Chapter 192: , Going Up the Pole Isn't a Deal (Seeking subscriptions!)

Having eaten cafeteria food for a week, Li Heng, whose mouth was almost tasteless, took advantage of the weekend to plan to cook a few chili dishes to improve the food.

Eating alone is meaningless, of course, he had to call his little friends.

With this thought, Li Heng rushed to the downstairs of the girls' dormitory building 12.

Before he could speak, the dormitory manager aunt who recognized him asked: "Calling Seeing Mai Sui?"

Li Heng smiled and nodded, "Yes, thank you, Aunt."

The dormitory manager aunt turned on the little loudspeaker and called twice: "Seeing Mai Sui of 217, someone is looking for you downstairs! Someone is looking for you downstairs."

Turning off the little loudspeaker, the dormitory manager aunt said later: "Ever since you appeared last time, the number of boys looking for this girl Seeing Mai Sui has suddenly decreased."

Li Heng asked: "Does that mean there are still those who won't give up?"

The dormitory manager aunt said: "A semester hasn't even passed, there are definitely one or two. You are all cultured people, what is it called in books, what is it..."

Li Heng took the words: "Not hitting the south wall and not turning back."

"Right, right, right! As expected of a university student, knowledgeable and learned." The dormitory manager aunt praised him for a while, then asked: "Are you two dating?"

Li Heng asked: "Does it look like it?"

The dormitory manager aunt shook her head: "Not really."

Li Heng was surprised.

The dormitory manager aunt pointed to her own eyes: "I've sat here for more than ten years. I won't say I've practiced a pair of fiery eyes, but I have a rough idea of the affairs between you boys and girls with just one glance. The feeling you two give me lacks one thing."

Ho! This is amazing.

Li Heng secretly gave a thumbs up and asked idly: "Then which girl in this building is the most popular?"

The dormitory manager aunt said a name: "Liu Yue."

Li Heng was surprised, "Not Zhou Shihe?"

The dormitory manager aunt said like an experienced person: "Of course not. That girl you mentioned is as beautiful as the Seventh Fairy in the sky; not many boys have the confidence to pursue her openly. Those who do are just secretly writing love letters to test the waters."

Li Heng gave a thumbs up: "Still Aunt who understands more."

However, Liu Yue was indeed beyond his expectation. In his impression, this girl wasn't a good person, so many boys dared to pursue her?

Seeing Mai Sui appeared.

Li Heng turned around and asked curiously: "I thought you wouldn't come down today either?"

Seeing Mai Sui smiled charmingly: "My intuition told me it should be you, so I came down to see."

Leaving the girls' dormitory, Li Heng told her about the chat with the dormitory manager aunt just now, "I caused the number of boys pursuing you to decrease, will you blame me?"

Seeing Mai Sui just smiled and didn't answer.

Li Heng explained his intention, "You haven't eaten yet, right?"

"I was planning to go eat with my roommates, fortunately you came early, if it were two minutes later, I would have gone to the cafeteria," Seeing Mai Sui said.

"Aiyo, what's the taste in the cafeteria? Let's go, let's go! We'll call Comrade Manning, and make beef hot pot tonight," Li Heng said impatiently, making her laugh.

Seeing Mai Sui said: "If I had your skills, I would cook for myself every weekend."

"Learn, you bought a cookbook, right? I'll teach you how to make hot pot tonight." Li Heng especially wanted to cultivate a friend who could cook, so he could lie down and eat for free in the future. This was a profitable deal.

Seeing Mai Sui wasn't very sure, "I'll try."

Rushing to the girls' dormitory building 9, Sun Manning wasn't there.

Li Heng asked: "Where did she go? She wouldn't have gone to the cafeteria, right?"

Seeing Mai Sui held her forehead, realizing later: "Uh, I just remembered, today is Friday, she should have gone to the Vice Principal's house. I heard someone is having a birthday there, I even accompanied her to buy a gift two days ago."

"Then forget it, not being able to eat the hot pot made by a big writer like me is her bad luck," Li Heng said, turning toward the outside of the school and going to the vegetable market.

Buying beef, buying ingredients, buying side dishes, and finally buying some fried tofu. This is the soul of hot pot, it can never be missing. One bite and it explodes with juice; that kind of sour and refreshing feeling, whoever tries it knows.

After matching the hot pot, Li Heng asked: "Do you have any special dishes you want to eat? I have time today, I'll cook for you."

Seeing Mai Sui asked: "Really cook?"

Li Heng nodded, "With our relationship, could I lie to you?"

Seeing Mai Sui really had a dish she wanted to eat: "I want to eat pounded chili with century egg. Grandma often made it for me when I was little, I miss it a bit."

Li Heng understood and took her to buy chili, "You're missing home, right?"

Seeing Mai Sui said: "I miss Grandma, I always dream of Grandma recently."

Li Heng asked: "How old is she?"

Seeing Mai Sui said: "71 this year."

Then she added: "Her health isn't very good."

Li Heng said: "That old, then your father's siblings must be many."

Seeing Mai Sui gave a soft "Mm": "6 siblings, four aunts, and one eldest uncle."

After buying chili and century eggs, of course, he had to buy wine. He bought beer and, on a whim, bought a bottle of strong sorghum liquor. Later, the two returned to Lushan Village.

At this time, the fake Daoist was meditating in the attic. Seeing this, he asked: "Li Heng, not going to learn piano today?"

Li Heng shook the vegetables in his hand: "Not going tonight, tomorrow."

Lingering on the vegetables in his hand for a few seconds, Fu Yanjie was a bit regretful. He wanted to pull Li Heng to learn piano so he could invite Siya to eat, but this guy brought a beautiful girl back.

Fu Yanjie asked: "What time are you going tomorrow? Let's go together."

Li Heng said: "Afternoon, or evening, I have things to do during the day."

Fu Yanjie grinned and watched the two enter the house.

Beef hot pot is simple. Li Heng demonstrated while explaining, and finally asked: "Did you learn it?"

"I seem to have understood." Seeing him looking at her with expectation, Seeing Mai Sui vaguely understood what kind of idea he was playing.

"Understood? Heavens! Understanding cooking is useless, you have to learn to do it. The same formula tastes different in different people's hands. Next time, sigh, don't wait for next time, you do it for me to see tomorrow noon," Li Heng knew deeply that in the cooking industry, you understand it at a glance but fail at a try, so he had to strike while the iron was hot to make her confident.

Seeing Mai Sui asked with a laugh: "Still eating beef hot pot tomorrow noon?"

Li Heng said: "Mutton, change to mutton, the method is about the same, I'll teach you on the side, teach you hand-in-hand."

Seeing Mai Sui said: "You should go teach Xiao Han, Song Yu, and Chen Zijin."

"You make sense, but they are too far away, how to teach?" Teach the three of them? Forget it, I taught them enough in my last life, they learned today and would return it all in a few days, Li Heng had given up long ago.

Pounded chili is usually roasted over fire. Li Heng threw the chili into the charcoal basin, covered it with a layer of fine sand to prevent burning, and then it was a work of skill. Seeing Mai Sui watched very seriously on the side.

Just as the two finished roasting the chili and were blowing the ash off the outside, an uninvited guest came to the door.

Fu Yanjie asked with his hands behind his back: "What kind of dish are you making today? Why is it so fragrant?"

Some words are understood at a glance. Looking at Seeing Mai Sui, Li Heng shouted at the door: "Beef hot pot, pounded chili. Fu Laoshi, have you eaten dinner? Want to come eat a bit?"

"That's too embarrassing." Fu Yanjie adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, saying this, but he had already walked in.

He didn't come for nothing, bringing a bottle of Moutai.

Sitting down with a thud, Fu Yanjie looked at the beef hotpot with its fragrant red oil and swallowed his saliva uncontrollably. He said politely, "Li Heng, I didn't expect you to know how to cook. I had originally intended to just grab a bite at the cafeteria, but once I smelled the fragrance coming from your place, I couldn't walk away. I thought, well, we're acquaintances, so I'd be thick-skinned and come over for a bite."

Then the other party added: "Don't worry, not eating for free, I'll treat you and your girlfriend to eat Western food another day."

Li Heng glanced at Seeing Mai Sui and said: "This is my classmate."

Fu Yanjie was stunned, looked at Seeing Mai Sui, his lips mumbled for a while, and finally said: "Hi! Look at my mouth, no door, then..."

Li Heng was a master at observing colors, so he immediately took the words: "Her name is Seeing Mai Sui."

Fu Yanjie said sincerely: "Seeing Mai Sui classmate, I said the wrong thing, I apologize to you."

Seeing Mai Sui smiled, stood up to get some bowls, chopsticks, and cups, and conveniently opened three bottles of beer.

Fu Yanjie said: "Beer has no strength, if you want to drink, drink white wine."

As he spoke, he opened the Moutai and poured a glass for each.

Li Heng wasn't very good at white wine, looked at Seeing Mai Sui, and the latter nodded slightly, indicating no problem.

Receiving the signal, Li Heng was relieved, raised his glass and said: "Come! We are both at Fudan and neighbors, I won't say any extra nonsense, let's touch."

"I like your straightforward temperament, not pretentious, suits my taste." Fu Yanjie laughed and touched glasses with the two, then drank half a glass in one breath.

Get it, looking at his posture, this Fu Yanjie is a drunkard.

Fu Yanjie had been greedy for the beef for a long time. After half a glass of white wine, he greeted and picked up a piece of fat beef and put it in his mouth. Shivering, he immediately praised: "No wonder it's so fragrant, truly delicious, I've had a treat today."

The three touched glasses several times in a row, very lively.

Eating and chatting, Fu Yanjie, who was three rounds into the wine, suddenly asked: "Li Heng, you said that yesterday, your love experience should be very rich, right?"

Li Heng understood what the other party was saying: "Fu Laoshi, you're looking too highly of me. I'm only this old, how can my love experience be rich? Can only say I've talked, talked, slightly understand the fur."

Seeing Mai Sui looked at someone with a laugh and lowered her head to pick up a chopstick of pounded chili for him, not exposing him.

"Don't call me Fu Laoshi, it's strange. I'm seventeen or eighteen years older than you. If you don't mind, you can call me Old Fu from now on. I like hearing others call me Old Fu." Fu Yanjie stared at the pounded chili in Li Heng's bowl and glanced at Seeing Mai Sui, not knowing what he was thinking.

Receiving Fu Yanjie's look, Seeing Mai Sui seemed to notice her own loss of composure just now, but didn't care too much. Usually, she, Manning, and Li Heng ate at one table, and the three would occasionally pick food for each other. This made the three who were together feel more intimate.

"Eh, done." Li Heng also felt Fu Laoshi was a bit off, so he was happy to agree.

Fu Yanjie leaned forward slightly: "Actually, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me; it's true that I came for a meal today, but it's even more true that I came to seek your advice."

Siya used to live in the same courtyard as me, but we separated when she moved. I gave up a bright future abroad and came back mainly for her. I've been pursuing her for eight years now, and I haven't even held her hand. Yet, how long have you known her? She pours tea and red wine for you, and even teaches you piano hand-in-hand.

Seeing you two sitting side-by-side, your hands occasionally touching, my teeth ache with envy. Do you have any good methods?"

Li Heng had self-awareness: "Old Fu, it seems you've misunderstood. Sister Chen pouring tea and wine for me isn't because of me, but because she's basking in Teacher Yu's reflected glory."

Fu Yanjie shook his head vigorously: "No, no, no. I admit you're right about part of it, but that's not the whole story. I still know Siya quite well."

Li Heng asked: "Old Fu, what subject do you teach at school?"

Fu Yanjie replied: "Mathematics."

Li Heng blinked: "Mathematics? Then Old Fu, you should be good at logical analysis. Why don't you analyze and compare the two of us? Wouldn't that solve it?"

Fu Yanjie downed half a glass of white liquor and said with a calm, sage-like air: "I analyzed it last night. My face isn't as good as yours, but it's not that bad either; I consider myself quite presentable. However, my eloquence isn't as good as yours."

Li Heng asked casually: "How is your financial situation?"

Fu Yanjie said: "I don't have big money, but I'm not short of small change."

Li Heng asked again: "What about the conditions of your two families?"

Fu Yanjie said: "Our family conditions are about the same, though hers is slightly better."

Li Heng asked: "You said you've been pursuing her for eight years?"

Fu Yanjie counted on his fingers: "I'm eight years older than her. I started writing her love letters when she was twenty, and it's been exactly eight years now."

Li Heng asked: "Then what is her attitude toward you?"

Fu Yanjie recalled: "She doesn't dislike me, but she isn't intimate either."

Li Heng asked: "During these eight years, has she dated anyone else?"

Fu Yanjie shook his head: "No, absolutely not!"

Li Heng thought for a moment, dipped his finger in some water, and wrote the character "Pursue" on the table.

Fu Yanjie pondered for a long time, then finally widened his eyes and asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

Li Heng said cryptically: "Heaven's secrets cannot be leaked. Figure it out yourself. Once you understand, the problem might be solved easily."

This meal was enjoyed to the fullest; not only were the Moutai and strong sorghum liquor finished, but everyone also drank four bottles of beer each.

Li Heng was a bit drunk.

Old Fu said he drank too many different things and felt dizzy for the first time. Before leaving, he was still muttering the meaning of the word "Pursue"; he was almost damn near obsessed.

Only Mai Sui was like nothing had happened; she sent Fu Laoshi out without a flushed face or racing heart, then closed the door and turned back to help Li Heng to the sofa on the second floor.

She bent down to put a cushion under his head and helped him lie down halfway, "Do you want me to make you a bowl of hangover soup?"

Li Heng lifted his eyelids, "Someone who only knows eggs, can you make hangover soup?"

"Ginger and scallion soup. I often see my mother serving my father like this at home," Mai Sui said with a gentle smile.

"Alright." Li Heng didn't want to move anymore and lay comfortably on the sofa, acting like a master.

In no time at all, the ginger and scallion soup arrived.

Mai Sui held the bowl and half-squatted beside the sofa, "Drink it now. I cooled it down in a basin of cold water, it's not hot."

Li Heng stretched his head out and tried a small sip; it was just right, definitely not hot, and he finished the bowl in one go shortly after.

Finally, he licked the corner of his mouth: "The taste is unexpectedly good. Thank you, Comrade Mai Sui."

Mai Sui put the bowl on the coffee table and asked: "What did that 'Pursue' mean just now?"

Li Heng tilted his head to look at her, "You don't understand either?"

Mai Sui said softly: "I've never been in a relationship."

"That seems to be the case. I see you're so popular with the boys that I almost forgot you're a novice in romance."

Li Heng explained: "Actually, it's just the literal meaning. There's an old saying: 'The one who pushes forward isn't a good deal.'

I've seen their dynamic; Fu Laoshi cares too much about the other person."

Mai Sui pondered for a moment and asked: "Are you saying that if Fu Laoshi weren't so enthusiastic, the effect might be better?"

Li Heng said: "Pretty much."

Mai Sui asked: "Since you understand so well, why are you pushing forward to pursue Song Yu?"

Li Heng's face twitched, "How do I feel like I've fallen into your trap? You thought of this long ago, didn't you, just waiting to ask me this?"

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