Chapter 194

The dinner for the joint dormitory gathering changed locations, choosing a restaurant closer to the school that was relatively safer and quieter, named "Old Li Restaurant."

Whoa! It's his own family name.

The restaurant's storefront wasn't big, but it had two floors. The second floor was only about 20 square meters, divided into 3 private rooms. In addition, a rain shed was set up in the courtyard, and 6 more tables were placed.

Dorm 325 arrived at the second-floor private room right on time. The group finally saw Hu Ping, whose mouth was a bit split and whose right wrist was wrapped in gauze; he must have been in a fight.

Tang Dailing was the most loyal. As soon as he entered, he asked loudly: "Old Hu, did you win? If you didn't win, don't eat. Let's brothers grab our tools and go."

The hot-tempered Zhou Zhangming and the eccentric Li Guoyi rolled up their sleeves almost at the same time, "Exactly! Although we are here to study, we won't take this bullying. A gentleman's revenge doesn't wait overnight! Let's fuck them!"

Seeing that his brothers were all supporting him, especially Li Heng and Zhang Bing, who were usually steady, asking about his well-being, Hu Ping felt his blood boiling and was very happy, "Don't look at me being injured, that guy isn't any better than me."

Just as the people in the dormitory were surrounding him and talking all at once, the girls from Dorm 107 arrived.

As soon as Wei Xiaozhu appeared, the young men of 325 retreated to the side with great insight, their gazes gathering on the main character.

Wei Xiaozhu passed through the crowd and came to Hu Ping, who was at the very back, and asked: "I heard you fought, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, it's a small matter, not worth mentioning." Being able to win the concern of a beauty by fighting, Hu Ping was overjoyed, feeling that this fight was very worth it.

As usual, Tang Dailing sat with the slightly chubby Wei Sisi, and Zhou Zhangming with Liu Yanling.

Li Guoyi and Li Guang coincidentally sought out Le Yao.

Zhang Bing was chatting with Sun Xiaoye, Cai Yuanyuan, and Zhao Meng.

Dai Qing looked around, finally smiled at Li Heng, and sat over with restraint, "There's nowhere else to go, I'll sit here for a while. It won't affect you, right?"

The reason this girl asked this was that ever since Liu Yanling learned from Hu Ping that Li Heng had a sweetheart, she had concerns.

Li Heng smiled and gave her a beer, then poured one for himself: "Welcome."

Dai Qing picked up the wine glass, clinked it with his, drank it in one gulp, and asked: "They all say you have a partner. Is it that Mai Sui?"

Huh? Why is everyone linking Mai Sui to me?

This wasn't the first person to ask this; many people had asked him, and even that fake Daoist Old Fu thought Mai Sui was his girlfriend.

Li Heng asked curiously: "Why do you say that?"

Dai Qing said: "Because Mai Sui is beautiful enough, and you two often walk on campus. Many people have seen it."

Li Heng asked: "Just that?"

Dai Qing asked back with a smile: "Isn't that enough?"

Li Heng: "..."

Seeing him speechless, Dai Qing asked: "It wouldn't be someone else, would it?"

Li Heng shook his head: "No."

Dai Qing asked: "Have I seen her?"

Li Heng said: "No, she's not from our school."

"Oh, I see. That's good, then I don't have to worry about your girlfriend coming to your door for sitting with you," Dai Qing teased while picking up a beer bottle to pour wine for both of them.

While the two were chatting and drinking, the others didn't stop either.

Seemingly to compete for Le Yao, Li Guoyi and Li Guang secretly started a drinking contest. The two went back and forth, and before long, they had each drunk 4 bottles.

The round-faced Wei Sisi lost her previous restraint and leaned in to whisper to Tang Dailing, chatting very distractedly.

As for Liu Yanling, her "Mount Everest" reflected dazzling golden light under the lights, almost mesmerizing Zhou Zhangming. Unfortunately, this "big-breasted, big-bottomed" woman was physically present but mentally absent, her eyes occasionally glancing at Li Heng and Dai Qing, her heart always calculating her own little schemes.

Today Hu Ping was treating, and no matter who the boys and girls at the table were, they all toasted this guy and Wei Xiaozhu. Hu Ping didn't refuse anyone, continuing to drink heavily.

Li Heng reminded, "Old Hu, you're injured, drink less."

Hu Ping didn't care at all, laughing and saying: "Brother Heng, it's fine, it's just a small injury. Brothers being together should be happy."

Li Guoyi suddenly took a pack of "China" cigarettes from his pocket, handed one to Hu Ping, and smiled wickedly:

"Old Hu, I've always felt that we brothers are birds of a feather—we love beauties, love smoking, and love happiness. Now that the atmosphere is right, want one?"

Hu Ping's face instantly turned blacker than the bottom of a pot, and he subconsciously turned his head toward Wei Xiaozhu:

"Slander! Slander! This kid has bad intentions and is framing me. I've quit smoking."

Wei Xiaozhu didn't have much of a reaction, smiling as she looked at the cigarette in front of her.

Seeing this, Li Heng quietly asked Dai Qing on the side, "Is there a chance?"

"As of now, it's a bit difficult. Xiaozhu says she doesn't want to talk about romance in college. I don't know if Hu Ping has the ability to make her change her mind," Dai Qing replied.

Li Heng took the China cigarette handed out by Li Guoyi, stretched it out, and joked: "That might be because the fighting isn't enough; he needs to fight a few more times."

Dai Qing laughed: "Do you know how that Liu An met Xiaozhu?"

Li Heng asked: "Did the two have any intersection before?"

Dai Qing clarified for him: "No, it was a fellow villager of Xiaozhu from Lianyungang who pursued her bitterly to no avail. Then, to please Liu An, he told him Xiaozhu's information, and later Liu An pestered her."

That person is also shameless enough. Since he couldn't pursue the goddess himself, he leaked her to someone else. I don't know what kind of psychology such a person has?

Li Heng asked: "Is Liu An's family very well-off?"

Dai Qing said: "I'm not sure, anyway, the boys in their dormitory all have the intention of sucking up to Liu An. They even came to have a joint gathering with our dormitory before, and all 8 of us voted against it."

After eating and drinking to their fill, Hu Ping suggested going dancing, saying there was a dance party at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures tonight. The boys who had drunk alcohol shouted in agreement.

Especially Li Guoyi, whose voice was the loudest; he jumped onto the table in excitement and fell flat on his back.

Seeing this, the girls discussed it and didn't spoil their fun, finally agreeing.

It had been almost 2 months since coming to school. Li Heng had heard about various dance parties from others, but he hadn't participated in one yet.

How should I put it? Dance parties seemed to be an entertainment activity that universities in the 1980s were quite keen on. Sometimes even the counselors would organize them personally, letting the classes under their charge get to know each other and communicate.

There were basically two types of people who spontaneously participated in dance parties:

One was boys, regardless of whether they had a partner or not, they all loved to join in the fun, looking for beauties, under the guise of expanding their social circle.

The other was single girls, harboring a longing for beautiful love. A considerable number of girls came with this purpose, hoping to encounter their other half at the dance party.

In general, in this era with relatively conservative social customs, girls with partners rarely participated in such social occasions. If they did, not to say 100%, but 8 or 9 out of 10 were what later generations called "green tea bitches."

Of course, those girls who were usually popular and those who were self-respecting and self-loving generally had no connection to such dance parties, because they didn't need to, there was no need.

Following the group, they arrived at the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures without stopping. Upon entering, Li Heng was a little disappointed; it wasn't as high-end as he had imagined. The venue was a cafeteria, and some red flowers and colored balloons were hung on the windows and walls.

However, what was eye-catching was that under the dim light, people were crowded together, men and women, chatting and dancing, and the atmosphere was exceptionally lively.

The group arrived at just the right time. At this moment, dozens of pairs of men and women were dancing social dances to the beat of the music in the center of the dance floor.

The city boy Li Guoyi was clear about this. Without waiting for Li Guang to react, he bent over halfway to Le Yao and issued a gentlemanly invitation.

Le Yao was a bit stunned, but under the instigation of her roommates, she followed him into the dance floor in a daze.

Li Guang pinched his thigh hard, feeling pain to the point of being unable to breathe, but he was cultivated after all and didn't show his joy, anger, or resentment in front of everyone.

With someone opening the path in front, Hu Ping immediately said to Wei Xiaozhu with anticipation: "Xiaozhu, let's enter the field too."

Facing the attention of the two dormitories, Wei Xiaozhu pondered for a moment, then shook her head: "Your wrist is injured, it's not suitable for exercise."

Wrist injured, not suitable for exercise. The male compatriots of 325 looked at each other, their expressions very wonderful.

The girls looked at Hu Ping with the eyes of someone watching a beggar on the street, very pitiful.

Zhou Zhangming and Liu Yanling entered the field.

Wei Sisi said to Tang Dailing: "Let's go too."

Tang Dailing backed out, "I don't know how to dance."

Wei Sisi asked: "Do you have hands?"

Tang Dailing said woodenly: "Yes."

Wei Sisi asked: "Do you have feet?"

Tang Dailing said foolishly: "Yes."

Wei Sisi widened her eyes and pulled him over: "You have hands and feet, what are you afraid of? Learn from me."

An "old lady" (me), combined with Wei Sisi's chubby baby face, had an indescribable humor and joy. But don't even mention it, Wei Sisi's dance foundation was very remarkable. As soon as she entered the field, she became one of the protagonists in the center of the dance floor, and many people around automatically cast their gazes over.

It was just a pity that the country boy Tang Dailing couldn't let go, acting like a puppet the whole time, holding his breath while being controlled. The mismatch between the two caused a burst of laughter.

Li Heng looked around but didn't find a familiar face. Finally, he talked to Zhang Bing, Li Guang, Hu Ping, and several girls on the side.

In the middle, several girls he didn't know on the left had been secretly observing Li Heng for a long time. Finally, they pushed a red-clothed girl with decent looks to come over and asked cautiously: "Hello, classmate, can we dance together?"

Hearing this, Zhang Bing, Li Guang, and Hu Ping on the side cast envious glances. Since entering the field, Li Heng was the first to be favored by an outside girl.

Wei Xiaozhu, Dai Qing, and the girls from Dorm 107 also observed him one after another, curious if he would dance with other girls after having a partner?

Originally, Dai Qing had wanted to speak twice just now, but thinking he had a girlfriend, the words reached her lips and she swallowed them back.

One doesn't hit a smiling person. Li Heng showed a warm smile on his face and politely refused: "Sorry, I have a dance partner today."

The red-clothed girl was slightly embarrassed, but she still smiled at him, then lowered her head and left in a hurry.

Li Guang shouted strangely: "Brother Heng, this girl is okay, it's just dancing, you have to refuse this?"

Li Heng blinked and said to Dai Qing: "You don't mind, right? Together?"

Dai Qing smiled and agreed.

Watching the two enter the field, Zhao Meng teased Li Guang: "Li Guang, you are too unobservant. Didn't you see that Qingqing wanted to ask Li Heng to dance several times?"

"Really? Is that so? I really didn't see it," Li Guang touched his head.

Cai Yuanyuan joked: "You only have Le Yao in your eyes, how could you see it."

Listening to the chat, Wei Xiaozhu, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Li Heng dances so well."

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look. Just as Wei Xiaozhu said, Li Heng was like a graceful young master, his dance was extremely smooth and fluid, free and easy. Coupled with his eye-catching image and temperament, he was simply a crane in a flock of chickens on the dance floor.

Zhao Meng exclaimed, unable to help pulling Zhang Bing's sleeve, "Is Li Heng really from the countryside? How is he so stylish?"

Sun Xiaoye said: "Indeed, I even feel like he's an old hand who has been immersed in dance for many years."

In the center of the dance floor, Dai Qing asked: "Did you study professionally?"

Li Heng said as soon as he opened his mouth, "I've danced a few times, maybe I have talent in this area."

Dai Qing pursed her lips and smiled: "Then your talent is too amazing. I thought I would have to teach you slowly."

Li Heng praised: "You dance well too."

Dai Qing said: "I learned it from my sister."

Li Heng asked: "Biological sister?"

"Yeah, she's a senior at Xi'an Jiaotong University this year." Dai Qing was from Xi'an. The reason she came to Shanghai was that she wanted to leave her hometown and see the outside world.

When the song ended, as Li Heng and Dai Qing exited the dance floor, they suddenly discovered that the people from the two joint dormitories were confronting a group of people.

Zhou Zhangming and Tang Dailing also discovered it and immediately left their partners Liu Yanling and Wei Sisi to rush over.

Seeing Li Heng wanting to go over, Dai Qing reminded: "The person in front is Liu An."

Hooked nose, broken eyebrows, height over 175, a face of short life—this was Li Heng's first impression of Liu An.

Thinking there was going to be a fight, they only heard Hu Ping and Liu An bickering and releasing harsh words against each other when they got close.

Liu An pointed at Hu Ping: "Competing for women with me in high school, and still eating shit behind my ass in college. I think you're tired of living and are determined to go against me?"

Don't look at this as plain talk; it was actually putting eye drops on Hu Ping, so that Wei Xiaozhu would know she was just a trash can for collecting garbage.

Hu Ping forced two steps forward, forcing Liu An back, reached out to throw the other's hat on the ground, spat on it, and stepped on it heavily twice.

Wei Xiaozhu reached out to pull the furious Hu Ping.

Seeing the two tall guys Zhou Zhangming and Li Heng surrounding them from behind, Liu An was a bit scared, but his mouth remained unforgiving. He turned his head to Wei Xiaozhu and said: "If you follow this silver-spear wax-head, you'll definitely live a widow's life. It's better to follow me, eat well and drink well, and have fun every night."

Wei Xiaozhu had never heard such vulgar words, so angry that her full chest shook several times. Taking a deep breath, she again held onto the rampaging Hu Ping tightly: "Hu Ping, there are leaders from the School of Foreign Languages over there, don't be impulsive."

Li Heng felt depressed watching. He originally thought he could exercise his rusty bones, but he didn't expect these two to be like shrews, throwing trash talk at each other, and damn it, they just wouldn't make a move.

The people in Dorm 325 were all rubbing their hands and waiting. The other party was clearly aiming at Hu Ping. If Hu Ping didn't have the courage to start the fight first, it would be useless no matter how much the brothers in the dormitory helped.

The eccentric Li Guoyi tilted his head and asked Hu Ping with a wink: "Brother Hu! Master Hu! Are we fighting or not? If we can endure this, then the brothers will go back to the dormitory."

Hearing this, the people in Dorm 325 squeezed forward collectively, sealing Liu An's retreat.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Hu Ping shook off Wei Xiaozhu and rushed out with a punch: "Brothers, I'll take responsibility for anything that happens today!"

Since the person involved moved, how could the others not move?

At first, everyone thought it would be an evenly matched fight. Unexpectedly, as soon as they started, heh! Of Liu An's 7 roommates, 6 ran away in a flash, leaving only one loyal one helping out.

7 against 2, and with someone like Zhou Zhangming who had a bear's waist and tiger's back, it was simply like a flood passing through, like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves! They knocked Liu An and the other guy down in one encounter. It was too dramatic! Too brutal!

"Ah!"

"They started!"

"They're fighting!"

"A tooth fell out!"

"Call the teacher quickly!"

Once the fighting started, the surrounding crowd was so scared that they all scattered in a flash.

The scene was chaotic for a while, and shouts rose and fell in the corners. In the eyes of outsiders, this was like 7 butchers taking knives to divide meat, and the objects were the two fat pigs on the ground.

Li Guoyi and Hu Ping were the most brutal, using ruthless moves, specifically hitting the face. With every punch and slap, the surrounding classmates felt the pain for the two on the ground!

Finding it not satisfying to watch from a distance, the onlookers slowly gathered forward again, forming a circle. The boys stretched their necks to watch the show, while some girls covered their mouths or simply turned their backs, unable to bear watching.

Wei Xiaozhu and the girls from Dorm 107 were anxious, pulling this one and persuading that one on the periphery, but unfortunately, it was useless. Everyone was in the heat of the moment, and no one paid attention to them.

The commotion grew larger and larger. Soon, half the people at the dance party turned their heads to look at this corner, which in turn attracted the leaders and the dance party organizers.

"What's going on with you? Why are you fighting at school?"

The leader shouted loudly, and the people from 325 stopped tacitly, each taking a step back.

Only Li Guoyi felt it wasn't enough and kicked Liu An, who was holding his head with both hands, in the stomach: "Pah! What kind of thing, I thought he was a character. He called so fiercely before, scaring your grandfather!"

Somewhat unexpectedly, Li Heng actually saw an acquaintance in the team of teachers, Lin Shusen.

"Why are you fighting?" The leader walked over and glared at both sides.

Li Guoyi raised his hand: "Teacher, the two of them fell, and we were helping them up."

The leader looked at Liu An.

Liu An climbed up, staring fiercely at Li Guoyi with tattered clothes. This person had hit the most ruthlessly just now, and he remembered it.

Li Guoyi waved his fist: "What are you staring at? Believe it or not, I'll kill you!"

The leader was furious. Someone actually dared to be lawless in front of him; this was not putting him in his eyes. He immediately narrowed his eyes and issued an order:

"All of you follow me to the Academic Affairs Office, and call your counselors!"

Just at this moment, Lin Shusen stood out and took the initiative to greet Li Heng: "You came today too."

"Teacher Lin, long time no see. I came over today to change my brain," Li Heng said with a smile.

Seeing the leader of the School of Foreign Languages looking puzzled, Lin Shusen introduced meaningfully: "This is Li Heng, from the School of Management."

Hearing this, the leader looked Li Heng up and down carefully. The face that had just been serious instantly revealed a smile, and finally said: "Let's go, come sit in my office."

"Eh, okay."

As a leader, one also needs face in front of students, and he couldn't just leave. Li Heng followed everyone to the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures very readily.

Both sides of the fight entered the Academic Affairs Office, but Li Heng was an exception.

He was invited by Lin Shusen to the office next door, sipping tea and chatting. Neither of them mentioned what had just happened.

Because this era is not like later generations; they wouldn't move to call parents or make headlines. Everyone grew up rolling and crawling. Who hasn't swung a fist during their student days?

In their eyes, this was just children playing house. Youthful blood happens every semester, and they were long used to it.

Moreover, since Lin Shusen stood out in public to greet Li Heng, many things didn't need to be stated clearly; everything was understood without words.

But having said that, fighting in public is of a bad nature, especially in a higher institution like Fudan University. The school would naturally ask both sides for an explanation.

This was the critical moment of wrestling, seeing who could talk and who had strong connections behind them.

Not long after, the counselors of both sides arrived and entered the Academic Affairs Office.

An hour later, Dorm 325 and Liu An and others came out. Li Guoyi's face was still rascally, talking and laughing, as if it wasn't him who had shouted the loudest and hit the hardest just now.

Wei Xiaozhu and the girls from Dorm 107 had been guarding outside. Seeing everyone come out, they trotted over to ask this and that, the worry on their faces overflowing.

Hearing the movement next door, Lin Shusen smiled and said: "It should be fine now, do you want to go over and take a look?"

"Deal, then I'll leave first. Let's gather another day," Li Heng stood up.

Lin Shusen said it was fine and stood up with him.

Just as he was about to go out, he bumped into the leader of the School of Foreign Languages. The middle-aged man changed his cold face from the dance party and reached out his hand:

"December, I've admired you for a long time. I didn't expect to see you in person today."

"I've let you see a joke, Teacher." Li Heng hurriedly reached out and shook hands with the other party enthusiastically.

The middle-aged man happily looked him up and down again, "You are famous now. It is a great honor for Fudan to have you.

The old principal has always praised you, so much so that we bought your standalone book to read after returning from the meeting. It is indeed well-written; I stayed up all night to finish it."

"Where, where, Teacher, you overpraise me. I still need to learn a lot from you in the future at Fudan."

As the saying goes, everyone lifts the sedan chair for others. Since the other party could sit as a dean, it meant he was absolutely a master in the field of Chinese language and literature. Walking out of Fudan, he would be a proper guest of honor anywhere, and he didn't dare to be arrogant at all.

After chatting at the door for a while, the leader said gently: "Come over and walk around more when you have time in the future, let's drink tea together."

"Eh, okay." Regardless of whether he would come in the future, Li Heng gave enough face and agreed readily.

For a whole week, Hu Ping was treating the two dormitories to meals to express his gratitude, occasionally buying some expensive candies and fruits to give to everyone.

Originally, the four people from out of town with no background—Li Guang, Zhang Bing, Zhou Zhangming, and Tang Dailing—had already prepared to be punished by the school. As a result, they waited for many days without waiting for news. The school seemed to have forgotten this matter, and there was no movement.

Liu An, who had been beaten badly, was unwilling to give up. His family was even more resentful and ran to the school to ask for an explanation, even calling the police and asking people to find connections to exert pressure. But it was useless! The money was spent in vain, and the connections were run in vain.

After receiving the things but not getting the job done, the entrusting party felt a bit embarrassed, so they found the Liu family and said quietly:

"Forget it, let this matter end here. If you really want to pursue it, your Liu An was also at fault first, and you won't get any benefit."

Some words are understood as soon as they are heard. Liu An's mother asked anxiously: "Four teeth fell out, are we just going to let them go like this, without even a punishment?"

The entrusting party looked at Liu's father and said nothing.

As the head of the family, how could Liu's father not understand the current situation? "Very high?"

The entrusting party carried his hands behind his back, "Not only high, but also many, and mixed."

Liu's father sighed and persuaded his wife back to the bedroom.

Time returns to the day after the fight.

Well, regarding the fight, Li Heng didn't care at all. Because even without connections or background, it wouldn't constitute expulsion; at most, it would be a punishment. He continued to eat, drink, read, and write as usual, completely unaffected.

He went to the bank and exchanged all the money orders for deposits, reaching as high as 180,000.

Even so, he still had thousands in pocket money left.

"Comrade Mai Sui, here! This is the 500 yuan I borrowed from you and the cost of the decorative furniture, totaling 1,700. You count it." After returning from the bank, Li Heng found Mai Sui for the first time.

Mai Sui was surprised, "Didn't you say you were going to the Medical University to find Xiao Han today? Why are you back already?"

Li Heng said dejectedly: "Sigh, don't mention it! Her grandparents and aunt and uncle came to Shanghai, and we just met in a hurry and separated."

Mai Sui was curious: "Why did they come at this time?"

Li Heng told her: "The reason is about the same as when you went to Jingcheng to watch the flag-raising during the summer vacation.

Xiao Han's grandfather just recovered from a serious illness and wanted to come out for some air, so he chose Shanghai, where his precious granddaughter is studying, as the first choice. Next, they are going to Chengdu; Xiao Han's sister works there."

Mai Sui asked: "Xiao Han has a sister? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Not biological, strictly speaking, it's a cousin. Because her cousin's parents passed away due to a chemical plant explosion many years ago, she came to Xiao Han's family when she was over a year old. The two are not like biological sisters but are better than biological sisters," Li Heng told the cause and effect.

After she put the money away, Li Heng asked: "The orientation party will be held in a few days, are you busy this afternoon?"

Mai Sui said: "It's okay, not busy."

Li Heng patted the back seat of the bicycle: "Let's go, get on the car, I'll take you to a place."

Mai Sui still sat sideways and asked softly: "Where are we going?"

Li Heng stepped on the pedals and drove forward: "Didn't you want to see the place where I learn piano two days ago? I'm learning piano today, so I'll take you along."

Mai Sui asked with concern: "Is it far to ride a bicycle?"

Facing the wind, Li Heng whistled and replied: "At this speed, it's estimated to take half an hour. If you feel sorry for me, we can take turns riding halfway."

Mai Sui said okay.

Just as they were about to leave the school gate, Li Heng saw Sun Manning and her roommates from far away. He immediately turned the handlebars and turned into the small woods.

Mai Sui asked: "What's wrong?"

Li Heng put his index finger on her mouth: "Shh!"

Mai Sui was stunned, looking up silently at his eyes.

Li Heng whispered: "Comrade Manning is here. She always complains that we leave her out and don't take her to play together.

Heaven knows, you also know that this bicycle can't carry her at all."

Hearing this, Mai Sui smiled softly and charmingly, her gaze moving down and landing on his index finger.

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