?"

Zhang Bing almost said "No need," but after reacting, he turned his back to him and ignored him.

Damn it, he wouldn't fall for it. Li Heng wouldn't give up and tried to lure the others one by one, but they all turned their backs to him, making him have to mutter:

"Not eating such fragrant melon seeds, sigh, sigh, what a pity, what a pity..."

Three minutes wasn't long, nor was it short. As the last second arrived, Li Heng called out: "Good! Time's up, comrades, hurry up and write the names."

Brush, brush, brush—just a name, it didn't take much time. In less than 20 seconds, 6 slips of paper were gathered in Li Heng's hands.

Seeing everyone gathering around, Li Heng didn't talk nonsense and quickly tallied them up:

"Liu Yue, Wei Xiaozhu, one vote each."

"Wei Xiaozhu, one vote."

"Mai Sui, one vote."

"..."

After tallying the 6 slips of paper one by one, the results were quickly released.

Liu Yue received 3 votes.

Mai Sui received 3 votes.

Wei Xiaozhu received 2 votes.

Seeing the vote count, Hu Ping's face turned black, and he asked Li Guoyi and Zhang Bing indignantly: "What are you two guys doing? Why vote for Mai Sui, whom you don't even know?"

Li Guoyi patted his chest with a clatter and said shamelessly: "Wei Xiaozhu is very beautiful, I admit that. But we brothers know each other; you want to hit on her, right?

You want to hit on her, so it's not good for me, your brother, to pry the corner, so I won't support her."

Hu Ping was so angry he spat blood! He grabbed Li Guoyi's neck with both hands, wanting to fight for his life.

After a big fuss, seeing everyone looking at himself, Zhang Bing said honestly:

"I've seen Mai Sui at close range three times. Although I didn't know her name at first, she is indeed very charming and left a deep impression."

The victorious Zhou Zhangming praised: "As expected of a man who has been married, Old Zhang still has experience. Perhaps Mai Sui doesn't necessarily suppress Wei Xiaozhu in looks, but she has a very charming temperament."

Zhang Bing said: "It still depends on preference. Wei Xiaozhu is actually not bad, but Old Hu, your intention is too obvious; otherwise, the voting might have been a different scene."

Hu Ping's heart was bleeding: "Should we vote again?"

"Get lost!"

"Dream on!"

Everyone denied it directly.

Tang Dailing, who followed Hu Ping and lost, looked ashen and stuttered to Li Heng: "Old Li, when will the punishment be?"

Li Heng sought the winner's opinion. As a result, these people were one more ruthless than the other. The time was set for noon tomorrow, and the location was at the entrance of the 12th women's dormitory building.

Hu Ping was about to cry: "Brothers, please show mercy. Can we change the location? All the girls in our Management School live in this building."

Zhou Zhangming gloated, "What's the meaning if it's not at Building 12? That wouldn't be called a punishment; it would be called a reward."

Li Guang clapped: "Exactly!"

Li Guoyi added insult to injury: "Then why not change it to Building 9? Wei Xiaozhu lives in that building."

Hu Ping was even more depressed, "Then it's still Building 12."

A night passed, and noon the next day arrived quickly.

At 12 o'clock sharp, Hu Ping and Tang Dailing each stood at the entrance of the 12th women's dormitory building with a large bowl of fatty meat on time.

Hu Ping stood on the left side of the gate, and Tang Dailing stood on the right, heads held high and chests out, facing each other like two door gods, mighty and domineering.

Every time they saw a girl passing by, the two would take a bite of fatty meat and use chopsticks to clamp the bitten fatty meat and say to the girl: "Want to eat? Take a bite, oily and greasy, delicious to the point of exploding!"

The two spoke in unison, the slogan was complete, and the volume had to ensure that the passing girls could hear it. This was a hard requirement in the bet.

The first wave of girls to appear had 4 people, and they were startled by the sudden "Want to eat? Take a bite, oily and greasy, delicious to the point of exploding!" from the two.

The four girls first looked left and right at Hu Ping and Tang Dailing like they were looking at fools, and then they covered their mouths and laughed, bending over laughing. The four girls laughed into a nest; they were laughing crazy!

The 5 people supervising not far away also laughed loudly, especially seeing the constipated expressions of Hu Ping and Tang Dailing, which made them feel even more comfortable.

One wave hadn't finished, and another wave came. Hu Ping and Tang Dailing very professionally shouted the slogan again:

"Want to eat? Take a bite, oily and greasy, delicious to the point of exploding!"

No surprise, the second wave of girls also laughed miserably.

Then came the third wave, the fourth wave, the fifth wave...

It was mealtime now, and there were more and more girls, like the tide of the Qiantang River, wave after wave...

They say good things don't go out, but bad things spread a thousand miles.

In no time, the 12th women's dormitory building was spreading a slogan: Want to eat? Take a bite, oily and greasy, delicious to the point of exploding!

The result!

The result was that there was no result. Within a few minutes, the girls in this building all knew that there were two "crazy" boys at the door, attracting many girls to come out and watch the fun.

Facing dozens of eyes watching the fun at the door, Hu Ping and Tang Dailing's faces were trembling! Their whole bodies were trembling!

Damn it, they really wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it!

Some girls asked curiously: "What kind of heaven-defying and people-resenting things did you do?"

Other girls asked: "Who came up with this slogan? It's catchy and very flavorful."

Hu Ping and Tang Dailing greeted Li Heng many times in their hearts. They really had the heart to die.

However, the two had a strong spirit of contract. If they lost, they lost; they didn't renege! They stubbornly ate a catty and a half of fatty meat each according to the regulations.

PS: Seeking subscriptions! Seeking monthly tickets!

Afraid that everyone has been waiting for a long time, I'll post it first and then edit it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 170 =====