Chapter 256

Is the light in the No. 27 small building actually still on?

Li Heng was greatly surprised and reached out to knock on the door.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Before long, two heads poked out from the second-floor balcony simultaneously; it was none other than Zhou Shihe and Ye Ning.

Seeing Ye Ning, he understood. No wonder they dared to keep the lights on at this hour; with such a tall and sturdy woman around, what was there to fear?

Half a minute later, Zhou Shihe and Ye Ning appeared on the first floor. After pulling back the bolt, Ye Ning joked carelessly: "Oh! Li Heng, why did you send Sui Sui back? It's so cold out, isn't it better to keep such a beauty for yourself to warm the bed?"

Ye Ning's original intention was just a joke between good friends, without any underlying meaning.

But it sounded different to the ears of Mai Sui and Zhou Shihe.

Zhou Shihe smiled lightly, standing to the side without saying a word.

Having just helped someone collect their underwear earlier, and now hearing such provocative and bold words, Mai Sui didn't dare look him in the eye for a moment and explained to Zhou Shihe: "I just took a nap on the sofa and only just woke up."

Zhou Shihe looked at Li Heng without leaving a trace and smiled knowingly: "The wind is strong outside, come in quickly. Ningning and I have been waiting for you."

"No, we weren't waiting for you, hee hee, we were just betting on whether you would come over tonight." Ye Ning had no scruples and pulled Mai Sui through the door.

At the last moment, this girl didn't forget to tease: "Li Heng, why don't you just sleep here too? This house is missing a man."

Li Heng and Zhou Shihe exchanged a glance, which counted as a greeting, "No, you guys hurry and close the door, I need to head back too."

They were all old acquaintances, and it was so late, so there wasn't much extra pleasantry; after a simple exchange, everyone returned to their own homes to find their own mothers.

The lights in the No. 25 small building went out, and it looked a bit hair-raising standing in the dark night. He thought to himself: I hope Yu Laoshi can hold on tonight. As long as she gets through tonight, everything will be fine.

Muttering to himself, Li Heng ducked back into the study to continue his unfinished writing.

Past 2:00 AM, the cold wind outside suddenly intensified, blowing the windows until they rattled. He noticed the lights in the No. 25 small building had come on.

Could it be that something went wrong again? Was she scared awake?

Thinking this, he placed his pen on the desk, stood up, and went to the window to check the situation outside.

Fortunately, the courtyard gate wasn't open, he thought after a while.

However, just as his thought faded, Yu Shuheng seemed to notice him too. She stood in the center of the living room, holding a teacup with both hands to drink hot water, while looking at him from across the distance.

After facing each other for a while, Li Heng pondered and went down to the first floor, knocking on the No. 25 courtyard gate.

With some tacit understanding, Yu Shuheng opened the door immediately. He reached out to hold the door frame and asked head-on: "Teacher, are you alright?"

Yu Shuheng stared quietly into his eyes without speaking, just stepping aside to signal him to come in.

Li Heng changed his shoes and walked into the house.

Only then did he notice that this teacher wasn't drinking tea, but coffee: "Drinking this in the middle of the night?"

"I suddenly wanted some."

Yu Shuheng didn't explain the reason and asked in return: "Do you want a cup?"

"Don't, I haven't slept yet; if I have another cup, I won't need to rest at all tonight." Li Heng hurriedly waved his hand.

Seeing this, Yu Shuheng didn't force him. She stood there holding her cup, lost in thought, wondering what she was thinking about.

Li Heng looked around and asked urgently: "Is it not working?"

Unexpectedly, Yu Shuheng answered bluntly: "I haven't slept at all."

Li Heng's face twitched, "Didn't the lights go out for a while? I thought Teacher had fallen asleep."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng suddenly smiled slightly, "Thank you for caring about me."

Actually, to be fair, this teacher was quite pretty when she smiled; it's just that she didn't like to smile usually. He nodded, didn't say anything, and moved his gaze away calmly.

Having seen so many women in his past and present lives, he was the only one who didn't want to look at her at close range for too long; the inexplicable pressure was immense. Damn it, it made no sense!

Having finally found a few things to say, the conversation still broke off as they talked, and the atmosphere became silent.

Yu Shuheng drank her coffee slowly, her gaze shifting from aimless at first to finally settling on his profile: "Has Mai Sui left?"

"Yes."

He hummed and asked: "Teacher, if you're afraid to sleep at home, do you want to go to my place?"

Yu Shuheng's heart skipped a beat, but she restrained herself a moment later and shook her head slowly, "No need. If you're not sleepy, stay with me for a while until I finish this cup of coffee."

Li Heng was speechless; she was scared to this extent and still forcing herself to hold on. However, he wasn't sleepy, so he sat down on the sofa and picked up a newspaper from the coffee table to browse.

As the conversation stopped, the two fell into silence, with only the sound of him flipping through the newspaper occasionally revealing a trace of life.

Yu Shuheng sat opposite him, and under her loose clothing, she appeared lazy yet elegant, closing her eyes from time to time and opening them occasionally.

After a long time, she asked: "When are you going to the capital?"

"Two days before New Year's Day, hmm, around the 28th." Li Heng answered.

Yu Shuheng asked: "Do you want Teacher to help you buy a plane ticket?"

With such a good thing, he naturally wouldn't be hypocritical enough to refuse, and responded: "Okay."

Yu Shuheng finished the last sip of coffee in her cup and pointed to the keys on the coffee table, "You go back, lock the courtyard gate from the outside; I don't want to move anymore."

Li Heng grabbed the keys, stood up, and asked one last time: "Are you really not coming over with me?"

Yu Shuheng said meaningfully: "Aren't you afraid my mother will come over tomorrow morning?"

Thinking of that enthusiastic aunt, Li Heng immediately lost his temper and said: "Then I'll try to get up as early as possible tomorrow morning to open the door for you."

Having said that, he strode away and went down the stairs.

Watching his back gradually disappear, Yu Shuheng wanted to say something but stopped, yet in the end, she still didn't speak.

Back home, Li Heng fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow, not wanting to write, not wanting to think about women, sleeping soundly.

But sometimes, what you fear is exactly what happens!

See, he didn't think about women when he was awake, but the woman in his dream was lingering and intimate, making him feel so blissful and confused, never having been so happy before.

When he reached the climax, he reached out to brush aside the long black hair on the woman's face, and took a look! He was stunned! It, it was actually Yu Laoshi!

Why would it be Yu Laoshi?

Why would Yu Laoshi come into his dream?

Wasn't she a block of ice? How could she be so intoxicating in his dream?

Li Heng woke up, staring blankly at the ceiling, trying hard to recall everything in the dream. He only then discovered that Yu Laoshi in the dream was different from those other glamorous women; she was fully clothed the whole time, yet even so, the scholarly and intellectual aura about her drove him like a perpetual motion machine, unable to stop.

Sin! Sin!

Thinking of how he tossed her about in the dream, Li Heng hurriedly recited "Amitabha."

I'm no longer pure, sigh. This is my own teacher, he sighed, got up, and entered the shower room.

The sewer earned another few billion, damn it. When Li Heng walked out of the shower room dressed, he realized that the sky outside was already bright.

He hurriedly checked his watch.

7:43

Fortunately, good, good!

It wasn't too late yet, otherwise Yu Laoshi would have been locked in the house.

Thinking this, he hurriedly grabbed the keys and went downstairs to open the courtyard gate across the way.

But just as he opened his own gate, he froze.

This, why did Aunt Shen come?

If she came, she came, but why was she standing in the alley staring at his small building?

Heaven have mercy, Yu Laoshi didn't spend the night in his house last night.

Seeing him staring blankly at her, Shen Xin smiled and asked: "Little Li, is Shuheng upstairs?"

Her "upstairs" referred to Li Heng's house.

Li Heng came back to his senses and said, "No, Teacher is at her own house."

Shen Xin didn't quite believe it; her daughter's courtyard gate was locked from the outside, which proved she wasn't at home.

However, she didn't pursue the question, but handed over the bag in her hand, "Help me give this to Shuheng, Auntie has something to do and will be leaving first."

"Auntie, why don't you come in for a cup of hot tea first." Li Heng took the things.

Shen Xin shook her head, looked up at the second floor of the No. 26 small building, and said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Take good care of her," before turning and leaving.

The other party really left, without any hesitation at all!

Li Heng was so depressed; he really wanted to call out to Aunt Shen loudly and let her go to the second floor with him to check and see.

Your daughter really isn't in my house!

She really isn't in my bed!

Watching the figure disappear at the end of the alley, he even seriously suspected that this aunt was doing it on purpose!

When is a bad time to come? Why come in the morning?

Fine, if you come, you come, but why stare at my small building non-stop the moment you arrive!

This is clearly aimed at me! Coming to catch an affair!

Thinking of what happened in the dream earlier, damn it! It seems she didn't catch the wrong person.

His brain was all mush. Li Heng took a deep breath and opened the No. 25 courtyard gate. After thinking about it, he took the things and walked in.

By some coincidence, just as he went up to the second floor, Yu Laoshi walked out of the master bedroom.

Seeing him, Yu Shuheng was stunned for a few seconds, then reacted, "Just put the keys on the coffee table."

"Hmm, Teacher, this is the thing Aunt Shen gave you." Li Heng put the keys and the things on the coffee table together.

Yu Shuheng, who was originally going to the washroom, stopped her steps, "My mother has been here?"

"She has, she just left."

Li Heng said with a constipated expression.

After lingering on his face for a moment, Yu Shuheng gave a refined smile, "She misunderstood, right?"

Li Heng said gloomily: "Indeed, at first I thought you were the one who tipped her off, Yu Laoshi. I didn't expect a joke from last night to come true this morning."

Yu Shuheng's smile grew even brighter upon hearing this, but she soon collected all her emotions, turned her head, and asked in return: "Why would I tip her off? To let Mother confirm the matter between us two?"

"Uh, no, that's not what I meant, Teacher, you misunderstood me. Oh, forget it, it's impossible to explain, I won't explain anymore."

Seeing the expression on her face becoming increasingly strange, Li Heng hurriedly waved his hand.

Yu Shuheng looked at him a few times and walked into the washroom with small steps. The moment she turned her back, a faint smile curled at the corners of her mouth; this young boy was actually quite obedient sometimes.

Having inexplicably incurred a debt early in the morning, Li Heng was dazed and didn't even know how he left the No. 25 small building.

As soon as he went out, he bumped into the fake Daoist from next door. Old Fu asked in confusion: "You, you kid, did you spend the night at Yu Laoshi's house last night?"

"Old Fu, can you get lost? How did you become a Fudan professor with that IQ of yours?" Li Heng was furious.

Old Fu grinned happily: "Hi! I figured it wasn't possible, Yu Laoshi wouldn't take a fancy to you kid, it was just me overthinking it.

Let's go! Let's go eat breakfast together, my treat."

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(To be continued)

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