Chapter 177: , A meeting full of schemes (Please subscribe!)

"Eh, Li Heng, why did you come so late? What are you looking for me for?"

Hearing someone knocking on the door, Instructor Liu Jia opened it and saw Li Heng poking his head in.

Li Heng put on a smiling face, "Look at what you're saying. Can't I come to see my respected instructor if there's nothing wrong? Can't I come to listen to the instructor's teachings?"

The instructor laughed, raising her head, "You have such good intentions? I think you don't visit the temple without a reason, right?"

"How could that be? If you say that again, I'll be sad."

As he spoke, Li Heng presented the mooncakes and offered his blessings, "Instructor, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

The instructor was a bit surprised. It had been so many years, and this was the first time a student had given her mooncakes. She was instantly moved, opened the door all the way, and beckoned, "You have nothing to do later, right? If not, come in and sit for a while."

"Eh, okay." Li Heng walked in and closed the door behind him.

The instructor put the mooncakes on the side of a chair, sat on the chair, and asked him face-to-face, "Didn't you say you weren't asking for leave? Did you finish handling the temporary matter?"

Eating someone's food makes one's mouth soft, but why didn't this apply to the instructor? She really knew how to touch a sore spot.

Fortunately, Li Heng's skin was thick enough, and he spoke nonsense with a straight face, "I'm done, and I want to go to the capital again."

Her gaze scanned him up and down like an infrared ray, and the instructor suddenly gossiped, "Is your partner in the capital?"

This was a fact, but he couldn't admit it. Otherwise, if Xiao Han came to school in the near future, wouldn't the truth be fully exposed?

Li Heng said whatever came to mind, "No, my dad's health isn't good, so I'm going to the capital to scout out the path."

Hearing it was a family matter, the instructor tactfully didn't dig deeper. After asking about Comrade Li Jianguo's health, she shifted the topic to study and life.

They chatted for about 20 minutes. It was the first time the teacher and student were so harmonious. Just as they were about to part, the instructor suddenly called out to him, "Wait a second."

Li Heng, who was holding the doorknob and about to leave, turned around.

Their gazes met for a moment, and the instructor was filled with emotion, "Sigh, you look so young no matter how I look at you. I don't know where you get such great charm? Go on, go on. The plane is tomorrow morning, go back and rest early."

"Okay." Li Heng responded and left.

Although the instructor had been vague just now, Li Heng understood. If he still couldn't figure out who was helping him invisibly now, he would be truly stupid.

If he wasn't mistaken, the person behind her should be Huang Zhaoyi. It was just a pity that their contact time at the Blue Sky Hotel last time was too short, and he hadn't had a good look at her in person.

He did have a photo, though.

But a photo was just a photo, and there was still a big difference from the real person in reality.

When he returned to Dorm 325, this group of spirited young men was hotly discussing the human nature issues in "Water Margin."

Li Guoyi, who had read "Water Margin" five times, was the focus of attention. He was vividly explaining, "Look, Li Kui's mother was eaten by a tiger. Li Kui killed the tiger in a fit of rage, but when he returned to Liangshan, none of the heroes mentioned the life or death of Li Kui's mother, but instead offered congratulations: Li Kui killed a few big tigers!

This is the shitty human nature. In this stupid world, few people truly care about you; only you know your own pain."

Tang Dailing didn't agree with this view, "You're too extreme. The people in Water Margin are just a mob forced to Liangshan, with different thoughts. Their hearts were never united, so naturally, it was just superficial politeness. But in real life, I feel there are still more good people and more warmth."

Li Guoyi grinned, "More good people? More warmth? Hehe, that's the biggest joke I've ever heard. Old Tang, don't be unconvinced. If you divorced your wife and I ran over to offer congratulations, would you say I'm beautiful and kind-hearted?"

Tang Dailing glared, "Get lost! Talk about the matter, don't curse me."

Li Guoyi raised his hands high, "OK OK, I surrender. Then let's change it, change it to your girlfriend, you and your girlfriend break up..."

Tang Dailing sprayed angrily, "Girlfriend won't work either. If you bring up my love life again, I'm going to duel with you, have a real man-to-man showdown, draw guns and shoot each other!"

"Draw guns and shoot each other? Come come come, Little Tang, let me test your gun." Li Guoyi licked his lips sneakily.

This sleazy look made everyone laugh.

Li Heng distributed the mooncakes to everyone and sat on the side listening to these carefree, happy boys chatting.

He had to sigh that only in university could one be so relaxed. High school was busy with studies and high pressure, and society was too full of deceit. Once this university life passed, the best time in life would vanish like smoke, and the second half of life would only be bitterness and fatigue.

Without any surprise, the topic drifted from Water Margin and drifted to the unchanging subject of women.

Hu Ping seemed to have moved his heart for Wei Xiaozhu. Li Guang, Zhang Bing, and others offered him cigarettes, but he didn't take them. Not only that, he opened his drawer lock and distributed all the good cigarettes inside to everyone.

For example, a carton of Peony-brand cigarettes, 4 packs of Pegasus, and 3 packs of Big Front Gate.

After distributing the 17 packs of cigarettes, Hu Ping officially announced, "Brothers, don't poison me anymore. For the sake of beautiful love, I'm going to quit smoking!"

Li Guang asked, "Old Hu, if you quit smoking and the love doesn't work out, what will you do?"

Hu Ping was unhappy, "You crow's mouth, I've only just started, say something nice, say something nice!"

Li Guoyi patted his butt and said, "Quit smoking my ass! If you have this determination, why chase Wei Xiaozhu? Better to chase Zhou Shihe; that's the most eye-catching beauty in our school."

Zhou Zhangming puffed on a Peony, "Totally agree. Wei Xiaozhu is beautiful, but compared to Zhou Shihe, her temperament is still lacking. Old Hu, I support you in chasing Zhou Shihe!"

Hu Ping was dizzy with anger, "Get lost, get lost, get lost! Wei Xiaozhu is enough. Who dares to chase Zhou Shihe? Whoever dares to chase her, I'll provide 50 yuan in support funds."

Zhang Bing, who usually didn't show his face, interjected, "Old Hu is just saying the opposite of what he thinks. This morning I saw him lying on the window secretly watching Zhou Shihe passing by downstairs. His eyeballs were wider than a cow's, and drool was flowing all over the place."

Tang Dailing provided evidence, "Brother Bing is telling the truth, I can testify."

Hu Ping's face turned black, "I was just looking, I was just looking. Looking isn't against the law. Besides, was I the only one looking? At least dozens or hundreds of people in this building were lying on the windows watching, right? You guys aren't good things either, didn't you look later too?"

Tang Dailing said, "What Brother Bing and I did was called appreciation; what you had was the heart of a thief but not the guts."

Li Guang unexpectedly dropped a bombshell, "Do you know why Old Hu's surname is Hu? It's because he loves to talk nonsense. A while ago, I saw him straightening his clothes in a dignified manner, actively crowding over to Zhou Shihe in the cafeteria to buy breakfast, and even shyly said to Zhou Shihe: Classmate, I didn't bring money, can you lend me some?"

Hearing this, Hu Ping pounced over to cover his mouth.

Li Guang dodged nimbly and pointed at him, laughing loudly, "Do you know what Zhou Shihe's reaction was?"

Hearing this, Li Guoyi forgot to smoke his cigarette, "Hurry up and say, what was the reaction?"

Li Guang ignored Hu Ping's dead-mother face and imitated Zhou Shihe's indifferent expression, "She didn't pay attention to Old Hu at all, didn't even look at him, and walked away straight after buying breakfast, treating him like air the whole time. A lot of people around were laughing at the time.

If you ask me, Old Hu, your performance was too clumsy. Zhou Shihe is so beautiful, what kind of dog-skin plaster hasn't she seen? Wouldn't she see through you at a glance?"

Hu Ping retorted angrily, "I really didn't bring money."

Li Guang spat at him, "Pah! Still telling ghost stories. Before you went out, I saw you had over 100 yuan in your pocket."

Hu Ping was indignant, "Good job Li Guang, when I asked you to eat, you said wait a while. Were you following me?"

Li Guang spat, "We were all going to the cafeteria. Is that following? You were in front, I was behind. I just happened to watch a circus performance."

"Hahaha!"

The people in the dorm laughed loudly and clapped their hands in approval.

Li Heng asked, "Which major is Zhou Shihe in? Is she really as beautiful as you say?"

"Heaven! Brother Heng, are you from outer space? School has been open for hundreds of years, and you're still asking such a childish question? If you go to the street and grab any kid to ask, they all know Zhou Shihe is in our Management School." Li Guang walked over and reached out to touch Li Heng's forehead to see if he had a fever.

Li Heng pushed his hand away, "I know she's in our Management School. I often hear boys discussing her privately when walking in the teaching building, but I don't know which major specifically, and I've never seen her in person."

Tang Dailing told him, "Brother Heng, she's an Accounting major."

Li Heng was surprised, "Accounting? Are you sure?"

Zhang Bing said, "Can't be wrong. Among the boys in the Management School now, you're probably the only one who doesn't know which major she's in or what she looks like."

Li Heng was curious, "Then what does she look like? To make you guys take her out to whip the corpse every night?"

Li Guang gestured, "Brother Heng, it's not that we want to discuss it, but when we discuss the beauties of the school, we can't bypass Zhou Shihe. That appearance and temperament are truly superb. She's beautiful enough to bubble; I've never seen anyone this good."

Tang Dailing said, "Indeed, bypassing Zhou Shihe is like the UN General Assembly bypassing the Soviet Union and the United States; it has no meaning."

Hu Ping nodded very seriously at this time, "I agree with Old Tang. I prepared four or five times just to say hello, but I was ignored. The face I lost, I still haven't recovered from it."

In the past, Hu Ping had a subtle sense of superiority in the dorm and had never been convinced by anyone. He didn't expect that after being ignored by Zhou Shihe, he could still speak well of the other party. This was truly the first time, making Li Heng look at him with new eyes.

Li Heng suddenly thought of Yu Shuheng, so he asked, "Then compared to the English teacher, who is more beautiful?"

Everyone looked at each other, and the dorm suddenly became a bit quiet.

After a long time, Li Guoyi, who had a unique insight into beauty, took the lead and said, "Hard to compare, each has its own merits, but if I have to vote, I vote for Zhou Shihe."

Hu Ping said, "I also vote for Zhou Shihe."

Zhou Zhangming said, "Although Zhou Shihe's temperament is charming, I vote for the English teacher. I like her scholarly aura and her intellectual beauty."

Li Guang said, "The English teacher and Zhou Shihe are both great beauties in temperament, but Zhou Shihe is young. To have this temperament at this age, I vote for Zhou Shihe. I choose the young one."

Everyone looked at Tang Dailing. Tang Dailing said, "Too hard to choose. This multiple-choice question is forcing me to chop off my left hand? Or chop off my right hand? If there's only one vote, I abstain."

Finally, the 6 people turned to Zhang Bing.

Zhang Bing took two puffs of his cigarette and exhaled, "I vote for the English teacher."

Li Guang asked, "Brother Bing, the reason?"

Zhang Bing said, "The English teacher's eyes have a certain quality. Every time I look at her, I feel flustered. Her mature charm is more attractive to me."

One person abstained, and the result was 3:2, with Zhou Shihe winning by a narrow margin.

Listening to the 6 people discussing and arguing in groups again, Li Heng felt a bit dazed. This Zhou Shihe was also capable, actually stimulating these hormonal teenagers from afar until they couldn't take it.

In the middle, Li Guoyi asked Li Heng for advice, "Brother Heng, you have the most contact with girls in our dorm. Do you think, when chasing a girl, what kind of performance means one can give up?"

Li Heng said casually, "If there's no response after three consecutive dates or three love letters, you can declare it over."

Zhou Zhangming asked, "Why three times?"

Li Heng said, "You've heard of 'Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage,' right? Even Zhuge Liang wasn't that hard to date."

"Damn! That makes so much sense."

A night passed.

The next morning, just as the sky was brightening, Li Heng opened his eyes and climbed down from the bed.

Li Guang in the bed next to him asked groggily, "Brother Heng, where are you going with a backpack so early?"

Li Heng said, "Going to the capital."

"Uh." Li Guang's eyelids flickered and closed again, thinking he was bluffing.

Leaving the school, Li Heng got on the first bus. There were fewer people than he imagined, allowing him to pick a front-row seat by the window. He went sightseeing all the way and arrived at the airport without realizing it.

His stomach was a bit hungry. He bought a cup of tofu pudding, a steamed bun, and an egg, finished them simply, and ran to buy a newspaper to kill time in the waiting room.

People who could afford to fly in this day and age wouldn't be too ordinary. In the big melting pot of society, they either had a head, a face, or both.

At 8:30, Li Heng followed the crowd to check tickets and board the plane. His seat was very good, in the middle of the first-class cabin.

But just as he sat down, Li Heng was stunned, feeling that the woman in the seat next to him seemed to have been seen somewhere before, giving him a sense of familiarity.

The woman was wearing a brown trench coat with a green shirt inside. At a glance, one could tell the fabric was expensive and the texture was very good. Her long hair was fluttering, and it should have been styled, with the ends slightly curled. She was wearing a pair of large sunglasses, covering half of her face. The exposed half of her face was like mutton-fat jade, very fair, as if reflecting a faint luster.

Her outfit was very stylish, and her long, rounded legs were crossed, sitting with one leg over the other, making her look fashionable and atmospheric.

A glance, and a sense of familiarity rushed over.

Another glance, and the sense of familiarity was even stronger. He dared to conclude that he must have seen this woman somewhere.

On the third glance, the woman, having noticed something, withdrew her gaze from outside the plane window and turned to him.

She looked at him through the sunglasses.

The sunglasses were very wide and the color was relatively dark. Li Heng couldn't see the eyes behind them, but he could feel that the other party was staring at him.

Li Heng revealed his white, neat teeth and smiled warmly, expressing his apologies to her; he had been rude just now.

The woman stared at him expressionlessly for a while, then turned her head away again, her gaze once again cast outside the plane window.

Having been reckless just now, Li Heng didn't dare to pay obvious attention to the other party again, but in his heart, he was unconsciously pondering: Damn it, where have I seen her?

Digging through his memory, digging and digging, the plane ascended.

As it ascended, Li Heng experienced a brief state of airsickness, and it wasn't until the plane entered the stratosphere that he slowly started to feel better.

Feeling the woman next to him secretly observing him, Li Heng turned his head. The woman turned her head at the first moment, her gaze still looking at the white clouds outside.

Damn it, playing games with me, huh?

Li Heng muttered in his heart, and suddenly his mind stirred. The woman next to him completely overlapped with the figure that had suddenly appeared in his mind.

Huang, Huang Zhaoyi?

Why is she here? Why is she sitting next to me?

Li Heng couldn't help but think of the plane ticket. Could this ticket have been given to Chief Editor Liao by her?

If it was...?

God damn it, if it was, then it was! Chief Editor Liao, you pit-digging bastard, you actually sold me out just like that???

Or rather, Chief Editor Liao didn't know either? Didn't know she would get on the plane with him?

Once he had an accurate judgment, Li Heng instantly became a bit uneasy. In his heart, he was thinking for a while, how should he refuse if she launched an attack on him later?

And for a while, he was thinking, how should he respond if she took off her sunglasses and exposed her identity later?

In his depression, the plane didn't know how many kilometers it had flown. Anyway, the flight attendant brought brunch. Whoa, it was quite rich! There was Maotai, lobster, and exquisite Four-Joy Meatballs.

There was also a small dish of green vegetables.

The food was served, and the passengers in the cabin were all eating heartily, with fragrance drifting everywhere.

Li Heng, who had lived two lifetimes, was having this treatment on a plane for the first time. He couldn't help but taste a Four-Joy Meatball, and the taste was okay.

Then he drank a small cup of Maotai. The liquor was mellow and smooth, with a long aftertaste. Uh-huh, pure genuine goods, rare, rare.

While he was savoring the Maotai liquor in small sips, Huang Zhaoyi next to him finally stopped obsessively leaning toward the white clouds outside, but instead paid attention to his every move through her sunglasses, noting his expression of enjoyment after the liquor.

The other party didn't make a sound.

Li Heng didn't speak either, continuing to drink and eat, pretending not to know her, so as to avoid the burden.

In a kind of indescribable confusion on both sides, 2 hours flashed by, and the plane landed at the Jingcheng Airport.

As soon as the plane stopped, Huang Zhaoyi stood up, seemingly in a hurry to leave.

Seeing this, Li Heng stood up to make way.

Huang Zhaoyi glanced at him, picked up her bag, and left, her gait steady, disappearing into the sea of people without haste.

Li Heng watched her back for a while, then also took his luggage and left the airport.

On the other side, after Huang Zhaoyi walked out of the gate, she didn't leave the airport directly, but stood in a hidden corner, looking at him from afar.

Until he took a taxi and drove away, Huang Zhaoyi finally took off her sunglasses, looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, and then walked toward the boarding gate again.

The timing was just right; she didn't even need to wait for the flight, directly checking tickets and boarding the plane to fly to Shanghai.

Two hours later, Huang Zhaoyi appeared at the Shanghai airport, and a female friend drove to pick her up, asking, "Is it fun to fly back and forth like this?"

Huang Zhaoyi didn't answer and opened a bottle of drink to drink.

The female friend asked, "Did he recognize you?"

Huang Zhaoyi's mouth curled, "He's not stupid."

The female friend turned her head to look at her, drove, and turned her head to look at her again, "Then did you two talk?"

Huang Zhaoyi said, "It's not time yet."

The female friend was puzzled, "Spending so much money and so much time just to sit with him without saying a word? Don't you feel wronged?"

Huang Zhaoyi said, "You don't understand this artistic atmosphere."

The female friend was angry, "I don't understand, but I've already changed 3 boyfriends."

Huang Zhaoyi said coldly, "Stop the car!"

The female friend immediately changed her attitude, "Alright, alright, don't be so fierce with your own people. I'll accompany you for the rest of my life anyway. I've made up my mind to be a DINK, not getting married or having children. Do you feel a bit better?"

Huang Zhaoyi asked, "Did your parents agree?"

The female friend said, "I'm not the only child in the family. I have older brothers and sisters above, and younger brothers and sisters below, all of whom have started families and careers. After I was stubborn for a long time, the two elders naturally figured it out."

After listening, Huang Zhaoyi sighed.

The female friend asked, "Hey, you're not loyal enough. Who exactly is the writer 'December'? Can you tell me today?"

Huang Zhaoyi said, "It's not time yet."

"That line again. Do you believe I'll secretly investigate today's flight information?" the friend threatened.

Huang Zhaoyi flicked her hair, "Then you won't have me as a friend in the future."

"Valuing sex over friends," the friend scolded, then stopped at the right point and chatted about other things.

The Jingcheng.

Li Heng took a taxi directly to a hostel near Peking University to stay.

He wasn't in a hurry to go to the Peking University campus to find Song Yu, but first went to a nearby pastry shop to order a birthday cake according to Song Yu's taste.

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